Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 117 Step by Step (8.915)
The stage outside the city has been singing for three days, which is really strange to say.Many scholars of the academy felt a little unbelievable when they saw the refugees whose expressions were getting more and more relaxed.

That is why ah?Obviously it didn't take much effort, didn't a few storytellers and opera singers come here, do they have this kind of ability to turn decay into magic?Then what is the sage book we read to the refugees before?
Someone forwarded this question to Chen Heng.It can't be said that it is a test, or a request for advice.

Chen Heng smiled, and did not hide his secrets. In front of a group of classmates and other academy people, he said his thoughts: "Guanzi has a saying: the warehouse knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing know the honor and disgrace. This is true. True."

"But we still have to use the knowledge in the book." Chen Heng gave examples to the audience, "It's just a few mouthfuls of porridge and a quilt, and it's not enough to talk about etiquette, honor and disgrace." when.

What we have done in the past few days is to make the people feel at ease.When people are nervous and fearful, they cannot listen to reason. "

"We have to give them back their old life. They can listen to books and watch plays." Chen Heng looked at the camp outside the shed, where there were already many peddlers who came here spontaneously, pushing their carts to sell.

"Let them buy what they want, so they can start to live and work again."

After all, the original congee shop was too small, and Chen Heng had to drag people around to talk about things.Chen Huaijin and Xin Suzhao built a shed outside the porridge shop for these students to gather and talk about things.

"But they don't have much money, do they?" Seeing that someone asked a good question, Chen Heng nodded with a smile. "That's what we're going to do next."

In the past few days, he has gained some reputation among the students. Although everyone is not convinced, seeing Chen Heng's calm and confident appearance, they still look forward to the other party's method in their hearts.

"Is there anything we can do?"

"What do you want us to do?"

Two or three people asked in unison.

Chen Heng saw it in his eyes and was delighted in his heart, and immediately said loudly: "There are priorities, we have to go to the city to 'beg for alms' first."

"Alms for alms?" The crowd felt a little strange, they were all from Yangzhou, and they couldn't help but feel a little headache when they heard this.

"Yeah." Chen Heng didn't pay attention to the small expressions of these people, and continued, "We sent a hundred people to each neighborhood in the city, put up a banner, and asked the neighbors to donate some unwanted rags and old quilts. .”

"This...will someone be willing to give it?" Some people were confused and felt that this trip was inappropriate.

"Didn't the government accept it several times from the big households in the city before? Why do they still do it?"

"Yes." Chen Heng nodded confidently and firmly. He believes and has seen more than anyone else, how simple and beautiful the people living in this land have.

As long as someone tells them what to do, as long as someone takes the lead, there will be a cloud of responders immediately.

"After all, the big households in the city are a minority, so how can they compare with the millions of Yangzhou people. Only by letting them work hard can these victims survive this winter."

Seeing everyone nodding their heads half understanding, Chen Heng was not in a hurry. After some things were done, everyone would understand.

"Xue Biao, you have a lot of money." Chen Heng ordered two people to come out. "You each bring 50 people. According to what I just said, go to each neighborhood in groups of three to set up stalls. One person records, two people collect, and all donations No money is accepted, only old clothes and things are accepted.”

Xue Biao was about to answer an errand when someone asked another question.

"Brother, why don't you charge money?"

"The end of the year is approaching, and every household has a difficult time. Rich people donate money, and other people who come here will see whether to donate or not." Chen Hengyu said earnestly, "Don't go too far in everything, and guard us for disaster relief. It is my duty. Only clothes are collected, and the people in the city will not be hostile to the refugees outside the city, so they will feel pity."

It was only then that everyone realized that such a small action had such a profound meaning.

After speaking, Xue Biao and Qian Dayou took orders to leave, and the students in the shed also dispersed and continued their work.

Du Yunjing seized the opportunity and ran to Chen Heng, "Brother Heng, the things you asked me to tidy up are already ready, what are you going to do with them now?"

Chen Heng was overjoyed when he heard the words. He didn't expect the other party to finish it in three days, so he immediately praised him sincerely.

With dark circles under his eyes, Du Yunjing said proudly: "Doing justice for the common people will never give up."

"Brother Heng, don't worry, I have corrected the records in it again and again. If there are any doubts, I will order someone to inquire again. It is absolutely safe."

This is the advantage of Du Yunjing, such a person doing things.He is a man who is not afraid of the superior but sympathetic to the inferior.As long as it is for the disaster victims, he is definitely a tireless master.

Chen Heng nodded happily, and hurriedly recruited Cui Youdao, "Brother Cui, I need to trouble you to go to the government office for this matter. Send these things to the magistrates, and they will know how to do it."

Seeing that someone took away the fruit of his hard work, Du Yunjing looked a little unhappy.After seeing Cui Youdao going away, he didn't say a word.

