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The contradiction between the veteran faction and the Jishui faction broke out all at once.

Zhao Han sighed: "It's still expanding too fast. Those scholars still have the same thinking as before. It's time to kill a few!"

Chapter 150 [Rectify the interior]

In the garden, the spring is warming up, and the flowers are already blooming one after another.

Pang Chunlai came over with a cane, which was more like a wayfinder, so as not to see clearly and stumble over stones.

"Sir, please sit down." Zhao Han helped him make tea.

Pang Chunlai sat down, didn't pick up his teacup, and said straight to the point: "Those scholars have been cured, not only Jishui scholars, but also scholars from Luling and Anfu counties. The gentry from the three counties are converging. Since the bandits ravaged Nanzhi, They really believe you can get things done."

This statement seems to be contradictory. Northwest bandits roamed across South Zhili, tearing off another fig leaf from the imperial court.Scholars in Ji'an felt that Zhao Han could do something, so they really wanted to take refuge in him, but why do they need to punish these people?

No contradiction!

The gentry are trying to steal the fruits of the rebellion, not to overthrow Zhao Han, they also need Zhao Han to lead, but they want to control more power.

Zhao Han asked, "What do you think of this case, sir?"

Pang Chun said: "We must be severely punished, otherwise the prestige of the General Military Office will be wiped out. The missionaries are sent by the General Military Office and the Datong Association. What are they trying to do?"

"What else?" Zhao Han asked again.

"No, this is my proposition, and severe punishment must be imposed!" Pang Chun said.

Zhao Han asked Xiyue to send Pang Chunlai away, and brought another teacup, and soon Li Banghua came in.

Li Banghua looked a little tired, and sighed: "Brother Pang, I actually didn't want to argue with him."

Zhao Han asked, "What does Mr. Li think?"

Li Banghua said: "It's wrong to insult women, let alone a female missionary teacher, but the death penalty must never be imposed. Now, the scholars from the three counties have returned to their hearts, and only a few are still harboring ulterior motives. In such a situation, one case cannot be Let the scholars of the three counties be dissociated from their virtues, and if they can't bear it, they will make big plans. I think that they should be dismissed from the position of mayor, ordered to pay money, and fined ten acres of land as a warning."

"I understand." Zhao Han said.

Sending Li Banghua away, Zhao Han couldn't help but sigh.

Whether it was Pang Chunlai or Li Banghua, Zhao Han was very disappointed.

Pang Chunlai was deeply afraid of the gentry class from the perspective of the General Military Mansion and the lower-level scholars.His insistence on severely punishing criminals is purely to maintain the prestige of the General Military Mansion, but also to attack those gentry who try to control power.

Li Banghua focused on "stability and unity", and still felt that the upper-class scholars were more worthy of relying on, and they would be needed to govern the world in the future.Now that the scholars have returned to their hearts, they should take the opportunity to speed up their development and occupy the entire Ji'an Mansion as soon as possible.

In it, there is also Li Banghua's hard work. It was his earnest persuasion and personal persuasion that made the scholars of the three counties gradually recognize Zhao Han.

However, neither Pang Chunlai nor Li Banghua took the victims seriously!

So what if a good prostitute becomes a missionary?It's not that he hasn't been slept with before, it's no big deal to be slept with again, the other party is a juren.

Chen Maosheng was immediately invited in, and excitedly said upon meeting: "You must be hanged according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty"! A prostitute is not a good person if she is a good one? If a woman from a good family is insulted, look at what these scholars say! Also, that is a missionary, These bastards don’t pay attention to the missionary! If this person is not hanged, what will the missionary do in the future?”

"Very good." Zhao Han expressed his satisfaction.

Chen Maosheng finally looked at the problem from the perspective of the victim, instead of purely looking at the strategy and the overall situation like Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua.

In other words, Chen Maosheng can empathize with him, and he has been slept by gentry countless times.If any gentry dares to come to sleep with him now, this guy must be desperate.

In Chen Maosheng's view, good prostitutes also have dignity, and good prostitutes do not want to be raped.

After sending Chen Maosheng away, Fei Chun was invited in again.

Zhao Han asked, "What do you think?"

Fei Chun said: "Our grain store has been built, and several granaries have been repaired. However, the landlords who surrendered voluntarily did not have their grain confiscated, which left a hidden danger. It is now February, and there is no harvest. The land was divided after the autumn harvest last year. Although the peasants are not going to starve, they are still short on food. Luling, Jishui, and Anfu, the grain merchants in the three counties are connecting together, stockpiling grain and not releasing goods, and wanting to deliberately raise the price of grain in the city. usual trick."

Zhao Han was a little surprised that Fei Chun actually said this.

Fei Chun said: "When Mr. Li was in charge of the grain business, those grain merchants and landlords still gave face. After Mr. Li left office, I took full charge of the grain business, and these bastards started to mess around. In order to stabilize grain prices, I released half of the stored grain in the warehouse! The gentry of the three counties, whose land was confiscated, can no longer lend usury, so they can only manipulate the grain market to make money. Even if they offend the General Military Office, they will do it. , that is, with the most food in the family as the main force, we must take advantage of this case to rectify it!"

