Gao Yuan's face became heavier and heavier as he walked through the sewage and filthy living quarters, and finally stopped in front of the huge pit, and turned to stare at the gray mines, the smelters, and the miners who were guarded by the army, and the old and weak women and children kneeling in the living quarters, and there was only fear in their eyes.

Sitting cross-legged on a huge piece of ore, Gao Yuan pointed to his side and said to Mutu, "You can sit down too." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Mutu nodded in thanks, and sat down beside Gao Yuan with a pull of his robe.

"I used to think that under my rule, there would be no situation like this, and in the past few years, I have enacted countless laws to protect the interests of all people, and it seems that they are being implemented well, but now the situation here has really hit me." Gao Yuan sighed.

"No matter how good the law is, it must be carried out by men." Mu Tu said: "The three counties of Liaodong are different from other places in the Han Dynasty, in other places in the Han Dynasty, the style of writing is prosperous, there are many literate people, the country has a new law issued, it can always spread to every corner in the shortest possible time, those officials, or gentry and businessmen, even if they want to do something, they have no courage, but under the rule of the three counties of Liaodong, the ethnic composition is complex, the majority of ethnic minorities, reading and literacy here, it has not been popularized at all, and tens of thousands of miners' families are connected to this mine, and there are basically no literate people. The vast majority of them are people who have come out of the white mountains and black waters, hoping for a better life, but their hopes have been ruthlessly attacked here, and they are not even as good as them in the mountains, at least where they are still free. ”

"What you mean is that if you want to cure the root cause, you must first start with education."

"Of course. This is fundamental, Wang Shang implemented compulsory education in the whole Han Dynasty, forced school-age children to go to school, and the state subsidized a lot, but in the three counties of Liaodong, it was not implemented. ”

"I know that. Because of the reasons of funding and manpower, the promotion of this matter can only come step by step, in the interior of the Central Plains, there are still many states that have not been fully implemented, after all, the founding of the Han Dynasty has only been five years, and many things cannot be achieved overnight. ”

"King, in fact, in your heart, the three counties of Liaodong are still not as important to you as the mainland. In other words, the three counties of Liaodong are now positioned in the imperial court as a supplier of raw materials and grain. "Mutu Dao." Because here, in fact, there are still many aliens. ”

Mu Tu's harsh accusation did not make Gao Yuan angry, but made him silent for a long time. He said, "Yes, deep down in my heart." Or maybe I do. But now, I know that I was wrong, the foundation of the three counties in Liaodong is worse than that of any other place in the mainland, and they are actually the ones who should be strengthened the most, and I made a mistake on this issue. As a king, if my attitude is only three points, when it comes to the bottom, it will become ten points. ”

"The king."

"Do you still think I'm sacred?" Takato asked rhetorically self-deprecatingly.

"It's because you don't shy away from questions and you don't shy away from your mistakes. I don't regret that I can make you aware of the problems here. Mutu laughed.

"Do you think you're going to die?" Gao Yuan asked with interest.

"Of course, Wang, don't forget, I am a graduate of the Law Department of Jicheng Comprehensive University, I have a deep knowledge of the law of the Han Dynasty, although my original intention is good, but in the process of implementation, it is illegal, and it has also caused serious consequences, this riot, the death toll is as many as hundreds, all of them are those mine guards and the police set up in the mine police station, I miscalculated their anger, as soon as the incident happened, it was almost not controlled, just these hundreds of lives, I should be responsible."

"You can't start the wrong process because of the right result, that's what I learned in the law system."

"You are a Han Chinese, why are you willing to pay the price of your life for these aliens?" Gao Yuan looked at this scholar who seemed to be out of bounds with life and death.

"The king said, no one is born noble, no one is born poor, all beings are equal, especially in front of the law, no one can be above the law, not even you, fairness, justice is the standard that those of us who study the law must adhere to all our lives." Mu Tu said: "So in my eyes, there are no Han people, foreign people, they are all the people of our Han Kingdom, and they should naturally enjoy the rights that the people of the Han Dynasty have." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and stood up, "Mutu, I admire you very much, but my attitude will not affect the judgment of the law on you because of this, no matter what your original intention is, your actions still have caused extremely bad consequences, the hundreds of people who died, they should not die like this, even if they are guilty, they should also be judged by the law." ”

"I understand."

"Then so be it, everything here will be changed, not only the rights and interests of these miners will be guaranteed, but I will also assure you that you will get a fair trial, so whether you live or die, it's still uncertain, everything will be judged by the law, do you have anything else to say?" High and far-reaching.

