The General Soldier's Mansion, the Back House.

Fei Rulan came out to greet her: "Meet the fourth uncle, I have seen my sister." ”

"Haha, there's no need to be polite," Fei Yingheng said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few years, Lan'er has been the wife of the chief soldier." ”

Fei Rulan said: "The chief soldier of Neizi can't be counted. ”

"I've seen Sister Lan." Fei Ruhui hugged his fists and said.

Although they are cousins, they have only met them once, and Mr. Fei does not accept Fei Ruhui.

Fei Rulan saw that her woman was dressed, so she asked, "Didn't my brother-in-law come?" ”

Fei Ruhui replied: "He is busy at home. ”

What are you busy with?

Managing a den of bandits, of course.

Fei Yinghui saw that there was only one maid in the courtyard, and Fei Rulan had to help serve tea and pour water, so she couldn't help but say: "You are strange and lonely here, why don't you raise more slaves?" ”

Fei Rulan replied with a smile: "My grandson has abolished slavery, how can I disobey my own family?" There are six servants hired in the courtyard, which is quite a lot. ”

"I see," Fei Yinghui was purely inquiring about the news, and changed the topic and asked, "Is there any news of the eldest brother?" ”

Fei Rulan said: "My father is now the governor of Huzhou Prefecture. ”

Fei Yinghui said with a smile: "The promotion is fast. ”

The family drank tea and chatted until the evening, when Zhao Han finally came back, and Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun also came.

Putting the meal on the table, Zhao Han raised his glass and said, "I salute the fourth uncle!" ”

"Well said." Fei Yinghui laughed heartily.

Fei Ruhe also raised his glass and toasted: "I left home with Fei Chun, and I wanted to find the fourth uncle, but I didn't expect to find Brother Han, and I also broke out of the situation. ”

"If you find me, I'm afraid I'm still a bandit." Fei Yinghui said with emotion.

Zhao Han just smiled and didn't take the initiative to mention it, he had already guessed what Fei Yinghui was here for.

After pushing the cup and changing the lamp for a while, Fei Yinghui finally couldn't help it: "Alas, I haven't thought about rebellion, and a sweeping king suddenly appeared next door." It's you to the east, and the sweeper is to the west, and I'm caught in the middle and feel uncomfortable. ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "As long as there is no war, no one will stare at the fourth uncle's territory." ”

Fei Yinghui's territory is located in the middle of the mountains, and it really doesn't mean anything to be partial and poor.

But militarily it was very important, once he occupied Tianhe Town, Zhao Han could easily guard against the enemy in the west. If it weren't for Fei Yinghui entrenched there, Zhao Han would have sent troops to take it long ago, because it was the jurisdiction of Luling County.

That sweeping king is also very interesting, if Zhao Han expands to the north, the sweeping king's territory will be completely protected by Zhao Han. Only when the officers and soldiers eliminate Zhao Han can they go to conquer the sweeping king, or Huguang can send troops to clean the sweeping king.

Seeing that Zhao Han never opened his mouth and said, Fei Yinghui had no choice but to ask herself: "How about I come to you to do things?" ”

"Yes, welcome." Zhao Han said with a smile.

"What are the requirements?" Fei Yinghui asked.

Zhao Han said clearly: "First, the land must be divided, including the fourth uncle, and each person must keep a maximum of twenty acres. Of course, there are many mountains over there of the fourth uncle, so you can leave a few more acres as appropriate. Second, if the fourth uncle wants to join the army, he must disband his own troops and break up and be assigned to the Datong soldiers. Third, the fourth uncle can only be a sentry officer, temporarily leading more than 90 people, and he is not allowed to be stationed in Tianhe Town. ”

Although Fei Yinghui had expected it, she couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

He came to Zhao Han with his territory and troops, but Zhao Han wanted to swallow him up and digest him.

That's it, you can also give a high-level military position, but who knew that he was only allowed to be a sentry, and there were not even a hundred corporal under his command.

