On the ninth day of February, Du Ruhui was recalled by Yang Ming.
Although the others are back, their retainers are still checking the fields in Baling, which does not affect the progress.
Yang Ming felt that this matter should not be rushed, after all, it involved too much, so it should be investigated slowly and step by step.
In the lobby of the General Manager's Mansion, Yuan Wendu, Pang Niu, Du Ruhui, and Pei Xizai were all there, discussing matters with Yang Ming.
These four people are Yang Ming's current basic team. So many government affairs in the General Manager's Office are currently on their heads.
"Ruhui and Xizai, there is no need to leave the General Manager's Mansion for the time being. The affairs here are complicated and all need to be handled by you. The following matters can be left to trustworthy and capable people," Yang Ming said.
The administrative scope of Hucao and Facao covers the entire Jingzhou. It is impossible for Yang Ming to let them go for a long time. Otherwise, everything will fall on Yuan Wendu, and it will inevitably be stretched.
As for Pang Niu, he is the Sima of the Mansion, so it is not appropriate to always stay in the mansion as the head of security.
Du Ruhui nodded and said: "The matter of checking the fields should be done slowly rather than urgently. It really needs to be considered in the long term."
"We need more manpower," Pei Xizai said.
Yang Ming nodded: "So I plan to temporarily form a team. The members of this team will be selected from rogues and gangsters from all over the country. They will mainly participate in the inspection of fields. They will be temporarily named School Inspectors, after The purpose of inspection and correction shall be assigned to Commander-in-Chief Pang Niu, and you will be divided among them to make up for the shortage of manpower."
Some things must be done by ruffians, because these people are uneducated and will not reason with you.
Literary men cannot do things like inventorying fields. They can't do it. This kind of thing can't be done with words.
You have to be brave and you have to be ruthless.
Because of this inventory, the total number of acres in each state and county was only one of them, and the most important number of acres was that of aristocratic families.
When Yang Ming knew that there were a lot of false reports on the total amount of land in Jingzhou, he decided to take action against the aristocratic family. Otherwise, if things went on like this, the people of Jingzhou would be in chaos.
Yuan Wendu understood what Yang Ming meant and knew that this matter should not be rushed, so he said:
"If all the twenty-two places in Jingzhou send school guards, I'm afraid a large number of manpower will be needed."
"It doesn't take much," Du Ruhui said with a smile, "His Highness has a profound intention in choosing local gangsters as school guards. These people are already connected with gangs in the local area. You only need to select their leaders to be included as school guards, and the following will naturally follow. There is a group of accomplices who help and follow him. This kind of person is naturally domineering. Once he is given an official background, he will dare to do anything."
Yuan Wendu was suddenly enlightened, and he couldn't help but marvel at Yang Ming's thoughtfulness and the prince's teachings. He was already able to control a party at such a young age with ease.
Pang Niu was worried that he had nothing to do after arriving in Jingzhou. Now it was better. Yang Ming arranged a big event for him.
Recruiting school guards is not a simple matter. The reason why Yang Ming handed it over to Pang Niu was of course because the other party was qualified for the job.
If you can serve Dugu Jialuo, it's not enough to just cater to your superiors. He also needs to have strong ability to lead his subordinates.
The local ruffians are undoubtedly very difficult to manage. Fortunately, when Pang Niu was in the palace, he was in charge of a group of Guanzhong children. If this group of children were placed outside the palace, they would be no different from the local ruffians.
Pang Niu asked: "What is the approximate size of the school inspection guards?"
Yang Ming did not give him an answer, but said: "Let's discuss it."
Du Ruhui said: "This point must be adapted to local conditions. I think there should be no more than five people in a county, and it must be hinted that they can recruit people appropriately. Our General Manager's Office will not recognize these people, and we can clean them up if they make trouble."
"Wonderful!" Pei Xizai exclaimed, "So, the school inspection guards are just temporary?"
Yang Ming nodded: "Of course it's temporary. Is it possible that this king will raise a bunch of ruffians for the rest of his life?"
"That's very good," Yuan Wendu said: "If there are only a few school inspectors in a county, the salary can be increased appropriately. How much does Your Highness think it should be?"
Yang Ming is unwilling to make his own decisions. His position is to make decisions:
"What do you think?"
Du Ruhui said: "Many of these people rely on local aristocratic families, and they are used to being bullied by the aristocratic families. If they are classified as school guards, they will be subordinate to the general administration. With the support, once they fall out with the aristocratic families, they will be ruthless and ruthless. So I think the salary should be high enough to make them think that they can escape the control of the family."
"How much should that be?" Pei Xizai asked curiously.
Du Ruhui said: "Each person has three guans per month, and they will be distributed every other month."
It is indeed quite a lot, three strings, that is three thousand dollars, and there are a total of 122 counties in Jingzhou, which is indeed a huge expense.
Without new sources of revenue, the General Manager's Office will not be able to cover these expenses for long.
That's why Yuan Wendu was surprised and said: "Where does the money come from? Such a large expense suddenly increased, and the account cannot afford it."
Du Ruhui, who was only sixteen years old, smiled calmly:
"Of course they can't eat for free, they have to work. We can set tasks for them. They need to check the number of problem acres every month and the total amount for the year. In this way, a large number of acres will be returned to the public, and we only need to check these acres. I can grant land to young men who have just grown up, and get new taxes to make up for the shortfall of the general manager's office."
If the land is granted to men of that year, they will receive taxes that year. If they are evenly distributed to the people who have been granted the land, there will be no new taxes, because they pay the tax per head, not the number of acres.
