my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 418

The scholars who landed here were suddenly stunned.

But right now, there is a vast ocean behind them, and only their family members are with them, and standing in front of them are the officers and soldiers of Zhao Wangwei who are fighting openly.

"Oh my god!" Someone beat their chest and fell their feet, and let out a heart-piercing wail.

They came here because they wanted to return to their old life, not to be Qiu Ba.

So the men on this side wailed in despair, and the women's family members and the old and the weak in the back also cried together in mourning.

Such wailing was heart-warming, but it was a pity that the officers and soldiers of Zhao Wangwei in front of them all had cold faces and were not moved at all.

The joys and sorrows of people are not connected. Among the people who have traveled all the way to Java, which one has not endured hardship?

From their point of view, now that cities have been built and plantations have sprung up one after another, life has become much easier. When they came here, they were overwhelmed by thorns and thorns. There were dense forests everywhere, poisonous snakes, tigers and leopards everywhere, and countless The natives harassed and harassed relatives and friends around them, or died of illness, or were eaten by wild beasts and took away the bones, or were killed by the natives.

Under such a difficult environment, they survived. If they were to wail and cry, their voices would have been hoarse and their tears would have dried up.

At this moment, in their eyes, the wailing and thumping people in front of them only made them feel ridiculous.

So the hundred households looked at them coldly and said: "Don't talk too much, register immediately, anyone who dares to refuse will be killed."

"You...do you talk about the king's law!" the scholar asked awe-inspiringly.

There was no emotion on the faces of the hundred households, they just looked at the scholar contemptuously, and then said slowly: "I'm very sorry, what His Royal Highness King Zhao implemented is military law!"

"..."

In such a harsh environment, it is impossible to play humanely with you. Those who do not take up arms will be regarded as weak, those who do not fight will be regarded as cowards, and those who do not absolutely obey orders will be regarded as deserter.

Here, who is talking about human relations and kingly law with you?This thing can't protect everyone's life, and even such a stupid idea may kill many people.

Baihu obviously became impatient, and immediately grabbed the scholar who was in front of him, and said bluntly, "Let him come first."

Someone shouted: "We...we want to go back to our hometown, we want to go back to our hometown!"

"You can go back to your hometown." Baihu said: "His Royal Highness Zhao has an order that you need to buy a boat ticket to go back to your hometown, and you need to register and make a book to buy a boat ticket. Those who don't register are regarded as local natives and must be strictly guarded against. "

"I register, after I register, can I buy a boat ticket and go back to my hometown?"

"King Zhao still has an order. After registration, the people under His Highness's rule will be counted. All the people under His Royal Highness, regardless of old or weak, must serve in the reserve guard for seven years in order to fulfill the obligation of protecting the king and the people. After seven years , you can be released from service, and then you can buy a boat ticket."

"..."

Hearing this, everyone's heart went cold.

Someone said angrily: "Bandits, you are robbers!"

The hundred households said in a deep voice: "This is the law formulated by the long history of Jiegong. How dare you call it a bandit? Jiegong quoted the words of Confucianism. Don't you know that you respect the king and fight against the barbarians? Thank you for reading the book. Readers, even more so."

A group of people continued to cry, crying heartbroken, but they were still helplessly detained and registered one by one.

Immediately afterwards, the men were sent to the reserve guards, while the women and children went to the plantations.

This reserve guard is similar to a militia, and everyone must learn a certain amount of military knowledge to ensure that they can undertake the task of advancing and suppressing when small-scale natives attack.At the same time, in the event of a major war, they can also cooperate with the regular Zhao Wangwei to fight.

Not only that, they also need to be responsible for transportation, building roads and bridges, building settlements and so on.

And all the plantations, because of the threat of the nearby natives, had to adopt the method of centralized planting. After opening up a new plantation, the women, children, old and weak took care of the crops, or looked after some captured slaves for farming. Farming, and each family, according to the military merits of the men, is allocated [-] to [-] mu of land for food.

