Ji'an Province.

Xie Xuelong put down a secret letter, tried to restrain it but couldn't hold back, and scolded: "Eunuchs are hateful! ”

Staff member Li Zongxue couldn't help but ask: "Why is Futai angry?" ”

Xie Xuelong handed over the secret letter and explained: "The tax supervisor of Lead Mountain has been excessively exploited, and there are demons who have founded the Esoteric Sect, and there are many fools and foolish women who believe in it. Esoteric Buddhism has spread to Fuzhou, and the prefect of Fuzhou has written a letter to report that there may be an incident in Nanfeng County! ”

Zhao Han still left the Fei family too early, and he didn't know that something big had happened in Leadshan County.

Zhang Puwei and Ma Liaoyang, two demons, secretly founded the Esoteric Sect in Lead Mountain, and landless peasants and tenants continued to join.

The eunuchs collected taxes in Leadshan County, and the losses were passed on to the peasants and artisans, leading to a sudden surge in the number of Esoteric followers. Moreover, it has been spread out of the circle to other states and counties, and even spread to Fuzhou by several disciples.

Jiang Yi and Zhou Ba preached in Nanfeng County, and not long ago gathered at the foot of Junfeng Mountain.

The countryside near the closed mountain has been occupied by esoteric cultists. Qiu Chun, who the two are contacting, this Qiu Chun is also a demon Dao, occupying the villages and towns in the Yunshihu area.

They killed the landlords, did not pay taxes to the court, and only did not openly rebel, and the situation was similar to that of Zhao Han.

"Futai, the demon is big, it should not be underestimated, it should be exterminated immediately!" Li Zongxue suggested.

Xie Xuelong's head was extremely painful, and sighed: "Pingxiang County, there is also a civil unrest. ”

"Pingxiang is also in chaos?" Li Zongxue was shocked.

Xie Xuelong said: "Tian Younian, the prefect of Yuanzhou, is still a soldier, and without the permission of the imperial court, he set up a camp at Huanghuaqiao and sent soldiers to block the throat of the west. Tian Younian wrote a letter, begging me to quickly transfer troops to suppress it, if the Huanghua Bridge is broken by the rebels, it will be difficult to clear it in the future, and the rebels can flee to Huguang at any time. ”

Li Zongxue was silent, not knowing what to say.

Although the mob of Ruijin was defeated, one of them fled into the mountains, and it is estimated that they will come out again to make trouble in winter.

Halfway through, Luling County was again a large-scale civil unrest.

Xie Xuelong hurriedly returned to Ji'an, and was about to plan to quell the chaos, when there was a demon rebellion in Lead Mountain and Nanfeng.

There was also news of the peasant uprising in Pingxiang, which was the real throat and the military and commercial artery connecting Ganzhong and Hunan!

There are civil unrest everywhere, which way should be suppressed first?

Xie Xuelong is actually a bull, in history, he did not have a regular army, but he wiped out all the Jiangxi rebels. Moreover, not only the above, but later there was also civil unrest around Poyang Lake, and it was also Xie Xuelong who came forward to calm down.

It's a pity that I met the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty and got involved in endless party disputes.

Dismissed officials and stayed idle, sold their property, and donated military funds.

The city of Nanjing was broken, and he was martyred.

Xie Xuelong spent a year slowly repairing the Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, and wanting to leave a name in history is only one of them, and the deeper intention is to clear the gentry network.

Otherwise, where would he get the money to suppress the bandits?

"Master, there is a Zuo Xiucai outside who asks to see you."

"Bring him in!"

A noblely dressed showman walked in with a scabbard hanging from his waist, and the long sword was taken away. He bowed his hand: "Late born Zuo Xiaocheng, meet Mr. Shi Fan." ”

The Zuo family belongs to the Jiangxi clan, Xie Xuelong is inconvenient to be lazy, and said with a smile: "A talent, the fruit is a pillar, and he is worthy of being a disciple of the Zuo family." ”

Zuo Xiaocheng got straight to the point and said: "I went to Huangjia Town in my late life, and now it has been renamed Wuxing Town by the thieves. ”

"Oh, sit down." Xie Xuelong immediately paid attention to it.

