Chapter 300: To Do More Than Say
After a day off for the Lantern Festival, Ba Xuqi, who had already decided to act as the prefect of Huizhou and the affairs of Yongan County, became the leader of the "Zhixian Class", and was instigated by everyone to take him to the famous Juyuan Building in Guangzhou, so that he could enjoy his life.
The owner of Juyuan Building is from Qingtian Company, although he doesn't take these county officials very seriously, but he is very conscientious in business, respectfully led to the private room, and also spread the ink treasure of the silk begging everyone, and made up a "Hundred Counties Juyuan", which was happily hung in the main hall of the restaurant. What makes Ba Xu pout his beard is that the Mobao of their dozens of county officials can only get a 60% discount on the meal fee, which is really picky. The boss smiled and pointed again, and everyone fell silent. There are other people's words hanging in the main hall, Su Wencai's, Liu Xingchun's, Li Zhushou's, Peng Xianzhong's, Yinghua New Dynasty's Mobao is all over the wall, and even Li Shi's. "Juyuanlou tastes good", this vulgar inscription, plus only the bones but not the flesh, such as the handwriting like steel and iron, let these counties convince the restaurant owner at the same time, but also angry in their hearts, at least their literary style and calligraphy, always stronger than Li Tianwang...... The sound of the piano is dashing, and in the private room, several tables of county officials push cups and change lamps, while massaging their numb heads with wine, while looking forward to an unknown and wonderful future.
"What did the Qing court mention earlier that it would never be given, such as today's set of serial moves by the king, which is the real never endowment!"
Cheng Guijue shouted with a big tongue, and everyone nodded subconsciously. Aside from Li Shi's actions in the affairs of the government, as far as taxation is concerned, he fixed all the local silver and even miscellaneous factions, compared to the Qing court's behavior of fixing the insufficient Ding silver at a high amount and then distributing it to the Tian Yin, this "never add to the tax" is genuine.
"A hundred years later, everyone of us and others will leave a good name in history!"
Ba Xu's heart was surging, and he couldn't wait to return to Yong'an immediately and start to show his skills.
"100 Years...... I hope that this new Anglo-Chinese country can really have a hundred years ......"
Someone seemed less optimistic and sighed so lowly.
"This benevolent government can be carried out forever, and the world is within reach! Don't say a hundred years, three hundred years can be expected! ”
Ba Xu said in a deep voice, and the others nodded and raised their glasses, originally they defected to the new dynasty in order to find a way out. Most of them were born as officials, and they didn't care about what was right or not, they didn't expect any hundred years, and they didn't think about three hundred years. But in the past few days, he has been washed away, and seeing that he has jumped onto a huge stage, he has also given birth to the idea of advancing and retreating with the new dynasty, and began to look forward to the new dynasty he serves for can really get the right time in China.
"As far as we know, we have to let the world know! Not only the land under my Yinghua rule, but even the land of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is best for everyone to know it, and take a good look at that Kangxi Lao'er! ”
Cheng Guijue slapped the table and shouted with three points of wine, Ba Xuqi and the others didn't think much about it, they laughed together, the door of the private room was suddenly knocked open, and a figure rushed in, the wine was soaring, and roared straight at everyone.
"What a perverse you are! How dare to say such a kingless and fatherless statement! Come on! Left and right with me to take! Guillotine~Yaya~ Waiting! ”
This roar made Ba Xuqi subconsciously shrink his head, and he was about to bow down, the official authority of the old dynasty was too heavy, and they had an intuitive reaction to the last officials of the former micro-officials.
As soon as the head was lowered, the hard wings behind the black gauze hat flickered, and when they saw the dark red clothes on their bodies, everyone woke up to the fact that this was no longer the time, they were no longer officials, but British officials.
"Where did the madness come from! Come on......"
Cheng Guijue hurriedly greeted him, and then realized that he was in Guangzhou, not in Dianbai, and there were no soldiers around him.
"Come on! People don't come? The official is automatically ...... Belch...... Do it! ”
This drunken scholar who was still hanging on a pigtail pulled it with his hand, pulled out a ruler from his waist, and saw that he was about to overturn a table of wine and food, Cheng Guijue followed a few people to put his arms around his waist and drag this guy away.