Zhao Han explained: "There are only two situations to do things under me. One is to start from the middle and low levels; The second is to create the situation by yourself. For example, Gu Jianshan is the commander of the navy, because I don't have a navy under me, so I rely on him to form and train by himself. There is also Tian Younian, who is the head of the weapons office, and the weapons station has to be built by him. It was Li Banghua who also came forward to set up a grain bank first, and he was promoted only after making political achievements. ”

"Okay, I'll be the sentry." Fei Yinghui reluctantly agreed, he believed that with his talents and the relationship of the Fei family, he could be promoted in a few battles.

Zhao Han laughed and said, "Welcome to the fourth uncle, come, everyone drink this cup!" ”

Everyone raised their glasses and drank bitterly.

Zhao Han said to Fei Ruhui again: "If my sister wants to do something, she can join the mission group, and women can also be officials in my place." ”

"That's a good idea." Fei Ruhui said happily.

After another conversation, Fei Rulan suddenly said: "How young is not young, I have been looking for a year, and I can be regarded as finding a suitable person." ”

"Where?" Zhao Han asked.

Fei Rulan said: "The niece of Yuan Yunlong, a person from Anfu County. ”

Zhao Han didn't say anything, but continued to ask: "What's the situation with the Yuan family?" ”

Fei Rulan obviously did her homework: "Anfu Yuan clan is a branch of the Yichun Yuan clan, and the ancestor is Han Situ Yuan An (Yuan Shao's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather). Although the Anfu Yuan clan is from a large family, this branch has long declined, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a Jinshi. Yuan Yunlong's family has a total of more than 300 acres of land, but there are also many clansmen, and it is not enough to leave 20 acres per person. ”

This kind of small landlord has nothing to lose except for being forcibly divided.

Zhao Han allowed the landlord's family to keep 20 acres of land each. However, the Yuan family's land was divided into less than 20 acres, and each person was only allocated 18 acres of land.

Fei Rulan said again: "This Yuan Juren has already failed the list five times, he is disheartened by the entrance examination, and his family has no money to buy him an official. Therefore, Yuan Juren was very active in his work, and he had been promoted to the mayor of Anfu County, and he also wrote an article praising the division of fields. ”

"This person can focus on cultivation." Zhao Han decided to set up Yuan Yunlong as a model for the gentry.

Fei Rulan said: "Yuan Juren's niece, I also asked someone to inquire. He is fifteen years old this year, dignified and beautiful, reasonable, and good at poetry and painting. ”

Zhao Han immediately agreed: "This is a good match!" ”

Fei Ruhe sat next to him and smirked, he is not picky about women, as long as he is not ugly, this guy is bent on doing big things.

The next day, Zhao Han sent a mission group and grassroots officials to accompany Fei Yinghui back to receive Tianhe Town.

If you add the mountains on both sides, the area is very large, but the arable land is pitiful.

Fei Yinghui's son-in-law, Yang Fengsu, if he can actively cooperate with the work of dividing the fields, and things are done well, Zhao Han can appoint him as the mayor of Tianhe Town. In this way, there are nine towns in Luling County, and Tianhe Town belongs to the poorest one, 90% of the arable land belongs to the barren mountainous land, and I am afraid that sweet potatoes will be the staple food in the future.

After the meeting and discussion, everyone felt that one county had too many nine towns under its jurisdiction, and the grassroots officials could not afford to spend money.

So the administrative division of Luling County was fine-tuned, and one of the towns was dismembered into four parts, each of which was merged into the adjacent town. The officials of the town were all sent to Bailuzhou Academy for further study, waiting to be assigned to work in the newly expanded territory.

In this way, Zhao Han finally owned the entire territory of Luling County, and at the same time maintained the administrative area of the eight towns of Luling County.

Immediately, the General Military Office also made adjustments, and the framework was as follows-

General Military Administration.

The Secretariat, the Election Department, the Government Affairs Department, the Mission and Education Department, the Finance Department, the Military Affairs Department, the Criminal Names Department, the Integrity Department, the Public Works Department, and the Military Affairs Academy.

