Don't want to receive the cattle?
How can we plow the land without oxen? These people are good at herding cattle and horses, but they may not be good at working as oxen or horses...
Gu Zhengchen didn't explain much.
This group of Tatar prisoners came from the grassland. You expect them to straighten their backs, look up at the sky, and replace the hand that raised the whip high with the hoe that bent down and dropped it heavily. It's strange that they can adapt.
Farming is not about giving a cow, some grain seeds, and a piece of land, and then you can cultivate it well.
The knowledge here is profound. It is difficult to clean up one-third of an acre of land in two or three years. This group of people needs to live, and there is no trial and error period of two or three years.
It is impossible for the county government to imitate some people. There are so many poor students in their own country who cannot receive subsidies, and they also promote work-study. When foreigners come, they have to give them subsidies every month, whether it is a subsidy of 300,000 yuan a month or 300,000 yuan a month. Daming will never pay a monthly subsidy of 30,000 yuan.
When you come to Ming Dynasty, you will be treated equally. The people of Ming Dynasty will be resettled in different places according to this standard, and you will be resettled in this standard.
Want privileges?
Want to stand out from others?
Damn your grandma, Daming is very hard-boned.
There is no subsidy and the land is not good for planting. What should I do? Although these Tatars are foreigners, they will be incorporated into the Jurong household registration immediately. In the future, they will be pure Ming people, and they cannot be ignored whether they live or die.
After thinking about it, Gu Zhengchen decided to take advantage of this group of people's "big shoulders, round waists and strong strength" to build a professional construction team to be responsible for the maintenance, repair, excavation and other tasks of Jurong's ponds, rivers and dams. Requisition, give food and money, and reduce the number of requisitions of people in the future.
The technical conditions for repairing water conservancy are not high. Just find a few dedicated people to take the lead, assign tasks and let them work. If you have time, train some craftsmen. There are many projects that need to be promoted in Jurong, one of which is to build the city wall...
Ancient times are different from later generations. It doesn't matter whether there are city walls or not in later generations. Not to mention existences of the level of Fat Man and Big Boy, there are too many other firecrackers flying overhead, and the military value of city walls is very weak.
That's right, Jurong did not encounter any invasion by foreign enemies in the next two hundred years of history, and its city walls had little military value.
But the problem is that later generations took it for granted that there were no city walls, but people in the Ming Dynasty felt uncomfortable without city walls.
What’s a city without walls? What’s the difference between a home without a door…
No matter how poor and miserable we are, we can still use a fence as a city wall. When we have the opportunity, we will definitely build a brick wall.
Looking around the prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, it is roughly the same.
Society has a division of labor, and not everyone must farm to survive.
Three hundred and sixty rows, each with its own job.
Gu Zhengchen planned to let these people take charge of large and small projects in Jurong and serve as officials of the county government. Of course, there is no need to explain these things to Mao Xiang and Liu Ji in detail. They are just sending prisoners. How to place and arrange the prisoners is a matter for the Jurong County Government.
Luo Shao and Lin Shan completed checking the roster and processed the handover documents.
The details of how to allocate the prisoners and where to place them, and who lives with whom in the same room, are the responsibility of the subordinate staff and government officials, with the assistance of the sergeants, and there is no need for Gu Zhengchen to handle it personally.
Jurong Riverside.
Liu Ji looked at Mao Xiang, hoping that this person would stay away so that he could have a few words with Gu Zhengchen, but Mao Xiang yawned and seemed not to notice him, staying around.
Gu Zhengchen saw Liu Ji's eyes and secretly lamented that Liu Ji's political acumen was still not high enough.
Judging from Mao Xiang's actions, he was sent by Zhu Yuanzhang to keep an eye on him, and the people who acted as agents were himself and Liu Ji. In this case, you still want to chat privately. Why do you want to do things without telling Lao Zhu?
It is true that Liu Ji is very smart, but it is also true that he has a straightforward temper and sometimes speaks louder than his head.
For example, when Zhu Yuanzhang asked Liu Ji who could be the prime minister and lamented that only Liu Ji could be the prime minister, he blurted out the words, "I hate evil too much, and I can't stand drama, so I have to be grateful for it."
This is extremely inappropriate. You must know that if Liu Ji becomes prime minister and has great power, he will be worthy of his "hate". The only person who can bear his "hate" is Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although this is not the original intention, Lao Zhu would think so, and it is easy for people to fall in love with each other...
Gu Zhengchen saw the corner of Liu Ji's mouth move and said quickly: "Uncle Sincerity, the Ronghe River is the source of the Qinhuai River and leads to Jinling. If a leaf is thrown in, it may float to the Dazhong Bridge."
Liu Ji felt a chill go down his back when he heard this.
Gu Zhengchen was reminding himself that every word and everything here could be transmitted to Jinling City, so he should be cautious about what he said.
Liu Ji looked at the river, shook his head and smiled: "Mr. Gu, you seem to be missing a master by your side, right?"
Gu Zhengchen stared and said cautiously: "Indeed."
Liu Ji said softly: "I have a second son named Liu Jing. He is talented, knowledgeable and good at making suggestions. I wonder if County Magistrate Gu is willing to hire him as his master?"
hiss!
Gu Zhengchen took a deep breath.
When Mao Xiang heard this, he frowned slightly, then calmly took a step closer.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Liu Ji, glanced at Mao Xiang from the corner of his eye, and said sternly: "Uncle Cheng is joking, I am a small seventh-grade county magistrate, how dare I recruit a young master from the Earl's Mansion as my master? It's better not to mention this matter. "
Liu Ji fought for it again: "The county government is busy with affairs and there is no master around..."
