November 26 of the seventh year of Chongzhen

At this time, Hunyuan Prefecture has entered the coldest season of the year, and the low temperature of minus four degrees makes many people wrap their whole bodies in thick clothes.

In previous years, the streets were deserted and there were hardly any pedestrians, but this year it was different. With the news that there is a government soup kitchen in Hunyuan Prefecture, the surrounding displaced people have flocked to it, these displaced people are not only in Shanxi Province, even Shaanxi also has a lot of displaced people, this tide of displaced people from the end of October has continued to November, in less than two months, Hunyuan Prefecture has poured nearly 100,000 displaced people.

Such a large number of displaced people also brought a huge challenge to the management of Hunyuan Prefecture, the Ming Dynasty officials are actually very few, the entire Hunyuan Prefecture has a population of nearly 200,000, but the official officials appointed by the imperial court are actually less than 20 people, and the remaining officials at all levels are actually assistants hired by the local government itself, but they are only a few hundred. These people can barely make do with the management of a state on weekdays, but in the face of the sudden arrival of more than 100,000 displaced people, the shortage of manpower has been completely exposed.

After last month's turmoil, the market was in a downturn for a few days, but soon began to prosper again.

Today, under a restaurant opposite Dashifang, a group of people are discussing around a notice, and a scholar wearing a square scarf and a green robe is reading the notice on the list word by word.

"Now that the displaced people are pouring into my Hunyuan Prefecture, in order to settle the displaced people so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, the Shanxi Commander Tong Zhiyue specially recruited a group of literate people to serve as officials or Xu members. The treatment is preferential, and the treatment is now announced as follows: Peng Shi, Ling Shi, scribes, and officials are paid five stone of rice per month and six taels of silver, and the warden, the officials of the capital of the commission, the officials of the people, the officials of Xu, and the officials of the general are four stones of rice per month and five taels of silver. Xu Yuan is three stones of silver and four taels of silver per month......"

In the restaurant, five or six scholars with dusty faces were sitting in the clinical seats, looking at the crowd of people surrounding the notices below, with very complicated expressions.

One of the scholars, with a Chinese character face and a somewhat dark complexion, asked a companion in front of him with a worried face, "Brother Sanshi." Do you really want to decide that you want to stay in Hunyuan Prefecture as a low-level official? ”

"What's wrong with that?" Another scholar, with a slightly round face and a mild-looking face, raised his wine glass and drank the wine in the cup with a "zi" sound. Then he lifted the wine jug and poured himself a full glass before he said with a smile: "Listen, as long as you are elected as a official, you will have at least four stones and five taels of rice every month." This kind of treatment is already higher than that of a Zhengqipin County master, what am I not satisfied with? And the other party's requirements are also low, as long as they can read and write. You can sign up for a simple number of physical studies. Anyway, I at least have a reputation for showing off my talents, and I don't think there's any problem with being a small official. ”

"But your future is going to be ruined!" The scholar of Guozi Face was anxious, snatched the other party's wine glass and said angrily: "Brother Sanshi, you are our best Chinese picker, now you should put your mind to your studies and wait for next year's township exam." As long as you have the fame of lifting people, you will also have the ability to enter Beijing to participate in the examination, once you can be named on the gold list, you will be a dignified Jinshi master, why should you ruin your future for this little profit? ”

"Township test...... Try? Hehe...... round-faced scholar snatched back the wine glass in the other party's hand and smiled bitterly: "Brother Dao, you don't know about me." It's been six years, and I've taken the exam twice, but every time I fall behind Sun Shan, I really can't afford to wait. My wife is sick in bed all the year round, and the family depends on my mother's sewing and mending to maintain, and I can't go on like this. A big man not only can't support his family, but has to rely on a woman to support him, with Brother Dao, I really can't hold on! ”

The crowd listened silently, but no one spoke. In this year, the pursuit is that everything is inferior, only reading is high. Scholars are the most noble group of people in this society, but who knows how difficult it is to support a scholar. In the feudal era, it was necessary to provide for a completely unemployed scholar at least the accumulation of five generations of the better middle peasants. To understand it in layman's terms, the so-called cold door does not refer to the real "cold door", at least your yard has a gate, not a fence.

Just like the scholar known as Sanshi now, his full name is Wuqing, and his family background was originally not bad. Six years ago, when his father died, he left him 100 acres of fertile land, but six years later, his family's 100 acres of fertile land has now become five acres of thin fields, which is barely enough for his family to make ends meet. This is enough to prove that his family has spent a lot of money in the past six years. Therefore, the sentence "I really can't hold on" resonated with all the scholars around me.

