When Feng Polu arrived in Yunshan and learned the bad news, Chu Huan was in Tongzhou for a banquet.

After Chu Huan entered the city, he summoned the officials in the city for a conversation, after which most of the officials returned to their respective posts, so that the administrative organs of Tongzhou could continue to operate.

In fact, Xu Qing left, it really did not have much impact on the government affairs of Tongzhou, when Xu Qing was in power, he focused on the mining industry, and did not play much role in the government affairs of Tongzhou.

After the death of the predecessor Zhizhou Zhao Guangqing, Xu Congyang had a period of government affairs in Tongzhou, and made some major adjustments to the affairs of the various departments in Tongzhou, and formulated a series of regulations.

Now Chu Huan is sitting in Tongzhou, and let out a word, temporarily retain the positions of officials, and then after inspection, when the talent is promoted, the abusive people will be deposed, so the Tongzhou officials are full of spirit, in order to be able to show something in front of Chu Huan, no one dares to slack off, and the affairs of Tongzhou can be regarded as orderly.

The defenders scattered in the city, with the assistance of Yang Rusong, also had four or five hundred people come out again and enter the team, Chu Huan kept his promise, and each defender who stood up was given a food subsidy after determining his identity, and the soldiers were all assigned to Xu Shao and reorganized.

After Xu Shao led his troops into the city, there were rangers popping up in the streets and alleys from time to time, but they also captured hundreds of gangsters who intended to take advantage of the fire to rob, put them in prison and handed them over to the torture Cao for interrogation.

The gentry in the city were originally frightened, waiting for the catastrophe to come, all along, once the city was broken, even if there would be no large-scale massacre, but looting was essential, and it was often the wealthy gentry who suffered the disaster first, but after the Northwest Army entered the city, the military regulations were strict, not only did not harass the people, but also quickly rectified the chaos of Tongzhou City, and soon learned that Chu Huan promulgated the military order, the three chapters of the law were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, although the gentry received a ban at the beginning, But I don't know if this is Chu Huan's pretentious posture, and after waiting for two or three days, instead of the northwest officers and soldiers coming to loot and harass, there are northwest rangers walking by the street from time to time to ensure that the order is stable, which makes the gentry in the city breathe a sigh of relief.

For the local wealthy gentry, they didn't care who would rule the land, all they cared about was who could guarantee their vested interests.

Xu Qing was defeated, they naturally did not have any regrets, but what they were worried about next was what kind of policy Chu Huan would implement in Tongzhou.

It is undeniable that Chu Huan wantonly implemented the Juntian policy in the northwest, but he was once supported by most of the people in the northwest, but from a certain extent, it also damaged the interests of the local gentry forces.

The three northwestern provinces, Xiguan bear the brunt of the full implementation of the Juntian order, Wei Wuji has also begun to implement the Juntian order in the Tianshan Mountains, to Ruobeishan Road, although the Juntian order has not been implemented in a big way, but anyone can guess that the two northwest provinces have already implemented the Juntian order, then it is only a matter of time before the Beishan Road follows.

Although the implementation of the Juntian Order in the northwest did damage the interests of the local gentry, because of the difference in the environment and the current situation, the resistance was not too great, for example, Xiguan was able to implement the Juntian Order, one of the reasons was that under the blow of the Xiliang people, the gentry class in Xiguan suffered an almost ruined blow, not only weakened, difficult to contend with the government, but also needed to cooperate with the government, take what they needed, and restore their vitality.

However, the situation in Tongzhou is obviously different from that in the northwest.

Although Tongzhou is a relatively barren state in Xishan Road, this does not mean that Tongzhou is poor from top to bottom, in fact, the gentry class in Tongzhou is not weak.

Tongzhou failed to prosper in the past, the main reason is that Tongzhou's supporting industries are directly controlled by the imperial court, and in Tongzhou, the most able to generate fiscal revenue is naturally minerals, which do not belong to the local government, but have to draw a large number of capable forces from the local government to invest in the mining and smelting of mines, so that in the past, the local government not only could not draw financial revenue from the most favorable local resources, but had to invest a lot of labor in an industry that could not grow the local financial growth.

As a result, it has naturally caused severe pressure on local finances, and in order to support the operation of local finances, it has to rely on agricultural taxes.

Drought often occurs in Tongzhou, and the taxes to be paid to the imperial court are extremely heavy, the government wants to complete the task, it must strictly rely on the local gentry, the gentry of the wealthy family in Tongzhou, their land is very large, not only to pay heavy taxes, but also to ensure their own interests, naturally can only put a heavy burden on the people's heads, in this way, the people of the entire Tongzhou have a very hard time, forming a very barren appearance of Tongzhou, but the gentry of Tongzhou, after passing on the heavy burden to the people, But it still maintains its own strength.

