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Another clan elder asked, "Is it possible to go to middle school with money?"

Fei Yinghuan nodded and said: "Yes, you can study if you give money. But if you don't go to elementary school and go directly to middle school, I'm afraid you won't be able to pass the graduation exam. "Mathematics" and "Geometry" have been added. It is difficult to learn from the shallower to the deeper."

It's amazing. I was talking about it for a long time before, and now I suddenly turn to how to be an official.

It seems that the land property has become a thing outside of the body, and they want to use this shareholder style to train a large number of Fei's children to be officials in the new dynasty.

Fei Yinghuan reminded: "Fei's style of study is worrying. I suggest that all elders send their children and grandchildren to Ji'an to study directly, and don't give them too much money. It is so far away from home, and the school is not allowed to bring book boys. After a few years, they will be born. A batch of thousand-mile horses."

"So, I will send a few grandchildren there after the Chinese New Year." Immediately, a clan elder made a decision.

"Going together, going together, it's good to have a care."

"Are there any primary and secondary schools in Nanchang Prefecture? Nanchang is closer, so it's convenient to go home."

"..."

Not only the Fei family of Qianshan was like this, when Zhao Han expanded his troops and swept Jiangxi, the big families in all prefectures and counties were doing this.

Adult children are sent to observe politics for internships, and they don't get paid to help with things, just hoping to become formal officials as soon as possible.Underage children are sent to elementary and middle schools to study. Next year, a large number of students will definitely sign up, and some wealthy families even donate money to the government to run schools.

Many of these aristocratic families are passed down from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and have experienced the rise and fall of many dynasties.When they found that they couldn't keep the land and at the same time they couldn't fight against Zhao Han, they immediately chose to follow the rules and hitch a ride.

There was a wealthy businessman in Jiujiang who directly donated 1 taels of silver to Zhao Han, and there was only one request: when adding a middle school next time, Jiujiang Fucheng must be given priority.

After returning home, Fei Yuanlu called his grandson: "Zhao Han is Luling Zhao Yan, you go to Ji'an Mansion immediately, and do whatever he asks you to do!"

There was a catastrophe in the south of the Yangtze River, Fei Ruyi ran back last year.

Although exotic clothes are not allowed in the family, his clothes are still very fancy.Hearing this, Fei Ruyi suddenly became happy: "Haha, brother Han has rebelled, no wonder he has a high status when he was young. Don't worry, grandpa, grandson will go to Ji'an after the Chinese New Year."

As for the immortal Fei Yuanyi, he had a whim and called his son to whisper: "You said that Fei Chun handles money and food like a crane handles military affairs. Can Zhao Han be abolished?"

Fei Yinghuan was dumbfounded: "Father, do you really think that the Fei family is living too well? Even if Zhao Han is killed, who can control his civil and martial arts? If it is found out that the Fei family ordered it, none of the Fei family's children will live. Even the soldiers under Ruhe's command will kill Ruhe before killing the Fei family!"

"This person has such prestige?" Fei Yuanyi asked in shock.

Fei Yinghuan said: "Once Zhao Han dies, his soldiers will all come from poor backgrounds, and there will be no one who hates the rich. At that time, they will go crazy, and no one can control it. They will kill all the gentry in Jiangxi until their blood flows like rivers!"

Fei Yuanyi was so frightened that he trembled all over, and he didn't dare to discuss this matter again.

As Fei Yinghuan said, although Jiangxi gentry hated Zhao Han, most of them hoped that Zhao Han would live a long life.

The power of the peasant association is too terrible. Recently, some new land occupations, some unscrupulous people, under the banner of the peasant association, rushed into the houses of big families in groups.Revenge for injustice, revenge for vengeance, direct robbery and plunder without vengeance.

The senior officials of the General Military Mansion were extremely angry, and issued a death order to control the situation, and those who took the lead in making trouble must be severely punished.

This kind of thing happened even if Zhao Han was not dead. If Zhao Han had an accident one day, who would be able to stop it?There is no need for the soldiers under his command to kill indiscriminately, and many people will settle accounts with the landlords!

