Chapter 757: Southern Tour - Guangdong Affairs

"Your Majesty, one of the problems is that the local clan is too prosperous. Your Majesty, the minister is a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, and the minister's hometown has many families and is very united, and the clan power is already very strong; After Danchen came to Guangdong, he felt that the clans in Zhejiang had no way to compare with Guangdong. ”

"The second is the homeless bully in the city. As the governor of Guangdong Province, there are many industrial and commercial people who come here to seek a living, and even some peasant households leave their land to try to get a way to come to Guangzhou. But many of these people have become homeless, destitute and unable to afford to return to their hometowns. After His Majesty issued the decree that year, the political envoys and envoys at that time also rectified the situation, and some people were sent back to their hometowns, while others were exiled. But such people from other places have stopped, and local people have emerged one after another. Especially because the clan is so prosperous here, even the police often open up to acquaintances, so it is difficult to eradicate the homeless. Some people even use their relatives and friends who are police officers to become bullies and harass the people, making the people annoyed. ”

"Third, it is a person who has been handed down for several generations and becomes a beggar and a wanderer after it is useless. His Majesty's succession to the throne has come, and the establishment of the police and the reform of the system of collecting commercial taxes have certainly enriched the imperial treasury and made the people's lives healthy, but at the same time, these administrations of His Majesty have also had some negative effects. The Tooth Men and guild people from all walks of life were affected, and many became destitute. ”

"Fourth, it is a Turkish guest fight. Your Majesty, the Turen should be the people who came to Liangguang as early as the Wei and Jin dynasties or even earlier, and the so-called Hakka people should be the people who moved to the south during the Song Dynasty. Both sides are Han Chinese, but they are incompatible, often fighting over water, fields, and ancestral hatred, and sometimes even fighting each other for no reason. ”

"And this is not the same as the fight in the minister's hometown. Although there will be fights between clans in the minister's hometown, first, they dare not use their blades, and second, as long as the battle is decided, they will stop, and they will not deliberately hurt people. The winning side gets more water, and the year is over, and the next year is played. Unlike Guangdong, hundreds of years of fighting have made them have a deep blood feud, and every time they fight with weapons, many people will be killed and injured in each village every year. ”

Yang Ren said a lot, but the main ones are the above four points, and most of the rest are supplements to these four points.

When Yang Ren spoke, the envoy kept giving him a look, wanting him to say a few words; However, although Yang Ren saw his eyes, he did not stop talking. Guangdong's yamen is not only the three of them, but also Jinyiwei, even if the three of them hide some things, the emperor can know the truth when he asks Jinyiwei. Now that Jinyiwei has no errands to arrest, interrogate, and maintain local stability, how can he hide it for them? Rather than confess to His Majesty at that time, it is better to say it all now.

Yun Xi listened to Yang Ren's words, thought for a while, and said, "I will also say them one by one." But I don't go into your order, I'll talk about the third first. Third, do you want me to postpone these reforms? ”

"Your Majesty's reform, of course, is very correct, eliminating the tooth people and guilds from going up and down between the government and the common people and ordinary businessmen, and it is beneficial to the country and the people. However, the minister thought that His Majesty should guard against impatience and implement these reforms slowly, so that not only the people could adapt, but also the people who were officials in the yamen could adapt. When the minister first came to Guangdong, most of the officials here did not understand much about His Majesty's reforms, and even with the experience of the capital and Hangzhou issued by His Majesty, they did some wrong things, and the minister had to correct them little by little. Yang Ren said.

Yun Xi actually fell into deep thought. Is it true that my reforms are too advanced, or are they too stupid?

Yun Xi didn't find an answer for the time being, and finally could only say: "Since this is the case, I will slow down the reform for the time being." However, the reforms that have already been implemented cannot be abandoned halfway and continued. "He can only be dismissed as an official, too stupid.

"But Your Majesty, now because of Your Majesty's administration, some people have no food and clothing, although these people deserve it, but in order to prevent the civil uprising, please consider it." Yang Rendao.

"You have misunderstood what I mean, what I mean is that orders that have been given cannot be withdrawn, but orders that have not yet been given can be put on hold, even if they are a follow-up to the same administration." Yoon-hee explained.

"I understand." Yang Ren said. He had misunderstood.

"The second, fourth, and one thing, I don't think it's a separate thing, but the same thing, it's all the local clan's power is too strong." Yun Xi knew that there were still clans in Guangdong until later generations, which were completely different from the clans in other places that had almost completely collapsed.

"I've also heard of the clans in the Liangguang area, and now it seems that this is mostly due to the interconnection of the three things you mentioned. Because the people who came to Guangdong earlier and the people who came later fought for various reasons all the year round, they had to form very close clans to defeat each other, so the clans were extremely prosperous; Because the clan is extremely prosperous, even with the police, it is impossible to eradicate the homeless bullies. ”

"Therefore, if you want to cure this matter once and for all, it is not enough to rely on the punishment of the government, you can only consider it from the perspective of the Tuke Fight. Now there are only more than 3 million people in Guangdong, is it not enough for them to share the land and water resources? Can they be stopped from fighting again? Yun Xi said. There is no such thing as a Tuke weapon fight in the later generations, so he has no mature way to solve it, so he can only reason slowly by himself.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not easy to solve. The Dirt Fight has been going on for hundreds of years, and it has become something ingrained in their minds. And it's not just hatred between two families, it's hatred for each other as a whole. The first emperor once moved some Hakka people from Guangdong to Guangxi, but these people who had no grudge against the natives of Guangxi immediately fought with the local natives when they arrived in Guangxi. ”

"From the minister's point of view, unless they are completely separated from each other, the Hakka people in the places with many people are removed, and the natives in places with many Hakka people are removed, it is possible to eliminate the fighting between them. But it's just too hard. But other than that, there was absolutely no way for the minister to solve the matter. Yang Ren said.

"Is it so serious in Guangxi?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Your Majesty, the Guangxi area is better, after all, there are many barbarians in Guangxi, regardless of the native Hakka people, they have to fight with the barbarians, although they will still fight with each other, but it should be lighter." Yang Rendao.

It seems that there is a common enemy that can reduce the fighting, but the effect is limited, and they will still fight each other. Could it be that the Chinese in Nanyang have been finished like this in history? The barbarians of the South Seas were able to unite under the influence of religion or something, while the Chinese fought among themselves and were eventually wiped out. Yun Xi thought.

But even if he was right, it would be useless for what was happening now. Yun Xi thought about it for a long time and really couldn't think of a solution, so he could only say: "Let's talk about this matter after I return to Beijing and discuss it with other ministers." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Ren also knew that the emperor should not have come up with a solution, so he said so, so he bowed down and agreed.

After that, Yun Xi told the three of them something and told them to step down.