"Emperor, the slaves and maids have led people to count clearly, and in the past ten days, a total of 152,000 taels of silver coins, more than 60,000 stones of wheat and grain and other grains, as well as a number of houses and shops, and a total of more than 106,000 acres of confiscated fields." Wang Yingchao, the second head of the East Factory, said.

Xu Xianchun took the Jinyi Guards and the Praetorian Guards to interrogate and raid the house, and Wang Yingchao took the Dongchang eunuch to be responsible for the inventory and seizure, and the two sides supervised each other to prevent corruption.

"It took the homes of the entire county gentry and officials to get such a little money and food, it seems that this place in northern Shaanxi is really poor." Zhu You sighed.

Wang Yingchao said with a smile: "That is, the people here are poor and rebelled. Emperor, the slave maid heard that Jiangnan is the richest, and I heard that there are millions of family assets there, and there are many people with more than 10 million family properties. ”

Zhu You reprimanded: "Nonsense, what am I doing, a robber, how can I copy people indiscriminately?" ”

Wang Yingchao hurriedly stretched out his hand and slapped himself: "The emperor is angry, and the slave is talking nonsense." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't pay attention to this guy anymore, but he had some expectations in his heart, if it was really like what this guy said, if he copied it in Jiangnan, maybe he could copy out tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, and I am afraid it could be used by the imperial court for decades.

But I can only think about it!

Killed all the gentry of Qingjian County and raided their homes, the civil officials in the court didn't know how to react when they knew about it, if they knew that they were going to copy Jiangnan, maybe they would dare to rebel directly and abandon themselves as the emperor and set up a new monarch!

"Don't say anything like this in the future, otherwise you ......" Zhu Youzhen glared at Wang Yingchao and admonished.

Wang Yingchao shuddered: "Don't worry, the emperor will let people sew this mouth when they go back." ”

Zhu Youzhen no longer paid attention to this guy, but secretly calculated. With the seized money and grain, plus the grain in the county warehouse, and the disaster relief grain transferred from Luoyang, Qingjian County will not be in danger of famine this year, but it is not only Qingjian County that I have to worry about, but the entire northern Shaanxi!

What we need to do now is to first put an end to the chaos of the displaced people in northern Shaanxi, and then take the opportunity to promote the Qingjian model, at least in the 16 counties of the three prefectures under Yan'an Prefecture. But there is a shortage of people!

In Qingjian County alone, he sent nearly 700 people to set up a village government. In the entire Yan'an Mansion, I am afraid that there are more than 10,000 people, and I am afraid that I will have to send all my own horses out. But not all kinds of people can send it, at least they have to be literate and capable, and those who are too honest can't do it at all.

This group of township leaders were all selected from the soldiers' committees, and these members were the representatives of the soldiers, and they were all outstanding among the soldiers, and they all knew at least a few hundred words and knew simple arithmetic. This group of people sent out has already had a great impact on the army.

It is not enough to rely on these people in the army alone, and it is best to absorb local talents, it is best to have a certain cultural foundation, and it is best to absorb those low-level scholars into the ranks. They will be trained for half a month and a month, and then they will be directly used if they are educated in the ideology of loyalty to the monarch and love for the people.

Thinking of doing it, Zhu Youjian said: "Wang Chengen, prepare a notice for Yuan, recruit military Chinese officials in Qingjian County, anyone who can write and calculate can sign up, and those who pass the inspection will be admitted as military Chinese officials, and they will be paid two taels of silver per month." ”

"Slave maid will write this."

Soon, notices recruiting Chinese officers were posted outside the county and at the city gates, causing people passing by to stop and watch.

Two taels of silver is basically the same as that of ordinary soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, but in this place in northern Shaanxi, it can be regarded as a high salary, and a private school gentleman can not earn twenty taels of silver a year.

In this era, the status of scholars was very high, but it refers to those who have made a name for themselves. The imperial examination system is definitely a single-plank bridge for thousands of troops, those who can pass the Jinshi are one out of ten thousand, and those who can be promoted are all talented and intelligent, even if they are talented, a hundred scholars may not be able to pass the examination.

In the countryside, Xiucai has been honored as Xianggong and has a very high status. But compared with Xiucai, there are more people who have studied for several years but failed to pass anything, and these people are the most numerous, engaged in all walks of life in order to make a living.

The salary of two taels of silver per month is enough to make these people flock to it.

On the day the notice was posted, people came to the county office one after another to sign up. Zhu ordered Liu Kun, the eunuch of the Imperial Palace, to test his cultural knowledge, and then asked Zhang Shize to send a Wujin warrior from the Loyalty Camp to test his physical fitness.

Those who can be selected, in addition to literacy and arithmetic, must also be in good health, at least able to adapt to military life, which is the basic requirement.

Liu Kun has entered the palace since he was a child, studied in the inner study for many years, and his knowledge is no less than that of some talents, and he is in charge of Zhu Youzhen, so he is naturally relieved, but the next day, Liu Kun came to tell him that there is a person who does not know whether he should be hired, this person is Zhao Sheng, who lights the lamp, and the former leader of the Qingjian County Wandering Army.

After defeating the exile army and capturing Zhao Sheng, because he did not do too much evil, he did not deal with this guy for the sake of calming the prisoners. It's not that Zhu Youzhen is open-minded, but he thinks that after punishing the bad gentry and evil officials, the people of Qingjian have returned to their hearts, and it is impossible for anyone to follow Zhao Sheng to make trouble. Moreover, Zhao Sheng is a scholar in his own job, and he was forced to rebel for a while, if he wants to say that he has the heart to be the king and hegemon, it is simply impossible.

Therefore, Zhao Sheng has always been with ordinary captives and has not received special treatment, but this guy has been honest since he was captured, and even took the initiative to help the captives write a paper, and his performance is quite acceptable, but he didn't expect to be a scribe now.

"Aren't you a scholar, do you want to test for fame? Why do you want to be this scribe? Zhu was summoned by the inspector and asked directly.

Zhao Sheng knelt on the ground and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it was the grass people's previous idea to test their fame, but now the grass people don't want to." After seeing the slain gentry, the grass people didn't want to become like them in the future. His Majesty is the lord of the Holy Ming who saves all the people, and His Majesty's Praetorian Guard is a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. ”

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "Is this your true idea?" I want to hear the truth. ”

Zhao Sheng was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty atons for your sins, the grass people know that their qualifications are ordinary, and they will study hard for a few years at most, and it will be difficult to be promoted to a high school scholar." And if you join His Majesty's Praetorian Guard, if you perform well, your future will be far better than the imperial examination. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "This is the truth." But in the end, you once led the people to make trouble, and I still didn't punish you, so let's do something for me, and if you can do it well, I will hire you as a scribe. ”

Zhao Sheng was overjoyed and said: "Please Your Majesty instruct, the grass people will do their best." ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "You go to Yijun County for me, go to meet the leaders of the exiles who rebelled in Yijun, and persuade them to surrender as soon as possible, are you willing to go?" ”

Zhao Sheng's face turned pale, and he nodded heavily: "The grass people are willing to go." ”