Slowly sitting on the chair with a teacup and tasting tea, Yue Yang squinted at Jiang Xin on the side, and sneered in his heart.

In the past few days, he has seen everything Jiang Xin has done in his eyes, and this Jiang Xin, like most of the officials in the Ming Dynasty at this time, has an attitude of not seeking merit but seeking no fault. When the merchants boycotted the city and the scholars went on strike, the first thing he thought about was not how to calm down the turmoil of the scholars, but whether this incident would have an impact on him and whether the court would blame him for this incident. In their hearts, they never thought about whether the lives of the people under their rule would be affected, whether what these merchants did was beneficial to the court and the country, and now after seeing that his family had used thunderous means to deal with these merchants and scholars, he couldn't wait to jump out again.

"This is officialdom!" Yue Yang sighed lightly.

In fact, just when Yue Yang was thinking about something, Jiang Xin's heart was also spinning. He knew that what he had done these days had made the commander next to him dissatisfied, and a person who could only share prosperity and prosperity but not weal and woe would not be treated sincerely by others no matter what.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xin regretted a little, if he could have resolutely stood on Yueyang's side a few days ago, instead of hiding in the prefect's yamen to watch the excitement, he would have become Yueyang's guest.

However, Jiang Xin is also worthy of being an old officialdom, and his embarrassment only lasted for a moment before he was thrown aside. He gently put down the teacup and asked with a smile: "Lord Yue, there are many major events in Hunyuan Prefecture today, businessmen boycott, scholars boycott, and soaring prices, but as the prefect, this official is powerless to stop this qiē, which is really ashamed to say." ”

Looking at Jiang Xin's sincere face, Yue Yang couldn't help but think of a sentence from later generations, "Every qualified official is an excellent actor." ”

Yue Yang endured the discomfort in his heart and smiled faintly, "Lord Jiang, this is the only Hunyuan Prefecture that has undergone some rectification. There will inevitably be a new atmosphere, and you, as a parent in a place, will definitely be happy about it, right? ”

"Happy fart!" Jiang Xin also secretly slandered, "The businessmen and scholars in Hunyuan Prefecture were killed and arrested by you, isn't it a new atmosphere?" ”

Jiang Xin wanted to pick up the teacup and drink water, but now the teacup was empty. Smiled awkwardly. He asked again: "Lord Yue even agrees with what the official said, these people have been full of favor from the imperial court, but they don't want to repay the favor, and they actually do such a thing to bring disaster to the country and the people, which is really the ambition of the wolf. ”

Jiang Xin scolded for a while, and then squinted. said to Yue Yang: "This chaos, the people involved, etc., I don't know how Lord Yue plans to deal with them?" ”

Yue Yang knew that the person in front of him had just been talking nonsense for a long time, and only this sentence was the real purpose of his coming today. He said calmly: "As the commander of Shanxi and the guerrilla general of the North Road, it is his duty to protect the territory and the people. But the ancients also said: if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government. It is the duty of the officials to arrest them, but it is not up to the officials to decide how to deal with them.

Fang Jiuming, Fang Yingdi, father and son, and some businessmen were enemies. Jia Zizhen's concubine Fan Mei'er is a fine work of Dongnu, as well as Zhou Nan, the grain transportation officer of the North Road, Niu Mangui, the defense officer of Hengkou, and Xi Huaiying, the defense officer of Shadukou, and others occupy the people's fields and property. ”

"Hoo ......"

Hearing Yue Yang say this, Jiang Xin breathed a sigh of relief. Before he came, he was afraid that Yue Yang would behead all these people in a fit of rage, if that was the case, it would be troublesome. Even his own prefect has to fall behind. But now it seems that this person still knows the rules very well.

Since Yue Yang is willing to hand over these people to the prefect's yamen to deal with, then he is bound to play an important role in this turmoil, which is very important to him, otherwise if the ministers of the court and the saint ask him about his appearance in these days in the future, others will say that this guy is just hiding in the government office for a few days and pretending to be sick, waiting for the situation to expand. In this way, I am afraid that the prefect of myself will have to do it. But now it is different, once the ministers of the DPRK and China mention this matter, they will think that it was they who pronounced the judgment of those Dongnu fine works, and the meaning of this coming and going is very different.

But. Although Jiang Xin was secretly happy in his heart, he did not forget how to judge these people, in fact, the opinion of the Xuanwei general in front of him was the most important, after all, the weight of the verdict also depended on the evidence he provided.

After thinking about this, Jiang Xin was very humble and discussed with Yue Yang how to judge these people.

For this, Yue Yang's attitude is resolute. People like Fang Jiuming, Fang Yingdi's father and son, and Jia Zizhen can't let them continue to stay in this world, there are too many examples of fighting tigers and not dying but suffering from them throughout the ages, and Yue Yang doesn't want to be the next example.

