At the same time, everyone in the town also knew that Ming Dynasty had a good emperor and a good prime minister, and they had the people in their hearts! So during the celebrations, the emperor's name and the prime minister's name were never interrupted! And it is foreseeable that their name will continue to spread to distant places through the villagers!
The promotion of low-price salt in this small town has come to an end, but similar stories continue to be staged throughout the Ming Dynasty! It's just that some places are more peaceful and some places are more violent! But the end result is the same! That is why the names of Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng are rising among the people!
All the people were praising them, not to mention that they erected immortal tablets for Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng, and countless people burned incense and prayed day and night! It can be said that at this time, only Taizu and Taizong could suppress the title of Emperor Wanli! As for Zhang Juzheng, he is already the most powerful prime minister since the Ming Dynasty!
At this time, the people of Ming Dynasty were simple and honest, and they remembered everyone who was kind to them! Therefore, wherever low-priced salt appears, there will be a wave of gratitude to Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng! So the common people spontaneously or under the guidance of others, many people wrote Wanmin Zhe or made Wanmin umbrellas and sent them to the county government offices, hoping that the officials would send their thoughts!
Naturally, the local gentry would not forget to show up for such a grand event! They paid part of the expenses, or directly organized people's organizations to take over the task of delivering Wanminzhe and Wanmin umbrellas to the people! At the same time, a large-scale poetry meeting was held to praise this unprecedented prosperous age! So countless poems and essays flew out from various cultural associations and academies, and were attached to the backs of Wanmin Zhe and Wanmin Umbrella, decorating them even more colorfully!
Since the counties have already done this, the state capital will naturally not forget this matter. They will only make it even grander! The Wanmin Zhe will be thicker and the Wanmin Umbrella will be even more exaggerated!
Then a strange scene appeared in the capital! Every two or three days, there will be a team of people beating gongs and drums to escort Wan Min Umbrella and Wan Min Zhe into the capital! In this way, the names of Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng were praised over and over again! For a time, the sound of the benevolent emperor and the wise prime minister supporting each other and jointly creating a prosperous age resounded throughout the world!
Those delivering things will burn incense and pray in front of the palace gate, respectfully leave Wanmin folds and Wanmin umbrellas behind, and then retreat. Then naturally, the palace guards will send these things to the palace.
Emperor Wanli naturally enjoyed this kind of thing! Whenever the Wanmin Umbrella and Wanmin Zhe were delivered, he would personally inspect them and watch them, completely immersed in the dream that he was about to become the emperor of the ages!
As for Zhang Juzheng's house, there is naturally even more traffic! Because those local officials and gentry sent Wanmin Umbrellas and Wanminzhe, they naturally would not only send them to the emperor. They cleverly made another copy and sent it specially to Zhang Juzheng's mansion!
So as long as someone brings something to Beijing, the sound of firecrackers in front of Zhang Ju's residence will never stop! Those who knew about it naturally lamented that the chief minister was loved by the people, while those who didn't know thought that Zhang Juzheng was recruiting new people into the government every day! So for a time, Emperor Wanli's reputation was comparable to that of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, while Zhang Juzheng's reputation was comparable to that of Yihuo!
But the surprises the court gave to the people were not over yet! Then the imperial court issued a large number of decrees to start repairing the world's water conservancy, dredging rivers and canals, and repairing roads! And announced that this time, except for those who serve in corvee, everyone else will be paid as hired workers! At the same time, it was also announced that this time the government would provide sufficient food for the people, and doctors would provide medical treatment to ensure that no one would die!
If this announcement from the imperial court came out in the past, the people would just think it was a fart! If you should hide from the corvee, hide from the corvee, and if you should hide from the government, hide from the government. No one will come forward! However, the imperial court has just released a huge policy of virtue to the people not long ago, which has greatly improved the people's trust in the imperial court! So most people started to wait and see!
As a result, after waiting for a period of time, projects in various places began to start one after another. The people were surprised to find that the imperial court had really spent a lot of money this time! Not to mention the daily food supply, there is also a doctor at the construction site!
A large number of gentry saw the progress of this kind of project that could benefit the countryside, and began to actively donate food materials and various tools, which made the materials on the construction site abundant! There are also scholars and scribes who wrote various poems on the construction site to praise the government's virtues!
Even the servants and helpers did not use whips to force the peasants to work as quickly as they used to. Instead, they smiled and told them, "Just try your best! Just try your best!"
The reason why the officers were so polite was because they had received orders from their superiors. Of course, they are not doing it for the sake of caring for the people, but because every day the construction period is extended, the cost can be divided into more profit, and there is more room for manipulation! Therefore, the longer the construction period, the fatter the officials’ pockets will be!
But those working people don't know the truth. They only know that this time the government is very considerate of the people, provides enough food, and even sprinkles salt in the soup! I really benefited!
So they think that this is working for their hometown, and they are the ones who benefit. Moreover, the government is so considerate, so what if they don’t work hard? That's going to be poked in the back by the neighbors! So these civilian workers instead worked hard and quickly, and the work they produced was fast and good! It's like the sky and the earth when you were driven to work by whips in the past!
But what they did was really hurting the officials! You work so fast and the construction period becomes so short, teach me how to do it! Therefore, officials from various places began to give civilian husbands a day off to take a bath every ten days! On this day, the people serving as corvees will take care of the food, and the hired laborers will still receive their wages!
Others have come up with many strange ways to delay the construction period, but even so, the peasants are more energetic, competing with each other to work! I always feel that I have to be worthy of the food and wages distributed by the court! On the contrary, it made officials everywhere complain endlessly!
At the same time, the imperial court also launched an operation to suppress banditry! Now the scattered bandits everywhere are in trouble! What they faced was a joint encirclement and suppression by strong squads, archers and guardsmen from all over the place!
The soldiers who participated in the encirclement and suppression campaign received a real reward before setting off! And the officer promised them a silver reward after the war! If you have the merit of beheading, you can receive additional rewards! Although all this money has been withheld by superior officers, the soldiers also know this very well! But it’s still much richer than what you usually get!
