At night, Chu Ze returned to the post house, and as soon as he entered the door, the little fat man Liu He greeted him.

"Brother Chu, how is the situation?"

Facing Liu He's inquiry, Chu Ze just shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "It's not a big problem, don't worry." ”

After a perfunctory remark to Liu He, Chu Ze returned to the room.

As soon as he entered, his face turned serious.

Although in front of Liu He, Chu Ze behaved quite easily, but in fact, Chu Ze knew very well that this matter was not as easy as he imagined.

Early the next morning, Chu Ze got up early in the morning and went straight to the governor's mansion.

I met Chen Shan again!

"Oh, Brother Chu, the officials of the yamen of the various ministries have all gone back, you know, these officials are all parents and officials, they don't go back, this people have no one to call the shots, and they have to preside over the government affairs in the county! You can't stay in this Guangyang Mansion for too long, the matter of conscription, you can rest assured, I have asked all prefectures and counties to go back and post announcements, if you are willing to come, you will definitely register your name, I believe that it will not take long for this soldier to be able to recruit a lot, it's just, Brother Chu, you also have to understand that each government has difficulties, how many people can be recruited, no one dares to guarantee! ”

Chen Shan said to Chu Ze very easily.

Yes, Chu Ze just wants to see these county orders and governors from all over the country again, it is not an easy thing.

At least not that you can see it with your mouth open.

Seeing Chen Shan like this, Chu Ze smiled slightly, but he didn't get angry, and he didn't say much.

The difficulty of officialdom is that it is useful if it is not angry.

Chu Ze is angry with others, people can ignore you completely, and there can be 10,000 excuses to deal with Chu Ze.

And it's completely impossible for you to pick out what it isn't.

It's like people saying that officials go back to deal with government affairs, is there a problem?

No!

If you Chu Ze forcibly want to concentrate these officials, really say that there is a delay in government affairs in various places, something happens, and go back to the court to play the chapter, does Chu Ze also have to take responsibility?

Can Chu Ze say that these people were forcibly gathered together to listen to him?

Chu Ze said with a smile: "Then dare to ask Chen Zhoumu, has this Guangyang Mansion also issued a conscription notice?" ”

"Of course, now is the self-recruitment stage, let the people sign up freely, if there are those who are willing to come, who are willing to join the army, let's collect it first, wait until the self-recruitment stage is over, see how many people are still missing, and then study the state capital and county government!" Everything Chen Shan said was in line with the process.

But the most terrible thing about the government is to comply with the process, and if a set of processes goes on, I don't know how much time it will take.

It's just these words, but I can't find anything wrong with them!

Chu Ze smiled slightly and said goodbye!

Seeing Chu Ze leave, Chen Shan's eyes were microns, and his master came over.

"My lord, this Chu Ze doesn't seem to be very old, it's a good alley! At this time, I still haven't reacted to what happened. ”

Chen Shan smiled slightly: "Young man, the first time he came out to do business, he didn't know a lot of things, so naturally he didn't think of the severity, and when he found that he couldn't recruit many people at all, he would start to be anxious, and in another month, the forced conscription was all old, or some half-sized children, he would be even more anxious!" But what's the use of being in a hurry? Can he still go to Manli Prefecture to recruit troops in person? In the last month, I will bring 30,000 or 40,000 young and strong, 40,000 or 50,000 old and weak, and go back to give His Majesty an errand, right and wrong, that is the matter between His Majesty and him. When the time comes, the tax revenue will look good, the population will look good, and the performance of the official will naturally look good! ”

Chen Shan smiled proudly, and then looked at the master and said: "Go to all the mansions and tell you, these wealthy families in the territory should give money and money, if anyone doesn't give Lao Tzu face, then don't blame Lao Tzu for turning his face and not recognizing people!" ”

"Yes! Your Excellency, rest assured, early this morning, there are already servants from all over the house, sending filial piety to the house, and the number is not small, do you think it is presented to you? ”

"Hahaha, bring it up, let the official take a look!"

Making money, this matter is very common in Daxia to release officials.

At the end of the day, who doesn't love money in life?

Outside the state pastor's mansion, Chu Ze walked out, a little confused in his heart.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that Chen Shan was deliberately dragging him.

