Daming One Piece

Chapter 131 In the capital (third update, ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
From Phi Island to Dagu, it took five days. The reason why it took so long is because it took a long time in Bohai Bay. After the fall of Liaodong, millions of Liaodong refugees fled to Shandong and Beizhili. In addition, hundreds of thousands of refugees fled to the islands in the Bohai Bay, fishing on the islands for a living. Shi Yiwen visited them by the way, sold them some grain at a low price, and then pointed out a way out for them.

Go to Beigang!
Those who are willing to go to Beigang can get 50 mu of land and food for three months.Such generous remuneration naturally aroused the interest of many people. After all, the land on the island is barren and the output is limited. As long as there is a good place to go, they will not stay here.

Because they have their own seagoing ships, Shi Yiwen doesn't need to think about transportation issues, but there are still some sailors left, first of all, it is enough to help them modify the sails. The vertical sail, but the upwind sailing effect is definitely better than the traditional hard sail.The second is to act as a navigator.

While waiting at the Dagu port to transfer to the riverboat to enter Beijing, Shi Yiwen looked at Dagu in front of him curiously, looked at the port with sails like clouds in front of him, and was surprised by the passing of the northern sea, but Mao Chenglu came to his side .

"When those refugees arrive in Beigang, will they really be given fifty acres of land?"

Mao Chenglu was sent by Mao Wenlong to Beijing to offer prisoners. In addition to beheading more than ten thousand people in the Liaoyang Great Victory, he also captured hundreds of bannermen. He went to the capital and took him to the Taimiao to behead him.

"Fifty acres is just a base number. If they have the ability to reclaim more land, the reclaimed land will belong to them."

Shi Yiwen said directly.

"The Beigang area is like Liaodong, where there are many people and few lands."

"Different."

Mao Chenglu shook his head repeatedly and said.

"Before Jiannu invaded Liaodong, there were 800 million people in Liaodong, and Shenyang City was also a big city with tens of thousands of people. Liaodong didn't have much land for people to reclaim at will."

Although Mao Chenglu is Mao Wenlong's adopted son, he is from Liaodong himself. When he spoke, his eyes were full of memories of the past. How prosperous Liaodong was at that time.

"Every family can have twenty or thirty mu of land, which is good enough. However, the land in Liaodong is fertile, and one mu of land can harvest at least one stone and a half of sorghum. If it is rice, it can harvest two or three stones no matter what. Even the south of the Yangtze River is not as rich as Liaodong. In those days, if there was a medium-sized family with a land of [-] mu, and there were not many Korean slaves in the family, even ordinary small landlords could not live more comfortably than ordinary people in Liaodong..."

As Mao Chenglu spoke, in addition to nostalgia for the past, there was hatred from the bottom of his eyes. He was holding on to the side of the boat, and his hands were firmly grasping the side of the boat. His joints turned white because of excessive force.

"Hey, they are all gone now, there is no one, people will either kill him, or run away, or be plundered as slaves for Jiannu, and even the fields are barren... Everyone says Liaodong people You don’t want to farm the land so you can serve as a soldier, Master Shi, do you know why?”

Suddenly, Mao Chenglu turned to look at Shi Yiwen and asked.

"Because I want to call back to my hometown!"

The answer is obvious, not because the Liaodong people came out to stuff their bows and horses, but because they wanted to fight back to their hometown and take back their family business. This is why they are good soldiers!
Want to call back to my hometown!
For those Liaodong people, this is why they are soldiers.Just to go home.

Who doesn't want to go home?Who wouldn't want to take back everything that belongs to them?

"Major General, in the future, sooner or later, we will take back Liaodong. Don't worry, that day...is not far away!"

Shi Yiwen's words were not loud, but his tone was very firm.

He has no doubts about that day, because...he can do it!
……

When Shi Yiwen and his party arrived in Beijing, it was already April [-]th. It seemed not far from Dagu to the capital, but it still took a whole day and night.

The outer city wall of Beijing in the sixth year of Tianqi is roughly similar to the ancient city of Beijing that people are familiar with. The inner city is on the north, and the outer city built by the Jiajing Dynasty is on the south.

And Shi Yiwen's first impression of Beijing City was the emptiness of the outer city - although the outer city is close to the inner city, there are densely packed residential buildings that have not been systematically planned, but more of them are wilderness covered with weeds. The outer city of Beijing in those years had not yet developed. In the wilderness, there were vegetable fields planted by the common people, as well as houses like sheds built by the common people. In fact, the prosperity of the outer city of Beijing had to wait for the Qing dynasty to enter After the pass, the Manchus who occupied the capital directly drove all the Han people in the inner city out of their homes, and let them go to the outer city to fend for themselves, so that the population of the outer city was enriched.

