The brothers were talking and the carriage arrived at the city gate.
Outside the city gate, there are many simple and dilapidated tents.
Brother Si opened the car curtain and took a few glances, his face a little heavy.
When the fifth elder brother and the ninth elder brother saw it, they were a little curious and leaned forward to look over.
Not far from the city gate, there were many figures in ragged clothes.
The fifth elder brother asked: "What's going on? When I left the capital in the morning, I didn't remember anyone under the city wall?"
Brother Si said: "They must have been expelled by Shuntian Prefecture. These are the victims of the disaster in Baoding Prefecture and Gyeonggi Province."
The fifth elder brother shivered and said, "Although I haven't entered the ninth lunar month, it's still freezing. I'm just staying outside. Can you survive it?"
The fourth elder brother said: "Shuntian Mansion gives out porridge every morning and evening."
The fifth elder brother shook his head.
Where is the solution? Isn't this just letting more people gather outside the capital?
Brother Jiu frowned and said, "Why did you come out to escape at this time? Shouldn't you come out next year when there is no work?"
The fourth elder brother glanced at the ninth elder brother and saw that he really thought this way, and said: "If you don't come out this winter, what will you eat?"
Brother Jiu said: "Although there has been a disaster, not all the land has lost its harvest. Even if it has lost its harvest, can't we still replant some cabbage or something like that?"
The fourth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and said: "Most of the people who came out to flee the famine were families without land, or those whose land was barren and unable to replant or replant after the disaster..."
Brother Jiu thought of the dried potatoes prepared by Gao Bin in Xianghe, which were prepared to help the people affected by the disaster next spring when food is insufficient, and said: "What do parents do in that place? They have already suffered a disaster, and there is no response at all? Xianghe is also
If there is a disaster, Gao Bin will be well prepared."
Si Age has been on duty for many years and is aware of many local disadvantages. He said: "Gao Bin is very rare. When many magistrates and counties encounter disasters, they usually point to the imperial government for tax exemptions and rely on the imperial government's official warehouses to provide relief."
Brother Jiu hummed and said: "Those bookworms who came out of the imperial examination and went down to become officials are afraid of people. They have been studying since they can remember. All their knowledge and knowledge came from books. They learned to be officials. In the officialdom
How can you know the real people's livelihood economy with the knowledge sent by the emperor? All the general affairs are entirely dependent on the masters, the money and grain masters and the criminal masters. The masters work as aides and come here for money. These few people are in charge of a county.
Land, whether it is good or bad, it all depends on your conscience."
The fifth elder brother was listening, and felt that what the ninth elder brother said was correct, and said: "Anyway, I don't like those scholars. They are just talking nonsense, and they are mostly useless snacks."
They still love the ranking of scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, and consciously feel superior to others, but they don't think about it. Farmers, industry and merchants can all support themselves. Only scholars and scholars rely on their family support. After becoming an official, they are supported by the common people.
Brother Jiu said: "There are also those who have high ambitions and work well, but most of them go there for the money. The salary from the court is low, and it is difficult to support themselves without scrapping the land. They are all county lords. They use the money from their staff to support the sedan chair."
How can you get enough money, plus support for your family, and an annual salary of dozens of taels of money? After purchasing official uniforms for the four seasons, you will have half a year's salary..."
The fifth elder brother was puzzled: "If there is no Bing Jing, how about Tan Jing?"
The salary of Beijing officials is the same as that of local officials, but in addition to the regular salary, "Bingjing", "Tanjing" and "Nianjing" are the big ones.
Brother Si explained: "These are the rules of the ministry, there is no such thing outside."
No matter what kind of tribute, this money is paid filial piety by the governor's yamen in other places, and the filial piety is paid to the relevant ministries, mainly the household department, the staff department and the war department yamen, and less to the other three departments.
The fifth elder brother said kindly: "If you only have a regular salary, the money is really not enough."
Brother Jiu said: "Fifth brother, the seventh-grade magistrate is a sesame official in the capital, but when he gets to the county seat, he is a local emperor. How can he be short of money? Don't worry about them. You really have to be stupid and don't know how to make money.
Soon, I will stop being a county magistrate..."
The fourth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and said, "It's rare that you can think of this."
Brother Jiu said: "The 'Three Festivals and Two Lives' are placed there. If this custom does not change, there will be no innocent people from top to bottom. The money and filial piety, in the final analysis, come from the hands of the people...
...The exception is the Ministry of Internal Affairs. What is scraped up and down in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is not the blood and sweat of the people, but the private treasury of Khan Amma..."