This is also the most common means in the public door!

It's just that... Now the problem is that he has to find a way to counteract in order to have a chance to break the game.

Standing at the door, Chu Ze saw many people entering the yamen one after another, although he didn't know what these people were doing, but just by looking at the clothes, Chu Ze could see that these people were all from wealthy families.

After a few glances, Chu Ze got up and left, and began to wander around along the streets of Guangyang Mansion!

casually came to the street stall, Chu Ze found a place, asked for a pot of tea, and listened to the chatter of the people around him while looking at the street scene!

"Alas, it's going to be conscripted again, have you heard? We are going to recruit 100,000 people in Lizhou this time! ”

"Hehe, it's not necessarily a bad thing, my uncle has a good relationship with the village chief, and he said that he can get my youngest son in, this time he said that he was conscripted by the forbidden army, and he didn't go to the front line to fight, half the eldest child, it was the time to eat, send it in for a few years, not to mention saving food, and he could earn some court subsidies for his family, if he himself saved some more military money to marry his daughter-in-law, it would be better!"

"Isn't your youngest son only twelve? But it's not old enough! ”

"Find someone, spend some money to change it, it's over, why are you so brainless? I've heard that there is also a seventy-year-old man who said to change his age to enlist in the army! Now change the household registration age once, just two taels of silver! Otherwise, what do you say? Let's just say that Zhao Laosi in our village, he and his father are at home, and he has a daughter-in-law and two young sons, all of them are counting on him to work, so he can't go to the army and leave his daughter-in-law and father at home, right? When the time comes, if you have more than one son, do you say to call him dad or big brother! Hahaha! ”

Listening to these people's words, Chu Ze also frowned.

The common people have the calculations of the common people, and each family has its own difficulties.

But with such calculations, how bad is the quality of the recruited soldiers?

Either too young or too old!

These are all thinking about making the young and old ones in the family go to be soldiers and mixed military salaries, and the young and strong stay at home to support their families.

In fact, there is nothing to blame, but as the so-called ass decides the head, Chu Ze, as a recruiter, must not want to see such a situation.

But for the people, this is the best choice for them.

Chu Ze looked at the man who was foaming at the mouth, took the initiative to lean over, and laughed: "Little Er, add a portion of braised meat to this big brother, and count it in my account!" ”

When the man saw Chu Ze, he was stunned.

Chu Ze's clothes are much more expensive than his.

"This young master, you have tortured me, you can say something!"

Chu Ze said with a smile: "There's nothing special, it's just that I heard what my eldest brother just said about the conscription, and I was a little curious in my heart and wanted to talk about it together." ”

"You say!" Facing Chu Ze, it was obvious that this man was restrained.

If it weren't for the greed for taking something I ordered and not finishing it, I guess I would have gotten up and ran.

This is thanks to Chu Ze who only wears casual clothes.

Chu Ze smiled: "That's the case, I, I'm thinking about wanting to serve the country and join the army, but listening to what you just said, it seems that this soldier is not willing to go, and I hesitated for a while!" Isn't there anyone who wants young people to go? ”

The man slapped his thigh and said, "Yes! How not? Some people, if they want to practice martial arts, they can go to the army to sign up, have exercises and combat skills, and come out in the future, they have some martial arts on their bodies, which are very popular, and their vitality is much greater than that of ordinary people! But let's be honest, if you are young, you have no home or job, we are men with a family and a business, who can say that we will abandon our family and business to join the army, but if there is a way, we have to want to stay. ”

Speaking of which, Xiao Er brought a plate of braised pork!

The man looked at the braised pork and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

For ordinary people, this kind of meat is not something that everyone can afford to eat.

Originally, in front of this man, there were three or two kinds of hairy vegetables, and there was no meat at all.

Chu Ze directly sandwiched a large piece of braised pork, put it in the man's bowl, and said with a smile: "This big brother, you're welcome, you told me this, I understand a lot!" Looking at it this way, if you know kung fu, it doesn't seem interesting to be a soldier! ”

The man's eyes lit up, and after all, he stuffed the braised pork into his mouth and chewed it for a long time before he reluctantly swallowed the meat.

