Clam Pearl

At the dawn of the next day, someone brought a pair of big parrots with bright feathers and more than one meter long from head to toe to Gu Zhao.After Gu Zhao got up, he stared at it for a while. The problem is that this thing has a straight gut. No matter what to feed, it will be pulled out in a short while. The chirping is so annoying, sometimes poetry, sometimes love, chirping It's so annoying.

Gu Zhao thought for a while, then ordered someone to follow him to the main hall.

In the main hall, Lu Shi and Gu Yan got up early, and the elderly people didn't feel good.In the past few months, the things that happened in the family were a bit serious, and the two elders felt that they depended on each other. Now Gu Yan only rests in Lu's house every night, and he will not go to other people's place again.

"The Seventh Master is here!" The sharp-eyed woman outside the door yelled loudly when she saw Gu Zhao.

Hearing that Gu Zhao had arrived, Gu Yan was very happy, and he walked to the door while leaning on a cane.Now he no longer goes to the morning court, and he is busy every day.It's just that they are getting older, and those who come out and go in don't dare to be as vigorous as before. They can only stay at the door for a while before they dare to see the limelight outside.

A girl with double-haired temples opened the curtain, but Gu Zhao didn't enter the room, and only shouted to the room: "Sister-in-law, come out quickly, I've brought you something nice."

Lu Shi was very happy, and hurried out and said, "Keep it for yourself, you still think of me for any good things." After saying that Bi Ren had arrived at the door, Gu Yan behind her snorted a little sourly.Lu Shi chuckled, not condescending to him as before.

"Yo!" Mrs. Lu is a bird lover, she fell in love with the pair of big parrots as soon as she saw them, and when the pair of big parrots said a series of auspicious words, she couldn't put it down, so she didn't care about anything else.They also ordered people to find a beautiful gold shelf, and they also ordered people to find a food jar of the same color for the parrot. After a series of instructions, a busy yard full of women ran all over the place.

Gu Yan listened to the lively laughter outside the house, and when others ignored him, he could only come out and say some frustrating words like playing with things and losing his mind.

Gu Zhao and Lu Shi looked at each other and smiled.

"Where is the dog I gave you? It should grow up, isn't it more fun than this? I like dogs the most, they are loyal! They are a hundred times better than this beast!" The old man had nothing to say.

Gu Zhao had long forgotten those dogs, thought for a while and said, "That thing is too noisy, we are at home."

Gu Yan shook his head slightly: "Nowadays, whoever comes out and goes in doesn't love anything at all, even if they don't love things, they also like to play with their sorrows, and that's you! You are young, and it's time to love to play and make trouble! Every day is lifeless, I don’t go out to meet friends, I don’t go out to find some fun, even Maode secretly raised a juggling cat when he was your age, and hid it in his sleeve so he didn’t know about it.”

This is to raise his little brother as a dude, and I don't know what he thinks inside.

Gu Zhao smiled, walked over to sit with him at the door and chatted: "That cat and dog shed hair all year round, I really don't like that, if there is any pet that doesn't like to make noise and shed hair, you can raise it It’s okay to keep it.”

Mrs. Lu curled her lips: "Don't talk about it. Your brother was giving a lecture to Maode that day, that cat jumped out and took away a thrush that I had raised for three years. Give your brother a good beating! After that, Mr. Shit no longer has cats."

Mr. Gu didn't listen to what they were saying, but he thought about it seriously. After thinking about it for a while, he really couldn't think of any pets that didn't grow hair and didn't make noise, so he froze.

"Brother?" Gu Zhao called Gu Yan, and seeing that he didn't respond, he called again: "Brother, are you okay?"

Gu Yan suddenly realized, turned his head and asked Gu Zhao suddenly: "Why are you here?" Gu Zhao was in a state of confusion, what's wrong?

Lu Shi, who was feeding the birds, had been smiling all the time, but when he heard the old man getting confused again, he stopped his hands, turned his head and said with a smile: "According to the days, Jinyu and the others should have arrived in Beijing, why haven't they yet?" What about Xin'er?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhao said, "Why, Jinyu is back?"