Zhao Han must not die, this is the consensus of Jiangxi gentry.

Chapter 235 [Evil Animal]

Guangxin Mansion is a large mansion, and the prefectural government is Shangrao County, and it also has six counties under its jurisdiction: Yushan, Yongfeng, Qianshan, Xing'an, Yiyang, and Guixi.

The prefect Xie Lijing did not sit in the prefectural city, but took the initiative to attack with Xiangyong.

Along the way, the magistrates and gentry were asked to recruit soldiers, but unfortunately, the brave men who were recruited during the day ran away secretly at night.After Xiangyong barely passed a thousand, the news of the rebels came, and in an instant, only a few hundred remained.

Yiyang city head.

Xie Lijing looked at the rebels outside the city, and at the few dozen Xiangyong left around him.He only has these dozens of township braves available, the Yamen servants in Yiyang County have all escaped, and the county magistrate probably slipped back to his hometown, and no one is willing to accompany the magistrate to guard the city.

"Kaicheng surrender."

Xie Lijing's choice was very miraculous. He asked several Xiangyongs to open the city gate, and he led others to maintain law and order. At the same time, he took good care of the county government's treasury and documents.

When Xiao Zongxian led them into the city, he learned that the magistrate of Yiyang had escaped, and that the magistrate of Guangxin was in charge here, so he immediately came to pay a visit: "Thank you, old man, for maintaining law and order and protecting the county government!"

But Xie Lijing said: "It's not like I don't know how to be a thief in the matter of eating the king's salary and being loyal to the king. It's okay to kill me or tie me up, it's up to you."

"I won't kill you or tie you up, you are a good official." Xiao Zongxian said.

Xie Lijing responded with a sneer and stopped talking.

Xiao Zongxian felt a little embarrassed, so of course he took good care of him and went to deal with business.

Three days later, Xiao Zong seemed to have received the news, and he knew that Xie Lijing had the will to die, and he hadn't eaten a drop of water or eaten a grain of rice in these three days.

Xiao Zongxian hurried over, but seeing the other party's haggard appearance, he sighed, "Old Mister, why bother?"

Xie Lijing didn't speak.

Xiao Zong said angrily: "If you don't eat anymore, when I capture Fucheng, I will definitely start killing people."

Xie Lijing finally spoke out, his voice hoarse: "You won't."

"I'm stubborn," Xiao Zongxian shouted, "Come here, forcefully feed me porridge. After you're full, cover your mouth, tie up your hands and feet, don't let him commit suicide, and send him back to Ji'an to be dealt with by the general town!"

"Zhu Zier dare... um..."

After three days of starvation, Xie Lijing had no strength left. He was held down by two soldiers and his mouth was forcibly opened.

He was force-fed cold porridge, some porridge sprayed from his mouth, some porridge was choked out from his nostrils, and his face and neck were covered with porridge water and rice grains.

Xiao Zong was too lazy to take care of it anymore, before the New Year, he had to occupy the entire Guangxin Mansion, this was a death order issued by the Military Academy.

Leaving a small amount of auxiliary troops transporting grain to garrison Yiyang, Xiao Zongxian immediately divided his troops.He led the main force to the east, all the way to occupy Xing'an and Shangrao (Guangxin Fucheng), and then divided his troops to occupy Yushan and Yongfeng.Another division was sent to occupy the lead mountain.

Xing'an County originally belonged to the boundary of Yiyang County. During the Jiajing period, it was established as a separate county because of its rich porcelain production.

One can imagine how popular the porcelain here is.

The porcelain kilns here are collectively called Hengfeng Kilns. During the Republic of China, the name of the county was simply changed, and the name of the kiln was directly called Hengfeng County.

After winning the Guangxin Mansion, Zhao Han's financial income will rise to a higher level.

Xing'an County is rich in porcelain, and the next counties of Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Qianshan have a prosperous paper industry.

