sweeping the world

Chapter 726

When northerners say southern Xinjiang, in fact, including the area south of the Yangtze River, it is considered southern Xinjiang, and it does not simply refer to the three Lingnan counties in Qin Dynasty.

Northwesterners are naturally considered one of the northerners, and they also generalize all the areas south of the Yangtze River as southern Xinjiang.Even the northerners are actually divided into regions. For example, people from the generation north of Guanzhong, Guandong, and Yanmen, they will distinguish more clearly. People from the Northwest are people from Kansai. The appellation is used to distinguish different regions.

The matter of southern Xinjiang is about the southerners going to the Indochina Peninsula, not only the families, but also some small families going in groups.Because it was an behavior encouraged by the Han government, the information spread naturally spread widely, which was the envy of the aggressive people in the regions north of the Yangtze River.

According to the rumors, the Indochina Peninsula is a place full of treasures, as if as long as you can go there, you will get rich.

In fact, the Indochina Peninsula is indeed full of treasures. The primitive jungle has not been developed, and people who know the goods can find all kinds of fragrant woods everywhere. Furthermore, because they have not been developed, they can obtain very precious medicinal materials, not to mention the dog head gold and emerald mines that can be found by chance. And so on, even if it is simply catching savages and selling them, they can get paid a fortune.

People's pursuit of wealth makes many people only see the developed adventurers in the Indochina Peninsula, and selectively ignore those who are buried in the Indochina Peninsula.

Since the official restrictions on families and individuals north of the Yangtze River from traveling to the Indochina Peninsula, rumors of jealousy will appear even more exaggerated.Despite the official restrictions, there are still a large number of northerners going to the Indochina Peninsula. From time to time, people who have made a fortune return to their hometown to show off, which makes going out for adventure more attractive.

Not everyone has a sense of adventure. Most people don't want to take risks at all unless they are forced to do so. What they like is to face the loess and turn their backs to the sky, and live an peaceful and monotonous life with the land and marry a daughter-in-law. Have a lot of children until you grow old and die.

Liao Fang has 25 mu of land, of which about [-] mu can be called Shangtian, and the rest is mountainous and sloped land.Most of these lands were passed down from generation to generation. Ten acres of land were rewards for his meritorious service in Zhang's Liang army, and another [-] acres were purchased with money.

It is precisely because of those lands that Liao Fang actually has no more ambitions, and only wants to live in peace and stability. The problem is that the drought year is coming, so what if there are hundreds of acres of land?
"My comrades are here to take people to the Western Regions." Zhang Yong persuaded Liao Fang, saying: "You are a strong man, you can go."

Of course Liao Fang knew about the Western Regions. He was stationed near the Western Regions during his service in the Zhang Clan's Liang Army.

"Each soldier can be staffed with ten men, and the corps leader is fifty, and so on." Seeing that more people surrounded him, Zhang Yong couldn't help amplifying his voice: "If you don't have any weapons, you can rent them from the army."

Someone asked: "Is it a member of the Han army?"

"How can it be considered?" Zhang Yong smiled: "The status of the Han army is very precious, even if a soldier in the county is not a real Han army, only a member of the standing army can be regarded as a real Han army. "

Although the county and county soldiers are also collectively referred to as the Han Army, they are really not the formal military establishment. Only the Imperial Guard and the Standing Army are the formal military establishment.

It is common knowledge in Han that the establishment of the standing army is precious. Not to mention the many benefits of joining the standing army. The most important thing is that the standing army is the main force in the field, which means that there are more opportunities to make contributions. Everyone in the house wants to be one of them.

"Although it's not considered a regular soldier, it still records military merit!" Zhang Yong shifted his gaze to Liao Fang again: "That's military merit. If it wasn't for the fact that he was reluctant to part with the establishment of the county, someone would want to go."

Liao Fang was extremely surprised and asked: "Military achievements?"

"You will still be rewarded for the harvest, and one person who kills the enemy will be rewarded with the title of Duke." Zhang Yong said with great taste: "That is a title, a very important title!"

There are not many people in the territory of the original Liang Kingdom of the Zhang family, and it can even be said that there are very few people. The highest title is Xie Ai, who is Tinghou.Apart from Xie Ai, there is only one doctor named Zhang Xi, and there are more than 71 officials and [-] people from Shangzhao.

