As the weather gets colder, more and more people live on both sides of the Luohe River. In addition, the open area between Chengfufang and Chengfumen, which is originally the large wharf in the Luoshui Transfer Palace, is It has become the largest distribution center for factories and civilian workers, and the area around Jing'an Terrace of Chengfu Square is also filled with civilian workers.
The first civil servants mainly demolished the Qianyuan Hall, the main hall of the Ziwei Palace, and the entire Qianyuan Hall was demolished. A large amount of wood, decorations, and bricks were re-evaluated, and those deemed suitable for continued use were transferred to the open space on the west side of the Qianyuan Hall for local preservation. The bricks and stones considered unqualified are really useless, but the wood and decorations are flowing into the private market of Dongdu City in large quantities.
Rich families are vying for a piece of wood to make into beams, lintels and coffins. The decorations can be slightly modified. Whoever can get one is the best choice for giving gifts and showing off their wealth.
In addition, metal products were also sorted out and sent to the south of the city for re-smelting. For a time, fireworks continued in the south of the city, day and night. But this alone caused the gangs in various cities in the south of the city to revive and flourish completely.
The poor people there are willing to pay any price for an iron ingot or a piece of scrap copper, and then the gang will easily take away the bulk of it.
Just half a month later, as the main body of the Qianyuan Hall was demolished and the smelting workshop in the south of the city was still smoking, the civilian camps and kilns in the east of the city were also built one after another, and more civilians began to appear around Luoshui. , and more tributes under the banner of the royal family, which in turn made both sides of the Luoshui River in the north of Dongdu become a soup basin for carnivorous carnival.
Don't ask Zhang Xing how he knew this. He was wearing a white ribbon, sitting on Jing'antai Island, handling some criminal and prison documents, discussing crimes, guarantors, and releasing people. Nothing changed or even touched. But the so-called However, the current income has increased by seven to eight times.
It seems like any gangster can take out a few bucks and share the profits with systematic meat-eaters like them.
"Third brother, Twelve Lang, we are starting to arrest the fugitives outside."
It was another ordinary working day. Qin Bao came to the small courtyard to make tea and fish, and made a report by the way. "The Jinwu Guards, the newly recruited Shangwu Army, and the Jingjie Tigers all received military orders to carefully outline the escapees..."
"Why are you running away?" Zhang Xing, who was filling out a form by the stove in the room, hesitated and asked a question, a question that he knew in his heart would be very ridiculous, but he was really curious. “Didn’t the Ministry of Industry distribute tents and winter clothes?”
"The Ministry of Industry...what's the matter of whether there are tents and winter clothes?" Qin Bao smiled bitterly while holding hot tea. "Afraid... After leaving the East and West Capital, when we go outside, we are basically still farmers. We have never left home for half our lives. We only know that our neighbors were drafted into the Second Expedition of Dongyi, and only half of them came back; we also know that our two uncles were drafted into Xiu The laborers in Dongdu didn’t come back, and I suffered from the cold for several days after I came here. Not to mention the arrival of winter clothes, even if I was given wages and rumors, I just wanted to escape home. "
"It's really stupid." Li Qingchen, who had been here for a long time, frowned and seemed to hate the iron. "No matter how tired, bitter and cold it is, it's only half a month of construction, right on the edge of the imperial city. Even if it's to deal with the discussion between the court and the central government, it's impossible for you to freeze to death and starve to death. As a result, your escape will end up with you. They become criminals. Even if they are caught and not killed on the spot, they will be punished as official slaves when they are brought back. They have no control over life or death. How can they escape home safely? Most of them will freeze to death on the way back! Escape to your home. If you don’t, it will only hurt your family!”
"If you really escape back home, your family will not be harmed." Someone suddenly spoke outside the door, and it turned out to be Hu Yan with a black ribbon, which caused everyone in the wing to warm up by the fire to get up.
"Everyone, sit down..." Hu Yan entered the room and someone had already offered him hot tea. After taking it, he took a few sips and shook his head. "You are still young and don't know the truth. The thing is like this. Since ancient times, everyone in the imperial court has been accustomed to looking at the top, because the top can take your hat off and take your head... So, when it comes to the local government, they I only care about whether I can capture a certain number of servants to deliver to the higher authorities. I don’t care whether the servants die, run away, or come back.”
