"Sometimes I really don't understand you at all, you're a little scary, you think about everything so complicated." Princess Zhenming sighed and said softly.

Wei Bao said: "No way, this is not a simple matter, this is a state affair, understand?" We are too polite to people, others think we are easy to bully, think we are stupid. We are too cruel to people, and others will call us treacherous and cold-blooded! Our attitude towards people will determine the attitude of others towards us, and there is a lot of learning. Also, I'm doing this for you, because these people were about to kill you, and almost killed you! I'm doing this now, isn't it? I just want to use this incident to let the whole of North Korea know that Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae-do will be Heaven and Earth Society in the future, and it will be difficult for people who do not have Heaven and Earth Society in their hearts to gain a foothold here! In addition, I also told the whole North Korean people that I am taller than Li Liang, and I am above Li Liang! Because I can let Li Liang block the wicked for me, I can instruct Li Liang to do things, and Li Liang can't tell me what to do. ”

"I don't understand these big truths, and I don't want to think about it, I have a headache when I think it's almost over, if you let Gu Renyuan go now, others will say that you are benevolent. It's okay to have already been punished. Princess Zhenming said.

Wei Bao said: "You, you're so kind, they almost killed you just now, and you still plead for the enemy?" If you're dead now, you can't find anyone to get revenge, you know? ”

"I know, but I'm not dead? Besides, even if I die, it is my life is not good, I deserve this calamity, I can't complain about it, I can't help anyone, whoever makes me be in the battle of deceit from birth, sooner or later I will be a victim of the struggle of power. "Princess Zhenming is very open.

Wei Bao was a little speechless, secretly thinking that you are going to become a Buddha?

"President." Princess Zhenming showed a pitiful expression like a little lamb.

President Wei's heart softened, sighed, and then said in a loud voice: "Stop! ’

Gu Hong was already a little mechanical, and he didn't hear it one after another.

It was the guards of the President's Mansion beside Gu Hong who stopped him, and he stopped.

Gu Hong's face was full of sweat, and he looked at Wei Bao suspiciously.

"I'll tell you to stop." Wei Bao said: "With the sins you have committed, even if you are beaten to death, it is not too much. However, the princess is too kind to intercede for you! ”

When the common people heard what Mrs. Wei said, they talked about it and praised the princess for her benevolence, and most of them said they didn't understand, and they all thought that they should kill these people, at least one or two.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Xie!" Gu Hong knelt down with tears in his eyes. He didn't thank Wei Bao because he hated Wei Bao now, or rather, he always hated Wei Bao.

Through the eyes of Gu Hong and the others, Wei Bao saw their fear, and also saw their hatred.

President Wei is well aware that enemies may never turn into friends.

There is a saying that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

Wei Bao is a little bit disagreeing with this sentence, any kind of relationship exists because of sociality, the so-called friends are those who do not point their guns at you, and the so-called enemies are those who point their guns at you. But in the face of interests, that is, in the case of changes in social conditions, friends will also become enemies, and enemies will become friends, the so-called relationship will change due to conditions, and interests will never change, what you get is yours, no one is not selfish, this is the nature of people, the nature of animals.

Friends may be divided because of interests, but interests are not ignored because they are friends.

This sentence itself is logically wrong. First, there should be no conflict of interest between friends. If there is a conflict of interest in the relationship between friends, sort out as follows: colleagues, peers, partners, Party A and Party B, etc., at this time, the identity of the friend should be the second identity, and the first identity should be the social relationship. Then right and wrong, the entanglement of interests should be handled normally, and do not involve the relationship between friends.

Second, if there is money between pure friends, sort it out as follows: borrow money to buy a house, borrow money to repay debts, etc., then there should be a limit to credit, otherwise, the other party's life will be affected.

Third, to be friends, there are a lot of heart-to-heart or resonant thoughts, friends need to cherish each other, one party feels that other friends are more important, the other party has become increasingly detached from their own life, then this friendship naturally went to the road of drifting apart, this is not because of interests.

Therefore, good friends should make progress and grow together, share with each other, and be willing to spend time with each other in order to be long-lasting.

It can only be said that some friends are just partners who cooperate for the sake of interests temporarily, because everyone has to survive for a better life.

Human beings, like other animals, are selfish by nature, and their desires are endless, so they struggle all their lives for profit.

