The scholars who landed here were immediately confused.
But right now, there is the vast ocean behind them, with only their family members around them, and standing in front of them are the officers and soldiers of Zhao Wangwei holding open fire.
"Oh my God!" Someone beat their chests and fell, wailing heart-breakingly.
They come here because they want to go back to their past lives, not to become Qiu Ba.
So the men here wailed in despair, and the women and the old and the weak behind them also cried together in sorrow.
Such mourning was heartbreaking, but it was a pity that the officers and soldiers of King Zhao and Wei in front of them had cold faces and were not moved at all.
The joys and sorrows of people are not the same as each other. Who among those who have come all the way to Java has not endured hardship?
In their opinion, now that the city has been built and plantations have been built one after another, life has become much better. When they came, they were overcoming thorns and thorns. There were dense forests everywhere, venomous snakes, tigers and leopards everywhere, and countless animals.
When the natives harassed them, their relatives and friends either died of illness, were devoured by wild beasts and took away their bones, or were killed by the natives.
They survived in such a difficult environment. If they were to cry and cry, their throats would have become hoarse and their tears would have dried up.
At this time, in their eyes, these people wailing and beating their hands and feet only made them laughable.
So these hundreds of households looked at them coldly and said: "Stop nagging, register immediately. Anyone who dares to disobey will be shot without mercy."
"You...do you speak the king's law?" The scholar shouted and asked in awe.
However, there was no emotion on the faces of the hundred households. They only glanced at the scholar with contempt, and then said slowly: "I'm very sorry, what His Royal Highness King Zhao implemented was military law!"
"..."
In such a harsh environment, it is impossible to play with you in a humane way. Those who do not take up arms will be regarded as weak, those who do not fight will be regarded as cowards, and those who do not absolutely obey orders will be regarded as
deserter.
Here, who is talking to you about favors and royal laws? This thing cannot protect everyone's lives, and this stupid idea may even kill many people.
Baihu was obviously impatient, so he grabbed the leading scholar and said unceremoniously: "Let him come first."
Someone shouted: "We...we want to go back to our hometown, we want to go back to our hometown!"
"You can go back to your hometown." Baihu said, "His Royal Highness King Zhao has issued an order that you need to buy a boat ticket to return to your hometown. To buy a boat ticket, you need to register first. Those who do not register will be regarded as local natives and must be strictly guarded against.
"
"I register. After I register, I can buy a ferry ticket to go back to my hometown?"
"King Zhao also ordered that after registration, all people under His Highness' rule will be counted as people under His Majesty's rule. All people under His rule, regardless of old or weak, must serve in the reserve guard for seven years to complete the obligation to protect the King and the people. After seven years,
, you will be released from service, and you can buy your boat ticket then."
"..."
After hearing this, everyone's hearts dropped.
Someone said angrily: "Robbers, you are robbers!"
Baihu said in a deep voice: "This is the law enacted by Changshi Jiegong. How dare you say that you are bandits? What Jiegong cited is Confucianism. Don't you know that you respect the king and fight against the barbarians? Fortunately, you have read the book. As a person
Scholars should do this even more."
A group of people continued to cry, crying heartbrokenly, but still had no choice but to be escorted and registered one by one.
Immediately afterwards, the men were sent to the reserve guard, while the women and children went to the plantation.
This reserve guard is similar to a militia. Everyone must learn certain military knowledge to ensure that they can undertake the task of suppressing a small-scale native attack. At the same time, in the event of a war, they can also cooperate with the regular Zhao Wangwei in combat.
Not only that, they also need to be responsible for transportation, building roads and bridges, building residential areas and other tasks.
All plantations, due to the threat from nearby natives, had to adopt centralized planting methods. After opening up a new plantation, women, children, the elderly and the weak took care of the crops, or looked after some captured slaves.
Farming, and each family was allocated 500 to 50 acres of land for food, depending on the man's military exploits.
The scholars were different from the ordinary Han people in Tuobian. As soon as they arrived here, they suddenly understood that this damned King Zhao was not at all the so-called advocating Confucianism and being a virtuous corporal.
