First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 271

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Who is Hu Weiyong?

To put it simply, this is a guy who can bite against a dog without any loss.

Before crossing the river, he took refuge with Zhu Yuanzhang, and then he became an official in Hezhou, and he did a lot of things. During the period when Hu Dahai and others were suppressing the bandits, the most famous vicious battles were all fought by him.

As a literati, Hu Weiyong actually disguised himself, went deep into the enemy camp, spying on intelligence, and helping him succeed.

It stands to reason that such a person should have been promoted long ago.

At that time, Zhang Ximeng presided over the evaluation of Baiguan. God is pitiful. He did list Hu Weiyong on the recommended list. Because Zhang Ximeng was worried that Hu Weiyong would form a party for personal gain, he would be implicated, so he did not recommend it to Lao Zhu alone. After all, he did not want to be Hu Weiyong's benefactor.

However, Zhang Ximeng's evaluation of his writing was still very high, especially with several more lines.

But it was unexpected that Zhu Yuanzhang was useless Hu Weiyong, and excluded a very capable person from the main civil servants. After crossing the river, Lao Zhu transferred him to Ningguo, and his position was not high, only the magistrate.

In fact, this arrangement is very abnormal. .

Today's Zhu family army is expanding rapidly, managing many affairs, and the number of officials is constantly expanding. Many young people who are little known have been entrusted with important responsibilities.

Only Hu Weiyong, he has qualifications and ability, and more importantly, he is a native of Haozhou and belongs to Zhu Yuanzhang's fellow.

With these advantages, there is no reason not to be promoted.

You must know that in order to reward the grain chief, Li Shanchang offered a reward for the servant.

The team is just starting out, that's it, talk about it casually, feel that the talent is good, give a position, and then go on. This is the norm.

However, because of Zhang Ximeng's appearance, Zhu Jiajun held the imperial examination, selected talents from various places, and established an evaluation mechanism, which was not as formal as a rebel team.

That's what made Hu Weiyong's situation surprising.

"Sir, do you think that we have never used this person, that we have wronged the talent?" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a faint smile.

Zhang Ximeng said: "I really didn't want to understand it, but the lord should have a reason. If it's inconvenient, don't say it."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly widened, what is it, I have a chance to show our level, you won't let us say it, isn't this going to suffocate me!

"Hu Weiyong is omnipotent, and he is so utilitarian. This person is not a worthy minister, not a gentleman, and cannot be entrusted with important matters... But he is a knife, a sharp sword for murder."

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "There are enough worthy ministers like Mr. by our side. But there are some things that we can't let Mr. do, and we can't get Mr.'s hands dirty. There is no way, we can only use Hu Weiyong. In the past, instead of reusing him, we threw him away for practice, just to make this knife sharper, kill people, and be more enjoyable."

Zhang Ximeng took a breath, and didn't need to say anything, Lao Zhu regarded Hu Weiyong as a tool, but I had to say that Zhu Yuanzhang was very accurate in seeing people.

Hu Weiyong was bold, and he climbed up with all his heart, being ruthless to himself and even more ruthless to others. Such a person is a vicious dog, but it has to be said that sometimes guarding the door is really inseparable from him.

For example, in the current situation, letting Hu Weiyong accept the hard labor camp, playing with these unrepentant things, and continuously knocking the bones and sucking the marrow, is definitely the best use of talents and materials.

This is another characteristic of Lao Zhu. When he is not a man, he will really not be a man.

What else can Zhang Ximeng say? I can only wish Hu Weiyong and those unlucky ones happiness!

After receiving the order from Zhu Yuanzhang, Hu Weiyong was trembling.

From the magistrate, he rose to the sky in one step, became the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple, and also served as the promotion of the hard labor camp... It is needless to say how many levels he has risen in the middle.

This hard labor camp was actually set up by him.

That is to say, Lao Zhu agreed with his suggestion and handed over this tailor-made department into his hands.

If it doesn't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

Hu Weiyong has been able to foresee how much this appointment will make waves in the Zhu family's army... How can the superior be so generous, how can he not give up his life in return!

At this moment, Hu Weiyong didn't think so much. He immediately set off, rushed to Changxing from Ningguo County, and quickly took over the hard labor camp.

The person in charge of the handover was Sun Yan, and Zhang Ximeng did not come.

Hu Weiyong doesn't care about these anymore, he just marvels at the huge size of the hard labor camp... First of all, how many prisoners did Lao Zhu capture?

This question is not easy to answer.

When he was in Hengjian Mountain, he captured more than 70,000 people, and then occupied Chuzhou and Hezhou. When Tuotuo 400,000 people were defeated, Lao Zhu also got a piece of the pie.

The total number of prisoners at that time exceeded 100,000.

Of the first batch of prisoners, some were incorporated into the army, and some were placed in military camps. Later, they were pardoned one after another.

But after crossing the river, sieging the city and capturing the land, the number and quality of the prisoners captured are no worse than those in Huaixi. And since Zhu's army already had quite a few troops, most of the prisoners were not incorporated into the army except for a battalion in Tongling not long ago.

