I gather power with my gift of God and build the heaven.

In the following period, the dynasty began to distribute appointment documents on a large scale, almost clearing out all the officials in the cities in the occupied areas.

Basically all officials are members of agricultural cooperatives.

The only exception is probably Wuchang of Weiyuan County. He is the only Ming Dynasty official who serves as a county magistrate so far.

Other officials, if they have not committed crimes, corruption or bribery, and want to serve in the Salvation Army.

Then join the agricultural cooperative first, become the village chief and manage a village. After you have enough political achievements, you will naturally have the opportunity to be promoted to a higher official.

At least for now, until the dynasty establishes a system of preferred officials, all officials must be promoted in this way.

Anyway, with the support of official positions, even ordinary illiterate farmers will not encounter major problems.

As for the wilderness outside the village, there is only an almost invisible thin layer, which can only be said to barely connect the entire territory together.

In the end, they had no choice but to either cut interest rates or sell land.

As for those literati and scholars, they not only looked down on the current salvation army, thinking that they were just a group of peasants, but also that the Ming court would be able to quickly mobilize a large army to wipe them out once it reacted.

Who else would cultivate their fields, which require them to pay at least 50% of the harvest and other miscellaneous taxes?

However, as they are high-ranking scholars, they do not know how to farm.

However, faced with the military intimidation of the People's Salvation Army, they could only grit their teeth and endure the "strict" regulations of the People's Salvation Army in silence, waiting for the rescue of the Ming army.

In this situation, they were forced to sell the land, and the Salvation Army also stipulated that land could not be bought and sold privately, so they could only sell it to the Salvation Army at market price.

For the dynasty, these gold and honeysuckle are money when they are spent, but when they are piled up in the warehouse, they are just some useless metals.

Ten coins a day means three hundred coins a month, and almost one tael of silver in three months.

By November 11, the seventh year of the Tianqi reign, the Salvation Army had completely achieved its previous strategic goals and occupied Hezhou, Weiyuan County, Zhang County, Longxi, Ningyuan, Tongwei and other two prefectures and counties, as well as the two prefecture capitals of Lintao and Gongchang.

It can be said that this is a win-win situation.

Of course, the more likely scenario is that nothing will change.

Needless to say, the families of the wealthy and powerful lost their former affluent lives due to the Salvation Army.

Not to mention the wilderness, it is almost invisible.

“.I suspect that the situation in Gongchang Prefecture may not be good.

For the people who have nothing to do in winter, this is simply a windfall.

At the same time, roads, schools, etc. in all counties and prefectures of the two prefectures were also repaired and completed.

And one tael of silver, if spent frugally, is enough for a family of three to spend in a year.

If you have the ability, you can naturally be promoted quickly.

However, cities with stronger national fortunes are filled with a large number of gray and black spots, which look disgusting and ugly.

Along with it, there was also the mighty bright yellow national destiny, which first enveloped every city, then every village, and finally the entire territory.

Because of the existence of official positions, personal political achievements can be clearly recorded, and who is promoted and who is demoted is clear at a glance. The dynasty only needs to select from those who have qualified political achievements.

The only difference between it and spiritual power is that national destiny is not evenly distributed, but has its strengths in varying degrees.

However, when the Salvation Army collected taxes, it did not look at how much rent they collected from the land, but rather at how much land they owned.

Ning Wenyuan muttered to himself, staggered back a few steps in a daze, sat down on the chair behind him, and collapsed weakly.

If the interest rate is to be lowered, it must be at least the same as the tax on the Salvation Army.

However, with the replenishment of spiritual power from the people in the territory, the concentration of spiritual power is also increasing rapidly. I believe it will soon become rich again.

However, when they wanted to report the news of the People's Salvation Army, they suddenly discovered that their superiors, Lintao Prefecture and Gongchang Prefecture, seemed to have completely lost contact.

The most important of these are the dynasty and the people's salvation army, which have the ability to suppress all resistance and force the scholars to do things according to new rules and regulations.

"What do you suspect?"

What's more, there is now a large amount of land that has been nationalized by the Salvation Army and then rented out to the general public at a 30% tax rate.

In the end, the dynasty simply waved its hand and recruited teachers in various villages, towns and cities to open official schools, and the teachers were paid by the Salvation Army.

When Ning Wenyuan saw Duan Jiawen, his eyes lit up. He stopped walking and walked forward to ask eagerly.

The existence of these wealthy gentry and scholars has caused discordant black and gray patches to appear in the territory of the People's Salvation Army, which dominates the country's destiny.

The people, who were able to have enough food to eat and even receive ten cents a day, began to smile. Their identification with the People's Salvation Army continued to deepen, and the country's fortunes gradually became stronger.

Of course, the People’s Salvation Army’s rule did not receive the support and support of everyone.

Ning Wenyuan couldn't help but scream out loud, and even his tone of voice changed a little.

In populated areas, cities are brighter and villages are slightly darker.

Duan Jiawen gritted his teeth and finally expressed his guess.

More importantly, it was because of the Salvation Army that they did not want the literati to govern the country, which blocked their path to success.

As roads were built one after another, the country's destiny stretched out bright yellow "roads" in every city and village.

This can also be considered as work-for-relief.

At the beginning, they did not think of it in the direction of collapse.

As for being able to carry the country's destiny, it is of no use at the moment.

