First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 56

　　 Zhang Ximeng intends to isolate Hengjian Mountain after spreading out the fields. When the time comes, the melons will be ripe. But who knows that something happened ahead of time. There is no way. The meat was delivered to the mouth, so I had to eat it.

　　 But this Hengjian Mountain is also a bit troublesome, not to say how effective they are, but that this piece of meat is a bit too big.

　　 "Superior, inquire at the humble position." Fei Ju took the initiative to introduce. The old master Zhang thought Dingyuan was in danger, so he put the main force in Hengjian Mountain.

　　 But he was worried that the people below would run away, so he ordered his family to be brought along.

　　Old Zhang thought that if his family was in his hands, he was not afraid of the soldiers running away.

　　 But he overlooked another issue. Twenty to thirty thousand soldiers, including dependents, were almost 100,000.

　　 There are so many people, eating and drinking Lazar is not a small number.

　　The roads of Hengjian Mountain are rugged and difficult to navigate. Grain must be collected from Dingyuan and other places. This is equivalent to Ma Di guarding the street pavilion and Lingfu going to Menglianggu. I don't know if it can be a posterior, but I just put it to death anyway.

After occupying the Lvpaizhai here, we began to implement the division of land, which is tantamount to drawing salaries from the bottom of the tank. The common people are on the side of the red scarf. The tycoons are dealt with. They cannot collect food. Even if they have food, the common people will not transport them. .

　　 Hengjianshan's situation suddenly became difficult.

　　Under this situation, there are not many roads that Lao Zhang can choose. Either he will concentrate all his strength and fight the Red Scarf Army, or he will be strictly guarded for as long as he can last.

　　 As long as Yuan Ting sends soldiers, he still has a way to survive.

　　 Which way does Lao Zhang choose?

　　 It is still unclear, but his subordinates started to choose in advance. Some people ran away secretly, and some people simply came to take refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang.

　　 After hearing Fei Ju's introduction, Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but said: "Master, the people of Hengjian Mountain are now separated, it is a good opportunity to start!"

Old Zhu was slightly startled...He was not thinking about combat, but thinking that Hengjianshan is about 100,000 people. It is not a small number. Once settled down, there will be 20,000 or 30,000 families, and he will write tens of thousands of fields. Contract.

　　 Thinking of this, Lao Zhu's hands twitched. This superior is not good!

　　 But no matter what, you can't put down a big piece of fat for this little thing and don't eat it!

　　 "Hengjian Mountain had better be able to make a quick fight, and not to hurt too many people. Most of these people are the people of Dingyuan. Let them go home and settle down properly." Old Zhu said with discretion.

　　 Zhang Ximeng nodded immediately, "The lord is wise, I wonder if I can figure out a way to trick Lao Zhang out, and then give him a fatal blow?"

　　 This idea was immediately heatedly discussed by the big guys. After discussing it for a long time, there was still no definite solution. After all, everyone still didn't know much about Lao Zhang.

　　Who knows Lao Zhang?

　　 Jialu!

　　 This boss who used to be Lao Zhang, when he was besieging Haozhou, Jia Lu also planned to mobilize Lao Zhang's subordinates to help him in the fight.

　　 "Boss, I should have an idea too!" Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Does your old man still think that the lord can't get things done?"

　　 Jia Lu glared at Zhang Ximeng with anger, "Boy talking nonsense! The old man needs to think carefully, how can he be ashamed as you are!"

Jia Lu scolded Zhang Ximeng, and immediately turned to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Lord, let me say that Lao Zhang is a courageous person. If you want him to take the initiative to come out, he will definitely reach the sky. After all, I have given him three souvenirs, and he hasn't had any. Movements and statics are just prevarication."

　　 Upon hearing this, the big guy was discouraged.

　　 At that time, the army was besieging Haozhou, Lao Zhang did not dare to come over, now the wind direction has completely changed, how can Lao Zhang dare to come out?

　　 It doesn't work to lead the snake out of the cave, so go straight to Huanglong!

　　 Let the soldiers who surrendered be the forerunner and go straight in!

Jia Lu groaned: "Lao Zhang has tens of thousands of horses and has been in business for a long time. It can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack. The lord is not willing to kill too much... After thinking about it, Lao Zhang has a tens of thousands of households called Yang Zhen. Working under the old man, I can write a letter to persuade Yang Zhen, but..."

　　 "Just what?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Is there any inconvenience for the old man?"

　　 "No!" Jia Lu hurriedly said: "Yang Zhen's hometown is in Chuzhou. There are many adults in the family. The lord's implementation of the field division order is bound to shake the Yang family. Even if he wrote a letter to him, I am afraid that he is not willing to abandon it."

　　 As soon as I said this, the big guys were speechless.

　　 If you have gains, you will lose. If you want the support of the people, you will inevitably impact the interests of the rich and powerful.

　　 Is there any way to get the best of both worlds in this world?

　　 does not seem to exist.

　　 Large households eat one more bite, while the common people eat one less bite. Especially in the agricultural society, the extreme involution is such a helpless situation.

　　 Zhu Yuanzhang groaned for a moment, and said coldly: "Since you don't want to cast the shadows to the bright, then deploy troops to besiege, cut off the roads between Hengjian Mountain and the outside, and force Lao Zhang to come out and die!"

