Chapter 388: Invasion? No! This is Receive (2 in 1)
The state of Qi has been in trouble for the past twenty years. Five or six of its current kings have passed away?
If a country changes its monarch frequently, even if the external countries do nothing, it will inevitably lead to internal chaos driven by interests.
The princes of Qi State were the first to be in chaos. Their strength was severely weakened, and opportunities for nobles with foreign surnames came.
Tian Qi had been active in various ways a long time ago, and he tried his best to act like a monster when he seized the opportunity. Otherwise, Yan Ying would not have predicted that Qi State with the Jiang surname Lu would be overthrown sooner or later.
There was endless internal turmoil. First, Jin State repeatedly targeted Qi State, and later Wu State focused on Qi State and tried its best. Qi State's situation will definitely get worse and worse.
So, what is wrong with the Lao Zhi family in targeting the Qi State? The mistake is that the Lao Zhi family’s fiefdoms are concentrated in the eastern part of the Jin State. Once the Lao Zhi Family’s fiefdoms are concentrated in the western part of the Jin State, believe it or not, the country that Zhiyao is targeting becomes Qin
country.
The new year's sowing season has arrived, and the people of Qi, who have experienced a long period of turmoil, continue to find ways to carry out spring sowing if they want to survive.
However, if you want to sow in spring, you don’t just have to do it. It’s just because there are no seeds. No matter how well you take care of the land, you still can’t sow in spring!
Under that situation, Zhiyao came with an army and a large number of seeds and farm tools.
This time the army is not the main force, but a force to ensure security.
In fact, the Qi State is no longer able to resist any foreign invasion. It is not the Zhi clan of the Jin State that scares other countries, and it does not need the Wu State to invade again. The Lu State alone or the Chen State who reorganizes the country can easily destroy the Qi State in the end.
"These fine seeds are not a gift. The second and third seeds will be harvested in the summer and 70% of them will be returned to you!"
"To get good seeds, you need to register them, where they live, and how many members of the family you have. It's essential!"
"You must not underreport or overreport. If there is any fraud, you will be severely punished in accordance with the law!"
Zhang Tu worked very hard to identify the syllables of each word.
The most terrible thing is that the person who came to inform me could speak in unison, but he chose to speak in unauthentic Jin accent. He would only repeat it in unison if asked.
You can speak Qi Yin, why should you use Jin Yin? It’s not that the people from the Zhi family are deliberately making things difficult, they just want to let the Qi people understand that the world has changed.
The tax collection has actually reached 70%? In other eras, it would have been extremely dark, but in the current era, it is normal.
Do you know how much taxes Lu State levies on its own farmers? In this country that calls itself a “gentleman’s country”, the tax revenue is generally over 80%!
People who live in turbulent areas all year round find it difficult to obtain income, and any savings they have will be spent bit by bit. If they can continue to live, they will earn; people who are unable and unable to support themselves are unwilling to flee to the rule of Zhishi.
, held on until it turned into a skeleton with no one to cover it.
Zhang Tu tasted it again and again and finally understood the situation.
This time when the Zhi clan of the Jin State came over, their army immediately carried out security maintenance, and their job was to clean up anyone who was raging in the area. Then a large number of auxiliary troops entered various cities and villages, not just for simple occupation,
The main reason is to resume production.
"Weapons are no longer the only sharp weapon, providing rations to survive is! Zhishi also brought a large number of seeds and agricultural tools, which brought hope to people, and also formally brought various cities and villages under their rule.
." Zhang Tu is now in relatively poor condition, which can be seen from the You clan whose ancestors were richer.
Isn't it the way of sweeping the army and bringing out a large amount of grain, seeds and agricultural tools? This method of occupation is not the first time that it has appeared in the land of Zhuxia, but it was a matter of ancient times.
Zhishi's march was extremely smooth this time. Qi people from all over the country did not resist on a large scale. On the contrary, after learning that Zhishi was setting up a factory to make porridge, Qi people who knew the news swarmed over.
There is no way!
It is difficult to maintain stable production during turmoil. In many cases, there is no production, such as sowing, but the terrible thing is that many people do not live to see the harvest, or the fields are destroyed before harvesting.
Similar things are so common in turbulent areas that those responsible for recording history have seen too many of them, and later they were too lazy to record them seriously.
"Your Majesty." Zhang Tu caught up with the clerk who was about to leave after delivering the administrative order.
He stopped and looked curiously at Zhang Tu, who was dressed in a poor but dignified manner. Seeing the seriousness in his salute, he asked, "What are you doing?"
Zhang Tu could tell that he was from Qi, so he was depressed why he spoke in an unauthentic Jin accent and asked: "Is Zhu Xia from Qi?"
Almost?
