Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 281
When Yu Tiao heard this, his expression was a little uncomfortable, but because there were still guests at the table, even if he was dissatisfied, he didn't dare to refute. Don’t dare to take any trace of injustice, and never dare to harm my family’s reputation.”

Wen Qiao was also a little embarrassed by Yu Liang's words, but when the two of them got acquainted with Yu Wei, he also knew that Yu Liang's nature had always been like this, so he didn't mind it.But this topic was brought up by him, and he always had to mention a few words of defense, so as not to make the atmosphere too tense. After a moment of pondering, he laughed and said: "Although the cargo colonization is the end of the people's livelihood, it can even out the surplus and the deficiency. The preface is longer than this way, if it can be established and destroyed in one place, it is not inferior to the choice of herdsmen."

Yu Tiao gave him a grateful look, and then said: "Yes, big brother. I know that I must be diligent in doing things for the government. If I force myself to do this, it will only hurt my reputation and reputation. If I neglect the government, I will hurt the people That is the serious crime. Besides, there are many people in my family who are in charge, and my elder brother has the important task of assisting the government. Living in the wild is unworthy, and it is also a duty that should be strictly abided by."

When Yu Liang heard this, his expression gradually softened.Regarding Yu Tiao's management of merchants in Jingkou, he actually has no objection in his heart.Yu Tiao's temperament is not lacking in impetuosity. If he really wants to force himself into an official position, or distract himself from taking care of him, it is not beautiful.Besides, just as Yu Tiao said, his family has already become a trend of material discussion, if it is really full of importance, it will inevitably make people pay more attention.

Because of this, Yu Yi, the youngest brother, had reached the age of becoming an official, but Yu Liang hadn't arranged any specific tasks for him, but wanted to suppress him and take care of him for a few years.Even his son Yu Bin, if it wasn't for worrying about the emperor's studies, Yu Liang would not have planned to let him be an official.

Even so, Yu Liang still couldn't help beating Yu Tiao. In addition to Yu Tiao's uneasy temper for a long time, there was also the shadow brought by the Yin Jue earlier.But in the final analysis, the most important thing is that Yu Liang can't get used to Yu Tiao's being too close to the Shen family.Especially seeing Shen Zhezi's many operations in the capital, but he has no suitable means to suppress him, this feeling of dissatisfaction is even stronger.

Yu Tiao also knew that his elder brother had been prejudiced against him for a long time, and this time he returned to the capital, he planned to speak with facts. Seeing that his elder brother's demeanor eased, he quickly waved his hand to his servants to present a batch of files, and said with a smile: "This time when you return Du, I’m going to introduce the recent situation of Jingkou to my elder brother. Thanks to the business alliance and the combination of Yin and Jue, the scenery of that town is quite different now..."

The changes in Jingkou in recent years are obvious, and Yu Tiao is well prepared and talks freely.He was used to the atmosphere of communicating with people in Jingkou, and he didn't have too many function words when he opened his mouth, just listing accurate data directly.The data that best demonstrates the prosperity of Jingkou, first, is the transaction volume of goods. The rice and grain alone is about 50 hu.The second is that there are now 5 civil servants in Jingkou that can be tested!

As Yu Tiao's explanation became more and more in-depth, Wen Qiao gradually became fascinated by it. Yu Tiao uttered those huge numbers one by one, and almost every item gave Wen Qiao a great shock.Not to mention anything else, just the [-] registered husbands made Wen Qiao click his tongue.

He has governed Jiangzhou for several years, and he has a deep feeling for the current shortage of manpower.Although a large number of refugees are moving southward nowadays, it is difficult to completely convert them into a labor force that can be put into production.On the one hand, these refugees are difficult to control and feel uneasy, and on the other hand, the clan affiliation among the refugees themselves resists the government's tough resettlement, and on the other hand, the locals resist the resettlement of the refugees.This is only due to personnel reasons. As for the lack of arable land, farm tools, and food, it is even more difficult to do.

Jiangzhou is a large state in the east of the Yangtze River, second only to Sanwu, an important grain-producing area. When Wen Qiao's predecessor Ying Zhan was in office, he advocated the official village to resettle the refugees, and he had already left Wen Qiao with a decent foundation.Since he took office, he has also pushed this matter hard. The state government, including counties and counties at all levels, has only between [-] and [-] households in the village. This includes many mountain tribes who have been naturalized by the whole family. Further, it has been extremely difficult.

