Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 136 Kill the chicken to warn the monkey

A group of people sighed and thought, it would be great if they took the initiative to join the imperial envoy earlier.

Not to mention promotion in the future, at least safety is guaranteed.

Now I can only be honest and obedient.

As for the civil and military in Daxing, if you think about it a little, you can roughly guess it.

Damn idiot for not looking in the mirror to see who he is.

What is the origin of the adults.

Actually wanting money but not life, even Liu Yuankui dared to make things difficult.

That's fine, but don't implicate everyone.

Yan Guixiang, the governor of Daxing Capital, straightened his upper body hurriedly, cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, my lord, the subordinate officials must obey the imperial envoys and imperial orders, and never dare to delay the farming work, let alone disappoint the court."

"Very good", as soon as Shi Zhongkui heard it, he knew that this Yan Guixiang had studied, and he was indeed frightened by himself.

Others hurriedly followed with promises.

"Get up", calling everyone up, Shi Zhongkui looked at Xue Jinping with a smile and said, "Xue Guanying, since Wanping is vacant, then I order you and the other two Guanying to take on the responsibility of the capital together.

After the imperial court orders and the new capital takes office, you can take off the heavy responsibilities, okay? "

Those present knew immediately that this was flattering Xue Jinping.

But there is nothing wrong with saying this.

The three management battalions were originally responsible, and when the chief officer was absent, they took over the power and responsibility of the capital.

So even if everyone knew that Shi Zhongkui was nepotism, there was nothing he could do.

Xue Jinping and the three hurriedly saluted.

Afterwards, the two guards cupped their hands at Xue Jinping and said, "I've seen Mr. Xue."

This is to understand Shi Zhongkui's words and directly recognize Xue Jinping as the official.

Xue Jinping hurriedly cupped his hands in return, "The two adults are very polite. I will definitely cooperate with the two adults in the future, and discuss matters with the two adults."

The two management camps cursed in their hearts.

In the future, Wanping's field camp will definitely be Xue Jinping's expansion.

But this guy is unwilling to tell the truth, and he still has the responsibility for everyone to bear it together.

You take the credit, everyone bears the responsibility together, isn't this bullying!

But looking at Shi Zhongkui sitting in the hall, and then looking at the imperial decree in Xue Biao's hand, everyone couldn't help but feel discouraged.

After subduing and suppressing the two generals of the farm camp, Shi Zhongkui ordered, "I will give you five days to wait. After five days, if the 1.6 mu of paddy fields in Daxing and Wanping are not dug well, I will Use the military law to punish Er and others for the crime of delaying the farming season."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of more than twenty officials all changed drastically.

Even Xue Jinping had to bite the bullet, cupped his hands and said, "My lord, time is too tight, please wait, sir."

"shut up".

Shi Zhongkui yelled at Xue Jinping, "Farming is busy like a war. If you miss the farming season, I'm guilty. You wait for one to count. They all go to the edge of Jin to farm."

Everyone's heart tightened, and even some people thought it was impossible.

But think about Shi Zhongkui's methods of dealing with Wanping Dusi, and those connections.

It seems that it is really not difficult to deal with those seventh-rank civil servants and fourth- and fifth-rank military officials who are the most guilty.

Thinking about it this way, everyone could only bite the bullet and give in.

Then he thought that as long as he wasn't the worst one, no matter how unlucky he was, it wouldn't be his turn.

Shi Zhongkui could probably guess what this group of people were thinking, but he also knew that the task could not be completed with only heavy pressure.

After all, I couldn't, and I didn't dare to blame the entire farm camp, thousands or tens of thousands of people.

"Before I took office, I asked His Majesty for 5 taels of silver, and I also asked for [-] taels of grain from the Duzhi Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Except for Xue Jinping, the faces of the others changed when they heard this.

Is Eli driving people away?
But in front of money and food, few people can refuse.

Xue Jinping didn't care about money, and cupped his hands and said, "My lord, although both Wanping and Daxing have 1 soldiers, the rice fields in Wanping are 9 mu, while Daxing's is only 7 mu.

Moreover, the paddy fields need to be sown, and the preparations for the harvest of the wheat fields must not be delayed.

If the soldiers are exhausted, it is inevitable that the harvest will be missed.

The subordinate officials did not dare to ask the adults for more time, but asked the adults to give more money and food.

It's also good to mobilize some relatives of the soldiers' families to go to the fields. "

Can you do this?

The eyes of civil and military personnel in Wanping's side brightened. As long as they have money and food, let alone 1 soldiers, some of these soldiers' families are relatives who are willing to come and have a good meal.

Afterwards, everyone in Wanping looked at Xue Jinping with softer eyes.

At this time, what everyone cares most about, apart from money, is to get through this errand safely.

