The Wei family belonged to the Ningdu clan, whose ancestral home was Sichuan, and the Southern Song Dynasty moved to Fujian. Now it is divided into two branches, one lives in southern Jiangxi and the other lives in western Fujian.

Judging from his ancestral hometown, Wei Jiaju can be a native of Sichuan or Fujian. However, the Wei family moved to Ningbo very early, and they can be regarded as Jiangxi natives.

During the Jiajing period, during the Ningdu disaster, Wei donated 10,000 stones of grain at one time to help the county to help the victims, which shows its strong financial resources. Jiajing issued the holy decree to set up the archway, gave the crown belt, and the Wei family took the opportunity to build the holy decree door, so it is also called "the holy decree door Wei".

Wei insisted on the poetry heirloom, but it was very embarrassing, and for two hundred years, there was not even a single person......

Zhao Han called all the high-level officials to a meeting and asked Wei Jiaju to tell the situation in Nanjiang.

Wei Jiaju bowed his hand to everyone, repeated the previous words, and added: "Gentlemen, there are differences in southern Jiangxi, Ganxian County is actually relatively normal, and there are very few tenants around the capital city of Ganzhou. The farther west and south you go, the more Hakka people come from Fujian and Guangdong. ”

"I see," Chen Maosheng nodded, "No wonder the formation of a peasant association outside Ganzhou City has not met with much resistance. ”

Wei Jiaju said: "Even within a county, the situation is different. The contemptible people are from Ningdu and know Ningdu County best. Shangsanxiang in the north of Ningdu is mostly Jiangxi natives; In the lower three townships in the south of Ningdu, the tenants are all Fujianese, and most of them are from Tingzhou, Fujian. Among these Tingzhou people, most of them are from Shanghang, and a few are from Liancheng. ”

The more Zhao Han listened, the more headache he felt, regardless of the identity of the Hakka people, this kind of tenant who calls for friends is equivalent to Fujian migrant workers who come to Jiangxi to work in a group.

What's even more terrifying is that these migrant workers have been breeding in Jiangxi for several generations, and they still have no local hukou and no land!

They must be given a hukou and given a share of land, otherwise it will be a factor of instability.

The situation in the southern Jiangxi region was extremely complicated, and when Wang Shouren suppressed bandits here, he reported to the imperial court in the twelfth year of Zhengde, saying that all the people in Chongyi were Cantonese. There are not only Hakka people, but also Yao people, all of whom were displaced people who were resettled by the governor in the early years. These displaced people cut down mountains and made contributions to the development of Southern Jiangxi, but at the same time, they also had conflicts with the locals, and most of the reclaimed wasteland was occupied by local clans.

And the population of the Southern Jiangxi region fell sharply in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, not only because of the war.

Many of them were oppressed by the landlords and fled to Huguang with their families. At that time, the southern part of Huguang was vast and sparsely populated, and there was a policy of settling down displaced people licensed by the imperial court, so Jiangxi peasants fled one after another to open up the wasteland, and almost half of the county and half of the county migrated to Huguang.

And Zhao Han's territory specialty indigo dye, Datong military flag is also dyed blue with this dye.

The indigo planting technology was transmitted to Ji'an by the Fujian people who moved to southern Gansu.

Pang Chunlai suddenly asked: "You are the chief secretary of Ningdu County, why did you take the initiative to come to Ji'an Mansion to offer advice?" ”

Wei Jiaju said very bluntly: "The Wei family is the largest clan in Ningdu, the contemptible clan uncle, the upper Wei and the lower Zhaofeng, this year was recruited by the emperor to be an official, and he was not given, and he was called 'Zhengjun'." Whenever there is a government affairs in the county, he must discuss it with the clan uncle. The saltpeter purchased by Mr. Zhao is all sold by Wei's! ”

Everyone looked at each other, okay, the Wei family turned out to be a saltpeter supplier.

