Zhang Ke's subordinates have bright armor, all have war horses, fluttering banners, and complete weapons, which are completely different from the shabby soldiers in Yizhou. 《

When the common people saw such a majestic army, their curiosity immediately rose, and more and more people ran out of their homes and pointed their fingers.

"Where did this soldier come from? How can you dress better than the commanding envoy's family? ”

Someone asked, there is never a shortage of know-it-all in the crowd, and suddenly there was a hunchback, holding a "guidance maze" wooden card in his arms The fortune teller said: "You don't know, you have to see the ability of the living immortals!" These people are all the soldiers of the new Jinyi Counselor Zhang Ke and Lord Zhang, have you heard of Lord Zhang? ”

A young man scratched his head and said, "Lord Zhang, is it the Lord Zhang who cut off the heads of hundreds of Jurchens?" ”

The fortune teller suddenly pursed his lips and sneered: "Can a hundred heads be exchanged for a general, and people have killed more than six hundred!" I heard that the head was loaded in the car and sent to the capital, and after seeing it, Long Live Ye cried happily. ”

Seeing the lively crowd, there was a commotion, and the dare was a bunch of evil stars, no wonder it was so scary!

"It's okay now, Lord Zhang is here, who would dare to fight Yizhou! We'll be able to enjoy peace and live a good life for a few days. ”

"Not necessarily!" The fortune teller chuckled again: "The more fierce the war, the more fierce the bullying of the common people, eat what you want, you big guys have to be careful!" ”

The people were curious, worried, and discussed, but they didn't notice that the real protagonist Zhang Ke did not appear in the crowd.

……

In the private room of the teahouse, Zhang Ke and Sun Youguang sat opposite each other, once the old Sun was Zhang Ke's boss, but in a short time, Zhang Ke had climbed to the position of a general, but Sun Youguang was aging. Facing Zhang Ke again, Sun Youguang was a little at a loss.

Zhang Ke raised the teacup and said with a smile: "Old Sun." You are the parent official of Daqing Castle and Zhang Ke's predecessor, I use tea instead of wine, and I do it first as a respect. If there's anything you need, I'll listen to you. ”

Saying that, he raised his head and drank the tea, Sun Youguang said in fear: "Lord Zhang, it's too polite, Sun is ashamed." ”

After a drink with Zhang Ke, Sun Youguang looked around and lowered his voice.

"Lord Zhang. Are you wondering why no one came to greet you? ”

Zhang Ke nodded slightly, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "Maybe Zhang is notorious, they don't want to come!" But with Elder Sun coming to greet me, I am content! ”

"Your Excellency, you're so polite." Sun Youguang said: "My lord, I can't hide it, something did happen in Yizhou, just three days ago, two or three hundred soldiers were paid. ”

"Trouble?"

Zhang Ke suddenly frowned, making a salary is not a trivial matter. There is no way to end up without a few deaths, so he hurriedly asked: "Old Sun, it's not a trivial matter to make a salary, why haven't I gotten any news at all?" ”

"It didn't take long. It was only more than half a day, and the commander made Lord Shen take out the food and salary, and the rebels all went back. ”

Zhang Ke tapped on the tabletop, his eyes narrowed. It's a little weird. Trouble has always been a big crime, how can the soldiers retreat lightly, and if there is food in Yizhou, why can't they take it out earlier?

"Old Sun. There's a mystery in this, right? ”

Sun Youguang nodded: "My lord guessed right, in order to quell the soldiers' troubles, the Yizhou Treasury allocated three thousand taels of silver and five hundred stone of grain, and now all the money and grain in Yizhou are empty!" ”

What the?

Zhang Ke's eyes widened suddenly, Yizhou has five or six thousand military households under its jurisdiction, and when it comes to wealth, it can be counted in Liaodong, how can the treasury be empty with just a few dollars and grains, it's just like a joke!

Seeing Zhang Ke's surprise, Sun Youguang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Lord Zhang, after you take over Yizhou, there are more troublesome things, the imperial court asked Yizhou to send 3,000 conscripts to transport grain and grass." Lao Sun knows so much, please be more careful, Lao Sun will leave first! ”

Sun Youguang left in a hurry as if he was afraid of something.

Zhang Ke sighed secretly, just before he came, he made a fuss, and lost all the silver and grain, leaving a mess, if you want to say that there are no ghosts in it, I'm afraid no one will believe it!

Zhang Ke thought for a while, suddenly stood up, and sneered in his heart: "If you dare to play yin with Lao Tzu, then see who can play whom!"

"Let's go, go and command the yamen!"

Zhang Ke, accompanied by his personal guards, went all the way to the yamen.

Spacious and magnificent building, with stone lions and stone drums in front of the door, Zhang Ke handed over the horse to his subordinates and walked inside.

The commander made it as if the yamen had been ransacked, and there was not even a single breather along the way. Zhang Ke didn't say a word, walked into the lobby, and there were two junior officials in green clothes in the lobby, and when they saw Zhang Ke coming in, they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed.

"Zhao Xiang, the governor of Yizhou, the king of the officials, meet the general!"

Looking at the two people kneeling at his feet, Zhang Ke snorted in his nose.

"Why don't you sing the empty city plan to the end, and leave an empty commander to the yamen for this official, wouldn't it be better!"

Zhang Ke's anger was undisguised, and the two people kneeling on the ground seemed to be in the harsh winter again.

"I will never dare to neglect my lords, and I will ask you to atone for your sins!" The two of them kowtowed as they spoke.

"Get up, this official can't be angry with you, if there is anything to be handed over, just say it quickly!" Zhang Ke sat behind the bookcase.

