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Chapter 63
After the folding son of the third prince was sent back to Beijing, another wave of quarrels broke out on the court over how to settle the Bai Ding army.
Most courtiers feel that rebellion is a great crime and must not be picked up and put down gently, otherwise other people will follow suit in the future.
Emperor Anqing was also deeply impressed. It's just that what to do with it is another question. Now the Bai Ding army without a leader is willing to surrender, but when they do not get the promise of the court, they will not easily lay down their arms. With so many people, you can't kill them all. If you want to be locked up, you can't even hold the prison.
A group of courtiers offered advice one after another, and their faces were flushed.
When Emperor Anqing was really impatient, the Imperial Doctor Ji Anmin came forward to say what he thought.
For one thing, the leader of the Bai Ding Army could not let go. Although the two men had escaped, the arrest warrant arrested them; second, most of the people who joined the Bai Ding Army were instigated by the traitors, and as the saying goes, the law did not blame the masses, and even in order to appease the people, they should not be punished too much.
Emperor Anqing had a headache: "what did Aiqing say about punishment?"
"it would be better to assign these Bai Ding army to border guards."
Ji adult said with good reason: "Suzhou is closest to Yanzhou, and Yanzhou has a vast territory, and there are heavy troops to guard, these rioters do not dare to reproduce things if they want to come." In this way, it is a good thing that we can not only set an example and achieve the goal of punishment, but also ask these traitors to go to the border to reclaim wasteland. "
In all dynasties, there was a penalty of exile, and such a great crime of rebellion was only exiled, and the punishment was considered light. But this has just achieved the goal of setting an example to others, without chilling the hearts of people in other places and demonstrating his Majesty's benevolence.
After thinking about it, Emperor Anqing thought that this method was very good, so he drew up an imperial edict and sent it to Suzhou and Yanzhou respectively.
After the third prince in Suzhou received the decree, his face was black. I asked Liao Daochang to come to Suzhou with him to sing such a play in order to come to Suzhou to earn himself some merit. But now that he has just arrived, the rabble has taken the initiative to submit to Shentuxu, and even if Emperor Anqing is partial to him, this achievement cannot fall on him.
With a cold glance at Shentu Xu, the third prince shook his sleeve: "when things happen here, General Lao Shentu will send troops to escort them, and the temple will first return to Beijing to restore his life."
Shentuxu was a little afraid of him now. Seeing that he was about to leave, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and respectfully watched him leave.
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Several families were happy and several were sad, and when the third prince returned to Beijing, Yanzhou received an edict. when he heard that nearly ten thousand Bai Ding army remnants sent with Yanzhou, several generals were happy from ear to ear.
Jing Jing unexpectedly sent someone.
Yanzhou has a wide land, because it was often destroyed by Beidi in the early years, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries, leaving behind a lot of uninhabited houses, and now it is not afraid that there is no place to house these people. Everyone rubbed their hands, just waiting for these people to arrive.
An Changqing followed suit.
These days Xiao Zhige has been thinking about expanding the city of Yanzhou. Since he took over Yanzhou, Yanzhou is getting better and better, but in the end, the population is not large, many places have nowhere to play. Now that there are people, many things can be put on the agenda.
In addition to the construction of the outer city wall, a piece of wasteland should be planned in the city, which can be reclaimed in the future and can be used to grow crops. It's just that how to reclaim the wasteland, how to distribute it after reclamation, how to divert the canal to irrigate, and how much tax revenue …. We all have to discuss a charter in detail.
The officials below wrote the articles of association according to the old rules of other states and counties, but Xiao Zhige was not satisfied. On the contrary, it was the gossip between an Changqing and him in the house that caught his heart.
An Changqing said at that time: "instead of ordering the people to reclaim the wasteland, it is better to let them take the initiative to do it." When these people come to Yanzhou, they always have to find a way to support their families. But they do not have any land, and the existing fields in Yanzhou are not enough for so many people to rent. It would be better to encourage them to recognize their own land and open up wasteland. According to household registration, how much wasteland a household has claimed must be reclaimed before October. The reclaimed land will be owned by the people themselves and will be exempted from tax for another two years. "
In this way, these people are reclaiming for themselves, which must be much more positive than they ordered reclamation.
