Chapter 155 Open Secrets

"Childe, let me tell you about this slowly." Lin Feng sorted out his thoughts and said, "There are two major surnames on Fujian Road, one is the surname Lin and the other is the surname Chen. The Lin family has the largest number of people, the most widely distributed, and the longest history in Fujian Road. The Chen clan has a large number of people who have entered the court, either as officials or officials, and they are intertwined, forming a huge network surnamed Chen, which is omnipresent, and it can be said that the officialdom of Fujian Road is basically controlled by the Chen clan. The land measurement that Childe said reminds me of a past incident. It was 70 years ago, the imperial court had an inventory of the meridian boundary of Fujian Road, which was from Quanzhou Mansion, and the imperial court appointed Chen Gongliang of Fujian Prison and Zhu Xi of Zhangzhou Zhizhou to set up the meridian boundary of Zhang, Quanzhou and Ting together, but because of the opposition of the powerful and powerful, it could not be implemented, so that the definition of the meridian boundary of the entire Fujian Road could not be carried out, and finally it was not done. Since then, the DPRK and China have simply ignored the meridian boundaries here. ”

"It seems that the meridian boundary problem of Fujian Road has been around for a long time."

"Childe, that's exactly the case. Two years ago, Jia Chenxiang wanted to promote the public land law on Liangzhejiang Road and Fujian Road at the same time, but he was once again resisted by the collective resistance of Fujian Road Haoqiang, but it was still to no avail. After the collapse of the first emperor and the accession of the new emperor, the Ministry of Commerce once again measured the land on Fujian Road, and the local governments were also collectively perfunctory, deceitful, deceived and concealed, all kinds of ways. ”

"Then doesn't the Fujian envoy care? I remember that Shi Hongsheng was not from Fujian, and the laws on land in my dynasty were relatively perfect. ”

"Hehe, Gongzi doesn't know, the real speaker of Fujian Road is not Lord Shi Hongsheng Shi, but the deputy envoy and Xuanfu envoy Chen Xinshu Chen, Lord Chen is also the patriarch of the families surnamed Chen on Fujian Road, these situations have almost become an open secret in the officialdom of Fujian Road. As for the law, I think it's the same for all the other ways, and in a word, it's called nothingness, not the bottom. ”

"It's not all going to be like that, is it?"

"Alas!" Lin Feng sighed, "Son, although my Lin family has lived in Fujian for a long time, they have contacts with people from all walks of life, and they will chat about the customs of various places in their spare time, and the basic situation in various places is the same, the government is corrupt [***], layer by layer, if you are not greedy or corrupt, you will not be able to integrate into it at all, but will be excluded." The laws of our dynasty can only be applied to the common people who have no power or power. ”

I was silent for a moment and said: "This thing will always change, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he is determined to change, although the bad habits in the court are deep-rooted, but I believe that the court will not let it go on like this." ”

"I hope that since the first emperor Duanping changed, this officialdom has become darker and darker."

"By the way, Master Lin, doesn't Shi Hongsheng know these things?"

"Childe, Lord Shi may or may not know."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Gongzi is not an outsider, Lin said something that should not be said, and it was a big mistake for the imperial court to appoint Master Shi as the envoy of Fujian Road. Master Shi is well-versed in literature, but he does not know the way of officialdom at all. In the martial arts of Fujian Road, there is such a saying, four years ago, that is, at the beginning of Shi's tenure, he was robbed by bandits, and happened to be rescued by Chen Xinshu, who went home to save his relatives. When Lord Shi took office, there were many guards with him, and a few bandits naturally did not dare to attack him, and there were no groups of bandits in my Fujian Road, so everyone was privately guessing that these bandits were pretended to be sent by Chen Xinshu. ”

"Is there, there's another story?"

