Section 1303 Undercurrent (1)(1/2)
The sun finally shines on the land of Guanzhong again. The snow disaster in Yongshi's nine years of snow finally showed signs of the past.
"More than 400 people were frozen to death, and more than 2,000 people were frostbitten..."
"A large number of mines and smelting equipment is buried..."
Zhang Yue looked at Jing Zhaoyin's report and felt that his head was getting big.
Because, this is just a casualty of the Han people.
The Hu people and Qiang Di slaves and maids in the Western Regions that are widely used in major mines are not considered humans at all, and they are not even qualified to enter statistics.
"I ordered the Shaofuqing to work with the Tingwei, Jingzhaoyin and other departments to properly handle the post-disaster matters..." Zhang Yue called Prime Minister Zuo Cao Yinzheng to instruct: "Pensions and condolences must be in place. Please ask the merchants involved in the case to prepare at least five times the statutory pension!"
"In addition, the Health and Health Bureau ordered the Health and Health Bureau to send medical officers to organize the treatment of wounded and sick people..."
"Try to recover the losses!"
"Also, the department must strictly control newspapers. No word is allowed to be published about the resonance of heaven and man!"
"No!" Yin Zhenggong was ordered.
During this snow disaster, there were vague rumors in Chang'an City that this was a warning from God.
The reason was that the rulings of the dynasty adopted the laws of industry and commerce and abandoned the agricultural foundation, which caused God to be furious, so it caused a snow disaster.
Unlike in the past, these rumors just emerged this time and were hit by Jingzhao Yinhui and Jingfu Duwei with an iron fist.
Those who dare to spread will be arrested as long as they are discovered.
Moreover, he was arrested on the charge of "spoken words to deceive the public", and the Tingwei was even given a strict order: Those who speak evilly must deal with it quickly, harshly and strictly.
From various perspectives, the Prime Minister was really angry!
In other words, it also shows that this rumor has touched the prime minister's sore spot!
Of course Yin Zheng understood that it was of great importance, so he immediately made arrangements.
Zhang Yue shook his head and sighed: "There are always some people who want to challenge my bottom line..."
"I really don't know how to live or die!"
Zhang Yue can ignore anything else.
Even if others point at his backbone and scold him every day, they even say publicly: Everyone knows Zhang Zizhong's intention, but he doesn't care.
But this industry and commerce, especially mining, smelting, and manufacturing, is its reverse scale, and whoever touches will die!
"Return the farming foundation..."
"Like the population today, it has reached a huge 70 million..."
"The population of Guanzhong alone is nearly ten million!"
"This is not yet considered the Hu slaves in Guandong River, the mines, and the slaves under the smelting furnace..."
"Only by land alone, you can only support yourself..."
"If the industrial revolution is not launched, the population of the world will exceed 100 million within ten years!"
"At that time... if there is no industry to absorb the population and develop the economy, the world will rise up, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang will teach you how to be a human being!"
These days, there are no conditions to reduce fertility.
Without TT, without TV, entertainment is also lacking. The general public, after nightfall, the only entertainment is to create people.
Nowadays, various new crops, new technologies and new fertilizers are constantly popularizing, agricultural output is high every year, the country has lightened taxes and levies, and has passed on the burden that originally belonged to farmers to the Western Regions, Jiaozhi and industry and commerce. Therefore, even ordinary tenants can barely afford food and clothing, and a large number of skilled middle-class people have emerged.
These skilled workers who became rich after Yongshi were strong and young, so they took a large number of concubines and worked hard to create humans.
Just in Xinfeng’s jurisdiction, the annual growth rate of the new population is more than 30%.
On average, one working family has more than three new children each year!
There is no doubt that in addition to the traditional moral concepts, the biggest driving force for their hard work is to cheat subsidies - because the Han Dynasty now has regulations that if a single family raises more than five children, half of the tax will be reduced and all taxes will be reduced and ten will be reduced. For more than ten, each country will be given a thousand yuan in annually and two pieces of cloth.
So, everyone was full of energy.
But with the destruction of the Western Regions, a large number of women from the Western Regions were sold to Guanzhong by Wusun people, Loulan people and Jingjue people.
So, I happened to meet these new classes who became rich and had fertility needs.
The two sides hit it off, and Hanhu's matchmaking business was in full swing.
