behaved respectfully in front of Zhao Han, and even said that he would consider the issue of being a thief. As soon as Wang Tiaoding returned to the city, he immediately went to visit the prefect and tried to discuss how to kill Zhao Han!

When Wang Tiaoding met, he said: "Fuzun, I went to see Zhao Thief yesterday. ”

Yang Zhaosheng was a little surprised, but he was able to remain calm, and only said, "Oh, I know." ”

"This thief can't be suppressed by force," Wang Tiaoding said his opinion, "It is even more impossible for Huairou to be appeased, so I have to design a booby-trap!" ”

Yang Zhaosheng asked, "What did you see in the Thieves' Lair?" ”

"The thieves are united and have high aspirations. The people are happy, like a paradise," Wang Tiaoding said with emotion after speaking, "Zhao Yan, the head of the thief, wants to seek the rule of three generations." ”

Yang Zhaosheng shook his head and smiled: "It seems that he is also a good thief." ”

Wang Tiaoding frowned and said, "Fuzun didn't think about suppressing thieves? Within a year or two, Zhao thieves are afraid that they will steal the entire Ji'an Mansion! ”

Yang Zhaosheng sighed and said: "The Zhao thief emptied the treasury and caused a great military disaster, and His Majesty did not reduce the land endowment, but only acquiesced in the pressure of the Ji'an Mansion. Luling County was occupied, Anfu County and Taihe County were also robbed, and it may be difficult to collect the second grain in summer and autumn this year. How can I have any intention of killing thieves? If you press the levy again this year, I'm afraid you won't want to be promoted in this life. ”

"Your Excellency only thinks about promotion, and doesn't think about killing thieves for the country?" Wang Tiaoding said angrily.

"What about the grain? How can you recruit soldiers and suppress thieves without food? Yang Zhaosheng asked rhetorically.

Wang Tiaoding said: "This thief is not capable of the enemy, you must think of a way to trap him!" ”

Yang Zhaosheng smiled: "Then you can think of booby-trapping." The top priority is to collect summer grain, and I'm afraid you won't be able to collect a few in Luling County. ”

The words were not speculative for more than half a sentence, and the two parted unhappily.

After Wang Tiaoding left the mansion, Yang Zhaosheng sighed and said: "It's good to be young, I've been young too." ”

Yang Zhaosheng is actually very capable, but he has experienced too much darkness and has long been smoothed out by reality. Now, I just want to be an official in peace and stability, and by the way, I can earn some money to support my family.

He was envious of his classmate Wu Rousi, who quickly exterminated the White Lotus Sect in Henan, and also killed two White Lotus Sect giants. But Jiangxi is different from Henan, the gentry are not so obedient, and this Zhao thief is not as easy to deal with as the White Lotus Sect!

Yang Zhaosheng is full of twilight, and he has no courage to do serious things, and he only has the bottom line of repaying the king with death.

Historically, he was captured by the Qing army and chose to die rather than give in, and did nothing else.

Wang Tiaoding came out of the prefect's yamen and summoned the squires of Luling County.

He told the affairs of the peasant association in detail, and said to the squires: "The peasant association of the thief is afraid that it will spread to the whole county." If you suppress the tenants, you may provoke a rebellion among the tenants. It is better to take the initiative to reduce rent and interest to show favor to tenants, so as to dilute the influence of Zhao thief. ”

"County Zun, last year, we funded the governor to suppress the thieves, and we didn't have much food. How can I reduce rent and interest? ”

"That's right, if the tenant is not happy, is the landlord better? The imperial court increased the amount every year, and the local government had apportionments. If the tenants are given rent and interest reductions, they will not be able to live in the future. ”

"Then since the Zhao thief has rowed the river to rule, presumably there will be no big moves in the short term."

“……”

The thieves are all under their noses, and these gentry are submissive, hoping that Zhao Han will be satisfied with half the county.

I really don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin!

Wang Tiaoding sent the gentry away, and then sat down on the chair, feeling that his heart was so tired.

