The first thousand one hundred and ninety-seven chapters resettlement dispute
Guo Song walked into the meeting hall of the Political Affairs Hall. Everyone stood up and saluted, "See you, Your Highness!"
Guo Song smiled and waved his hand, "Everyone, please take a seat!"
Everyone sat down and Guo Song said with a smile: "I just heard that everyone was quarreling over the resettlement of the people of Luoyang. Why is this?"
Pan Liao was a kind man, and he apologized: "It's not a quarrel, it's just a normal political debate. I didn't expect to alarm His Highness. I'm really sorry!"
Guo Song laughed and asked again: "Tell me, what is the argument about?"
Du You explained: "In fact, it is a competition for population. The population is insufficient. Every place hopes to increase the population. I hope that the refugees in Luoyang will stay in Chang'an. Pan Xiangguo advocates temporarily taking them in and repatriating them to Luoyang after regaining Luoyang."
Zhang Qianyi added on the side: "We can't say who is right or wrong. It is true that the epidemic situation in the Central Plains has not subsided. Going back in a hurry will increase the risk of infection. But if they all stay in Chang'an, the population of the Central Plains will be even smaller. I don't know how many years and months we will be able to recover."
Recovery, so this issue is quite difficult.”
Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "This problem was solved in December last year. Millions of refugees from Puyang have migrated to Hebei. Why have refugees from Luoyang become a problem? Let them choose for themselves. If they want to go back, they can go back or stay in Chang'an.
That’s okay too.”
Pan Liao suddenly became anxious, "Your Highness, the people in Puyang immigrated because of the epidemic and there was no other way. However, there was no epidemic in Luoyang. The two cannot be equated. Everyone hopes to live a comfortable life. If they are allowed to choose,
They are definitely willing to stay in Chang'an, but what about Luoyang? Is His Highness willing to see Luoyang decline from this?"
Guo Song shook his head, "The rise and fall of a big city has its own rules. Let's not forcefully interfere. As the saying goes, people go to higher places and water flows to lower places. These people are not sheep. Don't drive them wherever they go. They will
They are human beings and they will make their own choices about where to go, so I suggest letting nature take its course."
Du You added: "Actually, we should also calculate an account. After these hundreds of thousands of refugees come to Chang'an, how long will we have to take care of them for food and drink? And even if they return to Luoyang in the future, how will they live? We still have to take care of them.
They have been going back and forth for at least two years. With such a large population relying on the imperial court to support them, the imperial court simply cannot afford it."
Pan Liao was speechless. Du You's words hit home. If there were too many refugees, the imperial court's financial resources would really be unbearable. This was the key.
He sighed and said: "Your Highness, let's decide!"
Guo Song nodded, "Then let them support themselves first. How many empty houses are there in Anjufang?"
Zhang Qianyi bowed and said: "The Anjufang in the south and east of the city are already full, and half of the houses in the west of the city are empty. Four thousand households can be accommodated. If the number of refugees exceeds the number, they can only be placed in the counties of Gyeongsang Province."
Guo Song thought for a while and said: "It is best not to resettle randomly, but to supplement the counties that are most in need of labor, such as Xinfengxin and Xianyang counties. These two counties have the highest concentration of workshops. Chang'an will resettle 4,000 households and subsidize three
Monthly coupons for three rough shops, and half a year's rent free, so that they can integrate into Chang'an as soon as possible. It is best to let the "Kingto Express" provide recruitment information, or the court provides a place where stores that need waiters and bartenders can recruit face-to-face with refugees. "
“This is a good idea!”
Du You praised: "Let the two parties meet directly. I suggest putting it on Zhuque Avenue, renting a tent for each shop, and letting them recruit their own staff. In the future, the tents will not need to be dismantled, and it will be used as a specialized labor market."
Pan Liao objected: "It can be placed on Zhuque Street once in a while. If it is a long-term labor market, Zhuque Street is not suitable and will easily affect traffic. It is better to put it on the Jinchengfang Polo Ground, which is far away from Xicheng Anjufang where the refugees live."
It’s very close, what do you think?”
Pan Liao's plan was approved by everyone. Chengfang Polo Ground is the largest polo ground in Chang'an. It has been idle, but it is being used as a labor market.
Guo Song immediately made the decision: "To establish a long-term labor city, it will be placed at the Jinchengfang Polo Ground. Then this time, temporary branches will also be set up in each county. A labor bureau will be added under the Ministry of Industry to be responsible for arranging this matter."
After talking about the refugees, Guo Song added: "I came to the Political Affairs Hall today to confirm with you the status of the imperial examination. How many scholars have signed up so far?"
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After the Zhengshitang confirmed the principle of resettling Luoyang refugees, Luoyang refugees began to be sent to Chang'an one after another. Chang'an arranged a large military camp of 100,000 people in Bashang as a diversion and resettlement camp. This was actually the second epidemic investigation.
Make sure that no one infected with the epidemic enters Chang'an.
Chang'an was extremely lively at this time. More than 50,000 scholars who came to participate in the imperial examination gathered in Chang'an. This year, due to the epidemic in the Central Plains, the imperial examination was postponed by one month, from the end of February to March. This was mainly because of the progress of many scholars.
