Elder Su was surprised: "How dare he dig a grave and extract bones?" ”

Zhu Ming said: "Digging is the Drain Garden. ”

That's no problem, Drain Garden belongs to the charity cemetery, and the burials are all those who have no one to collect the corpses, and no family members will come to make trouble.

Elder Su drank two more glasses and said tentatively: "Jinzhou household registration, 39,636, the former Taishou wants to make up for 40,000, which has been reported to the household department, and has not yet passed the inspection. What does Zhu Taishou think? ”

"Go with the flow." Zhu Ming was ambiguous.

Reaching 40,000 households, it can be Wangzhou.

Fifteen years ago, Fan Chunchun, the son of Fan Zhongyan, when he was the governor of Jinzhou, Cai Jing ordered an inventory of the country's acres and household registration.

Fan Chun is very interesting, deliberately only reported more than 39,000 households, and more than 300 households can make up 40,000. Once he gathers 40,000, Fan's pure dispatch officer grade is equivalent to an upgrade of one level on the spot, but he just doesn't make up the number of households.

Because if it becomes Wangzhou, the burden on the Golden State will be heavier!

Go with the flow?

Elder Su pondered for a moment and probably understood what Zhu Ming meant.

If you want to upgrade Jinzhou to Wangzhou, the household department will send someone to inspect it first. Zhu Ming's attitude is, if you love to be promoted, anyway, Lao Tzu doesn't give bribes, and there is no way to take the opportunity to make money!

If you don't bribe household officials, you can't be promoted.

How barren is the Golden State? Combined, the official figure for the five counties is less than 40,000.

On the Yangzhou side, there are only three counties, but there are more than 45,000 registered households.

Zhu Ming asked again: "In addition to the strike of Huashigang, what else is important in Jinzhou?" ”

Elder Su said vaguely: "Cheng Zhen, the envoy of Changping on Jingnan Road, is a student Jinshi appointed by the official family, and he only took office in Xiangyang last year, and it is difficult to control the public without roots and feet. Jinzhou promoted Chang Ping to be a public official, and Li Daochong was concurrently appointed by the general judge. Li Daochong, Cai Dang also. Taishou can send his personal entourage to Hengkou Town to inquire about one or two. ”

"Thanks for the reminder!" Zhu Ming vaguely had a clue.

Song Huizong assigned the mine supervisor to the management of the Changping Division, and the promotion of Changping envoy became an important position, and the traitors naturally rushed to install their own people.

Cheng Zhen belonged to the imperial party and only listened to the emperor's words. (Later, he became the prince's teacher, and served as the secretary of the criminal department during the Jingkang period, but due to the lack of gold and silver, he was killed by the Jin soldiers.) ）

This old man is known for his knowledge and lack of means to do things. He was thrown by the emperor to be a Changping envoy, but the local officials were not very obedient, and the gold mines in Jinzhou were controlled by the Cai Party.

Half-drunk, Elder Su got up to say goodbye, and Zhu Ming sent him to the door of the hotel.

Following.

The official ship went down the Han River, and Zhu Ming got off the boat halfway, took Li Bao, Zhang Bo and Yang Pu, and pretended to be a traveler to go north over the mountain.

Bai Sheng, Liu Shiren, Liu Kui and others escorted Zheng Yuanyi to continue south, pretending that Zhu Ming was still on the boat.

The county seat of Hanyin in the Song Dynasty was built on the bank of the Han River, and Zheng Yuanyi took a boat to take that road.

The county seat of Hanyin in later generations was built on the bank of the Yue River.

Moon River, Heng River (Ganges), golden sand everywhere!

A few days later, Zhu Ming bypassed Maling Pass and came to the south bank of the Yuehe River, gnawing dry food all the way to satisfy his hunger.

After two days of resumption, it suddenly became clear that there were vast valleys on both sides of the Moon River that could be cultivated.

In the afternoon, Zhu Ming found a village, planning to spend money to buy some dry food for supplies.

"Something isn't right here." Li Bao said.

Zhu Ming's face was ugly: "Of course something is wrong, it is spring ploughing, but there are few farmers in the fields, which does not match the number of houses nearby." ”

Zhang Bo said: "Do you want to go into the village and ask?" ”

Zhu Ming shook his head: "Go to the river and you'll know." ”

The four of them continued along the riverbank, and soon found a large number of peasants panning for golden sand, and an archer patrolling.

