Chapter 130 – What’s done is done.

The biggest nail in the coffin of the “Retirement Order”, the King of Pingliang County, Zhu Yougou, conceded, and the rest of the officials and gentry also followed the fast and furious.

Under the call of the people’s servant Su Yansu imperial historian, the two temple officials led their subordinate officers to launch a sensational land reform struggle …… bah, is to re-measure the land, divide the boundary of the pasture land, dismantle the manor that occupies the land, and gradually take back the farmland, fallow and return to the pasture.

The data on the newly measured land area in each province was reported to the “Shaanxi Horse Policy Reform Command” (Note: founded and labeled by Imperial Secretary Su) one after another, but a transition period was needed in order to restore the 160,000 hectares of pastureland that had existed in the heyday of the government.

Suyen gave this task to the new Secretary of the Yuanma Temple.

Catch the big one, he’s got a lot on his plate.

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Forbidden City, Fengtian Hall.

The chanting eunuch’s voice was clear and high-pitched, and the aftermath echoed through the hall:

“…… Third, additional pastoral military personnel.”

The low status and hard life of the herdsmen led to mass desertions.

Prefectures and counties, the military surplus, more fled to the local shelter, long-term improper service, and no household registration, the officials have no way to control the investigation. So much so that the provocation of trouble, so that the local deeply victimized by the denunciation of the people are hiding, become a vagrant.

There were also those who threw themselves into the residences of county kings, generals, etc., to serve as attendants.

There were also those who joined with the horse households to become bandits, and the “Rattlesnake Pirates” led by Wang Wu and Wang Liu in Shaanxi Province were the result of these bandits.

These stragglers, according to the law should be punished by decapitation, but in view of the fact that they have no way to make a living, if they are willing to return to their original home to serve as an officer, then they can be exempted from the sentence.

Draw to post a notice: all stragglers to surrender to the officials, can be exempted from the crime, according to the size of their population, to allocate pasture land, to adopt the government horses to live in the pasture, the nearest into the court register with the management.

The government requested that all county kings, generals, and lieutenants be investigated, and that any unregistered soldiers and civilians who had fled be arrested and brought to the government, and then sent to the various prisons and courts to serve as herdsmen after being interrogated and clarified.

He requested the court to allocate 15,000 taels of silver to improve the living conditions of the herdsmen, to build their houses, and to increase their pay, so as not to lose them again.

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“…… Its four, increasing the Court Temple Stallion.”

Requested the allocation of 120,000 taels of silver for the Shaanxi line of the Taishu Temple for the purchase of 20,000 mainland stallions.

It was requested to increase the number of Chaypan horses and to purchase stallions in large quantities from the tribes of the Northern Desert and Xifan.

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“…… Its five, add the Horse Camp Castle.”

Shaanxi courts and temples, not built for a long time Yamen, castles, castles have been dilapidated, no barracks, stables. Official horse day and night outside, winter months, freeze to death countless.

Camp Fort is not repaired, the border by relaxation, the northern captives took the opportunity to enter the customs looting, robbed thousands of official horses every year, Yuan officials and horses safety can not be guaranteed, so that the people are terrified.

Proposed the creation of “Changle” and other 14 battalion castles, additional repair “Kaicheng” and other 18 battalion castles. Roughly estimated, should be repaired a total of 2,000 camp fortresses, stables, barns and granaries about 4,000 houses. Start and build the camp fort, need to be completed by the military and people, the wood used in the Shaanxi provinces to collect, so as to avoid long-distance transportation of the people.

The court was asked to allocate 85,000 taels of silver for the materials and manpower for the construction of the fortress.

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Xu Ruiqi, the Minister of the Household, smiled bitterly: “This Su Qinghe does not mention the silver already, a mention is a lion’s mouth!”

As the financial steward of the entire Da Ming, all ministries reach out to him for money. The army food and grass, facilities repair, disaster relief and reconstruction …… piles and pieces, which does not need to spend? In one breath, he asked for 220,000 taels of silver, when his household department is an endless gold mine?

