Chapter 289: Promotion of an official to the next level

Gaoxiang kneeled down.

Face ashen.

He hemmed and hawed, trying to say something, but he couldn’t.

Zhang Anshi, however, took an arrow step forward and helped him up while patting him on the dust.

Zhang Anshi said unhappily, “Tongzhi Gao, we are colleagues, we don’t prosper from this.”

“Your Excellency …… Master ……,” Gao Xiang stammered, “I will do my best . . to serve Your Excellency.”

Zhang Anshi corrected, “It’s not for me, it’s for the court.”

“Yes, yes, yes, serve the court.” Gao Xiang said, “Your Excellency, if you just say one word, even if it’s a mountain of daggers and a sea of flames, my humble servant will die by all means.”

Zhang Anshi looked very emotional and said: “People say that the officials of the state dynasty are tricky and slippery, but I Zhang Anshi is fortunate to have encountered all the officials are all the emphasis on the willingness to do people. Don’t worry, you do a good job, in the future, I will promote you.”

Gaoxiang at this time only feel the heart in the poof poof poof jump, jumping hard, he felt his back lapel are wet, where there is still the heart to care about what the bailout?

With an effort, he fixed his mind and forced a smile, “Your Excellency, this military order ……”

“The military order should be implemented without compromise, whoever dares to mix water on this ……” Zhang Anshi boarded up his face and continued, “This must be collusion with the White Lotus Sect, I see . . must be a chaotic party. The situation in Taipingfu, you are aware of, White Lotus Church is pervasive, everywhere. We have been ordered to suppress the thieves, for what? For is to get rid of the thieves!”

“So ah …… both military law, military orders conveyed, if someone is disobedient, such as obstructing the clearing of fields, such as destroying the apportionment of Ding into the acres, such as forbidding the population, then it must be the White Lotus bandits undoubtedly. You are a co knower …… should know how to do it, right?”

Gaoxiang has a number in his heart, and he may have to kill …… someone next is that he does not know who will hit this gun.

Zhang Anshi also said: “And officials …… If there are officials who deceive the top and refuse to rigorously enforce the military law, this is in all probability …… sure to be the teaching bandits. I Zhang Anshi this person, heart only loyalty and righteousness two words, who dares to fucking collusion with the White Lotus Church, I since it is not with the same day, no matter who is involved, but also must be executed.”

Gao Xiang hurriedly said: ”My humble servant thought …… that this move of the Duke is …… really …… too good! Taiping Province in these years, was taught bandits to harm ah! Now the master hit the bandits, the government up and down the army and the people, all rejoice, as if a long drought meets sweet rain! The next official also thought well, these days, will assist the master, the implementation of the military order, must feel clear, the end of the month, the next official personally go down to the head of several counties to patrol, to see if there is a positive and negative, if really do not know what is good and bad, to this time still dare to heartless from the thief of the rebels, do not need to be the master’s hand, the next official will be punished severely.”

Zhang Anshi laughed, “With your words, I am much more comfortable in my heart, I am still afraid that everyone will refuse to support me, and then I will have to dispose of everything in this house.”

Gao Xiang hurriedly and seriously said, “I am also an official of the imperial court, so I wouldn’t dare to be a corpse.”

Zhang Anshi patted Gaoxiang’s arm, looking affable and said, “You and I are in the same boat, and there is hope to get rid of the thieves in this Taiping Province.”

Gao Xiang said with tears in his eyes, “Your Excellency …… thinks so highly of me, my humble servant ……”

Zhang Anshi covered his mouth in vain: “Stop it. Don’t say anything, just do your best.”

“Yes.”

With that, Gao Xiang got up to take his leave.

When he came out of the hall, he felt a chill on the back of his neck, a chill as if he had been possessed.

As soon as this Gaoxiang left, a few knife and axe hands ambushed in the ear room, only quietly came out.

Chen Li took his sword back into its sheath and went to look at Zhang Anshi, “Your Excellency ……”

Zhang Anshi swept a glance at a few of them and said with a smile, “Hard work brothers.”

