"Your Majesty, one of the problems is that the local clans are too prosperous. Your Majesty, I am from Jiaxing, Zhejiang. There are many and very united families in my hometown, and the clan power is already very strong. But after I came to Guangdong, I felt that Zhejiang's There is no way our clan can compare with Guangdong."
"Second, there are the homeless bullies in the city. As Guangzhou is governed by Guangdong Province, there are many industrial and commercial people who come here to make a living. Some farmers even leave their homes and find ways to find roads to lead them to Guangzhou City. But not many of these people Many of them were reduced to refugees, impoverished and without money to return to their hometowns. After His Majesty issued the imperial edict, the then Chief Envoys and Inspectors also punished them. Some people were sent back to their hometowns, while others were exiled. But such people from other places were only allowed to Nowadays, locals are popping up in endlessly. Especially because clans are very strong here, even the police tend to be lenient to acquaintances, so it is difficult to eradicate the refugees. Some people even use their relatives and friends who are police officers to pretend to be bullies and harass them. People, make people feel troubled."
"The third one is a person who has become a beggar after his family's skills passed down for generations have become useless. Your Majesty has succeeded to the throne, established a police force, and reformed the system of commercial tax collection. Although the imperial treasury is full and the people live a healthy life, but At the same time, His Majesty's policies have also had some negative effects. People in the Yas and guilds from all walks of life have been affected, and many people have become impoverished."
"The fourth is the fight between natives and guests. Your Majesty, the natives should be the people whose ancestors came to Guangdong and Guangxi as early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties or even earlier, and the so-called Hakkas should be the people who moved to the south during the Song Dynasty. Both sides are Han people, but they are Fire and water are incompatible, and they often fight over water sources, land and ancestor hatred, and sometimes they even fight each other for no reason."
"And this is different from the fighting in my hometown. Although clans in my hometown also fight, they don't dare to use weapons. Second, they will stop as long as the fight is determined and won't hurt anyone intentionally. The winning side gets more water, and the year goes by and they fight again next year. Guangdong is different. Hundreds of years of fighting have made them have a bloody feud. Every time they fight, they fight to the death with weapons in hand. Every village will have a fight every year. Many people were killed or injured as a result.”
Yang Ren said a lot more, but mainly the above four points, and most of the rest are supplements to these four points.
When Yang Ren was talking, the inspector kept winking at him, wanting him to say less. However, even though Yang Ren saw his winks, he did not stop talking. The Yamen in Guangdong are not only the three of them, but also include Jin Yiwei, even if the three of them conceal something, the emperor can know the truth by asking Jin Yiwei. Now that Jin Yiwei has not arrested anyone, how can he hide it for them, interrogating and maintaining local stability? Rather than confessing to His Majesty at that time, it is better Tell it all now.
After listening to Yang Ren's words, Yunxi thought for a while and said: "I'll tell you one by one. But I won't follow your order. I'll talk about the third one first. The third one is to let me postpone these reforms. Can’t make it?”
"Of course your Majesty's reform is very correct. It eliminates the need for guilds and guilds to wait for the government and the people, and ordinary businessmen can use their hands to harm the public and private interests. It is beneficial to the country and the people. However, I believe that your Majesty should be careful not to be impatient and implement it slowly. These reforms not only allowed the people to adapt, but also allowed the officials in the yamen to adapt. When I first came to Guangdong, most of the officials here knew little about your Majesty's reforms. Even with the experience of Beijing and Hangzhou issued by your Majesty, they made mistakes. I have to correct some things bit by bit." Yang Rendao.
Yunxi actually fell into deep thought. They still made mistakes despite already having experience. Is it really that my reforms are too advanced, or are they too stupid?
Yunxi didn't find the answer for the time being, so he could only say in the end: "In this case, I will slow down the reform for the time being. But the reforms that have been implemented cannot be abandoned halfway and continue to be implemented." He could only temporarily treat it as too stupid for an official.
"But Your Majesty, some people are now deprived of food and clothing because of His Majesty's policies. Although these people deserve their punishment, in order to prevent civil unrest, please consider it." Yang Rendao.
"You misunderstood what I meant. What I meant was that orders that have been issued cannot be withdrawn, but orders that have not yet been issued can be temporarily withheld, even if they are a follow-up to the same policy." Yunxi explained.
"I understand." Yang Ren said. He just understood it wrong.
"Secondly, the fourth and the first thing, I think they are not separate things, but the same thing. They are all the local clans that are too powerful." Yunxi knew that clans still existed in Guangdong until later generations, and other clans still existed in Guangdong. The clan that has been almost completely disintegrated in the place is completely different.
"I have also heard about the clans in Guangdong and Guangxi. Now it seems that this is probably caused by the interrelation of the three things you mentioned. Because the people who came to Guangdong earlier and the people who came later have been fighting for various reasons all the year round, so They had to form very close clans to defeat each other, so the clans became very prosperous; because the clans were so prosperous, even the police could not eradicate the homeless bullies."
"So if we want to cure this matter, we can't just rely on government punishment. We can only consider it from the perspective of fighting between locals and foreigners. Now there are only more than three million people in Guangdong. Isn't the land and water resources enough for them? Can we stop them from not doing so in the future? Fighting with weapons again?" Yunxi said. There was no such thing as fighting between natives and guests in later generations, so he had no mature way to solve it and could only reason slowly on his own.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not easy to solve. The fighting between natives and foreigners has been going on for hundreds of years and has become a deep-rooted thing in their minds. And this is not just the hatred between the two families, but the mutual hatred towards each other as a whole. Hatred. The late Emperor once moved some Hakkas from Guangdong to Guangxi, but these people who had no hatred against the Guangxi natives immediately started fighting with the local natives when they arrived in Guangxi."
"From my perspective, unless we completely separate them from each other, move the Hakkas from places with many natives, and move the natives from places with many Hakkas, it is possible to eliminate the fighting between them. But This is really too difficult. But other than that, I have no other way to solve this matter." Yang Ren said.
"Is it so serious in Guangxi?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, Guangxi is better. After all, there are many barbarians in Guangxi. Regardless of the natives or Hakkas, they will all be enemies of the barbarians. Although they will still fight with each other, they should be gentler." Yang Ren said.
'It seems that having a common enemy can alleviate the fighting, but the effect is limited. They will still fight with each other. Is this how the Chinese in Nanyang ended in history? The barbarians in Nanyang can unite under the influence of religion or other things. , and the Chinese fought among themselves and were eventually killed.' Yunxi thought.
But even if what he thought was right, it would be of no use to the current matter. Yunxi thought for a while and couldn't think of a solution, so he could only say: "Let me discuss this matter after I return to Beijing and discuss it with other ministers. "
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Ren also knew that the emperor probably didn't think of a solution, so he said this, so he bowed and agreed.
After that, Yunxi said something to the three of them and asked them to retreat.
