"Alang, these things are all sent by big local companies."

Wang Youyin pointed to the expensive gifts, rare treasures, famous calligraphy and paintings, etc. that filled the two rooms, and said, "They all want to invite A Lang to the banquet, and some even sent beautiful young ladies, but the villain Those who made their own decisions were kicked out."

"Check it out and write it down. The medicinal materials are sent to the hospital to give medicine to patients who cannot afford the medicine. The silk and satin are sold for money. In recent days, an orphanage has been set up, and the money has been sent to relieve children."

"Yes, Alang, about the banquet..."

"Don't worry about it. Once the properties of those big families are counted, the government will come out to find them."

"There are people coming to the Sheng family's main room, but Alang has been busy recently, so my wife asked them to wait for a few days."

"We are all from our own family, how can we be so polite." Wang Yan turned his head and looked at Hua Lan and said with a smile, "I have nothing to do today, so I will ask someone to come over for lunch."

"Yes, I'll send someone to inform you." Wang Youyin responded, turned around and left.

Hualan asked: "Have all the officials taken care of it?"

"That's natural. Now my husband doesn't have to sit on the bench in the accounting room all day."

"Recently, I have seen soldiers clashing with each other on the street every day. I heard that the officials arrested several big families this time. I am afraid they are not being kind?"

"To them, I am a life-and-death enemy who has destroyed my family and destroyed my family. There is no way I can be reconciled. But you don't have to worry. My father-in-law has always been cautious. Although I will inevitably be affected by it, it will not be a serious problem. As for me, if If you are afraid of making enemies, why study hard for many years just to get an official position? You just want to do something for the people. I don’t have any connections with those big families. I don’t need them to trouble me. I have gone to the front to get involved with them. "

Wang Yan is really not used to it. After all, his "ruining the family and destroying the family" is not an adjective. The adults of these families will not live for a few years. This is a real hatred.

So Wang Yan went straight to the end, starting from Zhang Xuanyan, to the previous secretary, as well as a bunch of umbrella officials from the state, the transfer chiefs of the two Zhejiang roads, what kind of connections in the palace, officials in the capital, Wang Yan went to Lao A thick stack of memorials. It is definitely impossible to kill them, but no one can do it.

As the saying goes, if you cut the grass without removing the root, it will grow again when the spring breeze blows. Of course Wang Yan is not afraid of offending others. Now that he is an official, he can't avoid trouble, so he will just do it to the end.

This kind of family scandal, they are dismissed from office, demoted and demoted, not many can save themselves, it is unlikely to happen.

People who have nothing to do with him will not have any special feelings about what he did in Hangzhou. They just feel that he is a ruthless person with means. Because so far, Wang Yan is engaged in a power struggle, rather than carrying out reforms that touch the fundamental interests of everyone.

But on the other hand, there are still quite a few people who will be grateful to Wang Yan. This time he brought down dozens of officials, large and small, and hundreds of staff. The people waiting in line naturally wanted to thank Wang Yan.

And needless to say, after they join the work, everyone will move closer to Wang Yan honestly. After all, Wang Yan was so powerful that he had already reshaped the political ecology of the state capital. They were not as capable as Wang Yan, so they could only surround Wang Yan and follow Wang Yan's instructions to build and develop New Hangzhou.

Today was a busy day. After successfully seizing power, Wang Yan gave himself a holiday. Of course, normally speaking, Song Dynasty officials also had a lot of holidays. In addition to the normal five-day holiday, there are also some other holidays, which are generally quite comfortable.

This is also the first time Wang Yan has taken a break since taking office. Of course, he can't do it without taking a break. After all, the yamen at the state and county levels are extremely busy and have no spare time to carry out other work.

The main reason is the lack of personnel. Wang Yan has handled too many people this time, and new officials have not yet been added. The existing officials are somewhat unable to handle their former colleagues, which seriously affects work efficiency. So when nothing happened, he had no choice but to stay at home.

At lunch time, people from the Sheng family who came to Hangzhou to do business arrived at the house.

The person who came was Sheng Wei, the direct eldest son of Dafang, the talker of Dafang and the true rich man behind Sheng Hong.

"My nephew has met his uncle."

"Hey, I don't think I should, I don't think I should. Ziyan is the general judge of a state, and I am just a white man. How can I deserve it? How can I deserve it?"