The law used here is clearly the most familiar "Qin Code" in history.
This law was formed by Shang Yang's reform and is the purest system of farming and warfare.
Any talk about reading or saints is all nonsense.
Even the King of Zhao needs to inspect and guard border towns every month.
King Zhao's son, now only thirteen years old, has already begun to lead a force of one thousand households to take charge of the defense deployment in the east.
As for Xie Jin's youngest son, he was responsible for some literary work, but his main responsibility was to record military achievements and distribute rewards and punishments.
After all, the entire Java is a huge military camp, and everyone is a part of this military camp, based on Shang Yang's Qin Law. Even an old man over sixty years old may be responsible for guarding native prisoners.
.
However, the only good thing here is that there is an abundance of supplies. Although the Ming Dynasty's advanced manufacturing products are very scarce, the large number of plantations, unique conditions, and the many large mines that have been developed are enough for people to obtain rich supplies.
The agricultural supplies and the large-scale textile workshops put into production by Qixia Trading Company here are enough to meet the local cotton spinning needs.
Coupled with the many horses purchased from the Ming Dynasty and a large number of livestock, it was enough for people to have no worries about food and clothing.
at this time……
Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui was cursing.
He had just returned from the newly built Xinwu'an City. This city was far away in the hinterland of the south, a hundred miles away. It was already deep into the hinterland of the natives. King Zhao originally planned to go deep into the hinterland of the natives and build this city.
The city was built to attract the attacks of the natives, and then this protruding point was used as a fulcrum to engage in a decisive battle with the natives.
It is a pity that although Zhao Wangwei was exhausted from years of fighting, the natives were even more defeated. From the time of building the city until now, they have not really launched any large-scale offensive.
All the hard work was in vain, and the new city was too far away from the settlement, which increased the burden of supplies.
Zhu Gaosui had a bad temper and failed to set up an ambush. He could only return to his so-called palace full of anger.
Immediately, someone reported: "Your Highness, the scholars are here."
The person who spoke was Xie Zhencheng, the youngest son of Xie Jin, who is now the prisoner of Zhao State.
The Zhao State adopted a vassal system, which almost perfectly copied the Ming Dynasty's official system.
It's just that the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty were called bu, while the vassal state claimed to be lowered to the next level and was only called the six cao, and the chief officer of each cao was called the judge.
Within the Zhao Kingdom, there were six divisions, but they were different from those in the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty were the most prominent, followed by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry.
But in Zhao State, because the pure Qin law was adopted, the most prominent ones were the Bing Cao and the Xing Cao in charge of the criminal law. Other matters had to give way to the military and criminal law.
As for the so-called Li Cao, it is basically in name only and belongs to the honorary position of free time.
When Zhu Gaosui heard this, his anger suddenly disappeared, and he said happily: "How is it? How many have come?"
"There are a total of 437 households with 3940 people, including 2430 males." Xie Zhencheng said.
Zhu Gaosui frowned, with a hint of disgust in his eyes, and said, "That's all? These people can't even fill a small town. What a pity, what a pity."
Xie Zhencheng comforted him by saying, "My father sent me a letter, saying that you can't rush into anything."
Zhu Gaosui nodded, and then sighed: "When I hire people, I don't even care about these useless scholars..."
After saying that, he shook his head.
Xie Zhencheng then said: "There is one more thing..."
"explain."
"Liu Chun, a member of the Hundred Households of Jinyiwei station who is stationed in the local area, came to ask for people."
"Huh?" Zhu Gaosui raised his eyebrows, looking surprised.
His impression of Jin Yiwei was not bad. Jin Yiwei had set up a hundred households here, but it seemed that Jin Yiwei and King Zhao had a tacit understanding, that is, Jin Yiwei tried his best to collect information about the military situation of the natives and share information with each other. Zhao
The king was not worried about these royal guards suing him in front of the emperor, so the relationship between the two sides was more of mutual assistance.
At this time, King Zhao asked: "Who are they asking for?"
