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Due to the hot weather, Zhao Han dressed very poorly.

Grass cloth clothes woven from ramie are, to put it bluntly, linen clothes.Although it was for the sake of coolness and ventilation, but it was too far from his identity, at first glance I thought it was some poor family who came.

At this moment, no one dared to laugh at Zhao Han's clothes, but they all felt that Zhao Tianwang was really frugal.

Zhao Han smiled and raised his hand: "Everyone, get up quickly, the sun is scorching the ground and it's hot, don't burn your knees."

Countless people stood up one after another, all lamenting Zhao Tianwang's benevolence, and worrying that their knees were scalded.

The summer in Nanjing is really fucking hot.

Zhao Han was only wearing a linen shirt, and his vest was already wet with sweat. He just wanted to find a cool place to rest.

Hou Fangyu mixed in the crowd and observed secretly.

Zhao Han's image at this moment is completely different from Hou Fangyu's imagination.He had already heard that Zhao Tianwang was very young, but he should be a big man with a beard, but he didn't expect that he didn't even have a beard.

Even in Jiangnan, there are very few young people with shaved beards.

"This Nanjing city is really tall!" Zheng Sen looked up at the city wall and exclaimed.

"Yes, it's really tall." Li Yu also came to Nanjing for the first time.

Nanjing City Wall, the highest part is 20 meters, and the shortest part is 14 meters.

Zheng Sen followed the team and stepped through the wide and thick city gate, feeling unspeakable pride in his heart.

Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng had already dismissed from office, and they all lived idle in Nanjing.At this moment, he could only blend in with the crowd. He was very anxious and didn't know how to meet Zhao Han.

They want to be officials directly, and they don't want to go to be petty officials.

Zhao Han was lured to Duke Wei's mansion. Xu's family had more than ten gardens in Nanjing, each of which cost tens of thousands of dollars to build.

"Wei Guogong's lineage, has everything been dealt with?" Zhao Han asked.

"Xungui hasn't dealt with it yet, we just wait for the town to make the decision." Fang Shenghong replied.

The Fang brothers brought their territories to surrender very early on. The elder brother is now the magistrate in Guangdong, and the younger brother was directly sent to Nanjing to take charge of the work.

Zhao Han said: "Those nobles, if they are all killed, they will not be wronged. There is no need to waste time for retrial. All the men are sent to mines, the women are ordered to remarry, and the children are broken up and sent to various nursing homes."

"Yes!" Fang Shenghong replied.

Zhao Han said again: "Call all the scholars from the Datong Society."

These members of the Datong society are equivalent to the underground party, and Zhao Han will personally interview them wherever he goes.

"Meet the general town!" More than 30 people came in at once.

Zhao Han got up and returned the salute: "Everyone has worked hard. If you want to be an official, you can start as the mayor of the town, or you can continue to go to the north. You don't have to answer in a hurry, I will give you half a month to consider."

Everyone sat down happily, and most of them wanted to be the mayor.

With the status of Datong scholars as a background, as long as they don't make mistakes in the future, their promotion speed will be very fast.

Zhao Han suddenly looked at Li Xiangjun, and said with a smile, "There is another lady."

Li Xiangjun hurriedly stood up: "President...President, I am the one who begs all the elders and begs them to bring me in to have a look."

"Don't be nervous, I won't punish you," Zhao Han asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

Li Xiangjun replied: "My real name is Wu Xiang, but now I change my name to Li Xiangjun."

Chapter 315 [The farmland in the south of the Yangtze River is actually abandoned in large areas]

Nanjing, Qinhuai Flower Street.

Zhu Yuanzhang built Fuleyuan here, and captured the wives and daughters of enemies or criminal officials into Fuleyuan as official prostitutes.

It is exclusively for wealthy businessmen and big businessmen to get money, and officials are forbidden to enter.

In Fuleyuan, men must wear green headscarves, red girdles around their waists, and fur boots on their feet.Women wear black hats and black regular scripts, but no fancy clothes.When they walk, they should only walk on the two sides of the street, not in the middle of the street.