　　 This method is good, and the big guy couldn't help but cheer up.

But at this moment, Zhang Ximeng suddenly said, "Master, it is good to besiege Hengjian Mountain. It is not impossible to lure Yang Zhen to surrender. Even if he is unwilling to surrender, what about his men? Hundreds of soldiers came here especially, just let them see the effect of dividing the fields...If you want to live this kind of life, as long as they want, they will persuade the soldiers in Hengjianshan to solve Lao Zhang and release tens of thousands of people out. , The land around Dingyuan, as well as the fields on both sides of the Baogong River and Haoshui, all belong to the big guys!"

　　 After Zhang Ximeng finished speaking, Jia Lu surprised many people.

　　 can you do this?

　　 In the past, persuading surrender was the leader of persuading surrender, and it was also coercive and lure, and it was also the beauty of money.

　　 Zhang Ximeng has opened up a new way of thinking. Let's start with ordinary soldiers.

　　 If you don't like to surrender, let the soldiers at the bottom envelop you to surrender!

　　 Zhang Ximeng's trick can no longer be described with bamboo shoots, it is simply durian mixed with stinky tofu, and it's blocked!

　　 Lao Zhu hesitated a little, and immediately nodded, even showing his admiring eyes.

　　 Even with Jia Lu and Li Shan growing up, Zhang Ximeng still sits firmly in the position of the first confidant. This is not only because he followed Lao Zhu early, but also because Zhang Ximeng has a brilliant vision and can always come up with unexpected ways.

　　 That's it!

　　 There is nothing else to say, Lao Zhu arranged for the soldiers who surrendered to go to the Lvpai Village, along the Baogong River, and look around to see how the fields were divided. What does the big guy think!

　　 This group of soldiers only heard about Fen Tian, ​​and felt that Lao Zhang had no future, so they came here... But after they witnessed it with their own eyes, they were almost thrown into the ground!

They noticed that one of them had a total of five people. His parents raised three sons, all of whom were grown-ups... In the past, they only rented farms. After a hard year, half of them had to pay the rent. Looking at the landlord's family with a lot of money, and seeing his son getting older, he couldn't marry a wife at all. The family sighed all day long.

　　 But the current situation is completely different. The family's ration field is 15 mu, which is enough to eat. Almost 30 acres of hillside land were allocated to them, which can be used to grow mulberries and fruit trees to fill their households.

　　 These are all tax-free, and the basic food and clothing of the family is no problem.

　　 Then there are 25 acres of transfer fields, which are taxed. Depending on the amount of tax paid to them, depending on the level of harvest, it ranges from three to five stones a year.

"You count, 25 acres of land, in a good year, there are 50 shi to harvest, the year is almost the same, there are 30 shi. After handing in the land, the rest is mys. As long as there is no catastrophe, my family will have two years A big house can be built and a daughter-in-law can be married to the eldest son. In another three to five years, all three sons will be married."

The old man rejoiced and counted: "My body can work for ten years, when my grandson will be old, and when that happens, I will go under the grape trellis and let my grandson be by my side. !"

　　 A group of soldiers listened with gusto and smiled, as if they were old enough to live such a rich and comfortable life.

　　 was talking about the old man when his young son came over suddenly.

　　 "Father, in less than two years, I will be able to marry my eldest brother a wife next year."

　　 The old man was startled.

The little son said loudly: "I plan to join the army... To serve as General Zhu, we can get another five acres of grain fields! There are still people working for our family! I heard about it, didn't I copy the Mu family? There are a lot of arable cattle! Whoever actively joins the army~www.mtlnovel.com~ Who is willing to take on the errands and do things for General Zhu, only give a cow! Dad, tell me, if we have a cow, that would be great what!"

　　 Hearing this, the old man stood up suddenly, staring at his son with his vicissitudes of life-stricken old eyes.

　　 My mother came over with a water scoop, and when she heard this, she threw the water scoop on the ground in fright, and asked in panic, "Old man! What did San'er say?"

　　 The son stepped over, picked up the water scoop, and whispered to his mother: "Mother, the child wants to join the army!"

"no!"

　　 The old lady hugged her son and beat it hard, tears raining down.

　　 "We have just passed a good life, you are wandering and looking for death, what do you want my mother to say!"

　　 At this moment, the old man suddenly growled, "Shut up!"

He turned his head, grabbed his third son's arm, glared at his wife, and angrily said: “Other soldiers are harmful and can't be taken! It's a good thing to serve General Zhu as a soldier! San'er, you give it to Dad. Listen, when you are under General Zhu, you can't be afraid of death and you can't run away. We, we want to report to you!"

　　 The son nodded, "Father, my son knows!"

The old man nodded, and suddenly said with a serious face: "Don't worry...Call your elder brother and second elder brother over, let's discuss and discuss, if you want to join the army, then you have to tell you the daughter-in-law first. Wait a minute!"

　　 The surrendered soldiers returned to Hengjian Mountain in batches with their stomachs. Five days have passed.

　　 In the night, Zhu Yuanzhang led two thousand people, touched the vicinity of Hengjian Mountain, did not wait long, almost two days later, three Kongming lanterns rose in the sky, and the gate of Hengjian cottage opened.

　　 A group of soldiers ran over, holding their heads up, and said with joy: "General Zhu, go in!"

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