Chapter 150 What to do if you are hated by the Crown Princess?

When we look at the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we focus on the good ministers and strategists in the Three Kingdoms, as well as the unparalleled generals on the battlefield, such as Zhao Zilong, seven in and seven in Changbanpo, hundreds of cavalry in Ganning kicked Cao's camp, Cao Cao defeated the many in the battle of Guandu, and the battle of Chibi, burned the joint camp.

When we looked at the heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, we also paid attention to the eighteen heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, such as the Four Fierce, Four Awesome, Thirteen Masters, and Thirteen Stick Monks to save the King of Qin, and Li Shimin, with thousands of cavalry over 100,000, killing all directions. At the end of the Sui and the beginning of the Tang Dynasties, thirty-six rebels against the king, and 72 dust smoke, fighting each other for years, killing people, but no one remembers that this was a killing man, not a pig.

In the fifth year of Daye in the Sui Dynasty (609 AD), the population of the Sui Dynasty showed that at that time, the country was 8.97,546 households, totaling 4.619,956. However, the establishment of the Li Tang Dynasty until the 13th year of Zhenguan, under the conditions of complete unity, a total of 3.041,871 households, totaling 1.2351,681. However, in the early years of Wude, there were less than 2 million households and 8.41 million people in the Tang Dynasty.

From the fifth year of Daye to the seventh year of Wude, in just fifteen years, there were 46 million people, leaving only 841 million. Five-six of them had disappeared.

Of course, this is a heavy topic. But it is also an inevitable topic.

Back to the point, the old farmer choked up and told Chen Yingwei.

It turned out that when Li Tang eliminated the power of Liu Wuzhou in Hedong, Wang Shichong realized that Li Tang must have a certain goal. So as early as the beginning of autumn last year, Wang Shichong began to prepare for war. If he wanted to consolidate his army, he naturally needed a lot of food and strengthening his men.

Therefore, in the end, these taxes and strong men fell on the heads of the people of the Central Plains. Wang Shichong ordered all prefectures and counties to check the existing soldiers and check the household registration. All households only had one adult, and all the others were recruited, hoping to get the number of infantry soldiers to reach 500,000.

The Grand Secretariat of Zheng State was appointed as the three officials of Kaifu. Duke Duan Da of Chen State advised Wang Shichong, saying that the people were in poverty and that the summoning of troops was not in accordance with the law. I am afraid that the people would not bear it. There would be a disaster like a collapse of land, and that thirteen political affairs that were not suitable for the times at that time.

Wang Shichong was also concerned and confused. After calming down, he read the letter of advice carefully and agreed to Duan Da's opinion, and handed it over to the ministers for extensive consultation.

Most of the things Duan Da said were adopted, so he changed to the five-degree and three-degree system, and ordered all counties to send Ding Zhuang to Luoyang City for training. Although Duan Da's opinion greatly reduced the heavy burden on the people, the burden was still very heavy. Almost all the people were not spared. Wang Shichong asked the officials to collect 30% of the tax, so they dared to collect 50% or even 60%. Not to mention the strong men, even the strong women were not spared.

As the saying goes, there are countermeasures from the top and policies from the bottom. When the central policy comes to local governments, the local government will become Galli. In order to escape this hopeless military service, the people bribed local officials. The general purpose is to exchange a large amount of property for the treatment of exemption from military service. However, as a large number of people bribe, the appetite of local officials has become increasingly large.

They dare to collect three or five hundred coins, or even tens of thousands of dollars. The people have no money and do not want their sons or children to be confiscated. As long as they sell houses and land, the old farmer has three sons. According to Wang Shichong's conscription policy, all three sons must be conscripted. It's okay that the eldest and second brothers have already started a family and a career, but the youngest son has just gotten married and his wife is about to give birth again.

For this reason, the old farmer only bribed local officials. In order to relieve his youngest son of military service, the old farmer sold all the only 54 acres of land in his family, and received a total of 320 stagnant coins and gave them all to local officials.

Chen Ying was so angry that he heard this. Chen Ying, who was a second-generation man, hated corruption very much. In later generations, he was a poor loser. Although he couldn't stand it, he could only give up on it. But now it's different. He is now the pacifier of Henan, and he is still the pacifier of the Censor (Censor Zhongcheng). He doesn't care about other places. At least among the eighteen counties of Henan County, he is the top leader. County officials can be dismissed on the spot. As for officials under the seventh rank, they can directly report to Chang'an and execute them on the spot. Officials under the fourth rank can report to Chang'an and be dismissed on the spot. Even first and second ranks can be impeached.

In fact, Chen Ying's official position is the inspector of the Eight Prefectures in the legendary Central Chinese Opera, but Chen Ying is only one. However, Chen Ying is a little different from the inspector of the Eight Prefectures, because he is the right servant of the Shangshu of Xingtai, and also serves as the deputy commander of the marching army. He holds military power, and those who carry guns are definitely different from those who do not carry guns.

The comforter who does not have a gun can only talk and sue him in front of the imperial court. If both parties have a backstage, it will be a messy and messy debt.

But Chen Ying led his troops, and fighting against him was to give him a warning. He could lead his troops to clean up directly. At least among the eighteen counties in Henan, there were no one who could compete with Chen Ying.

Chen Ying was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

With Chen Ying's order, from Shan County, to Taolin, and then to Xin'an and other counties, whether it was the county magistrate, county magistrate, county magistrate, or county magistrate, or the chief magistrate, the six officials, and county magistrates, immediately left the work at hand and rushed to Xin'an County to accept Chen Ying's summons.