Fuleyuan moved to the vicinity of Wuding Bridge, and around it, various Qinlou and Chuguans began to appear, and finally evolved into an entertainment street.

Namely, Qinhuai Flower Street.

The funniest thing is Huiguang Temple, which was built from the leftover materials of Dabaoen Temple.In the Wanli period, it was surrounded by many brothels, and the willpower of the monks was tested all day long. In desperation, the temple had to be moved to another place.

Li Xiangjun returned to Huajie, where she lived for many years.

This time, Li Xiangjun was accompanied by a team of officials.

"Sister, are you calling along the street?" Li Xiangjun asked.

Li Wanchun smiled and said, "You don't have to keep shouting, you have to take turns shouting, otherwise your voice will be hoarse in just one day."

Two-thirds of the [-] female generals in "The Record of the Female Generals of Datong" are already married.After getting married, most of them choose to take care of their husbands and raise their children, and those who are unable to have children adopt children, and very few even acquiesce in their husbands taking concubines.

Li Wanchun is one of the few unmarried people, and she is almost 30 years old, because her vision is relatively high.

Whether it is high or low, it has been delayed until now.

"Then...then I will call." Li Xiangjun said.

Li Wanchun smiled and said, "Call it."

When the officials went to post notices along the street, Li Xiangjun picked up the tin trumpet and shouted: "Sisters and brothers in Qinhuai Flower Street, the world is one, the good and the low are equal. If you want to be good, don't be afraid of the madam to stop you. If you want to stop, you can report to the official immediately... ..."

It was the morning at this time, and many brothels hadn't opened yet.

When Li Xiangjun's voice came out, many windows were opened in an instant, and then the door was opened again, and more than 20 men and women rushed out one after another.

Not only prostitutes, but also Guigong teapot.

A man stood by the side of the street, lit a green turban with a candle, took off his red waistband, and walked quickly to Li Xiangjun: "Sisters, I have come. I heard that Zhao Tianwang has a good government, and I have been thinking about how to be good these days." Woolen cloth."

Li Wanchun smiled and said: "You can go to the county government to register first, and you will be a benefactor if you get your household registration. Even if you stay in the brothel, you still belong to a benefactor. There are no untouchables under Mr. Zhao's rule."

"It's really good," the man said with a smile, "I don't know how to make a living after becoming a good student. I can write and count, but I don't know the four books and five classics."

Li Wanchun said: "Since I can write and count, I will apply for the police officer exam. Maybe I can become a policeman at the police station."

There are government offices and county offices in Nanjing City. These officials have long been rotten. They belong to hooligans with official status, and many of them will be thrown to mine.

Public security, fire protection, sanitation and other work are all in charge of the Wucheng Bingma Division.But this institution is also rotten. In the bustling and prosperous city of Nanjing, many streets are dirty and messy, and the neighbors clean them up entirely.

The first thing Zhao Han has to do is to free the slaves and eliminate the distinction between good and bad.Then recruit local humble people as servants to improve public security and sanitation in the city.

Li Xiangjun continued to promote along the street, and when he reached a certain place, Kou Baimen suddenly opened the door and ran out.

"Can generations of prostitutes be good?" Kou Baimen asked anxiously.

Li Xiangjun smiled and said: "Under Mr. Zhao's rule, there is no distinction between good and bad."

Kou Baimen immediately turned around and shouted at the brothel: "Father, mother, come out quickly, you can live a decent life from now on!"

The mother is the real mother, and the father may be the real father.

Kou Baimen was worse than Li Xiangjun. Li Xiangjun was born in a military officer's family, while Kou Baimen was a prostitute for generations.

Her father is a musician, her mother is a prostitute, and her household registration is registered with the Jiaofang Division. The work in the brothel is an outsourcing business, and she also accepts door-to-door service orders from large customers.

