Go back to the Ming Dynasty to be a thousand households

Chapter 269
The Ming Dynasty set up Shenming Pavilion and Jingshan Pavilion in all counties, townships and villages. The village chief Jiachang specially posted announcements here, summoned all kinds of affairs, explained "Dagao" and "Daming Law", etc., or were respected by elders Accept local disputes, promote good and restrain evil, and affirm enlightenment.For example, there are two pavilions in each square in urban and rural areas, and those who have a map of the county government usually indicate the location of the two pavilions.

The same is true for Hulin Village. As a large village, the second pavilion was also built on the side of the road at the west entrance of the village. For hundreds of years, this has been a place for Hulin Village to promote enlightenment, punish evil and promote good, debate right and wrong, and hold public gatherings.In this square pavilion, whenever the local officials announced government orders and told the villagers, they would post them on the board in the middle of the pavilion.

What's more, Shen Mingting in Hulin Village still preaches and educates as an old man in the village, and judges local disputes.Illumination Taizu's "Jiaomin Bang" stipulates that all trivial matters of civil households, marriages, field fights, and fights are not allowed to be sued to the officials, and the old man Lijia in charge must first make a decision!If it is not judged by Li Lao, regardless of the facts, first break the plaintiff's stick by sixty, and still send it back to Li Lao for comment.Therefore, whenever someone in the village committed crimes, the old man would write down his evil deeds and post them in the kiosk to achieve the effect of punishment.If there is a dispute in the village and it is difficult to resolve, the village will gather the crowd with a gong and hold a public discussion in the Shenming Pavilion.Everyone in the village can participate in the deliberation, and make arbitral judgment on who is right and who is wrong, and the final decision is made by the elderly.
Over the years, the Shenming Pavilion in Hulin Village and the nearby Jingshan Pavilion have become the places where villagers gather for public discussions.This time, all the villagers of Hulin Village gathered in front of Shenming Pavilion again, like a village meeting, mainly for the matter of Huangzhuang.

A few Lijia village elders stood in the pavilion and talked with some restraint.But at the intersection of the site outside the pavilion, the villagers sat or stood without image, and everyone was whispering, whispering, and expressing their own opinions in a heated discussion.According to an old man who is well-informed about the news in the village, the person who came to the village yesterday was actually the very famous Huang Dazongbing. He came to Beijing from Shanxi Town, and now he came to Hulin Village to prepare What Huangzhuang's "New Deal" is related to the prospects of the villagers' jobs, of course everyone can't help but pay attention.

Although Hulin Village is just a village, the villagers have heard of Huang Laifu's reputation. It's far from a few years ago, when the storytellers came to the village to sing in the village, to the recent "Wuzhaibao News" Daily News, from time to time into everyone's ears.

A few days ago, a storyteller came down from the county. After telling a few stories that everyone was interested in, he took out a "Wuzhaibao Newspaper" from his hand and sang the newspaper with great emotion. Not to mention, everyone still listened with great interest. The newspaper has everything, from major affairs in the court to small local affairs, from commercial affairs to civil affairs, from inside to outside the Great Wall. There are so many new and interesting things during this period, which opened the eyes of everyone.From that day on, listening to books and newspapers has become a new hobby of Hulin villagers.

Everyone has heard about Huang Junmen's reputation a lot. We learned about it from the newspapers, and we also know all kinds of things about him in Wuzhai Fort. But before, everyone just listened to it as a story. own life.But now this legendary figure has actually come to Hu Lin Village, so everyone can't help being surprised.While fearing, everyone watched from afar.I have to say that Huang Junmen is really as the newspaper said, a typical border town general, tall and mighty, and the servants who follow him are also vicious. crawled out.

Of course, Huang Laifu's arrival will make everyone curious, but the people are most concerned about their own food.After the onlookers watched, the news from some intellectuals made everyone's ears prick up, that is, the arrival of Huang Junmen this time is to replace the middle-ranking eunuchs in Hulin Village and take over the local Huangzhuang. After the news came out, it was like a gust of wind. By this morning, it was known to all women and children in Hulin Village.

After hearing this, the villagers were both happy and worried, anticipating and uneasy. Since Huang Laifu paid attention to the power of public opinion, he vigorously publicized the changes in Wuzhai Fort and Ningwuguan in each issue. According to their reports, Wuzhaibao and other places are like a paradise, which naturally attracts the yearning of many people.The villagers of Hulin Village, after listening to the storyteller's newspaper, have been envious of the local life in Wuzhaibao for a long time.

Now that Huang Junmen, who has made Wuzhaibao and other places live a better life, is coming, everyone is looking forward to it.After all, as far as it is now, the tenant farmers in Huangzhuang in Hulin Village and other places are not living very well.The eunuchs in charge of the Huangzhuang kept increasing the rent of the land, and their bosses and companions also often committed crimes, making everyone's life worse and worse.Everyone hopes that what the newspaper said, after the arrival of Huang Junmen, who loves the people like a son, can change everything, this is everyone's expectation.

Of course, this is expectation, everyone's uneasiness is the strength of old habits, the fear of the unknown.The villagers in Hulin Village are all tenant farmers in Huangzhuang, renting and planting the land in Huangzhuang. Although the rent is heavy, and the followers and family members in the Zhongguan Mansion are always oppressive, everyone is used to this kind of life, and suddenly they changed to a village. In life, if you don't have a field to cultivate by yourself, if you do it yourself in the future, will everyone get used to it? This is a question.

