Chapter 199 Seizure, dividing land

Wang Jian was obviously a little embarrassed when he ran away, and he should not have made sufficient preparations in advance. He and his family took away the soft and soft things, but there were quite a few things that could not be taken away. In the huge Red Mansion, there were quite a lot of valuable assets besides real estate.

For example, more than 5,000 stones of grain, more than 500 pieces of precious calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, lacquerware, wood carvings, ivory carvings, root carvings, mahogany furniture, etc. For example, more than 3,000 pieces of silk, silk, cotton, linen, kudzu, etc. are all in one piece.

Unfortunately, there is no gold, silver and wealth. Gold, silver, jewelry, etc. can be carried with you at any time, so naturally it will not be left behind. It can be imagined that when you escape, Wang Jian must have distributed all the gold, silver and other ingots to his family and took them away. However, food, cloth and other supplies could not be carried with you, so he had to keep them.

Zhang Zhun suddenly realized that he had taken action against Lingshanwei first, and it seemed that he was right.

At least, Zhao Yinying, the commander of the Aoshan Guard, was not in the Aoshan Guard, and the valuable materials were all in Qingzhou Prefecture. The Aoshan Guard was visited by the Tartars on Tianheng Island many times and plundered them. Even if he conquered the Aoshan Guard, he would probably not be able to seize too much material. However, the Lingshan Guard was different. All the assets of the large and small officers of the Lingshan Guard were in the Lingshan Guard. So many materials were collected from Wang Jian's nest alone. The other officers' homes have not been settled yet. If they were counted out, I believe it would be a satisfactory number. There were quite a lot of big fish caught in this net!

The indifference of Lingshan Guards also has one advantage, that is, there is no looting. If it were replaced by Aoshan Guards, countless people would definitely launch looting. Zhang Lingyun's 50-man team was not enough to watch. Once the looting was out of control, all the supplies would disappear without a trace.

Zhang Lingyun found a large number of Tianqi.

Good guy, Wang Jian himself alone has more than 25,000 acres of fertile land, and I believe that other officers' land will definitely not be less. According to the information I have learned before, the land of Lingshan Guards will not exceed 200,000 acres. One-tenth of the land is under Wang Jian's name. He should be the largest landlord in Laizhou Prefecture. However, this is also expected. If it weren't for this outrageous, would the ward system be completely abandoned? The commander of Aoshan Guards and Laizhou Guards should also have similar fields.

Zhang Lingyun continued to count the assets of other officers.

Soon, all kinds of materials found from other officers' homes were also summarized. Gold, silver and other things could be ignored. Gold, silver and fine, soft and so on were basically taken away. The most seized by the guards were still food and cloth. The total grain seized was more than 10,000 stones, and all kinds of cloth were more than 5,000. From any angle, it was an astonishing number.

Of course, it is not surprising that there is such a material reserve for acropolis. After all, Lingshan Acropolis has a guard commander, two commanders, four commanders, and four thousand households. They are all third-rank, third-rank, fourth-rank, and fifth-rank military officers. In terms of the rank of officials, they are higher than a mansion. The wealth created by tens of thousands of military households is concentrated in their hands.

If these wealth were effectively utilized by the court, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished so quickly, right? Suddenly, Zhang Zhun felt a ridiculous feeling that he felt deeply saddened for Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen’s biggest trouble was probably that he had no money and food, the national treasury was empty, and he was always unable to make ends meet. He could not help the victims, nor could he pay the food and salary of the officers and soldiers, and he had to collapse in the end.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not have no money or food, but the money and food were not under the control of the emperor. A very ordinary Lingshan Guard had such rich assets. The Ming Dynasty had hundreds of Guards, even if there were only half of Guards. If there were such a number, it was an amazing number! Let’s not talk about how much gold and silver there were, just millions of stones of food was enough to support the Liaodong army for a year and a half.

"How is the situation in Shiku?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly asked.

"Sir, there are too many supplies in the ten warehouses, and the inspection has not been completed yet."

Zhang Lingyun said in a little embarrassed.

Zhang Zhun said to Mo Yu: "Mo Yu, you can help too!"

Mo Yu agreed to go.

