Zhang Liang went out of the store.

Now the sound in the city is still mixed, but when it comes, it has been much quieter, and many people have gone to the city wall, waiting for the official notice to be posted.

Zhang Liang was also ready to go.

It's just that before he could get close to the city wall, he was persuaded to retreat by the crowd of people.

There were so many people coming.

Looked at.

Zhang Liang could only turn around and go back to the store.

He didn't go straight back to his room, but found a quiet place in the big room and sat down quietly.

He Ying sat opposite him.

There were a lot of people gathered in the big house, there were Qianshou in brown clothes, and there were also public servants with soap cloth wrapped in their heads, these people chatted casually, but the topic of conversation was mostly about what happened in the city during this time, Zhang Liang listened for a while, and then he lost interest, and it was mostly some hearsay absurdity.

He sat quietly in the room and waited for dusk to come.

The other side.

Ji Heng had already cooked the meal.

Fusu had a bit of calmness on his face, and said with a smile: "I'm tired of Mr. today." ”

Ji Heng didn't care, and said calmly: "It's okay, I can still serve a home-cooked meal." ”

The dishes he cooks are indeed very homely.

It's just that seeing that Ji Heng always eats with two wooden sticks, Fusu is still quite curious in his heart, and after watching it for a while, he also tried it curiously, but after all, he is a beginner, and he is not as comfortable as Ji Heng, but it seems a little more funny, and the wooden strip between his fingers does not obey the call at all.

After some trying, Fusu also gave up.

He blushed and said, "Sir's eating tools are really unique. ”

Ji Heng looked at the wooden chopsticks in his hand, chuckled, and said, "Without him, only his hands are familiar." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the courtyard.

The time of day is always short.

Soon.

The golden crow hanging high in the air set in the west.

It's dusk.

Fusu has long since returned to the case.

He handed Ji Heng the notice he intended to post.

Ji Heng did not refuse, reached out and took it, looked at it a few times, and put it back on the table.

"Does the gentleman have a high opinion?" Fusu asked.

"I can't talk about it, it's just that your approach is too simple, and the effect won't be too good." Ji Heng stood tall and said calmly: "If it is too rigid and easy to break, if it is too soft, it will be beautiful." ”

"You're doing it too well."

"How do you think it should be announced, sir?" Fusu Road.

Ji Heng spread out the bamboo slips, took the rabbit pen on the case in his hand, and directly added a few vertical lines to the notice written by Fusu.

Then he explained: "Disclosure in batches. ”

"Don't post it all at once, give people some time to digest their reactions."

Fusu frowned.

He raised his eyes to look at the bamboo slips, secretly looked at them for dozens of breaths, and also understood Ji Heng's thoughts, and said with his forehead: "What Mr. said is very true, but I didn't think it through." ”

"The official offices involved this time include the Inner History Mansion, the Tingwei Mansion, the Shaofu Mansion, and the Imperial History Mansion, each of which announces its own situation, so that it can be explained to the people, and secondly, it can also give the people some time to get correct thinking." Ji Heng said calmly: "In addition, what you wrote is a little vague. ”

"The greatest killer in the world is sincerity!"

"In the eyes of the government, some details are indeed inappropriately disclosed, but extraordinary measures are carried out in extraordinary times, and if you want to attract the hearts of the people, you must use extraordinary measures.

"For example, the Inner History Mansion."

"Directly explain the matter of the salt and iron shipwreck."

"In order to force the government to back down and reduce the high commercial tax, the businessmen deliberately created this shipwreck, and the government has collected enough evidence, and the relevant businessmen have also been controlled, and the culprits should be razed."

Fusu's eyelids jumped.

Ji Heng's words were completely unexpected.

Ji Heng didn't pay much attention to it, and continued: "For example, the Imperial Governor's Mansion can directly announce that a lot of officials have been arrested, and the notice directly points out the collusion between officials and businessmen, covering up and concealing each other, and deceiving the superiors and subordinates, and at the same time, it is also announced that the standards of salt and iron are about to be raised. ”

"Shaofu pointed out where the salt and iron came from."

