Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

Entering the imperial city, the first troublesome thing Lin Yuan had to deal with was those civil and military officials who were arrested—they all wanted to escape with Emperor Yuan Hui, and for convenience, most of them only brought their sons, wives and daughters They all stay outside, as to whether they can survive, it doesn't matter to them.

These people are now locked in the side hall.

There are Han people and Mongols in it, and the Mongols are okay to say, but most of them grit their teeth and don't open their mouths.

Most of the Han officials begged for soldiers.

"Master Bing, I am a Han Chinese, and we are of the same race." The official's attitude was lowered, and he never looked down on these soldiers in the past, but now he has to beg for food under the hands of the soldiers, he said flatteringly, " I am an official in the Yuan court, and that is a last resort. Think about it, we Han people still have to be twisted together. I am trying my best, so you can talk to the superiors for me..."

Xiaobing almost didn't laugh out loud, I've seen shameless people before, but it's rare to see such shameless people.

But of course he would not release this Han fellow.

Once this person returns, he will inevitably be beaten up. As for whether he will die or live after the beating is over, it is uncertain.

Lin Yuan didn't care about this matter now, and left it all to Robben. He only looked at the results, and let Robben do whatever he wanted.

People can be killed, but they should be killed in a more attractive way.

He himself was negotiating with Song Shizhao about the affairs of the common people in Dadu.

The people in Dadu are different from the people in other places. The people under the imperial city all have small family resources. Except for the poor on the edge of the city, those who can reach the inner city are all those who have books at home and servants to serve them. Most of them are literate. The ancestors may not have been officials, but they must have family education.

Some of these people were fleeing - but most were stopped.

Most of them are very inclusive places. Kublai Khan made a good start. He opened up business routes, showed tenderness to the people, lowered land taxes, and even many places did not have land taxes. His eyes were not on the taxes of the people. , but on the merchant.

The Yuan Dynasty was also a dynasty with a hundred flowers blooming. It had its avant-garde and brilliant features. Otherwise, its short history of less than 100 years, why would it be included in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties?There is a gold in front of it.

So there are not only Han people, Mongolians, but also blond, blue-eyed, or red-haired Hu people in Dadu.

This is already the period of Emperor Huihui of the Yuan Dynasty, and it was not the most prosperous period of the Yuan Dynasty before, but Yuan Dadu can still attract so many people to come here.

Food from different places, people from different regions, and architectural styles.

Lin Yuan couldn't help sighing when he entered the city.

If Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan knew about it, they would probably come back to life angrily, and beat all their unworthy descendants to death.

The ancestors made a good start, but the successor did not keep it, which is really embarrassing.

After all, Lin Yuan is a modern person. He received an education in Greater China, and in his eyes, ethnic minorities are also compatriots.

He didn't look at the Yuan Dynasty with hatred for the Mongols like others, but looked at it with more rational eyes.

Naturally, the Yuan Dynasty had good things, such as compassion for the people and benefiting the people, the opening of trade routes, the people can migrate without the need for guidance, and the currency reform that was earlier than the era of paper and pen.

But the Yuan Dynasty was also bad. To be precise, it was not bad, but it was too early.

This is the case at the end of every dynasty. Corrupt officials corrupted officials, and the people were in dire straits. The people could only stand up and find a way out, but the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty came even faster.

Too many emperors have been changed, and each emperor has different ideas and issues different orders.

Maybe the emperor died before he learned how to do it.

Lin Yuan said to Song Shizhao: "We can't let them go. It doesn't matter if the poor people on the edge of the city go away. If the people in the inner city go away, it may take five years for the capital to restore its former vitality."

As soon as Song Shizhao heard Jingcheng, he said it twice, and suddenly said: "Jingcheng! That's a good name! The aura of the king suddenly appeared!"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "You only heard this."

Only then did Song Shizhao reply: "The people are all after profit, and now they want to leave, but they are afraid that the capital will change and the master will attack them, or rob them of their wealth for enjoyment, and insult their wives and sisters."

"As long as they find your generosity and kindness, they will naturally stay."

"It's better to kill a group of officials, and kill the corrupt officials who used to control them, so that they can feel at ease."

The reason is simple, it is to tell the people: "You used to listen to the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, and you were persecuted by these officials, so I will not trouble you. I will find this official. If these officials die, you will be fine."

Lin Yuan laughed and said, "Sir, you are merciless in killing officials."

This made Lin Yuan a little shocked.

After all, officials are the ruling class, and Song Shizhao is also the ruling class. Although the loyal masters are different, the essence is the same.

That's why officials don't like to kill officials, and they don't want to see someone sue them—no one knows whether they will be the next to die, and if their colleagues fall, will they fall too one day?If you think too much, you will feel sad when the rabbit dies and the fox dies.

Sometimes officials and officials protect each other not only because of benefits, but because of their own interests.

