Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

Hundreds of years ago, the Wu family also developed well. During the Song Dynasty, the ancestors of the Wu family were admonishing officials, and they were also one of the best officials in the local area. They wore silk and satin, ate delicacies from mountains and seas, and even drank tea. The best tea produced in the Gongcha area.

The Wu family is also quite popular in the local area, so that they were also won over by the Yuan Dynasty after the change of dynasty. In order to keep their own family, they lowered their heads.

But bowing their heads does not mean that their body and mind obeyed the Yuan Dynasty. The Wu family waited quietly, waiting for the day when the Yuan Dynasty would also decline.

Wu Changqing was 42 years old at the time. He waited for this day for half his life, and finally it came.

"Southern Bodhisattva." Wu Changqing is well maintained and looks only in his early thirties.

Among the ancients, poor people are not as good as modern people. After all, they have to do more physical work to feed themselves, but rich people are stronger than modern rich people. They eat without any additives and live in big houses. Daily life without even doing it yourself.

Lin Yuan smiled at Wu Changqing: "Master Wu, I've heard of you for a long time."

The smile on Wu Changqing's face became even brighter. Although he also knew that this was just a superficial talk, if Lin Yuan had known him a long time ago, how could he not have come to see him for so long.

But since Lin Yuan had already said the scene, he naturally had to show his sincerity.

"Master Wu and the little old man are my best friends." Song Shizhao also opened his mouth to talk about the scene, and praised Wu Changqing. After all, he was the person he recommended to Lin Yuan. The more powerful this person is, the more capable he is—but No matter how powerful it is, it will not surpass him.

The people below are also jealous.

There is no difference between courtiers competing for favor and concubines.

It's nothing more than that, pestering the emperor, supporting the emperor, and doing some practical things.

Then form cliques and attack dissidents. It is best that the emperor has no other useful courtiers besides himself.

If the concubines get involved again and want to play a role in the previous dynasty, then the courtiers will have to compete with the concubines to be jealous.

Dealing with concubines is even easier. It means that the harem is not allowed to participate in politics. If you participate, you will be a demon concubine, and you will be unlucky, and I will force you to die.

They are not only colleagues, but also competitors. If one goes up, the other will definitely come down.

It is much easier to understand their relationship as that of colleagues in the modern workplace.

There is only one upward channel. When doing things, they can cooperate with each other, and when fighting for interests, they are more fierce than facing the murder of their father and enemy.

And the bigger difference from the modern workplace is that promotion in the workplace is just a higher salary and more people in charge.

In ancient times, officials were promoted and had more room for profit, so they can't be blamed, it can only be said that the people above are not smart enough.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three of them finally got to the point.

Wu Changqing sat upright, with a smile on his face, and said: "When I didn't come, I often heard people outside saying that Nan Bodhisattva is a young talent, born with a bodhisattva's heart, who knows people and is good at responsibility. I saw him today, and it is true. I have a question, and I hope Nan Bodhisattva will explain it .”

Lin Yuan: "Master Wu just said it."

Being respectful to a corporal does not necessarily mean that the corporal is talented, but mainly to show off, so that more people will come to join him.

Maybe there are really a few people of insight in it. As for the incompetent, most of them are raised for nothing. It is estimated that many people have raised their staff and gone bankrupt.

After all, people are not cats and dogs. To keep them, we should not only take care of their food, but also take care of their daily clothing, housing and transportation.

In short, Wu Changqing in front of him, no matter whether he is really capable or not, Lin Yuan will keep him, and he has to entrust him with a heavy responsibility to show his desire and importance for talents.

Put up a sign so that those who are still waiting will come.

He also hopes to attract Luo Guanzhong, no matter whether Luo Guanzhong is an excellent military strategist or not, at least he wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms!It has been passed down through the ages, a generation of literary giants, so what if he raises Luo Guanzhong?He is happy!

Wu Changqing asked: "Nan Bodhisattva has ever thought about whether to live here or go further."

"If we go one step further, Nan Bodhisattva, do you want to take Hangzhou?"

Lin Yuan finally couldn't help laughing, he said to Song Shizhao: "Mr. Song, well, it seems that your seat is not guaranteed."

Song Shizhao also laughed, but the smile was not so sincere, but on the surface it was not bad, he cupped his hands and said, "I originally gave this person to Yingjie."

Wu Changqing restrained and said: "Now Nan Bodhisattva has two generals, Zhu and Chen, and three generals, Li, Yang, and Zhang, but I don't know if Nan Bodhisattva can think about it. Lift?"

Lin Yuan's expression changed, he suppressed his anger, and said with a smile, "I don't know what advice Master Wu has?"

Wu Changqing also knew that this remark would inevitably touch Lin Yuan's Ni Lin, but if he wanted to make a fortune, he had to say this, otherwise it would be superficial and it would be difficult to go any further, so he whispered: "These two In charge of tens of thousands of horses, why didn't Nan Bodhisattva tell them to separate..."

