Guangxin Mansion is a large government, the government is Shangrao County, and it also governs six counties of Yushan, Yongfeng, Leadshan, Xing'an, Yiyang and Guixi.

The prefect Xie Lijing did not sit in the city, but took the initiative with the townspeople.

Along the way, the magistrate and the gentry were asked to recruit troops, but it was a pity that the townsmen who were recruited during the day secretly ran away at night. After Xiang Yong barely passed a thousand, the news of the anti-thieves came, and there were only a few hundred left in an instant.

Yiyang City Head.

Xie Lijing looked at the anti-thieves outside the city, and looked at the dozens of villagers left around him. He only has these dozens of villagers available, the officials of Yiyang County have fled, and the magistrate is estimated to have slipped back to his hometown, and no one is willing to accompany the prefect to defend the city.

"Surrender to Kaesong."

Xie Lijing's choice was very magical, he asked a few villagers to open the city gates, and he took others to maintain law and order, and at the same time took care of the county government's treasury and documents.

When Xiao Zongxian led him into the city, he learned that the magistrate of Yiyang had fled, and this was the prefect of Guangxin who was in charge, so he immediately came to visit: "Thank you Mr. for maintaining law and order and protecting the county government!" ”

Xie Lijing said: "I will not be a thief when it comes to eating the king's fortune and being loyal to the king." It's okay to kill me, it's okay to tie me up, listen to it. ”

"I won't kill you, I won't tie you up, you're a good official." Xiao Zong said.

Xie Li returned the favor with a sneer and stopped talking.

Xiao Zongxian was a little embarrassed, but of course he took good care of it, so he went to deal with business.

Three days later, Xiao Zong seemed to have received the news, and he knew that Xie Lijing had the will to die, and he had not eaten a drop of water or rice in the past three days.

Xiao Zongxian hurriedly hurried over, but when he saw the other party's description of withering, he sighed: "What is the trouble of the old man? ”

Xie Lijing did not speak.

Xiao Zongxian said angrily: "If you don't eat again, when I capture the city, I will definitely kill." ”

Xie Lijing finally spoke up, and said in a hoarse voice: "You won't." ”

"Stubborn," Xiao Zongxian ordered, "Someone is coming, forcibly pour porridge for me." After filling his fill, plug his mouth, tie his hands and feet, don't let him commit suicide, and send him back to Ji'an to be disposed of by the general town! ”

"Shaft dare to ...... Uh-huh......"

After being hungry for three days, Xie Lijing had no strength, he was held down by two soldiers, and his mouth was forcibly broken.

He was forcibly poured cold porridge, some of which squirted out of his mouth, some of which choked out of his nostrils, and his face and neck were covered with rice grains.

Xiao Zongxian was too lazy to care, before the Chinese New Year, he had to occupy the entire Guangxin Mansion, which was a death order issued by the Military Academy.

Leaving a small number of grain auxiliaries to garrison Yiyang, Xiao Zongxian immediately divided his troops. He led the main force to the east, all the way to occupy Xing'an, Shangrao (Guangxin Fucheng), and then divided his troops to occupy Yushan and Yongfeng. Another detachment was sent to occupy Lead Mountain.

Xing'an County originally belonged to the boundary of Yiyang County, and during the Jiajing period, it was a separate county because of the abundance of porcelain.

You can imagine how popular the porcelain here is.

The porcelain kilns here are collectively called Hengfeng kilns, and the name of the county was simply changed during the Republic of China, and it was directly called Hengfeng County in the name of the kiln.

Taking Guangxin Mansion, Zhao Han's financial revenue will go to a higher level.

Xing'an County is rich in porcelain, and the next Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Leadshan counties are all prosperous in the paper industry.

In terms of market size alone, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the number of paper mills in the three counties of Leadshan, Yongfeng and Shangrao combined was only one-fifth of that of Yushan County.

However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Leadshan County came from behind, and there was a trend of surpassing Yushan County.

Why is this happening?

Because the civil officials and eunuchs were tossing, raising a large number of parasites, and causing the imperial court to be unable to collect taxes normally.

Including the Fei family's paper mill, all of them belong to "private slots", and the government can handle them at will. In addition to the official paper mills set up by the imperial court, other official trough licenses will also be issued.

It is necessary to bribe civil officials and make friends with eunuchs before a businessman can obtain an official license, which is commonly known as "taking the head".

They have a paper-making license issued by the government, but they don't make paper themselves. Instead, they took orders from the imperial court and local governments, forcibly bought paper from private paper mills, and often took credit and lowered prices, hoarded paper, and manipulated the market.

The private paper mills in Shangrao and Yushan counties were the worst, and a large number of bankruptcies were caused.

It's just that the tentacles of "taking the head" have extended to Lead Mountain by the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the Lead Mountain papermakers have also been made miserable.

The previous prefect of Guangxin, Zhang Yinghe, was able to recruit and train thousands of villagers because of the abolition of this phenomenon by Shangshu, who received strong support from the gentry of several counties.

After Zhang Yinghe's defeat and suicide, the "leaders" resurrected, and no one could control them!

Zhao Han was clear about the situation here, so he had already given orders.

After Xiao Zongxian took the city, he immediately arrested the "head" and raided all the vampires who were entrenched in the heads of the merchants.

This move was very happy, and in the four counties of Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Leadshan, all the paper merchants became Zhao Han's diehards.

Immediately, Xiao Zongxian issued a decree that in the future, the government will no longer set up a "head" to buy paper, and each family only needs to keep a part and sell it to the government.

These papermakers really have no shortage of orders from the government, because the orders from Jiangnan have already made Guangxin paper in short supply.

