Liu Bowen didn't know if he could pass the exam. Anyway, he didn't use his real name. It was impossible for Zhu Jiajun to find him. He just walked around Jinling City and escaped before the results came out.
Liu Bowen was in a good mood and wanted to visit Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and the popular place in the south of the Yangtze River. How could he not take a tour?
Liu Bowen walked around the street for a while, and the most obvious feeling was that the street was clean, and it was completely clean. In the past, there were messy people in any city, such as gangsters, beggars, and helpers.
Damn you... you can't see any of these regular combinations in Yingtian.
Then the streets, debris, leaves, even feces and urine... were all cleaned up and made brand new.
This is something that cannot be done in Dadu.
Liu Bowen was very curious, so he asked about who was responsible for this? Did Zhu Jiajun ask the common people to do it?
"At first glance, you look like a foreigner. Zhu Jiajun is very dedicated. They came here to clean up in person. They also told us that we need to drink clean water, live cleanly, and eat hygienically to avoid diseases and disasters. Otherwise, the plague will spread. But
It will be fatal. Look, they clean up all the debris on the street."
Liu Bowen was stunned. These gangs of red thieves said that the plague was related to the filth of these debris. There was such a statement in medical books, but it was not sure yet, but it would be a good thing if it could be cleaned up and hygienic.
"So Zhu Jiajun will come here to clean up every day?"
The clerk smiled and said, "At first, there was too much accumulation and it was not easy to deal with. The Zhu Jiajun came here. Now it's all the prisoners who are doing it."
"captive?"
"Yes, they are the original Tatar soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty!"
"What? Captured officers and soldiers?" Liu Bowen was really a little frightened. He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had captured many Yuan troops, but Liu Bowen felt that Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely use them to expand his strength and recruit them into his subordinates.
No matter how you look at it, it shouldn’t be used for cleaning!
"You didn't lie to me?"
The boy rolled his eyelids and said, "Why are you lying to me? The person leading the work is the former imperial censor Fu Shou! Darling, our marshal can really do his job. Such a big official comes to clean and push debris out of the city every day...
…Where else can I see such fun things except in Jinling?”
Liu Bowen was stupid. Indeed, except for Zhu Yuanzhang, he would never use it anywhere else.
Good luck and longevity to the censor!
This is a good official, a man of great integrity, and he is loyal to Dayuan. When the red bandits broke into Jinling, he did not run away or die for his country. After being captured, he was still willing to come out to work. This is very strange.
!
Have you misjudged the person?
Or is it that the red thief knows magic and can steal souls?
While Liu Ji was thinking, sure enough, some prisoners came out to work. They were dressed in navy blue clothes, lined up in neat lines, and came out shouting slogans.
Looking at their faces, there is even a little bit of excitement. I don’t know what makes them happy?
You are prisoners, don't be ashamed!
For the first time, Liu Ji felt that his brain was not strong enough, and his outlook on life was severely damaged.
As expected, they are a group of shameless people who have failed Tianen.
No matter how talented Liu Ji is, facing this situation, he can only come to this conclusion.
But for these prisoners, this is not the case.
When they come out to work and perform well, they can be counted into points... These points will be regarded as the results of their transformation. If the points are high and the transformation is good, they can end their hard labor early and be qualified to allocate fields.
The sooner you divide your fields, the sooner you can live a good life.
Eat well, wear warm clothes, marry a wife and live a happy life.
No fool would be willing to do such a good thing!
As expected, these people worked extremely hard, and were really not afraid of getting dirty or tired. When they encountered heavy work, everyone rushed to do it, and no one was willing to fall behind.
With such motivation on the battlefield, would Zhu Yuanzhang still be willing to march into Jinling?
Liu Bowen was constantly being hit and couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
However, Liu Bowen was a very arrogant and talented person. In fact, it can be seen from his experience as an official that it can be said that he was harmed by his arrogance and aloofness.
Faced with a situation that he could not figure out, Liu Bowen became more serious. He must find out what secret method the red thief used?
Let’s talk about the prisoners in front of us. They came out to work. They could be lazy and escape, but they all worked honestly without any resistance.
There were only a few people, holding small notebooks, patrolling from one end to the other, recording what they saw. Who performed well, who performed poorly, and how to score them all depended on their pens.
It was not until noon that more Zhu Jiajun soldiers came over carrying bamboo baskets, still steaming, and delivered them to the prisoners.
The food is really good, including multi-grain steamed buns made from yeast dough. Although they are not as sweet as white flour steamed buns, they are big enough and filling.
Two fist-sized buns and a large bowl of vegetable soup gave these prisoners a hearty taste of delicacies...Liu Bowen actually swallowed and spit.
He is not someone who knows nothing. In fact, Liu Bowen is also leading the army.
Although the number is not large, there are still hundreds of people.
What worries him the most is food!
Ordinary people can eat one meal a day, but those who have to go to the battlefield must eat at least two meals a day, and they have to work hard.
If you don't have enough food, you can't even train, let alone kill the enemy.
Liu Bowen was led by Xiangyong, which meant that he had to beg for help from powerful and wealthy households in his hometown, asking those landowners for help and generous donations.
It's not a good feeling to beg for food, even if you ask fellow villagers to beg for food, it's just as uncomfortable.
Take the food of ordinary soldiers as an example, the food is not as good as that of these prisoners.
Of course, maybe Zhu Jiajun was out to work, and for the sake of his own face, he swollen his face and pretended to be fat.
They won't have so much food, no!
