Lord of the House

In order to ensure the smooth flow of grain, the court's actions to comfort Huaidong were not unpleasant, and the official letter stamped with the "Seal of the Ministry of Officials of the Shangshu" was delivered by express before the New Year's Festival to make major adjustments to Huaidong officials.

Liu Shidu took over from Liu Tingzhou to inform the affairs of the Huai'an Mansion, Lin Fu led the Huaidong system to inform the Hailing Mansion, and Wu Meijiu served as the judge of the Hailing Mansion. At the same time, the Jiangning Ministry of Household and the Jiangdong Xuanfu Envoy agreed that the 10 counties (except Chongzhou County) of Huaidong and the two prefectures, after deducting the local expenses of the prefectures and counties, will allocate less than 800,000 shi to the Huaidong army leaders. The special command of the division is used for the support of the Huaidong Army; the excess part still needs to be paid to the county division.

While further delegating power to Huaidong, the imperial court and Jiangning still regard the Huaidong army leader as the main means of restricting Huaidong. Liu Tingzhou was promoted to the official fourth-rank official doctor, and the leader of the Huaidong Army was promoted to be from the gate of the fourth-rank yamen.

Before the Chinese New Year, there was another snowfall in Huaidong.

"Yue Lengqiu is nothing more than that!" Lin Fu threw the official text on the table and looked at the snow-covered winter plums outside the window. A group of sparrows flew from nowhere and perched on the plum branches...

This is a living yard behind Dongya. Lin Fu occasionally tries to be quiet here, and hides here to act on official business; this is where Song Jia helps to take care of, and sometimes he is too lazy to go back to the mountain, so he lives here.

There are some things that are unclear, but no one wants to make it clear.

Song Jia was wearing a light green and white velvet-trimmed jacket, her chest was bulging up, her skin was like snow outside the window, and in the dark room, there was a soft luster.

She sorted out the official documents that Lin Fu had left behind. This was Yue Lengqiu's letter of transferring Meng Yishan's department to Weiyang's house for rest.

Yue Lengqiu's intention could not be more obvious, that is, to guard against Huaidong's disobedience.

This is Yue Lengqiu's second time to draw troops from the Qianjiang line of defense after the Zhejiang Army moved westward to defend against Changle bandits crossing south. After two rounds of transfer, Jiangdong County has reduced about 20,000 troops on the eastern front, which has greatly increased the pressure on the eastern front.

"Master Liu is here, wait in front!" Zuo Lan, a girl brought by Song Jia from Jeju, came in and reported.

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In two days, the New Year's Day, Liu Shidu knew that Lin Fu couldn't wait to take over the power of Hailing Mansion. On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, he communicated with the mansion to sentence Wu Meijiu to lead the six officials of the mansion and the magistrates of the counties and counties. Officials such as the prime minister and the county lieutenant came to Chongzhou to hand over affairs to Lin Fu; anyway, after the Chinese New Year, he would pat his **** and go to Huai'an to take up his post.

Lin Fu stepped on the snow and walked to the front office, and Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong, Li Shuyi, Wang Chengfu and others also rushed over.

Since Lin Fu was appointed as the envoy of Huaidong, he has traveled all over Huaidong non-stop. He is old acquaintances with Liu Shidu and Wu Meijiu. He is also familiar with Liu Shidu and the county officials. Robe came in and stood up together to greet him.

The six officials of the prefectural government and the officials of the various counties have different thoughts, some are uneasy, and some are secretly lucky - Lin Fu used to be a military commander in Huaidong, and he prefers to interfere in government affairs. - People who ignore it, feel anxious at this time.

It's okay to offend other bosses, but offend Lin Fu... It's not just about wearing small shoes. This year, there are a few people with clean buttocks when they are officials, and their heads will fall when they are not careful. Majia in Shanyang County is a precedent.

Dong Wenbiao, the magistrate of Jianling County, was one of those people who secretly got away with it.

Whether it was repairing the seawall in Huaidong, reclaiming the barren fields, or recommending officials to the county by the Huaidong Army Division, Dong Wenbiao cooperated with all of them, and even repeatedly laughed at Hu Dahai, the magistrate of Yandu County, a neighboring county—and laughed at his Hu Dahai. Although Dahai said that this time he was promoted to be the Huai'an House and passed the sentence, I am afraid that he is more worried than happy, right?

