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Zhao Han glanced at it: "Are these a few officials?"

He Tianqu replied: "Tongzhi, Tuiguan, county magistrate and other officials have fled yesterday afternoon."

"Why don't you run?" Zhao Han asked.

He Tianqu bit the bullet and said: "I admire the prestige of King Zhao Tian, ​​and I am willing to sacrifice the city for atonement."

This is of course nonsense, the reason why He Tianqu surrendered was that he was the head of the city.Even if he ran away, so what, the court asked him for his crime, and if he didn't die, he would have to peel off his skin.

Moreover, most of He Tianqu's clansmen were gone when Zhang Xianzhong ravaged the Luzhou government, so he wasn't afraid to implicate his family.

But, He Tianqu took it for granted, thinking that Xiancheng could be reused.But during this period of time, officers and soldiers robbed food everywhere, and other high officials ran away, just in time to bring He Tianqu to the public trial, so that the people who had suffered to vent their anger.

"Catch it!" Zhao Han sneered.

He Tianqu was a little confused, the script was wrong.He exclaimed: "Zhao Tianwang, I have the merit of dedicating the city, why do I treat the demoted officials like this?"

"The whole army of officers and soldiers is defeated. I need you to dedicate the city? Lock it up and wait for another day for public trial!" Zhao Han led his troops into the city after finishing speaking.

Linjiang Fucheng cannot be abandoned, this place is too important.

Although Zhangshu Town is next to Linjiangfu City, Zhangshu Town has no city walls to defend, and only by occupying this city can the Ganjiang waterway be blocked.

Alas, the expansion is still too fast. Zhao Han's current territory is as follows:

Ji'an Prefecture: Luling County, Jishui County, Anfu County. (This prefecture is temporarily vacant: Taihe County (anti-thief), Yongfeng County, Longquan County (anti-thief), Wan'an County, Yongxin County (sweeping king), Yongning County (anti-thief).)

Linjiang Prefecture: Qingjiang County, Xingan County, Xiajiang County, Xinyu County.

There is also Fenyi County, which is under the jurisdiction of Yuanzhou Prefecture. (Except for Fenyi County, the rest of the Yuanzhou Mansion is occupied by the Sweeping King.)

In other words, Zhao Han expanded from three counties to eight counties at once.

Some missionaries and grassroots officials are busy!

Xiao Huan must also be busy, the site has suddenly doubled, and the clean government work is probably not enough.

However, the finances suddenly became more abundant. Li Maofang searched for so much money and food, and made all of them wedding dresses for Zhao Han, and also seized a few cannons by the way.

But it is said that there is a panic in Nanchang Mansion.

Even the officials of the Three Divisions in Jiangxi were mobilized collectively, spreading money to recruit soldiers to defend the city.

Because Nanchang, the provincial capital of Jiangxi, is less than [-] miles away from Zhao Han's Linjiang Prefecture in a straight line, with only Fengcheng County in the middle.

Don't hit me, don't hit me, don't hit me... This was the thinking of the Jiangxi Third Division officials, for fear that Zhao Han would take advantage of the victory to attack and encircle Nanchang Mansion.

Zhao Hancai didn't bother to go there, he suffered from indigestion in the eight counties.

Even the Fengcheng County that Huang Yao captured, Zhao Han took the initiative to let it out, as a buffer zone between him and the government.

Li Maofang, Li Ruolian, and Wang Siren looked at each other in Nanchang.

"What should I do?" Li Ruolian asked.

Wang Siren sighed and said, "I still have half of my navy left. Within a year, I will definitely be able to regain my strength."

Li Maofang couldn't speak, the defeat was too complete.

Perhaps, Wang Siren still has the opportunity to take the blame and make meritorious service, because he is only a soldier in Jiangzhou.

Perhaps, Li Ruolian could be demoted and returned to Beijing because he was a military officer from Jinyiwei.

However, Li Maofang, as the governor of Jiangxi, is dismissed from office and dismissed, and it is very likely that he will be sent to prison for investigation!

The civil servants are indeed of high status, but once the city and land are lost, the main responsibility will be counted on the civil servants. The Chongzhen Dynasty has planted several governors.

In the next two months, Li Ruolian and Wang Siren actively recruited troops to defend Nanchang City.

But Li Maofang has no interest in military matters, and he also has money in Nanchang.He sent his confidants to go straight to the capital by boat, and bribed the important officials of the court with money, so as to save his own life.

By the way, you can blame Wang Siren.