"My lord," said Yan Guixiang, the governor of Daxing, hurriedly cupping his hands, "Although it is true that I have lost 2 mu of rice fields in Daxing, but the water system in Daxing is not as large as that in Fangshan, and we need to spend more energy repairing ditches.

Besides, while building ditches, it can also benefit many gentry in Daxing.

It is equivalent to increasing the harvest of fish farming in rice fields in the two counties of Gyeonggi in disguise. "

After hearing this, the officials on Xue Jinping's side looked at Yan Guixiang in surprise.

When this guy said this, the imperial envoy must be happy.

The increase in the production of the farmland of the squires and nobles is not only the credit of the imperial envoys, but also the gratitude of these squires.

The so-called squires are small and medium-sized landlords who have passed the imperial examination but have not become an official, or who have failed to become an official.

It is composed of a group of influential figures in the countryside, such as small and medium-sized officials who have retired and returned to their hometowns or have been living in the countryside for a long time to recuperate.

Although he is not an official, his influence spreads all over the court.

In addition to the love of relatives, friends, and classmates, the court wanted to stabilize the society outside the city, relying on the squires.

And because the land of Gyeonggi is at the foot of the imperial city, the proportion of officials among the squires who resigned and returned home is larger, and there are many honors.

These people have benefited, at least they won't jump out to make trouble.

Xue Jinping wanted to say something else, but Shi Zhongkui interrupted, "It is a deadly order to tidy up the rice fields and dig out the fish canals, there is no room for bargaining.

3 soldiers, 1 catty of rations per day, and [-] catty as a reward to take home.

When the rice seedlings are planted and the fish fry are put into the rice field, the official will naturally have another reward. "

When everyone heard that they didn't have the benefit of waiting for others, their expressions were a little bit bad.

Shi Zhongkui sneered, "Stupid, the 5 taels of silver are used to open up wasteland, so I don't need to talk about the benefits here, right?"

What is the most difficult thing about opening up wasteland?
Of course, how to attract water, as long as there is water, the saline-alkali land can be washed into farmland.

Therefore, after land reclamation, only a part of the village was developed, and the rest was left untouched.

Naturally, some people would send domestic slaves and hired laborers to burn wasteland and clean up the land.

Moreover, this method will not be caught in the pigtails, and it is definitely more popular with officials, large and small, of the Tuntian Division than directly rewarding money.

The food grown is their own, and when needed, they can also buy the fields and turn them into silver.

But Shi Zhongkui didn't say that the 5 taels of silver and the remaining 5 taels of grain had to be used to dredge the river.

More than [-] officials looked at each other, and quickly bowed their hands and said, "I will wait for your orders."

Shi Zhongkui nodded, "The head of the Tuntian Division, the Dusi, and Xue Guanying will stay, and the rest will return to their duties. I will see results tonight."

"Yes, my lord."

With a visible pie, the enthusiasm of officials, big and small, was immediately mobilized.

再说5千但粮食可是60万斤，3万兵丁每人每日两斤，5天也只消耗30万斤。

In other words, the remaining 30 catties are enough to mobilize 6 young and strong.

9 people cleared and dug out 1.6 mu of rice fields and fish canals, and the intensity was not great.

The most troublesome thing is how to schedule.

Once the number of people exceeds [-], there will be mountains and plains. There is no mature management and command system.

This is also the reason why Shi Zhongkui knew that some of these people had bad intentions, but he had to keep them.

There is a saying with adults that is right.

If he doesn't feed the people below, he is a fart as a minister of military aircraft.

And some people use money to drive the people below, while others use merit and fame to drive them.

The former is simple and effective, while the latter, to put it bluntly, is also buying subordinates.
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Not long after, Xue Jinping and Yan Guixiang, the two seventh-rank farm masters, left the festival hall with puzzled expressions.

"Master Xue," Yan Guixiang asked Xue Jinping, "it is true that the imperial envoy asked me to wait for the food delivery.

Seeing the food, the soldiers will no longer doubt it.

You can contact the bank, what is the meaning? "

Xue Jinping was also puzzled, so he heard a village chief say with a smile, "Since your lord has the ability, you can get 5 taels of silver from the Duzhi Division of the Ministry of Households, and you can also get an additional 1 taels of grain.

Do you guess that the silver in the master's hand is broken silver or silver ingots according to the usual practice? "

Yan Guixiang and Xue Jinping instantly understood.

It has always been the household official Zuoyan who plucks the hair, and I have never heard of anyone still plucking the head of the household.

Needless to say, it must be silver ingots.

He said with a smile, "Thank you, sir, remember to wait for the four of us if there is something good to do."

That night, in the villages of Daxing, Wanping and Pingding, there were a team of officials composed of more than a dozen torches.

At first, the Tuntian soldiers and their families didn't believe it at all.

