Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 468 Donations
However, half a month had passed since Dai Zong and Shi Qian returned. During this period, Zhao Zhen discussed with Xiao Rang and others and decided on the garrison personnel in various counties of Yizhou.

Liu Guang, the magistrate, and Kong Hou, the prosecutor, were in charge of Yizhou affairs, and they were in charge of the east and west of Yizhou respectively. The Golden Spear Battalion was stationed in the city, with Xu Ning as the commander and Hao Siwen as the deputy commander. There were 500 cavalry and 3000 infantry.

The magistrate of Fei County was Le Yao, the commander was Fan Chenglong, and the number of infantrymen was 1000. The magistrate of Cheng County was Qiu Hao, the commander was Zhang Xianzhou, and the deputy general was Li Fengshan, and the number of soldiers was 2500.

Xintai County Magistrate Shi Gugong, Commander Li Ying, Deputy General Shi En, stationed 3000 troops, and also managed Xinwen Village, commanded Jinzhuang, and led 500 troops.

The magistrate of Mengyin County was temporarily appointed by Zhao Xin, assisted by Gao Liangshi and Hua Diao, commanding 2500 soldiers. Zhaojia Village was converted into a military camp, with Xu Qing as the magistrate, commanding 500 soldiers.

The brothers Jie Zhen and Jie Bao, the commanders of Pingyi, led a mountain camp of 2500 people to garrison. The magistrate was concurrently appointed by the prosecutor Kong Hou, who handled affairs in Pingyi, Mengyin and Xintai.

The commander of Yishui County was Zhen Xianglin, who led 1000 soldiers. This place suffered a lot of damage, so Zhao Zhen transferred Ding Chou, the chief clerk of Yuncheng, to be the county magistrate and temporarily take charge of county affairs.

As for Yiyuan, there were not many civilians there, so Wu Yong led the left and right elite camps, with Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Guanghui and Deng Yuanjue as generals, and stationed 5000 soldiers to guard against the Qingzhou bandits.

During this period, in addition to discussing the defense of Yizhou, Zhao Zhen also met with the gentry who surrendered in order.

Ever since Zhangzhuang Township presented the auspicious white pheasant, Zhao Zhen had secretly spread the word, and Zhang Chen, who was not outstanding in poetry, calligraphy and policy essays, was appointed the head of Luji Township.

As more people knew about it, some naturally asked around about Zhao Zhen's preferences. Those with different races in their families joined Liangshan to seek a position, and naturally followed the path of Zhang Chen's family in Zhangzhuang Township and offered their services to get a position.

Over the years, the local gentry had naturally accumulated a lot of wealth. According to Zhao Zhen's instructions, those who offered food, grass, cloth, gold, silver and jewelry did not have to come to the state capital to meet him.

A thousand dan of grain and grass can enable one person in the family to become a tribute student, and then go to the provincial school. If he studies without making mistakes for three years, he will be eligible to be appointed as an official, or take the imperial examination and become an official if he passes.

This method was proposed by Zhao Zhen himself. As soon as it was proposed, it was opposed by Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan and other civil officials. Zhao Zhen said: "Don't worry, brothers. It's not that I covet these grains. First, the counties have doubts about us. This method is just to reassure them. Second, it is also to make the gentry recognize us. After all, we have killed many gentry who bullied men and women, were rich and unkind, and secretly obstructed the land survey and population survey."

"As for the issues you are worried about, I also have solutions. The first point is the school rules. The provincial school has monthly and annual examinations. Those who fail the monthly examinations three times in a row cannot graduate. This makes it difficult for these tribute students to become officials. In addition, there are supervisors in various places. If they commit crimes, they will be dismissed from their posts at the least, or imprisoned at the worst. There is no preferential treatment."

"The benefit of paying the tribute is that it gives these gentry a reputation and they don't have to wear fine clothes. In this way, the rich don't have to hide, and the government can also earn more. Isn't that better?"

This is how the strategy of raising horses and collecting grain was decided.

Once it was implemented, many wealthy and powerful families paid donations in order to obtain the status of a tribute student.

Just as Zhao Zhen expected, especially the older ones, could not stand the restrictions of the provincial school. The title of tribute student was just a way for them to compete with each other and show their status. A few second sons and concubines chose to go to the provincial school.

The business of silk shops has improved a lot. The bone-carved peonies and boxwood sculptures produced in the workshops have also been sold in large quantities.

At present, there is only this level of donation, and the status of a tribute student is the highest level. It is absolutely forbidden to directly appoint an official position through donation.

The people Zhao Zhen met during this period were not the local gentry and wealthy businessmen who donated thousands of shi of rice and wheat.

