As the weather gets colder, more and more people live on both sides of the Luo River. In addition, the open area between Chengfu Fang and Chengfu Gate, which is originally the large wharf in the Luoshui Transfer Palace, is
It has become the largest factory and distribution center for civilian workers, and the area around Jing'an Terrace of Chengfufang is also filled with civilian workers.
The first civil servants mainly demolished the Qianyuan Hall, the main hall of the Ziwei Palace, and the entire Qianyuan Hall was demolished. A large amount of wood, decorations, and bricks were re-evaluated. Those that were considered to be continue to be used were transferred to the open space on the west side of the Qianyuan Hall for local preservation.
The bricks and stones considered unqualified are really useless, but the wood and decorations are flowing into the private market of Dongdu City in large quantities.
Rich families are vying for a piece of wood to make into beams, lintels and coffins. The decorations can be slightly modified. Whoever can get one is also the best choice for giving gifts and showing off their wealth.
In addition, metal products were also sorted out and sent to the south of the city for re-smelting. For a while, fireworks continued in the south of the city, day and night. But this alone caused the gangs in various cities in the south of the city to revive and flourish.
The poor people there are willing to pay any price for an iron ingot or a piece of scrap copper, and then the gang will easily take away the bulk of it.
But only half a month later, as the main body of Qianyuan Hall was demolished and the smelting workshop in the south of the city was still smoking, the civilian camps and kilns in the east of the city were also built one after another, and more civilians began to appear around Luoshui.
, and more tributes under the banner of the royal family, which in turn made both sides of the Luoshui River in the north of Dongdu become a soup basin for carnivorous carnival.
Don't ask Zhang Xing how he knew this. He was wearing a white ribbon, sitting on Jing'antai Island, handling some criminal and prison documents, judging crimes, guarantors, and releasing people. Nothing changed, or even nothing was touched. But so-called
However, the current income has increased sharply seven to eight times.
It seems like any gangster can take out a few bucks and share the profits with systematic meat-eaters like them.
"Third brother, Twelve Lang, we are starting to arrest the fugitives outside."
It was another ordinary day on duty. Qin Bao came to the small courtyard to make tea and fish, and made a report by the way. "The Jinwu Guards, the newly recruited Shangwu Army, and the Jingjie Tigers all received military orders to carefully outline the escape plan.
people……"
"Why do you want to run away?" Zhang Xing, who was filling out a form by the stove in the room, hesitated and asked a question, a question that he knew in his heart would be very ridiculous, but he was really curious. "Didn't the Ministry of Industry issue a question?
Got your tent and winter clothes?”
"The Ministry of Industry... what's the matter of whether there are tents and winter clothes?" Qin Bao smiled bitterly while holding hot tea. "Afraid... after leaving the East and West, when you go outside, you are basically still a farmer, and you have never left home for half your life.
, I only know that my neighbor was drafted as a corvee for the Second Expedition of Dongyi, but only half of it came back; I knew that my two uncles were drafted as a laborer for Xiu Dongdu, but they didn't come back. They came here and suffered from the cold for several days, not to mention the winter clothes.
Even if I was given more wages and spread the rumors, I just wanted to escape home."
"It's really stupid." Li Qingchen, who had come over a long time ago, frowned and seemed to hate the fact that iron cannot become steel. "No matter how tired, bitter and cold it is, it's only half a month's construction period, just on the edge of the imperial city, even if it's for
It is impossible to deal with the discussion between the DPRK and the Central Government and let you freeze to death and starve to death. As a result, if you escape, you will become a criminal. Even if you are caught and not killed on the spot, you will be punished as an official slave when you are brought back, with no life or death consequences.
It’s taboo, and how can you escape home safely? Most people will freeze to death on the way back! If you escape home, you will only harm your family!”
"If we really escape home, we won't harm our family." Someone suddenly spoke outside the door, and it turned out to be Hu Yan with a black ribbon, which caused everyone in the wing to warm up by the fire to get up.
