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  Chapter 102 100 [Master Zhao is here to accept food]

  The residence of Huang Jiazu was built at some unknown time, but most of it was expanded during the Zhengde Dynasty.

  The Huang's ancestral hall was also built in the Zhengde Dynasty.

  The reason is very simple. During the years of Hongzhi and Zhengde, the Huang clan became a high-ranking official!

  The buildings are well-built, but in terms of details, they are far inferior to those in wealthy areas. One is that the Huang family has limited financial resources, and the other is that the level of designers and craftsmen is insufficient.

  Now, Zhao Han ordered the garden to be bulldozed, and a section of the wall was also taken down, connecting it with the flat ground outside the wall, and used it as a training ground for soldiers. This will completely destroy the layout of the house, making it look more and more nondescript, which will inevitably lose the face of our Master Zhao.

  More than 500 soldiers have all returned home, ready to meet the busy farming season.

  Zhao Han sat on the steps under the porch, looking at the empty training ground, feeling even more confused than Fei Ruhe at the moment.

  From the perspective of others, Zhao Han is going smoothly, but in fact he encounters setbacks everywhere.

  It is a compromise between ideal and reality, and a difference between theory and practice. To put it nicely, adapt measures to current and local conditions. To put it harshly, Zhao Han backed down everywhere, and he couldn't implement many things.

   Let Xiaohong be the head of the Department of Maternity and Children, but only manage the women and children in the town.

  This position is only to stop extreme domestic violence, and it is impossible to manage ordinary domestic violence. There is also a policy of "prohibition of drowning infants", ordering all widows in the town not to die for their husbands, and providing some limited help to the widows in the town.

   There is almost no control over men, but they are still being talked about, all relying on Zhao Han's prestige to enforce it.

  Zhao Han wants to unite the farmers, but he also makes people inside and out.

  First of all, the self-cultivating farmers hated Zhao Han.

  They are closely related to Huang Zundao, and they are hardly oppressed and exploited by Master Huang, but sometimes they get relief from Master Huang. And they have land, facing countless tenant farmers, they are full of superiority.

   Now, Master Huang’s relief is gone, and their sense of superiority is gone, and the tenants they look down on are actually allocated land!

  They don't think about it at all. As long as one or two generations pass, the blood relationship will become estranged. Once the descendants encounter natural disasters, the land will be taken away by the big landlord, and they will also be reduced to tenants at that time.

  They only know that Mr. Zhao is a big villain!

  Secondly, in terms of their attitudes towards owner farmers and small landlords, the tenants also slandered Zhao Han endlessly.

  The tenants feel that those who have land should all kill off the land. Mr. Zhao is too kind-hearted, he still keeps those bastards, maybe one day he will collude with outsiders for revenge.

   The conflict between the two parties is difficult to ease.

  The owner farmers are still a little better, and the tenants have already taken action against the small landowners. They didn't dare to disobey Zhao Han's order, and they didn't dare to directly kill the small landlord to divide the land, but they went to trouble every day, and the small landlord was made very afraid to go out.

  The same is true in private schools, children from tenant households gang up to bully small landlords and children from self-cultivating farmers.

  This is just a remote and small place. In the future, when operating in a large place, the conflict may continue to magnify.

  The problem of the army is not obvious yet.

   But if they go to fight in other places, they don’t say how far away from home, but just go to the next village and town. Will they kill, rob, or blackmail?

   Must unify thinking!

  Li Zicheng's "Chuang Wang will not be paid when he comes", no matter whether it can be done or not, it can be regarded as an idea, and it is also a propaganda slogan.

  The peasant uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty was also based on ideology, which was taught by Maitreya.

  Whether it is a slogan or a so-called idea, nothing more than forming a consensus. Even if it can't be done, even if no one takes it seriously, it must exist!

  The red set cannot be copied, Zhao Han can only find it from the "Book of Rites", and get the idea of ​​​​"the world is one."

  But, does Zhao Han himself believe it?

  If he doesn't believe it, still want his subordinates to believe it?

   In addition, there will be future policy changes, which is also a headache.

  In the early stage of development, violence is necessary, and the landlords must be eliminated, so that the base can be consolidated. But after it develops, it is impossible to completely push the landlords to the opposite side, otherwise Zhao Han will definitely struggle!

  However, even if Zhao Han made a compromise, he still had to cut off the landlord's flesh. How could the landlord be willing?

   It is impossible to overthrow all the big landlords, mainly because of the problem of execution.

