After Zhang Qiong said this, Lu Changsheng and other people all started talking among themselves.
"That's true. Ever since the current emperor ascended the throne, good things have never stopped. I have almost forgotten what it feels like to eat tree bark."
Several people behind Lu Changsheng started talking at this moment.
Zhang Qiong here ordered someone to refund Lu Changsheng's money.
As soon as Lu Changsheng left here with the silver coins, Chang Sanhe, a commoner behind him, hurriedly ran up.
Before Zhang Qiong could kneel down, he said to Chang Sanhe, "Wait a minute."
Immediately, Zhang Qiong said to Chang Sanhe: "I saw that you talked the most just now. What were you talking about?"
Chang Sanhe said: "I am saying that the Emperor is good now, and that because of the Emperor, we have forgotten what it feels like to eat tree bark in the lean years, and we can let our children taste the taste of meat during the New Year."
"very good!"
"In addition to the money returned to him, I will reward him with an extra silver dollar!"
"From my salary."
Zhang Qiong gave three instructions at this time and then told Chang Sanhe:
"I have a request for you when I give you a silver reward. If you have nothing to do during this period, go find more people near the Guandao Station to chat with you. That's what I said."
"Why!"
Chang Sanhe happily agreed.
After Shi Yingyue, the governor of Shandong Province, entered Dongchang Prefecture, he indeed began to hear from many people that the local magistrate was personally returning the horse price silver and fodder silver. He also asked the county magistrates to take charge of the organization, and also heard from the people in secret It’s good to talk about the emperor, and it’s good to talk about Yuan Fu.
Shi Yingyue couldn't help but said to Bing Bei Dao Wan Shide who was with him: "This Dongchang Zhangfu Yin is really good at being an official. He really makes the government understandable and harmonious!"
"Yes, after all, he was a man who was willing to go fishing with Marquis Tieling in the past. He was highly praised by Marquis Tieling, so my subordinates asked the Fu Yuan to recommend him as the governor. This person wants to make progress."
Wan Shide said with a smile.
"This method of gaining fame is still very righteous. People can be greedy for fame and seek power, but their needs must be righteous!"
Shi Yingyue said with a smile: "How about we disguise ourselves and go to the government office to have a look?"
Wan Shide nodded: "Okay!"
So, Shi Yingyue came to Dongchang Mansion incognito and saw Zhang Qiong sitting in the hall and making money. The whole hall was very lively, like a vegetable market, and both the officials and the people were enjoying themselves.
It is indeed a joy.
After all, the government distributes money, not collects it.
Even if the officials who hand out the money are not happy, they may try to embarrass the people when handing out the money, for example, asking them to wash their hands before receiving it.
But because the people are receiving money, they will smile and will not be dissatisfied.
Shi Yingyue hid in the crowd silently and observed for a while before leaving Dongchang Mansion. He said to Wan Shide, "Let's leave Dongchang Mansion first and go to another mansion. We will come back after a month to see if he only does what he did." Although officials are said to be as slippery as oil when making statements, how can a county magistrate who is friendly to the people and get along with them not be slippery?"
Wan Shide nodded: "Yes, this is not something I could know when I was a Beijing official."
Shi Yingyue smiled slightly, then returned to the inn, and wrote a secret memorial to Zhu Yijun at the inn: "Under the decree of freeing the price of horses and silver for fodder, the root causes of Lu's decades of people's fatigue and land shortage have been gradually corrected. , Nowadays, the small people in Dongchang say that they no longer know the taste of tree bark, but at the end of the year, they can fulfill their filial piety and raise their children with fish and meat."
Wan Shide also expressed emotion in his private notes and wrote:
"Having experienced the politics of the present dynasty, I know more about the wonderfulness of Zhang Taiyue's modern learning. Sure enough, everything must be viewed dialectically, and it is not necessary to make assumptions and blindly believe in the words of the predecessors!"
"Although the use of troops abroad will be militaristic, it will also benefit the country and the people. No Shuozhou Bo got the stone to see the silver mountain first, and no Qilu land had the sweet rain behind. The government changed the cash register to the silver issue, but because of the victory in the war, so A benevolent government is not a government without troops, but rather requires the use of troops, but the use of troops should be based on reality."
As Zhu Yijun thinks, the most effective way to solve deflation is to reduce taxes and exempt taxes, so that people will have more silver dollars in their hands.
Once the silver for horse prices and the silver for fodder were exempted, a large amount of silver dollars was kept in the hands of the people instead of flowing to officials and the court through taxation.
then.
Consumption in Beizhili, Shandong and Fengyang has surged a lot.
No matter how frugal the people are, because there are more silver dollars in their hands than there are on the market, the purchasing power of silver dollars has declined, and they are not worried about the weakening of their ability to accumulate silver dollars, and they will start to actively buy things and invest in themselves or their families. The most obvious phenomenon is that of studying. There were more and more civilians, which led to a surge in demand for pens, ink, paper and inkstones. The pencil invented by Zhu Yijun, inspired by Zhu Yijun, was invented by Li Wenquan, the uncle of the state, during the construction project because he disliked the soft brushes for drawing lines.
Zhu Yijun now highly encourages these honorable relatives to make inventions. Even those who invent good things will be given honors as casual officials with or without salary.
In Zhu Yijun's view, they are idle anyway, and because of the etiquette and human ethics, they have to be supported, so it is better to let them, wealthy idlers, do some scientific research and invention, even if it takes ten or twenty years. Failure to succeed will not affect their livelihood, and they don’t have to worry about being constrained by bureaucrats or hiding their achievements. After all, although they have no power, their status is not low. Bureaucrats can impeach and supervise them, but they cannot bury them.