Administrative staff who want to do things impartially are actually very afraid of being approached. Responding enthusiastically will get even greater enthusiasm. Then all kinds of humanities and sophistication will come. If they don't get special preferential treatment, they will become impersonal; if they really give preferential treatment to people from their hometown,
Is it unfair to other foreigners?
Therefore, if you really want to make things fair and equitable, you actually need to treat everyone according to the rules and regulations.
"It's true that people from Qi are from Jin, but Ping is Homo sapiens!" Ping was very angry when he was questioned.
Ting's anger was nothing else. As a Qi man, he had no chance to stand out in the past. Everything new was given by the Zhi family. In fact, he regarded himself as a real homo sapiens. Looking at Zhang Tu, he seemed to be acting like an aristocrat. Suddenly,
Just get angry.
This moment made Zhang Tu stunned. He was a little depressed and angry about what he was doing. At the same time, he was surprised that since when did Jin people become less popular and they had to emphasize that they were from the Zhi family.
In the past, when the Qi State was fine and the Zhang family had enough wealth, would you believe it or not that Zhang Tu would give him a few slaps?
What a difference!
Is there any royal law?
How dare you speak to a noble lord like that!
Instead of ordering someone to be killed directly, just giving him a few slaps would be considered a mercy.
Now, even though Zhang Tu still has some wealth, he should understand what "people are under the roof" means and cannot turn a blind eye.
If Zhang Tu had not adjusted his mentality before, after seeing the strategies adopted by the Zhi family, he knew that the land under his feet must belong to the rule of the Zhi family, and he would definitely endure some things that should be tolerated.
"What should I do if I get angry with such a person?" Zhang Tu still hasn't adjusted his position well, but in general he is very aware of current affairs.
Zhang Tu asked with an expressionless face: "I wonder if the Zhi family entertained local officials?"
"Doctor?" He knew that the person in front of him was not from a low background, otherwise he would be more domineering.
Zhang Tu laughed at himself: "You are still a great doctor."
Isn't that right? The Qi State is about to disappear. Nobles like them, who can't find a way to join the Zhi family in advance, are lucky to be able to keep their foundation, and they are waiting to be judged.
When Jing saw Zhang Tu, he laughed at himself, feeling much better, and said: "There is no banquet. If you have the heart to repay, you can just go to 'Ai', and you will find out in front of the city gate."
Post a notice? No.
Even if the nobles are now literate, the writing methods of Jin and Qi are still different, not to mention that the Zhi family is already using simplified Chinese characters.
Zhishi would station people in front of every city gate in every city, not only to recruit people who were willing to work for Zhishi, but also to keep relevant records.
At the same time, Zhishi will send people to the homes of famous local people to invite them to work for Zhishi.
In fact, this set of practices is not good. To use a later saying, it is said to "leave feudal legacy", and this is also true.
It's just that, look at what era we are in now, there are only so many literate people, and there are even fewer people who are really capable of doing things. If we don't use them, who else can we use? It will become impossible to carry out almost anything.
Of course Zhang Tu registered and took everything he should and could take.
"The Zhi family wants to win people's hearts, why don't I take advantage of it?" What Zhang Tu didn't know was that he had taken advantage of it, how many people and land the family had, and the information was also controlled by the Zhi family.
Zhang Tu, who had received the assistant, did not leave, but stood aside to watch.
Everyone in Qi who came after hearing the news did not know that the land under their feet would be under the rule of the Zhi family in the future. They only knew that when they could not survive, the Zhi family brought survival materials, and at the same time lent them the seeds sown in the spring on credit.
Farm tools can be rented.
I heard, just heard, that the Zhi family will acquire a large number of livestock in the future, and they will also rent them to local people for farming.
Using animal power to plow the land? This is a treatment only given to nobles. Ordinary people use human power to pull the plow!
Of course, the vast majority of ordinary people do not actually own land of their own.
The advance here in Qi State is quite good. There is no land under your name. In fact, you can go to some prosperous places to work, or even work on the street to make a living. This is the reason why Qi State's handicraft industry is developed, and many industries still need labor.
It's really bad now. There are no jobs available, so many workers are unemployed. They either go back to their hometowns to find a way out, or they stay in the local area and are taken over by street gangs.
"Is there a loophole? Zhishi didn't even investigate who owns the piece of land. Whoever says it belongs to them belongs to him!" Zhang Tu wondered whether Zhishi didn't bother to investigate at all, or it was an act of connivance.
After all, the Qi State now has a lot of empty houses and a large amount of land without owners. The owners of these lands either fled or simply died in the turmoil.
Most of the Qi people who submitted their land did not feel that the land belonged to them from now on. They simply reported the land they had cultivated before, without any idea that the land would belong to them.
Zhang Tu stood behind the registration officer. Although he couldn't understand what was written, he had a mouth to ask.
