Two days later, Du Xunhe's newly formed team came to another newly opened Tunzhuang, and some Zhuang Ding and members of the patrol team who heard the news on the sentry tower had already greeted them early.

"What about them?"

Du Xunhe frowned slightly and looked at some figures who were tied to the wall by the rope and tied their hands; There is also a half-sized man with a stick on the side, guarding him coldly.

"These are all thieves who are left for trial, that is, villagers who come from nearby villages to steal grain seeds and tools. should have been taken to the camp in the center village on a certain day; It just so happened that we came.,I'll interrogate and dispose of it together.。。 ”

The team leader immediately explained.

By the time they had arranged their suits as usual, there were already people on the largest open space outside the village that doubled as a threshing field, setting up old mats and desks, and even ready-made brushes and inks. The ragged or unkempt figures tied to the wall were also brought to the scene.

"Why does this generation steal grain seeds, and how should they be released? Could it be that the task force also has this kind of power in the name of punishment? ”

Du Xunhe was slightly puzzled.

"Because no matter what kind of water and soil, and where the land is boundary, the output of the grange under my Taiping land system is always higher than that of the left township. If you want to say that this Hunan place, other places will harvest once a year, and get three times in two years; However, most of the Zhuangzi can have two rice a year, and they can also plant a crop of beans and wheat, so they don't envy the dead. ”

Responsible for accompanying them to patrol the head of the team, and immediately opened the road.

"It was said that it was because of the many immortal seeds that were promulgated by the Metropolitan Governor. So there is always no shortage of thieves who want to take advantage of it. ”

The team leader also said with a rather proud expression.

"But I don't know, compost breeding, agricultural irrigation, are a corresponding knowledge and regulations, how can these painting tigers and cats be easily imitated. On the contrary, there is no way to provoke a lot of right and wrong and calamity. ”

"As for the right to punish the name you mentioned, it's actually just some simple and clear trivial things. We finally know more about the constitution and system than those in Zhuangzi?。。 If you can dispose of it on the spot, you don't have to do more. ”

The team leader smiled again.

"Of course, we only put forward the disposal opinions in accordance with the regulations, if Zhuangzi feels that it is not satisfactory, we can still take our lien opinion and report it to the camp for adjudication."

Hearing this, although Du Xunhe didn't speak, he couldn't help but think of the system of township officials of the two Han Dynasty in ancient times, "three elders and five watches", which is nothing more than that. It actually makes people feel some self-denial and revenge, and the taste of the world's return to benevolence.

"In fact, the harvest under the rule of the Taiping Army over the years has been good, and there is a surplus in the Zhuangzi everywhere, and those orphans and widows who come to pick up some scattered grain and leakage in the newly harvested fields will not really care about him."

The next teammate said.

"However, there are always some people who are greedy and insufficient, who want more, and even affect and destroy the layout of subsequent production, that is, it is unbearable. There must always be some punishment to ensure that the good intentions are not abused by others and affect themselves. ”

Next, Du Xunhe, who was full of thoughts, as a clerk for on-site inquiry and recording, wrote more than a dozen decisive documents in a row, and finally changed to a bamboo pen and copied a big-character poster.

One of the most common dispositions is the punishment of long and short labor periods under the local supervision of the Honjo. And the least of them is to continue to show the public under the wall for three days to set an example.

The most serious case was when two men tried to steal the collective property in Zhuangzi, a bull in the prime of life; Then, in the process of being chased and escaping, one fell to his death, and the other saw that the situation was not good, and stabbed the cow in the buttocks, causing him to rush down the hill and break his leg.

Therefore, there was no direct judgment on the spot, but it was decided to escort it to the county for another disposal. If that's right, a fate awaits him to mine or quarry. However, Du Xunhe also noticed that the subjects of interrogation and adjudication present were also honest and obedient, and there were almost no arguments and disputes.

"Are these villagers so obedient?"

He couldn't help but ask privately with a little surprise

"In fact, in the beginning, there would still be people from the neighboring townships who came to make trouble. Under the leadership of the patriarch and the landlord, he wanted to take the people back by relying on the strength of the crowd, and then he was scattered back by the people gathered by Zhuangzi several times. ”

The team leader explained solemnly.

Then he began to make trouble in Siye, and as a result, several teams from the county came to the village, arrested the patriarch and the landlord who instigated the trouble behind the scenes, and sentenced them to hard labor, and then selected a relatively honest and reliable leader and village leader, so they all stopped. The rest is just a little bit of stealing. ”

"In fact, in the past few years, every early winter, some young women in the village came to steal the things that were drying outside, and then deliberately were noticed and caught. Then he was punished to work in the village to pay back, and he was generally not released until the beginning of spring. ”

"This, this is really..."

Du Xunhe only felt that his three views had been seriously impacted.

"Brother Du is a scholar, I'm afraid I feel a little shameless."

Another player with broad shoulders but a slight hunch behind his back was connected.