In terms of market size alone, in the mid-Ming Dynasty, the combined number of paper mills in Qianshan, Yongfeng, and Shangrao counties was only one-fifth of that in Yushan County.

However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qianshan County came from behind and had a tendency to overtake Yushan County.

Why is this happening?

Because civil servants and eunuchs were tossing about, a large number of parasites were raised, and the court could not collect taxes normally.

Including the Fei family's paper mill, all of them are "private troughs", and the government can make whatever they want.As for the official slot, in addition to the official paper mill established by the imperial court, other official slot licenses will also be issued.

Only by bribing civil officials and making friends with eunuchs can merchants obtain official licenses. This kind of merchants is commonly known as "lantou".

They have a papermaking license issued by the government, but they do not make paper themselves.Instead, they accept orders from the imperial court and local governments, forcefully buy paper from private paper mills, and often credit and lower prices, hoard paper, and manipulate the market.

The private paper mills in Shangrao and Yushan counties were the worst, with a large number of bankruptcies. Qianshan County is farther away, so it has developed a large number of paper industries.

It's just that the tentacles of "leading the head" had extended to Qianshan by the end of Ming Dynasty, and the papermakers in Qianshan were also made miserable.

Zhang Yinggao, the former magistrate of Guangxin, received strong support from the gentry in several counties because of the abolition of this phenomenon in Shangshu, and he was able to recruit and train thousands of village braves.

After Zhang Yinggao was defeated and committed suicide, the "leaders" revived, and no one could stop them!

Zhao Han is clear about the situation here, so he has already given instructions.

After Xiao Zongxian took down Fucheng, he immediately arrested the "Lantou" and ransacked the homes of all the vampires entrenched in the heads of merchants.

This move was so satisfying that all the paper merchants in the four counties of Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Qianshan became Zhao Han's loyal loyalists.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Zongxian promulgated another decree. From now on, when the government buys paper, it will no longer set up a "leader", and each family only needs to keep a part to sell to the government.

These paper makers really have no shortage of orders from the government, because the orders from Jiangnan have already made Guangxin paper in short supply.

As the Chinese New Year approached, paper merchants from four counties gathered in Guangxin Mansion, including many merchants from Fei's family, and unexpectedly sent Xiao Zongxian a Wanmin Umbrella.

At the same time, these merchants joined hands to divide the land.

The counties in Guangxin Prefecture are all mountainous and have little land, so food income is nothing.As long as Zhao Han doesn't mess with the paper industry and helps them eliminate the "leaders", these merchants can donate all their land.

As for the many tea mountains, Zhao Han has formulated a policy to distribute the land for free and the tea trees for a fee.

Each tea tree is worth two taels of silver, and the government pays to buy it.After the land is distributed to tea farmers and tenants, the tea farmers and tenants pay in installments every year and slowly return the money to the government.

Landlords who are forced to disperse the tea mountains will automatically obtain a tea sales license and enjoy tax incentives within ten years.

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Henglin, Fei's ancestral home.

Hu Dinggui did not continue to do the history of Nanchang County Classics. After the expansion of the army, he can already command 500 troops.

Bringing a partial teacher to Qianshan, Hu Dinggui didn't capture the county seat, but ran directly to the Fei family's ancestral house to make trouble.

"Old man, it's bad, the rebels have surrounded our house!"

Fei Yuanzhen had been awake for half a month, terrified and in a trance all day long, feeling that he was doomed.

He guessed right.

In a town, one evil gentry must be selected to ransack the house to vent the grievances of the peasants.

In Hekou Town, Zhao Han personally confirmed Fei Yuanzhen's family!As for the other branches of the Fei family, there are too many people to divide the family, and they are not allowed to cause trouble except for the division of fields.

Fei Yuanzhen asked his servant to tie the rope for him, and said, "Only when I die, will the Zhao family let the Fei family go."

The house slave wanted to dissuade him, but when he heard this, he immediately helped tie the rope and helped Fei Yuanzhen onto the stool.

Fei Yuanzhen trembled and hung his neck on the rope.