Approaching the Chinese New Year, paper merchants from the four counties gathered in Guangxin Mansion, including many Fei businessmen, who actually sent Xiao Zongxian an umbrella for all people.

At the same time, these businessmen worked hand in hand to divide the field.

The counties of Guangxin Prefecture are all mountainous and have little land, and the grain income is a fart. As long as Zhao Han does not mess with the paper industry and helps them eliminate the "heads", these businessmen can donate all their fields.

As for the many tea mountains, Zhao Han has formulated a policy to divide the land for free and the tea trees for compensation.

Each tea tree, how many taels of silver, was bought by the government. After the land was distributed to the tea farmers and tenants, the tea farmers and tenants paid the money in installments every year and slowly repaid the money to the government.

Landlords who are forced to take away the tea mountains will automatically obtain a tea selling license and tax incentives for ten years.

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Henglin, the ancestral home of the Fei family.

Hu Dinggui did not continue to do the history of Nanchang County, and after the expansion of the army, he was already able to command 500 troops.

Coming to Lead Mountain with a partial division, Hu Dinggui did not capture the county seat, but went directly to the Fei family's ancestral house to find trouble.

"Old lady, it's not good, the thieves have surrounded our house!"

Fei Yuanzhen has been awake for half a month, and he has been in a terrified trance all day, feeling that he cannot escape.

He guessed right.

In a town, an inferior gentry must be selected to raid the house and use it to vent the grievances of the peasants.

Here in Hekou Town, Zhao Han personally determined Fei Yuanzhen's family! As for the other Fei clan branches, there are too many people to divide the family, except for dividing the field, they are not allowed to find trouble.

Fei Yuanzhen asked the house slave to tie the rope to him, and said: "Only when I die, the surname Zhao will let the Fei family go." ”

The house slave wanted to dissuade him, but when he heard this, he immediately helped tie the rope and helped Fei Yuanzhen onto the stool.

Fei Yuanzhen trembled and hung his neck on the rope.

Suddenly, the old man burst into tears, he was really afraid of death, he hadn't lived enough. Standing on the stool and hesitating for a long time, he was still ruthless, and he always felt that he could take another look at the situation.

The henchman couldn't wait, because the thief had already broken in, so he simply stretched out his foot and kicked the stool away.

"Poof!"

The stool fell to the ground, Fei Yuanzhen successfully hanged himself, and his legs kept struggling and kicking.

When Fei Yuanzhen stopped moving, the henchman suddenly shouted in mourning: "The old lady hanged, the old lady hanged, woo woo woo...... Why can't you think about it, old lady! ”

Hu Dinggui led his troops to break in, and when he saw the corpse swinging, he pouted and said: "Anyone who lives in this house will be arrested by the master for public trial." Domestic slaves are screened, and those who do evil will be tried publicly, and those who do not do evil can divide the land! ”

Goose Lake Fee House.

When Fei Yuanyi heard that Fei Yuanzhen's house was raided, and Fei Yuanzhen himself was dead, he was suddenly so frightened that he was cold and hid in the inner house and didn't dare to come out to see people.

The second and third children of the family, that is, Fei Yinghuan's two younger brothers, danced happily.

Haha, they can divide the property.

It doesn't matter if the land is confiscated, there are still many shops in Goose Lake Feishi, and there are several paper mills at the foot of the mountain.

When the peasant union members arrived, the brothers warmly greeted them. They even took their wives and children and went out to bow down to the west, shouting: "Long live Mr. Zhao, long live Brother Han!" Then he stood up and said, "Farmers of the association, let's divide the family and property first, and the land and property can't run, you can divide it at any time!" ”

At this moment, Fei Yinghuan has left early, and he is going to Ji'an Mansion to celebrate the New Year with his wife.

Otherwise, Fei Yinghuan would definitely be so angry that he beat up his two younger brothers.

Fei Yuanyi was hiding in the inner house, but after hearing this, he immediately picked up a crutch and rushed out: "I'll kill you two unfilial sons!" ”

The second Fei Yingxi hurriedly dodged and ran to the peasant association to hide.

The third Fei Yingke was not afraid, and said with a heartfelt voice: "Father don't want to be like this, the division of the family and property is the rule set by Mr. Zhao." Mr. Zhao is your grandson-in-law, how can your father take the lead in disobeying orders? ”

Fei Yingxi also helped: "The third brother is very right, Brother Han is the one who wants to be the emperor. He has his own rules and regulations, and we should all follow his rules. Brother Han said that the big family will divide the family and property, and the father still wants to make Brother Han'er? ”

Fei Yingke said to the peasant union members again: "Masters of the peasant association, please go into the house, and I will take you to count the family property immediately." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, the old men of the peasant association, please come in!" Fei Yingxi was also enthusiastic, and regarded the peasant association as the Buddha and Bodhisattva who saved them.

If the family is not separated, although the family property is everyone's, Fei Yinghuan has the final say in everything, and the two of them are just miscellaneous fish that have been raised.

Fei Yingxi's eyes rolled, and she suddenly ran into the house, shouting along the way: "Brother Han has become the king of Jiangxi, and he wants to divide the land among the house slaves all over the world." From now on, you will be free and no longer slaves, but come out quickly and divide the land. ”

Fei Yingke also rushed into his inner house and asked his wife to release the house slave as soon as possible, and they are now very supportive of Zhao Han's policy.

The members of the peasant association looked at each other, they already knew that this was General Zhao Er's house, and it was also the maiden home of his wife. It's just that this family is really ...... It's hard to put into words.

"Evil animal, evil animal!"

Fei Yuanyi beat and scolded with a cane, and then knelt on his knees, crying at the mouth of his ancestors and ancestors.