Chapter 91: Heart, that is, reason! 1

The boat left the caravan and sailed all the way to Ganzhou.

On the 16th of the first month of the 13th year of Zhengde, Wang Yangming arrived in Ganzhou, where the governor of Nanganting Zhang was located.

The Southern Jiangxi Special Administrative Region takes Ganzhou as the provincial capital city and has jurisdiction over seven prefectures: Nan'an, Ganzhou, Tingzhou, Zhangzhou, Chaozhou, Huizhou, Nanxiong and Chenzhou. These seven mansions were originally rich in the people, but now they have been abandoned by the provinces and become a paradise for mountain thieves. It is really "the Chenjiang River is lucky to go around Chenshan by itself. For whom to flow down Xiaoxiang?"

On the day Yangming arrived in Ganzhou, he opened a house in the governor's office.

Although Ganzhou is located in a mountainous area, it was the throat of north-south traffic at that time. Therefore, the scale of the governor's yamen is not comparable to that of other governor's yamen. There is a written record that: the dome is majestic, the height is high, the regulation is magnificent, and it is unprecedented in the town.

However, when he first arrived in Ganzhou, there were too many facts to be done. Yang Ming did not want to appreciate this magnificent building standing in the mountains, but immediately began to clean up the cases and think about the best way to calm the chaos. Although he has come to lead his army for several months to win a beautiful battle, he still wants to say that this is a war, not a fight. Strategic problems cannot be seen tactically. Generally speaking, their soldiers are powerful, but there is no guarantee that all the soldiers in the imperial court are so powerful. The officers and soldiers who fight with Chi Zhongrong and the tens of thousands of bandits and brothers in this southern provinces are so powerful. In fact, most of them are so powerful. It is a garbage army with no morale.

So... Wang Shouren came to Ganzhou, but there was still a long way to go.

In his mind, Yang Ming suddenly felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.

After a while, he suddenly realized that it was the calligrapher who was swaying in front of him.

Here is a point that this land of Ganzhou is very close to the sphere of influence of traitors such as Xie Zhishan and Lan Tianfeng. They have captured the counties and villages around Ganzhou for several years. If the government here still has the hearts of the people, then a few years can also make their hearts of the people zero. Not to mention that they don't have any public heart in the first place. Therefore, it has been surrounded by the spies of mountain thieves, and the governor's government has also been infiltrated.

Yangming's face-to-face skills learned when dealing with monks and Taoist priests in his early years played a role at this time, and he immediately judged that there was something wrong with this scholar.

In the evening, Yang Ming summoned the librical to his bedroom and asked, "Not long after this hospital came to office, I don't know anything about the local folk customs. You have been working in the government office for a long time. Have you ever taught me?"

What this scribe has no problem with is the work of a bandit, and he is an old man. He has seen countless officials. He believes that there are nothing more than two kinds of officials. One is a nerd who does not distinguish Wu Mai, and the other is a greedy slave who wants to be dissatisfied. To deal with the former, you only need to coax and scare, and to deal with the latter, you only need to cater to satisfaction.

Unfortunately, this time he met Wang Yangming, who did not belong to any of the above.

At least the foundation of the old deep-fried dough sticks was there, and the librative responded decently: "For your wrong love, you should have tried your best. But although the villain has been listening to the government for a long time, he never dares to ask about the official affairs. How dare he ask?

Yang Ming secretly sneered: "It's better to push than to say it'. Sure enough, it won't leak." It further confirmed my judgment.

Yang Ming nodded and said, "What the governor's government lacks is a cautious old man like you."

The librer was secretly celebrating. Yang Ming's words turned around and said, "I don't know how many times you have sent information to the mountain thieves over the years and how much money you have won?"

Five thunderstorms, thunderbolts on the blue.

Relying on the remaining old practice, the old fried dough sticks forced a smile, pretended to be confused, and said, "Silver? Successive governors are all clean officials and love their subordinates, but they never reward silver.

Yang Ming put away his smile and said harshly, "You can show this trick to others, but you can't hide it from me. I have watched warlocks act since I was a child, and their tricks are more than ten times better than you! You can choose your own life and death. If you want to live, you can tell the truth without hiding anything!"

The librative did not expect that the new governor was so insightful. The psychological defense collapsed in an instant, and his legs softened and knelt on the ground.

According to the confession of the scholar, Yang Ming captured the eyes of mountain thieves inside and outside Ganzhou one by one. In the face of so many bandits, Yang Ming sighed and calculated at the same time.

After thinking about it, it is still my most powerful move, that is, ten cards. Nanchang and its surroundings have indeed been implemented for some time, and the effect is very good, but Ganzhou is particularly difficult to implement because of the rampant bandits, because these "ten cards" are aimed at them.

The specific method of the ten cards is to compile ten cards into one, and each one is issued a wooden card, and each household name, name and industry are written from right to left. Every day, a family takes turns on duty and checks along the door. When they meet suspicious people, they immediately report to the official. Supervise each other and contain each other. If there is any concealment, ten families will sit together.

