Chapter 154: Peace

The fat and fat man was originally the chief official of Huzhou Prefecture. In the Tang Dynasty, this chief official was the assistant to the governor of the state in the Tang Dynasty. He was in the fifth rank. He could do the state affairs when the governor was missing or the prince in the court was in a remote position. However, under normal circumstances, the chief official had no specific responsibilities. Because of his high rank and high salary, he was not close to practical things, he often used to treat the royal family or place idle officials, so this type of official official is often called "sending old officials". The man's surname is Li and his name is Zhe, who was originally a remote branch of the Tian family. After receiving this position, he was always here to ask for land and houses, lend money and collect rents. He was so anxious that he was just talking to his companions. When he thought of his beautiful wife and beautiful concubines at home, he was frightened and could not help but ask. This also expressed the thoughts of all the Huzhou generals and officials present. The Mingtang immediately calmed down, and everyone looked at Xu Zaisi's mouth nervously.

"What did this person say? Gu Shuai said very clearly in his letter. You are abandoning the secret and turning to the light, and you have made merits and no faults. You don't need to mention this crime. Please rest assured. These people were originally subordinates of Dong Chang, and after the Yuezhou City was broken, they joined Gu Shuai's command. Are you all good now?" Xu Zaisi smiled and pointed at the people behind him and said, obviously he deliberately brought these people to make them feel at ease.

Xu Zaisi's words suddenly made everyone's hearts hanging in the air fall. The hall suddenly became flattering and they all came forward to toast. In just half a cup of tea, Xu Zaisi gave him six or seven glasses of wine. Even though he was strong and had a good alcohol tolerance, he became a little dizzy. Everyone got sick, and the atmosphere in the hall became lively, and he looked a little happy for a moment.

Xuancheng, the reason for Tian Wei, the governor of Ningguo, was that Huainan Road was an important town south of the river. Yang Xingmi's generals, such as the strongest, with Tian Wei as the most powerful. He and An Renyi's Runzhou were like a big claw of a crab, sandwiching the east and west Zhejiang under Qian Miao's jurisdiction. In this battle to the south in Huainan, although Tian Wei's Xuanzhou army finally failed, the victory or defeat was between the front line. If Yang Xingmi had not had to withdraw from Jiangnan's headquarters in the end, Tian Wei would not have been defeated as badly. In the end, he sent Lu Fang's blessing to collect the remaining troops and retreated slowly. Although his baggage was completely destroyed, his vitality was not damaged.

It is April now, and the April weather in Jiangnan is the best season of the year. When the wind blows, it is full of the fragrance of soil and plants, making people feel like drunken. A group of people walking on the official road, but Lu Fang is walking in the middle. He is dressed like an ordinary merchant, holding a stud in his left hand, holding a reins in his right hand, and holding a gray yelling donkey. A woman sat on the donkey's back, wearing a curtain hat on her head, and she couldn't tell her appearance and a graceful figure. She was actually Shen Liniang. Dozens of strong men are surrounded by the waist, and the waist is bulging, and the person in the lead is Xu Er, the captain of the personal army.

It turned out that after Lu Fang learned that Li Yanhui fled from Huzhou to Xuanzhou in Huainan, he immediately stood up and went to Xuanzhou. Because the troops were not organized for a while, Chen Wu and Lu Xiong had just gone to Huaihang to recruit old subordinates. Lu Fang simply took Chen Yun, Gao Fengtian, Shen Liniang and others, and brought some guards to Xuanzhou, leaving Fan Nissen and Long Shier behind. After the troops were organized, they would lead the troops to Xuanzhou.

He was anxious to see the former governor of Huzhou. After all, this person knew the details of Huzhou's generals and officials. This person was originally a court official and had a noble status. Lu Fang knew that he was from a low-level background and had a small power, so he could never take over this person. He hoped that he could have a chat with him in Xuanzhou so that he could be targeted. He rushed along the way and sent his subordinates Liu Manfu to Xuanzhou to try to retain Li Yanhui. However, he did not expect to report that Li Yanhui stayed in Xuanzhou, saying that he would meet the new governor of Huzhou, Lu Fang, and returned to Guangling again. Lu Fang, who learned the news, was he idle all the way. Since he traveled through time, he had either digging food or fighting and training troops. Like such a lover, everyone was surrounded by people. The pressure-free life was the first time. It was the spring day in Jiangnan again, and the fragrance of Li Niang was refreshing, making people almost forget that this was the turbulent Tang Dynasty and the world was chaotic.

Along the way, I saw the fields on both sides of the road, and the people were busy with farming. On the road, there were merchants who were trafficking goods passing by. The houses in Huzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places, which were only a hundred miles apart, were in ruins. The uninhabited scene was simply two worlds. Seeing this scene, Lu Fang couldn't help but nodded secretly. He had long heard that the generals under Yang Xingmi were all military generals, but Tian Wei was very knowledgeable about people's livelihood governance. He was not as good as ordinary martial artists, but he only knew how to ride horses and swung spears. He had many talents under his command. The scholars and people in Xuanzhou were rich and powerful, and they were far better than An Renyi, Zhu Yanshou and others in this regard. It seems that they are indeed famous and unfair scholars.

