Immediately afterwards, more news began to spread wildly in the capital. The torture of the three princes imprisoned in the temple of the previous emperors has now stopped, and their living conditions have also been improved!
The imperial doctor can go in, and the domestic slaves can also visit for a short time. Anyone with a discerning eye will know at a glance that the emperor is raising his hand to spare the lives of several princes!
People who saw this clearly donated their money one after another. Anyone who had been inextricably connected with Prince Gong in the past would not come to repay the favor. The funds of Kaiyuan Temple were soaring, and at the end of the year during the Spring Festival, this money was actually raised. It has reached more than 3.6 million taels!
The prince's torture and extortion of confessions had stopped, so the tens of thousands of slaves implicated in the crime were relieved, and the execution rooms of all the major yamen in the capital became much deserted!
The atmosphere of white terror in the capital suddenly eased a lot. Before, homes were searched every day, and the screams of prisoners could be heard all around the major government offices!
The jails of the Ministry of Punishment and the jails of the Zongren Mansion were filled with prisoners. There were so many prisoners that the court had to temporarily renovate some warehouses and vacant houses as temporary cells!
People in Zaolin Street in the south of the city, Nanxiawa, Taoranting, Sanyi Lane in the southeast, and Fahua Temple all discovered that there were temporary prisons nearby!
These are all prisoners of less importance, such as the maids, maids, family members of the slaves, etc. in the prince's palace!
The simple and kind-hearted people watched as the ladies and ladies who used to be respected were thrown into cells like animals, and there were even children of several years old inside!
Late autumn is getting colder and colder. These female family members were so cold at night that they cried loudly. They couldn't even drink enough porridge. How could they have the strength to fight against the increasingly cold weather!
The joy of Emperor Tongzhi's wedding wiped out the rebellion and the white terror behind it. When the Long Live Lord in the Forbidden City was mentioned, the common people were so frightened that they fell silent. Emperor Tongzhi seemed to be even more terrifying than Yongzheng. The emperor!
However, I didn't expect that this white terror only lasted for more than half a month or about 20 days, and then it magically faded away!
The corpse that scared me to death was buried in Jingguan, and construction started on Kaiyuan Temple!
The torture screams of Chengsu Chengsu were no longer there, and the poor women and children who were imprisoned also had a few more mouthfuls of stick noodles and pancakes, and they were also given a few more tattered quilts at night!
Everything is developing in a better direction, and people in the capital suddenly feel settled! Especially when the imperial court began to take over the porridge shed set up by the foreign uncle in the city, the people suddenly felt at ease!
The emperor is willing to help the victims, which means that the shepherd is still ready to continue grazing, instead of killing them all with one knife!
Greater good governance was announced in mid-November, when Zaichun issued an edict exempting the land of Gyeonggi, that is, the entire Shuntian Prefecture, from money and food for one year!
Emperor Tongzhi made it very clear in the edict that Shuntian Mansion suffered from natural and man-made disasters continuously, and the people were in urgent need of recuperation. The industrial construction of the capital would inevitably cause certain losses to the people!
The emperor couldn't bear the suffering of the people, so he exempted them from money and food for a year to allow the people to recuperate and recuperate, which was to make up for the shortfall in the people's lives!
At this time, the entire Shuntian Mansion burst into cheers. The area of Shuntian Mansion was so huge at this time. This Shuntian Mansion was even larger than the area of Beijing in the 21st century!
Shuntian Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty included the entire Beijing area, Langfang area, and the entire northern half of Tianjin area. Shuntian Prefecture was even close to the sea!
The north of Tanggu includes Beitang, Yingcheng, Lutai and other places, which are all under the jurisdiction of Shuntian Prefecture. Xiao Letian's Northern Special Zone also occupies a lot of land in Shuntian Prefecture.
For such a large area, a one-year reduction in money and food would benefit at least four to five million people!
This is not the end of the story. Emperor Tongzhi even promised in his decree that as long as the Daqing Iron and Steel Works and the Beijing-Tianjin Railway project are carried out smoothly and the local people will not obstruct them, then they will also consider reducing or exempting money and grain as appropriate!
Especially when it comes to railway construction, as long as someone dares to cause trouble and doesn't cooperate, you won't be able to get any reductions or exemptions in the future, and the court will also impose punitive tax increases!
Brilliant, really brilliant! The ministers understood that there was a master behind the little emperor! Using taxes, money and food to control people's hearts is a trump card!
The emperor no longer collects money and food. On the surface, it seems that the people benefit and can eat two more bowls of rice. But in fact, it is the landlord class who really benefits greatly!
Since the Yongzheng period, the imperial court has implemented a system where officials and gentry pay their taxes together. The preferential tax-free policy for officials since the Song Dynasty has been completely abolished!
The idea of sharing the land into an acre eliminates the temptation of landowners to rely on the poll tax to evade taxes. Local tax collection is completely based on the amount of land!
In other words, starting from the Yongzheng Dynasty, the back door for tax evasion by the landlord class has been locked. They have to turn over a large amount of money and grain every year, much more than the owner-cultivators!
The people who directly benefited from the little emperor's reduction in money and grain this time were the entire landlord class in Shuntian Prefecture. Throwing out Wang Bang caused an uproar in the public opinion!
People can even imagine that Zaichun stood in the Forbidden City and shouted arrogantly to all the landlords in the capital, "Come on! If you have the ability, continue to resist my industrial plan! I will collect taxes and kill you!"
Then came waves of good governance!
The daily salary of the civilian workers recruited by the Beijing Iron Works and the Beijing-Tianjin Railway increased directly from 30 cash to 60 cash. If the workers were willing to sign a long-term contract and were willing to work in the factory as workers after the completion of the final project, the daily salary would directly increase to 100 cash. arts!
Good guy, ordinary people can make a lot of money in just one month! One month of work is enough to feed the whole family for more than half a year. Such a salary immediately attracted the interest of many refugees who had lost their land!
All the fear and rejection of industrial areas have been loosened. Although those scary and bizarre rumors of ghosts are still spreading, the temptation of shining copper coins is really overwhelming!
What's even more amazing is that Zai Chun understands that the decree is well written, and everything is paid daily. Once settled every day, there will never be any arrears!
No matter how late they work overtime, workers must be guaranteed to receive a day's cash before midnight. No official dares to default, even if you forget!
If you pay even one minute after midnight, your head will be chopped off!
People were dazzled by the issuance of such a series of government decrees, but one thing is certain. By the end of November, when the north wind howled, there were actually more than 5,000 people working at the Qinghe construction site!
"Absolute! Long Live Lord, this is absolutely amazing! How come His Majesty's administration has become so sophisticated and targeted in just one or two months?"
No one among the ministers or officials knew what was going on. Only the highest officials in the empire understood that Emperor Tongzhi still risked his dignity to find his master at the critical moment!
Yuquan Mountain is located in the northwest of the capital. The spring water produced here is unique in the capital. All the water the emperor drinks in the Forbidden City is transported from here!
Since the twelfth lunar month, there have been two heavy snowfalls in the capital. The entire Yuquan Mountain is covered with snow, and the land in the suburbs of Beijing is covered in white!
Under the Yufeng Tower on the top of Yuquan Mountain, a group of rare tourists came. They pointed at the plains to the east. As far as the eye could see, the dark steel factory site was still busy!
