The sun never sets in America

Chapter 200 Qing Dynasty Affairs: Immigration

"Come on, let's post the list..."

"Give it all, let's make a list..."

In a county in Henan Province during the Qing Dynasty, several official servants wearing brave uniforms and official hats pulled the crowd apart and posted a notice on the yellowed white wall. The notice also printed the name of the governor of Kaifeng. It’s a big chapter, it seems like it’s not a small matter.

“What does it say??”

"Yes, what does it say?"

As soon as the notice was put up, a group of farmers wearing patched blouses gathered around and asked the official in a chirpy voice.

"Shut up first..."

"I told you to shut up!!"

The official shouted very loudly to suppress these unruly villagers.

"It has been more than two hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty..."

"Gute... well, what do you pronounce this word??" The official who was reading the notice suddenly stopped and asked the colleague next to him.

"Read this, this!!"

After being reminded by the person next to him, the officer continued to read: "Therefore, we hereby promulgate a solid border order for immigration. For immigrants outside the customs, all immigrants will be given five acres of land for men and two acres for women. Those who immigrated as a whole family will be given up to thirty acres of land..."

"The governor of Henan Province personally sealed..."

"What, five acres per person??"

"What's five acres for one person? Five acres for a man, two acres for a woman, and thirty acres for the whole family!!"

"Good guy, thirty acres is a lot. It's better than being a tenant at home for Mr. Zhou!!" A farmer was very excited.

"With such a good thing, there are so many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes on weekdays, why are we still dividing the land today? What's wrong, the market has been changed?"

Not far away, a young man dressed as a scholar was waving his fan and looking at everything on the opposite side, thinking in confusion.

“Is it really thirty acres??”

An old farmer bravely asked the official who was reading the official document just now.

"Yeah, is that true??"

"Is it real??"

“Do you have thirty acres??”

.........

Someone took the lead, and immediately everyone swarmed to ask the official.

"quiet!!"

"quiet!!"

After a few silences, the people around them closed their mouths and looked at the officials opposite with fear. After all, these people are eating public food and are not easy to mess with. If you don't get it, you will be taken to the Yamen and you will be shot with twenty killing sticks. The beating will make you unable to get up.

"Since ancient times, my Qing Dynasty has always meant what you say, what you say, and what you do!"

"It's fruit!!"

"It doesn't matter if it's an orange or a fruit. Anyway, fellow villagers, keep your hearts in your stomach and listen to my words. There is no problem. We are all fellow villagers. How can we deceive everyone??" The official said to the people around him with a Henan accent. Those villagers made a pledge.

"Master, what you said is true. We are all farmers and we don't know a single Chinese character. You can't lie to us!!"

"Yes, you can't lie to me!!"

"Master..."

There were questions all around.

"Tomorrow at noon, sign and post at the county government office. If you want to go outside the customs, please report your name and how many people are in your family. After that, you will get two meat buns and a bowl of spicy soup. This is the county magistrate. I mean, I’m saying it’s to see the folks off!!” The official told the folks present another piece of good news.

"Everyone says, is it good or not?"

The official asked loudly to the people around him.

"it is good……"

"it is good……"

Warm cheers suddenly rang out from the surroundings, and everyone's faces were glowing, as if their good days were about to come.

The scholar who was watching this scene was even more surprised. They were given land and food. When did the officials of the Qing Dynasty become so easy to talk to?

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"Slow down, slow down, I got you with great difficulty, please slow down!!"

County Magistrate Lin looked at the hanging calligraphy and painting, and his whole heart was in suspense. He didn't feel relieved until it was hung up.

"My lord, my lord..."

At this moment, a sound came from outside.

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Magistrate Lin said with some dissatisfaction as he looked at the servants running over in a hurry.

"The governor is here..." The servant looked at Magistrate Lin's dissatisfied eyes and replied quickly.

"What..." Upon hearing that it was the governor, County Magistrate Lin was shocked and immediately greeted: "Hurry, go arrange the banquet, go to Qingfeng Tower, call the chef Lou, and ask him to bring the named chef All the good dishes are here." Magistrate Lin urged the servants to go to the best Henan cuisine restaurant in the county.

