Win the Ding 1617

() Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!Did you see the moon?Have you eaten the mooncakes?

Under the influence of Chinese culture for many years, Annan's customs are largely similar to those of the mainland, and they also celebrate Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Ghost Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and Spring Festival.There is a folk song saying: "Fat meat, ginger, scallions and red couplets, big rice dumplings with flags and firecrackers".It is the scene of the Chinese New Year.

Zheng Bing adjusted the tuanlong red robe on his body, straightened the golden crown on his head, and very piously presented a lush branch just picked from the temple to the shrine enshrining the ancestors of the Zheng family. Green leaves, dedicate this gift, which symbolizes the blessings of heaven and earth, to the ancestors.

After bowing three times and knocking down nine times respectfully on the worship mat made of brocade, Zheng Yi got up and ordered the son to come forward and make a drink for the ancestors.A waiter held a glass wine jug with gold thread inlaid with dragon patterns, and gently filled the glass wine glass in the hands of the crown prince. The crown prince raised it above his head and sprinkled it on the ground. If so, the libation ceremony is considered complete.

This is the year-end ancestor worship ceremony that the Zheng family must hold every year, and it is also held by almost every decent and powerful family.After the ancestor worship ceremony, it was the first day of the Lunar New Year when Li Huang received the pilgrimage of all officials to congratulate the new spring.

"King!" As soon as he walked out of the ancestral hall dedicated to his ancestors, a guard ran up to him. "Master He Jing and Zheng Zhang have arrived." According to Prince Zheng's order, Zheng Zhang's memorials and letters must be delivered to him as soon as possible. In front of his eyes, "This is an important matter for the military and the country, and it must not be taken lightly!"

"Couldn't it be another suggestion for the prince to try the Li family's method of arbitrarily plundering people's wealth and stripping the dignity of scholars?" The guard handed the seal of the wax seal to the eunuch next to King Zheng, and secretly speculated with his head down. Encrypted content.

"Okay! Okay!" After a rough glance, Prince Zheng Bing shouted, "This little thief, who doesn't care about people's power, is so cruel and cruel to people, that he will kill himself if he does many injustices! Come on!" , "He looked around, "You have made a contribution in reporting the letter, reward!"

He stretched out his hand to signal the servant to reward the glass jug with gold silk plate and inlaid dragon patterns that the son of the eldest son just used to drink wine and worship the ancestors to the guard who delivered the letter, "This thing was brought in by Nanzhong merchants, and it was just used to worship the ancestors. is you!"

"Minister! Minister!" The guard burst into tears from the sudden happiness, "Minister, I swear to die for His Majesty!" It would be treasonous to say this in another country, but in King Zheng Here, it is the best way to show loyalty.

The prince is very strange, what good news can make the father so happy?Even the things used for ancestor worship were rewarded to the messenger. "Pass down the decree, Zheng Zhang will be able to handle affairs effectively, be loyal to the king's affairs, increase the rank of official, reward one hundred hectares of land, and two hundred households."

"Preach the decree! The ministers of all ministries will suspend court congratulations today and go to the palace to discuss matters!" Prince Zheng Yi loudly ordered the eunuchs around him, and then quickly ran to his bedroom and courtyard where political affairs were handled.The people around him were so horrified that under the leadership of the son, guards, officials, eunuchs, court ladies, holding flags and umbrella fans, they all chased after him and dared not take a step.

"Father, why are you so happy?" Sitting down in the study, calming down a bit, the son half complained and half curiously asked his father.

"My son, did your master teach you to read historical records? Sui books? Old and new Tang books?" Putting down the lily porcelain teacup in his hand, Prince Zheng began to test his son's knowledge and homework.

"The masters have taught their sons and ministers. The master said that the reason why the strong Qin was destroyed was that the first emperor was so happy and didn't care about the power of the people. It was the same in the Sui Dynasty. If it wasn't for Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty to dig canals and conquer Goryeo, with the power of the Sui Dynasty Wealthy and powerful, how can the Li family rule the world?"

As a political life born from the Chinese civilization, he is naturally very clear about the history and civilization of the mother body. In order to cultivate qualified successors, the rulers require the successors to learn Chinese culture carefully.

King Zheng handed Zheng Zhang's secret book to his son, "Take a look, did you find any problems?"

Zheng Zhang's secret melody is very simple. It just means that in the area controlled by Li Shouhan, all the way from Hejing to the south, there is a lot of construction work and building roads. "Build a station every forty miles, which can provide food and accommodation."

Several factories and mines related to road construction are mining limestone day and night, and burning cement, commonly known as burnt ash, to ensure the construction of this thoroughfare running from north to south.

