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Huichang County.

"Brother, come down."

"Yeah, let's surrender, if you don't surrender, you can't fight."

"What kind of person is Zhao Tianwang, I have long said that he should belong to him. What's the use of occupying more fields? Once others call, all the fields will be distributed to you."

"Brother, you should say something!"

"..."

Lin Jinshan was disturbed by what he said, and suddenly shouted: "Shut up!"

After venting, Lin Jinshan softened his tone and said: "Even if you want to surrender, you have to bargain and explain the future clearly. First, send a few people to ask the Second General Zhao if he can leave with the money. He came from Fujian, and brought money back to Fujian to build a house and buy land, so it’s not a waste of work.”

"Yes, yes, give him the county seat and the land, and let's go back to Fujian with the money!" Everyone supported this idea and looked forward to returning to their hometown.

Immediately, they hung out a messenger with a basket, and ran to discuss with Fei Ruhe about surrendering.

Fei Ruhe sneered and told the emissary: ​​"You go back and follow my original words. If you want to surrender, surrender as soon as possible. How to deal with it is my business. They are not qualified to negotiate terms!"

If it hadn't been for the selection of five hundred soldiers to train the firecrackers, the dispatch of five hundred soldiers to garrison Meiguan, and the division of troops into the mountains to wipe out the bandits, the entire Southern Jiangxi region would have been defeated by Fei Ruhe long ago.

He didn't pay attention to these field soldiers at all, a group of mobs.

There are so many bandits in Southern Jiangxi, and many of them are Hakkas.

Liu Mianzuo, the magistrate of Yongfeng County, was the one who made the officials follow the thief before his death. He has been suppressing bandits in the mountains for several years. Local chronicles say to suppress "Fujian bandits", but Yongfeng County is next to Jishui, and half of Jiangxi is separated from Fujian. Where did the Fujian bandits come from to suppress him?

The so-called Fujian bandits are actually Hakka people from Fujian. They couldn't survive in southern Jiangxi, so they simply went into the mountains to become bandits, and even fled to the affluent central Jiangxi area.

This is not a Hakka problem, but a problem unique to Southern Jiangxi.

Before the Hakka people moved in large numbers, most of the people Wang Yangming suppressed in southern Jiangxi were natives of Jiangxi. These Jiangxi peasants couldn't survive. They farmed in the mountains and worked as part-time bandits at the same time. As a result, people in every village became bandits, and neighbors helped each other to hide.

Therefore, in the early days of Wang Yangming's suppression of bandits, all the bandits in the mountains knew about it just after he sent troops a few miles away. Not only did the peasants tip off the news along the way, but even Wang Yangming's guide had relatives of the bandits.

Wang Yangming's solution is very rough and practical, Baojia will sit together, and the report will be exempted!

One word, kill!

Fei Ruhe's suppressing bandits also killed many people, some of them were innocent, but in troubled times, heavy codes don't care about so many people.

Let's say that when the messenger went back to report, the leaders of the field soldiers were frowning, and then there were differences and quarrels.

Some said that they would surrender immediately, and the more they dragged on, the worse it would end.

Some said that we have to wait, and that the terms of surrender must be clearly discussed.

After arguing like this for half a month, the leaders of the field soldiers went up to the tower every day, and they could see the land being divided outside the city. That's their own land, and a lot of it was given to ordinary field soldiers, and now it's being distributed right under their noses.

The leaders of the field soldiers were anxious, and ordinary field soldiers were also anxious.

These small soldiers are all tenants, and they rebelled with the leaders because they just wanted land. After finally getting the land, and now it's all gone, why are they still rebelling?

It's better not to rebel, and to be tenants honestly, and Zhao Tianwang will give them land.

Twenty days after Fei Ruhe besieged the city, lower-level military officers began to join forces secretly.

A small leader named Li Tianbao said: "Why do we rebel and fight? It's not to divide a few acres of land. I heard that Zhao Tianwang also wants to divide the land, so why should we give our lives to Lin Jinshan? Even if we beat Zhao Tianwang's soldiers, We still only have those few acres of land. If we lose, let alone protect the land, we won’t even be able to save our lives.”

"Yes, it's no good if you don't surrender, and there's no harm if you surrender!" Another little leader named Wang Yongsi concluded.