"I doubt it. I doubt it."

Of course, with the current momentum of the Salvation Army's development, it is still very easy to get promoted, because there are plenty of vacancies and a large number of low-level officials may be promoted at any time.

Of course, not all scholars have family wealth. When they lose their various privileges, their lives become more difficult.

In other words, if they only collected 30% of the land rent, they would have to hand it all over to the People's Salvation Army.

Otherwise, no one would cultivate their fields.

"These damned bandits are so bold that they dared to capture the county town. They are planning a rebellion."

Ning Wenyuan frowned and asked anxiously.

With all these things, how could those scholars and princes not hate him? They simply gnashed their teeth in hatred.

Ha, Wang Chao, who had pocketed all the money and grain from the two prefectures and several counties, said that he was worried about how to spend the gold and silver piled up in the warehouse.

Just like Li County, which is adjacent to Ningyuan

Ning Wenyuan, the magistrate of Li County, paced back and forth in the lobby of the county government office, muttering to himself.

As for the vast majority of lower-class people, they probably don't care much about these things.

In the territory of the Salvation Army, as long as you have land, you must pay taxes to me on all of it.

"And what? Tell me.

It's already this late, why are you still hesitating?"

"It seems that Fuqiang County has also been occupied by the bandit army."

As for opening a school, it will cost a lot of money.

For the vast majority of the lower-class people, whoever can allow them to live a good life is the honest and upright master and the wise ruler.

Moreover, when managing a village, no matter how big a mistake you make, the scope of impact will be limited.

This not only allows many people to live and eat directly at the construction site, saving their own food, but also allows them to earn a considerable amount of money.

If you can't even manage a village, how are you expected to manage a county, a prefecture, or even a province?

Next, in addition to recruiting and training soldiers, Wang Chao and his men recruited civilians to engage in large-scale construction, such as building roads, schools, etc.

After a while, County Magistrate Duan Jiawen hurried in from outside the lobby.

After completely occupying these places, the dynasty began to control spiritual power, gradually spreading it around with each city as the center, covering one village after another, and finally completely covering the territory.

It can be said that extraordinary means such as dynastic official positions and heavenly status have completely gotten rid of the dependence on those literati and scholars.

However, the news about the Salvation Army could no longer be concealed, and cities near surrounding counties such as Ningyuan and Tongwei also gradually received the news.

Because of the large population in the city, the national fortune is naturally more prosperous, but in the countryside, it is much weaker, barely covering the entire village, emitting a very faint bright yellow glow.

Otherwise, there would be no way that there would be no news of any movement in Gongchang Prefecture."

In the next ten days or so, the dynasty reorganized and reappointed all officials, troops, wealthy families, etc. in all the newly occupied areas, and completely integrated them into one.

When he finished speaking, Duan Jiawen's face looked a little solemn and his tone was slightly hesitant.

As a result, apart from those farmers who already had land and those ancestral homes and land that could not be sold, very few people still had land.

This model will only be likely to change after the dynasty has stabilized the local area and established other methods of selecting and recruiting officials.

After all, the country's fortune is not good enough nowadays, so there is no reason to waste so much money casually.

"How's it going? Have you contacted Gongchang Prefecture?"

Not only did they not use the rescue army to provide porridge and disaster relief, they also built the infrastructure of the two prefectures and counties.

"Sir, our connection with Gongchang Prefecture has been completely blocked by the rebels in Ningyuan County, and we cannot contact Gongchang Prefecture at all.

and"

As for them, they can also join the agricultural cooperative and become the village chief, and they can still have a path to advancement.

Isn't that an insult to them?

Who are they? They are scholars who read the books of sages. How can they do such rough work?

Fortunately, they could afford to read the books of sages and had some wealth. Together with the proceeds from selling the land, they were able to live a worry-free life for a very long time.

In short, if you want to directly occupy a high position, it may be very difficult in the People's Salvation Army.

Instead of suppressing these people, Wang Chao and the village chiefs provided them with strong support.

Moreover, in the territory of the Salvation Army, they did not have as many privileges as those of the Ming Dynasty. As long as they had a title of scholar or above, they did not have to pay taxes at all.

Of course, covering such a large area, the spiritual power is inevitably much thinner, many times thinner than the new acquired energy between heaven and earth.

If something really happened in Gongchang Prefecture, it would be a huge event.

In comparison, the rural areas with slightly weaker national fortunes are extremely pure, with almost no gray and black air of public resentment.

Of course, they did not become village heads or work in the fields. Instead, they chose to teach in private schools.

Wang Chao's mind looked from the perspective of spiritual power and saw that the entire area occupied by the People's Salvation Army was shrouded in bright yellow national destiny, which was either obvious or dark.

Duan Jiawen shook his head helplessly.

At least the numerous scholars and the families of the wealthy and powerful whose homes were confiscated were all filled with resentment and hatred towards the old civilian army, and all looked forward to the attack of the Ming Dynasty army.

However, the Salvation Army will not reduce their land tax.

"This this this

How could this happen? How could this happen? "

"What? How could this happen?"

For a moment, the entire territory of the Salvation Army was filled with vitality.

Between life and nobleness, they ultimately chose life.

The most important thing is that the rebels can capture Gongchang Prefecture without any news being released.

Then, could a county town like his be taken over overnight?