Throwing the trouble on someone else, that's the benefit of the superior.

Looking at Zhang Huangyan's frozen face, Li Xiao felt very happy. Why didn't I realize the essence of being an official for a long time, and I was so worried that I was dealing with all kinds of complicated official affairs all day long.

Li Lin wants to go to Xiangshan, but he doesn't have time to accompany his son, poor little guy. Today's weather is good, and it is a good day to cruise Xiangshan.

"Dashuai, this is your family affair ......!" Watching Li Xiao walk out of the door of the office, Zhang Huangyan roared helplessly.

"Mr. Trust, Mr. Trust!" Li Xiao saluted Zhang Huangyan, and then ran away without looking back.

"This ......!" Thinking about Li Hu's violent temper, Zhang Huangyan felt dizzy.

At the same time in Jinling, Li Hao was also dizzy.

In fact, the decree of the Ming Dynasty can only reach the county level, and the rest of the places are basically clan autonomy. It is only in places like Liaodong that there are no local clan forces.

The political structure of the Ming Dynasty is that a large family leads a group of small families. Then the officials sent by the imperial court managed a group of large families.

This kind of political structure has a history in Jiangnan for many years, and it can be said that it has reached a deep-rooted level, and it is very difficult to shake it.

Yang Sichang was killed, and several of his right-hand men were also killed. Then the officials at all levels in Jiangnan basically went on strike!

Those who can write a resignation letter are considered good, and most of them are non-violent and non-cooperative. I don't say I left, I don't say I stay. Anyway, he was forced to carry it in office, and when he came to the decree, he shirked and was sick.

And it's the kind that is afraid of wind, water, and sunlight, and one step out of the house will die.

The officials under them are even more disobedient. No taxes are collected, and the official land is divided, what does Lao Tzu eat?

Li Xiao's new decree was generally resisted by the Jiangnan bureaucracy.

To make matters worse, some of them lobbied the farmers in the countryside and fabricated sensational rumors. The most ferocious rumor is that the marshal has to collect a poll tax in order to fight, and the dolls in the confinement have to pay taxes.

"In a year's harvest, ninety percent must be paid to the marshal, and the remaining one percent will be given to you mud legs."

"Then you can't starve to death?"

"The marshal cares so much about fighting in order to fight. There are so many cannons in the Liao army, and one shell is a year's harvest of several acres of land. The marshal does not levy taxes, how can he still fight.

The old men in the yamen are actually with the villagers, and now they are in Jinling, and they are the younger brothers of the handsome.

All day long, they have been forcing us to give you all the official land so that we can collect more taxes. As you know, the eldest lord sees that you are pitiful, and only receives sixty percent of the tenant rent of the official land, so that you bitter people can have something to eat. ”

The old farmers in the countryside were illiterate, and there were no more sources of information, and many of them had never left the village ten miles away in their lives.

Hearing what the capable county official said, he immediately clamored. For those northern hairy boys who came to the countryside, they didn't have a good face.

If the personality of a person is good or not, he will also scold him in the local dialect. Anyway, those hairy boys from the north can't understand it!

The reform can be described as difficult, Li Hao did not expect that the resistance would be so big. No wonder it is said that the eldest brother did not dare to poke the hornet's nest in Jiangnan.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hunan and Hubei are all in chaos. As for the mountainous Jiangxi, many places have a tendency to occupy the mountains as kings.

Out of control!

At this time, Li Hao can only stabilize this Jinling City.

"Fourth master, these bitches are doing too much. Now not to mention the county orders in various places, even the governor yamen in Jinling City has no subordinates to order it every day. If this continues, Jiangnan will be in chaos. ”

Li Hao's neck was bruised, he didn't expect Jiangnan officials to do such a desperate thing. And the hearts are still so united, the six provinces are almost instantaneously suspended. Not to mention the promulgation of the decrees of the imperial court, even this Jinling City can't get out.

Li Hao, who was depressed, actually didn't have any good way, he found that his eldest brother's methods couldn't be implemented at all. The various decrees of the imperial court must be carried out by officials, but the problem now is ...... No official.

All officials in Jiangnan went on a collective strike, and anarchism rose rapidly under the power vacuum. Li Hao felt that soon he would not even be able to control this Jinling City.

It's easy to think about, I didn't take into account that Jiangnan, the nest of the Donglin Party, would be so difficult.

I thought of sending a telegram to Li Xiao, at least asking him to send more troops. Now there is only one battalion of men, and they can only ensure the safety of themselves and their attachés, and it is absolutely not enough to bomb the place.