"No, there is a king like you in the Great Han, and I believe that it will not be long before the banner of the Great Han will be planted in every corner of this world." Mutu bent down deeply.

The riot of tens of thousands of miners in the Tongji Iron Mine began strangely, but ended in a way that everyone did not expect, there was no large-scale purge and arrest as outsiders guessed, from beginning to end, less than 20 miners were arrested, but the company to which Tongji Mine belonged and Liaoning County were arrested nearly 100 people. Cao Tianci of the Ministry of Police will directly take over the investigation and handling of the case, and no one above the local government shall interfere.

At the same time, Yan Shenghaoyi, the first assistant, Wu Qi, Zhou Changshou, Huo Xiaolin, the minister of the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda, and the chief justice Jing Shou and other high-ranking officials also rushed all the way from Jicheng to Helin City after the incident.

Gao Yuan's mood is very bad, with the depths of Cao Tianci's case investigation, more and more shady scenes have surfaced, not only Tongji Mine is doing this, in the entire three counties of Liaodong, such a situation can be said to be a very ordinary phenomenon, just a degree above the severity.

"Every piece of wool iron transported from the three counties of Liaodong is stained with the blood of these miners." Gao Yuan pressed the dossier, which was getting thicker and thicker day by day, "It is not enough to describe the seriousness of the situation with shocking words, and this matter must be thoroughly investigated to the end." No matter who is involved, which company workshops, we will not tolerate it. ”

Yan Shenghao's face was heavy, this was his first year as the first assistant, and such a scandal broke out, as far as his ruling career is concerned, it is not a stain, although this incident is frozen, not a day's cold, but it is obvious that this matter, in the end, still has to be blamed by him.

"Your Majesty, the minister is the first assistant, and he should be responsible for this."

Gao Yuan waved his hand a little irritably, "You have responsibility, but you don't have to carry the responsibility randomly, immediately call the county guards of Jilin and Heilongjiang to Helin to explain the situation, as for Mao Dewang, he can't do it as a county guard." ”

"Your Majesty, according to the information obtained from the current investigation, Mao Dewang has nothing to do with these things, at most it is a responsibility for negligence."

"It's not oversight, it's dereliction of duty." Gao Yuan looked at Jing Shou on the side and retorted. "Even if he doesn't have a problem himself, but so many officials under his command, as well as parliamentarians, are involved, can you say that he is not responsible?"

"If Mao Dewang is dismissed, then who will be transferred over to serve as the county guard of Liaoning now? In any case, the importance of Liaoning County is self-evident, and the most important thing here is stability. Yan Shenghao said.

"How is the bereavement pension going now?" Gao Yuan rubbed his temples and said.

"A large amount of grain has been allocated to Tongji Mine and daily necessities to Tongji Mine, and a lot of doctors have been recruited from Helin City, where has calm been restored now, Wu Qi Wu Yizheng personally sat down, hoping to restore the normal order of Tongji Mine in the shortest possible time, re-production, Tongji Mine is the second largest iron mine in our Han Dynasty, and if it cannot resume production for a long time, it will have a great impact on the price of Dahan Iron and Steel." Yan Shenghao said.

Gao Yuan nodded, went through the candidates in his mind, and suddenly remembered a person, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, "Transfer Fang Shu to come over, let him know the Liaoning County Guard, and clean up this mess." ”

"Fang Shu?" Yan Shenghao was taken aback, "Great King, although Fang Shu is talented, but his qualifications are too shallow, and he is suddenly promoted to the position of county guard, is it too fast, and with the current complicated situation in Liaoning, can he handle the things here?" ”

"Complex? Can things be more complicated here than Yingshui? The three counties of Liaodong want to develop, and Liaoning County is the leader, and Fang Shu happens to have a mind that ordinary officials do not have. Lao Yan, the problem of the three counties in Liaodong, in the final analysis, is still an economic problem, or a problem of the common people not being rich, how to make the people's pockets thick, this is a very methodical way. With money, everything else can be solved. It's him, and the above sent an order to Fang Shu, so that he could quickly hand over and come to take office immediately. ”

"Yes."

"Xiaolin, the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda is going to start planning now, in the new year, the funds and personnel in your ministry will be tilted here, and free compulsory education is being carried out rapidly."

"Yes, Your Majesty, we can plan this immediately, and in the second half of the year, we will be able to summon the birth on time."

Gao Yuan nodded, "All these things, let Lao Yan take the lead, everyone do their own thing, this is not a single matter, but something that involves all aspects, if there is any problem, it will be coordinated by Lao Yan." ”

"Yes." (To be continued......)