But the so-called friends may harm others to obtain more benefits because of improper intentions, or contradictions due to uneven distribution, which is very likely to happen, so understand that this is also a person who sees through the world and the sinister heart, and is helpless and resentful after being hurt by friends, so this sentence is very reasonable in many cases.

Anyway, Wei Bao knew that it was impossible for him to improve his relationship with these two classes of ministers who were loyal to Li Liang, as well as the big landlord class! It can never be, they weren't friends in the first place, and they can't be friends in the future.

"You go back and tell Li Liang, give me an answer as soon as possible, don't fool a few dead people randomly! Also, the spies stationed in Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae Province should be withdrawn quickly, and then let us grasp the handle, and next time it will not be something that can be solved by breaking a few rattans, I will hit Li Liang directly. President Wei said indifferently.

Gu Hong, Shen Jingyu and a group of ministers who came with them were shocked, and more than a dozen people widened their eyes and kept sweating.

Wei Bao wants to hit His Royal Highness?

Isn't this about conquering the whole of Korea by force? Too arrogant, right?

However, this group of people has lost the courage to confront Master Wei in person, and they do not say yes or object.

"What's wrong? I am speaking to you, and I don't hear you? All dumb? Wei Bao frowned: "Also, in view of your evil behavior of trying to assassinate the princess to blame me, it has seriously violated the interests of me and the Heaven and Earth Society!" and the dignity of me and the Heaven and Earth Society! Tell Lee that Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghaedo Province are exempt from paying taxes for ten years as a punishment! ”

Burst.

Gu Hong, Shen Jingyu and a group of ministers who came with them, their faces were originally expressionless, but they suddenly became extremely expressive.

Wei Bao first gained control of Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae Province, and collected taxes on behalf of the Joseon court.

It's good now, I haven't paid taxes once, and I'll be exempted from paying taxes for another ten years soon.

"Then does Master Taifu still levy taxes on the common people?" Shen Jingqi couldn't help but ask.

This is also a concern of the people present.

Wei Bao said with a smile: "No, in the past ten years, no agricultural tax will be collected!" Only business tax is charged! ”

Wei Bao did not talk about agricultural taxes, unified purchase and marketing of grain, encouraging production, and the power to set grain prices was in the hands of the administrative offices at all levels of the Tiandihui, and President Wei was originally equivalent to a dictatorial landlord in Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae Province, where could he still collect taxes? Isn't it too much to collect taxes?

As long as agricultural production goes up, commercial taxes will be much higher than traditional taxation methods.

Shen Jing was speechless, and all the people present cheered when they heard this.

The common people only heard that they did not have to pay agricultural taxes, but they did not know that the grain was purchased and sold in a unified manner, and all taxes were included in it.

Gu Hong, Shen Jingyu and a group of ministers from the two shifts who came with them, as well as more than a dozen entourages accompanying them, carried Gu Renyuan, who had passed out and was unconscious, and carried him away.

They walked very desolately, without the demeanor of two classes of important ministers, they were ridiculed and abused all the way, and they were like walking corpses, and they didn't know how they got out of Seoul.

When Gu Hong and the others left, President Wei explained to Lim Wenbiao and a group of officials of the Seoul Administration that within 10 days, all officials and large landowners and spies who still had dealings with the Korean court in Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae-do Province must be eliminated.

This workload is very large, and it is difficult to complete it within ten days, so President Wei asked to use the method of rumors.

Wind rumors are the ancient kings for the rectification of the dynasty, the means adopted by the purging of officials, for the officials can be based on the wind and news, impeachment of each other, the truth of the reward of those who are true, the untrue is not punished, is the king's strategy to open up the way of speech, the Ming and Qing dynasties have been used by monarchs.

The so-called rumors and rumors are to report unconfirmed information or rumors to the emperor as a reference for inspecting officials.

After the Qing army entered the customs, Emperor Shunzhi was worried that the irresponsible hypocrisy would easily produce the disadvantages of reversing right and wrong and taking the opportunity to frame him, so he abolished it.

In the early days of Kangxi's pro-government, he continued the practice of Emperor Shunzhi and forbade rumors.

However, due to the lack of speech, the officials did not dare to speak, and the emperor's understanding of the officials was greatly limited, which provided conditions for corrupt officials to do whatever they wanted.

