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In a tile house in Renhe County, Hangzhou, it was full at this time, and there were even many people standing.

This washer is said to be the most common entertainment place in the Song Dynasty, most of the people on this performance are some folk people with unique skills, which is also a proof of the development of the Song Dynasty, there will be a supply, everyone has a lot of money to spend, these entertainment places will come into being, if everyone has endless work, every day is tired to no, ghosts come here.

And this Washe can be said to be the largest in Renhe County, very famous in the whole of Hangzhou, and the people who come here are generally some slightly wealthy people, similar to the white-collar workers of later generations, and the people of the lower class rarely come here.

But today, there are really a mixture of people sitting here, there are talented people, there are sons, there are hunters, there are farmers, and even turtle fathers, except for prisoners, there are people from all walks of life.

If others don't know, it has to be a big coffee to attract so many people.

However, this is not the case.

But there were two young men dressed as scholars standing on the stage, both of them were dignified, the one on the left who was a little shorter was a little older, about twenty-seven or eighteen, and the one on the right was only about twenty.

There was still a person standing among them, this person was none other than Ouyang Che, he first pressed his hand to silence everyone, and when the audience was quiet, he asked the one on the left: "Brother Wenjing, I don't know how you think you should revitalize Renhe County and let the people of Renhe County live a prosperous life." ”

The young man named Wen Jing faced everyone and said calmly: "Agricultural tax." Our Renhe County has fertile land and abundant water, which is our advantage. However, recently, the arable land in our county has been decreasing, and the number of hungry people has been increasing, and I have to say that there is no natural disaster. This is a very strange phenomenon, not that there is no land to plant, but that no one wants to cultivate, why would those hungry people rather starve than pick up the acres of abandoned fertile land?

Is there anything more painful about hunger in the world? Yes, that's a harsh tax. It is precisely because of the extremely unreasonable taxes that the people of Renhe County are reluctant to farm, because if they don't plant, they will starve, and if they plant, starvation will be secondary, and they may still be in debt. There are even many people who have lost their families because of farming. The fundamental reason for this qiē is that those taxes, in addition to the imperial court's Dingkou tax and two taxes, there are many, many unknown taxes, which are added by those corrupt officials themselves, not only that, but what is even more chilling is that those corrupt officials and big landlords collude with each other. On the one hand, they raised the tax price of agricultural implements, forced the people to borrow usury from the big landlords, and if they could not afford to pay it back, they had to mortgage the land to the big landlords. However, in order to conceal the land, the big landlords rented the land to the people, so that the people could bear the tax, so that many people were afraid of the land. Therefore, if you want the people of Renhe County to become rich, you must remove these harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Encourage the peasants to go to the fields to cultivate, severely criticize the big landlords who use usury to persecute the peasants, investigate and deal with those nameless farmland, and prevent them from annexing the peasants' land by illegal means, because land is the foundation of our peasants. Wen Jing hereby assures you. If he can become the chief secretary of this county, Wen Jing will definitely assist the county magistrate to return my benevolence and the people of the county to a bright future. ”

"Good!"

"Well said!"

Bang Bang Bang!

As soon as the words were finished, the audience immediately applauded, and the cheers rose higher and higher.

"Thank you, thank you for your support." Wen Jing bowed his hand and thanked him.

When the applause dissipated, Ouyang Che smiled at the person on the right and asked, "Brother Shui Qing, what do you think Wen Jing said?" ”

The man on the right said with a smile: "I think Wen Jing is right, the people take food as the sky, so they must rectify the agricultural tax, but I don't know if you have ever thought about it, why have the successive magistrates focused their eyes on this agricultural tax?" That is because the rest of the taxes in Renhe County are too low, especially the commercial tax, so the successive magistrates will find out to increase the agricultural tax in order to highlight their political achievements. Our Renhe County not only has fertile land and sufficient waters, but also has very convenient water and land transportation, which can be said to extend in all directions, which is also our advantage, and we should grasp this advantage, and the convenience brought by transportation is business. You must know that even if the agricultural tax is reduced, then we can only achieve self-sufficiency, which is far from enough, and we in Renhe County should never be satisfied with this, otherwise we will fail the gift of God to us. We should get more wealth, and if we want to do so, we can only focus on agriculture and supplement it with commerce, which is also in line with the economic construction of the economy. ”

Ouyang Che said with a smile: "Since Brother Shui Qing mentioned the economic construction of the economic envoy, he is also a member of the Commerce Bureau, I want to ask you, how can I make the business development of Renhe County?" ”

Shui Qing arched his hand and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." I've been living in Ninwa Prefecture since I was born, and that's my advantage and my disadvantage, and I dare to say that I know no less about Ninwa Prefecture than all of you here, and my disadvantage is that I haven't seen anything of the world and don't know the prosperity of Tokyo. Fortunately, it is not the election of Tokyo officials today. ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

