The land battle in Linxi Village is not uncommon in Jinhua Prefecture, and it is still mild. For example, Jinhua Prefecture City and Yiwu County are no longer as simple as confrontation. There have even been large-scale armed fights and even bloodshed incidents.

The local people in Jinhua also perfectly promoted the precedents that had shocked Qi Jiguang and even shocked the Ming Dynasty, and fought unremittingly with officials and officers who went to the countryside to requisition land.

Fortunately, since Chen Wen's Zhejiang Ming army is mainly composed of people from Jinhua Prefecture, many people on both sides can still catch up with their relatives, and the degree of the fight is far less intense than that of the time back then. In addition, the Ming army, which has the advantage, maintained the necessary restraint under the military order, and it is just beginning. Due to many reasons, there is no lawsuit for life for the time being, so it is hard to say in the future.

On the other hand, because he had never been a civil servant, Cao Conglong spent half a month to barely sort out the civil affairs of Jinhua Mansion. With this process and the frequent land disputes, a series of new policies of Jinhua Mansion immediately caught his eye.

"There has not been this case for more than two hundred years of Emperor Ming Dynasty. The noble master was arbitrarily changing the ancestral system. He was the authority of the court and also thought about the affairs of the noble master after his death. This matter must not be done and should be cancelled immediately!"

What Cao Conglong said was not a loan, but an improved version of the ancestral system. In Cao Conglong's view, the loan was just Chen Wen colluded with Sun Yu to make money, and there was no possibility of repaying the loan. It could even be said that it might be a good thing if he didn't pay it back. However, the improved version of the ancestral system will inevitably lead to the collapse of the Huangming household registration classification system, which he cannot tolerate in both public and private.

"Zhang Jiangling was so powerful that his house was confiscated in just a few days after his death, and his palace rank was cut off, and his seals were seized during his lifetime. Four generations of imperial edicts were made to show the world for crimes. Even his family members were not spared. Moreover, Zhang Jiangling was still a civil servant, and his noble title was a military general. He was even more afraid of holding military power. If he did not change his course in time, he would be afraid that even the day he would be restored to his post and honor would not be possible."

"Besides, the nobles set up a garrison to requisition wasteland. The current dispute over land is full of controversy. How can we send troops to restore the old land?"

Since ancient times, reforms will inevitably touch on vested interest groups. Therefore, even if the reforms are successful, few hosts can escape unscathed, and the Zhang Juzheng reform of the Ming Dynasty is an example.

Cao Conglong's words for him made Chen Wen quite moved. He was not unaware of what he said, but the current ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty was no longer enough to support the dynasty's revival.

At least in Chen Wen's opinion, if you want to turn the tables, you must first reform. From the time he trained the initial Nantang camp on Dalan Mountain, he tried his best to avoid the bad habits of the feudal army to damage the seedlings of the new army. The facts have also proved that the semi-feudal army trained through modern and modern military systems are not something that ordinary feudal army can compete with. The two are very different in terms of military morale, morale, discipline, belief, etc.

Now, by improving the garrison system, he can further strengthen the army and start to transform into a newer form, and continue to move forward with the process of military modernization. But if Cao Conglong's words change, not only will the process be curbed, but everything he has done before will gradually disappear in the wave of doubt.

Moreover, the recent sensation has not been as simple as requisition of wasteland. The large loans for the conquered capitulation have not become popular, and other industries in the aftermath loans are still fine. After all, those can directly make money. ?.|Recovering them earlier can also occupy more market share. Some merchants in Jinhuafu were very anxious when they saw business opportunities. At the same time, they also directly or indirectly led and forced some gentry.

As for the problem, the land and soil are still in question. This problem is now completely intertwined with the expropriation of wasteland. It is difficult to clarify it. Chen Wen can guess what people behind it are. Moreover, another problem that he unexpectedly encountered was a few days ago - the escaped slave.

The cause of the incident was a man who had recently become a soldier in the military camp in Dongyang County. His family's land was within the scope of the aftermath loan. His parents had no money in their hands, so they borrowed silver from a local gentry. The gentry deceived his parents illiterate and colluded with relevant people to deceive usury. When he got the qualification to return home, he discovered this matter and went to the door to make trouble. As a result, he was taught a lesson by the gentry's cunning gentry.

