Chapter 1245: Openness and Transparency
Speaking of which, these ordinary people are really easier to fool, no matter the reason you use, whether it is good intentions or yes, as long as you let them know and give them hope, of course, if you can give them some practical benefits, it will be better.
It's just that Zhang Fan's handling of these silvers made the people complain, but what Zhang Fan did was that they couldn't find any faults, so no one made any noise anymore.
However, Ding Youyang and his group were very, very unhappy about this matter, not only did they not get to Zhang Fan, but they also took 800,000 taels of silver in vain, of course, if they really love money like their lives, they can also get this silver back in the future, but if they dare to do this, I am afraid that they don't need the government to come forward, just the people in Yongning City, it is definitely enough for them to drink a pot.
In the end, what method did Zhang Fan use, and this silver could not be returned to the people, I don't know how much money they have, and there is no way to pay it back, so Zhang Fan is very simple, not a penny is handed over to the people, and the 900,000 taels of silver are all placed in the yamen, let Mao Zhengqing manage it, but this is not immovable, but all used on the people.
This time, those 20,000 people didn't do anything out of the ordinary in Yongning Mansion, which was also a reason why Zhang Fan and they were able to make these people surrender without killing them, but what they did brought was not only these, but also one point, that is, Yongning Mansion basically did not suffer any damage.
There may have been a few families whose homes were disturbed, or a lot of things were broken, but not a single house was damaged at all, and there was no fire, in short, none of these things were damaged, that is, after the liberation of Yongning Mansion, the people returned to their homes, and they only needed to clean up and continue to live, and there was nothing to repair.
In this way, the cost of post-war reconstruction will be infinitely close to zero, but these are not the point, the point is that in this way, the money will not be used for this, otherwise, this must be a waste, and, in this kind of thing, how much corruption will be there, Zhang Fan knows it clearly.
In short, the current situation is the best.
And this silver, since there is no need to save a lot in this regard, however, this is not the main thing, Zhang Fan in public, to these people, but also to Mao Zhengqing, said, this silver will still be used on the people, if any family wants to repair the house, buy something, or even marry a daughter-in-law, as long as you go to the yamen to say, you can get a sum of silver according to the situation.
Speaking of which, in the past, the government and the court would also spend money for the people, but it was definitely not like this, most of them were repairing rivers, houses and other things, but it was absolutely impossible to hand over the money to the people to do it themselves.
And Zhang Fan's decision can be seen how surprised they are.
Not only that, Zhang Fan also said very clearly that this money was taken out by those big families in the city and given to the people in the city, so that it would be absolutely impossible for these people to ask for this silver back, and the most important thing is not these, in this way, this silver is considered a personal donation, and in this case, even the imperial court has no way to control this matter, and it will put an end to corruption.
Handed over to Mao Zhengqing, Zhang Fan is naturally relieved, people can deceive people, but the file in black and white will not, that is to say, although Mao Zhengqing is a little cowardly, but he is definitely not a corrupt official, hand over this silver to him for care and distribution, Zhang Fan will definitely rest assured.
However, Zhang Fan is relieved, it doesn't mean that other people will rest assured, just like the people in this Yongning Mansion, some people have come into contact with Mao Zhengqing, but they also understand Mao Zhengqing's personality, but most of the people still haven't had any dealings with Mao Zhengqing, not to mention, Mao Zhengqing's appearance on weekdays is clearly not a good official, even if he is decent inside, but the appearance is already misunderstood, so no matter how Zhang Fan guarantees, The people below don't believe it either.
Therefore, Zhang Fan did not spend any effort on how to make the people believe in Mao Zhengqing, and he once again made one thing for this matter.
First of all, Zhang Fan asked people to move the silver here, in front of so many people, the number is clear, although there are more than 900,000 taels, but the boxes are stacked, and it is very convenient to count them, but Zhang Fan has a purpose in doing this, therefore, this time is very meticulous, and even a few extra pennies are counted clearly, and in front of so many people, it is not possible to fake it at all.
