Chapter 161: The Merchant Communicates
And that night, Yang Lin was sitting on the Taishi chair and napping, Zhang Lang and others came over and handed over the two paragraphs.
After a brief look, one was sarcastic about officials sitting in sedan chairs, and the other was sarcastic about some scholars who looked down on the working people, but they were not good at writing and martial arts.
Yang Lin looked at it briefly, quite rhyming (of course, the ancient literary attainments of people in this era are far above the protagonist), nodded, and asked Zhang Lang to arrange personnel to take it out and spread it.
On this day, Yang Lin inspected Dazhu County (Dazhu returned to Guang'an Prefecture, Shunqing Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty) and found a case, that is, a man blocked the road and sued the head of Tianxing Township, Li Township, for bullying the local people.
This Township Chief Li saw that the woman next door, Lei Qimei, was smart, so he moved his hands and feet, wanting to sleep with Lei Qimei.
This Lei sister is a well-known beauty, and her vision is very high, how can she put this Township Chief Li in her eyes. In addition, this Township Chief Li not only often looks for flowers and willows outside, but also has 1 wife and three concubines at home, of course he doesn't do it.
On this day, Township Chief Li saw that Lei Yimei was alone, and immediately asked people to take this Lei Yimei away, came to cook raw rice and cooked rice, and forcibly took Lei Qimei**. In the Ming Dynasty, etiquette has been very popular, and it is of course difficult for a woman who has been ** to marry someone else.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, women were still very women's morals, and after being **, Lei Qimei committed suicide by throwing herself into a well while Township Chief Li was not paying attention.
And Township Chief Li saw that Lei Yimei was lost in this way, although he felt very sorry, but he had to let Lei Yimei be quietly buried on this back hillside.
Who knew that this matter was heard by a brother of Lei Yimei, at that time, the power of the rural clan was very large, and seeing that the sister of the clan was ruined by others, he not only told the patriarch, but also gathered the strong men of the whole clan to find the Li Township Chief to theorize and seek justice.
On both sides, you and I will say a word, and in the end, the head of the township of Li let the local ruffians who had made friends suppress this Leijiazhuang.
I didn't hear that the prefect inspected Dazhu, and the old mother of the Lei family avoided layers of obstruction, and secretly ran to Yang Lin's horse to sue the head of Tianxing Township.
Hearing the news, Yang Lin was furious, and on the one hand, he asked people to restrict the actions of Township Chief Li of Tianxing Township, and on the other hand, he sent people to investigate the facts of his crime.
The facts are very clear, this Township Chief Li was originally a ruffian and hooligan, and when he saw that He Zhi County was unfamiliar with the place, he boasted that he had an outstanding reputation in the local area, and was recommended as the township chief.
Due to the lack of attention to the use of people, Dazu Zhixian was dismissed from the post of county magistrate, and Township Chief Li and those hooligans who were in cahoots were sentenced to death for robbing people's daughters, and they were beheaded in public after parading through the streets.
After that, Yang Lin ordered a comprehensive investigation of the township chiefs appointed by the counties, and dismissed all those who colluded with the local tyrants to harm the township and neighbors once it was verified, so that in two months, a total of 15 problematic township chiefs were dismissed.
When he saw this result, Yang Lin was mining iron in several coal mines in Huaying Mountain, mining and smelting iron.
Yingshan Mountain, Chongqing Hechuan North to Zhou, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, is a large mountain range in Sichuan, in history the old woman with two guns has been entrenched here and the Kuomintang.
In addition, the proven coal reserves and iron ore reserves in Huaying Mountain are hundreds of millions of tons, which can be said to be a treasure trove of resources.
Since the construction of weapons, the demand for coal and steel has increased day by day, which has also led to the mining of small iron mines and small coal mines in the surrounding area.
Daming is the same as in the previous life, the right to mine this ore belongs to the state, if the local mining is its own is a very serious matter, but on the other hand, because the profits of mining undoubtedly make many people take risks, they cooperate with the local gentry, and wantonly mine ore.
Just like water control, if the method of blocking will not only bring public anger, but also hinder the development of the industry, and now it is in the war, if you desperately choke this point, then there may be no steel and no coal to build weapons.
After thinking about it, Yang Lin decided to adopt the method of governance, no, after inspecting the land clearing, cleaning up the population, reservoir construction and other work, he took a cavalry brigade to Huaying Mountain to discuss how to control the mining.
Hearing Yang Lin, those mine owners were terrified one by one after receiving the invitation from the prefect's yamen, how many people Yang Lin killed in Pengzhou in order to clear the land.
In the eyes of everyone, Yang Lin is definitely a demon who kills people without blinking, as many people say, he is just like Hai Rui in order to pursue his own good reputation.
Now that the invitation is sent, if it weren't for the stupidity, if it wasn't for the fact that the head has been on the neck for a long time, who would run to see such a evil god.
As a small iron ore mine owner, he was also terrified after receiving the invitation, ready to close the mine and escape, lying in bed and thinking about the next night, now the army is in chaos, and he has no place to escape.
For the sake of insurance, Zhu Daliang got up early in the morning, disguised as ordinary mountain people and ran to the camp to visit, although the open and dark sentry were set up from afar, but the whole military camp had no solemn atmosphere, and the soldiers were quite friendly to people.
Pretending to be courageous, Zhu Daliang was relieved, and immediately took the courage to come to the front of the camp tent to report his name and was welcomed into the big tent.
To Zhu Daliang's surprise, there were three other people in the camp, and they were lined up one by one, sitting with solemn expressions.
