Chapter 20: The Difference Between Inside and Out (Asking for a Commuter Pass)
Yuguan, Yiyan Mountain, near the Bohai Sea, the situation is dangerous, and it has always been known as "the first pass in the world". Pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info it in Hongwu 14 years to build the city to build the customs guard, because of its mountain and sea, so the name of the mountain customs. And the name of this Shanhaiguan was renamed Yuguan in the Qianlong period, and the Guancheng of this Yuguan is a small city with a circumference of eight miles, and the whole city is connected with the Great Wall, with the city as the pass.
Wu Sangui in the year of Jiashen opened this Shanhaiguan, so that the Manchu Qing Dynasty Jianyu entered the customs and lived in the Central Plains, and since then, this Shanhaiguan has become the dividing line between inside and outside the pass, in the eyes of the imperial court, the south of this Yuguan is China, and the north is Manchuria, which is their place, and the Han people will not be allowed to touch it, so they have a wicker side wall and a Manchurian ban.
It is precisely by virtue of this ban that for more than 200 years, the people who "broke into the eastern part of the Guandong" have been asked to take a card, although since the Tongzhi period, they have been forced by Tsarist Russia's encroachment and occupation of the northeast. The Manchus had no choice but to use the policy of "immigrating to the real border" to remedy it, and although it was banned, the banner soldiers of the Chongqing Pass were still extorting the people who "broke into the eastern part of the Guandong" in every possible way, and even if the victims passed the pass, they had to lose a layer of skin.
The dusk sun shone obliquely on the official road, in the afternoon, on the main road outside the South Gate. The people in simple packages looked at the city gate, and at the city gate, the soldiers of the Huai army, who had changed into new military uniforms, kept shouting.
"Sharp, open the package and see, it's going to lose your head with cigarette soil......"
Amid the shouts of the soldiers, the people who lined up in a long line with vegetables all looked at these people with trepidation, and occasionally they would turn their eyes to the fortress.
Now. This former "first pass in the world" has long since disappeared from yesterday's majesty. In the previous battles. Although in the fierce battle that lasted for more than ten days, the North Korean army did not break through the gatehouse, but the artillery blew up the gatehouse on the gatehouse, and the battle was even more tragic.
However, for this, those Huai soldiers don't seem to pay attention to it at all. They rummaged through the people's parcels as they had done before, and searched for the money in the pitiful luggage, and on the other side they kept shouting.
"Today's clearance, Ding Kou Baiwen, women and children ...... fifty"
Just when these people with vegetable-faced faces passed through the city gate, there was a horse team on the other side slowly passing through the city gate hole, and the carriage in the horse team was planted with dart flags and flags. Guan Shaobo occasionally turns his eyes out of the car, as the young owner of Jishitang. This is the first time he has taken medicine from outside the customs, although he is very curious about everything, but because he has seen a lot of relationships with this homeless people along the way, he knows that even if he is pitiful, he can't do anything, that is, he sighed.
Listening to the young owner's sigh there, Jiugong, who was driving the car, laughed.
"Shaodong, you look at these homeless people and look pitiful, but you have come here, and after passing this pass city, you can be regarded as stepping on the road of life!"
"Jiugong, look at what you said, this is after the Shanhai Pass, there are thousands of hundreds of miles to the Liao River, that is, there are good people on the road, that is, to give a big cake, I don't know how many people will starve to death along the way......"
Jiugong's words made Li Jingshan, who went to the customs to procure every year, laugh and refute, I don't know how many hungry people were buried in the grass ditches on both sides of the road out of Shanhaiguan, and I don't know how many people were hungry when they walked.
"This is a pass, and the ghost gate is one pass after another!"
The words of the coachman and the principal were in Guan Shaobo's ears, but they made him confused, how could these two people say different things!
"Director Li, what you always said was in the past, not now,"
Jiugong, who drove the carriage into the city, threw a look at the principal that you don't know for a long time.
"Look at this Yuguan, how is it different from previous years?"
"What's the difference?"
Looking left and right, looking at the ruined walls on both sides, Li Jingshan sighed.
"Everywhere you look, it's full of devastation, it's really not easy for Lord Ye to stay with this for sixteen days!"
The tragic situation on both sides of the street made Li Jingshan can't help but praise Ye Zhichao Ye who defended Yuguan, the pass of the Great Wall fell at the beginning, that is, Lord Ye guarded Yuguan, so that Tang rebelled 100,000 troops did not dare to enter the pass, only dared to enter the pass, and forced the imperial court to sign the alliance under the city, otherwise this Qing country......
