"I've seen the Governor. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 More than a dozen officials all bowed to Fang Yun who was sitting on the stone bench, and Fang Yun didn't look at them, he put the tea tray and teapot on the stone table, and then began to boil water, leaving only one cup.

The officials straightened up and looked at each other, their faces full of helplessness, everyone knew that this Fang Xusheng was different, even the old officials of the officialdom couldn't guess this idea.

Dong Wencong was familiar with Fang Yun, so he stepped forward with a smile and said, "I really didn't expect that the adult would go to the North Workshop District in person, and the officials are ashamed." ”

"Listening to you officials talk about this, you have a completely high-minded attitude that it doesn't matter to you, where can you be ashamed. Fang Yun said indifferently.

The officials present were embarrassed, and their rotation was very normal, they wanted to maintain the order of Xiangzhou, to save the face of the Zhao family's firm, to let Baling City develop, and completely treat those people as Diao people, and they didn't want to listen to what those people said like Fang Yun.

Fang Yun looked up at the night sky and said slowly: "The world has been peaceful for a long time, and the change of dynasty seems to have nothing to do with you and me, so no one is afraid of those people who fought their way out of the war era. You are right, the people are the most patient, as long as they are fed and clothed, they will not rebel, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with you holding them high and treating them like slaves. ”

The officials were sweating, and Fang Yun was talking the right thing and the opposite at the same time, his tone was calm, but the meaning of the language was weird, which was the most worrying.

This Governor is a terrifying person who dares to make a bet against the saints of the demon world.

The courtyard was quiet, Fang Yun poured tea for himself and drank it by himself, the fragrance of tea was scattered, but the officials present did not dare to come out.

After a long while, Fang Yun asked, "Wen Cong, can this matter be concluded?"

Dong Wencong hesitated for a moment, decided to tell the truth, and said: "The lower officials are foolish, and there is no conclusion so far. ”

"And what do you gravitate towards?"

Dong Wencong hesitated again, and said: "The lower officials think that most of those people were provoked by outsiders to go to the streets to oppose it, as long as they catch the culprit, kill the chickens and monkeys, and then do a good job of appeasing them, they will consider closing the workshop on the surface, and continue to build the workshop secretly, after a long time, they will forget about it when they know that the opposition is hopeless." ”

"Are you talking about those ruffians and hooligans, or the prefect of the county who fought for the paper workshop, Ge Million from the Qingjiang Commercial Bank, or Qingjun?" Fang Yun's tone was extremely calm, but the officials felt chills on their backs when they heard it.

Dong Wencong's arm trembled slightly, and it was only at this time that he understood why the officials of Mizhou were afraid of luck like a tiger, and the other party was obviously just a young man, but a few words made him tremble, and the official authority was like the sea.

The most terrifying thing is that Fang Yun hit the nail on the head and said the key to the matter, Dong Wencong and other officials only dared to arrest those ruffians and hooligans, and they did not have the ability or courage to tear the skin with the Qingguan behind the hooligans.

Fang Yun asked in surprise: "Why don't you speak?" It is also said that although Qingguan wants to take refuge in Qingguo, he is also an official of Xiangzhou, no matter how he says it, he will also take Jingguo's money, no matter how much trouble he makes, it is also his own family. When this kind of thing happens, how can we ruin the face of our own people by arresting a few of their domestic slaves? As for those people who oppose it, what does it matter to us whether they live or die?"

The officials bowed their heads.

"Well, you must not be used to it, after all, everyone knows this kind of thing, but it's a little bad to say it. Fang Yun said, "Kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, oppose the hopeless, say it too well, let them fear, let them despair, let them forget, and then you can be at ease and ascend as if nothing happened." It's really good, it's like teasing a dog and a cat, just appease it, the big man has done his best to do this, what else do they want?"

Yan Xiao, the prefect of Baling, said: "Your Excellency, you have misunderstood, it is the lower officials who are persuading Dong Zhoumu to do this. Xiaguan dared to use the head and future guarantee of the item, and the papermaking workshop would definitely not have a problem, because as early as half a year ago, Xiaguan began to send workers and scholars to the various papermaking workshops of Zhao's firm to observe, and four batches had been dispatched. We came to the conclusion that the paper workshop of the Zhao firm could be trusted, and that building it outside Baling City would not have too much impact. It is precisely because of this that the lower officials think that they can coax the people, and when the paper workshop is built, they will find that it is not much different from before, and they will not object. If there is too much waste water discharged from the paper mill, it is as hateful as Qingjiang Commercial Bank, and Xia Guan is the first to disagree!"

Fang Yun nodded lightly and said, "Governor Yan, I know that you are a person who does practical things, whether it is the wind criticism or those people who oppose the paper workshop, they all say that you are a good official. ”

"Your Excellency. Yan Xiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"But don't you want to think about why the people who praise you will go to the streets to oppose the paper mills, why would they rather trust those ruffians or the people of the Qingjiang trading house than you as a good official?" Fang Yun asked rhetorically.

Yan Xiao was stunned and speechless.

"When you don't care about the people anymore, they will treat the government and officials as, and what you say will sound like to them. I didn't say this, but I heard an old man say it today. So, tell me, Governor Yan, where do you think the root of this matter is?"

Yan Xiao gritted his teeth and said: "Xia Guan thinks that the root cause is that those people are ignorant and ignorant, and they don't know that the technology of the workers is developing, and they don't know that the imperial court and the workers are reducing waste water as much as possible, and they don't know that once this paper workshop is built, the paper in Baling Mansion will be much cheaper." When they hated the high cost of paper, they scolded the government, and now the government is trying to reduce the price of paper, but they don't want to pay any sacrifices and costs!"

The other officials nodded slightly, and Yan Xiao spoke their minds.

Fang Yun asked in surprise: "They don't want to pay any sacrifices and costs? Then I want to ask, those soldiers who died in battle in the Liangjie Mountain, Zhenjiaohai, and the north of Jingguo, are they not ordinary people, are they your fathers? When you need them to farm, they work in the fields, and they go to the streets to cry out for hardship? When you need them to enter the workshop, do they work in the workshop and shout tired on the street? Now, they have been deceived by you for so many years, for fear that you don't care whether they live or die, stand up and say a few words, what's wrong? Even if they are ignorant, they have been deceived by you so much that they would rather spend more money on paper than die in the waste water of the paper mill!"

"I'm ......" Yan Xiao was about to speak, but was interrupted by Fang Yun.

"Just today, I have asked a friend of Gongdian to check the papermaking workshop of Zhao's firm, Zhao's firm is indeed very conscientious, their papermaking workshop is inferior to Qingguo in terms of papermaking technology, but in terms of reducing sewage, it is far stronger than Qingguo. The fact that the paper mill was built outside Baling City did not have a negative impact on the lives of the people. If there was a big problem with that paper mill, why would I sit here and drink tea?"

The officials were puzzled, and they really didn't know what Fang Yun was thinking.

"Let me ask again, what is the root cause of the people going to the streets?" Fang Yundao.

. (To be continued.) )