CHAPTER XXXIII

Walking on the ridge of the wall from the cypress garden back to Jiyunju, Lin Lian thought about the joke he had just told Liu Yue'er, he didn't rush down the wall, stepped on the ridge and walked to a roof with a slight slope to lie down, looking at the dark sky and thinking about something, many things poured into his mind very clearly, there were memories of the time and space of the previous life after a thousand years, and there were also memories of Lin Lian in this world, chaotic and intertwined, thinking too much was a little headache.

Although he hid on the top of the leeward sunny slope, it was still a little cold in the middle of the night, so Lin Jian wrapped his clothes tightly and didn't rush down to sleep.

Of course, he is not willing to relive this life in a mediocre life, but the road ahead is not as easy as he imagined.

Dongyang and Jiangning are located in Jiangdong County, which is located in fertile land, developed market economy, and strong gentry and wealthy families.

In fact, from Lin Bin's shallow historical knowledge, we can also know that after Jiangdong County, which is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, was fully developed, even in the troubled times at the end of a dynasty, the economic structure was rarely completely destroyed, after all, Jiangdong County's high land yield for two seasons a year ensured that the people's life was much more prosperous than that of the farmers in the north.

Historically, we have only seen displaced people from the north flock to the south, and it is rare for displaced people from the south to flee to the north.

The problem of the Great Yue Dynasty appeared precisely in the north, no matter how strong the power of the luxury family was, it was impossible for Li Zhuo to suppress the Eastern Fujian, but the power of the Donghu people in the north expanded from the Bohai Sea to the western part of Liaoxi and then to the north of Jibei in the past few decades, and the imperial court could only rely on the steep terrain of Yanshan to block the iron hooves of the Donghu people from Yanshan.

After the battle of Chentangyi, the officers and soldiers retreated to the danger of Yanshan, and the Donghu people's offensive against Yanshan slowed down a little, and they transferred their troops to expedition to the northern tribes such as Qiyan and Hanhei in the northwest of Yanshan, and made a gesture to include the entire area north of Yanshan into the Donghu people's sphere of influence, which would be even more difficult to become the henchmen of the Central Plains.

The time is not compatible, the Western Qin, Jinzhong, and the northern counties that have always been the center of gravity of the empire have been plagued by locust plagues and droughts for three or five years in recent years, and occasionally there is abundant rain for one or two years, and due to the weak water conservancy facilities in the north, it has caused waterlogging, in short, no year has been able to live in peace.

After the rebellion of the luxury family, almost all the taxes from the southeast tax source land were invested in the bottomless pit here. There is no specific data involved in the Tang newspaper, and other losses are not calculated, and Lin Jian can also estimate from the conversation with Gu Wuchen that the military expenditure in the southeast war over the years will not be less than thirty or forty million taels of silver. It takes a lot of time to calculate, and the Household Department and the Jiangning Household Department have even set up a special yamen for this purpose to calculate the military expenses consumed by Li Zhuo's department over the years.

Fortunately, Jiangdong, Liangzhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang and other county capitals near the Dongmin battlefield were rich in the end, and they did not feel particularly difficult to bear most of the military expenses, but the supply to the north has stopped in recent years.

In the past few years, the Great Yue Dynasty could not rely on the southeast, the most important tax source of the empire, and had to maintain the basic operation of the empire and the large amount of materials and grain needed for the northern front, so it could only double the looting from Western Qin, Jinzhong, Hebei, Liangchuan and other places.

These things cannot be seen in the city of Jiangning, which is as comfortable as a gentle township, but it does not mean that it has not happened in the north, precisely because the north is in danger, although there are many people in the DPRK and China who hate the luxury family to the core, there are also more people who pin their hopes for reversing the crisis on the return of the luxury family.

