Chapter 504: Heavenly Change (Asking for Support)
In August, the land south of the Yangtze River will enter the early autumn, but the autumn tiger is still shrouded in those "furnaces" along the river, at this time, the royal and Nanjing government agencies and envoys of various countries, have taken refuge in the summer of Lushan, where they hide from this hot summer, until after the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the weather is completely cool, they will return to Nanjing. For www.biquge.info the outside world, Lushan Mountain in summer every year is, in a sense, equivalent to China's accompanying capital.
Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, the temperature is still very high. A few snow-white clouds fluttered slowly in the sky, and the scorching summer sun shrouded the north and south of the river, and the sunlight sprinkled on the river surface turned into ten thousand pieces of broken gold.
As the river rolls eastward, a few narrow and slender fishing boats float leisurely on the river, while the fishermen on the boats cast their nets to the surface as they did in the past, and they are now working harder than usual - because from this year onwards, the Yangtze River has a three-month moratorium.
Between February and May (lunar calendar) every year, the fishing moratorium is implemented to allow the river fish to be raised and the fishermen to have time to turn over the boats, although for these fishermen who have been fishing for generations, they have never thought of "fishing in the dry water", but the law is always the law, and when this decree is promulgated, for them, there is only one choice, which is to obey.
After all, for these people along the river, they know very well that the Chinese Dynasty attaches great importance to the law, and has never been afraid of the so-called "people's group resistance to the law".
Although the instigator of the civil rebellion will not be executed, he and his nine ethnic groups will be exiled to Africa, thousands of miles away.
The newspapers called this "the harsh government of the Chinese Dynasty", but no matter how people argued, one thing is certain: unlike the government of previous dynasties and dynasties, which advocated "ending litigation" and advocating that "the law does not hold the people accountable", the Chinese Dynasty advocated "one lawsuit to the end" and "the law must hold the people accountable".
Whether it is harsh government or legal government, the law is strict and the judges are fair, and the majesty of the law is established little by little in this land for the first time.
On the other hand, what people can see is that in the two years since the founding of the Chinese Dynasty, the life of the common people has been getting better day by day, and it is these fishermen who have been fishing in the river for half their lives that they also have a deep understanding -- the fish is selling more, and the price of fish is higher, because the life of the common people is getting better and better.
Naturally, as soon as the fishing moratorium ended, the fishermen immediately got busy and recouped their "losses", and after a few months of moratorium, the fishermen found that they seemed to have more harvests than in previous years, and the price of fish on the market was more than 10% higher than in previous years.
For these fishermen, the months-long moratorium, instead of causing them to lose money, has increased their income, which has led to a lot less complaints, and they are now casting their nets to catch fish. As in the past, when the net went down, dozens of catties of fish could always be pulled up, and when the fish entered the cabin, the people on the fishing boat continued to chat.
"Third uncle! I heard that General Lin is your family? Why haven't I seen you and General Lin talk about their family tree? ”
As soon as the man's words fell, a hearty laugh rang out from there.
"What kind of family? It's all nonsense! If it's really this family, do you think I'll still fish here with my brothers? ”
"Brother Lin, it's hard to say, no matter whether General Lin is your own family or not, even if he is your nephew, you have to work here with our brothers."
"Yes, I heard the big fish who was studying in the school say that this Chinese dynasty will never allow anything like "one person who has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven", not to mention other people, even the emperor's old man's own uncle, that is not crowned king! ”
Because of the newspapers, and the prohibition of speech, the royal affairs have always been "happy to hear" of the people, and the new dynasty did not canonize the relatives, which is something that has never been done in ancient times, that is, the queen's family was not canonized, and the royal family's own relatives were not canonized. The royal family is still like this, not to mention ordinary ministers, although those ministers who should be knighted have been knighted, and those who should be knighted have also been knighted, but they have never heard of who is in power, and whose chicken and dog ascend to heaven.
