Since reading this expensive information, the three brothers were shocked by the information above. Hanchuan County, which lies in the border area of ​​the empire, is clearly a copy of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Reformists, conservatives, and neutral factions are naturally indispensable. The key is that there are more than a dozen small factions under these three major factions.

The most powerful natural wealthy family is mainly led by the three major county-level families, plus several vassal families. Fortunately, the three major families do not deal with each other, so there is the opportunity for other forces to gain a foothold.

Next is naturally the county magistrate's office. As the highest local chief appointed by the court, it represents the power of the Great Zhou Empire and will naturally not be weak.

Unfortunately, there are county magistrates and county magistrates checking and balanced, and their power is directly divided into three, and they cannot do anything in one word.

"The guards and governs the people, the chief assists them, and the Wei Dians' soldiers."

In addition, there is a Demon Suppression Division, the Imperial City Division, which is independent of the administrative system, which is responsible for suppressing the demons of the Demon Sect and handling affairs of the rivers and lakes.

If it was a peaceful and prosperous era, there were only a few factions. But now it was a chaotic era. Influenced by the checks and balances of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although the county lieutenant led the troops in the army, the one who directly led the troops was the lower lieutenant.

Strength in troubled times is the right to speak. As long as a few lieutenants join forces, they will be an independent faction.

Not to mention anything else, although the three Li Mu brothers have not taken office yet, they are a new faction in the eyes of the outside world.

The county is so chaotic, and the local situation can be imagined. To suppress the rebellion, the military will definitely be inseparable from the efforts of the military.

Under this background, except for a few strong counties who can suppress rebellions and stabilize the local area themselves, the remaining county officials can only follow suit.

After seeing two at a loss of time, Li Mu analyzed: "The situation in Hanchuan is similar to that in the court, and the power and interests of each department are all divided.

No one likes to add a person who divides his body. It is inevitable that we will be excluded after taking office. Even if we want to join a faction, no one dares to accept it.

According to the current situation, unless the three of us are willing to be puppets and wooden people, it is inevitable that we will have conflicts with all parties.

If you want to break the deadlock, the easiest way is to first choose a soft persimmon to establish your authority and seize the interests of a certain faction. Otherwise, even military spending will be a problem.

It is obviously not a wise move to do this. Although there is family support, it is not a wise move after all.

Unless we are squatting the three schools and trained to become elite troops, it is difficult for us to fight these guys.

This is impossible. They are not fools, they will definitely get stuck on our necks on military expenses. With the family background of the three of us, we can't afford to support so many troops.

For the sake of the present plan, we can only break the current balance of forces between all parties and let them fall into internal strife, so that we will not work together to suppress us.”

Frankly speaking, Li Mu really admired his ninth brother. The Great Zhou Dynasty was in chaos and dared to go into the fire to get millet.

If it were a disposable person, he would have no choice but to play violently and break the deadlock.

In Hanchuan, the three brothers can be regarded as strong dragons, so they can naturally play like this, but in the capital, he is just a weak chicken, and only low-key is the king.

After a while of silence, Li Liang hesitated and said, "Thirteenth brother, your plan is theoretically good.

But Hanchuan County was able to form a balance, which was obviously the result of the long-term struggle between the forces of all parties and finally compromised each other.

Just one fuse can make all forces fall into battle again, but once a strong dragon joins, they will instinctively choose to reject outsiders.

Unless we can cooperate with one or several parties, this is also a lot of difficulties.

There is Tianxianglou here, our origin and the purpose of the imperial court sending us here, probably these local snakes have already figured it out.

For the major factions in Hanchuan County, our strength is in an awkward position. As the younger brother is too strong, he may occupy the nest at any time; he does not have the strength to suppress all parties, so everyone will come over."

After eating the previous house, the next house has always been in the style of Tianxianglou. It is normal to sell intelligence to both enemies at the same time as long as you can afford the price.

With the support of the Demon Sect of the Pure Land, except for the top forces that can make them afraid, they will be completely stressed when selling the information of other forces.

If you don’t reveal the news that Li Mu and his three brothers arrived in Hanchuan, it would be considered moral. They have no obligation to help keep it confidential.

In the final analysis, it is because of its weak strength. If the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion is a little stronger, or if the Li Mu and the other two are stronger, it will be a different situation.

Of course, this is impossible. If the Marquis' Mansion was not a second-rate wealthy family, but a top prince in the world, the court would not be at ease to let them enter Hanchuan County as officials.

The court never allowed the children of those top princes to perform local positions, because they were afraid that these guys would occupy the nest and open semicolons everywhere to expand their power.

Except for Li Mu himself, I'm afraid no one would believe that the three brothers could seize control of Hanchuan County.

In the eyes of the outside world, the best result is that the three of them become an important force in Hanchuan County. After stabilizing the local situation for the court and gaining a fortune and political resources, they will leave here.

"Brother Six said it well, so I was never prepared to open up the situation in the county. Hanchuan County is so big, where is our brother's foothold?