"That's because people don't want to fight! If you want to fight, can there be a city in this world that can't be attacked? ”
With a smile, Jiugong, whose home is only a dozen miles away from Yuguan, obviously would not praise Lord Ye like Director Li did, and even because of the relationship between inside and outside the Guan, he even had the idea of moving outside the Guan.
"That battle has been fought, south of this Yuguan, is Li Zhongtang's place, out of this Yuguan, it is Tang Dashuai's territory......"
"Hey, Jiugong, I said you don't want to mention the chaotic ministers and thieves, if it weren't for the surname Tang, the Qing Dynasty is as it is today, the local governors are all eager to stand on their own, I heard that the summer tax has been increased in various places this year, and the autumn tax will be added to the new policy and new army donations, I see, this surname Tang is the Anlu Mountain of our Great Qing Kingdom! The world of the Great Qing Kingdom is in the hands of this surnamed Tang! ”
Li Jingshan's hearing was in Jiugong's ears, and it suddenly made his face look annoyed.
"Master Li, look at what you said, it's as if this Qing Kingdom is so good, you look at the gate of the city just now, that is the Qing soldiers in your old mouth, the Huai Army is like this, and the Eight Banners soldiers in the past are also like this, don't you say it, you have seen it in the past, it is on the number, and that year it was also paid two hundred taels of silver according to the regulations, otherwise, it would have to be the same as them!"
Saying this, Li Jingshan continued.
"Shaodongjia, Director Li, do you know, out of Yuguan three and a half miles to the north, there is a refugee camp set up by the Northeast Army, the people who go out of the customs can live there, eat and live, and also give work to do, and then go north There is a porridge shed for the people to eat every dozens of miles along the way, to ensure that they do not die of hunger, our Qing Dynasty, I look, that is, Tang Dashuai, treat our people as people! If only the people of this chaotic minister and thief have a way to live, I think the world will really have to change, otherwise how can I let the chaotic ministers and thieves give the big guy a way to live! ”
Means of subsistence. The reason why those displaced people came to Kanto. Isn't it just to find a way to live? In Jiugong's view, just because Tang Dashuai gave so many people a way to live, he was not a thief. If such people are all rebellious ministers and thieves, then is this world still the world?
"Oh!"
Jiugong's Guan Shaobo, who originally listened more and watched more and talked less according to his father's request, became curious.
"Jiugong, if Tang Dashuai really does this, it is really a great good man with countless living people, and we have to go and see it when the time comes. Are you this Li'er, Master Li! ”
"Hmph, it's just a fame!"
No matter what the outside world says, there is a large wooden house on the open land only three and a half miles away from Yuguan, which used to be the barracks of the First Division, and in the process of attacking Shanhaiguan, the First Division was stationed here, and after the withdrawal of the First Division. The camp was taken over by the Resettlement Service to provide relief to refugees leaving the country.
Get a good night's sleep. Eating a hot meal, for these refugees, is like a dream, and what is even more unbelievable is that they can still take a hot bath, until the end of the bath, Li Lijie still can't believe what he has experienced, and the noise in his ears and those smiles tell him that this is true.
"Don't be stunned, hurry up and line up at the restaurant, there are a lot of people today!"
Just when Li Lijie was surprised, there was a person next to him who reminded him with a smile.
"Thank you, thank you, sir!"
Li Lijie, who listened to the reminder, hurriedly reminded, but his thanks made the young man smile and wave his hand.
"Don't say anything about adults and adults, I'm not an adult, okay, let's go quickly! Oh, by the way, and if you want to work, sign up at the No. 4 Registrar's Office, all kinds of jobs......"
Looking at the two tiger-headed boys standing behind Li Lijie, and seeing a faltering woman dragging a young girl, the young man reminded softly as if he realized something.
"You're coming from a family?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, the young man reminded again.
"Since it is a family, I suggest you sign up for renting land, this rent is familiar land, this land is the government's, the annual tax is written in black and white on the paperwork, the first year of the tax is halved, now is the right time to go, to the place, get the building materials, the villagers help it, and the house can be built in less than three days."
