Chapter 167 165 [Happiness on top of happiness]

   On the third day after Zhao Han entered Linjiang Mansion, Li Zheng brought an old official over: "General Town, we caught someone who wanted to set fire to the county yamen's house!"

   "The chief town spares my life, the chief town spares my life!"

  The old official knelt on the ground and wailed loudly, with snot and tears, and the smell of urine even came from his crotch.

  Zhao Han said with disgust on his face: "How dare you set fire to the county government office? What do you want to burn?"

   Li Zheng said angrily: "General Town, this person confessed just after two boards were issued. He wants to burn the land tax booklet of Qingjiang County."

  Zhao Han understood instantly: "Which family do you belong to? How much did you spend?"

  The old official did not dare to answer, but knelt on the ground trembling.

  Zhao Han sneered and said: "Find out whose family it belongs to. After the public trial, all the clan elders were killed. Children were sent to nursing homes, men were assigned to mine iron mines, and young women were assigned to unmarried soldiers as wives!"

  The old official suddenly collapsed and fainted from fright.

  The method used by big landlords to escape taxation, offering treacherous deposits is not the most disgusting thing, Feisa is really disgusting!

  The so-called Feisa means that the land deed is still in the hands of the landlord, and the landlord still recruits tenants to cultivate. However, the government's tax booklets contain the names of other farmers. Many small landlords and self-cultivating farmers, and even tenants, have inexplicably acquired countless lands, and have to pay countless land taxes for inexplicable reasons, and they don't know who is harming them.

  Principal Jiang in modern times was overwhelmed by a big landlord. He came to beat him up, but was arrested and paid for it. Because of this incident, he made up his mind to study in Japan, hoping to stand out and not be bullied.

  The old official in front of him just wanted to burn the official documents so that his family would not be traced when the land was divided.

  By the way, eliminating the Feisa phenomenon is also one of the reasons why small landlords and self-cultivating farmers are willing to be loyal to Zhao Han.

  Especially the class of small landlords, they may hold less land after the division of land. But the land tax that needs to be paid is also declining rapidly, because before, I was confused and didn't know who was entrapped by flying.

  Officials, mission groups, and backbones of the peasant associations are coming one after another, and the city of Linjiang is temporarily under the military control of Zhao Han.

  After dealing with this old official, Zhao Han continued to patrol the city in person, and he went out to inspect a few streets every day.

   Today, I wandered around the west of the city. As we walked, Zhao Han frowned: "How come there are so many temples here? Immediately check the whole city, how many temples are there!"

   Half a day later, Zhao Han got the details. There are eleven temples in the city.

   This is outrageous. Although the city of Linjiang Fu is high and deep, its area is not very large. There are eleven temples in the city, and there are some outside the city!

   It can only be said that Linjiang Mansion's business is too prosperous, countless merchants are full of food, or they do bad things and want to find comfort, so they spend money to support countless monks and Taoists. Many of these temples in the city have no temple land, and live entirely on the incense of believers.

  Continue to check the outside of the city, adding up the inside and outside of the city, there are a total of eighteen temples and Taoist temples!

Zhao Han carefully understood the information of these temples, and immediately issued an order: "All monks and Taoists who do not have a degree will be ordered to return to the vulgar. Inside and outside the city, only one temple and one temple will be kept. The temples will keep the Guanghan Temple, and the Taoist temple will keep the Chenghuang Temple. Taoist priests are all concentrated in these two temples to practice. Don’t demolish the rest of the temples, just demolish the statues of gods and Buddhas, and free up houses as large courtyards for the homeless people in the city to live in!”

  An order was issued, and the chickens flew like dogs.

   Thousands of illegal monks and Taoist priests were caught out and ordered to return to secular life, while there were only a mere 30 or so legal monks with certificates.

   All the goods in these temples were also confiscated by Zhao Han, adding up to more than 8,000 taels of silver!

   "General Town, there is a mage outside asking to see you."

   "Catch him directly and thoroughly investigate his crimes. Even if he didn't break the law himself, if the monks under him committed usury or the like, he would be arrested directly and go to the iron mine to mine!"

  Outside the government office, the highly respected Dharma Master Suzhen originally wanted to rely on his reputation and use his three-inch tongue to persuade Zhao Hanli to respect the gods and Buddhas and not to do such nasty things of slandering Buddhas and gods.

Then…

   "Let go of me, let me go, what a shame!" Master Suzhen panicked and was dragged to the cell by a group of soldiers.

   A few days later, the results of the interrogation were placed in front of Zhao Han.

  Master Suzhen really has both virtue and conduct. Not only is the Dharma profound, but he also donates money to build bridges and pave roads. He is very famous in the entire Linjiang Prefecture.

  However, as the abbot of Yuanmiaoguan, his main income is usury and collecting land rent, followed by incense money donated by believers. This temple has thousands of acres of land on the outskirts of the city, and I don't know how to accumulate it!

"There is no need to send him to mine, let him think about it in front of the Buddha," Zhao Han said, "Since he is a great virtuous monk, he must have profound Dharma. It is okay to go without food for ten days and half a month. If he can live without food For ten days, let him be the abbot of Guanghan Temple."

  Master Suzhen still didn't give up, clamoring to see Zhao Han, and finally got his wish after repeated applications.

  Zhao Han sneered while working: "What else do you want to say?"

  Master Suzhen tidied up the crooked skirts of the soldiers, and suddenly folded his palms together to salute. The treasure minister solemnly said: "Amitabha, the poor monk entered meditation yesterday, and got the Bodhisattva's excuse, Zhao Tianwang is the reincarnation of the dragon-subduing Arhat..."

"roll!"

