In the morning, hundreds of newsboys picked up newspapers from the newspaper office and ran out in all directions. This was also a scene in Chang'an. Countless newsboys ran on the streets delivering newspapers and shouting loudly.
Newspapers are delivered to thousands of households, shops and restaurants, and into the hands of every expectant reader.
Different from "Tianxia Xinbao", "Kyoto Express" takes a leisure life route, is close to life, and is very popular among ordinary people. It has become the most anticipated thing for countless people every day, especially the women of wealthy families who live in inner houses. This
This newspaper became a window for them to understand the outside world and became her greatest spiritual sustenance.
At noon, the Mingzhu Restaurant on Xi'anmenwai Street was full of drinkers. Everyone was drinking and talking about the contents of the newspaper.
Han Yu and Lu Nan were sitting at the small table by the window on the second floor. Han Yu came back to report on his work. His position was likely to change again, which made Han Yu quite distressed.
Lu Nan still serves as Zuozang Ling, and his position is very stable. In his words, Zuozang Ling is one of the most stable official positions in the imperial court. Each successive Zuozang Ling has served for more than ten years. Many of his predecessors have been promoted, but their positions have not.
Change.
Lu Nan picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Isn't it good to change your position? It means that the staff remembers you, and if you change again, you will be promoted."
Han Yu sighed and said: "How did you know that I have just straightened out the Hekou Port and want to deepen it and make some political achievements, but I don't want to be transferred at all."
"If you don't want to be transferred, go find Dugu Mingren. You seem to have been dealing with their family!"
Han Yu nodded, "The Dugu family has a shipbuilding workshop in Hekou Port, which can build ships of three thousand stones. Dugu Mingjing is stationed there permanently. I am very familiar with him, but this is a personal relationship and has nothing to do with official matters!"
Dugu Mingjing is the second son of Dugu Changqiu, and is responsible for the shipbuilding industry of the Dugu family. Currently, the Dugu family has two shipbuilding yards, one in the Hekou Port in the north, and the other in the Mingzhou Port in the south.
"How is Lao Xiao?" Han Yu asked, changing the subject.
Lu Nan smiled and said: "I can't say whether he is good or bad. He exposed the prince's identity last time and was transferred to Xiangzhou soon. He is now the magistrate of Lexiang County. It seems like a blessing in disguise, but what will happen in the future?
Who knows? I have heard through the grapevine that his official rating does not seem to be high, just average."
Han Yu was surprised. The evaluation of middle and lower is very low. Local officials are elected every five years and must be evaluated every year. Four of the evaluations of the civil service department must be above, and one is allowed to be above average. After the term is over, they will have the opportunity to be promoted.
, if one of the years is rated as average or lower, it means that there is no hope for promotion in this term, and the next term will have to be rated above for five consecutive years to have a chance.
It seems strict, but in fact the evaluation scale is relatively wide. Generally, there are not many officials who get middle or lower grades, unless there are major problems, taking bribes, being unethical, or doing evil. I wonder which one Xiao Zhenye is?
"What happened to him?" Han Yu asked.
Lu Nan shook his head, "I don't know the specific reason. I heard that it has something to do with a woman. Don't you want to report on your work? You can ask the people in the staff department then. They should know very well."
"Okay! Let me ask if I have a chance, hey! How can it be middle or lower?"
Han Yu really couldn't understand it. He had been rated at the top for several consecutive years, but he felt that his performance was average. As long as he paid a little attention to his words and deeds, it shouldn't be difficult!
At this time, someone next to him slapped the table and said, "It's simply unbelievable. Your annual income is only ten guan, but you have to pay 20 guan in taxes. How can you still live?"
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Another person sighed: "Five hundred coins for a fight of rice and a thousand coins for a fight of salt are indeed unbelievable, but it is true. Those who praise Zhu Si's kindness should give themselves a three hundred slap in the face?"
Han Yu was startled and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Lu Nan smiled and said, "Don't you read the newspaper?"
"I was in a hurry today, so I didn't have time to see it."
"They are talking about the content of today's express report, just wait!"
Lu Nan got up and went to the shopkeeper. After a while, he got back a newspaper. He handed the newspaper to Han Yu, "Read it for yourself!"
Han Yu took the newspaper and looked at it carefully, and saw a big headline on the front page: 'Revealing the secret, the common people of Luoyang are inferior to pigs and sheep!'
"Haha! This name is scary enough, but a bit too vulgar!" Han Yu shook his head and laughed.
Lu Nan curled his lips, "Then what name do you think is good?" If relatives and friends in Luoyang want to ask, a piece of sorrow is in the jade pot? "Old Han, you have to understand one thing, this is a newspaper for ordinary people, please be tacky.
Only then will you be interested.”
Han Yu quickly raised his hand, "Okay! I can't help you, I will continue reading the newspaper."
Han Yu threw away the title and continued to read the following content. This was an interview with three families who had fled to Guanzhong from Luoyang. They were all ordinary people in Luoyang. Through the interviews and conversations, people saw a shocking scene.
