In this room, the mood is gloomy and gloomy.
Under the leadership of the grain chief, a group of people came over in a mighty manner.
When Da Wa sitting outside the door saw so many people coming, she quickly wiped away her tears and lowered her head.
"Da Wa, where is your great-grandfather?"
Da Wa didn't say anything, just pointed inside.
"Mom, you kid, come in quickly and you'll do good things."
Da Wa still didn't get up.
The grain manager ignored the big boy and just looked at the armor commander with a smile on his face.
"There are only six old people in your village who have passed their sixties. Now three of them have been carried up the mountain. Those two are also on their deathbed. If this one is not here, I will not pay you this year's wages. ." Chief Jia has read some books. Although he has no fame, he is still a big man in the town. When he speaks, the surrounding villages listen. ŴŴŴ.BIQUGE.biz
This salary also goes to the private account of the place.
There is a grain chief in the village, who measures the land on weekdays and urges the villagers to pay grain taxes. During the Hongwu period, the villages were managed by old people. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the old people were knowledgeable and prestigious. If you went to the city to complain, there would be no old people in the village. The government will not accept it without your consent.
The grain chief will also cooperate with the village chief's elders in management on weekdays. They are informal officials.
If some villages have only one surname of the same clan, they will be managed by people with higher prestige in the village. But in villages like now where different surnames are mixed, they are managed by people from the big families in the village, and they are not counted. Officials in the Ming Dynasty were not considered to be eating public food.
However, as time has passed, the village's elderly management strategies have almost ceased to exist in name only. The grain chief has become the direct manager of the village in another sense, and can be called the village chief.
"Don't worry, the children in this family are all good children and will not treat the old man badly. Come in with me, please come in." The grain manager said and took two steps forward: "Iron pillar, iron pillar, hurry up Come out, Master Jia is here."
Tie Zhu, who was in the main room, suddenly saw so many people entering his small yard and was a little overwhelmed.
Tie Zhu and the woman walked out.
The grain manager immediately smiled and said, "Where's your grandpa?"
"What's wrong inside the house?" Tie Zhu was a little puzzled. He had never been to his house before the grain was harvested.
"Chief A wants to see your grandpa."
Tie Zhu glanced at the armor commander, and then said: "Look what my grandpa is doing. My grandpa is in good health, so there is no need to look."
Tie Zhu thought he was being asked to carry his grandfather up the mountain, and was not in a good mood at the moment.
"You are such a bad guy, but you have good intentions. Please be polite when talking to Mr. Jia." The grain manager angrily scolded him, then he looked at Mr. Jia and said, "Chief A, come into the house with me. His old man will definitely be there. Don't worry. "
Chief Jia just nodded, but did not continue to move forward. Instead, he looked at the strong black man in front of him: "Brother, the court has a new official document. Our Qinyang Mansion is verifying children under the age of ten. , an old man over sixty years old.”
The third eldest son of the Tiezhu family is only nine years old, and his grandfather is already seventy-eight years old.
"What does the court want to do?" Tie Zhu said hurriedly.
The woman on the side was also a little panicked.
"Xunqiu, wait until Mr. Jia has finished speaking before you interrupt." The grain chief scolded from the side.
"It doesn't matter. The imperial court has a reward. Specifically, it's His Majesty who has a reward. His Majesty saved his own money and spent more than 100,000 taels of silver. He made a decree to give it to our Qinyang Prefecture. Counting the children under ten years old and the elderly over sixty years old, the elderly can get one tael of silver this year, five pounds of wine, five pounds of meat, and one piece of cloth. Children under ten years old can get five coins of silver. , five pounds of meat, and one piece of cloth. I am here to confirm. If the old man is still there and wants children, I will write down your name and household registration in this list. After two or three days, you can Go to the prefect’s Yamen to collect these things.”
"What, what did you say..." Tie Zhu was a little confused.
The women also looked unconvinced. Although they had all heard the old man say that during the time of Grandfather Taizu, the court often gave kindness to the old man, but they had never seen it. After so many years, the old man left one by one, and these words were repeated. No one said it, and they just regarded it as the nonsense of old people.
"What I'm saying is that as long as you let me see your children and the elderly, you can go to Qinyang Mansion to collect these things in two or three days."
Tie Zhu still didn't believe it. He looked at his wife and then at the grain chief.
"Don't worry, how could Mr. Jia lie to you? Notices have been posted in the town. Please let Mr. Jia take a look at it quickly. I also have the household register of our village."
"Hey, sir, please come in. My grandfather and the baby are both eating. They are all in the house." Tie Zhu was a little panicked, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad.
The commander is also in a happy mood. He stays in this position and is always urging people to pay public food and taxes. To the people, he is a villain. This is the first time he has been a commander for more than ten years. Do something good for the people.
Entering the main room, I saw an old man with tears on his face, steamed buns on the table, and two thin boys.