Xinfeng has calculated that in just last year, the working families in Xinfeng's jurisdiction submitted 50,000 requests for bride registration to the government.
What is Xinfeng’s population?
Even over the years, Xinfeng's industry and commerce have flourished and have absorbed countless young and strong people in Guanzhong.
But there are only 30,000 households who live in Xinfeng.
In other words, on average, every Xinfeng young man took at least 15 concubines last year.
This has not deducted the elderly and the unmarried population.
And in Chang'an City, this situation is even more severe!
According to Chang'an household registration statistics last year, there were more than 300,000 women over the age of 16 and under the age of 30.
Among them, at least half were brides from the Western Regions, Jiaozhi, and Southwest Yi—many Hu people and even nobles in the Western Regions were even willing to pay for their daughters after hearing that their daughters might marry into the Han imperial capital.
Every year, a large number of barbarian women arrived in Chang'an with the Hanhu caravans - most of these people were not sold by slave traders, but were voluntarily and at their own expense.
Among them, many are children of nobles.
There have even been news that the princess of a small country in the southwest traveled thousands of miles to marry Chang'an, and it has also been on the front page of the World Times.
So, now, if you see a blond, blue-eyed, brown-eyed, black-haired woman in Chang'an City, a Caucasian woman wearing a skirt, holding a porcelain bowl, and chasing a cute mixed-race child to feed her, don't be surprised.
Because this is the daily life of Chang'an people.
Almost every household has a concubine.
The military family even has several wives and concubines.
In the primary school in Chang'an, more than one-third of the primary school children have obvious foreign characteristics.
Blue eyes and double pupils are everywhere.
Therefore, Zhang Yue’s former dream finally came into reality, and it was a reality to revive the country with a big stick.
However, although dreams are good, they must have an economic and material foundation to continue.
If the people of Chang'an return to the past, they are all in ragged clothes and their families are barely covered.
The workers in Xinfeng have become lowly and become targets of exploitation by the powerful and cannot even support themselves.
Where else is there any guzzler who is willing to bring her own dry food and pay her to marry?
Where do the officers, nobles and noble girls from the middle and lower classes come from?
Thinking of this in my heart, the murderous intent on Zhang Yue's face became even stronger.
Zhang Yue understood who was instructing and plaguing the trick behind his back.
The left and right are just above the temple. The few people in the Xuanshi Hall are greedy for power and cannot go, so they want to take advantage of the situation.
This snow disaster seems to be a natural disaster, but in fact, it is not without factors such as man-made disasters.
Not to mention the other side, why did the disaster relief in Zuo Fengyi and Youfufeng, which relied on coal mines and iron ore as the economic pillars, responded slowly? Why did the disaster relief begin until he took charge and held the gun and pressed against someone else's back?
"Shameless!" Zhang Yue said coldly: "Then don't blame me for being ruthless and ignoring the system!"
So he waved his hand and called Tian Shue who had been standing beside him to his side, and whispered: "Prepare chariots and guards for me. In an hour, I will go to the Yingyang Army camp in person, and after watching it, I will comfort the disaster relief soldiers!"
"No!" Tian Shui left with honor.
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Sitting on the high hall, looking at the officials and officials in front of them who were respectful and did not even dare to show off their grandeur.
Wearing a robe that symbolizes the identity of the three dukes, Deng Lu slowly closed his eyes.
He is already old.
This year, it is already sixty-eight, and among the twelve rulers, the oldest and the oldest.
In Yanhe, he was already the Yan Xiang of two thousand stones.
In the fourth year of Yanhe, he entered the court and was appointed as the chief censor. In the second year of Yongshi, he was promoted to the chief censor and the third duke. He was the third duke, and he was the crown prince, Shangguan Jie, and Prime Minister Zhang Yi, and was also an important official of the country.
Although, this important official is just a talk.
When the prime minister started his anger, all the rulers had to bow their heads together.
But Deng Lu still gained huge power and unimaginable benefits through this.
The title of the Censor Deng Lu, the Censor of Xingyang, is well known even in this Chang'an City.
Relying on the backing of the ruling official system and the King of Yan, the Deng family has been making money every day over the years.
His grandsons, even in their infancy, already had the reputation of Guanneihou.
Son-in-law, old man, thousands of stones, two thousand stones are countless.
To be continued...