"Your Highness." Wang Ba said on the side, "This brother is right, at this time, Baba went to see those refugees, and they saw at a glance that your identity was not ordinary, and once they rushed over, it was easy to have an accident." ”

"But......" Li Guanqi paced two steps, then turned back and said, "But if I don't see them, how can I sleep tonight?" ”

Wang Ba glanced at Li Guanqi deeply, and sighed: "Your Highness can be so worried about the country and the people, and I admire it in my humble heart." However, please forgive me for saying that this method of dealing with the victims of the disaster is indeed a bitter and unhealthy solution. ”

Li Guanqi waved his hand vigorously and said: "How can you use the words 'bitter and unscrupulous' to shirk responsibility?" If it is a person with ulterior motives, climb the heights and shout, and the people of the green forest with red eyebrows will rise up, and the hungry people will not listen to the words 'suffering without good solutions'. ”

Wang Ba couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, because at his level, he really had no good solution, so he had to smile bitterly and said, "Is there any good way for Your Highness to fail?" ”

Li Guanqi shook his head helplessly and said: "I don't have tens of millions of mansions, so I can't make the world's poor people happy." However, it is absolutely impossible to prevent the victims from entering the city as it is now, because it will force the people to rebel. Since ancient times, none of the people have left their homeland willingly, and if they abandon their homes and businesses to come to the place they want to come to, but cannot enter the city, they will naturally become more and more resentful, and if they are used by people with ulterior motives, it will immediately provoke a popular uprising. ”

Wang Ba nodded and said: "What Your Highness said is reasonable, for now I can only pray that the emperor will come early and leave early, and at that time, our Lord Wu may be able to show mercy and let the disaster victims into the city." ”

Li Guanqi walked back and forth a few steps, turned around and said, "Presumably, the situation in the surrounding counties is similar to here. Shangguan Yu and Shangguan Jin brothers and sisters have been waiting for an opportunity to make trouble, if they get here. Wouldn't it be possible to pull up a group of sub-groups right away? ”

"Who are Shangguan Yu and Shangguan Jin?" Wang Ba asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's the remnants of the previous dynasty who have been trying to restore." He Ziming replied for Li Guanqi on the side.

"The remnants of the previous dynasty?" Wang Ba's eyes glared at the boss, and he said in surprise, "It's been a hundred years since the founding of the country, and there are still remnants of the previous dynasty trying to restore?" ”

Li Guanqi rubbed the jade pendant on his waist and said in a deep voice: "Although I don't believe that they can achieve any great climate. But if they take the opportunity to stir up the victims, it will also be a headache. ”

Speaking of this, Li Guanqi sighed and continued: "Hey! This time, when I came out and looked at the local area, I found that the common people were poorer and more miserable than I imagined, and the land annexation was many times more powerful than I imagined. If the people don't have land in their hands, it's not a solution after all! ”

Wang Ba saw that he was anxious about national politics, and his thoughts were so thoughtful, he couldn't help but glance at him a few times. This prince doesn't look like a carefree prince! Is this what he should worry about? These are obviously things that the emperor should worry about.

Thinking of this, Wang Ba's heart moved, and he said: "Your Highness, in fact, you don't have to worry about this matter, this land matter, after all, is not a day and a half can see the effect, the imperial court has issued a decree on rent reduction and public land release, and some tenants who are a little more generous have begun to buy land." Slowly. This also inhibits the merger of large owners. When there is food, the destitute will not flee the famine. The place was settled. ”

"Oh?" When Li Guanqi heard him talk about his new Qianwei law, he took the opportunity to ask, "The implementation of the commons has begun, what is the effect?" ”

Wang Ba hesitated for a moment and said: "The decree is good, and it has indeed begun to take effect, but it is not as good as the previous new rent reduction policy." ”

"Oh? Why is that? Li Guanqi asked a little strangely.

Wang Ba replied: "The target of the rent reduction decree is the landlord. There is also a story that the emperor pleaded for tenants to reduce rent in front of the people and officials, so few landlords dared not reduce rent. Moreover, the government basically does not need to participate in this matter, it only needs to sit in the yamen and wait for someone to sue someone for not reducing the rent. So. As soon as the decree of rent reduction was issued, the effect immediately came out.

To be honest, this thing is good for the common people, but it is thankless for the officials, so the yamen in almost all regions are not very enthusiastic about this decree, although this decree is good, the implementation is not effective, and it is in vain. ”

Li Guanqi nodded thoughtfully, what Wang Ba said was exactly what he had been worried about, so he asked again: "Then do you have any good ways to change this situation?" ”

"It's nothing more than a temptation. The emperor can issue an edict, for officials who do well, promotion rewards, everyone is profitable, and naturally do the work more attentively, so that the merger can be slowed down within a few years.

There is another method, the emperor can encourage peasant households to reclaim wasteland on the basis of the public land, and at the same time stipulate that large wasteland of more than a few acres shall not be reclaimed for a certain number of years without paying contributions, and if a few acres of land are less than one mu, they will never pay contributions. What we have is wasteland that can be cultivated, and if it can really be cultivated, then it is strange that the price of land does not fall. Wang Ba talked eloquently, and mentioned the emperor intentionally or unintentionally in his words, as if he was calling the emperor in the capital, and like calling Li Guanqi in front of him.

Li Guanqi really didn't notice the mystery in Wang Ba's words, but happily praised it: "Okay, very good." Only then can you be the county party committee. How many years have you been a county magistrate? ”

Of course, Wang Ba heard what Li Guanqi meant, and he was now basically sure that the person in front of him was the current emperor, but since Li Guanqi deliberately concealed it, he couldn't pretend to be smart, so he tried hard to restrain the joy in his heart, and replied: "Counting this year, I have been in office as the county magistrate for nine years." ”

"Oh?" Li Guanqi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Are you a donor official?" ”

"It's not!" Wang Ba shook his head and said, "I am a second-class jinshi in the seventeenth year of Shengyuan, I am a good wine and not lustful, I have begged for food and read books, I am long and ugly, and I can't get into the eyes of the nobles, so I have been a seven-grade county for nine years." ”

Li Guanqi nodded and said: "You said that you can't get into the eyes of the nobles, but I see that you are very right, work hard, and when you return to Beijing, I will say a few good words for you in front of the emperor." ”

Wang Ba hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you Your Highness first." It was already late, and there was nothing else to do, so I took my leave first. There are still some things waiting to be dealt with in the yamen. ”

"There you go! Business matters! Li Guanqi waved his hand and said. (To be continued......)