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The gentry dispersed one after another, each with their own ghosts in their hearts.

Some people think that Zhao Han can accomplish things, although they are very dissatisfied with his actions, but he seems to be a hero.So, let all the scholars in the clan go out of the mountain, endure humiliation and bear the burden to be small officials, and even try to join the missionary group.

For this kind of gentry, the tougher your wrist is, the more they will be convinced, and the more they think you can win the world.

Some people also felt that Zhao Han was going against the grain and began to think about an escape plan, slowly transporting away the family's money and food, and then fled to Nanchang with his family.He said to the outside world that he did not follow the thief, but was temporarily dormant, and now he has finally escaped from the thief's den.

Zhao Han had been ambiguous before, but today he opened up, and the gentry made up their minds to stand in line.

Because news has come from the north that the ancestral grave of the old Zhu's family has been dug up, and the Dragon Veins of the Ming Dynasty have been left to be destroyed!

Nowadays, not to mention the court officials, even the local gentry, they all know that the Ming Dynasty is numbered.Of course, they didn't think the Tartars could accomplish anything, and they all thought it was some kind of rebel who could reorganize the country.

The destruction of the Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum dealt a blow to Ming's prestige even more than the siege of Beijing.

Zhao Han asked the civil servants to copy and distribute today's trial process to the officials of the three counties, so that the officials could follow this practice to hear the case.

Fei Yinggong was about to meet Zhao Han, Song Yingxing had already stepped forward, cupped his hands and said: "The chief town has its own rules and regulations, and I am willing to follow it."

"With Mr.'s help, great things can be accomplished." Zhao Han was very happy.

A sensible person like Song Yingxing really doesn't need to be persuaded, just let him observe the administration by himself.His several articles pointed out various key problems of Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Han's administration was to solve these problems!

It can be said that it hit it off.

Song Yingxing in history, after teaching for several years, his family paid for him to buy a genuine eight-rank official.After only working for two years, he resigned and returned to his hometown.Later, he was recommended as the magistrate. Not only was he not greedy, but he donated money to restore the government office and the academy, and he also resigned after working for half a year.The small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty recruited him, but Song Yingxing simply refused.

Song Yingxing had already despaired of Daming, because he had seen it too thoroughly, and he couldn't think of being an official at all.

Zhao Han's actions, in the eyes of others, are counterproductive, but in the eyes of Song Yingxing, they can help the world.In his article on wealth, he repeatedly used words such as "exploitation" and "cutting and cutting", and he deeply hated the exploitation of small people by big households.

Zhao Han did something he didn't dare to do, or even think about!

Zhao Han pulled Song Yingxing to the side and whispered: "You know the method of casting firecrackers, and you know how to make gunpowder. Can you cast birdcracks for me?"

Song Yingxing clasped his hands and said, "Please send troops to the north and quickly occupy Fenyi and Xinyu counties."

"The troops will be dispatched after the spring plowing." Zhao Han readily agreed.

This sounds nonsense, Zhao Han just returned from withdrawing his troops during the Chinese New Year, and now he wants to fight back?

However, if you want to build firearms, you must send troops!

Zhu Yuanzhang set up thirteen ironworks across the country, one in Xinyu and one in Fenyi, all of which were Zhao Han's neighbors.

The combined amount of iron smelting in the two counties accounted for one-fifth of the country's total output during Zhu Yuanzhang's time! (Data from the six years of Hongwu)

The reason why Tian Younian had enough money to train soldiers was not only the landlord, but also the income from iron smelting in Fenyi County.

The Ming Dynasty allowed iron mines to be privately owned. The government-run iron smelters in Fenyi and Xinyu counties have long since existed in name only, and now they are all private iron factories.

"Mr. Zhao, long time no see!" Fei Yinggong greeted with clasped fists, winking and smiling.

Zhao Han also laughed: "So it's fourth uncle, let's cross the river first, we'll talk about it at night if we have something to do."

Back at the General Military Mansion, Fei Yinggong and his daughter were arranged to live in the inner courtyard, and Fei Rulan came forward to entertain them.

Zhao Han immediately sent someone to call Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, Fei Ruhe, and Tian Younian to discuss the matter.