At last they counted, a total of ninety-one thousand two hundred and twenty-six taels of silver, and thirty-nine pennies, not much and not much.
However, it is clear that these people do not know what they are going to do with this.
However, Zhang Fan then explained to them that the amount of this silver would be posted at the yamen so that all the people in the city could see it clearly, and in the future, once someone used it, how much it was used, even if it was a small amount, it should be written clearly and pasted at the yamen, so that the people could see with their own eyes where the silver was used and whether anyone was greedy or not.
This is another thing that has never been heard of, when the government has told the people, whether they are greedy or not, there has never been a precedent for saying these things to the people.
But this time, Zhang Fan did this, although it did surprise the people present, but after being surprised, they understood that it was really good to do this, yes, in this way, the use of this silver is all public, who used how much, all can be seen at a glance, so that once someone wants to be greedy, once the time comes, once the account is not paid, it will be exposed all of a sudden.
Of course, some people may say that if someone really covets something, it will not be visible in the numbers, but the silver is really missing, and the silver cannot be counted every day, and what should be done if there is such a situation?
This point, Zhang Fan also said, this matter, not only Mao Zhengqing is supervising, Jinyiwei will not let go, once someone dares to do this, immediately send someone to find out this matter, find out who did this, it is necessary to let him spit it out, and there will be additional punishment.
Maybe some ordinary people don't know how capable Jinyiwei is, but they absolutely understand, but everyone who is an official is afraid of Jinyiwei, and for them, although it is not clear what Zhang Fan's personality is, but the first impression that Zhang Fan gives them now is really good, so they also believe Zhang Fan's words.
In short, this matter can now be considered solved.
Although the people haven't gotten the money yet, even if they have money, the price of things in Yongning Mansion is not how much they can afford to buy, and the current appearance of Yongning Mansion is now that there is food, perhaps, if you want to eat meat, it is a little troublesome, but it is not yet the time when you can't get by.
In short, in this case, Zhang Fan can be regarded as having done this matter, and although the people still have something unspeakable, no one opposes this matter, not to mention, Zhang Fan has said that this silver will eventually be used on them, of course, even for the words said by the government, the people may be a little tired, but they can't think of a better way now.
Divide the silver equally, and no one will give out ninety-two taels, this is indeed a way for them to applaud, but when that time comes, no one will suffer any trouble because of this, even if Zhang Fan doesn't say it, they can think of it.
"Lord Zhang," and on the way back, Feng Bao had something to ask Zhang Fan, "How did Lord Zhang come up with this method, and actually asked the imperial court to post the amount of silver used into a notice, so that the people could see it at a glance,"
"What's the matter," Zhang Fan didn't answer Feng Bao's words immediately, but replaced them with a curious look, looked at him, and asked, "Is it difficult to say, does my father-in-law think it's not good to do this?"
"Well......" Faced with Zhang Fan's question, Feng Bao thought for a while and said, "The government told the people how much silver there was, and this kind of thing is indeed unprecedented, and besides, the government needs to worry about the people."
"It's just that if you want to do it here, then it's nothing, if you really talk about it, no matter what the court spends on weekdays, like this kind of thing now, it should be really beneficial to do this, after all, the money belongs to the people, since you say that you want to give it to you, then you can't move it, and it's not wrong to let them look at their own money.
"Moreover, once it comes to money, these people will never be ambiguous, once someone dares to make any ideas, they can be seen immediately, so it's good,"
"In this case, that is to say......" Zhang Fan looked at Feng Bao and said, "My father-in-law agreed to do this,"
"Well, our family naturally has no reason to object," Feng Bao nodded, agreeing with Zhang Fan's words, "Besides, Lord Zhang's words also gave our family an idea, wait for our family to go back and think about it, and then talk to the Queen Mother, see if the mother agrees, if she agrees, it will also be a great thing,"