Xiao Zhige felt that there was a lot to be done in this matter, and there was no suitable person under his hands to do it, so he simply left the matter of the draft charter to him to do. An Changqing was a little flustered at first. After all, he has never done anything great in his two lives. Although he has read a belly of books, he is still talking on paper.
Now that he really wants to drive the donkey to the mill, he is afraid that he can't do it well, but on the other hand, he is a little hot-blooded.
After all, which man doesn't want to do something big? Before he got married with Xiao Zhige, he also thought that he would take an examination of merit and become a local official, not to mention that he would be famous in history, at least he would be conscientious and conscientious.
Xiao Zhige was not as worried as he was. He only told him to try first and draw up the charter first. At that time, the charter will have to be read by various responsible officials, and after several discussions and amendments, it will be confirmed that it is correct before the official document will be issued to inform the people.
It was only then that an Changqing settled down and pulled out the local chronicles, household registration books and field atlas of Yanzhou in the early years, combined with his own ideas, and conscientiously drafted the articles of association, but for a moment he was even busier than Xiao Zhige.
The study of the General House was often occupied by an Changqing, rising from the beginning of the sun to twilight.
Originally, Xiao Zhige felt that he was not in good spirits these days and wanted to find him something to do, but he saw that an Changqing was getting more and more decent. He had seen some of the detailed rules drafted, and many ideas had never been mentioned before, but they were really good for the people's livelihood. On the contrary, he was surprised and proud.
After delivering food and grass and guarding the city, he already knew that an Changqing was not as fragile as he thought he was in need of protection. He looks reserved and fragile, but in fact, under the beautiful skin, he is covered with hard bones. It was just that the skin was so beautiful, and he was used to being silent, that he never drew attention to the treasure hidden under the skin.
Xiao Zhige was the first to notice.
He selfishly wants to hide people from anyone. But seeing him looking for books excitedly, he wanted everyone to know how good he was.
It took an Changqing half a month to draw up the articles of association. It was already June. He had been busy all morning, transcribing the detailed rules in small letters with hairpin flowers, and then went to look for Xiao Zhige with some apprehension.
These days he often goes to the official office, and the guards of the official office already know him, and naturally let him pass after the salute.
Shentu Xu escorted nearly 10,000 "mobs" and will arrive in Yanzhou soon. Xiao Zhige is discussing with officials the details of settling these people. Although a large number of people is a good thing, it is also prone to trouble at the same time. If you want to get through this running-in period, you have to arrange everything in advance.
When an Changqing was in the past, Xiao Zhige was still in the meeting. He was going to wait outside for a while, but he was directly invited in.
At this time, when the hall had just finished discussing the issue of temporary resettlement of the people, several civil servants saw an Changqing come in and saluted and looked at Xiao Zhige at the same time, not knowing what he meant.
After all, civil servants do not need military generals to be close to Xiao Zhige, and their hearts will inevitably bend around a little more.
Unaware of it, Hsiao Chih-ge naturally beckoned an Changqing to sit beside him and said to other humanities, "the details of land reclamation discussed with you a few days ago were drafted by the princess. Let's pass it on first."
With that, look at an Changqing. An Changqing's original perturbed mood calmed down under his gaze.
After all, he was a princess of the Northern War, and he was one with Xiao Zhige. At such a time, he naturally could not show his timidity and be looked down upon, so he nodded slightly with a straight face and passed on the details he had brought.
A group of officials looked at him and went so far as to think that the princess bears some inexplicable resemblance to the king of the Northern War next to him.
In order to draw up these detailed rules, an Changqing consulted a lot of literature and books, combined with previous examples, plus his own opinions, and wrote a full half of the booklet. It includes not only land reclamation, but also planting after land reclamation, diversion of water for irrigation, and so on. He has extended the rules and regulations for the solution, which is very detailed.