Xie Zhencheng answered truthfully: "Liu Baihu said that in order to spy on the situation in Java, His Highness the Prince of Wuhu specially sent some people to enter Java by mail ship in the name of scholars. As a result... these people, as soon as they landed, they
After being registered by our people, they were all sent to the reserve guard, and now they are all sent to mining and building bridges. Liu Baihu said that it was a flood that washed away the Dragon King Temple, so..."
Zhu Gaosui became angry again and cursed: "Brother Zhang is so unkind. He secretly stuffed his Tiqi into Java without even saying hello!"
After a pause, he changed the subject and said: "In that case, let it go. There is no need for a few Tiqi to ruin the relationship with the Jin Yiwei."
Xie Zhencheng said helplessly: "It's not just a few people, it's one hundred and twenty-seven people..."
Zhu Gaosui: "..."
After being silent for a while, Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but cursed again: "There are more than 120 Tiqi in these four hundred households? I thought it was sand mixed in the gruel, but who would have expected it?"
A bowl of sand stuffed with porridge!”
Xie Zhencheng also smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that because my father is in the capital, the king of Wuhu County is suspicious, so he sent a large number of Tiqi, hoping to..."
After a pause, Xie Zhencheng remembered something important and said, "Your Highness, will these people be released?"
Zhu Gaosui said: "Let it go, of course it must be let go. Who dares to take the Jin Yiwei people? Zhang Anshi is cunning, he will secretly use the black gun on me. But..."
When Zhu Gaosui said this, he suddenly stopped. He squinted his eyes slightly, thought carefully, and then said word by word: "I just said that we need to screen them and release them after a month. Let these people dig mines for a month first.
Nowadays people are employed everywhere…”
Xie Zhencheng pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't think it's possible."
Zhu Gaosui asked: "Why is this?"
Xie Zhencheng said: "My father once said that Jinyiwei is best at dismantling letters, or forging letters, and reviewing and distributing packages. With such a large ship of people coming this time, they must be allowed to exchange letters with China.
, if these scholars who come here are allowed to talk nonsense, they will never dare to come to Java again."
Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but put his hands behind his back and started pacing back and forth.
He seemed hesitant, so he glanced at Xie Zhencheng and said, "What else does your father say?"
Jie Zhencheng said: "My father said that people can be released. Jinyiwei needs to have them prepare a large number of manpower to be responsible for reviewing letters. Even... some letters can be forged. In short, we must create the impression that Java is a paradise on earth."
Word of mouth, this way, you won’t have to worry about not having a steady stream of people behind you.”
Zhu Gaosui looked deeply at Xie Zhengcheng, his eyes lit up, and said: "Jin Yiwei really has this ability?"
Xie Zhencheng nodded and said: "That's what they do. I heard that there are masters of copying in many hundreds of households. Generally speaking, their relatives and friends will not deliberately identify the letters when they get them. Even if they notice the slightest difference, they will not
I would be suspicious of it."
After a pause, he continued: "My father has explained that this matter is very important. Our King Zhao Wei has also trained several copying scholars, but their level is limited after all. Unlike Jin Yiwei, there are special special learning in the official school.
The class specializes in teaching this way, and everyone who graduates from there is an expert in it."
Zhu Gaosui's eyes became brighter and brighter. He rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "This is great. I am worried that no one can help me now, and I am thirsty for talents. If I can really do this, wouldn't I send someone to him every now and then?"
Group of people? Hurry, go and invite those Tiqiu people out of the reserve guard properly, and they will be treated well. Tomorrow the king will go to apologize in person, and then send them back to the Baihu Station with gifts."
Xie Zhencheng said: "Your Highness is wise."
Zhu Gaosui clasped his hands behind his back. At this time, Zhu Gaosui was wearing a python robe. His whole body had got rid of the deer-headed and rat-eyed aura that he had in Nanjing. Instead, he had the vicissitudes of life after the ravages of time.
He sighed, raised his head slightly, and said word by word: "For the foundation of our Zhao country, I must treat the virtuous and corporal in order to attract the world's talents to show my grand ambitions in our Zhao country."