Kou Baimen is 15 years old this year, and her job is to work as a maid for prostitutes. She should be listed for business in a year.

Not long after, Kou Baimen's parents came out together.

Li Wanru asked about the situation, and said, "You just need to go to the county government to settle down, and if you have a household registration, you are a good person. If you want to continue to operate, you can apply for a license for singing houses and dance pavilions..."

"No need!" Kou's father said quickly, "I will continue to be a musician to support the family, and my wife and daughter will have to earn a living."

"As you like." Li Wanru said.

The urban population of Nanjing is too large, and there are a large number of jobless people. It is impossible for Zhao Han to allocate land to them, and he is temporarily unable to solve employment.

We can only clean up the officials who have done a lot of evil, clean up those local ruffians, and send them all to the mountains for mining.Then the government recruits some civil servants, who can take the test if they can read a few words.

As for the illiterate, the soldiers and civilians have returned to their hometowns, and the next step is to transport food from Hunan for disaster relief. For the time being, homeless people can be recruited as coolies to transport food.

To be honest, many domestic slaves and happy households were conscientious, and they really couldn't find a job for a while. After all, only a small number of them could be admitted to civil servants.

The Qinhuai Flower Street in Nanjing cannot be directly banned, but it must be ordered to apply for a license for singing houses. In principle, it is not allowed to engage in flesh and blood business, and the personal freedom of practitioners is not allowed to be restricted.

Of course, the changes are still noticeable.

Prostitutes who made a lot of money, especially those famous prostitutes, chose to live a good life.They don't worry about life, they just want to be decent.

The propaganda team left, while the Kou family discussed behind closed doors.

Kou's mother said: "I heard people say that Jiangxi is open-minded and doesn't dislike being born in a lowly family. The daughter is fifteen years old and is still a virgin. She will definitely find her husband's family. Don't count on the big officials. Go find a matchmaker and inquire about officials. Or military officers, matchmaking to make a marriage."

"Wouldn't it be a hard life to marry an official?" Kou's father disagreed.

Kou's mother said: "Zhao Tianwang's officials are different. They can be officials in the future. I only look for those officials from Jiangxi. Maybe they can be magistrates in the future. At that time, my daughter will be the magistrate's wife. Our family also has some savings. At that time, give more dowry, and the son-in-law is just a petty official, so he will be happy in his heart. We must take a long-term view, today's official, tomorrow's official, we will not lose."

There are quite a few people who have this idea, and the business of matchmakers in Nanjing is booming.

These matchmakers stood near the yamen, and when they heard officials speaking foreign languages, they stepped forward to ask if they were married.And I swear, even though the girl comes from a prostitute family, she is definitely still a virgin.

Not only that, the matchmakers also went to strike up a conversation with the soldiers guarding the city, asking which soldiers hadn't married yet.As long as they have a military rank of ten or more, the daughters of any prostitutes are willing to marry.

Bian Yujing, one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai, was only 13 years old at this time, and her parents were looking for a matchmaker.

Bian Yujing is also the daughter of a prostitute.

Whatever comes from a family of eunuchs is beautified by literati.Wu Weiye's article is evasive, but Zou Shu is much more straightforward, explaining that Bian Yujing is a "family of kabuki".

Whether it was Congliang, a happy household in Qinhuai Flower Street, or the liberation of the entire city's domestic slaves, there was actually not much commotion.

For most people, although the cheap status has become a good status, the content of their work has not changed.

Because the price of goods in Nanjing city was too high and it was hard to find a job, the domestic slaves became servants and continued to be servants honestly.

The British Industrial Revolution had to carry out agricultural reform and land enclosure movement first, and forced farmers to the cities before they could develop industry.But in Daming, this step can be skipped directly, the population of big cities has exploded.There is only a shortage of jobs, not people.

The campaign to clean up the urban household registration was carried out rapidly.

Holding some of the newly released data, Zhao Han suddenly felt a headache. There are too many homeless people in Nanjing!