Scholars are different from ordinary Tuobian Han people. As soon as they arrive here, they suddenly understand that this damn King Zhao is not at all the so-called advocating Confucianism and respecting virtuous corporals.

The law adopted here is clearly the most well-known "Qin Law" in history.

This law was formed by Shang Yang's reform, and it is the purest system of farming and warfare.

What kind of reading, what kind of sage, it's all nonsense.

Even the king of Zhao needs to inspect and guard border towns every month.

Zhao Wang's son, who is only 13 years old now, has already begun to lead a team of Qianhusuo to be responsible for the defense deployment to the east.

As for Xie Jin's youngest son, he is responsible for some literary and ink work, but his main duty is to record military achievements and reward and punish.

After all, the whole of Java is a huge military camp, and everyone is a part of this military camp, which is based on Shang Yang's Qin law as the prototype.Even old men over 60 years old may have to take care of the native captives.

However, the only good thing here is that the materials are very abundant. Although the advanced manufactured products of the Ming Dynasty are very scarce, the large number of plantations, the unique conditions, and the many large mines developed are enough for people to get rich. The large-scale textile workshop that Qixia Commercial Bank put into operation here is enough to meet the needs of local cotton spinning.

Coupled with the many horses purchased from Daming, as well as a large amount of livestock, it is enough for people to live comfortably.

at this time……

Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui was cursing.

He just came back from the newly built new Wu'an city. This city is far away in the hinterland of the south, a hundred miles away. It is considered to have penetrated into the hinterland of the natives. Originally, King Zhao planned to go deep into the hinterland of the natives and build this city. City, in order to attract the attack of the natives, and then use this protrusion as a fulcrum to fight a decisive battle with the natives.

It's a pity that although Zhao Wangwei was exhausted from years of fighting, the natives were beaten down even more. They hadn't really launched any large-scale offensive since the city was built until now.

Bai has been busy, and this new city has increased the burden of supplies because it is too far away from the settlements.

Zhu Gaosui's temper was very bad, and he failed to set up an ambush, so he could only return to his so-called palace full of anger.

Immediately, someone reported: "Your Highness, those scholars are here."

The one who spoke was Xie Zhencheng, the youngest son of Xie Jin, who is now Zhao Guo's criminal judge.

What Zhao State adopted was the vassal state system, which almost perfectly copied the official system of Ming Dynasty.

It's just that the six ministries of Ming Dynasty are called ministries, while the vassal states claim to be lowered to the first level, and they are only called six cao, and the chief officials of each cao are called judges.

Within the State of Zhao, there are six Cao Caos, but it is different from that of the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Households of the Ming Dynasty are the most prominent, followed by the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry.

But in the State of Zhao, because the pure Qin laws were adopted, the most prominent ones were Bing Cao and Xing Cao who were in charge of criminal law.For other matters, the military and the criminal law must be compromised.

As for the so-called Li Cao, it is basically useless, and it belongs to the honorary position of idle food.

When Zhu Gaosui heard this, the anger just now disappeared all of a sudden, and he said happily, "How is it, how many are here?"

"There are 430 seven households with 940 people, including 430 males." Xie Zhencheng said.

Zhu Gaosui frowned, with a hint of disgust in his eyes, and said, "That's all? These people can't even fill a small town. It's a pity, it's a pity."

Xie Zhencheng comforted: "My father has a letter, saying that everything should not be rushed."

Zhu Gaosui nodded, and then sighed: "When I employ people, I don't even dislike these useless scholars..."

After all, I shook my head.

Xie Zhencheng said again: "One more thing..."

"Say."

"Liu Chunlai, a hundred households stationed in Jinyiwei's hundred households stationed there, came to ask for people."

"Huh?" Zhu Gaosui raised his eyebrows, looking surprised.

His impression of Jin Yiwei is not bad, Jin Yiwei set up a hundred households here, but it seems that Jin Yiwei and King Zhao have a tacit understanding, that is, Jin Yiwei tries his best to collect military information about the natives for them, and share information with each other.King Zhao was not worried about these Jin Yiwei's complaints against himself in front of the emperor, so the two sides were more of a mutual aid relationship.

