Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-]

On the second day of cottonseed planting in spring, the farmers in Fenghe Zhuangzi started to panic for no reason.[-] acres of fertile land, not a single crop was planted, and all the unknown things were sown. Even if the imperial court had a appeasement and compensation plan, the subsidized grain had not been implemented after all. There was no harvest, and everyone's emotions were a little bit wrong. Several companies had stopped spring sowing, and there was going to be trouble.

Ordinary people don't care if you plant gold and silver in the court, even if you plant cat's eyes in your field, they will be delighted to hear what you say.But when things come to a critical moment, think about the consequences, there is no food, no matter how expensive things are, people can't starve to death, can they?

At first I tried to appease them, and invited the officials in charge of the Ministry of Industry to come over and persuade them. The concept of people not fighting with officials was deeply rooted, and it seemed to dispel the worries of the farmers.But later, I don’t know how it developed, and suddenly it revived, and it was menacing, not only the farmers on the Wang’s farm, but also the tenants on the surrounding farms, there were also self-cultivating farmers, and several landlords came to complain about the Wang’s tenants. , It's a mess.

Villagers and village households in the village have relatives and old relatives, and they still have the feeling to speak up for their relatives and friends. What does it mean for your landlords to gossip?See a joke?Fanning the flames?

"Don't show up, I'll talk about it later." After several times, Lan Ling got a little angry, and prepared to bring someone to enforce the spring sowing.I understand her feelings. Everyone is anxious. After the sowing period, major events are delayed. Not only is there no hope for cotton, but the opportunity to replant grain is also missed.But after all, it is my own farmer, so it is unreasonable to let an outsider like Lanling interfere. I have never had the habit of letting others interfere with family affairs. "Even if there is trouble, I, the head of the family, will have to come forward, right?" He comforted Lan Ling a few words, and brought the two family members into the Zhuangzi.

The official in charge of the Ministry of Industry named Zhang Yun was sitting depressed on the big mill in the middle of the village, and a dozen or so laymen stood aside with helpless faces, and the cotton seeds distributed were returned back by the farmers one by one.Build up around the disc.The dealers stuck to the wall and stood and squatted, staring at each other, ignoring each other.Protest, although the farm tools are in hand, but the people of this era are not so tricky as to beat the court officials at every turn, anyway, they don't say a word, I won't listen to what you say.The line of nonviolent noncooperation.

Seeing me coming, Zhang Yun quickly got up and came over to pay respects. After all, my rank is more than half higher than his. Since it is an official business, it must be courteous.

"Brother Zhang, thank you for your hard work," I replied earnestly.This official is still in charge. Since he came here, he has been busy in the fields endlessly, exercising more than others.Hu Pei looked at me in admiration. "Don't be angry, it's not all the farmer's fault, let me try." As he spoke, he was about to summon the farmers to lecture.

"Please wait a little longer." Zhang Yun called me to stop, everyone was already familiar with the contact in the past few days.I am easy-going again, and he has no taboos. "It doesn't make sense. Farmers accept death. If you don't make up for this year's grain, I'm afraid they won't be willing to start work."

"Then make it up. Didn't the court also agree to make up money and food?" Although clamoring for food before the work is done is a bit excessive, it is still different from going out to work after all.If you have no money and land, you can’t starve to death, but if you don’t even have land to rely on, you can’t live.

"The money has come down, but it's only subsidies for farming tools and hired labor. There are no farmers. As for the grain, it will not be allocated until the summer is ripe. Each household will be subsidized by 115% based on the original average output of the field, and three stones per mu. Five buckets of summer wheat (ten buckets is one stone, one stone is equal to 400 catties, three stones and five buckets is about [-] catties, and six hundred mu is [-] catties of grain)." Zhang Yun was a little angry when he said this, and tried to calm down Putting down his emotions, he said slowly: "It's not that there will be no subsidies, and it's not that there will be no food subsidies. But when the regulations were made last year, it was after the new grains were put into storage. There are various regulations, so the subsidies must be new this year. The food can only be allocated after it is handed in.”

