Chapter 306: Killing the Chicken to Make an Example of the Monkey

The men inside the high walls were still howling.

Killing pigs in general.

Zhang Anshi, however, staggered, carrying his hand, and walked away.

Learning is painful process.

What interest is a bullshit thing, may be at the beginning, starting from the interest, but in fact …… since the beginning of human beings have the beginning of the transmission of knowledge, learning is a painful thing.

It is simply unrealistic to expect these guys, happily entering school, to embark on a journey of learning based on hobbies alone.

Zhang Anshi himself was from the second generation, could he not know what kind of goods these guys were?

The more the Sukhumvit has changed, the more it has changed.

The bazaar started to become neat and tidy after it had been reorganized, and there were more and more people, traders and merchants who came to look for opportunities, young and strong men from the three counties who wanted to turn over a new leaf here, and a lot of people who came to shop.

There are already seventeen streets here, crisscrossed with stores of all colors.

It was soon realized that everything but what could be thought of, or even not thought of, could be purchased here.

Because of this, this Qixia has become the entire South Zhili catching the big market place.

Even the people of Zhenjiang, if they have the leisure, are willing to take the boat to come here for a walk, and there are even some travelers from Yangzhou.

The prosperity of Jiangnan is essentially driven by the waterways, crisscrossed by rivers that minimize transportation costs here.

In the past, the boat is still a bit of trouble, sometimes waiting for the boat there is uncertainty, and often there is the situation of asking for money, and even there are water pirates disguised as boatmen, picked up the people sent to the center of the river and then began to rip off the passengers.

It’s a rip-off in the physical sense. White knives go in, red knives go out, and when people die, they’re thrown in the river.

As a result, the ancients were always daunted by the idea of going out of town.

But Qixia’s shipping company, after several times of expansion, almost every pier in the south of the Yangtze River, and make sure that the ship on time, Zhang Anshi even asked the price of the ship must also be low.

How cheap is it?

From the waterway of Zhenjiang, to Qixia, a hundred miles of waterway, but only five coins, even from Suzhou, it is only fifteen coins.

It’s just a meal.

Of course, the shipping company is definitely losing money in doing so, but fortunately, the freight business of the shipping company is earning a lot of money day by day, and relying on freight transportation to subsidize passenger transportation, the company will be able to break even.

And this low price of boat tickets, but also drive the flow of people throughout the South, when going out is no longer dangerous and pay a high price for things, naturally, people are willing to go out to buy and grow some knowledge.

Naturally, this is the most profitable is not the city of Nanjing. Because people prefer to come to Qixia, where there are libraries, there are department stores selling bazaars, there are a large number of schools, there are clean and tidy streets, and even …… here under the rule of the inspectors of the patrolmen, will also be conscientious to protect the safety of the party, unlike the Nanjing City of the police, see the raw guests, always up to make things difficult.

There are still many opportunities here, and hired laborers are being recruited everywhere, whether it be the dozens of docks docking at various places needing to recruit countless footmen, and the shopkeepers needed in the marketplace, and the brokers needed in the various dental firms, and the demand for manpower in that workshop is the greatest of all, or even the treasurers of the continuous warehouses, and the cart drivers who drive the carts and press the goods.

Better positions, such as doctor, teacher, or accountant, are being recruited on a large scale, and people are willing to pay the price of labor here, because on the one hand, the business is good and profitable, and on the other hand, this place is like a beast that eats up manpower, and there is a shortage of manpower at almost all times.

Even the local women were mostly attracted to the textile workshops and people flocked to them.

Everywhere in the industrial park, has begun to plan, kuang ant ant three people in the counties, has begun to busy, after all, he knows and businessmen to deal with, one side of the investment promotion, one side of the selected address, recruited a large number of manpower to start leveling the land, the land planning, the development of the businessmen can accept, and the government can also still accept the tax concessions, and even in the county of the great assistance, roads and canals, also began to build.

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Even the merchants quickly realized the benefits of this industrial park, all in one garden, the coordination of production between the various workshops, there are also benefits, and in the same place, dealing with the government, but also some more convenience, as for the tax rate of some small concessions, but rather a small problem.

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The other workshops are willing to come, but also because of the steel here, can always support their own production, machinery workshops need steel, you can directly pull from the steel workshop there.

As for the spinning workshop, can also have a lot of cooperation with the machinery workshop, the spinning machine can be supplied nearby, at the same time close to hire people to overhaul.

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The demand for manpower in this industrial park has become even greater.

In order to solve the problem of manpower, almost all prefectures were extremely welcoming to the people who were displaced here from other prefectures.

Even in Qixia, there are already specialized dental firms that are willing to provide people with travel expenses in order to attract manpower, and specialize in going forward to receive them.

In this era, farmers are the most bitter, the ground planing food, and the land is not their own, grain tax plus rent, leaving themselves little food left, and still depends on the weather to eat, a little bad harvest, they may go hungry.

