"Xu'er, you're crazy," Huang Ang shouted at Huang Xu: "Get back here quickly and stop making trouble."
But Huang Xu turned a deaf ear to his father's shouts. He just raised his neck and looked at Zhou Xing intently.
Zhou Xing's heart tightened, an unknown premonition rose from the bottom of his heart, and he said coldly: "What crime did Guo Gui commit?"
"Guo Gui harms husbands and dominates wives and daughters. I hope the Lord will understand and make decisions for the common people."
Luo Shang, the governor of Yizhou, who is fifty-six years old this year, is playing chess with a man in his early thirties in the back garden. This man's name is Yan Shi, and he is a refugee who came from Yongzhou with Li Xiang. Their Yan family is from Fufeng County, Yongzhou. His father once served as a vassal of Huangfu Jun, the military governor of Yongliang and Qin's three prefectures, Fufeng. He had several acquaintances with Luo Shang, who was the king of Qi at that time.
Yan Shi did not know Li Xiang originally. One of them is from Yongzhou and the other is from Qinzhou. On the way to Hanzhong, more than a hundred households led by Yan Shi met Li Xiang, who was also going to Hanzhong. As soon as the two met, they became sworn friends. Yan Shi admired Li Xiang from the bottom of his heart for his magnanimity and fairness, and Li Xiang also admired Yan Shi from the bottom of his heart for his resourcefulness. They didn't stay long in Hanzhong when Yan Shi suggested that Li Xiang lead them across Jiange Pass to Shu.
At that time, the Jin Dynasty issued an order that the refugees in Yongqin and Qin prefectures could only beg for food in Hanzhong and could not cross Jiange Pass. But this did not trouble Yan Shi. After Li Fu, the special envoy sent by the imperial court to investigate the situation of the refugees, arrived in Hanzhong, Yan Shi found Li Fu immediately and gave Li Fu a large amount of property. Li Fu wrote a letter saying that there were so many refugees that Hanzhong alone could not support. As a result, the imperial court ordered again to allow the refugees to cross Jiange Pass and enter Shu.
When crossing the Jiange Pass, when he saw the steep mountains towering into the clouds on both sides and the narrow mountain road where only a few people could pass, Li Xiang sighed: "There is such a dangerous pass, and the Empress of Shu Han is bound to face people." , He is really mediocre." After Yan Shi heard this, he was even more determined to assist Li Xiang. As for the subsequent defeat of Liu Fu and Chang Jun's army, and the counterattack against Zhao Min who wanted to separate Yizhou, it was all based on Yan Shi's suggestions.
"Your Majesty," Yan Shi said to Li Xiang a few days ago at the refugee camp in Mianzhu: "The King of Qi is monopolizing the government by expelling relatives. This move is like laying eggs and will not last long. From Yan's point of view, there will be further chaos in China. As the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of Yong and Qin states, the King of Hejian was bound to be involved. Yizhou is remote, and the wars in the Middle Kingdom will not be affected here. In addition, there are natural dangers in Jiange Jiameng, which is more than enough to protect oneself. Therefore , since we people have left our homeland and gone through all kinds of hardships to come to this land of abundance, no matter what, we cannot go back."
"I know what you are saying, but the imperial court has already ordered you and I to wait for the refugees to return home. The new governor of Yizhou, Luohou, is smart and capable. He is definitely not comparable to Zhao Min. How can you and I still fight against the powerful imperial court? No?" Li Xiang said with a worried look.
"It all depends on people." Yan Shi said: "King Qi's position is unstable. Not only you and I can see it, but everyone with discerning eyes in the world can see it. The Marquis of Luo is no exception. Yan is not talented and is willing to go to Chen Yao alone to test Luo Hou Koufeng, let’s see what this Luo Hou is planning. In this case, it’s not too late for us to respond.”
After Yan Shi arrived at Chen Yao, he sent generous gifts and finally got the opportunity to meet Luo Shang.
Luo Shang naturally knew the purpose of Yan Shi's visit. After meeting, he did not talk about the refugees at all, but just reminisced about the past with Yan Shi. Chatting here and there, asking about the customs of Yong and Qin, and chatting about what they saw along the way. Both of them were learned men, and they talked for a long time. Luo Shang was very happy, and he invited Yan Shi to play a few games.
The dignified governor of the state invited him, so how could Yan Shi refuse? The two sides made rapid moves at first, but by the middle of the game, the black and white sides were still evenly matched. When the two of them were fighting, they saw Luo Shang holding a black chess piece and thinking for a long time before he dropped it. This move immediately connected the middle game with the two black chess pieces at the bottom. The situation was immediately favorable. .
Yan Shi laughed and admitted defeat: "What a great use of strength to gain the upper hand, Master Jun's move can be done in seconds. Xiaosheng admires it."
How could Luo Shang not hear the underlying meaning of Yan Shi's words? He smiled calmly and said: "It's easy to draw on strength in the game, but it's not easy to be outside the game."
