Let's say that Jun Qianyu was ordered to resettle the displaced people, this kind of thing actually happens every few years, the scale is large or small, and the eldest prince and the second prince were ordered to do such an errand back then.

However, whether it was the appeasement of the eldest prince or the direct suppression by force of the second prince, he felt that it was too extreme, and there were many problems left behind, this time he wanted to try to use another method, but he didn't know if it was feasible, so he was still hesitating.

At this time, seeing that Ning Xi was concerned about this matter, he couldn't help but ask her on a whim: "In your opinion, what should you do with these homeless people?" ”

Ning Xi said: "I heard that the government has begun to arrest people, and even the prison is almost full?" However, the security of the capital still does not seem to have been fundamentally alleviated! ”

Jun Qianyu nodded: "That's right, checkpoints have also been set up at the city gate to limit the number of displaced people entering the city every day, but the number of displaced people who pour into the suburbs of the capital every day is too large, and they are all gathered outside the city gate. ”

"Since the displaced people have no food and clothing, and the court doesn't give them help?"

Jun Qianyu "snorted": "You are so bold, you dare to discuss the rights and wrongs of the court, there is naturally relief, but there are many monks and little porridge, and the gruel that can be received every day can only be maintained without starvation, and this is not a long-term solution, if these people can't find a way to make a living, the court can't support them for a lifetime." ”

Ning Xi said: "In fact, being in a foreign land is always a last resort, if possible, they still hope to be able to return to their hometown, the reason why these people come back to the capital, is also to feel that the capital is rich, it is easier to eat, if there is any work here for them to do, who does not want to make money to live properly?" As long as they survive these few months, when the disaster in their hometown subsides, they will naturally go back slowly. ”

Jun Qianyu nodded: "That's true, it's just that there are a lot of victims, and it's not easy to find so many jobs for them to do out of thin air!" Suddenly, he looked at Ning Xi with a smile, "What about you?" Do you want to go back to your hometown? ”

Ning Xi smiled calmly: "If you don't have to worry about it, naturally there is nothing to think about." ”

Jun Qianyu stood up: "I thought of a way to settle the homeless, I don't know if it's feasible, go try it, let's go!" ”

Ning Xi hurriedly sent it to the door: "Fifth Master go slowly, come back next time." ”

The displaced people in the capital were quickly resettled, and after a few days, the ragged beggars were rarely seen on the streets, and the number of ordinary people increased, and the business of the shops became better and better, and the whole capital began to slowly recover.

Ning Xi heard that these homeless people were arranged to go to the imperial mausoleum to build a mausoleum, and everyone said that this was a great good thing, but Ning Xi couldn't quite understand it, and later the well-informed Rong Daquan explained it to her.

It turned out that the emperor had begun to build mausoleums since he ascended the throne, but those migrant workers who went to repair the tombs were not paid for by paying for them, but were apportioned to the levies, and the capital was within a radius of 100 miles, whether it was a city or a village, including the capital, all within the scope of this apportionment.

To put it simply, for example, every household in the capital must send a man every year to take turns to participate in voluntary labor in the imperial tomb for a month, and the imperial court does not need to pay a penny of wages except for food.

Ning Xi was very surprised when he heard this: "Is this okay?" Is everyone willing to do that? ”

Rong Daquan didn't care: "What's this, anyway, you have to pay taxes, and if you serve servitude, you can be exempt from taxes, in fact, it's still the same." ”

"Does everybody have to pay taxes?"

"Naturally, there is a poll tax in the capital, and there is also a land tax in the countryside, and one month of conscription can be exempted from a year's tax, in fact, many people are still willing."

Ning Xi bit his fingers, it seemed that a few of them had not paid taxes in the capital for so long, could it be that they had accidentally evaded taxes? Will you be arrested and imprisoned, or it will be miserable to be arrested and sent to serve in forced labor!

Rong Daquan seemed to see her worries, and comforted her: "You have to live for more than a year to pay taxes, you have only been here for a few months, it is normal that you have not paid taxes, and at the end of the year, there will be official messengers to collect taxes, and you will pay them when the time comes." ”

Ning Xi nodded reassuringly: "But I don't usually see anyone who will serve as a servant?" You don't seem to be there either, do you? ”

"Serving in the conscription is all drudgery, and I am talking about some people who are willing to go to poor families in the countryside, and go to serve in the countryside when the farm is slack, which does not delay the family's farm work and saves a month's rations, but the people who are generally not too poor in the capital are not willing to endure this hardship, and most of them pay people to serve instead of themselves."

"I see, then why do you say that letting the displaced people build the imperial tomb is a good thing that everyone can praise?" Ning Xi still didn't understand a little.