"How about setting fire to the city tonight?"

"Just tonight!"

"..."

Setting fire at night will cause chaos, because many soldiers' families live in the city.

That night, a fire broke out in the city, and countless soldiers rushed down the tower to put out the fire spontaneously together with the people in the city. And those soldiers who surrendered in series took the opportunity to shout "Zhao Tianwang has entered the city", which quickly caused greater chaos, and some soldiers simply opened the city gate and ran out.

Lin Jinshan was also running, and the instant the city caught fire, he knew it must be over.

"kill!"

Fei Ruhe resolutely led his troops to attack the city, and by dawn the chaos had subsided, and one-fifth of the entire county town was burned by the fire.

At the leader level, all caught beheaded!

The other Tian soldiers will not be liquidated, and this troubled world cannot be counted at all.

It took another month for Fei Ruhe to completely control the situation and lead his troops to wipe out the remaining Tian soldiers in the territory. After the local peasant association was established, Fei Ruhe immediately led troops to attack Ruijin County, repeating the same routine.

Basically, after capturing a county in two and a half months, the casualties of the soldiers under his command are negligible.

According to this method of attacking the city, it will not be fast if you want to. The main reason is that it is slow to form farmers' associations, measure and divide the land (for the time being only around the county), and must constantly absorb local people who can speak Hakka.

But after capturing three counties in a row, the speed suddenly increased!

Because the other Tian Bing leaders were frightened, and when they learned that they had become Fei Ruhe's target, they immediately left Southern Jiangxi with gold, silver and a small amount of confidantes and entered the borders of Fujian and Guangdong.

They can return to their hometown in Fujian and Guangdong to be rich, or they can return to Fujian and Guangdong to continue their rebellion. No matter which option they choose, it is better than facing Fei Ruhe.

At the end of the year, the whole of Southern Jiangxi finally became Zhao Han's territory.

...

Ganzhou City.

More than forty Hakka leaders and Jiangxi gentry were invited to a meeting in the lobby of the government office. They were all representatives of nearby counties.

Among them, there is no shortage of enemies, and they will quarrel when they meet.

The moment Zhao Han appeared, the hall was immediately quiet, and all eyes were on the King Zhao.

Young, majestic, handsome, tall and straight!

"Greetings, Mr. Zhao!" Everyone quickly stood up and saluted.

Even the leaders of the Hakka people can speak Jiangxi dialect. After all, they have settled in Jiangxi for nearly a hundred years, and it is inevitable that they have to deal with the local aborigines.

Zhao Han clasped his fists in return and said with a smile, "Everyone, please sit down. I came to Nangan this time because I heard that you have been in constant disputes. I hope to persuade everyone to put down their hatred and work together to fight the drought and relieve disasters."

"I accept the kindness of the general town, but there is no way to make peace with this matter," a Jiangxi gentry representative stood up and shouted angrily, "These Hakkas, who came from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, not only occupied our land in Jiangxi, but also They want to snatch the water source of my Jiangxi people!"

"fart!"

A leader of the Hakka people also stood up and said tit-for-tat: "You locals are used to bullying the Hakka people. Before Mr. Zhao came, when did you not collude with the government to make a black hand?"

"That's why you are being unreasonable!"

"It was you who bullied people first!"

"..."

The conflict between natives and guests cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences, and it is even hard to understand who bullied whom first, and the enmity that has been forged by generations of people in the past hundred years.

Your village killed my grandfather, and our village killed your uncle. When will the injustice be repaid?

These are major contradictions, and there are also contradictions between the Hakka people and among the Jiangxi gentry.

"boom!"

Zhao Han slapped the gavel violently, scaring everyone to shut up immediately.

Zhao Han said with a gloomy expression, "Let me say a few words first, is it okay?"

"Mr. Zhao, please tell me." These people became obedient again, after all, Zhao Han had a knife in his hand.

Zhao Han said: "It's hard for an honest official to decide on family affairs. Many of you belong to family feuds, and I don't have the ability to judge right from wrong. I don't care about the previous grievances. From next month, if there are criminals, they will be dealt with according to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty." If you don’t understand the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", you should understand the principle of killing for life, right?"

