The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 29 Why Does Your Xu Family Have 40 Mu of Land?
The night wind cannot dissipate the dry heat in the air, and people who are steamed by the heat wave really cannot sleep.

When staying in Yingtianfu Imperial Palace, Li Yunze can use the air conditioner.

But setting up camp and being in the army, they couldn't do that.

It's not that it can't be done, but it will affect the morale of the army.

The army in the feudal era was basically illiterate. They didn't understand ideals or responsibilities. When the military discipline was poor, they were more bandits than bandits.

The ancient generals ate and slept with the sergeants in the army, not because they couldn't enjoy better things, but because they knew that these reckless people didn't suffer from the few but the unevenness.

Li Yunze understood this, so in order to maintain the morale of the army, he could only bear it.

At most, use a small battery fan in the tent.

The moon blown by the fan was still hot, and the backside was unbearably hot, so I just got out of the tent and wandered outside for a while to cool off.

Looking at Cao Bianjiao who came up to guard behind him, Li Yunze smiled slightly, "Cao Qing's family doesn't need to do this, just rest earlier."

"The minister is responsible for the long live guard, and dare not take half a step away."

"I understand the devotion to duty." Li Yunze nodded approvingly, "Then walk with me."

The reason why he was so kind to Cao Bianjiao was not entirely because he was loyal. When confronting the Tartars, the Guan Ning army moved forward, but he died in a deadly battle.

A very important point is that the sergeants in the feudal era only knew how to obey orders, and went up and down layer by layer, and finally the so-called military power fell into the hands of various military leaders.

The emperor wanted to control the army, in fact, he wanted to control these military leaders who really controlled the military power.

Even Li Yunze couldn't change this point.

It can only be to choose a good enough military leader and win over them.

"Have you ever given out rewards and subsidies in the military?"

"Long live, this month's rewards have been distributed to the soldiers. Everyone in the army is grateful to His Majesty."

To win over the army in the feudal era, it is very important to give enough benefits.

The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty were also defeated at the touch of a touch in the Ming Dynasty, and they were defeated repeatedly.

But he turned around and joined the Tartars, and his combat effectiveness immediately became astonishing.

The reason is not so complicated. It is not that the Tartars have great luck, but that the soldiers of the Ming army were not as good as dogs when they were in the Ming Dynasty, but they were all fed after they took refuge in the Tartars.

It's not that there is a generational gap in military technology. It is still whether the soldiers dare to fight and are willing to fight to the death.

Also often referred to as morale.

Li Yunze, who understands this very well, has provided travel subsidies to the Longxiang Army since he went to the south of the Yangtze River, which is double the military salary plus additional material rewards.Once a month, never in arrears.

It was precisely because of this that no matter who he attacked after he went to the south of the Yangtze River, he would be able to do everything in his favor, and the Long Xiang army was also willing to do their best.

It is because he wins over the big and small Caos and feeds the Longxiang army.

Do you really think that with the righteousness of the emperor, you can destroy whoever you want?

If the benefits are not in place, who will work for you.

While talking and chatting, under the distant night, a large group of flames gradually rose.

Indistinctly, you can even hear the screams and howls blowing in the evening wind.

"Don't be nervous." Li Yunze comforted the nervous Cao Bianjiao, "Send someone to take a look."

Dozens of cavalry troops did not collect their horses at night, and immediately left the camp and went straight to the fire.

After more than a quarter of an hour, a fast horse galloped to report.

"It's a group of Taoist priests besieging the temple!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Yunze suddenly realized.

The temples in various places in the south of the Yangtze River are where thieves have money and fields.

In fact, in many dynasties in history, Buddhism has always been extremely wealthy, even so rich that it has been launched several times on a large scale.

Li Yunze is no exception here.

It's just that he borrowed the help of the Daoist sect to support righteousness on the surface, and secretly provided weapons, armor, intelligence, materials and silver taels.

"So that's it." Li Yunze nodded and said, "Everyone is called back to rest, it's just a discussion and debate of people outside the party, I don't need to worry about it."

