A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 877 Raising the flag again on Wagang Mountain

On Wagang Mountain,

Each small camp at the resettlement site for victims of the disaster has a new condolence point set up by the Wu family, where doctors and medicines are sent, and a recruitment flag is erected next to each point.

Under the recruitment banner, there are two large barrels, one filled with thick millet porridge and the other filled with brown sugar water.

Recruiting scholars and various craftsmen,

He is neither illiterate nor skilled, but as long as he is young and healthy and willing to endure hardships, he can still do it.

The conditions offered are good.

Countless people queued up to inquire. The Wu family stewards at the recruitment point were very enthusiastic and offered bowls of porridge or bowls of brown sugar water to those waiting in line, and talked while drinking.

Once the contract is signed, a settlement fee will be paid immediately.

Just press your fingerprint and get the money.

Attracted a large number of inquiries and registrations from disaster victims.

The governor of Huazhou was also alarmed.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Governor Jia thought carefully about it for a long time.

The Wu family is poaching Huazhou. If it were during times of peace, the Huazhou government would definitely not allow such large-scale recruitment of workers.

Because the household registration number is one of the important performance evaluation conditions for local officials,

people oriented.

People are taxes, servants, and the basis of everything.

The increase in population is a merit, but the reduction in population loss is an excess.

"I'll go ask the Prime Minister."

Jia Cishi is over sixty years old, and he can be regarded as having experienced the Sui and Tang dynasties. According to the imperial court's seventy-year-old rule, he is in good health and can work for a few more years.

"Uncle, I don't think you need to take care of this matter. You can even cooperate with the Wu family." A man who looked very similar to Jia Jishi said from the side. He is Jia Jishi's nephew and joins the military in Huazhou.

"Oh?"

"First of all, Mr. Wu is deeply favored by the saints and cannot be easily offended. Secondly, now that we have just experienced a major disaster, although the water has begun to recede, the subsequent disaster relief and reconstruction will be more troublesome. For a while, many people affected by the disaster were difficult to relocate.

Now the Wu family is willing to recruit workers and recruit many disaster victims. This will reduce our burden. "

Not only have I made good friends with the Minister of Martial Arts, but I have also been relieved of some of my burdens. What a good thing.

As for the loss of population, isn’t this a major disaster?

In the past, when major disasters occurred, the court would allow the victims to go out to eat, or even temporarily live in other places. This was simply a special situation and would not be regarded as the fault of the local officials.

"The Wu family seems to be recruiting a lot of people this time, and they are mainly recruiting scholars and craftsmen. We also need these people in our post-disaster reconstruction." Jia Shi said.

"Uncle, think again."

Jia Cishi thought about it again and again, and finally decided not to offend Wu Huaiyu, but he had no intention of turning a blind eye and went directly to Li Jing.

Li Jing is now the provincial ambassador. He is also the right servant of Zhengshitang and the hereditary governor of Puzhou next door. He is now in charge of these states.

Jia Cishi went to Li Jing and told him straight to the point about the recruitment of workers by the Wu family.

Ask Li Jing to make up his mind.

Li Jingze called Wu Huaiyu over again.

Huaiyu explained the specific situation to Li Jing and Jia Shi, "Now there are many people affected by the disaster in Huanghuai, and they will not be able to recover for a while. They all rely on the government to maintain relief. Although there is food for the time being, the weather is getting colder, the government's burden is also heavy, and the people are also worry,"

"I am also organizing everyone to find another way out and help themselves through production."

"This also reduces the burden on the court and local governments in the disaster areas,"

Li Jing asked in detail about some recruitment details.

The Wu family has made comprehensive preparations. They recruited and interviewed workers in the disaster area, signed the contract and registered it under the witness of the local government, and immediately paid settlement fees.

We are also responsible for transporting people to various factories and arranging food and accommodation throughout the entire process, so there is basically no need to worry here.

The wages given by the Wu family are quite good, and other benefits are also good.

It's not about taking advantage of others' misfortune.

Unlike some people who use the guise of recruiting workers, only to add insult to injury and exploit and exploit them, there are even some people who openly buy and sell people in disaster areas.

Governor Jia actually only cares about one thing:

What will happen to these Huazhou people after they are recruited to work in other places?

"They are here to work and make money. They are clients in other places. They will register locally and will not be blind migrants."

Li Jing makes tea,

Listen quietly next to me,

In fact, Governor Jia didn't want to stop the Wu family from recruiting workers. After all, an old official in his sixties would not understand the ways of the world. He knew that the most important thing for him now was to do a good job in disaster relief and reconstruction. At least he could not let slip. The victims of the disaster in the state are hungry and cannot cause chaos.

Stability is everything,

As for the Wu family recruiting some people, that's nothing.

"Jia Gong, I also know that this flood is serious. There is no mercy for natural disasters. Our Wu family can actually recruit workers anywhere. For example, Jiangzhou Shipyard, there is no need to come to the Yellow River to recruit workers. River boats and river boats are completely no the same,

Along the Yangtze River, there are hundreds of shipyards, large and small, and they can't recruit people. They are more familiar with river ship manufacturing, have similar living habits, and the people are easy to manage.

I am doing this entirely to help the people in the disaster area and to alleviate the difficulties of the local government here. I still believe in that saying, if you are poor, you can benefit yourself; if you are prosperous, you can help the world.

The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. There are some industries in the Wu family that are doing well, but the more they do, the more they need to give back to society. "

Li Jing nodded frequently.

Wu Huaiyu is his student, but what he said is indeed worthy of praise.

Unlike some people who are greedy by nature,

For example, elders such as Changsun Shunde, Liu Hongji and even Tang Jian were all founding heroes, but why they have not made much noise in recent years is because they are too greedy and do not know how to restrain themselves.