Zhao Han introduced: "This is Mu Geng, who is good at making firearms."

Mu Geng, Song Yingxing's pseudonym, his Song family is a big family in Jiangxi, so he dare not reveal his true identity easily.

Li Banghua immediately said happily: "Can you build a Flang cannon?"

"Slightly understand." Song Yingxing replied.

Zhao Han said: "I want to send troops to occupy Fenyi and Xinyu counties, and seize the iron mines and iron factories there."

"This is an inevitable thing," Li Banghua said, "The firearms are sharp, and they should be built as soon as possible."

Tian Younian said: "If it is appropriate and a new metaphor, Zhangshu Town must be chosen!"

Li Banghua nodded and said: "Zhangshu Town must be taken, otherwise it will be difficult for officers and soldiers to conquer."

Zhangshu Town is not only the distribution center of medicinal materials in the south, but also a very important strategic location.

Officers and soldiers come from the north, and after arriving at Zhangshu Town, they can go west along the Yuan River to Xinyu, Fenyi, and Yichun, and go south along the Ganjiang River to take Jishui and Luling.

As long as Zhangshu Town is occupied, the South Sewer will be blocked.

The officers and soldiers either chose to attack Zhangshu Town, or chose to go overland.On the other hand, when marching on land in Jiangxi, the logistics and logistics would be troublesome. Zhao Han did not care about food and grass in several raids.

Pang Chunlai said: "Our original plan was to take Taihe County and Wan'an County in the south first, and you are going to attack the north again. Aren't you afraid of expanding too fast?"

Li Banghua said: "I know Brother Pang's intentions, but no matter whether we go south or north, we can occupy important military positions. We are rebelling, and we must first have a stable military before we can rectify internal affairs."

"I support taking the two counties of Fenyi and Xinyu first," Tian Younian said. "Not only can we seize mines, which can be used to make weapons, but also increase taxes. In particular, capturing Zhangshu Town can be said to be making a lot of money every day, and counting provinces The medicinal materials are scattered from there!"

Pang Chunlai closed his eyes and remained silent. He was the most eager to rebel, but now he became calm instead.

Zhao Han called Chen Maosheng, Fei Chun, and Xiao Huan to listen to their opinions.

Chen Maosheng said: "If you want to expand, you can transfer the missionary officers and the backbone of the peasant association to preside over the government affairs in the new expansion site. Many of them are literate. Some poor scholars can be transferred to assistant administrators and clerks, and their enthusiasm for doing things is also high. It’s very high. In other words, many poor scholars want to work, but now they can’t find suitable positions for them, and they can be settled after expanding the territory.”

"Where's Da Liang?" Zhao Han asked.

Xiao Huan replied: "In Zhangshu Town, Xinyu County, and Fenyi County, we can set up anti-corruption sub-divisions, and I will send some people to go there."

Fei Chun said suddenly: "It's good to take Zhangshu Town, we're going to have a salt shortage."

"Salt shortage?" Zhao Han frowned.

"I also just got the news, and I haven't had time to report it yet," Fei Chun said, "The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi forbids Guangyan to go north, and the river to the north is blocked. If Guangyan wants to be transported to Jiangxi, it must go overland and cross mountains. The price of salt is probably more than three times what it used to be, and you can't buy that much."

Li Banghua sighed and said: "Shen Youlong's move is so ruthless, he won't be the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for long."

Why can't it last long?

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. The Guangdong salt merchants are afraid that they want to kill Shen Youlong.

The salt administration in the Ming Dynasty implemented regional exclusive sales, and Jiangxi and Huguang could only buy Huai salt.However, the southern regions of the two provinces were too far away from the Lianghuai salt-producing areas, so adjustments were made in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

Taking Jiangxi as an example, the three prefectures of Ji'an, Nan'an, and Ganzhou all turned to buy Guangyan.

But now, these three prefectures are full of rebels, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi directly cut off the salt road, trying to make the rebels unable to eat salt.

Zhao Han shook his head and smiled wryly: "If he does this, the life of the people in southern Jiangxi will be more difficult, and I'm afraid there will be more rebellions."

