Fu Song

Chapter 226 Everyone has to work
When he walked out of Zhuangzi, Xiao Cheng already had the seal of Qianzhou Zhizhou in his hand.

This seal governing fifty Jisuo states, millions of people, and thousands of miles away, was thrown up and down like a toy in Xiao Cheng's hands.

Either be a puppet, or die.

Ma Liang had no choice but to agree to Xiao Cheng's request.

The original staff in Zhuangzi were escorted out of Zhuangzi in batches. The people brought by Xiao Cheng are taking over the guarding work of Zhuangzi. From today onwards, this place will be regarded as Ma Liang's prison.

He will have no worries about food and clothing, but he will also lose his freedom.

Only when Xiao Cheng needs him, can he temporarily leave this Zhuangzi.After completing his supposed performance, he will come back here to suffer, hoping that one day Xiao Cheng will fulfill his promise and allow him to leave here.

Lu Ze was half a step behind Xiao Cheng, and after a short walk, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Sign the judgment, really let the second son leave with half of the property?"

"Of course." Xiao Cheng said: "Ma Liang still has his value. I need his cooperation, so naturally I have to give him something in return."

At this time, Lu Ze naturally understood that Xiao Cheng was definitely not a loyal and pure minister of Emperor Song.If he is still loyal to the court, he should report Ma Liang's actions to the court at this moment, and then the court will deal with this lawless guy.

But for his own selfishness, Xiao Cheng put the magistrate of a state under house arrest.

To be honest, Xiao Cheng's boldness is even worse than Ma Liang's.

After a few years, when the signer in front of me has gained some qualifications and is qualified to be the prefect, Ma Liang's role will disappear.

Now, it's just letting this guy occupy the latrine.

Looking back at Zhuangzi, his eyes were full of gloating.When Ma Liang built this Zhuangzi, he probably never thought that this place would become his prison!
"This person is full of evil, but he can still enjoy happiness in such a gorgeous village. It's really an advantage for him!" Lu Ze gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

"Afterwards, all Ma Liang's family members were moved here to live with him, and one hundred guan was allocated from the minister's money of the state government every month."

"One hundred guan, so many?" Lu Ze was a little dissatisfied.

"This hundred guan also includes the salary of the person who takes care of him, his daily necessities, etc., and his big family has a lot of people." Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "Always pay attention to his decency, We can't let him live too poorly, if he is poorly raised, he will be shameless when it's time for him to appear on the stage, then it won't be beautiful."

This is raising Ma Liang as a pig!Lu Ze shuddered.

Returning to Pengshui again, standing on the city tower, looking down at the whole city, Xiao Cheng only felt his heart go to pieces.Even though the weather is still gloomy, his heart is full of brilliance, even though the wind is still biting cold, his heart is full of blood.

Now, he can finally use the paintbrush in his hand to paint this world to his heart's content.

"Yang Quan, how did we gain this time?" Xiao Cheng looked at Yang Quan, who had just been registered as a household member and joined the army.

Yang's bastard is also full of joy at the moment.

"According to the order of signing the judgment, let Ma's son take half of the family wealth and leave, but this person panicked and only wanted to leave here earlier, but what he took away was only some floating money. It took a lot of money." Yang Quan said with a smile: "Real estates, farms, villages, and goods, after counting, we can leave as much as a million guan. Moreover, these things can continue to generate money."

Originally thought that Xiao Cheng was also very happy, but he didn't want Xiao Cheng to be unable to see happiness or anger at all, Yang Quan couldn't help but hesitate.How did he know that Xiao Cheng had seen big money before, so the millions and millions were really not in his eyes.The key point is that most of these are fixed assets, and they cannot be changed into cash for a while.

"Nearly [-] guan were confiscated from Chu Xiang's house, but according to the intention of signing the judgment and for Wang Wenzheng's face, he returned his family property worth [-] guan!" Yang Quan continued: "In addition, more than [-] guan were confiscated from Song Jia, who joined the army in Sihu, and nearly [-] confidants of these people confiscated about [-] guan together!"

These guys can almost be described as greedy.

As far as Xiao Cheng knew, even in the affluent Bianliang, a family worked hard for a year, and in the end they could save dozens to one hundred dollars, which would be considered a very good life. You can have a full belly, and a fellow who can eat and wear warmth, and these guys, easily, have a huge fortune.

