Deng Zixuan's purpose in doing this, using the Cao Gang to manage the canal, is to make an attempt. Taking the Cao Gang as an example, his ability to operate safely and effectively for hundreds of years shows that his management mechanism is very reasonable, which is a kind of self-agreed contract among the people, and it is very applicable and efficient. If the government takes over the management, Deng Zixuan knows better than anyone how many ills there will be in the future. By extension. In the future, the first-level government will be set up in the county seat, and there will be no government management agency at the township level.

Successive dynasties did not have township-level management institutions, didn't they also operate very well? Understand that dynasties are like this, and it is difficult that the new government in the future is not even as good as the ancient dynasties? Deng Zixuan does not believe in this evil. As for the management of townships and natural villages, the management of townships and natural villages is handed over to the people, and the government plays a supervisory role.

Deng Zixuan already had a plan in mind for the future government, and the management of the central government was only set up at the county level, so as to create a pattern of small government and big society, an efficient and honest government, and a benign society. Deng Zixuan was a little convinced, and suddenly realized the helmsman in front of him. I haven't made a sound for a long time, I'm afraid that the Lord in front of me will be worried again. Sure enough, Pan Ge lowered his eyebrows and didn't dare to take a breath, and the sweat on his face flowed down.

Deng Zixuan instructed to continue serving tea: "Mr. Pan, you just put your heart in your stomach, my words count." Let's talk about something light-hearted. I know a little about your Cao Gang, which formed a loose group in the canal during the Ming Dynasty, and has a history of more than 500 years. And the real scale of the Cao Gang was in the second year of Yongzheng. Emperor Yongzheng ordered all provinces to supervise Caoyun. Weng Qianpan, the third ancestor of the Cao Gang, went to the governor to unveil the emperor's list, and the Cao Gang began to participate in the management of Cao Yun in the name of justice. ”

"I didn't expect Commander-in-Chief Deng to know the history of the Cao Gang well. The grass people are deeply impressed! Pan Ge was overjoyed, his face showed a calm demeanor, and his speech was neat. Deng Zixuan continued: "Although the Qing court set up the river yamen, I know that the real management power is in the hands of the Cao Gang. The vast majority of the money went into the pockets of corrupt officials. Therefore, the shortcomings of the Qing court must be discarded by the new government, and I decided to hand over the management of the canal to the Cao Gang. ”

"Commander-in-Chief Deng is the first master, and the grass people will be smeared with their livers and brains, and they will die with all their might!" Pan Ge's spirits were greatly lifted. "Don't be in a hurry to make a statement, I have requirements for you: first, the toll of the water transport should be halved, and the government's tax revenue should be halved. The second Cao Yun was completely managed by the Cao Gang alone, and the government did not participate in the management. But the government plays a watchdog role. Third, it is not allowed to bribe government officials, if you have a problem, I will ask you, if my officials are greedy and take money, I will bring them to justice. ”

Pan Ge seemed to be listening to the book of heaven. "Fourth. The dredging and unblocking of the river will be responsible, and the government will provide preferential conditions to support it. Fifth, the monopoly of grain transportation in rivers should be lifted and other businesses should be allowed to compete. I hope that every silver dollar in Caoyun will be clean in the future. No bloodstains. Mr. Pan. I'm not asking too much! ”

"Not too much, not too much, Commander-in-Chief Deng is simply a great favor. Fifty percent of our past income was devoted to the government. I swear to heaven in front of Commander-in-Chief Deng, but ???????。 Deng Zixuan knew what he wanted to say and said, "Come on!" Wan Chuan walked in, holding a fold in his hand. Deng Zixuan continued: "Mr. Pan, there is no evidence for empty words, this is an excerpt written by my own hand, please take a look at Mr. Pan." "Don't dare to be! Don't dare to top! Pan Ge didn't look at it and put it in his arms.

