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As soon as the day entered winter, it was late to brighten, and the rooster crowed several times, and the sky was still gray. The wind like a knife blows through the narrow, wide streets; The streets are sparsely populated, carrying the overnight garbage from the floor, whistling and circling between the dilapidated houses.

"This hellish weather is colder than Liaoxi."

Wu Henian retracted his hand, put down the sedan curtain, and stopped looking at the street. There was a stove in the sedan chair, and he struggled to carry his injured leg and leaned towards the side. The heat came up, and it was much more comfortable, and he sighed happily.

On the night of the civil strife, he could have actually rescued the Shuai Mansion earlier.

At that time, he realized that someone was making trouble. However, he didn't expect that Qian Shide was a Goryeo or a Jurchen, he had been an official for half his life, and he had never seen any scenes in these years? Unlike Luo Lilang, he is not so frightened, no matter how dangerous he is, is it comparable to Deng She's breaking Yongping City at night?

It only took a quarter of an hour for him to assemble the whole house. No matter who makes a rebellion, the Shuai Mansion will definitely be the first to conquer, the lord is in trouble, and the courtiers can't help it. However, when he left the mansion to save Deng She, he hesitated.

A few house slaves, unarmed, and the weapons they use are either kitchen knives or broom strips, and they are definitely not opponents of the chaotic army without going through the battle array. It doesn't matter if they die, if Deng She is not saved, but instead takes Lao Wu's life, is it worth it?

Thinking about it again, Deng She is going to die, can he have good fruits to eat in the year of Wu He? He served in the governor's office for many days, and the number of Goryeo and Jurchens he offended was really a lot; In addition, the relationship with the generals in the army is also extremely bad, and if the rebels want to kill him, I am afraid that they will not even ask for intercession.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and fought hard! People die in the sky, immortal for thousands of years, such a rare opportunity to show loyalty, it is a pity to let it go.

And so, he was right. Although the thigh was injured, fortunately, the injury was not serious, and it was good to stay in bed for a while. A little bit of flesh and skin, in exchange for Deng She's trust, to be honest, he woke up with a smile several times when he went to bed last night!

In the stable sedan chair, Wu Henian took out the document in his sleeve, which was the "Letter to the Fathers of the Governor's Mansion of the Twin Cities in Guanbei and Pyongyang, which Deng She sent to him last night". He squinted, shook his head, and read it several times in a row:

"Meng Yuan has no way, and the people are miserable. Fathers of the Northern Realm, who is not the rest of the war? I am not here to disturb the people, and to be peaceful. Thou shalt be in peace with thy own business, and thou shalt not be afraid. Gentlemen and sages, there are those who can follow each other and make meritorious contributions, and I will use them. If there is any inconvenience in the old government, I will get rid of it. ”

What does this document mean? If the previous document was to kill chickens and make an example of monkeys, this document refers to appeasing the people. First a slap in the face, then a jelly bean. The work of slapping is responsible for Hong Jixun and Luo Guoqi; Who is responsible for the work for jelly beans?

Whoever is in the hands of the paperwork is responsible. Otherwise, why did Dunshe hand over the paperwork to him? And commanded him to come early in the morning?

After all the hardships, Wu Henian was satisfied, took out the small mirror hanging on his waist, and took a few photos of it. The person in the mirror has white sideburns and a black face, a long neck and a high Adam's apple, and at first glance, a rooster is also similar. He was a little distressed, and said to himself: "After taking charge of the governor's mansion, you have worked hard." Tsk, look at this hair, it's all white,...... It's hard work. ”

He chuckled, as if he also felt that he was too joety, and reluctantly looked in the mirror before putting it away. He coughed, put on a solemn voice, and asked the palanquin man, "Haven't you arrived yet?" ”

"Back to the master, it's here. Three streets away. ”

"Hurry up, the general has made an appointment with the official for breakfast, it's not too late."

Deng She had nothing to do, and often asked civil and military officials to go to his house and have three meals together. The palanquin man outside agreed loudly. Wu Henian's legs had been left for a long time, and he was a little numb, so he carefully changed his position, and there was nothing to do, he unfolded the paperwork again and savored it. The foreshadowing and soothing of the people in front are not talked about, but for the people to hear; For him Wu Henian, where are the most valuable words in the document? Where's the question?

"Gentlemen and sages, there are those who can follow each other and make meritorious contributions, and I will use them. If there is any inconvenience in the old government, I will get rid of it. ”

The implication is that the two major matters of recruiting talents and reforming maladministration will be handed over to him.

