Crossing the Ming Dynasty to be the magistrate

In Shenfeng Village, Han Jiece and his righteous brother Yang Xing finished their tour of the village. They warmed a pot of turbid wine and sat in the hall to talk.

Han Jiece is more than eight feet tall, with a majestic face and a dignified appearance. At this moment, he looks a little frowning: "Brother, do you think we want a little too much? What if the government thinks that we don't know what to do and come directly to send troops?" "

Yang Xing shook his head: "Brother, you are too worried, not to mention that the three biggest officials in Mengyang, the county magistrate, inspector, and county magistrate, have just taken office, and they urgently need a fire to establish their prestige. The biggest problem is still the Tiger Village in the east."

Yang Xing has a typical face of an ancient literati, with a thin face and a goatee. He looks fairy-like.He was originally a scholar, but he was different from most people. Compared with the Four Books and Five Classics, he preferred those travel notes and stories, which are what most people call idle books.

In his 30s, he passed the examination as a scholar. Being homeless and jobless, he simply gave up the imperial examination and devoted himself to traveling in mountains and rivers. When he was short of money, he found a place to help people write articles and copy books.

More than a year ago, Yang Xing encountered a mountain disaster in Mengyang. Thanks to the help of Han Jiece and his group, he was grateful for Han Jiece's life-saving grace. It happened that Shenfeng Village was short of a military advisor at that time, so he simply stayed.The development of Shenfeng Village in the past few years is also thanks to his advice.

Yang Xing continued: "Now the government is only sending people to inquire verbally, but has not issued an official document. It also shows that they still want to deal with Tiger Village with all their strength. We are asking for a lot of money and paying back the money, which is not considered to refute their face."

Hearing what he said, Han Jiece felt in his heart that since he was planning to submit to the imperial court, he might as well obey the government's arrangements, and maybe he could reap some benefits in the end, thinking so, he couldn't help showing it on his face.

Seeing this, Yang Xing sighed secretly, although this Han Jiece was a good man, and he responded to everyone in the village, but after all he was a bit indecisive, that's all, he thought it was repaying Shenfeng Village's kindness.

After settling his mind, he said to Han Jiece: "It's reasonable for the chief to be worried. Next time the government comes to negotiate, they will agree to their conditions directly."

Han Jiece's thoughts were seen to be a little embarrassing, so he could only nod in agreement.

A few days later, the government really came, and this time it was Jiang Lei and Zhou Dian who brought them together.

This is Meng Yang's most famous official, and Han Jiece hurriedly took him to the lobby to entertain him.

Jiang Lei was still smiling, seeing Han Jiece's attitude, he knew it well.Zhou Dian is also not a tough character, everyone exchanged pleasantries first.

Han Jiece couldn't help but opened his mouth first: "I don't know why the two adults are here this time?"

Yang Xing secretly shook his head aside.Jiang bent his eyes and smiled: "To tell you the truth, this time I was ordered by the county magistrate, Mr. Wen, to recruit Shenfeng Village."

Han Jiece then asked: "I heard that Mr. Wen is a good official who loves the people like a son. Before us..."

Zhou Wan interrupted him: "Master Wen also knew about the conditions proposed by Shenfengzhai before, and I am waiting to bring the government's reply this time. Mr. Wen said that the request made by the head of Hanzhai before Mengyang is probably a Can't promise either."

"What!" Han Jiece and the others turned pale with shock, and the others were also a little surprised.

Zhou Wan didn't wait for everyone to react, and shouted directly: "Han Jiece! As a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, you have violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty! The government will not hold you accountable! You still dare to ask the government for conditions."

Han Jiece was dumbfounded by this sudden statement.He never expected this result, and he didn't react for a while.

"However, Mr. Wen thinks that you have a heart of repentance, and you have not done anything harmful to the world before, so I decided to deal with you lightly." Zhou Wan didn't wait for them to reply, and said quickly: "Now you Shenfeng There are a total of [-] people in the village, and they can be divided into two acres of land according to each person. You need to pay [-]% of the tax every year for the first two years, and the land can belong to you personally after two years. In addition, women and children can be exempted from crimes, but the strong people in Shenfeng Village have to do hard labor for three days a month. It takes three years to be innocent."