Not many soldiers began to believe it until they heard that the order and the treatment of 2 catties of grain were personally issued by the six-yuan leader who descended from Wenquxing.

At dawn the next day, at least 1.6 to 3 people surrounded the 4 mu of paddy fields in Daxing, Wanping and Pingping.

This is because many soldiers have not rushed over because of the long distance.

Fortunately, these people were distributed in 30 villages in Daxing and Wanping, and there were officials, military officers, and field soldiers in charge of their respective leaders, so there was no disturbance.

Not to mention 30 villages, each with 2 catties of grain.

And outside each village, there are more than a dozen or dozens of earthen stoves that were rushed out overnight, and they are burning fire for food.

Let these doubtful soldiers and family members feel relieved at once.

Shi Zhongkui recruited Daxing land last night, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being.

On the other hand, he took twenty Qing Zhuang and Xiuyiwei from the Shi family of Shanguo Gongfu to inspect the villages one by one.

There were indeed no problems in the first few villages, but when they reached the fifth, the people from Xiuyiwei walked around and quickly reported that someone had mixed wood chips and wild vegetables into the food.

It's fine to mix wild vegetables, but if you mix wood chips, you're taking yourself for a fool?

Shi Zhongkui couldn't bear it anymore.

He took out the fine steel long sword from the horse pocket, ordered someone to bring his own bow and arrow, and then followed the embroidered clothes guard and servants to the ancestral hall.

Not long after, under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen capitals and inspectors, two Tuntian Shulings from the eighth rank were dragged into the ancestral hall by the embroidered guards.

"Sir, forgive me."

Hearing these two people calling for mercy, Shi Zhongkui breathed a sigh of relief.

What I am most worried about is that these two people see that they cannot escape the guilt, and incite the soldiers in the field to make trouble.

Fortunately, under the watchful eyes of the public, these two people can't deny it even if they want to deny it.

Not to mention that it was the embroidered clothes guard who caught them.

Pleading guilty at this moment will only hurt the individual, not the family and the family.

Of course, the premise is that Shi Zhongkui is not willing to make things big.

But he already had the intention of killing chickens and monkeys.

Now it's just that the target is changed from Xue Pan and Shi Guangzhu to the heads of two small officials from the household department.

"I made it clear yesterday that the matter of the rice field is an imperial order, and you must act according to military law. Today, you committed the crime of shoddy and disrupting the morale of the army. How can I spare you two?"

A sentence that disturbs the morale of an army is enough to kill him.

The faces of the two were pale with fright, and one of them was so frightened that he threw himself to the ground and collapsed on the ground.

The other person's eyes were blank, and he muttered, "I am the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Agriculture, you have no right to kill me, you have no right to kill me."

"My lord," Cui Hezhong, a hundred households of the Embroidered Guards, whispered next to Shi Zhongkui, "Although this order should be damned, it's best for the lower officials to bring it back to the Embroidered Guards.

Or hand it over to the chief officials of the Ministry of Industry. "

Of course Shi Zhongkui also knew that he would use military law to cause trouble, but no matter what he said, he was not a general who led the army, or a civil servant who was ordered to lead the army.

Moreover, no matter which dynasty the country is in, it has always said that human life is at stake, let alone killing a civil servant with official status.

Even today, if these two were military officers, if they were killed, there would be countless people applauding from the civilian side.

But if these two people don't die, there will inevitably be troubles in the rice field, not to mention the land reclamation and dredging of the river later.

After glancing at the dozen or so capitals and inspectors around him, Shi Zhongkui made a decision in an instant.

The hand rests on the hilt of the sword.

With a "clang", the steel sword flashed a cold light, and he threw it at Shu Ling who was kneeling in a daze.

"Sir, no."

I saw the sharp sword sinking into the bricks in front of Shuling in an instant, and the hilt was still trembling with a 'buzzing' sound.

The others were also taken aback by Shi Zhongkui.

Seeing Shi Zhongkui's eyes suddenly changed, this move all shows that Shi Zhongkui understands martial arts, and his ability is not small.

Even if the military officers present took their sharp swords and thrust them into the bricks on the ground, no one could penetrate a palm so easily like cutting tofu.

But Shi Zhongkui still uses the throwing technique, which not only must have great strength, but also requires extremely high eyesight and technique.

Before they could slow down, Shi Zhongkui drove out the servants and all the embroidered guards except Cui Hezhong.

Then he opened his mouth and said, "You should cut yourself, so as not to hurt your family and family children, not only will you be exiled, but you will also lose the chance to take the imperial examination.

Generation after generation, they have been slaves for slaves, and they will never be able to turn over.

And I promise to stop until you.

And I will wait for you so that more family members of the soldiers in the field can have a chance to have a full meal.

Only then did wild vegetables and sawdust be added to the grain and reported to the court. "

(End of this chapter)