Wanli Youming

Chapter 338 Establishing Practice

Chapter 338 Establishing Practice

At this time, Lu Kun looked at the people kneeling on the ground with excited faces, and said with a smile: "It's true! Your Majesty has issued a decree, and the people who move to other places will no longer be regarded as fleeing households. All properties are considered legal income and are protected by the government; but the taxes paid will be collected by the local government, and the first year can be exempted, so as to encourage the reclamation of wasteland and new creation.”

"Thank you, my lord!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At this time, some refugees began to kowtow to thank them.

Seeing this, Lu Kun couldn't help smiling, and then said: "Get up, don't thank this court! The main reason is that His Majesty advocates benevolent government, loves the people like a son, and doesn't want to take away your food and make you unable to live."

"However, you must also be gracious and courteous, be diligent and thrifty in managing your family, and not be self-deprecating, or even stubborn to deceive the benevolence of the court. If you have spare money after working hard and doing good, you should send your children to study, not to gamble and eat wine. If you spend so much, you will be able to have children who will become talents in the future and become the pillars of the country, which is also worthy of the benevolence of His Majesty to you today."

"Yes! What the Grand Master said is true!"

Some people responded with a smile.

Therefore, Lu Kun really asked Xu Shengwen and other government schools to loosen these refugees, and returned the copied papermaking tools to them, and began to order the secretary office to register them.

"My name is Chen Jiuzhu, and I was originally from Shitang Town, Qianshan, Jiangxi. Because my small paper workshop was taken away by the squire Pu, I had to come to Huai'an to join my uncle. Then I saw that there were not many paper workshops here, but there were also many paper workshops. Hemp, let’s start making paper here again.”

"My name is Fang Mian. I was originally from Zhanglin Town, Wuxi, Changzhou. I was originally a craftsman who printed copper characters in Wuxi. I fled to Huai'an because I offended the Gu family, a big township eunuch."

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For a while, when the book office of the governor's yamen began to count these people and issued residence permits, Lu Kun suddenly had an idea, so he called Chen Jiuzhu, a registered refugee, and asked:

"You just said that there are not many paper mills in Huai'an?"

Chen Jiuzhu replied: "It's true that there are not many returning to the Fuyuan Master."

"There are many wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou. If Huai'an can make paper, there will be no shortage of sales."

Lu Kun muttered to himself, and then said to Chen Jiuzhu:

"If this court allocates 5000 taels of benefiting people's funds to you in the name of the governor of Fengyang, but you must teach you all the skills of papermaking, and you are allowed to recruit local poor children as apprentices and use them as hired workers. Chief Secretary of Fengyang, are you willing?"

Chen Jiuzhu hesitated for a moment.

"You can think about it, how much can you earn with the paper made by your own family members?"

"I'm afraid I can only sell it in Huai'an City and get some small profits; but if I run an official workshop for the chief secretary, I can sell the paper to Yangzhou in the name of the chief secretary without worrying about being exploited by the customs officials. There are a lot of rich and wealthy merchants, so the income is naturally not small, and you don't have to worry about some wealthy gentry taking away your property after you grow up."

Lu Kun said.

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Jiuzhu quickly knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Xiaomin is willing, thank you for giving Xiaomin wealth and honor, the elder is Xiaomin's reborn parents!"

Chen Jiuzhu started to cry as he spoke.

He is very aware of the benefits in this, so he is very grateful to Lu Kun for his willingness to subsidize him in the name of the government to expand his business.

Only the commander-in-chief Xu Shengwen had to say to Lu Kun: "Proprietor, although the imperial court only allows the local government to ask the cabinet department to invest in the business and support the people, it does not allow the government to run the business itself!"

"But the imperial court did not prohibit it!"

"Most wealthy businessmen are the minions of the rich and powerful. Few of them are willing to start a large-scale industry that can support a large number of small people. They only blindly devote themselves to the lucrative salt industry, sea trade, and border trade; few are really willing to benefit the people and promote practice. , so that few wealthy businessmen are willing to heed the call of this court, and are willing to work hard on the establishment of papermaking, porcelain making, and sophisticated machinery and agricultural tools. Few are even willing to build ships, and they only want to make easy money. In this way, only the government can organize skilled people to set up practical work!"

Lu Kun said.