Wei Jiaju said again: "Now, Ningdu County has been in chaos, and sooner or later it will be taken by Mr. Zhao." Wei knew that it was difficult to protect the land and the saltpeter mine, so he asked Mr. Zhao to allow the Wei family to mine and supply saltpeter after occupying Ningdu. Ningdu also has sulfur ore and iron ore, and Mr. Zhao was also asked to give permission to mine them. ”

"Sulphur ore too?" Zhao Han was surprised.

"Yes, and quite a few." Wei Jiaju said.

This Nima, there is sulfur ore, there is saltpeter, if you burn charcoal, you will directly collect all the gunpowder production materials, you can set up a gunpowder production bureau in Ningdu.

Zhao Han thought carefully and said: "As long as the Wei family is wholeheartedly attached, I can charter the Wei family to operate nitrate and sulfur mines." However, Wei was not allowed to monopolize and had to let two more families join. With these three mining companies working together, Wei's mines can be slightly more. As for the iron mine, it must be handed over to the fourth to operate. ”

"Thank you Mr. Zhao for your grace!" The purpose of Wei Jiaju's trip has been achieved.

Zhao Han asked, "You said that Ningdu County has been in chaos?" ”

Wei Jiaju replied: "There is a wealthy tenant, gathering thousands of tenants, and is besieging the county seat of Ningdu. ”

Li Banghua felt very strange: "Why do you want to take the tenants to start an incident if the tenants reject the landlords and bully the tenants?" ”

Wei Jiaju replied: "Every time the tenants make trouble, they just want to get the perpetual tenant right of more land, and then sublease it to ordinary tenants. ”

"What's in it for ordinary tenants?" Chen Maosheng asked.

Wei Jiaju said with some embarrassment: "Due to the deception of the landlords, the landlord can't collect too much rent, so he tries his best to increase the miscellaneous expenses. For example, buckets, white water, roads, winter animals, etc., were originally intended to make the tenants pay more rent, but the tenants transferred the miscellaneous expenses to the tenants. The tenants were therefore jealous of the landlords and were willing to follow the tenants in order to abolish these miscellaneous fees. ”

Good guys, these tenants are really awesome, not to mention occupying all kinds of interests, the disadvantages are all spread on the lower tenants, and the risks are all borne by the landlords above.

The more ruthlessly the landlords exploit the tenants, the more the tenants will be able to take the opportunity to incite and stir up trouble to fight for more benefits for themselves.

Wei Jiaju said again: "This time is different. Da Ming saw that it couldn't be done, and Mr. Zhao advocated dividing the field again. Under the banner of Mr. Zhao, those tycoons probably wanted to seize the landlord's land. ”

"No matter how much land they take, won't they be divided by me in the end?" Zhao Han wondered.

Wei Jiaju said: "Those wealthy tenants don't even have the Ming Dynasty in their eyes, how can they take Mr. Zhao seriously?" Mr. Zhao led his troops over to divide the fields, and I am afraid that they will also incite tenants to riot! ”

Zhao Han sneered: "According to what you said, the landlords of Ningdu County are all good and innocent people? It's really good, I'm afraid it has been swallowed by the Fujian people a long time ago! ”

"Don't dare...... Don't dare to expire Mr. Zhao," Wei Jiaju hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "The landlord himself also raises tenant slaves, and the government helps him, so he is not afraid of tenants at ordinary times." ”

This is not only a class contradiction, but also a contradiction between the Turks and the Turks.

The landlords occupy the means of production and exploit the tenants, while the tenants are a group of parasites.

Once the land is forcibly divided, it is likely that the landlords and tenants will unite because their interests are the same in the face of external threats. And the tenants and tenants are all Fujianese who came from other places, and the tenants are very easy to be instigated by the tenants!

