Chapter 615 Weifu Private Interview

When the people heard Wang Ping'an's shout, they all stopped and looked this way. The young man said, "It's just to beg for water, not to arrest us." I'll just say, I didn't violate the king's law, why arrest us! ”

But the old people said: "It doesn't matter if you have violated the king's law or not, if you are arrested, you will be arrested, how can the officials be reasonable!" ”

The people nodded together and whispered: "Yes, how can an official be reasonable, can a reasonable person be an official!" ”

said so, but no one dared to move the place anymore, for fear of offending the officials, they could only wait for Wang Ping'an and them to come.

Wang Ping'an ran to the front, got off the horse, and smiled at the people: "The villagers have worked hard, you came here to fetch water, and there is no well at home?" ”

The people looked at each other, no one dared to come up and talk, they had never dealt with the officials, even the small officials had not seen a few, at most the small officials came to urge the grain and raised their eyebrows at them. The officials who can talk to them with a pleasant face, they have not even seen half of them since they were born!

Che Sitong followed closely, and seeing that the people were stunned, he said loudly: "This is the new Lord of the Assassin King of Benzhou, and the people are not ready to salute!" ”

Although the people don't know about officialdom, but the assassin is the biggest official in the state, they still know, I heard that this young man is the big official among the big officials, they were so scared that they all knelt down, kept kowtowing to Wang Ping'an, and shouted loudly for the big lord of Qingtian, the big lord spared his life.

In the hearts of the people, if they don't kowtow when they see a big official, they have violated the royal law, and if they violate the royal law, they have to be arrested and taken to do heavy work.

Wang Ping'an looked back at Che Sitong and thought: "With these people, I'm afraid I won't be able to ask anything, and if I want to observe the people, it seems that I have to rely on micro-service for private interviews." Alas, it's no wonder that from ancient times to the present, big officials love to engage in micro-service private visits, it's not that they eat too much and want to digest and digest food, but if they don't micro-serve, they really can't visit anything! ”

Wang Ping'an stretched out his hand to help the people and said, "Get up, get up." I have something to ask you. He told the people to get up, looked at the buckets beside them, and asked, "What is the name of this river?" ”

The people still didn't speak, they all waited for others to speak, and no one dared to squeak first.

Che Sitong was afraid that Wang Ping'an would be unhappy, anyway, if it was according to the temper of Ji Tingshi before, if he asked anyone and who didn't answer, then Ji Tingshi would definitely be unhappy, and maybe he would lose his temper. He said: "If you go back to the prince, this river is called Daliang River, and two miles away from here, there is also a Xiaoliang River, which are the two largest rivers in our Gyeongju." ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, I didn't hear of these two rivers in my memory, the geography of the Tang Dynasty was very different from modern times, and even the Yellow River had changed its course countless times, not to mention the big and small rivers...... Not to mention the river, he doesn't know where Gyeongju is modern.

He walked to the side of the bridge and saw that this wooden bridge was very old, but it was well maintained, at least it could walk people, and it seemed that it could still cross the carriage. He walked slowly onto the bridge, beckoned down, and said, "Fellow countrymen, please come up and speak." ”

Che Sitong hurriedly glared at the people and whispered: "Whatever Lord Assassin asks you, you will answer, don't talk nonsense!" ”

Di Renjie snorted beside him and said, "Still talking nonsense, they are all so scared that you can't speak!" ”

Che Sitong's official position is higher than Di Renjie's, but he didn't dare to put on the leader's shelf, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes, yes, it's the official who is wrong, Master Di is right!" ”

Di Renjie smiled: "I didn't blame you, if I want to blame, my eldest brother will blame, where can I get my turn!" He and Qiu Tingxuan walked side by side on the wooden bridge.

Che Sitong was helpless, and thought: "Those who come from Chang'an are all uncles!" Shaking his head, he also got on the bridge.

The people, trembling and unable to make their legs and feet, followed the officials back to the bridge, still carrying their buckets in their hands.