"Sit down..." Hu Yan entered the room. Someone had already served him hot tea. After taking it, he took a few sips and shook his head. "You are still young and don't know the truth. The thing is like this. Since ancient times, people in the imperial court have been
They are only used to looking at the top, because the top can take off your hat and take your head... So, when it comes to the matter at the local level, they only care about whether they can catch a certain number of servants to work for the superiors. As for whether the servants die or run away
I’m still here, but I’m too lazy to care.”
Everyone nodded, this was a simple truth.
Not only that, but Hu Heishou's words extend to the project, and everyone can think of what he meant.
It is nothing more than that the saint at the top only cares about the construction period and results, and does not care about anything else. In order to explain to the saints, people like Bai Shangshu in the middle have to recruit enough servants and demand enough tribute materials for the construction period and results.
, and when you get further down, and gradually become less dignified, you will naturally be over-pressured to complete the project... In the end, these servants will eventually be responsible for everything.
Money gains go up, and suffering goes down. This has been the case since ancient times.
Of course, everyone probably knows that this top saint is not discussed. Shangshu Bai is also the biological father of his immediate boss. Even for people like him, despite the miserable people here and how difficult the people's lives are, they can
In fact, he is also a blood-sucking dog, so he just nodded and couldn't answer the question.
When it comes to gossiping, you also need to follow the Basic Law.
"But what if."
Zhang Xing, who had filled out the form, responded with curiosity. "Since your Majesty came to the throne, he built the Eastern Capital, conquered the Eastern Yi first, conquered the Eastern Yi twice, and moved the capital once. These are millions, or even nearly ten million people."
If the huge corvee force of several hundred thousand people and a total of millions of people will cause a lot of losses every month, then how much has been lost in the past few times? With so many people, won't it cause harm to the population? Then why do the conscription
Is there no problem with taxes?”
"Is it more or less because the Wei Dynasty nearly unified the whole world and had too many people?" Li Qingchen thought thoughtfully. "The Wei Dynasty must have a population of tens of millions, right?"
"Yes." Someone next to me responded. "More than that."
Zhang Xing also nodded immediately.
Indeed, there are more than that. He has paid special attention to similar things. If nothing else, he can easily draw conclusions from the geographical alienation of this world. If nothing else, there are fifty states in Dongyi, seven towns and seven guards in Beihuang,
It is obviously a relatively transcendent concept. Moreover, similar geographical changes also exist in Nanling and the areas further south of Nanling, plus the Mobei area and the two southeastern islands where the remnants of the Lich tribe are entrenched.
In addition, because of the existence of the vitality of heaven and earth, the development and fertility of many lands cannot be compared to the feudal era in another world.
And these changes seem to be inseparable from those supreme, sacred, and true dragons.
For example, the reason why the Red Emperor of the South was able to ascend the throne was that she had the function of dredging the mountains, rivers, and sea areas of southern Xinjiang. This was in sharp contrast to the Black Emperor who made his fortune by killing. As for the latest one,
He was born in the Baidi City of Bashu. In order to take over the Central Plains, Baidi Ye, although he also killed and chopped mostly, he did not just chop people. On the one hand, he opened rivers and cut dragons in the Shu land to fertilize the land. On the other hand,
Simply uproot the mountains and cut off the rivers, open up the Han River, use the Han River as a channel for dispatching troops, and cut all the way to the hinterland of the Central Plains.
Cut off the true energy of the river, cut off the true energy of the river, do you really think that the old man has never cut off the river?
Zhang Xing read "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the White Emperor" and found out from the records in it alone that the White Emperor cut down fourteen rivers.
"Look, there are too many people... The loss of these servants is certainly not a good thing, but it cannot shake the overall situation." Li Qingchen finished drinking tea and spread his hands, as a matter of course.
Hu Yan next to him seemed to want to say something more, but suddenly looked outside and shut up.
Zhang Xing always felt that there was something wrong with his logic, but he quickly shut up because he also noticed the movement outside.
"Zhang Xing, Zhang Sanlang... come out for a moment."
Following Bai Yousi's greeting, almost everyone in the room ran out, not just Zhang Xing. Except for Hu Yan, who had just come in with a black ribbon and was as steady as a mountain, almost everyone in the room ran out, but Zhang Xing fell behind.
"You...forget it." Bai Yousi dismounted with his sword. He was not expecting to see so many people. It seemed that there was something wrong, so he didn't bother to worry about it. "Zhang Xing, on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, my family is sending someone.