  Zhao Han was furious: "This monk is misleading the public, don't be hungry, just drag him out and behead him for public display!"

   "Uranus, Uranus..."

  Master Suzhen's mind was a little confused, and he shouted on the way out: "The king of heaven is really the reincarnation of Arhat, and the monk can testify. After listening to the monk, the king of heaven..."

  There are many believers in Buddhism in the city, but in the face of Zhao Han's atrocities, no one dares to stand up and speak out.

   After beheading the monk, the officials finally came.

  The three counties became eight counties, and the administrative system had to be adjusted.

  Zuo Xiaoliang was promoted to the prefect of Ji'an, with jurisdiction over the four counties of Luling, Jishui, Xiajiang and Anfu.

  Ouyang Zheng was promoted to the prefect of Linjiang, with jurisdiction over Qingjiang, Xingan, Xinyu, and Fenyi counties.

  This administrative division is a bit different from that of Daming, purely because Zhao Han's territory is uneven, and it can be adjusted according to the actual situation in the future.

  Liu Ziren from Qianshan was promoted to Xiajiang county magistrate, and Fei Yuanjian was promoted to Xingan county magistrate. Both of them were old friends of Zhao Han. Although they were promoted very quickly along the way, they also came from civil servants. Moreover, the two counties under their rule are both poor counties, and the promotion is not too high.

  At the beginning of the attack on Jishui County, the first two scholars who took refuge were Yang Zhong, who scolded Zhao Han, became the magistrate of Xinyu County, and Guo Shunyu, who offered to donate land, became a transit envoy.

  Guo Shunyu not only took the initiative to donate land, but also donated two merchant ships.

   Now that the land is large, many materials need to be transferred. Guo Shunyu's transfer has made him rich, and it depends on whether he can hold it.

  The rapid promotion of Yang Zhong and Guo Shunyu made the gentry jealous. This is not a mayor, but a real official in their eyes. At the beginning, we were all thieves together. If I work hard, I can be promoted. Oh, I really regret it!

   "Meet the general town!"

  Ouyang Zheng brought a group of officials to meet him. Next to him was Yuan Yunlong, the county magistrate of Qingjiang, who was the one who married his niece to Fei Ruhe.

  Going back this time, Fei Ruhe will also get married.

  Zhao Han asked: "How about the three counties of Ji'an?"

Ouyang Zheng replied: "I don't know about the other two counties, but in Jishui County, during the confrontation between the general town and the officers and soldiers, some gentry were ready to move and conspired secretly. Once the general town is defeated, these people are likely to rebel immediately! However, the officers and soldiers When the news of the great defeat came back, these gentry pledged their allegiance one after another, and sent out all the scholars at home, hoping to find some jobs in the newly occupied land."

   "Haha, they will look at the direction of the wind." Zhao Han laughed angrily.

Ouyang Zheng also said: "Mr. Pang means that now that the land of eight counties is occupied, two government offices and transit bureaus have been added, and a large number of civil servants are needed to fill them in. Those scholars from gentry families can be the choice of civil servants. If you do a good job, you will be promoted slowly, if you don’t do a good job, you will be dismissed immediately.”

"That's fine," Zhao Han said, "Linjiang Mansion is very important. I will leave 2,000 soldiers here to garrison, and the Navy will also keep some. Some of Linjiang Mansion's taxes will be used as military expenses, so there is no need to transfer them to other places." General Military Mansion, just hand over documents."

  The formalities must be complete, and the local finance cannot be allowed to support soldiers. But money and food don’t need to be transported back and forth, and the relevant documents can be gone through.

  After chatting for a while, Zhao Han said to Yuan Yunlong again: "Yuan Zhixian, I have long admired the wiseness of Jun, and I finally saw it with my own eyes today."

   "I only do my job, relying entirely on the cultivation of the town." Yuan Yunlong is very clear about this. Although he does things seriously, his political achievements and qualifications are not as good as many old people. The rapid promotion to the prefect of Qingjiang depends on the name of the person, and Zhao Han is setting him up as a role model.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's not easy to only do what is assigned to you and do it well. Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty was famous for thousands of years, and he only did what he assigned to. When Bao Zheng was a local official, Then be a parent official honestly. When Bao Zheng is a transfer official, he will transfer money, food and taxes honestly. As a supervisory official, Bao Zheng is unselfish and not afraid of offending the powerful. The most rare thing about Bao Zheng is that he can do his job well , absolutely do not interfere with other affairs!"

  Yuan Yunlong hurriedly said: "I will bear in mind the instruction."

  Bao Qingtian in the Song Dynasty really only did what he was supposed to do, just do what he should do well. It is absolutely impossible for the magistrate, Shangshu Jianyan, to carry out reforms, because that is not his responsibility.

  Thus, although Bao Zheng offended many powerful people, that was what he did when he was an inspector, that was his duty, and no one could find fault. Before becoming a supervisor, Bao Zheng could not offend even a powerful person.

  Zhao Han said these words, but also warned Yuan Yunlong not to do things outside his own. Because Yuan Yunlong's niece is about to marry Fei Ruhe!

  That night, Ouyang Zheng sent a letter: "General Town, this is from my wife, let me hand it over."

  Zhao Han opened the letter and looked at it, and immediately smiled.

  Fei Rulan is pregnant. Not long after Zhao Han left for the expedition, the doctor has already confirmed her happy pulse. Afraid of affecting Zhao Han's fight, Fei Rulan kept it secret, even Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others didn't know about it.

   I'm going to be a father?

  Zhao Han felt amazing. He had never been married before time travel, and in his two lifetimes, it was the first time he was going to be a father.

  (end of this chapter)