Gu Yan sat on the side, stroked his beard and smiled, "Well, Jinyu's husband, Qian Shuo, has been doing pretty well in the past few years. Mao De occasionally inquired about the evaluation in the Ministry of Officials a few months ago, but it is excellent every year. , Our family doesn’t have many books to study, and occasionally one of them is pedantic, and I think Qian is good, so I asked him to help you.”

Gu Zhao nodded. This is quite possible. After all, he is not an outsider. Besides, the money said that his character is decent, and he is his niece and son-in-law. Thinking of this, Gu Zhao asked, "Where will they live first when they come back? If I see , Maojia's place is very chaotic, it's better not to go back."

"You don't think so!" Lu smiled back, she always loved her uncle, so she teased her like a child: "How can a married girl live in her mother's house all the time? Besides, if we want it, can Qian say it?" A few days ago, Qian Xinzhi from Xianglian Road came and said that there is a house on the other side, but your brother said, if we don’t pay for it, I’m afraid of hurting Qian’s face. Parents, it just so happens that our family took over several old houses a few years ago, and they were empty. She came back from a long way, just to run to us... I arranged a three-entry yard, far away from here. It’s not far away on Huainan Road. It’s a good place, they come and go from a scholarly family, and it doesn’t cost him a penny to live in the old house, presumably the son-in-law would like it too.”

Gu Zhao nodded, having some calculations in his mind, and was about to say that his sister-in-law didn't look back, holding a silver spoon while adding water to the parrot, and said: "I have asked your nephew and daughter-in-law to help clean up. No shortage."

"Hehe..." Gu Zhao laughed, this sister-in-law seems to have nothing to argue about, but in fact, everything is settled.

Gu Zhao chatted casually for a while, then stood up and left. When he said goodbye to his brother, his brother was still thinking about something and ignored him.

After he walked for a long time, the old man who was sitting blankly suddenly said, "What kind of plaything is it, that doesn't grow hair and doesn't make a fuss?"

Lu Shi sighed, turned around and said like coaxing a child: "How old is he, you still treat him as a child, you treat him as a pig official, he knows how to play when he sees the sky."

After leaving the main room, Gu Zhao did not leave the old brother's yard, but sent someone to call Su Shi over, and asked about the old brother's health.

The Su family is now the grandma in charge of the house, and she ran all the way, bringing a group of housekeepers behind her, and came to Gu Zhao, she also stood with her hands down and replied, "Don't dare to hide it from my little uncle, the old man's head is so busy! Yue Chang is confused, I'm afraid it's...something wrong."

Gu Zhao already had a result in his heart, and he was still very uncomfortable when he heard the words, so he asked some doctors, family doctors, and imperial doctors what they said. Su Shi was very clever, so he recited what the doctor said and gave instructions on how to recuperate. , what to avoid and what to eat.Gu Zhao is sad here, but others are fine.It is a person, and one day he will reach the day when he is old and confused.The old man is like this now, and it is also an age limit. It is time.

But seeing his elder brother getting old and being so powerless, Gu Zhao couldn't vent his depression.

Back at Qianding Division, it was past noon, and the cook brought Gu Zhao some tofu skin buns to eat.Gu Zhao had something on his mind, so he lost his appetite.After carefully persuading him a few times, seeing that it was useless, he went out to make a small report.

If it was normal, Fu Ji would have come in early to persuade him, but last night he thought about what was wrong with him, and after he figured out what was wrong, he felt guilty.Now I want to see the teacher apologize, but I feel ashamed.

Gu Zhao sat there thinking about his thoughts, after a while, Fu Ji's feet rubbed against the floor, and he walked into the room greasy.After coming in, he didn't dare to look at Gu Zhao, so he stood against the pillars in the house, feeling very guilty.

"Hey!" Gu Zhao smiled helplessly, took a few mouthfuls of cold tea, and asked him, "Have you figured it out?"

Fu Ji nodded, put down his robe and knelt down: "The student knows his mistake, he was careless."

