Tong Tuchang's first stop is Sihui, the place where the four rivers meet. Zhaoqing is less than a hundred miles away from Sihui, but because it is a Gaoxia Mountain in the middle, the road is very difficult to walk, so Tong Tuchang and his party have to take a detour to Sanshui and go north from here to Sihui.

Sihui County was established very early. After Qin Shihuang pacified the Central Plains, he sent a large army to conquer Lingnan in the south. In the 23rd year of Shihuang, he finally occupied the northern part of Guangxi, Guangdong and Vietnam. Three counties were set up here, namely Guilin, Nanhai, Xiang County, and Sihui, Panyu, Boluo, and Longchuan County. Four counties were established, of which were affiliated with Guilin County. After that, the court changes in the past dynasties, and the four meetings were mostly changed. It was not until Zhu Yuanzhang drove to Mongolia in the north that the four meetings were designated as belonging to the Guangdong Province.

Sihui County is now on the north bank of Suijiang. It is a county with a population of more than 10,000. Sihui is also considered a strong economic county among the thirteen counties in Zhaoqing. There are a total of 45,000 households and 128,000 people in the county. They were originally natural economy, and men farm and women weaving, which is considered a place of peace.

However, since the Guangzhou governor ordered the resettlement of more than one million refugees from the north to the Sihui, this land of fish and rice has almost become a robber's nest.

As long as the refugees can live to Guangdong, they are basically young and strong. When they were in Guangzhou, they were not much because of the small population ratio, but it was a big trouble to reach the Fourth Society.

There were less than 20 constables in the Sihui County Government, including less than 50 people, and there were only 1 million people there. The former governor of Zhaoqing Xu Dali was just to comfort him when he was in office. As long as these refugees did not cause trouble, all other matters were handled by the local government. Wang Xian, the magistrate of Sihui County, was in great trouble. In the past two years, he had been placing a gourd. Whether it was the local gentry or the gentry among the refugees, he did not like this county magistrate.

A few days ago, the magistrate came down to write a document. The new Tongzhi was sent by the King of Chu to the Sihui to deal with the issue of refugees. When Wang Xian found out, he let out a long sigh. Finally, someone from above came to deal with the issue.

After obtaining accurate information about the arrival of Lord Tongzhi, County Magistrate Wang brought the officials from the county government early to the pavilion five miles outside the county town, waiting for Lord Tongzhi to arrive.

It was almost noon, and a team of Tongzhi finally appeared in the distance. Two people in front were playing signs, one of the fifth-rank Tongzhi above, and the other wrote about farming under the order. This was the welfare of officials in the Ming Dynasty. Tong Tuchang had no fame and fortune. If there were any, he would have to write about a Jinshi or a Juren. Some officials even had to write about official positions for three generations, for the sake of face. However, Tong Tuchang could not be like this. He was not even a child, but he recognized a few words when he was exiled to his uncle. He dared to be so arrogant, so he only wrote two strong scenes.

When the magistrate Wang saw that the frame of Tongzhi's car arrived, he quickly walked to the middle of the road and bowed and shouted: "Wang Xian, the magistrate of Sihui County of Xiaguan, welcome Tongzhi Tong to Xiaxian!"

Tong Tuchang stopped the frame, Tong Tuchang got off the carriage, helped Wang Xian up, and said, "Please get up, Lord Wang, please get up, Tong has delayed the road, so you have been waiting for a long time!"

"There! There!"

Wang Xian looked at Tongzhi in front of him, who was in his thirties and heard that Lord Tong was a celebrity in front of the King of Chu and must not be too slow to take it.

"Mr. Tong, the official has prepared a welcome banquet in the city. Please move to the city!"

Tong Tuchang nodded, got on the carriage and entered the city with Wang Xian.

After getting on the carriage, Tong Tuchang began to observe the situation along the road.

Now five miles away from the county town, there are paddy fields on both sides of the road, and some farmers are planting rice seedlings. It seems that the county magistrate Wang is quite talented. The local farmers have no food on their faces and should live a good life.

However, when Tong Tuchang arrived in the county town, I found some problems, and a large number of refugees gathered at the gate of the city. Didn’t the report say that all refugees were resettled? What’s going on?

Tong Tuchang attended the welcoming banquet with questions.

The banquet was all about some gentry in the county and representatives of several big surnames. Naturally, Tong Tuchang could not ask anything at the banquet. It was not until the banquet was over that Tong Tuchang left the county magistrate Wang and was preparing to ask in detail about the situation of the farming.

"Mr. Wang, I am hereby the imperial edict of the State to come to Zhaoqing to be responsible for the military farming. Can Lord Wang introduce to me how you Sihui County did it?"

Wang Xian complained secretly, but he didn't expect that this Tongzhi came up and asked about his situation. There was no way that Wang Xian organized some language and told Tong Tuchang the truth.

It turned out that in the past three years, the Sihui accepted more than 1.1 million refugees. In the first year, because the number of people was small, there were only more than 100,000, and the county could organize people to arrange for them to produce. However, starting from the second year, the number of refugees increased sharply to 500,000. The county was originally short of staff, and there were inevitably flaws in the resettlement of refugees. At the same time, the refugees in the second year were different from the first year. Among the refugees in the first year, they were all poor, so it was easy to deal with, just demarcate the area for them, and then give them seeds and farm tools. However, the refugees in the second year were all poor.

