Zhao Yan's series of behaviors in Shandong soon caused a big uproar in the DPRK and China.

First of all, the land was rented, then the people who occupied the acres of land in the guard were arrested, and then Liu Zeqing was arrested. The network of relationships involved is enormous.

However, Yan Jizu's recital suppressed most of the voice.

This is the difference between civilian officials and military generals, if these things are done by military officers in the future, they will inevitably be criticized, and if they are instructed by civilian officials, there is nothing to find fault with.

After all, Yan Jizu is the highest governor of a province, and the arrest of Liu Zeqing is justified, and it is even more justified to ask for the return of the fields and acres of the guard. As for the matter of renting land, there is no explanation, and the DPRK and China are still criticizing it.

Chongzhen didn't have the heart to take care of those things in Shandong, but decided to levy and suppress salaries again in early September, and Gao Yingxiang was lucky not to die at this moment, and even pulled up a team of more than 20,000 people in Shaanxi.

And Li Zicheng conquered Mizhi in July, and his relatives and followers are like clouds, and they are flowing to Sichuan.

Zhang Xianzhong fled to Huguang and was sent to Shanxi by Lu Xiangsheng. Wherever the thieves went, they were still in chaos, but because of the promotion of sweet potatoes, the number of thieves decreased slightly, but it became easier for the thieves to raise food.

A total of more than 2,993,790 taels of silver were distributed by the Imperial Tour, and 90,000 taels were used for the work part, which was not the same as the 555,790 taels of the island of Shandong. Zhejiang added 420,272 taels of silver, Jiangxi added 361,036 taels of silver, Fujian added 120,802 taels of silver, Henan added 667,421 taels of silver, Shandong added 555,757 taels of silver, Shaanxi added 263,651 taels of silver, Fengyang Fu added 276,885 taels of silver, Nanzhili added 381,835 taels of silver, and Guangdong added 231,178 taels of silver. Beizhili added silver to be exempted from the first order, Yanqing Prefecture added 953 taels of silver, and Baoan Prefecture added 274 taels of silver.

First of all, Chongzhen cut down the 90,000 taels needed by the Ministry of Industry and the 550,000 taels of military salaries required by the officers and soldiers of Phi Island, and then sent additional salaries to various provinces and continents.

A total of 2993790 taels of silver were added, and the part that was cut off was added to the silver taels obtained from open source and throttling: 3,633,790 taels.

At this time, Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou, played the results of Dengzhou's trial reform, and obtained a total of 2.1 million taels of land endowment, 900,000 taels of commercial tax, fish tax, and salt profits, a total of 3 million taels of silver.

There are three policies for Dengzhou's trial reform:

1. Overhaul water conservancy, measure acres of land, and train township soldiers in all townships and villages.

Two: the abolition of the Taizu tax monument, the field endowment per mu of rice and wheat ten catties, summer and autumn each levied, rice and wheat by the government unified collection, and then the grain merchants around the bidding to buy, in order to change the disadvantages of the loss of wealth. Set up checkpoints in various places to levy commercial tax, and the system of ten taxes will be restored.

Three: Restore Taizu's law to punish corruption, strictly investigate corrupt officials in various places, and use honest and honest people as petty officials to change officials and force the people to rebel.

At the same time, Zhao Yan also played, and the quota of salt profits in Shandong was completed in nine years, and the salt profits were 5 million taels, which were released to Beijing together with the Dengzhou tax silver.

At the same time, Shandong's political envoys, according to the inspection envoys, and Shandong Yushitai played Shandong imitation Dengzhou trial reform together, and could pay more than 3 million taels of silver a year.

In the end, Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong, also played a trial reform, and played the matter of renting land in Shandong, saying that Shandong cultivation was wasted, and the lease land was to settle the people, and the three provinces of Qin, Jin, and Henan could be moved to change the people to Lu, so as to cut off the opportunity for the expansion of the thieves.

The governor of Shandong and the Taoist officials immediately caused an uproar in the court.

"Don't abolish the Taizu tax monument, and if it is abolished, it will cause the disaster of rampant expropriation."

"Why does the resumption of business taxes benefit the people?"

It was like water dripping into an oil pot and splashing a blast, and officials in the DPRK and China opposed Shandong's major reform one after another.

However, Zhu Youzhen was playing Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, this Dengzhou Mansion was originally a prefecture, and there was not much tax and silver to pay, and this change collected three million taels of tax silver, and if Shandong tried to reform, it could levy an additional five million taels per year.

Shandong's tax is already 2.5 million taels, plus 3 million taels, and 3 million taels from Dengzhou Mansion, won't Shandong be able to earn nearly 10 million taels a year?

plus the five million taels of Shandong Yanli, that is, fifteen million taels. With these fifteen million taels, it is much easier to enter and suppress the thieves.

"Shandong is just a trial change, and it can be accepted by the provinces, and it can be revoked if it is not successful. Chongzhen ignored the opposition of the ministers, and on the same day, the court directly approved the request for trial reform in Shandong, and at the same time ordered Yan Jizu to preside over the reform, and Chen Zhongsheng, the prefect of Dengzhou, assisted him.

As soon as Chongzhen agreed, the officials who opposed it stopped talking.

Anyway, how to change Shandong love, the only thing to worry about is to restore Taizu's law of punishing greed, if it is really implemented, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will have to be beheaded and skinned.

However, it is almost impossible to restore this system of punishment. If you really want to change it like this, you have to make a mess. So after Chongzhen agreed, they didn't say anything, just wait to see the joke.

