Tongzhou, as maritime trade has become more and more prosperous in recent years, the people are much richer than they were a few years ago. As a local parent official, the magistrate naturally has gained a lot of benefits.

As the governor of Tongzhou, Wu Huisheng also had contacts with him. The largest wealthy family was his wife's mother.

In fact, these big families also have to give them three points of face. To put it simply, if you want to do things in Tongzhou, without the support of these three families, many things cannot be implemented at all. Moreover, like his wife's mother family, the family with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and fertile land is not the largest wealthy family in Tongzhou.

The fertile land controlled by these great tribes alone is enough for Wu Huisheng, the magistrate, to not touch them at all.

But these lands are all land deeds and are legally traded, which gives him only one way to go, either relying on these big clans, or the government orders are not working, everything goes well, and even in some places where the situation is worse, life may be lost.

Although people always say that all the land under the world is the king's land, the land can be bought and sold legally.

At first, when Taizu founded the country, at least 90% of people had land and fertile land, and Jingguo also abolished slaves. The situation was very good, and the people in the world applauded.

But human nature is always degenerate. When some families with some money initially offer high prices to buy land, not everyone can withstand temptation.

It’s so hard to work in the world every day. If you sell the land, you can be idle and live leisurely for half your life. What will happen in the future? Think about it again in the future.

There will be no shortage of people with this kind of idea in any place. Within three generations of family, there is a high probability that such people will be present.

So those who had some financial resources at the beginning and had some money would soon become bigger and bigger after several generations of business and acquisition. When they became bigger, more and more people would have no land to farm, and they could only work for wealthy families.

But more than 50% of the lands of these big clans are voluntarily traded. The land deeds are reasonable and legal, and the government cannot control them.

After several generations, the land of the great clans became more and more, and after hundreds of people worked for them, these great clans began to use some small tricks, either tricks or even snatched away, the government did not dare to take care of them.

They have countless fertile lands, and hundreds of landless people have to work for these big clans to live, and they offend these big clans. With a shout, they can gather countless people. Even if they don’t fight against the government, they can make the government frustrated.

The simplest example is that the imperial court was planning to build some cement roads in Hanzhong and Shu to strengthen the central government's control over the local area, which was proposed by Huang Taisun Li Xingzhou, but it obviously damaged the interests of the local tribe who monopolized local land.

Those big clans did not go against the government head-on, but they mobilized and incited the people, used bad Feng Shui, and some strange powers to mess up the gods, and only said that hundreds of people were blocked on the important roads, but they did not allow them to be repaired.

In the end, the court had to leave it alone, and this was the power of the rich.

As for the people, some may have been deceived, while others are making a living under the command of the big clan and have to do it.

So the more you go, the more corrupted you get. When local officials arrive at the local area, they either have good relations with these big tribes and are incompatible with each other, or they are excluded, suppressed, and finally get rid of shame, and even die of ignorance.

Wu Huisheng knew the current affairs very well, so he contacted the Tongzhou tribe just a few years ago. His wife was from the Tongzhou tribe. He was able to do a good job as an official in Tongzhou and made a fortune.

But the variables came out. Last year, the crown prince Li Xingzhou proposed a new tax reform, requiring no taxation to be paid on the head, but based on how many acres of land they have.

This instantly caused many big clans to jump up!

In the past, tax collection was based on the head of the people, and large families with tens of thousands of acres of land only needed to pay taxes for a family of dozens or hundreds of people, which was easy for them.

The civilians who had long been sold by themselves or their ancestors, or were taken away by the rich clans by various means still had to pay taxes for a few families, so they had to do cheap long-term work in the family.

Now that this is the case, the more land the greater the taxes the greater, the more taxes the greater. Many ordinary people who "don't meet the standards" do not even have to pay taxes, which completely touches the foundation of the powerful people.

So the news came out at that time, and the entire southeastern region was in an uproar, and then memorials flew to the capital one by one.

When Qi Fang, the confidant sent by the crown prince, took office, he had all kinds of troubles one after another, and some even wanted to use some "extraordinary" means to deal with the legendary crown prince mistress.

Of course, he kept stumble and created all kinds of difficulties, but no one dared to break up and deal with her. It was just that the officials and wealthy families in the coastal areas wanted her to recognize the facts and retreat when they saw the difficulties.

After all, it is a foregone conclusion that the crown prince inherits the throne, and he doesn't want to offend him to death.