Chief A's heart felt like it was being pulled.
He is not a master of civil engineering, but he has read books about saints and sages. He also has a compassionate heart, but his power is really limited. He can only watch the people live in poverty, and old people are abandoned on the mountains, but he does not There is no way to stop it, because we all have to stay alive...
With a heavy heart, Chief A just bowed to the old man and walked out.
Tie Zhu hurriedly chased after him: "Sir, does my family qualify?"
"It fits. I will send the roster over after I go back. When you go there, take your village's household register and your family's household registration book with you. When the time comes, you can tell the dozens of households in your village that have children under the age of ten. Let’s go together.”
"Hey, sir, why don't you finish the soup here?" the woman said quickly.
Chief Jia smiled, waved his hand and said: "No, I have to go to the next village to do the statistics and send them over early, so you can get them early. By the way, I heard from the government officials in the government that the official warehouse needs Grain is open for sale, and the price of a bucket is only five yuan. If you still want to buy some grain, you can go there with a cart, but you also need a household registration."
"Thank you, sir."
"I'm not an adult, I'm just a fellow countryman. I'll leave first."
Tiezhu, the two women sent him outside the hospital.
After everyone walked away, Da Wa stood up and said, "Mom and dad, what are they doing here?"
Tiezhu didn't say anything, but the woman smiled and said, "Come and give your great-grandfather a way to survive."
"What do you mean, mother."
"I heard from that gentleman that His Majesty the Emperor has given us people with old people and children some food as a reward. You go and tell your great-grandfather first to make him happy."
After hearing this, the eldest child hurriedly asked: "Grandpa, don't you need to go up the mountain?"
"Originally, we wouldn't let your great-grandfather go up the mountain, so go ahead and talk about it."
After hearing what her father said, the eldest child ran towards the main room.
But when Da Wa left, Tie Zhu simply let out a deep sigh.
"Zhuzi, what's wrong?"
"I don't know if it's true or not..."
The woman looked at the people leaving: "You can go to the grain manager's house later and ask, he knows more than us."
"I'm going to wait in front of his house." After saying that, Tie Zhu walked straight out.
"Drink the noodle soup first. Alas, I'm still so impatient."
When Tiezhu arrived at the grain chief's house, he found that seven or eight people were already waiting here.
Everyone gathered around after seeing the iron pillar.
"Did Chief A also go to your house? What were you talking about..."
Then Tiezhu answered truthfully.
After everyone listened, a woman wiped her eyes and said: "In our village, filial piety is the standard. Sure enough, good people are rewarded. My parents didn't do it a few years ago. Otherwise, we would have been rewarded by the court. I wouldn't have done it." Even if he died so early, his blessings would still be poor and he would not have had such a good time."
The mother-in-law and mother-in-law of the woman who spoke all died in the 13th year of Zhengtong and hanged themselves on a tree outside the village.
"Aunt Hua, don't feel bad. Don't you have a grandson? Your grandson is less than ten years old and can receive the reward. If you take good care of your health and live a few more years, you can also earn something for your children." The man said quickly.
After hearing this, the woman just nodded.
Everyone came here for one purpose, to confirm the authenticity.
The guys discussed it for a while and felt that it should be true, otherwise the armor commander in the town would not be able to make a special trip.
While there was a lot of discussion, the grain manager came back.
Everyone hurriedly swarmed up and started asking questions.
"Folks, please be quiet and listen to me."
"This thing is true. I heard someone from the Jia Chief said that many heavenly officials from the capital were sent by the imperial court to keep an eye on our magistrate's office. There were also seven or eight hundred people from Qinyang City who came over. Pigs are being killed, and a lot of accountants have been hired in the warehouse just to distribute money. I envy you to death. Not a single child has earned more." As he said this, the grain manager laughed loudly. .
"I know what you guys are worried about. Do you know what an imperial edict is? An imperial edict is what the emperor says. If you don't follow it, you will be beheaded. So don't be afraid. If you go to the city, you will be embarrassed by others. I will go with you. Let’s also take the farmer with us. If he dares to embarrass us, we will chop them into pieces as the emperor said.”
After hearing this, the people felt relieved.
"I also heard that after this disaster is over, there will still be children, but there are no more children. They are all old people. The older ones should treat their parents well. If they live longer, it will be good for us, right?"
Everyone nodded quickly.
"Tie Zhu, Master Jia has praised you this time, saying that you are a hungry boy, but not an old man. I want to praise you too. Those heartless people in the village will not let them go until these things are resolved."
Tie Zhu scratched his head in embarrassment.
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In the winter of the sixth year of Chenghua, in the Fengtian Hall, the emperor inquired about matters, and initially decided on Qinyang affairs. He was exempted from taxes for three years, and he spoke modestly and acted modestly. As we went along, we discussed the policy of kindness and support. The emperor agreed and the virtuous master took it, which was the beginning of the benevolent government in Chenghuanian.
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