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The two chatted more and more harmoniously, and Zhang Yinggao invited Fei Yinghuan to a banquet.

Although there is wine and meat, it is not extravagant and extravagant. Fei Yinghuan admires his honesty even more.

In comparison, Fei Yinghuan is really a corrupt official, he made a lot of money in his job, and he also likes to enjoy extravagance.

The next day, Fei Yinghuan returned home by boat, and Mo Xiang, who followed beside him, held a two-year-old child in her arms.

Well, Fei Yinghuan has another son, named Fei Rugao.

On his way home this time, he also wanted to give Mo Xiang the title of mother and child, formally accepting Mo Xiang as a concubine, and naming the youngest son on the genealogy.

Lou will not object, and has already promised Mo Xiang to take a concubine.

When Fei Yinghuan returned home this time, the battle became even bigger, after all, he is the prefect now.Mr. Fei ordered the whole family to go out and let the second and third sons go directly to the pier to greet them. There were more than 200 people in the team. Except for the servants who chopped wood and lit the fire, and the big maid next to the master, the rest of the servants went to the pier.

After talking with his parents and brothers for a long time, it was not until evening that Fei Yinghuan had time to discuss business with his wife.

Mo Xiang handed her son over to the nanny, and she seemed to have turned into a maid again, serving Lou's side respectfully.

Mrs. Lou didn't treat her harshly either, she just smiled and asked Mo Xiang to sit down, and even called her younger sister affectionately.The wives and concubines are harmonious, and the scenes are beautiful, but they are all trained by Lou.

After Fei Yinghuan came in, he immediately dismissed the maid and sent Mo Xiang away.

Only the husband and wife were left in the room. Fei Yinghuan suddenly looked serious and asked, "I urged you to send Ru Lan to Huzhou to get married many times in the letter. Why do you keep refusing?"

Lou smiled and said, "Husband, Rulan is married, and the letter said she is pregnant."

"Who is the husband?" Fei Yinghuan was very upset. As a father, he didn't even know who his daughter was marrying.

"The one you brought home." Lou replied.

"Zhao Han?" Fei Yinghuan asked confusedly, "Hasn't he been disqualified?"

The matter about Zhao Han also made Fei Yinghuan very upset, but after all, it was his own father who did it, and he couldn't just cause a fight between father and son just because of an outsider.

"Ugh!"

Mrs. Lou sighed, "Does your husband know about the Luling Zhao thief?"

Fei Yinghuan nodded and said, "Of course I heard that this thief has occupied three prefectures and fifteen counties."

Lou corrected: "There are no three prefectures and fifteen counties, only two prefectures and eight counties. The rest of the rebels just respect his name and are not in his gang."

"How do you know so clearly?" Fei Yinghuan asked doubtfully.

Lou smiled and said, "The Luling Zhao thief is Zhao Han."

"what?"

Fei Yinghuan jumped up in shock: "How is it possible, he is only (false age)!"

Lou put away her smile, and said with a straight face: "It's really him."

Fei Yinghuan was in a daze. After a long pause, he said angrily, "This guy has become a traitor, why did you marry your daughter to him?"

Lou sighed, "It's not that you raised a good son."

"Ruhe?"

Fei Yinghuan suddenly felt great fear, his eyes widened and he said, "Wouldn't Ruhe be a thief too?"

Mrs. Lou said: "Zhao Yaonian, the number one general under the Zhao bandits in Luling, is your good son Ruhe."

"boom!"

Fei Yinghuan suddenly slumped on the top chair, as if his soul had been emptied, and he completely lost the ability to think in a daze.

"Husband, husband!"

After a long time, Fei Yinghuan was woken up by his wife. He gritted his teeth and said dryly, "They have done a great job. This is to make the Lou family exterminate!"

Lou said: "Since your son's rebellion, I have been reading the Tang newspaper every month. I feel that this Ming Dynasty must be over. Zhao Han and Ruhe may not be able to succeed. Even Ji Shui and Li Mengan have already left Thieves. And the prefect of Yuanzhou has also become a thief this year. Jiangxi officers and soldiers are not their opponents at all."

"Let me think quietly."

Fei Yinghuan gradually recovered his sanity and began to think seriously. His son had already rebelled, so he had to think about the pros and cons.

He is the adoptive father of the anti-thief leader, even if he is not the real adoptive father, he will definitely be confirmed in the future.His son is Jiangxi's No. [-] rebel.His daughter, who is married to the rebel leader, appears to be pregnant.

What's the difference between this and his own rebellion?

Suddenly, Fei Yinghuan's breathing became a little short of breath. He was a little excited at the same time as he was afraid.

If Zhao Han can really succeed, isn't he the head of the country?

His son was at least the founding minister!

Don't think like this, don't think like this, Fei Yinghuan told himself to be loyal to the emperor.

But the more he thinks about it, the more he can't stop, because the reality is already like this, he can no longer be loyal to the emperor, he can only rebel against the thief!

Mrs. Lou suddenly said, "Your fourth younger brother is also in Brother Han's army. Fei Chun is in charge of money and food affairs. Fei Yuanjian from Henglin is now the magistrate of the anti-thief county. Even Fei Yuanjian's book boy is dead. It's brother Han's secretary, equivalent to the court's Zhongshu Sheren."

