Chapter 38 News flies into people’s homes

Author: Soy Sauce Xuanzhu

Chapter 38 News flies into people’s homes

I think so. After all, those who can lead the cabinet and still have the courage to persuade Emperor Wuhou to stop the war have good knowledge and ambitions. Moreover, there has been no shortage of virtuous ministers from ancient times to the present, and the concept of the people valuing the monarch has always been there.

It’s just that not many monarchs are willing to adopt it.

But putting this aside, Cui Fuyin knew the original owner's grandfather and father after all. Li Yewu secretly reminded herself that in the future, she should act more restrained and not be so fly.

Otherwise, if Cui Fuyin finds out, he will have to work hard to make up his lies.

But at this time, Cui Fuyin obviously didn't think so much. He was just concerned about how the descendants of his former teacher were doing.

Logically speaking, if his teacher had not been dismissed, it would have been reasonable to use Li Yewu's family as the royal concubine. But now she only has the title of a young lady, and I think their life is not very good.

Just when Cui Fuyin was trying to figure it out, Li Yewu spoke.

"My parents passed away one after another when I was still young, and I was the only one in the family."

Cui Fuyin felt sad in his heart. Although he had thought that Li Yewu's life would be difficult, he did not expect it to be so bad.

"Sigh, the unfilial students have been excluded from the court these years and failed to help the teacher. I really feel guilty."

"Don't say that. You have been outside the political power all these years because of the implication of our Li family."

Cui Fuyin waved his hands with emotion: "Everything has passed. Although I have not been able to get close to the Jinluan Palace in this life, I have lived to this age safely because I stayed away from the court. It can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."

Cui Fuyin, who had become accustomed to living in seclusion and not getting ahead in anything, was originally very opposed to Li Yewu's paid corvee service.

However, after learning her identity, Cui Fuyin changed his mind.

"Let me help my wife in the last few years, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of my mentor."

Li Yewu did not expect such a turn of events, and was surprised and happy.

In this way, thanks to the kindness of his grandfather whom he had never met, Li Yewu included Cui Fuyin in the establishment.

Without any delay, he announced the notice of paid corvee as quickly as possible.

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Speaking of which, hurry back to the countryside and tell your relatives that the palace is recruiting a large number of workers.

It was not easy for the family to see their children come back, but before they could be happy, they heard about the corvee incident.

Everyone couldn't help but look embarrassed: "Seeing that the spring plowing is about to begin, what should we do with the spring plowing if we are doing corvee work now?"

Most people chose to go to the refugee camp in Taihe City, and only a few people stayed in their hometown to farm.

The area is originally sparsely populated, and if corvee labor is imposed at this time, there will be no one to farm the land.

"Don't they usually do corvee work on the other side in mid-summer or early winter?"

Although the time for corvee service is determined by the government, the government generally does not arrange corvee service during the spring plowing and autumn harvest periods, unless it is an urgent task.

But there will be no flash floods and no droughts, so what kind of project is going on!

Everyone shook their heads repeatedly, muttering that they couldn't live this life anymore, and it looked like they had to go to the refugee camp.

Dawang quickly explained.

"Father, you misunderstood! This time the corvee is different. The princess said that if you sign up to participate in the corvee, you will get 200 wages per day, and food and accommodation will be included."

"What?" Everyone's eyes widened.

"Do the corvees still have money?"

"No...it can't be right?"

"It's true! The princess told us personally, and she also allowed us a vacation so that we could go home and let you know."

"Two hundred cents a day? Oh my god..."

"So, how much can the refugee camp receive every month?" Mother couldn't help but ask her eldest brother.

The eldest brother scratched his head and recited his words.

"The refugee camp has a monthly subsidy of 120 Wen, 30 kilograms of rice grain, and quarterly entertainment money, beef and mutton during the New Year and festivals, etc."

The family members are very familiar with the welfare policies of the refugee camp.

I don’t blame them, after all, many of my neighbors from the same village have entered the refugee camp, and there are many exchanges among them.

Of course, everyone also wanted to go to the refugee camp because they couldn't survive, so they paid special attention to the situation there.

However, now everyone is knocked unconscious by paid corvee labor, and the slums have completely lost their luster.

"This is a thousand times better than the welfare in the slums! And there is food and shelter. What are you waiting for? Let's pack up and set off."

"Ah? No more farming?"

"Why are we still farming? Sixty taels of silver a month, how much money can we get in a year? We don't need that poor land!"

Seeing that his father was eager to report to Taihe City immediately, Dawang felt dumbfounded.

"Father, the princess said that the duration of this corvee is only 1-3 months, not the whole year."

"Ah..." Dawang's father was a little disappointed, thinking that this was a long-term job.

Grandpa Dawang smiled and spat out the weeds in his mouth: "What are you thinking? It's not bad to be able to work with such good benefits for a month. If our family of seven can join us together, we will have more than forty taels!"

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"Yes, the princess also takes care of food and accommodation, which is great."

Normally when people perform corvee work, they all bring their own dry food and tools. When they are tired and sleepy, they only have a large shed to cover the dew, and forget about anything else.

Everyone immediately decided that the whole family would go there.

"The conditions given by Princess Huahui are so good, is the task difficult?"

"Uh... I haven't heard of that. The princess just said that anyone who knows how to build a house and wants to work can come here."

"Can we women go too?" Dawang Niang was a little nervous.

"It should be possible, otherwise the princess wouldn't let everyone who wants to come come."

While the family was talking, the neighbor came over.

"I heard that Dawang is back. Why is the whole family having a meeting here?"

Dawang's father glanced at his son awkwardly, not sure whether this matter should be kept secret, so he didn't dare to say anything nonsense, and just responded vaguely.

Compared with Dad Dawang, Dawang was much more straightforward. He told his neighbors what he told his family before.

How can the neighbors sit still after hearing about this benefit? Go back and tell the boss immediately.

The head of the house told Mrs. Zhao next door, and Mrs. Zhao spread the news to her parents' house...

In this way, the phenomenon of paid corvee spread from person to person quickly spread in the counties and villages.

However, as the spread of the news became wider and wider, the villagers' rationality gradually returned, and they could not help but doubt the authenticity of the matter.

200 articles a day...is pie in the sky real?

Could there be some conspiracy in this?

"It's just hearsay. It's best to go to the county government and ask. If it's true, the county government will definitely issue a corvee order."

"Yes, yes, it's better to ask. If the county magistrate doesn't know about this, then we'd better not go."

"Yes, it's better to be careful."

Just do it, and everyone ran to the Yamen overnight.

Coincidentally, the county magistrates in various places have just received the latest edict.

When they saw this "paid corvée" order, not to mention the villagers who didn't believe it, the county magistrates were also shocked.

It is said that King Zhang is a prodigal, but Princess Zhang is even more outrageous than King Zhang!
Chapter completed!