"How to divide the money?" Tian Yi on the side said excitedly.

Hearing this, Yang Quan couldn't help but laugh, Lu Ze was dumbfounded, and Xiao Cheng rolled his eyes.

Dare this one haven't turned the corner yet?

Think they are a special group of burglars?
"Brother Tian, ​​don't talk nonsense, the money will be of great use in signing the judgment." Yang Quan couldn't help but mention Tian Yi a few words.

"The money is really useful, but I'm afraid it's not enough!" Xiao Cheng said flatly.

Hearing these words, Lu Ze's heart trembled again. The officials in Qianzhou City had been washed away by Xiao Cheng so far, and he was the only one left with dignity.

"But it's almost enough to use it as start-up capital!" Fortunately, the next words made Lu Ze feel a little more at ease. "The officials in Qianzhou Prefecture, Pengshui County, and Qianjiang County have been cleaned up too much this time, and they need to be replenished as soon as possible. If there are people in your pocket, you can recommend them to be officials. Although there are We have to report to the higher-level officials, but they are all minor jobs, and the higher-ups will not deliberately embarrass them. As for the officials, they must be in place as soon as possible, and they must not slack off their official duties."

The three of them were overjoyed. This time, the money that was missing from the investigation could not be let go, but the position that was vacated could be filled with one's own staff, which could be regarded as another form of sharing the spoils.

"I don't care about the origin of the people I recommend, but they must be able to do things. If they can't do things, don't blame me for not giving face! I will definitely spend what should be spent." Xiao Cheng reminded, especially Taking a look at Tian Yi, Yang Quan is honest and stable, Lu Ze is an old official, so it is unlikely that he will make mistakes, but this one is a little behind, I am really afraid that he will bring in some rascals.

"Don't worry about the judgment!" All three said in succession.

After looking at the three of them, Xiao Cheng continued, "This is just the first thing. The second thing is that I'm going to reorganize the Xiang army."

The three of them suddenly looked slightly condensed.

"The Tiannan Army stationed in Qianzhou is a forbidden army. If you want to mobilize on a large scale, you must have a military order from the Privy Council. Even a transfer envoy cannot send them at will." Xiao Cheng said: "You said that you usually use dozens of Personally, everyone can pretend not to see it and muddle along, but then, I am afraid that the situation we are facing requires us to have a good armed force."

Xiao Cheng didn't care about the backgrounds of Tian Yi and Yang Quan in front of him, and said directly: "Qianzhou has nearly [-] Jusuo states, except for a few, most of them are not stable. If you hit me today, I will hit you tomorrow. Dogs eat dogs." , a hairy mouth, a little bit of petty gain, but also fights for joy, and thinks he is proud of himself."

Speaking of this, Xiao Cheng couldn't help snorting a few times: "Don't you know that their behavior is exactly what the court wants to see. I'm not here as an official, so naturally I don't bother to care about it, but since I'm here, I can't tolerate it." This kind of thing happens again. People are beaten to death, how can they manage their homes and make a fortune!"

"So the signing judge wants to train a Xiang army that we can be the masters of, to deter those tribal leaders in Jisuo Prefecture?" Lu Ze asked.

"That's right!" Xiao Cheng nodded and said, "At that time, whoever dares to disobey the order of the state government, I will deal with him."

Yang Quan and Tian Yi were a little dazed.

"I don't know how many Xiang troops the judge plans to train? Who will be the main one?" Yang Quan then asked.

"Let's set a thousand people tentatively!" Xiao Cheng waved his hand and said, "We don't have much money. We will organize two battalions first, with a thousand people. For this matter, Lu Canjun will take the lead. Well, Han Kai, you come over."

Following Xiao Cheng's greeting, Han Kai, who was standing on the side, strode over, cupped his hands at everyone and said, "Han Kai has met all the superiors."

"Lu Canjun, you join the army as a recorder. You are in charge of this matter. The specific military training procedures will be handed over to Han Kai. I am going to appoint Han Kaiquan to send the Qianzhou regiment training ambassador."

"Your subordinate must assist Ambassador Han in training the soldiers." Lu Ze nodded obediently.

Of course he knew that Xiao Cheng only needed his name as a recorder to join the army, and to take care of all related matters for the big man in front of him. be discounted.

