Huichang County.

"Big brother, come down."

"Yes, let's go down, I can't beat it if I don't drop it."

"What kind of person is Zhao Tianwang, I have long said that I should be attached. What is the use of occupying more fields? As soon as someone else called, Tian Quan finished dividing it for you. ”

"Big brother, you have something to say!"

“……”

Lin Jinshan was upset and scolded: "Shut up! ”

After venting, Lin Jinshan softened his tone and said: "Even if you want to fall, you have to bargain and make the future things clear." Send a few people first to ask General Zhao Er if he can leave with the silver after the surrender. We are from Fujian, and we took the money back to Fujian to repair the house and buy land, so it is not a waste of work. ”

"Yes, yes, the county seat will give it to him, and the land will be given to him, let's go back to Fujian with the silver!" Everyone was very supportive of this idea, and they all looked forward to returning home.

Immediately, they hung out a messenger with a basket and ran to discuss the surrender with Fei Ruhe.

Fei Ruhe sneered and told the envoy: "You go back and follow my original words, if you want to surrender, you should descend quickly, how to deal with it is my business, they are not qualified to talk about conditions!" ”

If it weren't for the selection of 500 soldiers to train firearms, the dispatch of 500 soldiers to garrison Meiguan, and the division of troops into the mountains to exterminate the bandits, the entire Nanjiang region would have been defeated by Fei Ruhe.

He didn't pay attention to these field soldiers at all, a rabble.

There are really many bandits in Southern Gan, and many of them are Hakka.

Liu Mianzuo, the county governor of Yongfeng, is the one who let the officials follow the thief before he died. He suppressed bandits in the mountains for several years, and the local chronicles said to suppress "Fujian bandits", but Yongfeng County is next door to Jishui, half of Jiangxi is separated from Fujian, where did the Fujian bandits come from to suppress him?

The so-called Fujian bandits are actually Hakka people from Fujian. They couldn't survive in southern Jiangxi, so they simply went into the mountains to become bandits, and even fled to the rich central Jiangxi region.

This is not a Hakka problem, but a problem unique to Nangan.

Before the Hakka people moved in large numbers, most of Wang Yangming's suppression in southern Jiangxi were Jiangxi natives. These Jiangxi peasants could not survive, and while farming in the mountains, they worked part-time as bandits, resulting in people in every village being bandits, and neighbors helping each other to hide from each other.

Therefore, in the early days of Wang Yangming's suppression of bandits, he had just sent troops for a few miles, and all the bandits in the mountains knew about it. Not only did the peasants along the way report the news, but even Wang Yangming's guide had relatives of the bandits.

Wang Yangming's solution is very rough and practical, protect the armor and sit together, report and exonerate!

One word, kill!

Fei Ruhe also killed a lot of people, and some of them were innocent, but he couldn't care so much about the troubled times.

Let's say that the messenger went back to report, and the leaders of the field soldiers frowned, and then there was a disagreement and a quarrel.

Some say surrender immediately, and the more it drags on, the better it will end.

Some say that they have to wait, and that the terms of surrender must be clearly negotiated first.

After arguing like this for half a month, the leaders of the Tian soldiers climbed the city tower every day, and they could see that the land was being divided outside the city. It was their own land, and many of them were given to ordinary field soldiers, and they were divided under their noses.

The leaders of the field soldiers were in a hurry, and the ordinary field soldiers were also in a hurry.

These soldiers were tenants, and they rebelled with the chiefs, just because they wanted land. I finally got the land, and now it's all gone, so why are they rebelling?

It's better not to rebel, be a tenant honestly, and King Zhao will give them land.

After Fei Ruhe besieged the city for twenty days, the low-level officers began to secretly conspire.

A small leader named Li Tianbao said: "Why are we rebelling and fighting? It's not about dividing a few acres of land. I heard that King Zhao Tianwang is also going to divide the field, so why do we have to work hard for Lin Jinshan? Even if we defeat Zhao Tianwang's soldiers, we still only have those few acres of land. If you lose, let alone Baotian, you can't even save your life. ”

"Yes, there is no benefit if it is not lowered, and there is no harm in lowering!" Another small head named Wang Yongsi concluded.

"How about setting fire to the city tonight?"

"Just tonight!"

