In the next few days, the entire government office was busy sowing new seeds. Except for the acre taken care of by Chu Nan, all the 70,000 acres of fields were unplanted. But now work can start.
Suddenly, the Mi family's fields entered a busy period of farming, and the government office's luck began to increase. Although the magnitude was not large, it was also a shot in the arm for Chu Nan.
"Zi Yan!" On this day, Chu Nan was checking the current situation with several chief clerks, when he saw the acting prefect Zhang Hong and Yi Yan coming in, looking somewhat unhappy.
"Fu Jun?" Chu Nan raised his head, saw Zhang Hong, stood up and saluted, "I don't know what your orders are?"
"Zi Yan, why don't you discuss this matter of recruiting refugees with me?" Zhang Hong frowned and said, Chu Nan has recruited a lot of refugees in recent days. Peace in Xuzhou is only relative. In fact, in this troubled world, it is absolutely
There are almost no places in Antai, and in addition to the continuous wars in Xuzhou in the past few years, many people who could not survive have become refugees.
"Yes." Chu Nan said: "This is just a trial run, and I am afraid of causing trouble to the state government, so I only recruit in villages near Xiapi County. According to the household registration, Xiapi should have a population of 36,000 households.
There are more than 168,000 people. However, after one month of calculation, the population of Xiapi County is now only 15,000 households and less than 80,000 people. In the past few days, I have been checking household registrations and preparing to transfer those who died due to the war.
The fields under his name will be returned to the government office. If the original owner can be found, they will be returned. If not, the fields will be used to recruit refugees."
After saying that, Chu Nan looked at Zhang Hong's face and continued: "You also know that in recent years, tax revenue has been declining. If we don't try to recruit more refugees, Marquis Wen will not even have enough money and food to support his troops."
Zhang Hong frowned and said: "This matter is of great importance. It's a good thing that Ziyan has good intentions, but attracting refugees is a major matter and should be considered in the long term."
But he was cursing secretly in his heart: "Those cultivated lands have already been divided up by various families, and there are still fields for you to occupy?'
Chu Nan looked at Zhang Hong, shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Fu, I have reported this matter directly to the state government."
Hearing this, Zhang Hong couldn't keep a gentle smile on his face. After all, it is taboo in officialdom for his subordinates to directly report to higher-ups over him. Even if it is your father-in-law, by doing this, you are clearly ignoring yourself as your immediate boss.
"Since we have informed Marquis Wen, the matter will be settled. However, next time there is such a decree, you must discuss it with me in advance." Zhang Hong took a deep breath and managed to regain his smile.
Chu Nan nodded: "I didn't think well this time. Don't blame me. I will discuss it with you next time."
I will definitely do it next time. As long as you are still the prefect, I will give you the respect I deserve.
Zhang Hong nodded, looked at the chief clerks under Chu Nan, and asked, "Why don't you see Wang Xiancheng?"
"There are some trivial matters in the countryside recently, and I asked Wang Xiancheng to deal with them." Chu Nan said with a smile.
Why are these chief clerks so obedient now? For more than a month, Chu Nan did not bully Wang Xiancheng. He just handed over a lot of unimportant matters to him and asked him to leave the power center of the government office little by little. At the same time, he also treated these chief officials.
The chief clerks should be sorted out first, and then given benefits. These chief clerks have backgrounds, but not high ones, otherwise they would not just be small officials in the county. This is the group that Chu Nan plans to win over in the future. Naturally, they are not as good as Wang Xiancheng.
Usually he is tortured to death by Chu Nan.
Zhang Hong frowned and said nothing.
"I underestimated him. He took office only two months ago, and he sidelined Wang Xiancheng! I wanted to take this opportunity to sideline him, but I didn't want to... Now he has become a full-fledged figure in the county, and he has the protection of Lu Bu.
, it’s hard to take action against him again, but his methods are getting more and more ruthless, and he seems to be threatening to take action against the nobles, I need to discuss it with everyone before talking about it."
Thinking of this, Zhang Hong said: "Since Marquis Wen has already agreed, I can't take care of it anymore. Ziyan has been running the business well. Now Xiapi County is prosperous, which is really rare, but we can't be complacent about it."
"Of course." Chu Nan smiled.
After a few words of encouragement, Zhang Hong left.
"Continue, this piece of land has been verified based on the past household registration records. The landowner has no record of paying taxes, and the change of farmland has never been reported here." Chu Nan drew a stroke on the map.
"but..
-The name of the master's book is somewhat confusing: "This land is now being cultivated."
"If taxes have not been paid, it will be regarded as wasteland. If someone works on it, let him make up for it with the grain he has rented for the past few years. If he is not willing, ask Wei Yue to go and embezzle the cultivated land of the imperial court. It is a serious crime. Let him give it first.
They went to prison to repent." Chu Nan naturally knew why, but now that he had food in his hands, he was not panicking and was not afraid that the scholars in Xiapi would cause trouble.
Several bookkeepers looked a little ugly. They also had similar farmland at home.
"That's right." Chu Nan seemed to suddenly think of something and looked at the crowd and said, "You have worked hard with me these days. If you have similar farmland at home, remember to report it to the government office. Don't let your family fight with your own family.
Get up and let outsiders see the joke!"
Several bookkeepers were startled when they heard this, and then they looked happy and said to Chu Nan: "Thank you so much, Magistrate Chu!"
"Get things done." Chu Nan pointed to the map. This map was specially drawn by him. Xuzhou is located in plains, with few mountains, and is almost a flat area. The map will be straight and simple. The surrounding areas of the county are divided into rural areas.
