Chapter 511: Make Up Your Mind
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The sound of footsteps came, and there was also the sound of knives and guns colliding during the period, and the people gathered outside the restaurant began to exclaim, and some people began to shout, for example, loud scolding also appeared, telling the people around to dodge, and the government was handling cases here, etc.
Su Tiancheng's face finally changed, and he said that the officials were bastards, which can also be explained, the quality of the officials was originally like that, and the officials in many places were originally composed of gangsters, bullying the weak, without the slightest social status, they knew that they were bullying ordinary people, but they could hear the voices outside, obviously there were many people here, and they were armed with weapons, could it be said that the Yamen of Xingping County was such a style of doing things, and all the officials were a virtue.
This is really the case, and the situation faced by Su Tiancheng is extremely bad.
It can be regarded as Su Tiancheng's good luck, on this day, there are really a lot of officials in the town, all because the new prefect has taken office, and the prefects and counties around are a little panicked, thinking about cleaning up the nearby market town, so as not to be discovered by the prefect and blame it, but it can't bear it, no matter what, to be able to keep the official hat, it is always ten million times stronger than ordinary people.
When Su Tiancheng and the others walked out of the restaurant, they saw a terrifying scene.
Many sergeants in military uniforms rushed over, because in front of the restaurant, there were many people watching the excitement, and the sergeants were unceremonious, and they moved against these people, punching and kicking, and even slashing people with the back of their knives.
Su Tiancheng's face turned pale, this is the Shaanxi he leads, this is the style of grassroots officials in Shaanxi, in such a situation. The common people don't want to rebel, what way out can they have.
The sergeants in military uniforms looked like the sergeants of the Inspection Division.
The two officials at the front pointed at Su Tiancheng and shouted.
"My lord, these are these people, these people are rogues. To rebel ......"
Su Tiancheng raised his head and smiled.
For a while, the surroundings were quiet, and the sergeants who rushed to the opposite side of Su Tiancheng were a little at a loss, they didn't know that since they were rogues, why were they so arrogant.
The person next to the two officials, wearing inspection clothes, is obviously the leader.
He looked at Su Tiancheng. didn't speak for a while, probably because of Su Tiancheng's temperament, which made him feel that something was wrong.
Seeing that everyone was quiet, Su Tiancheng spoke slowly.
"It's interesting, it's really interesting, since we're sure we're rogues, do we still need to explain that we're rebelling, just rush up and cut it down. I don't know if you have met Lu Dao and seen Liukou, just your virtue. Thinking about exterminating the rogues, the official sees that you are worthy of bullying the people, and you are really a guy who has more than enough to do. ”
Everyone was stunned, Su Tiancheng claimed to be his own official, which was not said casually.
The faces of the few officials who were caught changed their faces. The first arrogant servant opened his mouth without giving up.
"You, you rogues, dare to pretend to be court officials, my lord, they are rogues. It's really a rogue, oops, it hurts......"
Wang Dazhi kicked the official in the stomach and made the official kneel.
Su Tiancheng looked at these sergeants in front of him coldly and spoke, but this time, his tone changed.
"Who are you, report your identity yourself."
The lead inspector unconsciously spoke.
"I am the patrol ...... of Xingping County"
"Zhilu said, then you can tell me, why did you rush over with the sergeants, and why did you beat the people innocently."
"This, this, this official was ordered to arrest the rogue."
"What do you mean, we are rogues, what evidence do you have?"
The inspector's face was red, he was rarely questioned like this, and he was a little annoyed and angry.
"Who are you, why do you ask the official, the official sees that you are suspicious, escort you to the county seat, if you dare to resist, there will be no mercy for killing......"
Before the words of the inspection were finished, Wang Dazhi quickly stepped forward, and between the calcium carbide firelight, the inspection was slapped a few times, and the steel knife in his hand was also handed over by Wang Dazhi.
"Just because you also cooperate with the adults to talk like this, look for death......"
Wang Dazhi said this sentence coldly, which made everyone silent.
"Kneel down for me, or the Jiangning battalion will have to enforce military law."
Like a thunderbolt from the sky, many sergeants, hearing the title of Jiangning Battalion, began to tremble, the timid sergeant threw away the steel knife in his hand, knelt down without hesitation, even if he was bold, looked at his companions around, also threw down the steel knife in his hand, and knelt down.
Su Tiancheng ignored the sergeant kneeling in front of him, and spoke with his fists in front of many people.
"I am Su Tiancheng, the governor of Shaanxi Province, who has been in office in Shaanxi Province for less than two months, this is the governor of Xi'an Prefecture, Qu Qingze, we really can't imagine that the officials under the rule treat the people like this, it's all our fault, we have seen a lot of situations in the town, the people's lives are too bitter, so that we have no shame to face ah."
