Of course, no one dared to cut the Wu and Han brothers.

Back in the small courtyard, with the candle flame of the candle, the atmosphere began to change, and the surprise of the reunion after a long absence was occupied by another emotion, Li Xiangqian quickly noticed it, so he also began to drive the mood.

"Come on, come on, cheers for your family finally reunited."

"Yes, we toast to the good days ahead."

"Oh, then a toast to my little nephew who is still nursing!"

"I really can't drink it, then a toast to your future little nephew, don't worry, she will be protected frankly in the future."

After three rounds of drinking, the ladies basically returned to the house, leaving only the two brothers there, obviously a little more, but they were all people who served people all year round, and at least there was still room for them.

However, Li Xiangqian's words completely sobered up their wine.

"I'll give you a governor, can you do it?"

What is a Governor? Who doesn't know this?

The governor of a province, in charge of civil and military affairs, and when he encounters a stronger governor, it can be said that the happiness of the people of this province is in one body, which is really powerful!

Wu Han is a descendant of a junior military attaché, although he has never seen how majestic the governor is, but he has completely understood that the importance of the governor is simply extremely important.

In a word, under the pattern of Chinese unification, the system of the county government is even a copy of the six central departments, so a governor's yamen is almost equivalent to the emperor of a province.

Because the emperor is far away, it is necessary to strengthen the status and authority of the governor, so as to suppress the local officials, and to weaken the governor may be like the tragedy of the late Han Dynasty patriarch turned into a warlord, so the governors are transferred very frequently, and a group of bad scholars are staring at it every day, hoping that these old things will get out of the way quickly, and anything can happen.

Three years of Qing Governor's Mansion 100,000 snowflakes of silver, three years of governor?

Especially with the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the new emperor has never been able to appear, after all, those princes have found that from time to time when they wake up in the morning, their dogs and cats will die violently in bed, and the warning that they are not allowed to be the emperor also makes them undecided.

However, some princes with less noble titles wanted to collude with some petty officials and risk establishing themselves as emperors, but they soon died unexplained.

Therefore, under the territory of the Southern Ming Dynasty, it is actually at the point of "no king".

And the governors, some of whom have long since passed their term of office and should move their nests, are still in their positions.

After all, this is the time to make a big profit.

Liaoyu, which originally led to the demise of the Ming Dynasty, actually continued to be collected, but nominally to guard against thieves from the north.

But the most ridiculous thing is that after these taxes were naturally divided between the top and bottom, a considerable part of them bought various luxury goods trafficked in the imperial capital, which can be regarded as a powerful blow to the imperial capital, and made the people of the imperial capital spend a huge amount of energy when carrying money.

This kind of thing, as a small person in the government, Wu Han knows it too well.

So he was stunned for a moment.

Li Xiangqian stared at him for a long time, sighed, and said: "Forget it, an official like the governor relies on his heart, he wants to be vicious, he relies on the help of all kinds of literati, corrupt officials want to be rape, and clean officials want to be rape, your mind is too clear, it will be seen through at a glance, it is difficult, it is difficult, it is difficult to mix with officialdom." ”

The officialdom of any country is mixed with all kinds of scum concentration camps, especially in this era when ancient times were still alive and could not be modernized.

Because good people can't survive.

A certain American president in later generations, because of an expression, exposed the country's bottom line in the negotiations, was eaten and wiped clean by rabbits, and made jokes, the reason is that the negotiation table, as well as the transactions under the table, are a hundred times more dangerous than on the real battlefield.

If you don't go through the most tragic tempering in the world, how can you be worthy of ruling a country?

Li Xiangqian patted the table and said, "Let me think of a way, the two elder brothers are not outsiders, I naturally want to take care of them, what do you think of going to the north." ”

The two brothers of the Wu family glanced at each other, and they couldn't see each other's expressions, but the general mood was similar, Wu Han said: "The homeland is difficult to leave, and there is still a family, so I am afraid that life is inconvenient." ”

Li Xiangjun seemed to be about to say something, but was interrupted: "Yes, this morning we cleaned the grave of our parents-in-law, and we also cleaned it a little, it has been hard for you all these years." ”

"Nothing, nothing......"

remembered where his sister was sold back then, and thought of her talking about the north again, there were only a lot of things in it, but he really didn't dare to ask casually, and listening to the tone, the two were not married yet, and they were not even concubines.