This is not the point. The key point is that when this person returned to the camp, the robes of the same team were all indignant, so he took advantage of the rest to discuss the matter and wanted to ask for an explanation. Who knew that among the soldiers who came to visit the gentry family, one of the soldiers who had disappeared last year, was a slave who disappeared last year, and the matter started to riot. In the following days, many garrisons from all over the country reported that wealthy gentry and wealthy families asked the army to return their respective fugitives with their own contracts.

Slave-keeping was extremely normal in the Chinese society of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, the phenomenon of slave-keeping had begun to be curbed as early as the Song Dynasty and was even disliked by people. However, after the fall of the Song Dynasty, the nomadic rule structure of the Broad Yuan's own nomadic rule reinfused this vulgarity into China, and the Ming Dynasty was affected by this adverse effect.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the storm of refugees and bandits in the north led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's rule in the north. Although the south was much more peaceful, it was not entirely undisturbed.

Chen Wen had seen on forums before, such as the Suzhou Wulong Club, Changzhou Nose Cutting Team, the Xudu Rebellion that Wu Dengke had participated in, and the "Tianmeng Kingdom" uprising written in the same way as the "Tianmeng Kingdom" at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and many other poor people such as tenants, family slaves, and vegetable servants in the Jiangnan rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty. They rebelled because of their excessive class oppression, just to change their dark social status. Even the largest anti-Qing army in Taihu area, the Taihu Baitou Army led by barefoot Zhang San, was also famous for its anti-Qing class while fighting against the bureaucratic landlord class.

Back to the present, Chen Wen, the first big man to cause this incident, still had some impression of it. He was the Feng family in Hengdian Town, who was "Zuoshan Diao" when he attacked Dongyang County, who used to lure his family to ask for help from the Qing army. The fugitive slave was said to have been named Feng Qi, but after he restored his surname, he was called Zhang Yida. He once participated in the Battle of Xiaoshun Town and is now a firearms team soldier garrison in Dongyang County.

In fact, as far as Chen Wen knows, similar situations may be far more than they have been revealed. At least in his impression, among the soldiers who followed him on Dalan Mountain, there were some escaped slaves, but these people had become officers as long as they were not killed in battle and had official positions in the court. Those gentry and wealthy families dared not make trouble with the old things.

"The nobles love soldiers as much as their sons. These officials know that they are all familiar with them, but all the fugitives are sold for their own contracts and are private property for others. The nobles protect the fugitives will only make the people of Jinhua feel disappointed."

"I'm so sad? The words of the army are so sad. The only ones who are sad is the gentry and wealthy family. Who can still hold slaves in ordinary people??.|??`Besides, taking humans as animals is a bad habit, and it was abolished in the Song Dynasty. Our Emperor Ming all came from this matter, which was remnants of the old system of the Mongolian Yuan. At least when I was in the prime minister, I never saw a saint teaching us to hold slaves. Instead, I praised Lu for paying for the redemption of the people who were slaves in other countries."

After reading the books of sages for many years, how could he not know the story of the Spring and Autumn Period mentioned by Chen Wen? Cao Conglong was quite unhappy when he was robbed by Chen Wen. This general was very clever and had a good tongue. His mind was much more complicated than that of ordinary generals, and his knowledge was even wider. Even some civil servants in the Lujian Dynasty were not as good as him. It was definitely not so easy to convince.

"Linhaibo, since ancient times, the king and the literati and officials share the world, not the people. As long as they get the support of the rich and wealthy families, those people will support the king's army. But if they lose the hearts of the rich and wealthy families, it will be extremely difficult."

In Cao Conglong's view, Chen Wen was already a noble person and could barely be equated with the literati. He also believed that Chen Wen could understand the truth. After all, the gentry and wealthy families had absolute advantages in means of production. The right to speak was also controlled by them. Only by gaining their support would he have the opportunity to revive the Ming Dynasty.

However, this theory was like a bullshit in Chen Wen's eyes, not only in his identity as a modern person. He had witnessed the republic in later generations that organized the poor and exerted amazing power. More importantly, Cao Conglong's so-called way of seeking support was clearly damaging his interests.

Giving those soldiers from fugitives to gentry will definitely lead to a great loss of morale. After all, no one is willing to follow a cowardly general to do this kind of activity with his head. Once the morale of the army is lost, the current good situation will no longer exist, and his best ending will be to be a vassal of civil servants, so everything will definitely be completely restored to its original form.

