The main hall of the county government hall was selected to serve as the main hall of the North Mountain Gate, and the Buddha statue was moved to the side courtyard, which was very spacious. Those who were assembled to discuss matters included the officials of the new by-election, the heads of the lieutenants and the representatives of the township elders, etc.; In the deliberations of the matter, the most important thing is to thoroughly investigate the cases of bandits, raise money, raise food, and raise wages.

The county's field registers and household registration information, these are the basis for the county's collection of taxes, and after Chongzhou City was attacked, it was deliberately burned to the Donghai Kou, perhaps to be packed and taken away.

However, there are reserves in each township, after the capture of Guangjiao Temple last night, Lin Jian immediately sent soldiers to gallop to the townships, so that the head of the township and each village should report to Zilang Mountain with the field book, household registration and other information, to prevent them from tampering with the field book after waking up. Those who dare to hide or claim to be lost will first be detained and interrogated as suspects in the case of gangsters.

It was only today that Lin Jian had the opportunity to come into contact with Chongzhou's field books and household books, and he also deliberately studied the field books in the area near Zilang Mountain with Lin Mengde and others.

Comparing it with the field brochure under the name of the pseudo-Toko-ji Temple, we can see several obvious characteristics: most of the fields that were entered into the prefectural field register as Zhengfu Tian were low-yielding middle and lower fields, and almost all of them were high-yielding Ueda sent to the name of Guangjiao Temple.

Chongzhou Tian Fu is divided into three grades, Ueda Zhengfu is three liters and eight buckets, Zhongtian is one liter and six buckets, and Shimoda is five buckets, and the difference between the grain endowment of Ueda and Shimoda is nearly seven or eight times.

Placing Ueda in the name of the monastery, or by bribing the officials, when the grain field is fixed, the Ueda is designated as the lower field, or directly concealing the number of acres of land, and using these means to evade the apportionment of the field is definitely what the landlord is willing to do, and it is precisely the local village tyrants who are most capable of doing these tricks and feet.

There are many things to do, Lin Jian can only come step by step, the first step is to use the bandit case to thoroughly investigate the monastery to conceal Dingkou and land property.

There is no need to discuss the thorough investigation of the bandit case, Lin Jian naturally has to hold the leading power tightly in his hands, and the local government of Chongzhou County only assists in the investigation.

Affected by the bandit case of Guangjiao Temple, the 18 large-scale monasteries in Chongzhou County, including the head of the temple, the first seat, the west hall, the back hall, the hall master, the supervisor, the deputy temple, the Zhike, the Kutou, the Guan Tang and other ministry monks have been taken together to the Zilang Dongshanmen Zen Monastery for inquiry.

Ordinary monks stayed in the monastery temporarily, but the temple property and storage were seized together, and the Jiangdong Left Army directly sent soldiers to guard it.

In addition to direct military supervision, it is also necessary to link the monastery with the Donghai Kou and the destruction of Chongzhou City to carry out extensive propaganda, create public opinion, and destroy the local believers base of the Buddhist monastery.

Lin Jian wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the gangster case to completely suppress the monastic forces in Chongzhou, and the main goal was to take the opportunity of thoroughly investigating the gangster case to thoroughly investigate the hidden fields and Dingkou of the township tyrants and monasteries.

Li Shutang and Li Shuyi's Li family have a large amount of land and property in the name of the family temple to evade taxes, and Li Shutang also knows Lin Lian's intention to thoroughly investigate the bandit case and get involved, he has expressed his attitude in front of Lin Lian, and he will not mind the family temple being involved in the bandit case, which is also Li Shutang knows that the Li family can get more benefits from Lin Lian.

Most of the officials in the by-election were small and medium-sized landowners or merchants, and although a few people sent their land to the monastery, it would not be an obstacle to a thorough investigation of the bandits. Although the mayor, the head of the village, and the old representatives of the township had a worried look on their faces, they did not dare to openly raise objections.

There are more than 200 bloody, bare heads hanging from the elm and poplar trees at Beishan Gate, but not just to deter pirates lurking in Chongzhou.