More than twelve tons of grain.It is a trivial matter for the country, but people have already established rules and regulations, and it does not mean that they can modify them if they want to.But now there is no supply, and the state can’t subsidize it on the spot. If so much grain is taken out of my family’s grain storehouse, there will not be much leftover grain. A family of hundreds of people can’t make it through. Besides, the canteen of Hualushui Workshop still buys grain from Wang’s family. , and the Wang family has no reason to bear such a large subsidy.

Who would have thought that there would be such a change in Yimapingchuan's plan, "Buy food, if it doesn't work, use the money from the subsidy to buy food..." As soon as the words came out, Zhang Yun's face was not good-looking, and he said the wrong thing. "Total up again, small things, don't add [-]% to the harvest of [-] mu, add up to the total."

"Thirty percent!" Zhang Yun severely corrected me for tampering with the regulations.Then he said with a bitter face: "What is the total method? The farmers in Zhuangzi's land do not follow the rules and regulations. If there is any delay, the planting will be over, and the whole year will be barren." Looking at me carefully, he whispered: "No, if you want to It’s really not possible, should you consider forcing it…”

"Dare! Who dares!" People from my Zhuangzi, whoever tries to make a move, be careful that I will kill his whole family.Let's not say who is wrong and who is right. If the officials say "forcibly", it is clear that they will use abnormal channels to bully the farmers.Lost his composure, maybe his expression was a bit nasty, Zhang Yun couldn't help stepping back a few steps, quickly changed his smiling face, and added: "No, brother Zhang misunderstood, I mean there is no need to enforce it, and the farmers who 'dare' not to plant, I'll pick him up, hehe."

It’s a big deal to buy grain, and if you can’t buy it, you can send money to the farmers. The subsidy from the imperial court is in my hands, ah no, it’s the same in Lanling’s hands.Ignoring Zhang Yun, he turned around and greeted the two family members who were following him, and asked them to call all the householders around the mill, and the family members wanted to give a lecture.

For the owner of the house, although the farmers have only formally dealt with me this year, they are still very polite to me.The relocated people also brought back news, saying how merciful the owner of the Wang family is, the relocated farmers have new houses and yards to live in, and they are extremely satisfied.

"Quiet, everyone is quiet!" Seeing that everyone is here, I pressed my hands and looked around, "I came here in person the day before yesterday, and the trouble hasn't reached the level it is today, so many people in our village have never seen me. " As he spoke, he jumped onto the big mill, condescendingly, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone can see clearly, Wang Xiu looks like this." After seeing everyone watching carefully.After a pause, "Well, we are all a family, and we all rely on one-third of an acre of land to eat, and the same wheat noodles are served in the pots of each family. I will eat whatever you eat. It’s the first time I’ve dealt with me, so I don’t know what I am. I don’t blame you for being uneasy. Farming land here is not food, and I’m afraid of famine. No one has any idea. Don’t force me, I didn’t have to force it when I came here today. It means growing cotton. I just want to emphasize one point here. The subsidy from the imperial court is three and a half stones of wheat per mu. Like everyone else, I also farm. I know the harvest before and after. Clear. You can calculate it with your toes, and it is more cost-effective than growing your own food. The court has evidence, even if there is a disaster, and the locusts have passed, you have to recognize our subsidies! What are you afraid of? I will add it. Later The family that grows cotton, after the imperial court subsidizes it, it is all their own, and from now on they don't have to pay me rent!" I looked at the reactions of the farmers.Satisfied, everyone whispered to each other, everyone gradually showed expressions, no longer lifeless and loose.Pressing his hand, he continued: "Don't embarrass the folks. Whether or not to grow cotton is based on the principle of voluntariness. The key is not to delay the spring sowing. If you believe in the court and yourself," pointing to Zhang Yun below, " I will go to Mr. Zhang, who was sent by the imperial court to take the cotton seeds back, and re-register them, and after the summer harvest, all those planted will enjoy the preferential treatment from the imperial court." Smiling at Zhang Yun, his voice softened. "Master Zhang has time to come to our Zhuangzi. He has been living in the Zhuang since the New Year's Eve. I believe everyone has seen him with his own eyes. He is an official appointed by the imperial court, and the current emperor is always sitting and talking in the court." Having said that, I took a peek at Zhang Yun who was at a loss and was at a loss.Ignore him, this kid probably hasn't even met the Minister of the Ministry of Industry a few times, I said he was stupid, and emphasized: "Such a big man, a big man, in order to let the people in our Zhuangzi have a good start, we will compare him in the morning. We got up early, and returned later at night than we did. We ran more roads in river ditches and fields than any of us, and the dozen or so assistants brought by Mr. Zhang are all well-known figures in the capital, big guy Have you ever seen them goof off?"