"Lu Lang, look at what so many people in the village in front are doing?" The question was Chen Liniang on the donkey's back, pointing to a group of busy figures not far away. Lu Fang looked in the direction of her finger, but a group of villagers were planting mulberry trees. Lu Fang knew that she was from a big family. If it was a normal season, she would be afraid that she would not even touch her finger, let alone marry her. Thinking of this, she smiled unconsciously and replied: "Tian Jun is indeed a good method, but these people are planting mulberry trees."

Chen Liniang was puzzled after hearing this: "It turns out that this is a mulberry tree. It turns out that it was so small before it grew up, but what does this have to do with the good or bad methods of the Tian Envoy?"

Lu Fang smiled and explained: "My ancestors of China must have planted trees in the place where they settled. The mulberry trees were furnished and silk, and the catarum trees were sent to death. Therefore, they called their hometowns the hometown. From planting to being able to pick leaves and raise silkworms to get silk, it is not a year or two to get profits. Nowadays, the war is in chaos and the people are in danger of peace, so how can they spend their energy on such long-term gains? Think about how many villages in the hometown of Huaishan have spent their energy on planting mulberry trees. If the land envoy is not well-managed, how can there be such a scene that will only be achieved during the Taiping period?"

"The general knows the little things, and he only sees them in his life." Chen Yun, who was standing beside him, smiled and praised. Lu Fang smiled and waved his hand, "Mr. Chen, don't praise them, but he is a humble person. He has seen a lot of these things in the field. Naturally, he can tell at a glance that if King Yang saw such a scene, he must be able to guess it. Therefore, he must ask the people in the field. If you are officials in the future, you must not listen to others' words, but do not ask the elders in the field, and ask the truth." Lu Fang's next few words were spoken to the personal soldiers around him, and his tone became more and more serious.

When everyone heard Lu Fang's words, they looked serious and bowed their heads to express their promises. As the group spoke, they had already reached the farmers. It was already noon and everyone was a little tired. Lu Fan ordered to drink water and eat and rest. When the farmers saw Lu Fang and his group were all tall, holding swords and bows, and their behavior was obviously full of martial arts, so they naturally got farther away. Lu Fang sat on the bed of Hu put on his own soldiers and drank two sips of water. , with interest, he looked at the mulberry seedlings planted by farmers not far away, and ordered his personal soldiers to bring two to ask. After a while, the personal soldiers brought two, one old and one young. It turned out that the older one was the elder in the village, and the younger one was his young son. Lu Fang asked a few words about land, grain prices, and other words. The elder heard Lu Fang talking about the inner words of farmers and asked boldly: "Is it because I listen to the guest officials, who are also from farmers?"

"My father-in-law has a good eye. I have been good at planting mulberry and erecting erectile dysfunctions back then. You see these calluses on my hands for a long time. Today, I feel more and more friendly when I see my father-in-law planting mulberry dysfunctions back." Lu Fang smiled and stretched out his right hand, letting the elder look at the calluses on his hands.

The elder saw that Lu Fang's hand was full of calluses, and then saw that Lu Fang had no hair on his head and only had a short hair. He was curious in his heart and smiled on the surface: "I didn't expect that such a nobleman as a guest had done such a rough job. This kind of mulberry is also thanks to the favor of the Tian Envoy. It is said that if each household has ten acres of mulberry fields, it will not only be exempted from mediocre labor, but also used to offset the transfer. This is a great merit!"

Lu Fang was stunned and asked quickly. It turned out that there was a law in Xuanzhou that if the people planted ten acres of new mulberry fields, they would not only exempt five years of mediocre labor, but also the labor of mediocre labor could also be used to offset the free transfer of governments. After hearing this, Lu Fang couldn't help but wonder, and then secretly praised the good methods of land. Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the tax system has been a famous rent and mediocre system in ancient China, and many neighboring countries have copied it according to the gossip. For example, Japan's Dahua Reform's "Old Retirement Order" was almost copied according to the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the main burden of farmers was rent, mediocre, and adjustment. Rent was to pay grain tax, while mediocre was to pay silk cloth or linen cloth, which was decided based on the output of the place, and the transfer was to serve free labor for the government, usually about ten to fifteen days a year. The advantage of this system is that regardless of grain,

Cloth and labor are all produced by farmers themselves or from the land. They will not be exploited by merchants, and there will be no situation where grain is damaged and farmers will be injured. The advantage of the law of Tian Wei is that if farmers do not have mulberry fields, they will naturally not be able to pay mediocre labor. Tian Wei is equivalent to just taking a piece of benefits that they cannot get anyway and getting a large amount of tax sources in the future. You must know that the currency at that time was copper coins and cloth. Moreover, his moral principles would definitely attract a large number of refugees to settle in Xuanzhou. After all, the south of the Tang Dynasty was far from being developed, and in the troubled times, the vassal states were in short supply. In this way, it would greatly increase their own manpower and material resources without a single sword and a single shot. It is really a trick. With this, Tian Wei is enough to rank first under Yang Xingmi.

Thinking of this, Lu Fang asked the elder Tian Envoy more carefully about the various decrees of the elder. The elder also saw that the followers of Lu Fang were powerful, with excellent weapons in his hands, and were definitely not ordinary merchants. The demeanor of the superiors who died and seized were naturally revealed during the conversation of Lu Fangyan, who was not the same as those who were chasing the profits. He was even more cautious when answering, for fear that a word would be accidentally angered the noble man in front of him and cause a disaster. After a while, Lu Fang had just asked the legal system of Tianmu in Xuanzhou and said with a smile.
Chapter completed!