The things mentioned in the letter are not news, but such a detailed description of the number of households expropriated, road standards, building materials, construction scope and requirements is unprecedented.

"Get a map!"

Early on, the clever servant fetched the map of the whole territory of Annan, and unfolded it in front of the prince and the prince.The picture frame made of rosewood makes the mountains and rivers on the map clear at a glance.

"Father!" After looking at the map for a moment, the son's face became extremely excited, "The avenue built by the little thief of the Li family is no less than the chidao and canals built by Emperor Qin Shihuang and Sui Yang. !"

The courtiers who came after hearing the news roughly measured it on the map, and couldn't help but turn pale with shock, "Your Majesty, the thief Li is doing great work indiscriminately, conquering everywhere, and ignoring the power of the people is the way to bring disaster! Even if it is not as good as Yang Guang That kind of death and the destruction of the country will not escape the death of Yingzheng II!"

"Exactly! Thinking of Yang Guang, who died and the country was destroyed, he built this canal just now, but it made it easier for those who came later. It is to clear Daoer for the Holy Son of Heaven!"

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, and congratulations to your son! Li Mou is so perverted, and the lesson is not far away. It is when I, Annan, relieve the people from the upside down and save the people from the fire and water!"

All eyes were fixed on the map. The thick red line was extended downwards on the map by the servant with a brush dipped in cinnabar. Binh Dinh), along Haixing, Bien Hoa, Ha Tien, until Fanzhenying (the ancient place name of Saigon), Dingyuan Prefecture!Along the coastline, go all the way south, cross rivers, cross plains, open roads when encountering mountains, and build bridges when encountering water.

The more you look at it, the more joyful you will be.

The south of the Haihe River has a tropical jungle climate, which is humid and hot, with many mosquitoes and infectious diseases.In such a natural environment, plagues are common every year, and entire villages die. Building roads is undoubtedly throwing away a lot of human lives in the wilderness.

"Your Majesty, according to detailed reports, there are only 12 strong men in the area under the jurisdiction of Ruan Ni in Hue (this number is from 850). How did Thief Li conscript hundreds of thousands of civilians to build roads?" A minister carefully studied Zheng Zhang's memorial and found that the numbers were somewhat inconsistent.

"Sir," the prince respectfully saluted the minister who once tutored him, "You only know one thing and don't know the other. The old man, down to the young children in Huangkou, all sent to the construction site to build roads."

"What the prince said is very true! It must be that even the people in Xidong must be under the coercion of Li Thief, and are forced to bleed for his absurd actions!"

This statement was guessed by the ministers, but it cannot be said that they are all correct.The number of strong men is certainly wrong, but don't forget that the Shou Han territory is a system where the officials and gentry pay the food and tax together. A large number of servants who were originally attached to the Ruan family's officials, gentry and nobles have become free people. These people are not in the Dingkou book of.This is also the reason why the population increased after the dynasties and dynasties lightly paid taxes at the beginning of the founding of the country. There is no need to pay poll tax!

In addition, it is the power of Ri Li Shi Tiao.Under the framework of this principle, all people can obtain the right to reclaim wasteland, but you must pay taxes.As a result, the number of people registered with the Bureau of Reclamation immediately exploded.

"Though Qin Shihuang and Sui Yangdi recruited millions of people from all over the country for their own selfishness, built palaces and roads, built the Great Wall, dug canals, and finally led to the subjugation of the country. Li Thief is not far away!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a sound of agreement in the room, and all the ministers secretly coveted. In the past few years, he has traded with the south, and various commodities produced by Hejing, whether it is the glass and lily porcelain that the princes and ministers like, or the salt that Shengdou people need Vegetable oil, cloth, rice wine, the weapons and armor made of nine-turn steel that the army strongly requires all equipment, which one is not something that makes the dealer a lot of money?

If civil strife breaks out in Li Shouhan's regime and the lord goes south in a big way, can we cut off a piece of this fat meat?Thinking of those legendary workshops that almost spit out gold and silver, and those fertile lands that produce ten shi of rice a year, the ministers were drooling in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, I implore you to go south as soon as possible to relieve the suffering of the people's livelihood!" The ministers said in unison. "So that we can make a fortune!"

"Although Thief Li is cruel and heartless, he is in the position of Di Zhang now. If he does more unrighteous acts, our army can go south and relieve the people." Shaking the sleeves of Tuanlong's robe, Prince Zheng is righteous, but And helplessly explain to the ministers. "Although the enemy is not benevolent, he is a strong enemy. Although I am benevolent, I am weak and weak. I can only hold on to each other and wait for changes."