Back to the topic.
Ye Agui's father-in-law, Wang Chenglin, is now in charge of selling pencils at his son-in-law's paper shop. And because more and more people from the north are going south to buy pencils, they also meet some people who they used to have sex with and take pictures naked by the canal. old friend.
On this day, Wang Chenglin met Ren Yonggang: "Hey, Old Ren, when did you become rich, you came to buy this fashionable pen."
Ren Yonggang said: "I am dissatisfied with you. I can do some business now that the horse price and fodder are free of charge. Now I come to buy this. Firstly, my wife likes to use it for painting, and secondly, the children also like to use it for reading." Write numbers here.”
turn out to be.
Since Shen Shixing requested that the imperial examination not only respect Zhu Xue, he began to reform the imperial examination. It was clearly stipulated that arithmetic could also be tested for merit and fame, but arithmetic was a separate subject. Therefore, there were still many people who were willing to learn numbers at once. Mainly He is from a farmer's family. After all, even if he fails to pass the examination, he can still work as a bookkeeper or something, and it is not a waste of money. Therefore, more people among the people are willing to learn this.
Wang Chenglin listened to Ren Yonggang's words and quickly grabbed his hand and asked: "What did you say? You have a wife. When did you marry her?"
"Years ago."
Ren Yonggang smiled.
After hearing this, Wang Chenglin smiled and said: "This is a good thing. I thought that you, a man of twenty-six, would really want to be a widower. I didn't expect that you actually got married."
In this era, both men and women get married at an early age, so being unmarried at twenty-six is considered a very old leftover man. Wang Chenglin lamented that he almost thought Ren Yonggang was going to be a widower.
Ren Yonggang smiled and said: "Isn't it time to catch up? Some time ago, the big families sold everything at a low price for the silver coins in the hands of us people. There was a man named Lu who sold his maid to me. It happened to be that maid From the beginning, I didn’t think I had no land and no parents and brothers to rely on, so I didn’t run away.”
"It's really a good year. Even people like us are following Zhan Enxifu. In the past, only Wen Quxing could do it."
Wang Chenglin became a lot richer these days because his son-in-law Ye Agui became acquainted with some squires in Qingjiangpu, and learned some idioms, so he said "Thank you for your kindness and your blessings."
Wang Chenglin said, blaming Ren Yonggang: "But you, too, didn't tell me about such a good thing as getting married."
Ren Yonggang smiled: "I'm not afraid that you won't be able to leave."
"You wait!"
Wang Chenglin turned around and went into the house. After a while, he brought out two large bottles of unopened Shaoxing rice wine and gave them to Ren Yonggang:
"This is my son-in-law's filial piety to me. Now I give it to you as my gift! Although you didn't invite me, I still have to give this gift."
"this……"
Ren Yonggang was a little embarrassed to accept it.
Wang Chenglin said: "Why are you and I seeing each other outside? If you feel embarrassed and really think that this pencil business can continue in the future, come to my place more often. I will ask my son-in-law to give you a 20% discount on the wholesale price. If you don't You know, his pencils are all purchased from the Fengyang Government Practice Bureau, they are made by people from the clan, they are aristocratic, and the quality is good, after all, they will not ruin the Zhu family's industry."
Ren Yonggang agreed: "Okay, don't worry!"
In order to solve the survival problem of the lower-level clans, Zhu Yijun indeed made plans to set up some royal-invested businesses in Fengyang, and allowed distant clan clans who had heavy family burdens and were unwilling to study and make progress to work in places like Fengyang.
There are many distant clans who are willing, after all, many of them have long been reduced to tenants, and even beggars.
After Wang Chenglin and Ren Yong exchanged greetings for a while, they continued to be busy with the pencil business, and he did not rest until the You hour, and began to walk along the canal, and soon met the old supervisor Yan who was close to him here.
The reason why Mr. Yan is willing to get along with Wang Chenglin is that he admires his wealth; secondly, he can show off in front of him and get a sense of superiority. Therefore, when he sees Wang Chenglin now, he first asks with a smile: "You Is the boss off from work?"
Wang Chenglin said: "Yes."
At this moment, Old Jiansheng Yan suddenly slapped the folding fan into his hand: "Hey, what a pity?"
"What's a pity?"
Wang Chenglin asked.
Yan Laojiansheng said: "It's a pity that your son-in-law made a fortune in vain, but he can't buy land as easily as before!"
"What do you mean?"
Wang Chenglin is willing to get along with Yan Lao Jiansheng, firstly because he wants to improve himself, and secondly, he wants to get more national affairs from Yan Lao Jiansheng, because Yan Lao Jiansheng does know more than him.
Mr. Yan said: "There is an elder in the court, Mr. Haige, that is Haigangfeng. He wants to abolish the system of subordinate officials. From now on, there will be no subordinate officials, only officials. Do you know what the consequences will be if there are no subordinate officials? Without subordinate officials, you are If you want to buy a field, you have to be serious about it. If you ask me, you people should just go make a fuss."
Indeed, there were still many right-wing officials who were dissatisfied with the abolishment of the subordinate official system, and wanted to encourage the people to cause trouble, so Mr. Yan also said this to Wang Chenglin at this time.
"Since it's Mr. Hai who's useless, then it'll be fine."
"Master Hai must have a reason to abolish him."
"So why are you making trouble! Mr. Hai will definitely not have bad intentions towards us common people."
Wang Chenglin replied directly.
(End of chapter)
