Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 361

Not long after Shen Zhezi moved into Stone City, the rainy season arrived as scheduled, and the rain fell continuously. The sky was gloomy and drooping.

This kind of weather, and at the moment of suffering, will probably arouse the infinite sorrow and sadness in people's hearts.The ministers gathered in Stone City were also affected by the weather, and there was no threat of military disasters, so they gradually put boats on the riverside to chant and sing, and occasionally saw a few corpses by the riverside that had been pecked by swimming fish to clean their flesh and blood. Often there are tears of sympathy and long sighs.

But in this cloudy and rainy day, Shen Zhezi's mood improved a bit.It's not that he lacks sympathy, but that the arrival of the rainy season is closely related to farming.Now the rain is neither too early nor too late. If the war can be over before July, the planting of late rice will not be delayed.With this season of rice harvest, this year's situation will not be too difficult.

Director Wang has taken over Jiankang's government affairs, and Shen Zhezi is also advising those Taiwan officials who stayed in Stone City to return to Taicheng to perform their duties.No matter how turbulent Japan's political situation may be in the future, the situation can only be considered stable if the people are allowed to eat.Although the villagers near Jiankang have been devastated by the war in the past six months, since they survived by chance, they must hold back their grief and plan for the future.

The generals of the Hujun Mansion came to pester Shen Zhezi every day, hoping to borrow some food and grass to fight against the rebel Zhang Jian, but instead of asking for food and grass, they asked for a warrant. All were repatriated and resettled back to their hometowns.In order to accommodate these villagers Ding Zhuang who were coerced by the rebellious army to join the Suwei, Shen Zhezi went back and forth to Taicheng several times before reaching a consensus with Wang Dao and other Taiwanese ministers. People settled down, and put into production as soon as possible.

This kind of arrangement is not in line with the customary law. In the past, the imperial court often dealt with the aftermath of this by directly registering these coerced people into the army and setting up settlements.In this way, the officials who dealt with it have political achievements, and the court has increased the land and population directly under its control, and it is easy to do.The only ones who have been violated are these people, and Dingkou, a good citizen, has since become a military household.

But the current situation is a bit special. On the one hand, there is no land suitable for large-scale reclamation near Gyeonggi, and on the other hand, there is an urgent need for production to supply Gyeonggi.However, there is no precedent in the history of China and North Korea to implement the military skills to each individual, and then divide the land for them one by one. Especially for Wang Dao to accept such a plan, it is simply an impossible task, and it will provoke a lot of people objection.

Shen Zhezi's method of persuading Director Wang is also simple, just scare him.

It is an indisputable fact that the surroundings of Jiankang are now dilapidated. If they can't quickly stabilize and win people's hearts, then in the future when the empress dowager and the people from Parallel Platform return, Jiankang's current situation will not be able to bear such a huge influx of people.At that time, it is very likely that someone will take this opportunity to demand that the capital be moved, and even simply detain the empress dowager and others in Jingkou, and then discuss the move of the capital.

On the question of whether to move the capital or not, Shen Zhezi and Wang Dao have the same position, that is, the center will never be allowed to leave Jiankang!Otherwise, he would not have to be so eager to recover Jiankang, as long as he rescued the emperor.

But Director Wang was still not sure what Shen Zhezi was thinking, and the question Shen Zhezi raised really existed.He has to come up with enough reasons to refute the idea of ​​moving the capital, and the best way is undoubtedly to stabilize Gyeonggi in the shortest possible time!With such a premise, the seemingly impossible solution has become an extremely effective choice.

The quickest way to make people secure their land and enjoy farming is to give them land directly.As long as this idea is established, there is always a way to get the land out.Not to mention anything else, just the kings of Xiyang and the few kings who had undoubtedly defected to the rebels held large tracts of farmland around Gyeonggi.

Originally, these lands were supposed to be used to reward meritorious officials, but now with Shen Zhezi's instigation, Director Wang simply embezzled them directly.As for the reward in the future, it is a question that needs to be considered after it is confirmed that the capital will not be moved.

Because the counter-insurgency was coming to an end, in order to stabilize the situation as soon as possible, after making a decision, Director Wang immediately put the matter into practice.There were too few officials in the capital, so Shen Zhezi directly transferred the people from the Stone City tribe to help measure the land and clear the acres.

Shen Zhezi's enthusiastic attitude made Director Wang somewhat suspicious. Could it be that he misunderstood, this son-in-law really has no distracting thoughts and is dedicated to serving the country?But no matter what, when the news was announced, all the old guards in Duzhong were overjoyed. Not only were they exempted from the tragic fate of becoming military households, but they were able to gain land by virtue of their military exploits, which is really exciting!In this way, even if you want to stop, you can't stop!
However, this decree caused an uproar among the Taiwanese officials. In the past, it was not that the imperial court did not grant land.But not to mention that the land cut policy itself has mixed reviews, and most of the land granted by the land cut is wasteland that has been abandoned for a long time or has not been reclaimed at all.Granting fertile land on a large scale around Gyeonggi like this, and in the name of military merits, it is a bit of a challenge to the bottom line of every family.

Therefore, when the decree was promulgated, Dao Wang's place was full of guests every day, and they all advised him not to start the chaos.For some close relatives, Director Wang patiently explained why he did this, advised them to consider the overall situation and not to care about small profits for a while, and repeatedly assured that this is only a special case in an extraordinary period and will never become a routine.

