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Bandit Zhao is definitely willing to recruit, and then try his best to expand in the countryside!

When the imperial court realizes that the whole of Jiangxi is already owned by Zhao thieves, it seems more ripe to seize the city.

But it's about Xiong Wencan's shit, he has merit in recruiting Zhao thief, as long as he doesn't continue to lose the city, he will definitely be able to make meritorious service and rise to the top.The only thing that needs an idea is that before he is transferred out of Jiangxi, thief Zhao must not attack the city again!

As for Xiong Wencan's departure, thief Zhao can do whatever he wants to rebel. It can be inferred that the new governor forced him to rebel.

After figuring this out, Xiong Wencan actually felt happy.He is not good at fighting, he is not awake at governing, but he is very good at fooling ghosts.

Chapter 212 [Secret Agreement with Officials and Bandits]

Xiong Wencan has a lot of pomp, since he is the governor after all.

Zhu Guoxun, the general of Jiangxi, even personally drove the warship and sent Xiong Wencan to Ji'an Mansion.

At that time, Zhu Guoxun was promoted to general because of his meritorious service, and it was Xiong Wencan's help to repay the meritorious service. One can imagine the relationship between the two.

The guards were beating gongs and drums in front of them, and they were also holding signs saying "avoid".Commander Zhu Guoxun escorted Xiong Wencan to disembark. There was a large group of people in front and rear, adding up to two to three hundred people.

Seeing that Zhu Guoxun was quite nervous and kept pressing the handle of the knife, Xiong Wencan said with a smile: "No need to be like this, Bandit Zhao is not an ordinary bandit. This man has a good way of doing things, and he will not lure you or me to kill him."

"It's better to be careful, thieves and bandits in the world can't be trusted." Zhu Guoxun reminded.

Stepping on the wooden boards to the shore, a large maroon sedan immediately stopped, and Xiong Wencan leisurely stepped into the sedan and sat down.

Zhu Guoxun was extremely loyal and always followed the sedan chair.I don't know if the rebels really do something, he will choose to turn around and run away, or to protect his old boss with all his might.

"Boom!"

"when!"

The officials were holding a gong to clear the way, and the people along the way were very upset, and they deliberately slowed down when they avoided it.

Mr. Zhao doesn't sit in this kind of high-ranking official sedan chair. Why do you come to Ji'an to show off, you dog official?

"Give way, old cousin, please make way..." The officials in charge of clearing the way could only keep pleading, they really didn't dare to show off their power in the rebel's territory.

Xiong Wencan lifted the car curtain and was quite speechless when he saw the situation outside.

Zhu Guoxun leaned over and said: "Because the rebels' lair is full of unscrupulous people, beware of these unscrupulous people's assassination."

"No problem."

Xiong Wencan's heart is calm, this scene is really nothing.

It's not that Xiong Wencan has never seen bandits who know how to buy people's hearts. Zheng Zhilong, who he recruited to surrender, is used to doing this.

Zheng Zhilong looted the coastal areas of Fujian and Guangdong before accepting the recruitment, which often exhausted the officers and soldiers.But Zheng Zhilong only targeted big households, and even helped small people.Especially the people in Quanzhou, the poor are so favored by Zheng Zhilong, so that every time the officers and soldiers take any action, the local people take the initiative to inform them.

At the same time, a large number of coastal fishermen took refuge in Zheng Zhilong as pirates.Those who didn't become pirates also helped Zheng Zhilong transport goods on the shore, and Zheng Zhilong's henchmen were almost everywhere.

In Xiong Wencan's view, the Luling Zhao thief is just Zheng Zhilong on land, at most he only studied for a few more years, and he was more thorough in giving favors to the common people.

"Stop!"

When they came to the gate of the General Military Mansion, the guards immediately stopped the group of people.

Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua, Xiao Huan and other officials stood at the door to welcome the governor. Wang Tingshi and Xu Ying also stood there.

Xiong Wencan stepped out of the official sedan chair, recognized Li Banghua at a glance, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Meng An, after a long separation, I never expected to meet again here."

"It's really destined." Li Banghua didn't talk nonsense, and he didn't want to talk about friendship with Xiong Wencan.

Chen Maosheng was still in southern Jiangxi. Li Ke, deputy director of the Propaganda Department, stepped forward and said to Xiong Wencan: "Zhao Zongzhen has an order that only five negotiators are allowed to enter. The rest of them will find their own inn to stay. The cost of board and lodging is all on your own. If you harass businesses and people, you will be punished by law!"

Zhu Guoxun sneered: "This is Zhao... how your lord treats guests?"

Li Ke replied: "The life of the people is hard, my lord can't bear to be harsh, and practice the way of frugality. What's more, it is not yet known whether you are a guest or an enemy!"

"The guest is up to the host, haha, the guest is up to the host." Xiong Wencan was like a smiling Buddha, leaving five people with him, and throwing the rest back on the boat.

Li Banghua introduced officials to Xiong Wencan again. In fact, Xiong Wencan had obtained the information a long time ago, and at this moment he just matched his name with the real person.

After entering the General Military Mansion, Xiong Wencan observed all the way, and found that the officials were all at work, and did not come out to look curiously.

