01/07/2024

Then they went off with each other, singing that the two brothers were good and sharing the spoils.

The farmers knelt in the dark thatched cottage, holding their hands and little iron money, and wanted to cry.
The world was born when yeoman were injured.
Without land, houses and a foothold, the peasants were forced to go into exile.
When Yu Ma Yongkang came back with the good news that Dali was willing to secretly trade Shu brocade with Chengdu imperial court, he saw all the scenes of refugees crying everywhere.
Chapter 129 Let’s get through this winter first
Ma Yongkang was frightened to disgrace in the face of the misery of starving refugees everywhere.
He hurriedly asked the accompanying officials, who also looked puzzled and didn’t know what was going on.
He felt that the event was not good and immediately rushed to Chengdu to visit Zhao.
"Dali is willing to do the business of Shu brocade?"
Zhao was very surprised at this and asked, "They don’t worry about anything else? What about the price? Have they slashed the price? "
"Duan Zhengxing, the Lord of Dali Kingdom, said that he would do it in private, but people there would mind their own mouths. We also need to pay a little attention here, but neither the country nor the puppet DPRK can resist us. After all, they are far away."
Ma Yongkang said, "They didn’t push down the price too much, hoping that we could reduce the price by about 20% because they also have to take risks. For this, it is not too much and completely acceptable."
Zhao endlessly nodded slowly.
"It is really profitable for the court to reduce the price by 20% and illegally accept that they need enough quantity."
Said Zhao endless boring still face finally stranger smiled.
"Great, the urgent need has finally solved Ma Qing. You don’t know how sad the imperial court is these days, so the imperial court finally doesn’t worry about the place where there is no money to raise military officers … it can finally be solved!"
Ma Yongkang was silent for a while and thought about what he had seen and heard around Chengdu Prefecture. "Does the official know that refugees around Chengdu Prefecture have suddenly become restless?"
"The refugees suddenly became restless?"
Zhao endlessly frowned "really have this matter? ? No one informed me about it? If so, then I … "
Speaking of which, Zhao kept one leng and suddenly became white.
Yong-kang ma also didn’t say anything.
He knows very well that Zhao Bubu was an official not long ago. Although he was divorced from the masses, he should know a lot about the dirty things of officials. He knows as well as himself that the means of cheating by officials is that he may not have been involved in such incidents. What’s worse, he is also a financial official who has been in charge of salt work.
Only those who have been engaged in salt work know how many bends there are.
"I have a large number of refugees all the way back to Chengdu Road."
Ma Yongkang sighed, "Although the court is short of money, it is not enough to do this, is it?" Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, it is really not up to the court to decide what the refugees will do if they die of hunger and despair. "
"No, it’s not what I originally wanted to do. I did the arithmetic. If the people really carried out the court’s instructions, such a thing would never happen."
Zhao kept shaking his head and then looked angry. "Unless someone tries to make a profit and cheat the court to stipulate that the tax rate should be apportioned separately!"
"Don’t you know that things like this are never less official?"
Ma Yongkang shook his head and said, "There are few officials at the bottom who serve the public, but most of them are self-profiting villains. At present, countries outside the country are eyeing it. If the story of Wang Xiaobo and Li Shun reappears in the Ministry, what will the court look like? Is the government really ready?"
Zhao was silent for a long time and sighed deeply.
"If you didn’t bring back the good news, even if I knew about it, I wouldn’t be able to reverse the situation. Because you brought back the good news, I only had room for manoeuvre, Ma Qing. It’s all your credit."
"Lai Bi Hong Fu Qi Tian"
Ma Yongkang whispered, "So do you take back your life?"
Zhao was silent again for a long time until Yong-kang Ma’s legs were sore.
"It’s unnecessary to take it back after it’s released, and the Dali trade eye doesn’t know how long it will last. Once there is a change, it’s really going to anger the Shu people if they want to promulgate such policies again … temporarily take back one or two additional subjects to ease the situation of the people a little."
Yong-kang ma long sigh.
"But those farmers who have been exiled have lost their land and the land base has been put in the hands of the big land. What about those farmers?"
Zhao looked at Yong-kang Ma endlessly.
"What do you think?"
"It’s almost impossible for those who have eaten meat to spit it out and return it to farmers. Only by ordering them not to continue plundering land and building porridge sheds in winter to ensure that landless farmers will not die of cold and hunger, can we find a way to do it in the spring when the court is financially well off."
Yong-kang ma gave Zhao endless thought of a way to get through this cold winter first.
Zhao Bubu felt that there was really no other way to follow Ma Yongkang’s advice.
Subsequently, the imperial court issued an order to cancel several tax subjects, and then strictly prohibited large and small officials from stipulating that the tax amount should be apportioned separately
He also rebuked some local officials for their rough behavior, which seriously affected the stability of the people everywhere, and ordered local officials to gather the refugees and return home
Then, a decree was issued to restrict the landlords from arrogating their land to themselves, so that similar incidents could not happen again, and the landlords were required to harvest farmers’ land on a large scale and build porridge sheds to ensure that landless farmers would not starve to death before next spring.
Immediately after the promulgation of the policy of the imperial court, the imperial censor was sent out to strictly supervise local officials so that they could not apportion without authorization, and they would also supervise them to see if they had built porridge sheds to protect the lives of landless peasants
If not, it must be severely punished.
After this order was issued, Zhao felt that the situation should be under control, so he was relieved that after the arrival of the order, the Chengdu court resumed the court’s control over the production of Chengdu Jinyuan and resumed the weaving of Sichuan brocade, and prepared to make a large sum of money to alleviate the dilemma of a court.
Zhao Buxin believes that after these orders are issued, the situation of refugees can be curbed to a considerable extent, and the situation can be stabilized. However, it is very easy for the court to release officials and officials to rob money, but it is very difficult to stop bloodthirsty wolves.
How can these bloodthirsty fanatics stop easily when they finally have the opportunity to devour the people’s flesh and blood?
Anyway, the imperial court, the Emperor’s Palace in Chengdu, will not personally supervise them to handle these matters. Do they have the final say?
It is also quite funny to let the elders build porridge sheds to give porridge to the landless peasants. For example, after the exercise, the elders have the final say, and the court has no specific requirements and measures, and there are too many to drill.
Zhao never stopped underestimating the greed and treachery of bureaucrats. He was still immersed in the imagination that the court had sufficient finances and could do a lot of things after the crisis.
He won’t know what he will face, and he doesn’t know that the Chengdu court has limited recovery of Shu brocade trade information, and soon it will be in front of Su Yonglin’s desktop in Zhongdu.
Chapter 121 Shu brocade smuggling case

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