The Chief Envoy of Nanyang Cochin, Thanh Hoa Prefecture, while the Liaodong area was busy harvesting wheat, Thanh Hoa Prefecture was also busy harvesting rice.
The geographical location of Thanh Hoa Province is quite good. It is located in the coastal area, with flat, open, fertile land and convenient transportation. It is considered the most developed area in the entire Cochin Province.
On the golden fields, Ruan Da's family was busy in the fields.
The weather is going well this year, and Annan is also experiencing a bumper harvest. The rice here can be grown three times a year. The yield is very high and the quality is quite good. The rice produced in Jiaozhi is sold directly to Beijing and Tianjin. The price is affordable and the taste is good.
, even surpassing the traditional Suzhou rice of the Ming Dynasty.
Ruan Da's family is an aborigine in Jiaozhi. Last year, the Ming Dynasty's army swept across Jiaozhi and restored the Ming Dynasty's rule in Jiaozhi. At first, there were many local nobles and nobles in Jiaozhi who wanted to resist the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but
They were all ruthlessly suppressed and massacred by the Ming Dynasty.
The Nguyen family of Thanh Hoa is also an extremely important surname among the Jiaozhi aborigines. It is powerful and has a large population. Last year, some people took the lead in resisting the rule of the Ming Dynasty. The result is naturally needless to say.
But those were the competition between the local nobles and nobles in Jiaozhi and the Ming Dynasty. For ordinary people like Ruan Da, he felt that it was actually quite good to be a Ming Dynasty person.
First of all, the taxes set by the Emperor of Heaven were very low. In the past, when the Houli Dynasty ruled, farmers like them had to hand over at least 50% of their grain to the court, and then they had to hand over another 20% of their grain to the court.
The local nobles and nobles only had 30% left after their hard work.
This tax can be said to be very heavy. In the Ming Dynasty, farmers would definitely not be able to survive.
But here is Jiaozhi. The rice here can be harvested three times a year. If you are more diligent, you can get seven crops in two years. The yield is high. Even if only 30% is left, the people can still have enough to eat.
Moreover, this place belongs to Nanyang, and the natural conditions of Nanyang are very superior. There are endless fruits and the like everywhere, so even though the tax is very heavy, people here actually have no problem having enough to eat.
After being incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty established Jiaozhi Province here and sent officials here. The tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty was very low. They only had to pay 30% of the grain to the court. At the same time, because the Ming Dynasty court had no control over the noble families here.
After a heavy blow, they once again had to pay grain to the noble clans.
This day suddenly became much better.
Ruan Da was busy for a while and then stopped and came to enjoy the shade under a tree on the roadside. As for his wife, he was still busy in the fields and had no intention of coming over to rest.
In places like Nanyang, women are more diligent than men, and men are generally lazy and very chauvinistic. Of course, chauvinism is the theme of this era, and the same is true for people in the Ming Dynasty, but they are very diligent.
"Ruan Da, are you lazy again?"
At this time, someone driving a four-wheeled carriage passed by the roadside. When he saw Ruan Da, he couldn't help laughing and said.
"What does laziness mean? We men should enjoy more things and let women do the work. I really don't understand why you Han people are so diligent."
Ruan Da looked at the other party and said.
The person who talked to Ruan Da was called Chen Mazi, who immigrated to Jiaozhi from the Yunnan-Guizhou area of the Ming Dynasty.
On the Nanyang side, the imperial court's immigration policy is different from that in the Western Regions and Hezhong areas. In the Western Regions and Hezhong areas, because of the strong local folk customs and the large number of nomadic people, immigrants are also concentrated there and organized into households.
Forming a small town of immigrants.
That is to say, immigrants and local aborigines should be separated and not mixed together to protect immigrants.
But it's different here in Nanyang.
Last year, Liu Jin led his army to sweep through the Nanyang region, killing countless people wherever he went. This also greatly frightened the countries in Nanyang, and also frightened the aboriginal people in Nanyang provinces.
Jiaozhi, as the first stop of Liu Jin's army, killed countless people and dealt a heavy blow to the noble families in Jiaozhi who resisted the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, in the entire Nanyang provinces, the safety of immigrants is guaranteed. The local indigenous people do not dare to do anything to the Ming immigrants. In addition, the folk customs here are not strong and the people are relatively lazy.
Therefore, the immigrants who immigrated to several provinces in Nanyang adopted a scattered living method, and many even lived close to the local indigenous people.
The benefits of doing this are also obvious. First of all, it greatly strengthened the Ming Dynasty's rule over several provinces in Nanyang, because wherever the immigrants went, the Ming Dynasty's rule was very stable.
Secondly, it also strengthened exchanges and contacts between each other, deepened mutual integration, and consolidated the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Mazi is an immigrant from the Ming Dynasty, and Ruan Daze is a local aboriginal. The two villages are very close to each other, and they have close contacts with each other and are relatively familiar with each other.