"However, this king has already decided that after reporting to the Emperor Ming, he will send his troops to the west to rescue the Li people there!"

this! ? . . . . .The ministers were all speechless.west?Is that Lao territory?This is clearly because they can't provoke the rich to bully the poor!What is the difference between Laos and Ha Tinh?In addition to the barren hills, there are still barren hills, and even some fields are not productive enough.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, who is not talented, is highly valued by His Majesty. He is in charge of the matter of money, food and expenses. I am willing to analyze one or two for Your Majesty and your colleagues. Let's see how long Li's land can last!"

The speaker is the head of household Cao.

Soon, he began to analyze for Prince Zheng and his colleagues from the professional point of view of money and food expenditure.

"Thieves Li recruited hundreds of thousands of civilian husbands. Let me calculate based on 40 people. These people work hard along the three thousand miles from south to north. How much food do they eat every day? According to one catty per person per day The minimum consumption of half is 60 catties. In addition to the loss of transportation along the way, the consumption of intermediate links (in fact, it is the pockets of the people who handle it.) At least one million catties of grain and rice will be consumed every day. Construction has been going on for several months. It is unknown when the project is completed, but at least 3000 million catties of grain and rice will be consumed every month. This is the consumption of grain and rice.”

"Master Zheng Zhang said that the road is completely paved with burnt ashes, and three carriages can be paralleled. The family of the burnt ashes has also used it in the family. A bucket of two hundred catties costs 5 taels of silver. This road goes straight from Hejing to Dingyuan Prefecture, a journey of three thousand miles, how many barrels of ashes will be consumed? Such extravagance, such extravagance, even if the Li family has gold and silver mountains, there is not enough to consume!"

"Not to mention, there are those tools, horses, and manpower consumption, this guy will die this time!" Hu Cao couldn't help gnashing his teeth when he was so excited, his face was grim.

His words made Prince Zheng Yi, the prince and all the officials all nod in agreement.

On the second day of the first lunar month, Emperor Li went to court to accept the belated New Year's Day pilgrimage of hundreds of officials.

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, King Zheng made an announcement saying that the Lao country was not benevolent and righteous, and repeatedly violated our borders, burned our villages, killed our border people, and plundered our property, demanding that we send troops to crusade.Li Huang gave permission as usual.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, King Zheng issued an edict that all armies must rectify their horses, tie up their weapons and armor, and prepare for the expedition.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, there was another cable report from the south.

"Thief Li is really tyrannical!"

After reading the news report, from King Zheng down, all the adults are unanimous in their evaluation.

"Each person completes at least two earthworks per day, otherwise, the day's work is considered unfinished. And a segmented contract system is implemented. If one person does not complete, one section is not completed. There is a quantity for how much should be completed every day. In order to complete the workload, the peasants have to work hard day and night."

The adults have to look at Li Shouhan with admiration, why didn't I think of such a way?Be good!It is divided into sections and lump sums, and there is a quota for how much each person should complete every day!With such a method, I see how lazy those slaves are!

(Shou Han is crying! Your father’s brother’s! Zheng Zhang, you stupid official! Lao Tzu proposed pay according to work, pay by piece, how did you become a cruel oppressor when it came to you? I eat three meals a day There is enough rice, you can eat salted fish and chicken, and there is plenty of oil and water! Why don’t you say that? Also, my husbands are all recruited with money. Although it is a bit coercive, but a The salary of one tael a month is not too small anywhere! If you don’t want wages, you can take the bamboo card that pays wages and go to the market near the construction site to buy what you want, such as salt, cloth, iron pots, and knives Ax. And no matter male, female, old or young, regardless of race, you can work on the construction site. As long as you do the work, you can eat and receive money on the construction site. Then use your wages to buy what you couldn’t buy before, but what you want to buy Great stuff. Why didn’t you see the scene of these people working in full swing? The scene of running around the construction site with soil baskets on their backs and singing folk songs?)

"All ministers! There is also a secret report here! Everyone can guess, what is said in it? I will reward you for guessing right!" Prince Zheng Bing picked up another secret report on the Longshu case.

"Did it be that the people in the south were unbearable to be oppressed by the Li thief, and some righteous people rose up under the call of the old Ruan family?" A minister speculated with confidence.

"Could it be that a plague broke out at Li's Chidao construction site, causing countless deaths?"

Seeing that his cronies planned one bad thing for Li Shouhan one by one, Zheng Bing was very satisfied, "The guesses of all the gentlemen are not far away, even if they are not right!"

"Wang Bao, the general of Li Shouhan's army, is leading the Southern Route Army, and the battle with the Siamese Army is imminent!"