Drinking poison to quench thirst may not be a bad thing, or it is more precise to describe it as taking the slightest of both evils. Compared with the bandits everywhere, allowing local armed troops to gain self-respect may be one of the choices.

Of course, this requires you to grasp a certain degree. If local armed forces are bigger, they cannot form a trend of being too big. First of all, the centralization must be strong enough to shock the vassal states in various places.

At present, the Ming Dynasty court still has this ability. Although the 200,000 Beijing troops dare not say how powerful the combat power is, at least it can still play a role in the local army. In addition, Zhu Cilang is proud of the Tiger Army, and the Eastern Palace Guards that cannot be underestimated, are not vegetarians.

As for the current situation in Shanxi, Zhu Cixuan decided to implement a recruitment system. Local armed forces were allowed to recruit soldiers by themselves, and local generals were allowed to lead military and political power at once. Although the consequences of doing so were serious, it could at least curb the development of bandits.

Zhu Cixuan looked at the officials: "No matter what method you use, the method of scrambled eggs or the method of jumping to the master. As long as you can get money, food and soldiers, you can destroy the bandits, I will not pursue it."

Zhu Cilang's method is indeed feasible, but the side effects are huge.

Lin Gang, the governor of the grain, was the first to stand up to oppose: "Your Highness, I have objections."

Zhu Cixuan didn't give him a chance to speak at all: "Reject it, if you have any objections, you will first wipe out the bandits and then talk to me."

Fortunately, Lin Gangzhong, the governor of the grain, was also tough. He said with anger: "What if the generals below are rushing to extort fish and meat, what should we do if the generals below charge fish and meat? Your Highness said that no matter what method we use, the method of scrambled eggs or the method of jumping to the master. As long as you get money, the food and soldiers will not be investigated. Your Highness, you will make the generals below do whatever they want. They will rob money and grain at all costs. What is the difference between this move and the bandits!"

Zhu Cixuan walked to him, and the distance between the two was almost close to each other. However, Lin Gangzhong had no intention of fear at all, and he still stared at Zhu Cixuan intently.

Zhu Cilang admired this man's toughness, but he still said coldly: "Now you talk to me about these things. When the bandits attack in, it is not called robbing money and grain, it is called slaughter. Do you want to watch the city breaking away, and there is a sea of ​​corpses and blood in the city? Have you ever seen dead people?"

Lin Gangzhong was stunned and didn't quite understand what the prince said, but he nodded: "I've seen it."

"Then have you seen dead people on the battlefield? I have seen them. Have you seen them with hungry people who died on the roadside thousands of miles away? I have seen them with them. Have you seen them with all the people in the village, and the old, weak, women and children who were killed by bandits? I have seen them. What do you say to me now is different from bandits? What are the generals below? What do you want you to do? Are there so many officials in the Shanxi Provincial Administration Office?

Zhu Cilang's first words made everyone speechless. Lin Gangzhong no longer argued, and he lowered his head with shame.

Deputy General Ying Shisheng also said, "Your Highness, if you have a general who is under me who is a general who is a fishy person, it will be a dereliction of duty for me. Don't worry, I will definitely suppress the bandits in Shanxi!"

Zhu Cilang nodded with moderate satisfaction: "Okay, I am waiting for this sentence. In one month, I will be in Shanxi for up to one month. I will leave the rest to you."

One month is Zhu Cilang's greatest ability. In this month, Li Zicheng may have captured countless cities in Henan.

Zhu Cilang must solve the problem of rampant bandits in Shanxi as soon as possible.

Local governments are allowed to recruit soldiers themselves, and generals from all over Shanxi are allowed to lead military and political leaders. In this way, the landlords and gentry in various parts of Shanxi are in great danger.

Jiang County has a long history and is known in history as ancient Jiang. It belongs to Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period, Jiang County in the Han Dynasty, and Jiangyi County in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was called Nanjiang County in the 18th year of Taihe in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was changed to Jiang County in the fifth year of Datong in the Western Wei Dynasty, and was used until the Ming Dynasty.

The county has a complex terrain, high in the southeast and low in the northwest, half of the mountainous area, one-third of the hills and the smallest flat rivers.

In Jiang County, there are two large landlords, one is the Lin family in the south of the city and the west of the city. These two big families are actually very powerful. There are also many scholars and Jinshi in the family. As for scholars, they are even more crowded.

Lin Mingchen, the patriarch of the Lin family, made a huge fortune and had a wealthy family. Fang Wenjing, the patriarch of the Fang family, dared not even provoke the magistrate.

Liu Zicong, the magistrate of Jiang County, took office and had to visit the Fang family on the first day of his tenure, and then the Lin family. When he arrived at the Fang family, he was a magistrate and waited outside the house for half an hour. At this time, Fang Wenjing instructed his servants to ask the magistrate Liu to speak.

When he arrived at the office, Liu Zicong had to visit him respectfully. Fang Wenjing sat in the hall with a swagger, and did not even get up to greet him.

The situation when they arrived at the Lin family was similar. These aristocratic families did not take a magistrate seriously at all. If the magistrate wanted to stay in office, he would not dare to offend these aristocratic families.

Generally, the magistrate of a county will hire a subordinate. However, there are two in Jiang County.

One is the master sent by the Fang family, named Fang Tong, and the other is the master sent by the Lin family, named Lin Buyu.

In theory, the master does not belong to the court. Moreover, the master's salary is also expensed by the magistrate. To put it bluntly, the master is the staff hired by the magistrate and is responsible for paying the master's salary.

However, the Fang family and the Lin family didn't have to pay Liu Zicong at all. The two big families sent their masters to the county government and paid their own salary.

However, Fang Tong and Lin couldn't help but decide the government work of the entire county government. Instead, the magistrate Liu Zicong was completely undermined.

Such things are common in the local officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. The officialdom is corrupt and the buying and selling of officials is rampant. It is also common for the fact that the county magistrate who took office is undermined by local tribes.

In Shanxi alone, there were more than a dozen examples like Liu Zicong. These aristocratic families were all for their own interests, and naturally used the magistrate to impose heavy taxes on local people.

Of course, it is not that the Lin family and the Fang family are both large landlords. These two aristocratic families have a population of nearly 10,000, and there are only a few dozen people who really have money.

These people, not only became their own family members, but also, as for the people of their foreign races, their families were basically enfeoffed. These landless farmers could only be forced to become tenants of the two major families.

However, as the prince Zhu Cilang entered Shanxi, all this was completely different. Zhu Cilang acted decisively and allowed local governments to attack large landlords.
Chapter completed!