Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 136 Appease
The refugee camp by the Yellow River in Qingjian County.

Zhang Zongxian took Hu Zhongxin and Wang Guofu two personal disciples here to inspect the resettlement of the refugees. These refugees all came from Shanxi and came here by the frozen Yellow River.

Such refugees are the most. In fact, Shanxi has many mountains and few flat lands. Except for a few basins, they are all mountains. Since ancient times, Shanxi people have had the courage to go out of the province to seek a living.

If the imperial court raised taxes for one penny, the local government would charge ten hundred cash. In the past, the common people had nowhere to go, and as long as they survived, they would bear it.

This state can last for a short period of time. Now that you can eat meat on the other side of the Yellow River, not only pay less taxes, but also have no corvee, and some young people who have gone to such troubles will bring back, as long as they are willing to work hard, there will be food. .

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he dragged his family and ran over, and the tax from one household to another would be spread to other households in the village.

Those in the village who don't run away will be burdened more. The more they run, the heavier the burden will be on the remaining people in the village, so what are they left for?Also followed.

In particular, the drought in summer led to a lack of summer grain harvest. After paying the autumn tax and summer grain, the people had no surplus food. Such a vicious circle led to more and more land being abandoned.

It's not that they can't live anymore, who wants to leave their hometown.

Standing by the Yellow River, Zhang Zongxian watched the people in Shanxi dragging their families along the Yellow River.

He lamented that he had only lightened the burden on the people of Jiazhou, yet it had such an effect.Let Shanxi on the other side of the Yellow River stage this scene in advance.

I was lamenting the hardships of the people of Ming Dynasty, when I saw a group of strong men suddenly appearing on the other side, robbing the fleeing people, and no one stepped forward to stop them after watching for a long time.

The officer in charge of the battalion was immediately questioned.

"Disciple pays respects to Master!"

"There are bandits looting people on the other side of the Yellow River, why don't you care?"

"The other side is not within our Jiazhou territory, and my disciples dare not cross the border to use it."

"Pedantic! As a disciple of the school, have you forgotten my wish of the Legislative School?"

"Don't you dare to forget? My disciple will send troops now."

"You must learn to be flexible when doing things. Don't send troops directly, put on the clothes of ordinary people, and kill all the robbers. Send people who are smarter to the other side, and deal with any robbers accordingly."

After dealing with the matter, Zhang Zongxian lost his mood and continued to stay by the Yellow River, and returned to the camp.

Now the camp here has accepted nearly 5 people, and there are many people who came along the Yellow River besides the other side.

Fortunately, it is winter now, otherwise so many people gather, epidemic prevention will be a big problem.

After inspecting the refugee camp, Zhang Zongxian returned to Qingjian County.Taking Master Ma to meet the shopkeepers of the major workshops, on the one hand, in response to the influx of refugees, Taiping placed a lot of orders.

On the other hand, with the development of Taiping, these workshops are becoming more and more deeply bound to Taiping. Some of Zhang Zongxian's actions made these workshops have doubts.

Moreover, Zhang Zongxian has always wanted these merchants to participate in local management.I want them to realize that they need to fight for their own power. When Zhang Zongxian takes power to make laws, these people will be the most important support force besides his disciples.

Zhang Zongxian never liked those official ceremonies when he went out, and he always brought a team of disciples with outstanding martial arts skills to travel lightly.

When I arrived in Qingjian County, I didn't go to the county government office, but went to the newly built Mashi Building to meet the shopkeepers of the major workshops.

Wang's construction, Liu's workshop, Xugong, and Diao Sanyi, which were supported by Zhang Zongxian at the beginning, have still become the leading figures in Qingjian County.

Each is now a leader in the industry.Wang's construction received various orders for building houses, and they all began to outsource.

Needless to say, the Liujia Workshop was too busy to eat the armament list given by Zhang Zongxian.

Xugong now even dominates the machinery industry, and now all the carpenters in Jiazhou are under his command.

Diao Sanyi has already stopped the stove in Shanxi, and invited all his masters to Jiazhou. He not only practiced iron but also participated in mining. He earned more money this year than in the previous ten years.

Zhang Zongxian didn't put on airs in this meeting, just like meeting his subordinates in the previous life, sitting in his exclusive tea room, while Master Ma was in charge of making tea and the major shopkeepers sat beside the tea table.

"You all seem to have made a lot of money this year! All of you have red faces."

The oldest Liu Jiangtou, who had the most contact with Zhang Zongxian, spoke first:

"It's all thanks to your lord's blessing, otherwise we wouldn't be so rich."

