Lord of the House

Everything was as usual, and the secret decree was not announced, and the news of the new establishment of the Zhebei Envoy was spread first. Lin Bie stepped on the spot and rushed to Ning Wang's mansion. The officials who arrived first were already discussing in groups of three or five.

Those who entered the government by edict to discuss affairs were mainly officials of the prefecture and above in the local area. Only the assistant officials of the prefecture, the government, and the prefect were qualified to attend. The quality is amazingly higher, in addition to the official representatives of Jiangxi, Lianghu, Guangnan and other counties.

More than 40 people were crowded together, and almost all the powerful figures or representatives of the southeastern counties of Dayue were gathered here, and most of Lin Fie's faces were not recognizable.

He doesn't recognize others, but others recognize him.

Among so many people present, there were only two people who were qualified to wear purple clothes because they had not reached their rank.

In addition to Lin Fu, the other is Zhang Xitong, the head of Ning Wang's mansion, known as the Young Master.

Lin Fu was famous for his military exploits.

Zhang Xitong is known as the Young Master, not because he is the eldest son of Zhang Xie, but all the edicts issued by the Ning Palace must have his deputy to take effect.

Now that King Ning is in Jiangning, he also leads the six ministries of Jiangning to manage the political affairs of the southeastern counties. Although the long history of the Wangfu is only a fifth-grade official, Zhang Xitong's power of deputy inspection is really amazing, and it is not inappropriate to say that he is Xiao Xiangye.

King Ning wouldn't come out in a hurry, Yue Lengqiu, Cheng Yuqian, and Gu Wuchen were summoned to the inner house to discuss matters; Dong Yuan didn't show up, so he must be inside. For a while, Lin Bie didn't know who was coming and who wasn't yet. On the contrary, the officials from the Sixth Department of Jiangning, although they still held the titles of Shangshu and Shilang, waited in the hall together, and they could not see any complaints on their faces. Seeing Zhang Xitong come out, they all gathered around, chatting and laughing.

The weather was hot, but Lin Fu felt cold in his heart, and stood aside coldly, looking at Zhang Xitong, who was surrounded by everyone; seeing his complacent appearance, Chen Zhihu's southern tune was probably due to his Zhang family's "strategic strategy".

The impatient Emperor Chongguan couldn't wait to transfer Chen Zhihu to the south, making the already precarious Yanbei defense line on the verge of collapse.

The person sent to contact Li Zhuo did not return, and Lin Fu couldn't guess what Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting were thinking.

It is impossible for Li Zhuo and Gao Zongting not to see the immediate crisis, but there is nothing they can do. Zhang Xie and Hao Zongcheng have almost grasped the political affairs. How much can Emperor Chongguan hear Li Zhuo's words of loyalty and bitterness?

At this time, Zhang Yubo came from the outside, and he was the first to see Lin Fu and walked towards this side.

"Why do you delay so late, thinking you can't make it?" Lin Bie asked.

"The official boat leaked before leaving the Sishui River, so I went to Shanyang and borrowed a boat from Zi'ang. This delay is two days, hurry up and hurry up, last night, I arrived at Chaotian, and I spent the night on the north bank. I left before it was clear, and finally there was no mistake..." Zhang Yubo gasped slightly, and he could see that he was in a hurry when he entered the city and came to Ning Wang's mansion.

"You can't even use a better official ship in Xuzhou?" Lin Fu felt uncomfortable for Zhang Yubo when he saw that Zhang Yubo's official robe was patched.

Zhang Yubo did not feel sad, and said calmly: "In the battle of Huaisi, hundreds of thousands of people were killed and injured in Xuzhou. Countless people who were devastated did not return to their hometowns until last autumn. The bandits are like locusts. Harvest season. Xuzhou City is almost crippled. It needs to be repaired, and no money is needed for it. I thought that the ship would last for some time. By the way, you can send someone to open a furnace in Shanyang to make iron, can you? Give me more than a hundred craftsmen? Xuzhou has coal and iron, and if there are craftsmen who can open a furnace and make iron, if they can make iron, they can breathe a sigh of relief!"