Suddenly the old man burst into tears, he was really afraid of death, he hadn't lived enough.Standing on the stool, hesitating for a long time, still unable to let go of his heart, always thinking that he can take another look at the situation.

But the confidant house slave couldn't wait any longer, because the rebels had already broken into the door, so they stretched out their feet and kicked the stool away.

"Ah!"

The stool fell to the ground, Fei Yuanzhen successfully hanged himself, his legs kept struggling and kicking.

When Fei Yuanzhen stopped moving, his confidant servant suddenly cried out in mourning: "The old man hanged himself, the old man hanged himself, wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooish

Hu Dinggui led his troops to break in, and when he saw the corpse swinging on the swing, he curled his lips and said, "Everyone who lives in this house will be arrested by the master for a public trial. The house slaves will be screened, and those who commit crimes will be judged publicly, and those who have no crimes will be given the land." !"

Goose Lake Fee House.

When Fei Yuanyi heard that Fei Yuanzhen's house had been ransacked, and that Fei Yuanzhen himself was dead, he was so frightened that his whole body became cold, and he hid in the inner house and dared not come out to see anyone.

The second and third children of this family, namely Fei Yinghuan's two younger brothers, danced happily.

Haha, they can divide the family property now.

It doesn't matter if the land is confiscated, Ehu Fei's still has many shops, and there are several paper mills down the mountain.

When the members of the peasant association arrived, the brothers greeted them warmly.They even took their wives and children, went out to bow to the west, and shouted: "Long live Mr. Zhao, long live Brother Han!" Then they stood up and said, "Masters of the peasant association, let's divide the family and analyze the property first. The land can't be lost. What? Any time is fine!"

At this moment, Fei Yinghuan had already left early, and he was going to Ji'an Mansion to celebrate the New Year with his wife.

Otherwise, Fei Yinghuan would definitely be so angry that he would beat up his two younger brothers.

Fei Yuanyi was originally hiding in the inner house, but when he heard about this, he immediately picked up his crutches and rushed out: "I'll beat you two unfilial sons to death!"

The second child, Fei Yingqi, quickly dodged and ran to the peasant association to hide.

The third son, Fei Yingke, was not afraid, and said eloquently, "Father, don't do this. It is the rule set by Mr. Zhao to divide the family and property. Mr. Zhao is your grandson-in-law, how can father take the lead and disobey the order?"

Fei Yingqi also chimed in and said, "Third brother is right. Brother Han is the one who will be the emperor. He has his own rules and regulations, and we all should follow his rules. Brother Han said that the big family will Separating the family and distributing property, is it true that father still wants to make Brother Han go against him?"

Fei Yingke said to the staff of the peasant association: "Masters of the peasant association, please enter the house, and I will take you to count the property immediately."

"Yes, yes, please come in, masters of the peasant association!" Fei Yingqi was also enthusiastic, and regarded the peasant association as the Buddha and Bodhisattva who saved them.

If the family is not separated, although the family property is everyone's property, Fei Yinghuan has the final say on everything, and the two of them are just raised fish.

Fei Yingqi rolled his eyes, ran into the house suddenly, and shouted along the way: "Brother Han has become the king of Jiangxi, and he wants to divide the land for the slaves of the whole world. From now on, you are free, and you will no longer be slaves to others." Come out and divide the fields!"

Fei Yingke also rushed into her inner house and asked his wife to release the slaves as soon as possible. They are now very supportive of Zhao Han's policy.

The members of the peasant association looked at each other in blank dismay. They already knew that this was the home of General Zhao Er and his wife's natal home.It's just that this family is really... hard to describe.

"Naughty animal, evil animal!"

Fei Yuanyi beat and scolded on crutches, then knelt on the ground, crying loudly while reciting his ancestors.

Chapter 236 [Story of an Old Man]

Fei's family slaves rushed to tell each other, no matter whether it was the maid or the young servant, they all put down their work and came to wait.

They had heard the rumors a long time ago, but they still couldn't believe it.