"It's a big New Year's Eve, everyone can't live in peace. Thinking about it, you're complaining in your heart?" Lin Fu sat down with a smile on his face and asked everyone in a harmonious and amiable attitude.

"How dare you, how dare you, I wish I could come here to pay New Year's greetings to the adults, but I can't find an excuse..." Wu Meijiu took the lead and said.

Among so many people, Wu Meijiu has been dealing with Lin Fu the longest.

When Lin Fu first went to Xisha Island for disaster relief, Wu Meijiu joined the army in Chongzhou to coordinate the conflict between Lin Fu and the former magistrate of Chongzhou. Then Lin Fu officially settled in Chongzhou, and Wu Meijiu temporarily replaced the magistrate of Chongzhou for nearly a year. After finally getting rid of this side, he returned to Hailing Mansion and continued to serve as the secretary to join the army. Lin Fu was appointed as the envoy of the Huaidong system and restructured the local military equipment. Wu Meijiu returned to Lin Fu to control.

This time he was promoted to general sentence in the name of restricting the power of the prefect, but Wu Meijiu had no such thoughts at all in his heart. In Wu Meijiu's heart, as long as Lin Fu doesn't publicly raise the flag to rebel, he can do whatever he likes.

Lin Fu smiled slightly, asked everyone to sit down, and asked Liu Shidu: "Master Liu, Master Liu Tingzhou is stationed in Huai'an, when will you leave for Huai'an?"

"Going to Huai'an after the Chinese New Year, Mr. Liu Tingzhou should have the patience to wait for a few more days..." Liu Shidu said.

Huai'an Mansion is more important than Hailing Mansion. Liu Shidu's change of knowledge of Huai'an Mansion is a small step up.

However, Jiangning made adjustments to the Huaidong government. From then on, Huai'an government was not only controlled by the Huaidong envoys in the military, but also under the leadership of the Huaidong army in political affairs. It also made him feel unhappy in his heart. Unhappy, unhappy, it is not easy to be a stable official these days.

"Well," Lin Fu nodded and said, "This time the court adjusted Huaidong's rationing of money and rations. After deducting local expenditures, the money and grain of Xu Huaidong and the two governments were allocated to the military commander. Of course, they gave 800,000 yuan. The upper limit of the stone tax grain, the excess, still has to be turned over to the county governor. Now the actual tax and silver paid by the two governments are only enough to exchange for 400,000 stone grain, and there is still a lot of space before the upper limit of 800,000 stone tax grain. Liu What's your opinion on this?"

The summer tax and autumn grain levied by the local government has always been paid more by the local government and turned over to the county secretary. According to the tax regulations established by Emperor Gaozong, the Hailing and Huai’an prefectures need to send 200,000 stone canal grains to Beijing every year.

After the salt and silver were used to protect the grain, the grain was converted into silver, plus the money and silver, and only 180,000 taels of silver were seized from the county chief.

In July, during the Jiangning military meeting, the two governments levied more than 240,000 taels of silver at one time, so it can be seen that the taxes paid by the two governments to the prefectures were not too much.

This time, the court reluctantly agreed to use all the taxes from the two Huaidong prefectures to the Huaidong area. If the price of rice is restored to a year ago, it will almost be worth the upper limit of the 80 shi tax grain. At this time, the price of rice had more than doubled, and the 420,000 taels of silver, if converted into tax grains, were only half of the previous amount, less than 400,000 stone grains.

"After the lower official takes office, he will use all his power to waste taxed silver and replace it with taxable grain..." Liu Shidu replied, "Make sure that the tax paid by the Huaian government to the military commander reaches the level of 400,000 stone grains."

Liu Shidu is a veteran official, and besides, the Huai'an government is nominally under the command of the military and controlled by Liu Tingzhou. If Liu Shidu can make such a statement, it is inconvenient for Lin Fu to investigate the details.

Liu Shidu sat for a while, then left, leaving Wu Meijiu, Dong Wenbiao and other local officials of Hailing Prefecture behind. In the future, Hailing Prefecture will be one-third of an acre of land in Huaidong.

After Liu Shidu left, the smile on Lin Fu's face faded a bit, and the atmosphere in the hall became much stiffer.