The bandits in Tongzhou are naturally very rampant, but in order to ensure their own interests, the Tongzhou gentry group is quite united, and in the case of Tongzhou's weak military strength, the Tongzhou gentry are each with a not weak Zhuang Ding Guardian Regiment, once united, it is enough to suppress many bandits.

Although the Zhuang Ding Courtyard Regiments in Tongzhou can deal with local bandits, they are naturally powerless in the face of the Northwest Iron Cavalry, which has huge combat effectiveness.

After a few days, seeing that Chu Huan's attitude was mild and his property and personal safety were guaranteed, the gentry immediately thought of what to do next in Tongzhou, many of the decrees in Tongzhou in the past, before they were promulgated, the government had to communicate with the local gentry in advance, in fact, many decrees, without the support of most of the gentry, it was difficult to carry them out, and participating in local political affairs has also become a matter that the local gentry think is a matter of course.

For the next policy guidelines of Tongzhou, the gentry of Tongzhou naturally wanted to find out clearly, so the gentry of Tongzhou jointly presented an invitation to Chu Huan, inviting Chu Huan to participate in the reception banquet held by the local gentry.

The banquet was held in the most prestigious Hong family in Tongzhou City, the Hong family is the richest man in Tongzhou, the courtyard is open, dozens of tables of wine banquets are placed, not only the powerful gentry of Tongzhou come to the banquet, but also the literati and elders in the city are also invited.

When the lanterns were on, the courtyard was lively, Chu Huan was in the inner hall, there was just a table here, more than a dozen people gathered around a large round table, and everyone present was a well-known gentry and old man in Tongzhou.

Chu Huan has come to this day, and he naturally knows very well in his heart that the will of the people is very important, but if he wants to digest a place, he must also blend with the local gentry, even if he can't get along with the gentry, he must not become an enemy with the local gentry.

Without their support, it may not be possible to do everything, but once the local gentry oppose it, many things will be in great trouble.

On the wine table, the staggered planning, everyone had to praise and praise for a while, and reprimanded Qin and Xu Qing for being cruel and unkind, and the people of Tongzhou lived in dire straits.

Chu Huan said these scenes, naturally with a smile, and didn't say much, after three rounds of drinking, Huang Lan, the head of the Huang family, had already gotten up, raised his hand to signal everyone to calm down, and then said: "Everyone, Chu Dou came to the Humble House today, it is really full of brilliance, everyone here can see Chu Du, and it is really a blessing for Sansheng Now I have a few words, I want to say to you, I don't know what you think?" ”

The door of the hall was open, Huang Lan's voice was very loud, and it spread out, and everyone immediately quieted down, and the people in the courtyard all cast the light of the door to the hall.

"Chu Du!" Seeing that everyone was quiet, Huang Lan looked at Chu Huan with a respectful expression, Chu Huan had already raised his hand with a smile and said, "Master Huang, it's okay to say it." ”

Huang Lan arched her hand before saying, "Chu Du, that's actually the case. This time, your army came and drove away Xu Qing's gang of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and I was grateful to all the people in Tongzhou. Lao Yu had discussed with everyone before, in order to thank Chu Du and the brothers, they were willing to fund a batch of money and grain, if Chu Du agreed, we would send the donated money and food to your army camp within three days. ”

Chu Huan remained silent, in fact, this kind of thing was expected by him, as the saying goes, it is good to destroy wealth and eliminate disasters, after the Northwest Army took Tongzhou City, Qiu did not commit any crimes, and the gentry in the city did not suffer any losses, which is naturally an extremely rare thing.

Everyone is a smart person, the gentry are self-aware, in this case, Chu Huan does not speak, it does not mean that there is no need, although the Tongzhou official warehouse has been occupied by the Northwest Army, but everyone knows that the northwest is short of money and food, just a Tongzhou official warehouse, can not fundamentally solve the problem, if at this time, people under the eaves of the Tongzhou gentry have to pretend to be deaf and dumb, it is really unwise.

Chu Huan knew that these people were very smart, and he would not wait for him to speak.

Sure enough, the gentry of Tongzhou offered to donate money and grain, which not only fundamentally benefited both parties, but also appeared cordial and harmonious in terms of face.

Chu Huan got up, arched his hands, and said with a smile: "Everyone, everyone knows that the Northwest Army entered the customs for the sake of the people of the world, thanks to your love, they actually donated materials, and the governor should not have accepted it, but it is not a secret, everyone also knows our situation, the governor will not do face-saving efforts, this time accept your donation, he will naturally return it." He cleared his throat and said aloud, "But here today, the Governor has another matter that I want to discuss with you!" ”

"Chu Du, please speak!"

Everyone said.

"This governor is a straight man, he won't beat around the bush, everyone knows, the northwest is now implementing Juntian!" Chu Huan didn't finish speaking, and suddenly heard a "wow", but saw a table near the hall door in the courtyard, a person suddenly screamed, spitting out a big mouthful of filth = things, obviously caused by too much drinking, and several people on the side jumped away one after another, and their faces showed disgust. R1058