Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 925, Autumn Harvest in Nanyang
Tsinghua Mansion, Nanyang Cochin Chief Envoy, when the Liaodong area was busy harvesting wheat, Tsinghua Mansion was also busy harvesting rice.

Thanh Hoa's geographical location is quite good. It is located in the coastal area, the land is flat, open, fertile, and the transportation is convenient. It can be regarded as the most developed area in the entire Cochin Province.

On the golden fields, Ruan Da's family is busy in the fields.

The weather is good this year, and Annan is also ushering in a bumper harvest. The rice here can be planted three times a year. The yield is very high and the quality is quite good. The rice produced in Jiaozhi is sold directly to Beijing and Tianjin. The price is affordable and the taste is good. , and even surpassed the traditional Suzhou rice of the Ming Dynasty.

Ruan Da’s family is an aborigine in Jiaozhi. Last year, the Great Ming Army swept through Jiaozhi and restored Ming’s rule in Jiaozhi. In the beginning, there were still many local gentry in Jiaozhi who wanted to resist Ming’s rule, but They were all mercilessly suppressed and slaughtered by Ming Dynasty.

The Qinghua Ruan family can be regarded as an extremely important family name among the Jiaozhi aborigines. They are powerful and have a large population. Last year, some people took the lead in rebelling against the rule of Ming Dynasty, so there is no need to say more about the results.

But those were the contests between the gentry and clansmen in Cochin and Daming. For ordinary people like Ruan Da, he felt that being a Daming person was actually quite good.

First of all, the taxes set by the Son of Heaven are very low. In the past, when the Houli Dynasty ruled, farmers like them had to hand over at least [-]% of their grain to the court, and then they had to hand over [-]% of their grain to the court. The local gentry families can only have [-]% left after their own hard work.

This tax can be said to be very heavy. If it was in Daming, farmers would definitely not be able to survive.

But here is Jiaozhi, where the rice can be harvested three times a year, and if one is diligent, seven crops can be achieved in two years, and the yield is high. Even if only [-]% of the rice is left, the common people can still have enough to eat.

Moreover, this place belongs to Nanyang. The natural conditions of Nanyang are very superior, and there are endless fruits and the like everywhere. Therefore, even though the tax is heavy, in fact, there is no problem for the people here to eat enough.

After being incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty set up Jiaozhi Province here, and dispatched officials to come here. The taxes of the Ming Dynasty were very low. They only had to pay [-]% of the grain to the court. The blow, they again need to pay food to the noble family.

This day suddenly became much better.

After being busy for a while, Ruan Da stopped and came to enjoy the shade under the tree by the side of the road. As for his wife, she was still busy in the field and had no intention of coming over to rest.

In places like Nanyang, women are more diligent than men, and men are generally lazy, and they are also very machismo. Of course, machismo is the theme of this era, and so are the people of Ming Dynasty, but they are very diligent.

"Ruan Da, are you being lazy again?"

At this time, someone was driving a four-wheeled carriage and passed by the side of the road. When he saw Ruan Da, he couldn't help laughing and said.

"What is laziness? We men should enjoy more enjoyment, and let women do things. I really don't understand you Han people, why are you so diligent."

Ruan Da looked at the other party and said.

The person who talked to Ruan Da was named Chen Mazi, who immigrated to Jiaozhi from the Yunnan-Guizhou area of ​​Daming.

On the Nanyang side, the immigration policy of the imperial court is different from that of the Western Regions and the Hezhong region. In the Western Regions and the Hezhong region, because the local folk customs are strong and there are many nomadic peoples, the immigrants are also concentrated among them and organized into households. Form a small town of immigrants.

That is to separate the immigrants from the local aborigines and not mix them together, so as to protect the immigrants.

But it's different here in Nanyang.

Last year, Liu Jin led his army to sweep across the Nanyang region, killing countless people wherever they passed, which greatly deterred the countries of Nanyang, as well as the aborigines of the Nanyang provinces.

Here in Jiaozhi, as the first stop of Liu Jin's army, there were countless killings, which dealt a heavy blow to the noble families in Jiaozhi who resisted the rule of Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in the entire provinces of Nanyang, the safety of the immigrants is guaranteed, and the local aborigines dare not do anything to the immigrants from the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the folk customs here are not tough, and people are relatively lazy.

Therefore, immigrants who immigrated to several provinces in Nanyang adopted a scattered living method, and many even lived close to the local aborigines.

The benefits of doing this are also obvious. First of all, it greatly strengthened Ming's rule over the provinces of Nanyang, because wherever the immigrants went, Ming's rule was very stable.
The second is to strengthen the exchanges and exchanges between each other, deepen the integration of each other, and consolidate the rule of Ming Dynasty.

Chen Mazi is an immigrant from Daming, and Ruan Da is a local aborigine. The two villages are very close to each other, and they are relatively familiar with each other.

