And all the people of the city were talking.

"Hey, have you heard? Tocao-sama, as well as Kaneso-sama, they were all arrested by the new Taishou-sama. A middle-aged man said.

"I heard that these corrupt officials should have been arrested a long time ago, the first two Taishou had no choice, and gradually became the same as them, as soon as the new Taishou took office, he arrested them and said that he would be beheaded." A woman said.

"Yes, the new Taishou is really good, and he sent people early this morning to send things from door to door, saying that it was a New Year's gift, meat, rice, and cloth, and I have to hurry to make a few clothes for the family, not to mention, let's go, go," said another woman.

"Hey, what do you think Taishou-sama is like? Can you easily solve them? A drunkard said.

"I don't know, but I heard that our Lord Taishou is a great hero in the fight against the Yellow Turban Army, and His Majesty gave him a high-ranking official, as if he was on an equal footing with our Lord Assassin." A young man sat at a table.

"You just blow it, Lord Thorn Shi is a feudal official, and the new Taishou is just a Taishou, how can he compare with Lord Thorn Shi?" The other was not convinced.

The wine guy looked at a small catcher from the Liaodong Mansion who was drinking and said, "Li Er, you are on an errand in the mansion, tell me, what is Lord Taishou?" ”

Li Er heard the wine maid call him, and suddenly a sense of superiority came up and said: "You are looking for me to find the right one, I will first tell you how Lord Taishou subdued Lord Hu Cao, first of all, Lord Taishou summoned all of them to the Taishou Mansion, and as soon as they entered the door, they called them and reported their work, these people thought that Taishou was young and did not put Lord Taishou in their eyes, but Taishou was so calm and relaxed that as soon as he made a move, he was a thunderbolt method, and he arrested people directly, no matter how they explained, they were all put in prison first, and they were directly raided, Don't give them a chance to react. ”

"But Lord Bingcao has soldiers in his hands." Someone couldn't help but interrupt.

Li Erdao: "As for the little soldier in the hand of Bing Cao, Lord Taishou said, he can't look down on it, why?" Because Lord Taishou has 100,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, you say, aren't they looking for death for Lord Tocao and Lord Bingcao? ”

"100,000 people, how many people is that."

The wine maid stepped forward and poured Li Er a glass of wine: "Hey, Li Er, what does Lord Taishou look like, is he an old man?" ”

Li Er glared at the wine shop: "What kind of, Lord Taishou is about the same age as you and me, in his twenties, with fine skin and tender meat, and very handsome, what is that called?" Dignified, no, no, it's called Yushu Linfeng, extraordinary, graceful, yes. ”

"So young!" Everyone was shocked, this is too young, it is incredible to be too shou in your twenties.

The wine guy said again: "Lord Taishou can really be on an equal footing with Lord Thorn Shi?" ”

Li Erdao: "That is, we are too guarded, but not only Liaodong is too guarded by an official position." "Here; Li Er sold a pass.

The bartender said: "What other official positions?" You say. ”

Li Erdao: "Then today's wine ......"

The bartender said, "Count me in." ”

Li Ercai said: "Lord Taishou is still the general of Zhenbei. ”

"General Zhenbei? Sounds quite majestic, how big is that? ”

"I heard that he is the biggest official under the Three Princes." Li Erdao.

"Our Lord Taishou is really too powerful, he has reached this point at a young age, so he will not be above ten thousand people under one person in the future?"

Li Er smiled mysteriously: "Don't be in a hurry to sigh, we have a more powerful identity." ”

Everyone looked at him one after another, what else is bigger than General Zhenbei?

Li Erdao: "Our Taishou is still the Marquis of Liaoyang." ”

This sound fell, and the tavern suddenly exploded, Liaoyang Hou! Marquis, if they don't know anything about official positions, but they are the most sensitive to titles.

The drunkard's voice trembled: "Li Er, you're not joking." ”

Li Er said angrily: "I have a few heads that are enough to cut off, so I'm joking about this." ”

Everyone is right to think about it, who would be so boring to joke about this.

Taishou House

Lei Yun came to Tang Tian, he now lives in the Duwei Mansion, and it is still a little far away from the Taishou Mansion.

Tang Tiandao: "What's the matter with coming to me early in the morning?" ”

Lei Yun said angrily: "I can't come to you if it's okay?" ”

Tang Tiandao: "I'll arrange things for you to do, you can't be so idle." ”

Lei Yun said: "Okay, I came to you to ask you, what about the affairs of other counties?" ”

Tang Tiandao: "Look at their self-consciousness, they have all been taken off at one time, where can I go to find someone to replace them?" Besides, what is required now is stability, and for the time being, it is not too much action for them, but it is still okay to bleed. ”

"The third step, who to move? Wealthy businessman or big family? ”

Tang Tian asked rhetorically: "What do you think?" Who to move? How to move? ”

Lei Yun said: "I think it's still a thunder method, don't give time to react." ”

Tang Tiandao: "This trick can be used once, I think it's better to win over a group, suppress a group, or support a group, deal with these rich people, let Zhi Zhuo go, this is what he can figure out." As for the Shida family, all I fancy is the land and resources in their hands, as long as they hand it over, everything will be fine. ”

In ancient times, the land was in the hands of the family, they raised the price of land, causing prices to soar, and they made profits from it, but the family occupied a very important position in the feudal society, and it was impossible for Tang Tian to remove them all, after all, if it was too much, it would bring a lot of trouble to Tang Tian.