The most important thing is that obviously there is enough manpower, but in order to increase the rent, the gentry will often divide the land into small pieces of land to rent out, the more tenants, the tenants for the gentry dependence will be stronger, and the land that can be rented, but only a mere ten acres of land, only eight acres.

It’s hard to feed a family in this day and age.

So many people were willing to come to Taipingfu to work as long or short-term laborers.

Some people may only come here with the intention of taking short-term jobs, but they feel that although the work here is hard, they can actually teach themselves to eat three meals and drink enough, and they can also spare a few bucks, so they don’t even want to go back to planting the land.

This situation is considered very common in the three counties of Taipingfu, as well as the neighboring counties.

Southern Zhili Prefectures, has vaguely felt the pressure.

The pressure was unprecedented, and the gentry in the nearby prefectures and counties had to desperately reduce land rents in an attempt to try and fill back that delusional loss of manpower.

But even so, the people who go to Taipingfu, still endless, not to mention the distance between each other is not far, there are a lot of people in Taipingfu itself has relatives, the placement is more convenient.

At first, many people still open the road guide, to later, the provinces and counties will subconsciously begin to tighten the road guide, so that some people simply avoid the inspection of the Department of Inspection, quietly move.

There are more and more such ‘stragglers’, not to mention the fact that the waterways here are so long that it is not possible to stop them with just a few patrols, so that the situation in all the prefectures and counties is gradually deteriorating.

The prefectures do not dare to find the Taiping House to ask for people, this Taiping House, not to mention the Duke, even if it is the lower head of the same know, the official position is also higher than the ordinary governor grade, even if it is a county magistrate, that is also a serious six, behind the back of the mountain tree, the pressure is not willing to look at you in the eye.

Even if there will be some official communication coming in, the response will largely be to know.

And then, there was no more then.

And the only one who has this energy to curb this trend is precisely Ningguo House.

Although the pressure on Ningguofu was not small, after all, it was close to Taipingfu, which seemed like a black hole that always sucked manpower in constantly.

But in Ningguo House, there is no one to spoil those officials in Taiping House.

The situation, Jianyi has long been aware of.

And the local gentry, too, have all come to sue.

On this very day, there are people escorting dozens of stragglers to come, Jian Yi personally sit in the hall, and then there is a mile long to come in, salute, said: “Jian Gong, today caught another 37 stragglers, this 37 people do not have a road guide, trying to want to leave the territory. Mr. Jian …… According to the ancestral system of Emperor Gao of the Great Ancestor, anyone who comes and goes without a road guide is a vagrant …… Among them, there are a few vagrants who are unrepentant, and some days ago they were caught by the inspectors, and now they are doing the same trick again… …”

Jianyi listened and nodded, he frowned slightly, but did not hasten to dispose of it, but summoned his own crowd of curtain-raiser friends, as well as the local Tongzhi, Zhaomo and other officials to come.

Waiting for the crowd to gather, Jian Yi then said, “Since this government ruled Ningguo Fu, the stragglers have been repeatedly banned ……”

Fellow Prophet Fan Yi said, “Lord Jian, these are the unruly people of the place, they really deserve to be killed.”

He continued in exasperation, “In order to make people stay in their home townships in their own right, the government has tried to pacify them by all means, and given them many measures, but they are still prohibited from doing so.”

Jian Yi frowned, “It is true that a lot of silver money was given to resettle …… in the beginning.”

Curtain friend Wu Huan made a bow, then said, “Jian Gong, can not be let go again, now the other provinces, are full of grievances, I heard …… that there are some places, and even strong soldiers have fled ten of three or four, it is good to Jian Gong in Ningguo Fu, I am afraid that the Ningguo Fu is no better.”

Jianyi’s expression showed a few points of gravity, nodded and said, “In that case, how do you see this matter?”

Wu Huan said, “In all the docks and barriers, strengthen the manpower, strict defense, especially the waterway, more to keep an eye on, the counties shall not release the road guide for the time being, not allow the people to leave the countryside, they go, I’m afraid that they will not come back, and then go to the Taiping government to ask for the people, the Taiping government will certainly ignore it.”

Jianyi nodded.

Fan Yi said, “What’s the use of defending the city? The Taiping government is so unreasonable. If this continues, will there be any people who are willing to farm in peace? Now the people’s hearts are fluctuating, and the people are being deceived by the Taiping government for the sake of small profits, if this goes on, there will be a big problem. The local sages and gentry can’t stand it anymore. If this continues, who will still be willing to cultivate grain in peace?”

“O Lord Jian, without food, there will be starvation, and the people will not think about production, so something big is going to happen.”

Jian Yi’s face grew more and more grave.

He knew very well that this was not Fan Yi’s intention alone, only that countless people had complained to Fan Yi long ago.