"Shen Youlong is mainly targeting us," Pang Chunlai said. "The two prefectures of Ganzhou and Nan'an are relatively close to Guangdong. There must be some private salt smuggled by water. The governor cannot stop it. But the sales of salt have been greatly reduced. , when it is sold to our Ji'an, the price of salt may increase three to five times."

Fei Chun said: "So, I also suggest sending troops to the north, using the commercial tax of Zhangshu Town, and the iron smelting income of Xinyu and Fenyi counties to earn more money. Then use the money to subsidize Ji'an The salt merchants in the government ordered them to buy Huai salt and sell it at a low price."

Zhao Han thought about it carefully, and said: "Recruit more poor scholars to go to Bailuzhou to listen to Datong's class, and I will go and teach them for a few days in person."

Today's Datong thought tutorials include excerpts from "The Chapter of the Datong Association" and "On the Dividing of Datong Fields" by Ouyang Zheng and Wang Tiaoding.The rest are the "Tian Zheng Ji Yao" summed up by the missionary team led by Chen Maosheng, as well as various propaganda slogans for farmers.

Zhao Han is also writing an article recently, deleting, deleting, and modifying it. He has been writing for two months.

"How is Mr. Li's military affairs?" Zhao Han asked suddenly.

Li Banghua took out a charter and said: "There are [-] soldiers, all of whom are off-duty, selected young and strong to train, and paid eight dollars a month. There should be a separate department for food and salary distribution, ordnance, and clothing supply. We currently don't have enough ships. , You can let the navy assist in transportation. The generals who train the troops and the generals who lead the troops must have different duties. The trainers can be allowed to lead the troops, but the general army has the right to change them at any time. Don't let the army become the general's personal soldiers. "

Zhao Han took out a pen and paper, and calculated it himself.

Three thousand regular soldiers, eight dollars of military pay per month, and more than 2000 tons of military rations in a year.

This does not count the peasants and soldiers. When the peasants and soldiers are trained intensively, they are also responsible for taking care of the food. If they are fighting, they have to be paid.

In addition, there are sailors, weapons and uniforms, and the daily food of the soldiers. All kinds of expenses are not small.

Without affecting the livelihood of the people, it is difficult to raise [-] soldiers in the land of the three counties, so it must be expanded.Moreover, Taihe and Wan'an in the south are too poor, and Zhangshu Town, Xinyu County, and Fenyi County must be taken.

Zhao Han also wanted to take his time, but he still had to survive. He had to train regular soldiers. There was no future for farmers and soldiers alone.

If it is training firearms troops, the expenses will be even more terrifying.

To be honest, as a traitor, Zhao Han expanded slowly enough.

He Zhiyuan in southern Jiangxi already owned the land of Ruijin and Huichang counties, and he called himself "Southern Heavenly King".

The rebels in the west did not know their real names, but only knew that it was a Dianjia who rose up and occupied the three counties of Pingxiang, Yongxin, and Yichun in two and a half months.

It's really called "King of Sweeping Floor", which means sweeping away landlords.

This sweeping king occupies three counties, and Zhao Han also occupies three counties. He feels that he can sit on an equal footing, and is sending messengers to Ji'an Mansion, wanting to join Zhao Han in fighting against the officers and soldiers.

A few days later, Zhao Han received a letter, which was written by King Sweeper himself.

Ignoring the typos, the content of the letter reads: "Say hello to brother Zhao, I am the sweeping king of Pingxiang. I have heard of my brother's name a long time ago, and I want to be sworn brothers. The government has no way, and my two brothers will fight officers and soldiers together. From now on, I will win In the world, one is the emperor in Beijing and the other is the emperor in Nanjing. Isn’t it beautiful?”

Chapter 156 [Internal Affairs Adjustment]

General military mansion, back house.

Fei Rulan happily came out to greet her: "I've met my fourth uncle, I've met my sister."

"Haha, there's no need to be too polite," Fei Yinggong said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few years, and Lan'er is now the wife of the chief soldier."

Fei Rulan said: "My wife's chief soldier can't be counted."

"I've met Sister Lan." Fei Ruhui said, clasping her fists.

Although they are cousins, they only met once. Mr. Fei does not accept Fei Ruhui.

