Chapter Twenty-Nine: Why Can Your Xu Family Have 400,000 Mu of Land?
The night breeze can't dissipate the heat in the air, and people who are steaming in the heat wave really can't sleep.
When staying in the Yingtianfu Palace, Li Yunze could blow the air conditioner.
But when you are encamped in the army, you can't do that.
It's not that it can't be done, but it will affect the morale of the military.
The army in the feudal era was basically illiterate, they did not understand what ideals and responsibilities were, and when the military discipline was poor, they were more bandits than bandits.
The ancient generals ate and slept with the sergeants in the army, not because they couldn't enjoy better, but because they knew that these reckless men did not suffer from widowhood but unevenness.
Li Yunze understands this, so in order to maintain the morale of the army, he can only carry it.
At most, use a small fan with batteries in your tent.
The moon people blown out by the fan were still hot air, and the heat behind them was really unbearable, so they simply got out of the tent and wandered outside for a while to cool off.
Looking at Cao Bianjiao, who was guarding behind him, Li Yunze smiled slightly, "Cao Qing's family doesn't need to be like this, just rest early." ”
"The minister bears the responsibility of the long-lived guard, and he doesn't dare to leave half a step lightly."
"Faithful to duty, I understand." Li Yunze nodded approvingly, "Then accompany me." ”
The reason why he is so kind to Cao Bianjiao is not entirely because this person is loyal, and when he fought against the Tartars, the Guanning army turned forward in front of the formation, but he was martyred in a dead battle.
A very important point is that the sergeants in the feudal era only knew how to obey orders, and they went up and down layer by layer, and finally the so-called military power fell into the hands of various military leaders.
If the emperor wants to control the army, he actually wants to control these military leaders who really control the military power.
At this point, even Li Yunze can't make any changes.
The only way to do this is to pick a good enough military leader and then entrap him.
"Have you ever issued a reward and subsidy in the army?"
"Long live Hui, this month's has been distributed to the soldiers. All the people in the army are grateful to His Majesty. ”
To envelop the army of the feudal era, it is very important to give enough benefits.
The same soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty were defeated at the touch of a button during the Ming Dynasty, and they were defeated repeatedly.
But he turned around and took refuge in the Tartars, and his combat effectiveness immediately became amazing.
The reason is not so complicated, it is not that the Tartars have any luck, but that the soldiers of the Ming army did not live as well as dogs in the Ming Dynasty, but they were all fed after taking refuge in the Tartars.
It's not that there is a generation gap in military science and technology, what determines the outcome is still whether the sergeants dare to fight and are willing to fight to the death.
It's often said about morale.
Li Yunze, who understands this very well, has provided Long Xiangjun with a business trip allowance since he went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and he has doubled his military salary plus additional material rewards. Once a month, never in arrears.
It is precisely because of this that no matter who he attacks after he goes to Jiangnan, he will be invincible, and Long Xiangjun is also willing to die.
It was because he enveloped the big and small Cao, and also fed the Long Xiang army.
Do you really think that with the emperor's righteousness, you can destroy whoever you want?
If the benefits are not in place, who will do the work for you.
While talking and chatting, a large fire gradually rose under the night in the distance.
Faintly, you can even hear the screams and wails blowing along the evening breeze.
"Don't be nervous." Li Yunze calmed Cao Bianjiao, who looked nervous, "Send someone to take a look." ”
Dozens of cavalry troops did not collect their horses at night, and immediately left the camp and went straight to the firelight.
More than a quarter of an hour later, a fast horse galloped to report.
"It's a group of Taoist priests besieging the temple!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Yunze was immediately stunned.
The temples in the south of the Yangtze River are thieves with money and land.
In fact, in many dynasties in history, Buddhism has always been extremely wealthy, and even so rich that it has been carried out several times on a large scale of the Three Martial Buddhas.
Li Yunze is no exception here.
It's just that he borrowed the hand of the Daomen, gave righteous support on the surface, and secretly provided weapons, armor, intelligence, materials, and silver.
