A law enforcement team drove into Wuqing City, and only a team of people came, led by a school captain, although unknown, but a veteran of Anxi, and another Fa Cao joined the army, who was a veteran of military law decisions. The Facao system of the Tiance Tang Army, although his position is not obvious in peacetime, he is the king of Yama in the army, and anyone who sees it is afraid of three points.

Fan Yanguang didn't dare to slack off, welcomed the captain into the city, and entertained the students all the way. When the law enforcement team was ordered to investigate, when they saw that the official was a senior level, they didn't need to salute when they saw Fan Yanguang, and the captain of the army said: "We are waiting to go out to investigate, and the degree is customized, and General Fan's good intentions dare not accept it." I only hope that the general will cooperate with us and let us investigate this matter clearly. ”

Fan Yanguang said: "This is natural. Actually, I don't need you to say, I have already found out about this matter. Come on! ”

Someone held a wooden plate, and a human head slipped on the wooden plate! There are 300 of them!

Fan Yanguang smiled and said: "Three hundred black sheep who have violated military discipline, I have already cleared them when you arrive, and I was about to report to the marshal, but unexpectedly you came." ”

The leading lieutenant and Facao joined the army and looked at each other, surprised by this result.

Fa Cao joined the army and said: "It turns out that General Fan has already carried out the military law, but according to the law, since we have been dispatched, we have to investigate according to the system. ”

Fan Yanguang smiled: "This nature, this nature." ”

This team of men and horses settled in Wuqing to investigate, from this day on, more than 30,000 generals and soldiers from Yedu were also a little afraid, Fan Yanguang did not dare to move, the whole army shrank in the city, did not dare to step on the city gate half a step.

The law enforcement team is still investigating in Wuqing County, and the three hundred heads have been sent to Zhang Mai, Zhang Mai looked at the three hundred heads, and said to Xue Fu: "What do you think?" Is that the truth? ”

Xue Fu said: "I don't dare to say anything about it. ”

Zhang Mai asked Li Bin again, and Li Bin said the same.

Zhang Mai asked Fu Yanqing again, and when Fu Yanqing was about to speak, Zhang Mai shouted: "Xue Fu and Li Bin are both from Hebei!" They don't know that the situation in Hebei is excusable. You are a military veteran here, a generalist of the Central Plains generation! For the habits of the warriors of Hebei and the Central Plains. I don't believe you can't do insight, I hope your answer doesn't disappoint me! ”

Fu Yanqing wanted to speak and stopped, and he didn't dare to stop after a while, and then said: "The last general...... The end will not see the truth......"

"And what about your speculation!" Zhang Mai interrupted him!

Fu Yanqing finally made up his mind and said, "If it is speculation, I will think in the end." This is not necessarily a thing, but Fan Yanguang should give the marshal a step. ”

He knelt down as he spoke, and said, "Marshal, what is the truth, does it really matter?" Aren't these 300 heads enough to give an explanation to the people of the world? ”

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At this time. Tiance Datang's "Autumn Harvest Action" also began.

The Autumn Harvest Operation is also a peaceful operation, but it is mixed with domineering and deterrence in peace.

During the autumn harvest, the Central Plains completely stopped fighting! Whoever dares to use the sword soldiers, no matter what the reason, will be attacked by Zhang Mai after the autumn harvest is over!

- This is externally oriented.

All the armies under my control must do their best to protect the autumn harvest. There are those who dare to encroach on farmland. Chop!

- This is for the inside.

Autumn harvest is the most important season in the whole of China, he is related to the livelihood of the coming year, and the history of God and the king often avoid this time when they move wars, and now with Zhang Mai's strength, the entire eastern land will suspend the smoke of gunpowder and enter into a comprehensive peace.

Along with the autumn harvest no war order, there is also a tax exemption order - east of Tongguan. All the states and counties under the jurisdiction of Tiance will be exempted from agricultural taxes this year! If they are tenant farmers, they can also get the landlord to rebate the agricultural tax they should pay.

