Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 54

Together with his father, Shen Zhezi entered the official office under the leadership of Xu Mao.

Although the boat trip was more comfortable than the land road, but the river was turbulent, and Shen Zhezi felt quite tired all the way, so he had to cheer up and eat some food, so he retired first and went to rest.

Sleeping from noon until night fell, Shen Zhezi was woken up by his servant, saying that the Le'an Gao Zhong had come to plead guilty.Shen Zhezi thought for a while, but he didn't receive Gao Zhong, and only asked the soldier Liu Meng to send a batch of goods and medicines, and sent him away.

Not long after Liu Meng left, he turned around, holding a piece of white silk in his hand, and said to Shen Zhezi, "Young Lord, that Gao Zhong is also a strong man, he cut off his own finger in front of the door, waved the book with blood, and said thank you very much." Mr. Xiao Lang repays the grace of not killing."

Shen Zhezi was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, took the blood book and read it briefly, and his impression of Gao Zhong inevitably changed.Among other things, the handwriting in this blood book alone is much stronger than what I wrote carefully with a brush in my hand. It can be seen that he is also a person with a long history of family education.

There were only a few sentences in the letter, and he explained that he was ashamed of his ancestors, thanked Shen Zhezi, and promised that if he needed help in the future, he would not refuse to take the blood letter as a token.

Putting away the blood book, Shen Zhezi was also in a very complicated mood.Shenzhou fell, the North fell, and among the people who traveled to the south, if we say that the most lost are those rural tyrants who are between the poor families of the gentry, such as this Le'an Gao family.

Hometown prestige and power are all there, but they are only attached to the local land. Once they move away from their homeland, this advantage will have nowhere to attach. It is not as strong as the cultural gentry, who can occupy high positions in the court and have no way to make progress. Seeking self-survival, because of the number of parts, he has become a handsome vagrant, big and small.

The Gao family in Le'an, or the Gao family in Bohai.But the so-called world is higher than Bohai, and Gao Huan, who was born in a military household in the six towns of innocence, can climb the relationship of the Gao family in Bohai. Among them, only he knows in his heart.In this day and age, one always needs a dignified ancestor in order to be a man with his head held high.

But one thing is certain, although the Le'an Gao family is not a famous historical record, it is indeed one of the more important military leaders in the early days of Beifu.

The reason why he was not as famous as Liu Laozhi and even Liu Yu later was that shortly after the Battle of Feishui, he broke away from the Beifu sequence and was cited by Sima Daozi, the royal family of the power ministers at that time, as an important armed force to check and balance Fangzhen. Consumed in the struggle between the clans.

At this time, Xi Jiandu had not been in charge of Jingkou, and the Le'an Gao clan could only mix with a group of civilian commanders, and blocking roads and robbery might be their main way of survival.If it is reported maliciously, the boss behind it may be Xu Mao, the Xuzhou military governor who has a good personal relationship with his father.

Even though he ran into this future Beifu military leader by chance, Shen Zhezi didn't intend to have any in-depth exchanges right away.With his age and reputation, he is not enough to make a difference in the current chaotic Jingkou, so it is good to keep the current contact.

Not long after sending Gao Zhong away, Shen Zhezi heard his father's voice outside the door: "Qingque is still resting?"

Shen Zhezi quickly got up and welcomed his father into the room, and sat opposite each other. Shen Chong looked at Shen Zhezi whose childishness had gradually faded, and sighed again: "The young man from another family is still playing in front of the court, Cheng Huan's knees, My son has to work hard to keep the family property, it is my negligence as a father!"

"Father, why did you say that? As a son of man, you should share your father's worries. Under the overthrow of the nest, there will be no eggs. I am happy to help my father share some worries."

Shen Zhezi comforted his father with a smile, and then asked again: "The situation in Kuaiji has just stabilized, so father, you will go to Jingkou from afar, will there be anything wrong?"

"Thanks to Mr. Ji Guo's support and appreciation, the situation is still stable. I originally wanted to rush to Jiankang to pay homage to my benefactor in person, but the journey is too far away, and it's not easy to show up in public without an edict, so I can only give up."

Shen Chong sighed with emotion, and then said: "Jingkou and his party have to come. We simply rush to this node, and by the way, we will meet Qingque and you to return home."

Shen Chong had already regarded his son as an object of equal communication and discussion, so he talked about the purpose of this trip to Jingkou.However, Shen Zhezi was taken aback when he heard what his father said. It turned out that the purpose of his father's trip was to buy a batch of military rations from Xu Mao!
Buying and selling military rations privately, no matter what era it is, is a serious crime that requires beheading.Shen Zhezi was not surprised by his father's audacity, but he didn't understand why his father did this, and at the same time he couldn't help doubting Xu Mao's reliability.After all, Dad has a lot of bad records, Gao Gao's situation has improved, and it will not be a good thing if there is another incident like this.

