Finally satisfied!

The turmoil in Yanggu County was somewhat unexpected, but in the end, Wu Haogu got a relatively satisfactory result. At the same time, it also made him see such a reality: now the grassroots of the Great Song Empire is slowly decaying and gradually getting out of control. The local powerful clans, such as the Ximen family and the Yimen Fan family, have swelled to the point where they can take over in Yanggu County.

In the process of the collapse of the Yimen Fan family, the Yanggu County Ya almost became a tool for the evil struggle of the big clan.

At first, it was the Fan family who used the archers of the Yanggu County Weisi - in fact, they were all Fan family members - to arrest Ximenqing's fiancé! This matter may be Fan Jiuxiu's hot-headed moment, or maybe it is the action that the Fan family has been planning for a long time! The purpose is to make the Yanggu Ximen family swept away in prestige, so as to establish the absolute dominance of the Fan family in Yanggu County!

The peachy rumors against Ximen Qing that circulated in Yanggu County before may also have been deliberately released by the Fan family, with the same purpose of hitting the prestige of the Ximen family.

Because they did not understand the details of the "prostitution thief", the Fan family's action to catch the prostitute was declared a failure, and at the same time, it also let the people of Yanggu County know that the Ximen family, which crisscrossed the rivers and lakes, now has a high-ranking official (compared to Yanggu County, Wu Haogu is already a big official) as a backstage.

Then Ximen Qing launched a fierce counterattack! used the money given by Wu Haogu to bribe Liang Shan as a thug, broke the Fan family's old nest, Fanjiazhuang, and at the same time launched the Ximen family's Baoding to an armed parade! This armed march was not so much to scare Liang Shan, but rather to show officials such as Wu Haogu, Shi Guozhong, and Zhang Kegong.

And Shi Guozhong, the "confused county", chose to cooperate with the Ximen family very smartly, under the pretext that there were thieves in the Fan family, and announced a big division of the Yimen Fan family - this matter is not conducive to the rule of the Great Song Dynasty in Yanggu County in the long run, because the situation of the two powerful rivals has become a monopoly! But in the short term, it is greatly beneficial to Shi Dazhi County, a confused official.

Because the Song Dynasty collected taxes and apportioned taxes according to households, and also implemented a household equality system, the "main households" who owned the property were divided according to the amount of property. Rural households are divided into five classes, and urban households are divided into ten classes. The tax burden for each class is different. Theoretically, the burden on the rich households is heavier, and the burden on the poor households is lighter, but this is not the case at all in the implementation process.

It is needless to say that the big households are strong and the hidden property is reduced, and the poor households and the people must be aware of it. In addition, in the Song Dynasty, there were two special households, "official households" and "situation households" (they were also included in the fifth class of the village and the tenth class of the Kuofang, but they were special existences), both of which enjoyed certain privileges.

For example, Yanggu Yimen Fan is a super big family that does not divide his family, and there are three officials from the ninth grade, so he is naturally an official household with the highest privileges! Therefore, it is possible to control the grassroots, have a large amount of hidden land, and at the same time do not have to pay exemption money and taxes.

And once the family is separated, except for the three official households with the official family of the Nine Ranks, the other children of the Yimen Fan family will become ordinary households and no longer have privileges. Moreover, most of the Fan family's hidden fields will also be cleared and turned into industries that need to be taxed.

Therefore, Shi Dazhi County's political achievements in the second year of Yuanfu will be very good-looking...... Promotion is just around the corner!

Considering that the economic basis of the Yimen Fan family is the official status and hidden fields, this separation is tantamount to digging out the foundation of the Yimen Fan. The Fan family, which has lost its foundation, although it will also give birth to three scholars (the Fan family has three sesame officials from the ninth grade), but it is no longer able to suppress the strong financial resources, and the force is very strong, and it will soon become an official household (now the Ximen family is a situation household) Yanggu Ximen family!

In other words, Ximen Qing completely destroyed the Yanggu Yimen Fan who had been on a par with the Ximen family for many years, and established the absolute dominance of the Ximen family in Yanggu County.

At the same time, Ximen Qing also proved that she is a super fierce heroine - of course, Ximen Qing's fierceness is also related to the change in the situation. Originally, Simon's family was a situation household, and he couldn't fight the government and the official household. But now that the old man Murong and Wu Hao Gudu are ready to promote the Ximen family as officials, the Ximen family is about to become an official household!

Moreover, the old man Murong is still a civil official from the fourth grade, and Wu Haogu is a "fortunate villain" from the seventh grade, with these two backstagers, the magistrate of Yanggu County can't move the Ximen family at all.

Of course, Ximen Qing's means of dismantling the Fan family are still very clever and powerful!

Being able to "buy" such a heroine with 20,000 taels of silver is really cost-effective for Wu Haogu. Because Wu Haogu is not short of money, officials, or backstage, what he lacks is a knife to kill! And Ximen Qing is a helper who can help Wu Haogu "build a knife".

Although Wu Haogu already knew how to "make knives", theory is one thing, and practice is another.

The Ximen family really raised 500 elite Baoding Yanggu Haoqiang, and won the actual control of a county by colluding with bandits, and he was a local tyrant and inferior gentry with full practical experience.

