Chapter 137: Whose money belongs to whom?

Chapter 137: Whose money belongs to whom

When Xu Wu wanted to return to the official residence, the people from the Secret Intelligence Department came back faster than him.

They didn't think as much nonsense as Xu Wu. They went to other places in Jingcaokou and killed people when they met. They didn't talk to anyone until they killed these people to the point of fear.

Conversations in this situation usually go smoothly.

However, killing is inevitable, and it is inevitable that people on the waterway will be purged.

Xu Wuxiang always thought that his political methods were very mature, but he did not expect that in the end, he would still use bandit methods.

He thought he had failed.

There is no life in the huge capital city.

The people in this city live solely on instinct.

Some streets seem to have a shadow of prosperity, but it is only the people, not the hearts of the people, that are prosperous.

Li Dingguo asked 50,000 people to dig horizontal canals. This was obviously to help Xu Wu.

So, Xu Wu wanted to quickly select 50,000 civilians and order them to work in Shanhaiguan.

When these people leave the capital, they inevitably have to part ways with their families.

Seeing these people in agony, even Xu Wuxiang began to doubt whether he was doing the right thing.

The food in the capital could not feed so many people, so Xu Wuxiang finally gritted his teeth and escorted these people to Shanhaiguan.

After this incident, he was surprised to find that his authority in the capital had been greatly improved. When he arranged these people to do the work of restoring the city, people seemed more compliant.

A normal sun began to rise above the Zhengyang Gate.

On the observatory, the lost astronomical instruments were once again shining brightly in the sunlight.

The bronze bell on the bell tower has been re-cast, and the huge drum on the drum tower has also been replaced. When the first day of July arrives, the capital sounds again after four months. The morning bells and evening drums.

The bells and drums seemed to awaken the hearts of the people in the capital and drag them out of their mist.

The bells and drums also represent a kind of order, indicating that the suffering has passed and a new life is about to begin.

Every day, the grain transported to the capital from various places will enter the city through the city gate in the early morning. People are watching the long-lost grain begin to enter the 227 grain stores set by the prefect.

Not only food was brought in, but also a large amount of salt, tea, and cloth.

With these things, people can survive...

It has been four months since Liang Ying came to the capital. She was the first batch of Lantian civilian officials to enter the capital with the army.

After spending a long time with the princess, she is no longer suitable to work in the Secret Service. This seems to be in line with Liang Ying's thoughts. She likes to deal with real people and hates using false thoughts. Fight with others.

Liar, many times it is also a kind of harm to oneself.

Today, she is going to the home of an old scholar under Zhengyangmen to persuade him to reopen a private school. Lantian has subsidies for private schools. Even if the current students cannot afford to pay the tuition, Lantian only distributes A subsidy can guarantee the life of the old scholar.

This is not the first time she has gone to the old scholar’s ​​house to persuade her. Every time she goes, the old gentleman stares at the sky without saying a word. His messy white hair and skinny body look extremely ugly under the blue sky and white clouds. Small.

It is not that he is so small, but because he is hunched over and has a narrowed neck, it is really impossible for people to see him as taller.

There is only an old woman in the old scholar's family, and a little boy who looks very spiritual.

Liang Ying knocked on the door again and entered. The old man gave her a rare look and said: "Is there anyone willing to study these days?"

Liang Ying smiled and said: "People don't want to learn. , not as good as a pig."

The old man nodded and said: "A person who can't even write his name is not a person."

Liang Ying took out a bag from his sleeve. He handed an egg to the little boy who had been waiting for him for a long time and said: "Keep it patient. When the water transportation opens and a large amount of supplies from outside come to Beijing, I will treat you to a cake."

Little boy Looking at Liang Ying, she said: "What is a cake?"

Liang Ying took a sip of saliva and said: "That is the most delicious thing in the world. Taking a bite is like biting on a cloud. The sweet smell can envelope you. For several days, oh no, I'm drooling."

Looking at the fascinated look on his little grandson's face, the sad look on the old man's face faded a bit, and he looked at Liang seriously. Ying said: "Now, does the new Majesty really think that scholars are useful?"

Liang Ying said with a smile: "His Majesty attaches great importance to reading far more than the previous dynasty. He often said that people who do not read are a kind of Diseases require treatment, or even forced treatment.

As far as the little girl is concerned, she was enlightened at the age of six and entered the lower courtyard of Yushan Academy at the age of eight. She studied day and night for eight years and practiced for two years. After that, he was sent out to serve as an official."

The old man shook his head and said, "Can women be officials?"

Liang Ying was too lazy to explain to these rubes in the capital. , said with a smile: "Yes, I shouldn't be an official, but there are too few scholars in Guanzhong, and Your Majesty is not a well-educated person, so a little girl like me has no choice but to become an official in public.

The old man nodded seriously to show his serious agreement with Liang Ying.