Some civil servants passed by holding official documents, and when they saw Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others, they just clasped their fists in greeting.If the hands are empty, they even use a nod instead, and Pang, Li and other high-ranking officials will nod in return.

Xiong Wencan sighed in his heart, under the rule of Bandit Zhao, not only the people are more energetic, but even the atmosphere of officials is stronger than that of the imperial court.

This thief can only appease, absolutely powerless to suppress!

There are a lot of vacant houses in Zhao Han's inner house, so this time, Xiong Wencan directly vacated a courtyard.

All the salutes were moved into the house, and everyone sat down in the yard, chatting nonsense while waiting for lunch.

Xiong Wencan sat down and took two sips of tea, and asked, "When will your lord see me?"

"Tomorrow," Li Ke explained, "The head of the town went to the countryside to inspect the Water Turning Mill, and he will not be able to return to Fucheng until tomorrow."

"So that's the case." Xiong Wencan didn't ask any more questions, thinking that Zhao Han was deliberately hanging himself out.

Pang Chunlai sipped his tea and said: "The meaning of the general town, let us not go around the bush. Just a word, recruiting security is fine, and 20 taels of soldiers' severance pay. Now our army has 20 soldiers. Since recruiting security to join the imperial court, we will definitely not be able to do so in the future." There is a war. At least [-] taels of silver will be enough to send the soldiers home.”

"Where did you get the [-] troops? It's just nonsense!" Zhu Guoxun suddenly yelled, he was playing such a role.

Pang Chunlai smiled and said, "You don't believe me? Then after the beginning of spring, [-] troops will gather in Nanchang City, and then Governor Xiong can count them slowly."

Zhu Guoxun slapped the table and said, "Don't threaten me and wait until after a fight!"

"Okay, let's talk about it after a fight," Pang Chunlai said with a gloomy expression, "Rebellion is rebellion. Since ancient times, Zhao'an has a good end? Didn't I read "Water Margin"?"

The scene suddenly froze, and the atmosphere was a little awkward, so we could only switch to other topics.

After a while, Xiong Wencan made an excuse to change clothes, and Wang Tingshi immediately followed, and the two exchanged information in the toilet.

Wang Tingshi said: "This Pang Chunlai's whole family was forced to death by the government. He wholeheartedly wanted to overthrow Daming. Bandit Zhao was taught by this person. He was called a master and apprentice, but he was actually a father and son. Li Banghua agreed to recruit, but Pang Chunlai firmly opposed it. .”

Xiong Wencan asked, "Where are the other anti-thief officials?"

"Some agree, some disagree, roughly half of each other," Wang Ting said with a smile, "It is inevitable that there will be those who are greedy for high officials and high salaries. Since they can be appointed by the court, then why rebel?"

Xiong Wencan nodded and said, "That's normal."

Wang Tingshi said again: "I think Zhao thief agreed to recruit security. The performance just now was probably asking for a lot of money."

The two talked about many details before returning to the courtyard together.

Near noon, meals were brought, including wine and meat.But to Xiong Wencan, it was not very rich, and even looked particularly shabby.

Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others enjoyed their meals. Although their usual work meals also have meat, they are definitely not as good as this one.

In the afternoon, you can visit casually, and you can even read official documents.

Xiong Wencan actually ran to look through the tax booklet, and was terrified when he saw it.

The land tax under Zhao Han's rule was actually higher than that of the imperial court.But there is no poll tax, nor other exorbitant taxes.The number of acres is surprisingly large, and it is obvious that Yintian has been found out!

The so-called apportionment into the mu means that the poll tax is directly apportioned into the land tax.

Zhao Han's policy can be counted as per-mu, because there is not much difference in the total amount of taxes; but it is not counted as per-mu, because "Dingyin" has been cancelled.

Moreover, due to the investigation of hidden fields and the abolition of the preferential treatment for gentry, even if the total amount of taxes remains unchanged, the taxes that farmers need to pay are far lower than Zhang Juzheng's whip tax.

Not only is it lower than the current one whip tax, but it is also far lower than the one whip tax during Zhang Juzheng's reform period!

Continuing to look through the tax books, Xiong Wencan found that the land tax in the mountainous area was very low. If there were no additional miscellaneous taxes, the poor people in the mountainous area would be able to eat enough.

Back in the bedroom at night, Xiong Wencan kept silent.

"Why doesn't Fushuai say anything?" Zhu Guoxun asked.

Xiong Wencan swallowed his saliva and said dryly, "Daming Jiangshan is about to change color."

Zhu Guoxun asked in surprise: "Zhao thief?"

Regardless of Xiong Wencan's ability, if he uses the company as a metaphor, he can be regarded as an executive of Daming, a group company.

Since you are an executive, you can understand financial statements.

The Daming Group was on the verge of bankruptcy, but Zhao Han, a small company, had a very good financial situation, and it was so good that it was a bit scary.Not only the land tax in the countryside, but also the commercial tax in the prefectural and county towns is terrible, because those big businessmen can't evade tax!

What is amazing is that although tax evasion is impossible, most merchants are extremely supportive of Zhao Han's policy.