The diligent and thrifty Xu Shangshu, feeling a deep meat pain, could not help but cast his eyes to the emperor on the dragon throne, hoping that he would give Su Yan’s application for the allocation of silver a discount, and then a discount.

Our emperor, has always advocated simplicity, do not cover the palace, do not choose the showgirls, do not love to play, every year before winter, but also asked the consort palace people to the border soldiers sewing cold clothes, in order to call the world’s women to support the border. He is home to know the firewood and rice, should not be easy to agree, right?

Who expected Jinglong emperor a little thought, then said: “financial allocation of silver, the province to save, the flower to spend. I look at these accounts, a pen are clearly calculated, really can not save, according to the number of allocations.”

Xu Shangshu habitually began to cry poor: “Now nearly the end of the year, the financial expenditure of the expenditure are almost spent, it is difficult to come up with 220,000 taels of silver at once. If it is overdrawn, taxes will have to be raised in the coming year ……”

Emperor Jinglong was not moved: “the bottom of the Ministry of households, I know in my heart. Treasury annual income of more than 4 million taels of silver, if you add the food cloth and silk and so on, more than 20 million taels, how can not take this area of 220,000 taels of silver? Xu Shangshu, you are stingy stingy used to, to really can not afford, go to my internal money to take this money.”

Internal money is the emperor’s private small treasury, to the harem to send monthly regulations, to the officials to reward …… including the emperor and the emperor’s son, the princess of the daily expenses of the money, all from here.

If the construction of the country, but also need to use the emperor’s private coffers, it is simply a slap in the face of the Minister of Finance.

Xu Shangshu was shocked to realize that the wind is not right, immediately changed his words: “out of it, out of it! Moreover, this 220,000 taels of silver, and not a breath to pay off, can be allocated in batches with the construction period.”

He said, while clearing his thoughts: Yes, the work period is long, according to the Su twelve this ploughing the family to engage in, not three years and five years which can be a full success. Why do I want to sing with the emperor, think the head of the hat to wear too secure?

Emperor Jinglong nodded in agreement and glanced at the Crown Prince.

Prince read the meaning in his father’s eyes – see? Have to know the affairs of the six ministries like the back of your hand so that you won’t be fooled by these sophisticated officials, son, learn well from your father. In the future, let you read what, remember what, you read well, remember well, do not be lazy.

Zhu Hailin nodded his head furiously. He didn’t want to be lazy either, so he set his ambitions every time:

Today, my little lord, I’m going to read through this table of books.

Within three days, my lord promises to write eight pieces of curricula to the satisfaction of my father.

This month Mandarin Hall will never be excused or late for a lecture.

All kinds of things.

However, thinking is one thing, doing is another thing …… Want to be like the father that fifteen years as one day of self-discipline and diligence, really difficult which!

Zhu Hailin was a bit frustrated, but more than that, he was inspired to be more ambitious than his father. He looked deeply towards Emperor Jinglong, his gaze bright and his brows open, as if to say: Don’t worry, Father, I will definitely work hard!

The Emperor raised the corners of his mouth and smiled lightly.

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Before the imperial court’s silver was allocated, Su Yan’s purchases and construction work began. With more than 10,000 taels of silver won from horse betting at the bottom, it can be said that the hand has a surplus of food and the heart does not panic.

Unfortunately, the amount of work is too large, more than 10,000 taels of silver thrown out, even a splash did not see. In order to open up another way of wealth, he again used a crooked idea – this time not horse racing, but instead of scavenging fines.

He ordered all the major and minor government offices of the Shaanxi division, prefectures, guards, states, and counties to summarize all the redemption silver and spoils and penalties collected from prisoners during the current year, and to store them in the Pingliang prefectural government office for use in various expenditures.

Managing the household registration and money, Shaanxi governor Wei Quan Wei Taoshi is a good hand. Su Yan invited him from Xi’an Province to sit in Pingliang as his own Director of Personnel and Finance.

