After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 49
Zhu Yiyuan looked up at Xintai City, and smiled slightly.

"This is the first county I've ever entered."

Outsiders may hear these words confusedly, but everyone around them understands them clearly.

At present, Zhu Yiyuan's influence has spread throughout the three counties, but Zichuan County was brought down by Xie Qian, and although Laiwu is in Zhu Yiyuan's hands, the county still exists, and it is still in the Qing Dynasty in name.

Only Xintai is where Zhu Yi wants to fully grasp when he enters the city majestically.

This is already within the scope of the Yimeng base planned by Zhu Yiyuan.

After entering the city, it was tantamount to raising the banner of resistance to the Qing Dynasty, and there was absolutely no other way to deal with the Qing court to the end.

"Mr. Song, would you like to go into the city with me?"

Song Lian was taken aback for a moment, he suddenly found Zhu Yiyuan stretched out his arm, and smiled at him.Song Lian paused, and finally stretched out his arms, straddling Zhu Yiyuan.

Zhu Yiyuan has developed to the present, the biggest problem is still talent.

Tan Qiye, Liu Bao, and Luo Yi, although they are fellow villagers of Zhu Yiyuan, are [-]% trustworthy, but their backgrounds are too low, and only Qiye has some experience in the army.

This is not to say that they are not good, many famous generals have climbed up from the lower ranks, who knows that the group of cattle herders in Haozhou will be able to bury the Yuan Dynasty after decades.

No one could have imagined that a group of street sneakers in Peixian County would give the world's largest ethnic group a Chinese character of Huang Huang Ye Ye.

In a turbulent world, with endless opportunities, princes and generals, would you rather be kind?

It's just that all of this takes time to accumulate, and it needs to be honed in battles. If you survive by chance, you will have a lot to do... If you die, I'm sorry, it's just a nameless bone.

What Zhu Yiyuan really lacked was literati who could help with government affairs. Although that guy Zhang Lin was capable, he was desperate for his life.The prison head Jiang Qi has the habit of a petty official, so he is used and guarded against him.

Song Lian was the only one who came from a famous family, was full of knowledge, and had an upright character.

After being taught a lesson by Wang Huan, his behavior changed greatly. He was polite to ordinary soldiers, and he was also very polite to common people.

In addition, he assisted Zhu Yiyuan in drafting the proclamation to crusade against the Confucian family, just like Zhu Yiyuan's literary courage.

So he is qualified to hold hands with Zhu Yiyuan and enter Xintai County together.

Right behind him, Zhu Yiyuan glanced at Liu Bao, "Old Liu, come here too."

Liu Bao was stunned for a moment, he still didn't understand the meaning, but he also felt that it was unusual, so he hurried over, and then Luo Yi, Huang Ying, Wang Laoben came over one after another, even the little guy Wang Huan grabbed Song Lian's other arm.

They stood shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm, and looked at each other with big smiles on their faces.

"And Yu Dayou, you come here too!"

Zhu Yiyuan called Yu Dayou over and asked him to hang out with the big guy.

"Come on, let's go into the city!"

Zhu Yiyuan was in the middle, walking towards the city with big strides, head held high, and everyone in the same row blushed, even Song Lian was extremely excited.

You satirize Zhu Yiyuan, whether it is tricky to buy people's hearts, or you say he is hypocritical.

But in the face of the first city that was captured openly and squarely, Zhu Yiyuan did not ride a tall horse and enter the city flaunting his might.

Instead, he chose to walk in with their soldiers, his assistants, and ordinary people who helped him, shoulder to shoulder, arm in arm.

As for those gentry officials, they can only follow behind.

The people of Xintai saw it. Although they couldn't explain clearly, they knew that this army was completely different from those before.

Sure enough, according to the first decree issued by Zhu Yiyuan, according to Laiwu's rules, there is no need to pay land rent for this season's autumn grain.

Immediately start dividing the fields, and after the fields are divided into acres, [-]% of the land tax will be paid. Apart from this, there are no other exorbitant taxes.

When the news got out, the people in Xintai were dumbfounded.

is this real?
There is no need to pay the land rent, but the land will be distributed, and this little land tax will be collected in the future?

It sounds like a dream, can't it be a lie?