"How will the government respond, and what measures will it take?"

"Focus on people's livelihood and focus on people's livelihood."

"There are many things to be told about this, as long as the specific situation is explained, the attitude of the government is lowered, and the people are not regarded as untouchables, but as governors, or 'people' on an equal footing."

"It is also necessary to distinguish priorities and expose them step by step."

"The devil is in the details."

"If you chew too much on words and pay too much attention to identity, you are destined to lose more than you lose."

Hear the words.

Fusu was thoughtful.

He looked at the notice he had written, and he understood it thoroughly.

The book is too angry.

Too much pursuit of maintaining the majesty of the government.

Between the lines, there is a little more cold, a little more domineering.

How does this bring us closer to the nations?

Fusu arched his hand and said: "Fusu understands, thank you for your advice." ”

Ji Heng nodded.

He went to the back kitchen and cleaned the dishes and chopsticks.

Fusu took out a few blank bamboo slips, thought about it in his mind and put it down again.

Soon.

A bamboo slip was given away.

Di shop.

It's dusk.

The store finally started to get agitated.

Many of the leaders and officials stood up and walked towards the city wall where the notice was posted.

Lao Sheren said at this time: "The second and third sons don't want to go to the city wall, it is already crowded with people now, three layers inside and three layers outside, and the water has long been impassable. ”

"I've already arranged for a few servants to go to the city wall to squat."

"As long as the government notice is posted, they will come back immediately to deliver the message, and the second and third sons don't have to waste this time."

Hear the words.

The eyes of the surrounding people showed a different color.

They all praised the good means of the housekeeper, and they also followed the advice of the housekeeper and continued to sit down in the house.

He Xuan, who had already gotten up, also sat down at this time.

He said in a low voice: "This store is a little clever, knowing that everyone is anxious, so he arranged for someone to squat early, this move, I am afraid that his store will not have enough food to sell." ”

Zhang Liang smiled and said, "That's fine." ”

"Under the city wall where the notice is posted right now, there has long been a sea of people, and there are no more people in front of it, and when it is really posted, I am afraid that the crowd will be more crowded, and we will seem to be at night than others, but in fact, I am afraid that there is not much difference."

He Yang also nodded again and again.

At this moment, a thin young man strode in and shouted again and again: "Notice. The notice was posted. ”

Lao Sheren's eyes were full of excitement, and he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, thin monkey, straighten out your qi first, what does the notice say?" ”

The young man took a few deep breaths, and then he hurriedly said: "Let me think about it first, well, the official who posted the notice said that after this period of investigation, the government has sufficient evidence to prove that the wreck in Huaixian County some time ago is man-made. ”

A word fell.

There was a gasp in the room.

Zhang Liang's eyebrows also showed a look of surprise.

"What else?" Sheren continued to ask.

The young man took a wild breath and continued to say in a loud voice: "After more than ten days of investigation, the government has controlled the salt merchants and iron merchants involved, among which the culprits are Cao Bing's and other iron merchants. ”

"The other families, the current leaders in the clan, have also been taken away by the government, waiting for the final investigation."

"That's right!"

"This notice is very detailed."

"It is said that the reason why the merchant did this was because he was dissatisfied with the salt pond and mine forcibly expropriated by the government some time ago, so he deliberately retaliated and intended to force the government to make concessions and reduce the commercial tax, so he teamed up with other merchants to create this 'shipwreck'."

As soon as the young man's words were spoken, there was an uproar in the room.

This was followed by a burst of scolding.

"These merchants are real damn birds!"

"I've long seen that none of these businessmen are good birds."

"The government is doing a good job."

"Yes."

"I've long seen that these people are not pleasing to the eye, and they are thinking about raising prices day by day, and now they are doing such a big thing, if there is really no way to solve it, I have to slaughter all these merchants."

"I'm so!"

“.”

The scolding in the hall came and went.

Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment and took the initiative to ask, "Tell me that there is only these contents?" ”

The young man nodded: "That's all there is to it now, but it's really not complete, there are too many people under the major city walls now, there are people everywhere, and I can't squeeze in, I originally wanted to wait there for a while, but I was worried that I would forget what I remembered, so I hurried back." ”

"But I inquired when I left."

"This notice was issued by the major government offices alone, so the time may be relatively inconsistent, and the notice I sent back was only from the Inner History Mansion."

She Ren smiled: "Don't be in a hurry for the second and third sons, I expected it a long time ago." ”

"I have arranged three or four people for this incident, and all the news from the government will definitely come back."

"The second and third sons are a little restless, don't be impatient."

Everyone bowed slightly.

I talked about the notice of the Inner History Mansion again.

But soon, someone was uneasy: "According to the notice issued by the Inner History Mansion, those salt and iron have clearly sunk, even if all the merchants are arrested, they won't solve any problems?" What we are anxious about now is salt and iron, how can we plough this spring plough without salt and iron? ”

"yes, yes."

"What does the government say about salt and iron?"

“.”

Listening to the anxiety around him, Zhang Liang secretly shook his head.

If he had guessed correctly, most of the salt and iron had not sunk, but had fallen into the hands of the government.

This statement is not entirely accurate.

There are even deliberate obscuration of some points.

But even so, the effect of the government may have been achieved.

Zhang Liang turned his head sideways and looked at the other people in the room, with a solemn look between his eyebrows.

Although the government has not yet posted a notice to explain how to solve the matter of salt and iron, but the first notice of the government has made many people moved, the content of this notice is actually very straightforward, but it directly told the Qin people that the government is not not inactive, but has been acting, and also knows the specific beginning.

The matter was clearly and concisely announced.

Zhang Liang's expression was solemn.

The announcement of the Qin court is clearly true and false, but compared with the very straightforward documents in the past, it is a little more 'sincere', with more details, and it seems to be deliberately pleasing the people, this change is actually very small, but he can clearly feel that the resentment of these Qin people in the house against the government is decreasing.

He even had a strong trust in the government.

It's a great way to do it.

And he doesn't think that the government really informs each other.

I'm afraid it's also intentional.

This is even more clever.

Now the Qin court is deliberately guiding public opinion, just like the tide, wave after wave, so that the world is constantly immersed in it, as the more the government discloses the news, the people's views on the whole incident will continue to change, and then completely reverse the complaints and dissatisfaction with the government some time ago.

In particular, it is easy to win the favor of the people by breaking things down and explaining them.

This kind of goodwill came by chance.

But it's very real.

The means are not insignificant.

Zhang Liang's eyes swept over the room, pondered for a moment, and whispered: "No, I have some understanding of Fusu, this person is not a person with a fox in his mind, and he basically can't do such a nuanced move, if he really has such ability, how could he be hated by the First Emperor earlier?" ”

"There must be someone else plotting this matter secretly!"

Zhang Liang's tone was very affirmative.

He Yang looked around vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zifang, do you think someone is secretly helping Qin?" ”

Zhang Liang nodded.

He Yang moved his body to get closer to Zhang Liang, and said in a low voice: "This operation is indeed not like Fusu can be driven out, so is it possible that the official who was transferred back earlier?" ”

Zhang Liang shook his head and said with a heavy expression: "I don't know." ”

"But this man is very powerful!"

"But now we are in the dark, the government does not know about our existence, this time the Qin court's action is so big, many things cannot be hidden, we can inquire more in the secret during this time, maybe we can inquire about some news."

"This man has to be found!"

Zhang Liang's eyes showed a touch of coldness.

He Xuan's eyes were also cold.

He knew the implications, and the threat to them was great.

It has to be found out.

Then.

Another man ran in.

Like the thin young man in front of him, he was also out of breath, but he couldn't hide his excitement in his eyes.

As soon as he entered the house, he subconsciously put his hands on his knees and gasped: "The joint announcement of the Tingwei Mansion and the Imperial History Mansion has come out. ”

"In the past ten days, the Tingwei Mansion and the Imperial History Mansion have jointly investigated hundreds of officials."

