Until Ouyang Li stayed for a few days and said goodbye, Ouyang Li didn't mention this matter again, Yu Feng naturally wouldn't mention it, he could see that this Ouyang Li was a little tempted, but as a traditional scholar, he was ashamed to talk about profit, and he couldn't pull his face for a while, or in other words, the friendship between the two had not directly talked about this matter, so he opened his mouth rashly, Yu Feng agreed, it was okay, if he was given a soft nail, it would be a little embarrassing.

However, Yu Feng believes that sooner or later he will come to him again, and besides, his officialdom in Lingshan will soon have one more solid ally. However, this matter is not in a hurry, everyone comes and goes slowly, and sooner or later there will be a day when the water will come to fruition. Thousands of miles for officials are only for money, this kind of wealth is much safer and richer than accepting bribes and eating some filial piety, he doesn't believe that he can't catch Ouyang Li's big fish.

In June's Di Bao, there was overwhelming good news. Chen Qiyu, the governor of the five provinces, sent the good news to the imperial court like no money, and since he took office in February, in four months, he has fought 23 battles in a row, and all of them have been great victories. The army of displaced people who wandered through the Central Plains, under the blows of the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, died, fled, and did not escape, all of them were wrapped in dumplings by Chen Qiyu and besieged in the carriage gorge, gathering and annihilating, just around the corner.

The official position of the governor of the five provinces sounds very big, in fact, he is really big, it can be said that there is no one before or after, and it is the only one in history, which can be called the largest magistrate of the Ming Dynasty. Before Chen Qiyu, the biggest magistrate in the Ming Dynasty was Yuan Chonghuan, when Yuan Chonghuan was the governor of Jiliao, he was able to manage five regions, Jizhou, Liaodong, Dengzhou, Tianjin, Laizhou, that is, when Yuan Chonghuan supervised Jiliao, even Laizhou, Shandong was under his control, which is enough for cattle!

The magistrates of the Ming Dynasty, the largest were the political envoys, the envoys and the commanders, in order to prevent each other, they were managed by the special commissioners sent by the central government, that is, the governors. In view of the poor management in the later period, the governor was only in charge of one place, and he could not settle the situation, so he sent a high-ranking commissioner to manage the governor, that is, the governor. When he arrived at Tianqi Chongzhen, the situation was too chaotic that even the governor couldn't handle it, so he sent a special commissioner, who was bigger than the governor, that is, the superintendent.

In other words, the Governor was the official who had the most authority over the local area in the Ming Dynasty, except for the emperor. However, all this is already a thing of the past, and the official position of the governor of the five provinces was born in the seventh year of Chongzhen, and the gods and horses in the past have become floating clouds. Five of the governors of the five provinces, including Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan, had great power and had no jurisdiction, and anyway, as long as it was a place infested by thieves, it was under his control.

Of course, all this was explained in detail by Ouyang Li and Yu Feng when they were chatting, and Yu Feng only knew. Before this, he thought that the provinces were the largest of the three divisions, and it was already a great thing to manage a large area like Yuan Chonghuan.

Although he didn't know the ins and outs of the governors of these five provinces, one thing he was sure of was that although the current brigade of displaced people had been surrounded by officers and soldiers like iron buckets, and it seemed that they were about to be destroyed, the final result would be that the governors of these five provinces would be finished. He had a faint impression of the place name of Che Gorge, but this was not the point, the point was that he knew that these displaced people, or what later generations called the rebel army, not only were not annihilated, but they were out of trouble in a big siege, so that in the Central Plains, they bloomed everywhere, and finally sent the Ming court to the point of no return.

Whether it's this year, or next year, the world will be in chaos right away.

The sense of urgency in Yu Feng's heart, he can't be an outsider, as his identity, there is no way to tell others about these things, you are an official of the imperial court, instead of singing about peace, but cursing the world to chaos, what are your intentions? He can't afford to wear such a hat at the moment.

Therefore, he can only devote all his energy to military training, but fortunately, during this time, the Zheng family and his private salt business have been in a steady state, providing him with stable profits, so that he will not be short of money.

On the Ye County side, although he has gained a lot of benefits, the majority is still in the field, but this field, before the autumn, still does not see the benefits, and so many fields, he still has to send people to supervise and take care of them, and when the grain is harvested, he has to collect rent from tenants everywhere. With so much land, the manpower to be sent is quite considerable.

However, in Yu Feng's plan, these lands in Ye County will be his own military food base in the future, and no matter how many people are sent, they must be watched. However, the only local people who can share his worries and use them with confidence are the Zhou brothers, and it is impossible to send a pair of soldiers to collect rents from door to door, and the tenants' farm tools, livestock, etc., are also provided by the landlords, and it is impossible to do this by sending soldiers over.