There was also a little more smile between his eyebrows, he looked Chu Ze up and down, and said, "It's not interesting for you to be a soldier!" You see which conscription in Lizhou is not all ordinary people's families, those wealthy families, a few of them let the children of the family go to the conscription, look at your dress is also everyone's children, right? Is it not allowed to go at home? I'll tell you, just don't let you go! You said that you went to that place, and if your family has nothing to do with the court, can you ascend there? Those superficial exercises are useless to you, what do you say you are going to do? Or do you really want to pin your head to make a name for yourself? Honestly at home, with beautiful wives and concubines, big fish and meat, isn't that a fairy-like day? ”

Chu Ze's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "But I remember that in our Great Xia, only officials can be exempted from military service, right?" I don't have anyone like that in my family. ”

Those who can be exempted from military service in Great Xia, only officials, even ordinary talents, have not said that they are exempted from military service.

Therefore, if these scholars want to get ahead, they can only study desperately one by one, and try their best to gain fame before they are conscripted!

After listening to Chu Ze's words, the man said disapprenorovingly: "Then do you still need to worry about your brother?" The adults in the family find some connections and send some money to the adults, isn't it just a matter of those adults saying a word? Anyway, I haven't seen any rich people, who really say that they don't want to be conscripted. The people who forcibly took it away were ordinary people like us..."

Listening to this man's words, Chu Ze fell silent again.

Ordinary people are the easiest to be bullied at all times.

After a few more small talks, Chu Ze also learned a lot of things.

Indeed, as Chen Jinsong said, these people, on the whole, are still somewhat resistant to conscription.

To put it simply, they can not go to the young and strong, and try not to go to the young and strong, but they are still quite interested in sending some young sons or old people into the army.

Because these people, sent to the army, can save food for their families and will not affect the main labor force.

You can also get some court subsidies.

In this case, even Chu Ze has no choice, after all, according to the regulations, even men between the ages of fourteen and sixty are among the conscriptions.

It's just that Chu Ze is really a little unhappy for those who want to change their household registration age and enlist in the army!

But Chu Ze didn't say anything, he still needs to look at the specific situation of conscription, what if he talks about various counties and counties, and really says that the conscription effect is very good?

But the result was destined to disappoint Chu Ze, and half a month later, Chu Ze began to personally take people to various counties and counties to start checking the conscription.

The number of people is not optimistic, and it is okay!

Chu Ze also saw a large number of soldiers who had changed their age from it!

In Longan County, Chu Ze's eyes were cold, and in front of him, there was a teenager who was about ten years old at most!

Not only that, but as far as the eye can see, young and strong, in the overall soldiers, the number is less than one-fifth, and a large number of soldiers are all those gray-haired, sloppy old men, and there are half-grown children now!

Chu Ze's face was serious, and his mood had exploded to the extreme!

In many counties in a row, the soldiers who were conscripted were like this.

And beside Chu Ze, it is Zheng Weijin, the county magistrate of Longan County! He was about forty years old, and he was saying with a smile on his face at this time: "General Chu, I have done my best to recruit the adults, don't look at him as not tall, but he is a proper fourteen-year-old age!" We can't say that people are coming, right? The number of people is not enough now, if you don't, there will not be enough people by then, but the trouble is not small! ”

Chu Ze sneered in his heart, he knew very well what this guy meant.

What people mean is that these soldiers are in line with the conscription regulations, and if you don't want it, that's your problem.

The little fat man behind Chu Ze was unhappy: "This adult, you see that these soldiers of yours, if you bring them into Kyoto, won't it become a joke?" ”

Zheng Weijin rolled his eyes, and said fearlessly: "This captain, you can't talk nonsense, we didn't say that we have to bring you back to Kyoto, these soldiers, whether you want them or not, it has to be decided by Lord Chu, but the population of our county is these, and they are all in line with the conscription regulations, if you have to be the pillar of the people's family, this matter is easy to say and difficult to do, and when the time comes, it will really say that the people will rise up, and the responsibility will have to be borne by General Chu!" ”

"Let's go!"

Chu Ze turned around and left!

The little fat man Liu He glared at Zheng Weijin hatefully, and quickly followed!

