One thousand four hundred and seventy-third section wisdom 1
Sima Qian stood by and was really dazzled by what he saw. He had no idea what pattern He Rong and these workers were playing.
It just looked like it matched the scenes he had seen in books about saints teaching Yi Di.
I think back then, when the Grand Duke wanted to be granted the title of Qi, Bo Qin went to Lu, Zhao Gong went to Yan, and the concubines of Huai and Si were all in trouble, I'm afraid it was all like this!
A gentleman uses virtue and comes to court from all over the world. The sage king rules the world and the world is peaceful!
Over there, He Rong had already stood up and said, "Thank you, sir, for your hard work for me. Please prepare a little wine and some meaty food to pay your respects!"
Then, several warriors took sticks and said to the workers: "Your Majesty is merciful, so that I can prepare wine and meat to pay for you! Thank you quickly!"
So, amidst the shouts of "The king will be waiting for you forever", the workers lined up in an orderly manner and came to the big pots to receive their food one by one.
Sima Qian looked at it very carefully. Basically, everyone had a bowl of porridge made of fish and shrimp, two steamed buns and a small piece of dried meat.
But some people, for example, those workers who wore dark clothes and left their lapels right, could get an extra egg that seemed to be a duck egg and a bowl of bone soup.
But most of these people's appearance is not Chinese.
This made Sima Qian look confused and a little difficult to understand.
However, He Rong walked up to Sima Qian with a smile and asked, "Xian brother, can you see some clues?"
Sima Qian shook his head like a rattle, and He Rong laughed.
Sima Qian hurriedly asked: "Brother, who are those people wearing dark clothes with left lapels?"
"Oh...those people..." He Rong said with a smile: "This generation is all those who have obtained the black talisman!"
"What is a black talisman?" Sima Qian asked.
"Well... it's a long story..." He Rong said with a smile: "But my dear brother, you can understand it this way. The black talisman is given to those barbarians who may have skills and obey China devoutly, or for me.
The barbarians of the Xia Dynasty who have made great achievements..."
"In Brother Yu, such people are usually those who have special skills, for example, those who are good at taking care of livestock or good at farming..."
"This kind of person only needs to stay in our land of Andong for three years, have no criminal record, and perform well, then he can automatically obtain our Han family household registration, register households for the government and integrate the people, and no longer need to be driven or coerced by others.
Already..."
Seeing that Sima Qian still looked confused, He Rong simply said: "My dear brother, just think of this as a policy for China to absorb the elites and outstanding talents among the Yi and Di!"
"The Yi and Di also have heroes. This policy is to prevent the heroes of the Yi and Di from causing trouble to our Xia! As long as they have a skill or something extraordinary, they will definitely be accepted by our country and become our Chinese people!"
It was okay that He Rong didn't explain, but as soon as he explained, Sima Qian's mind suddenly became confused.
The naturalization order? The black talisman? And the strange behavior of these workers. Everything made Sima Qian begin to feel that something was wrong.
Then, Sima Qian followed He Rong into the manor, and what he saw and heard made him even more confused.
It turned out that there were other people already working in the manor.
These people are almost the same as the workers lining up outside. The only difference is that they are all shackled and have supervisors who are watching with swords.
This was hard for Sima Qian to understand. Didn't he agree not to treat people as slaves?
What's happening here?
Sima Qian asked He Rong this doubt. He Rong heard the words and explained with a smile: "These people are indeed slave workers, but they are dispatched slave workers. They are working with me, Brother Yu, but Han Hezhenfan and Hao
Brother Yu just signed a contract with the slaves of nobles among people and hired them to work for Brother Yu! This is stipulated in the contract. Even if Brother Yu wants to help them, there is nothing he can do..."
Just as he spoke, the lingering smile on the corner of He Rong's mouth made Sima Qian feel creepy and had goosebumps all over the ground.
At this moment, Sima Qian finally understood.
Anton is not a paradise, nor is it an utopia.
The complexity of the situation and the unpredictability of people's hearts here were far beyond any place he had ever been.
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Xinhua City, Anton Duhufu Yamen.
The newly appointed Governor of the Duhu Mansion, Song Zihou Xu Jiu, finally officially took charge of this yamen and took charge of the power of the Duhu Mansion.
As the governor, the first thing he did was to order the review of the orders and bills that had been issued by the Anton Governor's Office in the past.
Especially the "Naturalization Order", "The Preparation for Thieves Order" and the "Chi Gold Mine Order".
These are the political achievements of the former Governor Bo Shi, and they are also the greatest political legacy he left to Anton.
Naturally, Xu Jiu did not dare to overturn or shake these orders.
Otherwise, Bo Shi and his old subordinates would be furious, and he, the governor, would probably have to pack up and leave.