Instead, there were 20 or 30 people who presented treasures. Zhao Zhen listened to the opinions of the people who presented treasures and assigned them positions according to the quality of the treasures, such as village heads or three elders, but they were not in their own villages. As for the miser who was in charge of hearing lawsuits and collecting taxes, and was responsible for public security and suppressing thieves, none of them were given positions.

Among these treasures, there are two spiritual plants, one peach tree and one red chestnut tree.

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Piantao (Piantao is native to Persia. The tree is 50-60 feet tall and 45 feet in circumference. Its leaves are similar to peaches but larger. It blooms in March and is white. After the flowers fall, it bears fruits that are similar to peaches but with a crooked shape. The flesh is bitter and unpalatable. The kernel inside the pit is sweet. It is treasured by all the countries in the Western Regions. From Youyang Zazu)
Effect 20: Eat 1 peach kernels. If your Agility is less than , increase your Agility by . (Effective for the first time)

Red chestnut (In Cangzhou, there are red chestnuts with green dates, all as big as pears. The chestnuts are green and red, shiny like dates, about two inches long, and the skin is exposed when you bite them. They are not chestnuts from the human world. The flesh is crisp and sweet like candy, and it takes a long time to finish.)
Effect 30: Eat 1 Dan chestnuts. If your strength is less than , your strength will be increased by .

Then there are green wheat and purple rice, both of which are third-level seeds. There are about a hundred of each. They were passed down by a poor sea merchant family in Yizhou Prefecture. Now, Teng Yang, who presented the seeds, was appointed by Zhao Zhen as the manager of the caravan to assist [Ghost Face] Du Xing.

Green wheat (The grains are larger than Chinese wheat, green inside and out, and smell like polished rice. Eating it makes the body lighter, and after a long time, one can resist the wind.)
Effect 30: Eat green wheat for one month. For those whose agility is less than 1, their agility will be increased by .

Purple rice (Purple rice is similar to Jusheng. Cooking one liter of purple rice will yield one dou of rice. Eating it will make your beard and hair black and your complexion stay young.)
Effect 30: If a person’s physical fitness is less than 1, his physical fitness will increase by + after eating purple rice for one month.

There was also Zhang Yifeng from Zhongdu County, who exchanged his position as village chief for a piece of donkey paper passed down from his ancestors.

Paper Donkey (Zhang Guo lived in seclusion in Tiaoshan, Hengzhou. He often traveled between Fen and Jin. He often rode a white donkey, traveling tens of thousands of miles a day. When he rested, he would fold the donkey into a thick paper and put it in a towel box. When he rode, he would spit water on it and it would turn into a donkey again.)
Effect 300: You can ride for one hour every day and travel miles.

A man from Fan County presented a large sheep, as big as a donkey, which was already a first-level spiritual species. According to him, this sheep was originally an ordinary goat. One day it came back from grazing in Gaoping Mountain, and the next day it grew to this size. He also went to the mountains to look for it, and grazed it many times, but there was no other one that grew to this size.

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Green goat (Level 1, as big as a donkey, grows up by eating a leaf of the ginseng fairy from Gaoping Mountain.)
After seeing this, Zhao Zhen learned all the details about the shepherds' grazing areas and memorized them in his mind.

This man was just an ordinary farmer, with three mu of mountain land and more than 20 goats, which was enough to make a living. After Zhao Zhen asked him about it, he sent him to Liangshan Ranch to be a deputy manager, herding cattle and sheep.

In addition to these spiritual seeds and plants that are spread throughout the counties, there are also several treasures that are privately kept by each family.

Zhongmu Iron Cone (Three steps, in the pond below the Wei Rencheng Wangtai in Zhongmu County, there is an iron cone from the Han Dynasty, six feet long, three feet into the ground, with its head pointing southwest.)
This iron cone is actually an iron hammer, weighing 40 jin, made of iron essence. Features: armor breaking, blunt attack.

Gu Bi, (three steps, made of white jade, five or six inches in diameter. The pattern on it is like grains of rice growing naturally, without any difference from carving. If the king obtains it, it means that the five grains will be abundant.)
Characteristic 1: Increased production, abundant harvest of grains in the area.

Hongrui Pillow (Second level, like jade and chestnut, with reddish pattern and bright luster.)
Effect 1: Good sleep. Use this pillow to fall asleep, nourish your energy and accumulate your sharpness.

Effect 2: Wealth.

There were also some iron materials, such as meteorite iron and cold iron, and some plants grown in the mountains that were not of high rank, which were also offered because of their abnormal changes and some of them were supernatural. Zhao Zhen also let the few people who offered more serve as village heads in the village. Based on one principle, the people who offered more must feel that they got more value for money.

Zhao Zhen bought all these items at a high price. What made Zhao Zhen most happy were the four newly found jades. Holding the nine [Spirit of the World] in his hand, Zhao Zhen was full of smiles throughout the first month of the year.

(End of this chapter)