Chapter three hundred and seventy fourth attendant
On New Year's Eve in the 14th year of Wanli, when the Forbidden City was decorated with lanterns and the whole world was celebrating the New Year, Tian Wenshan was on his deathbed in the victims' shack in Mayi County.
Before he died, he stared at his son Tian Baoyong with wide eyes, but could not speak. The haggard Mrs. Tian said with red eyes: "Master, you can go in peace, that Di Baoyong will not be sold."
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The widow of the Tian family, who was at the end of their rope, was finally able to cry loudly. Previously, Sister Tian had been holding back her tears for fear of falling on Tian Wenshan and making him uneasy underground. At this time, these tears finally flowed freely like floods that burst the embankments.
Several fellow villagers who fled the famine together and Tian Wenshan's workers came over to help the Tian family prepare for the funeral. Because there was not enough white cloth, the few people who came to help pooled their resources and made several mourning hats and mourning clothes. Tian Wenshan's clothes were not available, so Sister-in-law Tian could only
He found a starched piece of clothing among the piles of patches and put it on the boss.
All these can be done quickly, but the cost of the coffin exceeds the affordability of the victims. Mrs. Tian said that the head of the house has been tired all his life, and there is not even a coffin after death. How can it be done wrapped in straw mats and eaten by insects and rats? There are some left in the house in her hometown.
We put some boards on it, but the water from far away could not quench our thirst. For the current plan, we can only cremate Tian Wenshan and wait for spring to bring him back to be buried and sent away.
Tian Baoyong, who is over 12 years old, has grown up a lot during this time. He listened to Sister Tian's arrangement. He gritted his teeth and said: "Yesterday I made an agreement with Shopkeeper Sun, who sells coal in the east of the city, to borrow his cart. I want to
Daddy took it back and sent it away. Daddy told me the day before yesterday that he was afraid of being cremated and wanted to be buried in his ancestral tomb."
Sister-in-law Tian was a little confused at this moment. After hearing this, she asked with her eyes at the people who came to help. Fang Erli from the same village nodded and said: "Sister-in-law, the child is right, I will follow you back. I can still make a few pancakes at home, we
The two of you need to eat for three to five days to stay alive. After we go back, I can nail a coffin to bury my brother."
Those who came to help saw Tian Baoyong's filial piety and Fang Erli's enthusiasm. After being infected, they all said that they could provide some dry food so that the two of them could go back to the funeral. Sister Tian shivered and kowtowed to everyone, and Tian Baoyong also kowtowed and cried and thanked them.
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On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the 14th year of Wanli, the whole of Shanxi was wrapped in heavy snow. After two years of severe drought, God finally showed His mercy. However, Tian Wenshan could no longer see all this, and his body was lying on the
The cart was swaying here and there, being pulled towards the final destination of a miserable life.
The snowflakes were like white copper coins, covering his straw mat, his filial son, and his enthusiastic neighbors under the torn cotton-wadding sky.
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In the spring of the 14th year of Wanli, the whole province of Shanxi organized disaster victims to return to their hometowns. The victims, who had been forced to die on gruel for nearly a year, received grain seeds distributed by the court, subsidized farm tools, and the land deeds they had saved with their lives, and returned to the land where they lived and died.
Continue farming.
Although the court's disaster relief efforts were relatively effective, annexation was still inevitable. A report submitted by the Chief Secretary of Shanxi Province showed that because the disaster lasted too long in Shanxi, nearly 15% of the land ownership of farmers had been transferred.
The emperor's will was powerless in the face of this situation - unless, like in later generations of China, the land was owned by the state or collectively. After reading the memorial, Zhu Yijun frowned and thought for a long time.
The mergers and acquisitions caused by the bankruptcy of farmers and their entire families are the first driving force of the periodic law of dynasties. Can industrialization alone resolve it?
Although China in later generations produced industrial products that supplied the world, its industrial population exceeded the total of all industrial countries in mankind at that time - but since his time traveling, nearly half of the population was still tied to the land. Land is collectively owned and the household registration system
A two-pronged approach ensures that these people have enough food and clothing, and food security is guaranteed at the same time.
The so-called granary of North America, intensive farming, comes at the cost of the extinction of all indigenous peoples. At this time, did the Ming Dynasty use this in exchange for endless land for future generations, or did it take a new path? Zhu Yijun now has no answer.
Gulan
Capital always pursues high productivity, and the industrialization process has no end. One day, it will be possible to supply the world market with tens of millions of industrial people. By then, how will billions of people make a living?