"If you don't work hard, there is no food to eat. If you want to live a good life, you have to work harder. Look at you, you are still living in a mud house. I am going to build a house with concrete and steel bars."

Chen Dazi also stopped the car to take a rest, and was also affected by the atmosphere here in Jiaozhi, and he became a lot lazy.

His four-wheeled carriage was filled with rice, which weighed several hundred catties. When he saw the rice, Chen Dazi couldn't help but sigh.

Life is really comfortable now.

His hometown is in the mountainous area of ​​Yunnan and Guizhou, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. The key is that the fields are very scarce, and he is often forced to build terraced fields on the mountain.

But even so, the fields are still very precious, and life is very poor.

When I immigrated to Jiaozhi, my life was completely different. When I immigrated, Chen Dazi’s family was allocated more than a hundred acres of fertile land. Coupled with the superior natural conditions here, and the imperial court’s policy support for immigrants, life is quite comfortable. .

"How can we compare with you Han people? When you came to the court, you gave money and built houses for you. You have more fields than us, and you have been exempted from taxes for several years. Of course, life is much better than ours."

Ruan Da looked at Chen Mazi, and said with a little envy.

For the Han Chinese who immigrated from Daming, these locals are very envious and jealous. They envy and envy the many preferential policies that Han immigrants enjoy, such as houses, fields, and money subsidies.

I hate and hate these Han people for robbing their land, but there is nothing to do with them. The priority of the government is to take care of the Han immigrants.

The Han people are higher than them, and this has almost become a fact. Although the propaganda of the Ming government said that they are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, they still know that they are much worse than the Han immigrants.

"We have some preferential policies, but it is also because we have come from afar and immigrated here with hard work, but your life is better than before. Under the rule of the Great Ming, you only need to pay [-]% As far as I know, you used to have to pay [-]% of the food."

Chen Dazi smiled and replied, well, their heads are slightly raised when they speak, and their identities are more noble than these local people.

Now that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger, more and more races are included in the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Although they are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, there is still a distinction between high and low, just like people have high and low. same.

The Han people who immigrated from Daming are more noble than the local aborigines, and this is reflected in all aspects.

"Driving~"

At this time, a man in the clothes of a government servant came over on horseback.

"Ruan Da, the autumn grain to be handed over to the court must be prepared, and all must be handed in before the fifteenth day of October in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi, and one day later will be punished."

This official is also an acquaintance, and he came from the same village as Ruan Da. His name is Ruan Hao. Because he can speak Daming Mandarin and write Chinese characters, he also became an official of the local yamen.

"understood!"

When Ruan Da heard this, he pouted slightly.

"Also, the government plans to build a school in the town. Every household in our local area has a place, so your family must let a child go to school."

Ruan Hao nodded in satisfaction, thought for a while and then said.

"School?"

"read?"

When Ruan Da heard it, he immediately said with some resistance: "What's the use of reading, it's better to grow rice at home, the government even has to take care of this."

"As for us Han immigrants, can we also send our children to study?"

Chen Dazi's reaction was completely different, he asked with great concern.

"Mr. Chen, all children of Han immigrants can go to this school."

Ruan Hao looked at Chen Mazi and said with a smile.

"That's good, that's good. I've been illiterate all my life. I was thinking about sending my children to study, but I didn't expect the court to think about it. The emperor is holy!"

Chen Mazi stood up in a dignified manner, and bowed respectfully in the direction of the north.

This is a heartfelt move, and it is also the true feeling of countless immigrants after they immigrated to Nanyang. Only when they came to Nanyang, they can truly live a good life. With the head, even children can go to school now, and Why not be grateful to the Son of Heaven.

Seeing Chen Mazi's appearance, Ruan Hao dismounted very respectfully, and stood aside. The emperor of Ming Dynasty is naturally like a god, and he must be respectful at all times.

"Ruan Da, don't be ignorant of flattery. If you want your child to study, it is for the good of your family."

"Now go to school, learn to speak Ming Dynasty official dialect, read and read, and in the future you can take the imperial examination and become an official."

"This year, Ruan Wenliang of our Tsinghua Mansion was nominated for the gold list, and now he has gone to be an official in the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty. Their family is also prosperous now."

After Chen Mazi finished kneeling and prostrating, Ruan Hao also reprimanded Ruan Da.

Why doesn’t this Ruan Da understand? This opportunity to study is a gift from the Son of Heaven to them. If they want to be like the people of the Ming Dynasty, they must learn to read and write, learn the official language of the Ming Dynasty, and be able to read and write. Fame or something, that's even more important.

"Okay, I see~"

Ruan Da stretched lazily and replied, what book are you reading? Are you having a bad day?

If the Son of Heaven really treats them well, he should treat them the same as he treats the people of Daming, exempt them from taxes for a few years, and give them some money. What is the use of this child's education?

(End of this chapter)