“……”

If you set fire at night, there will be chaos, because many of the soldiers' families live in the city.

That night, a fire broke out in the city, and countless soldiers rushed down the tower to extinguish the fire spontaneously with the people in the city. And those military leaders who surrendered in tandem took the opportunity to chant "Zhao Tianwang has entered the city", which quickly caused even greater chaos, and some soldiers simply opened the city gate and ran out.

Lin Jinshan was also running, and the moment the fire broke out in the city, he knew that it was definitely over.

"Kill!"

Fei Ruhe decisively led his troops to attack the city, only to calm down the chaos at dawn, and the entire county was burned by a fifth.

Boss level, caught all beheaded!

The other Tian soldiers, if they are not liquidated, this troubled era is not clear at all.

In another month, Fei Ruhe completely controlled the situation and led his troops to sweep away the remnants of the field soldiers in the territory. When the local peasant association was established, Fei Ruhe immediately led his troops to attack Ruijin County, repeating the same routine.

Basically, two and a half months to capture a county town, the casualties of the soldiers under his command are negligible.

According to this method, the siege of the city will not be fast if you want to, mainly because the formation of peasant associations and the measurement and division of fields (for the time being, only around the county seat) will be slow, and it is necessary to continuously absorb locals who can speak Hakka.

However, after capturing three county towns in a row, the speed suddenly became faster!

Because the other Tian soldiers were frightened, and learned that they had become Fei Ruhe's target, they immediately left Nanjiang with gold and silver and a small number of henchmen to enter the territory of Fujian and Guangdong.

They can go back to their hometown in Fujian and Guangdong to be rich people, or they can go back to Fujian and Guangdong to continue the rebellion, no matter which option they choose, it is better than facing Fei Ruhe.

The entire Southern Jiangxi, at the end of the year, finally became Zhao Han's territory.

……

Ganzhou City.

More than 40 Hakka leaders and Jiangxi gentry were invited to gather in the hall of the government office, and they were all representatives of nearby counties.

Among them, there are many enemies, and they will quarrel when they meet.

The moment Zhao Han appeared, the lobby was instantly quiet, and all eyes were on this Zhao Tianwang.

Young, majestic, handsome, tall!

"Meet Mr. Zhao!" Everyone hurriedly got up and saluted.

Even those Hakka leaders can speak Jiangxi dialect, after all, they have settled in Jiangxi for nearly a hundred years, and it is inevitable to deal with the local aborigines.

Zhao Han returned the salute with a fist and said with a smile, "Everyone, please take a seat." I came to Nanjiang this time because I heard that you have continuous disputes, and I hope to persuade you to put aside your hatred and work together to fight drought and provide disaster relief. ”

"The kindness of the town is now understood, but this matter cannot be reconciled," a representative of the Jiangxi gentry stood up and shouted angrily, "These Hakka people, from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, not only occupy my Jiangxi land, but also rob my Jiangxi people's water source!" ”

"Fart!"

A Hakka leader also stood up and said-for-tat: "You locals are used to bullying the Hakka people. Before Mr. Zhao came, when was he not colluding with the government? ”

"That's because you're unreasonable!"

"You are the ones who bully people first!"

“……”

The contradiction between the Turks and the Turks is really not something that can be explained in one or two sentences, and they can't even understand who bullied whom first, and the grudges that have been formed by generations in the past hundred years.

Your village killed my grandfather, and our village killed your uncle, when will we be able to retribut?

These belong to big contradictions, and there are also contradictions between the Hakka people and within the Jiangxi gentry.

"Bang!"

Zhao Han slapped the startled wood, scaring everyone to shut up immediately.

Zhao Han said with a gloomy face: "Let me say a few words first, can I?" ”

"Mr. Zhao, please speak." These people became well-behaved again, after all, Zhao Han had a knife handle in his hand.

