The troops sent by the imperial court from Shandong to Henan were dealt with. Except for the troops from the Huguang capital at the Dangzi entrance, there were no major wars in Henan.
Only small-scale battles such as suppressing bandits in Henan remained.
However, both combat divisions did not evacuate from Henan. Instead, they all stayed in Henan to assist the local government in maintaining stability in Henan. At the same time, they stationed troops at several important passes connecting Huguang, Shandong and Northeast Zhili.
The entire Henan Province was basically occupied by the Tiger Character Banner.
Henan is also a grain-producing area. Even if the weather has been bad in the past few years, it is still much better than Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places. In addition, the grain confiscated from the feudal prince's palace and the wealthy squire households has greatly eased the Tiger Flag's demand for grain.
"This star really wants to retire"
Through the experience of governing Shanxi and Shanxi, Tiger Banner has trained a group of local government affairs talents.
These talents trained by Tiger Character Banner quickly got into work mode as soon as they arrived in Henan, and most of them were able to successfully complete the work at hand.
Coupled with the support of farmers' associations in various places, the fields were distributed to local people. The officials appointed by the Tiger Character Banner did not like to manipulate people as much as the officials of the Ming Dynasty, so the taxes of the people were greatly reduced compared with before.
The people have hope in their lives, and the balance in their hearts is slowly tilting towards the tiger-shaped flag.
"After Deputy Director Li entered Henan, he dispatched three groups of officials, covering the town mayor level, and farmers' associations were established in all places..."
Wu Yunchou, the attendant of the attendant team, held a newspaper in his hand and talked about the current situation in Henan.
Liu Heng, who was sitting behind the table, tapped his fingers lightly on the table, looking thoughtful.
After Wu Yun, the attendant, finished his thoughts, Liu Heng said: "The grain from Henan will be shipped directly to Shaanxi, and the shortfall will be made up by Shanxi."
The situation in Shaanxi is much worse than that of Shanxi, let alone compared with Henan.
After the Tiger Character Banner captured Shaanxi, they continued to provide blood transfusions to Shaanxi, barely maintaining the situation in Shaanxi and preventing it from collapsing.
"My subordinates have written it down." Wu Yunchou wrote down Liu Heng's request in his notebook.
At this moment, Zhao Wu walked in from outside.
"Lord, a man named Kong came from outside, saying he came from Shandong." Zhao Wu said.
"I understand." Liu Heng nodded slightly, and immediately said to Wu Yunchao, "We must hurry up on matters in Henan and order Henan to send grain to Shaanxi as soon as possible."
"Yes, my subordinates are resigning." Wu Yunchou agreed, turned around and left.
Liu Heng looked at Zhao Wu and said, "Bring people in!"
Not long after, a middle-aged man was brought to Liu Heng by Zhao Wu.
"General Liu is indeed as young as the rumors say." The middle-aged man entered the room and saw Liu Heng. He was not panicked and spoke calmly.
Liu Heng raised his eyes and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and said: "There are many families named Kong in Shandong, but the most famous one is probably the Kong family in Qufu."
"The general has good taste." The middle-aged man admitted frankly.
Seeing that the other party was really from the Kong family in Qufu, Liu Heng was slightly surprised and said, "I remember that Tiger Character Banner seems to have little contact with the Kong family in Qufu."
"Can you sit down and talk?" the middle-aged man asked, glancing at the bench next to him.
Liu Heng raised his right hand and made a sign of invitation, and said: "Sit down, Zhao Wu, serve tea to Mr. Kong."
There is no shortage of tea sets, tea leaves and other items in the house.
Zhao Wu pinched some tea leaves from the shelf nearby and put it into the tureen. Then he picked up a kettle that boiled hot water and brewed the tea leaves in the tureen.
After finishing it, he brought the tureen to Mr. Kong.
"Mr. Kong came to my Tiger Flag this time for the sake of the Kong family?" Liu Heng looked at Mr. Kong holding hot tea in his hand and asked straight to the point.
Hearing this, Mr. Kong put the hot tea aside, raised his hands and cupped his hands towards Liu Heng, and said, "I would like to introduce myself first. I, Kong Yinjing, come from the Kong clan in Qufu."
"I wonder who the contemporary Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi is?" Liu Heng asked casually.
However, when these words fell into Kong Yinjing's ears, his heart tightened.
Ordinary bandits and rebels may have heard of Yan Shenggong and know about the Kong family in Qufu, but probably nine and a half out of ten contemporary bandits don't know the name Yan Shenggong Kong Yinzhi.
So when Liu Heng casually called out the name of the contemporary Yan Shenggong, his first reaction was that the tiger-character flag was interested in Shandong.
After all, the Tiger Character Banner has already attacked Henan, and it is not impossible to attack Shandong again, and the name that cannot be avoided when attacking Shandong is their Qufu Kong family.
"Mr. Kong!" Liu Heng called out when he saw Kong Yinzhi in front of him in a daze.
"Ah, oh." Kong Yinjing came back to his senses and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry. I was a little distracted just now. I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed."
Liu Heng, who heard the explanation, smiled and said: "Mr. Kong, you're welcome. I just heard that Mr. Kong's name is similar to that of contemporary Yan Shenggong. Could it be that Mr. Kong and Yan Shenggong are brothers."
"According to the Kong family genealogy, I can indeed call Yan Shenggong an elder brother. However, there are many people in the Kong family, and my family is somewhat distant from Yan Shenggong. It has been in the fifth server." Kong Yinjing explained. .
After hearing this, Liu Heng smiled and said: "I am a descendant of a saint even though I am far away, so my life is much easier than that of the common people."
"There are too many members of the Kong clan, and there are still many clan members whose lives are not as good as those of the common people." Kong Yinjing defended the Kong clan.
The Kong family has benefited from the glory of their ancestors and enjoyed the wealth and honor of the past generations. However, when there are more people in the clan, it is inevitable that they will be divided into three, six, and nine grades. Except for the Yansheng Gong of the past generations, many poor Kong clan members have been reduced to the family members of other clansmen with the surname Kong. tenant.
Among the tenants in Duke Yansheng's house, there were even more people with the surname Kong.
These tenants with the surname Kong and Duke Yan may have had the same ancestor hundreds of years ago, but after so many generations, their bloodline has long been thinned, and except for the same surname Kong, they are just like outsiders.
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Mr. Kong's words are exaggerated. The imperial court gave the Kong family a lot of land, and the Kong family has annexed the fields in Shandong over the years. It is nothing to support a Kong family. At least it can help the Kong family in Qufu." Everyone has a full belly.”
How much land the emperors of the Ming Dynasty rewarded the Kong family in Qufu is difficult to verify because it is too old. However, the article about the Kong family in Qufu owning countless properties in Shandong has long been sent to Liu Heng by the Foreign Intelligence Agency.
A Qufu Kong family was the largest tycoon in Shandong.
Even the vassal kings of Shandong were inferior to the Qufu Kong family in terms of the number of civilian fields they occupied.
"General Liu is joking." Kong Yinjing showed embarrassment on his face.
I knew in my heart that Liu Heng was mocking Kong.
If he didn't know what the Tiger Character Flag was about, he would naturally not think so. And before he came to Datong to see Liu Heng, he had learned about the Tiger Character Flag and knew clearly that wherever the Tiger Character Flag went, it would be there. Locally divided fields.
Whether they are tenants or local gentry, they will only allocate land according to population. If the population is large, they will be allocated more acres of land, and if the population is small, they will be allocated fewer acres.
More importantly, the fields allocated to ordinary people and tenants were the property of the feudal princes and squires.