Xie Zhencheng said: "Then I will go and report to Liu Baihu now."
"return."
Xie Zhencheng retracted his foot that was about to step out, and stopped to look at Zhu Gaosui.
Zhu Gaosui said: "Prepare a gift. Now we have something to ask for. Send me the tiger skin that I just peeled off."
"As commanded."
…………
A letter was sent to Honglu Temple.
Xie Jin looked very tired.
He chatted with people almost every day, especially when the imperial examination was about to take place, many scholars came to Beijing, and many of them were proud to meet Jin.
Xie Jin encouraged them a lot and encouraged them to keep studying no matter what the current situation was.
Since the imperial court promulgated new laws and regulations, started the New Deal with great fanfare, and executed a large number of so-called "rebellious parties".
Gentlemen and scholars all over the world are in the same circle, and they are spreading all kinds of worrying news to each other almost every day.
Under this situation, people's resentment and anxiety, as well as the huge pressure brought by the unknown future, have made many people breathless.
The comfort that a banner-like figure like Duke Jie brings to people is like a spring breeze, warming the hearts of the scholars.
"The imperial road leads to Qingyi, Hanhe and Tumingting. When the time comes, we can see each other and draw pictures one by one." Xie Jin smiled and continued to face the many visiting scholars: "It is at this time that the scholar's character is at its strongest.
It is important. We should not be happy, angry, or sad. We should be like bamboos, so as not to waste the teachings of the saints."
Everyone's eyes filled with tears, and some even choked up.
So, some people shook their heads secretly.
They admired Xie Jin's courage. At this juncture, he still dared to question the king in the palace.
He lost his eldest son because of his character, and was exiled to Java because he refused to bow down and risk a bright future.
But now, he still has not changed his original intention, so that every word he speaks seems to contain some unknown power.
"Follow and be taught."
"Jie Gong, I heard that many people are going to Java one after another. I wonder how they are doing?"
Xie Jin said: "Java is indeed more difficult now..."
After hearing this, everyone nodded. If Xie Jin was bragging randomly, everyone might still question it. This could be the beginning of the chapter, but it would make people admire Xie Jin's honesty.
"But Java is practicing the royal way. The sage said: If the farming season is not violated, the grain will not be enough to eat; if a few grains of rice are not entered into the pond, the fish and turtles will not be able to eat; if the ax weighs a pound of ax and enters the forest at the right time, the wood will not be enough to use the grain.
Fish and turtles cannot be eaten, and wood and wood cannot be used. This is to enable the people to maintain their health and die without regrets. To maintain their health and lose their lives without regrets is the beginning of the kingly way."
Xie Jin continued slowly: "Because of this, although it is still quite difficult here, because the King's Way is widely implemented, respect for scholars, His Royal Highness King Zhao's courtesy and virtuous corporal, and adopted a different governance method from the current Zhili New Deal, so the people are still doing well
Live and work in peace and contentment, so... although the princes have left their hometowns this time, they can still feel peaceful in their hearts. They adopt the rules of their ancestors to calm people's hearts, respect the king and repel the barbarians, and maintain the king's way..."
He narrated ramble, and everyone listened very attentively, and then they couldn't help but sigh and sigh with emotion.
People are like this. They are extremely dissatisfied with the current New Deal, so they need to create a beautiful utopia to place their spirit.
Therefore, Jie Jin has repeatedly stated that Java is indeed lacking in some areas.
But when others hear it, they automatically ignore these flaws.
So the scholars left with satisfaction, and after word of mouth spread again and again, Jie Jin's words continued to spread widely.
After entertaining this group of scholars.
Jie Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that his tongue was numb.
Then he asked the waiter: "What time is it now?"
"It's time for You..."
"This is the best time." Xie Jin said: "Let me go to inform you first. Please tell His Highness the Prince of Wuhu County that your subordinate Xie Jin will be visiting. It will be inconvenient during the day, so I have to make trouble late at night. In addition,
Get everything we have prepared ready, it’s time to meet His Highness the Prince of Wuhu!”
"Here."
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