The grain truck came out of Jinling and headed straight to the disaster-stricken countryside.

Ma Xiang sat in the car, closed his eyes and hummed a small song, his face full of pride. Three years ago, he was just an ordinary businessman who actively expanded his industry, but three years later, he was no longer the same.

The past three years have been like a dream for many businessmen. Fragments of memory flashed in front of Ma Xiang's eyes... The chief minister rebelled, the late emperor passed away, and the champion Hou Fuzheng!

After Ye Hua took charge of the cabinet, his methods were thunderous.

He first cut off the two great ministers, Zhao Pu and Lu Duosun!

Another Grand Secretary, Chen Yilun, hanged himself in prison in advance.

Li Chongjin shot a hidden arrow that day, trying to assassinate the late emperor. Zhao Kuangyin threw out a dragon stick on the city, smashed Li Chongjin's chest and vomited blood to death.

The Dou family forces headed by Dou Yi were also cleaned up.

The two major military factories of Li Chongjin and Dou family were injected huge amounts of money. After the merger, they asked to select management talents from craftsmen to form a trend of running side by side with the Shangjunfang.

Since the newly established factory is arranged in Xicheng and the Guanjunfang is east of Kaifeng, the output of both sides is called "East side manufacturing" and "West side manufacturing", representing the peak of the military industry of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

In fact, Ye Hua has never stopped liquidation in three years.

Zhao Pu confessed that he had a list of people in his hands. Over the years, he promoted countless private individuals... Ye Hua attacked these people and gradually cleared them out of the court, either exiled or demoted, and those involved in corruption will be severely punished.

Ye Hua's cleaning efforts are absolutely unprecedented. In three years, more than 20,000 officials were dealt with, which is equivalent to changing all positions above the seventh rank and above twice on average!

Just imagine, 20,000 officials, how many families and relatives are there, how many disciples and old officials are there, and with minions and aides, the number is at least 300,000!

With the wave of his hand, Ye Hua's ruthlessness was definitely several times more than Chai Rong and Guo Wei's!

Iron-blooded prime minister, deserves his name!

However, Ye Hua is good at disguising. While cleaning up the officialdom, he uses greater efforts to promote newcomers.

Ye Hua arranged Li Yu in the Ministry of Personnel, and at the same time arranged Pan Chengyou in the Censorate.

Basically, when Ye Hua killed a corrupt official, Pan Chengyou brought out a bunch, and at the same time, Li Yu promoted two newcomers to fill the gap.

Wei Xianmei, Fan Gao, Liu Kai, Zhao Yusheng, Li Ding... The new generation of officials grew up quickly, and the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty completed their metabolism.

At the same time, Ye Hua also organized parliaments at all levels.

From top to bottom, select wise men from all walks of life and enter the parliament.

The first speaker fell on Wei Renpu's head, while the deputy speaker was Han Xizai!

Two old ministers all over the world were in charge of the parliament at the same time, which shows how much attention he valued. Moreover, Guo Zongxun entered the parliament for three consecutive years and issued a statement from the emperor. This move further raised the parliament to an unparalleled level, just like parallel to the cabinet and became the most powerful yamen.

The reason why Ye Hua has not been criticized too much is because he shares power with others. The annual suggestions and suggestions of the parliament will become the focus of governance.

So far, the cooperation between the two sides has been quite tacit.

Ma Xiang is the parliamentary representative of Jiangnan East Road. Although he was unable to enter Kaifeng, he was also very powerful. He also had a clan uncle, who was under Wei Renpu, and was responsible for reviewing the court's finances and taxes. He was considered a heavyweight representative.

With such a strong background, he is of course full of confidence!

"This time, the southeast disaster relief was mainly due to self-raised food funds on the east and west roads of Jiangnan. With the wealth of Jiangnan, can't we save only hundreds of thousands of victims?"

Next to Ma Xiang, there was a young reporter who set out with him...Ma Xiang talked happily on the way.

"Actually, I have also worked hard on water conservancy. In recent years, people have surrounded rivers and built fields and occupied flood discharge areas, but the floods have become increasingly larger and larger... After all, the key to water control is to move the people out and not allow them to continue occupying rivers and lakes. As a representative of the parliament, I strongly suggest that we should take this opportunity to help the victims transform and escape from the land..."

Along the way, Ma Xiang talked freely, and the splashing stars flew everywhere. The reporter patiently recorded and nodded from time to time.

"Mr. I am successful in business and have unique insights into the way of water control. Two years later, I really hope that Mr. I can enter the DPRK and benefit more people!" The reporter sincerely praised.

Ma Xiang waved his hand, "I'm sorry, I just want to do something for my hometown elders. Don't praise me!"

"Not a flattery, just record it truthfully!"

"What a truthful record!" Ma Xiang jumped out of the car, a piece of paper floated out of his sleeve, and fell into the arms of the reporter.

One thousand taels, pack it up!

"How is the situation?" Ma Xiang asked.

