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The military ticket is the first step, and the official ticket will be issued next.

Due to the shortage of silver, military salaries are calculated in terms of grain, but officials' salaries are calculated in silver.

After the money and grain bank reserves enough silver, they can issue official tickets, and officials have to use banknotes to receive wages.

Still the same sentence, step by step, take your time.

Even the official ticket must be issued in Ji'an Mansion first, because on the day the official ticket is issued, there must be countless officials running to run on it.It can only be gradually promoted with the government as the unit, and finally becomes the currency recognized by officials.

When officials and soldiers have approved it, the public will approve it, and then they can try to issue a small amount of banknotes.

In the next few decades, both paper money and metal currency will coexist, and the forced cancellation of metal currency will only cause social panic.

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"Daddy!"

Gun'er was already two and a half years old, and rushed over with her calves.

Zhao Han quickly caught it, put it on his neck and rode on the horse, and said with a smile: "Drive, drive!"

"Drive, drive!"

Gun'er hugged his father's head, laughed and shouted together.

"Don't fall, don't fall!"

Fei Rulan quickly reminded her, and said in a low voice: "Father is here, and he brought my cousin."

Zhao Han walked in with his son on his shoulders, and sure enough, he saw Fei Yinghuan and Hu Mengtai, whom he hadn't seen for many years.

These two people studied hard together in retreat, but Fei Yinghuan bought the official position.Hu Mengtai survived until last spring, and finally passed the Jinshi examination. He had only been an official for half a year, and his hometown was occupied by Zhao Han.

"Master Taishan, uncle." Zhao Han greeted with a smile.

"Don't dare to do it." Hu Mengtai quickly stood up and bowed.

Fei Rulan walked over and said, "Give me the child, let's chat."

Hu Mengtai was quite emotional in his heart. A domestic slave back then has now become the king of Jiangxi, but he had to return to his hometown to seek refuge.

Everyone sat down, drank tea and chatted.

Fei Yinghuan said: "Youli was selected as a Jinshi and sent out to be the county magistrate of Fenghua, Zhejiang, but he did a great thing."

Zhao Han asked, "Is the disaster in Zhejiang very serious last year?"

"It's very serious. For disaster relief, I offended someone." Hu Mengtai sighed.

It was Hu Mengtai who, in order to raise money and food for disaster relief, tracked down Feisa's deceitful remittances, ordered the gentry to pay taxes, and directly attacked the Dai family in Fenghua.

Dai Ao's official position is the Chancellor of Shuntian Mansion, the fourth rank, and for the local officials, he is considered a dignitary in Beijing.

Hu Mengtai ordered the yamen servant to arrest his son, but the yamen servant secretly leaked the news, and his son fled to Beijing in a hurry.

As a native of Fenghua, Dai Ao was not allowed to impeach the magistrate of Fenghua according to the rules, so he went to Shushu, saying that the collapse of the society was caused by the magistrate's corruption.The article was written in a dark and poignant manner, and Chongzhen didn't bother to guess, so he asked Dai Aoming to say which county magistrate committed the crime.

At this moment, someone who wanted to make a name for himself directly exposed the matter, and Dai Ao was imprisoned by Chongzhen for interrogation.

After helping the common people in Fenghua, Hu Mengtai offended the local rich people all over the place.He felt that it was boring to continue to be an official, and he was worried about his family, so he simply hung his seal and walked back to Qianshan, and then ran to Ji'an to join Fei Yinghuan.

This old man, in history, spent all his wealth to fight against the Qing Dynasty, held on to the city for several months, and both husband and wife died for the country.

Zhao Han said with a smile, "If my uncle can come, he wants to be my secretary."

Fei Yinghuan explained: "The ordinary secretary of the Academy of Secretaries is similar to the Zhongshu Scheeren of the Ming Dynasty."

Hu Mengtai knew the employment system a long time ago, and it was Fei Yinghuan who told him, and said with a smile: "It's enough to be able to do things."

Generally, people who Zhao Han wants to promote can be released as mayors after three months as ordinary secretaries, or directly as county magistrates, and they will be promoted very quickly in the future.

Zhao Han is not afraid that the Fei family is too powerful, and Li Banghua's family also has many officials.

There are also the Xiao family in Luling and the Liu family in Jishui. Because they took refuge in a more thorough way, they sent a large number of clan members as officials very early. Now there are many county magistrates and county magistrates, and even the Xiao and Liu families have become magistrates.

"Master Taishan, how are you preparing for the emigration?" Zhao Han asked.

Fei Yinghuan replied, "Leave in a few days."

Fei Yinghuan's new position is the magistrate of You County, and he cooperates with the prefect of Changsha to carry out immigration.

At the junction of Huguang and Jiangxi, the population has dropped sharply due to bandits and bandits, and it is necessary to immigrate to enrich the place.The migration is not much, with tens of thousands of people in each county, which can just relieve the population pressure on the Jiangxi side.