Noticing the doubts and hesitation on Li Lijie's face, the young man said in an aggravated tone,
"Now the land in Kanto is not as good as in the past, this official famine is strictly forbidden to cultivate privately, and even if you go to relatives and friends, in the end, don't you still rent land and plant? It's just that the official waste is reclaimed, and the money you get to buy fields and farm tools? ”
This sentence really speaks to the bottom of Li Lijie's heart, in order to break into the Kanto, he sold the ancestral three and a half acres of ancestral land, but it took almost a lot along the way, what can he do when he gets to the Kanto? Don't you still have to rent land to plant? Rent for more than ten years and then use the savings of those years to buy those fields, but this is just a thought.
"Brother, this, this land is really officially rented?"
Compared with those who don't know the character of the wealthy people, the government may be more reliable, although when he was in his hometown, he was not less oppressed by the government, but the government still has a little authority after all.
"Look at what you said, of course this land is rented from the government, that land is a large piece of cooked land, and the farm tools are all new household goods, if you think you can't do so much work, you can also rent a big animal at the same time......"
In the words of the young officer, the rent law for the cattle was not the same as before.
"As long as the lease is completed for two years, you can buy this animal in installments, divided into three years, you can also divide it into six payments, although it is a little more expensive than buying livestock directly, but it is better than cost-effective."
Not to mention that tools and livestock can be divided into installments, and even the timber, bricks and tiles used to build houses are also in installments, to put it bluntly, they are all to give these people a little livelihood, and the government first advances silver to let them have no worries about food and clothing.
"The ration for adults is 36 catties, including 20 catties of flour, 7 catties of rice, and 9 catties of coarse grains......"
Standing in the refugee camp, looking at the "resettlement ration" on the notice, Li Jingshan muttered a little distractedly, if it wasn't for the young master who had to come to this place, he would never come to this place where rebellious ministers and thieves solicited the hearts of the people.
As long as the refugees in the Guannai who have no food and clothing are willing to accept the unified resettlement of the government, the government will provide enough food for them to live on before the grain is collected next year. Although this is not enough food for labor, it is far from being comparable to subsistence food.
"I can actually get five catties of dried fish every month, this Tang Dashuai is really ......"
sighed, but Guan Shaobo was speechless, was he really kind? If it is only about giving food and meat, it is indeed a good heart, but in the capital, who does not say that he is a chaotic minister and thief, and who does not say that the Qing Dynasty has fallen to this step of the field today, it is all a scourge that he has invited.
But what does it look like inside and outside this level?
Not to mention other places, just talking about this Shanhaiguan, the soldiers over there are eager to squeeze out the last bit of oil from those ordinary people, and out of Shanhaiguan here, they are given food and clothing here, not only that, but even until the day they harvest in the fields next year.
"You haven't seen it, this grain is lent to the people, and it will be returned after the harvest......"
Without waiting for Li Jingshan to finish speaking, Guan Shaobo pointed to the next sentence and said.
"The repayment of borrowed grain is left to the people's own convenience, and their people's strength prevails, and the civil affairs departments of various localities must not be forced to levy grain interest."
This sentence is what Guan Shaobo really appreciates, this grain is borrowed on the surface, but it is just taking into account the face of "everyone", this so-called repayment, not only did not agree on the repayment period, but even directly told the people that the interest on this grain is not added, when to repay the grain, and how much grain is completely up to you, if you don't pay it back...... Then I won't pay it back.
"Hmph, it's just a matter of selling fame and reputation......"
Although there was mockery in his tone, Li Jingshan's brows were furrowed, and now he was really a little confused, this Tang Haoran was really a chaotic thief? Is it really based on this to buy the hearts and minds of the people? But what's the point of this kind of sale? If all the governments in the world are like this, how can this world be a troubled world?
"Steward Li, seriously, if the banner court also sells this reputation and fishes this reputation, and others don't say it, my Jiugong immediately knelt down and said that the emperor is sage, but when will they treat our people as human beings, I will look at the ......"
Jiugong's voice raised slightly, and he looked around, looking at the people who were smiling because they saw hope, which was in stark contrast to the numbness on the faces of the people in the Guannai, and his heart couldn't help but feel hot.
"In this world, sooner or later, it will have to return to Tang Dashuai! Others don't say it, as long as Tang Dashuai sends troops to fight, we will lead the way for Tang Dashuai's soldiers......"
"Hmph, it's really a traitor in the market,"
With a cold snort, Li Jingshan said proudly.
"The soldiers of Tang Dashuai in your mouth have been driven thousands of miles away by Li Zhongtang, how can they enter the customs?"
(I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival, there is only one change today, I hope you can understand, there will definitely be more during the eleventh day, ask for a monthly pass in advance!) Thanks! (To be continued.) )