"I mentioned it!" Zhang Fengyi immediately replied, "The emperor said that the focus of the court will be on investigating hidden households. There are many mountains in the southwest and northwest of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the hidden households are missing in the mountains and ridges. After the deadline, the court will send troops to cooperate in the investigation."

Qin Liangyu nodded after hearing this. It was indeed a bit unrealistic for ordinary yamen runners to deal with hidden houses hidden in the mountains and forests. But what does this matter have to do with her, the left governor of the Governor's Office?

Zhang Fengyi obviously guessed what her mother-in-law was thinking, so she immediately explained: "The emperor will issue an order at that time. The military operations of the local army will be the chief officer of the army, and will be the only one who is the training. Of course, the local censorate will send someone to supervise, but it will not interfere with military operations. The results of the local army will be used as the assessment of the local generals and will be decided by the mother-in-law, and then directly reported to the emperor."

Hearing this, Qin Liangyu was stunned and then overjoyed.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, especially after the Tumu Fort Incident, the power of military generals and nobles has been increasingly occupied by civil servants. Although nominally, the responsibility of the Governor's Office of the Five Army is to train troops and assess officers at all levels. But in fact, after the assessment of the Governor's Office of the Five Army, it was reported to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War finally made a decision. The power of the officers at all levels was actually seized by the Ministry of War without realizing it.

But now the emperor's approach is obviously returning the assessment power to the Governor's Office of the Five Army. No matter what, under the power of the emperor, it is impossible to compete with the emperor for power, right?

After understanding this, how could Qin Liangyu be unhappy as a military general?

So she immediately followed the order and began to prepare for the camp. The same order should also be given to Zhu Xieyuan through the chat group. Once the order from Zhu Xieyuan arrived, she could set off for Sichuan.

...

In the east and south of the Shandong Province, there is a very famous place in later generations, which is Liangshanpo. It consists of seven branches including Liangshan, Qinglong Mountain, Fenghuang Mountain, Guishan Mountain, and Hutou Peak, Xueshan Mountain, Haoshan Peak, and Xiaohuang Mountain. It covers an area of ​​nearly four square kilometers. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the Yellow River broke many times, and the rolling river water poured into the foot of Liangshan Mountain and connected with the ancient Juyeze, forming an endless flood park, known as the "Eight Hundred Miles Liangshan Pond".

However, the scenery here is no longer there. The Yellow River has been changed to the route, and the water pools here are no longer as good as before, but they have not reached the point where they are like the water pool ruins in later generations.

Here, there are already arable land outside, and there are villages after village. There is a small village with only about twenty households, the nearest village near Shuibo Liangshan, called Liangjia Village. Most of the people in the village are related, and a family escaped here to take root.

Don’t look at Liangjia Village’s population and arable land, but from their houses and people’s clothing, they are all relatively wealthy.

On this day, at noon, the sun in July was a bit fierce, and the people were resting in their houses. There was a group of people, five strong men, each carrying a lot of things down from the mountain, and entered Liangjia Village in a familiar way, and came to the door of a family at the east end.

"Bangbangbang" knocked on the door, and the first man in the grade knocked on the door and shouted in a low voice: "Brother Liang, we are here!"

Hearing the sound, a man in the room responded with a little joy. It was obviously what the man said about Uncle Liang.

"Come on, come on, please come in!" Uncle Liang greeted enthusiastically while opening the door.

Five men entered the game one after another, piled up the big bags on their shoulders in the yard, opened the mouth of the bag, and exposed the things inside the bag, which were all good things from the mountains.

When Uncle Liang saw these things, his smile became even more. He immediately said enthusiastically to the older person in the leader: "Liu Wa, what do you want this time? Do you want salt? What else do you want?"

When Liu Wa heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "It's something I changed before. In addition, my wife is about to give birth. I want some fabrics, but I don't know if it's expensive?"

"Not expensive!" Liang Bo said happily, "What kind of thing do you want, tell me what you want. I see that there is one in the village. I'll go and come for you!"

Uncle Liang is the clan leader in the village and is also the patriarch. He knows what there is in the village. Every time these people from the mountains come to change things, he arranged it in a coordinated manner.

