Tang Youshan also walked out of the hut excitedly, only to see an official in red robes, accompanied by many officials in green robes and green robes, standing on the high slope in front, looking down at them.
Tang Youshan knelt down and kowtowed in the direction where Bi Ziyan and others were standing.
The reason why he did this was that he knew that he and his son would no longer have to go hungry, because the presence of an official man meant that people like him would have work to do or have the opportunity to be rescued.
Secondly, after working as a tracker by the canal for a long time, he also knew that the people wearing red robes were high officials. In addition, in the eyes of the common people, the officials were the descendants of Master Wen Quxing, so he knelt down devoutly, hoping that he could The official in front is no longer hungry.
"Those who died of hunger were buried on the spot, those who were too hungry to walk were first carried to the porridge shed and given a bowl of porridge to survive. Those who were able to walk were gathered together first, the imperial edict was read out, and then told to prepare to go to Tianjin City to work immediately! "
At this time, Bi Ziyan had no time to care about the refugees who were kneeling before him like a god. He only told the officials and soldiers under him what to do.
Tang Douya, who was so hungry that he had no strength, was also carried to the porridge shed and drank a bowl of porridge.
Tang Youshan and the other refugees who were still able to move around later learned the cause of the matter from the official officials, and knew that the emperor who was far away in the capital had given them this grace.
Although to the refugees, the emperor was as unreachable and awe-inspiring as the gods in the sky, they had never truly experienced the real benefits that the emperor brought.
But now, they began to realize that the emperor might save them when they were about to starve to death.
Not long after, Tang Youshan's family, like other refugees, carried bedding and pots and pans. Under the leadership of official officials, they came to the newly designated Tianjin City and began to become urban residents in this area.
Tang Youshan and other young men were quickly recruited to fight Sanhetu.
Masons and those with brick-burning skills were also organized to build walls and bake bricks.
The basic salary is five silver coins per month, but there is a performance commission, and among these refugees, the skilled ones have a higher commission coefficient.
Therefore, if a refugee works hard, earning one tael a month is not a problem.
This income is considered a high salary in this era, and at least there will be no more starvation.
Therefore, the refugees who came to build Tianjin City worked very actively, enthusiastically, and worked tirelessly in the winter of the first year of Tianqi.
But what they didn't know was that the opportunity they had to not starve to death or endure hunger was just an act of the emperor and a small number of conscientious officials.
In the entire ruling class, most people are unwilling to do this, and are not willing to let others do this.
…
"What, that pariah won't sell his daughter?"
After hearing the words of one of his servants, Kong Wenzheng, he sat up on the spot and asked in astonishment.
"Back to the master, yes, the man named Lu Er said that the emperor sent a Qingtian master to give them a new way of life. They built a new city in Tianjin and built new official roads. Because he can bake bricks, he earns a lot of wages. With the previous few months’ income, I have no problem raising a daughter, so I don’t want to sell it!”
The hoe answered.
"You shameful guy, why don't you kill that untouchable named Lu Er? There's no way that I can't sell the person I like!"
Kong was so angry that he kicked the hoe medicine.
He planned to invite Huang Daozhou and others to return to Qufu to worship at the Confucius Temple, and then go to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination later in the year, so he and Huang Daozhou waited until they passed by the Tianjin area.
And for this reason, when Kong Wenzheng happened to see the young daughter of a first-class citizen who was considered a beauty when he was out, he became obsessed with it and wanted to buy it, so he asked his servant to handle the matter.
But Kong Wenzheng did not expect that his servant did not handle this matter well. Fortunately, he had already boasted that he would bring out a stunning little girl in Haikou for the appreciation of several scholar friends he had made.
Therefore, Kong Wenzheng was quite unhappy about this.
"Hey, Brother Kong, why should you be upset over such a trivial matter? She is just a daughter of a pariah. How can a Yangzhou thin horse be interesting? If it is gone, it will be gone. When the time comes to Yangzhou, how about I invite you to ride a Yangzhou thin horse?"
A Yangzhou official persuaded him.
"It's hard for me to swallow this breath. If I don't beat this man named Lu to death and take back his daughter, how can I, Kong Wenxi, have any face?!"
Kong Wenzheng gritted his teeth and spoke.
At this time, Huang Daozhou also advised: "Forget it, Brother Kong, the recruitment of refugees to build Tianjin City is a sacred mandate, and Bi Ziyan and his team were asked to do it. If you go and rob it, The return of the daughter named Lu will easily alarm people like Bi Ziyan, and it will also be easy for the superiors to know that it will not be conducive for you to participate in the examination."
Kong Wenzheng heard what Huang Daozhou said and had to sit back: "Forget it! Brother Huang is right, why should I get angry with an untouchable? It's just what Fang Congzhe and Bi Ziyan are going to do to the traitorous party. After the Southern Zhili brutally tortured the Jiangnan gentry, will they continue to make money through large-scale construction projects?"
"How can any good thing come from the treacherous ministers in power? Taking the profits of the gentry to support the refugees in the capital, and then taking the opportunity to pocket the money from the national treasury, is just a trick that everyone can see!"
Huang Daozhou said something.
"These untouchables are like nothing. One group will starve to death this year, and another group will come next year. Why bother about their life or death! People like Fang Congzhe and Bi Ziyan are really irritating. I can't even buy a girl's product! My fun is greatly reduced. .”
Kong Wenzheng said quite depressedly.
"According to Zheng Gongyan, what they do will not only affect our slave-keeping and maidservants, but will also deprive us of the benefits of serving the common people in the future. Once these refugees rely on the court to survive and even become property-owning people again, we will not be able to To prevent tenants from escaping without reducing the land rent, we have to pay wages to the peasants when they are employed, but cannot use them directly! This is to harm the interests of the gentry like us and to gain reputation."
Huang Daozhou started talking and said bitterly: "Zheng Gong said that what makes the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world have to be vigilant is that the grain needed by the Nine Borders and the white grain needed by the royal family and officials in the capital have already burdened the people (here refers to the landlords). Now that the imperial court is still building large-scale construction projects in the north to feed the refugees, it will undoubtedly increase the consumption of the people in the future, and it will be difficult to reduce taxes in the future!"
"What are these tyrants and traitorous ministers doing? They want to imitate Zhang Juzheng and Wang Guoguang and torture all our scholar-bureaucrats!"
After hearing what Huang Daozhou said, Zhan Jiasheng, the son of Yangzhou Judicial Committee, also slammed the table and started talking.
…
In a clubhouse.
Zhao Nanxing and Zheng Sanjun, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, were sitting side by side.
Moreover, Zhao Nanxing gave a letter to Zheng Sanjun: "Mr. Zheng, this is the letter that Mr. Ye asked someone to bring to the capital. It is for Fang Congzhe. You can read it first. Tomorrow I will go to the cabinet to drag Mr. Han Ge over to the letter." That one named Fang!"
Zheng Sanjun was quite surprised after hearing this: "Why did Ye Gongzhe write to Fang Congzhe?"
"Of course it's because of the current government affairs, and Mr. Ye can't stand it anymore. He brutalized the gentry in South Zhili, and now he's building a lot of construction projects in North Zhili. Fang Congzhe and others are doing such nonsense. I can't live in peace of mind!"
Zhao Nanxing spoke.
Zheng Sanjun nodded, then read it, and then said: "Ye Gong finally wrote a letter directly to Fang Congzhe. If Fang Congzhe continues to be stubborn, Ye Gong will not let him go!"
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