"Then the Wang family's manors are still there, right?" Wu Yanran raised his head and asked, these things, only Wu Yanran can really come up with some ideas, in the past, he and Wu Yanran discussed such things, and they could make a decision, but in today's study, there is another person--- Mu Haitao.

Wu Yanran mentioned this, Mu Haitao also reacted, being able to enter the study to discuss matters was already Yu Feng's affirmation of him, why didn't he want to behave well.

"Yes, what Miss Wu means, let's take those Zhuangzi, what the Wang family did in the past, what we did the same, this problem will not be a problem?"

Yu Feng shook his head and said: "This can't be done, no matter how wrong the Wang family is, they are locals, in terms of identity, they are definitely stronger than us outsiders, those who farm, we can't follow and watch, make a little bit of a mistake in the harvest, our losses will be great, we repair water conservancy, produce seeds and farm tools and livestock, but when we harvest grain, they play tricks with us, then we are not wronged!" ”

"They dare!" Wu Yanran didn't take these into account, "Could it be that the adult's soldiers are fake?" ”

"Am I going to send troops down to collect grain when it's time for the harvest?" Yu Feng smiled bitterly, "If I can't draw troops, won't I delay the big thing?" ”

He paused: "Besides, what is the difference between me and the Wang family when I do this, the only difference may be that the Wang family relies on horse bandits to deter, and I rely on my soldiers, which is not appropriate!" ”

"The adult's concerns can be imagined by the villain," Mu Haitao has been thinking about it when they spoke, "so many fields, relying on the adults to send people down to manage, it must be inappropriate, looking at the adults' practices, it is a bit similar to the practices of the tuntian, but these fields belong to the adults, if we link the production of these fields with the income of those farmers, it is not difficult to solve this problem, even if the adults have less income in food, but it is more popular and a lot of available people." ”

"Oh, let's talk about it!" Yu Feng was obviously very interested in this proposal, and his mind had always been in the hands of this person, and Mu Haitao obviously scratched his itch when he said this.

"This method of tuntian since ancient times, can be divided into mintun and juntun, the current situation of adults, whether it is mintun or juntun, is not advisable, but, if we compromise, it can be used to use this method?"

"It's not Juntun, it's Mintun, what's the compromise?" Wu Yanran obviously didn't think about what Mu Haitao was going to say for a while.

"My lord, you think, the people on Xuejia Island are a very clear example, they eat and use all thanks to the adults, and they are naturally loyal to the adults, and these people who are attached to the fields of the adults, fundamentally speaking, are not much different from the people of Xuejia Island, to put it mildly, if the adults do not let them farm, these people will be displaced immediately, and they will not have enough to eat!"

"The Zhuangzi on those fields, as the adults said, should have been inhabited by the royal family's domestic slaves and even horse bandits who used to intimidate the people, these people are actually managing these fields for the Wang family, these people have now been swept away by the adults, and it is naturally inappropriate to rely solely on the soldiers under the adults to enrich these Zhuangzi, why don't the adults select some people from those fields to manage these Zhuangzi, those stewards, and the head of the Zhuangzi is sent out by the adults themselves, in this way, the required manpower is not too much, And it won't cause the tenants to resent it! ”

"Go on!" Yu Feng nodded, isn't this the ancient version of "inciting the masses to fight the masses"?

"These tenants can also be regarded as the families of adults, and adults have always been generous to their subordinates, so they will naturally not treat them badly, but if the fields planted by their families are reduced by a few points, wouldn't it be more able to win them over, and in this way, those who have not been reduced or reduced, and the people who are under their supervision and management naturally think that they are not all the way, and these people can only follow the adults, isn't this the adults getting some people out of thin air?"

"The people of the world are the most affordable, although these families are no longer of the same class as them, but, the rich salary, the reduced rent, these affordable people are in the eyes, the small can be concluded, even if those who do not have a family at home, ridicule and even scold in person, but behind the scenes, they still envy this work, and even hope that they will become a part of it.

In this way, lazy and cheating, concealing the harvest and other things, it is impossible to happen, first, those adults are their villagers, fooling outsiders can be, fooling these people who get along day and night, it is not an easy thing, second, since everyone wants to be a family to reduce the rent of the field, it is natural to pay attention to whether there is any promotion at all times, not only will they not do such a thing, but they will pay attention to other people's homes, in this way, Doesn't it play a role in supervising each other, and adults can sit back and relax! ”