But now, the outer city is empty like an industrial park familiar to later generations, but this is also a lot more convenient-according to the arrangement of the Ministry of War, Mao Chenglu and his party set up camp directly in the outer city. They are accompanied by 300 soldiers. To escort more than [-] prisoners.

Of course, as an ordinary citizen, Shi Yiwen couldn't live in the camp. Although he also led the decree to Beijing, he couldn't live with Mao Chenglu. Mao Chenglu directly found him an inn in the capital to live in.Then, in the next few days, Shi Yiwen never saw Mao Chenglu again. Presumably, he came to Beijing on behalf of Mao Wenlong. After entering Beijing, he would naturally visit all the high officials of the court and China, and he might even visit that The legendary [-]-year-old, in history, Yuan Chonghuan's charges against Mao Wenlong and Luo Zhi included "associating with eunuchs".

Of course, Shi Yiwen, as a grassroots citizen, doesn't even have the power to manage the high officials in the court. To everyone in the court, he is just a small person worth mentioning.

Even when he was appointed as the commander, he was only sent an eunuch and two royal guards to the inn where he lived to announce the imperial decree, and then gave him an official uniform, an official seal... and then nothing.And this so-called command job is just a "vain job", and it doesn't even need to report to the Ministry of War, it's just an "honorary title".

"Congratulations to Mr. Shi, ten days later on the first day of the new year, Mr. Shi will attend the court meeting with the civil and military officials in the court. As for Mr. Shi, this is His Majesty's special grace. I don't know how many people have never had the opportunity to participate in the court meeting in their entire lives. If a Jinshi does not enter the court, he will not have the opportunity to participate in the court meeting."

After the decree was announced, when the eunuch smiled and said "Grace", Shi Yiwen murmured in his heart.

"That's it……"

An official robe, an official seal, plus the opportunity to attend the court meeting, is this the so-called emperor's reward?

No big deal.

It is also worth [-] shi of grain!
No, Shi Yiwen was not surprised by this, after all, to those big bosses, he was just an insignificant person.If you can reward you as an official, you will be content.

You must know that in more than ten years, when the Emperor Chongzhen was about to subjugate his country, facing the situation of rescuing soldiers was like fighting a fire.how did he do itWhen giving Wu Sangui the earl, he also hesitated, hesitated, I don't know how long he hesitated.

Well, in the end, there is no hesitation about the Ming Dynasty, you said.Compared with others, what are you worth?
Could it be that he still wants to count on this grain to exchange for an earl?

Well, when Emperor Chongzhen was about to perish, he launched a donation campaign. In that donation campaign, how many taels of silver were donated by ministers and nobles, let alone him.The only warm color is a civilian donor.

At that time, there was an old civilian in his 60s in the capital. After hearing the news, he came to the household department and donated 400 taels of silver he had accumulated all his life.Chongzhen was very moved when he learned about it, and immediately ordered him to be rewarded with the post of "Thousands of Brocade Clothes".

Seeing that, he went bankrupt, so he changed to such a position.Of course, that person's position as a thousand households in brocade clothes lasted only one day, and then the city of Beijing was breached.

Now we are just taking a little bit of food to exchange for such a position, which is already extraordinarily merciful.

Of course, Mr. Shi is rich and powerful, so he doesn't care about these things at all.He even enjoys this kind of treatment very much now.He still understands the truth of making a fortune in silence, and as far as his original intention is concerned, he doesn't want to come to the capital at all.

The current situation is actually a good thing.This also made Shi Yiwen a lot easier. He didn't have to worry about dealing with unfamiliar personnel, and he could also get in touch with the capital of this era at close range, such as observing the business of the capital of this era at close range. In other words, Shi Yiwen is still a businessman in essence.

In the future, Nanyang Company will definitely enter the capital market. How can it be possible to turn a blind eye to such a large market?

Moreover, the more important point is that after only two days of shopping in the capital, Shi Yiwen discovered a very special phenomenon - most of the business in the capital is monopolized by Shanxi merchants.

Shanxi Merchants!

Almost subconsciously, Shi Yiwen thought of people's evaluation of what Shanxi merchants did in the late Ming Dynasty in later generations.

But he couldn't figure it out, since those Shanxi merchants had almost monopolized the business in the capital, why would they collude with Jiannu and communicate with foreign countries?

"Isn't it good to earn money and spend it?"

Not fragrant!

Even Shi Yiwen had this thought in his heart, it's really not good!

After all, horses are not fat without night grass, and people are not rich without windfall.

When have these businessmen ever had a country in their eyes?Never, for them, everything in the world is worth a penny!
Standing in the restaurant opposite the Shanxi Guild Hall, staring at the guests entering and leaving the hall, Shi Yiwen's eyes became a little cold.

These traitors will have to be cleaned up sooner or later!

While tidying them up, it happens to be able to replace them.

(End of this chapter)