He didn't hire a master, and invited a scribe to discuss the matter.

The scribe said: "The county is respectful, those landlords are afraid." If the Zhao thief can really be exterminated, the gentry of the county will definitely donate money and food, but can the county really exterminate the Zhao thief? ”

"No, at least not for the time being." Wang Tiaoding shook his head and said.

The scribe also said: "Since no one can suppress the Zhao thief, those gentry will not dare to act rashly, they are afraid of annoying the Zhao thief and losing their wealth!" The county is not good, and the government is not good, at least the governor must bring a large army, and the county gentry will only make a move when they see hope. ”

Wang Tiaoding asked: "But I didn't let them donate grain to suppress the thieves, I only asked them to reduce rent and interest to show favor to the tenants." ”

The scribe said with a smile: "They can be divided by Zhao Thief's knife by the neck, but it is impossible to take the initiative to reduce rent and interest." It's like a dog with meat in its mouth, how can it spit it out on its own? Someone had to be beaten with a stick, and it hurt before he vomited the meat. ”

"All are short-sighted!" Wang Tiaoding said with disdain.

The scribe shook his head: "If the county lord can figure it out, how can the squire not know?" They are not stupid. But you can't open this opening, this year's rent and interest reduction, should it be reduced next year? Will they all reduce rent and interest in the future? Tenants are not allowed to make an inch? If you raise tenants, I am afraid that you will not be able to collect the rent in the future! ”

Just like the capitalists, if they give the workers a wage increase, they can solve the strike problem once and for all, and they are actually very willing.

What are the capitalists afraid of?

I am afraid that if it rises once, there will be two or three times, and the workers will never be able to feed it. Then it won't rise once, I'd rather spend more money to suppress it, and resolutely don't open the mouth for raising wages!

Dead, no solution.

Wang Tiaoding thought about the paradise on the Zhao thief's side, the prefect and gentry on his side, and then the faces of those officials in the Wenxuan Division, and he suddenly had an urge to join the thief.

Calm, calm, resolutely not from the thief!

……

The gentry did not move, the peasant associations did not move, but the tenants did.

The tenants on the east bank of Lushui saw the bumper summer grain harvest on the west bank, and they were so envious that they were dying of envy.

The tenants privately joined forces and elected a representative to come to Yongyang Town under the pretext of returning to their parents' house with their wives.

"What's your name?" Zhao Han asked.

"Luo Xian, a grass farmer, has also studied for a few years, and in the early years, there were six acres of land, but now he has become a tenant," Luo Xian knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "This year's spring drought is serious, and the wheat harvest has encountered rain, and the villagers have failed to harvest, and they have been urged to rent by the landlord." Mr. Zhao, the tenants on the East Coast are looking forward to your past, and they all want to live a good life like the West Coast. ”

Zhao Han smiled and asked, "Everyone thinks so?" ”

Luo Xian said: "As long as Mr. Zhao goes to the east coast to divide the land, the life of the grass people belongs to Mr. It was the officers and soldiers who came, and the grass people also picked up the flat pole and fought hard with the government! ”

The people's hearts are available.

Zhao Han said: "I have an agreement with the government, and I have already ruled the water. No one can speak without faith, and he will not be able to give you land for a while. However, I can send missions and peasant associations to help you form your own peasant associations. You can't count on me for everything, you have to stand up yourself, and you must ask the landlord to reduce the rent in a disaster year. There are also printed money, usury, the interest rate is too high and unreasonable, you can not admit the money and grain you borrowed! ”

A few days later, Chen Maosheng personally crossed the river with the missionary officers, accompanied by a few soldiers and the backbone of the peasant association.

Villages and towns on the east bank of Lushui quickly formed peasant associations, and tenants enthusiastically joined, not to mention many yeoman farmers.

It's not that they don't pay rent to the landlords, it's just that this year's summer grain harvest is poor, and the tenants must first keep enough of their own rations, and then send the rest to the landlords. Moreover, all the usury loans borrowed before are no longer recognized!