Everyone nodded, this was a simple truth.
Not only that, but Hu Heishou's words extend to the project, and everyone can think of what he meant.
It is nothing more than that the saint at the top only cares about the construction period and results, and does not care about anything else. Then, in order to explain to the saints, people like Bai Shangshu in the middle have to recruit enough servants and demand enough tribute materials for the construction period and results. , and when they get to the lower levels and gradually become less dignified, they will naturally be over-pressured to complete the project... In the end, these servants will be responsible for everything.
Financial gains go up, and suffering goes down. This has been the case since ancient times.
Of course, everyone probably knows that this top saint is not discussed. Bai Shangshu is also the biological father of his immediate boss. Even for people like him, despite the miserable people here, how difficult the life of the people is, but In fact, he is also a blood-sucking dog, so he just nodded and couldn't answer the question.
When it comes to gossiping, one must also follow the Basic Law.
"But what if."
Zhang Xing was curious after filling out the form. "Since His Majesty came to the throne, he built the Eastern Capital, first conquered Dongyi, and secondly conquered Dongyi, including moving the capital once. These are millions, or even nearly 10 million people/month/time of super large corvee. If it is continued continuously Such hundreds of thousands of people, with a total of millions of corvees, will cause a lot of losses. How much has been lost in the past few times? With so many people, won't it cause harm to the population? Then why is there no problem with taxation? "
"Is it more or less because the Wei Dynasty nearly unified the whole world and had too many people?" Li Qingchen thought thoughtfully. "The Wei Dynasty must have a population of tens of millions, right?"
"Yes." Someone next to him responded. "more than."
Zhang Xing also nodded immediately.
Indeed, there are more. He has paid special attention to similar things. If nothing else, he can easily draw conclusions from the geographical alienation of this world. Not to mention anything else, the fifty states of Dongyi and the seven towns and seven guards of Beihuang are obviously relatively transcendent concepts. Moreover, similar geographical changes also exist in Nanling and the areas further south of Nanling, plus the Mobei area and the two southeastern islands where the remnants of the Lich and Lich tribes are entrenched.
In addition, because of the existence of the vitality of heaven and earth, the development and fertility of many lands cannot be compared to the feudal era in another world.
And these changes seem to be inseparable from those supreme, sacred, and true dragons.
For example, the reason why the Red Emperor of the South was able to ascend the throne was that she had the function of dredging the mountains, rivers, and sea areas of southern Xinjiang. This was in sharp contrast to the Black Emperor who made his fortune by killing people. As for the latest one who started from Baidi City in Bashu, in order to take over the Central Plains, Baidi Ye, although he killed and chopped a lot, he didn't just chop people. He also opened rivers and chopped dragons in the Shu land to make it fertile. On the other hand, they simply uprooted the mountains and cut off the rivers, opened up the Han River, and used the Han River as a channel for dispatching troops, directly cutting all the way to the hinterland of the Central Plains.
Cutting off the true energy of the river, cutting off the true energy of the river, do you really think that the old man has not cut off the river?
Zhang Xing read "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the White Emperor". According to the records in it alone, the White Emperor cut down fourteen rivers.
"Look, there are too many people... The loss of these servants is certainly not a good thing, but it cannot shake the overall situation." Li Qingchen finished drinking tea and spread his hands, as a matter of course.
Hu Yan next to him seemed to want to say something more, but suddenly looked outside and shut up.
Zhang Xing also always felt that there was something wrong with his logic, but he quickly shut up because he also noticed the movement outside.
"Zhang Xing, Zhang Sanlang... come out for a moment."
With Bai Yousi's greeting, almost everyone in the room ran out, not just Zhang Xing. Except for Hu Yan, who had just come in with a black ribbon, almost everyone ran out, but Zhang Xing fell behind.
"You guys...forget it." Bai Yousi dismounted with his sword in hand. He was not expecting to see so many people. There seemed to be some obstacles at first, so he didn't bother to worry about it. "Zhang Xing, did my family send someone to invite you on the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"yes."