When the news came out, the entire Central Plains was boiling. In the past few years, Shi Jingjiao has been expropriating violently, and the endurance of all parts of the Central Plains - especially the ability of farmers - is actually close to the critical point, Zhang Mai's tax exemption order. Although it had little impact on the gentry and haoqiang, it was a timely rain for the lower peasants, so the order was praised by the Hebei Shilin - as for the peasants. Although they are the biggest beneficiaries, their voices are minimal.

Jin Bei's reaction was relatively calm, because Zhang Mai had exempted them from field tax for three years before, and he should have been happy. Yandi Hukou, there are no three or four out of ten, especially the most elite Youzhou land, which is almost empty, so this tax exemption order is only a little comfort after the destruction of the thistle land.

Hebei and Shandong are excited. Those states and counties that have been annexed could not have imagined that Zhang Longxiang could still implement such benevolent governance under such a difficult situation in front of him, and those states and counties that have not yet been annexed are envious of this tax exemption order, and they all praise Zhang Mai as a benevolent monarch.

However, there were also some discordant noises during this period. He went deep into the inspection of various parts of Hebei and visited some powerful and gentry in some townships and counties, deceived Zhang Mai's tax exemption order, and still ordered the peasant households to pay taxes, and these taxes fell into their own pockets.

In the face of this shameless act, Zhang Mai's attitude was "zero tolerance", and he sent Anxi veterans to those places where problems occurred, and the inspectors presented evidence, and the judges judged and executed by the Anxi veterans. Find out together, dispose of together.

Worried that this move would harass the locality, Li Nuan, the minister of Yedu, wrote to Zhang Mai, hoping that he would adopt a more tolerant attitude towards this matter, not to hurt the "peaceful atmosphere" brought by the tax exemption order, and not to hurt the heart of the Hebei gentry because of this.

Zhang Mai sneered after looking at it: "Peaceful gas, what kind of peaceful gas!" What I want is for farmers to get benefits, not a superficial face-saving project! From the dragon Shizi? Those gentry who thought that they could continue to exploit the people by following me were not from the dragon, but from the country! ”

After Zhang Mai's reaction came out, Li Nuan's old face couldn't help but turn red, in fact, many gentry also had a similar attitude, although they praised Zhang Mai's benevolence, but the praise was just to invite fame, and after the praise, it did not prevent them from taking action against the loopholes in the tax exemption order. In the eyes of many people, isn't Zhang Mai's promulgation of this tax exemption order to invite the name of a "benevolent monarch"?

If you want a name, we will give it to you, but if we continue to make profits, you will turn a blind eye, and everyone will take what they need, won't everyone be happy?

However, Zhang Mai's words broke the intentions of these people!

Li Nuan followed up with another book. Persuading Zhang Mai to be light and light, he should act leniently, so that the gentry of the world can see hope, and not to act excessively, otherwise if it provokes a popular uprising, I am afraid that there will be something that will shake the society.

After Zhang Mai got the letter, he was going to be on fire on the spot!

Fan next to him persuaded: "Marshal, Li Nuan has no malicious intent. Although his words were different from the marshal's political views, they were loyal to the marshal! Otherwise, he just needs to be silent, there is no need to pick things out so clearly! He was afraid that if we acted too hastily and too violently, it would cause turmoil! Now Luoyang has not been taken, Hedong has not been obtained, Chang'an is still there, and Wushu in the south has not been leveled, so we can't mess up. ”

Zhang Mai was silent for a moment, and then understood what Fan Zhen meant. But he still said coldly: "He thinks about me, but it's a pity that he made a mistake in the direction!" I want to give a light tax, for the low-level farmers, for the local tyrants and gentry, Lao Tzu is a heavy code in troubled times! As for the unrest...... Hum! I am afraid that the peasants will not be able to eat and the turmoil that will sweep the world! The gentry who have no heart and soul rise up and make trouble, the sooner the better! ”

Therefore, Zhang Mai not only did not act leniently according to Li Nuan's words, but set a more severe temporary decree:

After the tripartite inspectors arrived at the place. The gentry from all over the country were allowed to be strong and strong, and those who were self-sufficient only paid three times the fine grain, which was returned to the peasants; Those who are found out involuntarily will be fined ten times the grain, half of which will be returned to the peasant households, half of which will be confiscated, and the eldest son of the family will be exiled to the Western Regions; Anyone who dares to commit a crime against the wind will have his family property confiscated. The whole family went into exile.