A bucket of salt actually costs 1,000 coins, and it's still coarse salt. Chang'an only has 80 coins a bucket, and no one cares about it. Everyone has to buy slightly more expensive fine salt, and coarse grains cost 500 coins a bucket. Chang'an's three-coarse shop only costs 2
Ten cents per dou, and endless taxes. If you can't pay the taxes, you will be arrested for hard labor. The elderly and children in the family can only go out to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger...
Han Yu sighed, put down the newspaper and said: "I passed by Bianzhou the year before last, and the situation there was similar. I saw with my own eyes that officials were forcing taxes, and if they didn't pay taxes, they would arrest people and loot their houses. But Zhu Si had a special characteristic. He did not seize farmers' land.
No matter how much taxes are owed, the land will not be taken away."
"Why is this?" Lu Nan asked in confusion.
"Haven't you ever imagined that the only way to tie farmers down is their land? If their land is taken away, they will either sell themselves into slavery or flee to Hebei. Which one do you think the farmers will choose?"
Lu Nan suddenly understood, nodded and said: "I see, it's a good idea to use land to tie up farmers. Land is their lifeblood."
Han Yu put down the newspaper and said: "Zhu Si wants to raise an army of hundreds of thousands. How can Henan Prefecture alone afford it? He can only squeeze the people as hard as he can, and everyone has the only way to escape. I estimate that people in Luoyang will flee on a large scale this year."
, this is an opportunity to attack Zhu Si."
"Do you think we will attack Luoyang this year?"
Han Yu nodded, "Zhu Si has been strangled to the point of being strangled. I don't think His Highness Prince Jin will drag it on any longer."
Lu Nan picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, and said to himself: "It seems that this year will be a big change!"
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One stone stirred up a thousand waves. The interview published in the Kyoto Express caused a huge stir in Chang'an. Almost every household was talking about the horrific life of the people in Luoyang, and their words were full of pity for the people in Luoyang.
The sword of public opinion finally showed its powerful power. The huge difference between Luoyang and Chang'an made the people of Chang'an deeply realize that the life in front of them was hard-won. Without comparison, there would be no harm. If there were still people who had unconscionably said that the King of Jin was not as tolerant as the Emperor of Tang Dynasty.
, no one dares to say such things anymore.
If various reports before had subtly made everyone accept the new imperial court and the King of Jin, these days through various in-depth reports in Luoyang, it was like an alarm bell that woke up the people of Chang'an, and they began to realize that they
It is indeed necessary for His Highness Prince Jin to take another step forward and protect their hard-won life for a long time.
Three days later, the first batch of more than 5,000 Luoyang people arrived in Chang'an. There were about a thousand households. How to resettle these people caused a fierce debate in the political hall.
This time, Pan Liao and Du You had different opinions. Pan Liao advocated the temporary resettlement of the people of Luoyang, placing them in various counties in Jingzhao, and then allowing them to return home after Luoyang was recovered.
But Du You advocated keeping these people in Chang'an or Guanzhong. Currently, Chang'an's handicraft industry is short of labor. As the first head of a noble family in Guanzhong, Du You certainly hopes to make Chang'an bigger. Of course, he does not want to send these hard-won precious labor forces back.
Du You's thinking seems a bit narrow when it comes to whether the people of Luoyang should stay or leave, but it cannot be said that he is wrong. All dynasties have always made the capital city the largest city in the world, which is conducive to the control of all parts of the world.
In fact, in the final analysis, it is still a matter of population. In the early years of Tianbao, the population of the Tang Dynasty was about 50 million. After the Anshi Rebellion, the separatist rule of vassal towns and the Jingyuan Mutiny, several major civil strife, the world's population is now only about 30 million, of which nearly
Half is concentrated in the Jiangnan region, and other regions compete for the remaining half.
"It's not that I don't want to build a greater Chang'an, but we have to consider the situation in the Central Plains. War and epidemics have left the Central Plains area empty of houses. If Chang'an continues to detain people, it will be like adding salt to the wound. This will be detrimental to the recovery of the Central Plains.
There is no benefit at all, please Du Xiangguo think twice!"
Du You shook his head, "Not to mention that the epidemic in the Central Plains has not subsided. It will take many years to return to normal. The epidemic will gradually subside with a sparse population. It is everyone's consensus to reduce the population of the Central Plains. What's more, Luoyang is the capital of Zhu Si. After Zhu Si's destruction,
Luoyang is not suitable for rapid restoration of prosperity. Even if the population of Luoyang does not move to Chang'an, they will go to Hebei and the south, so it is better to stay in Chang'an or Gyeonggi and help the capital become stronger."
Everyone was talking a lot and expressing their opinions. Some supported Pan Liao and some supported Du You. At this time, the guard shouted outside the door: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is here!"
Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh. Isn't it okay to let Prince Jin decide this matter?