Fortunately, Li Xiao had already dismantled Jiangsu's security army in advance. At present, the entire Jiangsu Province is only a mere 1,200 security troops.

Jinling, which has more than 200 people, is quite a large number of people. In places like Wuhu, there is no security army with Benlian. It's all up to the local officials to maintain law and order!

"What? Can't do it? He was walking around the office like a donkey, when suddenly a voice sounded from the office door.

Li Hao raised his head violently, and his eyes immediately widened.

"Why are you here?" Li Hao personally moved a chair, and then ordered the guards to make tea.

Shi Kefa sat on the chair with a big sting, looking at Li Hao and shaking his head helplessly.

"Presumably, Master Shi, you also know the current situation of the kid, it is really ...... It's a bit embarrassing. You have been an official in Jiangnan for a long time, please give me some advice, the boy has thanked you here. After speaking, Li Hao bowed deeply to Shi Kefa.

"Hehehe! Young man, you are too impatient. Shi Kefa smiled and took the tea in Li Hao's hand.

"The kid is reckless, please ......!"

"Oh, how old is Brother Hao this year." Shi Kefa interrupted Li Hao, still with a smile on his face.

"The kid is twenty-two this year, you are ......!" Li Hao was confused, and he didn't know why Shi Kefa came up and asked his age.

"Why are you still unmarried at such an age?" Shi Kefa asked suspiciously.

Li Hao was speechless, Lao Tzu's eyebrows were burning here, your old guy actually asked Lao Tzu why he didn't marry a wife.

"When I was young, I studied on Changxing Island, and later my eldest brother asked me to polish the team. Then it is to walk the world and find a suitable place for Daming to lay a railway.

Later, my leg ......! Li Hao patted his injured leg: "This leg is crippled and it is impossible to recover." So......! ”

"Hehehe! Brother Hao is indeed a pillar of my Ming Dynasty!

Being in the army, fighting against the Tartars is unwilling to be the queen. Walk the world and run for my Daming Railway. Although he was calculated by the villain, he was still able to revive his spirit.

Brother Hao, there aren't many kids like you now. I have a daughter-in-law in Dulwich, and this year is the twenty-eighth year, if you don't dislike it, how about taking you as a wife? Shi Kefa still had a smile on his face.

Li Hao understood, this old fox didn't see a rabbit and didn't scatter an eagle. If you want the old fox to help, you can do it, but you have to agree to his family. However, this kind of thing is not Li Hao's master.

In political marriage, Li Hao's voice is not large.

However, if the old guy can really help himself get out of his current predicament, Li Hao is willing to agree to this family business. After all, now the Shi family is also a family that can speak in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty. Especially in the field of railways, historians can be said to have deep roots.

The most important thing is that Miss Shi is also a celebrity in the capital. Li Hao has seen it at the New Year banquet, and he is indeed gentle, virtuous, and beautiful. The most important thing is that the etiquette of poetry and books trained by the old guy is not bad. has long been the object of competition for the capital, and I heard that Zheng Sen's cousin admires this Miss Shi quite a lot, and has already said that Miss Shi will not marry.

"Shi Lao! To tell you the truth, you know everything about my family. My parents are not there, and my eldest brother is in charge of the family. Eldest brother is like a father, if my eldest brother doesn't nod his head...... I can only live up to your kindness. Li Hao spread his hands, he was telling the truth.

If Li Xiao doesn't nod his head for this kind of thing, I'm afraid Shi Kefa won't dare to do it.

"This thing is simple, as long as you agree, the old man from the big handsome place will go to propose. My family is gentle and virtuous, and she is a good match for you. Presumably, your eldest brother will agree. Having got the answer he wanted, Shi Kefa nodded with satisfaction.

"It's just that the chaos in Jiangnan is about to start, and I really don't have the heart to do it." Li Hao's face was sad.

"Hehehe! Silly boy, these are trifles. Now that we are our own family, how can the old man watch you fall into danger. ”

"I don't know...... Will Grandpa Shi come out? ”

"In fact, you see that Jiangnan officials are pushing and perfunctory you now, but Jiangnan may not be able to mess up. First of all, your eldest brother was prescient.

In the name of tax rebates this spring, some grain was subsidized to farmers. Although it has gone through layers of deductions, it can be distributed to ordinary people, but it can also survive the spring famine.

In other words, almost no people in Jiangnan are hungry this year.