  If the entire province of Jiangxi is occupied, how can there be so many loyal grassroots officials who can completely follow Zhao Han's thinking? They will definitely deceive the upper and lower, use the guise of Zhao Han to mess around, kill the old landlord, and become the new landlord themselves.

   Top priority, team building, thought building.

   "My lord, it's time to eat." Xiao Cui walked over at some unknown time.

  Zhao Han smiled and stood up: "Okay, let's eat."

  Xiao Cui changed her name to Huang Fei, which sounds very similar to Xiao Hong's Huang Fei. But the two have very different personalities. Xiaohong dares to go to the town office to be the chief of women and children, but Xiaocui dare not show her face, and just wants to stay by Zhao Han's side as a maid.

  Zhao Han said as he walked, "I made up a play, and Maosheng said that there are not enough actors... so you can play a female role."

   "My lord, I don't know how to sing operas." Xiao Cui politely refused. Although she was born as a maid, she felt that opera singers were lowly.

  Zhao Han explained: "In this kind of opera, you don't sing much, you just talk. Also, there are no domestic slaves now, and they are all called servants. From now on, opera actors will not be lowly, so don't look down on opera actors."

  Xiao Cui was afraid of making Zhao Han angry, so she quickly explained: "My lord, I don't look down on actors."

   "Then you can act." Zhao Han said with a smile.

  Xiao Cui was full of reluctance, but she still agreed, just obeying orders.

  Until Chen Maosheng read the script to her, Xiaocui burst into tears several times...

  …

  In June, the Sichuan army was ordered to suppress the bandits and shot Zijin Liang, the leader of the rebel army. But they won first and then lost, and the generals died in ambush. The rebels used their banners to trap and kill other officers and soldiers, and the Sichuan army was defeated in succession.

  In the whole of Sichuan, there is no main force of officers and soldiers. As long as the peasant army slows down, they can enter Sichuan in a large scale to coerce them.

   In July, the Tartars captured Lushun.

  Huang Long, the commander-in-chief stationed in Lushun, sent a navy to assist the Yalu River, but Kong Youde and other traitors took advantage of it. Due to insufficient troops, Huanglong was defeated in several battles, exhausted all bullets, committed suicide and died for the country. Li Weiluan, the guerrilla general, first burned his whole family to death, and then led the remnant soldiers into battle, fighting hard and dying.

   On the Jiangxi side, the Ruijin Peasant Army still exists. As long as they don't attack the county seat, there will be no officers and soldiers to go out of the city to wipe it out.

  Jiangxi governor Xie Xuelong is still busy repairing Tengwang Pavilion.

  The Tengwang Pavilion is about to be completed, not only that, but he is also building a pavilion next to it as a gathering place for scholars and celebrities.

  The literati were busy flattering, praising Governor Xie for revitalizing the cultural context, and praising his selfless act of donating salary—the governor donated his annual salary in order to rebuild the Tengwang Pavilion.

  The laborers who were conscripted to build the Tengwang Pavilion had no wages to pay and had to bring their own food tools, and the officials withheld food, which almost caused a riot!

  Cai Maode, the school inspector in Jiangxi Province, quoted "Gewei Theory" to explain "Baben Saiyuan Theory".

  The "Gate Position Theory" was therefore recognized by the gentry, deliberately ignoring the equality of the subordinates, but only emphasizing the equality of the superiors, and the merchants even spontaneously spent money to promote it.

  The magistrates of Ji’an and Luling County were busy sending scholars to the provincial examinations, completely forgetting the civil unrest in Wuxing Town...

  Wuxing Town is another scene. Although there was a drought in May, the drought was not serious.

   Moreover, Zhao Han opened the canals for farmers to use freely. The fields far away from the canals also let farmers help each other to carry water, so they were not greatly affected by the drought.

  Looking around, there is a scene of a bumper harvest!

  After the new rice was dried, Zhao Han didn't send anyone to urge him to pay the tax. He only asked the four village chiefs to take the lead and take the initiative to pick up their own grain to the town hall.

  The peasants secretly observed and found that there was really no collection of fire consumption, and no collection of miscellaneous and Liao pay. Moreover, grain was collected according to the standards of the Wanli period, and special big buckets were not used to harm the people.

   Gradually, some farmers took the initiative to send land taxes, and the treatment was the same as that of the four village chiefs.

  The whole town is a sensation!

  Chen Maosheng and Fei Chun were so tired that their backs ached and they sent someone to complain: "Mayor, there are too many people sending food, can you send some more people?"

  No choice but to recruit people.

  The two teachers in the private school, the self-cultivator and the scholar from the small landlord family, were temporarily recruited to work and promised to pay them wages every day.

