On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 131 Establishing a charity warehouse

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 131 Establishing a charity warehouse

Cui Che thought to himself, I haven't disliked you for being a second-married woman, but you actually secretly used me to talk about things with Yang Awu.

When we have sex tonight, we must bring Yu Wenyun’s memorial tablet into the room and place it in front of the bed.

"Tell me what this is about. The person Cui wanted to marry was Xi Jun."

Cui Che pretended to be indifferent, but in fact he really didn't care about Yang Awu. The two of them had only met once when Cui Che followed Yang Guang out of town and Bingzhou a few years ago. Yang Awu was only nine years old at that time. What could he have? idea.

After saying that, Cui Che took away the Bodhisattva slave who was actively drinking milk and put him into the cradle regardless of his crying.

Then he threw Yang Lihua on the bed and expressed his love with practical actions.

The marriage between Yang Awu and Xiao Jue, the younger brother of Princess Jin, had already been agreed upon, but the last step was just a matter of time, but a funeral happened.

Xiao Jue's father, Xiao Kui, the emperor of Western Liang, died of illness at the age of forty-four. He was given the posthumous title of Emperor Xiaoming and the temple name of Shizong. He was succeeded by the prince Xiao Cong.

After his father's death, Xiao Jue could no longer talk about marriage no matter what. He had to observe filial piety for three years before making any further arguments.

Therefore, Yang Awu's marriage was delayed again, but fortunately she was still young, not yet thirteen years old. Even three years later, she would still be in her prime of fifteen or sixteen years old.

Cui Che couldn't help lamenting the bumpy road of Yang Awu's marriage. After sending away Yang Lihua's mother and son and adopted daughter Yuwen Eying, it didn't take long for the government to issue a decree ordering all prefectures and counties to build charity warehouses.

Local officials set corresponding grade standards based on the wealth and poverty of the families of soldiers and civilians under their rule. After the autumn harvest every year, each family donates corn and wheat according to their wealth grade and places them in charity warehouses to prepare for disaster years.

The upper household should have one stone of millet and wheat, the middle household should have seven dou, and the lower household should have four dou.

Cui Che knew that the starting point of this policy was undoubtedly good, and disasters had indeed occurred frequently in the Sui Dynasty in recent years.

But he also understood that although the charity warehouse was donated by the people to prepare for bad years, it would inevitably be misappropriated by the government. This kind of thing would be common in later generations, not to mention that in a feudal society, the family is the world.

At first, people may still donate grain, but if too much has been misappropriated and the government does not make up for it, who will continue to donate.

By then, the semi-voluntary free warehouse system will evolve into compulsory taxation. It won't take long. Cui Che still remembers that in the fifteenth year of the founding of the emperor, that is, ten years later, Yang Jian issued an edict. The free warehouse was transformed into an official warehouse.

Of course, food must be donated by the public.

But these have nothing to do with Brother Che. Even if the national credit goes bankrupt because of this, it is not something he should worry about.

What Cui Che wants to do is to do things well for his father-in-law.

Under the call of the Qingzhou Governor's Office, counties in the four prefectures have built warehouses one after another, just waiting for the autumn harvest to store people's donated grain.

The credit of the country can go bankrupt, but he, Cui Che, cannot break his promise in front of the people of Qingzhou. At least while he is in charge of Qingzhou, he is determined not to allow local officials to misappropriate the charity warehouse.

As for the subsequent misappropriation by officials, it will only make the people of Qingzhou miss themselves even more.

The three-year term of Qingzhou General Manager has passed halfway. Cui Che has deeply cultivated the grassroots and won the hearts of the people, especially the 6,000 salt soldiers and 10,000 salt workers who are willing to die for them. It can be said that he has gained a lot.

At the same time, there was another big event in the northern grasslands.

The photo shows how he kowtowed to the Sui Dynasty, which also shows that he, the so-called Great Khan, was in charge.

Apo Khan, who was once forced to defect to Datou Khan, now has extremely powerful power and controls a vast area reaching Dujin Mountain (Hangai Mountain in Mongolia) in the east and Jinshan (Altai Mountain) in the west.