The concept that what is rare is the most precious can be used anywhere. There are only about [-] marquises in the entire Han Dynasty, and most of them are only Tinghou. Only Ran Min has reached the stage of county marquis.There are so few marquises who founded the country, which shows how few marquises are.If it is said that Marquis Shao can still say that Liu Yan is too stingy, but he is extremely generous in rewards, it can only be said that the military merits are precious and the gold content is high.

In the state of Han, only those who have a title can have slaves. Without a title, no matter how rich the family is, they are not allowed to keep slaves. Each level of title stipulates what kind of rewards they can get.From the specifications of the house to the number of servants, it is clearly written. If you don’t have a title of that level, you will have more wealth, and if you can’t enjoy the treatment, you won’t be able to enjoy it. You can see the importance of the title.

"The big man was awarded a title by fundraising only once, and it has nothing to do with me if he is awarded a title by another donation." What Zhang Yong said is the truth. Fighting with his life: "Men are going to seize the opportunity."

The person who asked the question just now asked again: "How about the cost of eating and drinking?"

"Bring it yourself!" Zhang Yong said strangely: "It's your job to get rich, and it's also your job to be awarded a title. Could it be that other things have nothing to do with you?"

What you said is, it’s not included in the military system, how much you go to the Western Regions to rob is your own, and you can be recognized if you have credit, so what extravagance do you want?
The military's armor and equipment, as well as food, drink, clothing, and housing are all public, but they can only get a small part of them, and most of them are included in the national treasury.

"If you can't afford it..." Liao Fang was troubled: "I can't go?"

Isn't it a disaster?Even if a man goes out, he must leave rations that can support his family. How can he go out with the rations that his family needs to eat?
Zhang Yong said: "You can borrow money from the government."

For a moment, the audience was in an uproar.

The word loan is a nightmare for ordinary people. It doesn't take long to borrow a hundred dollars and it can turn into hundreds of dollars. There are even worse things.I don’t know how many people have been ruined by loans. For many people, even if they starve to death, it is their own, but loans will harm their families.

"No mortgage is required, and the interest rate is not high." Zhang Yong explained. For example, after borrowing 110 yuan for one year, you have to repay [-] two yuan (one interest rate), and you can't borrow as much as you want. The maximum limit is [-] yuan.He asked everyone: "You are kind? You can't find anyone who is more kind!"

The interest rate is only one cent, which is too low to be unbelievable. In the final analysis, it was not long before the people in the northwest belonged to Liu Yan's rule, and they did not have a strong sense of belonging to Han and lacked a sense of trust.

"What kind of expression is that?" Zhang Yong is not afraid to say bad words: "Whether you can come back alive after going to the Western Regions is something that no one is sure about. There is no mortgage and no family is involved. What can I deceive you?"

Everyone listened to the truth, but it would appear ignorant and naive to reason with the government, so everyone still looked unbelieving.

Someone in the crowd shouted: "Zhang Yong, if you work so hard, what's the point of it?"

"Who? The one who spoke, I can tell who you are!" Zhang Yong knew that he must be from the county, but he really didn't know who it was.He said angrily: "What benefit can I get?! I don't want to see my fellow villagers starving to death in a disaster year, so why bother to talk so much!"

In fact, Zhang Yong can still get benefits, such as rewarding the county leaders for promoting policies, but what he said is also true, without embellishment or falsification.He wanted to promote it, but he just happened to meet Liao Fang, sooner or later.

The person who shouted just shrank his neck, and he was also short, so he slipped away very directly.

In the house not far away, Xie Ai has been watching since just now, what Zhang Yong said, and the behavior of the people, he can almost have a panoramic view.

Inside the house was the magistrate of the county, a thin middle-aged man named Chen Fangzhi, who said embarrassingly, "It's because the lower officials are not effective in education..."

County Wei Yanhua was naturally there too, squinting his eyes at Zhang Yong who was in a state of dismay.

Xie Ai is from the Northwest, because he is the only Marquis among the Northwesters, and his reputation is actually very good, so he was sent to the Northwest by Liu Yan.He came to the northwest with the task of patrolling, checking the disaster situation in the northwest, and supervising the formation of civilian warriors by the military to go to the western regions.

Chen Fangzhi, the county magistrate, is from Lingling, a member of the Chen family in the south of the Yangtze River.He took office in Rile County in the seventh year of Yuanshuo. After taking office, he hadn't accomplished much. While everything was going on as usual, he spent all his time checking the terrain and people's conditions of Rile County.