Wang Ping'an looked at the bridge, pointed to the river, and said, "Fellow villagers, why do you take water on the bridge?" Is it because it takes too much effort to lift water on the shore, I see that the embankment has a slope, and after the bucket is put into the water, I am afraid that it will be spilled a lot? ”

The people didn't dare to speak, and when Wang Ping'an saw this, he had to point to the eldest and ask, "Tell me, is it because of this?" ”

The old man had no choice but to speak, and he said: "If you go back to your lordship, the water of this Daliang River is deep and high, so it is indeed not easy to fight when standing on the bank to draw water, but it is different when you stand on the bridge, and you can carry a full bucket of water." The little ones came in groups, and it was enough to bring a rope, which was faster than standing on the shore to draw water. ”

The young man couldn't help it, and said boldly: "The river is sloping, standing on the bank, people are easy to slide down, if the water is not good, people will drown!" ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, only then did he understand, and thought: "I really haven't studied this kind of thing of standing on the bridge to lift water before, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't even be able to think of this situation based on imagination." ”

He asked again, "Usually you have a hard draft, right?" Then you can only water your crops in this way? I can't water a few acres of land this day! ”

The people shook their heads together, and the older people said with bitter faces: "Where can I water a few acres, I can water a few acres of land, it's good." It has to depend on God to make it rain. ”

Wang Ping'an thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid there will be a drought this year, and the water level of the river will be lower, and you will have more difficulty lifting water." By the way, has this big and small river ever dried up and exposed the riverbed? ”

The old people said, "I haven't seen this river exposed, and there has never been a drought." However, when it rains a lot, the river often overflows. ”

"Floods, will they flood farmland and housing?" Wang Ping'an asked.

The people and officials shook their heads together, and the car was four channels: "Prince, our two rivers in Gyeongju are quite peaceful, and there have been no major floods in this dynasty, but due to the water level, it is too laborious to get water, and if you build a canal, it is easy to divert it." It may have been repaired in the former Sui Dynasty, but it may not have been designed, but as a result, the river was diverted, and it caused floods. After that, the canal was never repaired, and the government and the common people were poor, and they had no strength to repair it. ”

Wang Ping'an sighed, it's all about money, the reality is like this, and there is nothing to be done!

He also shook his head, sighed, and comforted the people, asking them to stay in the countryside as much as possible, even if there is a drought this year, the government will help the people according to the new disaster relief law, so that they do not leave easily, and beg for food.

After a few words of comfort, Wang Ping'an let the people leave, and when he left, he asked his subordinates to give the people ten copper coins each, which is considered a consultation fee, which can also be called a convulsion fee. The official only asked a few words, and looking at the appearance of these people, it seemed that they were scared enough.

The people left, but Wang Ping'an didn't move, standing on the bridge, patting the dilapidated railing, and didn't speak for a long time. The officials all stood behind him, looking at Lord Thorn Shi with trepidation. The more silent Wang Ping'an became, the more frightened they became, and it was really difficult to guess what the Duke was thinking. The subordinates can't figure out the boss's thoughts, which is the most terrible thing in the officialdom, which means that the official road is blocked!

After standing straight for nearly two quarters of an hour, Wang Ping'an turned around and said, "Show me which direction Xiaolianghe is." ”

Che Sitong hurriedly stepped forward, pointed to the northwest direction, and said, "It is more than two miles away from here, less than three miles." However, the Xiaoliang River is narrower than the Daliang River, but it is longer, it runs through most of Gyeongju, and there are more villages along the river than here, and the life of the common people is better than here in the Daliang River, and there are fewer people fleeing in disaster years. ”

Wang Ping'an looked in the direction of Xiaoliang River, the woods were blocked, and he couldn't see anything, he frowned, and said, "Forget it, it's estimated that it's not much better than here, so I won't look at it." I just came to Gyeongju, and I can't manage too many things, so I can only take care of the city first, let's go into the city and take a look! ”

He got off the wooden bridge, got on his horse, and headed back into the city, with the officials following behind.

Entering Gyeongju City again, Wang Ping'an pointed to the dilapidated houses on both sides of the street and said, "What is the first thing outsiders see when they enter the city?" It can't be the Thorn Mansion, but these houses facing the street. Lord Che, and everyone, look at what this house has broken into, and there are urine marks and feces in some corners...... Is this like a saying, when outsiders go into the city and see this look, and then they see the appearance of the Assassin's Mansion, what do you think they will think? ”

Other officials slowed down their mounts, and they could get as far away from Wang Ping'an as they could, but they couldn't hide from Che Sitong, so they could only listen hard, and he thought: "We can't be blamed for this, not only in Gyeongju, but also in other states and counties?" ”

Gyeongju City is the county seat of Heshui, Di Renjie is the county magistrate here, a serious local administrator, he is also very dissatisfied with this situation in the city, and said: "There should be shops at the gates of the city everywhere, this is a good place to do business, a place for goods distribution, Chang'an is like this, you know Zhuque Street, that is the first sight of outsiders after entering Chang'an." ”

As a Shangguan, Di Renjie has a great sense of leadership, and what leaders are best at is nothing more than speaking, speaking to their subordinates, and their subordinates have to listen.