"I am a younger generation, and we are all members of my own family. Why should uncle be so polite?" Wang Yan asked Sheng Wei to take a seat. "I'm just doing some business. Why should uncle and father come here for such a small matter? Just send a steward."

"The main thing is to come here to have a look. We are all family members. We always feel like we have never met before." Sheng Wei smiled and looked at Hua Lan while adding tea, "You and Hua Lan are such a talented man and beautiful woman. They are a perfect match." It's a good marriage that should be spread throughout the world."

"It's just that there is nothing wrong with it. It's my father-in-law who is open-minded and generous, and that's why Hua Lan and I were able to achieve good things."

Wang Yan responded like this to everyone who said similar words, never forgetting to thank Sheng Hong.

In fact, Sheng Hong also received a lot of benefits. After all, who knew who Sheng Hong was before. After having a son-in-law like Wang Yan and working hard in the capital, Sheng Hong had gained a certain reputation.

After chatting for a few words and getting closer, Sheng Wei smiled and said: "Zi Yan has been really majestic recently, he has actually done such a big thing."

"It's just a fight for power and profit. It's not as majestic as my uncle said. I want to do things. As the saying goes, when a goose passes by, he leaves his voice, and when a person passes by, he leaves his name. I always want to make a career. Last year, I said that I would stand up for the world. In my heart..., once I have made a great wish, I will carry it out to the end. What happened recently was also a last resort. If our court had not treated the scholars favorably, all the people involved in this incident should have been killed."

Wang Yan said with a smile, "I asked Hua Lan to reply to the letter earlier and asked me to increase the commercial tax. I think my uncle should be aware of it?"

"Of course it's clear." Sheng Wei nodded, "Our Sheng family is an innocent family, and we will definitely obey the orders of the government. Furthermore, our Sheng family is the family of Ziyan's in-laws. We will both be prosperous and suffer. We can't put Zi Yan in trouble. When the Sheng family arrives in Hangzhou, they should give their full support."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "Nowadays, all the big local businesses are watching my every move. Uncle's coming here must have been known to everyone. If anyone comes to invite me, just go. Many businesses have been sealed up this time, and there are still a lot of businesses. I plan to hold an auction for my shop. The big local merchants in Japan know the relationship between my uncle and me in the past few days. If my uncle likes it, he will not raise the price to compete for it.

This is the only convenience my nephew can do. How the business will fare in the future depends entirely on my uncle's management ability. Don't worry, uncle, as long as you abide by the rules, my nephew will ensure that no one will dare to provoke you. The uncle must also restrain the people who work below him. Only by keeping a low profile can he make money in the long run. If he becomes domineering, he will be in trouble. There are many big families in Hangzhou, and they are involved in a wide range of things. Even though my nephew is the general judge of the state, there are always people who can't afford to offend.

Moreover, the nephew's term of office is at most three years, but the Sheng family's business cannot only make money for three years. Uncle knows this truth best. "

"This is natural, this is natural. The Sheng family fully supports you, Zi Yan." In front of Wang Yan, Sheng Wei seemed to be the 'good nephew', listening to the teachings of the 'uncle'.

After explaining such a matter, Sheng Wei was very cooperative, so the serious things were finished, and then they started talking about light gossip.

"Are those local big players scared?"

"I was indeed shocked, but it's not that I was frightened. No, I showed Hua Lan this morning the things they sent. To be honest, the eldest uncle and the younger nephew are considered to have some wealth, but compared with them When I get up, it's still a small witch but a big witch. Medicinal materials, furs, silks and satins, as well as many rare and rare seafood, and what's more, they sent me young and beautiful girls."

"This is a common thing. This is probably how the saying that a man should worry about not having a wife. Besides, Ziyan's family is not prosperous, so they can just go with it."

Of course Sheng Wei didn't say what he said in front of Hua Lan, otherwise he might be in trouble.

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, without saying anything more...

Zhang Zhuanping finally returned without success, and was finally directly controlled when he came back.

Only then did he understand what had happened during the few days he had left. Wang Yan seized power and purged the entire yamen. All his relatives were arrested by Wang Yan. Si Li joined the army and uncovered the cases involving his relatives and found evidence that he used power for personal gain. His glory has not yet begun. He just goes out to suppress a bandit, and everything is over.