Hearing this, Yan Shi was overjoyed and said respectfully: "I wonder what kind of external force your Majesty wants to borrow? But I have orders. Even if we, the refugees, go through fire and water, we will fight to the death and move forward."
Luo Shang nodded slightly, pondered for a moment and said, "It's just that the court has ordered you to leave. What can I do?"
"This matter is not difficult." Yan Shi immediately added without hesitation: "Logically speaking, we refugees should still be managed by the Yuan Territory instead of Yizhou and Liangzhou. Your Excellency only needs to state in the table that the refugees hope that the government of the original territory can If we send personnel to greet you, won’t this hot potato be handed over to someone else’s hands?”
"Hahahaha," Luo Shang laughed loudly when he heard Yan Shi's plan: "I have heard that Fufeng Yan Shi is full of resourcefulness. Today, when we meet him, it is indeed better to meet him than to be famous."
At this moment, a person came in from the outside. It seemed that this person had a handsome face and a tall and tall figure. He was very handsome, but he was not that Jordan.
"My son-in-law, Jordan, has met my father-in-law." Jordan came in and saluted Luo Shang first. He had originally taken a liking to Wang Tianyun at Jiange Pass that day, but he didn't expect that Wang Tianyun had already been married to someone else, so you can imagine how disappointed he felt. But he didn't expect that Luo Shang, the new governor who had just arrived here, took a fancy to him and married his youngest daughter to him. These days were not very happy.
"Deng'er, what are you doing here?" After watching Yan Shi retire, Luo Shang asked Jordan, twirling his beard.
"Father-in-law, please read this," Jordan said while presenting the document in his hand to Luo Shang: "The Marquis Bodaoting who killed Shen Xiu has made another big news."
"Why, after establishing schools, medicine, and commerce, what big move has this Marquis Gaoting made?" Luo Shang smiled. A few days ago, he heard people reporting on Zhou Xing's events in Bodao, and he was very interested in the Tinghou who killed Shen Xiu.
"Haha," Jordan couldn't tell how he felt about Zhou Xing, but he felt a little happy when he saw him make a fool of himself. "This Marquis Ting tried two cases and almost made a big mistake." , wanted to sentence two people to death in public. And of these two, one was a monk, and the other was actually his right-hand man given to him by the Wang family of Jinyang. How could he, a small Tinghou, be qualified to sentence people to death? It was simply You are ignorant and incompetent! This is a document sent by the prefect of Jianwei County for your approval."
"Oh." Luo Shang listened to Jordan's words and carefully looked at the events described in the document. For him, who has experienced countless storms and waves, things like Hu E and Guo Gui are really ordinary and cannot arouse his anger or interest.
Luo Shang's father and grandfather were both famous officials of Shu Shang. When the Shu merchants perished, his father waited until the surrender order from the later master of the Shu merchants arrived before leading his people to surrender to the then Great Zhou Dynasty. Luo Shang himself has been famous since he was a child. When the Jin Dynasty conquered Wu, Wang Rong hired Luo Shang to join his army. After conquering Wu, he served as the long history of Huangfu You, the king of Qi, and then let the states and counties go. He had extremely rich experience.
This time he was appointed as the governor of Yizhou. On the surface, he wanted to solve the refugee problem in Yizhou and Liangzhou. In fact, Qi Wang Huangfujiang also gave him a secret edict, asking him to re-implement the implementation in Yizhou that his father had wanted to implement. an initiative.
Re-measure the spiritual fields and restore the Great Yin mine field system!
The content of this measure is very simple: strictly in accordance with the laws of the Jin Dynasty, a male monk is entitled to ten acres of spiritual land, and a female monk is entitled to seven acres of spiritual land. The Marquis of Guannei enjoys 50 acres of spiritual land, the Marquis of Ting enjoys 100 acres, the Marquis of Township enjoys 300 acres, the Marquis of County enjoys 1,000 acres, the Duke of County enjoys 2,000 acres, and the Prince of County enjoys 10,000 acres. As for the remaining spiritual fields after the distribution is completed, they will be uniformly managed by the prefectures and counties according to the former Da Yin well field system.
As the long history of Huangfu You, the king of Qi at that time, Luo Shang personally participated in this reform plan. However, Huangfu You never got his wish and became the assistant minister. These measures have been shelved ever since.
In Luo Shang's view, this measure will completely change the disordered situation since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is no longer any issue of land annexation. Everyone in the world has his own land. When there are few spiritual fields in prefectures and counties, more taxes will be collected. When there are many spiritual fields, there will be less taxes. In this way, the return to the prosperous age of the Yin Dynasty for 800 years is just around the corner.
It was just that Emperor Wu of Jin Huangfuyan was afraid that King Qi Huangfuyou would be too popular after implementing these measures, so he kept suppressing them and insisted that King Qi return to the fiefdom of Qi. Huangfu Yan's wishful thinking was to wait until his grandson Huangfu Yu came to power to implement this policy, so as to increase the reputation of the Huangfu family to a higher level.
