Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 94

It was sunny at noon in autumn.

Shen Zhezi and his father Shen Chong rode together in a slightly desolate field, behind them were dozens of tributaries, pulling a few ox carts full of gifts.

Shen Zhezi looked around, and the scenery he saw could indeed be described as desolate.Under the dirt road, there are overgrown weeds and thorns everywhere on the slopes, ditches and ridges, and there are almost no traces of people.It's hard for him to imagine that this is the essence of Sanwu in Yumishui Township.

"This canal originally went straight to Zhejiang. If it can be repaired and drained, the land it passes along the way can be called rich and beautiful land, and the benefits will be more than a hundred hectares!"

Shen Chong pointed to a pond at the bottom of the slope, and said to Shen Zhezi, with a tone of indignation and regret.Surrounded by weeds and soil ridges, the pond is narrow and long, and it can be vaguely seen that it is a remnant of a river course.

"Great households are unwilling to build water. Apart from stinging the consumption of manpower and material resources, they are also worried that overseas Chinese will come south to make wedding clothes for others."

Shen Zhezi also said regretfully, seeing that a large area of ​​land is barren, and the water conservancy projects that the previous generation spent a lot of money on repairing were abandoned due to neglect of maintenance, and his heart was really anxious.

"My son's metaphor is vivid."

Hearing Shen Zhezi's words, Shen Chong smiled: "Wu Wa is diligent in making gold threads and making wedding clothes for others. It is a set trend for overseas Chinese to come from the south. It is ridiculous that these high-school waste materials did not dare to cede their land in previous years. Guarding, just doing the gesture. Now the situation is gradually settled, and I hope to be alone in the world. If you look at his heart, he is not as good as a boy. You don’t build a nest in spring, and you die with a tree in winter, this is what it means!"

Shen Zhezi didn't know what to say when he heard his father speak so indignantly that he couldn't argue with it. After all, his father still couldn't let go of being stabbed in the back by a Kuaiji man.

"Yu Siao is a man who is full of money and cannot feed himself. He devours people to enrich himself. Years ago, he raised troops and privately raised thousands of military households in the county government, and none of them returned to the county government. When I took office, the treasury was even worse. Nothing will be left behind after being wiped out, otherwise my family would never have been in such distress!"

When it comes to the past, Shen Chong hates it even more.

At this time, Shen Zhezi had already understood the duties and powers of the so-called prefects, governors, and other so-called border seals of more than two thousand stones. A Fang Bo was not stingy with land and seals.The incumbent can not only recruit civilian labor at will, but also increase taxes and miscellaneous taxes at will. Using seafood as a tax like Dad is just a small trick.

Set up cards to collect city tax, close mountains to collect firewood tax, and even block rivers and build embankments to collect irrigation tax.In short, how bold a person is, how productive the land is.Of course, there are only a small number of such people who are fishing out of the water, and most people still have to take care of a decent eating situation.

The rich families in the local area will also greet and send them away. The new official will donate money and food to settle down when he arrives, and the chief official will donate a large sum of money when he leaves office.For a large county like Kuaiji, the chief official can earn hundreds or even tens of millions of profits just by going to and fro!
However, the imperial court did not have many checks and balances for Fang Bo. If the emperor wanted to increase income, he would often send his close relatives to guard one side, and let them search for places and donate to maintain expenses.

Knowing this, Shen Zhezi has a deeper understanding of the embarrassing situation of his father, the internal history of Kuaiji.Except for He's and a few other companies, the others completely turned a blind eye to Shen Chong.

Without the support of the local clans, even if the decree is issued, no one will respond.The father is called the Lord of Kuaiji, but the only one who can use it is Ding Ketian, who is controlled by the county government. With this little family property, it was almost emptied by Yu, Kong and other big clans before he came, which can be described as extremely embarrassing.

Because of this, Shen Chong was also harboring malice towards the Kuaiji scholars in his heart, and he still had some reservations about Shen Zhezi's proposal: "Qing Que, how sure are you that Yu Si'ao will conflict with the Yan family after he enters Wu Xing?" ?”

The two of them, father and son, left Shanyin and went to Yuyao in order to pay a visit to Yutan to settle their suspicions and recommend him to be the prefect of Wuxing.

This was Shen Zhezi's idea. To deal with the Yan family, the Shen family's strength was insufficient, and more allies had to be recruited.And the local gentry in Kuaiji are the partners that cannot be missed.

The most fundamental purpose of using troops against the Yan family this time is to frighten the people of the time and stabilize Kuaiji.And if you want to get a firm foothold in Kuaiji, you must win over the local scholars in Kuaiji, otherwise it will inevitably be hindered.

The aristocratic family is deeply intertwined, sometimes enemies and sometimes friends, if they are too stubborn and unable to change flexibly, then their decline is not far away.The Yu family and the Shen family seem to have a deep feud that cannot be reconciled, but it is said that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Although Shen Zhezi didn't have much contact with Yu Tan, he knew quite well.Looking at what he did, when he was at the Bianshan Villa in Wucheng, although he was overwhelmed by Shen Zhezi's aggressive words, he was at a disadvantage, but he still dug holes several times, with a spirit of perseverance.It can be seen from this that this man is not a person who admires Xuanxu and doing nothing, and is unwilling to be mediocre and mediocre, but has the desire and ambition to make contributions.

That being the case, Shen Zhezi is sure to persuade Yu Tan to be the prefect of Wu Xing.In this way, there are two advantages.