The brothers were talking and the carriage entered the city gate.
After returning to the city, Brother Jiu ordered the coachman to go to Wubeile Mansion first, and he happened to be on the way.
Already at the meal, the fifth elder brother got out of the carriage and said, "How about you eat before going back?"
Fourth brother shook his head.
Brother Jiu also waved his hand and said: "No, since Khan Ama has spoken, you should just be a vegetarian. Can Dongzicai be picked up? If not, send someone to our house to let us know."
The princes all had villas in Xiaotangshan, and they all followed suit and built greenhouses.
The fifth elder brother said: "That's enough. I also have more than twenty greenhouses."
Although he prefers to eat meat, he also knows that Dongzi dishes are delicious in winter.
Not only does he need it for his own family, but he also wants to honor the palace.
After hearing this, the ninth elder brother said nothing more and left with the fourth elder brother.
There were only two brothers left, and Brother Ninth remembered something and said, "Brother Thirteen's errand has been handed over? No need to go to Xishan anymore?"
Brother Si nodded and said: "One with iron powder, one with cinder, and one without either. Three formulas have been tried. Now all three kilns are firing. The Nancheng ditch will be repaired in the spring of next year..."
As for the river, we dare not directly carry out large-scale projects, and we have to start with small projects.
Brother Jiu was surprised and said: "Why don't you build the inner city first?"
Si Age said: "The terrain of the capital city is high in the north and low in the south, and the south city needs smooth drainage."
After asking this question, the ninth elder brother lost interest. He remembered what the fifth elder brother said about the money in Khalkha, and said regretfully: "Hey, the flood has delayed the official plan of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to cook pots. Otherwise, now the liquor making
It’s all out, and it’s just right for promotion among foreign officials..."
The Zhili region has always suffered from droughts nine times out of ten years. Except for the Yongding River Basin, where floods occur from time to time, droughts are the main problem in other places.
There have been heavy rains this year and the Yongding River has overflowed. However, areas outside the Yongding River Basin have actually had a good year.
It is a pity that no matter how good the year is, there is no possibility of using grain to make wine.
There are many places in various prefectures in Zhili Province that prohibit hot pot cooking.
Before corn and potatoes were popularized, there was no chance of official cooking pot.
The fourth elder brother looked at the ninth elder brother and said: "It's okay to pay back the corn. If we promote potatoes, the quantity will be limited. It is not appropriate to occupy cultivated land."
Brother Jiu asked: "What about opening up wasteland? Plant this before the ground matures?"
Si Age said: "The people still cannot have enough food and clothing, and there is no surplus grain in the official warehouse. If corn can be promoted, the yield is higher than that of millet, and the official warehouse will be abundant, then the people will be able to avoid famine if another disaster occurs."
Brother Jiu understood what he meant. The official roast pot was not as important as imagined.
He nodded and said: "I understand, then we will wait until corn is popularized, and when the people have surplus grain in their hands, everything will be fine. There is a big difference between Zhili and Jiangnan..."
Poor mountains and harsh waters bring out unruly people.
He hoped that Zhili would become rich soon and the capital would become the most prosperous place.
When the carriage arrived at the gate of Sibeile Mansion, the fourth elder brother got off the carriage, and the ninth elder brother returned to the mansion by himself.
After getting off the carriage, he remembered one thing. He had not yet told Twelve Fujin that his elder brother would not come back.
Be sure to send bedding and a change of clothes.
I just want to send a message to the female family members, but it's not good for him, the eldest brother, to come forward.
When they got to the main room, Brother Jiu told Shu Shu about the matter.
Shu Shu ordered Sun Jin to go with Chun Lin, pick up the luggage of the twelfth prince, and send it to Nanyuan.
Both of them have palace cards, but they can only enter and exit the front court, and cannot enter and exit the inner court at will. However, they can register at Shenwumen and ask someone to send a message to the elder brother to ask the eunuch in charge of the fifth house to come out.
The two of them took the post from the Ninth Prince's Mansion and went down with their errands...
Brother Jiu told Shu Shu about the refugees outside the city gate of Nancheng.
"It looks like there are hundreds of people..."
Brother Jiu said: "If we don't disperse now, people will freeze to death after the winter solstice..."
Shu Shu listened and said: "Don't people need road guidance when they go out for hundreds of miles? Are these the victims of the disaster within a hundred miles?"
Brother Jiu said: "It should be so, but I think about it, some of them really have no way to escape from the famine, some probably just want to save food rations for their families and escape from the famine, and some are just ruffians and so on, just to make up the numbers..."
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