"I don't have a tax license on my braids! Call the patrol and lock this guy up for a few days! ”
Seeing that this scholar's braids were slippery and not tied to the "braided license" required by the new dynasty, Cheng Guijue was happy, and he didn't have to do it, this scholar had his own hardships.
"Wait...... It's not ...... Is Li Yuhong's son Li Fangying? Isn't his dad okay? Why are you still in Guangzhou? ”
Ba Xuqi recognized this young man, and when he was transferred from Yong'an to Yangjiang before, he had seen him in Fogang Hall. After Li Shi raised the flag, Li Yuhong was arrested in Fogang Hall. Not long after Li Yuhong arrived, not only did he have no evil deeds, but he cooperated with Qingtian Company to facilitate the people, and Tianwangfu also recruited Li Yuhong. But Li Yuhong regarded himself as a loyal minister, although he was unwilling to die for the Qing Dynasty, he was also unwilling to serve the new Yinghua Dynasty, and the Tianwangfu was not embarrassed and let him go.
"Don't be embarrassed, he's just drunk and crazy, and I'm going to apologize to you......"
Another young man rushed in, supported Li Fangying, and made amends to everyone one by one, but he was wearing a Confucian shirt and a square scarf, but his movements were not smart, and he seemed to be injured.
"Brother Guangchun!?"
"Wanzhong?"
Then the young man and Ba Xuqi both recognized each other.
"Lei Xiang Lei Wanzhong, Kangxi fifty-two years Enke Jinshi, Hanlin Wenkui!"
Ba Xuqi introduced this person to his colleagues, and when he heard that it was not only Ba Xuqi's old acquaintance, but also a Hanlin, Cheng Guijue and the others no longer cared about the drunken Li Fangying.
"His father became ill with grief and anger, and he was recuperating in Yingci Hospital, he was addicted to grief and anger, and he soaked in the wine shop all day to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, and today he drank too much, and when he heard your words, he went straight over, and I didn't stop him."
After instructing the men to send Li Fangying to the quiet room to rest, Ba Xu invited Lei Xiang into the table, this Lei Xiang was the former Xinhui County, who was slashed in Xinhui County, and after being temporarily treated by the military doctor, he was sent to Yingci Hospital for recuperation, so he also knew Li Fangying.
"Lei Zhi County does not coexist with the Xinhui people, and resolutely abandons the darkness and turns to the light, which is really a righteous act."
Before everyone came to Guangzhou for a meeting, they were all dragged to Xinhui to "visit", and when they learned that this Lei Hanlin was actually the former Xinhui Zhixian County, they all came to pay their respects. Lei Xiang smiled bitterly, he did abandon the darkness, but he didn't make it clear, but he couldn't talk about it in detail in the face of these tables of British and Korean upstarts, so he had to pull the topic to Li Fangying.
"I think he is hypocritical, if the Heavenly King's Mansion goes straight to him to be an official, he will probably have no grievances."
Cheng Guijue didn't have a good impression of this kind of scholar, and he stabbed Li Fangying's heart when he opened his mouth.
"I just heard that the new dynasty will also implement a policy of never giving more?"
Lei Xiang was very embarrassed, with his understanding, Cheng Guijue's unintentional words were somewhat hit by Li Fangying's heart. Li Fangying's father, Li Yuhong, lost his land and was not martyred, and his official name has been tarnished. Later, when he returned to the Qing court, not only did his father no longer have an official position, but he also had to be implicated, and his career was hopeless. But to serve the new dynasty, Li Fangying is very unwilling, he is just a showman, and now in this Yinghua country, Xiucai is no longer a rare animal, and he is just a knife and pen official to serve. lost the way forward, so naturally I had to borrow wine to drown my sorrows.
Lei Xiang and Li Fangying have some sympathy for each other, but after experiencing the Xinhui incident, they were also stabbed, and there is a sense of reincarnation.
Hearing that these county officials of the new dynasty were talking about government affairs, Lei Xiang became curious and wanted to see what kind of way the new dynasty was governed.
"Never give ......"
Cheng Guijue snorted and laughed, and everyone laughed, they can participate in this strategy, they all feel very bright, things can be done, and their group of county officials are definitely people who have left their names in history.
"The government goes to the countryside!? Officials in one!? Set up a private public bureau and levy business? ”
Ba Xuqi had a good impression of Lei Xiang, and took the trouble to explain in detail, and after half a seat, Lei Xiang listened to this set of serial moves, only to feel that he might have drunk too much and had hallucinations.