Gu Zhao sighed, helped him up and said, "I don't blame you, those people don't mention you, even I can't do anything about them. Now people say that I'm a dude, and I'm just messing around with a dude. They don't dare You just provoke me. But what are you? The people you have been in contact with, and the things you have encountered, even now you have not received this experience and education. Those people are all officials in the oil tank. I am too lazy to play tricks with them!"

After Gu Zhao finished speaking, he was not willing to continue admonishing him, he just pointed to the outside and said: "I have prepared some things for you, you go and send them to Zhuang Chengxiu."

Fu Ji stood up and looked at Gu Zhao, but Gu Zhao ignored him.He could only go out by scratching the floor again, and as soon as he went out, he handed a single-layer box to him with a smile.Fu Ji sighed, took the box and went.When he went out and got into the car, he opened the lid of the box and found a plate of raw chicken feet with bloodshot joints.

If you say that Zhuang Chengxiu is the most staunch person, and his eyes are even more ruthless.He was born in the former dynasty, but he made his fortune in the past few years.Today, he is highly valued, so his temper has become more and more violent in the past few years, especially in the past few years.Ruo Ruo was eager to do something, and was tempered by the previous court, so he grasped power a little harder, and was quite strict with the subordinates. To use the words of the boss Ding Ying, it is Zhuang Chengxiu who is ugly when he eats.

This day Zhuang Chengxiu was working in the yamen, with scrolls weighing dozens of kilograms beside him, and he was carefully watching them one by one.He is a person who loves to go to work. If he is put into later generations, this person must be a seedling of a national model worker.

While dealing with it, the clerk under the yamen came into the room with a wooden box. Seeing that Zhuang Chengxiu didn't raise his head, he didn't dare to disturb him, so he just stood there quietly.Zhuang Chengxiu was very busy, so he didn't notice anyone entered the house for a while.

Seeing Master Sun going west slowly, the room was half-blinded, Zhuang Chengxiu's eyes were a little tired, so he pulled his expression out of his official business, and when he looked up, he saw the little official and the wooden box, so he asked him : "What is this?"

The little official said back: "My lord, this is from Fu Ji, the servant of the Qianding Division, from Mr. Fu. I didn't say anything, just sent the box and left."

"Oh?" Zhuang Chengxiu was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked the little official to present the box. Countless thoughts passed through his head for a moment, and after he took the box and opened it, he and the little official were stunned.

"This... this... this is this, raw... raw... chicken feet?" The little official was startled.

Zhuang Chengxiu told the little official not to go out and talk nonsense, and waved his hand to order him to go down.After staring blankly by himself for a long time, he murmured: "Is...that my hand is too long?" After muttering, he laughed again and said in a low voice: "Gu Zhao, Gu Zhao, He's a strange person... That's fine, he won't reach out to me, so let me just look at him... Behavior like this is a strange person... If..."

The ups and downs, how to open the sword and the gun, how to hide the old warehouse, all happen every day, so there is no need to talk about them one by one, but it is said that the second major event that Gu Zhao has to do this year has come in a blink of an eye.

At the end of early summer, when the weather was neither too hot nor too cold, the rural areas in central Beijing gradually became chaotic. This was the first batch of new immigrants undertaken by the Qianding Division. Woke up early, didn't eat any food, and went to Dacang early, so he was bound to care about everything, anyway, he was there for everything.

When these immigrants arrive in Ganzhou, whether they can take root and sprout, and whether they can settle down in the local area is not something that will happen overnight.Although in the past year, Leren and even the small officials in Dacang have often gone to publicize management, but people are independent after all, and Aumin are not wooden, they can also think and have ideas.

No one else knew what Gu Zhao was thinking.But whether it was Ah Run, Fu Ji, or even Aomin himself, they were all thinking that the imperial power was greater than the sky, and wherever they went, that was their fate, and they just obeyed.What's more, now that the imperial court is charitable and has given travel expenses, it is said that there are people taking care of them along the way, giving them food and drink, and after going there, fifteen households will be given one cow, five households can enjoy a guillotine, and the seeds are also given for free. what?It's good enough, but my father is nothing more than that, the emperor's kindness is really great!

After wandering for many years, they came to Shangjing, and the Zhuangzi around Shangjing used several generations of tenants. These foreigners, they have not touched the land for a long time.Now you can fight for a way to survive, so let's go!

