Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, not knowing what Zhao Yan's idea was.

Zhao Yan smiled, walked to the table of a group of military attachés and said, "The Holy Lord is the Prime Minister of Shandong Military Affairs, then let's talk about military affairs first!" ”

"General, please."

When the military attachés at these two tables looked at Zhao Yan, their eyes were full of awe, Zhao Yan had fought bandits and thieves for three years, and now he had defeated the Qing army, and his prestige was enough to deter the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

"Nowadays, the guards exist in name only, and the officers and soldiers of the guards have no combat power. In this way, it is all because of the lack of food and wages, and the training is wasted. The wages were due to the encroachment of the cultivated land in the health center. From now on, it will be limited to one month, and all those who encroach on the farmland of the guard will return the full amount of the land, and the official will not care who is encroaching on the farmland of the guard, and how prominent his family background is. If it is not returned, the law of the country will be added and will not be tolerated. Zhao Yan said loudly, "This official will send people to each guard to recompile the roster of military households, and then divide the original amount of land among military households." Those who return the land will not be blamed for the past. ”

Zhao Yan's words made him angry when he was doing some military attachés in the guards, and there were also some squires and landlords who also reacted, and most of the cultivated land in the guards was occupied by them.

At this moment, Zhao Yan wants to recover these lands, which is also justified.

The scene was a little cold for a while, and the merchants who went to the banquet said one after another: "The general is wise, if the encroached land is recovered, the military households of the guard will be able to ask for the suffering of poverty." ”

"It's ......"

At the beginning of these merchants, the squires also echoed, and in the end, the military attaches had to echo a few words in frustration, and since then the return of the cultivated land of the guard has become a foregone conclusion.

"Second, it is a matter of suppressing bandits. The prime minister of Shandong military affairs should be responsible for exterminating bandits throughout Shandong. We won't talk about those little thieves, and we should kill them. According to the investigation of this official, there are 13 in Qingzhou Prefecture, 8 in Yanzhou Prefecture, 6 in Jinan Prefecture, and 15 in Dongchang Prefecture, a total of 42 families. Zhao Yan sneered and looked at the squires who were present, and said: "These forty-two clans, most of them are present today, but this official wants to ask, are you the pillars of the Ming Dynasty, or the thieves who damage the country?" ”

As soon as Zhao Yan said this, everyone immediately started to talk about it, and it was no secret that the local powerful people were running bandits, but in recent years, no one has rectified it, and it has become more and more rampant.

Some squires listened to Zhao Yan's words, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, these people are naturally the local heroes of the thieves, and some of the local heroes are not very high in terms of fame and status, they can only be said to be small goods, it stands to reason that they can't enter such an occasion, but they all received invitations, and now they finally reacted.

"As for who the official is, he will not go to the name, the official will come to Zhaojiabao within half a month to surrender, and those who surrender will be treated leniently, and those who do not surrender within half a month will be killed by the official, and no one will be tolerated." Zhao Yanqiang gave an ultimatum.

"General, those local wealthy clans are farmers when they are busy and bandits when they are free, so they will make Shandong a miasma, and they will be directly exterminated."

"That's right, just exterminate it."

Whether it was a squire or a businessman, they all said that Zhao Yan's intention to solve these places was supported by most people.

No matter who it is, they like Shandong to have a stable situation, and naturally they don't want to go out and be robbed.

"Can the general tell us how he will be lenient?" One of the squires stood up with a pale face at this time and asked Zhao Yan.

Everyone immediately looked over and immediately understood that this guy was the bandit that Zhao Yan was referring to.

"According to the practice of dealing with bandits in my Denglai Second Prefecture, the leader of the bandits will be beheaded, and the rest of the bandits will be sentenced to three to twenty years in prison. If you surrender yourself, the official can ensure that you will not be sentenced to prison or have to worry about your life. Zhao Yan didn't reveal much, but only revealed a bottom line, Zhao Yan, who was supported by most of the squires at the moment, was already pinching as much as he wanted for these unscrupulous heroes, and it was already futile to resist.

The squire bowed his hand, and sat down in silence.

"The military affairs will also inform you of these two things, and the rest of the military affairs will not be reported to you." Zhao Yan said with a smile, the two tables of military attachés suddenly became vigilant, is there still a change?

Since Zhao Yan has obtained the weight of the prime minister's military affairs in Shandong, he naturally wants to reorganize it vigorously and grasp all the military affairs in Shandong.

Among the military attaches present today, the highest official rank is the chief soldier Qiu Lei, Liu Zeqing did not come, these two general soldiers can not be compared with Zhao Yan in terms of weight, although it is said that they are the same general soldiers, but they are also within the scope of Zhao Yan's management, and they will also be the key objects of Zhao Yan's rectification, but the steps still have to be taken step by step, and if they jump over the wall in a hurry, the impact will be too bad.

"Let's move the chopsticks first! There are still a lot of things to say about this official, and everyone listens while eating. Zhao Yan said to everyone, and one of the squires said at this time: "The general should talk about farming first!" ”

"Okay, let's listen while eating, let's talk about farming." Zhao Yan smiled and said, everyone moved their chopsticks, and Zhao Yan continued: "In agricultural affairs, everyone must have heard that the official was renting land in Denglai, and now I am talking to everyone. ”

Everyone couldn't help but stop the chopsticks in their hands and looked at Zhao Yan in unison.