"Hong Jixun, Hong Jixun, you have been smart and confused for a while, and you don't even know what is the most taboo thing for the Master. Privately transfer military horses? You've tasted the bitter fruit of yourselves, haven't you? Remove the old, accept the new, slap it, give a candy, this is one. Why does the general have to be divided into two parts?

"Such a big event, in the past, where would there be an opportunity for me to participate? Haha, even Lao Luo is Qiu Ba, and he is about to be on an equal footing with Lao Hong! Young man, still tender! Too tender! Wu Henian was in a good mood and wanted to laugh; He barely restrained himself, still unsatisfied, and touched his injured leg, "Good legs, good legs, I really wronged you." When my lord and I soar, I will definitely wrap you in gold and silver, and compensate you well. ”

As he spoke, he slapped twice on the leg; accidentally photographed the wound, and it hurt so much that he bared his teeth, and he took a few breaths of cold air with a smile. The sedan chair man outside the curtain gently put down the sedan chair: "Master, it's time to the Shuai Mansion." ”

"Help the official to go down."

Wu Henian got off the sedan chair, the wind was cold, the heart was hot, he slightly adjusted his clothes, was supported by the sedan chair man, held his head high, and entered the general's mansion of Deng She dignified and solemn.

Deng She did not sleep well at night, and with the torture of poisonous injuries, his face was haggard. When Wu Henian arrived, he had only been up for a short time. Wu Henian ignored his leg injury, pushed away the sedan chair, jumped up two steps, and bowed: "Humble Wu Henian, I have seen a general." ”

"Get up." Deng She reclined on the soft couch and said with a smile.

Wu Henian got up, from the bottom to the top, with a pair of black bean eyes, and looked at Deng She a few times. He frowned, worried, and said, "The humble position is bold, looking at the general's complexion, it is quite pale, and his spirit seems to be a little sluggish. It's been two days,...... General, do you want to change the doctor? ”

"It's none of the doctor's business, it's that I didn't sleep well last night." Deng She instructed his soldiers to look at the tea, and stretched out his hand to give up his seat, "You have an injury on your leg, don't be polite, sit down." ”

"Yes."

Wu Henian sat down with a limp; Deng She asked with concern, "How is the injury on the leg?" ”

"A little wounded, General He Lao asked?" Wu Henian didn't care, with a heroic attitude. As he replied, he naturally moved his injured leg, as if he had touched a sore spot, and grinned his teeth.

It looks like he's hurting heavily. Deng She asked, "What did the doctor say?" ”

"The lowly position is young and strong, full of fire, and will raise a good man for ten days and days, and he is alive and jumping!" Wu He is over forty years old, and he keeps saying that he is young and strong, and he is full of fire, Deng She couldn't help but smile and said, "That's good." He asked, "The one who hurt you is dead or alive?" ”

"Qian Shide, who was injured and despicable, was killed by General Yang; There is another centurion, who is now in prison. ”

"Oh? At noon today, the party will be beheaded, and the centurion will also be among them, if you have nothing to do, you might as well go too, you can watch the beheading yourself. ”

Wu Henian was grateful, stood up with difficulty, fell to the ground, and kowtowed a few times: "General Xie avenges his humble duties!" Then again, for the general to be wounded, not to mention a leg; The head is gone, and the lowly position is also rejoicing. ”

"Hurry up, hurry up."

Two pro-soldiers stepped forward and helped Wu Henian to sit back in his seat. Wu Henian suddenly laughed and said, "On the night of the civil strife, General Yang and General He arrived one after another. The general did not hide that General Yang was brave and invincible, and when he saw that the centurion was about to injure the last general, he slashed him first, so that he lost his head; Otherwise, this injury will be an inch higher, and it will be lowly, but it will be the same as General He. ”

Like Ha Guangxiu, isn't he a eunuch? He said it in a joking tone, the effect was much stronger than the loyalty of the word, Deng She listened, laughed, and couldn't help but comfort: "Yesterday, General Chen said, praise you for your loyalty." It's good, I see it in my eyes and keep it in my heart. …… Come to someone, serve food, bring a pot of wine, I will toast Mr. Wu a few glasses. ”

Dunshe was poisoned and was not allowed to drink alcohol; Wu Henian was terrified, and said "I don't dare to be", and drank a few cups happily, and everyone was happy.

Not long after the foundation was created, the ground of Shuangcheng was not rich, and Deng She was very simple in eating and dressing, and still maintained the style of the army. Because I invited Wu Henian to dinner today, in addition to a plate of pickles, a plate of steamed buns, and a bowl of rice porridge, there was also a plate of the famous Korean kimchi.

