After realizing that their power was occupied, the local gentry's first instinctive reaction was to forcibly disband the archers' team and drive as far as the archers captains who were in trouble in the countryside could.

The qualities of the local gentry were uneven. A small number of local gentry had always been a domineering countryside and had no sense of attention to reputation and reputation. After learning that the archers were arresting people at will on their territory, they immediately led a group of slaves to come to the door to question the crime with great momentum.

The archers relied on the large number of people and could fight, but refused to give in at all. Inevitably, there was a physical conflict between the two sides. Without any accident, the local tyrants were beaten to run away with their heads in their arms.

This move is very satisfying, and people who have always dared to be angry but dared not speak out can only feel angry. They beat the archers when they see them want to beat them, and they are more or less inspired, and some people start to throw bricks at the rich family.

The local tyrants who were always arrogant suffered a great loss and vowed to crush the archers and exorcists.

But, if you can't beat it, what should you do?

People choose ways to deal with problems that are beneficial to them. If you reason with him, he will be a hooligan; if you act like a hooligan, he will be a county government. So, these local tyrants came to their respective county governments at the same time, cried to the county masters about their miserable experiences, denounced the archers and fish in the countryside, and bullied the good people at will.

They thought that the county magistrate would be furious, so they immediately ordered the constable and the yamen runners arrested the archers.

What disappointed them was that the county magistrate comforted them with kind words and advised them to settle things, but they had no intention of arresting people at all.

The local tyrants were angry and could not vent their anger. They wanted to point at the nose of the county magistrate, yelling: It is better to go home to sell sweet potatoes than to be an official and not to make decisions for the people. However, the local tyrants were just local tyrants, and they gave him a hundred courage, and they did not dare to find the bad luck of the county magistrate.

Without the support of the county magistrate, the local gentry had to return to the countryside and walk around the archers every day, just as the archers did not exist.

They do not exist when the archers do not exist, and the archers will not let them go.

Taking advantage of the arrogance of the local tyrants being suppressed, the captain of the archers began to look for the victims and collect the crimes of the local tyrants. The people had long been unable to bear it. Now they saw that the local tyrants suffered losses from the archers, but there was no way out. Some bold people began to take the initiative to report the local tyrants' bad deeds to the archers, such as bullying men and women, lacking weight, and what they wanted, and what they wanted, and every crime? All the crimes were as iron-clad as evidence!

The archers and captains took the crime, took the victims and witnesses, and rushed to the county government to sue the local tyrants.

Without any accident, the county magistrate refused to accept the case on the grounds of catching wind and shadow.

The captain of the archer did not bother and returned straight to the village. When he arrived at the Jingzhou Circuit Court, he stopped the street to file a complaint. The grand occasion of stopping the street to file a complaint alarmed the whole county. The people talked about it with relish, standing aside to watch the fun and seeing if the circuit court accepted it.

The evidence was conclusive and the crime was clear. Soon, the local tyrants were pronounced guilty and sentenced to imprisonment, sentenced to death, and beheaded, and all ill-gotten wealth was confiscated.

This man is naturally Jingzhou. Spring plowing is about to be approaching, and the captain of the archers is constantly renting the land of the local tyrants to landless farmers. All tax standards are the same as those of Jingzhou.

Whether it is fighting over the local tyrants or renting land to farmers, they are all very popular, and all the farmers in the village applaud.

With this, the archers were finally accepted by the villagers and enjoyed a lofty prestige in the village.

At this point, the big guys in Jiangnan still had no movement, and seemed to think that the local tyrants should suffer this retribution.

However, such brainless and arrogant local gentry are a minority after all, and most of the gentry are not well-known. They know that the archers take advantage of land gangsters to follow the will of the people. If they seek the bad luck of the archers, they will just be caught by the archers' plan, which will only speed up the archers' acceptance by the people.

They also knew that dozens of archers were leaning against Xiongwei Army, not only could they not beat them themselves, but even the county constables, the yamen runners could not help them, and suing them in the county government, which was also boring.

So, they endured it.

Sure enough, in the village where they were, except for attracting the attention of the people when they captured gangsters, the people were still not very enthusiastic about archers. At best, they regarded them as idle people who did nothing, and occasionally did something that was good for everyone.

Taicang, Nanzhili.

"The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, and we are blocking the water of the Yellow River now. The water accumulates more and more, and there is no place to vent. Sooner or later, one day, it will flood and cause disasters."

Qu Shixi was very proud of his strategy and made a metaphor to vividly describe the success of the strategy.

Shi Kefa nodded in agreement and said, "At present, the gentry in Huzhou is getting more and more angry. Once Lin Chunhong's archers continue to act against each other, it is not far from the time of venting."

Zhang Pu shouted: "It's a pity that if Lin Chunhong took action at the same time in Huzhou, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Suzhou, Changzhou and Songjiang. The several governments made efforts at the same time, and it might even completely expel the forces of Jingzhou from Jiangnan."

Among the four, Du Yinxi frowned and remained silent.

Du Yinxi has always been regarded as the military advisor of local forces in Jiangnan. He did not speak, and the other three were quite suspicious. Qu Shixi asked, "Don't Mr. Zhong Jian think so?"