There are gentry among the people. They not only need wasteland, but also robbed many familiar land of local gentry with their men, which led to a conflict with local gentry. In the past two years, there have been more than a dozen conflicts between locals and outsiders, and there have been casualties every time. Now the locals and outsiders are in a state of equality. In the third year, more than 600,000 people have intensified this confrontation. In addition, the increase in refugees has not been provided with the county government, and a large number of refugees cannot be resettled. Now more than 100,000 people have not been assigned to the fields.

Tong Tuchang listened to the story of County Magistrate Wang, and thought to himself that Zhaoqing's problem seemed to be very serious. When his uncle Tong Yangjia came back, he told him that the Ministry of Revenue was in charge of the military farming. He couldn't get involved in his family, so he had to catch the Ma family's braids when he asked him to come.

After listening to the report from County Magistrate Wang, Tong Tuchang asked: "Is anyone still dead? Why didn't I hear these in Guangzhou? I only heard some smooth news about the farming! "

Wang Xianssi said alike: "I don't know about this official, and every time something happens, I report it."

"Mr. Wang, do you know what background your former prefect, Lord Xu?"

"This...I don't know!"

"He is the father-in-law of the current cabinet, and he is the in-laws with the former Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lord Feng Ruoshu and Feng. Now that you have such a big deal, what can you do if you pass it to the King of Chu?"

Wang Xian was shocked and stunned. What can I do? Is it necessary to say that he has no power and power, and of course he has to take the blame himself.

"Mr. Tong, what should I do? You have to save me!"

"Hehe! Lord Wang, Master Feng Ge, you can't afford to offend me, won't you take the blame to the Ministry of Works?"

"What does Lord Tong mean?"

"Mr. Wang, you have to know that I am helping you again. The King of Chu has always been compassionate. During the Chinese New Year this year, he also told his ancestors that he did not starve a single refugee to death this year, but you only had more than a dozen deaths here. Do you think the King of Chu can spare you?"

Frightened by Tong Tuchang, Wang Xian quickly knelt down and shouted, "Sir, what should I do?"

"It's very simple. If you write a memorial and report it to the King of Chu, you will say that the Ministry of Works has allocated you this year, and the tools and oxen to you. Isn't that enough?"

When Wang Xian heard this, this was a bad idea. If Mr. Feng was not good at offending the Ministry of Works, he would offend him? He was a seventh-rank sesame official and would die when he met that boss!

"Mr. Tong, but my official position is light and I'm afraid it's not OK to write a letter!"

"Don't worry, Lord Wang, my uncle is Mr. Tong. You know this. Just write a letter. Everything will be arranged by my uncle!"

When Wang Xian heard Tong Tuchang say this, he felt that he had been on the pirate ship and was involved in the party dispute. However, if he disagrees with Tong Tuchang's words, both sides offended them, and he would not have to die even better. Well, it's better for you to die than I die!

Wang Xian made up his mind and gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Lord Tong, I'll write a letter now! Please pass it to Master Tong to Master Tong!"

Tong Tuchang was very happy to see Wang Xian agreeing. When he left Guangzhou, Tong Yangjia told him that he must find loopholes in the Ma family, and he would not believe that the Ma family could be as big as a matter of farming.

Wang Xian quickly finished writing the memorial and handed it to Tong Tuchang. Tong Tuchang was very happy after reading it. Wang Xian said in it that the Ministry of Works originally allocated 1.5 million taels of resettlement fees to refugees every year, but at the Fourth Meeting, it turned out to be one million taels, and the Ministry of Works also repeatedly asked for kickbacks. Just this one can defeat Ma Jiyuan.

Tong Yangjia decided to defeat Ma Jiyuan first. Because Ma Mingyuan was very appointed by the King of Chu and the refugees, such as the minor problems of such refugees, could not kill Ma Mingyuan, so Tong Tuchang guided Wang Xian to attack Ma Jiyuan specifically.

After the memorial was written, Tong Tuchang asked his family to send it to his uncle in Dongguan, and he began to work to resettle refugees.

Although Tong Tuchang doesn’t have any knowledge, he still has the ability. In addition, he manages more than 100,000 miners in Changhua, so he still has a certain foundation in how to deal with group incidents.

First, Tong Tuchang met with several major clan leaders among the refugees. After all, Tong Tuchang himself has been in Huguang for more than ten years and has some common language with these outsiders, so the clan leaders also gave Tong Tuchang a lot of face and promised not to cause trouble in the future.

After the soft work, it will be hard. The second step is Chen Zilong, the governor of Xingwen, who asked a new army stationed in Zhaoqing to help suppress the bandits. It is said that they are bandits, but in fact, some bandits are surrounded by refugees. These guys have started their own business in Sihui. In addition to robbing locals, they can also attack outsiders who are refugees. There are more than a dozen bandits of large and small groups in Sihui County, and Tong Tuchang wants to destroy them.

Next is the baojia system that Tong Tuchang is good at. The first invented by this system was Wang Anshi. Zhu Yuanzhang, who carried forward it, stipulated that ten households were divided into one a. The a.m. The ten households were divided into one a.m. The ten a.m. is composed of one a.m., and the security chief was established. However, Zhu Hongsan changed this system, which was a bit like the police station household registration system in later generations. Each hundred households were organized into a village, and each hundred villages were organized into a town. Each town set up an independent household registration card, and each person had to be assigned an independent household registration card. Ten miles away from the village must be opened by the police station. Each town set up a militia of 100 people to fight in wartime and be responsible for the security of each town in peacetime. Tong Tuchang did this in Changhua. It was very convenient for 100,000 people to be organized into an arm and use their fingers, so he also had to experiment at Sihui.
Chapter completed!