In Goryeo, rice is its most important grain, and in previous years, there was a famine in Liaodong, and the Yuan court had repeatedly adjusted the rice to relieve the disaster. Its production area is dominated by Korea in the south, followed by the northern border, that is, the coastal zone near Shuangcheng. Although its rice production is large, the common people of Goryeo, even if they have money, are not allowed to eat it to their heart's content, because pure white rice, that is, rice, can only be eaten by the royal family of Goryeo.

In well-off homes, most of the food is mixed grain rice, that is, rice and grains are mixed together to cook. From this point of view, Deng She's rice porridge for breakfast is already a luxury.

Wu Henian ate with relish, dried up three or four steamed buns in one go, praised the Korean kimchi that was served, and said: "Eat at home with a humble job, you can't do without this thing every day, the price is cheap and good, and the meal is refreshing." Speaking of which, the most valuable thing made by the Koreans is also this thing. ”

Dunshe smiled and didn't speak. He had a bad appetite, so after eating a little, he put down his chopsticks. Wu Henian's eyes were quick, he hurriedly swallowed the steamed buns in his mouth, picked up the porridge, drank it all the way, wiped his mouth, and burped: "Full, full." Thank you, General, I haven't eaten for a long time. ”

"If you like it, I still have kimchi in my house, and when I leave, take it back."

"I don't dare to ask for it."

Wu Henian Wen crepe dropped a bookbag, his performance was completely different from the past, not as restrained as before, and he was much more relaxed. However, Deng She is not disgusted by this, after a long time in the high place, it is inevitable that the high place is not cold, and he has seen too much restraint, and there is a different flavor in changing the style.

He looked up at the outside of the hall, and the sun was gradually rising, adding some luster to the gloomy morning. Wu Henian saw his absent-mindedness and asked, "Humble and presumptuous, does the general have something on his mind?" ”

Of course, Deng She had something on his mind, and he subconsciously replied, "It's almost noon." "It's only early in the morning, it's still early at noon, why do you say this? Wu Henian was stunned for a moment, Deng She reacted, changed his words, and said, "Have you read the document I sent to you last night?" ”

The play meat is coming. Wu Henian put aside his doubts for the time being, cheered up secretly, and said, "I've seen it." ”

"Is there something wrong?"

The general's words are sincere, and his love for the people is overflowing. Even people of iron and stone will be moved by this, and they will not be talented, thinking that they do not feel the need to revise. ”

"That's the good polishing of the officials in the house." Deng She smiled, dissolved Wu Henian's sycophants, and asked, "Recruiting talents and reforming maladministration, what do you think?" I asked you to come today to hear your opinion, and you have been ruling the land for a long time, and you will have something to learn, even if you talk about it. ”

"Yes. The general Ying will be in charge of tomorrow, and he thinks that this purge is at the right time. ”

"Oh?"

"If you are worried about it internally, why should you worry about it outside? The more tense the situation in Liaodong, the more we cannot relax our internal control. For example, there were hundreds of officials, including Han Chinese, Goryeo, old officials from the pre-Goryeo period, and new officials appointed by generals. The new officials also came from different sources, including local wealthy, Han Chinese in the city, and military officers.

"Humble with them, working together every day, an obvious feeling,......" Wu Henian paused and looked at Deng She. Deng She waved his hand: "Tell me." ”

"Han people have Han people's thoughts, and beauty people have beauty ideas; The rich and wealthy have the interests of the rich, and the former Goryeo old officials have the abacus of the former Goryeo officials. Generals who were transferred from the army and reappointed as local officials were loyal enough, but most of them were illiterate, or they were not very literate, and they really had no experience in governing the localities.

"In the more than a month of the general's expedition to Liaodong and Gaizhou, three or four incidents of officials joining forces to deceive the officials were discovered."

Most of these incidents are related to corruption and extortion of the people.

One of the most serious cases is suspected of a large amount of money. The origin of the matter is like this, just before the Jurchen rebellion, the Shuangcheng Governor's Mansion was ordered by Hong Jixun to check and collect the salt stored in the coastal salt fields.

He had two officials under him, an old official of the former Goryeo and a native of the future. Two people, one experienced and the other well-connected, secretly colluded with several officials of the governor's office to take care of the warehouse, mixing dust into the salt bags. For example, one hundred catties of salt out of the house will become one hundred and twenty catties when you enter the shops of various * stores and cooperatives. The Governor's Mansion of the Twin Cities only charges a hundred catties of salt, and the difference of twenty catties belongs to them.