Zhao Xiangxu wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and held a stack of books in front of Zhang Ke.

"Lord Qiyu, this is the roster of the Yizhou Weijun and civilians, there are more than 1,200 military households in my Yizhou Acropolis, with a population of more than 5,000, and more than 540 private households, with a number of more than 2,700. This is the roster, please take a look at it! ”

The more Zhang Ke listened, the more ridiculous it became, the military households of Yizhou Wei were at least five or six thousand, and after deducting the various castles, there were at least two or three thousand households in Yizhou, how could there be only one thousand or two left, it was ridiculous!

hastily flipped through a few pages of the roster, and was slammed on the table by Zhang Ke.

"Your name is Zhao Xiang, right?"

"It's a lowly position."

"Let me ask you, do you have any other household registrations in Yiju besides military households and civilian households?"

"Yes, there are craftsmen, merchants, and musicians, but there are not many of them. Negligible! ”

Zhang Ke suddenly laughed loudly, got up from the chair, turned behind Zhao Xiang, and sneered: "I don't see only these, there are still many ghost households in Yizhou!" ”

Zhao Xiang was so frightened that he was covered in cold sweat, and hurriedly said, "My lord, are you joking?" ”

"Hmph, this official doesn't have time to joke with you, how many people come and go in Yizhou City, and the total number of residents is at least twenty or thirty thousand. However, the total number of military and civilian households you reported is only about 7,000 people, and where are the rest? Could it be that all the officials see are ghosts, and these people are ghosts? ”

Syllable!

Zhang Ke slapped on the table, Zhao Xiang was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground, his head was full of cold sweat.

"Ask the adults to atone for their sins, lowly duty, lowly duty commission really don't know!"

Zhang Ke looked at these two people coldly and said with a smile: "You don't say what the official said." Some people turned military households into tenants, cultivated the fields for them, paid rent, but did not become soldiers. No one paid taxes to the imperial court! ”

Zhao Xiang, who was kneeling on the ground, trembled, and didn't dare to say a word.

"Get up, you have something to say, it's all over at once."

"Yes!"

Zhao Xiang got up from the ground. His legs were weak, and he almost fell, but fortunately, Wang Duowen beside him helped him.

"Your Excellency. This is the number of acres of land under the jurisdiction of Yizhou, a total of 860 hectares, and the expropriation of land is equivalent to 5,300 stone of wheat. There were more than 3,700 officers and men, 530 horses, mules, horses, and livestock, and the rest of the swords, guns, artillery, and other items were all listed. ”

Zhao Xiang put down the account book, pushed it to the back, and didn't dare to say a word while bowing his body.

Zhang Ke looked through it and threw it aside, the account books of the Ming Dynasty are not reliable compared to these officials, so don't look at it!

"Tell me, how many things have you left for this official?"

Wang Duowen walked in front of Zhang Ke and bowed to salute, compared to Zhao Xiang, he seemed a lot more stable.

"Lord Qiyu, three days ago, there were more than 3,100 taels of silver and 503 stones of grain in the Yizhou warehouse. Before leaving, the former commander Yue took all the silver and grain. At present, there are one hundred and twenty taels of silver in stock, and three stones of grain! ”

Zhang Ke nodded after hearing this, and couldn't help but smile: "It's a bit capricious, and I actually left something for this official!" ”

"Lord Qiyu!" Wang Duowen continued: "Since the thirty-seventh year of Wanli, Yizhou has had a deficit every year, and last year the largest amount, reaching 135,000 taels, and the total of the past years, there are more than 350,000 arrears of loans and 56,000 stones of grain!" More than 1,300 taels of profit alone will be spent every month. At present, there is nothing left in the huge Uiju except for the scrap copper and rotten iron in the armory! ”

The more Wang Duowen spoke, the higher his voice was, and Zhao Xiang on the side was almost frightened and fell down.

Which pot is not opened and which pot is mentioned, how can this kind of thing be nonsense! Zhang Ke's kid is a donkey temper, and if it explodes, it won't benefit anyone. Zhao Xiang tried his best to pull Wang Duowen's sleeve, but it was useless.

Wang Duowen straightened his chest and boldly looked at Zhang Ke.

"Master Zhang, I heard that you killed the enemy in front of the battle, and you are a real hero. You can sue you for your humble duties, Yizhou Yin eats grain, and it has long been rotten. Zhou Xiong, the general of Jinyi who was arrested by you, embezzled greedy ink, causing a huge deficit. Now Wen Tian is martial, less than half of the registered military households are registered, and the army is full of ills. Eat empty wages, drink the blood of soldiers, kill good people and take risks, and occupy fields. It can be said that there is no evil, and everything is done! ”

Lose your marbles!

There are only two words left in Zhao Xiang's head, Wang Duowen was born in Xiucai, failed the exam repeatedly, and finally entered the government, he has been conscientious and silent for many years, and he has always been a servant, and no one has said anything bad about him.

But who knew that today's Wang Duowen was like a demon possessed, and his mouth was full of chilling words, Zhao Xiang stretched out his hand to cover Wang Duowen's mouth.

"Lord Wang, don't be alarmist, where is it not like this......"

"Lord Zhao, it's not that the lower officials are alarmist, but that Yizhou has reached the point where he can't ignore it. Now that the imperial court is going to send more conscription, the people of Yizhou are already miserable. Duowen can only risk death to plead his feelings, and implore Lord Zhang to eradicate corrupt officials, reduce forced labor, and recuperate the people! ”

Wang Duowen said, his legs were weak, and he knelt on the ground, tears flowed from his eyes.

"Lord Zhang, the life and death of the people of Yizhou are on you, and I beg you for the villagers!" (To be continued!)

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