Chapter 178: It's better to be blocked

If it was in the real world, Ye Xingyuan would not dare to take such a risk. This method may alleviate the changes of the displaced people, but it will endanger his future, and any official who dares to condone and agitate the displaced people will never be polite.

But this was just a fantasy of deduction, and Ye Xingyuan suddenly thought that he didn't need to be bound by the existing concepts and order. Since it is impossible to stop the displaced people, it is not also a means to control the direction and scale of the migration of the displaced people as much as possible.

Zou Hai knelt on the ground, full of suspicions, unable to guess what the county master was thinking, scratched his head and asked: "What does the lord mean by this?

Ye Xingyuan laughed, "Why hide it, although this official has been in the county government for a long time, he is not ignorant of county affairs, and I already know everything you are talking about." Again, since I have become the parent official here, how can I bear to see my people starving? You don't have to suspect that I am a deceitful person. ”

The county magistrate said abruptly, Zou Hai easily couldn't believe it, afraid that he would deceive people. But Ye Xingyuan is sincere, he has figured out the key points, and the specific implementation plan is naturally logical.

The homeless people want to go, Ye Xingyuan wants to stop it, it is a mantis arm as a car, and it will inevitably be run over by the wheel of history. Reading the books of sages, when the knowledge of power changes, the so-called poor will change, change will make sense, since they can't live, why don't they go?

But whether the order of this "walking" is controlled by the people elected by the displaced people themselves or by the official is very different.

At the beginning, the displaced people never dared to rebel and rebel, it was nothing more than a way to survive, so they spontaneously gathered and traveled through the state and county, and most of the initial actions were gathering, hunting and begging.

Gradually, like a snowball, more and more people gathered, and the good and the bad were mixed. It is inevitable that there will be adulterers, thieves, and plunderers, and thus they will be born. And because the situation is so difficult to control, the law does not blame the people, and there is no punishment, and those wicked people among the displaced people naturally become more and more emboldened, and the vicious circle is becoming more and more vicious.

In the end, they killed people and plundered, and even attacked cities and counties, and finally were used by a small number of people, or divided into one side. or swept the Central Plains, such examples are also numerous in history.

Therefore, all dynasties and dynasties are afraid of the homeless, not afraid of others, but just afraid of the word "gathering crowds". It is precisely for this reason that the Great Qian Dynasty firmly tied the people to the land with the household registration system.

This system has been followed for thousands of years, and there is no easier way to do it. Even in the modern society where Ye Xingyuan lived before, the problem of displaced people is also a headache. The only one who can rely on it is to break it into parts, put appropriate constraints, and finally slowly digest it with industrialization and urbanization.

In this fantasy of deduction. If you want to realize industrialization and consume these surplus agricultural populations that can't survive, Ye Xingyuan can't do it by himself. But the corresponding set of tools is not necessarily impossible to use - this is a very mature mechanism.

Ye Xingyuan looked at the people who hadn't reacted yet, and said with a smile: "You can't wait to find a way to live." As an official of the imperial court, how can I sit idly by? You must already know that it is difficult for the imperial court to transfer now. Relief will not be available until this fall.

And my Pingchuan County is dry and short of water, and the autumn harvest is only afraid that it is also very insufficient, if you don't work hard to save yourself, I am afraid that this thousand miles of loess will be starving all over the wilderness. It makes sense for you to go. But have you ever considered how to leave and when to return?"

After escaping, if you want to go back to your hometown, you can only sneak around, which is equivalent to giving up your rights, and you don't even want your ancestors. This was actually a major and difficult choice for the villagers, and if they were not really forced to do so, these simple villagers would not have made this decision.

Ye Xingyuan's question hits the hearts of these people, who wants to leave their hometown all the time, and who doesn't want to return to their roots in the future. The saints have been indoctrinated for thousands of years, and these concepts have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every Central Plains person.

Zou Hai couldn't help but ask: "We are ignorant, and I ask the master to make it clear, we are all from Pingchuan, and our ancestors and parents are buried under this loess, how can there be any reason not to want to come back?

These words also tacitly agreed that everyone was discussing the homeless, and the others were silent, only staring at Ye Xingyuan. Ye Xingyuan said with a smile: "So you can't escape your citizenship, if you get the approval of the government, temporarily avoid the famine year, and then return to the countryside to farm in the next year, wouldn't it be good?"

Everyone is happy, if it is really as Ye Xingyuan said, it is the best of both worlds, if this can become the common law, in the future, go out in a famine year, and return to his hometown in a good year, why be displaced?

Of course, when fleeing from the famine, there will be suffering, but there will always be no confusion in front of you, where you go, and there is a homeland behind you to return to, the mentality is very different.

Seeing that everyone was a little moved, Zou Hai's eyes rolled around, and he frowned and said: "What the lord said is of course very good, but the imperial court has strict laws and regulations, how can there be such a good thing? If all the peasants in the country are like this, wouldn't it be a great chaos in the world? Can the lord really ask the court for permission?"

This leader really has some insight, and asked the key in one sentence, Ye Xingyuan smiled, "I am the parent official of this county, so naturally I will consider Pingchuan County first." Besides, the imperial court is strong, except for some disasters in our northwest, the rest of the people in the four directions live and work in peace and contentment, why should they leave their hometowns?