It is said that this kind of thing happens everywhere and is commonplace. They want to mix a little, and it will pass; The people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, and the dust is mixed with too much, which causes dissatisfaction in various places, and the reaction comes up, needless to say, the head is cut off.

Not only was their heads cut off, but the chief officer was also implicated, demoted, and punished. If, among them, the chief official had a little experience in governing the locality, and increased the inspection of the salt bags that left the government and entered the city, the matter would not have come to this point.

More than one-third of the military spending of the Twin Cities comes from salt. The officials of the Governor's Mansion dared to do something from above, which was really bold.

"Even salt, they dare to cheat! General, what else do they dare not do? ”

Deng She thought so. Again, it is easy to maintain the combat effectiveness of an army, but it is too difficult to maintain the purity of a regime. Since the outbreak of civil strife, the more he thinks about it, the more he discovers the correctness of a sentence: win the world immediately, not rule the world immediately.

He flipped through the history books at hand, and the founding emperors of all dynasties and dynasties were all in the world, that is, they emphasized literature over military force. Can civilian officials charge into battle, capture the flag and defeat the enemy? They can't, war is the stage of military generals, and governing the country is impossible without civil servants.

Deng She deeply felt his own shortcomings, which was also one of the reasons why he invited Wu He to come and share breakfast. He is the one who has been in the city several times and has the experience and ability to govern the place. Hong Jixun compares himself to Xiao He, in Deng She's eyes, he is Chen Ping.

"What Gu Ling said won my heart. If there are any other lofty opinions, please talk about them as well. ”

The turtle age, the word of Wu Henian; Deng She always called him by his first name, or by his official position, and never called him by his word. At this moment, there was a sudden cry, and the intimacy was unmistakable. Wu Henian was overjoyed and refreshed.

"Please don't dare to take the word, let alone Gao Jian. The humble position is only a little stupid, right, and you have to ask the general to comment on it. ”

"Say it."

"If you want to be clean, you can't just clean it."

"Oh?"

"Cleansing is for a time, not for a lifetime. To reap the effect once and for all, in addition to cleaning, it must be smelted. ”

"I want to hear about it."

"Smelters, furnaces too. The twin cities are now like a piece of miscellaneous iron. Cleaning, at most, can only remove the rust on its appearance, but there is no way to turn it into steel. If you want to make steel, you have to smelt. ”

"How to smelt?"

"Take the will of the general as the furnace, take the general's thought as the fire, throw hundreds of officials into it, burn it, and melt it; Take the armies as hammers and pincers, and the people as anvils, put hundreds of officials on them, clamp them, and forge them with hammers. Then, use high-ranking officials as buckets and Houlu as water to lure hundreds of officials to jump inside, water them, and quench them. ”

Wu Henian was impassioned, he stood up with the case, bent his injured leg, beat his chest with his hand, and said: "First there are generals who are refined, and then there are thousands of military might, and the official is lured in front. If this weapon is successful, the general will know what kind of power it will have? ”

"Please."

"Cadre, Mo Ye, the famous craftsman of the ancients, the sword refined, but the blood spattered five steps. If today's generals are tempered by the law of humble duties, then hundreds of officials will be formed, not to mention neutralizing public opinion and securing the four townships! ”

He was spitting, his face was red, and his voice was hoarse: "When it is, all officials and surnames, everyone is united, and all of them take the general's will as their will and the general's thoughts as their thoughts." With the general's mind, it is supreme, pressed, and lingering. Break the floating clouds on the top, and Jedi on the bottom; It moves like the vibration of thunder, and it is straight forward. ”

His palm slapped heavily on the desk: "Despicable dog guts, please think about it!" When it was time, the general was alone, and there were tens of thousands of bodies! The civil and military armies, like arms and fingers, welcome the life, and destroy if they are against it! Ten swings and ten uniques, despicable dogs, who can stop them in the world? Despicable dog guts! Who in the world dares to stop it! ”

The first time I found out, Wu Henian was also an eloquent man. Although he borrowed Zhuangzi's words on the sword, Deng She listened to it with great emotion and couldn't help but applaud.

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1. Steamed buns.

There is a small anecdote about steamed bread, the ancestor of Japanese steamed bread, it is said that it is Lin Jingyin, a native of Ningbo in the Yuan Dynasty.

In the tenth year of Zhizheng (1350), the seventh generation of descendants of the Northern Song Dynasty poet Lin Kui traveled east to Japan, operating a steamed bun shop in Japan, because of its high quality, the deep love of the Japanese emperor and the court nobles, the emperor's imperial book "the first Japanese steamed bread", and set April 19 every year as the steamed bread festival.