Apart from comforting himself like this, does Liu Bowen have any other way?
He did not wait for Fushou. The imperial censor did not come to work, and Liu Bowen could not find out the reason.
Perhaps Fushou himself knew that it was shameful and that scholars should pay attention to their integrity. He was also a high-ranking official in the Yuan Dynasty. Scholars could be killed but not humiliated. He would rather die than obey!
If so, it deserves admiration.
Liu Ji didn't know what Fu Shou was doing. In fact, as a censor, Fu Shou had a good level of education. He was called by Zhang Ximeng to participate in the judgment.
Also going with him were Timur and others.
Together, they worked wholeheartedly to select talents for Zhu Jiajun, and then let these people go to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty. By coincidence, Liu Ji also participated in this exam.
This thing is simply full of dramatic effects, and the more I think about it, the more interesting it becomes.
Fortunately, Liu Ji didn't know, otherwise he might have fled directly. After all, Jinling City was too terrifying.
But even so, it was enough to make Liu Ji confused.
After seeing the prisoners working, he went to the Qinhuai River along the way. Anyway, whether it was along the way or not, when the cultural people came, it was always a way. Otherwise, it would be shameful to say that he came here on purpose!
It is a pity that Liu Bowen received another rejection. The boat boats on the Qinhuai River stopped and the brothels were closed... After a little inquiry, it was not that the Zhu Jiajun sealed the brothels.
But after Zhu Yidou was killed, many boats were owned by the Zhu family, and many girls were procured by the Zhu family. They finally united and submitted a petition to Yingtian Mansion.
The girls asked for their vindication and their freedom.
Who is willing to do this kind of dirty work... Zhu Yidou and his minions used coercion and inducement to fall into hell. Everyone shed tears. Every year, how many sisters are either tortured to death or die of illness.
I implore the Generalissimo to make the decision for everyone, and also follow the example of Yangzhou and blockade all brothels and boats.
This memorandum has been handed over to Lao Zhu, and many other women have handed in blood letters.
Zhu Yuanzhang has accepted the case and is discussing how to resolve the affairs of these women.
Yangzhou's experience has come out. Direct seizure is of course clean and tidy and very satisfying.
But what happens next is very troublesome.
This trouble comes from two aspects. First, many parents are unwilling to accept the girls from brothels returning home. Moreover, even if the parents accept, the people around them will point fingers and they will not be able to hold their heads up and behave like normal people all day long.
Wash your face with tears.
Secondly, many girls have become accustomed to making easy money. They are not willing to work as knitting queens to support themselves. Some girls even seduce Zhu Jiajun soldiers and want to find a way out for themselves.
In this situation, Zhu Jiajun is also in a dilemma.
Is it so difficult to do something good?
Some people even simply complained that since they don't know what's good and what's wrong, just leave it alone and just continue to open a brothel and abuse them.
When the news reached Zhu Yuanzhang, it was obvious that someone had already begun to insinuate and complain about Zhang Ximeng. After all, he was the one who caused it.
Regarding this matter, Zhang Ximeng is quite calm. If it were so easy to solve, wouldn't someone have done it a long time ago? Why would it last for thousands of years?
After thinking about it, Zhang Ximengsi proposed his plan to set up a silk workshop in Yingtian to train these girls and give them survival skills, so that they can make money openly and openly with their own hands, and also create more tax revenue and value for Zhu Jiajun.
Once they have improved, mastered a skill, and can make money, they will naturally be able to get rid of the past, hold their heads high, and move towards a new life.
Ying Tian was still preparing the details and had not come up with a final plan, but in any case, Liu Ji's plan to swim in the Qinhuai River fell through.
It was already the third day since he arrived in Jinling. The biggest news in Jinling City on this day was that the specific land distribution law was finally announced.
Compared with Chuzhou and other places, due to the developed silk industry in Jiangnan, the part related to mulberry fields must be greatly reduced, and mulberry fields must also be taxed.
And he also proposed heavy taxes!
Mulberry fields will be taxed twice as much as farmland!
The Generalissimo had only one explanation for this: If you don't wear silk, you won't die, but if you don't eat, you will starve to death.
In this situation where there are still so many hungry people, using good land to plant mulberry trees, raising silkworms, reeling silk, and weaving gorgeous silk just for the enjoyment of dignitaries and being covered in robes is not a silkworm farmer.
Is this fair?
If it's unfair, we have to correct it!
What a Zhu Yuanzhang!
Faced with this program of dividing land, Liu Bowen was greatly shocked.
He reduced the number of mulberry fields and levied heavy taxes, but did not directly ban it. This is Zhang Ximeng's style at first glance.
There is no doubt that in this troubled world, giving up food and focusing on cash crops is asking for death. A variety of food is the king of kings.
But it is undeniable that silk is indeed a huge source of profit and will also become an important part of commercial taxation in the future... Therefore, Zhang Ximeng strongly advocated leaving a way out.
Liu Bowen could even predict that soon, or even now, the price of silk under Zhu Yuanzhang would skyrocket!
But since I can afford to wear silk, I don't care about paying a little more tax. Anyway, just treat it as robbing the rich and giving to the poor.
Liu Bowen felt more and more that Zhu Jiajun's various measures had profound meanings, and the more he thought about the reason for the appointment, he couldn't stop thinking about it.
He reminded himself again and again that he had to run away before he got results.
But he still underestimated Zhu Jiajun's ability.
On the seventh day when Liu Bowen was wandering around, a group of people intercepted him as soon as he returned to his residence.
