The next day, that is, on the evening of July 21, when Pan Long was wandering around Nanxia City, he heard someone happily talking about the matter of "the prince's book".

"Have you heard? Today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, together with a number of old ministers, sent a letter to His Majesty, hoping to suspend the practice of comprehensively taking stock of assets and resume the gradual inventory from the bottom to the top some time ago. In the hotel, the wrinkles on the face of a chubby middle-aged man seemed to be about to smile, "That's great!"

"What's so good about that?" asked another fat man at the same table with him, "Isn't this still going to be checked after all?"

A scholar at the next table sneered: "It's the same illness, you are sick three times in three years, or three diseases together, if you have to choose one of the two, which one do you choose?"

"Of course it's a separate illness!" the fat man suddenly came to his senses, "I understand! Even if we still have to make an inventory in the future, the local officials will already be busy with the matter at hand—and they will not only have a much kinder attitude, but also be easier to discuss." ”

"Discussing something, in fact, comes second. The scholar said, "Changing the law is a major national plan, and we people should support it." It's just that after all, the people are the foundation of the country, and the law is changed to enrich the people and strengthen the country, not to bring disaster to the country and the people. And one of the basic national policies of my Great Xia is to respect the rights of the people - this is also the iron law that Emperor Wu wrote in the preface at the front when he wrote the Great Xia Code for many years, and not a word can be modified. Some time ago, those inspection officials really did some things to step on the line in the name of tracking down the remnants of a hundred families, which must be strictly forbidden!"

Everyone nodded one after another, and more than one person agreed, and the atmosphere was very warm for a while.

Pan Long sat in the corner, his face was silent, but he was secretly sneering in his heart.

Respect for civil rights? In the past few years, he has walked the rivers and lakes, where has he not seen corrupt officials and bullies?

More often than not, dog officials and bullies collude with each other to form a heavy and bloody cannibalistic net, and every year I don't know how many people will be victimized, and I don't know how many people disappear silently.

Did the inspection officials step on the line? Let's first ask what the big families they found out about their homes have done!

Pan Long once heard Cang Yuan and his staff discuss a case: a large family usually colludes with bandits to sell stolen goods. He hid the account book of the black accounts in his ancestral hall, and every time he did business, it was also in the secret room under the ancestral hall. The patrol envoy had already gotten the news, but because of his cautious style, the patrol envoy could not find evidence, and the local government got his advantage again, and the official never went to the ancestral hall to "make trouble" after entering the door. So he has been as steady as Mount Tai.

Taking advantage of this opportunity to check the property and track down the remnants of the hundred families, the inspection officials finally broke into the ancestral hall, easily found the black account book, and then found the secret room, from which many thieves were found.

It is said that this is a good thing, and it is good for the country and the people. But other big families in the local area were excited-they said: If you can break into other ancestral halls today and dig three feet into the ground, will you be able to break into my ancestral hall tomorrow?

As for the question of the man's sin, that's another matter.

If this person commits a crime, he can be interrogated as he should be interrogated, and the court has its own laws. But in any case, the law of the imperial court must be limited by the law itself, and cannot exceed its authority.

A well-known literati said even more harshly: "Getting a good result by overstepping one's authority is actually worse than getting a bad one! Because getting a bad result will make people not overstep one's authority in the future." But getting a good result will encourage officials to overstep their authority in the future. A good result can be disguised at least a few times - so, the more good results you get, the more severely you must punish this ultra viress behavior!"

This lawsuit, the local officials did not dare to deal with it without authorization, and reported it layer by layer, until it was reported to Di Luonan, who was the head of the department for changing the law, and it was handled by Cangyuan.

Cang Yuan also had a headache, he and his staff discussed it repeatedly, but they couldn't discuss any way to get the best of both worlds.

These local big families and literati firmly occupy the banner of "political correctness", and although Cangyuan has great power, he has no way to confront "political correctness".

But to obey "political correctness", it is necessary to criticize and even punish those inspection officials who have the courage to do their jobs.

Of course, this can't be done!

So he was torn and didn't know what to do.

Among the staff, someone suggested that the matter should be handed over to Di Luonan to handle, and the man said: "The second prince is heroic and powerful, and he will definitely be able to convince the public." ”

But Cangyuan was unwilling.