At this time, Zhao Wang asked: "Ask someone, who are they asking for?"

Xie Zhencheng replied truthfully: "This Liu Baihu said that in order to spy on the situation in Java, His Royal Highness Wuhu County sent some people to enter Java by mail in the name of scholars. After being registered by our people, they were sent to the reserve guards, and now they are all sent to mining and bridge repairs. Liu Baihu said that this is because the flood washed the Dragon King Temple, so..."

Zhu Gaosui's anger flared up again, and he cursed, "Brother Zhang is really unkind. He secretly went to Java to ride his horse without saying hello!"

He just paused, and then changed the subject: "Since that's the case, then let it go. There is no need to spoil the relationship with Jin Yiwei with just a few Tiqi."

Xie Zhencheng said helplessly: "It's not just a few, it's 120 seven people..."

Zhu Gaosui: "..."

After being silent for a while, Zhu Gaosui couldn't help but yelled again: "There are more than 120 Tiqi in these four hundred households? This king thought it was gruel mixed with sand, who would have expected it to be a bowl of sand?" It's stuffed with porridge!"

Xie Zhencheng also smiled wryly: "It seems that because my father is in the capital, the king of Wuhu County was suspicious, so he sent a large number of Tiqi, wanting to..."

After a pause, Xie Zhencheng remembered something important, and said, "Your Highness, do you want to let these people go?"

Zhu Gaosui said: "Let it go, of course you have to let it go, Jin Yiwei, who dares to take it? Zhang Anshi is cunning, he will secretly hit the king's black gun. But..."

When Zhu Gaosui said this, he suddenly stopped. He squinted his eyes slightly, thought for a while, and then said word by word: "Just say that we will screen and release them in a month. Let these people dig mines for a month before talking. People are everywhere now..."

Xie Zhencheng pondered for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

Zhu Gaosui said: "Why?"

Xie Zhencheng said: "My father once said that Jin Yiwei is best at dismantling letters, or forging letters, and reviewing and distributing packages. With such a large ship coming this time, they must be allowed to communicate with China. , if these scholars who come here talk nonsense, they will never dare to come to Java in the future."

Zhu Gaosui involuntarily put his hands behind his back and started pacing back and forth.

He seemed hesitant, so he glanced at Xie Zhencheng and said, "What else did your father say?"

Xie Zhencheng said: "My father said that people can be released. Jinyiwei needs to prepare a large number of manpower to be responsible for the inspection of letters, and even... some letters can be forged. Word of mouth, in this way, you won’t be afraid that there won’t be a steady stream of people behind you.”

Zhu Gaosui looked deeply at Xie Zhencheng, his eyes lit up, and said, "Jin Yiwei really has this ability?"

Xie Zhencheng nodded and said: "That's what they do. I heard that there are master copyists in many hundred-household offices. Generally, when their relatives and friends get letters, they don't deliberately identify them. Even if they notice the slightest difference, they don't. would suspect it."

After a pause, he continued: "My father has explained that this matter is very important. We Zhao Wangwei also trained a few copying scholars, but their level is limited. Jin Yiwei is different. There are special special learning in government schools. This class is dedicated to teaching this way, and all the people who study from there are masters of it."

The light in Zhu Gaosui's eyes became brighter, he rubbed his hands excitedly and said: "That's great, my king is worrying that no one can use him, and he is looking for talents and thirsty for talents. Approve people? Hurry up and get those Tiqis out of the reserve guard for me, and I will treat them well, and tomorrow the king will apologize in person, and then send them back to the Baihu House."

Xie Zhencheng said: "Your Highness is wise."

Zhu Gaosui had his hands behind his back. At this time, Zhu Gaosui was wearing a python robe, covering his whole body. He had already got rid of the deer-headed and mouse-eyed aura in Nanjing City, and what was replaced by the vicissitudes of life after years of devastation.