Once you think of this, everything Cao Conglong said before was no longer the taste of the moment. Thinking back to the series of interactions that began with Feng Bai, the image of Cao Conglong in Chen Wen's eyes was the pliers trying to lock him, the "tiger" who was separated from the control of the civil service group, and Cao Conglong's words seemed to be thinking about him were like rotten meat hanging on the pliers, which only made him feel disgusted.

Cao Conglong did not have such intentions. After all, in their eyes, Chen Wen was previously Wang Yi and Wang Jiang, two civil servants and military officers, rather than their partner status during the Tiantai Mountain period. Taking Chen Wen in their hands can fight against the powerful officials who were named Zhang Mingzhen, the Marquis of Dingxi. This will not only help the Lu Jianguo Group get rid of the current predicament, but also allow the civil servants to regain their dominance. It can be said that it will kill two birds with one stone.

However, in the era of information explosion, Chen Wen once lived in, the complexity of people's hearts had long been a popular knowledge. If someone like the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, Shen Chenquan, who had been in the officialdom for a long time, was likely to hide it from Chen Wen, but Cao Conglong, like him, had never been a civil servant, nor had he been in the officialdom for many years. If it weren't for the current situation, he would have been impossible to get such a high position at this age and qualifications, it would be far from as easy as they thought.

After all, this official position is easy to obtain, but its ability does not increase with the growth of its official position. Some inappropriate words have completely lost all his previous efforts.

However, Chen Wen did not intend to make the relationship too stiff at the moment. The Qing Dynasty was the one who benefited from the disagreement between the Ming army and the civil and military officials. He was just prepared for it and always tried to perfunctorily prevent the conflict from being exacerbated too much.

"What are the good strategies for the army to foster it?"

Without seeing the trace of alert flashing in Chen Wen's eyes, Cao Conglong heard Chen Wen say this, and continued to sacrifice Chen Wen's interests to win the hearts of the Lu State and said: "It would be better if I do this. I will convince those who have military merits to give some money to compensate them. If those who have no military merits will return, what do you think?"

It seemed like a good way to compromise, but it didn't change at all. Chen Wen didn't plan to swallow this poisonous apple. So he shook his head and then said to Cao Conglong: "Fu Jun, if you enter my camp, you will be my soldiers. If you can't even protect your own soldiers, why can you let them die in the battlefield?"

"I know that the Fujun came here to instigate me to lead the army to attack Taizhou. Then I have a word, and I hope the Fujun will consider it."

Chen Wen suddenly jumped from the escaped slave to the purpose of his trip. This made Cao Conglong feel quite uncomfortable, but since he mentioned this, he also wanted to hear Chen Wen's plan. After all, it was an indecisive ending when he first met, and the two sides were unable to conduct effective negotiations.

"I hope to hear the details."

"I have said before that Jinhua is attacked by the two sides of the Tartars on Hangzhou and Quzhou. It is difficult to enter Taizhou east under such circumstances."

Seeing Cao Conglong's face darkened, Chen Wen sneered in his heart, but his face was still the same as usual. "But since the Fu Army mentioned the situation of His Highness the Superintendent, I, as a minister, cannot ignore it. Why not do this? I, I, plan to go to Quzhou after the army's training is completed in two months, and then move eastward into Taizhou after eliminating the threat from Quzhou. How about it?"

"this……"

The sudden good news caught Cao Conglong off guard. He didn't know that the situation of Lu Jianguo was worse than before. Under Zheng Chenggong's exclusion, the generals under Lu Jianguo were no longer safe and began to fall into Zheng Chenggong's arms. If it weren't for the fact that Cao Conglong persuaded Chen Wen to attack Taizhou, I'm afraid that even Lu Jianguo would have begun to consider going to the title of Supervisor.

But he could only make a rough prediction of these things, and the fact that Zheng Cai once regarded the governor of Lu as orthodox has also affected his possible results in evaluating the Zheng family's attitude. It would be okay if he could really send troops in a few months.

But before Cao Conglong could bargain, Chen Wen took the lead and said, "Don't rush to make a decision in the Fujun first. I have two conditions left. Please think about it after listening."

condition?

