Chapter 595 The heart of the people is like a monument
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Xu Chunjun and the others had a smooth journey and entered Chenzhou on the seventh day.
At this time, it was just dawn.
Zi Ling was arranging the servants and women to prepare breakfast.
After breakfast on the boat, you can abandon the boat and land ashore at noon.
Zheng Wuji and Xu Chunjun also got up. Ah Chunjun was dressing up, and Zheng Wuji was combing his daughter's hair.
Fang Fei's hair was thin and soft. Zheng Wuji carefully combed her into two corner buns and put on two beaded flowers, which made her look pretty and cute.
Fangfei is only one year old, but she is born to coax people.
After Zheng Wuji finished combing her hair, she didn't forget to turn around and kiss Zheng Wuji on the face.
Zheng Wuji is so beautiful! His soul almost floats to the sky.
"Master Marquis, Madam," Aunt Huang walked into the cabin, "Why are there so many people standing on the front bank? It's so dark and scary."
"I'll go out and take a look." Zheng Wuji said, putting his daughter on the bed and standing up.
He walked out of the cabin and saw people standing on both sides of the bank not far ahead.
This formation can only be compared to when the dragon boat race was held in Huaiyang.
"Strange, this is not a special day." Zheng Wuji wondered, "What are these people doing standing on both sides of the Taiwan Strait?"
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Is this Mr. Zheng here?"
The boatman replied loudly: "This is Lord Zheng of Zhizhou. Who are you?"
When those people heard this, they immediately jumped for joy and said to each other: "Master Zheng is back! It's great!"
At this time, Xu Chunjun also came out of the cabin, and the crowd shouted: "It's Madam! And Madam!"
Then people shouted in unison: "Welcome Mr. Zheng and Madam back to Chenzhou!"
It turned out that these people had heard that Zheng Wuji was coming back. They were overjoyed and came to the shore every day before dawn to wait.
The wait is finally here today.
"Chunjun, this is the people's sentiment." Zheng Wuji was very excited. He held Xu Chunjun's hand and said, "I will never forget this scene today."
The people on the shore had already started beating gongs and drums and setting off firecrackers.
It is their common wish to have Zheng Wuji come back. How lucky they are to have such a parent-official who loves the people like a son!
This waterway stretches for hundreds of miles and is filled with people from Chenzhou.
Men, women, old and young, everyone was happy.
Zheng Wuji calmed down several times before he suppressed the tears that surged into his eyes.
"Master Marquis, the people love you so much because you really thought about them." Xu Chunjun said softly, "The hearts of the people are like monuments, which are hard to buy with a lot of money."
"If I have any merit, it will be half of your merit." Zheng Wuji held Xu Chunjun's hand, "Chun Jun, it was you who made me perfect."
When Zheng Wuji returned to his post, Mr. Wu and his people had already prepared a series of documents and books.
Zheng Wuji and Xu Chunjun both thanked him for their hard work, and Mr. Wu smiled and said: "I actually haven't done much, but there are actually a few smart people in the volunteer school run by adults. I selected them all, and it was three months earlier than expected.
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"Have all the properties of those who were convicted been verified?" Zheng Wuji asked again.
"Everything on the surface has been verified, and there is nothing else that needs to be investigated in detail," Mr. Wu said.
"Tomorrow you take people to the Huaiyang Prince's Mansion to see if there is anything at the bottom of his lotus pond."
When Zheng Wuji and Xu Chunjun went to see King Huaiyang in prison, he once said that there was gold and silver buried at the bottom of his lotus pond.
As for whether it is true or false, you have to dig and find out.
Zheng Wuji hurriedly ate his meal and without even taking a nap, he started checking the accounts with Mr. Wu and others.
Although Xu Chunjun and the others have not been here for half a year, the people who stayed have taken care of the place in an orderly manner. Xu Chunjun does not need to buy anything when he comes back.
The merchants on the street sent many things spontaneously, which were the wishes of the people.
Zi Ling smiled and said to Xu Chunjun: "If the girl is sent back like this, they will definitely not accept it, and they will go through a lot of trouble.
Why not give them the things we brought from the capital as gifts in return."
"This is a good idea, let's do it like this." Xu Chunjun nodded with a smile, "I just happened to be unloading the truck, so let's distribute it in the yard."
In the evening, prepare the meal and bring it directly to the front.
Zheng Wuji had dinner with Mr. Wu and others.
Xu Chunjun knew he was busy and didn't bother him.
Fangfei refused to sleep until bedtime and had to look for her father.
Xu Chunjun coaxed her and said: "Good Fangfei, good Fangfei, mother hugs and pats her to sleep, it's the same."
Fang Fei was a little unhappy, but she didn't resist much.
Just when he was about to sleep, Zheng Wuji came back from the front.
Fang Fei woke up immediately and stretched out her little hand for him to hold.
"Little darling, come on." Zheng Wuji held his daughter in his arms and rocked her gently, "Daddy will put you to sleep before you get back to work."
Then he whispered to Xu Chunjun: "You are tired after running all the way. Go to bed early! I will put her to sleep."
"You've had a hard day, why don't you lie down and take a rest." Xu Chunjun also felt sorry for her husband.
"I'm a grown man, what does this mean?" Zheng Wuji refused to let her work any more. "During the evening break, Mr. Wu and I did a set of boxing to loosen up the muscles and bones, and I no longer feel tired."
Xu Chunjun was not in a hurry to sleep, and the two of them talked quietly under the lamp.
Fang Fei fell asleep in a short while, Zheng Wuji gently put her down and kissed Xu Chunjun on the face before going out.
The next day, Mr. Wu took people to the Huaiyang Palace.
After draining the water from the lotus pond, forty gold and silver were dug out from the mud of the pond.
Zheng Wuji filed a report.
A month later, the imperial court issued a decree that half of these operations should be turned over and half retained.
He also said that it was because the King of Huaiyang had been domineering in Chenzhou for decades, plundering people's wealth and abusing people's power.
For this reason, the imperial court specifically exempted Chenzhou from taxes for three years as a sign of appeasement.
With this decree, all the people rejoiced.
Zheng Wuji then led people to measure and divide the inspected fields and distribute them to the landless people.
Because the land annexation here in Chenzhou is so severe that it has almost reached the point where "the rich have fields stretching across the country, and the poor have no place to stand on."
Zheng Wuji fully understood the principle of not worrying about scarcity but inequality, so he distributed the land equally. Although each family's income was limited, since irrigation was not a problem, it was more than enough to fill their stomachs.
Later, he led the people to transform bad fields, such as fields with uneven terrain, insufficient fertility, or difficult water diversion, and turned them into fertile fields after the transformation.
It's late winter in a blink of an eye, and the first snow falls.
Zheng Wuji held Xu Chunjun's hand and stood on the tower, knocked on his sore back, breathed a long sigh of relief, pointed to the farmland covered by snow in the distance and said: "Next year's crops will be harvested, as long as there are two good years in a row.
Without having to pay taxes, people can have savings.
The life of ordinary people is getting better, and the business of merchants is easier to do. There are more families willing to let their children study, and life will be more promising."