The people of our county who have left their hometowns to survive, as long as they always remember that the county is small, they are not allowed to commit adultery and commit crimes, and they know the law and abide by etiquette, why is the court not allowed?"

This is the key to Ye Xingyuan's thoughts, you have to organize the outcasts, okay! But if you want to move your family out, it won't work! The homeless people bring their families, they will have no worries, they will have no fetters to worry about, and where will there be half a bit of hesitation when facing life and death.

If the homeless people are away and the family is in the township, then even if they are forced to pull the flag and rebel, they will inevitably have to worry about harming their families, and this difference in thinking may change a lot.

Someone hurriedly said: "Why are we going out and our families are still in the village? The old, weak, women and children, how can they survive, so won't they starve to death?"

Ye Xingyuan shook his head and said: "How can this be reasonable? Although the imperial court's relief is delayed, it is not impossible to allocate any grain, not to mention that although this year will be a famine year, it is impossible to lose the harvest." If you want to feed all the people in the county, the officials can't do it, but if you take some people and leave some people, the food in the county can also help them barely survive the famine year.

If you go out to work, even if you bring the old and weak women and children with you, you can't do anything but drag them down, and if you don't have enough to eat, won't they suffer more than if you stay in the village?"

This makes a lot of sense, originally the homeless people had to bring their families with them, because they had almost no possibility of returning to their hometowns, so the family had to be in one place anyway. Now that I think about it, there is still hope of coming back in the future, so why bring my family to suffer?

As the county magistrate said, they are worried that their families will starve, but if they go out with them, they will have no meal, and the hardships on the road are much more difficult than at home.

Another person asked: "If there are old and weak women and children left in the county, if they are bullied, what is good?"

Ye Xingyuan patiently explained: "It is precisely because of this that all young and strong people cannot leave their hometowns, according to my wishes, those whose fathers and sons are in the prime of life, the father leaves the hometown and leaves the son, those who have brothers, the brother walks and leaves the younger brother, and the only son whose parents are decayed cannot leave the hometown."

Each township has organized its own training team to protect the village, help with farm work, watch and help each other, and also protect the women and children in the township. The money and food of this group of people can be borne by the county government. ”

This is another good governance, and everyone is happy. Ye Xingyuan saw that most of them had been persuaded, and hit the railway while it was hot: "Young and strong go out to work, ask for three meals and clothing, and if you are lucky, you can also bring back money to support your family." The elderly, the weak, women and children are tending to the crops at home, but this year's rain is not enough, the harvest is limited, and the farm work is not heavy. Coupled with the appropriate relief from the imperial court, you can also survive a hard life.

Those of you who go out can also protect your armor as a formation, watch and help each other, and communicate with the county from time to time. You must know that no matter what, Pingchuan County will always be your home, and my side will know the county, which is your backing!"

Ye Xingyuan's words were high-sounding, but in fact, the essence was very simple. First, if you can't live anymore, then you can go out to beg or work, whatever you want, but you must be organized and connected. Second, the old and weak, women and children, stay in the village, as a fetters, with so many hostages in hand, I don't think you dare to mess around outside.

Third, there are still some young people left in the county, and they still have to be trained, on the one hand, to help each other with the remaining farm work, and on the other hand, to cope with some unexpected situations.

It is a pity that although the handicraft industry in the south of the Yangtze River developed at the end of the Great Qian Dynasty, it was still unable to accept a large number of rural surplus population.

The displaced people who go out in this way are much better organized and will have more concerns about acting. Although they eventually had to either beg or loot to survive because of the constraints of objective conditions, at least in some ways reduced the likelihood of homeless riots.

If the counties in the northwest all adopt the same method as Ye Xingyuan, they may really be able to delay the chaos of the displaced people and renew the life of the Daqian Dynasty that is coming to an end. Ye Xingyuan's heart was clear, and after successfully persuading the villagers led by Zou Hai, he immediately returned to Yafen to write a letter to the imperial court, hoping to turn his whimsical idea into a general policy in the northwest counties.

This will also be part of Ye Xingyuan's examination of the homeless policy, I don't know if the imperial court can adopt his method in the illusion, which also determines whether this policy can become the key to the main thesis of his examination article.

Ye Xingyuan finished writing the chapter, stamped it with the county seal, and flew into Beijing, not caring about the results. Non-stop and gathered the people in the township, tirelessly assigned organizations for them, with ten people as one first, five as one guarantee, designated the old Cheng Dun and generous people as the chief of the first class, and told them to take care of the young people who traveled with them.

Three days later, Ye Xingyuan personally bid farewell at the gate of the county government, and also put up a banner "Congratulations to relatives to take refuge in the famine year, and the wife and children in the county are looking forward to returning". Beating gongs and drums, it was a lively one.

After this action, the homeless people were reluctant to leave the country step by step, and the county calmed down temporarily, but in the end, what the effect would be, and how the imperial court and the surrounding counties would react, Ye Xingyuan didn't know in his heart, so he could only wait and see what happened. (To be continued......)