There are more and more people gathered, Wang Dazhi is a little anxious, who knows if there are rogues in the road, take advantage of this time to launch an attack, if Su Tiancheng is harmed, it will be troublesome.
Su Tiancheng gently pushed away Wang Dazhi, who was standing in front.
"Fathers and fellow villagers, the government's inaction has caused harm to everyone, I apologize to everyone here, such a situation cannot continue to happen in the future, this is a typical official forced rebellion, in other words, I am so exploited by the government, I also want to rebel, and I also want to take refuge in the rogue, at least I have something to eat, at least I don't worry about being wronged by the government, from today on, the government will do a complete change, if you meet such a situation, although you go directly to the governor's yamen to complain, I will definitely make decisions for everyone."
The people here, that is, the most basic people, most of them are farmers, and they can't imagine that they can meet the governor, and many people can't believe that everything in front of them is true.
Looking at Wang Dazhi's increasingly anxious expression, Su Tiancheng knew that he couldn't stay here for too long, in case he really met a small group of rogues, it would indeed be troublesome.
"Master Qu, these servants have been handed over to you, what to do, you can do it."
Su Tiancheng left surrounded by everyone, leaving the stunned people in the town.
For a long time, the people in the town were still talking about the fact that they had met the governor, and when they saw the governor getting angry and severely punishing the bullying officials, what made these people even more unbelievable was that the officials who were full of evil were cut off on the spot, and a day later, the magistrate of Xingping County came to the town to personally announce the policy to the people and apologize to the people.
Su Tiancheng returned directly to the governor's yamen, other places, there is no need to see it, the situation is like this in the town, needless to say in other places, I don't know how bad the situation should be.
On the way back, Su Tiancheng had already made up his mind that he must start reform, and it was a thorough reform, the understanding of the government and officials did not change, everything could not be done, even if it was to grasp the development of the economy, it would have no effect, that is, prosperity on the surface, and the bottom was still the same.
Thorough reform, the resistance to seeing is conceivable, but these difficulties cannot stop Su Tiancheng, if it cannot fundamentally change many situations, the Ming Dynasty will eventually fall to the ground.
After returning to the governor's yamen, Su Tiancheng had a long talk with Qu Qingze, Su Pingyang, Zhu Xianxuan, Zhu Youxiang and others, and his ideas must be supported by many prefects, and everyone must implement them.
At this time, opposing voices also appeared, and as Su Tiancheng expected, the opponent was Chen Yutai.
Chen Yutai believes that the corruption of the government and officials can be rectified vigorously, but the land policy, the establishment of the guard and other matters are all major policies of the imperial court, and they cannot be moved, even if they want to move, they also need to get the emperor's permission, otherwise it will be a rebellion. What made Su Tiancheng even more annoyed was that Chen Yutai believed that everything was fine at present, and such a thing happened in Shaanxi because of the wanton raids of the Liukou, as long as the Liukou could be exterminated, many things would be solved naturally.
Su Tiancheng and Chen Yutai argued for more than an hour, Chen Yutai naturally said that Su Tiancheng couldn't do it, but he didn't change his understanding, and still insisted, thinking that the ancestral system could not be changed.
Through the debate with Chen Yutai, Su Tiancheng was reminded that the biggest obstacle to reform came from the imperial court and the government, and in this case, it was necessary to think carefully about every step and not make mistakes.
It took two days for Su Tiancheng to write the secret fold and send it to the capital.
On how to start the reform, Su Tiancheng basically thinks alone, all parts of Shaanxi, are beginning to sow winter wheat, the first thing to see is the land problem, a lot of annexed land, no one cultivates, looking barren, on the other hand, farmers who want to farm land, but there is no land to cultivate.
This is an opportunity to kick-start reform.
After a day, Su Tiancheng thought of a way to deal with it, this method had already been used, but it was just a method used in the early days of the establishment of the dynasty.
Officials of Shaanxi Province above the fourth grade, including the prefects, prefectures, and counties of Fuzhou County, received notices and went to Xianyang for a meeting.
Qu Qingze, Su Pingyang and others knew the meaning of the meeting, but the vast majority of officials did not understand what the meeting meant, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, and many officials believed that it was the time to sow winter wheat, and the officials were very busy.
Officials from all over the country have arrived in Xianyang, and Su Tiancheng has severely punished the officials in Xingping County, they all know about the matter, and everyone is a little worried, I don't know if Lu Dao, the newly appointed governor, is going to open the knife to many officials. (To be continued......)