"By the way, keep the accounts at the county government office. Just think that there will be floods this year and roads will be built. Remember to keep more notes and eat more next time..."

When the servants were about to run out, County Magistrate Lin suddenly shouted that he really did not suffer at all and was really a loyal minister of our Qing Dynasty.

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"My Lord Governor, I'm here to see you. I'm late. Please forgive me for coming late." County Magistrate Lin saw Governor Wang bending down immediately and was about to kneel down to salute.

"County Magistrate Lin is also a county official. Why do you kneel to me?" Governor Wang immediately helped Magistrate Lin up. He just had to wait until Magistrate Lin's knees touched the ground. stand up.

"When I saw the governor, I was like a baby looking at its parents, or a sparrow looking at the south. I couldn't help it, I couldn't help it!!" Magistrate Lin sat down and immediately flattered Governor Wang in a very explicit way.

"It's too much praise, it's too much praise..." After hearing this, Governor Wang waved his hand to Magistrate Lin, as if he was a little humble, but in fact, it could be seen from the smile on his face that he actually enjoyed the horse that Magistrate Lin had just photographed. Shit, it’s just that people are like this, the more they like something, the less they can express it.

"Magistrate Lin, you should understand everything explained above." Governor Wang looked at Magistrate Lin and said with suggestive eyes.

"Your Majesty understands that it is a good thing that the imperial court wants to settle outside the country and that people from outside the country must immigrate to the country. However, the immigrants have to travel thousands of miles to go outside the country. The journey is costly..." County Magistrate Lin stopped talking at this point. He just lowered his head and waited for Governor Wang's answer.

"Haha..." After hearing this, Governor Wang laughed dryly twice, and then said: "According to the imperial court's intention, the passing provinces are to provide dry food for the post, but you also know that each province has its own difficulties. It is impossible. We really want to give it all, so we have to think of something." Governor Wang said to Magistrate Lin with a smile, his tone was a bit unclear, and Magistrate Lin didn't know what he meant.

"Please make it clear, sir!!" Magistrate Lin said to Magistrate Wang, clasping his fists.

"The outside of the pass is not as good as the inside. Who can explain the twists and turns in the middle? You think so, Magistrate Lin?" Governor Wang continued to ask Magistrate Lin with a smile.

"What do you mean, sir?" Magistrate Lin seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.

"Let's put it bluntly, the higher ups asked these people to serve as military camps, but who can say clearly where these military camps belong? Do you think so, Magistrate Lin?" Governor Wang asked Magistrate Lin again .

After hearing this, County Magistrate Lin's eyes trembled, as if he understood something. "I understand, I understand!" Magistrate Lin flattered Governor Wang with an amiable smile on his face.

"The food is served, my lord..." Just as Magistrate Lin and Governor Wang were chatting happily, the servant below came over and said to Magistrate Lin.

"Oops, I forgot to invite you to dinner. It's all my fault. I will punish myself with three drinks in a while to show your great kindness to me!!" County Magistrate Lin changed his tactics and patted Governor Wang's horse. fart.

"Baked carp noodles, Yanjin recipe..."

A dish similar to Yellow River carp and a ball of noodles was brought to the table.

"Magistrate Lin, that's too much..." Governor Wang looked at a large table of dishes and said with some embarrassment, "We are all the parents and officials of the common people, how can we eat so well!!" Governor Wang dressed in a suit and said angrily to County Lin. Ling said.

"The governor is a lower official, and even the parent of the people of Henan. As parents, you should have something good to eat." County Magistrate Lin immediately boasted to Governor Wang, with a flattering expression on his face.

"Haha..." Upon hearing this, Governor Wang immediately laughed.

Magistrate Lin smiled and apologized.

"Magistrate Lin, tell me, why is there immigration here? Even if there is a place to raise the expenses for this year, I'm afraid it won't last long." Governor Wang asked Magistrate Lin with some confusion. In Governor Wang's opinion, this immigrant job was completely thankless.

It costs a lot to send a group of poor rural people who are suffering and need money and food support thousands of miles away from the customs.

"My lord, don't you hear this? It's nothing!" County Magistrate Lin replied to Governor Wang with a smile after hearing this.

"Oh, what is much ado about nothing?" Governor Wang asked Magistrate Lin with great interest.