Lin Fu said to Wu Meijiu: "Si Yamen is in Chongzhou, I have to focus on military affairs, and I can't go to Hailing to do official business. Look at this, is it good that everyone will accommodate me and move to a new location? Chongzhou to act as an official? In the future, if the counties have any official documents and requests, will they be sent directly to Chongzhou?"

"Of course, how can we work and travel between the two places, it is convenient for us to move here." Wu Meijiu said.

It is convenient for Wu Meijiu to say this, even for Cao officials. After all, they are all Beijing officials who brought their families to office. In comparison, today's Chongzhou is much more prosperous than Hailing City, and everyone is willing to be an official in a prosperous place.

The real trouble is that there are several times more officials than officials...

The officials were almost all selected from the local gentry and were the core representatives of the local forces. There are nearly 100 people in Xu Shi, who belonged to the Sixth Cao of Hailing House. Their homes, foundations, and family interests are almost all in Hailing City. They will never move to Chongzhou easily.

Wu Meijiu agreed that it was convenient, and the Cao officials themselves had no inconvenience, but when they thought about how to convince their subordinates after returning, they felt that their heads were as big as a fight.

"That's the case," Lin Fu didn't seem to see the sadness on other people's faces at all. Seeing Wu Meijiu's agreement, he said, "We limit it to the fifth day of the new year. After the fifth day of the new year, who hasn't come to Chongzhou yet? If it is reported, it will be treated as if he was sick and resigned - I don't care if they are disrespectful to me or neglect me, if they don't show up in Chongzhou after the fifth day of the new year, then they should never show up!"

"Of course, adults are tolerant enough not to hold them accountable for their crimes of disrespect. I don't think there will be anyone who is so ignorant!" Wu Meijiu said, "Xiaguan is going to report to Chongzhou today!"

Wu Mei was in charge of the sentence for a long time, and she had the most power to save Lin Fu. Wu Meijiu looked like he was obedient, and all the Cao Cao soldiers and county officials below felt a burst of grief in their hearts. No one took the wrong medicine. At this time, he stood up to contradict Lin Fu, and the matter of the actual move of the Fucheng Administration Office to Chongzhou was decided in a few words.

No one would try Lin Bing's knife with their own head for the sake of their subordinates.

Lin Fu wished that none of the cao officials in Hailing Prefecture would come, so that he could all be replaced by the people here-Chongzhou had a sufficient reserve of officials for the past two years, not to mention Hailing Prefecture, it was Huaidong two. The yamen at all levels in the eleven counties of the prefecture all used the officials who had been trained in Chongzhou in the past two years, and there were more than enough.

"The situation is getting worse and worse, and it is necessary to further reorganize the Hailing government army," Lin Fu said. "Mr. Wu is appointed to pass the sentence, review the lawlessness, and work hard, so it is not appropriate to serve as the commander of the government army. From now on, Chen Kuili, the commander of Zhaowu Commander, will take over as the commander of the Hailing House Army..."

Chen Kuili, who was born in the forest and joined Huaidong with Han Caizhi, stood up and greeted everyone, giving everyone a familiar face.

Tongju or Sikou joining the army are all officials sent by Beijing, but the generals of the local military can be appointed by the local government. In name, they return to the government for Tongju and Sikou to join the army.

Wu Meijiu was prepared for Lin Fu's appointment. Others felt shocked, but there was nothing wrong with thinking about it.

Lin Fu was originally the military chief of the Huaidong two prefectures, and he also served as the prefect of Hailing. In fact, everything in Hailing was up to him. Although Wu Meijiu held the post of General Sentencing, his greatest power was to monitor whether Lin Fu had any ill intentions, and other powers were almost completely empty.

"After Chen Kuili took office, he immediately led the Hailing House Army and his family members into Jiangmen, and conducted field training in Jiangmen. The defense of Hailing City was taken over by the Huaidong Infantry Division." Lin Fu continued to announce his decision, ignoring the following. The expressions of the officials changed, and they said, "In the future, Hailing House's use of local military equipment will be accounted for, supported, and paid by the Military Division..." Having said that, Lin Fu looked at Yuan Keli, the head of the House, who joined the army, " Master Yuan, what do you think about this?"

The prefectural and county taxes are divided into two parts: local expenditure and turn-in. The turn-over is usually a positive tax or a clear additional levy by the imperial court.