"You idiots, still doubt Mr. Zhu?" Yu Dayou scolded the villagers unceremoniously. It's called Zhu Zhi County, and it's not called those landlords, do you understand what it means?"

The villagers stared wide-eyed, "Is there smoke coming from the ancestral grave of your old Yu family?"

"Bah!" Yu Dayou spat at the person who spoke, "Stupid, Mr. Zhu is really speaking for us poor people. He takes us seriously. Can he lie to us? He's a nail if he spits. I think If you want to share the fields, so that your wife and children can have enough to eat, just listen to Mr. Zhu, understand?"

This group of folks froze for a moment, all of them stared wide-eyed, what's the good thing?

Old Yu, you didn't lie, did you?

"I lied to you that you are grandsons. The virtues accumulated in several lifetimes have made us meet. Hurry up and tell the folks, don't miss it."

In one day, Yu Dayou had to say the same thing to more than a dozen groups of people. In the end, he simply asked Zhu Yiyuan for an errand and went directly to various villages to promote it.

Zhu Yiyuan readily agreed, and sent him [-] Qingshiji veterans to help with the preaching.

Said to be a veteran, but in fact it was only two months.

"From Zichuan to Laiwu, and then to Xintai, the land of the three counties spans three hundred miles. According to this momentum, in a few years, all of Shandong will be under control, and it will be too late to send troops to recover the capital. what!"

Song Lian smiled brightly. Since the Qing army entered the customs, too many literati have been running around, hoping to restore the country.

Unexpectedly, he was the first to see hope.

At this time, I am full of energy to do things, and I don't need to sleep all night.

Zhu Yiyuan smiled, "Mr. Song, it is right for us to have an optimistic mood. But we should also have a clear understanding. Although there are these three counties, the problems in any county are not small. If one is not handled well, all previous efforts will be wasted."

According to Zhu Yiyuan and Song Lian's analysis, Zichuan County was the first place to start a business, but it was also the most problematic.First of all, it was Xie Qian who conquered Zichuan in the first place. He took away a lot of food and wages, leaving little for Zhu Yiyuan.

Secondly, Zichuan is too close to the official road, and Jinan and Qingzhou have Qing court soldiers and horses.

It's no problem if you want to control a few villages in Zichuan and keep some eyes and ears.

But once the Qing army came, Zichuan County would not be able to keep it anyway.

This is also the reason why Zhu Yiyuan went south and entered Laiwu himself.

At that time, he had just entered Laiwu, and there were only 300 people. Although Zhu Yiyuan used the anger of the people to force Yan Zibin to hand over everything, the county town was still there anyway, so he left behind.

Arriving at Xintai, although Zhu Yiyuan has entered the city, he is new here, and the most important task of equalization has just begun.

Moreover, Xintai is not far from Yanzhou, and may face counterattacks from the Qing court.Including those officials and gentry, they sided with Zhu Yiyuan because they couldn't stand the staking, but if the Qing court changed its course, no one knew whether these people would become rebellious.

There are three counties in name, but in fact none of them is reliable.

"Looking at it this way, the most important thing for us is to lay a solid foundation and tidy up the hearts of the people." Song Lian said seriously.

Zhu Yiyuan nodded, but just as he was about to go deeper, suddenly Wang Huan ran in and handed Zhu Yiyuan an official document.

Zhu Yiyuan took it in his hand, looked at it for a while, and his expression changed immediately.

Song Lian asked curiously, "What's going on?"

Zhu Yiyuan didn't say anything, but handed him the official document.

Song Lian felt something was wrong when he took it in his hand. This was an official document issued by the Qing court, and it was still addressed to Yan Zibin, the magistrate of Laiwu County.The content is that Fang Dayou asked about the banditry in Laiwu, and he planned to send [-] soldiers to Laiwu to clean up the banditry.

And asked Yan Zibin to prepare carefully and cooperate well.

Song Lian had a strange look on his face, he couldn't smile even if he wanted to hold back, how unlucky is this group of Qing soldiers?

Before it was dispatched, it was sold by its own people.

Yan Zibin is indeed a character, are you the magistrate of the Qing Dynasty, or Zhu Yiyuan's dog leg?

"Young Master Zhu, you know yourself and your enemy. Now that you have news, what are you worried about?"

Zhu Yiyuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "The meat is delivered to the mouth, lest the appetite is too small to eat!"

(End of this chapter)