"No..." The farmers below suddenly felt a sense of cohesion, and cast admiring glances at Zhang Yun and everyone at the same time, making a dozen or so people feel embarrassed, and each of them blushed in embarrassment. Zhang Yun opened his mouth, It has the same virtue as the dying silver carp.

"That's right. Why are you short of our few bites of food? Taking two extra steps to get more food from the court? There is no wife or baby at home? I don't know if it is comfortable to rest at home?" I didn’t know whether to nod or shake my head due to the continuous interrogative sentences, all kinds of body language were messed up, “People who don’t worry about food, drink, and money, why are they crazy and running towards our remote river beach? Why are they running?” Looking around After four weeks, um, very satisfied, "Just to trick us into planting some rotten cotton? Just to trick us into planting cotton and let us fight famine?"

Everyone shook their heads. According to this logic, they could only shake their heads.

"Look, there is no one in this world who has the intention of harming others and benefiting oneself? Is it because he wants the common people to live a better life, wants everyone to eat more food and wear more clothes," casually pointing to a man who has a child in his arms Village woman, "Don't you want our baby to drink more milk?"

"Haha..." Everyone laughed wildly, the troubled village woman squatted down and covered her face in embarrassment while holding the child, and the man standing aside cheerfully pulled the woman up again, triumphantly took the child and lifted it up.

"Don't talk about Mr. Zhang, talk about me." Pointing to himself, "Am I like a melon seed? Look, you don't think I am like that either. The land is mine, and I worry about everyone like I have lost my harvest. Don't look at my reputation in the capital for now. How about it, just treat me like I’m a wastelander, and there’s no reason to use my own land as a joke, right? I invited Mr. Zhang back from the court over and over again, and he didn’t want to come back at the beginning. We didn’t grow this cotton in the first place. What's the matter? I didn't test it on our land at all. For the test of growing cotton, everyone in the capital broke their heads and sought benefits for their own farmers. Who didn't the owner of the family fight and rush forward? Fortunately, I ran away For a whole year, I begged my grandpa to sue my grandma, so I took the benefits into my arms. Last year, so and so in the capital, just planting this cotton, the farmer’s family had so much food that they couldn’t finish it. I am willing to do this thing again, why? Not to mention losing money and food, the farmers are so full that they hang their hands and give up their work, and they are fattened into pigs." He gestured with his arms in a circle, "We are the only one in Datang this year. Plant this quietly, don’t make a sound, let people know that jealousy is bad for us, isn’t there someone in the village who keeps spreading rumors to us these days? They’re jealous. I’m trying to find a way to tell us Plant it for a few years. If it doesn’t work out, it’s over. I’ll still grow food to pay rent, and I’ll have no hope of living.” After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, “That’s it, listen to it or not, I can eat as much as I want, No matter what you plant, it won't affect me. It's just for your benefit. Those who are willing to plant will go to Mr. Zhang to get the seeds and register again, and those who don't want to ask me to register!"