In these years, the development of real estate is not as big as in later generations, and there are fewer people who pay bribes. Local officials want to make a fortune mainly through corruption.

Where does corruption come from? Mainly from local support. In addition to summer taxes and autumn grains, a considerable part of the various local miscellaneous donations were all emptied by "local expenditures".

There are three battalions in the Hailing House Army, with a total of 2,000 soldiers, but the Hailing House's expenditure in this area, including armour, ordnance, salaries, barracks, etc., costs 20,000 stone grains, three Thousands of silver. Its support standard Huai is even higher than the main battalion of the Huaidong Army Division. It is natural to imagine what kind of tricks are hidden in it.

Yuan Keli, who joined the army, was a big moth in the Hailing mansion - they all said "three years of clearing the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver", Liu Shidu made his fortune mainly by the respect of the officials below, and any expenses allocated by the accountant Cao , Yuan Keli wants to scrape a hand of oil. A single payment can give 90%, which is a great face in front of Yuan Keli.

The combat effectiveness of the Fu army is very limited, and it is impossible to change it in a short time. Relocating the Fu army and their families to Jiangmen for garrison training can also be used as a barrier on the periphery of Chongzhou.

Staring at Lin Fu, Yuan Keli's forehead was oozing with cold sweat. Who would have thought that in just half a month, the imperial court would give the pig herdsman the seat of the prefect of Hailing?

Yuan Keli was stunned there, Lin Fu squinted his eyes and continued: "I plan to recommend three officials to Hu Cao, one in charge of Dingtian, one in charge of taxes, and one in charge of support, Sir Yuan, what's your opinion?"

"No...no...no opinion..." Yuan Keli stammered.

Lin Fu looked at Yuan Keli and continued, "Then Li Shuyi and others will ask Master Yuan to take care of him..." He motioned Li Shuyi, who was standing in the hall, to stand up and show everyone a face.

Li Shuyi is currently the county magistrate of Chongzhou, and he is also the chief official of the government. There are very few officials in Hailing Prefecture and various counties who do not know him.

Lin Fu assigned Li Shuyi to lead people into Cao's household as Dingtian official, responsible for Dingtian, taxation, support, etc. The intention is obvious enough.

Local financial rights are all in Hucao, mainly divided into three types of affairs: small fields, taxes, and support. Lin Fu wants to directly control Hailing Mansion, and he can't do anything about Yuan Keli.

"According to the rules of Chongzhou, starting from the collection of taxes next summer, the counties of Hailing Prefecture will be exempted from all taxes and head apportionment. After you return, you should immediately post a list and advertise it widely," Lin Fu said. " And after the new year, the counties will check the Dingkou, survey the fields and re-determination, etc. ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ will also start immediately! The farmers in the counties will report to the government office the actual number of fields in the Dingkou before March. The summer tax is incorporated into the levy, and no punishment will be imposed; after the third month of spring, those who deceive and are checked out will be fined for five years in real terms; those who deceive and obstruct the verification, you adults will go back and repair the prison first..."

The big killer was finally here, and Dong Wenbiao and other county magistrates looked at each other in dismay.

Dong Wenbiao boldly said, "What the lord said is an urgent matter for the counties of Hailing Prefecture, and there is no delay. It's just that there is a shortage of manpower in the county, and the subordinate officials in the county are intertwined with the locality, so they may not be able to move..."

A lot of things are bad on the head of the subordinate officials. The county has a radius of 100 miles, and there are usually only two or three officials dispatched by the imperial court. If the subordinate officials want to play tricks on the ground or violate the yang and yin, the officials are often not aware of it.

"It's okay," Lin Fu said, "Chongzhou has some experience in these matters. Since the county has asked for help, in addition to the historians that were held before, we will recommend ten people to each county to take charge of their own affairs..."

Chongzhou built large-scale fortifications, and the sea wall was built and defended at a maximum of more than 100,000 people. Not to mention the organization of personnel, the supply of materials for building the embankment requires a large number of logistics personnel.

From the early Shanglinli and Xihehui, to the recognition of Huaidong by local forces in Chongzhou, and the large-scale southward migration of maritime forces, Lin Fu brought a large number of talents. In particular, the local forces in Chongzhou recognized Huaidong, and Chongzhou reading children represented by the robbery boy joined, bringing a large number of grass-roots staff to Huaidong.

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