He didn't know that no one dared to disagree when Di Luonan came forward.

Stepping on the line?civil rights?phew!

In front of the "Seven Killing Stars", those are a fart!

The prestige of Diluonan was forged with the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Baixi County and even Jingnan. No one in the world dared to risk their own lives to bet on whether this peerless killing god would be murderous and cut himself with a knife.

Everyone knows that Di Luonan really doesn't care about killing.

Human life is nothing to him, not even - not even a number.

Even the most brutal people will be a little concerned about "killing". They may feel pressure, they may feel excited, or they may feel happy...... But in any case, they will at least care a little bit.

But Di Luonan didn't care at all, according to legend, after he issued the order of seven killings, a brave official once broke into his residence and persuaded him: "Do you know how many people will die like this?

At that time, Di Luonan was eating, and when he heard this, he said nonchalantly: "Why should I care? Would you care how many grains of rice are in a bowl of rice?"

As he spoke, he asked the servant to serve the brave official a bowl of rice: "Eat, eat and forget." ”

The official looked at the grains of rice in the bowl, thought of the heads that were about to fall to the ground, and came from sorrow, howling and crying, and from then on the grains of rice did not enter, and after a few months he was emaciated and died.

It's hard to tell whether this story is true or false, but everyone believes that Di Luonan really doesn't care about human life at all.

...... He doesn't even care about the "numbers".

No one dares to confront this demon king, because no one wants to die.

Even the bravest people don't want to die so much that they don't even count as a "number".

Therefore, if this kind of thing to confront "political correctness" is handed over to Di Luonan, he can trample "political correctness" on the ground with just one sentence, and his face will be covered with mud.

But such a result, Cangyuan is unwilling!

He wants not only good results, but also good processes.

Although he admits that in many cases, "good results" and "good processes" cannot be achieved at the same time, but since it is not a matter of urgency, and it is not a contradiction of human life, he would rather spend more time and energy and try to find a way to take care of it.

"This is too embarrassing!" protested the staff.

"It's hard for everyone, and there's nothing you can do. Cangyuan said with a smile, "Our every move involves the safety and misfortune of the people." The more difficult it is for us, the less hard it will be for the people. Since everyone has entered Cang's door, they should be prepared for this kind of trouble. ”

"When you first invited me to be a professional, you said, 'There is a lot of money, a lot of leisure, and a beautiful girl' - but you took the two truths before and after and hid the middle of the lie, it's too despicable!"

"Soldiers are not tired of cheating, if I don't say 'leisure', can I just rely on 'more money' and 'beautiful girls' to fish you out of the wine jar of Cuifangju?"

"I regret it now, I want to soak back, okay?"

"Of course, as long as you finish the batch of files you have - well, I remember that you were assigned one hundred and seventy-seven case files, many of which were difficult problems like this. You handled all these cleanly and beautifully, and Cang sent you back to the wine jar of Cuifangju to sleep in a sedan chair. ”

“...... You might as well buy a wine jar for me to use as a coffin!"

So everyone burst into laughter, and the atmosphere was very happy.

Pan Long smiled slightly and woke up from his memories.

The people in the tavern were happily talking about the prince's book, and they mentioned that many old ministers had also followed the prince to the book, and the meaning was roughly the same - the previous inventory of the property had been done very well, and according to the plan, there was a full year to complete the property inventory. It's only July, and in terms of population, more than 70% of the total. The remaining half a year is enough to complete the property inventory of the rest of the population, so why bother?

At first glance, these claims are plausible and can really confuse many people.

But Pan Long knew that this was actually talking nonsense with his eyes open!

Seventy percent of the population's property has been checked? How many percent of the total non-governmental property has been checked?

Is there a percent!

In Pan Long's previous life, he had heard of a famous theory.

The proportion of wealth distribution in a society is an indicator of the degree of social stability. In the proportion of wealth distribution, 20 percent of the population controls 80 percent of the wealth, which is considered a critical point.

Once this tipping point is exceeded, the wealth of society will irreversibly move in the direction of increasing concentration towards a few. Unless war breaks out, no country will be able to reverse this trend.