When the farmers saw me jumping off the millstone, everyone hesitated and pushed each other to find an older man to act as a representative, and the group discussed for a long time.I ignored Zhang Yun, and ordered the two family members to move a bench and sit in the middle of the field with their legs crossed, as if waiting for a grain grower to sign up.

The bankers have come to a conclusion.The old man approached me cautiously, in a negotiating posture.It doesn't mean anything else. Although the farmers are eager for a prosperous life, they have never seen this cotton after all, and they have never dealt with the court.There are still concerns about whether it is reliable or not.The old man expressed his trust in the Wang family very tactfully, and wanted me, the head of the family, to make a written certificate that is the same as that of the imperial court. Everyone doesn't know what happened to the court.And tactfully mentioned the non-payment of rent, hoping to get it through written documents.

"Easy to handle, take care of the pen and ink!" After thinking about it, he pointed to the old man, "Old man, wait a moment, I will find someone to bring the pen and paper," calling Zhang Yun over.After a few compliments, according to the statement just now, let him draft the contract on the spot in front of everyone. "Master Zhang's calligraphy, I draw it myself, do you have any concerns?" He held up two contracts and circled around, and solemnly handed one to the representative of the dealer, and kept the other for himself. "Go get the seeds without any worries, and quarrel with you for a long time. No matter how much time you delay, go!" Grinning his teeth intimidatingly, "I will make up for the delayed time. I will have the confidence to sign, draw and pledge. Whoever yells again, be careful Who am I to pick up!"

The farmers took reassurance, and all pushed and shoved to get cotton seeds, but no one paid attention to my Huang Shiren appearance.He took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sent the two family members back first, and I walked alone.

Laughing self-deprecatingly, I'm simply a liar engaging in pyramid schemes, I cheat honest people with dry tongue, even Lan Ling laughs at me.Turning around Zhuangzi, I ran into Lanling. She had been hiding behind a big tree not far away to listen to me. After the show, she intercepted me from behind the Zhuangzi.

"I see, it can be regarded as seeing a guy covered in bad water." Lan Ling smiled strangely and lightly thumped me, "Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

"What do you know?" He glanced back disdainfully, "It's not about cheating food and money. In this way, farmers can rest assured and work hard, so there's nothing wrong with it."

"Drink your saliva quickly and wipe the white foam off the corners of your mouth, it's disgusting." Lan Ling handed over a water bag. He's been busy recently, and he always brings a water bag with him when he goes out. "Tongue spread like a lotus flower, bewitching people's hearts, deceiving people and deceiving people, and the documents have to be written by someone else, is it shameful?"

"I lost it, of course I lost it, but you know, what are you afraid of?" Wiping the corners of his mouth indiscriminately, he raised a water bag and drank a cow, "If there is a way, try to let the subsidized grain be distributed as soon as possible. Now it is calm, but others As soon as the wheat on Zhuangzi comes out, comparing the two sides will inevitably cause trouble. We thought about it smoothly at the time, but we didn't expect such a disgusting thing to happen. It's my fault and yours."

"Well, blame me," Lan Ling never shirks responsibility, who should be responsible. "You and I never think about these things, and neither of us think about the scene of no food. Think about it carefully, if we were farmers, we probably wouldn't be willing to grow such strange crops. The whole family depends on the little grain in the field to survive. Woolen cloth."

"Go over there," I pointed to the clean river beach, "Whatever you do in the future, you have to think about it from the standpoint of others. What is wrong and right is not taken for granted. We think it is for the country and the people. People in charge may not think so, and if they do bad things with good intentions, they will be wronged at both ends.”

"For the country and the people, come out of your mouth, ha ha..." Lan Ling shook his head and smiled, and found a big rock to sit down, "Sometimes I can't figure out whether you are true or false, and just open your mouth people..."

"Not all." Picked a thin stone and cut it hard towards the water, watching the stone jump on the water, once, twice... "First, I'm not a bad person; second, I'm a patriot. Maybe it's because I'm lazy A little bit, maybe there is a bad habit of being petty and cheap. It is human nature to protect one's shortcomings. When the family is well-off, being greedy for life and fear of death is not a shortcoming, but you are not a heartless person. For me, sometimes responsibility is more important than life."