As a matter of fact, the county magistrate of a place really can't do anything after taking office. He really needs to understand the actual situation of the local area and make plans according to the actual situation, so as to maintain the stability of the area under his jurisdiction and avoid public grievances. , Did not make any moths, even if he is a qualified magistrate.What we really want to do is to carry out targeted governance after we have figured out the situation.

Yan Hua, the county captain, was originally the commander of the Seventh Standing Infantry Army. He suffered internal injuries and was unable to exercise vigorously. He was transferred to Rile County to become a county captain.

Originally, Zhou Chuan, the governor of Zhangye County, learned that Xie Ai was coming to Rile County, but he really couldn’t do without his official duties. Besides, Xie Ai would return to the county capital sooner or later, so he didn’t show obvious flattery to Beijing officials. up.

"The government's credibility..." Xie Ai didn't know what expression he should have, so he simply said blankly: "It's so bad in the northwest?"

Chen Fangzhi looked at Yan Hua, hesitated, and said: "Most of the local wealthy families do not have titles. According to the law, their excess land was redeemed and their slaves were dismissed."

Xie Ai immediately understood that the big clans from all over the country originally controlled the locality, and their interests were seriously damaged after the demise of the Zhang Liang Kingdom. Although they did not do some drastic things, it was inevitable that they wanted to criticize and directly aroused public opinion among the people.

"These people wait for their duty on the surface, and they dare not do evil in secret, but they don't know what to say." Yan Hua knew that Xie Ai was from the Northwest, but because Xie Ai was from the military, even if he had been transferred to Yushi Zhongcheng, he still regarded him as one of his own. To put it bluntly: "There is no law against a big man for his words, so it is difficult to deal with."

Chen Fangzhi kept nodding.

In fact, not only in the Northwest, it should be said that there are similar things in all places in the Han country. The interests of the aristocratic families and the big clans have been seriously damaged. Public opinion is moving.

Sang Yu, the imperial envoy, once suggested to Liu Yan to add a provision of criminal offenses due to language in the Han law, but Prime Minister Ji Chang took the lead in opposing it, and even most officials thought it was inappropriate.Their reason is that dissatisfaction will not disappear just because they don’t talk about it. They have cited many ancient examples to prove the seriousness of "defending the people’s mouth is more important than Fangchuan", and feel that they should be given a channel to vent their dissatisfaction. Any mistakes in governance can be corrected in time from the current situation and public opinion.

Liu Yan also knows that some things cannot be controlled to get the desired results. He dare not say it in public, and he cannot stop it secretly. Forbidden can not be banned. Strict prohibition will cause social terror, and then increase more dissatisfaction.He also knew that the regulations on the crime of speech were only used by the bureaucracy to attack each other, and local officials would also make more moths because of the crime of speech, so he agreed with the opinions of most of the officials, who wanted to say anything Just say it.

It has only been about two years since the Northwest land was included in the Han Kingdom, and it has not enjoyed the dividends of being a member of too many countries, only the guarantee of asylum.

The country protects people living in the country. Many people actually don’t feel this. They take everything for granted. Whenever there is something unsatisfactory, they will be dissatisfied with the country, and they don’t think about countries that cannot protect their citizens. What is the situation again.If those people are allowed to go to a country where safety cannot be guaranteed, I am afraid that they will not even have a chance to feel dissatisfied?
"It still needs to be dealt with." Xie Ai is the Censor Zhongcheng of the Censor's Mansion. He is not ignorant of the importance of public opinion. He looked at Chen Fangzhi and said seriously: "Properly guide public opinion and dig out more, the better."

Chen Fangzhi bowed respectfully and responded with "promise". He also knew that he should not only explore the beauty, but also publicize the tragedy. Only with obvious examples can he be more convincing.

There was a little disappointment in Yan Hua's eyes, but he didn't say anything.According to his idea, catch the family that danced the most and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys. Seeing blood will definitely silence those who dare to criticize.

The reason why a country is a country, especially a country with a vast territory like Han, how can it be possible that people everywhere are happy?Xie Ai knew that in order to change the people in the Northwest, the first thing was to let the people in the Northwest know that the country did not give up when they were hit by a disaster, but was trying to find a solution.

"Language is just language after all, and it is still necessary to let more people get benefits." Xie Ai saw Chen Fangzhi's wry smile, and there is no need to say more later. Natural disasters have appeared, so the people will not suffer more. Chen Fangzhi Even a local official who can do things really can't ask for more.He paused, looked out of the window for a while, and then continued: "I am here to do something useful."

(End of this chapter)