A younger scholar also sighed, "What Brother Sanshi said is exactly what I want to say!" I have waited for ten years to study the so-called what to ask for, which is nothing more than glorifying the ancestors, but now it is difficult to pass even the township test, let alone the title of the gold list. So instead of waiting for that ethereal hope, it is better to honestly find a job to do it first, at least we can't let the family worry about us anymore. ”

There was still silence around, and the eyes of several scholars were even faintly red. In the final analysis, there are always a few rich people in this world, so as soon as this scholar named Sanshi spoke, his companions around him felt the same way.

Now that there are two leaders, two of the remaining scholars also nodded and said: "Brother Dao, we think the same way, rather than waiting for that ethereal hope, it is better to be down-to-earth." Besides, I have been waiting all the way for this period of time, and now I am starving everywhere, what can my generation of readers do even if they are on the gold list? Isn't it the same to honestly wait in Beijing for a vacancy? It's better to settle the homeless people here with this Lord Yue. First, you can make a living, and secondly, you can also apply what you have learned in the past, so as to live up to your previous ambitions. ”

The scholar was silent for a long time before he said gloomily: "Since this is the case, then Brother Wei will no longer persuade you, I hope you can show your ambitions here, and we can all get what we want when we are separated from each other in the future." In this way, I will say goodbye to all my brothers here today. ”

"Brother Dao, cherish all the way!"

"Take care!"

These scholars are just a microcosm of Hunyuan City in recent days, with the continuous development of the resettlement of displaced people, the need for more and more grass-roots officials, Yueyang had to openly recruit all kinds of small officials, in addition to the local scholars in Hunyuan Prefecture, there are also many people who have heard the news or traveled here or are down-and-out and disliked to join his team, continue to contribute to the construction of Hunyuan Prefecture, and a vigorous resettlement of displaced people has begun.

Although the year has dropped, but now the outside of Hunyuan Prefecture is in full swing, and countless displaced people have started a vigorous wilderness opening movement in the south and north of the city under the leadership of grassroots officials. If the cattle are insufficient, they will use manpower to pull, and if there is no water, they will start digging wells to get water, Yueyang will also drop the two drilling rigs that were originally in Wuli Village, and in the roar of day and night, a well comes out of clean water.

A cart of grain, farm tools are also transported from Wuli Village in a steady stream, more than 100,000 displaced people once the life has a rush, they can burst out of the power is amazing, at this time if someone passes by outside the city of Hunyuan Prefecture will appear, at this time Wuli Village is full of busy displaced people, some of them are building houses, some are repairing canals, and even more are even renovating roads, in short, it is a hot scene.

Some people are happy about this scene, but some people are not very happy, especially many businessmen in Hunyuan Prefecture, who are full of resentment towards Yueyang.

Outside the city of Hunyuan Prefecture, dozens of large vehicles were heading towards Hunyuan City from the direction of Datong, and a flag was planted on one of the vehicles, with a big 'square' character written on it, and when they came to the city gate, they were stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the city.

"Stop, vehicles entering the city must be inspected!"

A shrewd-looking middle-aged man jumped out of a big car for Wei, he walked quickly to a military commander for Wei and said with a smile on his face: "This military master, our convoy belongs to the Fang family, and we went to Datong Mansion to purchase some New Year's goods on the order of Master Fang. ”

The Wu Commander squinted at the other party and sneered, "Fang family? What about the Fang family, doesn't the Fang family need to be inspected? ”

The middle-aged man said hurriedly: "No...... This military master, our Fang family's vehicles have never had to inspect vehicles when they enter the city, and they have been like this for so many years! ”

Wu Chang said expressionlessly: "That was in previous years, now this rule has changed, I don't care if you are the Fang family or the Yuan family or the Bian family, all vehicles entering the city must be checked, if you want to not let us check the car, please take out the documents of the command of the Yamen, as long as you have the documents of the Yamen, we will release you, but the question is do you have it?" ”

"I ......" The middle-aged man immediately became dumb, directing the documents of the Tongzhi Yamen, is that something he can get?

Seeing that the other party was speechless, the captain waved his hand, "Come on, check the vehicle immediately!" ”

"Yes!"

As soon as Commander Wu's words fell, four officers and soldiers jumped into the car and inspected the vehicle from behind him.

Soon someone reported: "Head, these carts are full of cloth and spices!" ”

The Wu Commander smiled: "Hey...... Not bad, it seems that the Fang family has been quite nourishing this year, even the spices and cloth have used more than 30 carts, and there are so many people in your Fang family! ”

As soon as the words fell, Wu Chang's face immediately turned cold: "All vehicles must pay taxes in full, otherwise all ...... will be detained."

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