Chapter 218 The Desire of the People (1)
As a man who worked with Huo Chong in the early days, Feng Yukuan did what he said. He started to pack his luggage the next day after receiving Huo Chong's order. On the fourth day, a large group of cars carried most of the Feng family's belongings and transported most of the Feng family's population. He left Jinan City in a mighty manner and went to join Huo Chong.
The officials in Jinan City never expected that Huo Chong's biggest secret stake in Jinan would leave like this. As they were talking, the news was quickly and hidden to the Shandong Governor Guarjia Selenel.
Lord Selen'er thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out. The master next to him couldn't bear to see Selen'er's self-torture, and reminded him: "The boss, I heard that hundreds of officials were killed in the six ministries. Before the boss came to Shandong, he was the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue. I am afraid that the court would let the boss return to the Ministry of Revenue."
After being reminded like this, Selen'er only breathed a little relieved. The news from the capital was indeed terrifying. It would be fine if the emperor was killed, but he was just a person after all. It was still a person who would never be able to obtain the same status.
Hundreds of officials from six ministries like Selen'e died in the war. According to the news, Huo Chong carried out an inhumane massacre on the six ministries on Qipan Street.
The Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue were killed from the Minister of State to the Minister of State, from looking at the warehouse to guarding the gate.
The officials of the other four ministries have never seen such a scene. Some fools are still watching in the yard and are beaten to death by many thieves who climbed onto the wall.
Thinking that if he had not come to Shandong but stayed in the Ministry of Revenue, he might have died at this time. Governor Selen'er was really not happy.
When the master saw that Selen'er was not happy, he could only say the most critical content, "The boss, as long as the new king ascends the throne, he can return to Beijing. During this period, as long as there is no accident in Jinan City."
Selen'er felt that he could only do this, so he continued to do nothing before. However, not long after, Selen'er was still alarmed by official duties. A gentry began to come to Jinan City again.
Since Yue Zhongqi was defeated, Jinan City has basically no concern about who comes in and out. Anyway, Jinan City cannot be defended. Those who enter the city have money to make, so what else can you care about? Just refuse anyone.
However, the number of people in this wave is much larger than the previous waves. For half a month, gentry from Jiaodong region came to Jinan for refuge. When Selen'er reported to Selen'er, he carefully told the current situation of these gentry. They all had rat-tailed braids with money and did not cut their braids as Huo Chong said.
Hearing this, Saileng was stunned for a moment, his eyes were wet. He reached out and touched the corner of his eyes. The Shandong magistrate sighed: "Loyal ministers, these gentry are all loyal ministers!"
After saying that, Saileng wiped the corners of his eyes again and sighed, "Send someone to tell these people that they will be safe when they arrive in Jinan."
In the end, Selen'er's propaganda ended in vain. No official cared about what these gentry would be like. At this moment when Jinan officials themselves didn't know what they would become in the future, officials didn't care about what those loyal to the Qing Dynasty would become.
Compared with the governments in Jinan, the intelligence department of the Han regime paid more attention to these gentry. These people have been listed, including their land, population and other things, all of which are archived.
Qian Qing, who was stationed in Qingzhou, read the data and immediately issued an instruction, "Find out who these people are left in their families. The amount of money these people should bear can't be missing a single copper coin!"
On the first day of the second month, the door of Gao Shishen’s house was knocked. He opened the door helplessly and welcomed the arrogant working group members into the Gao family.
Before entering Gao's house, the working group was told that they might not be attacked by gentry. Everyone was asked to be careful and safe. These working group members were also told that if the gentry dared to attack them, the gentry's family would be ruined.
With such guarantees, the Dahan Working Group, who had a lot of war experience, was not afraid at all. He came up and told the Gao family, "It's time to pay the money that the acres of money are paid this year."
"Master, the war has just been fought here. Where can we get money?" The Gao family tried to use the previous rhetoric to make excuses.
These are all experiences accumulated over the years, and the rhetoric is complete. Just as I was thinking of responding to the situation immediately according to the statement of the Great Han regime working group, I heard the people from the Great Han regime laughing and said, "Haha, don't you have money. You have land. Wouldn't you have money if you sell the land?"
Hearing this, the Gao family members in the reception work group changed their faces. The older ones laughed, "Master, how much benefit do you want?"
The working group members put away their smiles and asked with a stern face: "What do you want! Haven't you seen the notice these days?"
"this……"
"I still haven't seen it. If I don't see it, we will take you to see it now. If you can't read it, we will read it to you!"