Fei Yinghuan was already numb to hearing this, and said with a wry smile, "The Fei family really has a lot of talents."

"My husband has to make a decision." Lou reminded.

After serious thinking, Fei Yinghuan said, "I'll go to Ji'an Mansion first, how can I explain the specific situation clearly in the letter?"

The husband and wife were reunited, and after a few days of being tired, the status of Mo Xiang's mother and child was settled, and Fei Yinghuan took Wei Jianxiong to set off.

The youngest son stayed at home, and Mo Xiang and a maid followed him to take care of him.

Taking advantage of this time, Wei Jianxiong went to have a tryst with his old lover, and he had a very pleasant time.

On board, in the cabin.

Fei Yinghuan asked: "Jianxiong, do you think the imperial court can still be saved?"

"I don't know," Wei Jianxiong said, "If the Northwest Bandits can't be wiped out, the imperial court won't be able to get better."

The people who bear the heaviest burden are not Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Jiangxi, but the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River!According to Zhang Juzheng's statistics during the reform period, the land taxes in Nanzhili and Zhejiang together accounted for one-third of the country's land taxes.

Of course, when it comes to the taxes that need to be paid per mu, Guizhou ranks first, Sichuan ranks second, Yunnan ranks third, and Nanzhili ranks fourth.

The stability of Nanzhili has always been due to the development of industry and commerce.

As for Yunguichuan, there have been constant uprisings.

The reason why there are thieves in Shanxi and Shaanxi is purely because of the severe drought for several consecutive years, and at the same time, the agricultural yield per mu is very low.

Anyway, after staying in the south of the Yangtze River for several years, Wei Jianxiong saw that the people were miserable.

Fei Yinghuan walked out of the cabin, staring at the scenery on both sides of the strait in a daze. He never dreamed of getting involved with the rebellion.

Chapter 172 [What I See and Hear]

Nanchang added Chaoguan, which was set up by the governor and chief secretary of Jiangxi without the permission of the imperial court.

Of course, the name is to raise money to suppress bandits, but I don't know where the money is raised.

Ding Kuichu stood on the tower of Nanchang city, patrolling the city defense in a false appearance, but in fact he felt extremely miserable.He is the newly-appointed Jiangxi Zuobu Political Envoy. It seems that he has been promoted to a higher level, but in fact he has been cut off from his fortune.

This guy was originally the right servant of the Ministry of War. After Governor Fu Zonglong of Jiliao was dismissed from office, he was also in charge of the affairs of Governor Jiliao.

Acting governor of Jiliao, what the hell is being thrown to Jiangxi to be the chief envoy?

Although this position is a high-risk position, I accidentally followed Yuan Chonghuan away.But high risk means high return, and the money is rolling in, and it can't be spent in ten lifetimes.

How much money has Ding Kuichu made in history?

After the Qing soldiers went south, this guy used the warships of the Southern Ming court to transport away more than 20 taels of gold and more than 200 million taels of silver.Seventeen maids were also sent to serve the officers in charge of transporting silver day and night.After the defeat in Haikou, Qu Shixu donated 5000 taels to help recruit soldiers, and asked Ding Kuichu to donate some, but Ding Kuichu didn't give out a penny.

In the end, he was captured by Li Chengdong, a general of the Qing army, and Ding Kuichu wanted to surrender.But with so much money in his hand, how could Li Chengdong be willing to let him surrender?The whole family was killed immediately, and the property disappeared.

Ding Kui and the governor of Chu, Ji Liao, even dared to be greedy, but he was facing the tartars directly. Jiangxi's rebels are nothing!

On the eighth day after arriving in Nanchang, Ding Kuichu set up a banknote gate to collect customs duties from ships passing by.Of course Li Maofang was willing to cooperate, and the two put aside their factional disputes and quickly hooked up together.

As for Yang Jiamo, the chief soldier, he was completely ignored by them. What is a general, if he wants money, he will grab it himself.

The passenger ship Fei Yinghuan was on was stuck two miles south of Nanchang City, and he was slowly queuing up to pay taxes and pass the customs.

"Why do you have to charge so much tariffs? This business can't be done!"

"Jiujiang will be conscripted once, and Nanchang will be conscripted again. After running this time, I will not go to Ganzhou, and I will go to Hekou in the future."

"I've seen eunuchs set cards, I've seen vassals set cards, I've been in business for 20 years, and this is the first time I've encountered governors and chief envoys set cards!"

"The second master of my family is also an official in the court, and he must impeach these two bastards!"

"These two stupid officials are not even as good as the rebels. The rebels in Linjiang Mansion and Ji'an Mansion don't set up cards, and only charge the berth tax at the dock."

"..."

Fei Yinghuan stood on the deck, and the voices of discussion could be heard from time to time, and the businessmen were all blown up.

It is outrageous that civil servants secretly set up banknotes. Fei Yinghuan thinks he is not so bold.

This tax money is earned very quickly, some are thirty one, some twenty one, and some ten one.There is an official banknote pass in Jiujiang, and now there is another banknote pass in Nanchang. Merchant ships coming in from the Yangtze River basically have no profit at all once they pass through the two banknote checkpoints.

