Chapter 40 Rule, supreme

After Xu Wu wanted to hand over 160,000 kilograms of corn, 200,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes, 200,000 kilograms of potatoes, and 80,000 kilograms of millet, he was ready to return to Dali County immediately.

In Yan'an Prefecture, he couldn't stay for a moment.

At this time, there were crowds of people in Yan'an Prefecture. The soldiers drove away the refugees as if they drove away cattle and horses. They rudely put some corn, millet, sweet potato, potato, sorghum and other food into everyone's pockets. As long as they had enough bags, they would scold them and let them go with the team.

There was no good news in the middle, but when distributing food to the people, it seemed fair and there was no difference.

This migration of the people on the dry plateau to Ningxia Town is the main work of Lantian County this winter. But in fact, the population migrating to Ningxia Town is not only the people in northern Shaanxi. At the same time, the assistants of the Ming Dynasty War Department in Guyuan Town and Haiyuan Town also dislike the people under their rule, so the people from these two places also began to gather in Ningxia Town.

At the beginning, only less than 400,000 people in northern Shaanxi had to migrate. Now, it has become a major migration of 700,000 people in total. So many people have to complete the migration task in just two years. As the responsible for the operation of food and fodder, Xu Wuxiang has already brought Duan Guoren's ancestors eight generations to bed in his heart.

Duan Guoren's plan is linked one by one. As long as there is a mistake in one link, this great migration will turn into a disaster.

Therefore, this guy relied on his power and the world's generals almost pulled out all the most capable people in Lantian County.

However, only these people can complete this big plan.

Even so, according to the progress chart formulated by Xu Wuying, his work completion rate was less than 30%, while the people of Yan'an Prefecture gathered in Yan'an Prefecture and Dingbian County extremely quickly.

Because they could not receive taxes from these people, the government had forgotten them a lot for many years. However, as long as the government began to issue a conscript order, they still believed the government as usual, abandoned their homes without hesitation, and prepared to live with the people sent by the government to the country of fish and rice with lush water and grass.

There is no way to do this. After 16 years of continuous drought in Yan'an Prefecture, even the mice here are becoming increasingly rare, let alone the people here.

Migrating to a good place is obviously better than rebellion. This is the simplest cognition of the people in Yan'an Prefecture.

Because these refugees have strong food needs, this has led to the good price of the miscellaneous grains in Lantian County that have achieved a bumper harvest this year, and they have no worries about selling them.

Because their only buyer is the Lantian County Government.

Lantian County is naturally not short of money, but the speed of casting copper coins and silver dollars cannot keep up with Yun Zhao's spending money, so the official loan notes of Lantian County appeared in Lantian County for the first time.

The interest rate of one and a half cents will be redeemed in three years.

Then, the compassionate Yun Niang was the first to come forward to buy it. The Yun family bought a total of 100,000 silver dollars in government bonds. With Yun Niang's purchase, wealthy families in Lantian County, including the Qinwangfu, also paid for it. The first one million silver dollars in bonds were sold out. These wealthy families even purchased the bonds in the hands of grain sellers who had the same interest.

Although the reputation of the Lantian County government was almost made of gold, the people holding bonds still sold the bonds to the wealthy households holding real money.

This disappointed Yun Zhao very much. It seems that there is a reason why ordinary people can only be content with a small wealth.

When a bond with extremely high credibility appears, it means that another currency has been created. This currency is no longer a synonym for gold and silver of entities, but a new type of currency endorsed by the reputation of the Lantian County government. In addition, in addition to the advantages of easy carrying and easy trading, this currency is that it is self-preserving and increasing by about half a century.

His actual benefit is not only the half-asset interest, but the biggest hidden benefit is that as Lantian County becomes increasingly prosperous and its products are abundant, Lantian County uses silver dollars and copper coins to occupy a larger market, the government has minted new coins day and night.

In the past, 800 copper coins in Lantian County could be exchanged for one tael of silver. Now, 800 copper coins can only be exchanged for one silver dollar. In Lantian County, merchants in other places can only use their own silver to exchange silver dollars with the Lantian County government. The exchange rate is naturally one tael of silver for one silver dollar.

The Lantian County government will not explain the truth to people clearly, but the rich people know that in this seemingly fair transaction, the Lantian County government is almost making a fortune.

Bonds are very different... Many merchants and wealthy households are not in a hurry to ask the government to repay this item. After repeatedly confirming that the item has no scrapping period, strange situations of using bonds as money began to appear in the market in Lantian County, especially large-denomination bonds, which are the most popular.

"Gathering the people to live will greatly reduce the cost of government-government and accelerate commercial activities in population-gathering areas. As long as one place has abundant resources, that place will easily prosper and eventually become a Tongdu Dayi.

This is why we must relocate the people from the remote mountains and rivers.