"I see." Li Yunze nodded, "It's all called back to rest, it's just a discussion and debate by people outside the party, so we don't need to worry about it." ”
It's stupid to listen to it if you don't collect it at night.
Swords, guns, swords, halberds were used, and there were even Taoist priests wearing iron armor who cut off their heads everywhere.
Even the temple of Shanmen was burned down, and it was just a discussion and debate?
Cao Bianjiao glared at him with a look, and when he came back to his senses, he immediately received the order, turned over and went to call his companions back.
"Alright, let's go and rest."
Li Yunze, who looked relaxed, turned back to his tent with his hands behind his back.
Daomen has encountered such a rare opportunity, and the temples in various parts of the Jiangnan can be regarded as unlucky.
The next morning, the sky was bright.
After breakfast, the royal driver continued to set off.
When passing by the temple with only ruins and black smoke, Li Yunze couldn't see anything as if he was blind, and rode directly by.
If there's anything you want to say, it's deserved!
Although the vassal kings from all over the country had arrived at Yingtian Mansion one after another, he did not rush back directly, but rushed to Songjiang Mansion first.
The boat of the Xu family in Songjiang, which was intercepted at Wuqing Banknote Pass, should have been broken by now.
And it's a good excuse for the big landlords who own a lot of land.
The Blood Alliance case involved many large landowners in the south of the Yangtze River, and millions of acres of land were confiscated.
But for Li Yunze, this is far from enough, he needs more fields to divide the fields to appease the landless people.
The Ming Dynasty in this era is really strange to the extreme, and 90% of the people in the world have no land of their own. Most of them became tenants of large landowners and clan nobles.
The rest of the people who had land had to bear the terrible tax oppression.
Under such circumstances, it is only natural that there are gangsters everywhere.
Before going north to solve the problem of the border army and the Tartars, he must solve these contradictions in the rear, or at least suppress them temporarily.
There must not be the kind in history, when the rogues can't bear it, the Tartars come to fight. When the Tartars were attacked, the situation of the two-front battle of the revival of the Rogue.
In many novels, it is said that the Tartars can win the world because of the luck of the atmosphere.
In Li Yunze's opinion, there is no bullshit luck, it is purely that Da Ming himself is too bad.
In the case of comparing each other, what they do is worse than that of their opponents.
The governance of Songjiang Mansion is located in Huating County, and one family that cannot be mentioned in Huating County is the Xu family in Huating.
More than 70% of the fields in Huating County are concentrated in the hands of the Xu family, and the Xu family is also called Xu Huating.
Counting the fields in other places, the total number of acres owned by the Xu family is an astonishing more than 400,000 mu!
Just one family has so many fields that do not pay taxes, and there are countless Xu families in the whole world.
The army stopped at the camp outside Huating County, and Li Yunze took a group of brocade guards, accompanied eunuchs and a team of Longxiang troops into the city.
The tax collectors at the city gate ushered in the sight of the people, and when they saw the people coming, the horses and iron armor did not dare to stop them, and hid like quails.
When you meet a tough one, you can't find a place to reason if you hit and die.
After entering the city, Li Yunze dismounted and led the horse forward.
Today happens to be a day to catch the market, and the streets are full of people from all over the country who come to the market.
It's not okay to knock over other people's stalls and trample on other people's dishes under the gallop.
He was ruthless enough to the landlords, gentry, and nobles, but he would never bully the people.
The people of the Ming Dynasty have already suffered enough.
The people on the street look okay, and there are many local specialties.
The land south of the Yangtze River is a real treasure Tianhua, and it can maintain a certain standard of living under the drought for many years.
In contrast, Shaanxi is really hell.
Thinking about how Sun Chuanting was going, and when he hadn't sent a concert for a few months, Li Yunze was awakened by the noise in front of him.
A few richly dressed young men with a group of servants who are pretending to be tigers are causing trouble everywhere.
When I saw that there were melons and fruits for sale, I went up and picked them up and ate them directly.
If you don't give money, you don't say anything, and after eating, you still say that it's not delicious, and you will directly kick off other people's stalls.