Shen Chong saw Shen Zhezi's hidden worries, and explained with a frown: "Xu Suiran is trustworthy, and Liu Xia's subordinates are also intriguing. This person is quite excluded, and he can maintain the situation only because of his repeated military exploits. However, he is also a little discouraged. , wanting to move his family to the south, this matter is through my hands. Now some of his family members have settled down in Kuaiji, so don’t worry about him repeating it.”

Shen Zhezi was quite surprised when he heard this.The refugees are handsome and uncontrollable, so the court did not dare to trust too much, but Shen Zhezi did not expect the internal fighting to be so serious that even his commanding army supervisor would deliberately break away from the betrayal, and even put it into action.In this way, Shen Zhezi understands why Xu Mao has such a low attitude towards his father. It turns out that the family is already under the control of the Shen family.

"As for buying grain, it is also forced out of nowhere."

Shen Chong also talked about the reason rather embarrassingly. Although the Shen family is rich and wealthy, it is also the result of years of accumulation.He rebelled twice. Although he failed this time, he was able to stabilize all parties and cost a lot of money and food.Especially the mobilization of manpower at the beginning of this year will inevitably damage the output of the farm.In short, the Shen family has run out of food.

Shen Zhezi gasped when he heard this.He already knows how much money his family has.Not to mention anything else, the population alone is a huge number.

Dad is now a second-rank Fujun general, an internal historian in Kuaiji, and the total number of positions and ranks is less than two hundred. This is completely private property of the Shen family.There are 1000 and [-] households in Houshi Township, Wukang County. Although they are only tax food, since they are sealed in Wukang County where the Shen family is located, there are many loopholes that can be exploited.

In fact, there are only about [-] registered households in Wukang County. This is already a rare and wealthy county in Wudi, with large taxpayers.Even if the imperial court is willing, it is impossible for the county government to cut a quarter of the taxes to the Shen family.Therefore, this food city is tantamount to admitting in disguise the illegal shady households controlled by the Shen family.

Shen Zhezi has already learned through the secret book inside his family that the population controlled by his family is only a lot more than what is shown on the book, and it has already exceeded [-] households!
This is already a number not inferior to the population of a large county. They are scattered and settled in various manors of the Shen family, like independent islands. Unless the imperial court uses force to crush and flatten the manor, these people cannot be controlled by the government. .

It is impossible for a family to have only one or two people. If two thousand households are counted, this is tens of thousands of people!To be honest, Shen Zhezi was really taken aback when he saw this number. In addition to feeling how big the rich and powerful families are in this era, he also felt the huge responsibility and pressure.

Population does not only mean the ability to create wealth, but also means to support the survival of these populations.Population and land are the basis for a strong foothold. Once a famine occurs, it means that one's own interests will be harmed.Local governments can do nothing when the famine spreads and disaster relief is ineffective, and they can release food to the wild.

Haoqiang and Yinhu are interdependent. If they do this, it will be tantamount to self-destruction.Overseas Chinese crossed south, and in the midst of war and chaos, they still tried their best to gather and gather the population, thinking of the way of self-survival.

At this time, Shen Zhezi understood why his father went to Jingkou to buy military rations. If the problem of feeding tens of thousands of people cannot be solved, the foundation of the Shen family's foothold will be shaken!
However, he was still a little puzzled: "The land of Wu has not been disturbed by this military disaster, so can't we buy food nearby?"

Shen Chong patted Shen Zhezi's head with a wry smile, and explained: "Those families may be happy to see my family suffer from the disaster. Besides, the price of food is soaring nowadays, and there are many people who take advantage of the fire to rob. Even if they are willing to sell food, the price is too high. Therefore, old friends People may be able to help one or two, but it is still a drop in the bucket."

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he realized that his understanding of the world was still too shallow.The gentry manors he saw in his travels often hoarded a large amount of food, not only to meet their own needs, but also to sell it at a high price.The Shen family is a strong competitor, and they are really happy to see the Shen family weakened by the disaster.

It doesn't matter whether it is moral or immoral, the Shen family has probably used many such methods during the rise of the Shen family.

"I'll take care of these things. You, Qingque, rest at ease. When things are settled, we'll go home together."

Shen Chong said to Shen Zhezi with a smile, in his opinion, his son is sensitive to the general situation, which is a gift from heaven. As for the maintenance of this kind of specific family business, it depends on the accumulation of experience.Talking about these things with Shen Zhezi is also a matter of habit, and I don't expect Shen Zhezi to come up with any solutions.

Shen Zhezi also knows where his weaknesses are. He can talk about the general situation and have his own opinions, which is thanks to the knowledge of later generations.But this kind of specific matter is really not as rich as my father's experience and sophisticated methods, so I don't force my upper body and point fingers, but I can't help but feel a little heavy, thinking about what future generations' experience can alleviate the one or two food shortages .

In this year, the landlord's family has no surplus food!

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