…… As soon as Shandong's trial reform passed, the news was transmitted back to Zhaojiabao within a few days.

Zhao Yan was overjoyed, since Chongzhen had passed the trial reform plan, the administrative power of the entire Shandong would also fall under his control.

What are the essential qualities of a warlord?

It is to divide the territory, to own its own territory, to have the administrative power within the territory.

Once you have administrative power, it means that you can call on the manpower and material resources in the territory.

The two main points of Shandong's reform are the regimental training of township soldiers and the reduction of grassroots officials, and the people in these two aspects are all from Zhao Yanlai, which is equivalent to controlling all the rural population in Shandong and elevating all administrative officials in Shandong.

This is the real purpose of Zhao Yan's reform, and at the same time, the reform can also provide more taxes for the imperial court, which can first let the Ming Dynasty hold out for a period of time.

A chaotic Ming Dynasty is not in the interests of Denglai, nor is it in the interests of the nation.

Zhao Yan immediately took his personal guards and went to Jinan to discuss the details of the trial reform with Shandong officials. At the same time, Yan Jizu also summoned various yamen officials in Shandong to Jinan.

Zhao Yan saw Yan Jizu in Jinan, but Yan Jizu's attitude towards him was much more enthusiastic, although it was not very obvious, but Zhao Yan could still feel the change in his attitude.

On the same day, Zhao Yan conspired with Yan Jizu and the three Taoist officials in Shandong again, and only the next day did he convene other officials in Shandong to discuss the matter.

Many officials did not know about Shandong's trial reform and have been kept in the dark.

After listening to the trial and reform of various matters, they were in an uproar, isn't this their life? You can't be corrupt and be a fart official!

Zhao Yan immediately asked people to carry out 500,000 taels of silver and asked them to open the box.

Suddenly, the attention of all officials, big and small, looked over, and Zhao Yan said loudly: "Local officials should be sympathetic to the people, clean and honest, and this official also knows that it is not easy for you to be officials, so I will give you 500,000 taels of pension, and I will give it to you now." ”

Then Yan Jizu asked people to send these silver taels to those officials according to the list that had been prepared yesterday.

In fact, of the 500,000 taels of silver, only 200,000 taels were actually distributed to these officials, and the other 300,000 were used to dismiss the grassroots officials.

Shandong county (inclusive) and above officials, about more than 60 people, the administrative organs of the Ming Dynasty are not very bloated, on the contrary, there are very few personnel, which is also one of the reasons for the extensive management.

The average is 3,000 taels per person, 1,500 taels for the county, and the officials above the county level will be higher.

It seems like a considerable amount, but for some officials, this amount of money is far from the goal of their embezzlement.

But for most officials, this silver plus the imperial court's money is indeed enough.

"Everyone said that they received the silver today, and they said that if they still dare to do greedy things, don't care about the ruthlessness of Benfu's subordinates." Yan Jizu said loudly with a straight face, "The matter of reform is the Holy Lord's decree, you don't need to say more, just cooperate with the reform of Shandong." ”

Yan Jizu's words immediately suppressed all the officials, although they still wanted to object, but seeing that most of the officials had no opinion after receiving the money, they would be arrested if they came up again at this time, and they didn't dare to say anything.

Silence on the spot does not mean that they will agree, and those who oppose it want to fight in a roundabout way. But if they want to fight in a roundabout way, they can't help it.

Zhao Yan returned to Zhaojiabao the next day and immediately sent the personnel who had been prepared for a long time to set up reform offices in various prefectures and counties in Shandong.

Each reform department will employ a police force ranging from 100 to 300, as well as other administrative personnel, who will serve as county officials, canons, and officials.

These personnel in various prefectures and counties in Shandong will be dismissed, and 300,000 taels of silver will be equally distributed among them as severance pay.

For a time, all the prefectures and counties in Shandong were in a state of flux, and the mood of those public officials was very great, even some local officials were fanning the flames on the sidelines and refusing to obey the orders of the Reform Department.

The Reform Department held the documents issued by Yan Jizu, and then carried out the 'forced palace' by force, and there were rebellions in some prefectures and counties, but they were quickly suppressed by well-equipped and well-trained police forces.

These officers are drawn from well-disciplined soldiers and have undergone a certain level of training to maintain law and order and solve crimes.

The police station in Zhaojiapu was established very early on, and it was not a temporary department to guard the city gates, maintain law and order in the fort, and solve cases.

Under the swords and guns of these policemen, coupled with the legal documents stamped by Yan Jizu, the officials of each prefecture and county gave in, and those grassroots officials could only reluctantly accept the fact of dismissal.

Fortunately, the severance pay is relatively generous, and if they have no livelihood after dismissal, they can go to Denglai, and the recruitment bureau in Denglai will arrange for them to be employed.

After the state and county officials compromised, police stations were first set up in various places, and they began to maintain law and order in the states and counties, solve cases, and bring prisoners in the cells one by one for re-interrogation.

Then the urban and rural populations were registered, and then the acres of land were measured.

The work of measuring acres of land has already been carried out in Laizhou and Qingzhou, but not in the western three prefectures.

With the establishment of the Reform Department and the abolition of the grassroots personnel of the government, although the officials appointed by the imperial court in various prefectures and counties could not be dismissed, they all became single commanders.

The Reform Department has become a real yamen, in charge of public security, relief, and taxation, and those counties who want to do anything have to go to the Reform Department for approval.

(To be continued)