"Mountains look up to ......"
After thinking about it for a long time, Lei Xiang understood the root cause and was shocked to sweat, this is a change from the past to the present! But he was very puzzled, with such good governance, why didn't he hear any rumors outside?
"This is a matter of government affairs, and when the time comes, there will be its own announcement, so why should it be spread like the street whispers?"
Ba Xuqi thinks that this is a very serious national policy, why do you want to spread the news outside? Just do it with your head bored.
"Brother Guangchun's words are ...... wrong"
Lei Xiang said solemnly, as he had been in the Hanlin Academy before, and he was full of arguments.
"This is a change of government that has not been seen in 3,000 years! We still need to think carefully before we can understand the root of this policy and know its benefits. Those old county and township officials, and the squires, if they think crookedly and resist with all their might, even if the new dynasty is powerful, they will consume a lot of tongues, and I don't know how much chaos it will cause. Nowadays, there is no news even in Guangzhou, and the counties do not know the inside, so you just go back to the county, and you don't know how much effort it takes to explain this set of good governance. ”
As soon as Lei Xiang's words came out, Ba Xuqi and the others trembled in their hearts, that's right, this is the key! It's really a bystander.
"Heavenly King Wisdom, this matter should have been thought of......"
Cheng Guijue muttered, Li Shi Li Tianwang's thinking, they have to chew hard to chew through, but relying on this kind of thinking, in just a few years, from a small village poor scholar to a country to the founding of the country, is winning the title of the hero of Huaxia Zhengshuo, this kind of thing, how can he think of it first, maybe it has been arranged.
"The King of Heaven is indeed wise, otherwise he would not be in the place where the new will be pointed out by everyone, but it is also to see that the King of Heaven is very important, and only then do I feel that the current thing is very strange, perhaps...... The king of heaven was negligent. ”
Ba Xuqi and the others frowned, could Li Tianwang forget such an important matter?
"Whether the King of Heaven has forgotten or not, you are all the pillars of the new dynasty, and you should also do your due diligence."
Lei Xiang said chicly, he is now an idler, and he naturally sees things clearly.
"That's right! No matter what the King thinks, we should do our duty, and we should also give direct advice! ”
Ba Xu slapped his thigh and made a decision. Such a large set of policies, if they do not do a good job of paving the way for people's hearts, not only will they not be pleased, but they will also take too much effort to implement them.
"Wanzhong, follow me to meet the Heavenly King?"
Ba Xu looked at Lei Xiang, and said in his heart whether this kid wanted to borrow them to go up the wall for the ladder, but at least this reminder was very valuable, so he pushed the boat and gave this Lei Wanzhong a ride.
"Uh...... I'm still a prisoner in the Heavenly King's army. ”
Lei Xiang had no intention of serving Li Shi, and shirked it very tactfully, but Ba Xuqi couldn't help him, and after eating the banquet, he dragged him towards the Tianwang Mansion, and at the moment the Tianwang Mansion was not a palace, and it was still easy for Ba Xuqi to see Li Shi.
Li Xi was really tired, even if he was still working overtime during the Lantern Festival, he was preparing for a war with a group of white-eyed wolves from the Cantonese Chamber of Commerce. But if Ba Xu wanted to see him, there must be something big, so he had to come forward with a strong spirit.
"Lei Xiang of Xinhui County? Why are you still here? Didn't you say that if you don't want to be a leader, you let yourself go? ”
Seeing that Ba Xuqi also brought Lei Xiang, Li Xian yawned and muttered. Lei Xiang smiled bitterly again, he wanted to take care of himself, but the injury was not healed, and he still needed to change the medicine a few times in the Yingci Hospital. And he always felt that he was still a captive, this Li Tianwang let him turn around casually, so he showed his grace, he just ran away, what should he do if he annoyed Li Tianwang?
Now listening to Li Xian's words, as if he didn't remember that there was such a captive as himself, Lei Xiang and Ba Xuqi glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, it seems that Li Tianwang will also forget things.
Then he said that this good governance should be selected and propagated, and then it should be implemented, Li Xian calmed down, blinked his eyes, seemed calm, but shouted in his heart, how could I forget about this!? It's so negligent to just think about reform, not to know how to build momentum, just to think about how to do it, and not know how to say it!
(To be continued)