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Chapter 174 It¡¯s all the name¡¯s fault

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    Regarding Zhao Ran's suggestion, the two most powerful people in Long'an Mansion still need to think carefully, but the problem of soaring food prices in Guyang County must be solved immediately.  For this reason, Zhang Yunzhao and Magistrate Feng specially wrote to Xuanyuan Guan and the Sichuan Chief Secretary's Yamen to request disaster relief food.

    However, due to the three consecutive years of the Ming and Xia wars, the grain reserves controlled by Sichuan Chief Envoy Si Yamen could no longer meet the demand, and there was a huge gap between the allocated disaster relief grain and what was needed.  Because the autumn harvest has not yet begun, the real drought has not yet appeared. Except for Long'an Prefecture, the affected Baoning Prefecture and Kuizhou Prefecture did not even issue any warning to Chengdu, so the Chief Envoy Si Yamen did not cause any concern about this.  enough attention.

    Zhang Yunzhao went to Chengdu in person and met with Li Yunhe of Xuanyuan Guan Supervisor. After the two talked for an hour, Li Yunhe promised Zhang Yunzhao that Xuanyuan Guan would come forward to find a way to transfer grain from southern Sichuan and eastern Sichuan to northern Sichuan. As for purchasing grain and seeds  The money needs to be raised by Xizhenwu Palace on its own.

    Farmers in this era do not have much savings, and their ability to resist disasters is very weak. Basically, as soon as the autumn harvest comes, they will have no rice to cook.  It takes at least half a month to bring food from other places into the country, but disasters will not wait for anyone. Farmers cannot harvest food from their fields, so they can only use the charity money they just borrowed to buy food at high prices. Even if they buy food,  , and will definitely not survive this winter.  If this situation is allowed to continue, Zhao Ran's involvement in lending money to young people will become a joke.

    Perhaps Zhao Ran can increase the lending intensity of charity funds and increase the amount of loans per household by three or even five times, but he can understand with his toes that the consequences of this will continue to increase food prices. Zhao Ran  No matter how much money is invested, the final result will be in vain. Farmers will still not be able to buy enough food, while the gentry will make a lot of money.

    "And if Zhao Ran stops and doesn't do anything, then after the farmers spend all their charity loans, they will still have to borrow usury from the gentry, and they still can't escape the outcome of their fields being annexed.

    Zhao Ran was helpless. He had thought before that once he took action, he would definitely encounter a lot of resistance. But what he didn't expect was that the first counterattack from the gentry put him in a panic.

    In the Jinzhai in Guyang County, Zhao Ran was sitting in the flower hall, accompanied by Jinxian Lieutenant on the main seat.

    Zhao Ran took a small sip of the fragrant tea in the cup until the tea cup reached the bottom, but he still didn't see any sign from Jinxian Lieutenant, so he had to say: "Jinxian Lieutenant, the current situation is really too long to wait. I wonder if you can still  What are you hesitating about?"

    Jin Xianwei sighed and finally said: "Zhao Fangzhu has great kindness and compassion. Jin has nothing but admiration for him. If there are any young people who want to make things difficult for Fangzhu, Jin will definitely try his best to eradicate them.  Keep the Fang Master safe and peaceful. But I didn¡¯t expect that the Fang Master did such a big thing. This is beyond Jin¡¯s ability, and it really makes Jin very uncomfortable.¡±

    Zhao Ran said: "Pindao has already discussed this matter with Magistrate Kong. With Magistrate Kong protecting us, what does Jin County Lieutenant have to fear?"

    Lieutenant Jin Xian leaned back and leaned on the back of his chair, rubbing his forehead with his fingers and saying feebly: "You can't say that. Jin thinks that Master Zhao is a close friend, so he confides in him with his heartfelt words and hopes for Master Zhao."  Don¡¯t blame me, Jin, for being timid. Mr. Kong County is not a local. To put it bluntly, he only wants to be an official for one term and only wants to have excellent performance. If the business of making money for young people is done well, he can be promoted elsewhere. Even if he does poorly, he will be in trouble.  After returning to his hometown after serving as an official, he will still enjoy the rest of his life. But Jin is different. Jin is from Guyang County. He will never be promoted in this life. If he offends these wealthy gentry, not only will he not be able to continue his career as a county captain, but he will also be unable to do so.  It will bring harm to the family members, and then where will there be a place for the Jin family in Guyang County?"

    Zhao Ran calmly said: "Where did the heroic spirit of Jinxian Lieutenant go? When the Zong clan was wiped out, Jinxian Lieutenant didn't shrink back? Is the Zong clan a big family in Guyang? If we join forces, won't we still be wiped out? In this way, no matter what happens,  No matter which house is taken down, no matter how many houses are taken down, Pindao will only take 30% of it into the charity fund, and the remaining 70% will belong to the Jinxian Lieutenant. What do you think? These evil gentry are making ill-gotten gains and attracting money.  It¡¯s the people¡¯s blessings and the people¡¯s anointing, and stealing them is all merit and a good thing that conforms to God¡¯s will. Why is Jinxian Lieutenant hesitating?¡±