Just like that, after some communication, Uncle Liang immediately called out the name of the person. The neighbor next door heard it. In just a moment, what Liu Wa and others needed were brought by the villagers next to him. In just a while, Uncle Liang's yard was crowded with people.

When the business came, everyone was happy and happy. Some children also took the opportunity to come and watch the fun and played in the yard.

When Liu Wa saw the thing he sent, he suddenly frowned slightly, squatted down, looked at the bag of salt there, reached out and grabbed a little bit, and after taking a closer look, his face looked a little ugly, he carefully put down the salt in his hand, and then said to Mr. Liang: "Brother Liang, we can't afford these fine salts, so we should change to the salt we used to, anyway, it's salt."

When Uncle Liang heard this, he smiled bitterly. In fact, he didn't want to put these fine salts out. But the key problem is that there are no coarse salts in the county before. They are all of them with this fine salt, and the price is even cheaper than the coarse salts before.

After hearing the question, Liang Uncle Liang pretended to be careless and said, "It's okay. We have been dealing with each other for so many years. The refined salt is calculated based on the price of coarse salt in the past."

When the other villagers heard this, they quickly agreed.

"Yes, yes, we have been in love for so many years, so don't divide the fine salt and coarse salt, anyway, it's still the same price for you!"

"Yes, your life in the mountains is not easy. We must take care of it if we can."

“…”

Their statement touched Liu Wa and others very much. Because in their impression, the price of fine salt is several times that of coarse salt. If it is still exchanged according to the price of coarse salt in the past, it would be too advantageous.

So Liu Wa hurriedly said, "No, no, it's not easy for you. It's not easy for you to take care of us for so many years, how can you suffer? We don't want this fine salt, just need coarse salt."

When he heard this, the people on Uncle Liang looked at each other and started to talk politely again.

"Don't be embarrassed, I'll give it to you after I said the salt will be given to you. It's okay!"

"Yes, the friendship is here, just take it!"

"Just think this is coarse salt, it's okay."

“…”

As they were talking, among the group of children playing in the yard, the older one suddenly stopped and said to Liu Wa, "Uncle Liu, there is no coarse salt in the county, it is all this kind of fine salt!"

As soon as he said this, the yard suddenly became quiet.

The people on Liu Wa looked at the child in surprise and couldn't believe it. Everyone in the county eats this kind of salt? How is this possible? How can the people in the county survive?

Among the people on Uncle Liang's side, one of them was the child's father. He was a little angry and slapped his child on the head and scolded loudly: "Sir, you can't interrupt me when you speak, don't you get out!"

The child seemed to have reached the rebellious period and reached the age of shame. Seeing so many people in front of him, his father scolded him and immediately defended him a little dissatisfied: "I'm not wrong, my mother said that life is better now, and even this kind of fine salt is much cheaper than the coarse salt in the past. The emperor is wise!"

The child speaks a little quickly, but his words are clear, so he finishes his words in one go.

When the child's father heard this, his face turned red with anger. He slapped him again with the second slap and shouted loudly: "You little bastard, you dare to be stubborn! Look, I won't beat you to death!"

"Wow..." The child was beaten to tears immediately.

When Liu Wa saw this, he quickly reached out to block the child's father and advised: "Okay, okay, the child is ignorant, so he just says something casually, there is no need to beat him."

He doesn't believe in the child's words at all, so he just pretends that the child is talking nonsense.

There is no coarse salt sold in the county, only fine salt, and fine salt is cheaper than the previous coarse salt. This is simply an incredible thing! How is it possible!

Unexpectedly, the crying child heard his words, then cried and said, "I'm not a child, I'm all in the children's school! The gentleman said, be honest, I don't talk nonsense..."

The child's father was going crazy. He dragged the child over and walked directly out of the yard. He shouted angrily: "It's a rebellion. You dare to talk back to you. See if I don't get rid of you when I go home..."

After such a fuss, the people on Uncle Liang's side looked a little embarrassed, and then the things Liang made up for Liu Wa were all cheaper. After the two sides made a deal, Liu Wa's side gained a lot more than before.

"I'm really troubled Uncle Liang every time!" Liu Wa and others carried the things they had received and sincerely thanked them again, and then carried them back to the mountain.

Uncle Liang and others were sent to the entrance of the village. After watching them leave, one of them suddenly asked, "Do you think they will doubt it?"

"How could you doubt it?" someone else immediately replied, "If it were a few years ago, would you believe this situation?"

As he spoke, the man pointed to Liu Wa and others' backs and said, "They have been hiding in the mountains for many years, so it is even more impossible to believe that there will be a good life now!"

Uncle Liang listened and didn't say anything. Over the years, he made a lot of money by trading with these hidden households. He made a lot of money by making a transaction. No one wants to destroy such a situation.

At this moment, a child suddenly pulled Liang Bo's sleeve and asked in confusion: "Grandpa, Brother Gazi is right, why are you beaten?"

Uncle Liang turned around and saw that it was his grandson, so he wanted to explain, but for a moment, he didn't know where to start.

The other adults looked at their grandfather and grandson, but no one interrupted.

"Grandpa, are they bad guys?" the child was a little puzzled. "Our gentleman said, be honest in life, but when you meet bad guys, you can't tell everything!"

Hearing this, Liu Wa and others smiled sincerely and simply in their minds. They suddenly sighed, touched their grandson's head, and then looked around their tribe and said, "The imperial court stipulates that the registration period for hidden households is coming soon, and we know that there are people hidden in the mountains. When the deadline has passed, the imperial army will cooperate in the investigation. They will definitely be exiled to the cold and cold place. After all, they have been dealing with each other for many years. What do you say?"

After he asked, no one spoke. They looked at each other, and they were a little confused. But they could hear what the patriarch’s tendency was?

In fact, among these people, some people are unwilling to say it, and even plan to report it back, so that they can still get the wealth of the hidden house. However, the patriarch has already expressed his tendency, and those who have these ideas dare not say it for the time being.

Seeing that they were not talking, Uncle Liang touched his grandson's hair and said, "Life is much better than before. We have made a lot of money from these mountain people. And the important thing is that our juniors are all studying in children's schools. As elders, we should set an example and we cannot teach our children badly. They are our hopes, and we hope that they will be able to get fame one day. You don't want them to be corrupt officials in the future, right?"

When all the adults heard his words, they remained silent. After a while, someone finally spoke, "Uncle Liang, I'll listen to you."

"I'm also listening to Uncle Liang."

"For my dog, forget it, do something good!"

“…”

Some people spoke one after another, and they all agreed with Uncle Liang’s statement, only a few of them were silent, and they obviously did not agree very much, but they did not stand up and strongly oppose it.

Seeing this, Liang Bo immediately named him: "Gouwa's father, go chase them and invite them back!"

"Okay, I'll go right now!" Gouwa's father agreed, his expression seemed to have been much more relaxed, and he was a little happy, spread his feet and chased towards the back in the distance.

After a long time, Liu Wa and his group returned. After hearing the explanation from Liang Bo and others, they still looked disbelief.

After hearing this, Liu Wa and others seemed to be listening to the heavenly book. Anyway, their faces were either confused or disbelief.

"Uncle Liang, don't make us happy." Liu Wa said with a wry smile, "Although we are hiding in the mountains, who doesn't know what the government is like? Not to mention anything else, just Liao Sheng, I forced our village to death in the past..."

"That's all the old Huangsheng!" Uncle Liang was a little amused and cried. He told the truth. These people in the mountains didn't believe it. "The Jianlu of Liaodong had been personally exterminated by the emperor, and the Liao salary had long been invalidated. The changes in recent years have been so great, I'll tell you..."

It was not until the evening that Uncle Liang had roughly explained what had happened over the years.

Liu Wa confirmed with surprise: "Is this true? I heard that the emperor is not a young man, how could he have such great ability?"

"Don't be rude!" When Uncle Liang heard this, he quickly scolded, "The emperor is Ziweixing, how can he measure his age? You will tell me if you send someone to the county tomorrow. I will tell you that in a few days, it will be the deadline. At that time, you will go to register again in the hidden house, but you will have to pay the money."
Chapter completed!