"This official acts above board, and there is nothing that cannot be said to everyone. Today, there is erosion, and thieves are everywhere. The people are thieves, and they are all known by hunger and cold. The people are hungry and cold because they have no land to cultivate. If you do some investigation, you can know that more than fifty percent of the people in my Ming Dynasty have no land. Although not all landless people will rebel, once the thieves become powerful and shout the slogan of equal division of the land, they will inevitably follow the clouds. ”

Zhao Yan laughed: "Hehe! When the time comes, all the people in the world will be thieves, and the acres of land in the hands of everyone may be preserved? Is it possible to preserve gold and silver at home? Is it possible for wives and children to be safe? ”

"Lord Zhao is too alarmist! Although my Ming Dynasty is eroded, it only takes a few years for the thieves to be leveled. Yan Jizu said suddenly in a cold voice.

"Most of the land in the world is concentrated in the hands of the powerful and powerful, the rich have no houses, and the poor have no cone to stand. In all dynasties, three hundred years is already an extreme number, and the bad ones are all because of officialdom [***], and the people have no land. I have been founding the country for more than 200 years, and it is already in the twilight of life, and if my generation does not reform itself, it will be reformed by others. ”

"If we wait for others to reform themselves, it will be too late, the official forcibly rents the land, which is for the purpose of resettlement, if the people can be safe, the thieves will be like a tree without roots, and they can avoid the disaster of the revolution."

Yan Jizu listened to Zhao Yan's remarks and couldn't help but change color. Regardless of whether Zhao Yan's remarks were rebellious or not, Yan Jizu had to admit in his heart that the world at this time was indeed as Zhao Yan said, and it was not far from the time of the Ding Revolution.

"Is the general going to forcibly lease all the land in Shandong? Although the general's words are reasonable, then we have to give up the land for nothing? A squire asked, looking indignant.

"That's a good question." Zhao Yan nodded and smiled, "This official doesn't want everyone to sell the land for nothing, nor does he want to forcibly rent the land in Shandong. ”

"Within the scope of the leased land, the official only rents the land for grain production, and the official will not touch the land for cotton production in the three eastern prefectures." Zhao Yan assured, "In addition, the official rents land to mediate the contradiction between the poor and the rich, and the root of the contradiction lies in the land. ”

"Liaodong is a cold and bitter place, how can it be compared with Shandong?" Then someone spoke again.

"Liaodong is cold and bitter, but the land in Liaodong is more than several times more fertile than the land in Shandong. During the Tang Dynasty, the south was a land of smoke and miasma, but now it has become a land of abundance. The same is true of Liaodong, which only needs to be developed, and it can be extremely rich, compared to the land of Shandong, where the descendants of Fuyin are located. Zhao Yan began to vigorously advocate the benefits of Liaodong: "If you don't believe it, you can wait until the official takes a look at Liaodong after taking Liaodong, the land there is black, so fat that you can wring out oil, Liaodong gold mines are very much, as long as whoever gets one, they can make their descendants rich, and there are many trees in Liaodong, but it is the most suitable to do timber business." ”

"If you dislike Liaodong too cold, then it doesn't hurt. The official will train management personnel for everyone, you only need to pay a little salary to hire them, let them help you take care of the farm, if you are not satisfied, you can quit, and then ask for competent, so that everyone is satisfied, you only need to go to Liaodong to inspect a few times a year. ”

Everyone listened to Zhao Yan's advocacy, and couldn't help but look at each other, Yan Jizu smiled and said: "Then General Zhao also has to fight Liaodong first, if Liaodong can't be defeated, wouldn't it be empty talk." ”

"That's right! Although the general's method is feasible, but Liaodong has not been defeated, how can I rest assured? ”

Everyone chimed in.

"This is easy to do, the official first leases the land from you for three years, and after three years, if you can't fulfill the promise, I will return the land to you." Zhao Yan said.

"Okay, if the general wants to rent, it doesn't hurt for me to give it up for three years, but the general must keep his promise."

"The general has always had a good reputation, and he will definitely not break his word." Zheng Shilian said loudly at this time: "If you can't believe it, I can guarantee it." ”

"I can also vouch for the general."

Suddenly, more than a dozen big businessmen stood up one after another, these big businessmen were all figures with heads and faces in Shandong, and the status of businessmen was already very high in the late Ming Dynasty.

When the squires heard that these big businessmen were vouching, they were all relieved, and no one objected anymore. Although they are still a little reluctant in their hearts, it is useless for them to oppose it at this point.

Yan Jizu also surprisingly did not object, although Yan Jizu had a bad relationship with Zhao Yan, he still had a clear distinction between the importance and the severity, and he was also an official who wanted to make some merits.

It's just that Yan Jizu has some difficulties in Shandong, Denglai needless to say, he can't get involved at all, as for Qingzhou Mansion and Dongsanfu, he wants to make a difference, but the constraints of financial and material resources can't do much to achieve much effect.

"Commercial and political affairs, we will discuss them in detail later, let's move the chopsticks first!" Zhao Yan said to everyone with a smile, it seems that the effect of the showdown is still good.

First of all, the problem of cultivated land in the health centers has been solved, and at the same time, the problem of renting land has also been solved.

When they change to the land of Liaodong, it will be up to them, and those tax-exempt classes, those who should pay taxes at that time will have to pay taxes.

Of course, many squires didn't believe that Zhao Yan could conquer Liaodong within three years, and the reason why they agreed was because of the idea of Tuntian.

Zhao Yan's effectiveness in Denglai Tuntian is known to the squires of all Shandong. If Zhao Yan helped them manage the land for three years and then take it back after three years, it would not be as beautiful as picking peaches.

At the same time, Zhao Yan did not touch the cotton planting land in the East Sanfu, which has the greatest interests, and the land in the East Sanfu can be said to be completely commercialized, and its profits can be imagined.

(To be continued)