Ming Zuo

Chapter 517 Attitude
"Now Zichuan is under the jurisdiction of our administrative committee, and the previous systems and regulations are no longer valid. Next, our Zichuan county government will re-statistically compile all land and population in the territory. All the fields of each family are expected to be taken. Release the yellow book, otherwise the county government will not recognize it and take it all back.”

Wang Yuyin conveyed the first policy, which shocked everyone in Zichuan.

Although I thought that the person who came here was a traitor and had no intentions, but I didn't expect that the first hand would be so violent.

Land is the lifeblood of every family. If it is confiscated, it will definitely hurt the bones.

Now they are the only people left in Zichuan County.

Relying on the mountain, forming a village to defend themselves, and the Dongjiang rebels have no interest in their wilderness, so they survived.

But in the process of fleeing, the land deeds of each family will inevitably be lost or damaged.

Thinking that the land in their hands will be reduced, these people can't sit still.

"This county magistrate..."

Wang Yuyin corrected, "Please call me County Magistrate Wang."

He used to be a higher official in Daming than the county magistrate, but he didn't feel comfortable doing it, and he was framed and almost went to jail.

After returning to Shandong, because of his father, he also had to become a rebel.

But after understanding the administrative system here, Wang and Yin are like ducks in water.

He was not dissatisfied at all when he was appointed as the magistrate of Zichuan County.And after learning about the administrative committee's plan for Zichuan, he believes that this place has great potential.

Shandong is an export-oriented economy, with a large proportion of exports and trade.

Ceramics have always been one of China's top export products.

If it is managed well, it will be no problem for Zichuan to regain prosperity.

Of course, the most important thing right now is to attack these local clans.

In the past when they were officials in Daming, these local rich families were the headaches for every official.

Every household is inextricably linked to the government and the public, and there may be some great masters behind them, which makes local officials have nowhere to do anything and do nothing.

But now it's different.

Behind Wang Yuyin stood the new army. With the guarantee of strong force, he knew that the methods could be more drastic.

"Magistrate Wang, it is not easy for us to farm and study as our home and run it for generations. How can your mansion commit acts of robbers, destroying the family and exterminating the family? Where is the conscience?"

Song Yunxiao's angry accusation represented the aspirations of most people here.

Wang Yuyin had done his homework, and the counterattack was fast and accurate.

"It is said that when Duke Ji Huan was an official, he was known for his incorruptibility. When he first served as the prefect of Yanqing, he brought his own spinning wheel and traveled thousands of miles to take up the post. Why is the thousand acres of fertile land in Songjiazhuang now under the name of Duke Ji Huan?"

The sharp interrogation made Song Yunxiao dumbfounded, unable to speak anymore.

The rest of the people were even more trembling, and they suddenly realized that the new magistrate seemed tough enough.

After the red-faced one finished singing, the scene was shocked, and it was time for the white-faced Xu Yingyuan to appear.

"Everyone, the Dongjiang rebels have fled westward now, Zichuan has been restored, and the whole country is peaceful. In my opinion, everyone must miss their hometown and worry about it all day. It's better to return home quickly, tidy up your home, and discuss future affairs."

These words made everyone in Zichuan calm down a lot.

In any case, the weather is cold, and the elderly people can't bear it anymore if they live in fear on this mountain, don't have enough food, and don't sleep well.

Although their homes have been destroyed by Dongjiang Town, they are all wealthy people, and it is not difficult to revive their family business.

Xu Yingyuan and Wang Yuyin bid farewell and left, but everyone in Zichuan was faced with a choice.

"Hey, this is really driving wolves out of the front door and tigers in through the back door!"

Bi Ziyin's face was full of sorrow, and he was extremely entangled.

There are almost no common people in the stockade, and they are basically local big families in Zichuan.

Common people can't afford to build such a strong stockade.

These people either used to be officials in the court, or had family members in the court as officials, or were landlords.

The two policies conveyed by Xu Yingyuan and Wang Yuyin today made them feel the pain of the steel knife scraping their bones.

There is no doubt that each family will lose a lot of land.

