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Shen Zhezi and his father Shen Chong shared a ride, walking in a slightly desolate field, with dozens of subordinates behind them, pulling several ox carts full of gifts.

Shen Zhezi raised his eyes and looked around, and the scenery he saw could indeed be described as desolate. Under the dirt road, the slopes and ditches are overgrown with thatch, and the wattles are everywhere, and there are almost no traces of people. He really couldn't imagine that this was the essence of Sanwu in Yumi Water Town.

"This canal originally led directly to Zhejiang, if it can be repaired and drained, the place along the way can be called a beautiful field, and the profit is more than a hundred hectares!"

Shen Chong pointed to a pond at the bottom of the slope and said to Shen Zhezi, his tone was not lacking in indignation and regret. The pond is surrounded by weeds and ridges, and its shape is narrow and narrow, and it can be vaguely seen that it is a remnant of a river channel.

"The big families refuse to repair the water, in addition to sparing the consumption of manpower and material resources, they are afraid that they are also worried that overseas Chinese will come south to make wedding clothes for others."

Shen Zhezi also regretted that he was really anxious when he saw that a large area of land was barren and that the water conservancy projects that had been repaired at great cost by the previous generation had been abandoned due to neglect of maintenance.

"My son's metaphor is vivid."

Hearing Shen Zhezi's words, Shen Chong smiled: "Wu Wa is diligent in making golden threads and making wedding clothes for others." The arrival of overseas Chinese in the south is already a foregone conclusion. It's ridiculous that this group of high-ranking waste materials, in previous years, they didn't dare to cut the ground and defend themselves, and only made a reluctant posture. Now that the situation is gradually settled, I hope to be alone in the world. Looking at his heart, he is not as good as a child. Don't put a nest in spring, and die in winter! ”

Hearing that his father was so indignant and angry, Shen Zhezi didn't know what to say, and his father still couldn't let go of being stabbed in the back by the auditor after all.

"Yu Si Aoqi people, full of economic economy is difficult to eat, whales swallow people to fatten themselves. A few years ago, it gathered troops, and thousands of military households in the private county government were private, and none of them returned to the county government. When I arrived, the treasury was swept away, and there was no grain of rice left, otherwise my family would never have been so embarrassed! ”

Speaking of the old things, Shen Chong hated it even more.

At this time, Shen Zhezi already had an understanding of the functions and powers of the so-called feudal people with more than 2,000 stones, such as the county guard and the assassin history. The incumbent can not only levy and transfer the labor of the people at will, but also increase the miscellaneous taxes at will, and it is only a small means to use seafood as a tribute like Daddy.

Set up cards to collect market taxes, close mountains to collect wood taxes, and even barrage embankments to collect irrigation taxes. In short, how bold man is, how productive the earth is. Of course, there are only a few people who fish with all their might, and most people still have to take care of a decent appearance.

The local clans will also be sent to the country, the arrival of new officials will donate money and food to settle down, and the chief officials will have to give a large amount of money and wealth when they leave office. For example, in a large county like Huiji, the chief official can make hundreds or even tens of millions of profits from just one trip!

The imperial court did not have many checks and balances on Fang Bo, and if the emperor wanted to increase his income, he often had to send his own close friends to guard one side, and he would raid the place and then pay tribute to maintain the expenses.

After understanding these, Shen Zhezi had a deeper understanding of his father's embarrassing situation. Except for a few families such as the He family, others completely ignored Shen Chong.

It could not win the support of the local clans, and even if the decree was issued, no one responded. Daddy is called the master of Huiji, but what can be used is only the person Ding Xuetian who is in the hands of the county government, and this bit of family background was almost hollowed out by Yu, Kong and other big clans before he came, which can be described as extremely embarrassing.

Because of this, Shen Chong was also quite malicious towards the Huijishi in his heart, and he still had reservations about Shen Zhezi's proposal: "Qingque, how sure are you that Yu Siao will clash with the Yan clan after entering Wuxing?" ”

The father and son left Shanyin and went to Yuyao in order to visit Yutan to release their suspicions and recommend him to serve as the Taishou of Wuxing.

This is Shen Zhezi's idea, to deal with the Yan family, the Shen family's strength is not enough, and more allies must be wooed. And these local scholars are the ones who can't be missed to win over the cooperation.

The most fundamental purpose of this time's use of troops against the Yan clan is to deter the people of the time and sit firmly. If you want to sit firmly, you must win over the local scholars, otherwise you will inevitably be constrained.

The family is intertwined, one moment is an enemy, another time is a friend, if it is too stubborn to be flexible to change, then it will not be far away. The Yu family and the Shen family seem to have a deep feud and cannot be reconciled, but the so-called there is no eternal enemy, only eternal interests.

Regarding Yutan, although Shen Zhezi has not had much contact, he also knows a lot. Observing what he did, when he was in Wucheng Benshan Villa, although he was forced by Shen Zhezi's aggressive words, he was stumbling and succumbing to the downside, but he still dug pits several times, and he had the spirit of perseverance. It can be seen from this that this prince is not a person who admires Xuan Wuwei, is not willing to be dull and inactive, and has the desire and ambition to make meritorious contributions.

Since this is the case, Shen Zhezi is sure to persuade Yu Tan to serve as Wu Xing's Taishou. In this way, there are two benefits.

First, it can resolve the conflict between the Yu family and the Shen family, change places, and alleviate the contradictions between each other, while the Shen family also has the means to restrain the Yu family.

