Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 606
With the sound of firecrackers a year old, the spring breeze sent warmth to Tusu.

In a blink of an eye, it was the first month of the third year of Zhaowu.

After the eighth day of the lunar new year, all government offices have been opened. As for shops, restaurants, teahouses, etc., many of them are not closed during the Chinese New Year.

During the middle and late period of the first lunar month, the common people are relatively idle, and they are not completely separated from the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year. It is the time when the market is the busiest.

In the morning, Bian Yujing was reading a newspaper in the courtyard.

Not Da Ming Pao, but other newspapers.

In the past, she almost only read the Ming Pao, because other wild newspapers basically copied the content of the Da Ming Pao, and there were no new articles.

However, since the imperial court rectified the newspaper industry, private newspapers and periodicals have not only become more standardized, but their content has also become more and more abundant.

Under such circumstances, better vernacular articles appeared in various newspapers and periodicals.

As a Chinese teacher, Bian Yujing knew very well that vernacular writing was the trend of future literature development, at least it was advocated by the imperial court, so she paid great attention to the improvement of her vernacular proficiency.

It's a pity that apart from some vernacular novels in Ming Dynasty, there are only vernacular articles in newspapers and periodicals.

Usually teaching at school, she only has enough time to read a few newspapers and periodicals such as Daming News and Beijing News. Now that it is winter vacation, she has time to read other newspapers and periodicals.

"Recently, the Gudan section of the Nanjing-Shanghai Railway has finally been completed and will soon be put into trial operation."

"My first railway in the south of the Yangtze River is about to be partially opened, and it will run ahead of schedule!"

She even read several newspapers, all of which had news reports about the upcoming opening of the Gudan Railway.

The so-called Gu-Dan Railway refers to the railway from Taiping Prefecture to Gushu, from Caishiji to Zhenjiang Prefecture to Dantu.

Although Bian Yujing saw the train running in the photo of "Da Ming Pao" last year, it was just a photo after all.Thinking of being able to see railways and trains with her own eyes now, and even have the opportunity to ride in the near future, she is also full of expectations.

"Sister, the theater troupe from the art troupe has set up a new play near our street. It's free. Let's go and see it too?" Bian Yulou said happily when he walked in.

"Really? Then I'll change clothes and go."

After speaking, Bian Yujing entered the room.

Bian Yujing had heard about the art troupe of the imperial court for a long time last year, and it was said that it specially compiled and performed new plays to promote the imperial court's policies.

When I first came out last year, I had been going to the countryside with the propaganda team, and in the end I spent a long time doing propaganda in other prefectures in Nanzhili.Therefore, although Bian Yujing heard a lot that the new play of the Art Troupe was good, he had never seen it.

Later, the imperial court built a theater in Nanjing, and people could buy tickets to watch it.

Unexpectedly, there are so many people who want to watch that it is hard to get a ticket.Although Bian Yujing had a lot of contacts in the past, he didn't want to ask for help for trivial matters, so he never went to the theater.

Since people from the Today Art Troupe came to perform for free, of course she wanted to see what the new play was all about.

Back in the house, Bian Yujing changed her underwear into an old-fashioned bellyband, and then changed into a woman's Confucian dress.

Although it has been worn for more than two months, Bian Yujing still can't help but blush every time he sees the underwear that is said to be designed by His Majesty with reference to the clothes of women in the "Fairyland".

Because the beauty of the female body outline displayed by this underwear is completely different from the subtle beauty that women of the Ming Dynasty are used to.If it weren't for the fact that wearing this underwear every day can help maintain a woman's body, I am afraid that no woman would wear it.

In fact, even now, compared with the sanitary napkins and underpants of Nanjing Underwear Factory, the sales volume of this underwear that replaces bellybands is quite small.

Bian Yujing chose to buy some to wear with her sister out of trust in the emperor and support for the court.

But I only dare to wear it when I am at home on vacation. If I go outside, I must change it back to the apron...
After going out, the Bian sisters soon came near the stage.

This is a relatively open place nearby, and there are usually many people setting up stalls here.Now there is a makeshift stage in the middle of the field.

The play has not yet started, but many people have gathered around, and many patrolmen are maintaining order.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were not too many people, the sisters of the Bian family found a place dozens of steps away from the stage and waited patiently.

During this time, after hearing some people's comments, the two of them knew that it was a newcomer troupe under the art troupe who came here to perform for free.

It turns out that there are quite a few troupes under the Daming Art Troupe, among which the more famous troupes are those that started performing new plays last year. It is said that some of the Hongjiaoer's names are no longer comparable to those of some famous folk troupes. Up and down.