The ass decides the head, Fei Chun is in charge of money and food, and what he sees is the money and food crisis.

Send Fei Chun away, and then invite Fei Ruhe in.

"You know everything, right?" Zhao Han asked.

Fei Ruhe nodded and said, "Understood."

Zhao Han asked, "What do you think?"

Fei Ruhe sneered and said: "Most members of the mission team are from Luling County, and they joined our team very early. Bullying them is bullying us outsiders, and our brothers and sisters who started the riot!"

Well, this old man is more direct, and he clearly stated the contradiction between the elder sect and the Jishui sect.

Then, Xiao Huan was invited in again.

"What does Da Liang think?" Zhao Han asked.

Xiao Huan directly took out a copy of the materials: "Please take a look, Zongzhen."

Zhao Han opened it and had a sneer on his face.

Liu Fang, Zhao Han's political secretary, married the daughter of the Zou family in Jishui.

Huang Shunde, Zhao Han's military secretary, and his nephew were engaged to the Liu family in the suburbs of Ji'an.

The General Military Mansion experienced Zuo Shan, and his son was engaged to the Xiao family in Luling.

The general army's mansion took care of Huang En and married the niece of Jishui Zhou's family as the continuation.

The list is very long, with more than 30 listed.Among them, Zhao Han's General Military Mansion has eight people on the list, and those gentry are everywhere!

Once Zhao Han really became the emperor, countless high-level officials would be related by marriage to the gentry of the three counties.

These gentry have many children and are also officials under Zhao Han's hands. Will they have the final say in the entire court in the future?

Zhao Han asked, "Are there any signs of corruption among the people on the list?"

Xiao Huan shook his head and said: "No, the investigation of corruption is tight, and no one dares to reach out. However, they married the gentry and received many gifts from the woman. Although the gentry has no land, the family has a lot of money and food."

"What do you think should be done?" Zhao Han asked.

Xiao Huan replied: "All the people on the list will be dismissed!"

Zhao Han shook his head and said, "Too rough."

These people really did not violate the law, they were just getting married, how could they deal with all of them across the board?

Moreover, some hope must be left for the gentry, at least let them have something to look forward to, otherwise it will be broken.

……

The next day.

Huang Shunde was called to Pang Chunlai's office, and saluted respectfully: "Master Pang is well."

Pang Chunlai's real job is to be the head of the official department of the General Military Mansion, which is equivalent to Zhao Han's official secretary.

Pang Chunlai smiled and said, "Huang Zhangshu has worked hard."

"It's not hard to work for the general town." Huang Shunde said quickly.

Pang Chunlai said: "This is the transfer document. You can go to the Anfu County Government to handle business in the future."

When Huang Shunde saw his new position, all thoughts were lost, and he stammered, "I... I, Mr. Pang, what did I do wrong?"

Pang Chunlai sighed and said: "As the chief secretary of military affairs of the general town, don't you think you talk too much? And you like to show off. The general town has endured these things and thinks you are an old minister. You, your nephew and What kind of marriage is the Liu family?"

"Did you make a mistake in getting married to the Liu family?" Huang Shunde couldn't understand it at all. He thought it was a glorious thing to get married to a rich family.

"You have no brains at all, and you are still in charge of the military affairs of the General Military Mansion?" Pang Chunlai sneered, "I went to Anfu County, so I can do things well, and I can be promoted if I do well. The general town still remembers you in my heart. "

Huang Shunde left the office in a daze, but saw Liu Fang waiting outside, and seemed to be called in for a lecture.

Huang Shunde suddenly remembered that Liu Fang's younger brother was also married to a rich man!

Endless fear struck, and Huang Shunde finally woke up at this moment. He was involved in political struggles in a daze.

The resentment in his heart dissipated in an instant, Huang Shunde had no idea, he just wanted to go to Anfu County to take office as soon as possible, so as not to be involved in disasters.By the way, my nephew is not old enough, he is just engaged to Liu's family, he has to go back immediately to dissolve the engagement, hope it can be remedied!

Liu Fang couldn't help it, his younger brother was married to Zou's daughter, just when Zhao Han personally led troops to surprise Yuanzhou.

Liu Fang really couldn't cry. He belongs to the lower class of scholars, and he can't even pass the exam for scholar.His family is very poor, relying on his shrewdness and fearlessness of hard work, he was promoted all the way to become the government secretary of the General Military Mansion.

If Zhao Han can win the world, Liu Fang can be at least six ministers, and it is not impossible to become a minister in the cabinet.

Just because my younger brother got married to a rich family, his future was directly ruined?

Within a day, all eight officials of the General Military Mansion were transferred and demoted. This matter attracted everyone's attention.

With a quick mind, he quickly summed up the common points, those are all people who are married to the big clan!

As for the officials outside the general military mansion, Zhao Han didn't move for the time being, and didn't bother to move, just write it down in a small book.

