I have to say that the idea proposed by Zhou Ruyuan is indeed ruthless enough. Zeng Fengxian forcibly occupied the land of Hu Lin's family, saying that it was his own, and without evidence, Su Hao really had nothing to do with him. But after Zeng Feng first occupied other people's land, the area of his own land increased, as long as he compared it with his family's land deed, he couldn't explain the extra land.

In this case, if he admits that he was wrong and is willing to return the extra land to Hu Lin, then everyone will be happy, and there is nothing to say. If he wants to quibble, saying that this is an error in the record of the title deed, or that he has earned money from his own wasteland, then I'm sorry, Su Hao can go and check his tax records. The number of acres of land on the tax record is less than his actual number of acres, which means that he deceived the government and concealed the land to evade taxes, which is enough for Su Hao to clean him up.

A sage once said that when things in the world are concerned, you are afraid of the word serious. As a person from the government, if Su Hao is willing to take care of it seriously, the famous halls that Zeng Fengxian has engaged in will not succeed at all. Previously, the Andong County Ya had something to do with Zeng Fengxian, turning one eye open and closing one eye, which made an originally simple case become a headless case.

"However, my lord, although this method is good, it is easy to offend people, so Zhou didn't dare to ask adults to try."

Seeing that Su Hao was going to accept his suggestion, Zhou Ruyuan hurriedly persuaded him.

Su Hao said: "I came to handle the case, which was originally a matter of offending people. I have already given Zeng Fengxian face today, and if he doesn't cooperate, then there is no way. Lao Zhou, you have also seen it, today I asked Xiong Minfan to beat Zeng Fengxian's dog legs, which is already considered to be a tie down, so what's the matter if you offend him again. ”

Zhou Ruyuan said: "My lord, I don't mean to offend Zeng Fengxian, although this person has some property, but if he wants to wrestle with the adult, it is still beyond his strength." Zhou is just worried that if an adult checks the land of Zeng Fengxian's family, he will be mistaken for a land clearance, which is a very taboo thing. If the adults make the beginning, I am afraid that the rich families of the entire Huai'an Mansion will regard the adults as mortal enemies. ”

"The land is clear?" A thought flashed through Su Hao's mind, and he understood what Zhou Ruyuan meant.

Last year, when Su Hao took the survey camp out of Fengcheng to Chongqing, he had a conflict with the local landlord Wu Bozhen in Qiaoshe Town. The cause of that conflict was that Wu Bozhen mistakenly thought that the surveying and mapping training of the survey camp was that the government came to check the fields, so he sent his family to intervene with arms. It was because of this incident that Su Hao learned about the situation when the big landlords concealed the fields and evaded taxes......

The taxes of the Ming Dynasty were all linked to the fields, especially the whip law implemented since Jiajing, which directly converted all taxes and forced labor into silver taels and spread them on the acres. Because of this, large landowners tend to hide the size of their land in order to avoid taxes.

In order to fairly share the taxes and let those who have land bear more social obligations, Zhang Juzheng carried out a large-scale land clearance work throughout the country when he was in office, and found out that tens of millions of acres of land had been concealed. Land clearance is an extremely offensive thing, and the work of clearing the land has been strongly opposed by the powerful landlords, so the ** caused is also countless.

Zhang Juzheng relied on his own strength to forcibly carry out this work, but after his death, the land clearing work ended without a problem, and no one had the courage to complete it anymore.

Now, in order to recover the forcibly occupied land for farmers like Hu Lin, Su Hao wants to regain the magic weapon of land clearance, and the risks can be imagined. Although he only wanted to re-measure the land of Zeng Fengxian's family, the other powerful landlords would inevitably panic, and then they would be strongly obstructed. It is difficult to predict what kind of situation will arise at that time.

"Lao Zhou, if I really carry out land clearance in the entire Huai'an Mansion, what do you think these landlords will do?" Su Hao asked Zhou Ruyuan with a smile.

"They're going to kill the adults." Zhou Ruyuan replied without hesitation.

"Murder?" Su Hao was stunned for a moment, "No, killing the imperial court officials is a big crime, do these rich people have such courage?" ”

Zhou Ruyuan said: "Earlier, when Zhang Taiyue was still in office, he once ordered the whole country to clear the acres of fields, and Huai'an Mansion was no exception. At that time, the government sent them to the countryside to do Qingzhang's errand service, and several of them were killed. Of course, those are people who don't show favoritism. If you are willing to show favoritism, not only will you not be in danger, but you will be able to become a guest of honor in the rich family, and every family will have filial piety. ”

"How do you know these things?" Su Hao asked strangely. In his impression, a person like Zhou Ruyuan should be very homely, and he doesn't hear anything outside the window, how can he be so familiar with these cats?