As for the rookie troupe, as the name suggests, basically all the performers are newcomers, and their acting skills must not be as skilled and good-looking as those "old people".

Having said that, the people around are still full of expectations for the next performance—don't care about newcomers or old people, it's the first time for them to watch it, and they all find it fresh.

Bian Yujing waited for about half an hour, and the new play finally started...
The free performance near the street where the Bian sisters lived included a total of three plays, all of which were model new plays for political propaganda.

The first one is called "Field Tax Reform: The People of Datian Village Come to Happiness after Hardships".

It talks about the changes in the living conditions and spiritual outlook of the people in Datian Village before and after the implementation of the Daming Land Tax Reform.

The fields in this Datian village were originally distributed equally to the local people when the Ming Dynasty founded the country.

But later one of the family, surnamed Huang, made a fortune in business, and began to buy and sell their land at a low price while other villagers were out of reach during the disaster year.

Later, the Huang family occasionally had one or two scholars, and even recruited people. They had official support and some tax-free privileges.

In the end, the tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Datian Village belonged to the Huang family.

At the beginning, the Huang family treated the tenants in the same village pretty well, but later on they became more and more harsh and vicious, even threatening to stop renting the land, bullying men and women, and charging almost [-]% of the rent.

Although the land in Datian Village is fertile, most of the villagers except Huang's family have been living in hunger, on the verge of life and death.

In this regard, the Huang family was also called Huang Dashan by the ten miles and eight towns because of the construction of bridges and roads and the response of the court to help the villagers in the year of famine.

In fact, the roads and bridges were built to make it easier for the Huang family to come and go, and the people in the village were used as servants, and the Huang family didn't pay much.

The disaster relief was only a superficial effort for two days-the food in the granary at home was about to rot, but he told the villagers that his family had no food.

After experiencing the natural disasters in the years after Chongzhen, Emperor Zhaowu ascended the throne, and the people's good days finally came.

With the reform of land tax, the Commissioner of Qingzhang went to the countryside, and started a battle of wits and courage with the landlord Huang's family.

Because the villagers were deceived by the Huang family, they had distrust and hostility towards Commissioner Qingzhang at first, but finally they were moved by Commissioner Qingzhang's various friendly behaviors, changed their attitudes, and gradually sided with Commissioner Qingzhang to deal with the Huang family with them.

In the end, Commissioner Qingzhang not only measured the land in Datian Village, but also obtained a series of evidence that the Huang family oppressed the people and even committed crimes.

As a result, not only the land occupied by the Huang family through various illegal means was returned to the common people, but even the land it bought through legal means was confiscated by the court, turned into official land, and re-leased to the common people for farming.

The rent of official land is only [-]%, and the land tax set by Emperor Zhaowu is very low. Even for Shangtian, he only needs to pay half a stone field tax per mu.

In addition, while clearing the fields, the team of Qingzhang commissioners promoted the excellent grain seeds brought by Emperor Zhaowu, and led the people to dredge the ditches. In the autumn of that year, the people of Datian Village could say that every household had a bumper harvest. overflowed.

In the last scene, the people of Datian Village were happily slaughtering pigs to prepare for the new year, a festive scene where the whole village was happy.

Although the people who watched the play were all urban residents, and few of them had farming experience, but because this new play has enough foreshadowing and the acting is very real, many people have a magical feeling of being in the scene and even being incarnated in it. .

In the middle, I saw that the people of Datian Village were deceived by the big landlord Huang Shiren and opposed the Commissioner Qingzhang. Many people were so angry that they cursed at others, some scolded Huang Shiren, and some simply scolded the villagers for being stupid.

When they saw that Huang Shiren was going to use beautiful women to seduce and frame him in order to deal with Commissioner Qingzhang, many people were sweating.

However, seeing that Commissioner Qingzhang was reminded by a well-meaning villager, he was not caught in the trap, and instead used Huang Shiren's tricks to take advantage of him. The audience couldn't help cheering happily, and praised the villager who reminded the commissioner.

At the end of the day, the people in Datian Village all got the fields and a bumper harvest, and there was more food to eat. It was a happy scene, and the audience was also full of happy smiles...
Bian Yujing came from an official family, and later fell into prostitution, and had no sympathy for the life of rural people.

But after watching this play, she was moved as emotionally as everyone else.

When she finally came to her senses, she couldn't help thinking to herself: Is this the new drama of the Imperial Art Troupe?It's amazing!
　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)