Seeing her dressed as a woman, Fei Rulan asked, "Is my brother-in-law not here?"

Fei Ruhui replied, "He's busy with things at home."

What are you busy with?

To manage the bandit den, of course.

Fei Yinggong saw that Xiyue was the only maid in the courtyard, and Fei Rulan wanted to help serve tea and water, so she couldn't help but said: "You are so deserted here, why don't you have more servants?"

Fei Rulan smiled and replied: "My husband has abolished slavery, how can I disobey it? There are six helpers in the courtyard, which is not a lot."

"So that's how it is." Fei Yinggong was purely looking for news, and changed the subject to ask, "Any news about your eldest brother?"

Fei Rulan said: "Father is the prefect of Huzhou now."

Fei Yinggong laughed and said, "It's quick to get promoted."

The family drank tea and chatted until evening, when Zhao Han finally came back, and Fei Ruhe and Fei Chun also came.

After the food was served, Zhao Han raised his glass and said, "I toast my fourth uncle!"

"It's easy to say." Fei Yinggong laughed heartily.

Fei Ruhe also raised his glass to toast and said, "Fei Chun and I left home and wanted to find Fourth Uncle, but unexpectedly found Brother Han, and made a big mess."

"If you find me, I'm afraid I'm still a bandit." Fei Yinggong said with emotion.

Zhao Han just smiled and didn't take the initiative to mention it. He had already guessed what Fei Yinggong was here for.

After pushing and changing cups for a while, Fei Yinggong finally couldn't help it: "Oh, I never thought of rebelling, and suddenly a sweeping king appeared next door. You are on the east side, and the sweeping king is on the west side. It's very uncomfortable for me to be caught in the middle." .”

Zhao Han said with a smile: "As long as there is no war, no one will stare at Fourth Uncle's territory."

Fei Yinggong's site is located in the mountains, and it's really meaningless to be poor and remote.

But it is very important in the military. Once Tianhe Town is occupied, Zhao Han can easily defend against the enemies in the west.If Fei Yinggong hadn't been entrenched there, Zhao Han would have sent troops to take it down long ago, because it was originally under the jurisdiction of Luling County.

The Sweeping King is also very interesting. If Zhao Han expands to the north, the Sweeping King's territory will be completely protected by Zhao Han.The officers and soldiers can only attack the King of Sweeping Land if they eliminate Zhao Han, or Huguang sends troops to sweep the King of Land Sweeping.

Seeing that Zhao Han never opened his mouth, Fei Yinggong had no choice but to ask himself: "How about I come to you to do something?"

"Okay, welcome." Zhao Han said with a smile.

"What request?" Fei Yinggong asked.

Zhao Han made it clear: "First, the fields must be divided. Each person, including the fourth uncle, can reserve a maximum of 90 acres. Of course, the fourth uncle has a lot of mountainous land, so you can reserve a few more acres as appropriate. Second, if the fourth uncle wants to join the army , You must disband your own troops and break up the soldiers who were incorporated into Datong. Third, the fourth uncle can only serve as a sentry officer, temporarily leading more than [-] people, and must not be stationed in Tianhe Town."

Although Fei Yinggong had expected it, he still couldn't help feeling a little resentful.

He came to join Zhao Han with his territory and troops, but Zhao Han wanted to swallow him up.

That's all, it's okay to give him a high-ranking military position, but who knows that he is only made a sentry officer, and there are not even a hundred soldiers under his command.

Zhao Han explained: "There are only two situations for me to work under my command. One is to start from the middle and lower levels; the other is to create a situation by myself. For example, Gu Jianshan was the commander of the navy because I didn't have a navy under my command. He set up the training by himself. And Tian Younian, who was in charge of the Weapons Institute when he first came, he had to build the Weapons Institute. Even Li Banghua was the first to come forward to set up the grain bank, and he was promoted only after he made political achievements."

"Okay, I'll be the sentry officer." Fei Yinggong reluctantly agreed. He believed that with his own ability and the connection with the Fei family, he could be promoted after a few battles.

Zhao Han laughed loudly and said, "Welcome Fourth Uncle to join the group, come, let's all drink this cup to the brim!"

Everyone toasted and drank.