The way he came up with was to make Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong wrestle with each other.

This can weaken their strength and prevent them from uniting to seize Lin Yuan's current seat.

Lin Yuan also knew that Wu Changqing was right, and he had been avoiding thinking about this issue for a while.

After the capture of Gaoyou, Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong contributed the most, and they were made generals in order to stabilize the morale of the army. But the problem is that people's selfish desires will expand infinitely, and the generals are only led by Wang with a different surname.

And he didn't want to cook rabbits to death and dogs to hide in the future.

Lin Yuan could only smile and say to Wu Changqing: "Master Wu can think of this, but I don't know what to do. I feel ashamed. I will definitely consider this matter carefully."

Wu Changqing: "All at the disposal of Nan Bodhisattva."

Lin Yuan turned to Song Shizhao and said, "I see that Mr. Wu is upright, so how about taking care of the people's livelihood?"

Song Shizhao quickly winked at Wu Changqing, and they thanked Wu Changqing together.

Leaving Wu Mansion, Lin Yuan frowned slightly, Song Shizhao was frightened aside, he didn't dare to ask, he could only walk aside and wait for Lin Yuan to speak.

Lin Yuan: "This person is intelligent and keen, but he is a low-level official. It is more than enough for a small official. If he is a high-ranking official, he will definitely bring disaster to the people of the court."

Song Shizhao: "Exactly!"

Lin Yuan glanced sideways at Song Shizhao: "You have already seen it, haven't you?"

Song Shizhao chuckled.

Wu Changqing didn't look at the common people, nor at the world.

What he looks at is the human heart and desire for power.

Such a person may achieve a little, but never too much, because his foothold is too small.

Song Shizhao said, "Although he doesn't have great talent, he has some abilities. Why don't the master take a look and talk about it."

Lin Yuan nodded, his eyes were a little melancholy.

Now his army can be stable and people's hearts can be stable, relying on the name of Nan Bodhisattva and the good days he can see.

It didn't rely on the personal charm of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong.

Moreover, the soldiers they lead are not fixed, the soldiers are trained uniformly, and occasionally they will be disrupted, just to prevent them from being loyal to a certain person.

Lin Yuan doesn't want the internal affairs to be torn apart before the great cause is accomplished.

Divide into factions.

And Wu Changqing's suggestion is to separate factions and ask them to fight on their own, while Lin Yuan stands on the sidelines to win over people's hearts.

This is a small way method, if you are not careful, it will destroy your foundation.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Bosong are working hard at the front, and he is messing with others behind?

Then he was damned.

For his own selfish desires, he left everyone behind.

Lin Yuan looked down on such a leader and couldn't do it.

Wu Changqing quickly took office and became a county magistrate in the southern district of Gaoyou. Probably because of him as a reference, many foreigners suddenly poured into Gaoyou, some with their families, some alone, and all of them were looking for him. When Song Shizhao was involved, Song Shizhao also took care of the talent pool in addition to the merchants.

Lin Yuan is also worried about Song Shizhao now. Song Shizhao, at a young age, understands the truth and has a broad vision. One day, the world will be unified.

And Song Shizhao knew a lot.

Know how to control people, also know how to look at people.

If you understand these two items, you are considered a capable person at the forefront of the times.

All the people who came to work lived in Song Shizhao's house, and Song Shizhao was responsible for the daily expenses. In addition to taking time out every day to swipe his face card in front of Lin Yuan at regular intervals, he spent more time doing Tai Chi with the people who voted. above.

After playing around, he really found a few good ones.

In addition to those who came, he also learned about many who did not come, and reported it to the book.

Lin Yuan took a look.

Among those reported by Song Shizhao was Liu Ji and Song Lian.

Liu Ji, Liu Bowen, Zhu Yuanzhang's first counselor, people at that time compared him to Zhuge.

Lin Yuan patted the table with joy, "Okay!"

"Come here, serve the pen and ink!" Lin Yuan shouted.

Two or two hurried into the house to spread paper and grind ink.

Lin Yuan wanted to write a letter of appointment, a corporal, and asked Liu Ji and Song Lian to come to Gaoyou to help him.

He wrote these three letters of appointment himself, and it took a lot of brain cells. After reading them, he felt that his education level was pretty good. If he quoted from the classics, if he hadn’t traveled through time, he would definitely not be able to understand them. Thanks to the original owner. I used to be a scholar, and my cultural attainments are not low, otherwise I would have to ask someone to write it.

"Give these three letters to Director Song and ask him to send someone to deliver them." Lin Yuan instructed Er Liang.

Erliang nodded, took three letters and left the room.

In addition to Liu Ji and Song Lian, there was another letter to Luo Guanzhong.