After hearing Zhou Dian's words, Han Jiece breathed a sigh of relief. The government had half agreed to their request. With the previous foreshadowing, he now feels fine.One month of hard labor every year is not too heavy, and everyone can still get land.

Most of them are honest farmers. Although there is still some money and food in the village, they can't afford to sit and eat every day.

Han Jie is still hesitating. He is out of his mind at this moment, especially the people around him.So he could only look at Yang Xing, who nodded at him.Han Jiece gritted his teeth and accepted the offer directly.

In this way, the bandits in Mengyang have solved a small part.

Worried about another incident in Shenfeng Village, Jiang Lei originally planned to arrange some people to stay in Shenfeng Village to supervise, but Zhou Wan shook his head and signaled Wen Yu to have other arrangements.

They gave everyone in Shenfengzhai two days to tidy up by themselves, and after two days they went to the government to register with their luggage.

Seeing that they trusted Shenfengzhai so much, Han Jiece felt somewhat more comfortable with Zhou Dian's words, even though he began to have doubts about it.

Two days later, when a group of people from Shenfengzhai came to the yamen to register in a mighty manner, Mengyang was dumbfounded, and everyone talked about it, the new Mr. Wen surrendered the bandits without a single soldier.

Since Shenfeng Village has been active on the mountain all year round and has never harassed the people, the people in Mengyang did not feel disgusted or afraid of them.On the contrary, after seeing the old and weak people in Shenfeng Village, they still felt a little sympathetic to them. After all, everyone knew what was going on in Mengyang County a few years ago.

After dealing with Shenfeng Village, Wen Yu came to the back hall. At this time, there was already a person waiting for him with a cup of tea.Seeing Wen Yu coming, he quickly got up and saluted.

Wen Yu helped him up and said with a smile, "Mr. Yang has been working hard these days."Isn't that person Yang Xing?

Yang Xing shook his head: "Wansheng also has selfish intentions. Now Shenfeng Village is hard to get off, there is not much food in the village, and the main house of Han Village is kind-hearted, and it is impossible to join forces with the surrounding cottages. Why don't you take this opportunity to accept recruitment."

Wen Yu continued: "Anyway, if it wasn't for Mr. Yang's assistance this time, the recruiting would never have been so smooth. I would like to thank Mr. Yang on behalf of the people of Mengyang."

It turned out that as early as Wen Yu arrived in Mengyang, he began to inquire about the situation in the surrounding villages. Yang Xing, the military advisor of Shenfeng Village, attracted his attention from the very beginning.He is involved in all the big and small decisions of Shenfengzhai, and Wen Yu also admires this person very much, "I wonder what Mr. Yang's plan is next?"

Yang Xing said with a smile: "Shenfeng Village has now settled down, and I can trust Mr. Wen's ability, but after all, I have stayed in the village for more than a year, and there are a few children who were opened by me. Yang will stay here for a while, and wait until they are completely fine before leaving."

Wen Yu also nodded. His temperament was very similar to Yang Xing's. To put it bluntly, both of them belonged to the worry-loving type. If it was him, he would probably make the same choice as Yang Xing.

Then he said: "To be honest, I originally lived in the capital city. I came to Mengyang this time to take office in a hurry, and there is no one around me to guide me. Now I don't even have a master. After hearing about Mr. Yang's deeds, I have always admired him. Mr. Yang is a talented person, I wonder if Mr. Yang is interested in taking a job with me."

Yang Xing was a little moved, Wen Yu was a person, but from the short few months since he took office, he can see that his ability and character are of high quality, and now he sincerely invites himself.only……

Naturally, Wen Yu could see what he was hesitating, and comforted him, "I know a thing or two about Mr. Zhai's concerns, and to tell you the truth, Zhaizhu Han and some people from Shenfengzhai have already joined the inspection department. Zhaizhu Han He is currently the captain of the inspection department. Mr. is serving as my staff at this time, and I hope they can understand."

Seeing that Wen Yu's arrangements were made properly, Yang Xing didn't hesitate anymore, and directly bowed to Wen Yu: "The late student Yang Xing pays respects to your lord!"