193: Drastic
With thousands of tons of gold, as well as fifty carts of various antiques and jewelry, Xiao Sheng and the others returned to the Eastern Wilderness City. The so-called rich and easy to do things, next, the fourteenth prince made drastic changes and began to carry out reforms in the Eastern Wilderness.
Xiao Sheng first set out to implement the six measures mentioned earlier.
1. Increase the share of imported milk and rice;
2: Set aside part of the milk and rice distribution quota to supply the local residents of Donghuang;
Three: crack down on malicious price hikes, and strictly prohibit hoarding;
Fourth, carry out large-scale infrastructure construction to increase the employment rate;
5. Opening of new colleges and hospitals to provide more social welfare services;
6. Stabilize housing prices and set a ceiling on shop rents.
The Dahao Imperial Court, in fact, has introduced a lot of policies to benefit the people over the years, giving profits to the Eastern Wilderness. But most of these benefits were eaten by the local celebrities and gentry in the Eastern Wilderness. The ordinary residents of the Eastern Wilderness hardly get any benefits, but feel that life is getting more and more difficult day by day.
In the long run, the ordinary people of the Eastern Wilderness naturally turned away from the Dahao court. In addition, some well-intentioned people are fueling the troubles, so there will be so many ridiculous and funny things in the Eastern Wilderness.
And now, Xiao Sheng is doing both. The implementation of measures to benefit the people and alleviate the people's hardship is one thing. On the other hand, it starts with the rule of officials.
You must know that because the Eastern Wilderness used to be a colony of Eagle Jixiang Country in the past, almost all high-level government officials have that relationship with Eagle Jixiang Country or feed it. Even if the Eastern Wilderness was reclaimed by the Dahao Imperial Court, most of these officials were not abolished and were still in high positions because they wanted to stabilize people's hearts at the beginning.
Xiao Sheng then implemented a system of political censorship. All members of the Executive Yuan, the Legislative Council, and the courts must all be examined. Once it is found that he still maintains various relations with Eagle Jixiangguo, he will be removed from his post and investigated, and he will not be lenient.
At the same time, the Fourteenth Prince cooperated with Wen Dahai to vigorously promote those people in the Eastern Wilderness who were both capable and devoted to the Dahao court. to fill various vacancies.
In addition, the Fourteenth Prince also stipulated that all academies in the Eastern Wilderness made it mandatory that all students must gather every morning for a flag-raising ceremony. At the same time, in addition to the history education curriculum of the Dahao Dynasty, the students' awareness of being Dahao people is strengthened.
In the end, Xiao Sheng even revoked the level between Donghuang and Zhonghuan. Since then, the Eastern Wilderness has entered Zhonghuan, or Zhonghuan has entered the Eastern Wilderness, and there are no entry and exit restrictions. Anyone can come and go freely at any time.
There is no doubt that Xiao Sheng's various measures have greatly touched the bottom line of those who originally had vested interests in Donghuang. On the cake they had already divided, a large piece was cut away. In this way, of course, there will be a strong backlash from these vested interests.
All of a sudden, all kinds of demonstrations and demonstrations emerged one after another, and the voices of protests were loud and piercing. People from all walks of life, both openly and secretly, have resisted the measures of the Fourteenth Prince. Ghost tricks and small actions can be described as endless.
Xiao Sheng was not surprised at all by these reactions of these people, and had prepared all kinds of tough measures early to attack these people head-on. Under Xiao Sheng's instructions, the female military division Tianji Xing Yu Xuanji was the leader, plus the temporarily hired Keqing, Mao Xiaofang and Ma Jinling, and established the Eastern Wilderness Prison Bureau.
This Heavenly Supervision Bureau is nominally an institution that examines astronomy and formulates calendars. In fact, according to various celestial phenomena and human affairs, various illegal acts were investigated against those with vested interests from all walks of life in the Eastern Wilderness, as well as opponents who obstructed the implementation of the new policy of the Fourteenth Prince.
Of course, it is nonsense that celestial phenomena correspond to personnel. Although, some people who are particularly valuable in the world can indeed predict their deeds through astrology. But those who can respond to the celestial phenomena may not be able to have one person in a hundred years.
In the land of the Eastern Wilderness, the vested interests on the ground are simply insignificant in the long river of history, and how can there be celestial stars corresponding to them.
Therefore, in fact, Xiao Sheng entrusted Ling Ziling to come forward and organize a dark department to collect a large number of low-class city fox society rats in the Eastern Wilderness, and go around to catch the clues of those so-called adults. Once these bigwigs were caught, the Heavenly Prison Bureau immediately followed the vine and went to the door with thunderous means to conduct a forced search.
These big figures in the Eastern Wilderness, who have controlled the Eastern Wilderness for many years, have more or less done a lot of illegal deeds, and they are not innocent at all. was suddenly killed, and everyone was caught on the spot, and no one could escape. Xiao Sheng made all the actions of these people public, and then punished them severely and quickly, in public.
In just half a month, a large number of local celebrities and gentry, as well as a large number of government officials, were either imprisoned. Either beheaded, raided, or exiled. was ruined, and while losing his head and status, he also lost his reputation.
On the contrary, Xiao Sheng, because of this series of actions, was regarded by the people as a Qingtian master who must sue if he was wronged. Even, there are opera troupes among the people, who compile Xiao Sheng's actions into dramas, and perform and sing them everywhere. Xiao Qingtian's fame, unconsciously, has spread to almost every corner of the Eastern Wilderness.