If he doesn't move, it doesn't mean that the person involved is not afraid. This signal is too obvious.

The next step is to divorce wives on a large scale, and those who are engaged quickly withdraw.The gentry involved were so angry that they went to the county government to file a lawsuit, saying that it was unreasonable for their daughter to be divorced.

February 28.

Xiao Huan took the officials, followed by Li Zheng and five hundred soldiers, and went straight to Zou's house outside the east gate of Jishui by boat.

"The back door and the side door are all fenced up, and no one is allowed to let go!" Xiao Huan ordered.

The Zou family was panicked, and an old man was helped out: "Master Xiao, this...how did this happen?"

Xiao Huan took out a document: "Order of the General Military Administration, the Zou family in the east gate of Jishui, destroyed the government of dividing land. At the beginning of October last year, more than [-] mu of land from the clan was donated to Qingyuan Temple as a temple farm. I haven't come to the government to report! What does your Zou family want to do?"

The old man quickly explained: "So that Master Xiao will know, this old man believes in Buddhism..."

"Don't talk too much, Qingyuan Temple is also being searched," Xiao Huan said with a sneer, "If you believe in Buddhism, you can share a cell with the abbot of Qingyuan Temple, and you can slowly discuss Buddhism in prison!"

Qingyuan Temple outside Jishui County is the ancestral home of the Qingyuan School of Zen Buddhism.

Not only that, when Wang Yangming was an official in Jiangxi, the first place to give lectures was Qingyuan Temple, where the Buddhist hall was used as the lecture hall.Therefore, Qingyuan Temple not only has great influence in Buddhism, but also the integration of Zen and Confucianism is deeply respected by scholars.

The Zou family in the east gate, the dead Zou Yuanbiao, had disciples all over Ji'an, even Li Banghua was a student of Zou Yuanbiao.

What are these guys trying to do together?

Even if there is no chaos, it should be suppressed as a model!

Seeing that Zou's house was ransacked, Li Banghua was so frightened that he hurriedly came to see Zhao Han: "General Town, you have used too much force, how can you govern like this!"

Chapter 151 [Punishment]

"Mr. Li, please sit down." Zhao Han smiled.

Li Banghua said anxiously: "How can I sit still? The Zou family can't copy it. Once the house is copied, the scholars of the three counties will be renounced."

Since Li Banghua didn't sit down, Zhao Han sat down by himself: "I know that Mr. Nangao (Zou Yuanbiao) has disciples all over the world. Mr. Li is also a direct disciple of Mr. Nangao."

"I'm pleading for my teacher's family," Li Banghua had to explain patiently, "The Zou family really can't move!"

Confiscating Zou's house is tantamount to poking a hornet's nest. Of course Zhao Han knows it very well.

Zou Yuanbiao himself, together with Zhao Nanxing and Gu Xiancheng, are called "Three Monarchs of Donglin".Zou Yuanbiao's only son, Zou Sui, died of illness while working in the frontier.Zou Sui's two sons and a nephew were sacrificed by King Jinqin to kill the Tartars.

Anyway, the Zou family is really loyal and patriotic.

The three juniors of the Zou family were distributing money to raise bravery, and they walked faster than the governor at that time.They set off from Jiangxi to Beijing, and the Tartars hadn't left yet. They fought the Tartars with real swords and guns until they died for their country.

Zou Yuanbiao's lineage has actually been cut off, and it is only his adoptive descendants who have taken refuge in Zhao Han.

Famous all over the world, with many disciples, unparalleled loyalty, this is the Zou family of Dongmen, and now Zhao Han ransacked their home.

Within the jurisdiction, it is estimated that many spectators, including the low-level scholars loyal to Zhao Han, will stand up to defend the Zou family.

If you are playing computer games and checking the negative effects of the Zhou family, it is very likely that "stability will be reduced by one".

Zhao Han suddenly sneered and said, "Mr. Li, what do you think I am able to occupy the land of the three counties? Is it because of the gentry?"

"It depends on the division of land." Li Banghua knew very well in his heart.

Zhao Han asked again: "The Zou family destroyed the land administration. Before dividing the land, they secretly donated thousands of acres of land to the Qingyuan Temple. This is to dig the foundation of my rule. How can I forgive it so easily?"

Li Banghua sighed and said: "If it's really just for Tianzheng, why would the Zou family be seized now. I actually understand what Zongzhen is thinking. It's nothing more than suppressing the gentry. But there must be a limit to the suppression. The gentry have already donated their land. They Step back, we can't keep pressing, otherwise we will inevitably lose our morals."

"They are retreating? They are forcing me to do something!" Zhao Han was furious, "They are all reaching out to my General Military Mansion!"

Li Banghua persuaded: "It is indeed easy to form cliques with private relatives, but as long as it is controlled to a certain limit, it will be conducive to the loyalty of the gentry."

This is a matter of ideology. In order to win over the gentry and powerful factions, the soldiers of the past dynasties will not stop this kind of in-law relationship, and the lord will even take the initiative to marry the rich.