Chapter 246: A New Life for the Han People
The problem of the White Lotus Sect, Zhu Youzhen directly let go of Wei Zhongxian to do.
After all, it was only an opponent of the level of the White Lotus Sect, and in Zhu Youzhen's opinion, Dongchang's strength was enough.
And on the other side.
In Liaodong, a large number of Ming officials came here... Some Han people who were originally humiliated by the Tartars here finally ushered in their own good days.
Wang Laosan doesn't have a serious name, he is no different from most of the people of the Ming Dynasty, except that he has a surname in the family, and he is the third among his brothers.
came and went, and was called Wang San, and when he got older, he was called Wang Laosan.
Originally, Wang Laosan's life was quite good, although after he got married, the unlucky daughter-in-law gave birth to three big fat sons in a row.
With a few more mouths to eat, life will be struggling for a while.
In order to be able to feed his family, Wang Laosan also had to find a way to rent more than a dozen acres of dry land from the old man's house in the township.
The dry land means that it is farther away from the canal, and he has to go to and fetch water for irrigation.
But life can barely get by.
However, since the arrival of the Tartars, the situation at home has taken a turn for the worse overnight.
This Tartar not only wants to come to the township to grab grain and land, but the most important thing is that a Tartar soldier actually fell in love with his Wang Laosan's sallow-looking woman, which made him uncomfortable.
But the situation is stronger than people, the old man of the village came to persuade again and again, Wang Laosan endured and endured, and finally swallowed this breath under the long knife of the tartar.
But what made Wang Laosan happy was that before the Tartar came to snatch his wife, the Ming Heavenly Army took the lead in breaking the Tartar Army in Guanning Pass, so that the people around their homes could be regarded as living a good life.
Because there was the Ming Guanning City behind him, the Tartars easily did not dare to come again, and Wang Laosan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But there are still many people in the village, and the life after being taken away by the Tartars is not easy at all, according to the people who escaped by luck.
When you get to the Tartars, you don't just have to be a coated slave for others, those so-called masters don't treat the Han people as human beings at all, and they have to get up every day not only before dawn to do work for the master's house.
The master was in a bad mood, and he raised his hand to give him a whip, and the person who was beaten was blurred in flesh and blood and did not dare to forgive, otherwise the tartar would become more and more addicted and could only be next to it.
Right now, a person is sitting in the courtyard of Wang Laosan's house and talking to himself about what happened to him...
"Alas! Fortunately, I can still come back, I don't know how many people died in vain, and they can't even come back to the corpse. ”
Another person in the village and Wang Laosan kept telling about their tragic experiences on the Tartar side.
This made Wang Laosan feel very uncomfortable when he heard it.
But in the end, he said, "Say something happy, how did you escape in the end!" According to you, if you find out, don't you have to die? ”
When he said this, the man's eyes finally became a little brighter, and he said, "When I was working in the field that day, I saw my masters hurrying to collect the gold and silver, and I did not do any work, nor did I beat me with a whip." ”
"At that time, many people in our village were still together, so I guessed if the official army of the Ming Dynasty was calling, and this group of Tartars was going to run away!"
Wang Laosan said in surprise: "What about later? Isn't it the official army of the Ming Dynasty! ”
"Exactly! At that time, we saw that these Tartars were desperate to escape, and they were also angry for a while, and we didn't know where the courage came from, and the Tartars' house was burned with a fire! ”
Hiss... Wang Laosan was suddenly a little surprised, and said: "Then even if that's the case, don't you have to die once you are caught by the Tartars?" ”
The man who spoke shook his head: "At that time, those slave masters who seemed to be high on weekdays were like lost dogs, where could they take care of these, if it wasn't for the fear of losing their lives for no reason, I wanted to pick up a stick and have a good fight with that tartar!" ”
"Hahaha! I don't know about you yet, you're still cowardly! Wang Laosan said.
"Alas! It's not cowardly! I don't hate it, my family's house and land are gone, my daughter-in-law is occupied, and my father and mother are all killed by Tartars! The eldest son can work and can live with me, but the younger son was directly picked to death by the Tartar with a knife..."
Wang Laosan was silent.
With a sigh of relief, the man who spoke continued, "I hate.... But I have to come back, and I have to raise my son... Or I really! ”
"Don't mention it! Don't mention it! That Tartar has been killed by the heavenly army of the imperial court, and I don't know how many people have died! It's also avenging us! ”
"Tell me about now!" In fact, Wang Laosan knew that this time these Han people who were rescued from the hands of Houjin's Jiannu had a good life in the township, and it was not much worse than his Wang Laosan's life.
But because of the bad luck.. Wang Laosan can't afford to compare, in this year of troubled times, it is not easy to survive.
"It's really a good day now, when I was on Jiannu's side, I didn't dare to think about it at all, at that time, I just thought that my family was ruined, my home was gone, my land was gone, and more importantly, how to live without any food."
"It's when you're confused and helpless, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's Heavenly Tiger Army are really good people, they left their rations to us, let's go back to the township first."
Wang Laosan said with some doubts: "How do I think that although your house is gone, there are many masons who have been busy working in your place recently."
The person who spoke showed a little smile on his face when he said this, and said, "Yes! This is all money given by the imperial court! ”
For these displaced people in Liaodong or the Han people rescued in the Later Jin sphere of influence, Zhu Youzhen formulated perfect resettlement measures.
Those who are willing to return to the township can return to their hometown according to their wishes, if the village has been. There are no living people, or the whole family is already in tatters.
In accordance with the principle of matching an adult man with a woman in the prime of life, the newly established Liaodong Affairs Department will make unified arrangements for the unified resettlement of land and the reorganization of villages after the formation of families.
At the same time, the Liaodong Affairs Department also arranged for the distribution of the necessary food for survival, and also returned it to all displaced people, whether they were returning to their hometowns or reforming their villages.
The land was divided uniformly, and for some dry lands, canals were also repaired to ensure irrigation.
And because of their crucifixion, the first three years were a period of recuperation.
During this period, agricultural taxes are completely exempted.