The so-called tragedy of the death of the rabbit and the fox is not that no one speaks for these big people who are traitors. The justices of the Supreme Court, in particular, speak more.
Those judges did not dare to say that these bigwigs were innocent. However, citing scriptures, the Evidence Supervision Bureau has no law enforcement power and does not conform to procedures, so all the evidence collected should be invalid. tried to prevent Xiao Sheng from killing.
But the Fourteenth Prince didn't talk to these people at all. It was just that the Supervision Bureau was ordered to step up its actions and publicize all the circumstances of how these judges themselves had broken ties with the Eagle Auspicious Kingdom over the years, and the punishment was unfair.
The people of the Eastern Wilderness, seeing that these judges themselves are also, unclean and unclear, I wonder who else will listen to the judges' words. And who will have enough to sympathize with these judges.
Since these people are in great disarray, things are much easier to do. Xiao Sheng ordered that all judges be removed. The power to hear all kinds of cases is vested in the Bureau of Prisons.
Xiao Sheng actually knew that he used tough means to quickly implement various policies, which was overbearing and lost the royal road. Although it is effective for a while, I am afraid that it will also leave various drawbacks.
For example, it is not a good thing that the power of the Heavenly Supervision Bureau is dominant. It's okay to say now. However, in the future, if the Prison Bureau becomes a long-term organization and exists, it is very likely that it will not be able to lose its tail, or even dominate the political situation completely.
When the time comes, the people's every move will be closely monitored, and there will be no personal freedom. This is absolutely disgusting to anyone.
The best way, of course, is to mix the ways of kings and tyrants. Both soft and hard, both pronged. But helplessly, this kind of trickle and long-term method, to see the effect, is not an overnight thing. And Xiao Sheng only had one year to govern the Eastern Wilderness, so he had no choice but to act expediently with domineering.
The long-term changes in things can be predicted by the insightful people. But after all, it's still far from reality. However, the positive effect of the establishment of the Prison Bureau was immediate. In a short period of time, job opportunities have increased, incomes have increased, and various expenses and burdens have been reduced. Welfare services are also satisfactory. Naturally, the common people praised each other.
Although, there are still some people with bad intentions who still try to make waves. But first, they couldn't find a chance to make trouble, and second, Xiao Sheng's decisive and ruthless methods also made them tremble. So, they had no choice but to stop and go to work obediently.
In addition, Xiao Sheng's iron-fisted methods, the cadres are arbitrary, in fact, very similar to the governors of the previous colonial governments.
The people of Donghuang have been colonized for more than 100 years and have long been accustomed to being ruled. Before Empress Dahao, she delegated power and let the desolate people govern themselves. Although the intentions are good, in fact, the desolate people are not used to it. That's why all kinds of moths appeared.
Now that the Fourteenth Prince is backed by abundant wealth and uses a strong hand to govern, the people of Donghuang are very familiar with this set, so they gladly accept it. I don't know how many times stronger the effect is than the previous autonomy.
In this way, after more than three months of vigorous rectification, the entire Donghuang society has become a new one. The society is thriving, prosperous and stable. There is no longer a random moment when people from all walks of life incite the masses and march in the streets with them.
Before, many of the people of the Eastern Wilderness thought that they were just the people of the Eastern Wilderness, not the people of Dahao. But now, the rate of people who identify themselves as Dahao's citizens is rising in a straight line. According to this, as long as there are two or three more years to persistently stabilize the current policy, the overall popular will of the people in the Eastern Wilderness will completely return to the Dahao Imperial Court, which is already a sure thing.
Seeing that the political situation in the Eastern Wilderness has gradually stabilized, everything is on track. Mao Xiaofang cared about the world and decided to travel elsewhere, so he asked Xiao Sheng to resign.
Although the fourteenth prince felt that it was a pity, everyone had their own ambitions, and they couldn't leave Mao Xiaofang for their own private affairs. So he prepared a generous gift and presented it to the zombie Taoist as a reward.
By the way, the fourteenth prince remembered what Lan'er said to himself in the underground palace of Longshou Mountain that day, about his mother Mu Guifei, so he asked Mao Xiaofang about it. Of course, when it comes to his mother's **, Xiao Sheng must have reservations. So I just asked Mao Xiaofang if he had ever heard of the "Emei Girl" of the Dao Xuan lineage.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the question was raised, Mao Xiaofang immediately replied, "Of course I know." Emei girl, that is a rare genius in a hundred years in the Daoxuan lineage. Alas, alas, alas. "The feelings of regret are beyond words.
Xiao Sheng's heart jumped suddenly, and he asked, "Chief Mao, what are you sorry for?" ”
Mao Xiaofang sighed and said, "As we all know, since hundreds of years ago, the top ten martial saints in the world disappeared at the same time, for so many years, no one has been able to achieve the Martial Saint Fruit Rank again. Even, even the martial arts innate have almost never heard of it.
And the Emei girl of the Dao Xuan lineage is the greatest genius in the Dao Sect in the past hundreds of years. Back then, the heads of the three veins of the Daomen all praised the Emei Nu in unison, thinking that if someone could break the confinement and achieve the martial saint again, then it would be the Emei Nu.
It's a pity that such an amazing talent disappeared silently twenty years ago, and there has been no news since. Isn't that a pity? ”