Because many places wanted to immigrate, Zhao Han couldn't wait to launch military tickets, and then asked Fei Chun to make money quickly.

Hu Mengtai clasped his hands and said with a smile: "The town's capture of Changsha Fucheng is equivalent to capturing half of Huguang, and half of the world's granary."

"It all depends on the lives of the frontline soldiers." Zhao Han was very happy.

Suddenly, Zhao Han asked again: "Yuyao is not far from Fenghua, did my cousin know about Zhu Zhiyu (Zhu Shunshui)?"

"When I left Fenghua, I made a special trip to visit," Hu Mengtai said. "In the past few years, he has been studying with peace of mind, and he is not limited to Neo-Confucianism and Mind-learning. Now he advocates practical learning, farming, construction, medicine, water conservancy... He also said to me that the way of learning is to practice, and the learning of sages and sages must be practiced. Scholars should learn the truth and apply what they have learned.”

"Haha, that's a good point." Zhao Han laughed.

Zhu Shunshui in Hanzhu Mountain was only a semi-finished product, but now it has finally evolved into a complete version.

Zhao Han planned to write a letter asking Xu Ying to send someone to Yuyao to invite Zhu Shunshui to be an official or a teacher.

Of course, it may not be possible to invite him. Chongzhen ordered him to be an official, but Zhu Shunshui shirked and refused.

The three of them were drinking tea and chatting vigorously, when suddenly a guard came in and reported: "General Town, there is an urgent military situation from Guangdong!"

"bring here."

This military information came from Zhang Tieniu, who reported that tens of thousands of people in Ba Pai Yao had rebelled, and they wanted to present a woman to Zhao Hanjin.

It must have been ghostwritten by the military propaganda and instructor, who made the story of Ba Pai Yao very clear.

Zhao Han felt very novel. In his established impression, the Yao tribe should be a chieftain system.It never occurred to me that the electoral system was actually implemented, and the "committee members" were elected first, and then other leaders were elected from the committee, and they also knew that they would change every two years.

The mission officer also said that the Yao people can be appeased and treated kindly, and let them teach the terraced field technology.

Chapter 258 [Concubinage is a political task]

Ba Pai Yao sent a group of envoys, a total of 32 people.

24 strokes in eight rows, one for each family.

Pan Maiwei from Youling Pai was elected as the interim leader and was received in the lobby of the General Military Mansion.

There are four rows of stools in the lobby, and Pan Maiwei sits in the center of the first row.From time to time, he whispered to the leaders from Nangang Pai and Hengkeng Pai, and after a few words, he looked forward to see if Zhao Tianwang had come.

Suddenly, a young man walked out of the door. These Yao envoys didn't take it seriously, thinking that he was an ordinary official of the General Military Mansion.

An ordinary official, all tall and handsome, is worthy of Zhao Tianwang's mansion, indeed there are a lot of talents!

The young man walked in a few steps, and suddenly said: "Move the chairs into the hall, what does it look like high above?"

Immediately someone took action and moved the chairs from the upper hall to the lower hall, which was at the same height as the seating heights of the Yao envoys.

Pan Maiwei asked the translator in Cantonese: "What did he say?"

The translation is immediately paraphrased.

Pan Maiwei nodded with a smile, and said to the people next to him: "This young man is very nice, and he doesn't look down on us like other Han people. When I see King Zhao Tianwang, I must praise this young man and hope that he will do better in the future. official."

Suddenly, the young man clasped his fists and said with a smile: "I am Zhao Han, the rumored King Zhao. Welcome all Yao brothers to Ji'an as guests."

The translation retells in Cantonese.

King Zhao?

Pan Maiwei was stunned for a moment, and then looked around, the other bosses couldn't believe it either.

Everyone stood up quickly.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Everyone, sit down and talk."

"Meet King Zhao!"

Pan Maiwei took the lead in kneeling, and everyone knelt down in unison.They have never been forced to kneel by Han officials before, but this time they were not forced, but kneeled willingly.

Because Zhao Han took the initiative to move the chair down to make it equal to their seats, this small move was enough.

Zhao Han said: "Everyone please hurry up. Under my rule, as long as you abide by the law, there is no distinction between high and low. Han people are equal to Han people, and Han people are equal to Yao people. You and I are brothers."

Hearing these words, Pan Maiwei was a little excited, and at the same time, it seemed to be a slap in the face, and he shouted again: "Greetings, Elder Brother Zhao!"

"Greetings, Elder Brother Zhao!" Everyone shouted in unison.

The translator said: "Chief Town, they are calling you elder brother."

Interesting, Zhao Han couldn't help giving this person a high look with a smile on his face.

As expected of being elected as the leader of the envoys, this guy turned his brains really fast, and he quickly brought the relationship between the two sides closer, and even killed the principle of equality between the Yao people and the Han people.

"Sit down." Zhao Han smiled.

Everyone sat down in unison, very disciplined.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Han asked, "How is the harvest this year?"