"Up to the court, down to the place."

"It's all involved!"

"These officials have long been in tandem with the merchants, and even secretly provided assistance to the merchants, shielded the merchants, and tried to exonerate them, and now it has been ascertained that these officials have a lot of money with the merchants, so this matter was concealed by some people in the government at the beginning, but the matter was too big to hide, and it was found out."

"Now the officials involved in salt and iron in various places have basically been arrested."

"Hundreds!"

The man spat out a lot of information in one breath.

Hear the words.

Everyone in the audience was shocked.

But most people are not surprised.

This time the incident is so big, there must be a problem with the officials.

It's also a matter of time before it is investigated.

It's just that there are hundreds of officials involved, and this number is too many.

Hearing these news, Zhang Liang was also shocked.

He was not shocked by Qin Ting's speed.

It's wild.

The Qin court made little secret of the purge of officials related to salt and iron.

After this investigation, the officials who were corrupt and corrupt in the past have basically been swept away, and even if someone has an idea in a short time, I am afraid that they will not dare to be so blatant, and I am afraid that the salt and iron in Guanzhong will be completely stabilized.

After taking a few breaths, the man continued, "There's more. ”

"After investigation, the eldest son found that Daqin's salt and agricultural tool standards are a little too low compared to the technology that Daqin has mastered, so three days later, Daqin will issue and implement new salt and iron standards, which will greatly improve the people's requirements for salt and iron."

A word fell, and all around.

"Color!"

"The government finally got it."

"The farm tools refined by the workshop and the official workshop can't be used at all, all of them are birds, and they will be lame and broken after a few days, and the price is still expensive, and now the government has finally paid attention to it."

"Looking at this situation, it is clear that the officials did not report it before."

"Those profiteers and corrupt officials, I'm afraid that they have already secretly colluded and deliberately used these inferior goods to cheat us out of money."

"It's long overdue!"

"The eldest son is wise!"

“.”

After a burst of scolding and scolding in the house, the loud voices of 'the eldest son is wise' and 'the court is wise' sounded.

Zhang Liang's brows furrowed even tighter.

He was already feeling a great deal of stress and uneasiness.

Now the shipwreck in Huaixian County not only did not create pressure on the Qin court, but attracted a lot of fame for Fusu.

That's not a good thing for them.

Although Fusu is the eldest son of Great Qin, he was not very popular with the first emperor in the past due to different political views, and Fusu's reputation in the world has always been not in Guanzhong, but in Guandong, which is mainly because the Chu forces have been acting for Fusu Zhangluo, but now it is different.

After this incident, Fusu's reputation in Guanzhong increased greatly.

That's not good!

The current Fusu is not as good as it was at the beginning.

He obviously has the help of a master behind him, this person's talent is extremely amazing, as if he is trying to turn the tide and change the current situation in the world, if Fusu really stands firm, I am afraid that even if the first emperor dies, Guanzhong will still be built like an iron bucket, such a Guanzhong, for them, the pressure is too great.

This is definitely not what the nobles of the Six Kingdoms want to see.

The Fusu they want is a Fusu full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, a Fusu that is contrary to the political views of the first emperor, not a Fusu who changes his mind and makes great efforts.

Then.

There was a sound of surprise in the room.

"It's a good thing for the government to raise standards, but will it increase prices?"

"If the price increases, I am afraid I can't bear it."

"yes."

"Over the years, the tax of the imperial court has been too high, and the people who have been pressed are about to run out of breath, my three sons are now serving in the levy, and I don't know when they will come back, saving some money to save money, just to buy a good farm tool, if the price of iron tools goes up, how can this be good?"

There was an instant silence in the room.

How could they not be?

It is good to raise the standard of salt and iron, but they may not be able to afford it.

Sighs rang out all around.

Then.

Another man ran in.

He entered the house so quickly that he almost stumbled and fell on his heels.

