Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1150

At the end of September and the beginning of October, after Wang Yan reached an agreement with Zhu Yihai and Zheng Chenggong, the fighting in Zhejiang and Fujian gradually came to an end. General Gan Hui of the Zheng family, who was trapped in Fuzhou, was ordered to withdraw from Fuzhou, head to Xiamen, and then go to sea from Xiamen to In Luzon, after the Zheng family withdrew their last troops on land, it was announced that the internal fighting within the Ming Dynasty was basically over.

Wang Yan began to carry out drastic reforms in the military system and political affairs. Because of the changes in the imperial court and the addition of three provinces, the political affairs became somewhat chaotic.

The King of Tang was put under house arrest, the King of Lu was forced to go to sea, the faction supporting Tang and the faction of Lu suffered major defeats, and the internal political structure of the Ming Dynasty underwent drastic changes, causing turmoil in the court.

Some of the Tang and Lu officials, seeing the failure of the political struggle between the two kings, quickly changed their sects and joined the Chu faction, while other officials loyal to the Ming Dynasty pinned their hopes on the seven-year-old co-ruling emperor Zhu Linyuan. imperial party.

It is worth mentioning that these imperial party officials did not mean to deny Wang Yan's reforms, but to return to the era when the emperor had the final say. They also approved of the reforms, but they just opposed Wang Yan's monopoly and usurped the Ming Dynasty.

The reorganization of the political forces in the court will naturally cause chaos in the court. Compared with the chaos in the court, the losses suffered by the people because of this war and the chaos caused are even more serious.

Nanjing Waiguo City once gathered 60 to [-] landless people from all over the country who came to Nanjing to beg for life.

The shantytowns here used to have a lot of land, but because the king of Lu came to Nanjing and was affected by the war, many people fled back to the village, but these people had no land and could not survive after returning to the village, which caused many social problems.

These landless people, if they don't have jobs or land, will become a huge destabilizing factor.

Following the defeat of King Lu, the siege of Nanjing was lifted, and many people who returned to their hometowns returned to Nanjing, wanting to find a job again, but after all, Nanjing suffered from military disasters. It was dismantled by the rebels to build equipment, leaving no place for those who came back to live.

In addition, because of the war, the warehouses of many workshops were looted by soldiers, and the looms and workshops were also destroyed, causing a large number of workshops to close down. It was difficult to resume production for the rest of the time, and many employees lost their jobs.

In the traditional agricultural society, as long as the common people had land, they would feel at ease, and the social structure was very stable and not prone to problems. However, the Ming Dynasty is now in an era of change. Many big cities are commodity societies. Once people have no source of income, Immediately there will be restlessness and many problems.

A large number of unemployed people gathered in Wai Guo of Nanjing, which made the security of Nanjing city deteriorate sharply, and the deterioration of security caused the dissatisfaction of the upper class and complaints among the people.

Not long ago, due to the increase in the population of Nanjing and the decrease in job opportunities, the two gangs fought a big fight near the wharf in order to fight for survival, killing more than 40 people, and then they merged in Waiguo City, killing more than 100 people. Finally caught Ying Tianfu's attention.

After the new prefect Zhuang Wenlie learned about the situation, he urgently reported it to the court, and finally Wang Yan found out.

Because many shantytowns were demolished or burned by the rebels, Wang Yan ordered the Ministry of War to mobilize [-] military tents to resettle the people who returned to Waiguo.

On the west bank of the Qinhuai River, the ruins of shanty towns are covered with endless tents. There are more than 1 tents. There are 7 to 30 people living here. There are at least [-] people.

Rural clans and gentry annexed land and carried out large-scale planting of grain, cotton, and mulberry seedlings, which improved efficiency, but caused many people to lose their livelihoods.

In the original small-scale peasant society, each family had a few mu of land, some had more, some had less, and there was little cooperation among them. Now the big gentry and the emerging landlord class distribute tools and uniforms for hundreds of mu and a thousand mu of land. Planting, the benefits will naturally be greatly improved.

If one thousand mu of land originally required one hundred households to plant, with reasonable planning now, after staggered farming seasons, only fifty households may be needed to complete the rotation of rice, cotton, mulberry seedlings, and fruit trees.

In traditional agriculture, two seasons of rice are harvested each year, and then there is leisure time. Now, after harvesting rice, cotton is harvested, and after cotton is harvested, fruit trees and rice are planted. This can not only fully squeeze the labor force, but also strengthen the security of the land. Utilization and benefits make the income of a thousand acres of land much higher than before.

In this way, the increase in efficiency will attract powerful landlords and rich families to follow suit, but in this way, if fifty households are eliminated for every thousand mu of land, then how these eliminated farmers will survive will become a huge problem. Social Issues.