In order to avoid these officials protecting each other and deceive their superiors and subordinates, Chen Ying sent Guo Luo, Zhou Qing and others to quickly disperse to various counties and counties to investigate the situation. In addition, Chen Ying also set up a report mailbox and interview envoy in each county, and there is no problem not being able to write a complaint. Chen Ying's interview envoy was fully authorized to accept unjust, false, and wrong cases, giving the people a chance to uphold justice and complain.

The most luxurious house in Xin'an County is actually not the county government office, but a villa in the Zheng family in Xingyang. When Chen Ying occupied Xin'an, Zheng Rentai, the general of the Right Wu Guard, had already ordered people to clean the Zheng family in Xin'an, and sent his confidant manager Zheng Anchun to invite Chen Ying into the house. Although the villa in Zheng's family cannot be compared with the mansions in Chang'an and Luoyang, it is also magnificent in Xin'an.

Chen Ying looked at the Zheng house and looked at it from time to time. Zheng Anchun was secretly happy. As one of the seven sects and five hopes in the world, the Zheng family, in fact, is not just Xingyang, but almost the entire Central Plains, the sphere of influence of the Zheng family. Among them, the 18 counties in Henan County, the county magistrates or county magistrates of the thirteen counties were either children of the Zheng family in Xingyang, or former officials of the Zheng family, which shows how powerful the Zheng family in Xingyang is.

This time, Chen Ying appeased Henan and became the number one military commander of Henan County. The Zheng family in Xingyang naturally wins over him. Seeing Du Shanguo winking at Chen Ying from time to time, Chen Ying understood and said to Zheng Anchun: "The people of Henan are still in such a difficult situation. On behalf of the court and the emperor, I can't enjoy the happiness alone. I can't live in this house. I am a soldier and used to living in a military camp. Although the city is prosperous, I really can't live in the habitat. You can just find a sturdy house in your city with convenient transportation. You can just sleep a little tonight and leave the city tomorrow. Since you are here, you have to find a way to get the elders and brothers in Henan to get rid of poverty. It's really uncomfortable to see how they are now."

Zheng Anchun was very surprised when he heard this.

Chen Ying was born in Hou Mo Chen. Although Hou Mo Chen had already declined, it is undeniable that the lean camel is bigger than a horse. Although the Xin'an Zheng Family Courtyard is good, Zheng Anchun was still worried that Chen Ying would look down on this house. After all, Chen Ying was born in Chang'an and grew up in Chang'an. He was born in a family and must have eaten fine foods and fine foods.

However, it was not until Chen Ying refused to move into the Zheng Family House. Zheng Anchun was also a good figure who was good at observing words and expressions and was versatile. After a moment of thinking, he understood Chen Ying's intention. He pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Chen Anfu came to Henan. As a landlord in Henan, if the Zheng family did not have the right to treat the landlord, how could it be a way to treat guests?"

Chen Ying smiled slightly and said, "General Zheng is wrong."

Zheng Anchun was stunned.

Chen Ying continued: "Henan is not from Zheng's family, but from the Emperor of Tang Dynasty. As the saying goes, is the king's country, and is the minister of the king's country? Does Zheng still want to split the earth and become the king's country? Manager Zheng cannot eat food indiscriminately, and he cannot say anything indiscriminately. If you say too much or wrong, it is your Zheng family who causes disasters and causes trouble."

Chen Ying's words are soft and hard, and the threat is very obvious.

If Zheng Anchun couldn't hear Chen Ying's secret meaning, then he would have lived in vain over the years. Zheng Anchun bowed and said, "An Chun was very educated!"

Chen Ying was actually very dissatisfied with Zheng's actions at this time. Because the Zheng family in Xingyang was too greedy, after preliminary investigation, the Zheng family in Xingyang controlled more than 14,000 yuan of fertile land among the eighteen counties of Henan County alone. Almost one-third of the fertile land in the entire Henan County were all private property of the Zheng family.

This is actually nothing. After all, there are landlords with 100,000, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of fertile land. It’s just that the Zheng family in Xingyang is too ugly. Last year, Wang Shichong recruited troops, and with this opportunity, the Zheng family in Xingyang colluded with local officials to squeeze the people, lower the land prices, or lend money to usury, or take over by force, or robbery. In just half a year, he ate more than 8,000 fertile land into his mouth.

There are countless people who have lost their families.

Chen Ying walked around Xin'an County and found that there was not even a decent house in the entire county town except Zheng's house. He could only lead the personal guards and join the soldiers of the Modao Army to set up a camp outside Xin'an County, with Jianhe, and Chen Ying placed the headquarters of the Henan Pacifier of the Tang Dynasty in the camp.

At night, Xu Jingzong hurried over and saw Chen Ying, and asked with a worried look: "General is preparing to attack the Zheng family in Xingyang?"

Chen Ying was slightly stunned: "Why do you think so?"

Xu Jingzong said seriously: "General, don't bother with Jingzong's thoughts for now. The key is whether the general really attacks the Zheng family in Xingyang?"

Chen Ying shook his head and said, "Is there any problem?"

Looking at Chen Ying's attitude, Xu Jingzong knew Chen Ying's attitude.

Xu Jingzong's voice suddenly increased by eight degrees. He stood up suddenly, his face flushed with excitement, and said, "No, don't forget, the Crown Princess is also the daughter of Zheng in Xingyang. If he had to deal with Zheng openly, what would the Crown Princess think?"

Xu Jingzong was also splashed with cold water, but he didn't expect Chen Ying to flatly reject his kindness.

Xu Jingzong and Chen Ying are now prosperous and prosperous. As soon as they lose, they say worriedly: "What should I do if the Crown Princess hates the general?"
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