"Uncle Sincerity! In late autumn, the wind is blowing."
Gu Zhengchen interrupted Liu Ji.
If we continue talking, Liu Ji will probably not survive Hongwu for eight years.
The county magistrate can freely hire the master as his staff. The master does not receive any salary from the imperial court and is not a member of the imperial official system. The county magistrate provides money and food.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the chief officials of prefectures and counties in the Ming Dynasty could recruit masters as long as they could pay enough money and food. For example, Xu Wei, the famous first military adviser in the southeast in the history of the Ming Dynasty, was the master invited by Hu Zongxian.
However, it was not easy to hire a master in the early days of the Ming Dynasty. Unless he was a close friend, well-informed, famous, and had some family background, it would be difficult for the chief officer to hire a master.
This is related to the particularity of the times. The Ming Dynasty was only six years old, and the number of scholars had not yet caught up. The end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty were when scholars were in decline. The most troublesome thing for Zhu Yuanzhang was that many scholars in the countryside were unwilling to serve the Ming Dynasty. , If you don’t want to be an official in the Ming Dynasty, even if the court takes the imperial examination three times in a row, not many qualified scholars will come out.
You don't even want to be an official for Lao Zhu, but you still want to be a master. What a joke.
However, some people are really not smart enough. There are indeed people who rejected Lao Zhu's invitation to become an official and turned around and became a master, such as Gao Qi, the current master of Wei Guan, the prefect of Suzhou.
Of course, if there are no accidents, Wei Guan and Gao Qi will be killed by Lao Zhu next year.
I really can’t blame Lao Zhu for being petty. As an emperor, it’s inappropriate for you to invite you to be an official. If you don’t cooperate with the new dynasty, it doesn’t matter. You can just go home and farm. I let you go, but you turned around and worked for a prefect. Master, what does this make Lao Zhu think:
I, Lao Zhu, the mighty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, am not as good as a prefect?
Don't I want to lose face?
The scholars in the world are not used by the king, but are taught by outsiders. It is not wrong to kill their bodies and lose their families!
This is Lao Zhu’s logic.
At this moment, Liu Ji is making the mistake of "Gao Qi". If your son is talented, you should quickly give it to Lao Zhu. Didn't you see that Lao Zhu is short of manpower?
Instead of sending talents to Lao Zhu, send a magistrate to be a master. What do you want to do? If Lao Zhu thought more about it, how long can you live...
Liu Ji looked at Gu Zhengchen who was looking at the others and sighed helplessly.
Now Uncle Chengyi's mansion has been emptied out, and Lao Zhu's salary has been stopped. If it weren't for the small number of people in the family and some land in his hometown, he might be on the verge of death. The situation is critical now. If he could borrow Gu Zhengchen's help, On the line of going to the East Palace, it is impossible to say that the sincerity house still has a chance of survival. At least after his death, his family can still save their lives.
But considering Gu Zhengchen's intentions, he didn't intend to help.
Liu Ji did not speak anymore about this matter, and instead talked with Gu Zhengchen about river dredging.
Mao Xiang followed not far away, always silent.
At noon, Gu Zhengchen hosted a banquet to entertain Liu Ji, Mao Xiang and others, but they were all polite.
The placement of the captives was very smooth, and all that was left was the purchase of daily necessities. This group of prisoners are not paupers. Just like the immigration policy, each of them has a "resettlement fee" in their hands - five thousand dollars.
This money is not a small amount. In addition to buying pots, pans, quilts, cotton clothes and other items, there is still a lot leftover. An elder from Jurong County brought some vegetables to visit, and he also reminded us to abide by the law and be good and obedient citizens.
On the other hand, the people in the household were extremely busy, especially Luo Shao, who was racking his brains to get these prisoners registered in Jurong.
The entry of Tatar captives into the Jurong household registration is not just a matter of prisoner registration, it is as simple as household records.
Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor with a very strategic vision, and he also had extraordinary wisdom when dealing with the Mongolian people. He did not pursue the complete annihilation of the Mongolian people, but only pursued the elimination of Yuan Ting forces that were enough to threaten the Ming Dynasty. For those who surrendered Yes, the surrendered Mongols, including the Mongols still in the Yuan Dynasty, were given priority to win over, relocate, reuse, and lobby, and then the physical system was eliminated.
Zhu Yuanzhang had a clear governance concept for the Tatar prisoners, in two words:
assimilation.
Mongolia is a nomadic nation and belongs to the foreign barbarians. When the foreign barbarians enter China, they will become Chinese.
Lao Zhu stipulates:
The Mongolians resettled in the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to wear Mongolian clothes and all wore Han clothes; they were not allowed to speak Mongolian and all spoke Chinese Mandarin. Mongolians cannot marry each other, and Mongolian women must marry Ming men.
There is also a requirement for all Inner Mongolians to change their surnames to Han surnames.
Changing surnames is what makes Luo Shao scratch his head the most. These people are uneducated and choose their surnames so casually, which makes people a little desperate. Some people change their surnames to Li, Zhang, Wang, and Zhao, and some take an unusual approach. For example, my surname is busy. , I don’t know what you are busy with, and your surname is Tie, your name is Zhen, if you put a piece of wood in the middle, can you still conquer the world?
The most speechless thing is that I don't know how to choose a surname, and I still have to find a noble surname to rely on. What, you want to be named Zhu, who is the eldest, the eighth?
Boy, how many lives do you have?