So one Bao Qingtian is enough to be sung by the common people for so many years.

Even though many stories about Bao Qingtian were added later, the wishes and expectations of the people can be seen clearly.

They are afraid of officials, and hope that the people above them can control these officials and not let them bully them too much.

But they dare not resist themselves, so they can only hope that there will be a blue sky, or an emperor who visits incognito.

Song Shizhao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I'm not equal to them."

This was the first time Song Shizhao declared himself a minister. Lin Yuan was not angry, and the two looked at each other with a clear smile in their eyes.

"In that case, leave this matter to Mr.

Song Shizhao got up quickly, then knelt on his knees to salute.

Lin Yuan didn't stop him.

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"Mother, eat." The little baby, who was not as tall as a person's waist, held a piece of cake in his hand, and handed it to the woman's mouth.

The woman smiled at her son: "Mother is not hungry, you eat."

The little baby didn't believe it, and she had to watch the woman eat it before putting her hand down.

The man said from the side: "You just eat, otherwise he will make trouble for a long time."

Only then did the woman take a small bite of the pancake: "Mother ate it."

The little baby was happy, and took the cake to find his father again.

After the child fell asleep, the woman asked her husband: "When can we leave here? Those soldiers... didn't kill anyone, maybe they will let us go?"

Their family originally lived in the inner city, and the young couple moved out of their own home after they got married. They have a small family. Because the man is the youngest son, he is favored and has no obligation to support his parents. Duties of the eldest son.

The wife weaves and spins thread at home, and the husband has a small stall outside. The cloth the wife weaves is just enough to cover the husband's business tax. The family does not say how good it is, but it is not bad. They saved early. After paying the money, I want to send my son to study with my husband. If I can read it and be a good teacher, I might be able to become an official. If I can’t be an official, I can do more lucrative jobs.

Whether it is the accountant or the shopkeeper of the restaurant, they all get more money than ordinary workers.

But what they didn't expect was that the world had changed before the child grew up. When the child landed, there was a reaction from outside. Although most of them were still singing and dancing, the people had already started to panic.

What if it hits Dadu someday?

A few years later, the fighting was still going on outside, but it never reached Dadu, and the people felt relieved again.

I feel that the rebels cannot be defeated, and they can continue to live a peaceful life in Dadu.

Although the taxes are getting higher and the adults are asking for more and more filial piety, they can still survive. There is always food in the grain store, and the price is higher, but they will not die of hunger.

later……

Later, food prices became higher and higher, and it was heard that people in the outer city had starved to death.

In winter, some families couldn't afford carbon, and the firewood went out in the middle of the night, and the whole family froze to death.

Although it is an exaggeration to say that it was freezing to death, it is also true. At this time, if you have a cold, and you don’t have enough clothes to keep out the cold, plus you have a fever and you can’t afford medicine, there is almost no possibility of survival. It is no different from freezing to death.

People finally discovered that most of them are not as safe as they thought.

Merchants drive up the price of grain, because it is profitable, and the court does not care about it. The adults above still have to be filial, and the more they want, the more they want to live.

This is the capital!

There are people pawning off girls in the metropolis!

Just for a living ration, even his wife can give up.

And then... King Nan's soldiers came to fight. They heard the sound of thunderous horseshoes and footsteps, and saw countless soldiers passing by on the street. They looked so mighty, so strong, and they were so scared.

They were afraid, afraid that these soldiers would burn their houses, rob their wives and daughters, humiliate and torture them.

So they fled, fled to a place farther away, and lived without fear.

But after escaping, they found that they couldn’t get out. The whole city was surrounded, and they were only allowed to go in, but they were not allowed to come out. But the soldiers just drove them back, but didn’t kill them, so many people were on the edge of the city. They even built thatched huts and lived here.

But there are always various inconveniences, the water source is a problem, they are too far away from the river.

So someone went to the soldier to ask for water—this man was so thirsty that he lost his sense of restraint. When he saw the soldier drinking water, he became dizzy and begged for water, and the people around him couldn't hold him back.

What people didn't expect was that he actually asked for it!A water bladder too!It was full of water, and after drinking it himself, he shared it with relatives and friends, and then returned the water bag to the soldier, and he became friends with the soldier.

A few days later, the man who begged for water appeared among the soldiers, and he also joined the army.

This surprised the common people.

The wife said to her husband: "Otherwise... let's go back. We live in a thatched hut every day. It's wet and damp. How nice are we at home? Didn't the father-in-law and mother-in-law go out of the city? Then Nan Bodhisattva, maybe he is really a good person? Those soldiers Yes, probably won’t come to kill and set fire?”

The husband hesitated for a long time, until the son had already fallen asleep on his wife's lap, and then said softly, "Let's go back at midnight."

They came out with the neighbors. If they ran back in front of the neighbors, wouldn't they be traitors?

It's better to avoid people.