Even at a loss!

Fei Yinghuan felt that Jiangxi was doomed. If Zhao Han could not be wiped out quickly, this way of doing things would make life difficult for the people.

It's true that the people are living in dire straits, and Zhao Han also has a very headache.

Jiangxi itself does not produce salt, Guangyan was cut off by the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Huaiyan had to go through two bills.Now the salt price in Linjiang Mansion and Ji'an Mansion has doubled compared to last year. This is due to the General Military Mansion subsidizing and ordering the salt merchants not to raise the price indiscriminately, otherwise the salt price may increase by three or five times.

Zhao Han's finances are almost exhausted, and he is looking to buy private salt from Huguang, and transport it via Sweeping King's territory.

After waiting for half a day, Fei Yinghuan finally passed.

After a short walk, I saw hundreds of cavalry standing in a long line, stupidly standing on the river beach.

Jiangxi General Soldier Yang Jiamo looked at the endless paddy fields and wanted to cry.He brought hundreds of family members to the post, all armored cavalry, led the troops out today to familiarize themselves with the terrain, so they had to dismount and lead them all the way.

Either paddy fields or mountains, let alone cavalry charges, it is impossible to even form an array.

When Li Maofang and Li Ruolian fled on horseback, the journey was less than two hundred miles, but it took them ten days to ride.Zhao Han caught several generals fleeing on horseback at that time. The reason is simple. Some horseshoes stepped into the paddy field and could not be pulled out, and some accidentally fell down while galloping on the ridge of the field.

"Ugh!"

Yang Jiamo shot into the mud, feeling like a tiger in a cage, unable to use all his strength.He would rather fight rogues in the north than come here to fight rebels, and most of his hundreds of family members are useless.

Fei Yinghuan looked at the cavalrymen and couldn't help laughing.

Wei Jianxiong said: "The cavalry is still useful. In the decisive battle, they are transported to the vicinity of the battlefield by boat. If there are not many paddy fields, they can take the opportunity to charge. Jiangxi soldiers who have never seen cavalry will definitely collapse."

"Using cavalry in Jiangxi, the terrain is too harsh." Fei Yinghuan shook his head repeatedly.

The passenger ship arrived at Linjiang Mansion in a blink of an eye, and Fei Yinghuan was very surprised. The city was still prosperous, and it didn't look like it was occupied by rebels at all.

When they came to a restaurant, the waiter hurriedly greeted him, "What would you like to eat?"

"Come here for a few special dishes, no alcohol." Fei Yinghuan came here for inspection, and he didn't want to expose himself, and he was afraid that drinking would cause trouble.

The food was served, and just after two mouthfuls, a beggar appeared in front of the restaurant.

It is said to be a beggar, but it does not look like it, because the clothes are not tattered.Said to be a beggar monk, but he didn't wear a monk's robe, but had a big bald head.

Suddenly, a guard appeared, caught the bald beggar and left.

Fei Yinghuan was amazed, so he called the shop assistant and asked, "Are those monks? Why were they arrested by the officials?"

The store clerk smiled and said, "That's a fake monk who didn't have a certificate. After Zhao Zongzhen took down Linjiang Mansion, he saw that there were too many temples inside and outside the city, so he sent someone to clean up the certificate. Guess what? More than 1000 fake monks were arrested. There are only more than 30 monks and fake Taoists who are real monks. Those temples are now distributed to the poor, and the largest temple has been converted into a nursing home."

Fei Yinghuan asked curiously: "The expelled fake Taoist priests and fake monks can't even beg for food?"

The shop clerk replied: "You can ask for alms, but you must have a certificate, otherwise you will be regarded as a beggar. Mr. Zhao is not allowed to have beggars under his rule."

"This is so strange," Fei Yinghuan suddenly remembered that he had never seen a beggar when he came from the pier, so he couldn't help asking, "Where have all the beggars gone?"

The store clerk said: "If you have all hands and feet, you can sign up to work. Young people will be sent to apprentices in porcelain kilns and weapons, and older ones will be sent to various construction sites as helpers. If they are too old or physically disabled, they will be sent to work." Sent to the Nursing Home to sew clothes and make shoes for officers and soldiers. Mr. Zhao said that if you work, you will get food, and if you don’t work, you will not eat.”

Fei Yinghuan waved the shop assistant to leave, and sighed: "Brother Han always does things unexpectedly."

Wei Jianxiong joked: "Their brothers and sisters are beggars. They heard that they were bullied by evil beggars. Presumably, they can't tolerate beggars under their rule."

"It's interesting what you said." Fei Yinghuan couldn't help laughing.

By the way, many of the fake Taoist priests cleaned up by Zhao Han switched to fortune-telling.

There are also a small number of people who are not only literate, but also know how to make alchemy, and were arrested to make gunpowder in weapon factories.The recipe process was guided by Song Yingxing, and these Taoist priests learned quickly.

After eating and drinking enough, Fei Yinghuan continued to go out for a stroll, and when he walked to the place towards the west gate, the street suddenly became noisy.