Most of the 10 people gathered in Waiguo, Nanjing are people who were forced to move to the city to earn a living. Originally, there were many workshops in Nanjing, and other industries provided them with job opportunities, and their income was not less than that of farming, but because of the rebellion , Workshops shut down and closed down everywhere, causing many people to lose their jobs at once.

After Wang Yan returned from Zhejiang, he has been dealing with the aftermath of the Tanglu rebellion, as well as reorganizing troops and mobilizing troops from Nanyang and Lianghuai to resist the attack of the Qing army.

A lot of things piled up together, Wang Yan can be said to have a lot of time to manage, but he got the report from Zhuang Wenlie, so he took time out and decided to take a look at Waiguo City.

In order to facilitate the understanding of people's sentiments, although it is more dangerous, Wang Yan still insists on private visits in micro-services.

On this day, Wang Yan was walking through the shantytowns of Waiguo, Nanjing, under the guard of dozens of Jinyi guards. The men who had nothing to do gathered together and talked anxiously about where to find a job, while the women were busy doing laundry and using a small stove. Boiling water for cooking, groups of children playing hide and seek in the alleys and tents, giving people a completely different atmosphere.

In the Chinese countryside, ethics prevails, and there are many restrictions on women. However, under such chaotic conditions, many of the original rules are intentionally abandoned by people. People accept, rather than rote.

The officials who accompanied Wang Yan on the inspection were Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu, and Zhuang Wenlie, the magistrate of Yingtian. In history, he was a member of Zheng Chenggong.

This person was in his early thirties and was very smart and capable. He walked behind Wang Yan and introduced to Wang Yan as he walked: "Now the population of Nanjing Wai Guo is nearly 40, and it is increasing every day, but the workshops in Nanjing City have recovered very much." Slow, there's not as much work for them to do."

Wang Yan looked left and right, and saw the secretive shacks on both sides of the alley, which still had a home, and there were tens of thousands of households living in tents in the surrounding area, without even a home, and he couldn't help feeling a headache.

The people in the alley did not notice Wang Yan and his party. There are mixed people here, and strangers often come here. It is not unusual for them. The men continue to chat, the women continue to be busy, and the children do not understand the difficulties of the adults, and they are still doing happily. playing the game.

At this time, not far from Wang Yan and his party, a group of men in bunts pushed aside the children playing on the street and walked to a two-story shanty. A woman with a small stove at the door saw their faces. All of a sudden, the leading man smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, is Second Brother Gao there? We have something to do with him, let him come out!"

The woman hugged the little girl who ran back in fear, and said with some fear: "My husband ran away long ago and is no longer here!"

But as soon as the words were finished, there was a muffled sound, and a flexible fat man jumped off the second floor, stepped on the roof of another house, and ran away.

When the leader saw this, he was furious and kicked over the small stove, and all the porridge cooked by the woman was scattered on the ground.

"Follow me!" The man yelled angrily, and several young men rushed away immediately, but the man didn't leave, but sneered at the woman: "Sister-in-law, you owe the debt and repay the money, and the sophomore ran away. Brother, I can only sell you two to pay off the debt!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the two men immediately came up to drag the woman. The woman struggled and shouted for help. The nearby residents formed a circle and talked a lot, but no one came out to stop the men's behavior.

This scene fell into Wang Yan's eyes. In broad daylight, such a thing would happen. He couldn't help but turn his head and stare at Zhuang Wenlie, and then walked over quickly. Several guards hurriedly took their positions first.

"Stop!" Wang Yan yelled angrily, which stunned the man and the people around him, and attracted everyone's attention.

These men are usually domineering characters, suddenly saw a person standing up and yelling at them, someone wanted to go up and cut Wang Yan immediately, but the leader was quite knowledgeable, and found that Wang Yan was very imposing, and the two old men around him were still There are more than a dozen strong men who seem to be with him, because they are not ordinary characters, but men also have backgrounds, so he is not timid.

He waved his hand to stop his companion, clasped his fists and said: "This brother, it is only right and proper to repay the debt. This man owed us money from the Wude Chamber of Commerce and did not pay it back. Now that the deadline has come, we can only take his wife and daughter." Repay the debt!"

Wang Yan hated this kind of bully who oppressed kindness, especially the city of Nanjing was right under his feet. This kind of thing happened was undoubtedly a slap in the face to him. When he opened his mouth, Wang Yan was stunned. The largest shareholder of the Wude Chamber of Commerce is his Hengyang Wang family, so why can't he be the master of these bullies?
Unexpectedly, this group of people is still working for his Wang family, no wonder the surrounding residents dare not step forward to stop them.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan burst into anger suddenly. Seeing Wang Yan's expression, the leading man was taken aback for a moment, then he couldn't believe it, and finally turned into anger all over his face. He couldn't help being a little dazed. There will be such complex expressions.

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