    Jin Xianwei smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is two different things from Zong Weiwu's case, how can they be compared? Although hoarding is unjust, there is no such article in our Ming law. Besides, Zong Weiwu shoveled it away, no one  He would say that he is an ugly person, but now these big families are all connected by the same spirit. If you disturb one family, it is equivalent to fighting all of them to death! I am afraid you also know that none of the leading families is easy to get along with. Zhang  There is a relative of the Jiao family who is serving as a minister in the court, the Jiao family is related by marriage to the Luotui official of Chengdu Prefecture, and someone of the Zhou family is an official in Shaanxi. Although he is only a county magistrate, he is the same year as the provincial governor, let alone the others.  , just relying on these few, if the trouble is really overwhelming, how can you and I be able to handle it? I'm afraid Kong CountyNeither Zun nor Song Supervisor can bear it!  "

    The several big families pointed out by Jin County Lieutenant are very particular. All of them have people in Wuji Courtyard, and they are all well known to Zhao Ran: the Zhang family has Zhang Ze, who has now left with the original guest Dong Zhikun; the Jiao family has  Jiao Tan, Zhou and Zhou Huai were all Zhao Ran's roommates when he was a layman of Huo Gong in Wuji Yuan, and they still keep in touch with each other now.  The reason why I named these households is to tell Zhao Ran that these large households are intertwined and deeply entangled, and if they fail, they will involve people around them, so it is best not to act rashly.

    In fact, there are some things that Jin Xianwei did not say. For example, many of the upper-level lay relatives of Wujiyuan are also big households in Guyang County. However, because they take into account the reputation of the Taoist priests, most of these lay relatives act reasonably and are not like  Other wealthy gentry were so arrogant and domineering, especially during the youth money crisis, because they were suppressed by Wujiyuan, they did not dare to blatantly participate in hoarding.

    Zhao Ran understood County Lieutenant Jin¡¯s worries, but he had already reached a consensus with County Magistrate Kong that he must seek a breakthrough from the wealthy gentry and large households, so he patiently persuaded: ¡°These big households you mentioned, even a poor man will not touch, and a poor man also understands  The risks involved will definitely not be met head-on. Pindao and Kong Xianzun have already discussed it. As the saying goes, we will choose a family with an unstable foundation and kill the chicken to show the monkeys to scare them.  "

    "Appreciate further details?"

    "What do you think of the Long family in the south of the city?"

    Jinxian Lieutenant was a little confused and asked: "Long family?"

    Zhao Ran nodded: "Yes! Pindao has found out clearly that no one from the Long family has been an official for twenty years. The most recent official was the chief bookkeeper of a county in Guangxi twenty-three years ago. In the past twenty years, the Long family has come to  There have been several talented people, but none of them have won the exam. He doesn¡¯t know how to restrain himself, and is jumping up and down at this moment. Isn¡¯t he a killable chicken?¡±

    Jin County Lieutenant was very clear about the background of the Long family, the big landowner in the south of the city. When Zhao Ran mentioned it, he immediately understood that this was a soft persimmon that could be pinched. After thinking about it, he asked: "Song Supervisor and Kong  Does the county magistrate approve it?"

    Zhao Ran smiled and said: "The secular family of the Song Supervisor had a dispute with the Long family for land. That was during the seventeenth year. At that time, the Song Supervisor was still a Taoist boy in the Jingtang. Since then, the relationship between the two families has been at odds; as for Kong,  County Lord, he wishes that all the big families in the county would spit out their fields, not even a mere Long family. Can Lieutenant Jin feel relieved?"

    The captain of Jin County breathed a sigh of relief: "In this case, let's take action on the Long family! Well, just now Master Zhao Fang said 70%?"

    "Yes, I am three and you are seven!"

    "Okay! In that case, Jin will also do his best to benefit the hometown! Fangzhu Zhao will wait a moment" After saying that, Jin County Lieutenant stood up and went back to the back hall. After a while, he returned with a yellow paper list.  In the flower hall, he handed it to Zhao Ran: "Master Fang, please take a look."

    Zhao Ran took it and took a look, dear, it lists numerous crimes committed by the Long family in the past five years, from forced land purchase to frame-up, from suspected murder to insulting a good family, there are all kinds of crimes, no less than twenty or thirty.  After reading it, Zhao Ran was speechless for a long time. He glanced at the complacent Jinxian Lieutenant and said secretly: It turns out that you have been memorizing dirty information. It seems that I I need to be more careful in the future.

    No matter what, being able to convince Jin County Lieutenant to fully cooperate can be regarded as opening a breakthrough. With this black material, it is justified to rob the Long family.

    After discussing the details of the action, Jinxian Lieutenant seemed to be in a good mood and smiled at Zhao Ran: "Zhao Fangzhu's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone. It not only knocked down the mountain and shocked the tiger, but also avenged the secular family for the Song Supervisory Academy. I believe that in the future  The future is limitless. I don¡¯t know how the Long family could offend Master Zhao and end up in such a disaster."

    "If you want to blame it, just blame the name of his boss!"

    Jinxian Lieutenant was stunned: "Isn't the name a good one?"

    Zhao Ran bit his back molars and said fiercely: "What do you think is a bad name for him? If he insists on calling him Long Aotian, he really doesn't want to live or die!"

    Jin County Lieutenant: ""

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