The registered civilian husbands mentioned by Yu Tiao are all laborers in their prime of life, and behind each of them is a family of several people.In other words, the resettlement and control of the refugees in Jingkou alone has almost reached the level of the hard work of the two governors of Jiangzhou for several years!
In addition, what surprised Wen Qiao even more was that the statistics of the total number of refugees in Jingkou and its surrounding areas in Yutiao's data not only yielded a total of nearly 20 households, but the number was accurate to the order of thousands.If this number is not fabricated randomly but has a definite statistical channel, then this Yinjue's control over Jingkou is too strong.

You must know that the migration of refugees to the south is not a collective migration under the control of the government, but a spontaneous movement of each household to avoid disaster.Among them, there are many people who are occupied by powerful and powerful families. In the early years, the imperial court carried out several small-scale land raids, but they were often only superficial because they could not grasp the specific situation of the refugees, and it was difficult to carry out in-depth.Because this is related to the vital interests of everyone, even high-ranking officials in Taiwan Province will not cooperate with this.

Wen Qiao was surprised by this, but also because he didn't have a deep understanding of the situation in Jingkou.Nowadays, the way of establishing a family in the vicinity of Jingkou is not the normal state of the family manors in the past, and the collection of goods by merchants accounts for a large proportion.As long as there is economic behavior, even without the guidance of a mature and systematic financial concept, capital tends to be an economic behavior with high returns and high profits.

Today's Jingkou is a goods distribution center covering most of Jiangdong, where all kinds of products are gathered here, and they can get whatever they ask for. In the past, the self-sufficient way of living and relying on self-production for expenses has increased the cost.In particular, there is not much ready-made arable land near Jingkou itself, which further reduces the enthusiasm of various families for reclaiming wasteland.

Manor farming is the most important use of shady population, but manor farming itself has already declined in Jingkou, so Dingkou, which was previously shady, became a burden and burden when it could not be put into production.So now in Jingkou, there is gradually a trend of dismissing shady households, and a large number of shady households are spontaneously squeezed out by aristocratic families.

Yinjue now covers the entire Jingkou area, without any strong means at all, and can naturally grasp the data of these new populations.This part of the shady households who were squeezed out by the aristocratic family, on the one hand, moved south to Kuaiji, which is a sparsely populated center of Wuzhong, on the other hand, they lived near Jingkou and resettled. The business alliance came forward to organize large-scale cultivation and production, and provided various Trading products.

Such profound changes were all completed without any strong official intervention in Jingkou itself, and it is still heating up.Except for Yu Tiao's deep involvement in it, those who have seen it with his own eyes and done it himself, it is really difficult for outsiders to understand what kind of state Jingkou is today.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Yu Tiao dared to go against his elder brother's wishes, because he knew very well that one of the most important foundations for the prosperity of Jingkou today is the Wuzhong Business Alliance led by the Shen family.Nowadays, the overseas Chinese in Jingkou have adapted to this way of life. Whoever wants to destroy everything in front of them is undoubtedly standing on the opposite side of them, and everyone is an enemy!

Different from Wen Qiao's pure emotion, Yu Liang was more deeply vigilant when he heard Yu Tiao's talk about the current situation in Jingkou.Although he never gave up his attention to Jingkou, and repeatedly dispatched officials to Jingkou to inspect and encourage farming, he really didn't know much about the real situation in Jingkou.

Especially when he heard that among the many goods transactions in Jingkou, the rice and grain transactions that are related to the people's livelihood are as many as hundreds of thousands of dendrobium per month, Yu Liang was even more frightened.In the past few years, there has been no war in Jiangdong, and the taxes of all parties have been paid in time. After several years of accumulation, the grain storage in the Duzhong treasury is now only more than 30 hu, which is actually worse than the transaction volume of Jingkou in January. far!