The old Wang head quickly attached:

"Yeah! It's the adults who support us."

The other two followed suit.

After Zhang Zongxian poured a cup of tea for everyone, he said lightly:
"A lot of money is not necessarily a good thing! If there is a lot of money, people will definitely miss it. Horse bandits dared to attack the county on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month this year. If I hadn't prepared for it, my family fortune would have been wiped out." For nothing."

Zhang Zongxian mentioned the horse bandits attacking the city at the beginning, and some of the words made the people present confused, which one did the master of Zhizhou sing.Everyone didn't know how to reply, and the whole tea room fell silent for a while.

Zhang Zongxian waited for a while and took a sip of tea before continuing:

"Liu Jiangtou heard that your family is separated, and he sent his youngest son to live in Jiangnan with a lot of wealth. Do you want to make a stop for your Liu family? You also want to go to Jiangnan to retire!"

After hearing this, Liu Jiangtou quickly explained:
"It doesn't matter if it's the old man teaching the son, that kid insists on going to Jiangnan to see, so the old man will call him back."

Zhang Zongxian laughed:

"Your youngest son wants to go to the Qinhuai River to see the oiran, right? He ran to the south of the Yangtze River with so much money. Isn't this the little boy holding the gold and waiting for someone to rob him?"

Liu Jiangtou didn't dare to talk to him and could only laugh with him.In fact, after making tens of thousands of firecrackers for Zhang Zongxian, the people of the Liu family felt that something was wrong and began to be afraid. With so many firecrackers, is this going to war?

The border in northern Shaanxi is so peaceful, there are no wars to fight!Even if they were to support Liaodong, they also knew that they had only sent [-] Lumi guns in total, and the remaining [-] self-generated fire guns had never supported Liaodong.

Even anti-horse bandits don't need so many!They didn't dare to guess that Zhang Zongxian was going to rebel. In order to prevent the foreign one, they asked their youngest son to go to Jiangnan with money.

Zhang Zongxian poured another cup of tea for Diao Sanyi and said:

"I heard that there are people from Shanxi, and they are still officials. Why do you have any relatives who are officials in the court? Let me introduce them to colleagues!"

Diao Sanyi broke out in cold sweat, and explained tremblingly:
"It's a distant cousin. I heard that this place is prosperous and come to Qingjian County to have a look. I will definitely recommend it to you when I come to Qingjian County someday."

Since Zhang Zongxian built the cannon, Diao Sanyi has also made great profits, but the elders in the family are also worried that Zhang Zongxian made the cannon for rebellion, so they want to find a backer in Shanxi.

The backer on the other side learned that Zhang Zongxian was building guns. He had heard about the prosperity of Qingjian County a long time ago, so he wanted to come over to see and get evidence to threaten Zhang Zongxian.

"I don't need a referral. When the man crossed the Yellow River, he didn't pay attention to his feet. The ice broke and fell into the river. I also heard that his hometown caught fire and his family disappeared."

Hearing that the family caught fire, Diao Sanyi naturally understood that Zhang Zongxian did it.I was so frightened that I could only tremble.

Zhang Zongxian looked around at the few people present, the old Wang Tou is a real person, he has been conscientious in private, and he has already lived and boarded on the construction site for the construction of the bridge.

Although XCMG is full of merchant spirit, he is definitely a mechanical genius, and he is also responsible for replicating the clock and watch.

"In Daming, merchants are the money bags of the government. They have always been taken and killed at will. You have also experienced the world. When did this official give you money like this.

People with wealth like you are not always fat sheep in the eyes of others.Without the protection of this official, your wealth is accumulated for others.

You should all know what my school teaches?I don't care what those Confucian scholars think?The great wish of this faction must be fulfilled by the official. To realize the great wish, one must develop industry, and to develop industry one must protect the interests of merchants.

This is also the reason why I support you. In my opinion, everyone in the world is born equal. When I join the cabinet in the future, I will definitely support the merchants in the world.

I know that some of you have concerns. I have always treated each other with sincerity. If you have concerns, you can tell me.

This officer will naturally give you an explanation. Nowadays, people from all over the world regard Qingjian County as a paradise on earth, and they drag their families to join them.

In order to give these displaced people a way out, the official had no choice but to start a war on the Hetao Grassland.

However, the court was fatuous, and Hetao changed hands several times. In order not to be disturbed by the court, I did not report to the court.

And to completely win the Hetao, you also need your help.Whether it is firecrackers or cannons, whether it is building roads and bridges or building sluices.It all requires your cooperation.