"Haven't you heard? At that time, General Lin, like us, was also born in fishing in this river, and General Yu, they were all fishermen, and they had good luck, and they met the emperor and became old ......ministers from Long."
People can't help but start envious of those people's luck.
"But no, when the long hair crossed the river, more than 100,000 were pulled away from the river, and they all ended up there?"
"Didn't they all go to Africa to fish, that is, the people around his Lin family had good luck, and from the dragon, there were so many generals......"
The General Lin in their mouth refers to Lin Yuqing, the first general of the army, who was born as a fisherman and has always been the object of conversation among fishermen, and naturally there are those who were in the army with him Yu Xiaobao and others, most of them are now generals, and in the navy, there are many officers from fishermen.
"Hehe, in fact, even those who have been pulled by long hair are not bad! Now in Africa, I may have married a daughter-in-law of a feudal country, I heard that the Korean daughter-in-law, the Vietnamese daughter-in-law and the Japanese daughter-in-law, it is a water spirit that is a race, and the tender pinch can pinch out the water......"
The fishermen next to him listened to what they said as if they had pinched themselves, and they all laughed, and only they could understand the meaning of that smile.
"It's like you've pinched it!"
"Hehe, I'm not listening to the storyteller, if you feel uncomfortable, let's not say that...... Didn't this newspaper say that in the past two years, more than one million of our immigrants have moved to Africa, and more than 300,000 women from vassal countries have married to Africa. ”
Some young fishermen couldn't help but interject.
"Obediently, if the women of the vassal kingdom are married to us, what will they do with themselves?"
"Who says it isn't! The women of this vassal country have all been married, and they themselves will not be able to find a daughter-in-law, what will they do then? ”
"Look at you, I don't know it!"
The old fisherman who had just lit a bag of cigarettes next to him said.
"Didn't the storyteller say it, this clan country was educated by our China, women marry us Chinese, as for the men of the clan country, we just want people to open up the wasteland and farm land in Africa, they get there, marry the natives there, that, what is that called?" It seems to be called "Chinese"! ”
As the fisherman spoke, his eyes looked into the distance.
"Actually, even if you go to Africa, what's the point, if you have land to plant, you can still marry a daughter-in-law, brothers, you can talk about it, but how many women from good families are willing to marry us to fish?"
But no, fishing has never been a serious business, and women from good families are naturally reluctant to marry.
The fisherman seemed a little tired, and he took a breath and continued.
"We are tired and tired, we can earn more than a dozen oceans a month, but at the end of the year, there is not much money left, it is better for people to work in the city?"
"But no, I've heard that the female workers in the yarn factory in Nanjing can get six oceans a month and take care of two meals!"
"Six oceans? Is it much? Mother-in-law's family, don't take care of the children at home, go out to do that job, that's a bit of etiquette and shame! ”
When someone heard about the woman's work, he immediately disdained it.
After all, in the Chinese tradition, women are not out of the door, the second door is not stepping, is to pay attention to etiquette and shame, but now, in the Chinese Dynasty, all this has changed, not only women work, even girls have to go to school, although now the imperial court with the "origin of Confucianism" said that "there is no class" to educate "women", and even moved Cheng Zhu Lixue sages out of the Confucian Temple, and then promote Neo-Confucianism, but in the short term, it is still difficult for these changes to be recognized by the world.
For this country, this kind of impact may have come too violently, but it is very heavy. Now, with the expulsion of those "misinterpretation of the heresy of the Holy Religion" and the return to the "origin of Confucianism", the Neo-Confucianism is exerting its influence in all aspects, and only a very few people know that this "return" is actually through the reinterpretation of Confucian writings, integrating them with Western thought, and thus creating a "Neo-Confucianism" that adapts to the times and does not exclude foreign learning.
Ordinary people are ignorant of this, and perhaps they can see in the newspapers mentioning that some so-called "modern sages" have been exiled by their families for criticizing "Neo-Confucianism" -- freedom of speech is not without a bottom line, and "heresy" is certainly not tolerated in the world. But those "heresies" have influenced China for more than 2,000 years.