A rough estimate put the number of hard labor camps at 70,000 to 80,000 people.

Where is this camp?

In a county, there are tens of thousands of men, women and children combined.

Seven or eighty thousand strong labor, even a few houses may not be able to come up with it.

To put it more bluntly, Zhu Yuanzhang's troops were only 200,000 people!

This power is too great, so great that Hu Weiyong is ecstatic, even his fellow villager Li Shan will be envious when he sees it.

Since the superior has given him such a great grace, then he has to show 10,000 times the ability to satisfy the superior.

Hu Weiyong's ability to do things is no worse than Li Shanchang's, and his cruelty is even higher than Li Shanchang's.

After he took over the labor camp, he proposed a task to build a dam on the Xin'an River.

Even though he was the magistrate of Ningguo, he also knew the situation in Huizhou next door, and knew that the Xin'an River was seriously flooded... But Huizhou, Jiande and other places were very important and belonged to the current Zhujia army's hinterland.

Eliminating floods, increasing irrigation, and increasing grain production are also due to the equalization of land. Moreover, there is also the convenience of shipping, which can promote commercial exchanges and increase tax revenue.

All in all, there are many benefits.

Of course, Hu Weiyong didn't care about how much labor he put in and whether he would die.

When he sent this suggestion, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed immediately without hesitation.

Moreover, Lao Zhu also instructed that it is very appropriate for those tyrannical gentry who are in trouble and fish the common people to be able to repair dams and atone for their sins. But we must cherish the power of the people and not affect the place and harm the people.

Facing Zhu Yuanzhang's request, Hu Weiyong agreed without hesitation.

Then he took action, and then, the gentry and landlords in Changxing were unlucky... Geng Bingwen dispatched his soldiers and soldiers to go deep into various villages, clearing the land and realizing the equalization of land.

But it is undeniable that the soldiers were unfamiliar, and because they were too young.

Once in the countryside, trouble soon ran into trouble.

The ones who made them speechless the most were not the gentry and landlords. They dared to resist and immediately arrested them. No matter how serious they were, they would act according to the law.

Zhu Jiajun swung out a hammer, and anyone who dared to fight would be smashed to pieces.

The real trouble is those uncles and aunts... At first they were still afraid of Zhu Jiajun, but after getting to know each other, people kept looking for them, talking about Tian Shao for them, and wanted to share more.

Some simply say that they don't want sloping land and want to replace it with irrigated land.

But the problem is that there is only so much water, how to replace it?

These ordinary people don't care about you, they just keep spinning around you over and over again, constantly grinding... Anyway, as long as you work hard, you're not afraid that you won't be cheap.

It is said that many soldiers were so overwhelmed that they could not sleep at night.

After Zhang Ximeng got the news, he was helpless.

In fact, many times, in addition to being simple and kind, the common people are cunning, cunning, unwilling to take responsibility, like to take advantage, philistine, and even simply say that in almost every village, there will be a few selfish and self-serving supernatural beings. It can make your teeth itch with rage.

Can you blame the people?

Zhang Ximeng doesn't see it that way. After all, the reason why the common people are like this is that for thousands of years, they have been squeezed layer by layer, constantly bullying and exploiting, grinding away the edges and corners and softening the bones.

Xiangzi also wants to be a good person with self-reliance and good blood from the beginning.

However, the world is like this, destroying his illusions again and again.

The same is true for the villagers, Zhang Ximeng understands very well.

Problems accumulated over thousands of years cannot be solved in three days or two days. This is also a reality.

It's just that I understand it, but there are these people who are entangled, and it seems a little difficult to quickly complete the Qingzhang~www.mtlnovel.com~!

Coincidentally, Hu Weiyong jumped out, and he gave another coup.

Lao Hu went directly to the state yamen and found out the clerks who were arrested.

Whoever of you is familiar with the local situation, who has experience in dealing with unruly people, and whoever is willing to put in the effort to get things done, will come out.

Even if the prefectural government does not want it, you can still go to the hard labor camp.

After such an incitement by Lao Hu, twenty people were quickly found.

Then Hu Weiyong took them down to the countryside.

Most of the common people are in charge of the soldiers, and when they encounter trouble, this group of people will take action.

There is no need to beat and scold them, just open up their plans, expose their methods, and then let them lose face in front of the villagers, and the troubles will disappear in an instant.

The so-called wicked people have their own wicked grind, Zhu Yuanzhang promoted Hu Weiyong, Hu Weiyong recruited a group of subordinate officials, and it really had a miraculous effect.

The Juntian in Changxing Prefecture was rapidly implemented, and Hu Weiyong's hard labor camp was also expanding... A strong force was advancing unstoppably.

With Changxing as the center, it quickly spreads around.

Those wealthy gentry were in constant panic, and gradually, some people secretly left Zhu Yuanzhang's territory in order to avoid the fate of being forced into slave labor.

By boat, we came to Suzhou.

Zhang Shicheng was overjoyed by their arrival. Not surprisingly, he took out another 500 taels of gold and happily gave it to Gao Qi.

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