A beheading drama was being staged in the Caishikou of Fengzhou City

. People were crowded inside and outside. Ordinary people didn't care whether those waiting to be beheaded were innocent or not. They just knew that these people were nobles whom they had never dared to look at. They were nobles who were high above them. But now they were prisoners. They were very happy.

"Good!"

When another row of people lost their heads, cheers broke out in the crowd.

Lin Jiang also took the senior executives to watch in the restaurant nearby. Lin Jiang said, "See, these are the people. They are the smartest and the dumbest. They are like the river, flowing aimlessly. If we build a dam, they will flow in the river."

"Sir, the nobles and rich families in the city have been dealt with. The gold, silver and money have been taken back by the army. What about the shops and houses?"

"The land is distributed to the poor, and the houses are also distributed to the poor. We run the shops ourselves. The army must have its own financial resources. In addition, the officers and generals of the righteous army are strictly ordered not to live in private houses."

Lin Jiang said that he would keep the shops and develop some state-owned economy. There are many benefits to this. In addition, Lin Jiang does not allow the righteous army to be corrupt now.

The main body of the righteous army is the former refugees, all of whom are poor. Suddenly entering a big city like Fengzhou, it is easy to be dazzled by the colorful things. Therefore, Lin Jiang has been stricter on military discipline during this period, just for fear that they will be corrupted too quickly.

"Sir, you have great ambitions, and the rebels should understand."

"Even if they don't understand, they should understand. This is just the beginning. Tell the people below that if the rebels sweep across the world, they will be able to rest easy. I will not be stingy with high positions and generous salaries, but not now,"

said Lin Jiang. When he was the Emperor of Xia, he was not stingy either. He always gave rewards in time, but now is not the time.

"Yes, sir."

"Are there any news from the people who went to Daizhou?" "

Not yet. Calculating the time, the King of Dai should give a reply, not a few days away."

"Okay, let the men prepare. No matter how Daizhou responds, our plan cannot change. Fengzhou's six counties and twenty-three prefectures must be taken within three months,"

said Lin Jiang. They only took about one-seventh of Fengzhou's territory, and there are still many places that have not been taken. They are all in the hands of local powerful factions. Lin Jiang will not miss them.

He must take Fengzhou, and then after two or three years of precipitation, he will directly sweep across the world. At that time, it may take a few more years to settle down before going north. If he does not cultivate more martial arts masters, he may not be able to beat the monster.

Tian Xiong also came back from Qishan Prefecture. Fengzhou City is the center of Fengzhou, so naturally Fengzhou City is the main focus. Tian Xiong's military talent is not great, but he is good at internal affairs and is making rapid progress. Lin Jiang asked Tian Xiong and the military advisor to take on the heavy responsibility and be responsible for most of the things in Fengzhou City. Lin Jiang

took Qin Yong to be mainly responsible for the army. Qin Yong was mainly responsible for training the army, while Lin Jiang focused on improving their martial arts level.

Especially those officers and generals, many of them have a good family background and have their own family martial arts. There are many reasons why they are not strong enough, but now there is a famous teacher like Lin Jiang, their martial arts skills are improved very quickly, and many people are making rapid progress. The army's schedule was

arranged very full by Lin Jiang. In the morning, they read and learn to read, in the afternoon, they practice, in the evening, and in the evening, they have ideological classes. The whole day, the schedule is full, and they don't have the opportunity to harm the people at all. After more than half a month, the righteous army has received great praise in Fengzhou City. Looking at the entire Southern Chen, there is no second army with such good discipline.

A few days later, the messenger came back with the reply from the King of Dai. The King of Dai fully agreed to all of Lin Jiang's requests and appointed Lin Jiang as the general of the state, in charge of all Fengzhou affairs, including tax collection and personnel rights. In fact, it was a separatist force recognized by the court.

As soon as this news came out, other local forces in Fengzhou suddenly became sad. They were finished. The court not only did not send troops to attack the traitor, but also appointed him as the general of the state. Daizhou was scolded enough.

On the other hand, Lin Jiang's morale was greatly boosted. Lin Jiang immediately spread the news widely, and the effect was quite good. There was a group of northern nobles in Fengzhou City. Although they had been very poor before, they still did not recognize the rule of Lin Jiang and his people. But now that the court has appointed them, some people immediately came to the door, because they all knew Lin Jiang's previous propositions.