I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, are the best people, as long as they are fed, they will never oppose the imperial court. No one is hungry, and they will rebel against those rotten people when they are crazy. A rebellion without the participation of the peasants is worthy of being called a rebellion.

Again! Don't look at the officials going on strike, but the local affairs are handled in an orderly manner.

Imperial decrees can usually only be conveyed to the county level. The rest has to rely on the clan elders. This is something that can't be helped, I think the authority of the clan elders in the countryside is greater than that of the imperial court.

Officials at all levels went on strike, but they didn't. Therefore, the corpses of the officials are on top of it, but the local villagers are supposed to farm the land, harvest and harvest, and they will not be affected in the slightest.

So......! ”

"So as long as I get rid of these clan elders, then even if those officials strike, there will be no trouble?" Li Hao's eyes lit up suddenly.

"That's right! All you have to do is gather the elders of the country clan and tell them the true intentions of the imperial court. I believe that they will all support you.

Since the first emperor, the imperial grain tax has been paid for thousands of years, and now it is exempted from Dashuai. It's a feat for the ages!

With this alone, the local clan elders will support you unconditionally. When the time comes, you want to divide the land and harvest the grain after the autumn. Whatever you want to do, they will be your most loyal supporters. ”

"yes, I didn't think of this layer."

"Huh! You have lived in Liaodong for a long time, and most of the villagers there are immigrants, and there is no rural clan power at all. How do you know this!

The second idea that the old man gave you was that since these officials were unwilling to work, they should all be dismissed. Save them from eating on the corpse! ”

"Yes...... The imperial court could not send so many people. Li Hao was a little dumbfounded, everyone dismissed who would do the work. In the six provinces south of the Yangtze River, there are hundreds of people in the county order alone. Where to find so many people and replace all the officials at once.

"Huh! You can hang the position, and some people are really asking for it. Some people are just pretending to show their fellow division commanders. If you really dismiss their officials, what else can they do for a living?

All you need to do is give a dismissal order, and the old man promises that the person who comes to intercede will break through your threshold. Even if there are a lot of resignations, you can order the local chiefs to govern themselves for a while.

Anyway, there is no need to collect taxes, and you only need to send people to buy grain every year. Leave it alone for a year or two, and it's not a big problem. It's not too late to wait for the talents in your eldest brother's pocket to be enriched again, and then gradually enrich the Jiangnan officials."

I have to say that the old fox who has lived in Jiangnan for a long time is different, and he can see through the ins and outs of this matter at a glance. Even the filthy things under the table could never be hidden from this old vixen.

"Okay, that kid will give a resignation order tomorrow, and let those people who are on a vegetarian meal go home and pick up their children." Li Hao waved his hand, very imposing.

"Then I look forward to your good news, Brother Hao, oh! By the way, this is the letter that the old man asked me to pass on to you when the old man came out. ”

Li Hao looked at the smile on the old fox's face, this old guy is really a thousand-year-old fox.

took the letter written to him by Li Xiao and tore it open in front of Shi Kefa. Sure enough, Li Xiao's letter was not only about Jiangnan. It's Li Hao's marriage!

also said that if Li Hao has no opinion on this marriage, he will personally preside over Li Hao's engagement ceremony next month.

It's really not a rabbit or an eagle, no wonder the old guy said that Li Xiao was there for him to talk about Xiang. The old guy must have already talked to Li Xiao about this.

It is estimated that Li Xiao means that as long as Li Hao does not object, he will not object.

A feeling of being cheated arose, but Li Hao was willing to do it.

"In a few days, Yuan Chonghuan will send two regiments to Jinling for your command. Hebei, Shandong, and Liaodong will also dispatch security troops to Jinling to listen to the dispatch.

Da Shuai said it well, power comes out of the barrel of a gun. Without the blessing of force, if so many people are stripped of their official hats and jobs at once, they will jump over the wall in a hurry. ”

"Thank you Shi Gong!" Li Hao hugged his fist at Shi Kefa and went to find his staff members excitedly.

With soldiers in hand, the confidence to speak is naturally strong. In the water towns south of the Yangtze River, the folk customs are far less fierce than those places in the north. In many places, a dozen soldiers run around, and the people will tremble and obey your orders.

Shi Kefa looked at Li Hao's back, and reluctantly picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Anxious boy, this is a good marriage." ”

After a cup of tea, the folds on Shi Kefa's face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum. Everyone knows that now the Zhu family is actually surnamed Li.

If the current situation develops one step further, Li Hao will be the prince. Marriage with the Li family, no matter from which point of view, is a lot of benefits.