Outside the city, the land of nobles and military officers is being distributed to tenants and military households, and the number of acres is still not enough.

Wu Yingji said: "General Town, there are a lot of wasteland in the south of the Yangtze River, but land taxes should be treated differently."

"There is actually a lot of wasteland in the south of the Yangtze River?" Zhao Han found it hard to understand.

Wu Yingji explained in detail: "Taxes in the south of the Yangtze River were too heavy. After the Yongle Dynasty, a large number of farmers fled, and a large number of cultivated land was abandoned. The rich and powerful families took the opportunity to seize the abandoned land. Emperor Xuande reformed and recruited refugees to cultivate the wasteland to prevent powerful and powerful families from annexing the land."

"During the Jiajing period, there was a land equalization reform in the south of the Yangtze River, which was very effective at that time. But in the Wanli period, a large amount of land was abandoned. One is that the land tax is too heavy, and the other is that the water conservancy is in disrepair."

"There is also grain supply. There are many cotton fields in the south of the Yangtze River, but grain grains have to be collected. At first, farmers had to sell cotton to buy rice and hand it over to the government. During this period, they were exploited multiple times. It took many years to sell cotton and pay money."

"During this period, a large amount of farmland was abandoned. The government can only recruit refugees to reclaim it. As long as the wasteland is reclaimed, local farmers will be exempted from taxes for five years, and out-of-town farmers will be exempted from taxes for ten years. Guess the town, what kind of trouble will this cause?"

Zhao Han thought for a while and said, "The gentry colluded with the officials and used cultivated land as barren land to evade taxes."

"Exactly," Wu Yingji said with a smile, "but there is even more chaos. Once the tax exemption period is up, the peasants immediately abandon the land again!"

Zhao Han was stunned upon hearing this, then shook his head and smiled wryly.

That is the farmer's own field, and the self-cultivator is not a proper farmer. He voluntarily abandons the land and flees to other places as refugees or vagrants.It is conceivable that the taxes are heavy!

Not only is the tax collected by the imperial court too heavy, but the big households will also send sly money, making these self-cultivating farmers have to pay taxes many times.Moreover, the land they can get is not a good field, even if they only pay taxes, it is enough.

What's more, the tax exemption period set by the government can almost turn barren fields into mature fields.At such times, there will be tyrants who come out to seize the fields, and after taking the fields, let these self-cultivating farmers continue to serve as servants, and the self-cultivating farmers will definitely run away.

In addition, the reclamation refugees are foreigners and are often bullied by the locals, which is also one of the reasons why they ran away after planting a few days.

Local officials continued to introduce new policies in an attempt to retain owner farmers and crack down on gentry tyrants.But they are all effective at the beginning, and after a few years or more than ten years, loopholes are exploited.

This broken place in the south of the Yangtze River is very strange. On the one hand, there are many people and little land, and on the other hand, a lot of abandoned land.

The big clans are also very interesting. Whenever there is a disaster year, half of the land they planted will be abandoned directly, and the remaining half will be intensively cultivated.

What is self-grown land?

That is, instead of renting to tenants, let hired labor do the farming. This kind of hired labor is actually a domestic slave, who only pays a small salary for taking care of the food every month.Sometimes also called "hired slaves".

Abandon half of the land and cultivate half. This farming method has been written into the family precepts and regulations of many rich families, and it is regarded as a classic operation like a family secret.

Wu Yingji said: "There are still many barren fields in the south of the Yangtze River, which belong to salt bittern land. In fact, some salt bittern land has been gradually improved with the support of good officials. But if you change to a mediocre official, it will be abandoned immediately, because the mediocre official does not reduce the land tax."

"The general town should collect land taxes as appropriate, build a large number of water conservancy projects, and encourage the people to reclaim wasteland and cultivate crops. In this way, there is actually not much shortage of land in the south of the Yangtze River."

Zhao Han paid more and more attention to Wu Yingji, nodded and said, "You write down all your ideas, and I will let officials at all levels govern as appropriate."