The temporary order came out, and Hebei was in an uproar!

But after the uproar, there was silence, and now there are 300,000 troops gathered in Youzhou, Gao Xingzhou is in Pingyou, Yang Guangyuan is in Yedu, and Tiance's soldiers and horses can reach any state and county in Hebei within three days, under such a shape. Who would dare to make a public disturbance?

But although the gentry did not dare to resist openly, they responded with silence. Except for a few who are timid and afraid, except for a very few who have a clear conscience, most of the gentry who conceal the tax exemption order are carrying it hard.

There were only 30 judges sent out by Zhang Mai. Spread out less than one county in one county! The testimonial cannot find out every township, and even if he hears something, it is difficult to get conclusive evidence under the interference of the local snake! can't get the evidence, if Zhang Mai still wants to raid his house, then he is not a benevolent monarch, but a tyrant!

As for the soldiers, they are mainly responsible for the execution of the case after it is decided, and they are the deterrent power, and most of the time it does not affect the investigation of the case.

At this time, no one in the world could fight Zhang Mai on the frontal battlefield, but on a more complicated battlefield, the gentry didn't think that Zhang Mai could fight them at all!

From ancient times to the present day, what monarch could not rely on the gentry as an intermediate class to rule the world?

Even if Zhang Mai wants to investigate thoroughly, does he have someone to execute? With 30 judges and more than 100 judges, there is less than one dragon crossing the river in a county on average, how can you fight dozens of local snakes!

The so-called tax exemption order must not be attributed to a superficial "benevolent government"?

The gentry were soft on the top, and the peasants were shocked by the bottom, and after ten days, only about 30 gentry in the whole Hebei paid their own grain, and on average, there was less than one household in a county!

These self-gentry were unanimously condemned by Hebei Shilin, who scolded them for taking advantage of the fire to rob the small people, scolded them for violating the teachings of the saints, and scolded them for being disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust! Scold them for having no conscience and no heart! There is a great tendency to expel them from Shilin.

At the same time, Li Nuan wrote for the third time, but this time he did not admonish, but admitted his mistake to Zhang Mai, admitting that he had made a mistake in his judgment before, and thinking that Zhang Mai's current punishment was reasonable. The second half of the book is almost a congratulatory note, praising Zhang Mai and celebrating the success of the tax exemption order with beautiful prose.

Driven by him, Hebei Shilin also expressed a similar gesture.

After Zhang Mai got the rewards from all over the place, he looked at Li Nuan's book again, and said to Fan Qian: "In the huge Hebei, there are only thirty-five gentry households!" I don't believe that the local tyrants in Hebei have such a good conscience! But Li Nuan believed it, and he praised me, Wen Su, what do you mean by that! ”

Fan Zhen was silent, he knew that Zhang Mai didn't believe it, and he didn't believe it either.

What else can things do when it comes to this?

If you want to continue to investigate thoroughly, you can't investigate!

This is not a war, it can be roughly pushed across with a Mo knife and tomahawk array!

This is a government affairs that is constantly cutting and messing up!

Li Nuan knew the difficulty of this matter from the beginning, so he had been admonishing Zhang Mai, but Zhang Mai insisted on going his own way, and the tax exemption order could have become a benevolent government in the annals of history under the praise of the gentry, but it almost became a joke to the point where it is today, but it is okay. It's not too late to turn back, Li Nuan's third letter cleverly resolved this embarrassment, he once again gave Zhang Mai a choice, as long as Zhang Mai nodded, Renzheng would still be benevolent, Hebei would still be Hebei, and the gentry of the world would see Zhang Mai's compromise. The areas ruled by Tiance will quickly settle down, and then the areas that have not yet been annexed will also gradually be unified under this general trend. With Zhang Mai's force as an endorsement, no one can stop this trend, whether it is An Chongrong, Liu Zhiyuan or Shi Chonggui.

This is not the heart of the people, but it is a "heart of scholars" that is more powerful than the hearts of the people - the heart of the scholars, the heart of the scholars, the hearts of the scholars, and the hearts of the gentry!