These prompted Kangxi to make up his mind and reopen the wind and rumors.

In the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi, he clearly proposed: "The Taoist official uses the wind to hear, that is, to inspect and supervise, the sage stays, and the unsage goes." In this way, it will be of great benefit to the people to be greedy and violent, and to follow good competition and persuasion. Subsequently, the governors, fu, generals, mention, and towns below, instructors, wardens, and thousands of generals and above, whether the officials are virtuous or not, if there is a relationship with the people's livelihood, Xu Kedao officials will be heard of it. ”

Although rumors and rumors are prone to the drawbacks of officials attacking each other and undermining the legal system, they are indeed conducive to clearing the way of speech, pooling wisdom, and discovering problems in a timely manner, which was particularly important in the early Qing Dynasty, when corruption was relatively serious.

The revelation of some major cases in the Kangxi Dynasty benefited from rumors.

For example, the Mingzhu Party case was triggered by the impeachment of Zhang Fen, the governor of Huguang, by Chen Zizhi, the imperial historian of Shanxi Province, and was investigated and dealt with by Guo Xiu, the imperial historian.

The secret fold monograph means that the minister can write down the information he has learned into a fold and send it directly to the emperor for reading.

At first, in order to be able to directly understand the local situation, Kangxi asked some cronies and slaves stationed in the local area, such as Li Xu and Cao Yin, to report on the situation, and the content of the report was mainly based on local rain, grain prices, etc.

Later, in order to expand the sources of local public opinion and strengthen the control over local officials, he ordered some officials such as the governor and the town to secretly perform the work, and the content of the report also changed, mainly reporting on local political trends.

The establishment and improvement of the system of secret folding and special performances enabled Kangxi to grasp the local situation in a timely and full manner, and to understand the behavior of local officials from one side.

Secret folds have a certain supervisory and restraining effect on officials, and some officials, fearing impeachment, have begun to check their own behavior and dare not blatantly violate law and discipline.

Originally, Wei Bao followed a moderate legal line, and this unconventional practice should not be used.

However, Wei Bao wanted to take advantage of the shareholder wind that Li Liang and the two classes of ministers loyal to Li Liang had temporarily sent to him, and further grasped Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae-do Province firmly in his hands.

Eliminate all those who oppose you, aren't Gyeonggi Province and Hwanghae-do both people who have their hearts set on President Wei?

"You're done with all this before you come after me." President Wei said to Lin Wenbiao.

"Yes, President." Lin Wenbiao stood upright and performed a standard military salute.

President Wei then took Princess Zhenming, Wu Xuexia and Wang Qiuya, as well as the accompanying staff of the Statistics Office and the staff of the President's Secretariat, and continued on the road.

When he was about to leave Seoul, President Wei stood at the head of Seoul, looking at the neat and scattered houses in Seoul, and then looking at the people of Seoul who were cheering to see him off, President Wei smiled faintly.

President Wei understands that the key to North Korea is still in itself, and as long as its ruling class is internally stable, everything is not a problem.

On the way from Seoul to Incheon, President Wei was in a very good mood and continued to share a carriage with Princess Zhenming, Wu Xuexia, and Wang Qiuya.

"Princess, have you ever left Seoul before?" President Wei asked.

Princess Jeongmyung shook her head: "This is the first time I have left Seoul. ”

"Homesick?" President Wei smiled slightly.

"Homesick?" Princess Zhenming didn't expect Wei Bao to ask like this, she didn't know how to answer, did she have a home? In the end, before marrying Hong Zhuyuan, the princess mansion given by her mother Renmu King and Concubine Niangniang was her home, or was it her family around the princess of Renmu in the palace.

"yes, I'm asking if you're homesick." Wei Bao smiled: "Home does not necessarily refer to a small range, and hometown is also home. ”

"I started thinking before I left, maybe I've lived here for a long time, right?" Princess Zhenming nodded and said, "If I can, I can stay in Seoul for the rest of my life and never go anywhere." ”

"When you arrive in Daming, after a long time, you will think the same way, North Korea has it, and Daming has it." Wu Xuexia said proudly: "Especially our capital city of Daming, which is more than 20 times that of Seoul, when the time comes, you will be able to see what real prosperity is." ”