The Secretariat is of course Zhao Han's secretarial body, with three major secretaries and some civilian staff below. They are only responsible to Zhao Han, but they cannot meddle in the affairs of various departments, which is essentially different from the Ming cabinet.

In ancient times, there was already the word secretary, and Zhao Han didn't bother to use the title of the secretary, so he directly changed it to a secretary.

The Officials Selection Division, which is equivalent to the Ministry of Officials, is in charge of Pang Chunlai.

The Chief Secretary for Administration, which was previously headed by Li Banghua, is now promoted to Huang Shunfu, the county governor of Luling, to serve as the chief secretary for administration.

The Department of Missions, equivalent to the Ministry of Rites, is headed by Chen Maosheng.

The Finance Department, which is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's superintendent, is headed by Fei Chun.

The Military Affairs Department, equivalent to the Ministry of War, is headed by Li Banghua.

The Criminal Names Division, which is equivalent to the Criminal Department, promoted Zuo Xiaoliang of Anfuzhi County to serve as the director of the Criminal Names Division.

The Department of Integrity and Integrity, which is equivalent to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is headed by Xiao Huan.

The Department of Public Works, equivalent to the Ministry of Works, is headed by Song Yingxing.

The Military Academy, which is equivalent to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, is in charge of Fei Ruhe.

As for Tian Younian, he served as the director of the Armaments Bureau under the Military Affairs Department.

This framework is quite large, but fortunately, there is not much territory, and the officials are not too redundant.

But the land of the three counties will definitely not be able to support it, after all, there are still so many town-level officials, and they must expand their territory to be able to afford it.

When you are in the Ming court, don't you want to rule the grassroots?

There are more officials, and there are more expenses!

Zhao Han has to at least double the territory so that his financial situation can be slightly better.

Even, some people feel that there are still too many town-level institutions, and Luling County should be reduced to six towns, and Jishui County should be reduced to five towns.

This suggestion is not funny, including Zhao Han himself, has thought about it seriously.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and the agrarian society cannot afford to support too large a bureaucratic class. The number of regular soldiers was small before, and they could barely afford it, and the three thousand regular soldiers were paid monthly, which instantly tightened Zhao Han's money bag.

As soon as the General Military Mansion made adjustments, an old man brought the whole clan to pay a visit.

"Old decay Liu Yingdong, meet the head town!"

"Sir, please get up."

Liu Yingkui pointed to the clansmen behind him and said, "I, the Liu clan, are all willing to serve the town." Although there are no lifters, there are five talents, twelve children, and the rest are schoolchildren. ”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Let them all come to Bailuzhou Academy, and after the spring ploughing, I will make my own arrangements." ”

Liu Yingkui said: "Liu Tongsheng is an old nephew, he fled with his family, and it has nothing to do with my house, please don't mind the town." ”

"Sir, don't worry, I don't do anything about the company." Zhao Han said.

Liu Yingkui continued: "These Liu family scholars can be called by the head town at will, even if they are soap officials. I have already warned them that the town has its own rules and regulations for employing people, and as long as they do things seriously, the town will not be treated badly. ”

Zhao Han smiled: "The old gentleman has great wisdom...... I am a shallow learner, and I can't write well, so I write a word with an axe. ”

"Thank you for the word." Liu Yingkui was overjoyed.

Zhao Han casually wrote four words "Home of Virtue", it doesn't matter what content he writes, he can write "eat meat tonight".

Liu Tongsheng and his family fled with the silver, but Liu Yingkui sent the whole clan to serve, and these big clans can't be one-size-fits-all.

Mainly in the case a few days ago, Zhao Han showed his attitude in a showdown.

Liu Yingkui was willing to stand in line and recognized Zhao Han's methods. The tougher Zhao Han's performance, the more convinced he was that the Liu family would be able to get into the dragon's work.

Of course, there are many who hate it, and yesterday another gentry ran away with their families.