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Zhu Yijun's soul wandered for a long time, and he wrote the word "annexation" on a piece of paper, and asked Wei Chao, who was waiting at the side, to stick it on the Kang screen. The Su embroidery screen was almost covered with similar small notes - that "
Ten thousand years is too long, seize the day." The words have been blocked and are almost invisible.
Wei Chao studied the Kang screen for a long time before finding a corner to complete the task assigned by the emperor. Since the sixth year of Longqing, fifteen years after the emperor ascended the throne, this Kang screen has been in use. There are some small notes on it.
From "Ten Major Disadvantages" to "Reform", some from "clan" to "conferring", but a few notes have never changed - such as "Education", "Agriculture" and "Gewu"
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In the Dongnuan Pavilion of the Yangxin Hall, one can hear the drop of a needle, and only the sound of paper turning. On the left hand side of the imperial case, more than twenty boxes are neatly stacked. These are the "Silver Seal Direct Plays" of important ministers, which need to be opened by the emperor himself for reading.
Review. On the right hand side of the imperial desk, there are stacks of "abbreviations" classified into categories. These are various documents submitted by the cabinet and attendant's office that need to be reviewed by the emperor. And above the desk, there are memorials that the emperor wants to see in person -
- Unless the emperor is on patrol or sick, he must spend eight hours here every day without hesitation.
Only the Taizu of this dynasty could compare with such a diligent emperor. When Mr. Zhang was alive, although the state affairs were very complicated, the emperor could handle them for one or two hours a day. After Zhang Juzheng's death, the number of cabinet members doubled.
But the emperor was even more tired.
Wei Chao lowered his head and stared at Zhu Yijun's every move with the corner of his eye. This action was a compulsory lesson for the emperor's ministers, and the sequelae were those who were used to looking at people like this. He looked at the emperor while wandering around in his stomach.
Secretly slandering Zhang Siwei's incompetence.
As the most favored eunuch around the emperor, the Wei Dynasty held an extremely important position in the political landscape of the Ming Dynasty. It was absolutely impossible for Zhang Siwei to ignore the management of the relationship between the two, but these so-called "management" were meaningless.
Although the Wei Dynasty was young, he had experienced many things. For example, he participated in the entire process when the emperor manipulated Feng Bao. In the end, Feng Bao committed suicide when Zhang Juzheng was dying, and he was the one who single-handedly arranged it.
Because of this, the Wei Dynasty has a thorough understanding of how to be a good servant of the emperor over the years, that is, "selflessness". As the conveyor of the emperor's will, he does not need to have his own judgment; as the most favored servant of the emperor,
He does not need to do anything for his own benefit; his eyes, ears, nose, mouth and everything else do not belong to him, but to the emperor - then he will forever retain the emperor's trust and his own wealth.
Every minister who was summoned could not get any information from the Wei Dynasty - including the emperor's happiness and anger, the reason for the summons and even the candidates who were summoned at the same time. When asked these questions, the Wei Dynasty always had a sinking face.
: "I don't know this."
Only when facing the Queen Mother, Queen, Prince Princess and other members of Zhu Yijun's family, Wei Chao would talk more. At this time, he would also use his expression to convey the message: If Zhu Yijun is happy, Wei Chao's expression will be lighter when facing the people in the harem.
, with a smile on his face; if Zhu Yijun was serious, Wei Chao would also pull his face.
Nowadays, the great officials in the palace, such as Zhang Jing, Zhang Cheng, Chen Ju, etc., and the cabinet ministers outside the palace, including Zhang Siwei, no longer dare to be disrespectful in the face of the Wei Dynasty. It is said that in front of the emperor, the Wei Dynasty never
Not expressing his own opinions, but only in this way is terrible: if the Wei Dynasty wanted to put people to death, Zhu Yijun could not ignore any word he said.
Although Zhu Yijun has developed the habit of serving Wei Chao by his side, he sometimes gives Wei Chao a period of leave to relax and release his psychological pressure. Wei Chao's holidays are more mysterious than any important minister in the court: when he is on holiday
, no one can find him, and no one knows what he is doing.
When he ends his vacation and stands next to Zhu Yijun again, he will always look like this: his face is as dark as water and he is silent.
Zhu Yijun reviewed some memorials, then unlocked the key to the silver medal straight memorials from his waist, opened them one by one and looked through them. When he saw the straight memorials by Liang Wenmeng, the governor of Shanxi, Wei Chao saw the emperor's brows frowning again out of the corner of his eye.
It was tight, so he took a quick breath and the muscles in his back tensed up.
Sure enough, he listened to the emperor's instructions: "Go to the Political Affairs Hall and ask Mr. Fengpan to come and see you."
Wei Chao seemed to have been waiting for the emperor's orders, without any hesitation: "Yes, Your Majesty."