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Kong Chengliang said: "The entire Ezo Island is Chinese territory. And the Ezo people are also Chinese people, and there is no robbing your land."

"I'm asking, will you drive the Ainu people away from the tribal territory?" Sha Mou Sheyun asked.

"No." Kong Chengliang shook his head.

Sha Musheyun asked again: "Will you deceive us when trading goods?"

Kong Chengliang said: "The emperor will send officials to establish a court. If the Matsumae family or Chinese merchants bully you when trading with you, you can go to the court to sue. The Chinese judge will uphold justice for you. Remember, if you are bullied, you must Go to the court to sue, and you can't raise troops to fight without authorization."

Sha Mou Sheyun asked: "What if the chief judge favors Matsumae?"

"Then you guys go to war. After the incident becomes serious, His Majesty the Emperor will send someone to deal with it." Kong Chengliang said.

Sha Musheyun nodded: "Then we have made an agreement. When we are oppressed, we will go to the judge to argue. If the judge is not fair, we will lead the warriors to speak with bows and arrows!"

Kong Chengliang took out the canonization edict prepared last year and said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of China, canonize you as General Yezo, to rule over all Yezo tribes. Change your Chinese name, and I will fill in your name."

"I don't know, you can change one for me." Sha Mou Sheyun said.

Kong Chengliang didn't bother to think about it, so he directly named him "Sha Sheyun" according to the other party's name.

Chapter 1042 [Nanjing shanty town renovation]

Just as the officials of Honglu Temple appeased Ezo Island, a Japanese Anzhai ship followed the Datong Navy Fleet and carried the Tang envoy to Shanghai.

Lin Efeng served as the envoy, and his main task was to escort 20 overseas students to Nanjing.

Among the twenty Japanese students, the leader is Hotta Yoshimasa.He is only 17 years old, and he is the nephew of Masatoshi Hotta, the old man. Even after the downfall of Tadaki Sakai, Tadaaki Abe became the boss, but it is Masatoshi Hotta who is really influential.

Hotta Masatoshi's adoptive mother is the nanny of the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu. He served Tokugawa Iemitsu with his adoptive mother since he was a child.

Hotta Masatoshi and Sakai Tadaki are mortal enemies, in another time and space, after the death of Tokugawa Iezuna.Masatoshi Hotta supported the fourth child, and Tadaki Sakai supported the third child. In the end, it was the fourth child. As the elder, Tadaki Sakai lost.

This guy is scheming and calculating, and he will never make a move if he is not fully sure.

This time Abe Tadaaki led people to rescue the shogun, it was Masatoshi Hotta who planned behind the scenes.On behalf of the shogunate, Tadaaki Abe was asked to sign a humiliating treaty with China, and the infamy was recited by others, while Masatoshi Hotta himself secretly controlled the overall situation.

In addition to Masatoshi Hotta's nephew, there are also the children of the Doi family and the Jingyin family, all of whom have the background of Minister Tuogu.

The fleet went straight to Shanghai Port. After 20 years of construction, Shanghai County has become more prosperous than many state capitals.

This year the imperial court issued a batch of lists, and Shanghai County is among them.

In the past, the county magistrate of Shanghai was the seventh rank, but now he is directly upgraded to the fifth rank, and the official rank is equivalent to that of the prefect.

There is also Foshan Town on the list. The previous mayor of Foshan Town was a mere official of the ninth rank and the last rank.Due to the rapid development of industry and commerce, it directly jumped to rank seven, only one level lower than ordinary county magistrates.

There are many situations similar to Foshan, such as Yanshen Town in Shandong.After experiencing wars and plagues, Yanshen Town recovered quickly and became a glass manufacturing center in the north, producing everything from optical lenses to daily-use glass.

The Datong court is exactly the opposite of the Ming court.

There are not many official positions in the Ming court, but there are many officials waiting to fill the vacancies.The Datong China established by Zhao Han has added a large number of official positions (especially the affairs officers below the fourth rank), and the number of idle officials waiting to be filled is very small.

"The Tang Dynasty is really prosperous." Hota Yoshi was looking at the Shanghai pier and said.

Lin Efeng said: "When you arrive in Nanjing, you will know the prosperity of the world."

Horita Yoshimasa said: "I have read "Jinling Scenery" in secret, and I still know a lot about Nanjing."

The prosperity mentioned by Yoshimasa Hotta does not refer to a large population. After all, there are nearly one million people in Edo.

Needless to say, within Edo Castle, the castle town is also divided into several areas.There are daimyo settlements, samurai settlements, merchants, craftsmen and other settlements.

The civilians at the bottom all live on the land created by reclamation.It is very close to the port of Edo, and you can see many thatched houses as soon as you go ashore, which gives a bad first impression to outsiders.

Not many days later, the Japanese envoy from Tang Dynasty arrived in Nanjing. When they saw this great city with their own eyes, they naturally had to sigh.

They were arranged to live in Zhongshan Temple, and Horita Yoshi was going to see the slums in Nanjing.