The return of the luxury family to Shun can not only transfer the nearly 100,000 elite soldiers stranded in Eastern Fujian to the northern front to fight against Donghu and suppress the peasant rebellion in the north, but the most important thing is to expect that after the return of the luxury family, the grain supply of the southeastern counties to the north will be restored from the current less than 2 million stone to the level of 6 million stone, so as to alleviate the financial pressure and grain inflation pressure in the north.

During the reign of Taizong, in order to sympathize with the hardships of the shipwrights, the shipwrights and sailors were allowed to carry local products to the north and south in 12 proportions when transporting grain, and the Caolu tax formed by this became an important source of revenue for the imperial court in the past 100 years. The center also hopes that after the return of the luxury family, the Cao Road will be opened, and the Cao Lu tax will be restored from the current 500,000 taels of silver to 1.5 million taels of silver or even higher; I also hope that after the return of the luxury family, the activities of the East Pirates will be reined in...... In short, there are many people in the DPRK and China who have high hopes for the return of luxury families.

Lin Jian has been a human being for two lives, but he understands one thing, the truth is simple to say, but it is extremely difficult to do. Even if the luxury family is temporarily surrendered and loosened to give the tightened neck and give the court a chance to breathe, someone must be able to stand up and seize this opportunity for the Dayue Dynasty.

The luxury family also saw through the details of the court, and bargained when they returned to obedience, not only did they tear the soil and seal the marquis, but Jin'an Mansion became the private land of his luxury family, and even the more than 12,000 private soldiers retained by the luxury family had to be supported by the finance of Dongmin County; At this time, it was even more convenient for the luxury family to infiltrate the southeastern counties by sending envoys directly to the Jiangning Mansion in Liujing to spy on the situation in the southeast.

A few days ago, I heard Gu Wuchen say that the southeastern counties want to make up for the deficit of the previous war, and they are unwilling to resume sending grain money to the north immediately, and over the years, they have always used the south to make up for the north, and the grievances behind this are also deep, and there are many disputes between the officials of the two factions in the DPRK, China and the south, and the Western Qin faction is the representative of the officials in the north.

Lin Jian stood on the ridge of the wall, listening to the sound of the wind crossing the ridge, remembering that he was a human in two lives, and he was killed by the gun in his previous life, he sighed lightly in his heart, squatted and slid down the wall.

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The nature of Jiangning's official department's questions is similar to that of the civil service examination after a thousand years.

Lin Tie served as the prison officer of the Jiangdao Prison Department as if he was straight, and the question of the Jiangning Ministry was a formality, and the next afternoon, Lin Tie still prepared the silver before rushing to the Yamen of the Jiangning Officials' Department.

Jiangning City is very large, and there is no more huge and prosperous city in the Dayue Dynasty than Jiangning, even if the Yanjing people are still 20,000 fewer than Jiangning, but the news of the long feet spread quickly. Some time ago, Lin Tie taught the young master of the clan family in the domain building in the early morning in the city, and rushed to the Yamen of the Jiangning Officials Department in the afternoon, and the idle officials here have gathered to say that the young marquis of the luxury family was assassinated on Donghuamen Street yesterday, Lin Tie ran to the Yamen of the Jiangning Officials Department three times, and many officials recognized him, and when they saw him come in, they came around and asked the appearance and figure of the aunt and sister-in-law of the luxury family.

The Jiangning Ministry is slightly better than the other five, but it is also the Qingshui Yamen who does not have a few real powers. According to the usual practice, all the officials are allocated, because they have no real power, except for the main money, these officials have no extra oil and water to fish, if there are many adults, life in Jiangning City is quite cold. Lin Jian even saw that a few petty officials still had patches on their official uniforms, but these people refused to relent.

The yamen of the Jiangning Ministry of Officials could not handle a few personnel cases every month, and the performance appraisal of officials was completely out of their control, and it was a foregone conclusion that Lin Jian was appointed as the prison officer of Jiangdao Prison, and almost all the officials in this yamen knew him.