It's silly not to accept it at night.

Swords, guns, swords and halberds were all used, and there were even Taoist priests wearing iron armor who chopped off their heads everywhere.

Even the Shanmen Temple was burned down, so it was just for discussion and debate?
Cao Bianjiao stared at him, and Ye Bushou, who came back to his senses, immediately took orders, got on his horse and called his companions back.

"Okay, let's go to rest."

With a relaxed expression, Li Yunze turned back to his tent with his hands behind his back.

The Taoist sect encountered such a rare opportunity, and the temples in various places in the south of the Yangtze River were in great misfortune.

Early the next morning, the sky brightened.

After breakfast, Yujia continued to set off.

When passing by the temple where there were only ruined walls and black smoke, Li Yunze rode his horse straight past as if he was blind and couldn't see anything.

If there's one thing to say, it's that it deserves it!
Although the feudal lords from all over the country had arrived in Yingtian Mansion one after another, he didn't rush back directly, but rushed to Songjiang Mansion first.

The boat of the Xu family in Songjiang, which was intercepted at Chaoguan in Wuqing, should have been broken by now.

And this is a good reason, a reason to do something to those big landlords who hold a lot of fields.

The blood alliance case involved many big landlords in the south of the Yangtze River, and millions of acres of land were confiscated.

But for Li Yunze, this is not enough, he needs more land to appease those landless people.

The Ming Dynasty in this era is really weird to the extreme, 90.00% of the people in the world don't have any land of their own.Most of them became tenants of big landowners and noble clansmen.

The rest of the people who have land have to bear the terrible tax squeeze.

Under such circumstances, it is only natural that bandits everywhere.

Before going north to resolve the issue of the frontier army and the Tartars, he must resolve these conflicts in the rear, or at least temporarily suppress them.

There must never be the kind in history, when the rogues couldn't bear it, the Tartars came to fight.When the Tartars were attacked, the bandits resurged and fought on two fronts.

Many novels say that the Tartars were able to win the world because of their great luck.

From Li Yunze's point of view, there's no such thing as bullshit luck, it's simply that Daming himself is too bad.

In the case of comparing each other's badness, what they do is worse than their opponents.

The governor of Songjiang Prefecture is located in Huating County, and one family that cannot but be mentioned in Huating County is the Huating Xu family.

More than 70.00% of the fields in Huating County are concentrated in the hands of the Xu family, and the Xu family is also called Xu Huating.

Counting the fields in other places, the total number of acres owned by the Xu family is astonishingly over 40 acres!

Just one family owns so many fields that do not pay taxes, and there are countless Xu families all over the world.

The army stopped outside Huating County and set up camp, while Li Yunze led a group of Jinyi guards, accompanied by eunuchs and a group of Longxiang troops into the city.

The gatekeepers greeted and sent people with sharp eyesight, and when they saw horses and armored people, they didn't dare to stop them, and hid like quails.

When you meet a tough one, you can't find a place to justify it if you hit it to death.

After entering the city, Li Yunze dismounted and led the horse forward.

Today happened to be a market day, and the streets were full of people from all over the world who came to the market.

It's not okay to knock over other people's stalls while galloping on horses, and trample on other people's dishes.

He is cruel enough to the landlords, gentry and nobles, but he will never bully the common people.

The people of Ming Dynasty have suffered enough.

The people on the street look okay, and there are many kinds of local specialties.

The land in the south of the Yangtze River is a real treasure, and it can maintain a certain standard of living under successive years of drought.

In contrast, Shaanxi is really hell.

Thinking about the progress at Sun Chuanting's place, and wondering why he hadn't issued a memorial for several months, Li Yunze was awakened by the commotion in front of him.

A few young men in luxurious clothes, leading a group of servants who pretended to be tigers, were causing trouble everywhere.

When I saw someone selling melons and fruits, I went up and picked them up and ate them.

If you don't give money, don't say anything, and after you eat it, you still say it's not delicious, and you just kick the other person's stall.

But for those who were slightly dissatisfied, the servants rushed over and beat them violently.