However, as a person who wants to make great achievements and has aspirations and ambitions, Xu Jiu hopes to further improve and complete these laws and regulations, and build on these laws
Launch your own policy.
When a new official takes office, he has to make some noise and tell all parties under his administration that the boss has changed! Pay attention!
It took me ninety-three days to read all these laws and policies.
Then, he sat in his official office and stared at these documents in a daze.
His predecessor, Bo Shi, had to admit that he was indeed a skillful politician who was good at understanding people's hearts and taking advantage of the situation.
The naturalization order established a step-by-step path full of hope and temptation for the Yi and Di tribes inside and outside Andong, including the Xiongnu, Wuheng, Xianbei, Dingling, and Fuyu.
Its policies target the soft underbelly of people's hearts.
Everyone hopes that they can live a good life.
The entire system has strict logic and complete organization.
People from Yi and Di have to go through a strict selection process to obtain Han household registration.
The first screening begins when they are sold or enter Anton.
Those with skills or other specialties are screened out individually and then reviewed by officials.
Depending on their talents and skills, they will be given different treatment.
Generally speaking, the experts among Yi Di are divided into three categories, namely black, red and purple symbols.
Generally speaking, those who hold black talismans indicate that this person has certain specialties, but they are not important enough to be admitted. They need to work hard and gain the trust of the Han Dynasty before they can be allowed to naturalize, but they enjoy certain protection and personal rights.
Freedom, no abuse, you can sue the authorities if you are bullied.
The person holding a white talisman indicates that this person is a hero among the Yi and Di, or he has extraordinary charm and amazing charisma, or he acts decisively and has superhuman perseverance.
This kind of person is not Xia's enemy.
It is strictly controlled and monitored. Once something is found to be wrong, it will be removed immediately!
But if it is found that they can be cultivated, they will not be stingy with resources. Now in Pyongyang Academy, there are more than a dozen Yidi who were sent to be cultivated like this.
Some people, even among the Yi and Di, were born as slaves.
As for the last purple talisman holder, he is the elite of the elite among Yi and Di, the hero among heroes!
They may be born warriors who can conquer mountains and rivers and have the courage to be invincible.
Or a talented person with extraordinary intelligence, who can never forget something and can draw inferences from one instance to another.
Or an expert in a certain field, such as animal husbandry, breeding or even agriculture.
They only need one person to make a herd thrive.
Such people are the key targets of training and support.
The Duhufu treats them just like the celebrities and heroes of the Han Dynasty. Nobles, princes, officials, and even the governor of the Duhufu will personally go out to treat them, treat them with courtesy, undress them, and push them to eat.
Win their hearts with women with wealth and silk, convince their talents with fertile land and beautiful houses, and warm their hearts with Chinese culture.
They will be trained as reserves for officials and nobles.
It's just that there are very few such people. In the three years since the entire Anton Protectorate issued the "Naturalization Order", only dozens of Zifu talents have been discovered.
This was the result of the fifth year of Yuande, when the current Shanyu Guiyi led more than 100,000 tribesmen to invade Anton and recover all north.
But each of these people has made great contributions to the development of Anton.
Some people were even allowed to have the surname Bo by Bo Shi.
For example, Bo Mu, the current pastoral supervisor of Chonghua Ranch in Andong, is such a representative.
Bo Mu was born into the Ding Ling people, and the Ding Ling people were the most notorious ethnic group on the grassland. Even the Huns hated them to the core.
However, in such a group of people who are accustomed to stealing, there is an outlier like Bo Mu.
He can identify almost all herbs that can cure livestock. He is familiar with any abnormality displayed by the livestock's body and can make accurate judgments.
After his tribe was attacked and captured by a Wuheng cavalry, he was sold to a Korean noble who originally planned to use him as a coolie.
However, the officials at the immigration inspection discovered his expertise in handling livestock and reported it to the Protectorate.
The Protectorate immediately sent someone to investigate and found that he indeed had special talents.
After Bo Shi heard about it, he immediately put down his work, condescended to his position, and went to recruit in person.
After some undressing and feeding, the man was so moved that he swore to be loyal to Bo Shi to the death.
Bo Shixian arranged for him to study at the ranch opened by the servant in Anton, and communicate with veterinarians and ranch managers. A year later, even the servant in Chang'an was alarmed!
Because while he was at the ranch, this person helped Taipu Yamen discover and promptly diagnose several potentially infectious diseases.
He also improved several veterinarians’ prescriptions and included some herbs that were not known to be able to treat livestock diseases, greatly improving the survival rate of sick cows and horses!
It is said that Taipu Yamen once sent people to poach people.
It's a pity that I didn't dig it...
Today, under his management, the Chonghua Ranch keeps the cattle and horses healthy, especially the foals, who are taken care of meticulously.
In three to five years, the Anton region will be able to get rid of the embarrassing situation of not producing war horses and have the ability to produce its own war horses!