Second, you can instigate Yu Tan and the Yan clan to rival each other, and under the tension between them, Yu Tan wants to find allies to fight against the Yan clan, so he can only come to the Shen family, the head of Jiangdong. Shen Chong wants to exterminate the Yan family, even if he has the name of righteousness, he is not divided. But if Yu Tan took the initiative to ask, the situation would be very different. Dad has a reason to intervene, and Yu Tan will also persuade the Huiji people to help, so that he can do his best to fight the soldiers in the county and regain the military power scattered in the Huiji.

Of course, in order to achieve all these goals, the most important thing is to move Yutan to serve as Wu Xing's Taishou. Therefore, after the father and son agreed, they got up early in the morning and came to Yuyao to visit Yutan, who had been at home for more than half a year.

Yuyao ranks high among the ten counties of Huiji County, belonging to the traditional Wuyue cultural circle, and according to legend, the descendants of Emperor Shun are named after this place. It can be seen that the Wukang Yao clan stayed in the wrong place and left the ancestral land, no wonder they were pressed by the Shen family and couldn't raise their heads.

The Yu family is located in Cixi and has a large field property, the scale is contiguous and spectacular, which is more impressive than the Shen family's manor property in Wukang.

Only in the present can Shen Zhezi understand the Spring and Autumn tone of the description of the family history of some scholars in later history books. If he sets up a biography in the future, it can be said that Shen Weizhou, his father is a young soldier, a heroic martial artist, a thick knot in the township, no industry, Wei Zhou is poor, the family has no surplus food, that is, a little longer, to do things with goods, take money from the family, and the villagers are called virtuous.

And Ji You is even more pitiful, he lost his cowardice at a young age, lived with his eldest father, and did not reach the weak crown, and his eldest father also died, standing alone, without damaging his integrity.

When people who don't know what they know know about seeing these biographies, even if they don't tear tears of sympathy, they have to sigh a little bit about their life experience and fate.

From afar, Shen Zhezi saw a wooden high-rise building standing in the Yu family manor, which had a great reputation in the entire Huiji, and was called Tingchao Building. It is said that from this building, you can even see the tide of the Qiantang dozens of miles away.

The Shen family stopped outside the door of the Yu family's manor, and then someone sent Shen Chong's name post, and the protégé entered to pay respects, and after more than half an hour, he hurriedly returned to the front of the courtyard and said: "My master is away from home and is not in the house. If there is no principal in the family, I hope you will forgive me. ”

Hearing his protégé's words, Shen Chong was even more ashamed, and he almost couldn't help but order to smash his door. As a county guard, he took the initiative to visit the people under his rule, and he was already condescending and courteous, and the Yu family actually planned not to even let the door in! Even if Yu Tan is not at home, are the rest of the Yu family dead?

When Shen Zhezi saw this scene, he also sighed in his heart, he was young and frivolous, and he slapped Yu's face too hard last year, so that his family still haunted him, and he didn't even care about etiquette, and turned away the county prefect! But if it weren't for Yu Tan's aggressiveness and wanting to attack the Shen family, why would he be a bad guy in vain. In this way, it seems that there is a lack of demeanor.

Having said that, it's not that Shen Zhezi looks down on the Huijishi people, but his strength and narrow pattern seem to be a common problem. The Yu family in front of him is like this, and the Kong family is not much better. After the rebellion of Su Jun, Gyeonggi withered, and the imperial court wanted to appoint Huiji Kongtan as Danyang Yin, the head of Gyeonggi, which can be described as a heavy task.

However, Kong Tan was annoyed at the time: "When the first emperor entrusted Gu Ming with auxiliary government on his deathbed, it was not my turn, and now the situation is difficult, think of letting me, a small minister, be in front?" This is meat on a chopping board, slaughtered and stewed! "The attitude is resolute, and the excuse is not accepted.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this atmosphere that the Huijishi people are increasingly excluded from the center, and their political advantages are gone. In the Yonghe period, Huiji had become the base camp of overseas Chinese, and as for the local scholars, they were even more unable to raise their heads.

Daddy's evaluation of their "no nest in the spring, and death in the cold winter", is really appropriate.

But at the moment, if you want to master the audit, you really can't get around these people. It is precisely because of its small eyes that if it can be incorporated into the system, there will be no elbow and armpit problems. Unlike those Qingwang high-ranking families in Wu County, although they have a lot of thoughts, they have no means, and they are in turmoil.

Since he had already listened to Shen Zhezi's advice, Shen Chong did not care about the momentary honor and disgrace, and only after his mood was relieved for a while, did he let his servants pass the word: "There are many affairs in the county government, and it is not easy for me to take the time to come." If you can't see Yu Gong, you can say that you will return with regret. Asking for a visit to the sage in the county and not seeing it, in vain the time is not me, I must not bear this notoriety! ”

The implication is that if you don't want to completely tear your face, it's best to come out and see it obediently. Otherwise, my face is not good-looking, and you Yu family don't think about it!

When the news came in again, someone from the Yu family soon came out to bring the father and son into the door, and they didn't dare to pose again. It's just that Yu Tan is indeed not at home, but soon a servant hurried out to look for it.

Sure enough, the soft ones are afraid of the hard, the hard ones are afraid of the horizontal, and the good words can't be seen, so they have to force people to say so horizontally.