Zhou Ruyuan sighed: "Alas, Zhou also worked as an errand in the government back then, and these things were all seen and heard with his own eyes. The officials in the government are actually in cahoots with the powerful and powerful, and those Qingzhang officials sent down from above are simply unable to move an inch at the local level. Zhou also decided to retire to the fields because he had heard and witnessed too many dirty transactions of this kind. ”

"These powerful murderers, do you let your own family kill them, or do you hire another killer?" Su Hao asked, he must ask these situations clearly, know himself and know the enemy, in order to survive a hundred battles.

Zhou Ruyuan said: "As far as Zhou knows, many heroes and strongmen have colluded, and most of them invited strongmen to commit this kind of murder, so after committing the crime, the government has no way to track it down." Because of the continuous natural disasters in this Huai'an Mansion, there have always been people who can't survive, and some people have taken risks and become strongmen. In the entire Huai'an Mansion, the strongmen are only afraid that there are thirty or forty shares, and the largest even has hundreds of people, and ordinary guards can't do anything about them. ”

"Since this is the case, then Su has to take care of it." Su Hao said with itchy teeth.

Landlords forcibly occupy land to evade taxes, the government colludes with landlords, and landlords collude with bandits. Su Hao originally didn't plan to interfere deeply in the affairs of Huai'an Mansion, but when he heard Zhou Ruyuan say such a situation, he couldn't help but want to make a move, how could he give the people of Huai'an an an environment to live and work in peace and contentment.

"Do you really want to care?" Zhou Ruyuan asked.

Su Hao said: "I have said, Su does not engage in things that violate the yang and the yin, since I said that I want to take care of it, it is to be managed to the end." ”

Zhou Ruyuan said: "Your Excellency, let's think twice, this matter of collusion between officials, gentry, and bandits is very troublesome, don't overturn the boat in the gutter." ”

Su Hao said: "I will naturally be careful." At the moment, let's take Zeng Feng first to explore the other strong hole cards. If they want to be tough with the official, then the official will fulfill their wishes. My survey camp is not only engaged in surveying and mapping, if you want to fight, how can you not lose to those local chickens and dogs. ”

"Well, then Zhou will start to handle this." Zhou Ruyuan said.

Su Hao said: "You go and do it, I will write a letter to Governor Han and Governor Pan, and ask them to send me additional manpower." If these bandits and strongmen know each other, if they dare to come out and compete with the official, then the official will definitely cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and end up their bandit den. ”

After making up his plan, Su Hao immediately began to write letters and sent them to Han Wen, Pan Jitao and Deng Kui respectively. Prior to this, he had sent Chen Guanyu to go deep into the people as a Taoist priest of Youfang, and learned about the secrets of some powerful landlords, and he also wrote these things into the letter to reflect the cruelty of these landlords.

After Han Wen received the letter, he discussed with Fang Mengjin for a long time, and finally made up his mind. He wrote back to Su Hao, instructing Su Hao to do it freely, and said that he would give Su Hao his full support, and if the officials in the following states and counties dared to collude with Haoqiang and bandits, Han Wen would definitely kill the killers and bring these officials to justice.

In the letter to Pan Jitao, Su Hao did not write too much, but said that there was some resistance to the work below, and some powerful landlords were unwilling to cooperate, which may even affect the construction of the Huai'an passage into the sea, and hoped that Governor Pan could send some officers and soldiers from the Jianghe General Military Office to assist. Pan Jitao was not interested in such a thing, but since Su Hao opened his mouth, he would not refuse, and directly instructed the general army of the river to be ready to send troops to support Su Hao at any time.

Deng Kui's side was even simpler, after receiving Su Hao's letter, he gathered all the recruits and veterans who were being trained, made up 200 people, and then personally led the team to Chaohe Town.

"Qianhu, what should I do now?" Deng Kui asked Su Hao for instructions.

"Take our people and measure all the land in Sangyuanzhuang, absolutely accurately." Su Hao ordered.

"Just a mulberry garden?" Deng Kui said disdainfully, "I knew that as long as I tested a mulberry garden, why did I bring so many people here." ”

Su Hao said: "I'm not afraid of many people, I'm useful." Go and measure now, and let Hulin go with you. On the map, mark the acres of land for each household, and be careful not to confuse the fields with the wasteland. The land of Zeng Fengxian's family is not only in the mulberry garden village, but also in several surrounding villages, and you must also measure it together. I'd like to see how much land this guy has in his hands. ”

"Order!" Deng Kui responded, and after agreeing, he remembered another thing and asked, "By the way, Qianhu, what should I do if I encounter obstacles when I am waiting for the measurement?" ”

"Hit!" Su Hao said simply, "Whoever dares to stop you will just run away." If the opponent has a weapon in his hand, then it will be regarded as attacking officers and soldiers, not killing. ”

Deng Kui was overjoyed when he heard this, he was originally a bloodthirsty person, and he worked as an errand under Su Hao, and there were too many usual constraints, which made him feel so aggrieved. Now that he finally got an order to kill, he was as comfortable as eating a chilled watermelon on dog days.

"Great! Chino, you just wait for my good news. Before Deng Kui's words fell, the person had already run away.