Emperor’s Battlefield: I, Zhu Houzhao, like to push horizontally

Chapter 208 Thousands of years of hard work and ten thousand years of pain!
"Hurry up, hurry up, everyone is gathering in Haikou!"

Qiongzhou Prefecture, the most border of Ming Dynasty.

Since the main energy of the Ming Dynasty was in the New World, the local Ming Dynasty world did not change much.

At this time, Qiongzhou was not a tourist destination for later generations. Poverty, hunger and famine were constantly happening here.

Early this morning, the chief clan elders of each village gathered all the clan members.

"Hai Xiucai, why did the clan leader summon us? Isn't it to collect taxes or do corvee again?"

In the lively crowd, a young man poked a man dressed as a scholar next to him and asked nervously.

This Hai Xiucai is not Hai Rui, but his father Hai Han.

Since he had never been admitted as a boy student in his life, the villagers ridiculed him by calling him "Hai Xiucai", and over time everyone got used to it.Although Haihan was dissatisfied with this, there were so many people, and no one paid any attention to him, so he left it alone.

But although everyone usually looks down on Hai Han, once there are documents coming down, they still find him as soon as possible and let him read them.

There is no way, the illiteracy rate is too high.

"impossible!"

Haihan shook his head and objected, and raised his hand in the direction of the capital.

"Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have implemented many benevolent policies. Many disaster-stricken areas have been exempted from agricultural taxes. I even heard that the imperial court has recently begun to discuss the abolition of the draft system."

"What, cancel the corvee!"

The surrounding villagers who were eavesdropping with their ears pricked up all screamed out in surprise when they heard this.

"Hai Xiucai, are you telling the truth? Don't lie to us, otherwise we will tell the Xie family bad things about you and make it impossible for you to get a wife."

"That is, if what you are about to say is true, we will help you pay for the Xie family's gift."

The crowd asked questions, and Haihan said helplessly: "A friend of my father's wrote a letter some time ago. He told me the news, but I don't know whether it is true or false, but the possibility is very high."

"Oh, I thought it was an edict issued to the world, but feelings are just heard."

Upon hearing that it was just hearsay, the villagers rolled their eyes and continued whispering to the people around them.

Haihan didn't care about the attitude of the villagers. He folded his hands in his sleeves and quietly waited for the village chief or someone above him to announce the news.

As time passed, more and more people came, and gradually a crowd gathered.

The village chief and clan elders checked the number of people and confirmed that everyone who was supposed to come had arrived. They looked at a younger official next to them with a flattering look on their faces. Reporters had already gathered.

Haihan didn't pay much attention to this scene.

However, what happened next made him a little shocked.

In the past, these officials who came down were so proud that they wished their nostrils would turn to the sky.

However, when faced with the flattery of the village chief and clan elders, this young official not only did not act arrogantly, but instead chatted and greeted them very kindly.

"This is a Ming official from the New World!"

Haihan was a little curious at first, wondering if the quality of officials is so good now?

Then when I saw another sun and moon symbol on the chest of the other party's official uniform, I instantly understood that this was not a local official of the Ming Dynasty, but the legendary new Ming Dynasty world that was vast and vast, and where people's livelihood was very developed.

"When officials from the New Ming Dynasty come here, will there be any changes?"

Haihan couldn't help but have some suspicions in his heart.

While he was guessing, the young official, accompanied by the village chief and some government officials, stood in front of the crowd.

Although the common people were illiterate, they still knew the rules and understood that the great master had something to say, so they kept their mouths shut.

"Dear fellow villagers, please introduce yourself."

The young official first bowed to the villagers and bowed his hands.

This scene shocked the people.They are the ones who salute and kowtow to the great master. When will they, the scoundrels like them, be able to enjoy the salute of the great master?

But this feels so good.

After the official saw the ceremony, he continued to show a kind smile and said: "My surname is Li Minghe and my courtesy name is Maoyuan. I am the new magistrate of Qiongzhou. From now on, I will be responsible for all matters in Qiongzhou."

Upon hearing this introduction, the people below did not react at all.

Just take office as soon as you take office, it has nothing to do with them.

Noting the attitude of the people, Li He also understood that the people did not care at all about his appointment, they only cared about the actual benefits he could bring.

Understanding this, Li He said with a smile: "I believe everyone knows me. As the saying goes, a new official has three fires when he takes office. These fires are both good and bad."

The common people frowned, thinking that the newly appointed prefect was about to lose his power.

"Don't think too much, I'm not here to make you famous, but to bring good fire to everyone."

The people were stunned for a moment and looked at him in confusion.

Li He laughed loudly and said loudly: "This first fire I have brought you good news."

The people's eyes lit up and they began to look forward to it, wondering what kind of good news it would be.

"Just three days ago..." Li He raised his hand high and shouted to everyone: "Your Majesty has officially issued a decree to cancel the corvee system that has made our people suffer for thousands of years."

"That is to say, starting from three days ago, no one will help the corvee in the Ming Dynasty or even in the future."

After saying this, you can hear the quiet needle drop below.

Everyone looked at the prefect in surprise, and the people around Haihan also looked at him excitedly.

"I dare to ask the magistrate, is this true?"

An old farmer trembled and asked again in disbelief.

He had three sons, one of whom died in the corvée service, and the other was disabled for life and is still lying at home.

When it was about to be his third son's turn, he didn't expect that the court would cancel the corvee service that almost destroyed his family.

The village chief beside Li He quickly told Li He about the old farmer's situation.

Li He nodded vigorously to the old farmer, "Yes, old man. Not only has the imperial court lifted the ban, but the imperial court will also provide corresponding compensation and exempt their relatives from taxes for 20 years."

As he said this, he took out a piece of paper, pointed at it and said: "This is the edict signed by His Majesty himself. It has been officially announced to the world. It's just that our place is a little remote. We didn't notify it until we came down. All other provinces already know it." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

After receiving the true affirmation, the old man howled, knelt on the ground, kowtowed violently towards the capital, and shouted His Majesty's Holy Wisdom.

Seeing this, other people also knelt down and kowtowed towards the capital.

In addition to agricultural taxes, corvee is a nightmare in the hearts of all ordinary people. Many families cry to death when they hear that the superiors have arrested corvées.

Now that this policy has finally been canceled by His Majesty, they will no longer have to worry about this matter in the future.

After everyone was overly excited, Li He announced two more pieces of good news that surprised them to the point of going crazy.

The imperial court decided to vigorously transform Qiongzhou as a transfer station for future maritime trade.

Not only will a large amount of money, manpower and material resources be invested, but a cross-sea bridge will also be built in Qiongzhou to facilitate local people to travel inland.

In addition, Qiongzhou will also build various facilities such as schools, medical transportation, etc., all of which will be close to the cities of the New World.

The common people didn't understand it at first, but when they saw the introduction movie of the new world city in the evening, they fell into excited ecstasy.

After thousands of years, their Qiongzhou is finally about to turn over.

Children in the future will no longer suffer from hunger like them, and will live a happy life.

(End of this chapter)