Zhang Lingyun obviously welcomed him and said enthusiastically: "Brother, you came too timely."

After all, Mo Yu knew some culture and knew how to arithmetic. With him helping to check the points, the speed would be much faster. The soldiers of the guard team were very good at fighting, but it would be more difficult to do this kind of water-pulling. Zhang Lingyun had a headache when he saw the numbers. However, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu and others would have to arrive at night at the earliest. Before they arrived, the guard team had to sort out a rough data. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the inner warehouse was built, which was the national treasury. There were ten warehouses in total: 1. Inner transportation warehouse, storage of satin, gold and silver, precious jade, teeth and horns, feathers, and the largest gold and silver flowers and silver, and the annual income of one million taels is strange (belonging to the Ministry of Revenue). 2. Guangji warehouse, storage of sulfur and saltpeter (belonging to the Ministry of Industry). 3. A character library, storage of cloth and pigments (belonging to the Ministry of Revenue). 4. B character library, storage of fat jackets, war shoes, and soldier fur hats (belonging to the Ministry of War). 5. C character library, storage of cotton and silk (belonging to the household).

Ministry).6. T-shaped library, storage of copper and iron, animal skin, summu (belonging to the Ministry of Revenue).7. Wu-shaped library, storage of A-shaped card (belonging to the Ministry of Works).8. Stolen and fine library, storage of official property (belonging to the Ministry of Revenue).9. Guanghui library, storage of money bank (belonging to the Ministry of Revenue).10. Guangying library, storage of wire, yarn, and brocade (belonging to the Ministry of Works). In addition, there is Tiancai library (also known as the Ministry of Revenue, which stores keys for each government office, and also storage of money banknotes), and supply warehouses (storage of japonica rice, cooked rice and offerings).

The warehouse settings of Lingshan Acropolis also operate according to these ten warehouses.

However, these ten treasuries belong to the treasury series. Since they are treasury, they are the targets of embezzlement by officials at all levels. Every official in the Ming Dynasty had the same idea, which was to wish that all the assets in the treasury would be turned into personal private property. For this reason, everyone shredded their heads and frantically moved the assets in the treasury into their own pockets, fearing that they would move too slowly and move too little.

Later generations of historians once joked that even if the Ming Dynasty was "moved" by its own officials, it was not completely unreasonable. If the treasury is empty, the country will naturally collapse. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to find anything valuable in the treasury. However, it does not mean that there is nothing in the treasury. In such a huge acropolis, there must be a lot of materials, and the key is whether it is suitable or not.

"Sir, Fang Yu and ten old men are here."

Shortly after Zhang Lingyun and Mo Yu left, Zhang Zhun received a report.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Please."

After a while, Fang Yu appeared in front of Zhang Zhun with ten white-haired old men.

For Fang Yu and the ten old men, it was the first time they came in the Red Mansion, and they looked a little curious and uneasy. There was no doubt that they were absolutely in awe of the Red Mansion. This is a very strange phenomenon. Even if the Red Mansion has been replaced, it still makes people feel scared, and it is the kind of fear that comes from the bottom of their hearts.

"Sir."

Fang Yu and others said hello to Zhang Zhun together.

Zhang Zhun said gently: "Don't be polite, sit down and talk!"

After saying that, please sit down with all the old men.

Everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Zhun, but no one spoke.

Zhang Zhun said straight to the point: "I believe everyone knows that I have successfully expelled Wang Jian. All the officers of Lingshan Guard have basically run away. Since they have run away, they will not have a chance to come back. To be honest, I will be the ones in the future."

"But I am not a person like Wang Jian. I will not move away all the interests of Lingshan Guards. The purpose of my coming here is to bring benefits to everyone. I can tell you frankly that I, Zhang Zhun, will be stationed in Lingshan Guards for a long time."

"The first thing I have to do is to distribute the fields to everyone. Whether men or women, as long as they are above three feet tall, they can obtain five acres of land. Equalizing the fields, exempting labor service, promoting China, and building Datong are my Zhang Zhun's philosophy. I would like to ask all the elderly to support them."