Lin Fu shook his head and said, "You know I don't trust Chen Hansan; you can transport coal and iron from Xuzhou to Shanyang, and I will let Shanyang buy it at the price, but I won't give you the craftsman. …”

Even the furnace built in Shanyang is only for making pig iron and wrought iron. The refining of iron, especially the double furnace method, is strictly controlled in Chongzhou. In order to maximize the production of steel (fine iron) in Chongzhou in a short period of time, Lin Fu changed all the six blast furnaces in Guanyintan to steelmaking furnaces, and made steel by the double-furnace stirring method and the sandwich irrigation method.

For the production of raw wrought iron raw materials, either a blast furnace is built in Shanyang County;

On the Xuzhou side, there is a blast furnace for smelting raw wrought iron, and Lin Fu will also severely suppress it! The same goes for Sun Zhuang, Lin Fu would never allow a skilled blacksmith to cross Huaibei from Huaidong.

Lin Fu didn't mind expressing this attitude in front of Zhang Yubo; Zhang Yubo could only laugh helplessly, and Lin Fu's attitude was straightforward enough: if Xuzhou wanted to improve its financial resources, it could only organize people to go into the mountains to dig coal and transport iron stones to Shanyang for silver. .

Lin Fu noticed that a middle-aged official who came with Zhang Yubo changed his face slightly when he heard his words, and asked Zhang Yubo, "Who is this?"

"Shi Mazhen, the director of Xuzhou's system and establishment, has seen the adults!" Ma Zhen complained to himself.

"Oh, Chen Hansan didn't have the guts to come here, you came for him," Lin Fu smiled contemptuously and waved his hand, "You don't need to be more polite, maybe Chen Hansan will be a servant of the fourth family someday, we still We want to see each other!"

Ma Zhen hated in his heart, but did not dare to confront him face to face. When they came in, all the soldiers and armor were taken away, but Lin Bie tied his saber splendidly around his waist - this was the gap between status and status.

Chen Hansan wants to be a man with his tail between his tails now, and Ma Zhen doesn't dare to cause trouble for him. Ma Zhen and Zhang Yubo were not the same people, they just came from Xuzhou and taught Lin Fu a lesson, so they hid to the side.

Ma Zhen was also a strategist who followed Chen Hansan at an early age.

Although Lin Bie is not likable, others will not look at him, but will perfunctory him. When Ma Zhen came over, others knew his identity, and they didn't even give him one. It's not that Ma Zhen's official position is low, the key point is that Chen Hansan betrays again and again, and anyone who changes will be ashamed to be in their company.

Zhang Yubo wouldn't fight for Ma Zhen. When Ma Zhen left, he could easily talk to Lin Fu and asked, "Where's your lord?"

The "adult" in Zhang Yubo's mouth refers to Gu Wuchen, indicating that Zhang Yubo still regards them as officials of the Gu Department.

Lin Fu said, "I'm here too late. Yang Pu is outside. I must have called you in to discuss matters first. Zhang Yan, Yue Lengqiu, Dong Yuan, Cheng Yuqian and others have not seen any..."

"Oh," Zhang Yubo said again, "I heard when I came in that there was going to be an envoy in northern Zhejiang, is this true?"

"It was said to be a secret order, but the news was leaked yesterday," Lin Fu said. "I don't think there will be only one secret order this time. There will be more 'surprises' waiting for us!"

When Zhang Yubo saw Lin Fu said the word "surprise", his face was cold, knowing that Lin Fu was meant to be sarcastic, he asked in a low voice, "Aren't you optimistic about the current situation?"

"..." Lin Fu shook and retreated to the corner with Zhang Yubo to talk, "Look, everyone in this hall is rubbing hands, waiting to share the benefits, but Yanbei's defense line has been smashed, and today is the What is the benefit of sharing a little more? I have sent a messenger to Jibei to find Li Bingbu. It has been half a month, and there is no reply to this day. I really don’t know what Li Bingbu is thinking—maybe The choice that Li Bingbu has to make is difficult!"

"What decision do you think Li Bingbu will make?" Zhang Yubo asked.

"Fight out from Linyu Pass!" Lin Fu said.