Naturally, Lin Efeng couldn't refuse, and set off with the foreign students the next day.

The slums in Nanjing are concentrated in the northwestern urban area, and there were even paddy fields in the middle of the Ming Dynasty.There are many low hills there, only the area along the river is relatively prosperous, and the houses farther away from the river are all dilapidated houses.

Standing on the bridge, Lin Efeng introduced: "I have been to Nanjing several times. The goods in the city are transported from this river to the city gate on the west, and then enter the Yangtze River through the Qinhuai River. You can also go directly to the north, but the goods cannot be transported by boat. , needs to be transported to the wharf by mules and horses. Therefore, the banks of the river here are very prosperous, but the streets behind the river are slums.”

Yoshimasa Hotta asked, "Are there no beggars in the slums of Nanjing?"

"No," Lin Efeng explained, "if a disabled person really has no relatives, he will be sent to a nursing home by the government. If he has relatives but abandons the disabled person, the government will punish him severely. People with able-bodied hands and feet , begging along the street will be ridiculed, and will be arrested by the government to immigrate to the north. In the past, they immigrated to Hebei and Liaoning, but now they move to Heilongjiang, Tibet and overseas."

Hotta Yoshimasa asked: "There are so many ronin and beggars in Edo, why didn't the shogunate emigrate in large numbers?"

Lin Efeng smiled wryly and said: "Organizing immigrants is not exile criminals, it costs a lot of money. Moreover, Edo ronin also have immigrants. They are shipped overseas and many of them go to China's coastal cities and overseas territories. Chinese officials are worried about ronin. If there are too many, there will be chaos, and those who have no jobs will be removed by the Chinese government. I heard that there are two to three hundred vagrants in Heilongjiang alone, and they are scattered and placed in remote villages."

The so-called Heilongjiang here is actually Siberia...

Many of the ronin who were thrown to Siberia were hired by businessmen as bodyguards.After all, in poor mountains and bad waters, not to mention guarding against natives, but also guarding against wild animals in the mountains and forests.

The imperial court also strictly restricted the number of ronin in each Siberian settlement to no more than one-third of the Han Chinese.Each caravan employs no more than ten ronin.All ronin must change their Chinese names and wear Han clothing.

"Crackling..."

The international students walked through the streets and alleys along the river, and before they reached the slums, they heard a burst of firecrackers.

Hota Yoshi was going to look at it, but it was a row of six-story buildings. He turned around and asked Lin Efeng: "You said this is a slum?"

Lin Efeng was also a little dumbfounded: "The last time I came to Nanjing, there were still low earth walls here. Some houses don't even have earth walls, but are just shacks built with waste wood."

The crowd continued to move forward and saw many civilians moving.

Their furniture is very old, but everyone is wearing new clothes, men, women and children are all beaming.

Lin Efeng stepped forward and asked an old man, "Old man, are you going to live in those new houses?"

The old man said with a smile: "Thanks to the blessing of the Long Live Lord, I will live in a big house."

"How much did you pay for the house?" Lin Efeng asked.

The old man even smiled so that his eyes narrowed: "Long live Lord, please be kind, you don't need money to live in a big house."

Lin Efeng turned around and came back to explain that the Japanese students were dumbfounded. The emperor of China actually built houses for the poor at the bottom for free... What a fart!

Inside and outside Nanjing, the population is increasing, and the surrounding areas of Xuanwu Lake are almost being developed.

So the government focused on the slums in the northwest city, but after all, they were at the feet of the emperor, and the magistrate of Shangyuan dared not do anything casually.After the Bingming court, Zhao Han personally came up with the idea of ​​real estate development.

First, the government of Shangyuan County came forward to determine the list of merchants willing to invest.

These merchants took out their silver and entrusted the builders to repair the houses, and the government was responsible for the demolition work.

The six-storey building is very tall, especially the cement grades are constantly increasing, and concrete prefabricated panels are also used, which makes the construction cost of the building drop rapidly.A large area of ​​low-level civilians in Nanjing can be properly housed in a few rows of buildings, and the vacated land is sold to businessmen to build shops.

The people in the slums can't get a penny of compensation, but they can pick up a new house for free.

No one is a nail household, and everyone is very happy.

After all, the ancient court demolished and relocated, often regardless of whether the people lived or died, let alone get new houses after the demolition.

These six-storey buildings have no sewer pipes.

It's not a technical problem. The official road is fired with coarse porcelain, and it can also be used in the wall.But if you do that, you have to dig the sewer, which is too complicated.

The usual feces and urine of the common people are packed in the toilet and sold to the excrement collectors every morning, and a penny or two is considered an income.As for drinking water, several wells were kept nearby, and I used buckets to fetch water and carried it upstairs.

The officials in Shangyuan County all admire Emperor Zhao from the bottom of their hearts. This method is too ingenious.

The common people got new houses, merchants got shops, and the government changed the backward appearance of slums (political achievements).It can be said that everyone is happy, everyone benefits!

That's because no developer makes a profit by selling houses.