How could Chen Heng not know what was going on in his mind? It's just that the other party's temperament went to the government office to negotiate, and there was a risk of trouble.

Fortunately, he has more important things to ask Du Yunjing, so he is not afraid of his temper and feels that he favors one over another.

"Brother Du, in the past, the refugees were all busy with their lives, and there was no dispute. Now that everyone relaxes, there will definitely be disputes and quarrels.

This matter is related to our hard work, and I can't rest assured that I will leave it to others.I am afraid that they do not know the law, nor have the wisdom to judge things clearly.This place is far away from the government office, and there is no one to beat the grievance drum, so I can only ask you. "

Hitting a snake and hitting seven inches, as a Juren who has passed the Great Yong Law, it is most appropriate to be in charge of this matter.Chen Heng is also very confident in Du Yunjing's temperament, and believes that he can give a convincing answer.

As for perfection?Not to mention the magistrate, even the magistrate can't convince everyone by talking about the civil affairs he has broken.

In a word, don't ask everyone to be convinced, just act impartially.

Upon hearing such an important matter, Du Yunjing cheered up immediately, and after hearing it, he was very happy and said: "Brother Heng, you trust me so much, I am really ashamed of you as a brother. Don't worry, Brother Heng, if there is a mistake in this matter, I will come to see you with the head of the head upside down."

You say it's okay to plead guilty, it's so terrible.Chen Heng was about to comfort him, but Du Yunjing turned around and ran quickly.

Seeing this, he could only shake his head.

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When Xue Biao and Qian Dayou rushed to the gate of the city, they disrupted all the 100 people following them and divided them into several teams.They remembered Chen Heng's explanation that the three of them could not all belong to the same academy, they had to be cross-arranged.

After dividing the number of people, everyone made an appointment to meet each other and headed towards their destinations.Xue Biao took two other people with him, but the first place he went was his own home.

What a big brother of the Xue family!
Wait for Xue Biao to knock on the door and tell his parents why he came.Both Xue Zhen and Fan Shi couldn't laugh or cry, and while ordering the servants to pack up their things, they asked their son to sit down with his classmates, drink a cup of tea, and chat for a while.

After hearing the news, Xue Baoqin hid behind the screen and only glanced at the people in the hall from a distance. Seeing that there was no familiar figure, a trace of uneasy worry flashed in his eyes.Seeing the tired yet excited emotions on her elder brother's face made her feel a little relieved.

In the past few days, Xue Biao always left early and returned late, and Bao Qin even met him very rarely.

Thinking of the concern in her heart, she simply hid behind the screen and eavesdropped on her brother's description of the situation outside the city.

Naturally, these topics cannot avoid Chen Heng's figure.Xue Biao spoke happily, but Xue Zhen was also surprised to hear it.

"I thought Tiao'er was a good friend..." Xue Zhen praised Fan Shi, "It's already amazing to be able to toss out newspapers. I didn't expect him to have such a talent in doing things."

Fan was noncommittal, but nodded in agreement, "It's a good thing that Tiao'er has such a friend."

"That's right." Xue Zhen nodded gratifiedly. If it hadn't been for the shopkeeper He Dongchuang's incident, he would never have thought of letting his son come to Yangzhou to study, let alone that he would make friends like Chen Heng in the academy. It is really unpredictable.

"When you go out to do errands, you still have to be careful, and be careful with people and things." He told his son a few words, and wanted to donate more money, but Xue Biao sternly refused.

After Xue Biao recited Chen Heng's original words, even Xue Zhen himself was fascinated. He waited until his son and his classmates left, and then said to Fan: "How did you teach this child of the Chen family? Really? It makes my heart itch to see it, and I wish I could exchange him with Tiao'er and let him be my son."

"Don't talk nonsense, Tiao'er is also a good boy." Fan suppressed a smile, and pulled the husband back to the chair, "Be careful to let him hear it, it will taste bad."

"That's not true." Xue Zhen was very confident in Xue Biao, and laughed, "He's not like that."

When her brother left, Baoqin had already turned around and returned to the house.

She made little movement, and her parents were so busy talking, they didn't see her coming and going.

All the way back to the house, Baoqin couldn't help but sit on the seat, thinking about what that person had done outside the city at this time.

There is also admiration, there is also admiration, and there are more unspeakable emotions hidden in my heart.She suppressed her uneasy mood and just folded her hands and prayed to heaven.

"God, please bless my brother and him, we must be safe and sound, and turn every danger into good luck."

"Miss, miss." Chunyan ran into the room bluffing, "Just now, the young master asked the servants to take away a lot of your clothes."

"I know."

"Chun Yan also gave it."

"Hahaha, okay, let's buy new ones in the spring of next year."