"Tian Yi, you are the manager joining the army. What you have to do is to clean up Qianzhou for me. I will arrest those who don't have eyes. We have a lot of things to do next. It needs a lot of manpower, if there are some hard labor that don't need to be paid, it will save a lot, right?" Xiao Cheng said with a smile.

Tian Yi was a troublemaker, and said with a smile: "Signing the sentence, what is the scope of this? What if the person I want to arrest escapes to those Jisuo states?"

"Why did I ask Han Yan to train the Xiang army?" Xiao Cheng said coldly: "When the time comes, there will really be such a thing, just ask someone directly, and if anyone dares not hand in, then let Han Yan ask for it."

"Understood!" Tian Yi was elated.

"Yang Canjun, you have a lot to do." Xiao Cheng turned to look at Yang Quan.

Yang Quan confessed, "Sign the verdict and order it!"

"First, redefine Dinghu in the whole prefecture. This is a major event and an extremely difficult one. Let's start with Pengshui and Qianjiang. When you finish these two places, Han Yan's chamber The army is almost finished training."

Determining small households has always been an extremely difficult task, because small households have to pay taxes, and many big families hide a lot of small households to avoid taxes.

"Secondly, take a good inventory of the family property. Taking advantage of this winter, the roads, bridges, and canals that should be built must be done. It was a mess earlier, and Ma Liang thought about how to fix me. I haven’t done any of these serious things. Now I have to hurry up and get back the lost time. Well, after all, Daxing corvee is something that the people hate, but it has to be done. You have to pay more attention to this matter. Yes, Let the government provide meals, not to mention whether the food is good or not, at least enough to eat, how about it?"

The government promotes corvee service. Generally speaking, the people conscripted here are free to work, and they even have to bring their own food. If the government provides meals, then the problem will be reduced by more than half.

"The two things Lu Canjun and Yang Canjun did are related to the success of our Qianzhou next year. It will take a lot of hard work for you to coordinate and communicate with each other!"

Lu Canjun felt bitter for a while, well, I am not in charge of everything, but I can find trouble for everything, this one is catching me now that I have nowhere to go, and I am using myself to death!As for myself, I still dare not be dissatisfied in the slightest.

This one in front of me is ruthless!
If he dared to show his teeth, he might end up like Chu Xiang and Song Jia in the next moment, and he might not be able to enjoy the treatment like Zhizhou Ma Liang.

"That's it for today. In two days, when all the officials in the prefectural government are ready, everyone will meet again. By the way, the chief officials and Cao officials of Pengshui and Qianjiang counties will also be there." Come together." Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "Before doing things, we must first unify our thinking, we must work hard and think in one place, so that we can do things well. If we can't do this, Then there is no need to be an official, go home and pick up the child!"

"Obey!" The three officials clapped their hands together.

When the three left, only Han Kai and Li Xin were left beside them.Only then did Xiao Cheng stretch his waist easily, and relax his body and mind. During this period of time, he really worked hard, but he was exhausted.

Unlike in the northwest, at that time, he had an army by his side, but this time, he was alone, and the two were completely different.

"Hammer, next you are going to train the Xiang army. The Xiang army will be the main force of our Qianzhou in the future. Do you know what kind of army is a strong army?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"I know, someone like Guang Ruijun is a strong army!" Han Kai said loudly.

Xiao Cheng smiled, "You're right. If the army becomes like the big brother's, there will be very few opponents in this world. Hammer, do you know what kind of people you want to recruit?"

Li Xin on the side smiled and said: "It's not easy, of course he is strong and fierce, right Erlang?"

"Hammer, what do you say?"

Han Yan shook his head: "I don't know, but as long as you know Erlang, it will be all right. Whatever you say, I will do!"

"Recruiting soldiers, we must recruit those who are honest, have a family, and of course, must be physically strong. We can't take sick people!" Xiao Cheng said.

Li Xin's eyes widened immediately, "Erlang, why is this? Back in Bianliang, those rangers were so vicious! They often bullied honest people!"

Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "You guys should think about this for yourself! Li Xin, you have to think about what you can do these few days. After thinking about it, come and tell me, you should also go out and practice your hands. See Look, I don't have many available manpower now, if you can stand alone, I will save a lot of worry."

(End of this chapter)