These elders are greedy, and their family members are naturally even more greedy. They eat ugly and have huge appetites.

It's like the eldest grandson, Shunde, is a veteran and the uncle of the queen and the uncle. However, the guards and chamberlains colluded to steal palace property, and he dared to accept gifts to cover it up.

Huaiyu held the tea cup and made another tempting proposal.

Every time he recruits someone in Huazhou, he will donate a sum of money to Huazhou, which will eventually be converted into medicine, food and other supplies.

The money may not be much, but accumulating a little can add up to a lot, not to mention that this can be considered an unexpected income.

Wu Huaiyu gave Governor Jia face like this. How could Governor Jia be ignorant?

The two immediately reached an agreement,

Huazhou will fully cooperate with the Wu family in recruiting workers.

And not only is the Wu family recruiting workers, Wu Huaiyu will also mobilize the partners of the Wu family to recruit workers, and will even arrange for the six Lingnan prefectures to come here to recruit people.

Recruiting people to farm and reclaim wasteland,

Let’s not talk about immigration for the time being, and only talk about hiring disaster victims to reclaim wasteland and make money. But in fact, Lao Jia also knows that after recruiting these people, they will cultivate and cultivate. By then, they will be familiar with the situation there and allocate and grant land to them. I’m afraid that None of those people want to come back.

When the time comes, he will settle down there directly, and even bring his wife, children, old and young with him.

See through, don’t tell,

Lao Jia is very aware of current affairs. He is over sixty years old. Even if he really works until he is seventy years old and becomes an official, it will not be many years. Not to mention how old is Wu Huaiyu?

He is still the prince's teacher.

The future belongs to Wu Huaiyu and the others. Lao Jia is old, and now he is thinking more about the future of his family and his descendants.

Lao Jia held a cup of tea in both hands and made a small request.

"Thank you to Prime Minister Wu for helping us resettle the victims in Huazhou and alleviating our difficulties. With so many victims in Huazhou, we will have to worry more about the Wu family's care in the future,"

"I have sent Jia Shenjun to be responsible for this matter. If you encounter any trouble, you can ask him directly to help solve it."

Jia joined the army,

Of course he is his nephew,

Arranging to be responsible for intermediary liaison is actually to arrange for him to get along with the Wu family. Once he gets to know him, he will have connections and may even become a supporter for his future career.

There is no need to explain too clearly, everyone understands, Wu Huaiyu agreed immediately.

Recruitment,

Fully rolled out,

When the Huanghuai Flood hit thirty states, people from the Wu family set up recruitment flags in every state. With Wu Huaiyu's banner, all states cooperated.

The conditions offered by the Wu family are very good and very attractive to the victims.

Boatloads of people are transporting to the south,

Scholars, various craftsmen, and unskilled young people also want it,

Working in factories, farming in plantations, and even going to Lingnan to reclaim wasteland,

The Wu family didn't lie, the treatment was indeed pretty good.

For example, those who go to reclaim wasteland can be hired as long-term laborers for wages, or they can work together to farm the land as tenants. They can even have longer-term cooperation, such as jointly reclaiming an area, and the Wu family will provide cattle, farm tools, seeds, or even start to pay back the land. Provide housing, clothing, food, etc., but in the future, some land can be transferred to their names gradually.

For example, how many acres of land can you get if you work for three to five years? How much land can you get if you work for ten or eight years? As long as you are willing to sign a long-term contract, there will be the additional benefit of land gifts.

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Wu Huaiyu didn't stay in Huazhou for long and went to Puzhou again.

I went with Li Jing.

"What arrangements did the teacher make for Puzhou?"

Puzhou is the place where Li Jing was granted the title of governor. Li Jing was actually willing to accept the title of governor, but now most of the ministers in the court are unwilling to accept this reward.

Li Jing also maintained a very detached attitude.

He even kept a low profile about this fiefdom and directly handed over Puzhou to Chang Shi to take charge of it. He also did not evaluate, appoint or remove Puzhou officials.

Everything is business as usual,

They didn't even send anyone from the Li family there.

If it hadn't been for this flood, Li Jing might not have set foot on this land.

"I'm afraid it won't be long-lasting to be appointed as the governor of the world, so I'm too lazy to bother," Li Jing said bluntly.

Wu Huaiyu went through a lot of troubles in Jiangzhou.

Not only did they strictly assess the officials, they even held the Jiangzhou Juren Examination. The examination was so strict that even Chang'an was alarmed.

And Wu Huaiyu resigned from the Protector's Office, the Marriage Office, and the House of Accountant of the Shifeng Governor. There was no need for soldiers, soldiers, and guards.

In exchange for 800 guan of substitute teaching money a year.

Of course Li Jing knew that Wu Huaiyu was not interested in this little money, but was very careful not to cross the line.

Gaining a world title and having troops and horses can easily lead to danger.

If it were Hou Junji and Zhang Liang's people, they would definitely not refuse to have two or three thousand soldiers and horses like this.

But Wu Huaiyu took the initiative and decisively refused.

"I recently wrote a memorial about Shi Feng's governorship. I would like to ask the teacher to help me read it. If the teacher agrees with my point of view, I can jointly submit it to His Majesty."

Li Jing frowned slightly after hearing this.

Although he is the right servant and the governor of the world, Li Jing has always been cautious in character. Now that he is standing high, he is even more cautious. He does not easily express his opinions in the political hall. He has always thought about retiring like Qin Qiong, so how can he be willing to get involved? In the battle of entering the world.

"Teacher, take a look first and then talk."

(End of this chapter)