Firstly, it can resolve the conflict between the Yu family and the Shen family, and change the place to govern. While easing the conflicts between each other, the Shen family also has the means to restrain the Yu family. Only when they are safe can they be safe with each other.

The second is to instigate Yu Tan and the Yan family to fight against each other. Under the tense relationship between them, Yu Tan has to find an ally to fight against the Yan family, so he can only ask the Shen family of Jiang Donghao.Shen Chong wanted to exterminate the Yan family, even in the name of righteousness, he was crossing the border.But if Yu Tan took the initiative to invite him, the situation would be quite different.The old man has a reason to intervene, and Yu Tan will also persuade the Kuaiji people to help, so that he can use up the army in the county and regain the military power scattered in the various families in Kuaiji.

Of course, to achieve all these goals, the most important thing is to persuade Yu Tan to be the prefect of Wu Xing.Therefore, after the father and son made an agreement, they got up early and came to Yuyao to pay a visit to Yu Tan, who had been idle at home for half a year.

Yuyao ranks high among the next ten counties in Kuaiji County, and belongs to the traditional Wuyue cultural circle. It is said that the descendants of Emperor Shun conferred the name here.It can be seen that the Wukang Yao family stayed in the wrong place and left the ancestral land, no wonder they were overwhelmed by the Shen family.

The Yu family has a large area of ​​land in Cixi, which is contiguous in scale and is spectacular, even more impressive than the Shen family's estate in Wukang.

Only in the current situation can Shen Zhezi understand the spring and autumn style of the descriptions of the family backgrounds of some gentry children in later history books.If I write a biography in the future, I can say that Shen Weizhou's father was a young man who studied military books and was a hero in martial arts. Family, the villagers called virtuous.

But Ji You is even more pitiful. He lost his parents when he was young, and he lived with his elder father.

People who don't know the story read these biographies, even if they don't shed tears of sympathy, they still have to feel a little bit of emotion for their turbulent life experience and ill-fated fate.

From a distance, Shen Zhezi saw a tall wooden building standing in Yu's manor. This building has a great reputation in the whole Kuaiji, and it is called Tingchao Building.It is said that if you look at the scenery from this building, you can even see the tide of Qiantang tens of miles away.

The Shen family's trilogy stopped outside the gate of Yu's manor, and then someone sent Shen Chong's name card, and the disciples went inside to report, and it took more than a quarter of an hour before they hurried back to the gate and said: "My master is away from home for leisure, not in the mansion. Those who have nothing to do at home receive the envoy, and I hope to forgive you."

Hearing the disciple's words, Shen Chong was even more ashamed and annoyed, and almost couldn't help ordering the door of his house to be smashed down.As the governor of the county, he took the initiative to visit the people under his rule. It was already condescending and courteous, but the Yu family actually planned to not even let them in!Even if Yu Tan is not at home, are the rest of the Yu family dead?
When Shen Zhezi saw this scene, he felt emotional in his heart. He was young and frivolous. Last year, he slapped Mrs. Yu in the face too hard, which made her family still grieve.But if it wasn't for Yu Tan's aggressiveness to attack the Shen family, why would he want to be a bad guy in vain.Such a style seems to lack demeanor.

Having said that, it is not that Shen Zhezi looks down on Kuaiji scholars, but it seems that their temperament and narrow structure are common problems.The Yu family in front of him is like this, and the Kong family is not much better.After Su Jun's rebellion, Gyeonggi withered, and the imperial court wanted to appoint Kuaiji Kong Tan as Danyang Yin, the head of Gyeonggi, which can be described as an important entrustment.

However, Kong Tan was annoyed at the time: "When the late emperor entrusted Gu Ming to assist the government, it was not my turn. Now the situation is difficult. Thinking about it, let me, a small minister, stand in front? This is treating me like meat on the chopping board, and it is up to others Slaughter and stew!" With a firm attitude, he refused to accept it.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this penny-pinching atmosphere that Kuaiji scholars are increasingly excluded from the center, and their political advantages are gone. How can they guard their hometown?In the Yonghe period, Kuaiji had become a stronghold for overseas Chinese. As for the local gentry, they were even more oppressed.

Dad commented that they "do not build a nest in spring, and die with trees in winter", which is really appropriate.

But right now, if we want to master Kuaiji, we really can't avoid these people.Because of its short-sightedness, if it can be incorporated into the system, there will be no elbow and armpit problems.It's not like Wu Jun's high-ranking families who have a lot of thoughts but no means, and many toss and chaos.

Now that he had followed Shen Zhezi's suggestion, Shen Chong didn't care about the momentary honor or disgrace. After a moment of relief, he asked his servant to pass the word: "There are many general affairs in the county mansion, and it is not easy for me to spare time to come here. If I can't Seeing Mr. Yu, it can be said that I am sorry to return. Seeking to visit the sages in the county but not seeing him will only make people different from me, and I must not bear such a bad name!"

The implication is that if you don't want to tear yourself apart completely, you'd better come out obediently and see her.Otherwise, I will lose face, and your Yu family will not feel better about it!
When the news spread again, someone from the Yu family soon came out to welcome the father and son into the door, not daring to put on a pose.It's just that Yu Tan is indeed not at home, but soon a servant hurried out to look for him.

Sure enough, the soft ones are afraid of the hard ones, and the hard ones are afraid of the cruel ones. They can't get in when they ask for good words, and they insist on forcing people to speak so cruelly.

　Today is going to be strongly promoted, and it will be on the shelves soon, so I am a little excited. . .Let me comfort you with the recommendation ticket first, okay? . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)