Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 104
Mr. Lu Xun once said that once any trivial matter is multiplied by an incomparably huge base, then this matter will definitely not be small.

During the period of the Qing Dynasty, a normal young man would need to consume about two to three catties of grain every day, and the elderly and women would probably need to consume about eight or two to one catty of grain. , The food gap in Shandong and Henan alone is 1000 million shi or even more.

What's even worse is that the price of grain will inevitably soar. Originally, a stone of rice only cost one tael of silver, but during a drought, the price of a stone of rice may rise to three taels or even four taels of silver.

Assuming that the Meng Lianggu rebel group had 800 million taels of silver in their hands, they could buy 800 million taels of rice at the time of one tael of rice per stone, but in times of drought, the 800 million taels of silver could only buy 200 million taels of rice. The grain that could have fed 800 million people for 200 days is now only enough to feed [-] million people for [-] days.

What about the remaining 600 million people?
Of course, if Zhu Jinsong can make up his mind to replace the food with bran, and use the form of our Daqing porridge shed to help the victims, then the so-called food shortage is not a problem, and there may even be rumors of "chopsticks" The old story of "falling head down".

As He Zhongtang said, can disaster victims still be considered human beings?
It's a pity that Zhu Jinsong is not He Zhongtang, nor can he treat the people like pigs and dogs like He Zhongtang.

So Zhu Jinsong was very worried.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Jinsong raised his head, looked at Ke Zhiming and said: "Send someone to contact North Korea, Japan, Siam, Annan, and Burma to check their grain prices. And Lin Shuangwen dispatched ships to buy food from these places.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Jinsong continued to order: "Let the people in Guangzhou find a way to contact Xiyi, buy a few whaling ships and large fishing boats from them, and see if the production and manufacturing technology can also be transferred to Xiyi." Get it here."

This is really no way.

If the Denglai Navy or the Fujian Navy under Lin Shuangwen had reliable sea ships, Zhu Jinsong would not have made his mind on Xiyi.

In fact, since the Daqing period, we have strictly enforced the prohibition of sailing into the sea, and the coastal residents have to move inwards ranging from [-] to [-] miles.

"The period is only three days. Those who are far away don't know it, and those who are close know it but don't believe it. After two days, they will arrive on horseback. For a while, the rich will abandon all their money, and the poor will be married. Carrying a bucket of rice, holding a bunch of manuscripts, and looking out for shelter. From Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to Fujian and Guangdong, thousands of miles of fertile soil were donated as basil, and all the aborigines were displaced."

"The evicted people thought they would return soon, and they couldn't bear to leave their flesh and blood. They drifted away for a long time, and there was no way to maintain their health. So the father and son husband and wife abandoned each other, crying bitterly. One son, one hundred dollars and one daughter.  … The strong go to serve as soldiers, the old and the weak turn around in ravines. They drink poison with their families together, or throw their money into the river. Some officials treat them like ants and have no grace to install them; In hundreds of thousands."

When it was Qian Deaf's old dog, this grandson not only carried forward the ban on seas, but even burned all the design drawings and manufacturing technical documents of the treasure ship, and by the way, he planted the pot on Liu Daxia's head .

Therefore, even if Denglai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong are all close to the sea, they are actually useless. The folk fishing industry in my Qing Dynasty has long since been abandoned. In the Ming Dynasty, everyone was The dog's armada is also completely history.

So much so that Zhu Jinsong had long wanted to hunt whaling, but the warships of the Fujian Navy under the command of the Denglai Navy and Lin Shuangwen were not strong enough, so he had no choice but to turn his idea to the British whaling ships.

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Zhaocun Township.

Looking at the dry and cracked land in front of him, Zhao Yuntian wanted to die.

When Zhao Yuanwai was still there, Zhao Yuntian felt that he was able to live well. Although it was still necessary for us to pay heavy taxes from the Qing court, and to rent a house from Zhao Yuan, but it was [-]-[-]% or even [-]%-[-]% with other nearby villages. Compared with Cheng's rent, Zhao Yuntian feels that [-]'s rent seems to be very happy.

And after defeating the evil gentry Zhao Yuanwai, Meng Lianggu sent people to help set up the peasant association, and distributed the land to everyone, Zhao Yuntian felt that the current life was the real happiness.

After all, without the exorbitant taxes imposed by our Tartar Qing court, and without the rent to Mr. Zhao, all the harvests in the field belong to our own family. If this is not happiness, then what is happiness?
But Zhao Yuntian was a little worried.

After all, it was Zhao Yuanwai who led the people of Zhao village to fight against Meng Lianggu's army, and he was the most active one. Who knows if those officials will secretly hold grudges in their hearts?

Especially now that the whole of Henan is suffering from drought, if the officials and gentlemen turn a blind eye and ignore Zhaocun Township, wouldn't the people in Zhaocun Township starve to death?

Zhao Yunguang couldn't help but slap himself when he thought that he and his fellow villagers might be unlucky because of the attack on the army.

Why did he listen to Zhao Yuanwai's flickering at that time?

What about the brain?
And just when Zhao Yunguang wondered if the midwife had thrown his brains away, there was a shout from a distance: "Yunguang! Yunguang! Go back to the farmers' association, the county farmers' association is here! "

Zhao Yunguang was stunned at the time.

The county farmer's association sent people here at this time. Is it to provide disaster relief or to collect taxes?
Zhao Yunguang felt that it was unlikely to come over for disaster relief. After all, the drought had just begun, and the people in Zhao Village were far from dying.

If it is said that they came to collect taxes, Zhao Yunguang thinks it is possible. After all, the officials and gentlemen have always talked like farts, and now they come to collect taxes, which is not incomprehensible.