"The imperial court ordered that the people of the capital be exempted from one year's forced labor, and the difference was all replaced by the exiles, do you think this is a good thing? Moreover, the imperial court also converted all the money that was prepared to be used for the relief of the victims this time into the wages of the displaced people who built the imperial tomb, and these displaced people only had to work for a year, and before leaving, they could receive a salary and take it back to their hometown to rebuild their homes. ”

Ning Xi clapped his hands and said, "This method is really good!" No wonder our restaurant business has been getting better again these days! "I just don't know if this method was proposed by Jun Wuye, it seems that although he is greedy for pleasure and his personal life is extravagant, he still has a good conscience!

The two were talking energetically, but they saw Meng Shuangshuang holding a plate of small fried pork in one hand and a few large steamed buns in the other, and hurriedly walked past them.

Ning Xi called out to her: "Shuangshuang, where are you going?" ”

Meng Shuang didn't reply: "I'm in a hurry to save people, I'll talk about it later." ”

Ning Xi followed out uneasily, only to see her hand the food in her hand to a woman with a child squatting in the corner of the door: "Hurry up and eat!" ”

The clothes worn by the woman and the child were extremely tattered, but the head and face were still clean, and the little boy was only about four or five years old, and when he saw the living, he went straight into his mother's arms.

The woman took the food from Meng Shuang's hands with great gratitude, and the child grabbed it with her hands and gnawed it down, clearly looking like she had not eaten for a long time and was hungry.

"What's going on?" Ning Xi walked over and asked.

The woman was startled, as if she was afraid that she would snatch the food back, she ate harder, suddenly choked, coughed a few times, Meng Shuangshuang comforted her: "Don't worry, eat slowly, no one will rob you." Only then did he turn around and explain to Ning Xi, "Just now they fainted from hunger in front of the restaurant outside, so I took something out for them to eat, don't you mind?" ”

Ning Xi frowned: "How can you give them these when you're hungry!" ”

"Huh?" Meng Shuangshuang didn't understand, "Ningxi, haven't you always been the most generous?" ”

"They haven't eaten for a long time, their stomachs are extremely weak, so many things are stuffed at once, the stomach must not be able to stand it, you should give them a bowl of meat porridge first, and slowly regulate the stomach first!"

Meng Shuangshuang smiled embarrassedly: "I didn't expect it, hey, don't eat this yet, wait a while, I'll go get some porridge." ”

"Forget it, let's go in and talk about it, what does it look like to squat here and eat." Ningxi Road.

"But they're so dirty that they have to scare our diners away."

"Then enter through the back door, and let them wash it well, I'm afraid they haven't washed it in a few days!" Saying that, Ning Xi squatted down and said to the woman, "Eldest sister, go to our house to rest and eat something!" It's right behind here. ”

The woman stood at a loss: "This, this is not very good! ”

Meng Shuangshuang pulled her and left: "It's okay, I'll just say that our Dong family is the best." By the way, you're not from the capital, are you, where are you from? Alas, I think we were penniless when we first arrived in the capital, and if it weren't for the help of well-wishers, we wouldn't be in such a good situation as we are today. ”

Brought the two back to the backyard, boiled hot water for the mother and son to wash their bodies, and ate a full meal, the woman suddenly knelt down for Ning Xi: "Please take pity on our mother and son on the streets, homeless, send kindness to take in our mother and son, I can do a lot of work, and I am not afraid of hardship, I will do whatever you ask me to do, just to have a place to stay." ”

Ning Xi hurriedly pulled her up: "Don't don't, don't kneel, I'm most afraid that others will kneel on me." Can you tell us about what you're up to? ”

The woman told Ningxi that she was also a fleeing victim, her man drowned in the flood, and all the belongings in the family were washed away by the flood, only the mother and son escaped and came to the capital with the fleeing team from the village.

After coming to the capital, I originally stayed with the people in the village, and the men in the village sometimes found a little hard work to do, and occasionally gave some food to their mother and son, although they had not eaten a full meal, after all, they could still survive.

Later, the men who could work in the same village all went to work in the imperial tomb, and their women also followed the past to live nearby, leaving her without a man, and the imperial tomb could not go, so she had to continue to stay in the capital to beg for a living, these two days were unlucky, and he never got anything, when he walked to the door of Shuangxi Tower, he smelled the aroma of food wafting from inside, and he was so hungry that he fell to the ground.

was seen by the young man who greeted the guest at the door of Shuangxi Building, and immediately sued Meng Shuangshuang, which led to the later scene.

Ning Xi sighed: "I don't know how many people like you are in this capital, my little Shuangxi Building, even if I want to take it in, how much can I take it in?" ”