Zuo Xiaocheng sat down upright and said: "The mob spread across half of Luling County, killing the landlord and forcibly dividing the land. But all the townships are not afraid, jumping off the beam clown's ears. However, Zhao Yan of Xuanhua Township must be exterminated quickly, otherwise it will be a big trouble! ”

Xie Xuelong asked, "What's so strange about Zhao Yan?" ”

Zuo Xiaocheng explained: "According to legend, this fang was born in Xiucai, and he founded the Datong Association in Xuanhua Township, which means the great harmony of the world. Kill the landlords, equalize the land, release the slaves, lightly levy the endowment, train the regiment bravely, and even change the 'township capital system' to the 'town and village system'. ”

"Though he is a thief, he does not take money for his own use. The land he stole was donated to Wuxing Town for public property; The money he stole was donated to the Datong Association as a property. ”

"When the land is equalized, it is also fair and not favoritism, and foolish men and foolish women are willing to die for it. After killing the landlord, he also volunteered to ask him to divide the land. Now, half of the anti-thieves in Luling County are mainly based on the so-called 'Mr. Zhao'. ”

After hearing this, Xie Xuelong immediately knew that the matter was big, this was not an ordinary thief!

Zuo Xiaocheng took out a few more pieces of paper: "This is the constitution of the Datong Association and the script of "The White-Haired Girl". ”

The constitution that Zuo Xiaocheng got was not complete, it was all copied from hearsay, and it was nothing more than the set of Chen Maosheng's propaganda to the peasants.

Xie Xuelong hurriedly took it over to check, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. He sighed: "This person is really a rural talent, but unfortunately he can't be used by the imperial court." ”

Zuo Xiaocheng suggested again: "Troops must be dispatched quickly. Now, although half of the rebellious people in Luling County are mainly based on 'Mr. Zhao', the Zhao thief actually only has five capitals. The rest of the rebels all went their own way and did not obey the dispatch of the Zhao thief. If you give Zhao Thief another half a year, he will definitely be able to annex all the surrounding thieves. When the time comes, I'm afraid I'll have to call in the troops from other provinces! ”

Staff member Li Zongxue also finished reading the chapter and the script at this moment, and he echoed and said: "Futai, this thief is used to demagoguery, so you must destroy it quickly!" ”

"I think so, too." Xie Xuelong thought so.

So, the governor of Jiangxi left Pingxiang anti-thieves alone, ignored the lead mountain and Nanfeng demon road, and began to plan how to exterminate Zhao Han.

He did not send troops immediately, but contacted the gentry of Luling County and asked the gentry to contribute money and efforts to recruit village warriors.

The gentry of Luling County were overjoyed, they had long wanted to recruit soldiers.

It's a pity that the imperial court is not allowed to hold regimental exercises, and the recruitment of the squires is like a rebellion, and they must borrow the name of the government.

Now, the governor has allowed them to recruit village warriors, who belong to the children of their hometowns, and they are not afraid of being looted by foreign officers and soldiers during the war.

Xie Xuelong soon got 3,000 village warriors, and the previous "30,000 army" was too bad, and he directly changed from regular soldiers to auxiliary soldiers of the village warriors.

After more than a month of training, the villagers were able to line up, and Xie Xuelong immediately led the troops to the battle.

He didn't dare to continue training, because Zhao Han's development was too fast, and the speed of the riot army was estimated to be terrifying.

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Zhao Han actually had a headache, and the peasant riots were one after another.

Jiangxi has many mountains and little land, coupled with countless official gentry, the degree of land annexation can be described as one of the best in the Ming Dynasty.

This has long been a powder keg, he succeeded in raising an incident in Wuxing Town, and the government was still slow to suppress it, which immediately attracted the surrounding villages and towns to follow suit.

If an incident occurs in one village, it can infect several villages, and it infects half of Luling County in October.

The villages that are close to them are willing to ask Zhao Han to preside over the division of the fields and are willing to obey Zhao Han's rule.

But those who were far away, while playing Zhao Han's signboard, ignored Zhao Han, and the political cadres sent were all driven back.