He put his hands on his waist, and said excitedly: "Shaofu. The notice of the Shaofu came out. ”

"The eldest son has been written, and His Majesty the Emperor has given permission."

"Shaofu has made a move!"

"Shaofu will transport 200,000 yuan of pig iron and 50,000 yuan of salt from Aocang to relieve Guanzhong."

"Everything will be sold according to the new standard set in three days."

"And"

"All prices remain at !!"

Rumble!

A word fell.

Exclamations rang out all around.

This was followed by a tidal wave of inquiries.

The eyes of the crowd were full of disbelief and shock, and some even couldn't believe their ears.

But under the man's firm nod, and the bursts of cheers and cheers from outside, they were able to settle down.

And this is true!

When many people were sure that the disappearance was true, they directly knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, venting loudly the anxiety and anxiety during this time, everything was over, everything was fine, the court took action, and everything was fine.

There was a cry in the room.

The anxiety and anxiety in my stomach turned into tears at this moment.

The man wiped his equally moist eyes and continued to say in a loud voice: "In addition to these, there is another one in the notice of the Shaofu. ”

"The government will recruit a large number of skilled salt workers, ironworkers and other craftsmen to increase the output of agricultural tools and salt as soon as possible, and ensure the livelihood of the people in Guanzhong in the shortest possible time.

"As for the salters, ironworkers, and other craftsmen, they are distributed according to the standard of eight coins a day."

"Everything is in a hurry."

"The purpose is to make the salt and iron that has been transported by Aocang into commodities as soon as possible and distribute them to various counties and counties in Guanzhong, so as to ensure the normal progress of spring plowing to the greatest extent."

"Color!!

As soon as the man's words were finished, there was a burst of colorful sounds outside the house.

It was a chorus of applause from the whole city.

The city was in a bustle.

Instead of the previous panic, it was replaced by excitement.

Or even hyperactivity.

Zhang Liang's expression was solemn, and he felt that his chest was very tight.

He is already a great enemy.

The man who secretly laid it all out was very clever.

This person has been deliberately avoiding the serious, and has not responded from beginning to end, Shaofu can directly solve the matter of salt and iron, even in the end, it is only in the name of Ao Cang.

Ao Cang is the treasury of the Great Qin, and there is a hoarding of salt and iron in it, few people will question it, and it will even make people more convinced, and under the urgency of knowing the situation in Guanzhong, instead of forcibly conscripting prisoners and conscription, they used a very unscrupulous way to recruit people.

Package food and lodging.

Pay extra for your salary.

This is undoubtedly a great joy for the bottom.

What's more important is that the government no longer blindly levies and distributes conscription, but begins to consider the people, even if it knows that the matter is urgent, it does not take the liberty to levy it, but chooses another way, and also announces some of the 'truths' that the government wants the people to know by avoiding the serious.

And then 'please' the people.

Zhang Liang's eyebrows have an indissoluble sorrow.

He was already acutely aware of the seriousness of the problem.

As soon as these three notices came out, there was no doubt that the Qin people believed one thing, not that the government was inconsiderate, but that some officials deceived the upper and lower levels, and the court was deceived, so they did not know the suffering of the bottom, and the blind levy in the past was also reasonably explained.

After a detailed understanding, Qin Ting did not levy taxes as in the past, but became sympathetic to the people.

This will undoubtedly regain the recognition and goodwill of the Qin people.

Zhang Liang's expression was solemn.

It is easy to know that it is easy to shake Mount Tai, but it is difficult to shake people's hearts.

It is even more difficult to regain people's hearts, but Qin Ting has done it.

Just through a small thing, and then some means, this thing was done quietly.

Now the people are grateful to the imperial court, even if they want to explain some things, I am afraid that no one will listen to them, they only think that the government is good, but there are officials who are acting and not acting.

He Ying's expression was also ugly.

He didn't feel it as deeply as Zhang Liang, but it was more intuitive.

He had a deep sense of powerlessness.

The two looked at each other.

There was a jealousy and solemnity in his eyes.

They know.

Qin Ting has really changed!

(End of chapter)