Zhao Han said: "It is difficult for a Qing official to decide family affairs, many of you belong to a feud, and I don't have the ability to judge right and wrong." I don't care about the previous grievances, from next month, but if there are violations and crimes, they will be dealt with in accordance with the "Da Ming Law". If you don't understand the "Da Ming Law", you should always understand the principle of killing people to pay for their lives, right? ”

Saying that, Zhao Han glanced at everyone again, and sneered: "Don't think that the law does not blame the people, if you gather a crowd to fight, the blame will all be counted on the person who is in tandem and the leader." Don't think that if you don't kill someone, you won't be punished. As long as there is a fight, it will be severely punished! ”

A representative of the gentry asked: "General Town, what is the solution to the matter of fighting for water?" ”

"For the time being, it will be handled by the peasant association," Zhao Han said, "and in the face of natural disasters, we should be in the same boat, not fighting each other." ”

The Hakka representative quit, and someone said: "Zongzhen, you are helping them." The local people's villages have peasant associations, but our Hakka villages do not have peasant associations, so the peasant associations naturally have to help them speak. ”

"Then why don't you build a peasant association? Are you afraid that the peasant association will be built and you will lose your prestige in the countryside? Zhao Han asked rhetorically.

No one could answer, because Zhao Han said it, and of course, there were also Hakka people who didn't believe Zhao Han.

Zhao Han suddenly said in official words: "I'm not from Jiangxi, I'm actually from the north." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was a little surprised.

Zhao Han continued: "Jiangxi people, Hakka people, for me, there is no difference, they are all Chinese people. I don't favor anyone, I don't discriminate against anyone. Do things according to my rules, and that's your own people. If you don't follow my rules, you're not your own person. For your Hakka villages and towns, if you don't cooperate with the settlement at first, and then don't cooperate with the peasant association after settling down, there is a limit to my tolerance. ”

The Jiangxi gentry gloated when they heard it, and the Hakka leaders were uneasy when they heard it.

"Ordinary Hakka brothers, they will definitely not resist the peasant association, it is all you who are obstructing the leader," Zhao Han's tone became heavier, "As a punishment, I will forcibly divide the land, instead of allowing each of you to keep a maximum of one hundred acres of land as before!" Now, the people in the mountains can leave up to fifty acres each! ”

Those Hakka leaders were angry and afraid, and they all hid their anger.

Zhao Han continued: "Whoever is not convinced, can raise an army to rebel, I don't mind killing a few Liwei." The Hakka people make a fuss, regardless of whether they participate or not, the other Hakka people in the town will reduce the land that can be retained by ten acres. Unless it is reported in advance, it will not be punished. ”

The gentry of Jiangxi were even happier, and they liked to see their enemies suffer.

Zhao Han suddenly turned to those gentry representatives: "You'd better be honest, someone disagrees with me to divide the land and is making trouble in private." I've already been reported for this, don't force me to do the same thing as raiding my family and exterminating my family. ”

The gentry were instantly stunned, and their smiles disappeared immediately.

Zhao Han also announced: "The latest Tian Zheng, there are slight changes, you can learn about it." ”

This year, Tian Zheng made another fine-tuning, and the cultivated land was divided into four grades: upper field, middle field, lower field, and lower field.

Most of the upper fields are paddy fields, most of the middle fields are dry fields, and most of the lower fields are mountainous fields, and the lower fields are very barren.

When dividing the land, each person can be divided into four acres of land, and if the field is not enough, other agents will be used. One acre of upper field is equal to two acres of middle field, equal to four acres of lower field, equal to five acres of lower field.

If there is only Zhongtian, it is equivalent to eight acres per person!

If you only go to the field, it is equivalent to 20 acres per person!

This is the result of several years of observation and statistics by the peasant association, based on the actual output per acre, and the collection of land taxes in the future will also be based on this standard.

In the last three years, those who have reached the age of 12 will also be able to get a share of land this time.

If there was not enough before, all of them will be made up.

I am not afraid that there is not enough land, Taihe County, Yichun County, Pingxiang County, Yongxin County, and Yongning County have all been ravaged by anti-thieves. After the population was decimated, the remaining counties could migrate.

The same is true in the Southern Jiangxi region, after a series of wars, the arable land must be enough.

"You Hakka people, are you willing to form a peasant association?" Zhao Han asked.

These Hakka leaders exchanged opinions with each other's eyes, and then knelt down and said, "We all obey the orders of Zhao Zongzhen!" ”

Zhao Han said that in the future, if there is a fight for water or something, let the peasant association mediate.

If the Hakka people don't build a peasant association, won't they let the Jiangxi natives bully?

Zhao Han finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't resist the peasant association, the contradiction between the local and the guest would definitely be difficult to eliminate, but it could be solved slowly in the future.