Chapter 65 See the big and go far
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The Star King secretly scolded Xia Xiang for his cunning in his heart, he knew very well what the purpose of Xia Xiang's move was, and he also took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, ......"
Without waiting for the Star King to finish speaking, the emperor waved his hand lightly: "Needless to say, if I can't have fun with all the people, what's the use of being this emperor?" Disembarked! β
With the support of Changguan, the emperor got off the dragon boat, and when he walked for a short time, he came to the field. The farmers in the fields were still busy, and no one cared about the arrival of the emperor.
Chang Guan cleared his throat and wanted to loudly announce that the emperor had arrived, but was stopped by the emperor. The emperor turned to the people and said, "Do not disturb the people, and do not trample on the fields." Remember, remember. β
Coming to a child about seven or eight years old in tattered clothes and snotty, the emperor bent down and asked, "How old are you?" What is your name? β
"I'm eight years old, and my name is Yang Guanren." The child looked at the emperor a few times, "Who are you?" Why come to my field? Oh, don't trample on my ground. If the ground is bad, I won't have food, clothes, or school next year. β
The emperor hurriedly took a step back and smiled: "Yang Guanren? Good name, do you want to be an official in the future? Why should you live outside the city? How nice it is in town. β
"You're an out-of-towner, aren't you? It's stupid to know nothing. Yang Guanren looked up at the emperor innocently, wiped his nose with the index finger of his right hand, wiped his snot on his body, and said, "I want to be an official, and I want to be an official like Xia County." Why live outside the city? Because the house was taken away. Originally, my family was not short of food, but since the government did not allow me to borrow money to grow grain, I have repaid my debts every year, and after three years of repayment, my house and fields have been gone, and I can only live outside the city. If it weren't for Xia Xianzun and Lian Niangzi, my father and mother said that this winter we would either freeze to death and starve to death outside the city, or die in other places. β
The emperor's face turned red, although he had already heard about the disaster of the new law, but after hearing the truth told by the naΓ―ve child, he still couldn't help but be ashamed. The trouble of the new law is not all on Hou Pingpan alone, he also believed that the new law will benefit the country and the people. Later, he realized the problem with the new law, and when he wanted to stop it, the Star King and Hou Pingpan were already sitting big, and he wanted to abolish it, but he was already powerless.
Hou Pingpan's face turned pale, and he said to Xia Xiang: "Xia Zhixian is so clever, hum, it's a pity that it's in vain." β
Xia Xiang smiled indifferently: "Hou Xianggong has won the award, compared with Hou Xianggong, the lower officials are still too far behind." The lower officials do not have any clever means, they only know the truth that the people's hearts are like iron and the people's hearts are like heaven. It doesn't matter whether the lower officials have wasted their efforts in vain, they just let the people eat enough and wear warm clothes, so that they will not be frozen and starved to death. The so-called love for the people is like a son, not to talk about what is written in the book, not to stand on the court and sing carols, but to bend over, really mingle with the people, really know the suffering of the people, really think about the people, and live up to the ambition of my generation of scholars - I hope that the people will be full of warmth and work hard to go out of the mountains and forests! β
Hou Pingpan's face turned pale, and he wanted to refute a few more words, but he was snatched by Ye Muping and said: "Hou Xianggong, the market is not as good as the court, and the people are not as good as the hundred officials, no matter how big your official is, it doesn't matter if you really think about his livelihood." It is better to hear than to see, to say a thousand things and ten thousand, and the people's word of mouth is the official voice. β
The emperor said with great emotion: "Do you know who these people are standing in front of you? β
Yang Guanren glanced at everyone a few times and shook his head: "I don't know." β
"Ahem, little doll, he is the emperor today." Chang Guan hurriedly stepped forward and said to Yang Guanren seriously, "What do you need, just talk to the emperor, as soon as the emperor opens his golden mouth, he will definitely ensure your glory and wealth." β
"Your Majesty?" Yang Guanren looked the emperor up and down a few times in disbelief, "It's the emperor who sits in the palace and asks the minister why he doesn't eat minced meat?" β
"Don't be rude!" Chang Guan shouted angrily.
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay." The emperor laughed, "I am not Emperor Hui of Jin who does not know the difficulties of people's livelihood, and I also know that it is not easy for people to cultivate the fields. β
"Is the emperor a golden mouth?" Yang Guanren was not afraid of the emperor at all, tilted his head, and looked expectant.
"Exactly."
"Xiaomin implores the emperor to repeal the new law!" Yang Guanren suddenly fell to his knees with a thud, and kowtowed again and again, "I used to grow up in the city, and I wanted clothes and clothes to eat and eat, but later because of the new law, my father borrowed the grain from the government, and it became a ...... without clothes, food, and housing."