One of Liu Ji and Song Lian is a counselor, and the other is a civil servant. As for Luo Guanzhong... If it doesn't work, it would be nice to be a mascot!

Lin Yuan thought to himself: I don't care, I will be self-willed, I will look at Luo Guanzhong, even if he has no talent, as long as he can write Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I will confess him!

Having been the evil god and leader conscientiously for so long, it's okay to be self-willed for a while.

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The merchants came back one after another. After walking for more than half a year, when they left, they were protected by a squad. In the end, they brought a few entourages by themselves. When they came back, they were full of people. With a bitter face and a confused look on his face, he didn't know what kind of shit luck he had to be brought to Gaoyou.

Now it is rumored outside that Gaoyou has the best life. Anyone who wants to work can find work and eat enough. Even if he can’t find work, he can still serve as a soldier. You can eat meat once and white rice once every seven days.

Although they didn't know whether it was true or not, they all thought that Gaoyou was a good place, but they didn't expect that they would have the opportunity to come here.

The merchants greeted each other with a smile when they met outside the city gate, and quietly showed off how many craftsmen they had found and how many of them were relatives of the craftsmen.

Xie Zichang and Zhou Fu also met, they both dislike each other, the reason is that other businessmen are not good, only the other party has the capital to compare with themselves.

"How many people did Brother Xie find?" Zhou Fu asked with a smile.

Xie Zichang also laughed, more elegant: "Not many, but more than two thousand."

Zhou Fu was surprised and said: "It can be seen that Brother Xie's ability really cannot be compared with ordinary people."

"So-so." Xie Zichang cupped his hands and said modestly, "I don't know how many people Brother Zhou has found."

Zhou Fu was so angry that his teeth were itchy. He called him Brother Xie to save face, and he really called him brother. Sure enough, people are shameless and trees don’t want bark, but he still had to smile on his face: "Food brother is also lucky, no There are more than two thousand people."

Xie Zichang: "Brother Zhou is capable."

Zhou Fu and Xie Zichang were chatting and laughing, wishing that the other party would fall off their carriage right now and their brains would burst.

A total of 8000 craftsmen were brought here this time.

Merchants have a lot of ideas, and many of them were bought out of prisons and tricked out by good people.

Others were found among refugees.

These 8000 people were housed outside the city. Because it was going to be winter, Lin Yuan asked people to build dormitories outside the city after he captured Gaoyou. The dormitories were connected together and surrounded by walls, so that the technicians could live. Comfortable, so the dormitory is based on the family unit, one household, two bedrooms and one living room, and a kitchen, but there is only one kitchen on the first floor, but there are several stoves.

Lin Basan is a new artisan in Gaoyou.

He used to be a carpenter, and what he often did was to beat furniture for the surrounding fathers and villagers to earn some living money. When the world was in chaos, it was not like everyone in the village ran away with his family. , no food, no money, survived with difficulty.

As a result, as soon as the wealthy merchants appeared, they found that he was a carpenter and took him on the road, and even his wife. His parents and children died on the road, and only his wife and himself survived. .

The wife's surname is Qian, Xingliu, and everyone calls her Liuniang. Liuniang and Lin Basan walked up to the second floor together. Liuniang was born in the countryside since she was a child. Those are all big families, and the farmers have a mud house that does not leak wind or rain, so they are considered rich among the farmers.

Liu Niang lowered her head and followed the person who led the way. She looked at the flat road under her feet, and for some reason, there were tears in her eyes. It would be great if her parents-in-law and children could survive.

"This is your husband and wife's room." The steward leading the way sighed, "You are a family, so you can get this room. If you are alone, you can only be allocated a single dormitory, but seven or eight people squeeze into a room, you are lucky. good."

Lin Basan hurriedly said: "Thank you sir, thank you sir, I don't know the name of the master, in the future the villain will be able to..."

The manager waved his hand: "Don't ask me to hit people. I used to be like you. When you come here, you should do your best for Nan Bodhisattva. Good days are yet to come."

This steward is Liang Da. He and his third son used to be from the stockade, but they were taken over by Lin Yuan. Now he works as a small steward and lives smoothly. He looks at these newcomers as if To the previous self.

Lin Basan walked into the house with his wife after seeing Liang Da off.

There were only two of them, and the house they were allocated was the smallest one on the corner. There was a room and a main room outside. The kitchen was near the balcony. A respectful office.

"Old Lin, we have a house." Liu Niang touched the table and chairs. Although the house is simple, it has a table, stools, and a bed in the house. Even when their family was the richest, they couldn't live in such a good house. .

Lin Basan also expressed emotion. He said to his wife, "Nan Bodhisattva has built so many houses, and I don't know how much food it will cost. He really has a heart like a Bodhisattva. I didn't believe it at first, but now that I see it, I don't know much."