"If you don't work hard, there will be no food. If you want to live a good life, you have to work more. Look at you, you are still living in a mud house. I am ready to build a house with cement and steel bars."
Chen Mazi also stopped the car to take a rest. He was also affected by the atmosphere in Jiaozhi, and he became a lot lazier.
His four-wheeled carriage was filled with several hundred kilograms of rice. When he saw the rice, Chen Mazi couldn't help but sigh.
Life is really comfortable now.
His hometown is in the mountainous area of Yunnan and Guizhou, and transportation is extremely inconvenient. The key is that the fields are very scarce, and he is often forced to build terraces on the mountains.
But even so, the land is still very precious, and the life is very poor.
After immigrating to Jiaozhi, life was completely different. After immigrating, Chen Mazi's family was allocated hundreds of acres of fertile land. Coupled with the superior natural conditions here and the court's policy support for immigrants, their life was quite comfortable.
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"How can we compare with you Han people? When you came, the court gave you money, built you houses, and had more fields than us. We also exempted you from taxes for several years. Of course, your life is much better than ours."
Ruan Da looked at Chen Mazi and said slightly enviously.
For the Han people who immigrated from the Ming Dynasty, they locals were very envious and envious of the many preferential policies enjoyed by the Han immigrants, including houses, fields, and money subsidies.
I hate that these Han people have robbed their land, but there is nothing that can be done about them. The government's priority is Han immigrants.
It has almost become a fact that the Han people are superior to them. Although the propaganda from the Ming Dynasty government says that they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, they still know that they are much inferior to the Han immigrants.
"We have some preferential policies, but it is also because we came from afar and worked hard to immigrate here, but your life is not better than before. Under the rule of the Emperor of Heaven, you only need to pay 30%
As far as I know, you had to pay 70% in the past."
Chen Mazi smiled and replied, "Well, their heads are slightly raised when they speak. Their status is more noble than these local people."
Now that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, more and more races are included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Although they are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, there is still a distinction between high and low among the people, just like people have dignity and inferiority.
The difference is the same.
The Han people who immigrated from the Ming Dynasty are nobler than the local indigenous people, and this is reflected in all aspects.
"Drive~"
At this time, a man wearing a government official's official uniform came over on horseback.
"Ruan Da, the autumn grains to be handed over to the court must be prepared and must be handed over before October 15th, the fifteenth year of Hongzhi. If you are late for one day, you will be punished."
This official was an acquaintance, and he came from the same village as Ruan Da. His name was Ruan Hao. Because he could speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin and write Chinese characters, he became an official of the local government.
"knew!"
When Ruan Da heard this, he pouted slightly and said.
"Also, the government is planning to build a school in the town. Every household in our local area has a quota, so your family must send one child to study."
Ruan Hao nodded with satisfaction, thought for a while and then said.
"School?"
"read?"
When Ruan Da heard this, he immediately said with some resistance: "What's the use of studying? It's better to grow rice at home. The government even has to take care of this."
"What about us Han immigrants, can we also send our children to study?"
Chen Mazi's reaction was completely different. He asked with great concern.
"Mr. Chen, all children of Han immigrants can go to this school."
Ruan Hao looked at Chen Mazi and said with a smile.
"That's good, that's good. I have never read a word in my life. I was originally thinking about sending my children to study. Unexpectedly, the imperial court has already thought of it. The emperor is a wise man!"
Chen Mazi stood up in a dignified manner and knelt down very respectfully in the direction of the north.
This is a move from the heart, and it is also the true feeling of countless immigrants after immigrating to Nanyang. After arriving in Nanyang, they can truly live a good life. They have a head start, and even their children can now go to school.
Why not be grateful to the emperor?
Seeing Chen Mazi's appearance, Ruan Hao also dismounted his horse very respectfully and stood aside. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was naturally like a god, and he must be respectful at all times.
"Ruan Da, don't be disrespectful. If you want your child to go to school, it is for the good of your family."
"I'm going to study now. I'll learn to speak Ming Dynasty Mandarin, read and read, and I can take the imperial examination and become an official in the future."
"This year, Ruan Wenliang from Thanh Hoa Prefecture was named on the gold medal list. Now he has gone to work as an official in the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty. His family is also very prosperous now."
After Chen Mazi finished kneeling and bowing, Ruan Hao also scolded Ruan Da.
Why doesn’t this Ruan Da understand? This opportunity to study is a gift from the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to them. If they want to be like the people of Ming Dynasty, they must read and read, learn the Mandarin of Ming Dynasty, and be able to read and write. If they can pass the exam in the future
Fame or something, that's even more serious.
"Okay, I get it~"
Ruan Da stretched a little lazily and replied, "What are you reading? Isn't your life having a hard time?"
If the emperor of Ming Dynasty is really good to them, he should treat them the same as he did to the people of Ming Dynasty, exempt them from taxes for a few years, give them some money and so on. What is the use of this child studying?