Tang Tiandao: "Let Du Feng send someone to find out all the situations in various places, how many people, land, and families are in each county...... And so on."

For half a month, Tang Tian didn't make any moves, and when the county commanders thought they were fine, he suddenly issued an order asking the county magistrates to report to Xiangping City.

Eighteen counties and county orders, originally there were only seventeen counties in Liaodong, but Tang Tian was the Marquis of Liaoyang, so Tang Tian directly divided Liaoyang County from Xuanwu County, of course, Liaoyang County is different from other counties, because the other seventeen counties and cities are under the jurisdiction of Liaodong County, and the taxes are handed over to the imperial court, and Liaoyang County is Tang Tian's fief, that is to say, this land is his, and the taxes are only given to him, and he does not need to be handed over, and he must be separated from the other seventeen counties.

The eighteen county magistrates sat on both sides, and Tang Tian said straight to the point: "Ladies and gentlemen, you must already know what I did on the first day I came to Liaodong, and of course you have already thought of what I called you here this time, what am I asking you to come back for next year, don't let me down." ”

The county magistrate of Liaoyang County was the first to get up and said: "Master Hou, Liaoyang County belongs to you, or I'll come first." ”

Tang Tian nodded.

Liaoyang County Order: "There are 14,720 households in Liaoyang. ”

In the first sentence, Tang Tian himself was surprised, there are more than 14,000 households, so isn't he the Marquis of 10,000 households? Liu Che, the dog emperor, is okay. Tang Tian retracted his thoughts and continued to listen to him.

"It has a total population of 54,879 people, 980,000 mu of land, including 460,000 mu of fertile land, and last year's tax revenue was 80,000 stone and 3.52 million yuan."

Tang Tian frowned slightly: "Nearly one million mu of land in the county, calculated according to three hundred catties per mu, then it is thirty thousand catties, a total of three million stones, even according to the tax of ten taxes and one, there are 300,000 stones, what about the other 220,000 stones?" And one of your counties got so much land? ”

Liaoyang County Order: "Lord Hou, these lands are all in the hands of the four major families of Zhao, Ma, Wang, Chen and other small families, and the land is all reclaimed by them, so theoretically these lands are all owned by them privately, and 20,000 of the 80,000 stone grain are provided by them." ”

Tang Tian nodded: "You go back and tell them that these families can only leave fifty to one hundred acres of land for each family, and they can choose whether it is good or bad, and the rest will be confiscated." ”

Liaoyang County Order: "Will Master Hou be too ......?"

Tang Tian interrupted: "Remember, Liaoyang is my fiefdom, and the territory of Liaoyang is my people, if they don't listen, you can send troops to forcibly collect it, if you resist and kill, by the way, you have to tell them that Lone will buy it at a reasonable price, everything is negotiable." ”

Liaoyang County Ling suddenly couldn't figure it out, is this a forced collection or a purchase?

Tang Tian smiled: "Liaoyang is mine, everything is mine, I can pay for it and benevolence, you can negotiate the price, my bottom line is not more than two hundred yuan per mu." ”

Hearing Tang Tian say this, the county magistrate of Liaoyang County breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, although the price is lower than the market price, it is not much lower, they should be able to accept it.

After Tang Tian finished solving the matter in Liaoyang, he looked at the other county orders: "Which of you will report?" ”

"Xiangping County, 7,600 households, a population of 38,600 people, 250,000 mu of land, 30,000 stone and 1.13 million yuan in taxes last year."

"Wenxian ......"

"Pingguo County ......"

"Wangping County ......"

"Changli County ......"

......

Seventeen counties and county orders reported once, Tang Tian was quite satisfied, this is not far from the eight or nine in the information Du Feng gave him, although there is a deviation, but it is also within an acceptable range, but Tang Tian found a problem, the tax of a county in Liaoyang County is almost one-fifth of the tax of a county in Liaodong, that is to say, Liaoyang is a very rich place, even if it is controlled by the four major families, it has not produced too bad results, which makes Tang Tian's view of the four major families change.

The power of the family in Liaodong is complicated, basically the main places are controlled by the family, Tang Tian can only eradicate or weaken the family now, of course, it is not excluded that the local officials will put the responsibility on the family in order to protect themselves.

After listening to the report, Tang Tian said: "After the counties go back, contact the family forces in each county and ask for the same as Liaoyang County, otherwise I will really rob it." ”

The county magistrates nodded one after another, this time the family is going to suffer, anyway, if you don't die, you have to shed your skin, but fortunately, Taishou didn't move himself.

After the counties reported their work, Tang Tian let them go, and the county orders were all relieved, if they were too observed, it would be over, they ate a lot, but this time they still took out some loopholes, and finally passed the test in confusion.