Even in just a few days, the chamberlains sent from the capital and the civil servants specially assigned to supervise this major corruption case were already in place and began the second review operation.

What Wang Yan did was still taken seriously, and it shocked both the government and the public. After all, just some rough reports are already shocking enough. Whether it was the confiscated fields and family properties, the cases committed by these people, or the number of officials arrested by Wang Yan, these were things that had not been seen for many years.

Officials who came to supervise the Changpingcang corruption case said that the DPRK and China intend to conduct a major inspection.

Of course it is impossible to go to Changpingcang in every county, but just by sending some people to state-level units and randomly checking a few county-level units, basically all Changpingcang in the world will be full.

If nothing else, food prices should rise...

After the supervising officials arrived, a large number of manpower in the prefectural and Qiantang county government offices was freed up. In addition, recently, newly recruited petty officials were in place, and other middle and lower-level officials sent over also began to arrive one after another. Under Wang Yan With the combination of powerful power, it can be said to be a solid use. Therefore, the speed of advancement of various affairs has been greatly improved.

Twenty days after Wang Yan launched the power-seizing operation, he finally calculated the gains from this house raid.

There are more than 60,000 acres of fertile farmland in various parts of the state, and shops...

In short, he was very wealthy, mainly because Wang Yan expanded the scope of his attack. Through the Chang Pingcang incident, he further solved the corruption problem and broke up the families of many petty officials of several generations.

The fields were not moved, and the mountains of grain and some money directly settled the accounts of the two-level Changpingcang. The remaining various shops, treasures, etc., except for a small part, were given red envelopes to officials at all levels. All the rest were auctioned and purchased by large local households. The money obtained was used to send big red envelopes to many petty officials in the two-level yamen, and the remaining money was recorded separately.

If Beijing doesn’t say anything, then it’s Hangzhou. After the capital had spoken, the property seized was not that much. No matter what, this money cannot be given away.

This is the confrontation between the local government and the central government. It would be the same if it were Wang Yan. He had to consider Hangzhou first, and then the Zhao and Song Dynasties. He would seek political positions wherever he was.

But Wang Yan still selected some treasures, calligraphy, paintings, strange stones, etc., and had them taken to the capital and given to Zhao Zhen. The emperor has short hands, and so does the emperor...

Youth is blowing, and the wind is gentle and smooth.

On the shore of the West Lake, stood several officials, some petty officials, and followers from various families. The people around him stayed far away and talked about it.

In the West Lake, Wang Yan and Fan Zhongyan were rafting on it.

Fan Zhongyan took a sip of the tea poured by Wang Yan, looked at the people pointing in the distance, and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that you have really established your authority this time. In the past half month, one case has No."

"Soldiers have been roaming the streets all day, who dares to touch a student's brow at this time?"

"I corresponded with Uncle Yong. He said that you told him last year that you wanted to act in the name of a gangster?"

"It is indeed true. It was just a joke at the time, and I never thought that it would actually be done today. However, the students' intention at the time was that if there were wealthy families who did not cooperate with the student government, they would commit banditry and destroy their families."

"It's too murderous." Fan Zhongyan shook his head, but did not say more about it. Instead, he asked, "Where will this academy be built? How will the West Lake be managed?"

"Since it's more secluded, we built it at the foot of the mountain over there."

Wang Yan pointed to the foot of the mountain beside the West Lake in the distance, "What do you think, Mr. Fan?"

"Not bad." Fan Zhongyan nodded.

"As for the management of the West Lake, it still depends on Fan Gong's wishes. Now that he has money, it will not cost much to repair the West Lake. Fan Gong can build a few bridges, erect a few elegant pavilions, pave the road along the shore, and plow the West Lake according to his wishes. That's all for digging through the mud at the bottom of the lake. The main thing is the water system in Hangzhou. This time it needs to be dredged, and the land roads need to be repaired and maintained. This will facilitate farmland irrigation and cargo transportation.

These constructions can also be used to provide many jobs and feed many people. At that time, if more commercial taxes are levied, Hangzhou will definitely be in great trouble. "

Fan Zhongyan nodded, then asked: "How to check the land area and household registration?"

