There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

"Tap Tap!"

The sound of neat footsteps came from the window, like a sledgehammer hitting the hearts of everyone in the venue, especially Shopkeeper Zhu, who was so frightened that his face turned pale.

He turned out to be from Prince Fu's Mansion. The boss behind Ten Miles of Spring Breeze was Prince Fu and a big boss in the court, so he was very familiar with all levels of government offices in Luoyang.

The last time Lin Feng occupied Luoyang, it was in the name of driving away Li Zicheng, so he did not completely eliminate King Fu's power in Luoyang City, which made the shopkeeper Zhu Da mistakenly think that he was quite awesome.

Following Lin Feng's order, even a fool knew that these people must be high-level officials of the Zhenming Army, and it seemed that they must be in trouble.

Soon a group of brightly armored Snapdragon guards ran in. The momentum of the soldiers fighting through a sea of ​​​​blood and a mountain of corpses was breathtaking. The soldiers in Shili Chunfeng Tower instantly lost their minds and just shouted against Zhenming Military Business. The arrogance of the tax policy has slumped to the ground one by one.

The leader of the Guards Division Battalion raised his hands and saluted and reported: "Your Majesty Governor, one brigade and one battalion of the Xiaolong Guards Division are here to report. Please give me your instructions!"

Lord Governor!

This, this is Lin Feng, the governor of the Zhenming Army, personally present! We actually criticized his policies to his face!
The Luoyang gentry who stood on the side of the Jiangnan scholars felt that the sky was about to collapse, and they didn't care about the character of the literati. Except for a few ignorant people, they knelt down and shouted for the Marquis to atone for his sins.

Lin Feng ignored them. These scholars would be bright if they were given a little sunshine. They didn't even know their last names. They must be taught a lesson this time.

"Master Hou!" Chen Xueyi, who was sitting on the side, said in surprise, and immediately wanted to kneel down to say hello. She thought that Lin Feng should be a senior official in the Zhenming Army, but she didn't expect that he turned out to be the Governor!

Lin Feng stepped forward to support her and said, "Miss Chen, you don't have to be polite! You performed well tonight." Then he turned to Shen Zirou and said, "You have to thank Miss Chen!"

"I, I will definitely obey the orders of the Marquis." Shen Zirou was frightened and almost offended the supreme commander of the Zhenming Army in person.

"Let's go, Deng Hao stays behind to arrest people, Ten Miles of Spring Breeze is temporarily closed!" After Lin Feng finished speaking, he walked outside. He couldn't be present at this time.

"Lin, Lin Feng, we are not from your Zhenming Army. I am a famous scholar from the south of the Yangtze River, and my father is an important official of the imperial court. You can't arrest us." Hou Fangyu had the courage to speak out at this time. He still felt that he could not lose face and called out He got the name of Lin Feng.

"Slap your mouth!" Lin Fengyun ordered lightly.

A guard on the side stepped forward, grabbed Hou Fangyu's collar, and started beating him with his bow from left to right. Within a few minutes, Hou Fangyu's face quickly swelled up.

"Mr. Governor, have mercy. Mr. Hou made an unintentional mistake. He absolutely did not mean to offend. Please show mercy." Li Xiangjun came over and begged for mercy.

Lin Feng glanced at Li Xiangjun, waved his hand to stop him, and left without saying much.

the next day.

Luoyang government office.

Lin Feng was reviewing relevant documents in his temporary office. Li Xiongzhen walked in and said: "The matter of Yuanshan, Ten Miles of Spring Breeze has been basically cleared up. Hou Fangyu came to Beijing because his father Hou Xun was ordered to resurrect by Emperor Chongzhen, and he went to Xiangxiang. He was also recommended for an official position by Jiangnan Shilin, so the two of them went to Beijing together.

Because of the invitation from Luoyang Shilin and the fact that our Zhenming Army could not help but communicate with people from the imperial court during non-war times, they passed through Luoyang and found out that they had no special political background. "

"Xiong Zhen, I don't care what Hou and Mao are doing in Luoyang. They can't make any waves. The main thing is to consider how to control Shilin. Our Zhenming Army is more concerned about improving the lives of ordinary people. It seems that Shilin The opinion is not small.

In the city of Luoyang controlled by our Zhenming Army, there are still so many people who openly support and oppose our commercial and tax policies. Lin Feng pondered for a while and said.

"Yuanshan, it's the butt that determines the head. Most of the business people are controlled by the gentry. The business tax is taking money from their pockets. These people must not be willing. However, we are indeed too tolerant to these gentry, leaving them with nothing." Count it." Li Xiongzhen analyzed.

"What is the origin of that shopkeeper from Chunfeng Shili, who is so awesome?"

"Shopkeeper Zhu turned out to be from Prince Fu's Mansion, and there were also big shots from the imperial court behind Shili Chunfeng, so he had good relations with government officials at all levels, and he developed a habit of being arrogant.

When we took Luoyang, we had not yet fallen out with the imperial court, so we did not do much to liquidate the original imperial court's power, making them think that our Zhenming Army was still afraid of worrying about the imperial court and did not dare to do anything to them.