Seeing whose older girl and younger daughter-in-law look better, they gather around to tease them in various ways.

Or it is simply to see who is not pleasing to the eye, or it is just to vent the evil in the heart, beating people and setting up stalls no matter how bad it is.

The people on the street obviously knew the identity of the visitor, and retreated one after another, fearing that they would not be able to avoid it.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Yunze also smiled, "This is the legendary rampant village where men bully men and women."

Huating is where the Songjiang government is located, and today is the day of the market, and there are government servants on the street.

But instead of stepping forward to stop these troublemakers, these yamen servants tried to please them with a smile on their faces.

The story behind this is naturally needless to say.

When a group of street runners came in front of Li Yunze and the others, they looked at the many soldiers in front of them. They had never seen any street runners brazenly say, "Are you from Zhenhaiwei or Jinshanwei? The young master of the Xu family in Huating is here. Get out of here quickly!"

Songjiang Prefecture also has guards, with Zhenhaiwei in the north and Jinshanwei in the south.

Even the Qingcun Salt Field not far outside the city has set up a Qingcun Fort.

Of course, like all guards in Daming, they have no fighting power at all.

Naturally, Li Yunze wouldn't talk to street sneakers, so he turned his head and told Luo Yangxing to "break their limbs."

Street sneakers are the worst, and there is no need to show any kindness to them.

"According to the order."

Luo Yangxing, who hadn't had time to be won over by the Donglin Party as his own, was extremely loyal to Li Yunze at this time.

After saluting, he immediately led the Jinyi guards and rushed over to do it himself.

Amidst the shrill screams, someone finally saw clearly the clothes on Jin Yiwei's body.

"Is it Jin Yiwei?!"

"What are you running for?" Li Yunze called out to those yamen servants who were sneaking against the wall and trying to slip away, "Come here."

The yamen servants' scalps were numb, but they dared not disrespect.

Although Li Yunze didn't play the big banner, and didn't wear the dragon robe.

But with Jin Yiwei and armored soldiers by his side, he must be a big shot.

They didn't know how to address them, so they just kept saluting.

"Get up. Drag these dogs and lead the way to Xu's house. Xu Huating's Xu's house." Seeing how Daming behaved badly, Li Yunze is really not angry now, there is no need to be angry for these guys, it will hurt his body if he gets angry It's me.

There is a saying in the history books that "the slaves of the Xu family in Huating are violent and violent, and one party is sick, like sitting on fire and water".

This is definitely not unofficial history, it is telling the truth.

In the large and exquisite house of the Xu family, Xu Bengao, the contemporary head of the Xu family, is having a banquet.

"Shao Zong Bo (Master of the Ministry of Rites called Ya Zong Bo, Minister of the Ministry of Rites called Da Zong Bo)." The handsome Xu Bengao raised his wine glass with a smile, "Drink this glass."

Zhou Daodeng over there nodded with a smile, raised his glass as a signal, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Good wine."

Behind Zhou Daodeng's eyes are picturesque, and the charming maid stepped forward to fill it up.

Even Xu Yuangao, who was used to seeing beauties, frequently sized him up and asked curiously, "Where did Uncle Shao Zong look so stunning?"

"This maid's name is Yang Ai, and Minghui loves to learn how to recite poems and compose Fu." Zhou Daodeng boasted, "especially Xin Jiaxuan, which is really rare."

While the two were chatting and laughing, they saw the servants of the Xu Mansion stumbling in.

Xu Yuangao's complexion darkened. If he had no family education, wouldn't it be embarrassing in front of distinguished guests.

Before he could ask, the servant over there had already yelled in tears, "Master, something bad happened! Officers and soldiers broke into the mansion!"

"what?!"

Xu Yuangao complained, "Where did the officers and soldiers come from, so bold?"

"Who do you say is bold?"

Li Yunze, who was wearing armor, strode in.

He looked at Xu Yuangao with lightning eyes, "You are the head of the Xu family? I came here today to ask you, why does your Xu family have 40 mu of land!"

(End of this chapter)