At the same time, the peasant associations led the yeoman farmers to resist the tax, paid the normal whip tax, and resolutely refused to recognize the exorbitant taxes levied by the local government.

Now, even small landlords are willing to join the peasant association!

Many small landlords are reluctant to donate their land, and once they do, they have to be tenants for others, so they become the main force in paying taxes to the government. They joined the peasant associations purely to resist taxes, because the local government imposed heavy taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which had exceeded the regular taxes of the imperial court.

From this point of view, the small landlords also had a fighting nature and were also the main force of Zhao Han's rebellion. The premise is that they don't have a person in their family, and they can escape a large number of miscellaneous factions and servants.

"It's the other way around, it's all the other way around!"

An old man Hu couldn't hold back, he didn't dare to attack the missionary group, but he dared to shoot at his tenants.

This goods made the son take the house slave and go directly to the door to collect the rent by force, and he actually beat a tenant to a serious injury.

Under the command of Chen Maosheng, more than 600 members of the peasant association captured the Hu family's compound and captured Master Hu and several sons. Then, there was a grievance meeting, followed by a public trial.

Zhao Han originally wanted to come step by step, first develop peasant associations, and then train grassroots officials, and gradually encroach on the entire Luling County.

However, I can't help it!

The old house was on fire, fierce and intense.

After the grievance meeting and the public trial, the mission suddenly lost control of the peasant association.

The peasants found an organization because of the peasant unions, quickly united, and killed several large landlords in succession. Then, the tenants who did not join the peasant associations also took the initiative to kill the landlords.

After killing the landlord, he went to ask Chen Maosheng to preside over the division of the land.

Rent and interest reductions?

Hehe, only across a river, the days on the west bank are so good, why don't you divide the land directly on the east bank?

Chen Maosheng hurried back to Yongyang Town: "General Town, I can't do things well, I can't control the peasant association, you can punish me!" ”

"It's not your fault, it's that I didn't think it through and underestimated the enthusiasm of the peasants," Zhao Han said. I asked Zuo Xiaoliang to personally cross the river, and sent many backbone members of the peasant association to immediately organize the work of dividing the fields. Then let Jiang Dashan and Huang Mi each lead 500 soldiers to help you town. Remember, take advantage of the opportunity of dividing the land to consolidate the peasant associations in the villages and towns. The newly established peasant associations must be obedient and no longer act against orders! ”

The chain reaction has reappeared, Chen Maosheng and Zuo Xiaoliang are still dividing the fields, and the peasant movement has spread spontaneously. It spread north to the border of Luling County, east to the outside of Fucheng, and south to the edge of the mountain.

Four-fifths of Luling County has actually become Zhao Han's territory.

The big landlords were frightened, and they were unwilling to reduce rent and interest before, but now they automatically came to Zhao Han. I only hope to save my life, to keep money, food and a small amount of land.

Over the past year or so, many of the grassroots officials trained and promoted by Zhao Han have been sent to emerging territories, and there has been a shortage of officials at all levels again.

The promotion was fast, and the officials were full of energy.

The idea of corruption has been diluted, and he only thinks about continuing to expand his territory and continue to rise to the top. Most of them are children and schoolchildren, and a small number of them are talents, who could not be officials before, but now they see the possibility of becoming big officials.

Countless low-level scholars began to rebel with Zhao Han, and even rebelled more eagerly than Zhao Han.

The county magistrate Wang Tiaoding gave up completely, and in the blink of an eye, only one-fifth of his jurisdiction remained.

In other words, there is not one-fifth, because the area near Tianhe Town is occupied by Fei Yinghui's bandits. The surviving big landlords hurriedly asked the magistrate to suppress the bandits, and Wang Tiaoding didn't bother to see these bastards.

At this rate, Zhao Han will be able to occupy the whole county this year, leaving only one city for the officials.

has a good career, and Zhao Han is also getting married.