Myths and Dharma, starting from Erlang Shen

"You bastards, how can these worms, the worms of the country, be so bold?"

In the Prefect's Mansion, Zhang Cheng had not slept for several nights in a row. Zhang Cheng, who was cleaning up his accounts, suddenly couldn't help scolding him.

Zhang Jingshou, who was startled and was dozing off, suddenly woke up. Looking at Zhang Cheng, who was furious at the side, his face was full of surprise and he thought to himself, is this still my uncle?

"Your Highness, go and ask the Duke of Zhen to come." Zhang Cheng saw Zhang Jingshou's expression and controlled his temper slightly.

"Uncle, what's wrong? Did you find another traitor?" Zhang Jingshou asked doubtfully.

"The traitor was not found out, but the difference in money and grain was found out. Judging from the account books, the Zhou thieves sold grain, exchanging old grain for new grain in the official warehouse, and even sold the old grain in the end. The grain warehouse was in name only. At least they had done it. Ten years, within these ten years, the Zhou family received about 400,000 taels, and the whereabouts of nearly one million taels of silver are unknown," Zhang Cheng said.

"Oh." Zhang Jingshou nodded, wondering if one million taels is a lot? My current two-year dividends are almost this amount.

"And this matter was not done by the Zhou family alone. The Zhou family was able to do this because they colluded with aristocratic families, including the Huang family, the Sun family, and the Li family. The nominal land of these three families is 23,000 hectares. However, In their private records, it is 45,000 hectares, which is double the amount! And this is definitely not owned by the Zhou family," Zhang Cheng said with a solemn expression.

Fully half of the land is hidden. This is just Jiangxia. How much cultivated land is hidden in the entire Jiangnan and even the world.

No wonder taxes, instead of increasing year by year, have begun to decrease.

"damn thing!"

Zhang Jingshou also suddenly changed his color. No matter how mischievous he was, he was still a prince and knew what half of the cultivated land meant.

Together with his old Zhang family, he is working for others.

"I'm going to find Lao Ji right now!"

After Zhang Jingshou finished speaking, he rushed to find Ji Ren in a hurry.

After a while, Ji Ren and Zhang Jingshou came over together. Looking at the mountains of account books in front of him, Ji Ren was slightly surprised and said, "Did Minister Zhang count all the account books?"

This calculation ability is truly outstanding.

No wonder the senior brother asked him to accompany him this time. There are so many account books. If Ji Ren and his group were to come and sort them all out, I don't know how long it would take.

Zhang Cheng only spent a few nights.

specialized!

"Calculating it twice, it's almost the same." Zhang Cheng said with a solemn expression.

Hearing that Zhang Cheng had calculated twice and checked, Ji Ren was even more impressed and said: "Shilang Zhang, you are really amazing. I will be in trouble for Shilang Zhang all the way from now on."

Jiang Xia is just starting to investigate all the way.

"It's a matter of duty. Now I understand why the Prime Minister emphasized that in addition to investigating the Sima family and evaluating officials, we must also re-measure the land and promote the apportionment of land into acres. This kind of worm in the country must be dealt with. Now I also ask the Duke of Zhen to sign with me and report the matter here to Your Majesty," Zhang Cheng said.

"I also have this intention. In this investigation of Jiangxia, in addition to arresting Zhou Lin and others, I also confiscated several houses, which is equivalent to one million taels of silver, and sent them to the court." Ji Rendao.

"That's how it should be." Zhang Cheng nodded. Apart from this, he needed to further convince others.

Zhang Cheng had a hunch that there would be more and more days of settling accounts, and he couldn't handle so many accounts alone.

At this time, his good brother Zhang Zheng, the minister of household affairs, came to help.

They are brothers who fight tigers.

"Don't you need my signature?" Zhang Jingshou asked from the side.

Doesn’t it mean that I am the actual leader of this operation?

Why hasn't anyone asked me for my opinion?

"Yes, when I ask you to sign, just sign one." Ji Ren said casually.

"Then don't you ask me for my opinion?" Zhang Jingshou said. He felt that these two people did not respect him at all.

"What are you asking? Will you not sign?" Ji Ren asked.

"will not."

"Then do you have any guidance on specific actions? Do you know who to call? Do you know how to check the household registration next?" Ji Ren asked again.

"do not know."

"Then what did you say?" Ji Ren looked at Zhang Jingshou and asked.

You are just a little better than the mascot. Don't make a scene. If you make a scene, it won't be as good as a mascot.

Zhang Jingshou swallowed awkwardly and said: "I will ask about the next preparations. What are we going to do next? Where will we go next? Is there another corrupt official? I'm going to ransack the house!"

I don't know anything else, but I'm still very good at confiscating homes.

And you can find the right thing once you find it!

Over the years, I have stolen everything from the royal study room.

"Go to Jinling via Yuzhang. As for corrupt officials and rebels, you can catch them softly," Ji Ren said.

Following the clues here, he found more information than he expected. After all, there are traces of official grain sales and capital flows that can be traced.

Pei Shijun was better than Ji Ren imagined. He conveyed a lot of information, which could be corroborated with the information found by Zhou Lin.

"Huh? You actually went to Yuzhang instead of Lujiang. According to your character, shouldn't you have gotten closer to Qiao Qingyu in Lujiang? Could it be that Yuzhang is in greater trouble? There are more rebels. "Zhang Jingshou said doubtfully.