Upon hearing this, Cao Conglong's anger became even more intense. The king is the leader of the minister, the father is the leader of the son, and the husband is the leader of the wife. This martial man is the condition for him to speak, and he even did not care about the minimum Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues. He was shameless to a certain extent. But if he asked him to criticize Chen Wen, Cao Conglong would not do it for the time being. After all, Chen Wen has the right to act cheaply, and his military power is in hand will naturally have the initiative, and he had to endure his anger and signal Chen Wen to continue.

"First, borrow money, guards, and fugitive slaves are doing the same thing as before. Please help the army to appease the gentry and the people..."

This condition is not difficult. It is his duty to appease the place with the Governor's official position, and Chen Wen's intention is also very simple, that is, he is unwilling to continue to waste time with these gentry and train the army to recover lost territory with peace of mind. This condition is naturally no problem for Cao Conglong to do his best.

Seeing Cao Conglong nodding in agreement, Chen Wen said the next condition. "Second, after capturing Taizhou, I can give Xihou and his subordinates some food and fodder to attack other places, while the other generals will obey the orders of our generals and accept the adaptation. To be arrogant, I am afraid that the number of killings of the generals in less than two years has been in the army, and the number of generals killed is probably greater than that of the generals. In military affairs, the generals can only be fully handled by the generals. Otherwise, it would be better than the generals to lead the army alone, so as to avoid someone stabbing the knife in the back, as in Siming Mountain."

After Chen Wen said something, Cao Conglong's brain crashed for a moment. When he reacted again, his heart was full of anger. In his eyes, Chen Wen clearly wanted to be a powerful minister like Zheng Zhilong. At that time, wouldn't he be the front door and drive the wolf into the back door? However, thinking of Chen Wen's previous words that made Dingxi Hou leave alone, he pulled him back a little from the brink of a rampage.

"Do you dare to be a nobleman, don't you plan to let Dingxi Hou land?"

“That’s right.”

"how so?"

Knowing that Cao Conglong must have this question, Chen Wen said bluntly: "Can the Fu Army guarantee that the Marquis of Dingxi will not assassinate this commander like the assassination of Sulubo and Pingxibo?"

In later generations, Zhang Mingzhen was a national hero who fought against the oppression of the Qing Dynasty. However, in this era, this person attacked Huang Binqing and Wang Chaoxian one after another, but was not a trustworthy ally. After all, the lesson of the truth is not far away, just in the post-Xia period. It was human nature to get this answer. Cao Conglong immediately believed Chen Wen's previous words.

In his eyes, Chen Wen was previously excluded by the generals in Siming Mountain. He not only believed in the generals under the command of the Lu Jianguo, but also wanted to replace Zhang Mingzhen as a powerful minister who was less than one person in the Lu Jianguo Dynasty. Only in this way can he recover the lost territory with peace of mind and gain the most important part of the political territory after the Ming Dynasty's revival.

Logically speaking, Cao Conglong could never agree to such harsh conditions. Not only did he not have such rights, but that result would create a more difficult opponent for the civil servant group. However, due to the current situation, Chen Wen had to lead the army to capture Taizhou. As for the inevitable boycott of Taizhou, under the inevitable resistance of the Lu Jianguo, the civil servant group and the nobles, it would be strange that Chen Wen could do what he wanted.

The two of them, who were ulterior motives, quickly concluded the details. Cao Conglong was afraid that Chen Wen would not believe it, so he said that he needed to get the approval of the Lu Jian State. Chen Wen reciprocates that if he can succeed, he would write to the Lu Jian State to recommend Cao Conglong to enter the cabinet so that he can cooperate better in the future, and the civil and military work together to complete the great cause of the Ming Dynasty's rejuvenation.

After Cao Conglong wrote the memorial in front of Chen Wen, the two began to discuss military affairs together. Chen Wen was blunt about the planned route to attack Quzhou, while Cao Conglong said that he would start transporting grain and grass in batches from tomorrow to prevent the Qing army from finding out the specific time of the Ming army's war.

Until the next morning, the two of them who had not rested until late at night were farewell under the first ray of morning light. Cao Conglong had made complete calculations on the memorial matter, so there was naturally a way to let Chen Wen swallow this mute loss. At this moment, watching Cao Conglong rushing back to the city and gradually fading away, Chen Wen's face was cold, and he called Zhang Jun and gave instructions.

"Send someone to secretly stare at this guy and record all those who he has contacted, what he has done, and what he said in the next two months."
Chapter completed!