"It's just speculation, no evidence. After the arrival of Lord Shi, he was grateful to Chen Xinshu for saving his life, trusted him very much, and saw that his knowledge was extraordinary, and he knew the situation of Fujian Road well, so he recommended to the imperial court, and let Chen Xinshu serve as a deputy envoy, fully responsible for all government affairs of Fujian Road, Chen Xinshu does have some ability, plus Fujian Road has not been affected by the Mongolian war in recent years, so that the entire Fujian Road has developed rapidly, among which Quanzhou and Fuzhou have also surpassed the ports of the two Zhejiang Road in one fell swoop, and become the top two large ports in our dynasty. In this way, Master Shi is even more relieved that he is only in charge of teaching, so in recent years, the Jinshi people on Fujian Road have been among the best in all directions. It is precisely based on his trust in Chen Xinshu that Master Shi never asks about the government affairs of Fujian Road, so Lin said that it is possible or impossible. ”

I nodded and said, "According to the owner's wishes, does this Chen Xinshu still contribute to Fujian Road?" ”

"It's hard to say." Lin Feng thought for a while and said, "Childe, it depends on what angle you want to look at." Lin gave an inappropriate example, if Chen Xinshu is engaged in an industry that earns 5-10 taels of silver, and Chen Xinshu earns 10 taels of silver, it should be handed over to the treasury for seven taels, and the other three taels are used for local development and construction, but Chen Xinshu only handed over four taels to the treasury for local three taels, but he received three taels of silver, which is one situation, and another situation, Chen Xinshu only earned five taels of silver, handed over to the treasury three taels of silver, and one or two five of the localities, and he did not get a penny, and the son thought that situation was more beneficial to the country? ”

I didn't expect Lin Feng to throw out such a question, how to distribute the interests of the state, the locality, and the individual, which is a question with no standard answer. We can only make a suitable choice from different periods, different places, and according to the pros and cons of the pros and cons, and only the right choice, as for whether it is correct or not, we can only leave it to history to comment on and test.

There are pros and cons to everything, as long as the pros outweigh the cons and don't hurt, it should be the right choice.

Society is inclusive, and it allows all kinds of things to exist, even extreme things such as light and dark, good and ugly.

I suddenly laughed: "Master Lin Zhuang has knowledge, and he is very forward-end. It's just that your question is a question that has no unified answer, and different conclusions will be drawn from different angles. My view is that whatever is beneficial to the country and the people is feasible without violating the law of human development. In any dynasty, only when the country is rich and the people are strong, can it be invincible, so it depends on Chen Xinshu's starting point, what he does is for the country, the people, or for himself. If it is only for his own selfish interests, then no matter how much silver taels he earns, it is not advisable. Moreover, embezzlement is also a violation of the laws of our court, and it should also be punished. ”

"Yes, that makes sense."

I didn't answer directly, and I didn't know if Lin Feng understood, so I continued: "This is a matter for the imperial court, just let them worry about it." ”

Lin Feng also smiled and said, "Childe Gaojian, then we will inform Childe of the other two things as soon as we have news." ”

"Okay, there's a farmer."

"Childe just said that we are a family, why are we seeing each other again?"

"Hehe, that's right. Owner, it's not too early, let's take our leave. ”

"So fast? Childe, you might as well live here, it's very close to the city anyway. ”

"No, I'm still living in the city."

"It's not too late for that boy to finish dinner and leave."

"The owner doesn't need to be polite, let's go into the city and eat again."

"Oh well. Lin Ying, you go and call Chen Miao. Childe, this Chen Miao is a disciple of my Lin family, he grew up in Fuzhou Mansion since he was a child, and he is very familiar with the roads, so he and Lin Ying will go into the city with you. ”

"Okay, Sister Lin is so beautiful, I like it very much, I have a companion now." Fang Ling smiled and agreed, and agreed for me.

With the people of the Lin family, it may be a lot more convenient, since ancient times, it has been a strong dragon that does not suppress the head snake. If I refuse, it seems a little impersonal.