Chapter 390 Big Baby or Big Trouble
After a short period of adaptation, Chen Jing quickly got used to his new position. He wrote the eight big words "Seeking to understand the people's sentiments and willing to hear about his own mistakes" on the mansion. He also strictly restricted his subordinate officials, eliminated the vacancies of redundant staff, strictly assessed monthly, and prohibited disturbing the people's misfortunes. For a time, the official style was accumulating and the efficiency was greatly improved. Especially the cases were well-determined and the stories were spread as beautiful, which made people admire the new master!
For a time, before he could really start his fist and keep silent about his reputation of "judging cases like gods, loving the people like children", he had already made some progress in Suzhou City.
In fact, he was silent for one month. In addition to the case trial, he was the internal rectification of the trend, and he attacked the scattered impetuous spirit in the yamen. He used the assessment method to force officials to change their past style and work hard and work diligently. He only wanted to pass the assessment at the end of the month and greatly improve his work efficiency. He was ready to promote it throughout the palace at the right time.
Of course, whether the promotion is effective is still uncertain, because the reason why he can play is because he has been through the whole process in his previous life. In this life, he planned to change his father from a temporary job to a formal worker and finally take the position of the third in charge of the county. Therefore, he knew all the wrong ways and corruption tricks in the government, and no one could play tricks with him.
Because he understood the principle that no one was greedy, he did not take any greed for the money and food consumption of the people below, leaving a way out for everyone. The young people knew it well and knew that the adults did not intend to do anything. For the sake of the little bit of oil, they gritted their teeth and persevered... They thought to be proud, and when the adults' freshness passed, we would be relieved.
But overall, after a month of running-in and strict requirements for coercion and inducement, Mr. Shen has already been banned from his yamen. Chen Mo even has time to go to the prefecture school to teach, and do some literary skills in the prefecture... This is not to do a good job, but two very important activities, because the former has won the support and respect of the scholars of Suzhou. Moreover, becoming a famous scholar and great scholar is the pursuit of Chen Mo. If you want to do this, you have to keep giving lectures and accumulating people's expectations and abilities. Until one day, when the famous scholars in Yunnan and Hainan come to study, he will be not far from his goal.
This road is undoubtedly difficult and long, but fortunately, his Shen Liusong is so famous. Although he is just starting out now, there are already scholars from Zhejiang, especially Shaoxing, who come to study. There are also some scholars near the prefecture, and it is said that there are some people who come from Yingtian.
Silence is based on the principle of teaching without distinction, and is also exempted from tuition, food and accommodation for students from other places... This will not cause dissatisfaction in Suzhou City, because it has always been the highest honor for cultural and educational institutions in a place. For example, the ancient Jixia Academy, Yingchuan Academy, the four major academies since the Song Dynasty, and even the academies that taught by Yangming Gong in Chao, all have broad minds and smiles in the world, and there is no place to protect them.
To put it in a vulgar perspective, in people's eyes, scholars are officials. After becoming officials in the future, they will definitely think about the good things of Suzhou and take care of them. The more officials they become, the better Suzhou will be.
Also, Gui Youguang and Wang Yongji have been developed into Qionglin Club by him, but it is not yet officially launched. They have to wait for at least five people to gather together and vote before they finally decide... Poor Lao Gui and Xiao Wang only thought they had joined an elite cultural club, and they also used their reputation in the literary world to happily help silently develop offline... Oh no, it should be called the organization review club.
As for the evening literary meetings that Silence often held in Houya, the participants were all influential gentry and celebrities in the city, which could allow him to understand the ideas of mainstream society, let them feel their own charm, and reduce mutual barriers.
Moreover, by convening and hosting similar literary salons, the Suzhou gentry can be subtly used to being ordered by him and accepting the fact that he became their leader. This benefit is undoubtedly too great.
Chen Si even planned to take his wife over in two days and organize the "Madam's Salon" to help him win people's hearts together.
However, there are also some upset things. The wealthy and wealthy families in Changzhou County came to complain every few days, saying that their county magistrate, Lord Hai, was unfair to judge the case, and helped the poor and harmed the rich. He asked the emperor of the government to take charge and help them rectify the trouble. Some officials from Changzhou County also came to complain secretly. Anyway, he could not do it under his command, so he would rather demote to change the county. The most outrageous thing is that some bosses of the entertainment venues also cried, saying that Lord Hai forced them to death...
Silence couldn't help but smile bitterly. Compared with his own every step, Lord Hai is definitely a decisive type. He took less than a month of the matter and decided to stay in prison for more than 300 cases, eliminated money, food, envy, strict and incompetent, quarrels, banned prostitution, banned gamblers, closed gambling halls, lawyers, boxing bravery, bandits, and registered his people. He knelt down at the village agreement and listened to the lecture. The people's customs in Changzhou County suddenly changed, and he also won the reputation of "Blue Sky" for himself, and he called out very high among the poor people!
