Xiong Wencan's pomp is very big, after all, he is the governor.

Zhu Guoxun, the chief soldier of Jiangxi, even personally piloted the warship and sent Xiong Wencan to Ji'an Mansion.

Back then, Zhu Guoxun was promoted to general manager because of his merits, and Xiong Wencan helped report his merits, so you can imagine what the relationship between the two is.

The officers beat gongs and drums in front of them, and they also held signs like "Evade". The chief soldier Zhu Guoxun escorted Xiong Wencan off the boat, and there was a large column in front and behind, adding up to two or three hundred people.

Seeing that Zhu Guoxun was quite nervous and kept pressing the handle of the knife, Xiong Wencan smiled and said, "There is no need to be like this, Zhao thief is not an ordinary bandit." This person behaves in a very orderly manner, and he will not lure you and me to death. ”

"It's better to be careful, no thief in the world can be trusted." Zhu Guoxun reminded.

Stepping on the wooden board to the shore, there was immediately a jujube red sedan chair stopped, and Xiong Wencan stepped into the sedan chair and sat down.

Zhu Guoxun showed great loyalty and always followed the sedan chair. I don't know if the thief really does it, he will choose to turn around and run away, or desperately protect his old boss.

"Boom!"

"Dang!"

The official opened the road with a gong in hand, and the people along the way were very unhappy, and they deliberately slowed down when they avoided it.

Mr. Zhao doesn't sit in this kind of official sedan chair, what are you doing in Ji'an?

"Let Jean, trouble the old cousin let ......" The official in charge of opening the way had to keep begging, they really didn't dare to show off their might in the territory of the anti-thief.

Xiong Wencan lifted the sedan curtain and saw the situation outside, and he was quite speechless.

Zhu Guoxun leaned over and said: "If it is a nest of anti-thieves, there are people everywhere, so beware of these people who assassinate them." ”

"No problem."

Xiong Wencan is calm in his heart, this scene is really nothing.

A thief who knows how to buy the hearts of the people, Xiong Wencan has not seen it, and Zheng Zhilong, who he recruited, is used to doing this.

Before Zheng Zhilong accepted Zhao'an, he plundered the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong, often exhausting the officers and soldiers. But Zheng Zhilong only attacked large households, and even helped small people. Especially the people of Quanzhou, the poor were favored by Zheng Zhilong, so that every time the officers and soldiers took any action, the local people took the initiative to report to them.

At the same time, a large number of coastal fishermen took refuge in Zheng Zhilong as pirates. didn't become a pirate, but also helped Zheng Zhilong transport goods on the shore, and Zheng Zhilong's henchmen were almost everywhere.

In Xiong Wencan's view, the Luling Zhao thief is just Zheng Zhilong on land, at most, he will only read for a few more years, and he will give more grace to the small people.

"Stop!"

When they came to the gate of the General Soldier's Mansion, the guards immediately stopped the group of people.

Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, Xiao Huan and other officials stood at the door to greet the arrival of the governor, and Wang Tingqian and Xu Ying also stood there.

Xiong Wencan walked out of the official sedan chair, recognized Li Banghua at a glance, and said with a smile: "Mr. Meng Yan, after a long time, I can't imagine meeting again here." ”

"It's fate." Li Banghua doesn't talk much nonsense, and he doesn't want to have any friendship with Xiong Wencan.

Chen Maosheng was still in Nanjiang and had not returned, and Li Ke, deputy director of the Propaganda and Education Department, stepped forward and said to Xiong Wencan: "Mr. Zhao has an order, and only five negotiators are allowed to enter. The rest of the people will find their own inn to live in, and the cost of food and accommodation will be borne by themselves. If there is any harassment of businesses and people, they will be punished! ”

Zhu Guoxun sneered: "This is Zhao ...... Your lord's hospitality? ”

Li Ke replied: "The people live a hard life, and my lord cannot bear to treat them harshly, and he practices the way of frugality. What's more, whether you are guests or enemies is not yet known at this time! ”

"The guest is as he pleases, haha, the guest is as he pleases." Xiong Wencan was like a smiling Buddha, leaving five people with him, and the rest were all thrown back on the boat.