Zhang Mai looked up at the dome. After a long time, he said, "Another step!" ”

For a long time, for a long time, Zhang Maicai said to Fan Qian: "Wensu, pass Li Nuan to Youzhou!" ”

Fan Zhen was a little worried, and shouted: "Marshal, Li Nuan's political views may be different from those of the marshal. But he is indeed faithful, marshal......"

"What are you talking about!" Zhang Mai said: "Do you think I'm going to kill him?" ”

Fan Zhen was stunned: "Could it be...... No? ”

"Of course not, why should I kill him!" Zhang Mai said: "He didn't break the law!" Even if the political views are different, I will get rid of him at most, but now this person can still be fought for, I ...... To convince him! ”

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Due to the arrival of Zhang Mai, history has produced huge deviations.

Pressing the major events that are being born in Hebei are not mentioned for the time being, and the south is also undergoing huge changes at this time.

all these years. Shu is the brunt of it, with the increasing prestige of Tiance, Meng Shu monarchs and ministers are becoming more and more negative about the future of the country, and the lord Meng Chang ended his life stage in advance and entered the negative hedonistic period in advance. Since the defeat in Guanzhong, Meng Chang has no fighting spirit when he returns to Chengdu, and he is addicted to alcoholic beauty and dog fighting polo. The politics of Shu are getting better and better. Although the people at the bottom are not living well, due to the development of the Silk Road, the commerce of Bashu is becoming more and more prosperous, and the prosperity of Chengdu has also reached a higher level.

The Nampyeong Kingdom, which occupies the Gangneung Prefecture, has never had the strength to expand outward. He has always been a vassal to the surrounding powers, Li Congke period he called the Later Tang Dynasty, Shi Jingjiao period he called the Later Jin Dynasty, with the Tiance megatron world, Cao Yuanzhong sent an envoy to arrive, the lord of Nanping immediately handed Zhang Mai who was still in the northwest at that time to the minister table, and promised to protect the interests of Tiance merchants in the territory. Recently, with the change of the situation, seeing that the Shi Jin regime would collapse at any time, the lord of Nanping took the opportunity to make a decision and quickly announced the severance of relations with Luoyang.

The Ma Chu regime that occupies Jingnan, the Ma clan takes Changsha as the national capital, controls the land of Jingnan for thousands of miles, and its national strategy is "to serve the Son of Heaven, to the lower imperial people, to unify the states internally, and to resist the strong feudal domain externally", the so-called strong feudal domain, is in addition to the Central Plains Dynasty other secession regimes, Ma Chu never dared to germinate the will to contend with the Central Plains, the imaginary enemy is only Wu and Shu, and strive to resist the military threat from Jinling and Chengdu. Because of its economic construction of water conservancy, attach importance to commerce, Cao Yuanzhong's envoy arrived after the warm reception of the Ma Chu regime, after the arrival of Meng Chang's will, Shu no longer has the ambition to open up to the outside world, coupled with Cao Yuanzhong's mediation, the Chu and Shu borders have been opened to commerce, and the Silk Road will soon nourish here, but on the issue of politics, Ma Chu has always had reservations, until recently he changed his course, sent an envoy to Bashu, to Tiance as a vassal.

The Silk Road did not end in Changsha, but extended south through the Guò Ling Canal, and its influence reached the Southern Han regime, which ruled the land of Lingnan for thousands of miles. Further east, there was the Fujian State with Fujian Province as the general territory in the later generations, and the Wuyue regime with Zhejiang Province, southern Jiangsu and Shanghai as the basic territory in the later generations.

In addition, it is the Qi State that occupies two thousand miles of Huainan, Jinling, and Jiangxi, and is known as the first power in the southeast. Now the lord of Qi is Xu Zhihe, he was originally a general of Yang Wu, and he ascended the throne after abolishing Wu as emperor four years ago, and the country is called Daqi. The following year, Xu Zhihe changed his name to Li Yu and moved the capital to Jinling, in history, after this year, the Tang Dynasty had perished, and the Qi State was renamed Tang, known as the Southern Tang Dynasty in history. However, in this plane, due to the strong existence of the Tiance Datang, the Qi State did not change the name of the country again.

