Chapter 217: The Way to Save the Famine: Reward and Punish in Modes
What Jiao Da said may seem cold-blooded, but it has simple rationality.
The imperial court's famine relief policy clearly gave the rescuers higher powers over the people being rescued, including the power of life and death.
The imperial court acted this way, firstly, to encourage the people to save themselves, and secondly, to take care of the interests of the indigenous people.
The most important starting point was that the imperial court was afraid that the refugee problem would get worse and lead to the kind of chaos that happened in the late Ming Dynasty.
In the more than 200 years of history of the Ming Dynasty, there was only one time when the chaos caused by the refugees was able to be suppressed. It was the rebellion that swept through the shanty towns of Jingxiang during the Chenghua period. The Ming court mobilized more than 200,000 troops in eight directions to suppress it.
, they have appeased millions of refugees, and it is unheard of how many casualties there have been.
Jiao Da's perspective on the problem is naturally different from Jia Lan's. Jia Lan is more inclined to save as many people as he can, while Jiao Da thinks more from the perspective of preserving Beizhuang's interests.
"Young Master..." Jiao Ting saw that Jia Lan had returned to silence. He wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Jiao Da with a wave of his hand.
"Leave the young master alone for a while."
"Yes..."
The two of them stood beside Jia Lan, one on the left and the other on the right.
Not long after, Jia Lan took a long breath, turned back to Jiao Da and said, "There is nothing we can do about it."
He didn't mind too much about Jiao Da's killing spree.
After all, the rules of reward and punishment are posted on the notice board in the square.
Those who betray and leak secrets will be killed.
Beizhuang is his foundation and no one can violate it.
Indeed, as Jiao Da said, this group of people had the idea of money in the warehouse and even grain seeds, and they were already fighting to the death.
Jia Lan thinks to himself that he is not a black-hearted person, but he is definitely not a holy mother.
He has a heart to save the world and the people.
But he will never lose himself or the Jia family behind him.
Not everything that is reasonable and beautiful can exist or be realized according to one's own wishes.
Just because others may not be able to appreciate your kindness.
All he can do is throw a lifebuoy towards the drowning person. Whether he can catch it or not depends on the other person's luck.
"If you have a family, please make arrangements for each other, explain it carefully, and help solve any difficulties." Jia Lan turned his back to Jiao and Da, and said slowly.
Jiao Ting responded: "Uncle Jiao has already given the order and has taken care of everything. Except for one family who decided to take the travel expenses and leave to seek refuge with relatives, the rest expressed their understanding and said that there was no involvement in Zhuangzi. They are all very grateful."
"Well..." Jia Lan turned around, his eyes clear again, "I'll go see them later, so that they don't stay in the village and get looked down upon."
"Okay! Not bad!" Jiao Da praised, looking at Jia Lan with eyes full of admiration.
He is also a veteran warrior, and he can tell at a glance that Jialan's temperament is very different from a year ago.
In the past, Jia Lan had a reserved temperament, but in Jiao Da's eyes, he still had a certain sense of hiding his clumsiness. Now, when Jia Lan stood in front of him, his temperament was almost natural, mature and grand.
"Lang Ge'er, you look a bit like Xian Rongguo back then!"
Although he said this, in Jiao Da's heart, Jia Lan had grown up to the point where he was basically on an equal footing with his predecessor Rong Guo.
After all, when Jia Daishan was weak, he didn’t have such courage!
Looking at the cheerful Jiao Da, Jia Lan just smiled.
"Wow~~~!"
In the distance, in the racecourse, Jia Huan is galloping wildly on his horse.
"Uncle Huan San's equestrian skills are really good." Jia Lan commented.
Jiao Da looked steadily at the racecourse and nodded slightly: "He is a good young man. Brother Huan is probably even better than you in riding skills."
Hearing something in Jiao Da's words, Jia Lan burst into laughter: "That's really good."
For some reason, Jiao Da has always been worried about Jia Lan's riding skills and often talks about it.
When he talked about this, he talked endlessly as if he had opened up a chat box: "Lang Geer, your riding skills are not bad, but you always have a feeling that you can't let go. You are a little timid at critical moments.
My brother is different. Although his riding skills are much rougher than yours, you can tell from a glance that he enjoys the process of riding a horse and follows his heart without any hesitation..."
Jia Lan listened with a wry smile and exchanged looks with Jiao Ting.
Once Uncle Jiao starts preaching, that's it.
As he was talking, Jiao Da changed the subject and asked: "I heard that when I came back this time, I met the Pure Lotus Sect in Shanyang Realm?"
Jia Lan raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that Uncle Jiao also met them in the past?"
Jiao Da shook his head.
"I have seen many people from the White Lotus Sect, but I have never seen this group of people from the Pure Lotus Sect. But I just suddenly remembered that the modern Ning Guogong once mentioned the Pure Lotus Sect in a chat...
Jia Lan's eyes flashed. The first Ning Kingdom mentioned by Jiao Da should refer to the second generation of Ning Kingdom Duke Jia Daihua.
He said that this group of people has a lot of background and behaves in extreme ways, like crazy people. If you encounter them, you must be careful.
There is another point that Xian Ningguo emphatically reminded. He said that this group of people have some evil methods and weird ways. They are a mixture of all kinds of evil ways from all over the world, which is very different from the real Bailian.
In short, if you encounter this group of people, it is best to stay away.
I asked him where he got the information, and he said that the first prince of the country told him."
"I didn't expect that the first generation Ningguo had actually seen the Pure Lotus Sect..."
"Back then, the world was in chaos and everyone was there. It's not surprising that the first Duke Ning Rong met him."
Jia Lan touched his chin and nodded slightly.
He also tried to inquire after the battle at Yuqiuyi, but there was no news at all about the Jingren Sect's return to the world. Even the governor of the river told him that the government had no idea about it.
It's as if they appear suddenly and disappear again.
"That's right." The three of them were walking around in the village. Jia Lan suddenly remembered something and stopped to ask Jiao Da: "I heard that the imperial court recently measured fields in Qing Dynasty? Are there any officials coming to Beizhuang to measure it?"
Jiao Da was startled for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Oh, you are talking about this incident. The government is indeed in Qingzhang Tiandi, but the yamen's servants have never been to our village. On the contrary, several nearby villages have been supervised by the yamen.
They almost turned it over!"
"Oh? Why?"
Jiao Da laughed loudly: "I'm afraid this is all thanks to you. Years ago, you asked the Jia Mansion to make up for all the land owed to the country over the years. Since then, Beizhuang has reported the number of acres of cultivated land after land reclamation to the local household affairs department every year.
I paid enough taxes, so the local government servants didn’t come over at all.”
Jia Lan secretly thought that the reason he persuaded Sister Feng back then has now borne fruit.
The people in the government had probably heard that Jia Zheng had been praised by the Holy Lord Chrysostom for this incident, so they understood and did not come to disturb him.
Jia Lan is not afraid of interested people coming to investigate. To be honest, Beizhuang has not paid a penny less in taxes. On the contrary, he has paid a lot more.
You must know that Jia Lan has the reputation of being a scholar. According to the law, scholars and above can be exempted from food service.
But he has never exercised this power. Even when the situation was tight, he paid the full amount of taxes.
Because of this, Beizhuang has always had a good relationship with the local government.