Liu Niang quickly said: "Then you have to work hard in the future! Only then can you be worthy of Nan Bodhisattva's benevolence and kindness."

Lin Basan: "Naturally! If anyone says Nan Bodhisattva is bad, I'll break his nose!"

The couple saw the ups and downs of life, and after hugging each other and crying, the couple had to go out. They had to go to their respective team leaders to report for work, and then went to get clothes and bedding.

When I reported for duty, I also saw the people who were brought together. Although they didn't have much contact with each other, but seeing them at this time, I felt a sense of closeness.

Lin Basan said to the man, "Have you been assigned a room?"

The man also had a happy expression on his face: "I'm assigned, I'm alone, so I have to live in a single dormitory, but I also have a separate bed, and when I get married in the future, I can also be allocated a wedding room."

"Hey, I thought I was dreaming when I heard it. I have to work hard and marry a wife soon."

Lin Basan was also happy.

The man asked Lin Basan again: "Are you and your mother-in-law divided into rooms?"

Lin Basan told the man about his living environment, and the man was really envious.

Probably because of the two of them taking the lead, the people in line started talking about their houses one after another.

With some luck, the family was able to save their lives and get a big house. A family of five lived in a three-bedroom house. My wife shared a house with myself, my parents shared a house, and my children shared a house. I was so happy that I wanted to fly to the sky. up.

As they chatted, they felt that the world was so big, but Gaoyou was the only place where they could live and live. Only under the rule of Nan Bodhisattva, they spoke highly of Lin Yuan even more.

The people are like this, whoever benefits them more, they will sincerely support this person.

Most of the common people are not literate, and they don't understand many reasons, but they do know one thing - whoever makes them live a good life is a good person and deserves their support.

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Looking at the artisans brought here, Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

In Lin Yuan's view, the value of craftsmen is higher than that of some scholars who can only read dead books. Those kind of scholars are not diligent in four bodies, and they have no other skills except to follow the scriptures. They can't do well in literacy. They don't know how to teach students in accordance with their aptitude. What can they teach a six or seven-year-old child as an adult?Those who can learn are geniuses.

And there were quite a few of them, so Lin Yuan could only ask them to do the transcription of the household registration.

Craftsmen are different. What they do can be put into practice, and this group of craftsmen will bring out more apprentices in the future.

Besides the craftsmen, what surprised Lin Yuan the most was the crops brought back by Zhou Fu. He said before that he told them to pay attention to the merchant ships passing by at sea. , Has anyone eaten it, let’s bring it back first.

So he saw potatoes and sweet potatoes.

You know, although no one knows when potatoes were introduced to China, sweet potatoes only appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

These two crops are high-yielding and highly adaptable crops, and it is conceivable that their food reserves will increase.

Lin Yuan held Zhou Fu's hand in surprise, with a sincere expression on his face, as if looking at his beloved Zhou Fu, looking at the fat and big-eared Zhou Fu in front of him, with a gentle voice that dripped water: "Master Zhou, The merits of the living people! It will surely go down in history!"

Zhou Fu was puzzled while laughing. He didn't know what these two things were. When he saw the merchant ships at sea, he asked those foreigners to buy them. The foreigners were not willing to sell them, but he spent a lot of money to call them. Secretly stuffed for myself.

As for whether these two can be eaten, and how to grow them, he has no idea.

Lin Yuan said again: "Master Zhou has made great contributions this time. If you have anything you want, just say it, but I will do whatever I can."

Zhou Fu's eyes widened. He never thought that he brought more than 2000 people back and didn't get this sentence. He brought two baskets of unknown things. It's all Zhou's job, Nan Bodhisattva must not be polite to Zhou, just ask for something."

Lin Yuan laughed until his teeth were exposed: "You're welcome, you're welcome."

"Come here! Let's have a banquet tonight, and invite all the merchants who came back!"

The people outside promised loudly.

Lin Yuan said again: "You will bring everything along with you in the future."

Zhou Fu nodded, also happy in his heart.

Regardless of why Nan Bodhisattva praised him, at least he beat Xie Zichang this time, and the next time we meet again, he will be able to stab that old guy.

Because there is only one basket of potatoes and sweet potatoes, Lin Yuan asked someone to take them down and cultivate them first, and then distribute them to the farmers when they are planted.

After he explained how to plant it in detail, he became the hands-off shopkeeper, and only occasionally went to check on the situation.

In the famine era, I don't know how many people lived on sweet potatoes.

Although he didn't want the common people to live on dried sweet potatoes, but with one more guarantee, more people could live.

The author has something to say: There is no exact time when the potato was introduced, but it can only be found that it was around the 16th century, that is, the middle of the Ming Dynasty, or it may be in the early Qing Dynasty, so it is uncertain.

Sweet potatoes, that is, sweet potatoes, originated in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

It's also considered that I gave Lin Yuan a golden finger, okay?