This is mainly my responsibility. I only focus on collecting taxes and stabilizing order in the city. My usual control and crackdown on these monsters and monsters is not enough. "Li Xiongzhen reflected on himself.

"This lesson must be learned. Only after the old dust has been swept away can we welcome the new masters. For those who do not sincerely support our Zhenming Army, we cannot let them live a good life.

I just took advantage of this opportunity to investigate the gentry who openly stood on the opposite side of the Spring Breeze Ten Miles. If there are any problems, I will deal with them severely and severely, so that these people can have a good memory. "Lin Feng ordered.

"Understood! What should we do about Chunfeng Shili Brothel? Will it be closed down?" Li Xiongzhen asked. "Why shut it down? People can keep this kind of place open if they need it, as long as they pay taxes according to the law. I'll kill that shopkeeper Zhu after I investigate him thoroughly, and replace him with a sensible shopkeeper." Lin Feng replied, he could be magnanimous, but he didn't care about the accusation. The shopkeeper Zhu who scolded him, if he didn't kill him, the price would drop.

"Understood! Where is Shen Zirou and Chen Xueyi? Do you want to send them to your room?"

"Do you think I'm such an impatient person? I'm a stallion? I want one when I see one. But it's considered fate. You can ask them their opinions. If you want to stay in the brothel, keep them. If you want to be good, then be good. You If you want, just ask them for their opinion." Lin Feng immediately refused.

"Hehe, aren't I afraid that you will be too lonely in Luoyang, Yuanshan? I am quite interested in that Shen Zirou, but you really don't want her?"

"do not want!"

"Then I want it. Yuanshan, please don't tell Wanyu." Li Xiongzhen said with a mean smile.

"Okay, what's wrong with a man taking a concubine? Just ask Shen Zirou for his opinion. Just don't use force." Lin Feng said.

"That's natural. How could I do such a dirty thing as forcing someone?" Li Xiongzhen replied.

"Then you can make your own arrangements."

"Yuanshan, those two women are minor characters. What should we do with Hou and Mao? They have quite a big influence in Jiangnan." Li Xiongzhen continued to ask.

"No matter how much influence they have on our Zhenming Army in Jiangnan, this time they were just passing by and made some inappropriate remarks. If we kill them immediately, it will appear that we have no ambition and it will also affect other people's coming. Forget it, let's kill them first. Lock it up." Lin Feng thought for a moment and said.

Li Xiongzhen continued Lin Feng's words: "By the way, when it comes to Jiangnan, we also interrogated Maoxiang specifically. He was not just talking nonsense when he said that Jiangnan officials and gentry were preparing to deal with our Zhenming Group.

The officials and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are very resistant to our commercial and tax policies, especially to our implementation of integrated grain payment for the gentry and gentry. They were also very dissatisfied with our direct promotion of clerks and yamen as officials, which affected Shilin's monopoly on officialdom, so they have reached a consensus to oppose our Zhenming Army.

The first step they took was to seize our Zhenming Group's properties in Jiangnan in an attempt to cut off our economic source. "

After listening to this, Lin Feng closed his eyes and pondered for a moment: "The Jiangnan officials and gentry have formed a vested interest group, and they even dare to violently resist the government's salt tax collection.

Our Zhenming Army pays attention to the interests of ordinary people and is inconsistent with their ideas. It is inevitable that they will oppose us.

But if you dare to oppose us, you will have to bear the wrath of our Zhenming Army. Only by destroying everything can they be taught obedience. "

"Yuanshan, are you going to attack Jiangnan now?"

"This needs to be planned in advance. When the time comes, we must fight. By the way, Jiangnan's affairs must be planned in advance, including how to control Shilin.

Xiong Zhen, go and call Yang Heng, Ma Ang, Huang Hongchang and Deng Hao, and let's discuss it together. "Lin Feng ordered.

"Okay." Li Xiongzhen took the order and left.

After a while, Li Xiongzhen walked in with several people.

Lin Feng pointed to the seats in the room and said, "Sit down, let's discuss how to deal with Jiangnan."

Li Xiongzhen reported the interrogation situation involving Jiangnan, and then Lin Feng told Ma Ang to collect intelligence on Jiangnan and set up an intelligence station in Nanjing City in advance to prepare for the attack.

Yang Heng was instructed to lead Huang Hongchang to immediately formulate a plan for a division-sized army to launch a long-distance attack on Nanjing from Luoyang, and prepare to attack Nanjing if necessary.

Finally, regarding strengthening the control of Shilin, Lin Feng clarified three countermeasures. First, further run the "Zhenming Xundao" and change the Xundao into a daily newspaper when conditions permit to occupy the public opinion position.

The second is to increase efforts to recruit officials from among civilian scholars, recruit a group of scholars to be used by the Zhenming Army, and use them as a way out to collapse the opposition of the scholars.

Third, the Tingfeng Guards have strengthened their monitoring of Shilin. Anyone who is found to be openly opposing the Zhenming Army's policies will have their background checked, and their family members will be strictly investigated for any illegal activities. If found, they will be severely punished.

Lin Feng thought about it again and again and decided that he still couldn't simply charge him with words. Otherwise, it would be easily abused by the people below, causing the channels of speech to be blocked, and it would be difficult to hear true opinions in the future.

(End of this chapter)