Various tribes and barbarians from the Western Regions surrendered one after another, and Apo Khan's power became known as the Western Turks.

There are many theories in later generations that the Turkic Khanate split into East and West Turks. In fact, three forces coexisted during this period.

That is, the Eastern Turks split into the Eastern Turks controlled by Shetu, and the Western Turks controlled by Apo Khan, which is also the Apo Turks. At the same time, there was also the Western Turks controlled by Datou Khan.

The Western Turks and the Western Turks are not the same force, but later generations often confuse them.

Photo taken by the Eastern Turkic Khan Seeing the growing military strength of the Western Turkic Apo Khan, he finally made up his mind to avoid its edge. He sent an envoy to the Sui Dynasty to ask for help, moved to Monan, and temporarily lived in Baidaochuan under Daqing Mountain.

Bai Daochuan was the saddest place to take the picture. It was here that he suffered a big defeat, and he was shot in the buttocks by Cui Che.

Yang Jian readily agreed and sent Jin King Yang Guang to send troops to respond and provide food and clothing for the Eastern Turks.

The photo shows the Sui army marching north to meet them. Taking advantage of its power, they led their troops to the west and defeated the Western Turks. However, the Western Turks also divided their forces and surrounded them. Taking advantage of the emptiness in the rear of the Eastern Turks, they attacked their tribes and captured their families. Fortunately, the Sui army captured both humans and animals.

Recover and return all the photos.

I was so happy to take the picture, so I posted the following:

"There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two kings in the earth. The Sui Emperor is the true emperor. How dare he stop the troops and take risks and steal his name! Today, I admire Chunfeng, return to the right heart, bend my knees, and be a vassal forever."

He also sent his son Kuhezhen to Daxing City as a pledge. From then on, the Eastern Turks attached themselves to the Sui Dynasty and paid tribute.

The former allies, Datou Khan and Abo Khan, also had a disillusioned relationship with the Sui Dynasty.

In order to defend against the intrusion of the Western Turks, Yang Jian sent Cui Che's compatriot and Sinong Shaoqing Cui Zhongfang to recruit 30,000 men to build the Great Wall in the Hetao area. The project started from the Yellow River in the east and reached Suizhou (now Suide County, Shaanxi Province) in the west, stretching for 700 years.

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The emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty who only returned to Guanzhong in late March never expected that famine would break out in Guanzhong in July.

Fortunately, the Guangtong Canal, which Yu Wenkai was responsible for digging, had already been completed. It connected Daxing City and Tongguan for a total of 300 miles, making water transportation smooth and allowing timely distribution of grain relief from Guandong.

At the same time, Cui Che was also sharing the joy of the autumn harvest with the people of Qingzhou. He was waving a sickle and was busy in the fields outside Dongyang City.

With Li Chong, Fang Yanqian and others handling the affairs of the general manager's office for him, Cui Che has enough time and energy to use his acting skills and show off in front of others.

Of course, Cui Che also did some serious things during his term as general manager, such as encouraging farmers to teach mulberry cultivation, organizing people to dig ditches, etc. Sometimes he even went out in person to dig ditches with the people, leaving a mess of mud. Otherwise, where would he be today?

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Last year, Cui Che used the excuse of disasters in Qingzhou and other places to request an exemption from taxes for the people under his rule, but this year the taxes can no longer be exempted.

The tax collection deadline is November, and the tax must be collected and shipped to Guanzhong before then.

Cui Che ordered him to personally inspect the counties to guard against tax collectors taking advantage of the opportunity to exploit him. The people of the four states did not make it difficult for Cui Che, and they actively paid taxes.

In addition, according to the government's classification of rich and poor, corn and wheat were donated to the charity warehouse.

Cui Che strictly divided the hierarchies, and he would not classify people into lower households for personal gain, which also convinced the people.

After collecting all the rent and taxes and distributing them to Guanzhong at the end of November, Cui Che, who had already welcomed his wife and children back, thought he would be able to relax for a while, so he did not expect the imperial court to issue an edict and start the second round of household expansion.

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