Don't say that ordinary people are ignorant, in fact they are also very smart. After the purpose of Huang Laifu's arrival was known to everyone, the villagers of Hulin Village immediately revealed everything that Huang Laifu could let others know. Huang Laifu was in Shanxi Town and Wuzhai Fort. How and what, what has been done, what can be known, everyone has passed on the street and alley, and the villagers of Hulin Village have all become experts.Some literate villagers also dug out the "Wuzhaibao Newspaper" they had bought before, and carefully studied Huang Laifu's style.

Old man Xu Chengde is one of the three educated old men in Hulin Village. He has always been highly respected. He usually reads the Ming Law, the emperor's edict, and the official documents of the Shuntian Mansion handed down from the county in the village. He is very respected by the villagers, even the county magistrate and the eunuch Wu, the middle official in the village, treat him with respect.The Xu family also leased the land in Huangzhuang, but the rent was [-]% less than that of ordinary villagers, which shows his status in the village.

Everyone was used to him making up the big and small matters in the village, so after Huang Laifu's intention to come to Hulin Village was known to everyone, the villagers all listened to his opinions.At this time, in the Shenming Pavilion, beside the old man Xu Chengde, surrounded by the village head of Hulin Village, several old people and the chief armor, everyone listened intently.

Xu Chengde was holding a copy of previous issues of "Wuzhaibao News". After a while, he stroked his gray beard and said slowly: "According to the newspaper, Huang Junmen was in Wuzhaibao in the 17th year of Wanli. The implementation of the farm settlement system, unified cultivation of farmland and fields, centralized use of cattle and farm tools, and unified construction and use of canals for irrigation, so that compared with single-person households, it can effectively combat natural disasters. In terms of wages, each farm in Wuzhaibao is paid every day. There are five buckets of food for Dingyue, and there are various rewards at the end of the year. The reason why Wuzhai Fort is so prosperous now, and outsiders have poured in to pan for gold (Huang Laifu's words), is the result of the farm's work in the first place."

Everyone below said: "Yes, I heard that Mr. Shu said that Wuzhai Fort was just a poor military fort at first, and the people living in it were poor military households, far inferior to those in our Wanping County. Now it is full of farmland. , where you can’t see the side at a glance, there are a lot of factories, and everyone has enough food and clothing, which is enviable, all of which are the achievements of the farm.”

"The Wuzhai Fort was originally just a bitterly cold place in the northwest of Shanxi Province. Now the local people can live a good life. Our Hulin Village is also a land of Gyeonggi. At the foot of the emperor, in terms of superior conditions, it will not be as good as the original Wuzhai. Fort?"

"It is a fact that Wuzhaibao has become better and the local people live a better life. Huang Junmen came to Hulin Village to manage Huangzhuang, and we will do as we do. Huang Junmen loves the people like a son, and he is better than the middle officials. He will also Let's live a good life."

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These are the optimists.

Some people also said: "That's the way it is said, but it is called farm work. In my opinion, it is hired labor. At that time, no one knows whether it is a long-term worker or a short-term worker. It's not that everyone knows the hired worker. The owner beats and scolds. You do what you are told, and you are not comfortable at all. I will not talk about it. If you become a hired worker, you will lose your own land in the future. We are now renting the land in Huangzhuang. Although it is not as good as the surrounding civilian fields, it is better than stability. Our family has lived here for several generations, and it’s not like this. The hired workers, maybe one day, Huangjunmen will not want us. How will our family survive? Could it be that the refugees in Chengguan, Everyone takes their wives and children to sleep on the street?"

Unsurprisingly, several people echoed this man's words.

One person said: "I also heard that Mr. Shu sang about Huang Junmen's "Wuzhaibao News". Their Wuzhaibao uses horse farming, and the waterwheels and farm tools they use are terrifying. One person can be a Ten people envoys. Those big masters, if their fields can be cultivated by ten people, how can they let hundreds of people work? If our fields are confiscated and the Huangjunmen don’t want us to work, what should we do? "

His words resonated with some people.

These are pessimists.But it is also true. In an agricultural society, the collection of agricultural taxes is always the focus, and there are always too many people and too little land. The promotion of science and technology often leads to the loss of certain jobs, causing many small businesses to lose their jobs, resulting in Unstable factors such as refugees, which is why sometimes the ruling class wants to restrain the development of science and technology.

However, the words of these people also caused rebuttals from the previous people.

"Why is there no such situation in Wuzhaibao? According to the newspapers, everyone is scrambling to be the first to be a villager, and there are no refugees or other people who can't survive. Naturally, it means that Huangjunmen has a solution."

"I heard that there are many livestock farms, vegetable gardens, factories, etc. in the local area, and the monthly money is also very good."

"That's right, anyway, if you want to live a good life, you can't take no risks at all. I'm tired of the current life. I work hard all year long, and I can't even support my wife and children. Why don't you try Huang Junmen?" way..."

"Everyone has said so much. In fact, we small people, do we have a share in our speech? The emperor ordered Huang Junmen to come to Huangzhuang. Everyone just listen to it. What are you talking about?"

This person's harsh words made everyone quiet for a while, and suddenly the crowd became commotion, and everyone shouted: "The Huang Junmen is here..."

(End of this chapter)