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Wang Yifeng and Wang Xuan led their troops first, while she and Zhao Hanzhang left the troops, grain and grass behind.

At first, not many officials were willing to listen to Wang Yifeng and Wang Xuan. They were too young. The most important thing was that they both had the surname Wang.

Humph, people named Wang are not good people. One Wang Cheng caused chaos in Jingzhou, and two other people named Wang took over. Do you think that the officials and gentry in Jingzhou are all vegetarians?

So officials at all levels went their own way, seducing the gentry who were friendly with them, building forts, robbing refugees, and going against the governor's office.

Of course, this is all done secretly. If they want to cause rebellion, they can't just tattoo on their heads and say, "I don't accept it, so I want to rebel, right?"

At the time of the excitement, two thousand Zhao Jiajun arrived at Nanjun Jiangling with thirty students, food, grass, and military equipment. This is the administrative seat of Jingzhou. The people Wang Cheng brought when he took office were also here.

The officials in Jingzhou did not cooperate. Wang Yifeng directly used the thirty students he brought to first let the Zhao Jiajun take over the army in Jingzhou, and under the banner of the Zhao Jiajun, he went to recruit the rebellious refugees.

The students from the academy followed them. They have done this kind of thing many times. The academy has also specially trained them and they are very skilled.

Zhao Jiajun and Zhao Hanzhang are world-famous for their methods of recruiting refugees, which is one of the reasons why the Jingzhou rebellion came so quickly.

They really couldn't stand Wang Cheng, the governor, and the local government, so they wanted to leave Jingzhou and go to Yuzhou.

Anyway, the refugees and refugees who go to Yuzhou will be allocated fields and grain, and the government will also reduce some taxes. As long as they don't encounter natural disasters, they can survive.

So everyone flocked to Yuzhou.

Wang Cheng was indifferent, but he had restricted people from Jingzhou from going to Yuzhou since the year before last. Last year, taxes could not be paid, and a large number of people left their land and wandered, and later entered Yuzhou as refugees.

In addition to going to Yuzhou, many refugees choose to become bandits. Didn't Zhao Ju go to Jiangxia County in the name of suppressing bandits last year?

After that time, Wang Cheng sent people to set up checkpoints at the border to guard against Zhao Ju and prevent people from flowing into Yuzhou again.

However, he only stopped people and did not deal with the problems of the refugees. He did not gather or appease them. Anyone who was caught was either used as a slave or sent to the army as a soldier.

Under such lazy government, the refugees rebelled, hoping to break through the barriers and go to Yuzhou.

Oh, some have already rushed into Yuzhou. Recently, Yuzhou has accepted many refugees from Jiangxia County.

But Jingzhou is very big, and more refugees are blocked by the checkpoints, which cannot be crossed. Some time ago, Wang Cheng killed more than 8,000 people with iron-blooded methods. Most of those 8,000 people were refugees, and a small number were treated as refugees by the locals. of people.

But refugees also evolved from ordinary people. They left their land, concealed their names, and did not pay taxes to become refugees.

But they are still from Jingzhou, and their relatives and friends are all from Jingzhou.

Wang Cheng's killing directly chilled the hearts of the people in Jingzhou.

So when they heard that the successor governor was Wang Cheng's niece or a member of the Wang family, the rebels were very resentful and had a completely "I won't listen, I won't listen" attitude.

Until the incoming army carried the banner of Zhao Jiajun.

They worked so hard and desperately, didn't they just want to live under Zhao Hanzhang's rule?

Because they couldn't get through it, Zhao Hanzhang came to look for them?

The students of the school came forward to persuade them to surrender, saying that the newly appointed governor Wang Yifeng was once a subordinate of Governor Zhao and was trained by her. She can become the governor this time because of the recommendation of Governor Zhao...

At the same time, the story that Wang Yifeng had a big quarrel with Wang Cheng as soon as he took office also spread throughout Jingzhou.

The restless and angry Jingzhou slowly calmed down, and the atmosphere became less tense. Zhao Jiajun led the Jingzhou garrison into several groups and actually persuaded the rebels to surrender.

Wang Yifeng kept her promise. The rebels who recruited them gave them some food rations and asked them to return to their hometowns to cultivate the land. If her family no longer had land, she gave them fields and exempted part of the tax. Because of the natural and man-made disasters this year, the summer No tax is payable.

Not only the rebel refugees who were recruited to peace could have their taxes reduced, but the entire Jingzhou was also exempted. Even if it was only a 30% tax reduction, it was enough for the people.

The rebellion in various places has taken a break.

Even the officials in Jingzhou didn't say anything, but some people felt that this was not good. If there was a rebellion, taxes would be reduced or reduced. Wouldn't this be bribery of the people?

What if they rebel in the future if something goes wrong?

But thinking of Wang Cheng, the official who felt something was wrong still suppressed his thoughts. Forget it, Wang Cheng is still in Jiangling. Wang Yifeng is Wang Cheng's niece. If he objects, Wang Yifeng will be taken away by Wang Cheng. If you don't care about political affairs, you're doomed.

The Wang family has a tradition in this regard, and they are very afraid.

Wang Yifeng acted directly under the banner of Zhao Hanzhang, and all the thirty students he brought were placed in the governor's office and various counties.

Jingzhou is very large, with twenty-two counties under its jurisdiction. Twenty-two of them are sent to each county to place a student. This time, many people were killed or injured in the rebellion, and many county magistrates and even county guards escaped.

Wang Yifeng had to re-select someone to take over the job, but these thirty students were simply not enough.

And they can only start from a young age, working as clerks in the governor's office, as chief bookkeeper in the county governor's office, and as small officials like county magistrate and county magistrate in the county government.

This is also Wang Yifeng's promotion path.

Zhao Hanzhang said that you must start from a young age to understand the sufferings and needs of the people.

For someone like Wang Cheng, who directly sent the governor from heaven, he really only had himself in mind and did not know the sufferings of the people.

All the students who came out of the school also kept this in mind. After the Jingzhou rebellion gradually subsided, they received official posts and took up posts in various places.

Business travelers who had been stuck in Wuchang and Jiangxia were finally able to leave.

The spring wheat was harvested and drought-tolerant soybeans and other crops were planted. The summer solstice was approaching, and Zhao Hanzhang began to prepare gifts for Yuncheng.

When bringing gifts to the emperor, money is naturally the most popular thing. After all, the emperor is not rich.

So Zhao Hanzhang asked people to bring basket after basket of money, all of which was new money.

In more than a year, Zhao Hanzhang's new money has crowded into the markets of Shu, Jingzhou and Jiangnan. Even Yanzhou has a lot of new money.

The main reason is that as long as the court asks Zhao Hanzhang for money and food, Zhao Hanzhang will definitely send new money.

Even if the new money is lighter than the old money, the court has to turn a blind eye and spend the same amount of money in order to maintain expenses. Coupled with the operations of Zhao Ming and Ji Yuan, everyone in the world knows that Zhao's new money Although the money is lighter than old money, its value is the same.

This time, Zhao Hanzhang sent new money.

Of course, these new money cannot be used casually, the money must be given value. As soon as Zhao Hanzhang harvested the new wheat, he took it out and exchanged it for new money.

Oh, the transaction was given to the Ministry of Industry and transferred from private to public. In the end, it was Zhao Hanzhang himself who lost.

After everything was loaded into the car, Zhao Hanzhang sighed, "Why do I have to pay for gifts to His Majesty myself?"

Zhao Ming said expressionlessly: "Didn't you say that to curb this trend, the palace is not allowed to give gifts to powerful people on the mountain? If you ask me, you shouldn't give gifts. How about going empty-handed?"