"Commander-in-Chief Deng. It is a blessing for the grass people to see your dignity. The grass people are brave and ask the commander-in-chief Jin Shen to bend to the cold house and have a drink. The grass people are very grateful. Deng Zixuan said with a smile: "Mr. Pan's good intentions are not easy to refuse, but it is inconvenient for me to go ashore to expose my identity." Well, why don't you order a table of wine and food, and we'll have a drink on the boat? "The grass people are going to do it right away?"

Seeing the helmsman walking off the boat with a red face, the master hurriedly asked, "Helmsman, what kind of characters are inside?" "I'll tell you later, you go back immediately and order a table of the most haode wine and food in Zhengyang Building to send here, and bring my treasured daughter Hong." The master was a little confused, and for the first time he saw the helmsman so leftist, he was deeply puzzled.

There is no need to describe the scene of drinking and talking, but Deng Zixuan gave a lot of suggestions, so that Pan Gemao suddenly opened his mouth and bowed and worshipped. After Deng Zixuan left, Pan Ge asked people to engrave the approval document into a hot gold plaque and put it together with the spiritual seat of the ancestor master. Then the rudder along the canal was summoned to gather in Wujiang and held a large-scale worship ceremony. At this point, the Cao Gang began to transform.

The small passenger ferry continued north, and when it arrived in Yangzhou, they stayed a day late. In this ancient commercial city, Deng Zixuan must feel the strong commercial atmosphere and ancient charm. Walking through the streets of Yangzhou, Wan Chuan asked: "Sir, it is said that there are eight monsters in Yangzhou, and they are so miraculous that I don't know what these eight monsters of Yangzhou are." Deng Zixuan smiled: "This is all a gimmick of literati and ink artists." But when it comes to the Eight Monsters, there is indeed a story. Let's find a restaurant, I'll talk to you slowly. ”

Deng Zixuan stayed in Yangzhou for a day and was deeply touched, as soon as the war ended, Yangzhou glowed with the charm of the ancient commercial port. In particular, the goods of Jiangnan continue to pour into here, revealing a prosperous scene. There is also a fortress built by the Japanese army in Yangzhou City, which is very eye-catching, which adds a different color to this ancient commercial port. Yangzhou's geographical location is located between the south of the Yangtze River and the north, where the folk customs of the north and the south blend, showing a unique cultural heritage.

After Yangzhou, the canal becomes straight and smooth, the banks are endless plains, and the slowly flowing canal water cuts this ancient land straight and provides a vigorous source of life for the people on this land. That morning, Deng Zixuan stood on the deck with a telescope and looked at it with great interest, and the green rice fields on the right side were endless. A solitary archway appeared at the end of the rice field. Deng Zixuan carefully observed the architectural characteristics of the archway, and felt a bit like the archway of chastity.

Deng Zixuan had only seen the chastity archway in film and television dramas, so he couldn't help but be curious: "Stop the boat here and let's go ashore to have a look." Wan Chuan was surprised and asked, "What is there to see with rice fields on both sides?" Deng Zixuan smiled and pointed to the right side and said, "Look! There is an archway over there, and I judge it to be a chastity archway. "Sir, what's so interesting about the chastity archway is nothing more than the name of the chaste martyr engraved on it." "I don't want to see any chaste martyrs, but I'm interested in this ancient folk custom." Wan Chuan had no choice but to order the boat to stop.

Deng Zixuan and Wan Chuan went ashore. The captain of the guard led a dozen guards to go ashore as well. A group of people walked towards the archway, and suddenly a group of people came to the opposite side, and the men and women saw it clearly. There were also 4 buffaloes in the middle of the team. A pair of stretchers marched through the queue, and there seemed to be someone on the stretcher. "What are they going to do?" Deng Zixuan was confused. "It is possible to punish unchaste women, and the punishment of unchaste women is quite severe." Deng Zixuan realized that it was not good, and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Deng Zixuan rushed to the floor sign, and sure enough, he found that there were three black characters written on the building sign "Virgin Card". The group was the first to arrive, forty or fifty men and women. A thin old man sat on the Taishi's chair, obviously the patriarch. The stretcher is placed in a prominent position. Sure enough, there was a woman in white clothes and white pants, the woman was blindfolded with a black cloth, and her hair was a little messy. Can't see the face clearly.