Li Xiangqian said: "That's it, I see it's getting late, tonight for the time being, I'll find someone tomorrow morning to help you move." ”

He took out a document and said: "This is a house on Xiliu Street, the place is enough for you to live, and the shop on the street is suitable for any business, and the back is a house, which can also be used as a warehouse and workshop. ”

Wu Han naturally didn't dare to accept it, so he was polite, but Li Xiangqian only said: "For the sake of the two nephews, it should be the same, otherwise, if they grow up here, I am afraid that they will also be infected with the bad habits of children on the street." ”

I told you not to clean up the table, and when someone moves tomorrow morning, everything will be cleaned up.

"The two brothers still seem to have opinions about me, my identity is not clean after all......"

Li Xiangqian shook his head and said: "You are wrong to blame others, they didn't think of it, but I caused you to be tired, think about it, you live in one place, but suddenly a foreign enemy who is constantly demonized comes to me and says, we are relatives...... What do chickens think, what ducks think, what cats and dogs think, the environment he is in, too closed, too lacking external push, can't imagine what will happen after the environment changes, hey, it's difficult, but they have a shop, and it's enough to live. ”

Li Xiangjun seemed to be a little worried, and said, "It won't affect them." ”

"Involved? No, it's nothing more than a matter of money, Suzhou is close to Shanghai, the dependence on the outside world is too high, there is no Suzhou Creek here, you know, Suzhou's economy must definitely be transformed, who can get the first pot of gold in this transformation, who will have the opportunity to become bigger, I can give them this opportunity, but there is too much help, it will break the rules, and I am not good at shooting, just as I may be able to find a way to help my uncle in the position, but power is the world's first weapon to hurt people, and it hurts itself before hurting others, so forget it. ”

Li Xiangjun said with a smile: "They still have children, so naturally they have to think more about their children." ”

"I have to dispel the doubts in my heart, I don't have a reassurance, I pull and pull with foreign enemies, the little people have their own concerns, fortunately, the people of the Ming Dynasty are scattered, except for a small number of people, in fact, there is not much desire to maintain this court, and the rest is just a matter of transmission."

Li Xiangjun smiled: "Build a railway? ”

"In this era, not counting the developing north, Jiangnan is half of China, taking Jiangnan is too simple in technology, but controlling and governing is difficult, you know, three ways of governance, I told you, the road to rule by force has long been broken, the requirements of cultural rule are too high, almost no one can do it, and material rule, mixed with force and cultural assistance, is the mainstream, so, logistics is the key."

The reputation of the railway is naturally convincing that this thing has the power to change the world.

Although Hu Linyi, a minister at the end of the Qing Dynasty, was an old-style literati, he was keenly aware of the tremendous power brought by the steam engine, and the shock caused by its vomiting of blood and death was a major event in Chinese history, but the uninformed literati could not understand the meaning.

"Then what can my brother do in Wu County?"

"It's nothing, it's just an agency, he has a relationship in the government, that's not bad, let's start reselling, when it comes to all kinds of enjoyment, we can drown any desire...... Well, don't you still think that being a businessman is not decent enough, then I can give him a position, section chief, bureau seat, it's all very simple. ”

"How could it be, I'm afraid he won't be able to do it."

"Actually, it's very simple, this kind of monopoly trade can't be done, that's impossible, I'm afraid that he is too honest and someone will take the lion's head, of course, the government is also a problem, and the government that doesn't collect black money doesn't exist, but it's all money, hehe."

"Obey your husband's orders."

"Speaking of this...... Li Xiangqian suddenly laughed evilly: "Just now you looked at your nephew's eyes and seemed to yearn for it, do you want to give birth to one yourself." ”

Li Xiangjun lowered his head, seemed to be very shy, and refused to answer, just leaning on Li Xiangqian's shoulder.

