173 Conspiracy
Seeing that the renovation of Shantang was going exceptionally smoothly, some people who had been waiting to see the show were dissatisfied and planned to find some trouble for Shang Shigong.
One of them, Wang Yougong, is the county magistrate of Yulin County, which is very close to Qingzhou City. Because Yulin County is close to Qingzhou City, it is larger and more prosperous than Qingshan County, of course, it cannot be compared with Qingzhou City.
Wang Yougong was born in a businessman, but his family is in Jiangnan and he is not a native of Qingzhou. His family's business is not small, although it can't be compared with Gu Yunhai, but he also has a strong family wealth. Wang Yougong is older than Shang Shigong, and now he is forty-five years old, and it has been ten years since he became the commander of Yulin County.
Ten years ago, he participated in the imperial examination and spent money to entrust the relationship, which became the order of Yulin County, not like other scholars, even if he passed the imperial examination, it doesn't matter that he can only be idle and unemployed at home.
In the past ten years, he has governed Yulin County well, although his hands and feet are not very clean, but there is nothing wrong with major problems, and his political performance is passable.
So Wang Yougong always felt that he was much more qualified than Shangshigong, and the position of Qingzhou prefect should be his. So since he became the prefect of Qingzhou, he was very unhappy in his heart, and he had been waiting for the opportunity to grab Shang Shigong's pigtail and pull him down.
Shang Shigong wants to improve the hall, when he first heard the news, he was very disdainful, sneered, and felt that Shang Shigong was simply whimsical, and even Du Yuzhang didn't dare to do something, where could it be done so easily.
So, Wang Yougong has been waiting to see the jokes of Shang Shigong, and he is looking forward to someone poking out a big basket every day, so that the rectification of Shantang will not be carried out at all.
However, at first, I did encounter some kind of trouble. But the rest is getting smoother and smoother. Wang Yougong saw it in his eyes, and he hated it to death in his heart.
Now. Finally found a chance for him.
Thinking of the strategist's words, a look of madness flashed on Wang Yougong's face. A pair of triangular hanging eyes are even more ruthless: Shang Shigong, Wang Mou will see, how do you solve this matter!
Wang Yougong is actually not very bold, although he waited to see the jokes of Shang Shigong, hoping that someone could poke out the big basket, but he himself did not dare to do it at all. This time, the method given by the strategist was very clever, and he didn't need to come forward at all, so naturally someone would help him do things well.
The strategy is actually quite simple. There is a Wushan village thirty miles outside the city of Qingzhou, the village is in a valley, surrounded by a mountain outside, called Wutu Mountain. Wutu Mountain is about 20 zhang high, which is not too high, but the mountain rocks are very hard, the soil on the mountain is very barren, and the plants and trees that grow are all about to die.
Wushan Village is not large, with more than 100 households in total. There is very little ploughed land. Even that little field is still a thin field of inferior quality, and there is not much harvest after growing grain. There are no mountain goods in the Wutu Mountains, and there are few wild beasts. Coupled with the lack of production in the fields, the people of Wushan Village are living extremely hard.
Du Yuzhang wanted to help them before, but more than 100 households were not many. But there are no less. There was no wasteland near Qingzhou City for them to live in, so the matter dragged on.
The counsellor gave the king a meritorious idea. is to find people from Wushan Village to come to Qingzhou City and beat drums in front of everyone to voice grievances. Ask the merit of the businessmen to give them a way to live.
It just so happened that Shang Shigong was renovating the hall at this time, once these people appeared, would Shang Shigong help or not? These people are all hot potatoes, and if Shang Shigong takes it, he will have to find a place to place these people. Shantang is so big that it is impossible to place more than 100 families in it.
But if he doesn't place people in the good hall, how can he place these people? Or does he not care at all? If he doesn't care, it will be better, just let those people see the hypocrisy of Shang Shigong!
Wang Yougong was very proud when he heard this proposal, and felt that although this strategist had only come to him for a short time, he had real skills. Once this is done, he must reward this counselor well.
He didn't delay, he made up his mind, so he found his henchmen and asked them to go to Wushan Village, and instigated the villagers inside to beat drums and voice grievances in Qingzhou City.
So three days later, at noon, a group of people dressed in tattered clothes walked into Qingzhou City, thin and yellow, like refugees. This is the strategist's idea, saying that the scene is shocking enough when there are more people, and the effect will be better.
There were not many people on the street at noon, and as soon as these people entered the city, it didn't take long for the news to spread in Qingzhou City. Some curious people who came to see also knew that these people were the people of Wushan Village, and they couldn't live anymore in Wushan Village, and they heard that the new prefect was kind-hearted, so they wanted to come and seek a way to live.
The news spread too quickly, and before these people walked to the yamen, Shang Shigong already knew the news. In fact, he knew about the existence of Wushan Village for a long time, and he also knew that the people in Ludao were living a very hard life, and he wanted to help them.
It's just that things have to come step by step, and they don't happen overnight.
Shang Shigong originally thought that when the affairs of Shantang were on the right track, he would start to solve the affairs of Wushan Village and help the people inside find a place to live.
