Chapter 125: Going to the Countryside

Autumn in the south is very hot.

It feels as if summer has never left. Autumn is just another way to write summer.

However, leave Ninghua County, or Cuijiang Town. In fact, this county government is in a town, and this town is not much bigger than some other towns because of the county government.

It's all the same withering.

The target that Li Dongyang is going to choose to go to the countryside is the territory of the famous local family, the Huang family.

The reason why Li Dongyang has such a choice is also his own considerations.

Among the local families, the Huang family is the largest, and even in modern times, the surname Huang is also the big surname in Ninghua County. But a big surname doesn't mean strong.

On the contrary, because the Huang family is too big, it is divided into several halls, and it is said that it is one surname, but the relationship between each other is not as good as that of strangers.

And the remaining big families, such as the Li family and the Ning family.

These big families are either more united, or they are hesitant, such as the Li family. Although the Li family is everyone, there are not many people, but in terms of education, they spare no effort.

Among the disciples accepted by Li Dongyang, nearly half of them are members of the Li family, which can be regarded as Li Dongyang's support, which may also be because the Li family's fields and residences are near the county seat.

For those small and strong big families, Li Dongyang is not easy to start. I am afraid that it will provoke a popular uprising, and the Huang family is different, although it is big, but there is a mess of sand inside.

On the contrary, it is not as good as a small family.

And the influence is great, as long as the Huang family is won.

The other families did not dare to disobey the orders of the imperial court.

The reason why Li Dongyang is so cautious is that his actions have almost abolished the privilege of these families to pay taxes.

There is a lot of oil and water here, needless to say, you can imagine.

It's just that after Li Dongyang made such an arrangement, things still didn't go too well.

Zhongsha Village, Ninghua County.

"My lord, this is not appropriate." A dry old man, looking at Li Dongyang with a little caution, his eyes secretly seeped out from under his eyelids, and carefully observed Li Dongyang, he was the grain chief Huang Tong in this area, and said: "There has never been such a rule. ”

Li Dongyang said: "Now the county has changed its new rules, why can't it?" ”

"Tomorrow you only need to bring people, one family at a time, I will bring people to collect grain in the village, why can't you?"

"Nature does." The dry old man said, "My lord, that's it, so let's do it." Just these people? ”

Li Dongyang said: "There is not a big temple nearby, we don't need you to entertain us, let's go where to rest for the night." ”

Li Dongyang brought all the people this time.

After all, Li Dongyang can't go to the countryside every time, and in the future, these things will still be assigned to these officials.

Li Dongyang brought people down this time because he had the idea of cultivating in his heart.

After these people are familiar with the local situation in Ninghua, Li Dongyang will be able to do other things in Ninghua County.

After explaining here, Li Dongyang led people to this ruined temple.

It is said to be a broken temple, but it is actually a Buddhist temple, I don't know when it was built, and I don't know when it was abandoned, and the courtyard of Sanjin has long been messy.

All the houses have skylights.

But fortunately, the foundation is still there, and it is much easier to build a tent with this foundation.

After all, Han Tiecheng was born in Jiangmen, and he is most familiar with this kind of thing. He quickly set up the tent, and he had some doubts in his heart, so he immediately went to find Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang still attaches great importance to Han Tiecheng, after all, they are also a township party, and Han Tiecheng also grew up in Beijing.

Li Dongyang saw Han Tiecheng coming, and rolled a book in one hand. said: "Tiecheng, do you have something?" ”

Han Tiecheng said: "My lord, there is something wrong with the situation of the Huang family today. ”

Li Dongyang said a little strangely: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Han Tiecheng said: "The Huang family is too rich. ”

Li Dongyang said a little strangely: "You said that the Huang family is too rich, how is it possible?" ”

Li Dongyang has never noticed this, although Li Dongyang's family is not considered a rich family, but after all, he is a Jinshi and has seen many wealthy families.

I don't care much about these rich people in Zhongsha Village. It's not that Li Dongyang looks down on the poor, but as a person who comes from the richest place in the world, he will not deliberately distinguish the property situation of the Huang family.