The emperor sighed and stretched out his hand to help Yang Guanren: "The suffering of the people is the fault of me." Xia Zhixian, what do you say? β
Xia Xiang took a step forward, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, what Yang Guanren said is true. The minister implored the emperor to repeal the new law! β
Zheng Shan and Zheng Hao also appeared at the same time, and said in unison: "The ministers also implore the emperor to abolish the new law!" β
Ye Muping also took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, there are many homeless people along the way, and they are all displaced because of the new law, and I implore the emperor to abolish the new law." β
Jin Jia Yila saw the king, and when he saw the king, he also said very interestingly: "The minister also implores the emperor to repeal the new law." β
Seeing that the king had come out, King Jing and King Qing also said in unison: "The ministers also implore the emperor to abolish the new law!" β
"Your Majesty, the new law is related to the national system and cannot be easily abolished." Hou Pingpan hurriedly stepped forward, worried that the situation would get out of control.
"Your Majesty, the new law cannot be abolished." The Star King and the Cloud King also joined the ranks of opposing the abolition.
"Your Majesty, the new law must not be abolished, once it is abolished, not only will it be wasted, but it will also be infamous through the ages." Cui Xiang saw that the situation had changed suddenly, and he couldn't take care of it much.
The emperor was silent, and after a long time, he said: "Xia Zhixian, the abolition of the new law is the voice of the people, or is it just a dispute between the court?" β
Xia Xiang took out an object from his sleeve and presented it to him with both hands: "Your Majesty, the will of the people is like heaven and the hearts of the people are like iron, please let the emperor know it." β
"Bring it in."
"Yes."
Chang Guan took a thin piece of paper from Xia Xiang's hand, and he didn't know what it was, and everyone around him also looked at each other, speculating what Xia Xiang had handed over to the emperor.
"What is this?" The emperor took a piece of paper the size of a handkerchief, the paper was full of words, and he said in surprise, "Yuan Xuan Dynasty Newspaper? I've heard a long time ago that there are tabloids circulating in the market, but this is what it is. It's funny, it's the first time I've seen ......."
The emperor's face became a little solemn, and after looking at it for a while, his face was already full of anger, and he suddenly threw the newspaper to Hou Pingpan: "Hou Xianggong, you keep saying that the new law has won the hearts of the people, and everywhere the new law goes, the people will welcome each other." Take a good look at what the people say about the new law......"
Hou Pingpan bent down to pick up the newspaper, and after only a few glances, he hurriedly defended: "Your Majesty, the folk tabloids are just false words in the market, and they can't be taken seriously. The above claims that the people who were victimized by the new law are all fabricated nonsense out of nothing, and Xia Zhi County is based on the folk tabloids, which is a bully to the king. β
The emperor glanced at Xia Xiang lightly: "Xia Zhixian, the person mentioned in the newspaper, but there is indeed a person?" β
Xiao Jia deliberately rushed to produce an issue of "Yuan Xuanchao Bao", which published the different tragic experiences of the displaced people in Zhending City who sold their houses and land due to the new law, and put the experiences of some displaced people into writing with vivid and detailed penmanship. Xia Xiang asked people to deliberately select the most representative and tragic people, including those who sold their children and daughters, those whose wives were separated, those who committed suicide and were disabled due to the new law, and so on.
Xia Xiang had already prepared and replied: "Back to the emperor, the people mentioned in the report are all true, they are all among the displaced people, and the emperor wants to ask him face to face, and he can summon them at any time." β
The emperor turned around and looked at Hou Pingpan: "Hou Xianggong, since you said that the tabloid is just a vain talk in the market, okay, you can choose one of them at random, and Xia Zhixian will let him confront you face to face." β
Hou Pingpan was difficult to ride a tiger, took the newspaper and looked at it a few times: "Where are Kang He and Sun Yang?" β
Xia Xiang beckoned Xiao Wu to come over, Xiao Wu ran a few steps to the middle of the homeless people, and shouted: "Kanghe, Sun Yang, Xia County respects you and has something." β
As soon as the words fell, I saw the two of them coming out of the crowd and trotting all the way to Xia Xiang, both of them were in their forties, with honest faces and old clothes.
Xia Xiang waved his hand: "The emperor is here, why don't you meet the emperor soon." β
When the two heard the emperor, they were so frightened that they fell to their knees, kowtowed again and again, and did not dare to raise their heads. The emperor personally helped the two of them up: "You two don't have to be polite, get up and speak." The newspaper said that because of the new law, one of your wives was separated, and the other sold her sons and daughters, but is there such a thing? β
As soon as the two of them heard the emperor ask about this, they immediately started to say a word. After all, the two of them experienced this matter personally, and they had skin pain, and they were in tears, and the listeners all felt the same way, and they shed tears of sympathy, and even the emperor was wet.