"Ah!" Zhang Yubo was stunned for a moment, and said, "With the bravery of the generals of the Huaidong Army, adding 100,000 troops, and attacking Western Liaoning, the victory and defeat are all five or five! Li Bingbu won't be so impatient, right?"

"It's not that Li Bingbu is impatient, it's that Li Bingbu has no choice," Lin Bie said sadly, "One is that the government and the opposition are in a hurry, and the person on the dragon chair is afraid that he will not have much patience, otherwise he will not think that there is an opportunity to take advantage of it this time. Chen Zhihu went south. Second, if the Li Bingbu did not take the initiative to attack western Liaoning, the Donglu would besiege Datong again, and the Li Bingbu would be forced to lead his troops into Datong to fight the main force of the Donglu, and the chance would be even smaller then!”

Zhang Yubo sighed helplessly, he knew why the decisive battle in Datong was more unfavorable, after all, it was still food and grass!

In the west of Liaoning, the west of Liaoning is close to the east coast of the Bohai Sea. Before the winter, the North Bohai Sea is not frozen, and the grain and grass can be transported by sea and connected with the Jinhai grain road. Li Zhuo only needs to consider military issues, and he doesn't have to worry about food and grass.

The straight-line distance between Datong and Jinhai is 700 miles, separated by Yanshan and Hengshan. If Li Zhuo transferred the main force of the Jibei Army to Datong to fight against the Donglu, and the war dragged on for the first half of the year, the Dayue Dynasty would be brought down directly!

The northern part of Shanxi was crippled the year before and last year, and the southern part suffered from continuous severe drought, which made it impossible to provide food and grass support for the Datong line of defense. The tax and grain of the Western Qin was intercepted by the Cao family, and most of the Zhongzhou was handicapped by the bandits. The relatively complete Hezhong Palace was the territory of the Liang family. Further south, to transport grain and grass to the northern line, it is necessary to take the Jinhai grain road.

It is not a matter of money or lack of money. The transportation capacity of the Jinhai Grain Road at this time cannot support a large-scale battle that is far away from the coastline and far away from the Jinhai Grain Road.

What is even more painful is that the warships of the Goryeo people have appeared in the sea east of Denglai. Although the strength of the Denglai Navy was not too weak, he was afraid of fighting a war of attrition. No matter how weak Goryeo is, it is still a country with two or three million mouths. How can the Denglai Navy fight against the Goryeo Navy?

Seeing Zhang Yubo frowning, Lin Fu said, "Even if Li Bing's troops marched smoothly into western Liaoning, they would not survive, and the situation would change drastically. Whether the mess can be cleaned up or not depends on Jiangdong. I advise you to report illness and withdraw from Xuzhou, Chen. Han San is untrustworthy!"

"You also said that whether you can clean up the mess depends on Jiangdong's side," Zhang Yubo said firmly, "How can I escape from Xuzhou at this time?"

Lin Bie didn't know how to persuade Zhang Yubo, Zhang Yubo was too straight, and he was easy to break. Perhaps in the future, when Huaidong is going to go the other way, Zhang Yubo will be the first to stand up against Huaidong.

After Lin Fu didn't care about the calculations, he didn't want to see Zhang Yubo folded in Chen Hansan's hands. He frowned and said, "Perhaps persuade the adults to let Liu Xilin go to Xuzhou with you, there will always be someone to take care of!"

"Can Jiangning leave Liu Xilin?" Zhang Yubo asked.

"The first secret order is to set up an envoy in northern Zhejiang. Who knows that there will be some earth-shattering news today," Lin Fu said. There is no point in Liu Xilin staying here!"

Liu Xilin served as the captain of Dongcheng and controlled the two battalions of horse infantry in Dongcheng. He used to be an important bargaining chip for them to fight against Wang Xueshan. Prince Ning’s mansion is also in Dongcheng now, and the elites of the five battalions of the guards of Prince Ning’s mansion are stationed in Dongcheng. Compared with the past, the captain of Dongcheng is no longer so important.

Liu Shidu, Shen Rong, and Liu Tingzhou came out of the inner palace at this time. Seeing Lin Fu and Zhang Yubo standing in the corner talking, Shen Rong's face sank and he walked away, Liu Shidu and Liu Tingzhou looked over.

