The landlord of Yongyang Town is really interesting!

When the tenants of the surrounding villages and towns rebelled spontaneously, the landlords here began to train the villagers. Hearing that Xie Xuelong was going to suppress the bandits, they immediately sent Xiang Yong over.

Now, Xie Xuelong has been defeated, and Zhao Han will take Yongyang Town.

Because this is the southern gate of Ji'an Prefecture, if Zhao Han takes Yongyang Town as the ruling center, he can control Yongxin County in the west, Anfu County in the north, Taihe County in the south, and go straight to Fucheng in the east!

The landlords with normal brains all knew that Zhao Yan was coming to Yongyang Town, but only a few people packed up their belongings and fled. Most of them sat at home and waited, not knowing what they were waiting for. Waiting to be killed and dividing the field, or waiting for Zhao Han to be kind?

"Master, the thief has disembarked!"

"Probe!"

Xiao Wanquan shivered all over, fidgeting in the study, and a deep fear enveloped his heart.

"Master, there is a group of anti-thieves who are coming straight to our village!"

"What?"

Xiao Wanquan's legs were weak, so he asked the house slave to help him out, and ordered the whole family to be gathered.

When Zhao Han personally led the troops to the Xiao family, he was already kneeling on the ground in front of him.

Zhao Han ignored these guys, but looked up at the "Champion Temple".

This ancestral hall is very interesting, the main entrance and the side door, built like three archways. There are a lot of plaques, and the content written is scary enough: Champion, Bangyan, Hanlin, Huiyuan, Xie Yuan, Huikui, Jingkui, Da Sima, Da Si Kou, Da Zhongcheng, Xuezheng ...... It's all the glory of the ancestors of the Xiao family, or the official positions that the ancestors did.

After admiring the Zhuangyuan Temple for a while, Zhao Han finally smiled and said, "Are you going to be a thief?" ”

Xiao Wanquan knelt on the ground and kowtowed, knelt down and bowed his hand again: "Mr. Zhao cares about the people and promotes virtue and politics, and I even heard that Mr. Zhao went to Fucheng, but he restrained the Ministry of Zhongqiu without committing any crimes. This is really a righteous teacher, how can he be called a thief? Although the old decay is dull, he also knows the heart of the people, and today he is just serving the Lord. ”

"Hahaha!"

Zhao Han was amused by the old man and asked, "Do you know how I govern?" ”

"I heard a little." Xiao Wanquan's heart beat wildly.

This product still has illusions, and thinks that Zhao Han's killing of the landlord and dividing the land is a means to gather people's hearts in the early stage. Now that he has defeated the governor, his power has increased dramatically, and most of them will befriend the local gentry.

Zhao Han asked, "Xiao family's field, are you willing to give it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Wanquan felt desperate, and his illusions were shattered.

But he couldn't leave this place, there are Xiao clan ancestral halls, Xiao ancestral houses, champion ancestral halls, and countless lands of the Xiao family. After leaving, can Shaw still be called Shaw?

But if you don't cooperate with the thieves, I'm afraid that the Xiao family will be killed!

Thinking about it, Xiao Wanquan kowtowed and said: "The Xiao family is willing to sacrifice the property of the clan and serve Mr. Zhao for generations!" ”

"All the land is dedicated?" Zhao Han asked.

"Give it all!" Xiao Wanquan said stubbornly.

I'll go, it's not easy to do, Zhao Han felt a little difficult in his heart, he hoped that the Xiao family would rise up and resist.

"Hahaha!"

Zhao Han suddenly laughed, helped Xiao Wanquan up with his own hands, and comforted: "The old gentleman understands righteousness, how can I ignore human feelings." In this way, the whole Xiao family, over the age of 12, regardless of men, women, old and young, each can leave 20 acres of land. ”

Twenty acres per person?

Xiao Wanquan was already about to cry, and forced out a smile and patted his ass: "Mr. Zhao is really benevolent and righteous, and the old man is grateful." ”

Zhao Han said: "The Xiao family must divide the family and property, not counting children, and a maximum of ten people in a household. ”

Xiao Wanquan almost fainted, and wanted to bite Zhao Han to death.