Map out the location and highlight the cultivated land.
In the nearly two months since he took office, he has basically been working around this map, checking household registrations, looking for farmland that can be fought for, etc.
According to current calculations, just one Xiapi County can produce 180,000 acres of cultivated land and return it to the government office. With these 180,000 acres of cultivated land, according to calculations, at least 20,000 households and nearly 100 households can be resettled.
Ten thousand people.
If you make up for it, then the position of Pi Ling will provide you with a minimum of 100,000 yuan of luck per day. After a month of accumulation, you can continue to upgrade your talents.
Several chief clerks have now truly figured out Chu Nan's intentions. Those who don't cooperate with him will be attacked, and those who are willing to cooperate with him are their own people. This is also a common method in official circles, but in the past, county magistrates only found partners for cooperation.
Those big households are dealing with small households like them. Those of them who are seeking jobs in the county would be good if they can protect themselves.
But looking at Chu Nan's behavior this time, it seems that he is going to attack those big households and win over small households like them. Maybe by following Chu Nan, he can become a powerful local presence in the future.
Several people suddenly felt more motivated. This was the information Chu Nan revealed to them. From now on, all they have to do is work hard.
Chu Nan looked at this scene, but he was thinking in his heart that in the future, when these people get up, the bottom line may be lower than those of the big families. If the big families continue to fight, the small families will definitely want to become big families, but Chu Nan cannot
He hoped that big families would appear, but the problem was that even in his time, not to mention the feudal society with underdeveloped information, the resources in small counties were often controlled by dozens of families.
How to solve this problem?
Chu Nan shook his head. He asked himself to solve the problems that so many great people in modern society could not solve. Did he take himself too seriously?
The most important thing now is to reshuffle the forces that call the shots in Xuzhou and integrate the forces that can be integrated into one place.
It is true that Cao Cao is powerful, but Cao Cao is far from reaching his peak now. In the land of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, Cao Cao also faces similar problems. He has a larger territory, and Cao Cao's reputation is not like Lu Bu's, so there are still big families willing to support him.
His, so he can only integrate little by little between the rich and poor families, which is many times more difficult than in Xuzhou, and the integration of power is not as easy as Xuzhou.
Year
Chu Nan rubbed his eyebrows, the most important thing now is time!
Chu Nan began to become even busier. Due to the inventory of public farmland of the imperial court, a large number of armed fights began to occur among the people. In the next few days, Chu Nan went to Lu Bu to ask for 800 people, and took Wei Yue back and forth in the territory. At the same time,
He also gradually discovered some miracles. Now that he has strengthened the marching flag ten times with the help of his troops, the feeling of energy washing away the spirit makes his spirit grow faster.
The armed forces composed of ordinary tenant farmers are no match for the regular army commanded by military generals. As for the families behind them, there may be some people who can lead the army, but let alone they dare not come forward. Even if they dare, in terms of military strength, no big family in Xuzhou dares to compete with them.
Lu Bu fought head-on, including the Chen family.
Chu Nan also changed his usual kindness in dealing with these rioting tenants. He would directly take action after persuading them once to no avail. After persuading them to retreat, if they dared to offend the second time, he would directly take action.
It may be pitiful, but without thunderous tactics, no one is afraid at all. After killing hundreds of people in this way, the riot basically stopped. "Zi Yan, how can you kill people casually?" On this day, Chu Nan had just returned to the government office.
Then I saw Zhang Hong and his men coming in aggressively to ask for guilt.
"Common people?" Chu Nan ordered people to take out boxes of rosters, looked at Zhang Hong and said: "All the household registration lists of the common people in Xiapi County are here. During this period, the government office has reorganized them. I can guarantee that no one has been killed.
Registered people!"
"Even if they are not registered, they are still my Han people!"
"How to prove it?" Chu Nan asked rhetorically.
"How to prove what? Why do we need to prove this?" Zhang Hong frowned.
"Not being registered means that they have not paid taxes. They have secretly embezzled the court's farmland without paying taxes. The court sent people to collect the land, but they actually launched a riot. Your Majesty, this is a crime of rebellion. If it is a crime, the three Yi tribes should be punished.
"Chu Nan was not afraid of Zhang Hong's oppression at all," said Leng Ran.
“It’s just that it hasn’t been approved by the government office.
Zhang Hong frowned.
"The Han Dynasty has ceased to exist in name only, and you are here to talk to me about Han laws?"
"The king of the government is a minister of the Han Dynasty. How can he say that he has no king and no father without approval? The fields I have taken back today are all fields that were recorded in the household register. When the head of the household dies, it should be returned to the court, or
Is it inherited by his heirs and owned privately? The prince does not hold me accountable, but he comes to hold me accountable. Is the prince a minister of the Han Dynasty, or a dog of these noble families?"
When he said this, he just pointed at his nose and cursed directly.
Zhang Hong suddenly changed his expression and said sternly: "Chu Ziyan, you dare to humiliate me!?"
"When people humiliate themselves, others can only humiliate them. As a prefect of a county, you don't think about the people under your rule. You owe the favor of the court, but you feel unworthy of the people. Zhang Hong, why are you here today? We both know.
Go back and tell them to give me back every bit of the fields that don’t belong to them!”
"Young-mouthed kid, you don't know whether to live or die!"
Zhang Hong was furious in his heart, but he didn't dare to speak out. He cursed in his heart and walked away.