When he got out of the conscription site, Liu He gritted his teeth and said: "Brother Chu, these Lizhou officials are definitely deliberately making things difficult for us, you see that most of these soldiers they recruited are unqualified, and they have clearly changed their age, if they are brought back to Kyoto, won't it become a joke?" ”

Chu Ze sneered: "That's true, if this is really brought back to Kyoto, it will really become a joke!" So we can't ask for these soldiers! However, we can't talk about this matter, it's useless for us to say it, we have to let them take the initiative to help us do this! ”

"How can they help us!"

"Whether they will help us or not, it's not you and me who have the final say, and it's not them who have the final say! It depends on the benefits! ”

Chu Ze's face was calm, was he angry?

Angry!

But he knew very well that in that case just now, no matter how angry he and Zheng Wei were blonde, it would be useless!

Liu He frowned and asked, "What should we do?" ”

"Hmph, how? Go find someone to inquire who is the richest in this Long An County! Whose family Ding is thriving! Let's recruit ourselves! Chu Ze's eyes flashed with ferocity!

"Conscription on your own? Brother Chu, didn't you say that we can't recruit the army ourselves? ”

"That's right! We recruit soldiers completely by ourselves, and there are indeed not enough manpower, but if we only recruit large households, it may not be necessary! Chu Ze's eyes flashed with fierceness and said: "These days, I haven't inquired a lot, you see that the soldiers they recruited are all from poor families, don't they want to protect these big families?" Let's start with these people! There has to be a way to deal with them, so that we can talk calmly! ”

Longan County, Jiao's family!

It is the largest household in Long An County.

For this conscription, the Jiao family didn't pay attention to it at all, and honestly sent five thousand taels of silver to the county commander Zheng Weijin.

This matter, for the Jiao family, is over!

The Jiao family is a well-known landlord in Longan County, and the family has thousands of fertile fields, and the tenants don't know how much!

The children of the family are prosperous, although according to the regulations, they dare not live in a too large house, but the family houses are built together, and there is not much difference from living together!

Great Xia repairs houses, ordinary people, no matter how rich they are, they can't build too big.

Generally, the upper limit of the residential area is divided according to the position, and then the knighthood has additional blessings.

Ordinary people, no matter how rich they are, say that they want to build a big yard, then they must first turn a blind eye to the local government, otherwise there is nothing wrong with arresting and punishing the crime!

At this time, the children of the Jiao family were playing together in the sun, some were juju, some were dancing knives and guns, and some were playing chess.

And the long-term tenants of the Jiao family are preparing for the things they need for spring ploughing!

The whole Jiao family is in harmony!

It's just that suddenly there was a commotion that broke the peace!

I saw Chu Ze riding on a horse, leading countless soldiers to break in!

"Gather everyone for me! Genealogy search! Hurry up! Don't let a man go! ”

Chu Ze burst out!

The Jiao family looked at the soldiers who rushed in blankly, where did they dare to disobey and resist, they were all controlled and brought out!

Soon, an old man ran over with an anxious face!

"My lord, where are you from? What is this for? ”

Chu Ze snorted coldly: "Hmph! I am a conscription envoy of the Kyoto Forbidden Army, and I came to Lizhou to recruit troops on the orders of His Majesty, and everyone stands up for me! Those who dare to stir up trouble are regarded as deserters! ”

In a word, no one dared to move suddenly!

Desertion is a felony in Great Xia!

"My lord, we said hello to Lord Zheng!" The old man of the Jiao family laughed in front of Chu Ze.

To the common people, they are big landowners! But in front of the power machine of the Great Xia court, they are nothing!

Chu Ze glanced at him squintingly, and sneered: "What bullshit Lord Zheng, I don't know!" Lao Tzu said that whoever is levied, that is who is levied! Does anyone in your family apply? ”

"It seems that there is not..."

"That's no! According to the regulations, three draws one! Of the hundreds of people in your family, at least more than 100 people can be drawn! Come on, give me a roll call, and draw a ding! ”

Chu Ze shouted, no matter how the old man pleaded, his face was still expressionless!

Soon, hundreds of children of the Jiao family who were dazed were pulled out by Chu Ze!

"Lord Qiyu, you've pumped enough!"

"Let's go, take someone and go directly, the next one!" Chu Ze's eyes were cold, he looked at the young man who had just been pulled out, and shouted: "Remember, anyone who dares to escape will be killed!" ”