Chapter 677: Merger Processing
As a representative figure of the civil servants, Zuo Xiang Quanyun hopes that when governing internal affairs, he will make progress with gentle means. Fierce means may be quick for a while, but the bleeding, chaos and dispersed hearts that follow him seem even more troublesome. The fastest update of Zhengyang's old bureaucratic and gentry system is a very normal thing to resist the Ming New Deal, because under the Ming New Deal, their old privileges will be weakened or even consumed.
Zhengyang County is a grain production place, which is also the reason why he was valued by the dynasty. However, the land was concentrated in the hands of a few people. The gentry and powerful people in Zhengyang occupied 60 to 70% of Zhengyang's land resources. The real self-cultivation farmers only had only 30% of them. A large amount of land concealment, hidden households, etc., greatly affected the tax revenue of the court. More importantly, here, the people only knew their masters, but did not know that there was a court. The court's laws were not as good as the words of the gentry.
Zhengyang County has the same effect as Shayang County in the past, and is basically controlled by the powerful people. The difference is that after Shayang County, led by Mr. Liu, surrendered to Qin Feng, in the next few years, Qin Feng used different means to take the land from the powerful people and remeasure the land. Even in Shayang County, the population of the Qing Dynasty was unhindered, let alone Zhengyang County today.
At that time, Shayang County voluntarily surrendered to Qin Feng, but now Zhengyang County is a helpless act under the pressure of form. Their resistance to the new laws of the court can be imagined naturally.
Zhengyang County is too important, and Qin Feng must not ignore this area. However, it is difficult to correct the source and take ruthless measures. Now Wuming is out of the way, and he will implement moderate changes according to Quan Yun's idea, and erode the power of Zhengyang and other old gentry one by one. In Qin Feng's opinion, it is too slow.
Time is too late, and I have to seize the day. Now the situation in the mainland is tense, and the peace that has lasted for many years has been broken. All countries are ready to show their strength. Even the poorest Qin State, after the Deng family came to power, changed its previous policy of self-restrainedness and preparing to expand outward.
Maeyue's comprehensive strength is the weakest among the countries. After Qin Feng took it down, it is impossible for him to jump into a powerful country in a short period of time. Just like a large ship leaking everywhere, no matter how diligent Qin Feng is, he can only repair and repair these loopholes first, and then talk about revitalizing him, reinventing his appearance, and riding the wind and waves.
Now Zhengyang County has become a tough bone, which makes Qin Feng feel embarrassed.
But a few days later, Qianmeng's return from Zhengyang County made Qin Feng furious.
Qin Feng, with a gloomy face, stood in front of the window, looking at the snow that had gradually melted outside the window, and was silent. Behind him, Guo Jiuling and Qianmian also had extremely serious expressions.
The problems in Zhengyang County are much more serious than Qin Feng expected.
"Winter has passed, spring has come!" Qin Feng suddenly sneered: "Everything is revived and its vitality is refreshing, but some things that shouldn't have grown have also grown. Do you really think that the knife in my Qin Feng's hand dare not kill people?"
He took a deep breath, turned around and walked back. After walking back to the big case, he picked up the detailed memorial about Zhengyang written by Qianmian, and read it carefully.
"Eunuch Le, Xuan Quanyun, Wang Hou and Huo Guang entered the palace." Qin Feng ordered.
"Yes!" Eunuch Le walked out quickly, but Qin Feng leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair, closing his eyes without saying a word.
After a while, Qin Feng opened his eyes again, glanced at Guo Jiuling and Qianmian in front of him, and waved, "You two, sit down and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Guo Jiuling turned his head, and the two of Qianmians found their own place and sat down.
"The Condor Eagle Cultivation Plan seems pretty good at the moment. But don't use this person easily. Don't let him take risks until the critical moment. The more he does, the easier it will be to expose his tail and be caught. We have spent so much effort, not just for a Murong Hong and a ignorant Yan State." Qin Feng looked at Guo Jiuling and said.
"Your Majesty, this incident is too horrifying. Our front-line general actually colluded with the rebels. Fortunately, such a thing fell into the hands of our people, which made us get the news. Otherwise, if the accident really broke out, we would be caught off guard. The Eagle also knew the importance of this matter, so she risked in Zhengyang County and sent a signal to contact our people." Guo Jiuling said.
"Is that contact person still in Zhengyang?" Qin Feng asked.