"Raw, it's really nothing, just something...... You know that there is an artificial womb on the spaceship, which can give birth instead of people, but that thing cannot be produced by itself, and there are restrictions on its use, in fact, it is already occupied, so if you want to have a child, you are afraid that you will have to work hard. ”

Li Xiangjun whispered something, and he couldn't hear it clearly.

But still hugged tightly.

Wu Han's family stayed awake all night.

The sister-in-law who fell from the sky is surprising, the sister became a famous prostitute, or changed her name to Li, and became a well-known famous prostitute, and her brother-in-law is an amazing figure, although it is not clear what happened, but it is the one who occupies the imperial capital city, and the person who succeeded in the rebellion, isn't that the founding hero?

But their situation is embarrassing, they are under the rule of the "Ming Dynasty", in fact, Wu Han is still discussing the work of collecting taxes for the Ming Dynasty today, and today they have to face that they have "major overseas relations", so naturally something is wrong.

Naturally, there is an argument.

In order to save money for his younger brother to get married, Wu Han married a mute woman, but although he couldn't speak, he was very diligent in his work, but at this time he was listening to his husband's orders.

The question discussed by Wu Han and Wu Jiang was naturally how to accept this new relative.

The self-preservation mood of the little people who are unpredictable is naturally very big, but no one is willing to let them give up such a good house.

The most important thing is, why, when the north and the south are still in confrontation, I and others will not be cleaned up under the banner of having relatives in the emperor or a big man who has successfully rebelled?

Thinking of those officials who peeled the skin and dismantled the bones, and the appearance of the corrupt green skins coming to the door, no one could feel at ease.

The essence of Qingpi is that there are a large number of landless laborers, and after entering the city, there are no large number of jobs to accept, so they begin to form social youth with self-association.

In essence similar to the so-called Roman mob, the rich and powerful could use their small amount of food and possessions to raise them as lackeys to do things that were inconvenient for them.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were often so-called "citizens", which were actually green skins who were hired to fight against the government's collection of taxes.

And in Jiangnan, it is even more so, where there is surplus food to feed the surplus population, but there are no jobs for them to work.

This is where the cost of governance comes into play.

For example, on the street, suddenly a man, an old woman, pulled a woman and pulled her to the car, and the woman called for help, will you go up and help?

The man said that it was his daughter-in-law, and they quarreled, so you don't care, or you will kill your whole family.

The old woman turned into a sitting cannon and played tricks.

It's fishy.

There are even more unlucky people, there are countless bankrupts for this, and the people at the police station who commute to and from work on time will not care, only leave you to negotiate by yourself, civil disputes, each hit fifty boards, a slap does not make a sound, you don't go to trouble, why do people mess with you?

So women were arrested and sold on the street, which became a common thing, and there was almost no solution.

This is to use husband and wife to quarrel, instead of other excuses, making it difficult for people to participate, and this is a team, there are sentry, there are those who choose targets, and there are those who sweep the tail after the fact, and the cooperation is clear.

As long as she is a young woman who is targeted by this trick, she basically can't leave this logic, and she is finally sold to the mountains.

And the old man was found after touching the porcelain, and the police station did not dare to take care of it, and the cases released for a few days were innumerable, and even more, there were countless moves, as Li Xiangqian once met, the old man relied on the elderly card to take the bus, but deliberately did not sit in the seat, and when the bus turned, even if it was smooth, he would fall to the ground all of a sudden, saying that the sharp turn of the bus caused him to be untenable.

Once a month, the income can almost kill any white-collar worker, what a small boss is a fart.

The government, or the bus company, is almost helpless, because of the cost of governance, there are only a few things that can be done, send photos to all the bus drivers in the city, and every time they arrive at the station, they are strictly guarded, staring at every passenger, and refusing to get on the bus once they find the old man.

But the old man can wear makeup, hats and sunglasses, not to mention for a tired driver, so that the increased workload and task volume can be said to bring down a company.

Compensation will only make this old man more arrogant and more unscrupulous to blackmail the bus company.

Arrested for the crime of extortion, the old man will lie on the ground and pretend to be sick, no bailiff dares to go up to arrest, just kidding, something happened, people are civil servants, how can they pay themselves?

(End of chapter)