The merchants only want land and shops, and the money from buying the land is used to build houses for the demolished households.

Lin Efeng continued to walk north with the foreign students, and finally a normal picture appeared.

There are shantytowns over there!

The people in these shantytowns are running to the south to watch the new building in groups at this moment, their eyes are full of envy.They also want to be demolished, and they also want to live in buildings for free.

Many people were invited to visit the house, and the demolition households could not help showing off, while the visitors began to find faults in the house.

"Everything is good in this house, but the building is too high, and there are several floors up and down every day, which is very inconvenient for the elderly."

"Hey, my dad's running fast."

"It's not convenient to carry water."

"Don't be afraid, poor people work hard. Working hard for the boss is making money, and working hard for yourself feels comfortable."

"The house is too high, and the cold wind can be very strong in winter."

"Poor people, bear the cold."

"Hey, why don't you demolish my dilapidated house?"

"Haha, your house is too far away from the river, and you have to pay for it if you build a shop?"

"You are still very lucky."

"Thanks to Lord Long Live, it is not such a good thing to meet other emperors. The neighbors in our area have agreed that after we move in, every family will enshrine the tablet of the late emperor."

"..."

Zhao Han is not dead yet, so it is not appropriate to enshrine his tablet, so let's enshrine Zhao Han's lost father.

In the previous dynasty, this practice was beyond the system, and if caught, he would be beheaded.But the new dynasty didn't have so many rules, as long as it was out of respect, commoners could also enshrine the tablet of the late emperor.

Hota Yoshi was visiting the shanty town and found that although it was very poor, the environment was very clean.There are a few houses that are relatively new, because the owners have made money and renovated them—although they are still low earth-walled houses after the renovation, they can at least stand out from the neighbors in the neighborhood.

Hotta Yoshimasa suddenly asked, "Where is the factory with the steam engine?"

Lin Efeng said: "They are all in the suburbs. Steam factories are not allowed to be set up in places that are too close to the city wall. Moreover, foreigners are not allowed to visit unless there is a document from Honglu Temple."

"Then can we apply for the paperwork?" Hotta Yoshimasa asked.

Lin Efeng shook his head: "I applied, but Honglu Temple didn't approve it at all."

Hotta Yoshimasa asked again: "At Jinling University, can I learn how to make a steam engine?"

"Yes," Lin Efeng said, "but foreign students are not allowed to study related subjects. But you can subscribe to the magazine of Qintianyuan, buy books from students at a high price, and after buying the magazines and textbooks, quietly Learn to understand."

Chapter 1043 [Literacy Class]

Yoshimasa Hotta was a little disappointed that the twenty Japanese students could not go directly to the headquarters of Jinling University to study.

As the number of literacy class students in Jinling University is increasing, it simply established a branch campus in the suburbs.The classes are all small, with no more than 25 students in each class, because there are too many students to teach.

After wandering around Nanjing for half a month, they were arranged to study in school.

Students from different places were broken up into classes.In the literacy class that Yoshimasa Horita was in, there were only six Japanese, five from Mongolia, two from Tibet, four from the southwest, six from the northeast, one from North Korea, and one from overseas.

Anyway, no matter where they come from, they all wear Confucian uniforms uniformly issued by the school.

A teacher walked into the classroom and asked, "Who can speak Chinese? Raise your right hand."

In an instant, a quarter of the students raised their right hands.

The teacher wrote on the blackboard again: "Who can write Chinese characters, but can't speak Chinese? Also raise your right hand."

All the Japanese students, as well as the North Korean student, raised their right hands in unison.

The teacher murmured to himself, "This class is not bad, but the class I taught last time was too tiring."

For the rest of the time, the teacher talked and wrote, teaching these students to read and write one, two, three, four, five.

Of course Hotta Yoshimasa can write numbers, but he can't read them.

It's fine if you can't read at all, but the pronunciation of Japanese numbers is somewhat similar to the pronunciation of Chinese numbers.Therefore, the learning speed is very fast, but the accent after learning is not as good as that of Mongolian students.

For a whole day, only teaching these five numbers, Horita Yoshimasa was so bored that he almost fell asleep.

He likes the school cafeteria the most. Meat can be eaten here every time, which is much better than the food in Edo.The dormitory conditions are also good, even better than the headquarters of Jinling University. Who would let international students pay more for accommodation?

Tuition fees for foreign students have already increased.

Yoshimasa Horita's annual tuition fee is 120 taels of silver, and the annual accommodation fee is 40 taels of silver, and he has to pay for meals by himself.

Compared with the minority students in China, that is really super preferential treatment.Tuition and accommodation fees are free, you can also receive meal tickets every year, and you can take the boat and car at the post station for free when you go home.

There was a Tibetan student in Yoshimasa Hotta's dormitory, and it took them more than three months to have a simple exchange.

This is also because Tibetan students can speak a small amount of Chinese.

"Are you an aristocrat from Tibet?" Horita Yoshimasa asked.

A Tibetan student named Langga replied, "It's not an aristocrat. My father used to be a slave."