The Beijing route needs to be changed, either via Hebei to Guanzhong, or via the Jingxiang-Shangzhou line to Guanzhong. The distance on the road has obviously become longer.
The epidemic has indeed affected this year's imperial examination. The number of people going to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination has been reduced by nearly half compared to last year. Of course, there are still many scholars on the way. After all, it is only mid-March, and there is still half a month before the imperial examination.
But the number will definitely be lower than last year.
The second excitement in Chang'an is the arrival of refugees from Luoyang. Three groups arrived at the diversion and resettlement camp, totaling 9,600 households, or almost 50,000 refugees. 4,000 households were arranged in Xi'an Jufang, Chang'an City, and the rest were arranged in Xianyang.
In the three county towns of Xinfeng and Jingyang.
In principle, the subsequent refugee army will no longer be placed in the capital, but in the counties.
Anjufang, which was originally relatively deserted in the west of the city, has become lively. Anjufang is a low-rent house built at the base of the city wall. Each room is 500 Wen per month, which can be used for long-term living. The price has not increased in the past few years since it was launched. The rent of 500 Wen
For ordinary people, it is indeed very cheap, almost equivalent to five days' wages of a bartender. Basically all the tenants regard it as their own home, live in it with peace of mind, and are unwilling to leave.
Groups of refugees, old and young, came looking for their new homes with keys and lottery signs. Officials were showing them where to live.
"Old man, your home is here!"
An official led a family of six to a house and opened the door with a key. The official looked into the room and said with a smile: "No one has lived in this room. It is relatively clean and may be smaller. If you want to live in it,
If it's wider, you can go to the county below, where you can rent two houses for 600 cents, which is more cost-effective than Chang'an."
"Yes! Yes! It's bigger than we thought." The family said repeatedly.
The rooms in low-rent housing are indeed relatively large, each room is about thirty square meters, but the light inside is slightly darker.
The official smiled again and said: "Many people use cloth curtains, which can be opened into two rooms. Some more sophisticated people use wooden boards as partition walls. Depending on your situation, you can use cloth curtains first and wait for conditions.
If you have enough money, use wooden boards to separate them."
"Thank you, sir, go and do your work! We will make arrangements ourselves."
At this time, the young daughter-in-law of the family asked embarrassedly: "Excuse me, where is the toilet?"
The official pointed to the house fifty steps ahead and said, "Have you seen that black-tiled and blue-brick house? That's a public toilet. The red door on the left is the men's toilet, and the green door on the right is the women's toilet. You can buy two toilets at home in the future.
, convenient at night.”
"Thank you!" The young daughter-in-law took her daughter and hurried away.
The son carried a bucket to the well to fetch water, and an old couple took their grandson to tidy up in the room. The family settled in here.
Most of the refugees came with their belongings. Although they were relatively shabby, they were quite complete, including stoves, oil lamps, mats and quilts, pots, pans, buckets, etc. If there were no beds, they could temporarily make beds on the floor, or spend a little money to buy second-hand goods.
It's also very cheap to buy two old beds from the stall.
It was busy until evening, and the 4,300 households in Luoyang finally settled down. Oil lamps were lit up in the originally dark houses. Many families had gone to the Sanku store to get thick noodles and salt. Many families
We also bought briquettes and made a fire to cook. Finally, the whole family could gather together in peace and have a full meal.
Early the next morning, all the men from every household went out and went to Jinchengfang to find something to do. What the Luoyang refugees lacked most was money. Although many of them had a little money, it was all new money issued by Zhu Si and they could not buy anything in Chang'an.
, they had to find something to do in Chang'an in order to earn money to buy some urgently needed things.
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Jinchengfang is very close to Anjufang in the west of the city. As soon as you enter the gate, you will see a large polo field, which is also a military training ground. It covers an area of 80 acres. This is a newly established labor market. This is different from the previous people.
The market is not the same thing. The human market is a place where people are bought and sold, which has long been abolished, while the labor market is a place where people can find things to do.
Although Chang'an has a population of one million, there is still a shortage of lower-level workers. In particular, Chang'an's commercial and service industries are very prosperous. There is a huge demand for lower-level workers such as clerks, bartenders, coachmen, domestic servants, maids, etc., and the wages are the highest among all states in the world.
For example, the wages of a maid are the lowest among all types of work. In other states, in addition to food, housing and clothing, the wages are only twenty or thirty cents per day. However, Chang'an also provides food, housing and clothing, but it is fifty cents per day.
Ordinary clerks and bartenders earn one hundred cents a day, but those with a little skill will be more expensive. Experienced carpenters, bricklayers, warriors, and bookkeepers who are proficient in writing can earn two hundred cents a day, which is the same level as a housekeeper or a shopkeeper.
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As for the big shopkeeper, big housekeeper, big accountant, senior guard, etc., they earn an average of ten guan a month, but they are no longer the bottom workers.
At this time, hundreds of large tents were set up in the labor market, and there were many small shops that could not rent tents, so they directly set up a table to recruit people. The entire market was crowded, noisy, and extremely lively.