Yanghewei and Yanghedao are important places. There are military defense yamen and patrol yamen in the city.
When the Tiger Character Banner attacked Tianchengwei, the soldiers and patrol officers in Yanghe Guard City fled Yanghe Wei together, so they were not captured by the Tiger Character Banner army.
The two chief officials of Yang and Wei could escape, but the two yamen could not take them away.
The governor's yamen in the city became the office of the Huzi Banner dispatched to Yanghewei County Magistrate, and the yamen on Bingbei Road was changed into a garrison office, where a team of several hundred soldiers were stationed.
"Have you heard the news from Datong Town?"
Before the person showed up, guard Huo Zonghou's voice came in first, and then the person also walked in.
"Huo Shou Bei." Jiao Yun, the county magistrate in the room, greeted Huo Zonghou.
Huo Zonghou smiled and nodded in response, then turned to the county magistrate Su Naichen who was sitting in the main seat and said, "What is the proprietor's attitude towards the suggestions we submitted?"
"Read it yourself!" Su Naichen handed over an official document on the table.
Huo Zonghou took it in his hand and looked through it.
There are only a few sentences on it, and you can read it in just a few glances.
Huo Zonghou said with an ugly face: "I have long said that the method you proposed will not work. Farm allocation is in full swing in various places. Only here, we have not only failed to implement the land allocation policy, but have to submit to the local gentry and large households. Once it does Once we give in, I can guarantee that they will only press forward step by step in the future, forcing us to give in step by step."
"Okay, now it's not a matter of who to blame." Su Naichen frowned and said, "The top priority is to find a way to solve the problem of dividing the land."
Jiao Yun from the county seat on the side said: "I think it is better to enforce it and directly arrest and confiscate the homes of those large gentry households who resist the land allocation policy. Those large gentry households that are willing to accept the land allocation policy will be given money as compensation."
"In my opinion, we should have done this a long time ago. We need soldiers and people, and I don't believe we can still be threatened by these squires." Huo Zonghou rubbed his hands on one side.
As a general who stayed behind at Yanghe Guard, he had gone into battle and killed enemies, but he had never felt so aggrieved when he was on guard at Yanghe Guard. He clearly had the strength but could not use it.
"It's not that simple." Su Naichen shook his head in distress and said, "If our Tiger Flag wants to gain a foothold in Datong, we must rely on the help of local squires. It's easy to kill them, but without them, who can Come help us restrain the people, have you ever thought about this?"
Unlike other people in the Tiger Character Banner, he is a scholar from Shaanxi and Gansu, and he is also the first person with the highest reputation within the Tiger Character Banner so far.
If it hadn't been for the earthquake in Shaanxi-Gansu and the family really couldn't survive, he would never have come to Datong, nor would he have joined the Tiger Flag.
"There are also squires on the grassland. Our Tiger-Character Banner governs the local area and the local people." County Jiao Yun's tone became a little bad.
He was very dissatisfied with Su Naichen's preferential treatment of the squire, both in words and in words.
Su Naichen looked at Jiao Yun and said: "What is the people's support? The big squires are the people's support. The so-called world belongs to those who win the people's support. Today we killed the squires of Yanghewei, which is equivalent to pushing all the squires of the Ming Dynasty to the opposite side. We will do it in the future Be enemies with all the people in the world.”
"I don't think the squires represent the people's hearts. The real people's hearts are those of the tenants, serfs, long-term workers, even craftsmen and actors. On the contrary, the big squires can only represent themselves, and they cannot represent the people of the whole world at all. Let's divide these big squires into Land is not an enemy of the people of the world, at most it is an enemy of the wealthy gentry who are unwilling to divide their fields." Jiao Yun retorted.
Guard Huo Zonghou spoke in support: "I agree with Jiao Xiancheng's statement. The squires only represent the class of squires and cannot represent the hearts of the people all over the world."
Neither of them supported Su Naichen's statement.
Unlike Su Naichen, who had been a farmer since he was a child, both of them were born in poverty. They only became literate after joining the Tiger-Character Banner. According to Su Naichen, poor people like them were not worthy of representing the people.
"You should read more history books. After reading them, you will understand that what I said is right." Su Naichen said to the two colleagues in front of him.
He believed that his two colleagues did not agree with his opinions entirely because they had read too few books. As long as they read a few more history books, the two of them would definitely support his opinions.
"We can read history books. We can understand the principles of succession by using history as a mirror. The most urgent task now is to divide the land. The proprietor is already dissatisfied with us for not doing anything in Yanghewei. What we should do now How to divide the fields earlier." Jiao Yun said.
Su Naichen frowned deeply and said, "It seems you still don't understand what I said."
"We understand what the county magistrate said, but this is not a reason for not dividing the land. Could it be that the county magistrate wants to disobey the proprietor's order?" Jiao Yun said, staring into Su Naichen's eyes.
Huo Zonghou on the side was also staring at Su Naichen.
Su Naichen said: "I don't agree to divide the land, and I don't agree to take action against the local squires in Yanghewei. I will persuade the proprietors. I hope you can support me in this matter."
"Are you going to disobey the order?" Jiao Yun's face darkened.
He never expected that Su Naichen would be so bold as to disobey the proprietor's order and insist on protecting the property of a wealthy local gentry in Yanghewei.
Su Naichen said: "I did this not to disobey orders, but because the decision made by the proprietor was wrong. As ministers, it is our duty as ministers to correct the proprietor's mistakes."
He seemed confident when he said this.
"I think it's right to divide the fields. It's up to you to persuade them. I will follow the owner's order and continue to divide the fields of Yang and Wei." Jiao Yun said.
Su Naichen's face sank and he said: "Don't forget that I am the county magistrate of Yanghewei appointed by Tiger Character Banner. Without my order, no one can implement the land distribution policy."
"You still know that you are the county magistrate appointed by the Tiger Character Banner. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought you were the magistrate of Yanghewei County appointed by those wealthy squires." Jiao Yun replied coldly.
Su Naichen sneered angrily and said: "Okay, okay, okay, without my order, I will see how you divide the fields in Yanghewei."
"You can't stop me. As the county magistrate of Yanghewei, even without your order as the county magistrate, I will still divide the fields of the wealthy squire families." Jiao Yun said without giving up.
Now he finally understood that Su Naichen was not the same person as Hu Ziqi. In order to protect the interests of the wealthy squire, he even dared to disobey the orders issued by his boss.
Such a person may be suitable for Datong under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but not for Datong under the rule of the Tiger Flag.