In this era, the people are quite afraid of the government, and now when they see the prefect, how can everyone not be afraid.
Everyone was sitting anxiously with their own concerns, and when they made eye contact from time to time, Zhu Daliang suddenly saw He Tuli, the largest miner in Huaying Mountain, arriving in a long robe.
He Tuli was not in a hurry, he looked complacent, sat down at the top, picked up the teacup and helped himself think about it.
Everyone was quite surprised to see He Tuli like this, and they all stepped forward to warm and warm, and what surprised everyone was that this He Tuli just greeted everyone with a smile and did not answer when asked about the mine.
At noon, there was a rush of footsteps outside, and a young man was seen walking over accompanied by Zhizhou Li Shikai from a distance.
After sitting down, the person who came introduced himself politely: "My name is Yang Lin, you don't have to be afraid, I will talk about the mining today, everyone knows that the mine is a national event, what should we do?" ”
Everyone was stunned, got up one after another, and arched their hands: "The adults take out the charter, and the small ones just implement it." ”
Yang Lin pointed to the wine on the table, motioned for everyone to drink it, and said: "Everyone, many people say that this official is fond of killing, and since he became an official in the local government, he has killed nearly 100 officials and squires who have participated in politics.
The hooligans and villains killed were even more in the hundreds, and some of the squires were terrified when they saw the official treat.
I admire your courage very much, tell me, with what courage did you get here? ”
Squire He Tuli smiled, got up and arched his hand, "My lord, this is a big fallacy. Adults have killed a lot of people, but adult virtue and politics have benefited more people.
In the past, the landlords and gentry did not pay the land endowment or the Ding endowment at all, and the poor people were more than 2 or 3 yuan of silver per acre of land, and in some places it was close to one or two silver, and the people were not able to make a living, and everyone could not survive, so they were forced to flee the famine.
Since the lord took power, the land has been cleared again, the household registration has been cleared, and the three salaries have been exempted, so as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters or anything, the common people have a way to live.
Now the government does not appropriate it, and each mu of fertile land is not more than 1 bucket of rice, and each mu of dry land is not more than 6 liters, which is not much better than in the Hongwu period.
In the past, all the commercial endowments were collected by local ruffians, or entered the ruffians' bags, or bribed officials, and the adults established a township chief system, which was uniformly collected by the yamen, and the commercial levies were nominally 5 cents, but in fact less than 5 cents.
Even so, each county could collect four or five thousand taels of silver a year, and the adults used the collected silver to build an army, and returned twenty percent to the local prefectures and counties.
In this way, in this cold winter and wax moon, the townships have the money to build reservoirs and water conservancy.
The adults love the people like children, and they are thousands of times stronger than those officials who pay lip service to righteousness and morality.
Since taking office, the adults have severely cracked down on corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and strictly prohibited extortion and extortion of the people.
We are all serious businessmen, and when we are summoned by adults, we are grateful and weeping, how can we be timid? ”
In order not to be looked down upon, Zhu Daliang still wiped off the sweat beads on his face again and again, his body trembled slightly, stood up and said: "My lord, in troubled times, those corrupt officials are corrupt and take bribes, and many people are even more harmful to the township. ”
Chinese pay attention to heart-to-heart communication, if after everyone communicates, there is no mustard, the rest of the things will be twice the result with half the effort.
Now listening to the other party's words, Yang Lin of course knows that the other party has a heart-to-heart relationship with him again, hoping to look at his own people.
After thinking about this, Yang Lin also seemed quite excited on the surface, and sighed: "Everyone, what you said is reasonable, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, gentry and bullies occupy the people's government and occupy the interests of the government, and now I will return these interests that should belong to the people to the people, and the interests that should belong to the government to the government, of course these people will oppose it."
Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the reform of the past dynasties will not kill people, and what the official can do is to try to kill as few people as possible.
Ladies and gentlemen, this time I invite you to come, is to discuss with you the issue of mining, we all know that since the Wanli period, because there are too many problems in the mining world, but after all, minerals belong to the country, let's talk about how to mine not only to take care of the interests of businessmen, but also to take care of the interests of the local people, the interests of the yamen at all levels, let's talk about it, through which way can this way? ”
When everyone heard this, they didn't dare to say anything, and Li Shikai, the governor of Zhouzhou, next to him, beat the drum and said: "Although the two of them are businessmen, they are quite knowledgeable."
To be honest, I had a lot of opinions about adults back then, but now I know that I really blame adults.
Not to mention that now the emperor is covered with dust, the Tartars are in the Kou, and thieves are everywhere, even in the peaceful and prosperous era, it can't be done like in the past.
As in the past, a bowl of water is flat on the surface, but the main taxes are added to the ordinary people, and an acre of paddy field receives 2 or 3 buckets of rice, and 4 or 5 buckets of rice need to be consumed.
Ladies and gentlemen, adults often say that they have money to contribute and make powerful contributions, and adults often say that taxes should be taken from the people and for the people.
Now the people are in turmoil and have no livelihood, and now they need money to fight wars, and they also need money for local construction. ”
Everyone dare not come out, since the Jiajing period in order to collect mineral endowments, the imperial court sent eunuchs, because there are many eunuchs who have been killed and injured in mining, who dares to say more in such a major matter.
Not long ago, although the government clearly stipulated that the government opened the mining ban, all mining personnel only need to report.
Small mines pay a certain amount of mineral tax, and if the annual output value exceeds 200 taels of silver, 10% of the mineral tax is paid, but the official word is two-mouthed, and what the government said is true or not, everyone has no opinion.
Everyone sat in the hall one by one, not daring to say a word.