Shui Qing said: "I know that the current strength of our Renhe County is limited, and we can't come up with a lot of money, so we must use the financial resources of outsiders, which has to mention the transportation advantages I just mentioned, we can focus on the development of this aspect, whether it is to the south, or to the north, there is not only one road, pedestrians are nearby to choose the road, how to attract those pedestrians to our Renhe County, then I have to provide them with convenience, what convenience, outsiders come here, they have to do the first thing, It must be to find a place to stay, which is what everyone who goes out must encounter, and it is also the most annoying thing for them. We can start from this aspect, such as choosing the best location near the wharf and road, building new inns and wine shops, so that those merchants come to our Renhe County without worrying about food and clothing, feel at home, all in all, we want to take out the best to provide those merchants, when those merchants feel the enthusiasm of the people of our Renhe County, as well as absolutely reasonable and convenient hospitality, they will choose to pass from our Renhe County, when there are more and more merchants in the past, our income will also grow. Once our prefecture becomes bustling and lively, there will be merchants who come to us to do business, and it won't be long before we can experience the prosperity of Tokyo in Ninwa Prefecture, and I hope to witness this day with all of you. ”

Ouyang Che nodded frequently when he heard this. He arched his hand and said: "Brother Shui Qing is high, Ouyang has been taught." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare."

And the cheers below are also continuous and deafening.

In a private seat on the upper left of Vasher, a handsome boy also stood up and applauded, this person was Bai Qiannuo, who was disguised as a woman. Beside him sat Zheng Yi, Qin Hui, and Han Shizhong.

It turned out that this was an election for the post of chief secretary of Renhe County, and it was also the last debate, and those people were representatives selected from all walks of life in Renhe County, and they would vote as soon as the debate competition was over.

This scene appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, which really had to be surprising! The man behind this qiē is none other than Richie. Who else could there be. Jiangnan was punished so many officials at once, and he had to wait for the imperial court to send people to come, so I really don't know what year and month it would take, and one or two could be ignored, but so many official positions were vacant there, and if they didn't send someone to fill in in time, it would really be a big mess. Therefore, Song Huizong, whom Li Qi persuaded, directly selected materials from the local area, and the person who signed up must be a local talent, so that the imperial court can also convey a good message to the people in Jiangnan, that is, scholars are still the most important class in the imperial court, and if you want to enter the official career, you still have to study.

Moreover, most of these talents were famous for writing articles to criticize corrupt officials during the Jiangnan Rebellion, so. There were a lot of people who embraced them from the beginning.

Zheng Yi saw that Bai Qiannuo was so excited, and said with a smile: "Qi Niang, are you cheering for him or for the economic envoy." ”

Bai Qiannuo's face was slightly red, and he said, "If these words come out of the mouth of the eldest brother." I will only feel mediocre, who am I cheering for, you say? ”

"The White Lady is really in a word, and Qin thinks the same way." Qin Hui laughed, stroked his beard, and said to Zheng Yi: "Erlang, I didn't ask you to come to the wrong place, if you go to Chen Dong's side, you may not be able to hear the wonderful remarks." ”

"Maybe it's even more exciting over there." Zheng Yi laughed, and said: "I still remember that when this novel electoral system just began, those people came up and said either Confucius or Mencius, and after talking for a long time, the people didn't understand a word, but now it's much more interesting, and they all understand that if you want the people to vote for them, then you must make a guarantee that it is beneficial to the people, and use the most simple and affordable language to win the support of the people, not the words of the sages." ”

Bai Qiannuo nodded and said: "That's right, if the eldest brother is also a voter, he will definitely not vote for those who often talk about Confucius and Mencius, he is the most annoying." ”

Qin Hui waved his hand and said: "You can't say that, the words of the sage are to help improve self-cultivation, but now is the time for you to show your talent to the outside world, you take out the words you say to yourself and say them to others, this is extremely inappropriate, you can't say that the words of the sage are wrong, but you have to pick the right time to say it." ”

Zheng Yi nodded and said, "The inspector is reasonable. ”

Bai Qiannuo smiled and said, "Inspector, if you can persuade the eldest brother to accept this set, then I will obey you." ”

Qin Hui said extremely modestly: "The White Lady is elevated, I don't have this ability, in terms of eloquence, I am by no means the opponent of adults, in the end I must be the one who is convinced." ”

Han Shizhong, who was on the side, laughed happily a few times and said: "Han Moujiewufu, although he doesn't understand these big truths, but the economy makes this unique electoral system eye-catching. In the past, all dynasties used officials to elect officials, and many officials first considered whether the person would be helpful to them, rather than the country and the people, resulting in many people often bribing those big officials every year in order to be officials. Nowadays, the people are used to elect officials, and the people also consider their own interests, so if you want to be promoted, you must put the people in the front, not the officials, which is of great benefit to the people. ”

Bai Qiannuo listened to it with a smile in his heart, and said with a smile: "General Han, if you see your eldest brother one day, you will definitely not be disappointed." ”

Zheng Yi shook his head with a wry smile and said: "General Han is very right, in fact, it is not difficult to see from the debate competition in the past few days that they are all using their brains to think about how to make the people live a prosperous life, so that their remarks are becoming more and more exciting day by day, and becoming more practical day by day, but unfortunately, this is only used to fill the vacancy in the officialdom temporarily, not a long-term solution." ”

Qin Hui said: "That's not true, if this time is successful, we will have a reason to play the imperial court and use this system in some poorer counties." However, this will not be on the table after all. ”

The reason is very simple: feudal society can never make this kind of democratic election the norm, and it can only be used as an emergency.

At this time, one of Han Shizhong's personal soldiers walked up and saluted: "General Qiyu, there is a letter from Tokyo." (To be continued)