"We have to wait for some more time, and the bandits will rob them twice more. The students will first train and eliminate the Xiang army, and then increase the business tax, and then we can talk about the land and household registration."

"Zi Yan thought he was going to use weapons?"

"The officials are forcing the people to rebel." Wang Yan nodded with a smile, "I heard reports from the county below that several groups of bandits have recently set up mountain robberies. I think it is still difficult for the people elsewhere to survive. If not, why would they become bandits? . Tax evasion by wealthy families will fall on the common people. If you take advantage of them, you can't do it without killing them."

"I had planned it for a long time, but due to various reasons, I couldn't make it happen. How difficult it is." Fan Zhongyan couldn't help but sigh.

This is a long-standing disadvantage that the scholar-bureaucrats have a consensus on. Everyone knows that local wealthy families evade taxes and annex land, but they cannot control it. If you want to change it, you don't have to go to the local government, and you can't discuss it in the court.

What's more, there has been no peace since the founding of the country. In the past ten years, Xixia has broken out again, causing internal and external troubles, and no one dares to touch it. One bad thing is that there are internal worries and opportunities for external enemies to take advantage of, and the mountains and rivers are broken and the oars are drifting with blood.

He warned in a serious tone: "We must act within our capabilities, and we must not cause chaos to spread."

"Fan Gong is at ease, the students know."

Wang Yan was naturally clear about the situation. The ancient dynasties were all the same. All kinds of taxes exploited the people, and the landlords evaded taxes and oppressed the good.

Wang Yan's current strength and position are limited. It is impossible for him to change the tax law, let alone pilot it in Hangzhou, which will not pass the court meeting at all. What he has to do is to attack the big local households and make them pay all the taxes they should pay.

Achieving this will be enough to ensure the development of Hangzhou. After all, if the finances are affluent, to a certain extent, you can secretly collect less taxes from the people, and then start various major projects to make more money for the people, and the local economy will be revitalized. All strata have also been sorted out. After his cleaning up and the remaining power, even if he leaves, the people of Hangzhou will still have a good life for 578 years.

After five, seven or eight years, he will just kill one more wave. If he couldn't be the master of Hangzhou at that time, why would he be messing around?

We floated on the lake talking and laughing with Fan Zhongyan for an hour, and then we landed ashore.

Fan Zhongyan didn't stop, he got on the carriage directly and went home to have lunch and take a lunch break. Now that Wang Yan has shown his strong ability, he feels more at ease and is no longer willing to get involved in state affairs. He just wanted to see what Wang Yan could do to Hangzhou. He was a good leader.

As for what to do with the land used to build the academy, Fan Zhongyan no longer worries about this small problem, because now is the time for Wang Yan to be powerful. With such land, who dares not to give Wang Yan face?

Watching Fan Zhongyan go away, Wang Yan waved his hand and called for the officials who were following him.

Pointing to the foot of the mountain before, he asked, "Whose family owns the land over there?"

"Huitong Yanyan belongs to the Li family."

"You asked people to spread the word that an academy is to be built on that land. The Li family is a kind family and will help our literature flourish in Hangzhou. The little land is used to fund the Li family's education. This is a great thing that the eminent monks of Lingyin Temple will also do. Recite sutras and pray for him to help his family become rich and prosperous."

The newly appointed mid-level official was stunned for a moment and admired Wang Yan for describing Ming Qiang in such a fresh and refined manner.

He couldn't help but said: "Tongpan, the place Tongpan pointed to just now is the monk field of the temple."

"Oh? Is that so?" Wang Yan raised his eyebrows.

He didn't know the distribution of land in Qiantang, and there was no need to know it. After all, he only needed to know who the big households were. Now that the land of monks has popped up, it is understandable. After all, the temple is in the mountain behind, and it is understandable that there is some land at the foot of the mountain.

He smiled and said, "I think the eminent monk is more willing to help me prosper culturally and educationally in Hangzhou. The land nearby can also be used to build an academy. Go to the temple and talk to the eminent monk. Don't be arrogant, but be respectful. If the eminent monk doesn't want to , No need to fall out, just come back and find me."

"Don't worry, the judge, I understand."

"It's gone."

After saying this, Wang Yan put his hands behind his back and walked slowly towards the city with Xiao Dongliang who came with him...

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