As for some small scholars and warriors, they also eliminated their resistance to the righteous army. This is the power of orthodoxy, the power of inertia of people's hearts for hundreds of years.

The righteous army suddenly transformed into the Chen State's national defense army. In the name of the general who defended the country, Lin Jiang sent orders to the chief officers of other counties and prefectures in Fengzhou, requiring them to come to Fengzhou City to pay homage to him within a month. Those who did not come would be regarded as traitors.

Of course, Lin Jiang knew that some people would not come, so he had been prepared. Since the army entered Fengzhou City, in addition to the daily garrison mission, they have been training every day.

After a month, none of the chief officers of the other six counties and twenty-one prefectures in Fengzhou arrived in Fengzhou City, but they all sent some deputies, and it was not known whether it was discussed in advance.

Lin Jiang did not see any of these deputies, and directly selected 10,000 elite soldiers to start the conquest. When he arrived outside a county city, Lin Jiang directly attacked the city without even giving them a chance to surrender. If they surrendered, how could Lin Jiang deal with them?

There was only one martial saint in Fengzhou, who had escaped from Fengzhou City before. Without the martial saint, who could stop Lin Jiang? He directly broke into the county city and cleared out most of the chief officials and others inside. The remaining officials continued to control the county city, but Lin Jiang took away all the troops in the county city, leaving only the thousand people he brought with him.

Lin Jiang didn't care about the county city below. As I said before, Lin Jiang's plate was too small and he couldn't manage such a large territory, so he kept it for the time being. He

continued to attack other counties and prefectures. When he took down the third one, the chief officials of the remaining cities were already scared and sent people to beg for mercy.

This time, Lin Jiang didn't make things difficult for them. Instead, he told the messengers to go back and tell the adults of each family to submit a letter of resignation to Daizhou within three months. Lin Jiang allowed them to leave Fengzhou with their families and personal property, but they could only leave after Lin Jiang sent someone to receive them.

The chief officers were all outsiders, so they could just run away, but the nobles would not allow it. These were the fat meat in Lin Jiang's eyes. The common people had little money, and there was not much left even if they were squeezed dry. But the nobles were different, especially those families that had been passed down for hundreds of years. The wealth accumulated over hundreds of years was all his.

The nobles who had no way to deal with Lin Jiang could only use the last trick, which was to smear him. In just a few months, a large number of poems and songs appeared. Anyway, any negative words were used, such as dictator, cruel, stupid, etc. If it was not known, it might really stop the crying of children.

But in Fengzhou, people's hearts gradually moved towards Lin Jiang. Lin Jiang not only distributed land to the poor and provided relief to the victims, but also cracked down on corruption, executed a large number of corrupt officials, cleared up countless unjust cases, and ordered the abolition of a large number of unreasonable taxes. Although the people were not very smart, they could still see that their days were getting better day by day.

As time passed, batches of people who had received short-term training from the Zhenguo Army served as officials at all levels, and Lin Jiang had firmly controlled Fengzhou.

"The main tax in the summer tax will be collected as usual, but except for the summer tax, all other miscellaneous taxes will be exempted. An internal supervision team will be established to crack down on corruption."

"There is no need to deal with those landlords in the countryside on a large scale for the time being, but don't make it easy for them. Let someone formulate a strict interest tax, and abolish usury."

"Collect commercial taxes strictly, and it doesn't matter if you add a little more. Abolish the tax exemption for the nobles."

"Pay taxes to Daizhou, what taxes? Pay a shit, all taxes will be cut back, half will be used to support the army, and the other half will be used to develop people's livelihood, you decide what to do."

"Continue to recruit soldiers and train talents for internal affairs. By the end of the year, train another 50,000 elite soldiers and 100,000 talents for internal affairs. They must at least meet the quality standards of low-level officials. In the spring of next year, we will start with Taizhou."

In the summer, Lin Jiang issued many decrees one after another, such as taxes. The agricultural tax levied by each dynasty was very low. The reason why the people were in poverty was that there were many miscellaneous taxes in addition to the regular taxes, as well as the corruption of officials, such as the "Lin Jian Ki Hu" and so on.

In addition, there was the oppression of nobles and landlords, such as usury, which were the culprits of the poverty of ordinary people.

After doing this, Lin Jiang turned his attention to Taizhou next to him. If he was not afraid that no one would manage it after it was conquered, Lin Jiang would have taken action long ago. Now, let him be free and easy for another half a year.