"What a catastrophe..."

Looking at the old man crying, Liang Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the emotional gate is opened, everything will be easy to handle. .

When Liang Ying left the old gentleman’s house, her eyes were as red as rabbits. The experience of the old gentleman’s family was so miserable. She cried with him all morning after listening to the old gentleman’s complaints.

However, the result is very good, this person is extremely convenientThe honest old gentleman finally agreed to open the library and teach.

To be honest, in a small environment, scholars still have the right to speak.

For example, this old gentleman named Liu Jing, his behavior will affect a large group of people nearby.

As long as private schools start teaching, life here heralds a return to normal.

This way of working is not difficult for Liang Ying to find key points and solutions.

Xu Wuxiang has divided the capital into eighteen blocks. The block Liang Ying is responsible for starts from Zhengyangmen, and all the way from here to the observatory is under her jurisdiction.

In the area she is responsible for, there are leather street, bamboo street, lantern market, curtain market, flower market, pen, ink, paper and inkstone markets.

People make a living in the capital, and most of them are craftsmen. Liang Ying once investigated that there are more than 70,000 people living in this area, and most of these people are craftsmen.

Carpenters, sawmakers, bricklayers, blacksmiths, tailors, painters, bamboo makers, tinsmiths, calligraphers, casters, curtain makers, flower benders, double liners, shipwrights, stonemasons, Silversmiths, drummers, armor-piercers, ink-potters, and coopers abound.

These people are not farmers. Give them cattle and seeds, and they will soon be able to support themselves.

If you want these people to have food to eat, the goods they produce must be sold.

When Li Hongji was in the capital, he completely destroyed the livelihood foundation of these craftsmen.

In other words, if you want these people to have food to eat, you must create a new market for them.

At this time, the people in the capital have lost almost all their means of production to Li Hongji. If they want to resume work, I will start from the beginning. What’s more terrible is that no one can come up with the money. Buy their goods and make the market work.

Without merchants, Shuntianfu Yamen would become the largest merchant.

It became the only option for the government to pay for the output of the craftsmen and to advance the materials.

Xia Wanchun and Mu Tiantao had so much fun stealing money in the capital back then, Xu Wu thought how much fun they could spend now.

As the silver coins went out one by one, there was finally news of work being done by thousands of households in the capital.

The news that the canal will be opened gives new hope to the people of the capital.

Liang Ying visited twenty-seven workers in one day, and at the same time, he also ordered a large amount of goods from these twenty-seven workers.

At this time, she no longer cared about what she wanted to customize, although she had done a lot of planning at the beginning, hoping to be the first to customize what she and Li Ding needed.

Unfortunately, when she walked out of the cobbler's house, the carpenter's family was lying on the door, eager for her to enter their home. When she ordered sixteen chairs from the carpenter's house, four After the table, the painter blocked the door. The whole family knelt on the floor and asked Liang Ying to hand over the furniture painting job.Their home...

So, Liang Ying unknowingly customized a lot of things, including twenty ingots of pine ink, twenty curtains, six drums, and thirty-eight pieces of bamboo utensils , and a lot of paper work...

In the evening, Liang Yingcai returned to the Shuntian Prefecture Magistrate's Yamen with two subordinate officials.

"I spent one thousand three hundred and eleven silver dollars today..."

As soon as she walked into the Treasury envoy's office, Liang Ying poured herself a cup of herbal tea and said A number that made her very uncomfortable.

The Shuntian Mansion Treasurer raised his head and looked at Liang Ying, smiled and wrote the number on the account book, and then said to Liang Ying: "The accounts will be canceled after the physical goods arrive."

Liang Ying After drinking all the tea in the teapot, he took a breath and said, "First of all, I ordered a lot of things that only dead people can use today, including paper work."

The store messenger smiled and said: "No problem, As long as the payment matches the goods, I have no problem here."

Liang Ying said strangely: "I'm spending money, and I'm spending it randomly!"

Treasury. The envoy said: "All the money was given to the craftsmen, right?"

Liang Ying nodded and said: "This is natural, I will not be corrupt."

The envoy from the store gave it again Liang Ying brewed a pot of tea and said with a smile: "You spend too little and too slowly. You have to work harder tomorrow."

Liang Ying asked in confusion: "We need so many goods to make "What?"

The treasure messenger said: "Even if you buy it and burn it, it is a good thing."

"I spent my Lantian money!"

Treasury envoy Feng Shuang shook his head and said: "You are mistaken. The taxes recovered from the people are our money. What you are spending now is the money of the people in the capital."

The envoys in Lantian Treasury are basically unreasonable perverts. This is the unanimous view of Lantian officials.

Feng Ying drank another cup of hot tea. The weather was already hot, but after being washed away by the hot tea, she suddenly started sweating all over.

I hurriedly said goodbye to Feng Shuang. Going back and cleaning myself up was more important than anything else.