Once the family is separated, people's hearts will be scattered, and his appeal will be gone.

Zhao Han asked, "Does the old gentleman disagree?" ”

"Yes, old decay willing!" Xiao Wanquan hurriedly said.

Zhao Han continued: "The slaves of the Xiao family must all be released. and to those who are willing to divide the land, I will divide it among them. If you are willing to stay, all of them will be changed to a helper contract, and you will not be beaten or scolded at will in the future. ”

Xiao Wanquan has nothing to say, if he can divide the land, how many house slaves are willing to stay?

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I am short of talents in my hands, and the Xiao family can recommend their children to be officials." ”

Xiao Wanquan seems to be alive again, and if he can be an official, he is not afraid of losing land. This anti-thief has made a big fuss, and most of them will have to recruit An in the future, and the children of the Xiao family will follow Zhao'an. If the thief really took over the world, wouldn't the Xiao clan be a hero from the dragon?

Xiao Wanquan straightened his waist and said: "My Xiao family has one lifter, seven talents, countless children and schoolchildren, and I am willing to follow Mr. around!" ”

"Is there a jinshi who is an official?" Zhao Han asked.

Xiao Wanquan replied: "The style of writing is declining, and there are no non-commissioned officers for the time being, and there are still two people who are promoted to be officials." ”

No wonder the thief is so simple, it turns out that there are no Jinshi in these two generations.

As long as it's a reader, take it all.

However, these scholars can't all stay in Yongyang Town. When they are given land, they must be scattered and distributed to other villages and towns, otherwise it will definitely become an internal hidden danger.

Even if you have land in Yongyang Town, you have to take back the land, and it's a big deal to share a few more acres elsewhere as compensation!

Zhao Han was very satisfied with the Xiao family's surrender, and ordered Chen Maosheng: "Maosheng, the Xiao family's righteous deeds can be an example, let the mission group go to tell other landlords." also made it clear to the people that although the Xiao family had bad deeds, they had changed their minds...... Well," Zhao Han suddenly said to Xiao Wanquan, "Old man, for the sake of the common people's anger, can you get a few housekeepers and stewards out?" They deceive the people and exploit them, they really deserve to die! ”

Xiao Wanquan was already furious, and at the same time terrified to the extreme, because those evil slaves were all killed on behalf of their masters.

If you don't die a few evil slaves, it will be him Xiao Wanquan who will die!

However, if he pushes out his henchmen and slaves to suffer, who will listen to him in the future?

It's over, it's all over!

Xiao Wanquan knelt down suddenly: "The evil slave deserves to die, and the old man also wants to kill him quickly!" ”

"Hahahaha!"

Zhao Han helped Xiao Wanquan up again, pointed to the Zhuangyuan Ancestral Hall and said, "The Xiao family's ancestral house, ancestral hall and Zhuangyuan Ancestral Hall, all can be left." As for the Heroic Soul Palace, change a disobedient landlord! ”

With the Xiao family as an example, two-thirds of the nearby landlords took the initiative to donate their land.

They naturally have calculations in their hearts, and the success of Conglong is naturally excellent, and Zhao'an can accept it in the future. If it is recruited, the land that is divided can be recovered by various means. Anyway, you can't anger the thieves now, otherwise everyone will be killed.

The reaction of these big landlords was completely unexpected by Zhao Han.

He killed many landlords in the next village, but as long as the soldiers pressed the territory, the landlord class was not as stubborn as imagined. Instead of resisting, they took the initiative to donate their land and property, and also provided a large number of scholars.

Haha, that's so interesting!

As for the remaining third, the big landlords who do not obey the thieves are all big officials in the court.

Of course, Zhao Han will not be soft, just take these guys under the knife.

Chen Maosheng's mission group soon expanded to 200 people, and trained missionaries while doing things in Yongyang Town and surrounding villages.