With a helpless sigh, Zhao Yunguang had no choice but to stand up from the ground and walk towards the direction of the township peasant association.

The farmer's association in Zhaocun Township was in the courtyard of Zhao Yuan's family.

As soon as he entered the yard, the chairman of the county farmers' association greeted Zhao Yunguang, and said from a distance: "You are back, I am in a hurry to find you."

Zhao Yunguang was full of bitterness. He looked at the chairman of the county peasant association and asked in a low voice, "Is the county going to collect taxes? Or is it going to collect taxes? Now that we have just been hit by a disaster, can we wait a few days?"

The chairman of the County Farmers Association looked at Zhao Yunguang in a daze, and asked, "What tax? What tax? Who told you to collect taxes?"

Zhao Yunguang was also taken aback, and asked back: "Isn't the chairman here to collect taxes?"

The chairman of the county farmer's association snorted coldly, looked at Zhao Yunguang and said, "You're such a mess? If this gets out, aren't you ruining the reputation of the head of the family?"

After reprimanding Zhao Yunguang, the chairman of the county farmer's association went on to say: "Okay, I won't tell you about the mess, I'm here to tell you that the head of the family asks all county farmers' associations, township farmers' associations and The village farmers' association must be prepared, on the one hand, to cooperate with the manpower sent by Meng Lianggu to promote drought-resistant crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, and on the other hand, to mobilize the people in each village to dig more wells without waiting or relying on it."

"The third point is that the peasant associations in each village should do a good job of comforting the people, and tell the people that we, Meng Lianggu, will not leave the people behind. It can be shipped to various places in one day, so that the common people should not panic."

Zhao Yunguang was dumbfounded at the time.

Promoting drought-tolerant crops?Drill more wells?Buy food and ship it over?
Is this for disaster relief?
That is to say, the officials and lords of the government did not remember the behavior of the people in Zhao Village who resisted the army at that time?

Thinking of this, Zhao Yunguang tentatively asked: "Is it too urgent to start disaster relief now?"

The chairman of the county farmers' association glanced at Zhao Yunguang and said, "Urgent? Not urgent now, are you planning to wait until after autumn when there is no harvest?"

"Let me tell you, hurry up and gather the young and strong people in your village. I brought all the Fengshui masters from the county here. I will choose a place to dig a well for Zhao Village today. You can dig the well first, and you can get it back." How much harvest counts as much harvest."

"Also, as long as one of the people in Zhaocun Township flees famine or starves to death, everyone from you to me will be held accountable!"

Zhao Yunguang suddenly didn't know what to say.

During the reign of the Qing dynasty, only the yamen servants were held accountable because they failed to collect taxes or fail to complete the tasks assigned by the officials. When did I hear that the county lords would flee famine or be punished because the people were hungry? He was held accountable for starving to death?
Isn't this the big joke of the slippery world?

Zhao Yunguang's heart became hot, Dang even nodded vigorously, and replied, "Hey! I'm going to call someone now!"

After all the people in Zhao Village were called together, Zhao Yunguang stood in front of everyone and said loudly: "The chairman of the county farmers' association came to our Zhao village in person, and everyone listened carefully to the words of the chairman. sentence!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Yunguang stepped aside, and the chairman of the county farmers' association stood in front of the crowd, and said loudly: "It's a drought period, and I don't have time to be polite to you guys. It's only three o'clock."

"The first is that the peasant association in the village will take the big guys to dig a few wells for our Zhao village. After the wells are dug, the big guys will carry water to water the crops first, and grab as much harvest as they can get back."

"The second is that the county will send people to take the big guy to plant drought-tolerant crops such as sweet potatoes. The big guy must be mentally prepared."

"Also, the head of Meng Lianggu's family has already sent people to buy food overseas, and it will be shipped in a few days. Don't worry about the problem of starvation."

"Okay, I've finished my words, now let the president of your village farmers' association arrange manpower, and take Mr. Feng Shui to find a place to dig a well for everyone!"

When Zhao Yunguang asked someone to take Mr. Feng Shui to find a place where wells could be drilled, the chairman of the county farmers' association brought Zhao Yunguang, the people of Zhao Village, and the staff of the county farmers' association to the village, and picked out a few that were relatively flat. on the wall, and began to paste large paper with words on the wall.

"Launch a battle without waiting or relying."

"Fight against heaven and earth, dig wells for water."

"Stay united and overcome difficulties together."

"..."

Zhao Yunguang looked at the pasted papers in a daze, and asked, "This, this is?"

The chairman of the County Farmers Association pointed to the papers, read them word by word, then patted Zhao Yunguang on the shoulder, and said loudly to the people in Zhao Village: "These words were written by the head of our family, Meng Lianggu. !"

"I've heard it a long time ago that you guys were worried because of Zhao Yuanwai's resistance to the army, so I can tell you now that the boss didn't hate you because of what happened back then! Neither did the government! Including our Meng Lianggu The army is also not there!"

"After knowing that the people were suffering from a drought, everyone from the head of the family to the local government, and then to our army in Menglianggu, cut down the cost of food and clothing, and saved some money to buy more food. , just to prevent the common people from starving to death!"

"Also, although you are digging wells for themselves, the government doesn't make you work for nothing, and you will be paid. This is the rule that our head Meng Lianggu set early in the morning!"

After finishing speaking, the chairman of the county farmers' association said to Zhao Yunguang: "After a while, when the place to dig the well is selected, I have to take people to the next village. In return for the wages of the villagers, the farm government will give the big guys Send it here."

When Zhao Yunguang continued to be confused, someone among the common people standing behind Zhao Yunguang shouted: "The prince of the family, Wandai!"

Zhao Yunguang was awakened suddenly, couldn't help but shivered, and shouted: "The master dominates the country! Thousands of years!"

(End of this chapter)