Chapter 12 Disaster Relief Notice
Disaster relief,
The court is going to provide disaster relief.
Shortly after the morning court was completed, the news spread throughout Daxing City.
Not only were the ministers of Daxing, but they had always been holding on to their former glory. Ordinary people also believed that their city should be the capital, and they always called Daxing Palace the imperial court.
As the entire city woke up, the news spread out at a crazy speed, and there was joy everywhere.
The news of disaster relief made the people of Daxing breathe a sigh of relief. For the kind Daxing people, the most shameful thing is to see themselves enjoying their own happiness while others suffer.
Whenever beggars come to their doorstep, they will send more or less food and water. Some elderly people will even feel moved by the scene and tell their family about their suffering back then with tears.
Moreover, in the past few days, there have been no peace inside and outside Daxing City. There have been rumors everywhere, saying that refugees outside Daxing City are everywhere, extremely miserable, and even the tragedy of changing children and eating has been spread. Various plots have been spread with noses and eyes.
Whenever he hears those ignorant people discussing these false rumors, Dr. Wang always sneers. Now that the refugees have only been here for more than ten days, there are not so many miserable things.
Dr. Wang is in his fifties this year, and his real name is not doctoral. Later, during the late emperor, he began to implement the imperial examination system and did not even pass the exam several times. Later, when he got older, he became discouraged and stopped taking the exam.
He often wanders in front of the yamen, writes paper for people, reads newspapers in restaurants and other living things, and is a doctor.
"Fortunately, the imperial court provided disaster relief in time this time, otherwise there might not be many tragedies!" In Hongfu Restaurant, a man dressed in a slightly fat landlord sighed.
Hongfu Restaurant is Dr. Wang’s favorite place to go. The food here is cheap and affordable, and there are people coming and going, and the news is very well-informed.
"That's right, I heard that there are so many refugees this time because when His Highness Dai Wang returned to Daxing, Tongguan was opened, so there were so many refugees." Dr. Wang also interjected.
"Dr. Wang, you don't know anything. It is because His Highness Dai Wang is kind-hearted and cannot bear the suffering of these refugees, so he ordered the relief of these refugees." The middle-aged landlord was very familiar with Dr. Wang, and there was no taboo in speaking.
At this time, there was a burst of roar outside. Dr. Wang stretched his head and saw several yamen runners passing by in front of the restaurant and left in a hurry.
Opposite to Hongfu Restaurant is a place where notices are often posted. There are large traffic of people and news spreads quickly.
Of course, this place is not just this place. Compared with the entire Daxing City, there are only a small number of people here.
As soon as the yamen runner left, Dr. Wang and the middle-aged landlord rushed forward to look.
"Training labor service." Dr. Wang looked at the notice and murmured bitterly.
Performing corvee service was the most helpless thing for Dr. Wang. The Sui Dynasty stipulated that obtaining fame and reputation could be exempted from corvee service and taxes, but he failed to pass the exam many times.
Every time he was in labor service, he was always sad. In addition, he was a weak scholar and was already too old. Such heavy physical work as labor service cost him his life.
"No! The time for corvee service has not yet come! How could corvee service be so early this year?" the middle-aged landlord couldn't help but say something strange.
There are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom. Although the middle-aged landlords have never had scholars, their families are rich after all, and they will get bribed the village chief every year.
"Hey, why is the corvee service so heavy this year? It's more than twice as high as last year." The middle-aged landlord said in confusion.
"Damn,"
Looking at such heavy labor service, Dr. Wang, who has always thought he was a civilized man, couldn't help but swear.
No wonder this year's corvee service was so early, and it was much more than in previous years. I wanted us to do it in advance! Is this still going to make people live?
Without saying that, he couldn't help but complain in his heart that His Highness Dai Wang had just done a good thing to help the victims, how could it increase so much corvee?
In fact, this is just a part of the project that the morning court has discussed. If he knew that the actual project volume this year was ten times more than you would have fainted long ago.
Dr. Wang continued to watch indignantly.
Hey!
The line of words that appeared below made him feel a little more depressed.
"All residents of Daxing can pay money to serve, and there is no age limit." Dr. Wang breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he would lose money this year.
"Congratulations to Brother Wang." Just as Dr. Wang was in a state of pain, the middle-aged landlord said with a smile.
"He Xizhiyou, I'm going to have a heavy bleeding this year. There are three Ding households in my family, and the money for the service this year will not be less." Dr. Wang said with a wry smile.
"Brother Wang, don't worry, continue to look down." The middle-aged landlord smiled mysteriously.
"If you pay ten cents per person, you can exempt you from this year's corvee service." Dr. Wang was overjoyed.
What is ten cents worth? It’s just a price of two kilograms of meat, which is nothing to the people in Daxing area.
In addition, the years of corvee service were shortened. In previous years, those who were sixteen to sixty years old were called resident and were required to perform labor service. However, the years of corvee service this year were only twenty to fifty years old.
Dr. Wang looked at the notice from beginning to end in disbelief, and even the last bright red Seal of Dai Wang was not spared, and he looked over and over again.
That's right, it's just paying money to serve, and the years are shortened to twenty to fifty years old.
Dr. Wang couldn't help but feel happy because he had just passed the fifty years old and his youngest son was only eighteen years old. This year, his family only needs to pay the eldest son's corvee money.
In other words, it only costs ten cents, and the whole family will be exempted from corvee service this year.
Thinking about the hard work of labor service in previous years, it was easy to do a month of physical work, but God finally opened his eyes and knew to understand his hard work.
At that moment, regardless of the middle-aged landlord around him, he hurried back home. He wanted to go home to report good news to his family.
Chapter completed!