As a result, the woman was not a vase. She was tough and familiar with various political methods, which made them a little passive. After checking, she realized that the woman named Qifang not only was her father a former prefect, but later entered the court to become a minister of the Secretariat, but also fought with the crown prince! It was very difficult.

In the end, the crown prince was the emperor who fought in the Jin Kingdom, and Qi Fang was also recalled.

This not only made many people feel relieved. This large-scale northern expedition diverted attention, and then some failures or failures were made, adding fuel to the fire. As a political means, it could put some pressure on the court to force the court to give up its previous plans.

Everyone planned this way at that time, and they also thought things would develop like this.

After all, today, if there is a country with the most abundant martial ethics, it is undoubtedly the Jin Kingdom that captured most of the Liao Kingdom in just a few years, fought eastward to the ground to the Goryeo and surrendered to the northward to the Tatar tribes.

The Jin Kingdom Tiefutu became famous all over the world, defeating tens of thousands of people with thousands of people and defeating hundreds of thousands of troops of Liao Kingdom with tens of thousands of people!

This kind of combat power has been seen in the whole country of Jingguo or has been dreaming about it at night.

Therefore, even if the crown prince is undefeated, he cannot please him. This is the general view of wealthy families and upper-class officials in the coastal areas at that time.

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As a result, several months after the army set out, news came from the north that the Emperor's Grandson army broke through Shanhaiguan, defeated the Jin army, and surrounded Ningyuan!

Once the news was confirmed, the people were excited and the government and the country were full of praise. Only the upper-level officials and wealthy families in the coastal areas were panicked.

This... this is too much!

What they thought was that this time the dispatch of troops would weaken the prestige of the crown prince, but they did not expect it to be counterproductive!

With such great achievements, if the crown prince returns to the court, whether in the folk or in the court, his prestige will definitely be further improved and will be supported by the people and officials. How can he resist it when he attacks them?

Since receiving the news that day, the coastal states and high-ranking families have moved more than ever, and each company has hurriedly moved in to deal with the subsequent changes.

There are only two ways to deal with it, to put it bluntly, it is to take sides.

Some people think that they cannot compete with the crown prince. On the one hand, they use their relationship to go to Beijing to show their favors to the royal palace. On the other hand, they sell some of their own land at a cheap price, or share it with relatives and friends, or even loyal long-time workers at home. If they collect taxes based on the amount of land acres in the future, it is unrealistic to hold too much land. Just paying taxes can kill themselves.

The other faction decided to be strong and to the end. On the one hand, they joined forces with relevant officials to write to the court to contact officials in the capital who were also dissatisfied with the crown prince, and wanted to recall the army for various reasons and prevent the crown prince from continuing to make meritorious contributions. On the other hand, they actively tried to unite with the clans with the same idea and secretly built weapons in private in case of emergencies.

Both sides are in full swing. Now the situation in the upper class of coastal states is very delicate. It is about to change the situation, so it is time to take the lead.

Wu Huisheng also thought about it for a long time and was still hesitating. His wife's family wrote letters several times to ask him to write to the court and take back the army, so that he would stand opposite to the crown prince. Even his father-in-law had visited him several times and conveyed this meaning, but he was perfunctory.

My wife has also been with him for this matter more than a few times.

Wu Huisheng always felt that it was inappropriate. This moment was too important. If he made a mistake, he might have finished his career in his life.

In the officialdom, he understood the resume of the crown prince better than the father-in-law of the landlord. This man became famous for suppressing the rebels, and then attacked and destroyed the remnants of the Northern Han Dynasty, defeated the Liao Kingdom, and captured the Liao Kingdom alive.

Many actions reveal a legendary color that cannot be done. What if the army not only breaks Shanhaiguan?

If we conquer Ningyuan or Jinzhou in the north and make unparalleled achievements, then the crown prince will be in the prime of his life when he returns to the court. Wouldn't he behave like a mantis when he competes with him?

If he wrote a memorial at this time and was found out at that time, his career in this life might be ruined! There is no room for his return.

Otherwise, it would be better. If the crown prince returns to the court and eventually cannot defeat the great clans of the coastal states and the government orders are dragged down and then left unresolved, he will be excluded and suppressed by the local wealthy clans. Maybe the magistrate of Tongzhou will not be able to continue to make money and cannot continue to make money.

But this does not affect his career! At worst, he can start again after leaving Tongzhou. He can still become an official, but he can only work hard for a few more years, and may even be appreciated by the crown prince. If he can't continue to be an official on the coast, he can go to the capital and the north, and there are many places.
Chapter completed!