Li Banghua introduced officials to Xiong Wencan, Xiong Wencan had actually gotten the information a long time ago, and at this moment he was just matching his name with the real person.

After entering the General Soldier's Mansion, Xiong Wencan observed all the way and found that the officials were all in the office, and they did not come out to look curiously.

Some scribes passed by with official documents, and when they saw Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others, they just hugged their fists and greeted them. If there is no space in his hand, he will even use a nod to replace, while Pang, Li and other senior officials will nod in return.

Xiong Wencan sighed in his heart, under the rule of this Zhao thief, not only are the people more energetic, but even the atmosphere of government is stronger than that of the imperial court.

This thief can only be appeased, and there is absolutely nothing to suppress!

There are many empty houses in Zhao Han's inner house, and this time he directly vacated the courtyard for Xiong Wencan.

All the salutes were moved into the house, and everyone sat down in the courtyard, chattering nonsense while waiting for the noon meal to begin.

Xiong Wencan sat down and drank two sips of tea and asked, "When will your lord see me?" ”

"Tomorrow," Li Ke explained, "the town has gone to the countryside to inspect the water mill, and he will not be able to return to the city until tomorrow." ”

"I see." Xiong Wencan didn't ask any more, thinking that Zhao Han deliberately hung himself up.

Pang Chunlai sipped tea and said: "The meaning of the town, let's not go around the corner." In a word, Zhao'an can be recruited, and 200,000 taels of soldiers will be severed. Now that our army has 80,000 people, since Zhao'an has defected to the imperial court, there will definitely be no war in the future. If you send the soldiers home, you can pay at least 200,000 taels of silver. ”

"Where did you get your 80,000 troops? That's nonsense! Zhu Guoxun suddenly shouted, he played such a role.

Pang Chunlai smiled and said, "Do you believe it? Then wait for the beginning of spring, 80,000 troops will gather in Nanchang City, and then Governor Xiong can slowly count them. ”

Zhu Guoxun slapped the table and said, "Don't threaten me to wait, I'll talk about it after a fight!" ”

"Okay, let's talk about it after a fight," Pang Chunlai suddenly lost a smile on his face, and said with a gloomy expression, "Rebellion is rebellion, and since ancient times, Zhao An Ke has a good end?" Lie to me that I haven't read "Water Margin"! ”

The scene suddenly froze, and the atmosphere was a little awkward, so I could only turn away from talking about other topics.

After a while, Xiong Wencan made an excuse to change clothes, and Wang Tingqian immediately followed, and the two exchanged information in the toilet.

Wang Tingqian said: "This Pang Chunlai, the whole family was forced to death by the government, and he was bent on subverting the Ming Dynasty. Zhao Thief was taught by this person, called master and apprentice, but in fact father and son. Li Banghua agreed to Zhao'an, and Pang Chunlai resolutely opposed Zhao'an. ”

Xiong Wencan asked, "What about the other anti-thief officials?" ”

"Some agree, some oppose, about half each," Wang Ting said with a smile, "It is inevitable that there will be people who covet high-ranking officials, since they can be appointed officials of the imperial court, then what kind of rebellion is there?" ”

Xiong Wencan nodded and said, "This is normal." ”

Wang Tingqian said again: "I watched Zhao Thief, and I agreed to recruit An, and the play just now was mostly a sky-high asking price." ”

The two talked about many more details, and then returned to the courtyard together.

Near noon, food was served, with wine and meat. But for Xiong Wencan, it is not very rich, and it even looks particularly shabby.

Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others were happy, although their usual working meals, although they also had meat, they were definitely not as good as this one.

In the afternoon, you can visit casually, and you can even flip through official documents.

Xiong Wencan really ran to look through the tax booklet, and then he was shocked.

The Tian Fu under Zhao Han received a higher income than the imperial court. However, there is no poll tax, and no other harsh taxes are levied. The number of acres is surprisingly large, and it is obvious that the hidden fields have been found out!