Xu Shengwen nodded after hearing this: "What Fuyuan said is that if there is a big paper shop in Huai'an, first of all, it will not worry about selling, and at the same time, it will allow many homeless people in Huai'an who lost their land due to mergers to make a living again. It will also be greatly reduced, the population will not move out in large quantities, and the income of the treasury will be increased, so when the exam is passed, it will look better."

Lu Kun said: "That's exactly what I said!"

As a result, Lu Kun became the first big official in the frontiers of the Ming Dynasty who took the initiative to set up practical affairs.

Chen Jiuzhu, a paper worker, also signed a contract with Fengyang Chief Secretary on the next day similar to the gambling agreement of later generations, promising to solve the employment problem of some homeless people in Huai'an within one year, and because of this, he also got 5000 taels from the Chief Secretary. Share capital.

all of a sudden.

Chen Jiuzhu changed from a fugitive who was almost dismissed as an escapee and sent back to his hometown to a local official and businessman with 5000 taels of activity funds.

Erhai Lake in Yunnan.

Xing Jie, formerly a political participant in Shaanxi, was transferred to Yunnan due to the extermination of Burma. He served as the political envoy and deputy envoy of the inspection.

And because the imperial court lifted the ban on leading the way, he also ordered the Yunnan government to release the local miners who had escaped because they could not bear the exploitation of the official mines, and recruited them as soldiers.

Miner Lai Daliang thus became a guerrilla soldier of the Erhai Association of Yunnan Province, and after a month of training, he returned home with his military pay because he was on vacation to visit his relatives.

"Lai Xiaoshi has made great contributions to the country this time and helped the court seize the traitors of the barbarians. Therefore, as usual, I will reward your family with fifty silver dollars and a bronze medal of 'Emperor Ben Liang'."

When Lai Daliang returned to his home, he happened to see Qiao Fugong, a thousand-household officer of Jinyiwei stationed in Yunnan, leading a team of Jinyiwei at his home, talking to his parents, wife, children and brothers who were kneeling on the ground.

"father!"

Lai Xiaoshi also saw Lai Daliang, and ran towards Lai Daliang.

Seeing Jin Yiwei coming to him, Lai Daliang forgot the joy of reuniting with his family after a long absence, and looked over at Jin Yiwei.

Seeing that Lai Xiaoshi called Lai Daliang his father, Qiao Fu also turned around and said with a smile to Lai Daliang, "You have given birth to a good son, very clever, and really helped our Jinyiwei discover the traitor pretending to be a merchant."

Lai Daliang smiled awkwardly, looking a little reserved.

At this time, Qiao Fugong asked someone to bring a plate of silver dollars and copper medals, and said: "You all face the north, kowtow to the emperor, and say thank you for the emperor's kindness, and wish to make Ming Dynasty prosperous forever. These silver dollars and this copper medal The badge is yours, and other officials will not say anything about it in the future, as long as it is Jinyiwei, whoever sees you coming with this bronze badge will definitely take care of it!"

"Hey!"

Lai Daliang was overjoyed at this moment, he hurriedly agreed, and pulled his son Lai Dashi to kneel down towards the north, his parents, wife and brothers also knelt down.

After thanking them, Qiao Fugong gave them a plate of silver dollars and copper medals, pinned the bronze medals to Lai Xiaoshi's chest, patted him on the shoulder, and then asked Lai Daliang who was wearing a fat jacket: "Where are you?" Working in the camp?"

Lai Daliang replied: "Xie Shou Ji's Guerrilla is a battalion soldier."

Qiao Fugong nodded: "Ji Guerzilla is a good general who loves his soldiers like a son, and it's easy for you to make some achievements in his battalion."

Lai Daliang just smiled.

"Would you like to work for my Jinyiwei? You are still working in the camp, just to provide some clues for our Jinyiwei. According to the contact information we gave you, you are not only secretly guarding your battalion commander, but also watching whether there will be secret agents in your camp. Withholding military pay, if you make great achievements, Jin Yiwei will reward you for your merits, and a reward of fifty silver dollars is not a small amount, maybe you will be a wife and son."

Qiao Fugong asked.

Lai Daliang glanced at the 50 silver dollars his son got, and was immediately moved. He knelt down and said, "I am willing!"

"Then come with us and see if you are the material."

(End of this chapter)