Because the officials under Zhao Han's rule will not change the law and mess around, the money that merchants need to pay is decreasing instead.Especially those small and medium-sized merchants with relatively modest backgrounds have become Zhao Han's loyal supporters.

So where did Ming's taxes go?

Corrupt officials, powerful gentry!

That night, Xiong Wencan couldn't sleep because of tossing and turning, and secretly sighed: "Li Mengan got on a good boat, but it's a pity that my people are in Sichuan."

Although Xiong Wencan is greedy and extravagant, if he can be a hero, he is willing to share his own land.

Compared with ascending the pavilion to pay homage to the prime minister and leaving a name in history, the thousands of acres of land at home are nothing!

After much deliberation, Xiong Wencan decided to make a good relationship. While maintaining his official status, he could express his kindness to Zhao Han in private.What if it is useful in the future?

The next afternoon, when Xiong Wencan finally saw Zhao Han, this thought became even stronger.

Because Zhao Han is too young, he has enough time to fight for the world.Even if he doesn't think about himself, Xiong Wencan has to leave a way for the family to retreat, maybe some of his descendants will be officials in the new dynasty.

"Zhao Zongzhen, I have admired your name for a long time!" Xiong Wencan clasped his fists and laughed.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "To each other!"

Xiong Wencan asked, "Can you and I talk alone?"

"Of course, Governor Xiong please." Zhao Han smiled brightly.

in the secret room.

Xiong Wencan opened his mouth and said, "If I were in Jiangxi, Mr. Zhao, please don't attack the city. In return, I can pretend I didn't see many things."

Zhao Han suddenly laughed even more happily, because this governor is so funny.Immediately replied: "Don't worry, I will not attack cities and land, but I will help the government to eliminate other bandits."

Xiong Wencan immediately understood.

That is to say, if there are other rebels in Jiangxi, Zhao Han will take advantage of the trend to take the land, and the county will naturally be included in the bag. After all, there are a lot of business taxes in the county.

However, the imperial court can still send a magistrate, but this magistrate must be emptied.

The city and land belonged to the imperial court in name, but to Zhao Han in essence.

The two bastards, tacitly, reached a secret agreement on this.

As for the silver, Xiong Wencan promised to give 1 taels, and he had to be allowed to pay in installments.

Chapter 213 [Imperial Examination Reform Ideas]

Xiong Wencan was sure that this trip would succeed in recruiting security, so he brought his official uniform and official seal.

Naturally everything should be kept simple, otherwise eunuchs, passers-by or Jin Yiwei would have to be sent to announce the decree.

It's a pity that the official uniforms are also somewhat simplified. Zhao Han couldn't help complaining: "Is this because I'm sure I won't go to court? There is only one official uniform."

Official uniforms are official uniforms, which are generally only worn when on duty.Its overall shape can refer to the official costumes of the Song Dynasty in film and television dramas, and the hat has long and thin wings.

For formal occasions such as sacrifices, court meetings, and sutra banquets, there are special court clothes.

As for the "manchu beasts" and short-winged black gauze caps, they belong to the official uniforms, and you can find someone to sew them yourself.By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the uniforms were so messed up that military officers of the sixth rank dared to wear the uniforms of the first rank, and no military officers below the fifth rank wore the common uniforms at all.

Xiong Wencan said with a smile: "If Zongzhen Zhao comes to Beijing for an audience, he will give out a set of court clothes."

"I'm afraid the emperor won't let me go." Zhao Han casually threw the official seal to the secretary, which is useful at critical times.

Xiong Wencan didn't dare to answer these words, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Nowadays, thieves are everywhere. If one day invades Jiangxi, I hope Mr. Zhao will put state affairs first."

Zhao Han said without hesitation: "Naturally, as long as the thieves dare to come to Jiangxi, I will kill as many as they come!"

"In this case, I will rely on Mr. Zhao." Xiong Wencan clasped his fists in thanks.

Yang Sichang set the policy of "four positives and six corners, and ten sides to spread the net", and Jiangxi is also one of them.Assisting in the suppression of thieves is nonsense, as long as the rogues are not allowed to enter Jiangxi, Xiong Wencan, the governor of Jiangxi, is considered qualified.

Xiong Wencan was in a good mood after the big things were done, feeling that he had come to the right place.

With Zhao Han's composure and forbearance, he will definitely keep his promise and will not attack the city indiscriminately to attract the attention of the court.And with Zhao Han sitting in Jiangxi, who can also guard against the invasion of bandits, Xiong Wencan has nothing to be afraid of.

The only scary thing is that Chongzhen felt that Xiong Wencan was very capable, so he was transferred to the north to be the governor to exterminate the thieves...

Zhao Han and Xiong Wencan were quite fond of seeing each other, and even sent him to the pier in person.

After the warship sailed past Jishui County, Zhu Guoxun finally relaxed and asked, "Fu Shuai, will this Zhao thief really not rebel?"

"Don't call Zhao Bandit again," Xiong Wencan reminded, "Since we have been recruited, we will be ministers of the same court. It is definitely unbelievable to replace it with other traitors, but Zhao Yan will not rebel."