When Deng Zixuan, Wan Chuan and the others arrived, the group seemed to turn a blind eye, and everyone's face was a little numb. The old man stood up and said majestically, "Today, our clan executed this filthy witch under the virgin card as a warning to those unruly whoredoms. The time to start executing. Deng Zixuan was about to shout slowly. At this time, a woman suddenly rushed out. knelt in front of Deng Zixuan and choked up: "This official." Please save my daughter.! Such a change made Deng Zixuan stunned.

The old man said, "This official must have come from the south." The Northern Expeditionary Army posted notices to respect the traditional customs of the people, and we sincerely supported the Northern Expeditionary Army. Since ancient times, adulterous women and sluts are devils, if they are not severely punished, the family will not become a family, the country will not become a country, and the people's customs will inevitably be corrupted. I hope that this official will respect our traditional customs. Deng Zixuan said: "This old man, I want to hear how this adulteress is lewd?" ”

The lady stopped choking and preemptively said, "Official." A year ago, my daughter married Hou Gongzi from this village, and this Hou Gongzi had tuberculosis. The child's father was killed by foreigners in Yangzhou City the year before last, and our orphans and widows were helpless. Which Cheng thought about it, and on the day he passed the door, his new aunt had a tuberculosis attack and died. Pity my daughter, who is still a yellow flower girl, has become a widow. ”

The woman continued: "Not long ago, there was an opera troupe in the village, and my daughter liked to listen to operas, so she learned drama with a young student. Once the girl was secretly learning drama outside the village and was discovered, the Hou family reported to the patriarch that the girl was cheating with the drama. Yesterday they drowned that actor, and today they are going to tear my daughter apart. Deng Zixuan's heart ached when he heard this. Fucking it's a bastard, isn't this a matter of careless human life? Wan Chuan scolded, and the guards behind him pulled out their guns one after another, and loaded them.

Deng Zixuan glanced at the captain of the guard with some anger, the captain of the guard put away his pistol, and the other guards also put away their guns. Wan Chuan waved his hand, and the captain of the guard hurriedly stepped forward to the stretcher and untied the girl's rope. The girl stood up and took off the blindfold, the captain of the guard suddenly felt a little stupid, the girl had red lips and white teeth, and she was a standard beauty. The girl looked at everyone and decided that Deng Zixuan was a big official. Then he knelt on the ground and said: "Official, the people's daughter has been wronged, please let the people's daughter be the master." ”

"Get up! I'll call the shots for you! Deng Zixuan said kindly. The captain of the guard hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the girl with his own hands, and it seemed that there was a bit of a smell of a flower messenger. Deng Zixuan smiled slightly and turned to everyone: "Everyone has the right to enjoy a happy life, both men and women. Everyone has a short period of time from birth to death, so we must cherish life and not destroy it wantonly. Today, I am deeply shocked to see this scene, what we overthrew the Manchu Dynasty for, is to eradicate this evil and destructive rules and precepts of human nature, so that people can live with dignity. ”

Deng Zixuan turned to the old man and said: "Uncle, the family has a family law, the country has national prestige, and the people who manage you can use punishment methods, but they must not be so brutal and lose their humanity and disregard human life." Now I will promulgate a law of the new government, that no one or any organization may disregard human life without authorization, even if all evildoers are handed over to the government for investigation. Anyone who dares to ignore the government's laws without authorization will be severely punished. (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter only focuses on continuing to the north, rescuing a woman, achieving a marriage, and at the same time arousing his urgency to imprison the shackles on women, and the future new government will need to drastically reform the traditional bad habits.