Lin Fu nodded and indicated that he didn't know what Liu Shidu and Liu Tingzhou had to say to him at this time.

He rushed someone to talk to Liu Tingzhou; Liu Shidu came over, clasped his fists to greet Lin Fu and Zhang Yubo, and said, "Brother Yubo came to Jiangning last night, and Wang Xuanfu first asked a few of us to pass the breath..."

"How much?" Lin Fu asked bluntly.

"After the quarrel, they all said that it was divided equally on an acre basis, with an additional 1 cent and 8 percent per acre!" Liu Shidu said.

"呲!" Lin Fu took a breath.

Zhang Yubo couldn't hold back, but he had a seizure on the spot and said, "Isn't this strangling your neck to death!" His voice was sharp and sharp, causing everyone in the hall to look this way.

The others also knew to a certain extent that the news was to be added. They all understood what Zhang Yubo's words meant, so they didn't come over to add fuel to it.

"It hasn't been finalized yet, Brother Yu is calm and restless..." Liu Shidu persuaded him.

Lin Bie tugged at Zhang Yubo's sleeve and said, "The situation in Xuzhou is different, and the county magistrate will give special consideration to it. No matter how you spread it, it will not be spread evenly on Xuzhou's head." But he also felt that this exhibition was really a challenge. Be tough.

One cent and eight miles per mu are levied. In addition to Chongzhou County, Hailing Prefecture, Hailing, Xinghua, Gaocheng, and Jianling counties, the total number of naturalized fields is about 7 million mu, which means that Hailing Prefecture is in addition to the taxes paid before. In addition, nearly 130,000 taels of silver must be handed over to the county chief every year.

After comforting Zhang Yubo, Lin Bie stared at Liu Shidu.

The extra 130,000 taels of silver paid every year can be absorbed by Hailing, one prefecture and four counties. However, if Liu Shidu and the magistrates below do not want the prefectures and counties to absorb this additional levy, they will spread the extra 130,000 taels of silver to the fields again, which will cause great harm to farmers who are already poor and struggling on the brink of bankruptcy. .

Liu Shidu stared at Lin Fu, and felt a little guilty. He wants to digest this additional levy within the prefecture and county~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and not increase the burden on farmers, but will the following four counties agree?

When industry and commerce were underdeveloped, there were few bribes, and if an official wanted to make a fortune, he had to rely on corruption.

The so-called "three years of Qing Dynasty, one hundred thousand snowflake silver", where did this snowflake silver come from? Grain tax and various apportionments are levied every year. After deducting the money that is turned over to the county magistrate, the supply of water and the local government, most of the money and grain that is saved will fall into the pockets of individuals, which is the main source of this snowflake silver.

Officials can't wait to increase their miscellaneous donations. How many are honest and willing to absorb the above levies from within? Isn't it difficult to live with one's own purse?

Lin Fu smiled coldly and said to Liu Shidu: "I will not embarrass Master Liu. When Master Liu is discussing with the four counties, tell them not to cause trouble among the people. When I lead the troops to suppress it, everyone's faces will be disgusting. No light!"

"Of course, Jiangdong will be in chaos again!" Liu Shidu said.

Liu Tingzhou is quite upright, and Liu Shidu is a little softer, but he is not someone who can make a big mess. Lin Fu can protect the two prefectures and eleven counties in Huaian, but what about the other eight prefectures in Jiangdong County? There are also the newly merged seven prefectures in northern Zhejiang and Henan, what is the additional method? These are beyond Lin Bing's control.

It is Dongyang Mansion, and Lin Tingli is really willing to take an extra 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury and county warehouse every year to pay the county governor, and not spread it to the farmers?

Lin Fu couldn't help but feel depressed. In fact, he couldn't affect the levy of Dongyang Mansion. In addition to being depressed, Lin Bie also thought of giving up on himself: Let's mess around, the world is already messed up enough, so it's better to completely mess it up, and it's easier to leave it to Huaidong to clean up the mess.

Lin Fu made up his mind, this time Huaidong won't argue, just see how long those who win the favor can keep it in their hands! My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter