I did evil in the feudal land, but I was called a virtuous king

"Your Majesty, you have to decide for the old minister!"

As he spoke, he knelt on the ground covering his face and weeping bitterly.

The old emperor is numb, why is everyone making trouble today?

"Li Aiqing get up quickly, tell me slowly what grievances you have."

"Your Majesty, I received a letter from my family a few days ago, saying that my poor nephew was kidnapped by the king of Nanjiang when he was doing business in Qingshui County.

Torturing and extorting a confession made him confess to some trumped-up charges, and then he robbed all his property by force. My nephew and grandson are still being imprisoned in the river valley by him to build a dam.

The old minister is afraid that he will never see them again in this life!

My lord, the money for the construction of the water conservancy project is all the hard-earned money earned by my hard-working nephew. Your Majesty, you must be the master of the old minister! "

As soon as the Minister of the Household Department's voice fell, ministers immediately knelt down to participate in the performance.

"Your Majesty, Dali Temple has recently received a petition from the Qian family, a wealthy businessman from the south of the Yangtze River.

The king of Nanjiang detained Qian Lin in the Qingshui county government privately, coerced Qian Lin to hand over all his property, and took away all of Qian Lin's grain. It was called trading, but in fact, the king of Nanjiang transported all the grain to Qian Lin without paying money to the Qian family. Qingshui County.

There are so many complaints, I am afraid that I will not be able to finish it in a morning!

Moreover, it is said that Qian Lin died in the valley yesterday. I don't know if it was a natural disaster during the construction of the dam, or a man-made disaster deliberately created by someone who learned that his family had submitted a complaint.

Weichen boldly speculates that Li Fu, Li Qing and his son may die soon! "

Chapter 20

Those rich businessmen that Li An moved had more or less background in the imperial court. When Li An sent people to transfer their property, the court people noticed.

They are all waiting for their chance.

For this reason, they went out of their way to find other families who didn't have much background and who knew they were wrong and didn't want to appeal.

Under coercion and lure, they managed to cobble together the plethora of pleadings.

For the one-hit kill at this moment!

It's just that what they don't know is that after An Li collected criminal evidence, he imprisoned all those wealthy businessmen.

Send confidantes to watch these people 24 hours a day, blocking the possibility of them sending out news.

Others didn't know that Li An still held the crimes of those people in his hands.

Li An is the most confident person!

"Your Majesty, Li An, the king of Southern Xinjiang, has harmed one side, disregarded the laws of the court, and oppressed the people in Yurou Township. The people of Southern Xinjiang are living in untold suffering. Please, Your Majesty, be the master for the people of Southern Xinjiang."

"I implore Your Majesty to be the master for the people of southern Xinjiang, and give justice to the people of southern Xinjiang!"

The old emperor had a gloomy face and did not speak.

He looked at the spies he sent out: "You have been to Qingshui County in person, and now you have the most right to say how the people of Qingshui County live."

"Your Majesty, now the people of Qingshui County have resumed farming, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, not as the ministers said, the people are living in dire straits!

The purpose of the prince's collection of silver is to build water conservancy projects that benefit the country and the people. The purpose of the prince's collection of food is to provide porridge for disaster relief. Before the prince gave the porridge, hundreds of people in Qingshui County died of famine every day! "

"Can expropriation be regarded as conquest? Besides, Li An is the king of southern borders, he is not the king of Jiangnan, nor the king of Haijiang. How can he expropriate salt merchants' money and grain merchants' grain?"

The fourth prince Li Fu questioned.

He also wants to fight for the position of the crown prince. All his brothers are his opponents, and he can take down one.

Meanwhile, Li Xin, the fifteenth prince on the side, secretly raised a big finger, and said silently: "Brother is awesome!"

Li Xin and Li An were born to the same concubine, and when no one was around, he was always called Brother Li An!

Chaotang quarreled again.

The veins on the old emperor's forehead swelled.

Suddenly, he slapped the dragon chair violently, and reprimanded three times in a row: "Your waste, your waste, your waste!"

He didn't know whether he was scolding Li An or the princes who were quarreling.

"We will discuss this matter another day, and retreat!"

After all, the old emperor walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

Back in the imperial study, the old emperor was upset and glared at him. Originally, because of the Li An water conservancy project, he planned to go to Qingshui County to inspect it himself.

Then take Li An back to the capital by the way, and start training him to be the heir of the dynasty.

But after such an incident, he didn't bother to go to Qingshui County.

……

Li An didn't know that the capital was arguing because of him, and he was starting to farm at the moment.

"Old Tian, ​​why do I feel that the common people don't have a great desire to sow seeds? What's wrong with hanging around the gate of the county government office all day and asking where to dig ditches?"

Hearing this, Tian Qi looked at Li An helplessly: "There is indeed some hope for sowing seeds at this time of year, but when the flood bursts in the rainy season, everything turns into nothingness after the flood.

The people have been looking forward to it year after year, and have been disappointed year after year. No one wants to sow seeds at this time of year anymore. "

"Another reason is that you give too much, my lord. The common people don't earn as much as you do from working for your lord. So now the common people want to dig water canals with you instead of farming."

Liu Yiyi added, and thoughtfully exchanged a cup of tea for Li An, this little secretary became more and more competent.

"What happened, this king is almost becoming a contractor, how can there be so many canals for them to dig? Are they planning to let this king give them a project to dig through the earth? Let them dig for several lifetimes Not finished?"

"Digging through the earth project?" Liu Yiyi actually thought seriously.

It's so silly that it's so cute.

"Besides, haven't I already repaired the water conservancy projects? It's enough to release the flood once the rainy season comes!" Li An complained speechlessly.

"My lord's water conservancy project can also control floods?" Tian Qi looked at Li An in disbelief.

"Otherwise, why do I have to work so hard and finish the work in time for planting?" Li An rolled his eyes at Tian Qi.

What Liu Yiyi understood, Tian Qi, a county magistrate, didn't understand, so he somewhat disliked it.

Tian Qi looked at Li An with even more admiration, the prince thought farther than he thought about him.

"Then, my lord, should we not use the method last time and forcefully tie people up to farm?"

Tian Qi asked tentatively.

"Abducted all day long, are we a den of bandits?" Li An rolled his eyes at Tian Qi.

Tian Qi was a little speechless and aggrieved. Wasn't it because you took all kinds of robbery from the beginning and grabbed coolies everywhere?

How did you become a bandit when you came to my place?

Isn't it clear that state officials are only allowed to set fires and the people are not allowed to light lamps?

No, only the prince is allowed to rob, and the magistrate is not allowed to kidnap people!

"Farming requires the careful care of the people. If we forcibly tie the people to farm, and they don't take care of them afterwards, they won't have much harvest. We have to find a way to mobilize their enthusiasm."

"What should I do?" Tian Qi asked subconsciously.

"You are a county magistrate, shouldn't you think about these things?" Li An was speechless.

Why don't you just switch places with Tian Qi, the county magistrate who takes care of everything by himself, and Tian Qi as a leisurely prince.

No, I have to find some capable people to expand my Nanjiang King Group in the future, otherwise my dream of being an idle king will be shattered.

Tian Qi is a good official who loves the people like his son, but he is not the adviser he needs.

Tian Qi can keep his foundation, but he cannot use it to conquer the country.

When Li An said this, Tian Qi also lowered his head and dared not speak.

No way, staying with Li An, he felt that his knowledge was indeed not enough.

Liu Yiyi also frowned thoughtfully.

"My lord, why don't we use some kind of reward to mobilize the people's enthusiasm for farming?"

Liu Yiyi put forward her own opinion.

"How to reward?" Li An thought about it.

"Crack." Li An clapped his hands: "Yes!"

Li An thought of a way, he stood up excitedly, stretched out his hand to pinch Liu Yiyi's tender little face: "Yiyi, you are really smart, work hard, and when I am rich, I will marry you more beautiful princesses. "

"My lord, it hurts." Liu Yiyi glanced at Li An resentfully.

