Yan Yingyuan's face was solemn, he took off the black gauze hat on his head, and presented it with both hands in front of Gu Zhenhua.

Wu Kaijie frowned, and hurriedly said: "Governor Yan, the prince believes in you and uses you, what is not easy to discuss, why threaten to resign?" In this way, we are all not good-looking, and it also makes it difficult for the prince! ”

Yan Yingyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Staff Officer Wu, Yan Moujie's small official, it all depends on the promotion of the prince, so that today, shepherd one side, and serve as the feudal territory of the world." Yan Mou hung the crown not to threaten the prince, but did not want the prince to declare that he was affected, some things were willing to be provoked on one shoulder, and how many scoldings were directed at Yan Yingyuan! ”

After Yan Yingyuan finished speaking, he bowed and saluted, but after three or two minutes, Gu Zhenhua didn't say a word, and the two of them were in a stalemate.

Wu Kaijie couldn't wait for a while, he owed his body and said: "Lord Wang, it's about the big plan of Tuntian, and it's also about the stability of the army. ”

Gu Zhenhua suddenly laughed: "Mr. Yan, do you remember, when this king transferred you to Henan, it was to tell you to rectify the place and make up for the loopholes, this is the mission given to you by this king, so this king will not be angry!" ”

"Lord Wang, it's not that you're angry, it's just that you're worried about ......"

"What can I do if I am worried, who let Gu Zhenhua be the initiator, you are the leader, there are some burdens that you can't pick for me, then again, it may not be a terrible Cheng dù, let's sit down first." Let's talk! ”

The first thing is to be responsible and courageous, Gu Zhenhua said a few words. Yan Yingyuan was also a lot more relaxed, he took a stack of official documents, found a list from it, and sent it to Gu Zhenhua.

"Lord Wang, there are a total of 37 people here, of which 25 were born in Guide and 8 are in Wuchang. The other four are in Kaifeng! All of them were exhausted to death, and the people's grievances were boiling everywhere. Even some Tuntian government offices, as well as various workshops, were affected and complained. ”

Wu Kaijie frowned. I couldn't help but ask, "Lord Yan." Exhaustion is not the same as killing with one shot, I am afraid it is not easy to distinguish between them, how dare you say that these people are exhausted? Isn't there adulteration? ”

Yan Yingyuan shook his head suddenly: "Staff Officer Wu, if according to what you said, the number of deaths is only afraid that it will increase by more than ten times, these are all carefully confirmed by this official. For thirty-nine days, those workshops even rushed to work day and night, and the slightly worse ones couldn't bear it. There's Liba from the quarry. There are female workers in textile mills, also. There are also two half-grown children of thirteen or fourteen. Some of them are not only hungry and cold, but also beaten, and they will not be given food if they can't complete the task after hearing about it, and they don't know how long the hearts of these businessmen are, is money so much more important than human life! ”

Wu Kaijie was also very emotional, and sighed: "Lord Yan, profiteers and profiteers, since ancient times, there are no businessmen and no traitors, I listen to the prince, even if you want to strangle them tomorrow, you can still buy ropes from businessmen today, these people are hard to change!" It's just that I didn't expect to make such a strict problem, I think it must be severely punished and kill a few dog-headed sacrifice flags! ”

Yan Yingyuan's face was gloomy, obviously disapproving of this idea.

"Staff Officer Wu, Yan thinks that in the final analysis, it is still the prince's strategy. In order to set up a grange as much as you can, with the help of merchants, you allowed them to serve the people when the farm was idle, and because of this, you made the people tired to death. If you want to solve the problem, I want to ask the prince to give an order to take back the grange, or simply change the tuntian strategy. ”

"That's not going to work!"

Wu Kaijie directly objected: "Lord Yan, the foundation of the An ** army is the Grange, if the Grange is abolished, how should these soldiers deal with themselves?" The army is unstable, the world is uneasy, and now that the Tartars have not been destroyed, it is really unwise for us to destroy the Great Wall! ”

"So, how to solve this matter in front of you? If I look closely, I dare say that the death toll will be even higher, and once the civil uprising is provoked, the consequences will be even more unimaginable! ”

Wu Kaijie was speechless when asked, and his eyes could only fall on Gu Zhenhua, who had not spoken.

"Lord Wang, if you want to say something, how should you deal with it?"

Gu Zhenhua's face didn't change much, it was much easier than these two.

"Mr. Yan, this king wants to ask you, in the past, did anyone freeze to death every winter?"

"Yes, of course there is!"

"Then let me ask you again, do the local squires have the power to deal with the problems within the clan and the village? Stealing hands and chopping hands, stealing pig cages, spanking, chopping fingers, how many people will die every year? ”

"This?"

Yan Yingyuan was suddenly asked, in the past dynasties in China, the Confucian governance was admired, and the punishment should be provincial, and the less rebellion, the fewer the killings, the more benevolent the government. With a population of tens of millions, there are even twenty or thirty condemned prisoners a year. And even if the death penalty is approved, it may not be dead, because the emperor has a son, the sky is auspicious, and the battle is won, in short, with the right excuse, there will be a universal amnesty and all the criminals will be released.