After a busy work, Zhao Han's territory expanded to 12 villages, with a population of about 7,800 people (excluding children), four of which belonged to poor mountain villages.

Eight hundred soldiers were trained in eight brigades.

There are seventeen scholars who have volunteered, but all of them are schoolchildren and children, and they have not yet recruited talents.

"At the head of the meeting, all the business trips have been cut off, and there has not been a single merchant ship in the past few days. Unless the mess is cleared, the goods we ordered will not be shipped at all. Huang Shunfu came to report.

Zhao Han nodded and said, "Don't worry, just do what you have to do." ”

The merchant ships were not intercepted by officers and soldiers, but the mobs downstream, who even rowed small boats to rob the merchants after killing the landlords and dividing the fields.

The corn and sweet potatoes ordered by Zhao Han were all scared back by these bandits!

Dealing with military and political affairs, someone suddenly came to report: "Mayor of the town, there is a Xiucai surnamed Zuo who asks to see you." ”

"Xiucai?" Zhao Han was overjoyed, "Invite him quickly...... I'm personally greeting! ”

Zhao Han ran out quickly, but saw a poor talent, standing at the door with his hands in his hands and waiting.

In the cool autumn season, this person is still wearing a single coat and stepping on a pair of straw shoes.

"But Zuo Xiucai?" Zhao Han smiled, "I'm Zhao Yan, please come in!" ”

The trick of greeting each other made this show very useful, and he arched his hand and said: "Zuo Xiaoliang, the word is good, please meet Mr. Zhao." ”

Zhao Han pulled Zuo Xiaoliang to walk in and said, "In my place, there are a lot of children, and there are also Xiucai, but they are hiding and refusing to see me." ”

Zuo Xiaoliang pointed out: "If my family has a lot of land, I won't come to see Mr. ”

"Haha, let Dashan laugh." Zhao Han did not answer directly.

Zuo Xiaoliang said: "Don't hide it, Mr. and I have been observing in Wuxing Town for many days, and we have a little understanding of Mr.'s methods. ”

"Where's your brother?" Zhao Han asked.

Zuo Xiaoliang replied: "I went to the governor, and he has a lot of land in his house. ”

Zhao Han shook his head and laughed: "It's reasonable." ”

Walking through the corridor, Zuo Xiaoliang did not enter the house, but stood at the door and said: "I offer a plan, if Mr. can adopt it, Xiaoliang is willing to drive." If Mr. does not accept it, Xiaoliang will leave immediately, and the path is different. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say, I like to talk fast." Zhao Han thought this person was very interesting:

Zuo Xiaoliang commented: "Mr.'s purpose is excellent, and I also strive for the harmony of the world. But it is too rough to be a long-term solution. ”

"You said you can't directly kill the landlord and divide the land?" Zhao Han understood.

Zuo Xiaoliang explained: "Tian must be divided, but there is no need to directly kill the landlord. Among the landlords, there are also those who are willing to give, and not all of them are bad people. ”

Zhao Han nodded and said, "That's true." What do you think should be done? ”

Zuo Xiaoliang suddenly whispered: "Mr. Wuguan's Datong meeting is quite able to mobilize the people. Everywhere he went, he first garrisoned the army, and then made the people resist rent and interest. When the landlord could not bear it, the government came forward to buy the land at a low price and distribute it to the people. ”

Zhao Han asked rhetorically: "How can you have more money to buy land?" ”

Zuo Xiaoliang arched his hand and said: "There is no need for the government to pay for the purchase, just redistribute the land to the tenants, and let them pay some grain to the landlord every year, which can be regarded as paying the purchase of land in installments." After ten or eight years of tenant farming, he bought the land. ”

This method, to put it bluntly, is to put a real knife on the landlord's neck, and then use a soft knife to slowly cut the flesh and bleed.

Zhao Han thought about it carefully and said, "You can try it, and then correct it if the effect is not good." However, the vicious landlord must be killed quickly! Every time I go to a city (about a few villages), kill at least one of the worst landlords, otherwise the common people will not want to follow me. ”

Zuo Xiaoliang was afraid of a one-size-fits-all approach, so he suddenly laughed at this moment, and said, "I am willing to serve the Lord!" ”