Invite you?"
"yes."
Everyone around looked at him, but Zhang Xing remained calm.
"You're not going?" Xiao Gu and the other servants were about to step forward to take the horse away, but Bai Yousi waved his hand to reject him. "Bring a horse here."
"I'm not going." Zhang Xing blurted out as he watched Xiao Gu go to fetch the horse.
"Why?" Bai Yousi asked seriously.
"The original words that day were, 'Although Zhang is poor, he has some ambitions. He is grateful for the kindness of the Marquis of Ji'an in taking him in. If there is any need, he will repay with just one sentence, but he will never become a guest of the Marquis'." Zhang Xing thoughtfully said.
."Why, did I offend one of the elders in the inspection department and think I don't know how to appreciate him?"
"No." Bai Yousi shook his head. "Da Qian was also invited, but he didn't go... I also think you were right not to go."
Qian Tang, who followed Bai Yousi, nodded to Zhang Xing and regained a bit of his grace. It can be seen that Zhang Xing's choice not to go out to work has indeed avoided a lot of conflicts, otherwise Qian Tang would not have been so relaxed.
However, Zhang Xing still looked at Bai Yousi. He knew that the other party would not bring up this topic for no reason, especially since it had been more than a month... and Xiao Gu was still going to lead the horse.
"My father wants to meet you and Daqian, tonight." Bai Yousi hesitated for a moment, and finally said it openly in public. "This time he came to ask me first. I thought about it, and it doesn't matter...
...After all, now he is also a member of Nanya and has the right to choose officials. I think it will do no harm to you two if you meet him."
The selection of officials belongs to the Ministry of Personnel, but in fact the power of selecting officials belongs to Nanya. This is the political tradition after the late emperor abolished the tradition of recruiting auxiliary officials and assistant officials from the prefecture to the central government and replaced it with the selection of officials by the central government. It is also seen in the Wei Dynasty.
It looks different from the previous ones.
And this is why the princes of Nanya are so valuable.
You know, this is an era when the imperial examination is nothing more than child's play. Few people will look at your diploma. With a little bit of Nanya, you may be promoted to a state governor or a county magistrate. What else do you think about? It's just that you were born before.
The reason why he entered the list of talents in the world and caused a stir in people's hearts was because he finally attracted the attention of the Nanya princes in selecting officials and generals.
In fact, when everyone heard this, they all looked envious. Even Li Qingchen felt a little uneasy while touching the white ribbon that he had just acquired a few months ago. Hu Yan and Qin Bao also felt a little emotional.
Qian Tang's face turned red.
Only Zhang Xing frowned visibly, but quickly put it away and just bowed his hands in salute: "Since it is the inspection's good intention, there is absolutely no reason to refuse this time. Zhang Xing is willing to go."
Bai Yousi glanced at the other party and nodded: "Then get on the horse. You know the place. Let's ride over and we'll be there in a quarter of an hour."
Xiao Gu, who had already brought an official horse to the side, quickly stepped forward.
The three of them remounted their horses, and without saying much, rode directly out of Jing'an Terrace, turned to Jindefang next to the northern city wall, and arrived outside the Marquis of Ji'an's Mansion, which occupied half of the street.
As soon as Bai Yousi arrived, seventeen or eight people swarmed in front of the door, took the horses early, pushed open the door, and people kept announcing inside.
Just as Zhang Xing and Qian Tang entered the door together, Bai Yousi turned back to look at each other as if nothing had happened: "By the way, if my father asks about my daily behavior, remember to tell the truth."
Qian Tang was still in a daze, but Zhang Xing had already nodded: "You know, our inspection team has never been to Wenwenfang, nor has we ever raced a horse with anyone, nor is we drunk, nor have we ever scolded anyone..."
Bai Yousi remained motionless.
Zhang Xing came to his senses and immediately raised his forehead: "I don't have the habit of flying around Dongdu City at night and eavesdropping on people in corners."
Qian Tang nodded quickly.
PS: Thanks to TELL classmate Xiao Guo for your second alliance, and thank you classmate Cai Ye for your cuteness... Happy workday everyone.