Those villagers were bustling with each other, the old and the young finally set off on the road. The so-called cries of the refugees in the past were heart-piercing, but unexpectedly there was no sound.

From early in the morning until mid-morning, Gu Zhao thought that there would always be some unsatisfactory things that he needed to deal with, but he didn't want to. Over the past year, those musicians have brought Ganzhou's production, Ganzhou's folklore, and Ganzhou's humanities to life. , Even the climate of Ganzhou is compiled into a story in detail to tell these people, hey, the promotional materials are inevitably exaggerated.Literary works only say good things, not crooked ones.Now the people are very happy in their hearts!In such a good place, as long as you can endure hardships, you will be able to take root, and if you suffer three to five years of serious crimes, you will have your own land one day.What a wonderful thing!

Looking at the young sons around them, and the wives and daughters who followed them everywhere, these poor people felt that there was a hopeful life ahead.

Gu Zhao finally felt at ease. Hey, after all, he was thinking too much, always guessing, for fear that many petitioners would be found. Seeing the happy faces of those poor people, they went to open up wasteland as if they were traveling. This was different from what he remembered Leaving his hometown and leaving his hometown has simply subverted his outlook on life!After all, we still use the complex thinking of modern people to think about simple and simple people.

After the immigrants left, Gu Zhao taunted himself with a wry smile, and checked all kinds of receipts.

These bills are the new policy that Gu Zhao is implementing now. The Au people's household registration is in the prefecture, county or county, and they are not allowed to use gold and silver to make money. All their food, clothing and flowers use the bill system.That is, in the supply system of later generations, how much meat, how much grain and rice, how many feet of cloth to wear every year, and the seeds used every year have to be exchanged for a receipt.If you don't starve to death, it's not considered rich, but it's already a great favor.However, if the Au people cannot reclaim the land within three years, then the household registration will be invalidated, and the whole family will be sold as slaves.

That is to say, now the imperial court does not need to pay directly to the Ministry of Households, and the consumption of the Au people has already been managed by the state. Then, the rice grains and agricultural supplies produced by the Au people in the future also belong to the state.Three years later, for every ten acres of land you cultivated, you will get two acres. After you have a field, you can exchange agricultural supplies for currency consumption, but the court doesn't care.

What's more, the two acres of land belonging to you are tax-free for 20 years. After 20 years, taxation will be unified according to the local conditions.As long as you have infinite strength, then, correspondingly, you have infinite land.If you give thirty acres, I will give you six acres, and if you give fifty acres of land, I will give you ten acres!Very cost-effective.

If you want to continue farming the land you have opened up, then you can be a tenant of the imperial court. Both parties have a contract, and the tax rate is levied according to the size of the field.In other words, today will be the largest landlord in Juehu County.No one can interfere with this.Because the money for land reclamation in Juehu County came from Jinshang and Gu Zhao, and the people who manage Juehu County are also Gu Zhao's subordinates.Although everyone looks down on this job now, who knows what will happen in the future.

Now all the land in Daliang is in the hands of the privileged class, and some places have been monopolized for hundreds of years. The country's annual agricultural tax has always been a big problem.Most of the money and food went into the hands of the aristocrats, as well as the clan, and the distributed land had a production capacity of [-] mu, etc... But in the event of a natural disaster, it is still the imperial court that provides relief.This is a vicious cycle.

Gu Zhao's move is to sharpen his sword for ten years, and it is bound to create a world granary for Daliang that is only held in Zhao Chunrun's hands.

It's a pity that what he thought was good, but most people didn't think so. With such a big investment, it would take them three years for nothing. For many people, this is the behavior of a fool.What's more, when others look at Gu Zhao, they always like to be stupid again and again, acting stupid every day.

After sorting out the bills, Gu Zhao raised his head, only to see Li Yongji in the corridor outside with a group of small officials, carrying luggage and preparing to leave.

Gu Zhao smiled, waved his hand at him and said, "Come here."