A very greasy middle-aged man bowed to him and said, "Everything is ready... the first batch of disaster victims from ten villages will come to collect food. Once they get the food, they will hand over the land to us. With this group of people taking the lead, the ones behind will be easier!"

"Um!"

Ma Xiang nodded, "You did a good job...but there are too few ten villages, and there are more!"

The middle-aged man grinned, "This is not easy to deal with!"

"What? They dare to object?"

The middle-aged man quickly explained: "That's right, those poor sticks are so powerful! Some people are willing to sacrifice their lives and leave their fields! What does the court say that they will not ignore the victims!"

"Bah! What is the court? I am!"

Ma Xiang sneered, "How busy are you? How can you know! Can the disasters in just a few counties still alarm the Marquis? Let's go! Anyone who refuses to spit out the fields will be charged with them!"

"What crime?"

"Occupy land in rivers, lakes and flood discharge areas, and embezzle royal real estate!"

The middle-aged man gasped and the charge was quite serious... Because according to the regulations of the court, except for farmland, mountains, lakes, mines, swamps, deserts, and pastures, all belong to the royal family.

Without approval, the royal land will be encroached upon and pursued, but it will be arrested.

"How capable can those poor guys have? They were sent to prison and imprisoned for ten days and half a month, and they were all honest." Ma Xiang said confidently.

He was ready, the public opinion had been bribed, and the court had also comforted him. As long as the people did not cause trouble, he would let him do it.

If this merger is successful, even if the Ma family has a foundation in Jiangnan, two years later, he will have the hope of rushing into the Kaifeng parliament. When his uncle retires, that position will be his!

Thinking of this, Ma Xiang trembled all over excitedly.

After a while, the victims and the people came over. He was a little confused and said to the middle-aged man: "What's going on? Those poor sticks are starving to death? Don't have the strength to get food?"

The middle-aged man was also confused and hurriedly said, "Young man, let's go and have a look!"

After almost half an hour, some people finally arrived one after another.

There were only about five old farmers in the villages, and they lined up to greet Ma Xiang.

"Yeah!" Ma Xiang just snorted with his nose.

"You all know! I won't talk nonsense to you. If you want to have enough food, just listen to me. After getting the food, I will go home immediately. The wife and baby are still waiting!" Ma Xiang said impatiently.

"Wait!" An old farmer stopped him.

Ma Xiang became more and more unhappy. It was a tiring task for these country people!

"What are you waiting for? Are you capable of not eating food?"

The old farmer said: "Mr. Ma, you are rich and powerful, and all the villagers know. Do you think this will happen? We only borrow food... and wait until next year, we will give you 30% back!"

"What?" Ma Xiang sneered, "Are you crazy? Am I short of that little food? In a word, hand over the fields and get the food... I will arrange work for you so that you can have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. Just outside Jinling City, your place is ready!"

The old farmers looked at each other, but did not speak anymore, but turned around and left.

The middle-aged man was so angry that he hurriedly stopped him, "Why, are you so hungry? You still have to refuse such a good thing?"

The old farmer in charge stopped and sneered, "We can't bear Mr. Ma's kindness!"

As they said that, they took a step away without stopping for a moment.

The middle-aged man was stunned, and Ma Xiang was so angry that his face was distorted!

"Look at what you did!"

The middle-aged man was scolded for being scolded. What else could he say? He could only pinch his nose and inquire about the situation... After a long time, he came back panting.

"It's clear, it's all clear!"

The middle-aged man suddenly poured a glass of water into his mouth and reported to Ma Xiang.

"Master Ma, guess what? Someone robbed our business!"

"who?"

"A person Ma Master never thought of!"

"Bah!" Ma Xiang kicked him hard, "When is it? I'm still teasing me! Tell me quickly!"

The middle-aged man patted the land on his body, without any resentment, but instead said even more: "Yes, it's Fang Dafa!"

"What?"

Ma Xiang almost thought his ears were broken, "Fang Dafa? Is the one who sold noodles three years ago?"

"That's right, it's him!" said the middle-aged man: "Now he doesn't sell noodles anymore. I heard that he went to Liaodong, gave good luck, and brought back mountain-like food... He is also giving food to the victims!"

"Distribute food? What does he want to do?"

"Fang Dafa said that as long as he is willing to follow him to Liaodong, his family will give away three stones of grain for free to spend the disaster year. If he doesn't want to go, he is willing to borrow food. When next year, he will borrow three stones and return four stones!"

"He dares!"

Ma Xiang suddenly stood up, and he finally understood the reason why the old farmer proposed to borrow 30% of the grain. It turned out that Fang Dafa was causing trouble for him!

You are a noodle seller and dare to fight me. You don’t even have the courage to do this!

"Come here, go and tell the yamen, send troops to surround Fang Dafa's fleet, and confiscate the food!"

The middle-aged man was like eating bitter gourd, "Which name should that be used? He didn't do anything wrong..."
Chapter completed!