Except for the three levels of talents, black, white, and purple, the rest are all classified as "other categories".
The so-called other categories mean that the difficulty of naturalization has doubled.
First of all, they must be able to enter Andong. Under the current situation, most of the barbarians who entered the country were basically captured and sold to aristocratic businessmen such as Shinban and South Korea to become dispatched workers.
This dispatched worker system was created to circumvent the regulations in the Naturalization Order that stipulated that there should be no slave labor in Anton.
It is also the product of Zajia, after vigorously advocating, settling for the next best thing.
The so-called dispatch workers are called dispatches, but in fact they are still slaves.
However, compared to the slaves of the past, dispatch workers still have hope.
They only need to work hard and study Chinese seriously. After one to three years, those who perform outstandingly can apply to the Protectorate for naturalization through their employer. Generally, the application will be approved.
But basically no one would apply for naturalization for their slave workers.
But, it doesn’t matter, as long as you have worked for three years and did not break any laws during the period, you can also apply on your own.
If you apply by yourself, you will need to review it.
Only after passing the review can you be regarded as a naturalized citizen and be granted household registration, land and a house (of course, a loan), but this chance is also very small and can be ignored.
In the past three years, the Protectorate has approved only 1,400 naturalization applications.
But it doesn't matter, there is still a way to go.
If a dispatched worker applies for naturalization after three years of work and fails to pass the application, although he cannot be naturalized, he can be allowed to redeem himself according to the law.
This self-redemption fee can be borrowed...
The interest rate is very conscientious, only 13% interest for three years...
After redeeming themselves, they will of course repay their debts. The benevolent Duhufu Yamen will naturally not sit back and watch these "good people have no choice but to break the law."
So, at this time, the recommendation system comes.
This time, these people will be recommended by the Protectorate to nobles, workshops and projects across Anton.
They now enjoy many legal protections and are prohibited from harming and abusing them at will, and employers and workers are still responsible for their safety. If they die unfortunately, they will have to pay compensation, and the amount of compensation is ten times the cost of self-repair.
In addition, they also have a choice - if they feel that the employer is too harsh or overbearing, they can apply to work in a different place.
But... they still don't get paid.
But there is hope for food and clothing, because according to the regulations of the Protectorate, these workers can automatically obtain naturalized status based on their performance, and the one with the most outstanding performance among every ten workers can automatically obtain naturalized status every year.
In addition, employers can also spend money to apply for them.
This fee is a naturalization fee of 500 yuan per person. As long as this fee is paid, anyone can be naturalized immediately.
At first, many people did not understand this system.
But in the past two years, more and more people have fallen in love with this system.
Because this system is the best way to win people's hearts and win over workers.
As long as you spend tens of thousands of dollars every year, you can get hundreds of workers to work tirelessly for you.
It’s worth it no matter what!
What's more, according to the system, the household registration of these people who you spend money to apply for naturalization is in the name of the applicant.
In other words, these people are still in your hands after going around for a while.
Their fate is still affected by you.
As long as they are not fools, show off a little, and play with their mentality, they will be convinced, kneel beside you with tears of gratitude, and stay with you life and death, never leaving you. There is no easier way to screen retainers and servants than this mode.
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Xu Jiu, on the other hand, had to sigh: "What an outstanding person! Mr. Bo and the other gentlemen who came up with this plan... are really not easy..."
The whole territory of Andong Protectorate was influenced by the miscellaneous family, and they believed that the wisdom of the people could surpass the sages.
Therefore, basically most policies are summed up after brainstorming, discussing with all parties, and convening countless people for discussion. They are not the work of one person.
But the more this happened, the more Xu Jiucai admired Bo Shi.
Because Bo Shi was not from the Zajia family, Xu Jiu even knew that Bo Shi was not too interested in the Zajia ideas.
He is a disciple of Huang Laoxue.
But even so, he is still willing to do what is good.
From this it can be seen that this nephew of the Queen Mother is very generous as a relative of the court.
In addition to the "Naturalization Order", the remaining "Thieves Order" and "Chi Gold Mine Order" are also remarkable, with strict systems and logic.
Xu Jiu thought about it for a long time and felt that it was impossible to make improvements in these matters in a short period of time.
He could only think of other things.
But Anton's situation was far beyond his imagination and more complicated than he had imagined.
After all, he had only been to Anton two or three times, and although he and Wu Bei often exchanged letters, the text of the letters was limited, so he could know relatively little.
With this thought in mind, he wrote a letter, then called an official and told him: "Go and invite all the princes from the Pyongyang Academy to Xinhua for a gathering..."
Now, he can only ask Wu Bei and others for help.
Fortunately, this kind of invitation by the governor to invite local celebrities and inquire about matters within the territory is a must-do for every new official after taking office.
