Chapter 42: Recovering the hearts and minds of the people
The Yu family head fled to annoy Zhiyong, and ordered an intensified offensive to quickly storm the Yu mansion, and even if there were occasional attempts to resist, they were quickly suppressed.
Subsequently, a large number of property, title deeds, shops, etc. were looted and gathered together. Countless wealth, grain, minerals, etc. were also removed.
Even Zhiyong, as well as his subordinates and others, looked at the wealth like a mountain, and their eyes showed shock.
used to know that the wealth of the wealthy families in the world was amazing, but they never thought that the wealthy families in the poor land of the party would be so rich.
"These rats!"
"So much wealth has been gathered!"
"It's really not enough to kill the people!"
Looking at the golden cake like a hill, Zhiyong cursed loudly without resentment, the treasury of the Jin Kingdom is estimated to be not as much, and this is only the wealth of the eldest son city.
"Hey!"
"These riches are all accumulated by the Yu family over hundreds of years. Wei Chen, the commander under his command, had his eyes flickering, and said with emotion on his face.
"Sealed!"
"It's all sealed ... ”
"Wait for Childe to decide!"
Zhiyong's eyes flickered for a while, as a member of the Zhi family, although he was not as good as the scenery when the Zhi family pressed the three qing, and the living conditions were excellent, but when he saw the mountains of wealth, he was inevitably tempted.
But fortunately, he quickly adjusted his mentality, and said in a solemn voice:
"Everybody go outside and be on guard!"
"Whoever approaches without permission will be killed!"
"No!"
"No!"
"No!"
The soldiers, whose eyes were misty and whose snorts were a little heavy, suddenly woke up when they heard the words of the commander, and although their faces were full of nostalgia, they finally resolutely turned their heads.
"Childe, the commanders not only exterminated the gate lords and wealthy families in the city, but also seized food, money and other things, but the amount was too large, they did not dare to decide on their own, and they sent people to ask for instructions on how to deal with it. Gongsun Ju walked hurriedly and said with a happy face.
"Oh!" was counting the population of the seventeen cities of Shangdang County, and the wine of the good fields, when he heard Gongsun Ju's words, he raised his head and his eyes couldn't help but turn up, and his face showed joy.
"Money, take out thirty percent to reward the soldiers, and the rest will all be filled into the treasury, whether it is to expand the army, to build a school, etc., a lot of money is required!"
Of course, he still understands the truth of wealth and gathering, those wealth are the accumulation of hundreds of years of wealth, and the amount is so large that even those Confucians who regard money as dung will inevitably have a sense of coveting.
However, he soon dismissed the idea of taking it all in.
"It's going to snow soon, the shortest winter is four months, if there is a cold snap, it may be postponed to March, but the grain cloth in the hands of the people is insufficient, open the granary, put the grain, and at the same time take out a part of the money to help the people!"
"In addition, this son said that there are no slaves in my Jin Kingdom, and all the people under the rule of my Jin Kingdom are all from our country!"
"The whole city posted a notice that at noon tomorrow, it will be confiscated from the hands of the wealthy clans, gate lords, scholars, and slave merchants, and the land deeds and deeds of sale will be collected in front of the county guard and burned publicly!"
"All the slaves were restored to their freedom, and all the land confiscated was distributed among the peasant households. ”
"No!" Listening to what Jujiu said, Gongsun Ju's eyes subconsciously shrank, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and opened his mouth with difficulty to say something, but he couldn't say anything when the words came to his mouth, so he had to hug his fists and bow down.
Jujiu also knew what Gongsun Ju wanted to express, and to be honest, he was distressed when he took out almost half of his wealth, but he was relieved to make up his mind, and he was relaxed, and he raised his head and said without hesitation.
"Those riches are all obtained by wealthy families, gate valves, and oppression of the people, and it can even be said that it is accumulated with blood, and this son does this, which can be regarded as taking from the people for the people!"
"In addition, let the people of each battalion keep an eye on them, but if anyone is corrupt, they will be executed according to military discipline and will not be merciless!"
"I also ordered the commanders of all armies, especially the guards of all towns, to restrain the army and not to disturb the people, but if there is an offense, there will be no forgiveness!"