"Yes. The Condor Hero is still in Zhengyang County now, which is the only contact channel he knows."
"Transfer that person back to the headquarters of the Eagle Nest." Qin Feng pondered for a moment, "Next, Qianmian contacted him personally, so that he would not need to use this person in general. What he needs to do now is to make contributions, promote his position, master more resources, and occupy a higher position, so that he will play a greater role in the future."
"I understand, I will go back to Zhengyang County next and explain to him your Majesty's will." Qianmian said.
"Through this time, we can also see the mistakes in the collection of information by Eagle Nest. Li Wei and others actually used their troops to smuggle food, steel, and weapons from Barbarians, Jiang Haokun and others. If the Eagle had not discovered it, I don't know how long it would have been hidden. Eagle Nest should reflect on this matter." Qin Feng tapped the table with his fingers, his tone a bit stern.
"I am afraid, the Eagle Nest is already starting to make a new arrangement." Guo Jiuling's old face turned slightly red. "This time we were careless. We never expected that the problem was our own army. Your Majesty, the Eagle Nest was born from the army and had a deep affection for the army. Before, our Eagle Nest had basically no monitoring of the army. This incident sounded the alarm for us. If the army did not have any accidents, it would break the sky. We cannot just hope for the loyalty and personal character of the general. We must have a complete plan that will allow us to understand the trends of the army in a timely manner. We hope that Your Majesty will approve us to set up such a department."
Although there is a Ministry of War, the Ming army actually only obeys one person. This is Qin Feng, and Qin Feng is also very tight about military power. Qin Feng, who was born in the army, knew about his subordinates' feelings. In the past, Qin Feng opposed the establishment of personnel to monitor the number of generals in the army, which is also the reason why Guo Jiuling specifically reported to Qin Feng.
This is a big event. Qin Feng frowned and pondered for a long time before he gently turned his head, "You can set up personnel, so you can do it in the name of the Military Intelligence Department. These personnel will be responsible for the collection of military intelligence in the future, but they are only allowed to investigate and report intelligence, and are not allowed to interfere with military operations."
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Guo Jiuling raised his head.
Eunuch Le entered the study silently like a cat, and followed Zuo Prime Minister Quanyun, Minister of Personnel Wang Hou, and Minister of War Huo Guang.
Qin Feng didn't say anything and threw Qianmian's investigation report to Quan Yun.
After browsing it quickly, Quan Yun's face changed slightly, and he handed the report to Wang Hou beside him without saying a word. After Wang Hou read it, he frowned and passed it to Huo Guang.
"Sinceremony, the gentle change you imagined is probably not working." Qin Feng sneered.
Quan Yun looked very bad, "A crazy thing is so bold for his own selfish interests."
Huo Guang was angry: "Your Majesty, why are you hesitating about this? You should clean them up immediately so as not to cause any major trouble in the future."
"It's not that simple!" Qin Feng shook his head: "Zhengyang County now has 15,000 troops, but all of these 5,000 soldiers are Zhengyang soldiers. Among them, Li Weige Township each has a battle camp of 5,000 people, and there are 5,000 county soldiers. Now it seems that this is not our Ming army, it is completely their private army. It is not easy to move them."
"Your Majesty is good. Judging from the current situation, the court lacks the necessary control over Zhengyang's army. If you want to deal with them, you must mobilize the army. Once the army moves, no secret can be hidden. If they start a sudden attack, lead troops to rebel, and connect with the barbarians and Jiang Haokun, Zhengyang County will be destroyed." Quan Yun shook his head and said, "Military suppression is the worst strategy. You must not use it unless you have to."
"Military suppression is just a last resort and cannot be used without a complete solution." Wang Hou also bowed his head.
Huo Guang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, we have been besieging the four counties in the North for half a year. The Ministry of War can hold a meeting to convene generals from the surrounding troops of the four counties in the North for discussion and discussion. In this way, they can be brought to the capital. At that time, it will be solved by just a few guards."
"Is that easy?" Quan Yun shook his head repeatedly: "Shangshu Huo, what if they don't come? Or what if they only come one of them? Or they have made corresponding arrangements when their own people come, should we just catch people? If they catch people, will it still be in chaos? It's a pity for them to attack!"
"This is not possible, that is not possible. Are you just watching them lawless?" Huo Guang said angrily.
Qin Feng, who had been listening quietly to the discussion of several ministers, finally spoke.
Chapter completed!