"Hey, look at what you said, it's like your family is a big family, so if you marry your mother-in-law, you can still let her eat at home."
As soon as the others said this, the person was immediately unhappy.
"You know, this is called a rule, working at home is the same as working in a factory, there are male workers in the factory, in case ......"
"Hey, look at what you said, there are still men in that village, what if someone hooks up when you're not at home?"
"Who are you talking about?"
"Come on, come on, don't yell nonsense, it's all people who don't have a daughter-in-law, shouting a bear, and then quarrel when you have a daughter-in-law......"
Uncle Lin's words made the momentum of the two of them weaken all of a sudden, and people who don't have a daughter-in-law are talking about this there, isn't it boring for themselves.
"Damn, isn't it just a daughter-in-law, I'll buy a daughter-in-law when I go back!"
"Buy a daughter-in-law, be careful that the government has done it for you! When the time comes, it will flow directly to Africa! ”
Because the colonies in Africa and the South Seas required a large amount of labor, the most common crimes in the country were now directly exiled rather than punished, which made the prisons in the country empty. Of course, this also has a side effect - "be careful to flow you to Africa", although many people do not know where Africa is, but it does not prevent them from scaring themselves or their children in this way.
"Hey, what's it about going to Africa? Maybe I can get a vassal daughter-in-law to warm my bed and pass on the lineage! ”
Obviously, for some people, exile in Africa does not seem to be a big deal, and it is not even necessarily a bad thing, after all, in the past two years, the storyteller in the restaurant often talks about some "storytelling" related to Africa, and you can also see "novels" in newspapers, without exception, in those commentaries and novels, there will always be written about how those poor people who are poor at home are disliked and looked down upon, and then how they jump on immigration ships and merchant ships by mistake, and then go to Africa, how to get rich in Africa, Some of them use natives to cultivate wasteland, some open mines, some buy and sell, in a word, in the end, they all made a fortune without exception, and their wives and concubines are like clouds, and even the government ladies are rushing to marry them.
According to some people, this kind of article is a symbol of "the wind is falling", but for ordinary people, it is something that the common people like to see.
"Go, go, maybe you can get rich when you turn back!"
"It's not, just in case it's like the one in the play, who kicks it when he opens up the wasteland, kicking a piece of dog's head gold!"
As soon as his voice fell, someone suddenly disagreed,
"There's a dog's head gold, it's clearly a bull's head gold, it's as big as a cow's head......"
As for why someone would write this kind of book to make a fortune in the colony, on the one hand, of course, because there were indeed people who made a fortune in the colony, but on the other hand, it was because the dignitaries of the dynasty had a large number of fiefs in Africa, and they needed people in their fiefdoms, and forced immigrants alone could not meet the needs, so they were naturally happy to encourage people to take the initiative to go to the colonies through some methods. Thus enriching their fiefdom and turning their fiefdom into a cow. As for this novel, it's just a fictitious "dream of getting rich" that they spent a few dozen to one or two hundred yuan to hire someone to make.
However, in this world, how many people do not dream of getting rich?
And the vast majority of the poor have their dreams, their own dreams of making a fortune, and when they see no hope in their homeland, they are naturally willing to go to the colonies, for those dignitaries who have fiefdoms in Africa. All they have to pay is a ticket!
"Hehe, bullhead gold, what's that bit of gold? According to me, it is most practical to go to the United States to dig for gold, and maybe a spade can dig up a piece of gold...... It's in Africa, but I haven't heard of it! ”
"That's not our place after all, it's not ......"
As soon as the words fell, there was a long whistle from there, and the fishermen who were chatting naturally stopped and looked in the direction from which the whistle came. At the junction of heaven and earth, a few wisps of faint black smoke rose. It wasn't long before a dark shadow drove towards here from upstream.
"Warship!"
The sharp-eyed fisherman screamed.
It was the warship that came from upstream. One after another, the tall and dark warships lined up all the way down the river......
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