Li Zhongxiao followed Zhang Chu to the lobby of Yanchang County, watching Ma Zhixian not adapt to how to face it. After Ma Zhi County and his master were taken down, Zhang Chu said to him: "This Ma Zhi County is not well managed, the whole county needs a person in charge, if it is managed by us inexperienced people, it may exacerbate the famine and starve more people to death, you have to manage this county in order to save the people of the county." Originally, Li Zhongxiao wanted to stand up and say that he swore to death as an official of the Ming Dynasty and would not be a thief's official, but what he saw and heard in the past few days made him hesitate, the government will collect more taxes and many families will go bankrupt, many hungry people will starve to death, these ignorant thieves manage a county I don't know how much chaos it will cause, and how many families are displaced because of this, or do our best to save one more person is one person, anyway, he has resigned and fallen into the hands of thieves, and his reputation or something can't be so much. The complicated mental struggle made him have no objection, and he stood there and acquiesced to Zhang Chu's arrangement. Zhang Chu ordered someone to take him down to hand over the affairs of the county with Ma Zhi County.

Ma Zhixian was taken aback when he saw Li Zhongxiao. The two had met in the court before, and the hall was too nervous to notice his presence just now. The two of them were relatively unsure of how to speak. In the end, Li Zhongxiao made it clear that he wanted to hand over the affairs of the county with him, Ma Zhixian couldn't help but feel a little relieved in his heart, you are a marquis of the Ming Dynasty who also threw himself into a thief to do things for the thief, and I begged the thief for mercy A few words are nothing, and there was a little more contempt in his tone. Li Zhongxiao didn't care about this, he knew Zhang Chu's theory that no laborers could not eat, it was impossible for this Ma Zhi County to be a prisoner who wanted to eat quietly for nothing, and he would rush out to work for the thieves in a few days.

The families and villagers of the wealthy families who had been recruited to defend the city in the city were told to assemble in the teaching ground of the guard house with their weapons, but they were surrounded by hundreds of officers and soldiers without waiting for the review of hundreds of households, and their weapons were confiscated, and then some officials and soldiers announced that they could not go home these days, and they would be re-educated here, and they did not understand what to do, but when the villagers heard that they were in charge of food these days, they had no opinions, and there was no work at home at this time, and if they could have the opportunity to eat for nothing, the burden on the family was reduced. The families of the rich families felt that something was wrong, but in the face of the glittering knives and guns around them, they could only sit around with others and listen to some officials and soldiers tell them stories about the poor.

The officials in the county were controlled after Wu Baihu entered the county office, and these people did not do less to oppress the township on weekdays, and they understood that the good life was over, and if they didn't do it well, they would lose their heads. Fortunately, the young leader of the thief seemed to be quite gentle, and had no interest in killing, but only detained a few petty officials of the county government in the ya, and the other officials were told to report to the county government within two days, and no longer use it after the deadline, and everyone was released home. Some people in the family dragged a lot of people to go to the yamen, and after being arranged to work, when they came back in the evening, they really received grain and rice. At the same time, the information was also sent back that the group was working on a daily basis to give a day's worth of grain and rice. Most of the officials went to the yamen the next day to resume their work. Indeed, if you don't work in these years, you will die.

Everything in Yanchang County was calm again, as if nothing had happened. Only the hearts of the rich households in the county are still full of anxiety and anxiety, they have figured out that the people who entered the city are the people who kill the officers and soldiers outside the city and rob the rich households, what is the name of the Ming security guards, the family members are all detained in the teaching field, there is no return, and they want to escape from the city gate but have been controlled by the security army. I can only hide at home and beg for protection.

A few days later, the rich families received an invitation, the magistrate invited everyone to the county government to discuss matters, everyone knows who lives in the county government now, but they dare not not go, to the county government lobby, see that it has been full of stools, this is different from the past, everyone also gave a place to sit. Everyone had their own concerns, and they didn't even bother to say hello, so they sat on the stool and were silent under the arrangement of the officials. Everyone arrived, and saw that the county lord walked out with a middle-aged man, the man was graceful and official, everyone immediately got up and saluted when they saw it, Ma Zhixian returned the salute to everyone, motioned for everyone to sit down, and then the two sat down at the top, everyone looked at Ma Zhixian, and at the same time guessed what the middle-aged man with Ma Zhixian was, and the lobby was quiet. Ma Zhixian didn't speak, but a young man standing next to him walked to the front and said loudly: "Hello folks, let me introduce myself, I am the commander of the Ming Security Army, my name is Zhang Chu, I am very happy to meet you." ”

Everyone looked at him stunned, aren't the Daming security guards bandits, this is the bandit leader, although they know that they occupy the county seat, but how do you know that the county is still entangled with them. It's not a pleasure to know him.

"In order to prevent banditry, the county magistrate specially invited our Ming security army into the city, after investigation is now serious in various places, chaos is everywhere, not only we extend the county has a large number of displaced people, and the displaced people from other counties may also enter our county at any time, aggravate the famine, the displaced people will kill the official and rebel without food, and the lives of the people are difficult to protect, Ma Zhi County has made a wise decision, set up checkpoints at the border of our county to intercept the displaced people entering the county to ensure the safety of the people in the county. For this reason, we must increase the number of guards, you have to pay money and materials, Ma Zhixian has taken the lead in donating all the property, how can you not be too far behind the county magistrate, half of each person's family property is on the line, these days we have a general understanding of your situation, two hours is the limit, the number is not enough for me to take it myself. ”

Everyone sat on the stool and couldn't move, isn't this a robbery, half of the family property, this is not much better than the thief rushing directly into the house to rob it, and Zhang Chu's next words made them even more frightened.

"A few of you are waiting here, just let the entourage inform the family, remember not to exceed two hours, it just so happens that everyone is telling you about the new decree of Yanchang County, the county implements a flat tax rate, and in the future, you will have to pay taxes to the security army when you do business and farm, and the taxes and fees will be combined, and the tax will only be paid once for each sale and purchase of the land harvest, and no one will be allowed to pay any more expenses. All this is in charge of the newly established Daming State Administration of Taxation, tax evasion is a serious crime, there are tax evaders and the security army will be severely punished, due to natural disasters to alleviate the suffering of the people, the county implements rent reduction and interest reduction, and the rent interest cannot exceed the maximum limit. In the city, it is also necessary to strengthen the system of armor protection and joint sitting, and neighbors should help each other. In addition, a monopoly system will be implemented for grain and residential addresses, and the security forces will buy grain stores inside and outside the city, and in the future, only the shops run by the security forces will be able to sell grain and salt, and others will sell them as smuggling. Before Zhang Chu finished speaking, he heard a noise in the lobby, and it turned out to be the owner of a grain store who fell directly to the ground.