It's like a billionaire who doesn't pay attention to the wages of workers.

But Han Tiecheng is different, he was born as a small official, and he has seen how most people live. Before he came, he also checked the number of fields in Huang Tong's house.

It is not consistent with the financial resources revealed by Huang Tong at all.

Li Dongyang is not a fool, he thought about it carefully, and he didn't feel quite right, but he pondered for a moment and said: "It seems that the position of the grain chief has given Huang Tong a lot of oil and water." It's just that the court does things, and it has always been from my orders, and I am not to blame in the past. ”

Li Dongyang smiled slightly bitterly and said, "I can't blame it." ”

Not to blame for the past is actually a helpless solution.

If you really want to investigate carefully, all the thousands of grain chiefs in the world are problematic, but these people are the foundation of the imperial court in the people, and if you provoke these, then something will happen.

You must know that before Deng Maoqi raised his army, his identity was nothing more than that. But Deng Maoqi was able to raise his arms and exhale, and gathered from the clouds. Besides, the place where Deng Mao's seven troops raised troops is only a few mountains different from here.

Li Dongyang didn't see it.

Han Tiecheng said: "My lord, I don't think this, I think this Huang Tong is a veteran murderer, I'm afraid it's not good for adults." ”

Li Dongyang laughed and said: "You are too worried, the Huang family still doesn't dare to kill officials, besides, he may have hunted in the mountains, how can you say that people have killed people." ”

Han Tiecheng could only sigh helplessly.

Speaking of which, after Han Qing's death, the Han family declined, but Han Qing's original connections are still there. For example, Yang Xin and Fan Guang all sent people to visit their mother and son, as well as some of Han Qing's personal soldiers, and also taught Han Tiecheng martial arts.

If it weren't for Han Tiecheng's mother's unwillingness to live or die, he would have been born in martial arts, and even now in the army, he should be able to mix with an official position.

Speaking of which, he was more accustomed to killing people than the affairs of the petty officials.

If a person has killed or not, there will be a very mysterious change in temperament. Those who have a heart can see it at a glance. It's just that ordinary people think it's a trick.

Han Tiecheng sighed in his heart and said secretly: "No matter what, I have to be vigilant." ”

Just when Han Tiecheng reminded Li Dongyang. In the ancestral hall of the Huang family, Huang Tong straightened his waist and was offering incense to the ancestors of the Huang family.

Every move has a clear eye. If Li Dongyang saw it, he would never believe it, here is the Huang Tong Huang Grain Chief who was submissive in front of him before.

After the yellow pass is incensed. Turning around, he said, "Tell me, what to do now?" ”

Behind him, more than a dozen men were standing, all of whom were from various rooms of the Huang family.

"You must not let the county master really investigate carefully, my Huang family can't withstand the investigation." A gray-haired Huang family talker said.

For a while, it caused a lot of resonance.

The mountains are high and the roads are far away, and in this area his Huang family is the land of the emperor of the soil, even if he pays taxes, the people below must be handed over to him first, and then he will be handed over to the county.

Among them, it is an ordinary thing, and if they fancy something, they will use the excuse of collecting taxes and ruining people's homes.

It can even be said that now this area is the world of the Huang family.

People with mixed surnames can't even breathe the wrong thing.

As the patriarch, Huang Tong still has a little warmth for the Huang family, and he doesn't have a little face for people with foreign surnames.

Of course, as Li Dongyang said, where is there such a thing tomorrow? It is impossible for the imperial court to cure the Huang family's crimes because of this little thing.

Huang Tong may not be so clear, but he does feel this way.

The problem is the Huang family's business, not necessarily this little thing.

How much money can be made from digging food from the soil, people have no windfall and no wealth, horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, Huang Tong is naturally trying to find a way to make a windfall and engage in night grass.

Huang Tong's young affairs drew a lot of good hands from the clan, and in the mountain road from Fujian to Jiangxi, he ambushed and killed the merchants.