During the month that the court allocated silver to arrive in Shaanxi, he lived quite nourishing – infrastructure does not worry about the feeling of money, really cool!

Mr. Su played the role of “commander-in-chief” with ease.

He referred to the later generation of the administrative management model, set up a set of local government agencies, the establishment of the leading group of reform, and the signing of the “one job, two responsibilities” certificate of responsibility with the officials of each department, so that they are responsible for both operational work, but also to take on the ideological work.

In accordance with the contents of the booklet issued by the command, the officials must talk to their subordinates every month to correct their thinking, purification brainwashing, the main content from “loyalty to the country” to “diligent government for the people” to “cleanliness and incorruptibility The main content from “loyalty to the country” to “diligence for the people” to “cleanliness and incorruptibility” to “reform and innovation”, can be described as layers to the next one dragon. Where the monthly quantitative assessment in the “Grade A”, the end of the year to issue a considerable amount of bonuses, and unruly pricks do not obey the discipline, a warning, two notification, three direct dismissal or dismissal.

Wei governor looked at this set of unthinkable, but effective mode, surprised: a sixteen or seventeen-year-old scholar, two ears do not listen to things outside the window, only read the book of the sages, where these doorways? Come to think of it, can only be attributed to natural talent.

He encouraged Su Yan to form this management model into a law and report it to the imperial court, applying for it to be popularized to all divisions in the country.

Although this idea was just what Su Yan wanted, but now he is in charge of the whole situation, how can he have time to shake the pencil. So Wei governor recommended himself to help organize the text.

Su Yan knew that Governor Wei was trying to get some credit.

After all, Wei Quan, as the highest governor of Shaanxi, could do nothing about the withering of horse politics over the years, and applied to the court for the abolition of the two temples. The emperor rejected the proposal and even blamed him for a few words, which made him sweat and panic.

Now that he saw the new imperial historian getting things going with style and vigor, Governor Wei seemed to see a bright future beckoning, so he also wanted to maximize his participation and seize the opportunity to brush up some political achievements for himself as well.

Su Yan was a person who ate meat himself and also let his colleagues drink soup – as long as the other party was cooperative enough and didn’t drag his feet.

And he was really busy, so he called a few stenographers to follow him around, remembering how much, and dictate how much, and then summarize these records to the governor Wei, so that he can go to organize into a book.

Jinglong emperor under the imperial decree, the original intention is to let Su Yan do not too hard, strategize and give orders can be, running errands let Wei Quan to be responsible for.

As a result, the situation is reversed, Wei governor in addition to the management of revenue and expenditure, is to bring a group of clerks sitting in the office, every day buried in the chapter draft, penning. And Su Yan is busy all day to inspect all over the world, so as not to reform in form.

He led his guards to trek across the mountains and rivers, checking the newly created pastures and repaired camps and forts; walking the streets and alleys to investigate public opinion, visiting military surplus and horse households; and conducting sample sampling of goods traded between the mainland purchasing horses and the fangbangs……

However, hard work to hard work, in the food, clothing, housing and transportation, Su Yan never treat yourself badly, and even directly a whole set of outstanding craftsmanship chef class with them.

Good food and drink plus a lot of exercise, and at night there are martial arts masters to condition his body, so after a period of time, he actually grew muscles-

Although it was only a thin layer that couldn’t be compared to the tendon meat of his previous life, it still made Su Yan almost cry with joy.

This night when dredging the meridians, Su Yan happily lifted up the hem of his shirt to show his personal guards his newly grown abs.

In fact, say “abs” is a little too much, not to mention the lack of six or eight blocks, horizontal and vertical grooves are too shallow to see clearly. But it is thin and strong elasticity, covered in the smooth jade-like skin, together with the waist muscle together into a beautiful smooth lines, there is a kind of between teenagers and young people between the clear, lined with the back of the buttocks more and more rounded, very tempting.

Jing Hong chased didn’t hold back and touched his waist and stomach.

