Ma Si once worked as a servant in Jian for the county, and naturally he could also read.

It’s just that I have relatively few literacy, so I can only recognize words for daily use.

He trembled and picked up the book that had been thrown in front of him, opened it and looked at it, and immediately started crying.

Although he could not recognize some of the words on the book.

But most of them can still be understood.

Before he even finished reading the book, he thumped and knelt down in front of Chang'an, kowtowed and sobbed, saying, "The little people are guilty! The little people are guilty..."

At this time, a huge wooden sign was erected up in the main roads, markets and streets in Xinfeng County.

Officials gathered the people and read and preached the contents loudly.

In the county town of Xinfeng County, Hu Jian personally took the horse, stood under the flag pavilion of the market, and read the contents of the merchants gathered beside him: "The righteousness of spring and autumn lies in the words of benevolence and righteousness. If benevolence and righteousness are not used, the offensive and defensive momentum is different! And benevolence is just to love the people. Dong Zi said: The beauty of benevolence lies in the heaven, the heaven is benevolent heart! Therefore, the Book of Book says: Heaven listens to oneself and the people listen, Heaven looks at oneself and the people look at oneself and the people look at oneself and the people look at oneself and the people are smart, and the way of the previous kings is just like this!"

"Today's son is also the brightest decree of the world in November of the first year of Yuanshuo: the original benevolence, ancestors and righteousness, praise virtue, honor and virtuousness, encourage good punishment and violence, and the three kings and five emperors are the result of prosperity..."

"Now Xinfeng has bad habits and the people who do not place their sons are numerous. This is to destroy the ways of the previous kings, destroy the laws of the previous emperors, and damage the sage virtues of the emperor. If you have a minister to observe them, you will strictly prohibit them!"

"The prohibition of strict laws is actually based on kindness, will of heaven, and the Hadith..."

With Hu Jian's announcement, officials immediately explained the meaning and meaning of these words, and told the people in as popular and straightforward language as possible.

This is the specialty of the Legalists. When the Legalists were in their prime, they could even tell the entire Qin Rule to an illiterate farmer, so that the other party could understand it.

Now, although there are no conditions for the Qin Dynasty, the ability to eat has not been lost.

When the people around him heard this, they all lowered their heads silently.

The residents in Xinfeng City are basically merchants, officials, landlords, or wandering raids, and gangsters.

The biggest characteristic of these people is that they are basically servants, workers and retainers of middle-class or above or wealthy families.

Natural literacy rates are very high, and basically have a certain cultural heritage.

Listening to Hu Jian’s preaching and then the explanations of relevant officials, many people lowered their heads in shame.

In Xinfeng City, the driving force of most infant drowning behaviors in the past did not come from poverty, but from selfishness.

The Han family system was relegated from generation to generation, and there was also a entitlement order that allowed the concubine's sons to be assigned to part of their property.

Usually, a wealthy family with a family of 100,000 yuan can complete the transition from wealth to middle class as long as there are a little more children.

In order to prevent their descendants from becoming commoners, many small and medium-sized landlords and small and medium-sized businessmen will choose to drown their later-born sons.

Although this method is cruel, it can ensure the stability of future generations.

Now, when hearing Hu Jian’s preaching, condemnation from conscience finally broke out.

However, outside Xinfeng City, the situation is completely opposite in the vast rural areas, especially the poor Li Township, Linwei Township and other places.

The people at the bottom, no matter what your principles are, Duke Zhou Confucius.

The issues they care about are more practical.

"Ming Gong, we don't want to adopt a son, we are really poor!" In the Linshan Pavilion in Li Township, Zeng Sheng had just explained this passage to the people in the pavilion, and immediately the people shouted: "There is really nothing to do! We are poor, and if we raise a few more, we will not even be able to raise our children in the past! What if that happens?"

Zeng Sheng looked at the commoner and recognized that this person was the dilapidated Linshanting. His wife was just four months pregnant and was the third child, so he had been included in the key surveillance and observation object.

"Gu Dalang!" Zeng Sheng called the man's name, stared at his dark face, and threatened loudly: "I told you strictly: If your son, if you dare not take any quota, I will not only punish you twice the land tax and five times the tribute, but also give you the sermon!"

When the man named Gu Dalang heard this, he was so scared that he fought and shivered.

Passing the service?

Among all types of corvee labor, this is the only one that is hard labor that builds the Great Wall!

What’s even more terrifying is that this kind of corvee service will last for half a year or even a year.

During this period, the serviceman shall bear all expenses at his own expense.

Not to mention his dilapidated house, even an ordinary middle-class family would have to destroy their families if they were to have this heavy and terrible labor service!

After threatening and intimidating Gu Dalang, Zeng Sheng smiled and bowed to the people around him, saying, "Of course, there is both the thunder of strict laws and the kindness of benevolence and righteousness!"

He turned around, looked at the words on the wooden sign, clapped his palms, raised his head and continued to recite proudly: "The people are not punished, and there is a crime for the officials. Now, the new bad habits are not given to their sons. If there is a minister, the officials cannot observe the sufferings of the people. The emperor's kindness is a mistake for the officials!"