With the posting of notices one by one, as well as the transmission of the order of the cavalry galloping through the city, the entire eldest son city was boiling in an instant after a night of silence.
"Did you hear that?"
"The prince of Jin ordered his soldiers to personally burn the people's IOUs in front of the county guard, as well as the deed of sale, and return the people's freedom, and all the people on the Jin land are the countrymen!"
A man with a yellow face and rough palms looked at the person next to him and said with excitement on his face.
"I heard!"
"At first, I didn't believe it, but I secretly read the notice, and I knew that Gongren was righteous, and if we knew this, we would have opened the city gate to welcome Wang Shi into the city!"
"Who said no, since ancient times, we have been treated as countrymen, and only the prince of Jin, these wealthy families, gate lords, and hypocrites of the scholar clan have been killed well. ”
"Yes, after generations of oppression, now I am finally free!" There are old men with tears in their eyes, kneeling and sobbing!
"In the future, we don't have to look at the faces of those big clans anymore, but pity my children, because there is no food, they are all starving to death!"
"Hao, it's all damned, if it weren't for these robbers, how would we be without food. ”
As the poor people walked out of their homes with courage and slowly gathered, thinking of their previous lives, they all suddenly became indignant, and some people stood on their feet and scolded.
And such a big movement also attracted the attention of several figures, they stood on a high place, looking at the more and more people gathered, and the gratitude in their eyes, and their hearts couldn't help but rise a little emotional.
This kind of situation is absolutely not seen outside the previous Shangdang County, the public opinion is like iron, and the hand of the Jin Gongzi is broken!
The soldiers he led were indeed the teachers of the benevolent, and wherever they went, they did not commit any crimes in autumn, and the people were willing to support them.
This also made those figures hesitate a little, originally just traveled around the world, from the party to Qin, to see the terroir of Qin, but they didn't expect to see a glance here that shocked them, and they were also full of curiosity about Jin Gongzi, a few people looked at each other, and with the flow of people to the county guard mansion square.
"Childe is here!" a guard shouted, and in an instant, the originally noisy and noisy crowd became eerily quiet!
"Childe, the hour is almost up, don't you start now!" Gongsun Ju bowed and asked!
Hearing Gongziju's inquiry, Jujiu subconsciously glanced up at the sun.
Seeing that the sun was approaching, he nodded slightly, and Gongsun Ju understood, and respectfully took the cotton silk roll in the hand of Jujiu.
"Jin Guojian Guogong Yu, my Jin Kingdom is the orthodoxy of the world, today Xingwang soldiers and rebels, the eldest son, the king is all Jin soil, Jin soil is the countrymen, the cold winter solstice, Gongzi Zhao Yu From today on, all the granaries are open to release grain and relieve the people. ”
"At the same time, from today onwards, all the deeds of sale, land deeds, all burned, all the rent, money, grain, etc. that you owe to the wealthy family will be nullified, and there will be no slaves in the Jin country, and nearly 20,000 slaves will be free no matter where they come from!"
With Gongsun Ju's voice landing. One by one, the soldiers in armor walked up with several huge boxes, and opened all the wooden boxes in front of everyone.
Title deeds made of sheepskins and animal skins, deeds of sale, were blown by the wind and sprinkled out. Although they had been prepared for a long time, when everyone really looked at the land deeds, deeds of sale, house deeds, and IOUs, they couldn't help but bold.
Some people had red eyes and hazy eyes, and some people clenched their fists and opened their mouths wide with excitement, as if they wanted to shout something, but they couldn't make a sound.
"Burn all these, from today onwards, there will be no slaves in Beijun, but if anyone enslaves others, the people can sue the officials!" Gongsun Ju Nian retreated, Jujiu stood on the forty-nine steps, looked around, and saw that everyone saw the contents of the box, and then said in a solemn voice.
"No!" two guards with torches stepped forward and set fire to the contents of the box as everyone watched.
The orange-red flames danced in the breeze, and the house deeds, land deeds, and deeds of sale turned into ashes in the flames.
With the burning of the deed of sale, the shackles that were invisible to the naked eye were completely shattered.
Countless people only felt that their bodies couldn't help but feel light, as if some shackles had been broken, and even their breathing became much smoother.
"Okay!" I don't know what happened, but everyone has a heartfelt smile on their faces.