Wu Meijiu has served in the local government for nearly 20 years, and he is still clear about the hidden cats of monasteries in various places. Throughout the ages, I don't know how many officials wanted to lift the lid on it, but they could not implement it because of the many local obstacles, and there were even many people who lost their posts and abandoned their posts because of this.

During the discussion, Wu Meijiu saw that none of the officials in the new by-election objected to a thorough investigation of the bandit case, so he felt that these by-election officials were special, but he didn't care about them, and he was afraid that Lin Lian's methods would be used on him.

Lin Jian really came to listen, and he always squinted his eyes when discussing the bandit case, and then discussed raising money and food.

As soon as Chen Lei reported the accounts of the county warehouse, the officials of the new by-election were worried about whether their money and food and silver had been settled, and there was no money and food, so what else could they talk about to calm the people's hearts, clear the bandits and imperial robbers, and rebuild Chongzhou?

The summer grain is levied after the wheat is ripe, and it will take another two months before the summer grain can be collected. Besides, when the summer grain is levied, it is necessary to pay the Jiangdong Left Army first, and the rest can only maintain the daily expenses of the county, and it is far from enough to do other things.

"Lord Wu, you are familiar with Hailing Mansion, how much do you think the mansion can be allocated?" Lin Mengde asked Wu Meijiu.

"Last time, I dialed back 10,000 taels of silver, which is almost the limit. Don't expect how much money can be allocated from above, it mainly depends on local self-raising," Wu Meijiu said, he is quite clear about the situation in Jiangdong County, the silver is in the hands of the Governor's Mansion and the Xuanfu Envoy, and the envoy can't catch the silver in the hands of the Inspector General, what is the relationship between Yue Lengqiu, Wang Tian and Gu Wuchen, how can it be possible to allocate money to Chongzhou? He also said, "Even if you can allocate another sum of silver from above, it will not be able to come down in a day or two, and you will store grain and silver in the county warehouse, not to mention the relief of refugees, and in a few days, I am afraid that even the official will be hungry......

Before the time comes to collect the summer grain, the local government only needs to levy or borrow money.

What Wu Meijiu can think of is apportionment, and what the officials can think of is apportionment.

It's okay to ask for donations from large households, but the county has no ability to repay debts, so who will lend money and grain to the county to tide over the difficulties? Speaking of asking for donations, the head of the chief and the old representatives of the township were holding back their strength, thinking about how to resist the donation.

After discussing for a while, they all felt that asking the county department to agree to levy an additional summer grain could temporarily alleviate the county's thirst for money.

"It's not good to levy!" Lin Jian shook his head, if this levy could actually be spread on the head of the landlord, he would not have an opinion. Although it is said that the levy is based on land, those who are familiar with local taxes should know that the vast majority of any additional levies and assessments will be transferred to small and medium-sized landowners and tenants. Small and medium-sized landlords have a small yield, and they can withstand a single harvest, and the poor peasants and tenant farmers will have extremely difficulties, "The Jiangdong Left Army can hold out for a period of time at the moment, and there is no need for the county to draw money from the summer grain." With the amount of summer grain drawn as the upper limit, the county can first borrow a part from the local clans, and return the branch loan immediately when the summer grain is collected...... I think the big households in the county who have not suffered from the disaster this time will still be reasonable! ”

This is similar to the nature of the local government using taxes as collateral to issue local bonds, and it is not a patent of later generations. In fact, these people are also representatives of the local township tyrants, and they have a large amount of surplus grain and money in their hands.

"This is also feasible," Li Shutang responded to Lin Liandao, "but I don't know how much the total amount will be borrowed, and everyone has no bottom ...... in their hearts."

"It's still a place for Lord Lin to be compassionate to him," Wu Meijiu arched his hand towards Lin Lian, and asked Li Shuyi again: "Li Shuban, how much is the summer grain salary?" ”

Li Shuyi was quite familiar with local land affairs, and there was no need to search the register, so he replied: "The grain is 6,172 stone ......."