As he said that, Zhao Han glanced at the crowd again, and said with a sneer, "Don't think that the law does not blame the crowd. If you gather a crowd to fight, all the blame will be placed on the person who is in line and the leader. Don't think that you won't be punished if you don't kill anyone. As long as If there is a fight, it will definitely be severely punished!"

A representative of the gentry asked: "General Town, what's the solution to the water dispute?"

"Leave it to the peasant association for the time being," said Zhao Han. "In the face of natural disasters, we should help each other instead of fighting each other."

The representatives of the Hakka people quit, and some people said: "Zongzhen, you are helping them. The locals have farmers' associations in their villages, but our Hakka people's villages don't have farmers' associations. Naturally, the farmers' associations should speak for them."

"Then why don't you build a peasant association? Are you afraid that if the peasant association is established, you will lose your prestige in the countryside?" Zhao Han asked back.

No one could answer, because Zhao Han had hit the nail on the head. Of course, there were also factors that the Hakka people didn't believe in Zhao Han.

Zhao Han suddenly said in official Chinese: "I'm not from Jiangxi, I'm actually from the north."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was a little surprised.

Zhao Han continued: "Jiangxi people, Hakka people, to me, there is no difference, they are all Chinese people. I don't favor anyone, and I don't discriminate against anyone. If you do things according to my rules, you are my own people. If you don’t follow my rules, you are not one of your own people. For your Hakka villages and towns, if you don’t cooperate with the settlement first, and then you don’t cooperate with the peasant association after settlement, there is a limit to my tolerance.”

The gentry in Jiangxi gloated over his misfortune, and the Hakka leaders felt uneasy.

"Ordinary Hakka brothers will definitely not boycott the farmers' association. It's all you leaders who are obstructing," Zhao Han's tone became more serious. "As a punishment, I will forcefully divide the land instead of allowing each of you to A maximum of 100 mu of land is reserved! Now, the people in the mountains can reserve up to 50 mu of land per person!"

Those Hakka leaders were both angry and afraid, hiding their anger one by one.

Zhao Han continued: "Anyone who refuses to accept can rebel. I don't mind killing a few Liwei. Once the Hakkas make a fuss, no matter whether they participate or not, the other Hakkas in the town can keep ten acres of land. Unless Only by reporting in advance can we not be punished."

The gentry in Jiangxi were even happier, because they liked to watch their enemies suffer.

Zhao Han suddenly turned to the representatives of the gentry: "You better be honest, some people refuse to accept my division of land, and are colluding with each other in private to make trouble. I have already been reported on this matter, don't force me to engage in family raids and extermination."

The gentlemen were instantly solemn, and their smiles disappeared immediately.

Zhao Han announced again: "The latest land policy has been slightly changed, you can check it out."

This year, the Tianzheng has made fine adjustments, and the cultivated land is divided into four grades: upper field, middle field, lower field, and lower field.

The upper fields are mostly paddy fields, the middle fields are mostly dry fields, and the lower fields are mostly mountainous lands, and the lower fields are very barren.

When dividing the land, each person can divide four acres into the field, and if the field is not enough, other fields can be used instead. One mu of upper field is equal to two mu of middle field, four mu of lower field is equal to five mu of lower field.

If there is only Zhongtian, it means that each person can be divided into eight acres!

If you only need to work in the field, it means that each person can get 20 acres!

This is based on the actual output of the farm after several years of observation and statistics by the peasant association, and this standard will also be used for collecting land taxes in the future.

In the past three years, those who have reached the age of twelve can also be allocated land this time.

What was not enough in the past will be made up for.

Not afraid of lack of land, Taihe County, Yichun County, Pingxiang County, Yongxin County, and Yongning County have all been ravaged by rebels. After the population drops sharply, the remaining counties can migrate there.

The same is true in the southern Jiangxi region. After a series of wars, there must be enough arable land.

"You Hakka people, are you willing to form a peasant association?" Zhao Han asked.

These Hakka leaders exchanged opinions with each other's eyes, and then knelt down in unison and said, "We all obey Zhao Zongzhen's order!"

Zhao Han said that in the future, the farmers association will mediate any water disputes.

If the Hakka people don't build farmers' associations, why don't they let the natives of Jiangxi bully them?

Zhao Han finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he doesn't contradict the peasant association, the conflict between natives and guests will definitely be difficult to eliminate, but it can be resolved gradually in the future.