At the time of the decisive battle, Wang Siren's navy was defeated, which caused the main force of the officers and soldiers to collapse!

Yes, yes, this is Wang Siren's responsibility.

Chapter 165 [Happiness on top of happiness]

On the third day after Zhao Han entered Linjiang Mansion, Li Zheng came over with an old official: "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 even the smell of urine came from his crotch.

Zhao Han said with disgust on his face, "How dare you set fire to the county government with your guts? 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 immediately understood: "Which family do you belong to? How much did you spend?"

The old official didn't dare to answer, but knelt on the ground trembling.

Zhao Han sneered and said, "Who belonged to the family was found out. After the public trial, all the clan elders were killed. The children were sent to nursing homes, the men were assigned to mine iron mines, and the 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 evade taxes is not the most disgusting, but 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 farm.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.

In modern times, the headmaster Jiang was overwhelmed by a big landlord. He came to the door and 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 phenomenon of Feisa is also one of the reasons why small landlords and self-cultivating farmers are willing to pledge their allegiance to Zhao Han.

Especially the class of small landlords, who may hold less land after the land is divided.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, missionary groups, and the backbone of the peasant association are coming one after another, and the city of Linjiang is temporarily under Zhao Han's military control.

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

Today, I wandered around the west of the city. As we walked, Zhao Han frowned: "Why are there 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 simply outrageous. Although the city of Linjiang Prefecture is high and deep, its area is not very large. There are eleven temples in the city, and there are some more 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.

Then 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 certificate of degree will be ordered to return to the vulgar. Inside and outside the city, only one temple and one temple will be kept. The temple will keep the Guanghan Temple, and the Taoist temple will keep the Chenghuang Temple. The 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 the house as a courtyard for the homeless people in the city to live in!”

With an order, the chickens flew like dogs.

Thousands of illegal monks and Taoist priests were found out and ordered to return to secular life, while there were only a mere 30 or so legal monks who had a degree.

All the goods in these temples were also stolen by Zhao Han, adding up to more than 8000 taels of silver!

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

"Catch him right away and thoroughly investigate his crimes. Even if he didn't break the law himself, if his monks committed usury or the like, they will be arrested directly and sent to iron mines to mine!"

Outside the government office, the highly respected Dharma Master Suzhen originally wanted to rely on his reputation and use his sharp 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's no need to send him to mine, let him think about it in front of the Buddha," Zhao Han said, "Since he is a virtuous and eminent monk, he must have profound Buddhist teachings. It's okay to go without food for ten days and half a month. If he doesn't eat, he can live For ten days, let him be the abbot of Guanghan Temple."

The master Suzhen still didn't give up, he clamored 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 treasured figure solemnly said: "Amitabha, the poor monk entered meditation yesterday, and got the Bodhisattva's entrustment, 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!"

"Heavenly King, Heavenly King..."

Master Suzhen's mind was a little confused, and he shouted on the road when he was dragged out: "The Heavenly King is really the reincarnation of Arhat, and the monk can testify. After listening to the little monk, the Heavenly King..."

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.

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

Zuo Xiaoliang was promoted to the magistrate 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.

When they attacked Jishui County, the first two scholars who took refuge in it were Yang Zhong, who scolded Zhao Han, became the magistrate of Xinyu County, and Guo Shunyu, who volunteered to donate land, became the transfer 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 town 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 is going to get married too.

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 [-] 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 and procedures must be complete, and 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 what I'm supposed to do, and it all depends on the cultivation of the general 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's in your job and do it well. In Song Dynasty, Bao Zheng was exiled for thousands of years, and he only did what's in his job. When Bao Zheng was the magistrate, 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 said hastily: "I will bear in mind the instruction."

Bao Qingtian in the Song Dynasty really only did what he was supposed to do, and he just had to 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.

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

When Zhao Han said these words, he was also warning Yuan Yunlong not to do anything beyond his own.Because Yuan Yunlong's niece is about to marry Fei Ruhe!

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

When Zhao Han opened the letter, he immediately smiled.

Fei Rulan was pregnant, and not long after Zhao Han left for the expedition, the doctor had 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 combined, this was the first time he was going to be a father.

Chapter 166 [Destiny]

"Chief Town, here is a secret message from Nanchang!"

After receiving the good news, Zhao Han arranged some affairs and was about to return to Ji'an as soon as possible, when he suddenly received a secret letter from Xu Ying.

After translating against the code, there are only eleven words: Our army won a big victory, the people of Raozhou rebelled, and the city fell.