In fact, Yuan Huang had once wondered why Xiao Ruxun, who came from a family of generals and had never suffered from hunger or cold, would be so concerned about the people at the bottom of society and be willing to be so benevolent to them?
After pondering for a long time, Yuan Huang realised that he had never seen through Xiao Ruxun. From the start to the end, he had never truly understood what sort of person Xiao Ruxun was.
On one hand, he was cold-blooded and merciless. At the slightest provocation, he executed his entire family and wiped out all the forces that could oppose him.
On the other hand, he was benevolent and forgiving. He thought of ways to lighten the burden on the people and even thought of using the Japanese captives to replace the Daqin people in service.
In all of history, Yuan Huang felt that there was no other empire that had reduced the burden on the commoners more than the Great Qin Empire. As such, he was willing to stay in the government and use his talents and knowledge to serve this new empire.
He felt that the ideals of a scholar were being realized in the hands of the person who had betrayed the Emperor, the Daming Dynasty, and all of them.
Although he was definitely not a saint in the eyes of scholars, he was a saint in the eyes of many people.
What kind of person was he?
Yuan Huang thought hard but couldn't find an answer.
With complicated thoughts, Yuan Huang arrived at Tianjin Wei and prepared to take the Japanese captives and bring them to work at the construction site.
Tianjin Wei Port had become an extremely prosperous subsidiary port in the past year. The originally small and narrow Tianjin Wei City had also begun to expand.
It was said that according to Xiao Ruxun's plan, Tianjin Wei was to become an economic and military fortress. The navy at sea was the first line of defense of the capital, and Tianjin Wei City was the second line of defense.
Moreover, apart from these factors, it turned out that more and more people chose to work and live at Tianjin Wei Port. This was one of the reasons why the city had to be expanded. The permanent population here was rising steadily. Because of the opening of the sea, this place was bound to become an important town.
Therefore, the expansion of Tianjin Wei was only natural.
An endless stream of officials and ordinary people came and went. After the prosperity of Daqin's sea transportation, the coming and going of ships became a major feature.
The debate over sea transport and river transport that the former Ming Dynasty had been debating for decades was resolved in three days on Xiao Ruxun's side. It was said that none of the officials who had supported river transport or rejected sea transport had survived the great purge.
Great Qin's Central Investigation Department's Black Hades thoroughly investigated the area around the Grand Canal, and came to the conclusion that most of the commercial establishments set up in the towns around the canal were related to the officials in the imperial court, and these officials were strongly in favor of river transport and against sea transport.
The former Ming's great dispute over sea transportation and river transportation was thoroughly investigated during this period. The fact that the former Ming's central officials and local gentry had made huge profits by monopolizing certain important goods at various sections of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was also revealed.
Thus, they were wiped out by Xiao Ruxun during the purge. and not a single one was left.
Then, the gradually forming Cao Gang was also severely attacked by Xiao Ruxun.
He personally ordered the army to encircle and suppress the Cao Gang, mobilizing the local people to inform on them. The leaders were beheaded when they were caught, and the small fish and shrimp were all sent to do hard labor. They became the first batch of hard labor to clear the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
Then, Xiao Ruxun stipulated that the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was only for military use and not for civilian use. The transporters were the army and military ships, and the Central Audit Department was in charge. He completely separated it from the court, and no one was allowed to meddle.
Then, the sea transportation was completely liberalized.
Henceforth, the major ports began to flourish. The major ports only began to develop after Xiao Ruxun established the country. Before that, Xiao Ruxun had already prepared the supporting measures.
The various levels of government and various functional departments were all prepared. Anyone who dared to monopolize the ports or form gangs would all be severely punished.
In the beginning, some people were stubborn and refused to believe it. They set up gangs and monopolized the loading and unloading. They thought that Emperor Xiao had taken away the canal, so he had to give them a way out. So, they moved to various ports and were reported to the government.
The result was self-evident. The local government immediately sent out the police to catch all the gang members. The leaders were killed, and the minions were all thrown to Liaodong to do hard labor.
Xiao Ruxun did not allow anyone who dared to challenge the authority of the central government to appear. Once they appeared, they would be killed without mercy.
Only then did the major ports begin to operate in an orderly manner. No one dared to form gangs. As the purge of the court deepened, there were no more officials who dared to interfere in these areas.
The lives of the people had been greatly improved. This was something that Yuan Huang had witnessed with his own eyes. The malpractices and stubborn diseases of the former Ming Dynasty had been wiped out by Xiao Qin's government in one fell swoop was also something that he had witnessed with his own eyes. Seeing such a scene, how could he not be deeply moved?
The Nihon prisoners were transported by warships. The ships were large and had a large capacity. Moreover, the prisoners were Nihon Japanese pirates. Therefore, not only the government and the army came, but also many ordinary people came to watch.
They did not know that most of the Japanese pirates were actually their own people. Only a few Nihon, Southeast Asian pirates, and Europeans were actually international detachments. They only knew that those who committed heinous crimes were all Japanese pirates. They were Nihon people, so all the Nihon people were Japanese pirates.
This was a very simple concept.
Of course, the real Japanese pirates also paid a bloody price for their crimes under Xiao Ruxun's land reform policy. They did not get away with it.
The memory of these Japanese pirates was too deep for the people of the former Daming Dynasty. In fact, when Xiao Ruxun entered the dynasty to fight, the southeast provinces and coastal provinces such as Shandong were extremely nervous because of the rumor that Japanese pirates were about to invade. They were afraid that the Japanese pirates who were killed by Qi Jiguang and others in the Jiajing Dynasty would reappear.
The memory of that time was too hard to forget. Too many people's homes were destroyed, and the hatred was too deep. Even now, decades later, the news that Nihon was destroyed and the Japanese pirates were brought back to Daqin to be punished still became explosive news.
A large number of commoners looked at the Wokou people disembarking from the ships, their faces filled with excitement and joy. Many commoners had prepared rotten vegetables, rotten eggs, and even rocks. They ferociously smashed the Wokou people as they queued up.
"Smash these Japanese pirates to death!"
"How dare they be so arrogant!"
"Now they are finished!"
"Father! Daqin has avenged you! "
"Mother …"
The young people were all smashing things, just to join in the fun. The older people were all crying, as if they were thinking of their loved ones who had died tragically in the past.
Yuan Huang couldn't help but think back to the suffering of his fellow countrymen in the past. He thought back to the burning homes that had been invaded by the Wokou pirates. He thought back to the joy he had felt when he had marched into North Korea to take care of the Wokou pirates.
Xiao Ruxun!
Xiao Ruxun!
What kind of person are you!!!
"Too many people suffered in the Jiajing Dynasty of the former Ming Dynasty. Many people were lucky enough to survive until now, and the memory of the Japanese pirates is still very deep. Now that the court has wiped out the Japanese pirates, the people of Daqin are celebrating. I heard that some of the counties in the southeast provinces that suffered the most from the disaster have already written a petition to build a temple for His Majesty."
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