He sighed, raised his head slightly, and said word by word: "For the foundation of my country of Zhao, this king must be courteous and corporal, so that he can recruit talents from all over the world to show his great ambitions in our country of Zhao."

Xie Zhencheng said: "Then I will report to Liu Baihu."

"return."

Xie Zhencheng retracted the foot that was about to step out, and stopped to look at Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaosui said: "Prepare a gift, now we have something to ask someone to send the tiger skin that the king has just peeled off."

"As ordered."

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A letter was sent to Honglu Temple.

Xie Jin looked very tired.

He chatted with people almost every day, especially when the imperial examination was coming, many scholars came to Beijing, and many scholars were proud of being able to meet and see the rich.

Xie Jin encouraged them a lot and encouraged them to keep reading no matter what the current situation was.

Since the imperial court promulgated the New Deal laws and regulations, started the New Deal with great fanfare, and executed a large number of so-called 'rebellious parties'.

The gentry and scholars all over the world are in the same circle, and they are spreading all kinds of anxious news to each other almost every day.

Under such circumstances, people's resentment and anxiety, as well as the tremendous pressure brought about by the unknown future, weighed down many people.

The comfort of a banner-like figure like Xie Gong is like a spring breeze, warming the hearts of scholars.

"The emperor's road should be clear, and Hanhe Tu Mingting. You can see it when you are poor, and you will see it one by one." Xie Jin smiled, facing many visiting scholars, and continued: "The more at this time, the character of the scholars is the best." It is important, you should not be happy, angry, or sad, and we will be like bamboos, so as not to waste the teachings of the sages."

Tears welled up in everyone's eyes, and some even choked up with sobs.

So, someone shook his head secretly.

They admired Xie Jin's courage, but at this juncture, he still dared to challenge the king in the palace.

He lost his eldest son because of his strength of character, and was exiled to Java because he refused to bow his knees and put a bright future ahead.

But now, he still doesn't change his original intention, so that every word he says seems to contain some unknown power.

"Be obedient and be taught."

"Mr. Xie, I heard that many people are going to Java one after another. I don't know how they are doing?"

Xie Jin said: "Java is really tough now..."

After everyone listened, they nodded one after another. If Xie Jin boasted wildly, everyone might question it. This can be the beginning, but people admire Xie Jin's honesty.

"However, what is practiced in Java is the way of kings. The sage said: If you don't violate the farming season, you can't eat the grains; if you don't enter the pond, you can't eat the fish and turtles; Fish and turtles are invincible in food, and timber and wood are incomparable in use, so that the people will have no regrets about their lives and deaths. No regrets about their lives and deaths, this is the beginning of the kingly way.”

Xie Jin continued slowly: "Because of this, although this place is still considered difficult, but because the king's way is widely implemented, scholars are respected, His Royal Highness Zhao Wang respects the virtuous and corporal, and he adopts a different governance method from the current Zhili New Deal, so the people are still counting. Live and work in peace and contentment, so... Although the princes have left their hometowns, they still feel peaceful in their hearts, adopting the system of ancestors, reassuring people's hearts, respecting the king and fighting against barbarians, and making the king's way..."

He babbled on, and everyone listened very carefully, and then they couldn't help sighing and feeling deeply.

People are like this. They are extremely dissatisfied with the current New Deal, so they need to create a beautiful utopia to place their spirits on.

Therefore, Xie Jin has repeatedly stated that some places in Java are indeed insufficient.

But in other people's ears, these flaws are automatically ignored.

As a result, all the scholars left contentedly, and after word of mouth again and again, Xie Jin's words continued to be widely spread.

After entertaining this group of scholars.

Xie Jin heaved a sigh of relief, he only felt that his tongue was a little numb.

Immediately asked the waiter, "What time is it now?"

"It's the hour of You..."

"This time is the best time." Xie Jin said: "Let someone go to report first, please tell His Highness the King of Wuhu County that Xie Jin is going to visit, and it will be inconvenient during the day, so I have to disturb it late at night. In addition, Prepare all the things we have prepared, it is time to meet His Royal Highness Wuhu County King!"

"Here."

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