Guangxin Prefecture is a large prefecture. It is governed by Shangrao County and has jurisdiction over six counties: Yushan, Yongfeng, Qianshan, Xing'an, Yiyang and Guixi.
The prefect Xie Lijing did not just sit in the city, but took the initiative to attack with his country warriors.
Along the way, the magistrates and gentry were asked to recruit troops. Unfortunately, the rural warriors recruited during the day ran away secretly at night. After the rural warriors barely managed to exceed a thousand, news of the rebellion came, and instantly there were only a few hundred left.
Yiyang City Head.
Xie Lijing looked at the rebels outside the city and the few dozen rural warriors left around him. He only had these few dozen rural warriors available. All the government servants in Yiyang County had fled, and the county magistrate had probably slipped back to his hometown. There was no one left at all.
I am willing to accompany the prefect to defend the city.
"You open the city and surrender."
Xie Lijing's choice was very magical. He asked a few village warriors to open the city gate, and he led others to maintain law and order. At the same time, he took good care of the county government's treasury and documents.
When Xiao Zongxian led his troops into the city, he learned that the magistrate of Yiyang County had fled and that the magistrate of Guangxin was in charge here. He immediately came to pay a visit: "Thank you, old gentleman, for maintaining law and order and protecting the county government!"
But Xie Lijing said: "I am not a thief who will eat the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor. You can kill me or tie me up. It's up to you."
"I won't kill you or tie you up. You are a good official." Xiao Zong said.
Xie Li responded with a sneer and stopped talking.
Xiao Zongxian was a little embarrassed, so of course he took good care of him and went about his business.
Three days later, Xiao Zongxian received the news and realized that Xie Lijing was determined to die. During these three days, he had not eaten a drop of water or a grain of rice.
Xiao Zongxian hurried over, but saw that the other party looked haggard, and sighed: "Old sir, why are you doing this?"
Xie Lijing said nothing.
Xiao Zongxian said angrily: "If you don't eat, when I capture the city, I will definitely start a killing spree."
Xie Lijing finally spoke up, his voice hoarse: "You can't."
"He is stubborn," Xiao Zongxian ordered, "Come here, force-fed me some porridge. After you are full, gag your mouth and tie your hands and feet. Don't let him commit suicide. Send him back to Ji'an and hand him over to the main town for disposal!"
"Shu Zi, how dare you... uh uh..."
After three days of starvation, Xie Lijing had no strength left. He was held down by two soldiers and his mouth was forcibly opened.
He was force-fed cold porridge. Some of the porridge spurted out of his mouth, and some of the porridge choked out of his nostrils. There were porridge, water and rice grains all over his face and neck.
Xiao Zongxian was too lazy to take care of it anymore. Before the New Year, he must occupy the entire Guangxin Mansion. This was a fatal order issued by the Military Academy.
Leaving a small number of auxiliary troops to transport food to garrison Yiyang, Xiao Zongxian immediately divided his troops. He led the main force to the east, occupying Xing'an and Shangrao (Guangxin Fucheng) along the way, and then divided his troops to occupy Yushan and Yongfeng. He sent another partial division to go
Occupy Lead Mountain.
Xing'an County was originally part of Yiyang County. During the Jiajing period, it was established as a separate county because it was rich in porcelain.
You can imagine how popular the porcelain here is.
The porcelain kilns here are collectively called Hengfeng Kiln. During the Republic of China, the name of the county was simply changed, and it was directly named Hengfeng County after the kiln.
By winning Guangxin Mansion, Zhao Han's financial income will rise to a new level.
Xing'an County is rich in porcelain, and the following counties of Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Qianshan all have prosperous papermaking industries.
In terms of market size alone, in the mid-Ming Dynasty, the number of paper mills in Qianshan, Yongfeng, and Shangrao counties combined was only one-fifth of that in Yushan County.
However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qianshan County came from behind and had a tendency to overtake Yushan County.
Why does this happen?
Because the civil servants and eunuchs were tossing around, a large number of parasites were raised, and the court was unable to collect taxes normally.
Including the Fei family's paper mill, they were all "private mills" that the government could manipulate at will. As for official mills, in addition to the official paper mills established by the court, other official mills would also be issued licenses.
Merchants must bribe civil servants and make friends with eunuchs before they can obtain an official license. This kind of merchant is commonly known as "taking the lead."
They had papermaking licenses issued by the government, but they did not make paper themselves. Instead, they took orders from the imperial court and local governments, forcibly purchased paper from private paper mills, often used credit and lowered prices, hoarded paper, and manipulated the market.
The private paper mills in Shangrao and Yushan counties were the worst, and a large number of them were bankrupted. Qianshan County was far away, and as a result, it developed a large number of paper-making industries.
However, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the tentacles of "Wangtou" had reached Qianshan, and Qianshan paper manufacturers were also made miserable.
The previous prefect of Guangxin, Zhang Yinggao, gained strong support from the gentry of several counties and was able to recruit and train thousands of township warriors because Shangshu abolished this phenomenon.
After Zhang Yinggao was defeated and committed suicide, the "leaders" made a comeback, and no one could stop them!
Zhao Han knew the situation here very well, so he had already given instructions.
After Xiao Zongxian took the capital, he immediately arrested the "lantou" and ransacked all the houses of these vampires who were entrenched on the merchants.
This move was so popular that all the paper-making merchants in the four counties of Shangrao, Yushan, Yongfeng, and Qianshan became Zhao Han's die-hard loyalists.
Immediately, Xiao Zongxian issued a decree that from now on, the government would no longer set up a "head-picker" to purchase paper, and each family only had to keep a portion to sell to the government.
These paper manufacturers are really not short of orders from the government, because the orders from Jiangnan have already made Guangxin paper in short supply.