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When Cui Youdao rushed to the government office, Lin Ruhai and Huang Weizhong were also sitting in the hall, and many bureaucrats from the government office were waiting here. When they saw Xie Yuan coming here, everyone greeted him.

Wei Yinghong called him to the front, took a look at the materials written by Du Yunjing, couldn't help frowning, and said in his heart: Are there so many helpless old and weak women and children?
On the list, the Ding households marked in red are all Ding households without adult men in their families.Either grandma with grandchildren, wife with children, or grandparents with three generations.

Seeing more than 5000 to [-] people like this, Wei Yinghong also thought about the method Chen Heng provided.

Everyone saw that the magistrate was lost in thought, so they didn't say much in the hall, they only asked Cui Youdao to inquire about the situation outside the city.They spoke in a low voice, which did not disturb Wei Yinghong's thoughts.

After a long time, when Wei Yinghong made up his mind, he coughed softly: "There are thousands of homeless people outside the city, what do you all think?"

Asking such a question, it is natural that they want to make a move.

But everyone has their own standpoint and considerations, and what they say is not to find fault, but to put forward thoughts and opinions based on reality.

But after all, they couldn't get around the nursing home.The contention is nothing more than how to arrange it, who should come in first and who should stay behind.

After all, the nursing homes in the city can only accommodate a limited number of people.

After listening to Wei Yinghong for a long time, he still felt something was wrong.

Probably because of the sentence in Chen Heng's brochure: "If these people are settled, Yangzhou will have an extra 10 people's basic necessities of life? They just buy a piece of clothing and eat a meal. These expenses are not It is still used in Yangzhou."

"The money is in the treasury, after all, it's just a dead thing. Let it circulate in the hands of the people and businessmen. Don't the businessmen in Suzhou, Jinling, Hangzhou and other places rush to Yangzhou?"

Chen Heng didn't mention the specific method, but just wrote down his thoughts in the booklet.

Both Wei Yinghong and Lin Ruhai are smart people, and after a little thought, they can understand the mystery.

Although there was no study of finance in the Yong Dynasty, the understanding of money, business, and people has already had some early germinations.From the Song and Ming Dynasties, it was no longer like the previous dynasties, to the extent that talking about money changed color and talking about business was ashamed.

Especially after the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, business exchanges between various prefectures and counties continued in an endless stream.In regions with developed commerce such as Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, etc., commerce is an area that every magistrate must pay attention to.

In the end, Wei Yinghong still made up his mind, and said with a final word: "Zhizhou Huang, go to the treasury and get 3 taels of silver."

"When you get outside the city, ask the people on the list. Those who don't want to leave Yangzhou within a year will give their family three taels of silver. Take them to the city, and two households will form a team, and find them a house in Yangzhou. It doesn’t matter if the house is small, let’s squeeze first.”

After he finished speaking, his gaze was already on Lin Ruhai, who stood up and said, "The rental information of various places in Yangzhou, several newspaper shops and dentists have sorted it out and sent it up."

"Pick out the low-priced ones, and tell them to cut the rental price in half. Their losses will be deducted from next year's tax." Wei Yinghong said crisply, with the meaning that he could not refuse.

"My lord, what about the people who want to leave next year?" Huang Weizhong asked loudly.

"One person will give two liang, and they will be taken to the Jiyangyuan and major academies in Yangzhou for the winter. If they can't let go, we will arrange for the post station drivers to send them to the counties, so that the county magistrates can take good care of them. Next year, I will personally ask about this matter and let them take care of it. No matter how big or small, record them one by one.”

Anyway, the money that was thrown out was inseparable from Yangzhou. Even though his subordinates objected, Wei Yinghong still insisted on his own opinion.

After the discussion in the hall had subsided, Wei Yinghong raised another topic.

"After a severe drought, there must be a severe flood. Let's discuss the matter of recruiting husbands." Wei Yinghong pointed to Du Yunjing's documents, those families with more than two males.

"By the way, we also discussed the wages of the peasants."

"My lord, with so much work, we don't have so many places to govern in Yangzhou."

Wei Yinghong laughed and said, "Why not? There are still a few wastelands in the west of the city, which can just be used to build houses. The silt should also be cleared from the Baobao Lake. The Changjiang and Huaihe Rivers just take advantage of the drop in water level to correct the river channels and embankments. .”

"What if the flood doesn't come?" Someone asked.

"Then what if it comes?" Wei Yinghong asked back.

In the end, it was Lin Ruhai who came forward and put the records he collected from the history books in the past few days in front of everyone.

Looking at the tragic natural disasters at the end of the Ming Dynasty, everyone nodded in agreement with suspicion.

Seeing that his subordinates had no doubts, Wei Yinghong said in a deep voice, "Let's continue the discussion."

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