But Director Wang himself knows that once this hole is opened, someone will benefit from it, and the power of example will always exist, and it may not be completely banned in the future.But what can he do?If Wang Shu could dominate the eastern battlefield, and if Xi Jian could cross the river to preside over the stage, he would not choose such a plan that is doomed to disaster.

But the problem now is that his family doesn't have enough power to stabilize the situation in the current situation. If Sanwu or Jingzhou really wants to forcefully move the capital, how can he stop it?Just one Shen Zhezi, relying on the thousands of people in his hands, can run amok in Taichung, making him unable to restrain him.If the proposal of moving the capital is really brought up in the future, he can't even imagine how many people will join it regardless of their own lives!
The only way to do it now is to be kind to the people of Suwei Township in Danyang and grasp the hearts of Suwei in the shortest time before all parties have reacted, so that people will be afraid!

Director Wang could turn a deaf ear to the voices of opposition in Taicheng, and even the gossip that satirized Director Wang for using state capital to invite people's popularity, but when Tao Kan's letter was sent to Taicheng, Director Wang had to deal with it solemnly.Tao Kan was originally the key to divide Shaanxi, but now the Jingzhou army has defeated Su Jun's main force, and his prestige has reached a peak. If he unequivocally opposes it, even if there are various reasons, Director Wang would not dare to carry out this strategy again.

After pondering for a long time, Director Wang still sent someone to Stone City to invite Shen Zhezi. During this time, he was also thinking about why Shen Zhezi was so enthusiastic about helping him. popularity.But no matter what the young man's intentions are, Director Wang doesn't intend to keep him out of the matter.

In the past few days, because of the granting of land, Shen Zhezi had more contact with Director Wang, and the relationship between them has eased, and they are no longer as estranged as before.He walked into Dao Wang's office to salute and seated, and after greeting each other for a while, Dao Wang lightly handed Tao Kan's letter over, and said with a smile in the banquet, "I actually got Tao Gong's comment when I was awarded Tian Suozheng the day before yesterday. My son-in-law wishes Do you want to take a look?"

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he understood Director Wang's intention to invite him to come here, so he didn't refuse immediately, and picked up Tao Kan's letter to read it in a hurry.There is nothing surprising about the content of the letter, Tao Kan also disagrees with this land grant, the letter is nothing more than the fact that Director Quan Wang should not act impulsively as a bad law to harm people's popularity.

Shen Zhezi didn't have any deep intentions about this military award, he just wanted to win some benefits for the innocent people in Danyang, and by the way, he brought Director Wang into it, so that the old man could bear some more material criticism.

It would be overly optimistic if it is said that some institutional revolution is to be set off by this.With the power at the hands of the rich and powerful families nowadays, Shen Zhezi knows what's going on in his own family, let alone other people's family.Although there are frequent wars nowadays, if we hope that the war will cultivate some new class of military exploits, then it is really a ghost.

The rise of the Beifu army in history was the succession of the Yu family brothers and Huan Wen, who continued for more than 20 years without interruption and disintegrated the power of the gentry in various aspects. The rebellion, and Huanxuan's usurpation of the throne finally resulted in Liu Yu's counterattack.

People at that time were opposed to granting land for military merit. Apart from the strong taste of legalist prisoners, they were more envious of the land that was about to be divided, and did not have a strong sense of class struggle.And Tao Kan objected because Wang Dao's method violated the established military merit reward system, and as the leader of Fangzhen, he had to show his attitude.

Shen Zhezi always felt that the progress of the so-called time traveler is an affirmation of the value and ability of people, rather than making a big effort to build a system.Institutions are embedded in the way of obtaining and distributing resources in the entire era. A good institution is always joined by the whole society, rather than created.Based on this cognition, he is willing to help more people strive for opportunities and platforms to display their abilities.

For example, the land rent collection system that will appear this year in history is to abolish the household survey and collect taxes according to the actual land occupied.This policy, in terms of the current situation, has greatly eased the taxation pressure of the common people, but it has passed the pressure on to the aristocratic families, because the rich families occupy more acres of land.

According to this standard, the tax that the Shen family needs to pay has increased by more than ten times!However, due to the fact that the number of fields actually reclaimed by Xiaomin's House is insufficient, the tax payable has decreased instead.It can be said that this is a good policy of robbing the rich and helping the poor.But so what?The big gentry refused to pay taxes!The accumulated tax arrears reached hundreds of thousands of hu!
In the era of Xie An, this decree had to be abolished because of the need to unite the power of the aristocratic family to resist the invasion of the former Qin Dynasty.This is a different choice in different times, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Fuzhi commented that this decree was the barnyard government of the Jin Dynasty.It's a pity that the period of validity of the Dingmin system is a bit short, less than 20 years, and Tianshi Dao has coerced a large number of people in Jiangdong to revolt, which is a bit of a face-off.

Shen Zhezi is willing to promote the granting of military merits, which is similar to Director Wang's consideration, which is to quickly stabilize the situation in Gyeonggi and win the hearts of the people by the way.Of course, his advantage over Director Wang is that Director Wang rushed to the front, while he hid behind and fought the fire.Of course, if this method can plant a seed that values ​​merit, he would be happy to see it succeed, but Shen Zhezi does not hold out hope.Because neither side in the current situation has enough courage and energy to carry it through.

Since Director Wang passed the letter to himself, Shen Zhezi decided to be a lobbyist for Director Wang after pondering for a while, and went to see Tao Kan.

　Bad government is bad government. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)