At present, Zhao Han's territory is next to Yongxin County in the west (with Fei Yinghui in the middle), Anfu County in the north, and Taihe County in the south. The east side is divided by Lushui, and the east of Lushui belongs to the jurisdiction of the government.

To be honest, the territory of the government is more fertile, Zhao Han's territory is relatively barren, and many villages and towns have large areas of mountainous land.

But barren territory is more conducive to consolidating the foundation, and it is more conducive to training officials and soldiers, otherwise the speed of corruption will be very fast!

Zhao Han's top priority is not to blindly expand his territory, otherwise he will stay in Fucheng and not leave.

He had to grow the mission community and train the grassroots officials!

Once the power is consolidated, there is no need to send troops at all, and peasant associations are directly formed on the territory of the government. The peasant association led the tenants to carry the rent and resist the interest, led the tenants to oppose the landlords, and without occupying any city, it could extend its tentacles to the three surrounding counties.

The countryside surrounds the city!

This strategy is not to defeat the officers and soldiers, but to paralyze the imperial court.

As long as the county seat, state city, and government city are not lost, the local officials will help Zhao Han deceive the central government, and maybe after actually controlling the entire Ji'an Mansion, Emperor Chongzhen still doesn't know that Zhao Thief has become bigger.

As for the government can't collect taxes?

Alas, there must be another catastrophe, anyway, Jiangxi is like that every year, nothing more than deporting the central government's tax revenue has become less.

Just as Zhao Han was consolidating his territory, the peasant army flowing southward had already occupied half of Taihe County.

The tens of thousands of rogues who were captured by Xie Xuelong in the north were originally going to be sent home to arrange farming, but now they are also making trouble again. Some of them were coerced in Anfu County, and some of them spontaneously returned to Luling County and asked Zhao Han to allocate land to them.

Zhao Han is a shortage of grassroots officials and missionary personnel, otherwise the northern and southern counties can easily start.

Even, the officials of Taihe County and Anfu County will help Zhao Han consolidate his territory - Zhao Yan, who does not attack the county seat, is far more cute than those thieves!

The world is so absurd, the government actually has a heart for Zhao Han......

Chongzhen six years, winter.

The officers and soldiers of all roads surrounded and suppressed the thieves in the northwest, and the peasant army took advantage of the freezing of the Yellow River to break out of the ten-way encirclement of the officers and soldiers. Successively captured Mianchi, Lushi, and Yiyang, and the peasant army entered the border of Henan.

The governor of Henan was heavily armed, and the peasant army turned south, plundering Ruzhou, Xichuan, Neixiang, Guanghua, and Nanyang all the way.

In the face of the pursuit of officers and soldiers, the peasant army, which had already merged, suddenly dispersed into several groups. Not only did they wander in Henan, but they also went back to the five thieves, and even turned to attack Huguang.

Can't take it anymore!

Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Henan, Huguang, you can see thieves everywhere. Even in Beizhili, there are small peasant armies running around, how can the imperial court take care of Jiangxi?

Li Banghua and Ouyang Steam, who were "invited" by Zhao Han, were supported by coarse tea and light rice, and Zhao Han did not meet them, but only let the two of them observe the governance with the missionary group.

At the same time, the news that Zhao Han captured the city of Ji'an and the governor was defeated and committed suicide quickly spread to the whole of Jiangxi.

The prestige of "Zhao Yan" is known to everyone, and he is rumored to be a giant who kills people without blinking.

This brought about a series of chain reactions, and the Esoteric Sect, which had been developing indiscriminately in the countryside, took the opportunity to gather people to rise up in advance, and the Christians revolted in Leadshan County and Nanfeng County at the same time.

On the other side of Poyang Lake, the Duchang County uprising also broke out in advance, and colluded with the Poyang Lake bandits.

If the next governor of Jiangxi is also a capable minister, he can't take care of Zhao Han at all. The government must first exterminate the Duchang rebels, it is too important, whether it is from a political, military, or economic point of view, we must first calm down the Duchang rebels!

The big tomorrow has been completely crippled.

(End of this volume.) ）