As for those big merchants, Yue Yang thought that their property and land should be confiscated for confiscation, and those gold and silver treasures Yue Yang thought that they could be traded to the treasury to alleviate the shortage of gold and silver in the treasury. Yue Yang estimated that the imperial court could earn at least one million taels of silver, and Chongzhen must be very happy to see such a result.

In addition to giving some to Jiang Xin, the remaining fifty percent will be used as the cost of resettlement of displaced people to ease the economic burden of Hunyuan Prefecture. In addition, after confiscating the land and property of these people, he can at least obtain more than 100,000 mu of fertile land, so that at least tens of thousands of displaced people can be resettled.

Yue Yang counted as he spoke, and he couldn't help but gasp in his heart.

"Shhh...... It's just that some profiteers have been defeated, and they have been able to obtain so many fields and properties, and those displaced people who have obtained land must be grateful to themselves, no wonder some people in later generations are so keen to fight local tyrants and divide the land, this feeling is the only way to get rich and buy people's hearts. ”

After hearing Yue Yang's opinions on the handling of those merchants, Jiang Xin listened and thought slowly, if he dealt with those gentry according to the method that Yue Yang said, and used the confiscated land and property to settle those displaced people, this is indeed a method that can quickly calm people's hearts, although this method is not proposed by himself, but it is announced by himself, so that his prestige in the hearts of the people can also be quickly improved, and it is also very beneficial to himself.

As for whether those businessmen on the North Road will hate themselves, Jiang Xin won't care. He clearly remembered that when he first came to Hunyuan Prefecture to take office, the Fang family's father and son and those businessmen did not have a good face towards him. I have been in Hunyuan Prefecture for four years, and I have not been promoted, in the final analysis, isn't it because I don't have any political achievements? Isn't this because the businessmen are dragging themselves back? The last time the Tartars came to attack, if it wasn't for Yue Yang to raise troops to rescue, I'm afraid my head would have moved long ago. Thinking of this, Jiang Xin's hatred for those profiteers couldn't help but add another layer.

Jiang Xin and Yue Yang discussed it in a vague tone for a while, and finally decided that in addition to the five layers of the property of the raided family, Jiang Xin kept two layers for himself, and Yue Yang wanted three layers, and Jiang Xin was responsible for the cost of dotting the above.

At first glance, Jiang Xin seemed to have suffered a lot of losses, but he was divided into two layers, not to mention, and even the silver taels on the dots were paid by him. But Jiang Xin himself was already very satisfied, after all, he didn't do anything in this matter, but he got nearly 200,000 taels of silver for nothing, and he had at least more than 100,000 taels left in addition to the above, which was pure income.

Besides, not all the silver that Yue Yang got fell into his pocket, he still had to use it to settle those homeless people, so Jiang Xin's heart was immediately very calm.

After the two big and small foxes finished deliberating, they looked at each other and smiled, and both sides were very satisfied with the result. Jiang Xin got fame and a large sum of silver, and Yue Yang got several vacancies for the actual positions of military generals in addition to the fields and silver, and he could install his subordinates.

The two discussed until the sun set, Jiang Xin was satisfied with his farewell and returned home, after returning he had to work overnight, and tomorrow he would start to exercise the duties of the prefect and judge those people.

Half a month later, Chongzhen, who was far away in Gyeonggi, received a request for a verdict from Jiang Xin, the governor of Hunyuan Prefecture. At this time, the warm incense was quiet, and only Wang Chengen was waiting next to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen sighed lightly and said: "Companion, you said that those merchants and gentry have been favored by the emperor and have been raising scholars for more than 200 years, why can they still do such a thing without a king and a father." Fortunately, Yue Yang showed their whereabouts, otherwise I wouldn't have known that there were so many moths hidden in a small Hunyuan Prefecture. ”

Seeing the sad look on Chongzhen's face, Wang Chengen hurriedly comforted: "The emperor is angry, when the grandfather was alive, he set the policy of farming and industry, which makes sense, businessmen are greedy for money, and it has been the same since ancient times. What can't they do for money? The slave maid thought that Yue Yang had killed a good one this time, killing a group of profiteers, which was just enough to shock those people below, besides, those people were not killed in vain, you look at what is written on this note, they also checked millions of taels of stolen silver, and they will send someone to escort them into Beijing in a few days, so that our treasury does not have to be so tight. ”

"Well, that makes sense."

Thinking that he had won millions of taels of silver for nothing, Chongzhen's originally depressed mood immediately became a lot more cheerful. However, when he thought of the amount of silver, Chongzhen was both happy and a little resentful in his heart. Thinking that his income tax in the Ming Dynasty was only more than four million taels of silver a year, but Yue Yang only confiscated a few merchants and got millions of taels, no wonder the treasury had no money, and the emotional silver went to the treasury of those profiteers.

Thinking of this, Chongzhen couldn't help but scold with hatred: "Those profiteers should be killed!" ”

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