"But when people can't get by, they have to starve to death, what's the use of shame? My hometown is full of people who eat dirt and die by themselves. But the old men in the government and the township are getting more and more aggressive to repay the court. ”

"If you can't hand it in, you have to tighten the shackles, and even drag them out every day to show people. Many of the pillars of the family were arrested and tortured, forcing the old man to hang himself at home, and the mother-in-law sold her children to deliver them, but the man was released and was already tossed and wasted, and he could not get up again after lying down for ten days and half a month."

"Now that they are under the rule of most of the governors, life is finally getting better, and they can also help some others, but they can't be blind to the kindness of others."

Hearing this, Du Xunhe couldn't help but be silent, this was obviously such a real side behind the things and chaos in the world that he could hardly see in Chang'an City, which was rich and charming.

Before this, although he had seen those starving people who had died on the road, he also forwarded to them poems satirizing current affairs out of sympathy and pity, in order to spread them and touch the pity of those who were in high places.

Now it seems that he was just wishful thinking and naïve, and even less than he was able to contact those low-level people in the short time he was here, thinking that they could do more things.

- I'm the dividing line -

In Gangneung Castle, as the weather continues to warm and the first day of the first lunar month is approaching, pedestrians on the streets are also accompanied by more and more abundant store shelves

It is densely intertwined with the streets of the city.

Even the changing voices on the streets at night have become pleasing words such as "Blessing extends the new day, celebrating the life without borders", "Blessing is new, longevity is extended" and so on. And all kinds of hideous appearance of the face (mask), and carved with the gods, Yu Lei name of the peach charm, is the most sought-after hot thing in the market.

And in the former prime minister and Jingnan Festival envoy Wang Duo, the garden industry - Wei Yuan. Zhou Huai'an also got together with several women in his back house, teasing the old and new pets who kept chasing, while chatting about various things and anecdotes in their respective careers.

"So, have you all received the news of the corresponding auspicious Jinfeng?"

Zhou Huai'an said with a smile.

"It is true. He also showed me a five-color Ganoderma lucidum with a large lid. However, according to what Lang Jun said, it was soaked soon after I put it in the water. Trying to maintain a dignified Shuxian, but the slightly childish Red Yao'er nodded first.

"Eh, I also have it, saying that a big white turtle was found in the Han River, and it is said that the text of the river map on the shell is in response to the birth of the saint."

Qingluo, who is gentle and delicate and has misty eyes, is also a little weak in raising her hand.

"I have news there that people have seen the golden rainbow falling in the mountains, and there are nine strange stones."

The elegant, quiet and charming girl then spoke.

"Actually, there are people in my place who say that there are bamboo shoots in the forest like red jade."

In the end, it was the tall and plump Cui Wanting, who added with a little hesitation.

There are only a few younger girls such as small pendants, because they stay in the house for most of the time, but they have not had the opportunity to receive similar news.

"These pretending to be ghosts who can't wait to carry out the means of persuasion, do they also know how to move the means of curvy actions? You don't know.,This is the real auspiciousness of my Taiping Army.。。 ”

Zhou Huai'an couldn't help but smile, and then someone brought a tray.

"It's this!!"

Hong Yao'er suddenly looked at Zhou Huai'an with some surprise, and showed a few copper coins like a treasure. It looks similar to the names of Kaiyuan Tongbao and Qianyuan Tongbao on the market, but the color is far newer, and there are additional floral decorations and patterns;

Among them, when the text, when the five, when ten, when twenty, when fifty are all there, but without exception there are two small characters of "Taiping" and thin ring convex edges.

The good news is that since the Taiping army had the output of dozens of copper yards and other lead and tin pits in Guiyangjian, plus they confiscated most of the bronzes and bronze statues in the monasteries throughout Lingnan; The sources of copper that needed to be controlled have become relatively abundant.

Therefore, in addition to the planned materials for cannon casting, it is also possible to consider the need for batch coinage.

In fact, in the hydraulic workshop built before this, a small batch of heated thin copper plates and full-page molds have been tried to be spirally stamped, and a batch of experimental bronze coins with hardness and ornamentation are quite stiff and wear-resistant.

Being able to mint money on its own is not only the key to whether it can increase seigniorage tax in disguised form from the private circulation market, but also the basic sign of the maturity of a political regime. Especially in many overseas trades, the copper coins from the Central Plains Dynasty have been the strongest hard currency in the Chinese cultural circle and the tributary system since ancient times.

Therefore, Zhou Huai'an needs to imitate the Kaiyuan Tongbao of this era, the most famous and the most abundant materials, under the premise of adding his own Taiping Army's characteristic double spike flower ornaments and engraved Taiping words. In this way, the new batch of money fans can be called "Taiping money", and through the efficacy channels controlled by the rebels, they will directly enter the market circulation.

In addition to the copper coins, there are materials provided by silver pits from Guiyang and other places, according to the hardening formula of seven silver two and a half copper and half tin, and the small, medium and large three-color silver cakes are cast. However, the lot and quantity are much smaller, and at present it is limited to a small amount of internal circulation.