Even the most well-educated person in the Gao family changed his face because of his anger. Although the former officials were like wolves and tigers, they were ultimately for their own interests. As long as the gentry could establish good relations with the magistrate or find various ways to clear the seemingly vicious taxes, there were various ways to avoid them.
The officials looked vicious, but in fact they tried every means to make the gentry pay taxes, silver and grain, and would provide solutions to the gentry after such viciousness. The so-called "a stick and a few dates" means.
However, the gang of traitors from poor kids in front of them had no such plan, and the gentry didn't know what to do. At least they couldn't find how to talk to the people above them.
Seeing that these people were so arrogant, the Gao family wanted to soften their temper. However, the people from the working group continued to say: "The notice has been clearly written. If we don't pay the money for the acres of money, we will arrest people according to the old rules. How to deal with the county jail? You should have read the notice?"
This made the young people of the Gao family even more angry. The notice of the Han regime was written very clearly. Anyone who was arrested for tax owing taxes would not be worried. They would not abuse them in the prison, but they would have to charge accommodation, management fees, and food fees every day. Even the amount would be written clearly. At that time, you would have to pay the money first.
If the Qing government was a little concerned about the face and just broke money privately, these Han regimes would just rob them directly and openly. They even became complacent and did not feel ashamed, but rather proud.
However, the Gao family did not even dare to provoke the Qing Dynasty, so they dared not take action against the Han regime. Seeing that the working group was so uninvited, they could only pay the money for their thousands of acres of land. The Gao family's land was paid at a rate of six cents of silver per acre of land, and five thousand acres of land was three hundred taels of white silver. The Gao family was so distressed that they almost burst into tears.
Outside the Gao family, the working groups of the Han regime targeted the people gathered the people and told the propaganda content targeting the working people.
There is no need to deliberately vilify it, just tell the people what the landlords and gentry did, and the people immediately listened very seriously.
The gentry's means of cheating money from the people has long become a routine, and the people's hardships are really hard to solve. At this moment, someone finally told everyone that everyone should not suffer so much. This has already made everyone feel that the person in front of them is probably their own people, at least the people in front of them are not those who stand on the side of the landlord and gentry.
After the working group finished speaking, the people were already anxiously asking: "Master..."
"Don't call me master, the notice can be made clear! We great men want everyone to live a good life, comrades, comrades!"
"This... brother, you said so much. What should we do if the landlords don't rent land to us?"
"There are three ways. First, it is twenty miles away from us. The thieves over there followed the Qing Dynasty and fought with our great men. After they were defeated, the land was harvested. Everyone can go there to farm. Second, if they refuse to go there and don't want to leave home, our great men will build a forest farm that is not suitable for farming. Everyone can work there and have income. Third, our great men have many errands to do. You can try to do it first. If you think it is OK, it's okay not to farm."
"If we don't farm, what will we eat?" The people couldn't understand.
"It depends on the methods of our great men, including unified purchase and sales of grain!"
For Huo Chong, these things were completely accustomed to life. But for the people of Shandong in the sixth year of Yongzheng, the life described by the working group was really unthinkable.
Not only Gaojiazhuang, but also local working groups have discovered this situation. Although the people are full of expectations for a new life, when they point out a brand new path to them, only a few people will participate.
When Qian Qing saw these reports, his eyebrows were almost stood up. Some of the comrades in charge of this work couldn't help but scold: "This is ungrateful!"
Although he felt a little bit the same, Qian Qing remembered what Huo Chong said at the meeting and immediately criticized the cadre.
The person who was in charge bowed his head and admitted his mistake, Qian Qing felt that things should not be like this. Since Huo Chong was originally out of kindness, why did the people still refuse to listen to advice?
Thinking of this, Qian Qing called two or two, "How long has it been since you came home?"
"It's almost a year."
"Go to your house and have a look." Qian Qingming said.
The two and the two families were in Qingzhou. When they arrived at the two families, they saw her family preparing farm tools and seeds.
Although I don’t know who Qian Qing was, the two parents knew very well that the woman who got off the horse was not an ordinary person. I hurried forward to greet her.
Qian Qing had a family chat with the two of them for a while, and then asked directly why everyone didn't believe in the policies of the Han court. After hearing this question, the two of them did not dare to say anything, but the two of them cousins asked tentatively: "Sister Qian, I heard that if the court comes back, they will arrest us."
"Haha. As you said, the court is quite brave." Qian Qing mocked helplessly.
"Our family has followed you to join the army, and the world is peaceful. Of course we listen to the court. Now, we are not at ease."
Chapter completed!