And in Great Xia, according to Pan Long's estimates, more than ninety percent of the wealth in this society is controlled by less than one percent of the people.

Rural villagers, who make up the majority of the population, often have little money to spare. In addition to the development areas such as the North and the South China Sea, such as the villages of the Central Plains, most of the people in the villages are actually mixed with food and clothing all year round.

It's hard enough to eat and drink, and you still want to save money?

Dream on!

But those landlords, wealthy businessmen, officials, and heroes of the rivers and lakes, if they leak a little between their fingers, they can be worth the hard work of many people for several years.

When Pan Long is chivalrous, he often scavenges for some floating wealth. On the one hand, he also needs to use the money himself, and on the other hand, the money can be used to help the people.

In his experience, the smallest fortune he looted was about 100 taels of gold, 7,800 taels of silver, and jewelry.

The money came from a bully who had more than a dozen butchers under his command and controlled the slaughtering and trading of livestock within a radius of more than 100 miles. That man's house is not very big, and there are only more than ten servants and thugs in the family, but he already has such a net worth.

And such as the Heavenly Hand Gang, a green forest faction with many innate masters, the wealth is estimated to exceed 100,000 taels of gold!

Of course, that is the amount that can only be had if things such as pills, jewelry, and weapons are converted into money. However, at least they are all "movable assets", floating wealth that can be sold at any time.

The proportion of wealth distribution in the Great Xia Dynasty has reached a shocking level.

It took the imperial court seven months to inventory the wealth of more than seventy percent of the population. At first glance, it may seem like a remarkable achievement, but in fact, for the whole society, the wealth of the inventory work is estimated to account for only a fraction of the wealth of the private sector.

If you think that this job is going well according to the proportion of the population, you are actually just lying to yourself or others!

Pan Long looked coldly at the celebratory and elated drinkers, and his heart was full of disdain.

He knew that the people who could drink in this Southern Xia City could not be poor.

These people are happy, but what about the poor people?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that the food on the table was not fragrant, and the fruit wine in the cup was even more sour and astringent, and he suddenly lost his appetite.

Sighing and calling the shopkeeper to come over to settle the bill, Pan Long left the restaurant and continued to wander the streets.

But it didn't take long for him to hear someone discussing the prince's book.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really kind-hearted!" said the man, "and he wrote that during this period of time, the inspection officials were a little impatient, which caused some disputes in the local area. In dealing with these disputes, we should emphasize the principle of 'reciprocity' -- the matter of words is resolved by words, the matter of words is resolved by words, and the matter of fists is resolved by fists...... Even if you hurt someone, even if you kill someone, you should handle it in accordance with the principle of 'one life for one life'. ”

"Ah, that's a lot of generosity!"

"yes, if you change it to 'Seven Killing Stars'......"

"Stop, stop, you don't mention that star, we're still friends!"

"Hahaha! Don't mention it, don't mention it! Let's go drink, we're going to get drunk today!"

"Okay, say this, I like it!"

Seeing the two men hook their shoulders and go to the tavern next to them with great interest, Pan Long couldn't help but sigh.

"I didn't expect that the change of the law would make so many people unhappy...... Or is it that most of the people in the world who have been touched by the change of law have gathered at the feet of this Son of Heaven?"

He muttered, feeling that everywhere the scenery was terrible, and everywhere was disappointing.

Of course, he also knew, but in fact, it was just an illusion.

The Great Xia Dynasty was rich in Kyushu - and now with the addition of the Northland and the South China Sea, it can probably be regarded as eleven states. Among them, there are countless powerful and rich people. Although the land of Gyeonggi is rich and wealthy, it is actually only a small part of the world.

It's just that since there are many rich people here, of course, most of them are against changing the law.

After all, although the law change really benefits the country and the people, it harms the interests of these rich people.

The wealth of the world will not increase in a short period of time. If you want the people to benefit, you naturally need the rich to make profits.

Even if you know that this thing is right, it is the so-called "good money is hard to give up". How many people in the world can be very happy when they pay money?

"I don't know what Di Renchen's attitude is, what will happen to this matter?" he looked up at the sky that had completely darkened, and muttered to himself in a low voice, sighing deeply.