The so-called apportionment into the mu means that the poll tax is directly apportioned into the field endowment.

Zhao Han's policy can be regarded as apportionment to the mu, because the total amount of taxes is not much different; But it is not counted as a permutation, because "Ding Yin" has been canceled.

Moreover, due to the inventory of hidden fields and the abolition of gentry preferential treatment, even if the total amount of taxes remains unchanged, the taxes that the peasants need to pay are far lower than Zhang Juzheng's whip tax.

It is not only lower than the current whip tax, but also far lower than the whip tax during Zhang Juzheng's reform!

Continuing to flip through the tax books, Xiong Wencan found that the land tax in the mountainous areas was very low, and if there were no additional miscellaneous taxes, the poor people in the mountains could also eat enough.

When he returned to the bedroom at night, Xiong Wencan never spoke.

"Why didn't Fu Shuai say anything?" Zhu Guoxun asked.

Xiong Wencan swallowed his saliva, and said with a dry mouth: "Daming Jiangshan, it's going to change color." ”

Zhu Guoxun exclaimed: "Zhao thief? ”

Regardless of Xiong Wencan's ability, if the company is used as an analogy, he is an executive of Daming, a group company.

Since you are an executive, you can understand financial statements.

Daming Group is on the verge of bankruptcy, while Zhao Han, a small company, is in a very good financial situation, and it is a little terrible. Not only the land in the countryside, but also the commercial taxes in the prefecture and county towns are also terrible, because those big businessmen can't evade taxes!

Amazingly, although it is impossible to evade taxes, most businessmen are very supportive of Zhao Han's policies.

Because the officials under Zhao Han will not change the law, the amount of silver that merchants need to pay is decreasing. Especially those small and medium-sized businessmen with a weak background have become die-hard supporters of Zhao Han.

So where did Daming's taxes go?

Corrupt officials, gentry and strong!

That night, Xiong Wencan couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning, and secretly sighed: "Li Mengyan got on a good boat, but unfortunately my people are in Sichuan." ”

Although Xiong Wencan is greedy and extravagant, if he can be a hero of Conglong, he is also willing to share his own land.

Compared with going to the pavilion to worship the prime minister and leaving a name in history, the thousands of acres of land at home are a fart!

After thinking about it, Xiong Wencan decided to make a good fate, and while maintaining his Ming official hat, he could express his goodwill to Zhao Han in private. What if you can use it in the future?

The next afternoon, Xiong Wencan finally met Zhao Han, and this thought became even stronger.

Because Zhao Han is too young, he has enough time to fight for the world. Even if he doesn't think about himself, Xiong Wencan has to leave a way out for the family, and he may not know which of his children and grandchildren will be officials in the new dynasty.

"Mr. Zhao, I have admired the name for a long time!" Xiong Wencan hugged his fists and smiled.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Each other! ”

Xiong Wencan asked, "Can you and I speak alone?" ”

"Of course, Governor Xiong, please." Zhao Han had a bright smile on his face.

In the secret room.

Xiong Wencan opened his mouth and said: "If I am in Jiangxi, please Mr. Zhao don't attack the city." In return, there were many things that I could not see. ”

Zhao Han suddenly smiled even more happily, because this governor was so funny. He immediately replied: "Please rest assured, instead of attacking the city and plundering the land, I will help the government to exterminate other thieves." ”

Xiong Wencan suddenly understood.

That is to say, if there are other anti-thieves in Jiangxi, Zhao Han will take advantage of the situation to take the place, and the county will naturally be in the pocket, after all, there are a lot of commercial taxes in the county.

However, the imperial court can still send the magistrate, but this magistrate must be hollowed out.

The city and land belonged to the imperial court in name and to Zhao Han in essence.

The two bastards, tacitly agreed, and reached a secret agreement on this.

As for the silver must be given, Xiong Wencan promised to give 10,000 taels, and he must be allowed to pay in installments.