"The imperial court said they want to immigrate, so I'll just wait and immigrate. However, finances and taxes are tight, so in my opinion, we should make a donation." County Magistrate Lin looked at Governor Wang aggressively and replied.

"A donation??" Upon hearing this, Governor Wang's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he said: "You mean to open a donation and tax in the name of immigration??" Governor Wang asked Magistrate Lin in surprise.

"That's right." County Magistrate Lin nodded to Governor Wang, "Sir Shicai said that the immigrants are actually military camps. Once outside the customs, we don't know where the camps are and who we pay rent to. We don't need to worry about this. We There is only one thing that needs to be taken care of." Magistrate Lin reorganized the matters concerning the military settlements that Governor Wang had just discussed.

"What's the matter?" Governor Wang asked.

"There is only one thing that needs to be taken care of, and that is how we should make money." Magistrate Lin grinned at Governor Wang, as if he saw the money in vain, and made him fat through this immigration.

"Then what do you think it should be called?" After hearing this, Governor Wang's eyes lit up, and then he looked at County Magistrate Lin and asked.

"It is said above that we will immigrate to the border, so we will use the slogan of training troops to resist the foreigners. Those who immigrate outside the customs are the gold mines of those flag owners and generals. This immigration plan is not our gold mine. As long as this Immigration continues every day, and the amount of taxes collected increases every day."

Magistrate Lin looked at Governor Wang with suggestive eyes and replied.

"But if the tax collection goes too far, there may be a civil uprising!!" After hearing this, Governor Wang was overjoyed at first. He didn't expect there was such a way to make money, but he was also afraid that if it got too big, the people would rebel. They could Not only was the black gauze hat lost, but also the head.

"Sir Governor, these people used to squeeze out three points of their wealth and keep two points. Now that there are immigrants, let alone squeeze out three points, even five points are squeezed out. What does it matter? By then, they will all be sent outside the customs. At that time, it has nothing to do with us whether he is a bandit or a thief!!" Magistrate Lin smiled and comforted Governor Wang, reassuring him.

"Okay, County Magistrate Lin is indeed the Zhuge Kongming of our Henan Province. He always does things according to rules." After hearing this, Governor Wang repeatedly praised County Magistrate Lin and compared him to a figure like Zhuge Kongming.

"Your Majesty, the Governor, thank you for the award, thank you for the award." County Magistrate Lin waved his hands to refuse, "Come on, I'll give you a drink, I wish you a speedy promotion!" Magistrate Lin picked up the wine glass, filled it up, and congratulated Governor Wang.

"Fuck..." Governor Wang was so happy that he drank it all in one gulp.

After three rounds of drinking, Governor Wang looked at the drunken Magistrate Lin and suddenly asked:

"Magistrate Lin, tell me, how many numbers should I give you?"

Governor Wang never asked about the money distribution, but waited until County Magistrate Lin was drunk before discussing the money distribution. He was indeed a treacherous person.

"Your Excellency is Xiaguan's benefactor. He has helped Xiaguan many times. This time, he asked Xiaguan to handle the immigration errand. Xiaguan was so grateful that he couldn't think of anything wrong..." County Magistrate Lin said to Wang in a drunken voice. The governor replied, his face rosy and he looked very sincere.

"Yuntai, are you serious about this??" In desperation, Governor Wang actually called Magistrate Lin by his first name.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty never said anything false. If he did, God damn..." Magistrate Lin cursed and swore in front of Governor Wang under the influence of alcohol, but only mentioned the most critical oaths at the end. Suddenly he fell asleep on the table and fell unconscious.

“Yuntai is still a kind person!!”

Looking at Magistrate Lin lying on the table, Governor Wang said with some emotion.

"Yuntai is so thoughtful and loyal to me. If he doesn't give me some benefits, I'm afraid..." Governor Wang looked at the sleepy Magistrate Lin on the table and murmured to himself.

"That's all, I'll give him [-]% and spread the word without letting anyone be stingy." Governor Wang thought about it for a long time, but finally gave him only [-]%.