Qi in the southeast is a threat to other countries, the most promising power to unify the south, but for the Central Plains, that is, a stronger vassal, the Central Plains people, with their self-superiority psychology, do not care much about the southeast countries to change their own country names, daily always the possession of Jinling is called Wu, the occupation of Hangzhou is called Yue - just as Liu Bei established the name of the country as Han, and the people on Cao Wei's side have always called Shu is the same. And the scholars of other countries. It always follows the trend of Luoyang.

After Xu Zhihe changed his name, Shi Jingjiao verbally mentioned that he was never called Li Yu, but he was called Xu Zhihe.

The Southern Han Dynasty and the Fujian State lived in seclusion, which was never valued by the Central Plains regime, and Wu Yueqian also tried to protect himself, always going north to the Central Plains to counter Jinling, as for Li Yu. Because the usurpation of the throne has not been long ago, it did not dare to wantonly use troops against foreign countries after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and its national policy has always been to protect the territory and the people for three years.

But now, with the strong rise of Tiance Datang, Li Yu began to think about whether it was necessary to change the national strategy.

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Penglai Island.

Zhao Zan looked at the account books cleared out by his subordinates and calculated the money and food he had. Thinking about the way out of the future.

When Zhao Dejun was defeated, Zhao Zan was coerced by his grandfather's remnants to Dengzhou, established himself as the young master, seized the sea ship and went to sea, and occupied the island to resist Shi Jin.

Zhao Zan did not voluntarily go to sea at the beginning, he was a famous family, and his mother was Princess Xingping, the pearl of Li Siyuan of the Later Tang Dynasty. Because Zhao Zan was smart since he was a child, he was very loved by Li Siyuan, so he raised him with his grandchildren.

Born as the son of a princess, grew up on the emperor's side, and went in and out of the court, such Zhao Zan's pursuit of a stable and wealthy cultural life has passed his ** of power, but he can't help it when things are forced to the head. Fortunately, the subordinate generals who supported him were very loyal to the Zhao clan, and he himself was quite talented in governing affairs, and after taking over the military administration, he used the power of the sea to expand trade, reaching Wu, Yue, Fujian, and Han in the south, Goryeo in the east, and Khitan in the north. Within two years, he made huge profits, and followed Zhun Shijin to deal with Tiance, gradually infiltrated the Shandong Peninsula, and gradually controlled the two prefectures of Deng and Lai.

But Zhao Zan did not continue to use soldiers. Shi Jingjiao knew that the entire Shandong Peninsula had fallen into the hands of Zhao Zan, but first, the pressure on the northwest side was too great, and he couldn't slow down to deal with the east, and secondly, Zhao Zan neither raised the flag nor expanded, so Shi Jingjiao turned a blind eye and let him go for the time being.

After Zhao Zan stabilized his position, he gradually infiltrated the commercial tentacles into most of Shandong and Hebei, Qilu Yan Zhao's scholars and Haoqiang were also happy to do business with Zhao Zan, although Shi Jingjiao's collection was heavy, but most of them were passed on to the small people, the Haoqiang gentry around the country are still big and big, the west welcomes the opening of the Silk Road, and the east is invested in Zhao Zan's endless sea trade, so far, Zhao Zan has established five large fleets, fifteen small fleets, and has become a veritable hegemon in the East China Sea.

But no matter how powerful the sea power is, those who wander overseas, live on sea ships and islands, and have not been canonized by the Central Plains regime are "pirates" in the minds of scholars!

Not only that, because he has lived in the imperial capital since he was a child, a city like Dengzhou Laizhou is actually a rural place in Zhao Zan's eyes - not to mention a more remote island, he dreams of returning to Luoyang, but Zhao Zan also knows in his heart that he can dominate the sea, relying on the current situation, but it is delusional to fight back to Luoyang, no matter who is in charge in the Central Plains, as long as the general trend is certain and the troops move eastward, it will not take much effort to drive him back to the sea.

Therefore, although Zhao Zan has built a comfortable manor in Dengzhou in the past two years, as soon as he heard that there was a police in Hebei, he immediately returned to Penglai Island to respond.