Pan Maiwei replied: "This year's harvest was mediocre, but last year's harvest was very poor. The weather was dry and severe, and the terraced fields had no water, so life in the row could not go on. The dog officials even came to urge the field tax, and the harvest was getting better every year. Many, but they were all driven away by us."

Zhao Han sighed, "Corrupt officials are so bad, and I was also forced to rebel by corrupt officials. I understand your difficulties."

"If elder brother becomes the emperor, everyone will have a good life in the future." Pan Maiwei flattered.

Zhao Han asked again about the electoral system of Ba Pai Yao, and after listening for a long time, he suddenly asked, "Is this how the Yao people in Guangdong elect their leaders?"

Pan Maiwei shook his head and said: "The Yao people are different from the Yao people. We Ba Pai Yao are close to the Han people, and we have to serve the government as corvee. The Han people sometimes call us 'Ting Zhao Yao' and 'Ting Tiao Yao', just like us It’s like a tamed dog. There are still many mountain Yaos in Guangdong. They don’t know how to grow terraced fields, and they always set fire to the mountains to grow food. Every year or two, they have to change to another mountain. The leader of the mountain Yaos is not elected. .”

"Why do you want to elect a leader?" Zhao Han asked again.

Pan Maiwei replied: "If you don't choose a leader, how will you arrange for the release of water? How will you manage the flushing?"

Zhao Han instantly understood that the terraced fields are the lifeblood of Ba Pai Yao, and the irrigation of the terraced fields requires a high degree of discipline.Whichever family's fields do not obey the management will affect a large area, and the hereditary system of chiefs will inevitably bring about favoritism.

Therefore, their leaders need to be elected to ensure that the terraces of each family can be produced normally.

The Guoshan Yao are different. They have been farming for a long time and are constantly migrating.In this mode of life and production, the leader must not be elected, otherwise there will be countless chaos.

There is no best system, only the most suitable system!

Just like Zhao Han, after the founding of the country, it is absolutely impossible to establish a constitutional monarchy, because China is too big.Once the constitutional monarchy is established and the emperor is [-]% empty, the civil service group will start to grow wildly, and then swallow all the interests of the local people, and the common people will be swallowed up to the bone.

Zhao Han asked again: "Ba Pai Yao keeps multiplying, are there enough terraced fields?"

"Not enough," Pan Maiwei shook his head and said, "It used to be possible to reclaim new fields, but now there is no place to open new fields. The clansmen who have no fields can only go down the mountain to be tenants for the Han people, and some people go to the county town to be homeless. There are also some Yao people who have made a fortune outside, and they, like the Han people, have become big landlords who bully others."

After listening to the other party's narration, Zhao Han decided to treat them differently.

Ba Pai Yao, who practiced the electoral system, did not touch their internal structure.Because the selection of Han people to manage it is likely to break the balance and interfere with the normal production and life of the Yao people.

As for the Yao landlords and Yao tenants, how to divide the land, how to divide the land!

However, Ba Pai Yao had to build a school.Let ordinary Yao people also learn to speak Chinese and learn various cultural knowledge, and those with excellent grades can come out to take the exam and become officials.

There are also those Yaos who have passed through the mountains, alas, let’s educate them a little bit, first teach them how to farm.

Primitive tribes can also be educated. Wang Yangming was demoted to Longchangyi, and the nearby Miao people were slash-and-burn.Wang Yangming has a good relationship with those seedlings. The Miao brothers also helped Wang Yangming build a thatched cottage, and the first "Longgang Academy" was born. Miao children can also read and write in the academy.

Suddenly, Pan Maiwei clasped his hands and said: "Brother Zhao, please marry the most beautiful sister Sha Yao in Ba Pai Yao. Then we will become a family."

The translator explained: "An unmarried man is called Brother Agui, and an unmarried woman is called Sha Yaomei."

"I need to discuss this matter." Zhao Han didn't immediately agree.

The envoys of the Yao ethnic group were somewhat disappointed, but Zhao Han finally did not refuse directly.

After sending these envoys back to their residences, Zhao Han called the ministers of the General Military Mansion to discuss.

Li Banghua was the first to speak: "Na Yiyao girl, if you can order Ba Pai Yao, then you should accept her. Please the chief town put the country's affairs first."

"It's time to get more concubines." Pang Chunlai said with emotion, he hoped that Zhao Han would marry more and have more sons as soon as possible.

The rest of the ministers also advised them one after another.

Zhao Han wondered, "Don't you discriminate against Yao women?"

"Why do you want to discriminate?" Li Banghua asked back, and then said, "Ba Pai Yao is a familiar Yao, and many Yao people who have gone down the mountain have long been no different from Han people."

Local officials do discriminate against ethnic minorities, but when it comes to intermarriage, no one cares.

Emperor Zhengde's own grandmother was probably of barbarian origin, and it was said that she was the daughter of a native official in Guangxi.Zhu Jianshen sent troops to conquer the barbarians in Guangxi and brought back a group of children who had lost their parents. One of the girls grew up and gave birth to Emperor Xiaozong.