At the same time, in the temple of Liqiuyi, the debtors whose names were named entered one by one under the watchful eye of the military guards.

The temple is used as a place for doctors and officials to work here, so the area is not small. First of all, when you enter the door, you will see one or more low houses on either side, connected to the wall, and the door is open to the outside. This is for the officials and the erectors from other places to change their clothes, rest, and wait for the meeting.

Today, this place is presided over by Feng Rin, and there are several children and military guards of small local clans to assist and maintain order.

Feng Rin smiled and asked the cook to bring the prepared things, and the tempting aroma of meat porridge wafted in the house, making the Chinese people who didn't have time to eat the morning food move their appetites.

"This is the gift of Dr. Zhao Nian and the hard work of traveling far away, and you can eat here."

Since everyone can borrow, they are naturally not rich, and when they see that there is really something to eat, they are immediately overjoyed and bow down to thank them. Feng Rin toiled the poor people of these borrowed countries, persuaded them to be satisfied, and only after the mood of the people was stable did he lead them into the courtyard and into the hall.

Stepping into the majestic hall, the countrymen saw from a distance the dark desk opposite, sitting a dignified gentleman wearing a crown and dressed in court clothes, and beside him was a tiger in armor. They bowed their heads in awe, and some of them were already trembling and asking for a few more days of grace on the date of the loan.

"Dr. Ben asked you to come here today, but not to collect debts, but just to check the bonds."

Zhao Wuxian's voice was loud and dignified, and he asked some questions to everyone, examined their family backgrounds, and determined that most of them were honest countrymen who had suffered an accident or famine, and had no clothes or brown and had to take out loans.

The loan of the hill is a multiply loan of grain, and the interest is divided into five grades, or twenty and one, or eleven, or twenty and three, or twelve, or twenty and five. If the previous year is not paid, the interest will roll over to the next year. The accumulation is more and more, and the suffering is unspeakable.

So Dou Ping, who was sitting on the side of the hall, took the other half of the prepared bonds and asked the people to put out the bonds, and the more than 100 bonds collected together were finally packed in bamboo fences. Placed in front of the shirtless.

Regardless of the disdain, the bonds are divided into two halves by a plank, and the creditor and the borrower each keep one of them, and the sum of the pieces is not light, and some are yellow. It was nearly a decade old, and some of them were verdant, and they were only borrowed at the beginning of the year. Dou Ping finally calculated that the Qi people borrowed a total of 4,000 stone of grain from the Yi Temple, and the amount of money owed by each person ranged from a few stones to hundreds of stones, and if interest was added, it was close to 6,000 stones.

"Six thousand stone of grain can support 200 soldiers for a year, feed and clothe fifty families, and buy fifteen good horses."

Zhao Wuxian pinched his fingers in his heart, for the ruined Qiuqiu. That's not a small amount, but it wasn't much for the Zhao Wuxian regime, which benefited from the extravagance of pottery and the porcelain trade.

Anyway, it's kind of generosity, and there's nothing to be sorry about.

Looking at the frightened and helpless expressions of the people in Xiaqiu, he sighed and got up, letting Mu Xia and the others carry the full bamboo fence and lead everyone out of the Yi Temple.

"The second and third sons come with me, and today I have something to say to the people of all countries!"

……

Under the deliberate convening and laissez-faire of Zhao Wuxian's regime, more than 1,000 people have gathered outside the Yi Temple, and the subtle exchanges have not stopped. Most of them were negative criticisms of Zhao Wuxian, and the people of Qi were very indignant about his "forced debts" before waiting for the autumn harvest.

However, Aunt Di, who was in attendance, had some confidence in this mission.

"Although, as these horsemen say, the Marquis of Qi does not care for the people. Arbitrary tax increases. However, the Chen family was extremely kind to the people, and used a large number of private utensils to lend, and a small number of public utensils to retract, which was distributed to the benefit of the people. The timber from Donglai Mountain, the fish and salt mirages from the coast were transported to Linzi, but they still let me sell them at a low price. Love like a parent. It is attached to Chen's like flowing water. ”

The more he thought about it, the more proud he became: "I thought that Zhao Wuxian was his great enemy as the Chen family said, but when I saw it today, it was nothing more than that." Although he also knew that people would restore crops and strengthen the garrison, they did not know how to clean up the hearts of the people. The blatant forcible collection of bonds before the autumn harvest is the exact opposite of Chen's approach, so that even if the treasury has sufficient savings, the people of the country will be hungry and indignant, thinking of the rule of the Qi country. ”

Just when Gu Jiu, who had completely substituted his identity into the Chen family's ministers, was looking forward to being self-proud, he heard another commotion ahead.

"It's out." Only then did he realize that the rider Yu Xi had been looking at the gate of the Yi Temple with a smile on his face, as if he knew what was about to happen.

A dark-robed and wide-sleeved gentleman led everyone out of the Yi Temple, and the warriors held big sticks and cleared a clearing on the side of the temple.

Zhao Wuxian glanced around, only to see that everywhere he could see were black heads, and the expressions under people's hair buns were different, some were afraid, some were confused, and some were dissatisfied......

Seeing that the one who should have come was almost here, he raised his voice and said, "Today, I summoned the people of the Liqiu country, and you may think that Dr. Ben wants to repay the loan, but this is not the case. ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the nearly 100 people who borrowed money were happy, and the Qi people, who were originally a little indignant, seemed to be punched empty, and they were stunned all of a sudden, and the expression of the aunt was even more sluggish.