But if there was the slightest dissatisfaction, the servants rushed over and beat them violently.
Seeing whose eldest girl and little daughter-in-law are better-looking, they surround them and molest them in various ways.
Or simply to see who is not pleasing to the eye, or just to vent the evil in the heart, how bad is it to beat people and set up stalls.
The people on the street obviously knew the identity of the person who came, and they retreated one after another for fear of avoiding it.
Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Yunze also smiled, "This is the legendary rampant township, bullying men and women." ”
Huating is where the Songjiang Prefecture is located, and today is the day of the market, and there are also officials on the street.
But instead of stepping forward to stop these troublesome street slickers, these officials smiled and pleased.
The story behind this naturally goes without saying.
When a group of street slickers came to Li Yunze and the others, they looked at the many armor soldiers in front of them, and they had never seen any street slickers on the market, and said unashamedly, "Are you from Zhenhaiwei or Jinshanwei?" The son of the Xu family in Huating is here, don't get out of the way quickly! ”
Songjiang Prefecture also has a health center, with Zhenhaiwei to the north and Jinshanwei to the south.
Even the Qingcun Salt Farm, not far from the city, has set up a Qingcun Fort.
Of course, like all the guards of the Ming Dynasty, they have no combat effectiveness at all.
Li Yunze naturally didn't bother with the street stalkers, and turned his head and instructed Luo Yangxing to "break their limbs." ”
Street slickers are the most hateful, and you don't need to be kind to them.
"Yes."
has not had time to be enveloped by the Donglin Party as his own Luo Yang, and his loyalty to Li Yunze is extremely high at this time.
After saluting, he immediately rushed over with the brocade guards and did it himself.
In the midst of the terrible screams, someone finally saw the clothes on Jinyiwei's body clearly.
"Is it Jinyiwei?!"
"Run for what." Li Yunze beckoned to the officials who were quietly sticking to the wall and wanted to slip away, "Come here." ”
The officials had numb scalps, but they didn't dare to disrespect.
Although Li Yunze didn't play a big game, he didn't wear a dragon robe.
But there are Jinyi guards and armor guards around him, and he must be a big man.
They didn't know what to call it, they just kept saluting.
"Get up. Drag these dogs and things to lead the way to Xu's house. Xu Huating's Xu family. "I'm used to seeing how Daming is messy, Li Yunze is really not angry now, he can't be angry with these guys, it's himself who is angry and hurts.
There is a saying in the history books that 'the children of the Xu family in Huating are violent and rampant, and one party is sick, such as sitting on fire and water'.
This is definitely not wild history, telling the truth.
In the large and exquisite mansion of the Xu family, Xu Bengao, the contemporary head of the Xu family, is feasting.
"Uncle Shaozong (the name of the Ministry of Rites, and the name of the Ministry of Rites)." Xu Bengao, who was handsome, picked up the wine glass with a smile, "Let's drink this glass." ”
Zhou Daodeng over there smiled and nodded, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.
"Good wine."
Zhou Daodeng's eyebrows and eyes were picturesque, and the maid who was in a captivating posture stepped forward to fill it.
Even Xu Yuangao, who was accustomed to seeing beauties, frequently looked at him curiously and asked, "Where did Uncle Shaozong find such a stunning talent?" ”
"This maid's name is Yang Ai, Minghui is studious and understands poetry." Zhou Daodeng boasted, "It's especially good Xin Jiaxuan, it's really rare." ”
The two were talking and laughing, but they saw the servants of the Xu Mansion stumbling in.
Xu Yuangao's face sank, so without a tutor, wouldn't he lose face in front of the distinguished guests.
Before he could ask, the servant over there was already shouting with a crying voice, "Master, something bad is wrong!" Officers and soldiers broke into the house! ”
"What?!"
Xu Yuangao took the case and said, "Where did the officers and soldiers come from, so bold?" ”
"Who do you say is bold?"
Li Yunze, who was wearing armor, strode in.
looked at Xu Yuangao with eyes like electricity, "You are the head of the Xu family?" I came here today to ask you, why can your Xu family have 400,000 acres of land! ”