When the official conquers Jiuyuan, a new city will be built there.A new city built by merchants working together, there will be no government office, and its builders will manage the new city.

It's still the same sentence as long as you follow this official well, prosperity and wealth are no problem, a small Jiazhou can't let go of my ambition, and neither can the territory of Ming Dynasty. "

The five people present recalled Zhang Zongxian's words, which contained both beating intentions and promises for the future.

The old Wang was the most honest, and he spoke first:

"Your Excellency is dedicated to serving the people, and the common people see it. The people in Qingjian County all offer their new words at home. Without an adult, the common people don't know when they can have a bite of meat.

The villain has worked hard all his life, and only when he met the grown-ups did he have the glory and wealth he has today. What did the grown-ups say?What does the villain do?It is to let the villain rebel against the villain and follow the adult. "

XCMG also spoke:
The villain doesn't understand the big truth, but the villain can see what the adults do. There is no better official than the adults in this world.They don't value me as much as adults.

The great ambitions of the adults are even more admired by the villains. There has never been a school that cared so much about the people in all dynasties.If the villain is ten years younger, he must join the adult's school.Not in vain this life.

Old man Liu stood up tremblingly and knelt down:
"My lord is such a foolish little old man!"

Looking at the tearful Liu Jiangtou, Zhang Zongxian couldn't bear it, so he asked Mr. Ma to go forward to help Liu Jiangtou.

Seeing Liu Jiang knelt down, Diao Sanyi quickly knelt down too.

"Please forgive me, my lord. From now on, my Diao family will have no second thoughts. Tomorrow, I will send all my nephews to my lord's academy and worship you as my teacher."

Zhang Zongxian got up and helped Diao Sanyi up, and then said to everyone:
"That's the end of today's matter. I hope everyone will give birth well. It is not only my Legislative School that saves the people, but also your workshops."

After the manager of the workshop left, Master Ma finally asked Zhang Zongxian the question in his heart.Master Ma knew that there was a reason for him to come today, and today he explained to the shopkeepers of the workshop as well as him.

However, Master Ma became more suspicious after hearing this.As soon as the shopkeepers left, they couldn't wait to ask:
"My lord, the movement in Hetao is so big, it will spread to the capital sooner or later. The imperial court will definitely send people to investigate at that time, my lord should make preparations early."

Zhang Zongxian said disdainfully:

"Don't you know what the princes of the court can do? As long as there is nothing wrong with the side wall, I will have taken the Hetao by the time they realize it. When it comes to July next year, they won't be able to care about it even if they want to ask."

Since "All Living Beings Should be Tribulated", Master Ma no longer doubts Zhang Zongxian's various prophecies.

"My lord, now this Great Ming is dying of illness, my lord not only has elite soldiers and strong generals, but also has cultivated so many disciples, and is also loved by the people.

At the beginning, Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, relied on only a few dozen core people to conquer the world. "

Zhang Zongxian knew what Master Ma was going to say?Immediately interrupted his words.

"Don't talk about it, master. What I want is not the throne, but to realize the ambition of my legislative school. In all dynasties, the emperor's stupidity has caused the people to suffer from foreign invasions.

From now on, the first thing I will do when I enter the court is to broaden the wisdom of the people and limit the power of the emperor. My legislator should rule the country according to the law, rather than expecting the arrival of the so-called sage.

The reason why I want to recover Hetao is to deal with Zai Jie, otherwise my Chinese inheritance will be overthrown.The Han people will be ruled by foreign races again, and they will no longer have Chinese clothes. "

Master Ma was shocked by Zhang Zongxian's idea. Confucianism uses the induction between heaven and man to limit imperial power, and no one has ever proposed a method to limit imperial power.

Is such a Daming still a Daming?

Zhang Zongxian ignored Master Ma who was in deep thought and continued:
"In order to prevent the court from interfering with my plan to regain the Hetao, Master Ma needs to make a hard trip to the capital to listen to various movements and buy time for me.

First build a Jiazhou guild hall in the capital, and then Master Ma sits in the capital to contact all parties for me.

Although Mr. Ma is not from my legislative school, he is also Zhang Zongxian's confidant and military adviser. When I live in the court in the future, you will be a part of the high-ranking official and rich salary. "

Master Ma knew that it was Zhang Zongxian who made him enter the inner circle and regarded him as a confidant.Immediately knelt down to express my sincere heart:
"Don't worry, my lord. With me here, I will never let the court affect my lord's plans. When I go to the capital, my wife and children will be taken care of by my lord."

As long as Master Youma is in the capital, Tianqi can ascend the throne as long as he supports it, and then he can bribe Wei Zhongxian.

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