Lin Tie prepared dozens of gift bags, according to the different grades, put in three or five taels or three or five coins of small silver bills, that is, the dignified three products of Jiang Ning's Ministry of Zuo Shilang received Lin Tie's gift bag containing three taels of silver in the past, and also smiled.

"I thought that the three-grade waiter was a big official ......," Zhao Hu waited for the waiter of Jiangning's Ministry to take the silver and left, and said in a disdainful voice.

Lin Jian smiled slightly, compared with the officials in Yanjing City, this Jiangning official is like a disadvantaged official who has offended the leader and retreated to the second line. Once they wipe their faces, don't say three or five taels of silver, even three or five dollars of silver will not shrink their hands.

Asking the right thing was easier than expected, even if Zhao Shuhan, the head of the prison hall of the Jiangning Criminal Department, participated, it was just a formality.

Zhao Shuhan, the director of the prison hall, was even afraid to ask Lin Lian, so he only talked to him in a consultative tone throughout the whole process, and avoided all the questions about the laws and regulations.

Zhao Shuhan is Chongguan 3 years Enke Jinshi, the seventh place in the palace examination, the fourth in the second class, and the first to enter the Hanlin Academy from the seven products review. At that time, it could be said that the future was great, and for more than 200 years, almost three-quarters of the auxiliary ministers of the Dayue Dynasty were originally appointed as reviewers of the Hanlin Academy from the Seven Grades. However, Zhao Shuhan pointed out a small mistake in the recital drafted by Chen Xinbo, the minister of power at the time, and afterwards said it in front of his colleagues, which reached Chen Xinbo's ears, and within two days, Chen Xinbo was kicked to the Jiangning Criminal Department to serve as the head of the prison department. Nominally, the head of the prison hall of the Jiangning Criminal Department is half a grade higher than the review of the Hanlin Academy, but one is cold and one is hot, the world is different, Zhao Shuhan's family of five with a maid and an old servant in Jiangning City live on his annual salary of sixty stones, which is very difficult, and the inner jacket in the official uniform is exposed with worn sleeves.

Lin Jian also understood Zhao Shuhan's intention to invite him to drink, and whoever sat on the cold bench for four years would be worn off some of his arrogance. Zhao Shuhan offended Chen Xinbo, the minister of the auxiliary minister of the dynasty, and demoted him from the capital, in the final analysis, he is also a little shrimp with no prestige, even if Chen Xinbo knocks down the Chu Party and kicks out of Yanjing, no one in the center will remember him as a small fish, but once he catches Gu Wuchen's line, the situation may completely change.

Seeing that Zhao Shuhan was destitute, Lin Jian naturally couldn't let him spend money on wine, so he excused himself by saying that he had come to ask Zhao Shuhan for prison.

The prison hall of the Criminal Department is the yamen in charge of the prisons in charge of the world in Liangjing, but the Jiangning Criminal Department has no real power at all, Lin Jian thought to himself that Zhao Shuhan had spent four years in the Jiangning Criminal Department, maybe he still had some professional ability.

Lin Lian's invitation to Zhao Shuhan was an unintentional move, thinking that even if he couldn't help him calm in front of Gu Wuchen, he didn't want to chill his heart. When he was drinking in the Drunken Immortal Building, he was quite casual, and he heard Zhao Shuhan say that he had nothing to do in Jiangning in the past four years, and he had a lot of records and manuscripts on the matter of the prison, and Lin Jian had nothing else to do in the afternoon, so he prepared a gift to visit Zhao's house.

Seeing Zhao Shuhan's handwritten hundreds of pages of manuscripts in the past four years, he explained the matter of the prison in the world in detail from many aspects such as prison food, regulations, regulations, regulations, and miscellaneous matters, and Lin Jian knew that the thin-eyed and thin-faced scribe in front of him who deliberately wanted to use himself to slap Gu Wuchen really had a belly of knowledge and talent.