As a result, upon questioning, Zhang Tu discovered the flaw. While registering, Zhi apparently regarded a certain piece of land as owned by the person who reported it, regardless of how unreasonable the number of acres of land reported by the person who reported it was.
"What?" It was because he had guessed Zhang Tu's identity and knew that Zhang Tu was determined to serve the Zhi family that he answered some questions and said: "The land will be verified later. Furthermore, the land does not belong to the
If you hold it, you can only farm it."
What do you mean?
That is to say, the Zhi family does not say that a certain piece of land belongs to them, and they really allocate that piece of land to them. The land will only belong to the Zhi family and be provided to those who cultivate it, and then they will collect taxes.
To put it bluntly, isn’t it just like state-owned tenants?
To put it more bluntly, the ownership does not belong to individuals. They only have the right to use the land, and the use of the land is strictly restricted. What should be used for it, and any change of use must bear the relevant liability.
Zhang Tu would not compare himself with ordinary Li Shu people. No matter how downcast they were, they would still feel that they were different from ordinary Li Shu people and had a sense of superiority brought about by their birth.
What can be seen is the Li Shu who came. They all look very happy and are very grateful to Zhishi.
"If this is the case everywhere, the Zhi family's taking over will be irreversible!" Zhang Tu thought to himself.
It's not that Zhang Tu realizes the importance of people's hearts. They never regard ordinary Li Shu as human beings.
What Zhang Tu saw was that there was no family in any place to stop the Zhi family from doing what he was doing, and he found that ordinary Li concubines would be completely under the management of the teams sent by the Zhi family.
No matter how powerful a person is, he must have many tools. Otherwise, can one person do all the work by himself?
The reason why aristocrats are aristocrats is simply that they control a large number of resources by relying on their status, and then use those resources to operate, and then they can use their status and resources to control the common people.
The difference between people often lies in their status and status, not their abilities or talents.
To put it bluntly, people come into the world naked. At least the moment they open their eyes to see the world, they are fair. Later, due to different family backgrounds, their starting points are different. Some people stand at the end when they are born, while others
It’s a life-long struggle that only takes one or two steps forward.
First, the Qi people ate Zhishi's porridge. They then received a certain amount of grain and seeds and went home happily.
Zhang Tu, who witnessed that scene, was actually putting the cart before the horse. It was not because of what Zhishi had done that he could obtain Qidi, but simply because Zhishi was using his own methods to obtain Qidi.
A few days later, Zhishi's team came over.
Handle was assigned to a village with a population of about a hundred people. After arriving, I learned that the village originally had a population of about 400 people. The long-term unrest caused many people to flee, and some of them died of starvation or illness.
"There are not many young and old in the village, and there are also very few women." Bing knew why this was still the case.
In times of war, in areas that are constantly in turmoil, people like the elderly and children who have no ability to protect themselves and lack the ability to work really cannot survive long.
As for why the number of women has dropped sharply? There are really too many reasons. Due to some special factors, it is really impossible to introduce them in detail.
The population of this village is one hundred and twenty-six, with eighty-four males and forty-six females; seven people between the ages of nine and twelve, one hundred and eighteen people between the ages of thirteen and thirty-five, and more than three
There is only one person who is fifteen years old.
The forty-two-year-old man was the former speaker of the village, and he was a person sent by a certain noble to collect taxes in the village. There were originally thirteen people who came to the village, but after the turmoil, only one died.
"One man monopolizes more than twenty women?" Bing knew there was a story in it, but his real thought was that he was more envious than angry.
What the hell? There are only forty-six women left in this village, and more than twenty of them have become that person’s “harem”???
Lan said: "It's just you and me, how dare we do this now?"
Yes, that’s right, the Qi State is in ruins. People who would never leave their hometowns unless there are special circumstances. They are also common people under the control of the nobles when they leave their hometowns. Even if they know, they don’t know what they should do, let alone who to deal with.
Protested.
Therefore, the person who came to collect taxes on behalf of the nobles was still the superior, and even had greater authority than when he worked for the nobles, all because no one in the village dared to resist.
The trained handle didn't think much about it at all and said: "There must be a crime, just put him to death in public trial."
After making the decision, Handle felt a sense of joy arose in his heart.
In fact, they only know how things should be done after a short training, and they must do it at the same time. It is not how high their ideological awareness has become after training.
This is also an inevitable phenomenon in the current era. There are too many high-end methods and there is no room for them to be used. We can only make gradual progress according to the old system. It is impossible to achieve anything in one step!
If the Zhi family wants to rule this land, absorb some talents, and liquidate most of the old powerful and powerful people, they must not do it as the usual winners and losers. They must kill in a reasonable and well-founded way, and let Li Shu participate in a wave of mutual fighting.
A sense of trust is also established.