Nowadays, there is a place called Hankoku Shrine near Kintetsu Nara Station in Japan, and there is a small shrine called Hayashi Shrine in the precincts, which enshrines the shrine of Hayashi Jingyin, who went to Japan in the Yuan Dynasty. Every Manju Festival, confectionery makers from all over Japan, including many descendants of Hayashi Kiyoin, rush to Nara to participate in events to pay homage to Hayashi and exchange ideas within the industry.

In 1998, Ningbo scholar Yang Gucheng visited Japan, and in the ancient capital of Nara, he saw the "Manju Forest Shrine Monument" erected by the Japan Food Association on the street. Locals told him that it was to commemorate Lin Jingyin, a native of Ningbo who introduced the method of making steamed buns to Japan.

2. One lead salt, the wholesale price is three spindles.

After Emperor Shun to the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1339), the two Zhejiang Yunsi wrote in the book that the price of salt was quoted for each time, "now it is three ingots". In the second year of Zheng (1342), "the Hejian Transportation Division examined the household department cloud: the annual office of the division, the surplus salt totaled 380,000 citations, and the total amount of banknotes was 1.14 million ingots." "Converted, it's also one lead and three spindles.

However, in the first ten years, after the change of the banknote law, it caused prices to rise sharply and the value of paper money to depreciate. The following year the Red Turban Rebellion broke out, and by this period, it is certain that the Yuan government was no longer able to set a uniform price for salt.

- Later to Yuan: During the period of Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, there was an era name to Yuan, and during the period of Emperor Shun, there was an era name to Yuan. In a dynasty, two emperors used a year name, and there is only one example. At that time, people used this to ridicule the Mongols.

However, from another point of view, it was Shizu who laid the foundation for the Yuan Dynasty's rule in the Central Plains; The Yuan Dynasty lost its rule over the Central Plains, and the king of the fallen country was Emperor Shun, which can be described as a coincidence.

Someone was far-fetched, and mentioned the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty, saying: "The rise of the Song Dynasty began in the seventh year of Emperor Gong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and Emperor Gong was eight years old. And his death also, finally to the first year of the young emperor Deyou, the young emperor Fang was four years old, the name is prominent, and the word Xiande is combined. ”

3. Salt price.

Yuan system, the weight of a salt has changed many times, first 400 catties, and in some areas changed to 300 catties, and later changed to 400 catties.

During the Meng Ge period, ten taels of salt were introduced, that is, one tael of silver bought forty catties of salt. Since then, the price of salt has changed a lot. Before the Zhizheng period was taken off and changed into banknotes, the wholesale price was three ingots of banknotes, which was nearly seven taels of silver, and when it was time to sell, the price of salt transported to various places was often one to two times higher, or even more, which was called "collecting money on behalf of others". In name, it is the freight on the road and the wages of hired workers, but in fact, most of them are exploited by officials and wealthy businessmen.

In the second year of Emperor Shun's reign (1334), the actual sales price of salt in the metropolitan area was "consistent, only one pound of salt was bought", so that "the poor could not eat". But this is also much better than in the 21st year of the reign of Shizu (1284), when each salt was sold for 120 taels (guan), which was more than 8 to 10 times higher than the wholesale price, which was obviously the result of the manipulation of the market by a few powerful people.

In response to this situation, the Yuan government did not take any corrective measures except for setting up the Changping Salt Bureau, and it can be said that it was left alone. The consequence is that "the small people on the coast are still poorly fed; Deep mountains and poor valleys, there is no salt to know. ”

4. Salt class.

There is a Yuan generation, "the cost of the country, the salt tax is important". In the seventh year of Dade, the document of Zhongshu Province said: "The salt tax accounts for more than half of the money paid in the world." Some records even say: "Eight out of ten of the state funds are salty." ”

Specifically, the so-called salt class is the money generated from the sale of salt.

Salt was not only sold, but also often used along with land in the middle and late Yuan Dynasty as a gift to nobles and ministers. For example, Yuan Wenzong gave 60,000 salt to his favored minister Sadi, and 60,000 yuan to the eldest princess of Lu Guo, the emperor's sister.

5. The cost of salt production.

When the cost is highest, it is about one-fifth of the price of salt, and when it is the lowest, it is only one-seventh. This salt price is not the retail price, but the wholesale price, that is, the price at which the Yuan government sells salt. It can be seen that the difference is very large, and it is precisely because of this that the Yuan government has obtained huge revenues from it.

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