Chapter 470: Rehousing Refugees (Page 1/1)

Zhu Linmiao's brows furrowed when she heard this, this small gang in Shaoxing City actually has thousands of subordinates! He glanced at Second Uncle Zhang and said coldly, "How long have you been in business?" The power is not small. ”

"Dare to disrupt the people, dare to hide the fire gun privately?!" Suddenly, there was a shout from the corner of the street, and then a fat man came quickly with an official robe and robe, followed by nearly a hundred officials and officials.

The man saw that although more than 100 people in front of him were wearing civilian clothes, they were all holding firearms of the same specification, and immediately guessed that they must be officers and soldiers, so he hurriedly changed his kind tone and bowed his hand to Shi Lin: "I don't know what this general is called?" ”

"The head of the Longwei military camp, Shi Lin is also."

Dragon Guard officer?! The fat man was startled when he heard this, and he was busy and seriously, "Li Jinyi, the official of Shaoxing Mansion, has seen General Shi." ”

He glanced at Second Uncle Liu and the others who were tied to the side and the sticks that were thrown all over the ground, and he already understood eighty percent in his heart, and said again: "But these blind people want to fight the general's idea?" ”

Zhu Linmiao said in a deep voice: "There are people in your Shaoxing Mansion who dare to rob the streets in broad daylight, and there are more than 1,000 accomplices, you have done a good job as an official?" ”

Li Jinyi had only seen Zhu Linmiao when the Long Wei Army drove into Shaoxing City, where could he still remember it at this time. But when he saw that Shi Lin was still standing half a step behind the talking son, he knew that this person's identity must be unusual.

Pushing officials is the responsibility of being in charge of a government prison, and when there are gangsters robbing officers in the jurisdiction, he naturally cannot escape the blame.

He shook his hands, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and then summoned a small official behind him, pointed at Second Uncle Zhang and others and asked in a low voice, and then hurriedly said to Zhu Linmiao: "This ...... Ah, my lord, you don't know, but these people are not the people who do evil consistently. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded, "Go on." He was also wondering, if these thousands of people robbed the road all day long, Shaoxing City would have been in chaos a long time ago.

"They fled from Huizhou and Ningguofu, and there are also local hungry people in Shaoxing." Li Jinyi said cautiously, "These people gather in the south of the city and the suburbs on weekdays, and most of them make a living from odd jobs and coolies. It's just dragging the family with him, but when he often can't eat, he will move some crooked thoughts......"

Zhu Linmiao lowered his face and said, "Why doesn't Shaoxing Mansion take in the people?" ”

"My lord doesn't know," Li Jinyi spread his hands, "Zhejiang has been plagued by wars for a long time, the city is still fine, and many people outside the city have been looted by thieves, and the people have been displaced, and there are at least fifty or sixty thousand refugees gathered near Shaoxing alone." The people of Futai have repeatedly asked people to give relief and settle the blockage, but they have no choice but to have limited manpower, money and food, and it is always difficult to ...... comprehensively."

Fifty or sixty thousand refugees? Zhu Linmiao's heart tightened, if these people are not handled well, they will become Li Zicheng's second in minutes!

He also knew that Shaoxing Mansion would definitely not be able to take out much silver to settle these people, so he sighed lightly, raised his hand and said, "Take me to the south of the city to have a look." ”

"The subordinate obeys."

The place where Zhu Linmiao encountered the robbery was not far from the south of the city, otherwise Second Uncle Zhang would not have been able to recruit people so quickly. Before he could reach the place where the refugees gathered, he smelled a foul smell coming from afar.

When he arrived, he was even more struck by the sight of a wasteland in the middle of the city, thatched with tree branches, and beneath which sat or lay scrawny, glazed-eyed hungry people, as if the whole world had nothing to do with them.

"Dad, I'm hungry! I want to eat brown rice! ”

Zhu Linmiao was awakened by the cries of a toddler not far away, and he turned his head to see that the child's arms and legs were as thin as matchsticks, just like the African refugees he had seen on TV before.

Li Jinyi leaned forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, there are only four or five thousand people in this city, and the situation is quite good. Those outside the city are even more ......."

Behind him, there was a rustling of footsteps, and a person got off the sedan chair sweating profusely, and raised his eyes to look around, it was Fan Jun, the prefect of Shaoxing, who learned that the refugees had robbed the Long Weijun, and hurriedly came to inquire about the situation.

He was startled when he saw the young man talking to Li Jinyi from a distance. As the leader of Shaoxing Mansion, he has seen the auxiliary king several times, and he knows it.

He came at a trot, bowed his head, "The lower official has seen ......"

Zhu Linmiao stretched out his hand to hold him, and shook his head again, "Master Fan doesn't need to be polite. ”

Fan Jun glanced at the refugees in the distance, and his heart jumped, don't His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King be bumped by the refugees?! He panicked and wanted to kneel again, "This, the lower official is guilty, the lower official is ......"

Zhu Linmiao hugged him and said, "Master Fan, I know you can't do it, I don't blame you this time." Are there 50,000 or 60,000 refugees here? ”

"Yes, yes, when there are more than fifty thousand."

Zhu Linmiao nodded, "I will allocate you 50,000 taels of silver, and you will find a way to properly resettle the refugees, and you must not let Shaoxing cause chaos." ”

"The lower officer obeyed. The lower officials thanked the people for their ...... My lord. ”

Mu Zhiqing whispered a few more words to Zhu Linmiao, who continued: "By the way, the cost of blocking the refugees is reported to the political envoy and the yamen every day, and if half of the money is spent elsewhere, it will not be spared." ”

"Yes, the subordinate obeys."

After such a show, Zhu Linmiao is no longer in the mood to go shopping. So the group returned to the original Lu Palace, surrounded by more than 100 Longwei soldiers and a large number of servants.

On the carriage arranged by Fan Jun, Mu Zhiqing saw Zhu Linmiao frowning for a long time and was silent, patted the back of his hand, and sighed: "Under the war, it is always the people of Li who suffer the most. His Royal Highness has done his best for the country's social affairs, but he should not worry too much. ”

Zhu Linmiao nodded silently, "I don't know how long these 50,000 taels can last." ”

"Your Highness, I have brought some silver here, or ......"

Zhu Linmiao shook her head, "Relief alone is not a long-term solution. His gaze suddenly became resolute, "I originally planned to wait until after the Northern Expedition, but now it seems that the 'Huangzhuang Contracting System' must be implemented early." ”

"Huangzhuang? Contracted? Mu Zhiqing said with big eyes flashing and puzzled.

"Oh, this is a key step in my planning for 'land reform'." Zhu Linmiao then explained to her in detail the Ming version of the "household contract responsibility system", "...... That's pretty much it. All my Ming people, each household with less than two acres of cultivated land, can apply for 'contracting' the land of the local Huangzhuang. Unless they buy the land for themselves or give it up for some reason, they can continue to cultivate the contracted land. ”

"His Highness said, 'Those who have paid enough to the Son of Heaven are all their own'?"

"Oh, that's true." Zhu Linmiao said with a smile, "In the future, the grain will not be paid according to the harvest, but according to the degree of fertility, ten to fifteen catties of brown rice or twenty to thirty catties of potatoes and sweet potatoes per mu." The rest, whether in the court or in the locality, are no longer allowed to levy. It's 'all your own'. ”

He added: "Of course, in the event of natural and man-made disasters, the part of the payment to the Son of Heaven will also be reduced. ”

Mu Zhiqing nodded contemplatively, "In this way, any hungry person can get a piece of land, and since life is settled, how can the world be unstable." ”

(End of chapter)

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