"Hehe~" Li An withdrew his hand with a smirk, stretched his face over, and said teasingly, "Why don't you pinch me to vent your anger?"

"The slaves dare not."

"I told you not to call yourself a slave, you are my secretary, show the card, you can't lose my face!"

Liu Yiyi glanced at Li An with complicated eyes, and nodded.

Then the three of them got together to finalize the specific rewards.

The plan was finalized. The county government will provide seeds for this season's sowing, and teach farming skills. Moreover, this season is tax-free. No matter how much the people harvest, it belongs to the people.

Not only that, if the yield per mu reaches two stones, one mu of land will be rewarded with [-] Wen of silver. Calculated according to the family population, if there are five members in the family, then [-] Wen of silver will be rewarded per mu of land.

In case of natural disasters, the county government will distribute subsidies according to the cultivated area of ​​the land.

Chapter 21 On the Right Track

As soon as the news came out, the people who had no intention of farming at all crowded to the gate of the county government office to collect seeds.

No matter how much they farm this season, they will not lose money. The seeds are provided by the yamen, and the future harvest will be all their own.

Even if it is really the same as in previous years, when there is a sudden flood in the rainy season, they only need to plant the seeds in the ground, and the county government will subsidize them if the crops are flooded.

No matter how you add it up, it won't be a waste of work.

The common people lined up to register the area of ​​the fields, and then the government servants distributed the corresponding seeds, and everything was in order.

"Guan Ye, Xiao Min Niu Er, from Dalin Township, has [-] acres of land at home!" A commoner rubbed his hands and said with a smile.

"Huh?" The yamen servant frowned and looked at Niu Er.

"Dalin Township is a mountainous land, and several pieces of land can be put together to have an acre. Even the village head's family can't afford [-] mu of land. Where did you get [-] mu of land?"

Hearing this, Niu Er shrank his neck in fright, he just wanted to report more and get more subsidies at that time.

The yamen servants had already seen his intentions, and they had met several of the same people in the morning.

"Don't blame me for not reminding you, don't say you want to claim [-] acres, even if you claim [-] acres, I can register for you.

At that time, we will go to various places to measure and register the fields. Anyone who makes a false report will be fined one tael per mu of land! "

When he heard that there would be a fine of money, Niu Er quickly corrected his words: "Officer, I misremembered, my family is not thirty acres of land, but three acres of mountain land, three acres of mountain land."

The yamen servant gave Niu Er a cold look, registered the three-acre mountain land, and immediately took out a bag of seeds and handed it to him.

"Give me good planting. If you have time, come to the county government office to listen to the prince's farming lecture. You are not working for others. The harvest this season is all your own!"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes." Niu Er nodded repeatedly, and walked away with a happy smile holding the seed.

The servants outside were busy, and Li An was not idle either.

He brought three thousand guards, and a few of them sat in a circle in the open space behind the county office, with a large pile of seeds in front of them.

"Cheer up your spirits. The matter of seeds must not be sloppy. Every selected seed must be top-grade with plump grains and abundant fruits!"

"Don't worry, my lord, don't worry about our work." A guard replied with a grin.

Tian Qi was also sitting next to Li An picking seeds, and asked curiously while picking: "My lord, since your water conservancy project can prevent floods, the people's fields will definitely have a harvest this year."

"We have given so many rewards for farming, why not collect taxes?"

Tian Qi didn't have any selfish intentions in saying this, but the county government treasury has long since run out of money, and the current funds are all stolen by Li An from wealthy businessmen.

But after the completion of the water conservancy project, there is not much left. If taxes are not collected to enrich the treasury, it will be difficult for the county government to operate.

After all, everything costs money.

Hearing this, Li An said with a smile: "Old Tian, ​​you don't understand this. Now the people in Qingshui County only have three melons and two dates in their pockets. Even if they receive them all, what are they going to do?"

"This king wants to make them rich first, and then squeeze their wool, so that they can have a good time at once!"