This trick is indeed wonderful, but it also has two drawbacks:
First, the new taxes must be included in the national treasury. It is inappropriate for Yang Ming to transfer them to the general manager's office without permission. However, this can be avoided by changing the time of land grant. If the land is granted this year, I will prepare it next year. So this year's new tax Increases in taxes will not be paid into the account.
Secondly, once a gangster like the school inspector is given a task, the other party will do whatever it takes, and a large number of injustices are likely to occur. In this regard, Pei Xizai will have to find a solution.
So Yang Ming turned his attention to Pei Xizai, who was in charge of the Dacao, and said:
"From now on, all cases reported by the school inspector must be carefully reviewed and no mistakes can be made. These people will do whatever they want, so you have to keep a close eye on them."
"I will never dare to make a mistake. I must review every case carefully," Pei Xizai nodded.
In administering justice, one must kill people, and killing people will offend others. Pei Xizai knew very well that he had a heavy responsibility and a huge risk.
"Your Highness is a true god," Du Ruhui couldn't help but admired: "This is the disadvantage of this method. The ruffians, who do not understand the legal system, will definitely make up the number to fill the task amount. Pei Facao will have to work hard. Once there is an inspection The school guard did this and must be dealt with severely."
"There is no need to be serious," Yang Ming said: "Just kill him, so as to serve as a warning."
"It's best to kill," Du Ruhui agreed.
Over there, Yuan Wendu and Pang Niu, two old men who had followed Yang Ming to Jingzhou from Daxing, looked at each other subconsciously.
In the year they came to Jingzhou, their impressions of Yang Ming had undergone earth-shaking changes. The subversion was as great as the distance between Daxing and Jingzhou.
Pang Niu originally thought that he must be Yang Ming's absolute confidant. After all, they had known each other since Yang Ming was very young.
But he won't think so now, because Yang Ming wants to do big things, and if he doesn't satisfy him, he will probably be replaced.
He, who had always been too lazy to use his brain, had no choice but to use his brain:
"This gang of local ruffians will be carefully selected and restrained by their humble positions. Whoever dares to be a thorn in the side or disobeys me, I will be the first to behead him."
Yang Ming nodded and said: "Of course it is. This matter needs to be done quickly. You lead people to various places as soon as possible, select school guards, and make special clothes. Don't let them wear armor, just wear simple weapons."
"I understand, I understand," Pang Niu nodded.
Yang Ming then stood up and said to everyone: "You can discuss the specific arrangement more carefully. It must be thorough and rigorous."
"Yes," everyone stood up and sent Yang Ming off respectfully.
...
The school inspection guards were just a new team created by Yang Ming on the spur of the moment.
These people have no establishment and are temporarily classified as subordinates of the general manager's office. They do not need to report and prepare, which is equivalent to suppressing
Under Yang Ming's banner, they are causing trouble below.
If things go well, Yang Ming will admit it; if things go badly, Yang Ming will not admit it.
In fact, the school inspector is a knife in Yang Ming's hand that can be thrown away at any time. They will take the blame and Yang Ming will do the good deeds.
These people are targeting aristocratic families, not civilians, so Yang Ming is not worried about how big a trap they will create.
A few days later, Yang Ming received a letter from Yang Xuangan. Zhu Guo had received the account. The letter contained some words of gratitude and said that if there is anything useful, just speak up.
This timing is very interesting. It happened to be that Yang Su was defeating the Turks on the front line. Yang Ming was counting this time to give Yang Xuangan the title he sought.
It's good now, the favor belongs to Yang Ming.
Prior to this, Yang Ming had received a letter from Fang Xuanling. Although Li Jing won the battle, he suffered a lot of casualties. Now he has led his troops back to Shuozhou to recuperate.
Hearing that this battle was still going on, Yang Su was determined to defeat Bujia Khan. Changsun Cheng, on his side, was also working with Qimin Khan Rangan to collect the tribes that Bujia had defeated.
Bujia Khan was originally the Western Turkic Khan, and the Eastern Turkic Khan was originally Dulan Khan, the elder brother of Qimin Khan Ranqian. The two brothers fell into Zhang Suncheng's plan to alienate each other, and turned against each other, so that Dulan could Khan killed all the wives, sons and daughters of Qimin Khan, who had no choice but to lead his tribe to surrender to the Sui Dynasty.
In the 18th year of the founding of the Emperor, Dulan fought a great battle with the Sui Dynasty. In this battle, Gao Jun, Yang Su, Shi Wansui, and Han Sengshou all took action and defeated the Turks. Dulan was also killed by his subordinates. Killed.
After Dulan's death, the various Eastern Turkic tribes were gradually brought together by Bujia Khan.
The main purpose of the Sui Dynasty's northern attack on the Turks was to support Qimin's rise to power, because Qimin Khan was the orthodox member of the Eastern Turkic royal family and was recognized by all tribes.
Chang Suncheng's "diplomacy with distant lands and attacks with close quarters, separation from the strong and alliance with the weak" has always been the basic national policy of the Sui Dynasty in dealing with serious troubles in the north.
This person is not of high rank, but he is a true great weapon of the country.
Her daughter, Changsun, was born just last year. In total, she is twelve years younger than Yang Ming.
Fang Xuanling's letter details the taxes on Hedong last year, which were relatively normal, with a considerable balance. After all, Li Jing won the battle this year, so the shortfall to exempt soldiers from taxes is this year.
Only when you win the war will you be exempted from taxes. If you lose the war, you will not be exempted from taxes. Tax exemption is a reward. If you lose, I will reward you with a penny.