In other words, if one day the food roads in the four directions are cut off, if the imperial court wants to maintain the stability of the situation in Jingkou, it must bear such a large food gap!And the food in the hands of the imperial court is not even enough to last for a month!
Thinking of or facing such a horrible situation, Yu Liang felt his hands and feet were cold. This is a problem that the current imperial court can't solve at all!
In fact, what Yu Liang thought was too pessimistic. The volume of goods traded in Jingkou is indeed huge, but it also fluctuated with the situation of water transportation.The data that Yu Tiao said is the most prosperous month of the year. If you look at it on average for a year, the data will drop.Moreover, although Jingkou's manor economic color is gradually fading, after all, it has the foundation of the past ten years, coupled with the large-scale land reclamation and operation in recent years, it can meet part of the demand.

Moreover, the greatest demand for goods such as rice and grain is not in Jingkou, but between Jiangbei and Huaisi.It is at the forefront of the north-south confrontation, with frequent wars and severe production damage. In order to maintain the situation, many refugee commanders often purchase food in Jiangdong.

These vagrants are the most popular customers of those merchants in Jingkou. Regardless of the large purchase volume, they don't care about minor issues, but they only want to deliver on time and in full.There are tens of thousands of civilians around Jingkou, and at least 1 people have been serving these people for a long time.The refugee commander had sufficient supplies, and at the same time, in order to pay for these orders, he also harassed and plundered between Qing and Xu, which became a more stable barrier for Jingkou.

Some of these factors have been considered by Yu Liang, while others have been subconsciously ignored.Generally speaking, although Jingkou is prosperous today, it is contrary to his ruling philosophy, and this situation cannot be maintained for a long time.Now that the people have already accumulated some wealth and savings, on such a basis, it will be more effective to stop business and return farming, and at the same time, it can solve many hidden dangers.

After pondering for a while, Yu Liang put the dossiers on the case, looked at Yu Tiao with ease, and said: "It seems that you are not wasting your time in Jingkou, you already have a lot of money. How about this, when you go back to Jingkou later, finish handling the things I entrusted to you, and then return to the capital and temporarily serve as the treasurer in the Shaofu, it will be considered useful.” In his view, after all, it is necessary to National use is the right way.

When Yu Tiao heard the first half, his face was still happy, thinking that the elder brother was finally moved by the facts and changed his mind, but when he heard the second half, his mood suddenly sank.He was silent for a long time, and said in a deep voice in the banquet: "Brother's fate, forgive me. The prosperity of Jingkou today is the hard work of me and my colleagues, and it must not be destroyed by my hands!"

"Can you say that again!"

After Yu Liang heard the words, his complexion suddenly sank. He really didn't expect Yu Tiao to dare to reject his wishes so directly.

Yu Tiao subconsciously lowered his head to avoid the majestic gaze of his elder brother, but after a while, the dissatisfaction accumulated in his bosom gradually spread, he suddenly stood up from the table, and said loudly: "It's the same ten times! Brother, I am no longer In the past, the boy who needed to be reminded of everything, had his own strategy for people and things. Or his behavior was contrary to the expectations of the elder brother, but he was lucky enough to make achievements. It can be seen that he is not useless. Brother, you have always been strict and careful, and you will not allow small dirt. This is the virtue of a sage, very people can emulate it, why bother to make all the brothers become the only ones who have lost everyone!"

"presumptuous!"

Hearing Yu Tiao call himself an only husband, Yu Liang was even more ashamed and annoyed. He also stood up from the table, and his fingers holding Tong Ruyi turned pale even more.

Yu Tiao looked directly at his elder brother's extremely angry gaze, slowly knelt on the ground, and said in a deep voice, "Your words are stuck in your throat, so you can't spit them out quickly. Elder brother taught me that as an adult, I shouldn't speak harshly in the face. However, today's elder brother wants to Evil words are hard to come by. Ziyu and Zaiyu, whom all saints have lost, are not close relatives and accusers, who else would they hear about? Big brother, manpower is limited, if you blindly walk alone in the world, it will be difficult for long!"

"Get out!"

Yu Liang raised the copper Ruyi in his hand as a gesture to strike, but Xi Zhongwen Qiao hurriedly stood up and stretched his arms to stop him. He slammed Ruyi on the table, pointed at Yu Tiao and shouted sternly.

(End of this chapter)