This number is not big, and the leaders of the Li Changjia are all relieved, and if they share it, each family can still bear it. Even if it is forcibly extorted for donations, the total number will not be less than this number, not to mention that there is also a part of the summer grain as collateral.

The Jiangdong Left Army did not draw money from the summer grain, which was equivalent to the local government levying an additional summer grain, and this part of the money and grain should be counted as donated by the Jiangdong Left Army; Everyone praised Lin Tie for his compassion for the place, which is really a blessing for the place.

It is also true that the garrison can not take the place that is a disaster, which is already rare, and there is no one who can feed back to the place.

In the face of praise, Lin Jian just said that it is necessary to help each other to tide over the difficulties together.

Li Shutang and Hu Zhiyong first recognized the figures borrowed on behalf of the Li family and the Hu family, and the others measured the Li family and the Hu family as the standard, and made up the total amount of money and grain borrowed to be equal to the total amount of summer grain draws.

More than 6,000 stone grains are only 26,700 taels of silver, so they can only maintain the daily expenses of the county, and they still can't do anything, but they can always survive until the county secretary and Hailing Mansion allocate the relief money.

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He proposed that the county use the part of the summer grain as collateral to borrow money and grain from each family to tide over the current difficulties, and even tried to appease the families and alleviate their anxiety about the monastery banditry case: the total amount of the loan was very limited, and there was a guarantee that it would be returned in two months.

Six thousand stone grain or two thousand five or six hundred taels of silver, even if the Li family took it out, it would not be much trouble.

During the discussion, someone came in to announce that the Jiangning boat had arrived, and Lin Lian, Lin Mengde, Cao Ziang, and Hu Zhiyong left the venue ahead of schedule and rushed to the Nanlu Riverside Wharf.

Chongzhou County is still a mess, and it can no longer increase the burden on Li Shuyi and Hu Zhicheng, and the families of the Xihe Society are temporarily resettled on Xisha Island, and the boats from Jiangning are directly anchored to Guanyin Beach.

Lin Jian rushed to the Nanlu Wharf and saw that the other ships were heading in the direction of Guanyin Beach, only the Jinhai was approaching the wharf, and by the moonlight, he saw Liu Yue'er and Xiaoman standing on the deck looking at this side.

They stood in the light, and Lin Tie walked the mountain path in the dark, although there were many guards accompanying them, it was also a black shadow, and they seemed to think that Lin Tie was in this black shadow, staring at this side.

It's been half a year since the separation, and every time a messenger comes, there will be a letter from the two of them, but Lin Jian is too busy with affairs, and he only occasionally writes a letter for the messenger to bring back. Thinking that they had been fighting abroad for half a year, the two of them were also frightened in Jiangning for half a year.

When Lin Jian got closer, the second daughter suppressed her excitement, lowered her eyebrows, and hid her lovesickness in Yingying.

The wharf was full of strict generals, Cao Ziang, Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong and others boarded the ship with Lin Tie, and there were Ge Cunxin, Ge Cunxiong and Cao Ziang's wife and son Cao Wenlong, as well as Sun Wenbing, Sun Wenpei and Sun Jingtang's concubine Zhao and others.

Liu Yue'er has all kinds of lovesickness, when Lin Tie got on the boat, in front of outsiders, especially in front of many subordinates, she also gave a salute first: "Concubine Liu's family has seen her husband!" ”

"How much do you miss me in Jiangning?" Lin Jian asked.

Liu Yue'er was stunned for a moment, and almost cried in public.

Cao Ziang, Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong and others came on the boat to greet her: "I've seen Mrs. Ru!" ”

Liu Yue'er replied one by one, Lin Lian took her hand and asked, "If you are not tired, come with me to the island for a walk?" ”

"Hmm!" Liu Yue'er replied softly.

Xiao Man pursed his lips and complained softly in the back: "In the end, it's the maid's life, no one cares if I want to go or not?" ”

Lin Jian turned his head to stare at Xiao Man, and said with a smile: "Can I drive you off the boat?" ”