Because in the process of fleeing, some land deeds must have been lost.

As for ceramics...

Such a money-making thing, how can the various families not get involved?
For example, the Bi family, Wang family, Han family, An family, etc., each have several workshops.

Each family has its own unique skills, which is the way they rely on to make money.

Now someone wants to squeeze in. In their eyes, they are not stingy about stealing money.

"I took a closer look just now. The army has at least a thousand people, and it is invincible."

Han Jun's tone was pessimistic.

This man once served as the censor of Youqian Capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and his status is extraordinary.But now he is idle at home, seeing the disasters and chaos in the village, he can only be at a loss.

"If you don't write to the imperial court quickly, explain the situation here, and ask the imperial court to send troops to suppress the rebellion, so that we can be stable."

Han Qingyang, Han Jun's seventh uncle, made a suggestion.

But Bi Ziyin hummed: "How can the imperial court send soldiers and horses now? Otherwise, how can Dongjiang be rebellious and domineering?"

Everyone was dejected, sighing and complaining.

Seeing this, Wang Mengzhen knew that there was nothing he could do.

"Let's go down the mountain first, gather up the family business quickly, and then plan the follow-up."

Then everyone remembered that the house was still there.If you don't hurry up and clean it up, I'm afraid it will be confiscated.

Seeing everyone rushing away, Wang Mengzhen was even more disappointed.

People's hearts are like this, I'm afraid this Zichuan... can't be kept.

In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Mengzhen took his family back to Santaizhuang Mansion.

Looking around, the originally good homeland has long been destroyed, and there are ruins everywhere.Where the weeds are everywhere, there are even dead bodies looming.

The whole Wang family cried together and started to clean up together. It took three full days to clean up the house.

We gathered together and picked up a few clean houses to live in.

Just when Wang Mengzhen was about to find other people to discuss how to deal with the new government, a relative came to the door.

"My son-in-law heard that Zichuan was restored, and was worried about the safety of Master Taishan, so he came here at night. Seeing that Master Taishan is safe and sound, my wife is very relieved."

The person who came was Wang Mengzhen's son-in-law Zhang Lianxing, the third son of Zhang Xiao, former minister of the Ministry of War.

The person who came with Zhang Lianxing was Zhai Yuanzuo, Zhai Fengchong's nephew.

Zhai Yuanzuo is also Zhang Xiao's son-in-law.

Zhai Fengchong's second daughter married Wang Mengzhen's third son Wang Fusheng, and Zhai Fengchong's niece married Wang Mengzhen's nephew Wang Qisheng.

The other niece married Zhang Xiao's fifth son, Zhang Lianfang.

The three families of Wang, Zhai, and Zhang are in-laws who go around in circles.

Seeing his son-in-law coming and knowing that his daughter was safe, Wang Mengzhen was equally happy.

"I heard that Yidu was destroyed, and even Hengfan was wiped out. I thought you were doomed. In such a chaotic world, people are really like grass, and their fate is unlucky."

Zhang Lianxing came here with a mission.

"Master Taishan, now Yidu has been stolen by the Naluoshizi Administrative Committee and wants to implement new policies. Jiayan can't make up his mind, so I specially asked my son-in-law to ask you for advice."

Wang Mengzhen was taken aback.

"Even the benefits are taken by them?"

But he soon sobered up.

Counties like Zichuan have not been spared, not to mention the seat of the government of Qingzhou.

"What does your father mean?"

Wang Mengzhen decided to listen to Zhang Xiao's thoughts.

After all, Zhang Xiao used to be Minister of the Ministry of War and an important minister of the court.His insight must be better, and there may be places that others cannot see.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Lianxing hadn't spoken yet, but Zhai Yuanzuo had something to say.

"From my nephew's point of view, the administrative committee's plan is huge, and all the practices are not without merit."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Mengzhen's expression changed abruptly.

Is this Zhai Yuanzuo's idea?
Obviously not.

Such an important matter, how could he allow a junior like him to talk about it at will?
Since he said it, it represented the meaning of some people.

(End of this chapter)