There are quite a few people going outside the customs.
Not only outside the customs, but also from Nanyang, "piglets" are queuing up.
"Sure enough, the people are in dire straits. Originally, it was all Cantonese and Fujianese who went to Nanyang to be piggies. Now there are so many people lining up to go there even from Liangjiang!"
In a restaurant in Fucheng, Changzhou.
Bai Ning, Shen Song and other disciples of the Eight Banners of the former dynasty who investigated the sufferings of the people of the Ming Dynasty gathered here to discuss what they saw and heard.
"There is a trading company called Sitong Transportation in Changzhou Prefecture. There are long queues of piglets going to Nanyang and outside the customs. I heard that they are all going to join some collective farm. Those going to outside the customs are farming, and those going to Nanyang seem to be... People are lining up to work in some rubber plantation to make a living, Master, we didn’t have this kind of thing in the Qing Dynasty!"
Shen Song sat in the restaurant's private room and took a bite of the Changzhou Prefecture's characteristic rice cake. He chewed the aroma of the rice in his mouth and pointed at a business opposite with the Sitong Trading Company signboard and said to Bai Ning beside him.
Of course, there is no such thing. Bai Ning thought that during the Qing Dynasty, except for scholars with a good reputation, no one else could move around at will.
When there is no road to guide you, you will be treated as a refugee.
At that time, the reason why many people from Guangdong and Fujian went to Nanyang to make piglets was purely because the Qing Dynasty had relatively low control over these two provinces - after all, this was the headquarters of the Tiandihui activities.
And in this Ming Dynasty.
It is possible to move freely.
There is no restriction on farmers' freedom of movement at all. In theory, if farmers can walk to the Northeast on their own, they can still earn a fortune - the Liao Governor's Office will register free people who go on their own and allocate them to collective farms. Go, and the travel expenses will be subsidized at the same time.
Therefore, in order to consolidate the territory of the Northeast, the Ming Dynasty can be said to have made heavy investments.
"Sir, I have inquired about it. The backend of Si Tongxing is Guan'er from Hunan. I heard that it is a joint venture between the Ouyang family and the Peng family in Chenzhou, Hunan. It specializes in recruiting farmers from the two lakes and three Hunan areas to go to Nanyang and the Northeast. This business of selling piglets is quite profitable. I heard that in addition to Nanyang, people are also sent to Australia to mine."
"Australia? Where is that place?" Bai Ning was stunned.
"In the south of Nanyang, I heard that there is a very large island, maybe bigger than the entire Central Plains. It was originally the territory of the British. A few days ago, I heard that the Indian Ocean Fleet of the Ming Dynasty drove away the British there. This is After occupying such a large territory, a large gold mine was discovered not long after the occupation. Now many people are going to Australia to dig gold at their own expense! Humph, when I was in the Qing Dynasty, how could the people travel thousands of miles to go there? What kind of hell do you think you can make a living in a place like Australia!"
How not? Otherwise, where did the people from Nanyang come from?
Bai Ning thought to himself.
But he echoed me and said: "It is indeed true. In Emperor Zhu's territory, the people are indeed in dire straits."
Shen Song was silent for a moment and said: "The Emperor Zhu is so persuasive, why don't the gentry get up and make trouble?" These scholars have no backbone at all! I remember that Emperor Yongzheng caused a lot of troubles at that time! '
Making trouble?
What's the fuss about?
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was Miao Hong, who was also the founding emperor of the country. The gentry in this place had been rectified by the Qing Dynasty. How many of them had the backbone?
not to mention.
Emperor Zhu also instituted a tax-sharing system.
The land taxes collected locally are used to meet the expenses of the province.
Official salaries alone accounted for a large portion.
Most of the money collected was distributed to officials.
Nowadays, locals are all officials.
Why do the local tyrants and evil gentry still have the energy to cause trouble?
"Someone is here to cause trouble. Many scholars from Sichuan have gone to Zhongdu to petition Emperor Zhu."
Bai Ning said.
"Master, let's go to Zhongdu to see the excitement!"
Shen Song's eyes lit up and he said.
"How dare these rotten scholars oppose the emperor! My classmates from Daohua University! Let's go to Zhongdu to challenge those rotten scholars and tell them how powerful our new students are!"
"That's right! These people dare to seek any privileges after reading a little bit of the Four Books and Five Classics. Isn't it just the Four Books and Five Classics? Who can't do it?"
"Where are the students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering? Go to Zhongdu and support the new study!"
"Classmate from the etiquette department."
"Department of Economics"
Yingtianfu, on the campus of Daohua University.
A group of college students are gathering in the square.
The content of the rally is of course to support the new learning and the line of their great mentor, His Majesty the Ming Emperor Zhu Daohua! !
The news that scholars from Sichuan want to go to Beijing to petition, abolish the new learning and support the old learning has spread all over the world.
Scholars all over the world responded.
However, Xinxue is not without its fans.
News came that the Confucian scholars in the world wanted to abolish the new learning.
All of a sudden.
Tens of thousands of new students from Daohua University, Zhongdu University, Guangdong University, and Jiangnan University were excited.
This battle between old and new is a battle for the future!
The future of the Ming Dynasty.
It is in the hands of new students.
Still in the hands of those rotten scholars.
Just look at this fight!
"We new students must show our own strength, support our teachers, and support our emperor! We want the whole world to know! New learning is not alone! I am not alone!!"
Someone on the high platform clenched his fists and roared.
Some people are also discussing what to do.
In the Daohua Building of Daohua University.
Several student leaders were discussing petitions and demonstrations.
"The group of scholars heard that the petition application has been submitted, and it is in Suzaku Square in front of the Zhongdu Palace. We can also submit the petition papers and petition at the same time!"
someone shouted.
"Brother Xianhe, what do you think we should do? They have a lot of corrupt scholars!"
Deng Xianhe, who was in the center of the crowd, smiled slightly.
'It doesn't matter if there are many of them, our senior brothers will support us!
The first batch of new college students have entered the society.
Those who work as officials in various places, work as technical officers in major machinery factories, shipyards, and steam engine factories, or have opened major law firms - this kind of people specializes in learning Mingli and helping people with lawsuits. Law firms quickly replaced traditional litigators.
Various new industries are showing great vitality due to the influx of new talents.
"Oh? Where do we come from?"
Deng Xianhe looked at the classmates present.
With a slight smile on his lips, he said: "Of course I pulled people's heads from the factory!"
"The factory is pulling people's heads?" People were stunned.
"We have already negotiated with the bosses in various places. There are at least more than 200,000 factories in Zhongdu, Changzhou Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, and both sides of the Yangtze River! There is no need to hire more than 200,000 industrial workers. Twenty to thirty thousand is enough to beat those weaklings to pieces!"
"What kind of scholars do they claim to be? In fact, they are just ordinary people. How can they be different from factory workers?"
Deng Xianhe said.
(End of chapter)