He added: "Suzaku Street gives outsiders the feeling that there are only two words, that is, prosperity. It is precisely because of the prosperity that businessmen from all over the world know that they can make money doing business in Chang'an, so they are willing to start trading in Chang'an. If there is a lot of business, someone has to work, and the locals have work to do, and they have money to make ends meet, so that when it doesn't rain, the people's homes will be cut off, and they won't flee to beg. Therefore, the work on the façade still has to be done! ”

Qiu Tingxuan also said: "Yes, at least the street can't be full of feces!" ”

Che Sitong thought to himself: "It's just that Lord Assassin Shi scolds us, who will make him official!" Although you two are county magistrates, you are smaller than my official position, and you dare to teach me a lesson, how can this be true! ”

It doesn't matter what he thinks in his heart, the important thing is that he doesn't dare to say it. Che Sitong said with a smile: "The countrymen of Gyeongju can't be compared with the people of Chang'an. This is going to talk about the house...... This really can't be said, the people are poor, let them repair the houses, they can't afford to repair it, as for the one on the side of the street, this filth, in the past, there was a pickup, transported out of the city to make fertilizer, but this year there is going to be a drought, how can the people still have the heart to fertilize the field, even if it is fertilized, there is no water and can not grow crops, the fertilizer needed is less, naturally no one will pick it up, so ......"

Wang Ping'an didn't listen to his explanation, waved his hand and said: "In short, it's just a sentence, all the responsibility is because God doesn't rain, and it has nothing to do with you officials, right?" ”

Che Sitong not only had a numb scalp, but even his eyebrows were numb, he had never seen such a difficult boss, he said: "I dare not shirk my responsibility." However, it is not ...... This natural disaster ......" He couldn't say any more, turned around and glared at the officials fiercely, you don't speak again, be careful to turn around and I'll clean you up!

The officials had no choice but to harden their scalps, and they all said: "Yes, yes, this natural disaster has fallen, there is really no way, and the lowly officials are really helpless!" ”

Wang Ping'an snorted twice, quite dissatisfied with the officials in Gyeongju, these people are too mixed up, see how they fix them.

Along the street, I walked a little way, and then I saw a few prosperous places, the merchants are relatively concentrated, it is a big market in Gyeongju, there can be 100 merchants, and Kim Sam-quan's store is also here.

When the merchants saw a large crowd of officials coming, they thought, "Isn't it possible that on the first day of his tenure, the king came with so many men to collect taxes?" ”

Jin Sanquan was the leader, leading a group of large and small businessmen, and ran out to greet Wang Ping'an and the officials. The people in the Gyeongju officialdom, including petty officials like Choi Dawei, all looked down on the businessmen, and when they saw the businessmen running over and stammering, no one got off the horse, they all looked at Kim Sam-quan and them proudly. As long as it is not an occasion for merchants to pay money, they will never look at these merchants squarely.

Wang Ping'an was very polite, got off the horse, greeted the merchants, talked and laughed with them, and even asked the merchants to point out their own shops, there were a few shops, he actually went in and walked around, and bought a few things.

This pretentiousness is "too easy-going" in the eyes of officials, but in the eyes of businessmen, they all feel that Wang Tingshi is simply a model of loving the people like a son, the master of Qingtian, a capable minister, and an alternate candidate for the first prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. Anyway, what do businessmen think of Wang Ping'an, how pleasing to the eye!

After inspecting the city, Wang Ping'an returned to the Assassin's Mansion and reprimanded the officials, then the meeting was dismissed, and after he ate the dinner, he changed into civilian clothes, called Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan, and asked them to go out of the city with him and go to Weifu for a private visit.

The three of them rode their horses, and when they left the city, it was already dark.

Di Renjie said: "Big brother, it's been such an hour, I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to the city tonight, do you want to spend the night outside the city?" ”

Qiu Tingxuan also said: "I'm afraid that I will be able to stay at the people's homes." ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Let's go to the river first, I want to think about the canal repair, if we want to solve this year's drought, I'm afraid we have to do a lot of things!" ”