Manpower fled, and then the land, if it was to be cultivated, had to be given to tenants on more favorable terms, and the price of land rents, from year to year, was less than it had been.

In this way, for the squires and township sages, the return on land is also greatly reduced, the original mu of land, you can collect a stone of rice for rent, now may be half a stone are not, but you refuse to make a profit, people will not rent your land.

Of course …… these are actually tolerable, earn less and maintain as usual.

What really broke the defenses of the local townspeople and squires was …… the plummeting of land prices due to lower returns from land.

Originally, everyone wanted to buy land, no one wanted to sell land, but with the reduction in the returns of the gentry and township scholars, many people began to realize that land may not become a drought and rainy day deal, and even a number of homesteaders, wanting to sell their land to defect to Qixia.

The price of land, therefore, has been falling continuously for more than half a year, and there is a tendency that it cannot be contained without going down.

In Ningguo Prefecture, the situation was better, but the other prefectures and counties, especially the prefectures and counties immediately adjacent to Taiping Prefecture, even had a special situation in which land prices plummeted by 70%.

This means that all this wealth that has been accumulated over generations has, overnight, been reduced to nothing.

I’m sorry for the ancestors!

Ningfu is also falling, has fallen by 20%, according to reason, the situation is not serious, but with the other state’s previous experience, has made many people panic.

Every time, people visit the local government, almost talk about, is this matter, said here, all hate to itchy teeth.

Fan Yi said, “Jian Gong, can not be indulged any longer, if this continues ……”

Jianyi frowned and closed his eyes, but remained silent.

The other curtain callers, also began to talk, “Is can’t go on like this, now the people’s hearts are floating into this, if there is no more thunderbolt, going to be a big deal.”

“Jian Gong ah, I heard that the Duke of Wei, but also to the craftsmen to grant official positions, to encourage merchants. There are three enter, Wei Guo Gong let them from business, and then …… even awarded them official positions, let them specialize in dealing with merchants. This …… this is to shake the foundation of the state dynasty ah, this Wei Guo Gong continues like this, it is necessary to suffer a backlash.”

Jian Yi finally opened his eyes slightly and said, “The matter of Taipingfu, I don’t care, but the matter of Ningguofu, but have to manage. Just …… have to appease the displaced people ……”

Speaking of this, he looked to the same know, “How much money and food can the house come up with?”

Fan Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly, “The money and food …… in the government treasury is already exhausted.”

Jian Yi stood up, back hands, pacing back and forth, and then slowly said, “Then find a way to raise, please all the township sages and gentry, take out some money and grain, find a way to appease the stragglers, and then send people …… to gather the stragglers, and tell them about their great righteousness, and to be moved and reasoned with. ”

Fan Yi, however, shook his head, the bitter smile on his face increasing rather than decreasing.

Jian Yi raised an eyebrow and said, “Why, what’s the difficulty again?”

Fan Yi sighed, “The township sages and gentry, it’s not that they won’t give money and grain, but now they’re having a hard time as well, their own losses are great, and now they want to take money and grain, these stragglers, each one of them is a gourmand, and they can’t be fed.”

A flash of brilliance violently swept across Jian Yi’s eyes.

Fan Yi winced and immediately said, “But the next official immediately went to do it, no matter what, we must find a way …… to do it.”

Jian Yi then glanced lightly at Wu Huan, “Those arrested stragglers are still outside the court hall, aren’t they?”

Wu Huan nodded, “Yes.”

Jian Yi’s eyes opened slightly wider, with a cold light in his eyes, said: ”Those who are repeatedly prohibited and do not change, will be directly killed and exposed to the public! Such unruly people, if not disposed of, will become a scourge. The rest of the …… resettlement to return home.”

When Wu Huan and Fan Yi heard this, they couldn’t help but rejoice, and both showed admiration: “Jian Gong is clear in his rewards and punishments, not only as an example to others, but also to pacify the people, which is really admirable.”

Jian Yi said: “These words, more talk is useless, the important thing is to teach the people to be peaceful, the counties of the oracle, teach them not to be idle, let them around the people, as well as the counties of the showman, also let them in the township, educate the people. The local good gentry and village sages should also try their best to treat the people well. In this way, only then can the people be pacified.”

“Naturally, for the naughty and unruly people, also must not be tolerated, the people are ultimately more of the nature of the people, but there are always some black sheep, in which the nuisance, these things …… are not unheard of.”

Wu Huan busily said, “Enfu has a high opinion.”

Then Fan Yi has gone to dispose of the stragglers since.

Wu Huan, however, took advantage of the fact that no one was around to offer Jian Yi tea, Wu Huan smiled and said, “Enfu …… thunderbolt, bodhisattva heart ……”

Jianyi shook his head, not seeing any relief on his face, and sighed, “The old man is being roasted on a fire.”