"What are you doing? Don't go near the riverbank, get out of here! The archer scolded.

Zhu Ming didn't look again, but walked towards the village.

When a farmer was digging a field with a hoe, Zhu Ming asked, "Can't you rent a ploughing cow?" Even if there is no ploughing oxen, you can also drag the plough by manpower, why use a hoe to plough the field? ”

The peasant did not speak and continued to wield his hoe.

Zhu Ming took off his shoes and socks, pulled up the hem of his clothes and trouser legs, went down to the field and came to the farmer, took out a silver coin, and said, "Give me a hoe to try." ”

The peasant was stunned, couldn't resist the temptation, took the money and put it in his arms, and handed the hoe to Zhu Ming in a daze.

Zhu Ming waved his hoe to dig the field and asked, "How do you use a hoe to turn the field?" ”

The peasant stood still, not knowing what to do, and replied: "The cattle in the village are tired to death, and there are not enough people in the family to drag the plows." ”

"Do you go to pan for gold in the spring ploughing season?" Zhu Ming asked again.

The peasants looked at Zhu Ming, and then looked back at Zhang Bo, Li Bao, and Yang Pu, as if they were a little afraid to tell the truth.

Zhu Ming took out another silver coin and said with a smile: "I am a merchant who came from other places to collect herbs, and I don't deal with the government. ”

After the peasant took the money, he hesitated and said in a low voice: "The official messenger of Hengkou (Hengkou) town asked the villagers to go to pan for gold, and they will not stop in winter or spring. The chief also received an errand, and he had to hand over the sand gold every month, and if he didn't pay it, he had to eat the board. ”

"The whole Moon River is like this?" Zhu Ming asked.

The farmer said, "The same is true of Henghe." ”

Zhu Ming asked again: "How much of the gold can you keep?" ”

The peasant said, "They all have to be handed over to the chief of the security department, and the chief of the security department will take them to meet the errands." Every day, there are archers guarding it, and they have to search their bodies when they go ashore, and whoever dares to hide the golden sands will be arrested and put in prison. No gold was kept, no wages were given, only daily rations. ”

This is a slave to the peasants in gold panning!

The Moon River and the Heng River, there are a lot of golden sands, and when the government is the most ruthless, at the same time, 20,000 people are allowed to go down to the river to pan for gold, and even the residents of the county town are driven over.

But that was the time of farming, and the spring ploughing season was also done like this, which had never happened before.

Zhu Ming continued to dig and hoe the fields, asking for more information.

According to the farmers, there is a Hengkou business in Hengkou Town, which specializes in managing the nearby gold and gold mines.

Hengkou affairs are subordinate to the Changping Division, and are managed by the Jinzhou Changping Officer, and this official is concurrently served by the Jinzhou General Judge. Of course, this information is not clear to the peasants, they only know that there is a big official urging.

Yang Pu whispered: "We just watched Xianggong digging the fields? ”

"Don't bother, the husband is in Weifu for a private visit." Zhang Bo said.

Li Bao sighed: "Xianggong is such a good official, I am afraid that there is no second one in the world, even the hoe is used so neatly." ”

"I'd better go to the field." Yang Pu felt very awkward. He regarded Zhu Ming as his master, how could there be a reason why the master was working in the field and the servant was watching from the edge of the field.

Walking to Zhu Ming's side, Yang Pu said: "Xianggong rests, let me come." ”

Zhu Ming handed the hoe to Yang Pu and pulled the farmer to the ridge to continue chatting.

That night, he stayed at this farmer's house, and he also baked some multigrain cakes to make dry food.

The next day, I continued to move forward and found that everything along the Moon River was about the same. This is a rare suitable area for agriculture in the whole Golden State, but spring plowing has been seriously delayed because of gold panning.

Zhu Ming was so angry that he couldn't even wait to go to Jinzhou City to take office, and directly led people to rush into the town's Hengkou affairs.

The field affairs yamen in the town was actually built in a magnificent manner, and Zhu Ming was even more angry when he saw it.

"Idlers stop!" There are also messengers guarding the gate.

Zhu Ming showed his official card: "The governor of Jinzhou is here to call out the official of Hengkou affairs!" ”

Recognizing the official card, the officer was so frightened that he turned around and ran.