Especially with decentralization, the local gentry are all in charge, and if there is anything illegal, it will be dealt with by lynching, and the lives of people who are confused will be gone. It's just that the people don't hold officials accountable, everyone turns a blind eye, and they don't see it, and they save trouble!

In this way, on the surface, the punishment seems to be reduced, as if the world is the same, but in fact the problem has not been solved at all. It is also because of the reduction in the cost of crime, which has caused more unjust, false and wrongful cases.

Wu Kaijie is so keen, as soon as he heard Gu Zhenhua's words, he thought about it carefully, and then said with a smile: "Lord Wang, you mean that although many people are tired to death, compared with the past, there are still people who died under lynching, which has been greatly reduced, in fact, we don't have to make a big fuss, just let it go gently?" ”

"No way!" Yan Yingyuan's eyes widened.

"Staff Officer Wu, what the prince said is right, but this can't be an excuse for Wen Guo to pretend to be wrong, this is 37 lives, don't you care? Those businessmen can exhaust these people this year, and they will be able to exhaust 37o and 37oo next year, what will happen then? ”

Gu Zhenhua said: "What Mr. Yan said is right. This king is not ignorant, but just wants to remind you not to think of going backwards, abolishing the grange, and turning around to suppress the merchants. The clan power is back up, and the place will only get darker. Without a workshop, there would be no place to work, and I don't know how many people die of cold and starvation every year! If we want to solve the problem in front of us, we should look forward, not backward. Sage Kong does not have the ability to penetrate thousands of years of time and space, and retrogression is not a solution to the problem! ”

Yan Yingyuan and Wu Kaijie glanced at each other, and they all got up and bowed to Gu Zhenhua.

"Thank you for the teachings of the prince, I have benefited a lot from my humble position!"

Gu Zhenhua said with a smile: "In recent years, Western merchants have come one after another, and the profits of overseas trade are amazing, which indicates the arrival of a new era, and we should also use newer methods to manage the whole country and re-examine the problems of the government." Looking back at history, perhaps after Qin Shi Huang implemented the county system, this is a big thing that turns the world upside down, and we have to work together. ”

"Dare not obey!"

From the feudal era, into the capital era, from an agricultural society of men and women weaving, to an industrial society. For any nation, it is a painful nirvana, and if you don't rush over, you can only be trampled under your feet forever. No matter what a glorious past, yours will fly the flags of eight nations!

It can be said that seeing the beast of capital start to eat people, Gu Zhenhua was both happy and worried, it was the mixed tastes, and he didn't expect that this day would come so soon.

After receiving Yan Yingyuan's report, Gu Zhenhua went to Guide with a huge team the next day, this was the first place to build a grange, and it was here that killed the most, and Gu Zhenhua's first step was to investigate.

On the third day of Gu Zhenhua's departure, from the direction of Taiyuan, Geng Zhongming sent a messenger, crying and begging An ** to send troops to help, Gu Zhenhua had already left, and the messenger only waited for Wu Kaijie's illusory assurance, and the battle was still for them and the Tartars to continue playing!

……

"Old man, there are still more than ten days to celebrate the New Year, why can't you see a little lively atmosphere?"

"What old gentleman, it's Lao Liba, old livestock!" The old man sighed, grabbed the tea bowl, and drank the hot tea in one go.

"At this time in previous years, the market was already full of New Year's goods, and the big guys were scrambling to buy something so that they could go home for the New Year. But this year, I can't do it, I have to work for the workshop. The old man knew how to do carpenter's trade, and after harvesting the grain, he kept working without rest. This year, I forgot about it a long time ago! ”

After the old man finished speaking, he picked up the saw, turned around and left. There were also a lot of laborers on the tea stall, who got up one after another, and most of them were gone in a blink of an eye.

Wu Kaijie looked at their figures and sighed: "The owner, it seems that they are not very angry!" ”

Gu Zhenhua was noncommittal, and the guy on the side came over with a smile to refill the water.

"A few guest masters, they came from afar, don't listen to these people's nonsense, they do a lot. But I also earn a lot, I heard that their workshop is to build homes overseas, and a chair can earn a silver tael! This winter, each craftsman can almost get more than ten taels of silver, in previous years, how can they have the money to come over to drink tea! ”

Gu Zhenhua smiled slightly: "So the workshop is still good?" ”

The young man looked around, then lowered his voice and said: "Master Ke, the small one is a broken mouth, and he can't control himself, tell you the truth, this is Virtue, there are two kinds of workshops." They are blessed, follow the Wu family, and there is a group of people who are not blessed, follow the Shen family, hey, in the first month alone, the Shen family's workshop was tired to death of five people, but the Shen master is very capable, through the sky, and he is in the Information Administration Yuan, he has suppressed everything, and he doesn't even have to compensate for money! ”

"Oh? Man, who are these Shen family and Wu family referring to? ”

"The Wu family is Wu Shouye and Wu Dashan, as for the Shen family, it is Mr. Shen Degong, the family is big, Mr. Shen has seen the King of Zhongshan, and he is the president of the Senior Administration, do you think this is worth it?" (To be continued......)

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