Chen Li hurriedly said, “This is not what words, Your Excellency …… I see that this Gao Tongzhi …… heart may not agree with Your Excellency, he is perfunctory Your Excellency it!”

“It doesn’t matter.” Zhang Anshi waved his hand, not really caring, “I only want his person, it’s not like I care about his heart.”

Chen Li, on the other hand, added: “What His Lordship said is true, but …… this person’s heart is reluctant, I’m only afraid ……”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “If there is an animal that looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, then what is it?”

Chen Li did not understand how Zhang Anshi suddenly asked such an irrelevant question, but he said without thinking, “Duck ah.”

“That’s right.” Zhang Anshi said with an otherworldly expression, “If this Gao Tongzhi, who does things like my clique, also speaks like my clique, then what is it?”

Chen Li was slightly stunned, but in the next second it was a sudden realization.

“Once on the boat, they can’t run away.” Zhang Anshi said, “The execution of the military order must be done by them, but once it is executed, they will be hated, so can they still run away? In addition to following me down to earth, but without me Zhang Anshi, they are bound to be revolted! So ah, sometimes …… mentality to be calm, there is no need to have to grasp people’s hearts, what he thought in his heart, tube me bird thing.”

Chen Li nodded and couldn’t help but look at Zhang Anshi adoringly, “Your Excellency is clear.”

Zhang Anshi added, “But the brothers in the guards are different from them, the brothers in the guards will have to make friends, Commander Chen, you know what I mean.”

Chen Li said heartily, “Yes.”

Zhang Anshi’s face showed a few moments of relief, then he picked up the tea on the tabletop and bet a mouthful of tea, then said, “Alright, you guys continue the ambush, I’ll call the next one to come.”

After the appointment with the Taiping Prefecture Tongzhi, Judge, Pushmao, Xuezheng officials, and then met with the magistrates and county magistrates of the counties, and roughly all encouragement.

Other than that, it is to see the various inspectors.

There are three inspectorates in Taipingfu, two land inspectorates with four hundred and twenty-six men and horses, and one way is a waterway inspector that patrols the river with thirty-one boats and two hundred and seventy-two men.

Zhang Anshi ordered them to gather people, take turns to Qixia to train, these inspectors do not have too much psychological burden, after all, is a military officer, just coyly agreed.

Zhang Anshi said to them: “Taiping Province both military law, even the Yamen are so, then the inspector is a military position, it is even more important to order as one, in fact, fighting thieves, may not be able to point to you, you refused to use your life, naturally, there are jinyiwei, jinyiwei can not be, there are model battalion. But I still hope that you can be of some use, eating imperial food, if you do not have their own use, the future, it is hard to say.”

With that out of the way, what else could the three inspectors say?

The three of them coincidentally poofed and directly worshipped on the ground, “We will do everything at the head of the Gong Gong.”

Zhang Anshi liked to talk to such a dry person, so he said with satisfaction, “That’s good.”

These three are very smart, they know that they can never be better than the brocade guards and the model battalion, and those who don’t have that ability, even if they try harder, they are still far inferior.

It is important for people to know themselves, and since they know they are not capable, they must at least show their loyalty.

Zhang Anshi back hand, looked at the three of them, then commanded: “You first refurbish training, people should be spirit, swords, bows and crossbows, armor, carts and ships and war horses, all should be ready. You are stationed in various places, you should always be strictly guarded, keep an eye on who is causing trouble in Taipingfu, whoever is causing trouble, fuck whoever is causing trouble, if the thieves are strong, immediately send out an alert, and then …… naturally there will be people who will come to their aid.”

“Yes.”

Everything was ready, and immediately afterward, a military order, began to go out on the list.

The whole of the Taiping Mansion, is starting to get confused.

There was no imagined boisterousness of gongs and drums.

Soon enough, however, someone realized the business opportunity.

The first to smell the stench of copper was the merchants, who had already begun secretly recruiting people.