The officials, who were still somewhat dissatisfied with and questioned his participation in the matter, looked at each other with shame after reading the detailed rules.
The charter booklet was finally passed to Hsiao Chih-ge, who read most of it in bits and pieces a few days ago. at this time, he confirmed that he still read it again seriously, and then said in a quiet voice, "do you still have anything to add and improve in this charter?"
The officials looked at each other, and in the end, the most senior official was the first to express his own views. When someone took the lead, everyone enthusiastically added to the articles of Association or questioned the confusion.
Only this time, everyone's expression and words showed great respect and respect for an Changqing.
An Changqing was secretly happy, but she didn't show it on the face. earnestly answered everyone's questions and worked with them to supplement the deficiencies. After such a discussion, the distance is narrowed a lot. Compared with the dark-faced and silent king of the Northern War, civil servants are obviously closer to the good-tempered princess.
By the time everyone finished the discussion and decided on the final version of the constitution, it was already dark.
An old man was still thinking so much that when he left, he still refused to let go of an Changqing and said earnestly, "when will the princess come again?" We still have a lot of places where we don't know how to start, and having a discussion with the princess has given me a lot of new ideas. "
An Changqing was not sure how to answer, so Xiao Zhige liberated an Changqing's sleeves from the boss and said rigidly, "the eldest man should go back and have a rest. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future. There is no hurry at 01:30."
The old man happily arched at the two before leaving.
Without an outsider, an Changqing slackened her straight back and whispered with joy in the fundus of her eyes: "didn't you embarrass Prince just now?"
Xiao Zhige took him by the hand and said with a smile, "Today's blessings have made these bosses give me a good look."
Civil servants are hard bones, and Xiao Zhige is not the master of a good temper. When the two sides disagree, it is not uncommon for them to quarrel. Of course, the end result is often a strong crackdown by Xiao Zhige, and these officials have to accept even if they are not convinced.
Today, although there are times when an Changqing has different opinions, he has a good temper and can explain and analyze in good words, that is, he can seek common ground while reserving differences even if he has different views, so the atmosphere in today's Chamber is unprecedentedly harmonious.
"it would be better for you to deal with this group of officials for me from now on." Xiao Zhige shook his head and commented: "it is really painstaking and troublesome to deal with them."
Yanzhou officials have been wiped out, and there are no vegetarian people. But after all, Xiao Zhige was born as a general and was used to speaking with his fists. Unluckily, this group of civil servants can make eighteen bends in one sentence, and each boasts that he is arrogant and not afraid of power. Sometimes Xiao Zhige is so upset that he cannot use violence against these civil servants.
If Qi Wei kept talking in front of him, he would have kicked it.
An Changqing laughed: "how can it be so difficult as you say?"
Xiao Zhige nodded to himself: "then it's settled."
An Changqing could not laugh or cry, but he also knew that Xiao Zhige was looking for an excuse to ask him to participate in the affairs of Yangzhou, and he happened not to hate these things, so he was no longer self-conscious and calmly agreed.
Seeing him, Xiao Zhige stopped worrying about this and turned to care about his health: "these days you are busy every day, but you sleep well at night." It's just that I look a little thinner. "
An Changqing has a small face and a pointed chin. After losing some weight, the face is not big enough to slap.
"where have you lost weight?" An Changqing touched her face and said, "I have a good appetite these days. I thought I was going to be fatter."
Xiao Zhige is very sure: "is to lose weight, today's dinner to use more, ask the kitchen to stew a soup to make up."
An Changqing glanced at him and said he didn't know who it was who should drink soup. However, he dared not say this, otherwise he was the one who suffered. So he replied perfunctorily, "OK, let's drink together."
The author has something to say: Qi Wei:? What did I do wrong?
Pussy: didn't do anything wrong. just wanted to kick you.
Qi Wei:. (dare not say a word