While speaking, Zhang Zhun carefully looked at everyone's face. As a result, he regretfully found that his speech did not receive enthusiastic support. A killer like dividing land and land did not cause too much trouble. Therefore, what he originally wanted to say was simplified later. In a vague way, Zhang Zhun felt that his start in Lingshanwei might be quite difficult and could not be achieved overnight.

Sure enough, after Zhang Zhun finished speaking, the situation was unsuccessful.

No one speaks.

After a long period of silence, an old man slowly said, "The Lord of the Crown came from afar, so we naturally admire him very much. If you have any instructions, please let me do it and ensure that the Lord of the Crown is satisfied."

Zhang Zhun couldn't help but frowned quietly.

He heard the taste of the other party's words. Obviously, the old man's meaning was not too enthusiastic about dividing the land, but showed a passive and helpless attitude of having to execute orders. The meaning was very simple. You are the assistant minister, and we will do whatever you say. However, we will not actively carry out the work. Of course, we will try our best to satisfy you.

If you think deeper, there are more meanings to express: Because you are the lord of the clerk, we have to execute your orders. If anything happens in the future, we will not be responsible. If others pursue it, they can also defend themselves: the lord of the clerk asked us to do this, and we have to do this!

This is a very bad sign!

Active cooperation and passive cooperation are completely different concepts!

Zhang Zhun looked at Fang Yu.

Who are the people this guy has come to? Are they not interested in the fields? Do they not want to get their own fields? Or are they themselves having fields?

Fang Yu saw Zhang Zhun's expression and was obviously a little anxious. He said bluntly: "Uncle Hu, now the assistant minister is here to Lingshanwei to uphold justice and want to divide the land for us. Wouldn't everyone welcome it? All the uncles here are tenants, and there is no part of their own land. Most of the harvest must be handed over. Don't you want to turn the land into its own?"

The elderly expressed silence.

The situation is cold again.

Zhang Zhun suppressed his unhappiness and said slowly: "Anyone who is familiar with the entire Lingshanwei field? I need some help."

Fang Yu said softly: "Uncle Hu?"

The old man named Uncle Hu lowered his head and did not make a sound.

Zhang Zhun's eyes fell on him inadvertently and nodded thoughtfully.

A moment later, another old man stood up, saluted Zhang Zhun respectfully, and said seriously: "I am willing to serve the adults."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said calmly: "Then thank you old man."

The old man claimed to be Zheng Dafang, a tenant of Wang Jian's family. According to him, Lingshanwei has a total of more than 200,000 acres of land, with a population of more than 50,000, and each person has less than four acres of land on average. However, all these fields are in the hands of officers. In ordinary military households, less than 10% of them have their own land. Most of the military households are tenants, who rely on farming for the officers' families to make a living. As for those who have no land and no other livelihood, they have already defected to the Fushan area next to them.

Zhang Zhun said with interest: "Are you familiar with "Jotian Ling"?"

Zheng Dafang said ashamedly: "I heard a little, but I haven't found out the details."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said firmly: "Tonight, I have two subordinates, Liu Hang and Liu Baoyu, who will arrive at Lingshan Acropolis. Before that, you will verify the fields again and see if the standard of five acres per person is enough. If it is not enough, how should we deal with it. Fang Yu, leave this matter to you. Take out a charter as soon as possible."

The elderly did not react much.

Fang Yu said: "Sir, I will definitely come up with the regulations as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhun raised his voice and said sternly: "The constitution must be determined tonight! Starting tomorrow, the land will be divided!"

Fang Yu solemnly stated that he would definitely do it.

The elderly left without saying a word.

Zhang Zhun called Fang Yu and said in a deep voice: "Fang Yu, how many young and strong can you mobilize?"

Fang Yu said tactfully: "Sir, as long as you start dividing the land tomorrow, I promise that you can mobilize thousands of people!"

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "There are too many thousands of people. Just five hundred people. You mobilize 500 young and middle-aged people to prepare to collect weapons tomorrow and set up a patrol. The future security patrol of the Acropolis will be handed over to you. If you perform well, you can be incorporated into my guard."

Fang Yu was overjoyed and expressed his gratitude.

Zhang Zhun said: "Go! Hurry up!"

Fang Yu said goodbye excitedly and left.
Chapter completed!