The saying that poor mountains and rivers are out of troubled people sounds very rude, but it actually makes sense. Any place with poor mountains and rivers must be a weak area for government governance. In addition, people have insufficient communication and are poor. In order to compete for limited resources, all kinds of evil things that violate the truth and human ethics will happen, and the possibility of getting rid of poverty restrictions will be infinitely reduced.

The rich people in this place naturally become the natural leaders of this land. In order to maintain his rule, it is easy to show signs of dominance, which naturally does not benefit the poor people. Their only way to survive is to rely on the rich people to survive and eventually become slaves to others.

There will be no obvious exploitation in population areas. Exercising the people has always been a privilege of the government. Any wealthy household who wants to get involved in this privilege will become the target of the government's attack.

Therefore, you can see from the case of Lantian County that the laws of Lantian County are generally very relaxed to ordinary people.

Since the fourth year of Chongzhen, there have been only 144 people sentenced to beheading Lantian County. All of these people were killed, and there were reasons for having to behead them.

However, in the eight years since the fourth year of Chongzhen, there were 1,783 rich landlords killed in Lantian County, of which eleven households were exterminated, although these rich households also had to be killed.

However, if you compare it, you will find that the same crime and sentencing standards of the two are completely different. If ordinary people can pass through the situation by beating a board, they must be imprisoned if they are put on wealthy families.

Through this, you will find that Lantian County's policies are still established based on maintaining Yunzhao's rule. They are promoting a more stringent ruling system with purpose and direction.

In commerce, wealthy households are very important, but in maintaining the system, ordinary people are more important. Obviously, Lantian County has chosen to strengthen the system rather than comprehensively develop the business. Any students who have a few taels of silver in their families should pay attention and tell you what they learned in class today that your parents who forget their money if they have some money. Money is very important to Lantian County, but it is definitely not the most important.

This is the case now and will be the case in the future. From the knowledge I have given to you, you will be surprised to find that this is the foundation for the future establishment of Lantian County. From Yunzhao to the small officials in Lantian County, they are the firm defenders of this strategy.

OK, take notes, this is the key point, it is likely to appear on your exam papers and get over the get out of class!”

After Huang Zongxi finished his lecture, he put the lecture notes under his arm and left the class.

Gu Yanwu sat under a cypress tree and was drinking tea leisurely. When he saw Huang Zongxi coming out, he waved his hand and signaled to have tea and chat together.

Huang Zongxi, who had a dry mouth and tongue, drank two cups of tea and relieved his thirst.

Gu Yanwu smiled and said, "It's so convincing, but you've just told me the rules that others have worked hard to establish. Do you think Yun Zhao hates you?"

Huang Zongxi sneered and said, "They are open-minded plots, and they are not afraid that others will know. So what if those rich families know? Could it be that they leave Lantian County and go to another place?

Is it better to make money elsewhere than Lantian County?

These people are also the ones who cannot afford to get up early. Who would be willing to invest all their wealth in Lantian County without any benefit?

Zhongqing, are you going to leave Lantian County and return to Yangzhou?”

Gu Yanwu shook his head and said, "Next year is the year of the competition, I want to try it again."

Huang Zongxi frowned and said, "When did you have the idea of ​​becoming an official again?"

Gu Yanwu sighed and said, "The bastards in the world are bullying the emperor. I can't stand it anymore. I'm going to help him."

Huang Zongxi looked at Gu Yanwu in surprise and didn't know how to comment on his words. When did the emperor become a weak person?

Gu Yanwu said: "Li Hongji captured Xiangyang and Zhang Bingzhong entered Shu. He seemed to have the intention to become emperor, but Yun Zhao seemed to be happy to see it. There was no intention of Cao Cao to destroy the heroes of the world on behalf of the emperor."

Huang Zongxi smiled and said, "Do you really want to see Yun Zhao do something like 'handing the emperor to command the princes'?"

Gu Yanwu said angrily: "It is because of this that I want to become an official."

"Today, the emperor is still the strongest. The emperor still has nearly two million soldiers in his hands. Why do you think the emperor is the weakest? Do you really think you can pass the Jinshi exam?"

Gu Yanwu patted his chest and said, "Yun Zhao's poem "Thunder" says - I advise the God to shake it up and to bring talents without any restrictions. I heard that the emperor praised this poem very much, so he had the plan to reopen the imperial examination."

Huang Zongxi smiled and said, "Since that's the case, don't go back to Yangzhou. Just go to the capital to find a residence. Wouldn't it be even better to prepare for the exam with peace of mind?"

Gu Yanwu sneered and said, "Do you think I can't pass the exam?"

Huang Zongxi sighed and said, "What is your talent and only one Jinshi is? I'm afraid that you will be beheaded by the emperor before you can serve the Ming Dynasty after you go to the capital."

"This is impossible!"
Chapter completed!