Su Yan also when the coach is checking fitness results, did not care, but also said “pectoral muscles have grown a little bit, not the ribs of the essence, you touch”.

Jing Hong chased after the invitation to touch, the hard calluses on his knuckles and palms scraped and zapped and itched him.

Su Yan laughed into a cackling hen, twisted to avoid it, and also went to pinch the other party’s pecs and abs as a counterattack – the feel of it was much better than his own.

His ten fingers do not touch the spring water, in addition to a little thin callus at the grip of the pen, the other parts are tender and silky, touching Jing Hong chased nearly raised the flag as a salute.

…… How can this be suffered ah! The personal guards thought bitterly, the adults and love to tease and tease, and there is absolutely no that aspect of the meaning. Days and nights since the sealing of the cave gradually not one or two of the Lord, the body of the official authority of the day, sometimes a look over, so that the subordinates are anxious to speak.

He’s just a small Jinyiwei scout, who controls the sky and the earth, and can control whether or not there’s a delicate guest in Lord Su’s bed, and how he’s fooling around every night?

It …… is better to let the Tongzhi Lord do it himself. There is nothing wrong with disciplining your own wife. He’ll just be responsible for snitching.

Whispers were still coming out of the room in broken tones, moans interspersed with a sobbing airy sound or two.

“My lord change your position, lie flat on your back and lift your legs. Yes, just rest on the crook of my arm can …… it hurt here?”

“It hurts everywhere …… You said the first time would be especially sore and uncomfortable, and that it would be much better afterward, so why is it still like this?”

“Your Excellency is a little over-tired today, so bear with it and you’ll be comfortable by the end of the day.”

Gao Shuo blushed. He was afraid that he had been absent for a long time, and it was inevitable that he would react if he listened to the living spring palace, so he tiptoed away and went back to the house to write a secret letter.

The wording had been as euphemistic as possible, but he could still foresee Shen Qi’s furious and murderous appearance after seeing the letter.

Shangguan’s hostility and ruthlessness he knows better than anyone. Before his secret letter that there was a suspected ambiguity between Lord Su and Jing Hongchou, Tongzhi Shen nearly went berserk, and this time, in case he recklessly wants to rush to Shaanxi to cut down the adulterer and go AWOL and offend His Majesty, what should he do?

Anyway, the raw rice is already cooked, a few days more or less seems to make little difference …… Might as well wait another month or two.

Lord Su had said that he would take a vacation at the end of the year and go back to the capital for the Spring Festival. Why don’t we wait until then to tell Lord Shen in advance, and take advantage of Jing Hongchu’s fatigue from running all the way to the city to get rid of him before he enters the city?

The more Takasaku thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

For the sake of Shangguan’s future life, this news must be suppressed. He burned the newly written secret letter on the candle flame and decided to give a reprieve to the cowardly bed-crawling guards, and then settle the score when he returned to the capital at the end of the year.

He blew out the candles and collapsed on the fire bed dais intending to go back to sleep, when he suddenly heard Chu Yuan from the neighboring bunk ask in a low voice, “What did you go to do just now?”

Gosaku was slightly stunned, “Went to pee.” No, that’s a bit long, adding, “And took a shit.”

“Constipated?” Chu Yuan asked.

Gao Shuo let out a “hmm”, hoping that he would hurry to sleep and not ask questions. Chu Yuan, after all, is the emperor’s side of the trusted, although usually look old and calm, but do not know what to play in the heart of the calculations. He did not want to hold the thigh, and therefore do not like to blindly close to others.

Chu Yuan said, “You have to sink your qi first. Yes, sink your qi into the dantian, force it until there’s no way out, then push hard, and it’s done.”

I’m not sure if I’m going to have an anal fissure! Takasaku replied with a vague, “It’s late, go to sleep,” and turned to face the wall.

Chu Yuan said silently in the darkness: the Tao is in the shit. You, who sneak around and release pigeons all day, won’t understand.