Personnel mobility, lifting the domicile of these …… are only considered to be the release of manpower, which means that the previous shortage of manpower can be greatly alleviated.

And the most important thing is still the amortization.

Apportionment of land to mu means that whoever has the most land is the most heavily taxed.

This must lead to …… those squires who own a large amount of land will certainly greatly reduce their enthusiasm for land purchase.

Already people are hiring people and starting to go over the fine print of the military law.

Soon, there are people who keenly perceive …… that there is one of the biggest loopholes in this clearing of the land and spreading of the ding into the mu.

That is, there is no distinction between good and bad land, and the amount of food received is equal.

This is tantamount to saying that the tax paid on an acre of land, whether you have a good field or a bad field, is the same.

Many people suddenly saw the business opportunity, which also means that many people will still try their best to hold the good land in their own hands, even if they have to pay the tax, but growing food is still profitable.

The only thing that may not be the same is those poor lands. The fertility of the land is already poor, and it cannot grow too many crops, plus the tax, then there will inevitably be a large number of lands, which will be rushed to be sold.

And it could be sold at a bargain price.

These lands can be burdensome to the squires and landowners.

But for many merchants, it is the meat and potatoes.

This is because many merchants do need cheap land for building workshops and warehouses.

If in the past, dare to go to the countryside to build this, this is looking for death, because the risk factor is too high, the status of the merchant is very low, and the local gentry often have a great relationship with the government, money and food with the backing of the government, once the people look at you to earn money, casually and the head of the bailiff and a long greetings, you will teach you to break up the family.

Such things are so common that merchants are mostly clustered in very few cities.

Now Qixia is so, favoring the land here is small, manpower is also a lack of, but even if everyone in this ten times a hundred times the price of the purchase or lease land, but also refused to go to a river across the other places, and because of this.

But now …… everyone seems to smell a little flavor coming.

After the execution of military law, coupled with this line of military orders, even a fool understands who this is running towards.

Beyond that, it’s a question of resources.

The counties under the jurisdiction of Taipingfu are very rich in minerals, and in later …… times that place is a famous industrial base.

The reason why there is a concentration of industry is because of minerals.

Nowadays …… once production starts to roll out, the demand for minerals will also be strong in the future.

Some merchants and businessmen, began to have people go to the counties, recruiting some of the local groundlings to find out what was going on.

They are not in a hurry to immediately start, but first will be the situation of the counties of the Taiping Province to find out clearly, and then watch the implementation of the military law, in order to ensure that everything is safe, the first time to start.

And the magistracies are as good as dead. They really don’t want to do it.

But on the contrary, but had to be active, a large number of officers went down to clear the land, the resistance of the countryside is very big, and the officers of the disputes, and even suicide, there is a broken road to attack the officials, and even set fire to.

The errand boys would not have wanted to offend anyone, and they naturally knew what kind of people these were!

These are the people we usually call our brothers, how can we offend them?

However, if the matter is not accomplished, they will not be able to return to the police, and in the end, they will be the ones who will not be able to eat the good news.

Immediately immediately began to beat the board, after beating the board, with the yoke three days to show the public.

The pressure was cascading, and the errand boy was cross and unemotional by this point.

Toward the end of the month, Tongzhi Gaoxiang went down to the counties to inspect the situation of land clearing.

His carriages and horses arrived at Liulang Township, and when they were halfway there, they were stopped.

But dozens of people knelt beside the road, mouthing the words of a thousand years of injustice, the Great Lord of Heaven do it.

Gaoxiang had to get out of the sedan chair.

Then he saw an old man, leading dozens of people, howling.

He stepped forward to help the Elder up before saying, “What is it?”

Sage said, “Please be clear, your lordship, the little people can’t live, the tyranny is fiercer than a tiger ……”

Gaoxiang raised an eyebrow and said, “Tyranny?”