  Huang Shunde's family is a self-cultivator. In terms of blood relationship, he belongs to Master Huang's cousin.

   This guy has never been admitted to the scholar, and he has no money to go to the county to continue his studies, so he can only stay at home and study hard.

   Huang Shunde hated Zhao Han to the core, but he didn't dare to flee the town, fearing that his land would be confiscated.

  Keep hating Zhao Han, but at the same time take the initiative to register and register, in disguised recognition of Zhao Han's dominance—just to receive the old grain distributed by Master Zhao.

   When he was called to work as a temporary worker in the town office, Huang Shunde was also very contradictory.

  He didn't want to work for the rebels, and he was thinking about the wages given by the rebels, so he could only bite the bullet and go.

  Long distance away, Huang Shunde was dumbfounded.

  I saw that outside the gate of the town office, there were all people queuing up to collect food. They came with the newly harvested rice, and instead of paying taxes on their faces, they were all happy. During the waiting period, they talked and laughed, and some even sang pornographic ditties.

  Huang Shunde walked to the food requisition point in a daze, and immediately someone shouted: "Brother Zhaoyi, come quickly and help!"

  Huang Shunde recognized this person, he was just a schoolboy, and he didn't even pass the exam. Just because he obeyed the rebels, he became the head of the Criminal Section of Wuxing Town.

   "Come here." Huang Shunde replied, and walked over arrogantly.

  There are only two scholars in Wuxing Town, one is the youngest son of Mr. Huang, who is now hiding in the county and dare not come back. One is the grandson of Huang Erye, who has been killed by the mob.

  Huang Shunde is automatically promoted to the highest educated person, he is a child student, and he is proud of the whole town!

   This guy didn't start working immediately, but flipped through the grain requisition booklet, and quickly exclaimed: "My family's requisition amount is so much higher!"

  The section chief who was born as a schoolboy smiled and said: "The mayor said that if the young men are not out of the training group, the whole family will be taxed according to the old rules."

  Huang Shunde's heart was dripping with blood, and he asked: "If there is a strong man now, is there still time?"

   "I don't know, you have to ask the mayor." The head of the school boy said with a smile, a little gloating in his words.

  Huang Shunde immediately ran into the office and was successfully summoned. He didn't dare to neglect, and bowed politely: "Mayor Zhao, my family is now producing strong men practicing bravery, can this year's summer grain be treated equally?"

   "Okay, as long as there are strong men training soldiers, then we are all on our own." Zhao Han said with a smile.

  After Huang Shunde resigned, he frantically ran home and asked his brother to join the army.

  I don't care about being a thief.

  Anyway, he is only a child, and the imperial court does not give preferential treatment, and there is no hope of getting a name in the exam. It is better to pay less food and get benefits now.

  In the past years, the government kept collecting the collections, and the summer grain that could not be collected for several months, can now be settled in two days.

   Moreover, it is the farmers who take the initiative to pay for the grain and take the initiative to pick the grain to the town hall!

  The eldest brother joins the army and works as a temporary worker in the public office. The family pays less land tax than before. Huang Shunde quickly reversed his concept.

   Anyway, I have already followed the thief, so it is better to follow it thoroughly.

   "Do you want to be an official?" Zhao Han asked with a smile.

Huang Shunde said in a righteous speech: "Wan Sheng is not greedy for high-ranking officials and rich salary, but because he admires the majesty of the mayor. Nowadays, corrupt officials are rampant and corrupt officials are everywhere, but the mayor is honest and loves the people. The matter of paying food makes Wan Sheng amazed, and he is willing to drive for the mayor effective!"

   "Haha, then I will appoint you as the head of the Wuxing Township's regiment and brave battalion." Zhao Han accepted it on the spot.

  Huang Shunde's complexion changed, and he hurriedly bowed to cover up: "The mayor thinks highly of him, and Wansheng will definitely do his best to repay his kindness!"

  Huang Shunde wanted to be a civilian, so that it would be convenient for officers and soldiers to surrender in the future.

  However, Zhao Han was given a Chinese military position, and it was a very important position. I am afraid that he will be included in the list of major rebels by the government.

   Moreover, this guy is from a self-cultivated farmer and is not recognized by the tenants. If he is corrupt, he will be easily exposed, but it is more useful than the one from the tenant.

  Zhao Han said: "Since you are in the army, you should be called by your military rank. I am the captain of the regiment brave battalion. You can call me the captain or the chief. Don't call me the mayor and the master."

   "Thank you, Chief!" Huang Shunde quickly changed his words.

  (end of this chapter)