"I know, you can see this point too well." The wind was strong by the river, and Lanling seemed a little cold, so he pulled his clothes, "In the past year, you have changed a lot, and being with you is no longer out of place." Maybe it's gradually influenced by you, it's the kind of assimilation you often talk about."

"Mutual assimilation and mutual influence." Lan Ling said that it was a bit exaggerated to say that he was out of place at the beginning, but I was only exposed to this era at that time, and the difference is still very clear. "If we met one or two years later, we probably wouldn't be able to get together. Didn't you come to me just because of curiosity?"

"En" Lan Ling turned his face and smiled brightly, "I really can't figure it out. Once you get sick, you can't even get sick. I heard that your wife will live your original appearance. Although it is still protective, it may be from the inside. I heard her criticisms, and other people have said that, as far as your own words are concerned, mud cannot support a wall."

"Hehe..." My mother has commented on me since I was a child, and now I hear Lan Ling say this, and I feel warm in my heart, "No, it's really not ordinary rotten. If the big family is defeated, if there is no such disease , you probably want to help me on the street, with this body, you are born to be a good material for a beggar."

"By the way, didn't you stretch your tendons to show off to others last night?" Lanling glanced at her watery eyes, her face flushed, "I dare not take a boat in the flowing water. I saw you on the ferry slope that day Up and down, I feel admirable in my heart, if there is any interesting place in Weicheng, tell me too."

People on the Loess Plateau are afraid of too much water, and they can't feel it in still water. Once they stand beside running water, they will feel flustered, which is not surprising. "I didn't even talk about it. It's far worse than the capital, but it's a new place after all, and it's fresh. If it weren't for this, we will cross the river to play while the spring sowing is over in a few days."

"No." Lanling shook his head and refused, "Standing on the shore is a mood, and getting into the water is another mood. I don't want you to see me scared. When I was a child, I stood aside and didn't dare to go to the Bahe River. I saw them playing on the other side. Just kidding, I just stayed up for a whole day." Maybe it was because he remembered something from his childhood, and he smiled sweetly, "The willow trees in Bahe River are about to twitch while talking, take me to have a look while you're at it."

"Okay," I pointed to the direction of the official road, "Old man Su will be out of the customs in the past few days, and he can't leave here, so there is no chance to send him off." The old man took the fishing gear I gave him and went out of the customs. It's a good season for fishing, and I'm a little envious when I think about it. It's not uncommon to catch big guys weighing dozens of catties in the running water.

"I'm worried, and the emperor has worked hard." Lan Ling leaned over and grabbed a handful of sand, watching the sand flow out from between his fingers in a daze, "If Uncle Cheng makes a move, Su Dingfang will suffer. The people in charge haven't brought back any news, and I don't know how your little method is progressing."

"Even if the progress is smooth, it won't be of much help." However, the two old men, You Cheng and Su, each stood on the sidelines, and coupled with the court's most important care, it is not as thrilling as imagined. I have a feeling for Su Dingfang Blindly adoring him, he felt that as long as he stepped out, there was nothing he couldn't accomplish. "They're all veterans on the battlefield. They know how to deal with them. It's useless for us to worry about them."

"Fortunately, the coal on Tongguan has been officially mined. That thing is indeed sharp when used in forging. All the large weapon workshops in the capital have replaced coal, and the speed has increased a lot." Lan Ling said coal, with a smile on his face He said again, "I was originally good at weapons, but now I have this means, it's even more powerful."

"We are here to grow cotton, what are you talking about about coal." Lan Ling is a little obsessed with these things, and it is necessary to correct them, "The emperor is more worried about these things than you, you just think about me."

"Think about it," Lan Ling patted the sand off his hands, and said with a smile, "It's only past noon, what's the use of thinking about you? You think about it..."