This move completely cuts off the connection between the good people and mountain thieves, which can't be said to be cruel.

The reason is very simple. In the face of the threat of violence and death, silence is always the majority.

Wang Yangming also knew that this method was too strict, so he waved a large pen and wrote "Ten Cards to Tell the Fathers and Sons of Each Government" as warmly, as if he had no choice.

For this, it can only be said that moderation is the top violence. Then, Wang Yangming began to implement ten cards in Ganzhou. Either you don't do it, you can do it.

As soon as this order came out, it really caused a huge rebound. Local officials have been following it for a long time and are unwilling to toss around. They all reason why there is a lot of resistance and it is difficult to implement.

No matter what you are rebounding, as a feudal official, the cotton spirit is the most basic quality - cotton people are not afraid of bullets! Yang Ming vigorously implemented the ten card methods with his vigorous and vigorous wrists. Within a month, the whole country was awe-inspiring.

Wang Shouren had a preliminary effect and learned that he could continue to act. The next step was to select the militia.

There is a saying that wolf soldiers are reliable and sows will climb trees.

Wang Yangming issued an article in the surrounding four provinces, requesting to select "brave and brave" wrestlers in the prison of each county, catchers, and urban management to train militias. With the addition of these fresh blood, there is a basic guarantee for calming chaos.

Yang Ming placed high expectations on this militia and called it "exquisite soldiers". This is a "new army" put together by people from all walks of life.

As the saying goes, "the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers", and it always costs money to fight wars. Therefore, soldiers without money do not have a paid army, there is no way for them to give you to work for nothing. If you sell your life, it's okay, but they sell their lives, not yours.

War is money, and you will deeply agree with this sentence. It is unrealistic to expect the court to make a call. Originally, the army led by Wang Shouren had spent a lot of money before the training and arguing. In the Ming Dynasty, the tax was very low, and the household department has always been short of money. The minister of the household has always been an iron rooster. In a bunch of coveted eyes, he has already practiced his skills. It's okay if you don't ask for money. Do you dare to provoke him?

Wang Yangming knows that he must produce and save himself. However, the situation is not optimistic. The local government treasury is empty (it has been robbed for a long time, among which Chi Zhongrong is a good player and a leader), and it can't exploit the people (forced to Liangshan). What can they do? Those ordinary people originally became bandits because of the exploitation of the government. If you Wang Shouren came and also did what the previous dog officials did, then what's the use of you coming? Why did you come here? So...

Take the salt merchant to open the operation. It's an absolute trick, but it works very well.

The wind is bleak and the water is cold. If you are in debt, you have to pay it back. The world usually let you go up and down, making a lot of profits and making a lot of money. Now that the country is in trouble, the merchants are responsible, and it's your turn to repay the debts.

In ancient times, salt was gold, and salt merchants are today's real estate merchants. The entry threshold is very high. You need to hold a "salt guide" to buy salt from the government and then transport it to remote areas for sale. Salt introduction is equivalent to the Construction Land Planning Permit, which is not accessible to everyone.

The first half of the warrior army was dead, and the beauty still sang and danced under the tent. It's tolerable, which one can't bear? Wang Yangming solemnly announced that the winter of salt merchants has arrived.

First salute and then soldiers. In the past, due to the game of interests of all parties, Guangzhou's salt merchants only had two distribution points in Nan'an and Ganzhou in Nangan. Now Wang Yangming has expanded the marketing scope of Guangyan to the whole territory, but the salt tax has doubled.

Secondly, the customs scattered in the past are unified in the Guiweijiao, an important gateway in Nan'an, which not only prevents salt merchants from evading taxes, but also prevents local officials from embezzling and bribery.

To be fair, the business community has been in an embarrassing position that has been ignored for a long time in Chinese history. Wu Xiaobo's "One Hundred Years of Fall" has corrected the name for the first group of entrepreneurs in China. If you like to watch the historical dramas of the Ming Dynasty, you will surely know that Liu Heping's 1566 of the Ming Dynasty revealed the helplessness of Ming Dynasty businessmen and the difficult growth environment of capitalism through the role of Shen Yishi. But I want to say that in most cases, history has no good or bad, only success or failure. If the suppression of bandits fails, you can say that Wang Yangming squeezed the salt merchants. But he succeeded, so everything before will not be enough.

The pre-war preparation has finally come to an end.

And he also got the news. Chi Zhongrong, Xie Zhishan, Lan Tianfeng and others actually colluded together and had the idea of merging. This news actually came from Jinyiwei. It's still the Qianhu surnamed Wu. I didn't expect this brocade guard to be so provocative in this war. It is very tricky for these bandits to be dispersed and fight. If they merge into one and the thief's power grows, it will be difficult for them to suppress themselves. What should they do?

Wang Shouren also knew that it was because of these brocade guards that Zhan Shifu, whom Chi Zhongrong wanted to contact, died of his life. How could the dignity of "Golden Dragon Overlord" be defiled by these people? Therefore, Chi Zhongrong was angry and ignited the anger in Xie Zhishan, Lan Tianfeng and others.