This doesn't fit Ji Ren's character.

"Yes, you are really a smart guy. When the time comes, you will raid all the houses and train your soldiers along the way. These aristocratic families are not simple, and they probably won't be captured without mercy. When the time comes, there will be plenty for you to show off." The corners of Ji Ren's mouth twitched slightly.

You know it, you know it, why did you say it?

Isn't this because Yuzhang County is more troublesome and must go?

Otherwise, Qingyu and I will go to worship our ancestors, regardless of business or private matters.

"What are you afraid of? I learn from Master Lu every day now, and I am very strong." Zhang Jingshou said with a proud look on his face.

"Yes, I have to use one hand to hit you now. I can't beat you with one finger." Ji Ren nodded matter-of-factly.

"Ji Ren!"

Zhang Jingshou screamed and wanted to fight Ji Ren, but was ruthlessly suppressed by Ji Ren, and then went out bitterly to continue practicing.

"Is there no peace in Yuzhang?" Zhang Cheng looked at Ji Rendao.

According to the original trajectory, we should not go to Yuzhang next.

There are some things that you can't talk to Zhang Jingshou, but you should be able to talk to him.

"You should say that there is peace in Jiangnan? A few days ago, at the Zhou family banquet, Wang Yulan, the elder of the Moon Worship Palace and the legitimate daughter of the Langya Wang family, died in Yuzhang." Ji Rendao.

When he flew back, he was still injured.

"Wang Yulan is dead?" Zhang Cheng's expression changed slightly.

The status of the elder of the Worshiping Moon Palace and the legitimate daughter of the Langya Wang family is not simple. Such a person, even if he is behind the enemy camp, should have a high status. Kill him at will?

"Dead. The legitimate daughter of Wang, the uncrowned king of the south of the Yangtze River, died in Yangzhou, on their own territory. The murderer has not yet been found out. Moreover, after Wang Yulan left Jiangxia, she did not return to the Moon Worship Palace, but went straight to Henan Zhang, it's also very delicate, I must go there," Ji Ren said.

"In that case, we have to go." Zhang Cheng nodded in agreement and added, "As for what happened at this juncture, Wang Yulan is probably related to the Sima family. And her status in the Moon Worshiping Palace is not low, so I'm afraid there are people in the Moon Worshiping Palace as well. "

"It's abnormal to have none. After all, if the Sima family wants to develop in Jiangnan, how could they not send people to the biggest force in Jiangnan?" Ji Ren said with a smile, "It's just a matter of more or less, and whether it will harm us."

"Do they still dare to attack Jiangxia?" Zhang Cheng asked in shock.

"Who knows? You must be on guard against others. Tomorrow the Governor of Liangjiang, Lu Xianjie, will come. Jiangxia's five thousand troops plus his own five thousand troops, a total of ten thousand, will sit in Jiangxia and guard against the Moon Worship Palace. This can guarantee that we will not be attacked. Someone stabbed me in the butt," Ji Ren said.

Lu Xianjie, the second most powerful figure in the Lu family, is the king of heaven.

Hearing this, Zhang Cheng relaxed slightly. Lu Xianjie united with Lu to resist the Faxiang and led 10,000 troops to guard Jiangxia. It was said to be impregnable, and Daqi was not without people in Jingzhou. , is also famous, and the two of them should be able to control Jingzhou together.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Cheng added: "There is news from Kuaiji. The Wang family and the Zhu family have been captured. Among them, all the Wang family members have been arrested except for a few children who escaped, and the Zhu family has been arrested." The head of the family has escaped, and they are more prepared than the Wang family, and they seem to have expected this step. However, judging from the evidence, it seems that they are only members of the Sima family. "

"It's normal. Otherwise, wouldn't it be stupid to say that they are from the Sima family? It's just that the search is a little more difficult now." Ji Ren said.

"Cheng Guogong will increase the intensity of the search, but I'm afraid it won't be possible in a short time." Zhang Cheng said.

"We have to be prepared for a protracted war. It's normal that they are hard to find. Anyway, when we come down, we want to turn the entire Yangzhou over." Ji Ren said.

It is not easy to find the group of people behind Pei Shijun, otherwise they would have been found long ago.

But it’s not difficult to investigate all the way.

After all, those who engage in rebellion must build high walls, hoard food, and cultivate troops privately.

Otherwise, if there is no army, how can a few people rebel?

And since these things are done, they will definitely leave traces.

As long as these people are in Jiangnan, Ji Ren can always find them.

Zhang Cheng nodded slightly to express his support.

At the same time, in Yuzhang County, an old man sat under a peach tree with a chessboard in front of him. However, no one played chess with him. Instead, he played alone.

As I got older, I may not have been to Jiangnan for a long time, and only communicated through written letters. Now it seems that something has changed in Jiangnan.

This group of people from the Wang family are really at odds with each other.

However, those losers who had not been taken seriously at first turned out to be promising. Instead, they defeated an entire army and defeated Jiangxia, Kuaiji and other places.

But that’s it for now.

Just stop at Yuzhang, Cai Nian should have found it.

During the war, Jiangnan was affected, so hundreds of thousands of people were killed or injured. They could use their grievances to live longer.