Du Yinxi looked worried and shook his head and said, "The anger of the gentry is indeed a powerful weapon to deal with Lin Chunhong. No matter how good Lin Chunhong's Jingzhou army is, no matter how vicious Lin Chunhong is, he will not be able to take the world's worst and kill all the gentry. He is a little unbearable and pushes the unarmed gentry to the front desk to face Lin Chunhong's swords and guns."

Du Yinxi sighed heavily and said, "I guess Lin Chunhong will never give up on Jiangnan. Once a conflict breaks out and blood is shed, there is no room for maneuver between Jingzhou and Jiangnan, which is likely to cause war. Everyone, Lin Chunhong has hundreds of thousands of troops, all of whom have experienced war for a long time, and the elite is extremely strong. How can we resist?"

Qu Shisi snorted and said, "Mr. Zhong Yan, I have said so much just now, why hasn't Zhong Yan understood it? The gentry's anger only stopped Lin Chunhong's bargaining chips. According to what Lin Chunhong has always done, he was also worried that the war would defeat Jiangnan and was very concerned about launching a war. Lin Chunhong's concerns and the gentry's anger are our bargaining chips. Using these chips, we can force Lin Chunhong to make concessions."

Du Yinxi was silent and stopped refuting, but he thought to himself: I am afraid that this anger will be ignited and will be out of our control.

Seeing that Du Yinxi didn't speak, Qu Shixi said proudly again: "In the past, Jiangnan was loose and lacked a unified response strategy. Now, this weakness no longer exists. After more than a year of hard work, all prefectures and counties have finally been connected together, advancing and retreating together..."

...

Coincidentally, as Lin Chunhong arrived in Shanghai, several people gathered in the city to discuss the variables in Huzhou.

Lin Chunhong went to Jiangnan and was in a top secret state, and no one knew about it except the senior management of Jingzhou. There are three meanings here. One is that Lin Chunhong regarded the entry of the archers in the rural areas of Jiangnan as the most important thing at present; the other is that Lin Chunhong did not want to overstimulate the powerful people in Jiangnan; the third is that the entry of the archers in the rural areas may face variables.

Sure enough, Guo Mingyan, Tian Chuyun and Qin Yu looked solemn, and they carefully reported everything in Huzhou to Lin Chunhong.

The situation is not optimistic. According to Lin Chunhong's original estimate, after seizing judicial power in the countryside, at least 30% of the local gentry will jump out and become the target of the circuit courts to attack. However, less than 10% of the local gentry will jump out, and most of the local gentry will endure the willful acts of the archers.

Guo Mingyan said: "According to reports from various people, in the past year, Qu Shisi has been connecting with various parts of Jiangnan, and with the help of his fellow disciples and hometown feelings, he has twisted the gentry into a rope. Since the archers entered the countryside, Qu Shisi's contact with the wealthy families in Huzhou has increased significantly. It is obvious that Qu Shisi is accumulating the dissatisfaction of the gentry. When the gentry can't bear it, he will use his strength to completely disrupt our plan."

Qin Yu continued: "After gathering the situation reported by the archers, his subordinates found that Jiangnan and Huguang have many differences. First, the land of the gentry is fragmented and scattered in different places, and each land is not large; second, the situation of the gentry opening workshops is very common, and the income brought by the workshop accounts for more than 30%; third, the land for planting grain is only more than 60%, and the remaining 40% is used to raise silkworms or plant other economic crops."

"Oh?" Lin Chunhong asked in surprise, then smiled and said, "The prosperity of Jiangnan is here. However, this is also the weakness of Jiangnan. The food cannot be self-sufficiency, so we can easily control our lifeline. Over the years, we have sent five or six million stones of grain to Jiangnan every year, accelerating the process of Jiangnan's inability to self-sufficiency."

Hearing the grain, Guo Mingyan asked, "Is the governor ready to start with grain?"

"The key to controlling Jiangnan lies in the hearts of the people. The ups and downs of grain prices are the most heartbreaking. We cannot start with food." Lin Chunhong shook his head decisively and pondered: "We control Jiangnan and make most people profitable in order to win people's hearts. Therefore, the land and grain prices cannot be moved for the time being, and what can be moved..."

Seeing Lin Chunhong frowning and silent, Guo Mingyan suddenly felt aroused and said excitedly: "Drink all card taxes and door taxes to pieces, and don't worry that the gentry won't support you!"

Lin Chunhong laughed and said, "That's right! You have to knock all the levels down! Control Jiangnan and get the tax revenue!"

Guo Mingyan also smiled and said, "I have long disliked the checkpoints. Jiangnan should establish a complete tax mechanism like Jingzhou!"

...

The direction was determined, and the four people discussed for a long time. In the end, Lin Chunhong said: "In the next few months, the Xiongwei Legion will continue to be highly vigilant and ready to maintain order at any time. On Qin Yu's side, there are already a large number of tens of thousands of archers. Registration of grassroots workshops and keeping business roads open must rely on archers; on Guo Mingyan, he quickly recruited tax officials from Huguang to assist archers in collecting taxes."
Chapter completed!