He had not considered these issues at the beginning. It was only after his future brothers had experienced several setbacks and Ruihai had gone through several storms that he succeeded.
How did Ruihai succeed?
He first reported the good seeds, and with the great merit protecting him, he was directly promoted to the top. Then he took the opportunity to deal with the fish and meat incense of some small and medium-sized households and the people.
Under the power of angels, even many people from the middle and small classes have close ties with aristocratic families and wealthy families.
They are those who lend money from wealthy families, run underground casinos, or engage in human traffickers.
Compared to the wealthy and powerful families in Jiujiang County, which are advised to play games in a more complicated and extravagant way, these people pay more attention to their reputation and often set up soup kitchens or do some good deeds. They have a very good reputation in the whole Jiujiang County, but where does their profit come from?
Using the many people under their command, they will train an agent to specifically manage businesses such as casino lending, acting as their white glove.
Of course, the evil deeds done by these people cannot be blamed on them, and of course, these people are often not arrested by official officials.
Everyone knows that they are the backers and supporters of these people, but no matter if they are on the scene or their subordinates are thrown into jail by the authorities and need someone to rescue them or use their connections, they will not show up.
They only need to go to the official and have some tea or a banquet with a few bigwigs at the top, and everything will change naturally. They don't need to do anything extra. The gentlemen are all pure and innocent.
Everyone knows that they do these things, but the officials pretend not to see them. After all, everything looks good on the surface, and it’s good for everyone.
Many people in the society also know who is behind the white gloves, but they dare not even mention it.
This is a topic that cannot be discussed at all.
Every teahouse in Kyoto has a special sign saying "Do not talk about state affairs", and there is also a sign in Jiujiang County saying "Do not talk about them".
Once someone talks about or wants to report something, these people will basically be thrown into the Yangtze River to feed the fish and shrimp. This kind of thing is very common.
Rui Hai, with the power of an angel, swept through all these middle and lower-class people, deducted a large portion of their profits, confiscated all the related properties under their names, and greatly expanded the official fields.
Then these official fields were used as land for the common people in Jiujiang County and rented directly to them, while still collecting the original rent.
This led to the great prosperity of Jiujiang County.
Many of the discontinued properties that were illegally looted were restored to their names if the owners could be found. The methods used were not much different from those used in Jianyi and Xingguo.
Unfortunately, most of the people targeted by the White Gloves are already dead and will never see justice come.
As for the people behind the white gloves, nothing happened to them. The white gloves became dirty and were taken off by Ruihai, so they just needed to change into another pair of white gloves. There was no problem for them.
Ruihai was unable to do anything to them for the time being, so he sent the memorials to Kyoto as usual, but they were of no use.
One is that there is no substantial evidence, and the other is that such an insignificant wrinkle has been stopped before the emperor for the sake of true enlightenment, and was resolved with a light-hearted remark - "It's just these villains' random accusations when they are desperate."
Fortunately, many of the previous governors of Jiujiang County were honest and upright people. Their white gloves had not been changed for many years. The properties under their names were complicated and they had considerable financial resources.
Ruihai only took drastic measures after thoroughly investigating the situation, and thus gained a large piece of land.
"I heard that a lot of the land was government land, and the government collected very little rent. The Rui prefecture rented a lot of the government land to the people, and the taxes collected were not much, just the same as before."
"What about the original tax collector?"
"Most of them were arrested or sent back to their hometowns. This group has been re-promoted by Lord Rui."
The tall and thin man's eyes lit up, and the short and strong man's eyes also lit up.
But the short and strong man's eyes quickly dimmed again.
"Can we go there? Can we settle down in Jiujiang County? What are the taxes on fishing there? Are there any fishing gangs there?"
"Rui Zhifu, Rui Qingtian can't be an official in Jiujiang County for the rest of his life. After a while, it will be the same as here. There's no need for that."
The two men's judgments and choices are completely different.
The tall and thin man didn't listen and shouted, "How can they be the same? There's a huge difference!"
"I will never be able to marry a wife even if I work here my whole life. The only way is to hope that there will be a great flood one day and people will sell their children. Then I, a beggar, might be able to marry a cheap wife.
"I am very familiar with the water conditions in various places. I know where there are more grass carp, more knife fish, and which fish and turtles are good." "But what's the use? No matter how much I catch, people will take it all away for half a penny. I can only feed myself in this life and have no way to make a living. If Jiujiang County can recover, even for two years, I will have enough money to marry a virgin girl.
"You've married and had children, but I haven't yet. I'm still a bachelor. I have to try. I can't let the Zhang family's legacy end with me. If I do, I'll be sorry for my ancestors."
The short and strong man was silent for a while, then he let out a long sigh.
Zhang Mingtu was slightly silent.
The overall tone of this era is gray, and it has always been so.
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