Qian Song

Chapter 91 Monument of Merit (Please read more!)

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Tian Maang followed Yang on the way back to Jiangning Mansion and saw that the fields on both sides of the road were already full of rice seedlings.

Tian Ma was surprised to see this!
You must know that in the areas controlled by the Jiangbei Song Army, due to the impact of the war, the seeding rate may not even reach [-]%, which is far from being compared with here.

——I don't know if it's Tian Maang's illusion. Tian Maang even thinks that the seeding rate here is even higher than last year's.

Seeing the surprise in Tian Maung's eyes, Yang Xian said with a smile: "This year, the total number of young seedlings planted in more than [-] counties in the five prefectures of our Huben Army exceeded [-]% last year."

"How is this possible?!"

Tian Maang felt that Yang Xian was talking nonsense, the two Zhejiang areas were in turmoil, how could the sowing amount not decrease but increase? !
Yang Xian said with a smile: "Uncle Guo, don't be surprised, this is all thanks to the governor Ruizheng."

Without waiting for the appearance of the field to ask, Yang Xian said eloquently: "At the beginning of sowing, Zhang Zhi, the magistrate of Yanling County, took office for three days. He didn't persuade farmers or deal with government affairs. , the Metropolitan Governor issued an order that all officials in Ling County, except Zhou Zan, the informant, beheaded and ransacked their homes. Zhou Zan succeeded as the magistrate of Yanling County and informed the whole territory. Let’s persuade farmers to work hard to sow seeds, for fear that they will fail the performance appraisal and cause a catastrophe of killing themselves and ransacking their families.”

After hearing this, Tian Maang couldn't help swallowing secretly.

Zhang Zhi, Tian Maung has heard of him, the son of the Zhang family in Jintan, who is known for his talent and learning, writes good articles, and is said to have the talent of the number one scholar.

I don't want to be killed by Li Cun just like that!
Tian Mao thought to himself: "Although Zhang Zhi is a bit arrogant about his talents, there is no need to kill him because of this, um... yes, this is a plan to kill chickens and monkeys."

Yang Xian continued: "The governor wanted to deal with the Zhang family as well, and warned the people who were obedient to others, but unfortunately, later, the governor's concubine, Mrs. Zhang, knelt down and begged the governor for extrajudicial mercy, and the head of the Zhang family personally sent a prostitute, Ten scribes from the Zhang family went to the governor, so that the Zhang family escaped by chance."

After Tian Maang heard it, he had mixed feelings, and thought: "Li Cun is too murderous and disrespectful to the nobles. He is far from comparable to the Zhao family. It is better to wait and see."

Yang Xian was very talkative, and then took the initiative to say: "Officials are trying their best to persuade farmers. Our Huben Army distributes a large amount of land to the Huben Army soldiers and meritorious civilians. Planting your own land is not as good as farming for others, and it is huge. The governor pities the people in our borders to suffer from military disasters, and he will be exempted from taxes for a year to rest and live with the people, and all the income of the people will be collected in their own warehouses.

Tian Maung thought to himself: "This is to hide wealth from the people." Then he sighed: "Li Cun is well versed in the way of governing the country."

This made Tian Mao feel that Li Cun might really be able to achieve great things.

"Conglong needs to be done as early as possible, otherwise when Li Cunshi becomes successful, how can he have my position here?"

The truth is the same, but Li Cun not only disrespected the family, but also robbed the family's property and land, occupied the daughter of the family, and killed the talents of the family. How could Tian Maang willingly serve Li Cun?

Tian Maang is a little tangled!

Thinking of Li Cun snatching almost all the fields in his territory, Tian Maang had another question in his mind: "Li Cun divided all the fields?"

It is no wonder that Tian Maang has this question. It is really that the officials, gentry and nobles in the Zhejiang and Zhejiang regions have too much land. Regardless of the fact that the Huben Army has tens of thousands of people, there are hundreds of people who can be related to the Huben Army. As many as ten thousand.

But just this few people is actually not enough to sow that huge number of fields.