This year, half of the exhibition of the situation in the north was expected by Zhao Zan, and half was unexpected by Zhao Zan.

Zhao Zan's grandfather Zhao Dejun has been dealing with the Khitan all the year round, and has always been afraid of the Khitan, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, Zhao Zan's fear of the Khitan has been cured since he was a child, and after he controlled the sea power, he often did business with the Khitans, and witnessed how strong the Khitan was, but such a powerful Khitan, in the face of Tiance, he was defeated in successive battles! Not only did he lose Mobei, but now he has been attacked by others even in Kyoto!

Pushing this and the other, Zhao Zan was in awe of Tiance Datang, so Shi Jin was not surprised by his defeat to Tiance Zhao Zan, he just didn't expect this defeat to come so quickly!

Since he had never had the ambition to stand on his own feet overseas, and he had already seen the general trend of success or failure in the Central Plains, Zhao Zan did not hesitate and sent an envoy to Zhang Mai as soon as possible.

The envoy came back faster than expected, and the envoy was also sent - it turned out to be Fu Yanlin. Zhao Zan and Fu Yanlin knew each other, and they were still relatives.

Fu Yanlin's father, Fu Cunxian, and Zhao Zan's maternal grandfather Li Siyuan, are Li Keyong's adopted sons, and when the Later Tang Dynasty was not extinguished, the Fu family has always used the surname "Li", counting up, Zhao Zan should take Fu Yanlin as his uncle.

Of course, on the dock, after exchanging identities, Zhao Zan also called like this, although the kinship between the two parties is far away, but if they have what they want, in fact, the cousin who is not related by blood can also become closer than the uncle.

It's just that he was deeply puzzled why Fu Yanlin became Zhang Mai's messenger.

On the same day, Zhao Zan held a feast on a beautiful mountain near the sea of Penglai Island to entertain Fu Yanlin. Overlooking from here, the main port of Penglai Island has a panoramic view, there are five giant ships moored in the port, more than 20 large sea ships, more than 30 oar war ships, as for all kinds of sub-boats, fishing boats, three boards, shuttling back and forth, no less than hundreds, magnificent!

After Zhao Zan knew that the Heavenly Ce Envoy was coming, he immediately transferred all the ships that could be mobilized in the nearby waters, not for defense, but to show his strength.

However, Fu Yanlin only casually praised a few words, but did not have a big reaction to this. In this era, the civil and military generals, especially the northerners, do not take this kind of sea power very seriously, in Fu Yanlin's heart, no matter how Xuan He is, these fleets are just roots and roots, and they are still the Central Plains 6 that can only be reached by cavalry. This kind of thought is not only him, but Zhao Zan also has the same idea in his heart, and he is not surprised to see that Fu Yanlin is not frightened by the posture he put on.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhao Zan asked: "Hasn't my uncle been in Luoyang?" How did you get out to sea? He also became Marshal Zhang's messenger. ”

Fu Yanlin said with a smile: "Yuanfu, you are at sea, and you are still quite well-informed about the Central Plains." "The two are not very far apart, Zhao Zan calls him uncle out of respect, and Fu Yanlin is not good at really putting out the elders' money.

Zhao Zan smiled and said: "My nephew is at sea, but I care about Luoyang!" My mother is still trapped there, and fortunately, Shi Jingjiao probably wanted to use my mother to deal with me, so I didn't hurt her old man, but when I remembered that my mother was alone and lived in Luoyang, I was a son of man...... I'll ....... When he said this, he couldn't help but cry.

Fu Yanlin hurriedly comforted a few words and said, "Since you are concerned, why don't you return early?" ”

Zhao Zan said: "It's not that I don't return, but I have no way to return, and I ...... to return," he pointed to the hundreds of ships in the port and said: "Now Zhao Zan and I are not alone, but also involve these sea brothers, and there are no less than hundreds of thousands of survivors who depend on me on the seashore, if I can't find a stable way for them, how can I rest assured that I can go back to Luoyang to serve the widow?" ”

The first sentence is a complaint, and the second sentence is a temptation to ask for conditions. At this point, the words finally got to the point.

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