But he didn't expect that before he could help the people of Wushan Village, they came by themselves.
Shang Shigong is not a fool, after he heard the news, he instantly understood that this incident was definitely not accidental, someone must have been obstructing it!
Wushan Village is out of the valley of Wutu Mountain, and you have to climb the mountain to get in and out, and the traffic is inconvenient and the news is congested. The people inside are still honest people, how did they know about his rectification of the church? How could he have thought of uniting and begging him?
Shang Shigong didn't think that the people of Wushan Village came up with this idea themselves, if these people really had such an idea, when Du Yuzhang was there, they should come to intercede. Du Yuzhang has been the prefect of Qingzhou for many years, and he has treated the people very leniently, and these people have no reason not to look for him.
Unless, they don't realize it at all.
The matter of the businessman's knowledge of the Tao is very tricky, and now the people of Qingzhou City know the Tao, those people are unclothed and have been in a pitiful state of hunger for a long time, and everyone has a sympathetic heart for the weak, if he can't properly solve this matter, it will inevitably become a stain on his political achievements, and the people will lose trust in him.
Thinking of this, Shang Shigong sighed heavily, and the ruthlessness in his eyes flashed, who was calculating him? Could it be the ancient family again?
Although Shang Shigong also understood that it was not only the Gu family who wanted to pull him down from the prefect's position, but because the Gu family was really hateful, he subconsciously thought of the Gu family.
If Gu Yunhai and Gu Hao Tian knew what he thought at this time, I don't know how Lu Dao would feel.
He straightened his clothes and planned to see the people for himself. At the same time, he also made up his mind that since these people had been found, he must solve their problems this time. If the people are likely to be deceived by others, but if their lives are really unbearable, how can they be so easily deceived?
Thinking of what he had heard about the tragic situation in Wushan Village, Shang Shigong felt a heavy heart. If he couldn't solve this matter, he really couldn't feel at ease. The people inside are so pitiful.
Just when Shang Shigong made a decision, Shang Jinxiu, Li Shuhua and Lan Qi all knew about this matter. Li Shuhua is also smart, and after just a little thought, she understands that this matter is not simple, and the merit of businessmen must be handled properly.
If you want to settle these people, silver is naturally indispensable. So Li Shuhua planned to send someone to give Shang Shigong a breath, so that he should not worry about the silver problem, and he must deal with this matter well.
Shang Jinxiu knew Li Shuhua's plan, but he didn't stop it. Li Shuhua has to support her husband as a wife, and she is naturally responsible for her daughter.
A maid went to pass the word, and soon she came back and told Li Shuhua that Shang Shigong had gone out to see the villagers. Shang Jinxiu and Li Shuhua were worried, there were too many villagers who came this time, and Shang Shigong just went, if someone had bad intentions and suddenly made trouble, wouldn't Shang Shigong be miserable?
Shang Jinxiu couldn't sit still for a while, so he directly said goodbye to Li Shuhua, ran back to the room to change his clothes, and wanted to go out to protect Shang Shigong secretly. Lan Qi already knew Gu Haotian's thoughts, so naturally she would not let Shang Jinxiu go out alone.
So Lan Qi also quickly changed her clothes, and the two of them were wearing men's clothes, so they were a little more heroic, and they had a heroic beauty.
Li Shuhua originally wanted to stop Shang Jinxiu from letting her go, but she didn't know that Lan Qi directly pulled Shang Jinxiu and ran away, so angry that Li Shuhua couldn't stop stomping her feet. In fact, Lan Qi is not to blame for this, Lan Qi has always been unable to sit still. In the past few days, since she learned about Gu Haotian's thoughts, she agreed with Li Shuhua's opinion and tried not to let Shang Jinxiu go out.
For this reason, she can't go out herself. Lan Qi had been at home for a few days, and she couldn't stand it anymore, but now that she had the opportunity, she naturally wanted to run out of the house to breathe in the fresh air outside.
Fortunately, although she is a little more playful, she also knows the importance of the way. She had to worry about Shang Jinxiu, afraid that something would happen to him, and after leaving the house, she took Shang Jinxiu all the way, and soon, the two came to the place.
As soon as they arrived at the place, they didn't need to look for it, and the two saw thirty men surrounded by groups. These people should still look very young, but their skin is black and yellow, their backs are slightly rickety, and their bodies are thin and thin, and there are not a few taels of meat.
Coupled with the ragged clothes and slightly sunken cheeks, just looking at them makes people feel sad - they are living so well, but these people are so miserable.
Shang Jinxiu saw that many people around him looked sad and had a little pity, and some people had even brought some clothes from home to give to these people. Although these clothes have been washed, they are not worn, and they are much better than those worn by these people.
Shang Jinxiu and Lan Qi were originally standing on the periphery, but Shang Jinxiu's face changed slightly, and then, her fingers moved slightly, and a trace of spatial ability was sent out by her, slowly approaching those villagers. (To be continued......)
PS: That's it, I'm too sleepy.