Of course, everyone who knew about these secret reforms also knew the pressure and resistance to pursuing this policy. It is common for people to occupy more spiritual fields in various places, and underreporting is even more common.
The reason why Luo Shang did not order the immediate repatriation of the immigrants was precisely because he considered this issue and wanted to use the external force of the refugees.
However, it is really hard to find the person to implement it.
Until he saw the paperwork Jordan sent over about Zhou Xing.
"It's really hard to find a place after wearing iron shoes, but it didn't take any effort at all." Luo Shang raised his eyebrows and said with joy in his heart: "This Zhou Xing, who is not interested in personal interests, has no worries in Yizhou and has a famous name. How can he not That’s the person I’m looking for!”
The key to government is to win people. Luo Shang has not taken any action because he has not found a suitable candidate.
In Luo Shang's mind, this policy benefits the country and the people. As long as it can be implemented, he will definitely be remembered in history and be remembered by future generations. When he thought of this, he, who was already in his fifties, couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his chest, and he couldn't help but whisper in his mouth a poem that was widely circulated by Emperor Wu of Zhou:
The old man is brave and ambitious, and his ambition is thousands of miles.
In his old age, the martyr is full of ambition.
"Deng'er, go down and tell everyone in charge that you will come to the mansion on time at Mao tomorrow to discuss matters."
Over the past few days, Jordan's mood has been on a roller coaster. From being full of enthusiasm at the beginning, to feeling helpless and depressed in the past few days.
Ever since Luo Shang summoned officials from the Yizhou Department to explain his plan that day, there was an uproar immediately. Even if Luo Shang took out the emperor's edict, he still could not stop everyone's opposition.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Wang Jie did such a thing in the late Shang Dynasty, which cost him his life and reputation. Your Majesty, you must stop." Lu Qiang, who worked in Yizhou, objected first.
"In those days, Wang Jie, regardless of the virtuous, all had equal land, and there was no distinction between high and low, and there was no example of reward or punishment." Qi Wang Huangfu You and others had studied Wang Jie's reform in detail back then, and naturally had detailed responses to this. Jordan was recruited as his son-in-law by Luo Shang precisely because he particularly appreciated Luo Shang's restructuring. At this time, Luo Shang was unable to speak, so naturally he was the one to fight with the soldiers. "The new measures have different land entitlements for different titles, which is precisely to address this shortcoming. Through this difference, we will let the monks in the world know that only by making meritorious services to the court can they get additional rewards. Instead of the current system passed down from the Great Zhou Dynasty Linlu system. This Linlu system only encourages everyone to practice for themselves, rather than encouraging everyone to contribute to the court."
"In the past, Master Dong once said that those who earn a living should not compete with the people for profit. If you turn your private fields into well fields, wouldn't you be competing with the people for profit?" The man who said this had a square face and a wide mouth, and was very wealthy. Qiao I looked up and saw that it was Yizhou who was engaged in Ma Long.
"What Ma Zheng said is so fallacious." Jordan retorted confidently: "It is the wealthy families who occupy a large number of spiritual fields who compete with the people for profit. After the excess spiritual fields are turned into well fields, the income is still used by the states and counties. , how can we compete with the people for profit?"
"But every family's spiritual field is private property inherited from their ancestors. If the state and county implement this policy, what is the difference between them and bandits?" Ma Long continued to say with a blushing face.
"Each family's private property?" Jordan sneered a few times and said, "May I ask Mr. Ma, are the spiritual fields of your family owned by the Ma family since ancient times? Your ancestors of the Ma family were from Xiangyang, Jingzhou, and they followed Shu. The First Lord Shang came to Shu. Since your grandfather, you have been here for only three generations, and you already have no less than a thousand acres of spiritual land. I dare to ask Ma Zheng, are these thousands of acres of spiritual land inherited from your ancestors? "
Jordan's direct question made Ma Long's face even redder. After hesitating for a while, he said angrily: "You have lost the Qiao family's cemetery? But you still talk about my Ma family."
"This is exactly one of the things I want to say." Jordan stood proudly in a green robe and loudly said loudly on the spot: "There must be someone who starts this reform. If this is the case, then please start with our Qiao family."
After Jordan said those words with high spirits, tragedy struck. When he led a group of people to his hometown in Shu County, he was blocked on the road by his father who came after hearing the news.
"Today you can either return to me immediately and resign from this position, or you can step over my body." Jordan's father, Qiao Lian, held a sword on his neck and said to Jordan, "Deng'er, you This is going to be the road of former Shang Chao House. Instead of our Qiao family being in trouble, why don't I die in front of you today."
Naturally, Jordan did not dare to let his father commit suicide in front of him. Amidst the laughter of the onlookers, he reluctantly returned to Chen Yao.
"If Zhou Xing were to deal with this matter, what method would he take?" Just when he was thinking hard, he suddenly thought of Zhou Xing, who had had several chats with him.
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