Wu Haogu calculated, when he got half of the Baibo Yimen martial arts in his hands, he would hand it over to Ximen Qing to take care of, use the methods of the Ximen family, take the martial arts clan as the core, buy land extensively, control at least 1,000 families, no, it is best to have 2,000 strong customers, and get three or four guarantees. If possible, also control the grassroots level of a county.

At the same time, let the core children of the Haizhou martial arts family go to school in Lighthouse City, first go to the Six Arts Academy, and then study at Lighthouse University or the Military Academy of Lighthouse City. In this way, once there is a need in the future, the Haizhou warrior family can organize at least 2,000 elite soldiers.

If you add the Ximen family, the Murong family, the Chai family, and maybe the Zhao family of Zhao Zhongge, the Ma family of Ma Zhi, the Zhang family of Zhang Xizai, the Hua family of Huamanshan and other powerful forces, plus the students of Wuhaogu (Liuyi Academy) and slave warriors, maybe they can pull up tens of thousands of elites, and they can also control the population of tens of thousands of households.

One of the dual cores of the future samurai army is here!

As for the second of the two cores of the martial army, Wu Haogu hopes to have a "Lighthouse City National People's Army". The so-called Chinese people, who originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty, refer to the people who live in and near the national capital or Dayi and have certain political rights. For example, in the "Zuo Biography", it is recorded that "Zisi (Zheng Guozhengqing) is handsome and the people of the country are allied in the palace"; There is a record in "Mencius Liang Hui Wang" that "the people of the country say that it is not possible, and then check it"; In the "Historical Records", there is a record that "Shuqi refused to run away, and the people of the country set up his son". It can be seen that the Chinese people are similar to the citizens of later generations, and they are the core force that the state and the city-state can rely on.

The armed forces with each powerful family as the core, similar to the old government soldiers in the early years of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty (different from the government soldiers who were registered and managed by the state and county ten years after the opening of the emperor), the combat effectiveness should be guaranteed, but it is easy to cause the powerful forces to be too large, so it needs to be contained by the "national army".

Moreover, the "National People's Army" can also be regarded as a primary version of the modern army in later generations, which is a combination of professional officers (the Six Arts Academy plus the Department of Military Science) and citizen soldiers. It should be a more reliable force, but what Wu Haogu can build is only a seedling-level citizen army, and without the help of the old soldiers, it will die if it is not done......

However, the National People's Army and the powerful old government soldiers are the core that cannot be used as cannon fodder, because the number will not be too much. In the foreseeable future era, the people of Lighthouse City will die by tens of thousands, and it will not be easy to have 10,000 national troops. And the number of soldiers in the old mansion is about 10,000 people, and any more will exceed the management ability of a few strong families.

Combined, the force that can maintain 20,000 soldiers is the sky.

But with a core of 20,000 men and a system of cheap low-ranking officers, the lighthouse city-state will be able to drive a large number of mercenaries in the troubled times of the future.

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu, who was riding a horse on the way west, suddenly turned around and asked the Ximen woman who was traveling with him, "Eldest sister, how much land have we bought in Xuhai Erzhou?" ”

"Fields? Not a single acre. ”

"Not a single acre?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "Why is it so hard to buy?" Big sister, are you bidding too low? Actually, money is not an issue. ”

Ximen Qing shook his head and said with a smile: "The slave knows, but the official wants to buy the field in order to settle the relatives of Bai Bo Yimen, and it is best to use it as a field that can be connected together." ”

"It's better to be like this."

"Now there is an opportunity," Ximen Qing said with a smile, "There is a big family in Haizhou who is ready to sell 60,000 acres of paddy fields, all of which are connected. ”

"60,000 acres of water?" Wu Haogu took a breath, "So much? Whose field? ”

"Haizhou Wu family." Ximen Qingdao said, "The Wu family is a maritime merchant in Haizhou, and the financial resources are very strong, but they have not abandoned Confucianism because of business, and there has always been a family of disciples in the clan who specialize in Confucianism. However, their Confucian kung fu is not very good, and they can't always pass the Jinshi. Later, I don't know what to think, they didn't take the Great Song Jinshi exam, but went to the Goryeo Kingdom Jinshi, and they actually went to high school. Now that he is thriving in Goryeo, he is ready to sell the fields in Haeju. The slave family has already asked people to tell them that they are going to spend 200,000 yuan to take down the 60,000 mu together. ”

"Okay!" Wu Haogu said with a smile, "200,000 is 200,000, and it doesn't hurt to be a little expensive." ”

Of course, farmland is also valued according to quality, and what the Ximen family found for Wu Haogu this time is a paddy field, and the value is not comparable to dry land!

"Official, you're really good at talking." Ximen Qing smiled, "It's just that people don't care about thousands of children...... This maritime merchant has become a great official of the Goryeo Kingdom, and the money is piled up. ”

Goryeo was an important maritime trading partner of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Wu family could become a high-ranking official of Goryeo, needless to say, they must have a certain monopoly position in Song Li's trade, and their wealth may not be under Wu Haogu.

"And what do they want?"

"The slave doesn't know," Ximen Qing said, "but the people of the Wu family will soon come to Kaifeng Mansion to negotiate with you on the terms." ”