Zhishi has done similar routines too many times in Qiuyou, Zhongshan, Wei and some places in Qi, and has summed up the relevant experience. (Due to some reasons, it is also impossible to describe in detail.)
What they want to do is to kill the original speaker and organize the villagers to start production again.
The whole thing is to bring new order to the villagers, bring them into the effective rule of the Zhi family, and then become one of the strengths of the Zhi family.
There were too many seniors to give them proofs, and the Zhi family attached great importance to publicity, and each group took over the management of the village. Even if there were some slight troubles at the beginning, they quickly got on the right track.
Of course, there will inevitably be sacrifices involved, but as long as the Chi family has advantages in all aspects and the team members who go to the countryside are not too wasted, their lives are still very safe.
Because there are not many dignitaries in the village, it is actually relatively simple to handle. The reception at the city level is much more complicated.
When Zhang Tu came to "Ai", he could tell just from the soldiers on guard at the city gate that there must have been an incident involving a large number of people in the area.
"More than three hundred people died, seven families were expelled?" Zhang Tu was surprised.
It’s not that too many people died. On the contrary, seven families were wiped out, and the death toll was only over 300?
Do you know? To be able to call it a family now, at least it has the status of "shi". Because "shi" need to pay gifts, they need to have a certain amount of permanent property, and they need to manage the permanent property manpower and force on their behalf. No matter how small the family is, it will be from the clan members.
Including the manpower recruited, there will be dozens, hundreds, or even more.
Zhang Tu thought about his own situation. They went from having nearly a hundred thugs three years ago to less than ten left four years later. Most of the clansmen also chose to flee to the Zhi family, and various deaths occurred.
The total population of the family dropped from more than 2,600 to less than 200.
That was only four years, and the changes were really too fast.
However, Zhang Tu knew that his family was pretty good, and it had survived anyway. Many families had become names that people occasionally mentioned, but none of the family heads or core members had survived.
"Mr. Zhang?" Tie Di glanced at Zhang Tu for a few times, then turned to say a few words to a colleague.
Not long after, the colleague brought a brochure.
Tiejian found the page recording Zhang's situation according to the pinyin alphabetical directory, and asked Zhang Tu many questions.
Zhang Tu, who watched the whole process, couldn't help but think: "The land is still the same land, but many things have changed."
So far, there is only one Zhishi who uses a lot of paper. Many people have only heard of paper but have never seen it with their own eyes.
Zhang Tu saw people of Zhi family recording things with brushes and paper in the village. At that time, he actually felt extremely envious.
Paper is the medium that carries words. A piece of paper can write many names with a brush.
The text carried on a piece of paper would require at least dozens of volumes using bamboo slips. The difference between the two is simply huge!
For others, a piece of paper is hard to find, but Zhishi can use it with just a piece of paper or soap. Some people may only envy it, while others will think deeply about it.
From the moment the Zhi family took possession of paper, they were destined to lag far behind other families just in terms of cultural inheritance.
Now, Zhang Tu reported his family name, saw the Zhi family's people brought the name list, and asked for a lot of information. How could he not understand that the Zhi family had already sent Chu people to understand various places?
What is very outrageous is that the Zhang family is not a big family, and there is no special output. The Zhi family still has general information.
Of course, the information held by Zhishi is actually out of date.
However, just showing this is really remarkable, and it even reveals that Zhishi had great ambitions for Qi State a long time ago.
When Zhang Tu was thinking about something, he suddenly heard someone asking him if he was willing to work for Zhishi, and he was stunned for a moment.
"My family is in the midst of employing people, so if you take a step forward, you will be rewarded." Tie Mao said.
Of course Zhang Tu wants to do things for Zhishi, otherwise why would he come here?
Later, Zhang Tu was asked a lot of questions, mainly focusing on whether he knew what was going on in the various villages and what his views were on those things.
Zhang Tu had already heard these questions when he was watching, and he had made a lot of drafts in his mind, so he naturally answered them one by one according to his experience.
"This guy looks very smart, but his eagerness to find a new way out is too obvious. My family is in need of a group of old Qi nobles who are willing to cooperate. People like this have no bottom line. It seems that they can be recommended.
Camp No. A?" Tie Mao thought while recording, and then wrote a note and handed it to Zhang Tu.
Later, Tie Mao suggested that Zhang Tu should go to more places and see more places. If Zhang Tu was willing, he could arrange for escorts to accompany him.
What are you looking at? Zhang Tu thinks it's meaningless. It's far better to quickly get on the line of someone within the Zhi family and think of various ways to serve him comfortably.
However, is it possible for them to decide their own destiny now? It must have been arranged by Zhishi, and they acted according to the arrangement.
Therefore, Zhang Tu then gathered many old Qi nobles who were willing to serve the Zhi family, and under the protection of the Zhi family, they began their visiting trip.