But there is a saying that too much is too much. For example, Suzhou is a rich place, and the style of luxury has existed for thousands of years. Master Hai cannot stand it. He does not allow the people to make luxury goods. Exquisite silk, paper, snacks, and banquets are all prohibited. This makes middle-class and above families very uncomfortable and do not territorialize the love of Master Hai.
Moreover, those brothels, brothels, pleasure boats, gambling halls, and luxury hotels that are popular on weekdays have all been suspended, because Lord Hai is really catching people! Every night he will bring people on time. When he sees someone who is at Xu hour and still lingers in the place and doesn’t go home, he will catch them, be fined and spanked, and wears shackles to show his presence for three days, which will make you embarrassed.
It’s a pity that if you convert it to an hour, you have to go home at 7 o’clock in the evening. What else can you live in a nightlife? It’s cheaper to have a vocal venue in Wuxian, and its turnover in the past month has nearly doubled.
However, the collapse of the entertainment industry in the county seemed to be in line with Lord Hai's original intention. He still did his own thing and wanted to build his rule into a simple world that Emperor Taizu yearned for.
To be honest, Chen Si was quite disappointed. He originally thought that Hai Qingtian, who was famous in the history books of middle school, could help him manage his subordinates in an orderly manner, so that he could focus on doing big things... Now it seems that he has caused trouble for himself.
Even Gui Youguang, who has never evaluated others, couldn't help but advise: "Sir, please forgive me for saying that the ability and position of Magistrate Hai seems to be somewhat incompatible."
I don’t know how silent? He followed Hai Rui all the way to Suzhou City. The first thing he did after seeing him take office was to dig a wall and post a list, ‘Welcome everyone to complain day and night’, and it was free.
Since ancient times, the yamen has opened south, so don’t come in without any money. Now, Lord Hai not only does not want money himself, but also strictly prohibits people from collecting money! Basically, complaints have been made in the county without cost. So from that day on, for several days, the county government was squeezed like a vegetable market, with a rush of people, and they lined up day and night, and at most, more than 800 complaints were received in a day.
It has to be admitted that Lord Hai's strength is unfathomable. He took a month to deal with more than 300 accumulated cases and cut off all the more than 800 new lawsuits. He did not commit favoritism or fraud, nor did he cover up and condone. It is said that everyone would be happy?
In fact, some people are still very unhappy - basically, most of the middle-class and even wealthy families have sued and basically lost the case.
"Can this be concluded? The meaning of the rich is to be unkind?" asked in a silent and wry smile in the signing room.
"Of course not, how could wealth be a sin?" Gui Youguang naturally would not agree, saying: "You Tao means that if the granaries are full, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace. Although there are indeed people who are rich and unkind, most of the big families are well-educated, gentle, kind and kind."
He said silently: "Whoever speaks for someone is not good at all." Although he is not a big family, he is considered to be middle-aged and upper-class, so he naturally disgusted the saying that "all the rich are bad."
And silence also knows that most of the rich families today are inherited from poetry and books. The original sins of the primitive accumulation period have been greatly reduced. Many people are even generous, building bridges and roads, building schools, and helping widows and widows. It is indeed impossible to say that they are "wealthy and unkind."
"Then why are they all sued?" asked silently.
"My Mansion Master," Gui Youguang said happily: "You finally don't understand!" He said as he offered treasures, "The poor are indeed simple, but that is only part of it, and there is another kind of existence called "troubled people". The so-called bad people are scoundrels, most of whom are idle, their family business is ruined, and they make a living by means of some low-level tyrants such as idleness. Among those who complain, there are many such bad people. They took advantage of the loopholes of Hai Rui's hatred of the rich and slaughtered the rich."
Seeing that he had a great opinion of Hai Rui, he said lightly: "Mr. Zhenchuan, he is biased." He said seriously: "Your way is 'When you listen to both sides, you will be clear; if you believe in both sides, you will be dark'. Hai Rui is just listening to the poor, and you are just listening to the people around you, so you can't be considered fair."
Gui Youguang bowed and said, "I have received teachings from you."
"Don't be dissatisfied," said silently: "Overall, Hai Magistrate is doing well. After all, the people are not rich and powerful. Compared with the rich and wealthy people, they are weak and always suffer losses when they sue." As he said, he slapped a thick stack of files on the table and said: "I spent a whole morning browsing the 300 cases in Changzhou County over the years, and found that many of them were simple and clear, but those who have no money, and those who have no reason do not take the right to reason, so he used the word "drag" technique, trying to drag the people down and put them down, and finally it was left unresolved."
At this time, the silent face was already quite unfair. He emphasized, "For thousands of years, rich people have won lawsuits. Why is no one saying it is unfair? Now, just as I turned around, I can't wait to shout for justice?"
Gui Youguang said with shame: "I am indeed 'willed to listen to the side'."
Of course, silence will not let his right-hand arm be wronged. He sighed and said, "Actually, my humble words are no different from your position. If something irreconcilable conflict really happens, I will still stand with you." As he said, he slightly raised his tone and said, "But why wait for the irreconcilable conflict?"