Now rebels are everywhere, and we are the lieutenant of the county, sending troops to suppress the rebellion. This is our duty.

After suppressing the rebellion, we will station on the spot to settle the remnants of the rebels and stabilize the local situation. I think it should be very reasonable?

As long as you occupy the territory of a few counties and solve the logistics problems of the army, it is actually the same whether you enter the county or not.

If we have soldiers in our hands, we will naturally have a place in the county. Therefore, our next enemy is the local powerful families, and those foreign officials may become allies.

This is also what the imperial court hopes to see most.

Send us to the local government to join the office. In addition to suppressing rebellions and stabilizing the local situation, the most important thing is to suppress local tyrants and increase the imperial court's control over the local area.

It just so happens that the families of Hanchuan County have not produced any senior officials in the court in recent hundreds of years. Even if our methods are a bit extreme, no one will help them.

If the local tyrants led by the three major families are destroyed and the court increases tens of millions of dying points and taxes are released, even if they cannot get the position of county magistrate, the position of county magistrate or county magistrate will always leave us one."

The wealthy families seem to be one, but in fact they are completely two groups. There is also a chain of contempt within the group.

If you want to become a noble family, you need not only your own strength, but also your historical background and influence in the court.

There are only seven families in the world who can be called the top family in the true sense, namely the Great Zhou royal family and the six top princes.

Among these six princes, two are royal branches. In a sense, there are only five top families.

If you want to join the ranks of aristocratic families, you either have to be a prince in one place, or you have to ensure that you have had a third rank or above in the five generations, and you have children in the court for generations.

A family that fails to meet the requirements and remains prosperous can only be considered a wealthy family. If you turn a frown on your face, you will become a "powerful man" and belong to the target of being suppressed.

Don’t ask why, there is only one vested interest group above, and I don’t want to see more cake sharing.

Of course, the emperor did not think so. Emperor Taichang wanted to suppress local tyrants, mainly to enhance the authority of the central government and increase the national fiscal revenue, so that the common people below could take a breath and not rebel every day.

An ordinary man is innocent and he is guilty of possessing a treasure.

The greatest interests of Hanchuan County are all in the hands of these local tyrants. The bureaucrats in the county only get a fraction of the money, and even if they are defeated, they will have a lot of benefits.

The most important thing is that most of the cultivation resources that Li Mu wanted were monopolized by these guys. Except for the few ore veins directly managed by the imperial court, the remaining energy stone ore was all in the hands of these three major families.

The naughty child who realized it later was shocked and said, "The rebels in Hanchuan County are not yet in a state of great importance and do not have the strength to attack the counties. Thirteenth brother, are you planning to help the rebels take down the county government?"

The land of the Great Zhou Dynasty has been annexed and is all in the hands of these local wealthy families. If you want to establish a foundation, you must take the land out of the wealthy families.

As a member of the vested interest group, naturally, we cannot take the blame for the world and uncover the cover of land annexation, but only rely on the rebels.

Anyway, in order to evade taxes, the hidden lands of these families are not registered in the government, so they can pretend not to know and directly become a land without a border.

There is no way to get this lawsuit openly. Anyone who dares to come out and clamor for his own crimes, such as hiding the land, evading taxes, and labor, will be put into practice.

The consequences are not too serious, according to the Dazhou Law:

Those who evade taxes and worker evade eighty years will not only pay the tax, but also impose a tenfold fine in addition to performing labor.

Anyway, there is no specific time, so it can be calculated based on the longest time. The Great Zhou Empire has been established for more than 9,000 years, and anyone who can withstand it will come.

The hidden land is even more serious. Not only will the land be confiscated, but once it exceeds 3,000 acres, it will be a serious crime of raiding the family.

If someone dares to make trouble in the open, Li Mu will never mind going with the flow and becoming the governor of the family destruction.

Glazed at the naughty child, Li Mu scolded sternly: "Brother Qi, what are you talking nonsense! When did we have anything to do with the rebels.

Don’t forget that the three of us are still on the way to Hanchuan at this moment. Before we even had time to take office, what does the fall of the local county government have to do with us?

Even if the rebels really conquered the county government, it would be a corpse of the bureaucrats in the county. Brother Qi, it would be fine if you are not learning skills in your daily life, but now you can't confuse the concept!"

After hearing this shameless explanation, Li Song was so choked that he couldn't speak. He originally thought he was shameless enough, but he didn't expect that compared with his thirteenth brother, he was completely not on the same level.

No matter what happens next, the three brothers can completely blame them before they take office.

No matter how much the bureaucrats in the county are blamed, they cannot throw them over to the officials who have not fulfilled their duties. Even those guys want to conceal and not report them, they can still repay them beyond their level. At worst, they can attach an impeachment memorial.

If such a big thing happens, someone must take the blame. No matter how the court will deal with it, the breakdown of the balance of power in the county will be an inevitable result.
Chapter completed!