Hou Pingpan was unwilling and ordered two more people. Unexpectedly, the experience of these two people was even more tragic than that of Kang He and Sun Yang, not to mention that everyone couldn't bear to listen to it, even the emperor couldn't bear to listen to it anymore, and waved his hand to prevent the two from talking any more. The emperor's love for the people for a while was great, and he not only rewarded the four people with a large amount of silver, but also exempted Xiajiazhuang from paying taxes for three years.
The four of them turned around and spread the news of the emperor's arrival, and suddenly thousands of homeless people put down their work, knelt down, and shouted long live. Sun Yang took the lead in imploring the emperor to repeal the new law, and the displaced people shouted in unison, and the shouts shook the sky.
The emperor originally had the intention of abolishing the new law, and he was very satisfied that Xia Xiang had done so well, he glanced at Xia Xiang with appreciation, and said: "The new law was originally intended to enrich the people and strengthen the country, but now it has become a law that brings disaster to the country and the people. If a person is not a sage, who can be infallible? Knowing that mistakes can be corrected, and good is great. From now on, repeal the new law! β
"Long live my emperor!" Xia Xiang was extremely relieved for a while, after a lot of hardships and hard work, he finally got the emperor to order the abolition of the new law that displaced hundreds of people, how could it not make people excited? Thinking about how many people in Great Xia will benefit from this, no longer leaving their hometowns, no longer separating their wives, and for the first time, he has the honor of being a parent official.
The faces of the Star King and Hou Pingpan changed, and the eyes of several people fell on Xia Xiang, like sharp arrows trying to pierce Xia Xiang's body. Xia Xiang was suddenly unconscious, and did not take the hostile gazes of several people to heart.
As soon as noon passed, the emperor set off for Xingzhou. Most of the officials from Zhending Prefecture and Zhending County went with him. The group swept out of the south gate of Zhending City and went south along the official road.
Xia Xiang wanted to ride a horse, but because there were too many people in the emperor's entourage and there were not enough horses, he had to take a carriage and a carriage with Lian Ruohan and Cao Shuli. Originally, he and the two beautiful ladies took the same car, and they could be more charming and less tired along the way, but Cao Shujun was not interested, so he had to come up, which made him quite speechless.
Fortunately, the car was spacious and could accommodate six people, so Xia Xiang asked Mantuo and Xiao Jia to also get in the car. Xiao Wu rode a horse and walked with Ye Muping and Jin Jia.
"The new law has finally been repealed, and it should be revealed." Cao Shujun reclined comfortably in the car, leaning back against the soft pillow, sitting next to Xiao Jia, he said lazily, "Xia Langjun, today's matter, done a beautiful job, not only called the emperor's heart, but also destroyed the prestige of the Star King and Hou Pingpan, happy, really happy." β
"Can you have some ambition and take a long-term view?" Xiao Jia glanced at Cao Shujun, "It is a good thing to abolish the new law, but the most important thing at the moment is that the emperor goes to Xingzhou, what if he falls for the star king's plan?" β
"The emperor's affairs, the emperor has his own worries, isn't there still the Star King, King Qing, Ye Zhenren and Mr. Jin Jia by his side? By the way, Song Shilang and Mr. Li also went to Xingzhou first, and I was just a little grass man in cloth. Cao Shujun smiled, but asked Xia Xiang again, "Xia Langjun, you said that since the emperor knew that the Star King had bad intentions, why did he go to Xingzhou?" β
Xia Xiang had been silent since he got into the car, and suddenly thought of something, lifted the curtain and said, "Xiao Wu." β
"Sir, Xiao Wu is here." Xiao Wu immediately leaned in.
"You and Ding Zhutou immediately return to Zhending City and go to Xiajiazhuang." Xia Xiang whispered, "Take Shen Liangren to the county government and wait for the official to come back." β
"Yes." Xiao Wu turned around and found Ding Ke, and Ding Ke left with Xiao Wu without saying a word.
"Why did you leave Shen Liangren in the county office?" Although Lian Ruohan could guess one or two, he didn't know what Xia Xiang wanted.
Xia Xiang smiled slightly: "Don't hide it from the lady, Shen Liangren is a key witness, protect him in case of emergency." Thinking of something again, he asked with a smile, "Does the lady have the emperor's will to convey?" β
"The angel who preaches the message is Shi'er, not me." Lian Ruohan smiled mischievously, "Why is Shi'er gone?" β
"Shi'er and Zhang Hou share a car." Cao Shujun shook his head and sighed, "Zhang Houfei didn't let Shi'er go with us, which is also helpless." But it's okay, Shi'er said that he can help us listen to what Zhang Hou said, so that we can know ourselves and our opponents. β
"I don't have to worry about what Zhang Hou will do to us, I'm just worried about his ......" Xia Xiang didn't want to say what he thought in his heart, but he still said, "I hope Zhang Hou is self-aware and won't become a pawn of the Star King." β