Don't forget, Zhu Xie's family alone has 30 mu of fertile land, ten mu per person, and 3 people.

And there are many official households in Liangzhe.

The key point is that those official households like to buy land here in Liangzhe.

For example, Cai Jing has [-] mu of fertile land in Yongfeng alone.

Tian Maang didn't keep his question in his heart, but asked the question directly.

After hearing this, Yang Xian told Tian Maung that the Huben Army's fields were not all taken down, and the remaining fields were managed by the local governments with money and food hired by refugees to sow and manage.

Tian Maung thought: "This action can not only provide disaster relief and prevent refugees from rebelling, but also increase the wealth of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the local area. Kill three birds with one stone, and good governance!"

Yang Xian said to Tian Maung again: "From now on, all those who make meritorious deeds will be able to bring seedlings and good fields. They don't need to work hard to sow seeds and take care of them. Good luck."

"This plan can stimulate the greed of the people who wait and see and make them compete for meritorious service."

Seeing that the Huben Army's policy is so far-sighted, Tian Maang really feels that Li Cun has the hope of achieving great things, and his heart becomes more complicated and difficult to make a decision.

Tian Maang followed Yang Xian for a while, and Tian Maang saw a brand new huge stone tablet beside the road.

Tian Maang asked Yang Xian curiously: "What is this stele, and what does it record?"

Yang Xiandao: "This is a stele of merit, there are everywhere, and the records on it are the meritorious officials of our Huben army."

"Hero of the Huben Army?"

The appearance of the fields became even more curious. When I stepped forward to take a look, I saw that it said who presided over which county and town to encourage farmers at what time, how many young seedlings were planted in the county and town, and how much more than in the same period in previous years Or just how much less, who presided over the construction of what water conservancy, who presided over the construction of what defensive facilities, who presided over the construction of how many soldiers, and who led troops to participate in a certain battle and beheaded how many soldiers of the Song Army, etc. ...

Tian Maung thought: "This achievement deserves a special monument?"

——In Tian Zhuang's view, it cannot be said that these people have no credit, but the little credit they have made is not enough to erect a monument.

The point is, there is no one who erected a monument for so many people, and each of them only has a few words.

Tian Maung looked at it carefully for a while, and then his heart tightened!
——Tian Maang saw the names of many people he was familiar with on this monument of merit.

Soon Tian Maang wanted to understand Li Cun's intention of erecting a monument for these people: "Li Cun actually recorded in inscriptions what the children of the aristocratic family had done for the Huben Army! The accounts are settled!"

Think about it, what will the people in Zhao Song, especially Zhao Ji and other people in power in Zhao Song, think when they see this stele in the future? !
Then destroy this monument of merit?
is that useful?
I didn't hear Yang Xian say that these merit monuments are everywhere now, if you destroy one, can you destroy all of them?

Besides, who can guarantee that apart from erecting monuments, Li Cun will compile books of the "contributions" of the children of these aristocratic families and distribute them everywhere, or even distribute a few copies directly to Zhao Song?

Tian Maang cursed in his heart: "I have never seen such a brazen person!"

suddenly!

Tian Maung saw a name on the monument of merit that nearly knocked him out of his wits—his father Tian Zhuang!
The inscription reads: In March of the year of Xin Chou, Tian Zhuangdu, the head of the Tian clan in Jiangdu, built 120 large ships.

Tian Maang never expected that his father not only became an official in the Huben Army, but also helped the Huben Army build 120 large ships!

What is the big ship? It is the weapon used by the Huben Army to fight the Song Army.

If the people in Zhao Song knew about this kind of thing, how could it be easily exposed, they would copy the Tian family and kill Tian Zhuang, stabbed all the men of the Tian family for thousands of miles, and filled all the women into the prostitute camp!
Tian Maung quickly searched again, and soon found the names of more than a dozen Tian family members on the monument of merit.

Tian Maang sat down on the ground and murmured: "It's over, my family is on a boat!"

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(End of this chapter)