As the Chinese New Year approached, paper merchants from four counties gathered in Guangxin Mansion, including many Fei merchants, and actually gave Xiao Zongxian a Wanmin Umbrella.
At the same time, these merchants worked together to divide the land.
The counties in Guangxin Prefecture are all mountainous and have little land, so the income from food is nothing. As long as Zhao Han doesn't mess with the paper industry and helps them eliminate "take the head", these merchants can donate all their land.
As for the many tea mountains, Zhao Han has formulated a policy to allocate land for free and tea trees for a fee.
Each tea tree cost several taels of silver and was purchased by the government. After the land was distributed to tea farmers and tenants, the tea farmers and tenants paid annual installments and slowly repaid the money to the government.
Landowners who are forced to take away their tea mountains will automatically obtain a tea selling license and receive tax incentives for ten years.
…
Henglin, Fei's ancestral home.
Hu Dinggui did not continue to be the official historian of Nanchang County. After expanding the army, he could already command 500 troops.
When he came to Qianshan with his partial troops, Hu Dinggui did not capture the county seat. Instead, he came directly to the Fei family's ancestral home to cause trouble.
"Old Master, it's not good, the rebels have surrounded our house!"
Fei Yuanzhen has been awake for half a month and has been in a panic all day long, feeling that he cannot escape.
He guessed correctly.
In a town, one evil gentry must be selected to have their house ransacked to vent the grievances of the farmers.
Here in Hekou Town, Zhao Han personally identified the Fei Yuanzhen family! As for the other Fei clan branches, if there are too many people, they will be divided into families. They are not allowed to cause any trouble other than dividing the fields.
Fei Yuanzhen asked his slaves to tie the rope for him and said, "Only if I die will the man named Zhao let the Fei family go."
The domestic slave wanted to dissuade him, but after hearing this, he immediately helped tie the rope and helped Fei Yuanzhen onto the stool.
Fei Yuanzhen trembled and hung his neck on the rope.
Suddenly he burst into tears. He was really afraid of death. He had not lived enough. He stood on the stool and hesitated for a long time, still unable to make up his mind. He always felt that he could take another look at the situation.
The confidant house slave couldn't wait any longer, because the rebels had already broken into the door, so they simply kicked the stool away with their feet.
"Plop!"
The stool fell to the ground, and Fei Yuanzhen succeeded in hanging himself. His legs kept struggling and kicking.
When Fei Yuanzhen stopped moving, a close servant suddenly cried out in grief: "The old lady hanged himself, the old lady hanged himself, oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
Hu Dinggui led his troops to break in. When he saw the corpse playing on the swing, he curled his lips and said: "Everyone who lives in this house will be arrested by the master. The slaves will be screened. Those who have done evil will be tried in public. Those who do not can be divided into fields."
!”
Ehu Feizhai.
When Fei Yuanyi heard that Fei Yuanzhen's house had been ransacked and that Fei Yuanzhen himself was dead, he was so scared that his whole body became cold and he hid in his house and did not dare to come out to see anyone.
The second and third eldest children of the family, Fei Yinghuan's two younger brothers, were dancing with joy.
Haha, they can divide the family property.
It doesn't matter that the land has been taken over, Fei's still has many shops in Ehu and several paper mills at the foot of the mountain.
When the members of the Peasant Association arrived, the two brothers greeted them warmly. They even took their wives and children, went out and knelt down towards the west, shouting: "Long live Mr. Zhao, long live Brother Han!" Then they stood up and said, "Masters of the Peasant Association,"
, let’s divide the family and property first, the land cannot be lost, so we can divide it anytime!”
At this moment, Fei Yinghuan had left early. He was going to Ji'an Mansion to celebrate the New Year with his wife.
Otherwise, Fei Yinghuan would have been so angry that he would have beaten his two younger brothers.
Fei Yuanyi was hiding in the inner house. After hearing this, he immediately picked up a walking stick and rushed out: "I'll beat you two unfilial sons to death!"
The second oldest, Fei Yingqi, quickly dodged and ran to hide at the farmers' association.
The third child, Fei Yingke, was not afraid and said plausibly: "Father, please don't do this. The division of property between the rich families is the rule set by Mr. Zhao. Mr. Zhao is your grandson-in-law, how can your father take the lead and disobey orders?"
Fei Yingqi also helped: "The third brother is absolutely right. Brother Han is the one who wants to be the emperor. He has his own rules for doing things, and we should all follow his rules. Brother Han said that the big family will
After dividing the family and property, my father still wants to make Brother Han his own, so why not?"
Fei Yingke then said to the farmers' association staff: "Masters of the farmers' association, please come in first, and I will take you immediately to count the family property."
"Yes, yes, please come in, gentlemen of the Farmers' Association!" Fei Yingqi was also enthusiastic, regarding the Farmers' Association as the Buddha and Bodhisattva who saved them.
If there is no separation of families, although the family property belongs to everyone, Fei Yinghuan has the final say in everything. The two of them are just raised trash fish.
Fei Yingqi rolled her eyes and suddenly ran into the house, shouting along the way: "Brother Han has become the king of Jiangxi and will allocate land to all the slaves in the world. From now on, you are free and will no longer be slaves to others."
, come out quickly and divide the fields!"
Fei Yingke also rushed into his inner house and asked his wife to release the slaves as soon as possible. They now strongly supported Zhao Han's policy.
The members of the farmers' association looked at each other. They already knew that this was General Zhao Er's home, and it was also his wife's natal family. However, this family is really... It's hard to describe in words.
"Evil beast, evil beast!"
Fei Yuanyi was beating and scolding him with a cane, and then he knelt on his knees, chanting about his ancestors and crying loudly.