This old man sadly said: “The county can not be said, on the order of the police to clear the land, this land, the Hongwu years have been clearing, how now again to clear the land? Not only that, but also said …… to be amortized into the mu …… little old man a few generations of this point of operation, only slightly some thin field, the family is also a person with a merit, this merit can not be exempted from the tax, but also what … … …The government and the gentry are one and the same, all have to pay taxes, this …… is still like words? The little old man and its theory, the other party not only do not feel ashamed, but also on the little old man painfully rebuke, Qingtian old man ah ……”

Gao Xiang looked sympathetically at the Jain in front of him, but he nodded and said, “That’s right.”

Sage said, “Today …… the little old man is considered to understand, those dog officials, do not teach me a good life, I will fight with them. Today ten thousand please master to make a decision, if not ……”

“If not, how about it?” Gaoxiang held the Elder’s arm in a pleasant manner and said with a smile.

Sage said, “If not …… then you can’t live …… anyway, you’ll die anyway ……”

Gao Xiang said, “It’s death at any rate, so you’re still going to plot against me?”

The Sage instantly changed his face.

Just in the moment of this statement, Gao Xiang is also a change of face, he suddenly said angrily: “They say that the White Lotus Sect has corrupted the township, at first I did not believe it, but today it is to see, you thief, good big guts, and even dared to blackmail the government, this must be the White Lotus Sect instigated!”

“Come people …… these people disobeyed the military order, ten evils are not amnesty, immediately bundled to the county, hit thirty boards, with a yoke to show the public, to teach this Wuhu County up and down all take a good look at, disobeyed the military order, collusion with the teaching bandits is what the end.”

“Here.”

The messengers responded with a roar.

This Jain’s face stiffened, then his eyes opened wide and he said, “I have merit ……”

Gao Xiang said, “Dare I ask the old man what is his merit?”

“The showman too.”

“What year of the show?”

“The 25th year of the reign of the King ……”

Gao Xiang said, “That is the Yuan Dynasty s Xiucai, and what does this dynasty have to do with it? What’s more …… even if you are a Xiucai of this dynasty, colluding with the White Lotus religion, it is also a crime of ten thousand deaths, come to people …… to inform the oracle, dismissed his merit, such an unruly people, obstinate, not to be lightly spared.”

Said, no longer ignore this Jain, simply turned around, and went back to their own carriages and horses.

Into the car and horse, we heard the clamor of the police officers to catch people, making a mess, but Gaoxiang is five internal burning, eyes are red.

This reminds him of his own old father, his old father was also a scholar who won the title during the Zhi Zheng year, also with this Jain’s appearance.

I am only afraid that …… my old father is this old man, and he will also make trouble because of the clearing of the land and the apportionment of the land into the mu.

If it was in the past, he was to this Elder, he must be treated with courtesy, and then …… it was inevitable that all the people in the Taiping House praised him.

But he …… has no way out nowadays.

These people have sued him, and if he treats them a little more politely, they will think that there is still hope, and then more and more people will come to sue and cause trouble.

At that time, not to mention the apportionment of land into mu and the integration of grain, even the clearing of land could not be done.

If things don’t work out, the Duke of Wei will take his head.

Three days ago, he received a letter from home, the epistle said that his mother’s birthday, the Duke of Wei actually thought about it, ordered to send a big gift to celebrate the birthday ………

At the thought of this, Gao Xiang involuntarily shivered.

Things are obvious, he followed Zhang Anshi a road to the black, people are to go to wish birthday, if this is not done, maybe …… deduct a collusion with the White Lotus religion hat, kill his whole family.

At this time, outside came that Jain’s mournful wailing, “Gao Xiang, you dog official, you dog official ……”

Gaoxiang sat motionless, he slowly numbed, just hearing this with his own ears, still can’t help but feel a few tingles.

This is his own kind of ah, the same kind of killing each other, listen to their roar, really solid heart and bone! This kind of pain, teach him to calm down the mood, again turned upside down.

He couldn’t help but want to vent, so he subconsciously clenched his teeth, and finally popped out of his teeth, “Into the fucking Zhang ……”

But the words to here, will end abruptly, although in the car, and speak very quietly, but Gaoxiang but all of a sudden, as if a thief is weak general, and the latter half of the words, swallowed back into the stomach.

