Chapter 228 Selection of Liaodong Military Governor

Li Zhao had no objection to Lin Chen's petition to implement the military household system in Liaodong.

He even praised the system in the imperial edict sent back to him.

"Sir, this is the population register of Liaodong civilians."

A clerk brought the registration file.

Lin Chen nodded and signaled him to put it down.

The temperature in Liaodong is lower than that in the interior of the country.

Unlike modern times, the black soil here can be developed on a large scale.

In this era, it is common for people to freeze to death in Liaodong in winter.

That's why.

The population of Liaodong is very small, and most of them are from the reign of Emperor Li Tang, who immigrated a total of 300,000 households to the border.

One household, a family of four.

Over the years, Liaodong should have grown by about two million people.

However.

Lin Chen only saw less than 400,000 households in the registration file!

In other words.

The population has not changed much in the past 20 years!

You should know that this also includes the families of the border troops!

In total, there are still fewer people!

This made Lin Chen laugh, and he was naturally angry.

As for these few people, Lin Chen probably knew where they were going.

The old slave's side!

According to the news Lin Chen got from the Liaodong border general who was imprisoned.

In Liaodong, their border generals can be said to be local emperors.

Naturally, they make money in a crooked way.

Not only do they embezzle military pay and steal and sell military equipment.

They also exploit tenants and collect 70% of the land tax!

This bunch of insects made countless tenants who couldn't survive run to the old slave.

Although they had to be slaves in the old slave, they only had to pay 50%.

So Lin Chen felt that if he killed all these Liaodong border generals one by one, he might wrongly accuse good people, but if he picked half of them, there would definitely be fish that slipped through the net!

At present.

He needs to maintain the tenants who are still in the area controlled by Li Tang.

Starting with taxes.

70% of the exorbitant taxes were abolished, and replaced by 35% of the land tax.

You should know that Lin Chen collected a large number of land deeds and took them into government ownership.

If tenant farmers want to rent land, they only need to pay 35% and the rest will be theirs.

When this news came out, the people of Liaodong were in an uproar.

In their view.

Collecting only 35% of the official land could only appear in dreams in the past.

After learning that this notice was true, the people of Liaodong shouted that a great master had finally come.

At the same time.

Lin Chen also had to divide the land for military households to cultivate.

"Just put it in the Xiping Fort line."

As a future man, he knew very well that as long as Liaodong was developed, it would be a large granary.

Of course.

It would take more than a few days to thoroughly implement the military household system.

Lin Chen, the acting commander, would not be able to serve for long.

Then Li Zhao asked Lin Chen who to arrange to serve as the commander in Liaodong.

"Why did the emperor ask me?" Lin Chen was a little surprised.

He didn't have any close civil officials, nor did he cultivate any party members.

The only person who can be considered to have a good relationship is Lin Ruhai.

Although Lin Ruhai is talented, he is not suitable to come to Liaodong.

Because of Lin Ruhai's physical condition, he may not live more than five years in Liaodong.

When Lin Daiyu knows that it was Lin Chen who wrote the letter, she will definitely hate him for the rest of her life.

Suddenly.

Lin Chen thought of something.

That is Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun's hometown, Jiangzhou!

The current governor of Jiangzhou is Xin Qiji.

This great poet who has left his name in history is actually both civil and military.

However, he was born in the Southern Song Dynasty, so he can only leave his name as a poet in history books.

What if he is allowed to come to Liaodong?

Lin Chen's eyes lit up when he thought of this person.

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He thought it was no problem.

The only thing is that he was promoted from a governor to the Liaodong commander-in-chief, and he was promoted eight ranks in a row!

He directly reached the official position of the third rank.

Of course.

Lin Chen just relayed the name of Xin Qiji, the governor of Jiangzhou, to Li Zhao.

Whether to use or not depends on her.

If the emperor wants to use him, it is not a problem to promote him.

Just like Lin Chen.

From a commoner, he directly became the commander of the 50% military department, and then the fourth-rank general.

"Xin Qiji?!"

Sure enough, Li Zhao was surprised when he saw the person recommended by Lin Chen.

As an emperor who is busy with all kinds of affairs, he naturally doesn't know the name of a small prefect.

He asked Shangguan Wan'er to get the files of the Ministry of Personnel, and then found this Xin Qiji.

According to the records in the files.

This Xin Qiji was a member of the imperial examination during the reign of the previous emperor. He first edited books in the Hanlin Academy.

After less than two years, he was sent out to serve as a county magistrate.

After going around in circles.

Xin Qiji was promoted to prefect.

It took him almost fifteen years.

From the investigation of the Ministry of Personnel, this person is an honest official.

Every place where he served, he encouraged agriculture and mulberry, and built water conservancy.

What is even more puzzling is that

Most of the places where this person worked reported his achievements in suppressing bandits.

The most eye-catching one was when he was the county magistrate of a county near the southwest, he quelled the rebellion of thousands of chieftains with 500 local soldiers.

Because of this.

Xin Qiji was promoted to Jiangzhou and served as the prefect.

And although he had been in office in Jiangzhou for less than two years, he had already achieved remarkable results.

At least the big and small thieves and bandits in Jiangzhou disappeared.

The worst was the black shop that killed the merchants and took their meat. The shop owner and his wife, big and small clerks were beheaded by Xin Qiji in the downtown area as a warning.

For a while.

Jiangzhou's atmosphere was clean!

"It seems that this person is indeed capable." Li Zhao's face showed a thoughtful look.

Since Lin Chen recommended him, he should be summoned to Beijing to discuss in detail with the emperor.

Lin Chen may not know yet.

In the original book of Water Margin, many "heroes" in Jiangzhou were killed by Xin Qiji.

The two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun were scared and ran outside to find opportunities to make a fortune.

At this time, Jiangzhou government office.

A not too tall officer with shrewd eyes hurried forward to report:

"Sir, the prefecture!"

"Dai Zong?"

In the hall, the middle-aged scholar sitting upright looked up at the other party.

Just look at the middle-aged scholar's body. He is not strong and has calluses on his palms. He doesn't look like a traditional scholar who is weak and helpless.

This person is Xin Qiji!

"The imperial edict has arrived!"

"The imperial edict?"

Xin Qiji's eyes flashed with a strange color.

For him, these two words were too unfamiliar, but he didn't get too tangled up. After a process, he quickly read through them.

Soon, Xin Qiji knew what the imperial edict said.

That's right, it was to let him enter the capital.

"Zhou Zhi, have you been promoted?" Dai Zong said with a look of admiration.

From his attitude, it can be seen that Xin Qiji is really popular in Jiangzhou, both among the people and the officials.

Xin Qiji heard this, but waved his hand disapprovingly.

If he could really be promoted, he wouldn't have wasted until now.

"If someone really gets promoted, I will definitely not forget to help you." Xin Qiji joked.

In Jiangzhou, he gathered a lot of capable people.

For example, Dai Zong, nicknamed the God of Speed, is said to be able to travel 800 miles a day.

There are also some warriors who serve him, all of whom are good fighting men.

Xin Qiji has no prejudice against warriors.

Because he himself is also a warrior.

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