Everyone around looked at him, but Zhang Xing remained calm.
"Aren't you going?" Xiao Gu and the other servants were about to step forward to take the horse away, but Bai Yousi waved him away. "Bring a horse."
"I'm not going." Zhang Xing blurted out as he watched Xiao Gu go to fetch the horse.
"Why?" Bai Yousi asked seriously.
"The original words that day were, 'Although Zhang is poor, he has some ambitions. He is grateful for the kindness of the Marquis of Ji'an in taking him in. If there is any need, he will repay with just one sentence, but he will never become a guest of the Marquis'." Zhang Xing was thoughtful. . "Why, did I offend any of the elders in the inspection and think I don't know how to appreciate him?"
"No." Bai Yousi shook his head. "Da Qian was also invited, but he didn't go either... I also think you were right not to go."
Qian Tang, who followed Bai Yousi, nodded to Zhang Xing and regained a bit of his grace. It can be seen that Zhang Xing's choice not to go out to work did avoid a lot of conflicts, otherwise Qian Tang would not be so relaxed.
However, Zhang Xing still looked at Bai Yousi. He knew that the other party would not bring up this topic for no reason, especially since it had been more than a month... and Xiao Gu had to lead the horse.
"My father wants to meet you and Da Qian tonight." Bai Yousi hesitated for a moment, and finally said it openly in public. "This time he came to ask me first. After thinking about it, it doesn't matter... After all, now he is also a member of Nanya and has the right to choose officials. I think it will not do any harm to you two if we meet him. .”
The selection of officials belongs to the Ministry of Personnel, but in fact the power of selecting officials belongs to Nanya. This is the political tradition after the late emperor abolished the tradition of recruiting auxiliary officials and assistant officials by the commander-in-chief and replaced it with the selection of officials by the central government. This is also what the Wei Dynasty saw. It looks different from the previous ones.
And this is why the princes of Nanya are so valuable.
You know, this is an era when the imperial examination is nothing more than child's play. Few people will look at your diploma. If you have a little bit of Nanya, you may be promoted to a state official or a county magistrate. What else do you think about? The reason why he appeared on the list of talents in heaven and earth caused a stir in people's hearts was because he finally attracted the attention of the Nanya princes in selecting officials and generals.
In fact, when everyone heard this, they all looked envious. Even Li Qingchen felt a little uneasy while touching the white ribbon that he had just acquired a few months ago. Hu Yan and Qin Bao were also a little emotional.
Qian Tang's face turned red.
Only Zhang Xing frowned visibly, but he quickly put it away and just bowed his hands in salute: "Since it is the inspection's good intention, there is absolutely no reason to refuse this time. Zhang Xing is willing to go."
Bai Yousi glanced at the other party and nodded: "Then get on the horse. You know the place. Let's ride there and we'll be there in a quarter of an hour."
Xiao Gu, who had already brought an official horse to the side, quickly stepped forward.
The three of them remounted their horses, and without saying much, rode directly out of Jing'an Terrace, turned to Jindefang, which was next to the northern city wall, and arrived outside the Marquis of Ji'an's Mansion, which occupied half of the street.
As soon as Bai Yousi arrived, seventeen or eight people swarmed in front of the door, took the horses early, pushed open the door, and people kept announcing inside.
Just as Zhang Xing and Qian Tang entered the door together, Bai Yousi turned back to look at each other, as if nothing had happened: "By the way, if my father asks about my daily behavior, remember to tell the truth."
Qian Tang was still in a daze, but Zhang Xing had already nodded: "You know, our inspection team has never been to Wenwenfang, nor has we ever raced with anyone, nor has we been drunk, nor have we ever scolded anyone..."
Bai Yousi didn't move at all.
Zhang Xing came to his senses and immediately held his forehead: "I don't have the problem of flying around Dongdu City at night and eavesdropping on people in the corners."
Qian Tang nodded quickly.
PS: Thanks to TELL classmate Xiao Guo for your second alliance, and thank you classmate Cai Ye for your cuteness... Happy working day everyone.