Finally, he couldn’t resist lifting the curtain of the car in front of him.

But he saw that the Elder and the others had been restrained.

He tightened his fists, his face showed a cold color, faintly said, “Blocking this official, disrespectful in front of this official driving, this is still a reader? The readers are sensible, it is even more sinful, do not have to send the county to be punished, send the Qixia Prefectural Yamen …… to be beaten!”

After a pause, he added, “Take his son down and punish him as well; those who defy military law will not be spared.”

The news of this era is extremely closed.

However, in Taiping Province, in the circle of readers, but the news is very well informed, and soon, this news has spread.

That’s when everyone realized it was getting real.

Not only did the squires and landowners notice something wrong, but even the officials of the counties immediately smelled a hint of an unusual atmosphere.

This is actually very simple, after all, Gao Tongzhi used to be a good old man, now suddenly become this way, he is in the office of the capital city, must know a little something, even he is so, this means that this matter has to be carried out, who dares to play tricks on this, is looking for death.

So the magistrate of each county, the night to convene people, asked the work of the clearing, and then organized people the next day to go down to the countryside, thunder and lightning began to clear the work of the clearing, the work of the clearing, extremely strict.

Another two days later, a bailiff and two chiefs because of disobedience, directly ordered by the county magistrate caning, the corpse directly hanging in the county office, posted a list of notices, strictly ordered to disobey the order of the person chopped.

This news, one by one, spread to Qixia, Qixia side …… many people will already know that this boot is considered to have landed.

At that moment, many dental firms began to go down to the countryside, recruiting strong men; this Qixia was already short of men, and now that there were so many strong men, it couldn’t have been better.

By the middle of the following month, Zhang Anshi mandated that a monthly meeting be held in the middle of each month, with all counties sending people.

All the people from the government offices were also present.

By this time, everyone had gotten together and had stopped complaining.

People are …… probably so, a thing, you start to do when, will be entangled will wringing. But things are slowly implemented down, you will not go to think about it, and even you will find reasons for themselves.

For example, this was also done to remove the White Lotus Sect.

Those squires …… are indeed too much, so much land, but also hide so much tax, outrageous!

Morality follows the person, and what was once immoral becomes moral again in this house of peace.

Coupled with Zhang Anshi’s organization of people from all counties to study every other day, it was nothing more than teaching some of the dangers of the White Lotus Sect, the dangers of the people losing their land and then becoming vagrants and colluding with the White Lotus Sect, and so on.

At this time, everyone was gathered here, and the atmosphere was much more cordial.

Zhang Anshi had read the briefing earlier, and then smiled as he took his seat with the crowd.

At this time, he said, “The clearing of the situation, the implementation is very good, especially Wuhu County optimal, clearing out the number of acres of land, fully double the previous, in this case, the future grain and tax collection, even if there is a basis.”

That Wuhu magistrate smiled, busy is to get up: “The next official ……”

Zhang Anshi pressure hand: “polite words do not say, now everyone’s time is very urgent, this Wuhu County do well, naturally, there should be rewards, I have discussed with Gao Tongzhi, Wuhu County this year, all the officials, the issuance of merit awards, but where the duty, each person two taels of silver per month, we have to live well, can’t be worse than a starving soldier.”

Zhang Anshi paused, and then said: “As for the Wuhu magistrate, doing a good job, this is also a piece of credit. I think about it, can not not reward, so yesterday, His Majesty special decree, temporarily make him still for the rank, plus one level, set from the sixth rank. This is His Majesty’s special favor, Zhou magistrate, you have been meritorious in fighting thieves, this is what you deserve.”

That Wuhu County Magistrate Zhou’s face swelled red all of a sudden.

If he is a sixth-ranked official, he should be a governor of the state. Doesn’t this mean that if there are any vacancies in the future, he will be able to fill them without any problems?

It’s only been a month and you’ve been promoted to the next level?