"Remembering the hardships of people's lives and the hardships of raising children, I am a man of kindness and I will tell the elders of Xinfeng..."

"From now on, if the family has less than 10,000 yuan and has two sons or more, one of his sons is in his infancy, he can report to the township officials, or hold a household registration and write a talisman to the county government office to report to the county government office. Some officials should record their names in detail and book them in the county government office documents. Every August, they should first use public land to save them, and their rent and tax will be 30%! Some officials will come to their family that month to ask about their suffering..."

As soon as these words were said, the audience was in an uproar and countless people were stunned!

Benevolent government!

Even the illiterate farmers immediately think of this word.

Seeing Zeng Sheng continued, "Who has a family of more than 10,000 yuan and has two sons or more. One of his sons is in his infancy, you can report to Yousi, and Yousi will first blame him for the mediocre!"

"If you can raise three sons or more, and one son is in your infancy, you can be exempted from the land tax of that year, and you will not be exempted from the tax of that year, and you will be exempted from the corvee service in that year!"

"If he can raise five sons, the head of his family will be exempted from the elderly. If someone thinks he is an elder, he will order Quanting to reward him!"

After Zeng Sheng finished speaking, everyone was stunned. How could they never imagine that the government would have such an operation?

If it can be put into practice...

Not to mention the other person, the policy of the family that only has less than 10,000 yuan and has two sons or more, and one of the sons can be given priority to rent public land when they are in their infancy is a big gift package!

Public fields, that's public fields!

Upper fields with a yield of more than three stones per mu!

With complete water conservancy irrigation, no need for fallow land!

Gu Dalang immediately jumped up, raised his hand, and asked, "Mr. Ming! My family's contract is less than 10,000 yuan. Can I rent public land?"

Zeng Sheng looked at him without any worries and said, "Of course!"

"But you have to wait until your son is born and you will be registered and compiled by this official!"

"Tell you... If your son is born, he can not only pretend to be a public land, but also apply for loans for farm tools, seeds and oxen, both are official loans, with only eleven interest, and can be repaid in three years!"

Gu Dalang's eyes were straightened when he heard the news.

He screamed strangely and immediately ran home.

Now, his pregnant wife has gone from being a burden in the past to being today’s baby!

Whether the Gu family can rent it to public land and live a good life depends entirely on the child he decided to drown!

Zeng Sheng looked at Gu Dalang's figure and shook his head, but he was secretly happy in his heart.

If an infant drowning incident occurs under the rule, the county will naturally be held accountable.

But if you can keep your baby drowning all year round, you can remember your achievements!

For a tai student like him, if he can get several "most" assessments in Xinfeng and graduate from the Imperial College in the future, he can at least start from the position of a county magistrate or even a real-power official in the county, and the promotion speed will be unparalleled!

After all, Xinfeng is now the focus of attention in the world.

It is also a base for the Han family to build a well-off society and promote peace, pilot projects and specimens.

From here, I will take a few "best" assessments, which is to go to the officialdom with honor and halo.

No matter where it is, it will attract much attention.

Maybe it will even become the hope of a county.

Before the person arrives, the name arrives first.

On the day of his appointment, the county magistrate went out to welcome him for thirty miles, and famous scholars in the county lined up to welcome him.

The whole county’s elders were all looking forward to it, and the whole county hoped to be together.

Similar situations are now happening in every village pavilion in Xinfeng.

Strict law prohibits, coupled with policy encouragement and rewards, in just a few days, the entire Xinfeng, even the most ignorant people, now know that if the baby drowning is wrong, the baby drowning will be severely punished.

And Duozi is now directly linked to Duofu.

The people's willingness to give birth has never been as strong as it is now.

So as soon as night came, every household was busy creating people.

Whether young or middle-aged people, as long as they can still have children, they all put in full effort.

This is true even for middle-class and landlord families.

Compared to the public land quota targeted by poor families, their goal is naturally to avoid the treatment of old age!

The so-called exemption from old age means that individuals who meet specific conditions stipulated by the Han law can withdraw from the collection sequence of corvee service and military service.

This is a necessary prerequisite for the three elders in the village.

Those who cannot receive exemption before the age of forty are basically impossible to become the three elders in the village.

Therefore, under the influence of this trend, a folk song soon appeared among Xinfeng folk.

There are children singing everywhere on the streets and alleys, inside and outside the village pavilion: The Holy Emperor, the grace of the emperor, the eldest grandson, the benevolence and righteousness, the Shizhonggong, my brother to live, and my elders: One is too young, two are not many, three are in the forest, four are in a charity, five are in the same heart, many children are many grandsons, more blessings and longevity!

So many years later, when people who had worked as officials in Xinfeng became old and returned to Xinfeng.

They found that the road was filled with people coming to greet them.

Countless men, women, young and old, held their descendants and bowed to their white beards and bent their backs, paused and kowtowed, saying, "The elders live for me! The elders live for me! The elders live for me! The ones are today! The ones are today!"

And what appeared before the fainting old man was hundreds and thousands of people.
Chapter completed!