Let Wei Jiaju temporarily retreat, Zhao Han analyzed Chen Maosheng: "The main contradiction in the Southern Jiangxi region is that the landlords and wealthy tenants double oppress the low-level tenants. ”

"Yes," Chen Maosheng nodded and said, "Not only Nanjiang, but all prefectures and counties in the future must prohibit the transfer of land and property to tenants." ”

Zhao Han said: "Landlords and tenants rely on land for profit, and if the land is divided, most of the landlords and tenants will join forces to block it. However, they cannot be killed directly, because they are often tenant leaders. Killing a tycoon may lead to countless tenants being instigated. ”

Chen Maosheng said: "It is necessary to first explain the land division policy to the tenants and separate them from the tenants. ”

"Yes," Zhao Han said, "but in the Southern Jiangxi region, many tenants speak Hakka, Fujian, and Cantonese, how can you explain Tian Zheng clearly to the tenants?" They can't understand what we are saying, so naturally they don't know Tian Zheng. When the time comes, it is not what the tenants say, but what the tenants at the bottom believe. I'm afraid that the tenants will be in a hurry, and they can spread rumors that we are going to kill all the Fujianese. ”

Chen Maosheng thought carefully: "Since there are not so many people from other provinces in Ganxian County, you can first preside over the division of fields in Ganxian County, and take the opportunity to let the missionaries and the backbone of the peasant association slowly learn to speak Hakka, Hokkien and Cantonese." ”

Zhao Han nodded and said: "You must learn to speak first, what the low-level tenants say, you have to learn." Directly rooted among the tenants! We must warn the missionaries and the backbone of the peasant associations not to distinguish between Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong, and only the toiling masses are their own people! ”

"Understood!" Chen Maosheng arched his hand.

Zhao Han also instructed: "The counties of Southern Jiangxi can be occupied first, but except for Gan County, the other counties are not in a hurry to divide the fields." We can make a compromise first, let the landlord and the tenants continue to fight, and we can't let the landlords and tenants unite against us. Remember, in the future, you must adapt everything to the time and local conditions, and you can't copy the experience in the same way. ”

Chen Maosheng was once again taught.

Li Banghua asked: "If the 3,000 Fujian soldiers in Ganzhou City do not agree to their request to return to their hometowns, I am afraid that the people in the city will suffer." ”

Zhao Han sneered: "The promise is that not only will I let them go, but I can also send them the travel expenses." The counties of Southern Jiangxi are in chaos, collect their weapons, and see how they return to Fujian! I estimate that when they get halfway there, they will fight with various local forces because of looting. The more chaos they make, the better we can divide the local forces. ”

The complex contradictions of Southern Jiangxi are very interesting, not only in the Ming Dynasty, but even throughout the Qing Dynasty.

According to the Qing Dynasty's "Ningdu Zhili Prefecture Chronicles", there was a Tian soldier uprising during the Shunzhi period.

The cause was the contradiction between the Turks and the Hakkas, and the Jiangxi landlord surnamed Wen and the Hakka tycoon surnamed Huang had a vendetta against each other, and it turned into a class struggle when they fought. The landlord surnamed Huang instigated the tenants at the bottom to demand the abolition of various harsh regulations and the reduction of land rents, in order to attack the landlord surnamed Wen.

After the slogan was shouted, it was uncontrollable, Shicheng, Ruijin, and Ningdu counties all made a fuss, tens of thousands of Hakka tenants formed field soldiers, and Jiangxi indigenous tenants also began to join, and there was even a tendency to spread to the entire Southern Jiangxi.

At this point, there is no distinction between Jiangxi people and Fujian people, and it is no longer a contradiction between local and guest, and it directly leads to the most essential class contradiction!

This place in Nanjiang belongs to a super powder keg, which will explode when touched, and it will be several counties as soon as it is fried.

Chen Maosheng personally took a boat to Ganzhou, and conveyed Zhao Han's order to withdraw his troops for dozens of miles and let go of the 3,000 Fujian soldiers.

Dogs can't change eating, these officers and soldiers didn't go far, they just went to the capital county and began to loot.

The landlords and tenants, who had been attacking each other, were forced to start a group and drive away the 3,000 officers and soldiers together. Then they continued to fight, and under the instigation of the tenants, they staged a vendetta against the Turks day after day.

The landlords were defeated by the Tian soldiers and asked Fei Ruhe to lead troops into the county seat, which was their consistent practice, using the government to suppress the tenants.