Zhang Xuan rested in Qincha at night.

After dark, several figures burrowed into his room.

The person who came was also his acquaintance, Ma Bin, the deputy envoy of Jinyiwei.

The emperor's intention in sending such a person to him is naturally self-evident.

"How?"

"The informants in Jinan City have been reported, and there are many people in the city."

After a few years of wind and frost, Ma Bin's beard has also grown, his face is calm and calm, slightly fierce, which is all brought about by his career in the past few years.

"Who is it? What do you want to do? Zhang Xuan asked calmly.

Ma Bin shook his head, "There are just a lot of people, and there is no specific movement." However, it should be the eyeliner of all prefectures, states and counties. ”

Zhang Xuan was not flustered, "Seeing always has to be watched, and if they don't see it clearly, they must be uneasy." ”

The situation in the dark is already tense,

On the surface, Shandong officialdom still seems to be a warm spring.

There is still a reason for the emperor to choose Shandong, Liu Jian has been in Shandong for so many years, a person who has been the first governor has been the governor, but it is the officials of the three divisions and the prefects of various places, counting so many people, all of them are in his heart, and the order of the governor of the yamen to go out is absolutely impossible to be overturned.

Although the six prefects were a little panicked about the imperial court's Qingtian order.

But the will is clear.

Liu Jian first summoned them and the chief officials of the three envoys to the yamen.

"The Qincha has arrived, you are all in charge of several counties, or even more than a dozen counties, and this official has also inquired in many ways, the Qingtian Order is the will of the Son of Heaven, and there is absolutely no intention of deception. In the history books, killing chickens and monkeys is a rotten trick, so don't let yourself become a killed chicken at this time.

There are some magistrates in more than 100 prefectures and counties, and according to this official, they should not come. Usually forget it, you can't be careless at this time, and after you go back, you have to ask one by one, what is the reason, unless you are sick, if you deliberately delay, the official will still want to change people. Don't let these people drag one of you into the water for their own sake, it's not worth it. ”

In fact, the prefects are still nervous.

To tell the truth, if you are a local official, if you are really as honest as a bowl of boiled water, there are still few such people. Most of them will still have a good relationship with the local big family, have some contact with each other, and can use each other when it is critical.

The official will not know the people, and you are useless to him.

But the big family is different, in some families, there will be members who are officials in other places or even in Beijing, and some have money. The annual tax task of the imperial court is not easy, and the big clans can still help at a critical time, pass the current hurdle first, and then find a way to compensate for it.

Now that we have to clear all the acres, the problem here is complicated.

What if someone is found to have a problem, and then confesses to himself in the middle of the case?

This is a very real problem, Zhu Houzhao above knows, Zhang Xuan knows, and even Liu Jian knows that when the water is clear, there are no fish.

But there is no way, what the imperial court has to do is always rely on the operation of this bureaucratic system to land, so even if they are not happy, they can only force it with their will.

Liu Jian's words today are intended to have such an effect.

Two days later, Zhang Xuan really met with more than 100 governors and counties, and distributed the people he brought.

The open space in front of the governor's yamen house was crowded with officials from all over the country.

The words that were said were nothing more than those, namely the will of the Son of Heaven, the importance and significance of Kiyota, and some 'warning' words.

Subsequently, Zhang Xuan borrowed flowers to offer Buddha and set up a banquet here, and the square tables were lined up from the courtyard to the outside of the courtyard.

In the center of each table is the name of a state or county, the chief official is the magistrate, and the remaining seats are three specially trained surveyors.

For example, Zhang Juzheng stipulated that 240 steps should be taken as one mu, and everywhere should be according to this caliber, otherwise it will be messy and inconvenient to calculate.

Zhang Xuan held a white wine glass, shuttling between the square tables, and said: "Many years ago, this official was a magistrate like you. This official knows that it is by no means easy to manage the population of hundreds of thousands in a county, and it is extremely difficult to publicize morality, settle prison lawsuits, and entrust all of them to service. Fortunately, there is a Ming monarch in the court, and since His Majesty is in charge of the country, it is already common to see that Beijing officials are not as good as local officials, especially not as good as county magistrates, so at least half of all of you here will be ranked as high-ranking officials in the future. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, the elder is polite."

"It's not polite, the official also thinks that the emperor's method is excellent. Although there are only seven products in the county, he is most familiar with the people's feelings, and such people only know the people when they arrive at the court. If the emperor doesn't promote you, who should he promote? Then again, it's been 10 years since this law was in force. There are not a few high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China who have experience in knowing counties. As a result, the order of clearing the fields in the world was completed. The official thinks, you yourself know that under your rule, some fields are hidden, some fields are dedicated to the names of other families, and some are not compatible with the fish scale atlas, so just forget it. Are these fields in the minority? How much of the imperial court's annual tax should be lost? ”

Zhang Zhang's official position is too high.

The magistrate who was present felt embarrassed in his heart, and he didn't dare to say anything.

"Come, drink this cup to the fullest. After drinking wine and receiving the decree, everyone will go back to the government to do business, and after completing the errand, the emperor will not be promoted to your officials. Meritorious service reward, even if you don't believe in this official, you should also believe in Xixian Gong. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

The sound of a sparse puller rang out.

Zhang Xuan knew that these people were in a dilemma, but the matter had come to this point, and there was no other way.

"Xixian Gong."

Liu Jian slowly stood up, "Elder Zhang Ge." ”

"You are the governor of Shandong, these officials did not dare to disobey you, with the topography of Shandong, Dingkou, how long will it take for each county to complete Zhangtian?"

Liu Jian naturally kept courtesy, "Zhang Ge is always a member of the imperial court, so he naturally listens to the elder of the court." ”

"Good. In fact, it is not to listen to the official, the situation in Shandong is in His Majesty's heart. When this official left Beijing, His Majesty personally explained that Shandong has the best conditions in all aspects, and perhaps the results will be visible within half a year. ”

Liu Jian understood, "Then half a year, half a year later, six prefectures, fifteen prefectures, eighty-nine counties, counties and counties must complete this matter." ”

After he finished speaking, Zhang Xuan waved his hand, and this time he not only brought people, but also brought a booklet to register the acres of land.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a so-called fish scale book, which was to draw houses, mountains, ponds, and fields in order and connect them, and mark the corresponding names.

But this time, the things Zhang Xuan brought were requested by Zhu Houzhao, and they were actually somewhat similar to the summary book.

It's all blank now.

"In accordance with the emperor's will, these pamphlets will be sent to all the prefects, and the names of the prefects and counties will be asked to sign on the covers, and the surveyors brought by the official will also sign and draw together."

The basic content of this is a summary, that is, which county, which township, which household, how many acres of land there is, whether it is a paddy field, or dry land, and of course, the date and other basic information.

Everyone is an old man in the officialdom, and they understand the intention of signing very well.

Sign it now, fill in the information, then every household can check, in the future if the check is not accurate, the person who signed must be unlucky. Just like the bricks of the Nanjing Imperial Palace were also signed.

That's a lot of pressure.

After all, it has been 11 years since Zhengde, and there have been so many court meetings, and the imperial court is already very proficient in sending people to approve data.

(End of chapter)