Wu Huan was puzzled, “Why did Enfu say that?”

Jian Yi bitterly smiled, before saying, “In the past to govern a party, as long as the arch can be ruled, but now there is this Taiping House, the disturbance of the people’s hearts, I do not know that those people want to go to the Taiping House, but it is just for the sake of livelihood? But there is no way ……”

Wu Huan said, “For the Enfu to dispose of it this way is already excellent.”

Jianyi shook his head, “It is for your own good.”

He stared at Wu Huan and wanted to say something else.

Wu Huan also seems to see, Jian Yi some dissatisfaction with this, but said: “Zhou Gong in the time, to establish the rites and laws, so that the vassals, ministers, Shi, the people, can each do their own jobs, peacefully, therefore, the hole saint talent said, this is the peace and prosperity, where the Zhou Gong is highly esteemed.”

“Nowadays …… the set of Taipingfu, looks lively, but in fact it is the rites and music is bad, program discipline disorder, but it is stirring our Ningguofu is also not peaceful ……”

Jian Yi sighed: “Don t say it, what is the use of saying this? Think of a way …… to repair the schoolhouse and repair the river bank, now, it is about to start spring, and I don t know what kind of disaster there will be.”

But mentioning this, Wu Huan immediately put on a sad face and said, “Jian Gong …… the money and grain …… in the house.”

Jianyi coldly said, “The old man’s harsh treatment of the stragglers is to teach the township sages and gentry to know that the old man is planning for them, and at this time, can’t afford to give up money and grain?”

Under Jian Yi’s cold gaze, Wu Huan’s heart trembled and he hurriedly said, “Student understands, student will go talk to them.”

The next day.

Seven or eight corpses hang in the government offices.

Those who passed by, one by one, only felt shocked when they saw it.

Many of those who came in and out, however, clapped their hands.

Such stragglers deserve it.

Ningguo Prefecture counties, there are also many people long breath, so desperately teach people to sound the gong to preach.

It seems …… that this crooked wind in Ningguo House is considered to be stopped.

Of course, since the government has set an example, then the lower counties, naturally, are not polite.

At first, I was a little worried, but now, but has long been impatient, where there are stragglers, after catching, all harshly dealt with. Among them, the magistrate of Jing County, directly taught people to bury forty-seven people alive, and also issued a strict order, and then those who do not know what is good and bad, immediately kill without amnesty.

Everywhere in the chief, the head of the bailiff, also have been inspired, in order to guard against the death penalty, the direct use of guilt-by-association, the villages to protect each other, where there is a neighbor who went away and did not return, the four neighbors also have to be ruled guilty.

The atmosphere was solemn for a moment.

And with all the initiatives, something magical actually happened.

After several consecutive months of falling land prices, the land prices in this Ningguo Palace, finally began to pick up.

The price of the ground rent, and finally, to the relief of many, is beginning to rise.

…………

A copy of the zhengzhi, sent to Zhu Di’s imperial case.

Zhu Di reads the zhang, born out of doubt: “Why recently there are a lot of zhang about praising Ningguo Fu? Jianqing family in Ningguo Fu …… does not seem to have any great deeds ah!”

Saying that, Zhu looked at Yiluoha.

Also lost Ha truthfully said: “I heard …… that the various governments and counties, only Ningguo Fu side, the people peacefully abide by their own, said what the merits of the indoctrination, the people are deep sense of the Holy Spirit, and also said that what …… agriculture as the basis for no agricultural instability, so ……”

This did not need to be said further for Zhu Di to understand, he nodded and said, “Minister Jian governs a government, I think it is easy, naturally it is very different from an ordinary governor.”

Zhu Di thought for a moment and then said, “Summon Secretary Zhang to come, I have something to ask him.”

This Zhang Qing, Yiluoha naturally knew who it was, and upon hearing the decree, he immediately went to invite Zhang Anshi.

This summons, but a little sudden, Zhang Anshi can only drop the matter in hand, rushed to the rush.

Seeing Zhu Di, he honestly saluted first, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

“Where are the people?” Zhu was anything but polite to him, bulging his eyes at Zhang Anshi.

“What, what person?” Zhang Anshi was confused and put on a dumbfounded look.

Zhu Di looked at him fixedly and said, “Xu Jingchang and them, such a big living person, where have they gone?”

Zhang Anshi felt that he was too busy, and the bad thing about being too busy was that it was always easy to forget about people and things that were not so important.

He then remembered …… as if …… there were such people.

Zhu continued, “Now their families, can be everywhere looking for people, there are already people reaching out to me to ask for people, since the last time I went with you, I can’t see people in life, I can’t see bodies in death.”

That would obviously be a bit of a heavy statement.

Zhang Anshi did show a few moments of weakness, after all, he hadn’t cared much about the people after they were thrown to that place.

So he bottomed out, “Ah …… this ……”