"It's not debt collection, what is it doing?"

Wuxian continued: "The ancient sages lent money to the people because they were afraid that you and other people would have no money and no clothes to make a living, not to collect profits. However, now it is the season of Qi, and the feudal lords of Qi are as greedy as jackals, they raise diners, armor, repair walls, and like to hunt and gamble and other extravagant things, and the field tax is not enough to supply, so they borrow to collect interest! ”

Seeing that the people in front of the temple gradually quieted down, and listened to what they said steadily, Wuxian secretly said that this plan was half done.

He then angrily attacked the evil Qi regime, and planted all the sins suffered by the people of Qiqiu on the head of the Marquis of Qi: "The official office of Qi is tyrannical, and the people have three points of agricultural income, of which two points must be given to the office, and their own food and clothing only account for one point. The property looted from the office was rotten and moth-eaten, but even village officials like the third elder were frozen and starved, and in many markets in the capital, shoes were cheap and prosthetic feet were expensive, but in fact the punishment was too harsh......"

The sun at the end of July was still a little hot, but Aunt Di felt cold, as if she had fallen into an ice cave, and he naturally knew what Zhao Wuxian said, almost word for word, it was the current situation of Qi State. But what he was afraid of was that under Zhao Wuxian's instigation, the indignation of these people in Xiaqiu became more and more serious, but they had already changed from being dissatisfied with Zhao Wuxian's gathering of the countrymen to collect bonds just now to being dissatisfied with their mother country, Qi State! This is by no means what Chan wants to see.

"The Marquis of Qi has no way, and the doctor is tyrannical, so the Zhao family was ordered by the Son of Heaven to crusade against the ministers. Yu Huaibao Xiaomin, Hui Xian widow, because of his meritorious service and Dai Wu became a doctor here, Shang Shu said, although Zhou is an old state, its life is renewed, so I also want to follow the example of King Wen and King Wu's government, and restore it here! ”

Restoration? For the first time, everyone had this concept, and a kind of helplessness for the old life and a desire for a new life arose.

Thinking about it carefully, it is precisely because of the protection of Dr. Zhao that the entire territory of Xiaqiu was avoided from being ravaged by the Jin army, and the rule in the past month, except for some children who were still detained for labor, there was not too much forced expropriation, the crops were unfolding in an orderly manner, and the autumn harvest would not be delayed.

In response to everyone's emotions, Zhao Wuxian's voice also mentioned the highest, and he announced the first thing of the "Restoration".

"The bonds borrowed by the Chinese people from the Yi Temple before are all invalid!"

After that, in the midst of an exclamation, he ordered to make fire left and right, and threw the bamboo fences containing nearly 100 bonds into the fire, and burned them all!

The dancing flames engulfed the wooden ticket and also ignited Gao Chao in the crowd.

Feng Rin and his subordinates were the first to sing praises to the virtues: "Junzhi Shide Yuer and other Xiaqiu people can be described as thick!" ”

The debtors who reacted were overjoyed, and they kowtowed and cheered: "Doctor Zhao is really my parents!" ”

The people of Xiaqiuqi, who were watching the excitement on the outside, also bowed their heads, and the sound of praise spread from the Yi Temple all around the Xiaqiu, and the girl was so distracted that she fell off the carriage, and the hat of the silk cloth fell to the side, and she was still trembling after being picked up by Yu Xi and another rider.

"This Qi person is so timid, everyone cheers and can be scared like this."

In fact, as a businessman of the Chen family, he used to help the Chen family to lend out and Xiaodou to take back, but today Zhao Wuxian did even better, and actually burned the bonds directly! This means and courage alone defeated Chen Heng a lot.

He felt in his heart that this time, except for the ransom payment, the rest of the tasks basically did not want to be carried out here. But the minister is loyal, and since he has promised something, even though he knows that he can't, he has to do it!

"Zhao Wuxian's means of buying people's hearts are even stronger than the Chen family, the eyes of the prince are like torches, this person is indeed the great enemy of the Chen family! The heroes of the world! ”

……

Outside the Zhenyi Temple, the same thing is happening, but Zhang Mengtan presided over it in the name of Zhao Wuxian, and after the first thing of this "Restoration" was announced, after the wooden coupons were burned, the people of Zhenyi went to the direction of the city to show their gratitude.

Zhang Mengtan praised the officials: "The doctor's move is really a stroke of genius, other feudal lords collect debts to collect profits, and the doctor is to collect hearts!" Zhen and Liqiu had many debtors before, and before our arrival, although the Yi Temple was severely reprimanded and pressed many times, they were still unable to repay, so the interest became heavier and heavier, and when the people were overwhelmed, they had only one way to flee, and the population decline was extremely harmful to the city. Now the doctor forbids the burning of the accumulated useless coupons, and clearly shows the heart of light wealth and love for the people, and his name of benevolence and righteousness will be endless! The reform will also be supported by the people of the country one after another. ”

Although the initial borrowing strategy was proposed by him, it was just an imitation of the measures of Jin Mourning Gong and Sicheng Leshi to buy the hearts of the people, and after being slightly modified by Zhao Wuxian, it was equivalent to using other people's debts for his own favor, which was really a good thing.

Only two days after this, Zhang Mengtan received a message from Zhao Wuxian, saying that Lu Hou's canonization envoy had arrived in Xiaqiu and invited him to watch the ceremony before the canonization day! (To be continued.) )

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