In fact, [-]% is already quite a lot. You must know that if the entire officialdom of Henan Province divides this money, the king and governor will only share [-]% at most. Magistrate Lin, a sixth-grade magistrate, even if he is given great powers, is still only a county magistrate. , if it weren’t for the fact that he made suggestions and traveled all the way, it would have been [-]% higher.

"Send your master back to his room. Don't catch a cold." Before leaving, Governor Wang did not forget to say something to the servants of Magistrate Lin's family.

"My lord, my lord..."

The servant looked at Magistrate Dulin unconscious, and finally had no choice but to fight him back to his room.

When the door to the room was closed, Magistrate Lin suddenly opened his eyes and became energetic.

"Damn it, Yicheng, you really treat me like a beggar!!" After County Magistrate Lin climbed out of bed, his first sentence was to scold Governor Wang.

"But that's okay, I'll take [-]%, and you can take more, so that you won't be suspicious of me." County Magistrate Lin murmured to himself, with a mysterious expression on his face.

After County Magistrate Lin finished speaking, he walked outside a secret cabinet and pushed forward, revealing a wooden box. The wooden box was opened, revealing several large-value banknotes, including a check from the Bank of England. striking.

There was a long string of foreign characters written on it, which Magistrate Lin could not understand. He only knew that it was one hundred thousand pounds. As for how much one hundred thousand pounds was, according to the man, there were three hundred thousand taels of silver.

Three hundred thousand taels of silver, good guy, just such a piece of foreign paper is worth three hundred thousand taels of silver.

To be honest, Magistrate Lin was still a little uneasy due to the cooperation of those Han people. After all, he was transporting people to the Han people through immigration. What if the court found out? ?

I'm afraid even his nine clans won't be enough! !

But last year he committed a capital crime while regulating the Yellow River. If the Han people hadn't saved him, he would have been killed by now.

This is why he couldn't refuse when the other party came to his door this time and offered to help with immigration.

There is really something in someone else's hands, so I have to act on it.

As for this immigration, the reason why he was so diligent and busy with Governor Wang and others was actually for the position of immigration transfer envoy. According to the above requirements, each province sent an additional transfer envoy to manage the immigration, a fourth-grade official. This is the high official he dreams of.

And those Han people promised to help him get the official position of the transit envoy. They even said that once he became the transit envoy, they would give him [-] taels a year and help him with some things. Willing to do dirty things.

To be honest, Magistrate Lin is tempted, but no one can be tempted by such a good thing! !

And this sum of [-] taels was used to fund his activities. After all, it was impossible to hang out in the official circles of the Qing Dynasty without money.

It turns out that he is just a small county magistrate. No matter how greedy he is, he cannot be greedy so much.

But since he hooked up with those Han people, he not only won the opportunity to meet Governor Wang, but also gained Governor Wang's trust, although most of this came from his own acting skills.

But if those Han people match up, he, a sixth-grade county magistrate, can get to know the governor and have a dream! !

But the more this happened, the more afraid he became of those Han people, especially if they could get information about the immigrants within the imperial court, it proved that they had an internal agent in the imperial court, and this person's position was not small.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that the Han people are unfathomable and the future of the Qing Dynasty is even more worrying! !

But after thinking about it, Magistrate Lin, who grabbed the British check, laughed, and then whispered to himself: "Whether the Qing Dynasty ends or not is none of my business, I just want to make money!!" Magistrate Lin His appearance at this moment was almost exactly the same as that of most Qing officials.

Whether the Qing Dynasty will fall or not has nothing to do with them. They only know that after three years of clearing the prefecture, they spent one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, and they only know how to become an official, buy land, and build mansions. As for the Qing Dynasty, to be honest:

"What the hell is that!!"

After more than ten days of waiting, the first batch of immigrants set off from various provinces of the Qing Dynasty and headed outside the customs.

What awaits them is not only the fields, the cold wind outside, but also the biting hearts.

As well as the upright officials who regard them as cash cows and dominate the local area.

Even outside the customs, those bannermen who had a hard life hoped that these people would take over their positions so that they could enjoy the blessings inside the customs.

And those local gangsters are already planning to squeeze out the profits from these miserable immigrants! !

The road to immigration is full of ups and downs, so take every step seriously! !

　Ask for a reward, ask for a monthly ticket

　　

　

(End of this chapter)