Soon, a civil official appeared with his entourage and bowed and said: "Hengkou is responsible for official affairs, and I have seen Taishou in person." ”

Zhu Ming scolded: "Gather all the public officials in the town and let them go to Sili and Eight Townships to give an order, immediately stop all gold mining activities, and resume spring plowing on both sides of the Yue River and Heng River!" ”

Ren Chong was embarrassed: "Taishou, this is an errand arranged by Li Daju." ”

Zhu Ming said: "Since he is also sent by Jinzhou Changping on official business, I can't control how to mine gold, but he can't delay spring ploughing." If the spring ploughing is delayed, I can take care of it, this is Zhizhou's duty! ”

Ren Chong still didn't want to listen to the greeting, so he shrunk his neck and said, "Why don't Taishou go and discuss with Li Daju first?" ”

"The spring ploughing season is so precious, if you delay it for a day, the grain production will be reduced," Zhu Ming was furious, "Grandpa discussed with him, he was in charge of the money, and I was in charge of the people." moved my people, and so did the king of heaven. ”

Ren Chong cried with a sad face: "Taishou, the lower officials really don't dare." ”

"Disobedient, huh?" Zhu Ming shouted, "This person is in charge of field affairs, and it is not good to manage field affairs, but he violates the rules and oversteps his authority to serve the people." This sin is also one! Don't listen to the orders and don't change your mistakes, this crime is two! Maybe there is also the crime of greed, which must be arrested and interrogated. Come on, arrest this guy! ”

Along the way, Zhang Bo and Li Bao also looked angry, and immediately rushed up to catch them when they heard the words.

Ren Chong shouted in panic: "Tanhualang, I am also a Jinshi, I am in the same department as Tanhualang!" We are in the same family, and we have a friendship of the same year......"

Zhu Ming grabbed the placket of this person's clothes: "Since they are fellow scholars, they have participated in the Wenxi banquet together." At the Wenxi banquet, even the official family dared to contradict it, what kind of thing is it? Yang Pu, you are here to take care of this person. Whoever dares to let him go, he will be cut directly. ”

"Command!" Yang Pu held his head high.

Zhu Ming summoned the rest of the errands, took Zhang Bo and Li Bao, and set off on a small boat in Hengkou.

Along the way, he met gold diggers and ordered them to go home and farm. The archers in charge of patrolling were also sent to deliver the message that all the peasants must stop panning for gold.

The peasants were a little dazed, and stood on the shore with their sieves, fearing that they would be retaliated against in a few days when they returned home.

Zhu Ming shouted: "Don't be afraid, I'm the new Jinzhou Governor Zhu Ming." In the entire five counties of Golden State, my official is the largest. In the future, whoever dares to make you pan for gold during the busy agricultural season, you will go to the Jinzhou Prefecture to complain. I will support you and ensure that you do not delay the agricultural time! ”

The peasants looked at each other, and suddenly someone knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhu Ming said again: "I heard that corn and sweet potatoes have also been spread here. The seeds of the corn and sweet potatoes were brought back by my father from overseas. As long as this official is in Golden State for a day, he will not leave you alone! ”

Hearing this, the peasants respected it even more, and when they got the sweet potatoes and corn, they already knew that there was a Yuan Zhanggong in Xixiang.

In front of him was Lang Jun of the Yuanzhang family!

The peasants left with a thousand thanks, and some of them had already walked away, and turned to kowtow to Zhu Ming.

And Zhu Ming did not go to Jinzhou City for the time being, and took a small boat to explore along the river to make sure that all the farmers had gone home to farm.

(In the previous chapter, the brain was pumped, Shiquan County is a lower county, not a middle county.) ）

(In addition, Song Sheng painted the wall with human ashes, which is indeed not recorded in the official history.) It was first seen in Ye Mengde's miscellaneous books, and later recorded in the two classics of Buddhism and Taoism. Maybe the truth isn't so outrageous, but most of them have done something similar. Because Ye Mengde himself is Cai Dang, and he also served as the prime minister under Zhao Gou. Ye Mengde wrote clearly in the book that when Song Sheng was digging graves and taking bones, he was the prefect of Xuchang and was asked by Song Sheng to supply various materials. ）

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