Li Yongji put down the bedding in his hand, tidied up his clothes and went into the room, prostrated himself in the tunnel and said: "Students pay their respects to the teacher. Now, the students are on their way. Teacher, take care of yourself from now on..." Speaking of this moment, Li Yongji has already Choked up and unable to speak.

Gu Zhao stood up, helped him up himself, and said, "Now the officials want to send someone to go. I told them that you people have always been doing the work of the poor people. I'm afraid it won't work if someone else goes. So you are also considered a boy." Good luck, the seventh rank is also an official, but you have received the seal of the document?"

Li Yongji was moved, and bowed down again. He thought that he would be the life of a petty official in this life, but he didn't expect that at this moment, Gu Zhao forced him into a big gap. He said: "Great teacher, Student..." This baby, with so much sentimentality, actually choked up again...

Gu Zhao chuckled lightly: "Da En, these are all gossip, don't talk about it! I don't like to hear it either. If you know how to be kind, you can do the things I arranged.

You have to remember that when you go, the Aomin have just returned. As the population increases, the demands there will inevitably increase. After you pass, remember, three households and five households separate these native villagers far away, with a distance of twenty miles in between... They must not be managed in one place. "

Li Yongji remembered it.

Gu Zhao said again: "We need to increase the number of officials and move around more, often arrange for happy people to go to the countryside, and publicize them, and we must teach them over time, that now all the porridge and rice are saved from your mouth by His Majesty. One thing is that the customs vary from place to place. If there are some, I will absolutely not allow such vulgar customs as human sacrifices, but you should restrict them in a tactful and appropriate way, and remember that seeking long-term peace and comfort is a century-old plan of the imperial court... ..."

Li Yongji wrote down one by one, and after saying goodbye again and again, Gu Zhao finally allowed him to go on the road.

Standing in the high pavilion of Dacang, Gu Zhao looked at those leaving teams from a distance, and he was full of imagination. Now, the century-old plan has finally taken the first step, but he doesn't know, whether it is up or down, or even Ah Run and the others. Do you understand?

Not mentioning that Gu Zhao is outside the city, but saying that today is the day when Mr. Jin Shan is giving lectures to the three princes.

The place where the lectures are given is called Helingtang, where the princes of all dynasties have been enlightened.Because Mr. Jin Shan gave the lecture in person today, some fellow lecturers also came here to listen. Although people came, they dared not sit forward, and even could not enter the room. They just stood and listened under the window sill outside the hall.Today, the three princes under the knees kneel down and listen to the lecture according to their age.

If it were a lecturer next to him, the three princes would all sit and listen to the lectures, but Mr. Jin Shan was different from the others, what would the treatment be? Even if he was standing, the princes would also kneel to attend the lectures.

What Mr. Jin San said today is the theory of giving up people, which is the principle of being a king.King Sishui and King Lu listened very carefully. King Yan Zhao Yuanxiu was usually honest, but today he didn't know what was going on, and he kept poking his head to check the weather.

Seeing that he was unsteady, Mr. Jin Shan stopped talking, and only asked him with a smile: "Your Highness, what's on your mind today?"

Yuan Xiu blushed, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's nothing, I just heard from my companion that there is a lot of excitement outside the city today, and the people are going to Juehu County..." At this point, Yuan Xiu pointed his fingers, With a hint of showing off, he said: "There can be 5 people!"

Mr. Jin Shan shook his head helplessly and said: "Since your highness wants to see it, then go!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Xiu was not polite, and immediately put away the paper, pen and ink, cheered softly, and said goodbye to Mr. Jin Shan , jumping up and down, he actually left.

Sishui Wang and Lu Wang saw that he didn't know how to respect Mr. Jinshan, and they were secretly happy, but their faces looked like they hated iron and steel, they both sighed vigorously and shook their heads slightly.But the look showed the helplessness of loving and pampering the little brother.They even stood up and pleaded guilty on behalf of their younger brother.

Mr. Jin Shan didn't blame him, he just looked at the place where King Yan ran to with a smile, stroked his beard, shook his head and continued to talk.

"The Master said...the world nourishes one's body, one should not cherish one's body for the world..."

Several birds in the palace were frightened... In the distance, the bells of the ancient temple continued...