"What do you mean by sir?" Gui Youguang said in front of his eyes.
"If you can, just help. It is inevitable that you will be wronged by a wealthy family." Chen Si said lightly: "But I have to hit this Hai Rui. If I continue to do this, I have to take him off."
Thinking of this, I asked the iron pillar to prepare rice paper. After laying it out, he picked up the pen and wrote on it: "It is not right, but it is strange, and it is good, but it is evil. The saint is straight but not cut off, it is honest but not rude, it is straight but not unrestrained, and it is bright but not shining."
Those who have learned a lot of knowledge naturally know that this is the words in the "Tao Te Ching", which means "there is absolutely correct that is not in the world. Under certain conditions, doing good will turn into trouble, and good intentions will lead to bad things. Therefore, the saints are square but not embarrassed by others, have edges but do not hurt others, stick to the right path but do not force others to do, and emit light but do not stab people's eyes.
After seeing it, he couldn't help but nod and said, "This is the way for a gentleman."
Chen Si put down his pen and ordered Tiezhu: "Frame it and send it to Lord Hai." As he said that, he smiled a little unconfidently, "It should work, right?"
"Why don't you talk to him directly?" Seeing that Chen Si was so roundabout, Gui Youguang asked in confusion: "With your eloquence, can you convince anyone?"
"At least I can't convince the Haibijia." Chen Shu shook his head and said, "Hai Rui is fair, selfless, extremely honest, extremely honest, extremely upright, and has no moral flaws." He said, laughing and laughed: "It is precisely our Ming Dynasty that determines the size of his voice based on the level of morality. I don't want to humiliate myself."
"Since lord understands so much?" Gui Youguang suggested again: "Why not replace him?" This time, unlike last time, it was just a simple consideration for silence.
Chen Si shook his head firmly and said, "There is a saying circulating in the world. Have you heard of it?"
"What do you mean?" Gui Youguang asked.
"The Supreme Martial Arts World, the sword slays the dragon. No one dares to refuse to obey the world! If the Heavenly Spirit does not come out, who will compete with you?" The silent face said with a look of silence.
Gui Youguang thought about it carefully for a while, but had no impression at all. He had to shake his head and said, "I don't know much about the martial arts affairs."
"Haha, it's okay, don't be inferior." Chen Shu laughed.
"Does that mean it?" Gui Youguang asked curiously: "There is a sword called "Dragon Slaying" that can be used to command the martial arts world in the world. Only another "Sword of Heaven" can compete with it?"
"That's what it means." Chen Si nodded slowly.
" Speaking of which, the 'Sword of Heaven' should be the sword worn by Emperor Wu of Wei during the Three Kingdoms. It was named after the famous line "Draw the long sword and lean on the long sky" in Song Yu's "Dayan Fu". It is extremely sharp and cut gold and cut jade. Li Bai, a poet of a generation, also admires it very much. In "The Song of the King of Linjiang", there is a sentence like "How can I get the sword of Heaven and cut the long whale across the sea"..." Gui Youguang was addicted to textual research and began to lose his book bag.
Chen Si stopped quickly and said, "It's such a magic sword." As he said, he said in a more intense tone, "Swords are weapons. If they are used correctly, they can eliminate violence and good fortune, expand territory, and establish achievements for generations; if they are used improperly, they will hurt others and yourself. Even if they are hated, their relatives will also be hurt, and they will only leave hatred for eternity."
"You mean, Hai Rui is useless?" Gui Youguang asked.
"Well, it's better to say that it's not a match for ability and responsibilities, it's better to say that it's incompatible with the specialties and the company." Nodded silently, "People say that the official of the Zhengyin is a 'parent official', that means that you must be a good father, a good mother, and treat your children equally. But the magistrate of Hai is so strong that he is hostile to the rich, and obviously cannot do what I said."
"Yes, people with the most strong and yang are rare in the world and are rarely seen in a century," said silently, "If you use Shangguan well, you will be invincible. If you use it well, you will be troubled by yourself."
"Then what is he suitable for?" Gui Youguang asked.
"I'm also thinking about how to arrange him." Chen Si shook his head and smiled bitterly. In fact, he didn't tell the truth - in his future plan, Hai Rui's position is irreplaceable and extremely important! This is the fundamental reason why he was not ready to drive Hai Rui away no matter how many people cried.
However, the plan is still a bit far away. Maybe it will not be used by the Shanghai Lord for a few years, so he has to find a place for him to show off his specialties and cannot afford to "enrich the public's anger".
But is there such a place in Suzhou Prefecture? Is there such a position?
Although Hai Rui is an episode that cannot be said to be trouble or something, overall, the silent days are still very peaceful. The good news is that under the urging of three letters a day, Qi Jiguang, a generation stationed in Ningbo, finally led his troops to Suzhou.
It took half a month to arrive when the army marched. I knew silently that I should start preparing for the opening of the port.
Chapter completed!