Chapter 1142 Feasibility Report(1/2)
Feng Duhu didn't know that Pei Qian planned to use the Bingzhou incident to attack Hedong and pave the way for his son Pei Xiu.
In other words, Pei Qian planned to use Feng Duhu's dragon-slaying knife to kill the opposition voices in Hedong.
But even if Feng Duhu knew Pei Qian's little thoughts, he probably wouldn't care too much.
When you are in charge of a country, you cannot expect those below to be pure tools.
They are living people, and it is normal for them to have their own small thoughts.
As long as the general direction is correct and everything is fine, then that's fine.
Of course, in Feng Duhu's eyes, everything was fine, but for the Bingzhou family, it was a serious problem.
"Why don't they grab it? Wouldn't it be faster to just grab it!"
When Guo Pei sent the news back to Taiyuan, an uproar immediately arose.
After entering late winter, Bingzhou has become very cold.
However, the governor's office had already prepared. This year, most of the coal mined by the Xinghan Society in Bingzhou was supplied to Bingzhou.
Anyway, iron ore mining has just started, and a large amount of iron will not be smelted until next year. Xinghanhui itself cannot use too much coal yet.
Far fewer people froze to death in Taiyuan City this year than last year.
Currently, there are only about 20 or less than 30 people who have reported.
Most of them are poor people who have no ability to work and are homeless.
Anyone who has the ability to work has long been recruited by the Xinghan Association's high-paying job recruitment.
After all, we are really desperate, and the fact that the construction site provides food and accommodation alone is enough for people to risk their lives and seek refuge.
As for the wealthy families, even the stoves are used in this cold winter.
But what is burned inside is not coal, but smokeless charcoal.
Not only is it warm, there is not much smoke.
But I don’t know if the stove is too hot, but people in the big room have already begun to take off their outer robes:
"Is there any difference between them and robbing now? They are robbing now!"
The speaker didn’t know whether he was hot or angry, his face was red:
"Of all of you present, there is one family. Which family's land was obtained for no reason? Which family's land is superfluous?"
"Then King Feng Gui opened and closed his mouth and asked us to hand over so much land. How can it be so easy in the world?"
"That's right! If the imperial court doesn't care about face and insists on using power to seize people's land, I think it means they want to follow the old path of the new dynasty! Then King Feng Gui, does he want to imitate Wang Mang?"
"Didn't Ji Han claim to act in accordance with the law? Did Zhuge Villager know that King Feng Gui did this?"
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The atmosphere in the room was fierce, and everyone was filled with anger. At the same time, they kept glancing at Wang Chen and Guo Pei, who were sitting at the top.
Wang Chen looked at Guo Pei, the only calm-looking person present, and asked:
"Zhongnan, what do you think?"
Guo Pei shook his head and said with a smile:
"After all, Feng Duhu is also a famous person in the world and is known as a man of foresight. How could he do such a short-sighted thing that is unpopular?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look sideways.
Someone said angrily:
"Isn't that right? The Guo family has a great cause. Brother Guo went to Chang'an again and specifically married the Pei family in Hedong. Naturally, he is not short-sighted..."
Enter your mother's!
Everyone present scolded Feng Ghost King.
It's good for you. Feng Duhu is so affectionate, he is a famous person in the world, and he is far-sighted, so he is not called "sir", right?
Don't blame them for being like this.
After all, if you take a few schools and want everyone to hand over the land accumulated over generations, this is simply more uncomfortable than having your thigh flesh cut off.
He didn't say bad words to Guo Pei, which is already considered a good manner.
Those who are more thoughtful can't help but wonder, how many benefits did the Guo family get in Chang'an?
Is it worthy for him to say good things about King Feng Gui on this occasion?
A mere concubine of the Pei family is not of such great value.
Speaking of in-laws, among all the families in Taiyuan, which one is not related to them?
Wang Chen, who was sitting there, was still married to the Guo family?
Wang Chen was able to keep his composure and was not as angry as others. He just looked at Guo Pei:
"Zhong Nan, you called everyone here today. Could it be that you want to talk about this?"
"Of course, otherwise what else could happen?" Guo Pei said matter-of-factly, "Isn't this matter worth calling everyone over to discuss?"
"Enough is enough, but..." Wang Chen glanced at Guo Pei, "Zhong Nan, don't you think the imperial court's appetite is a little too big?"
Bingzhou has changed its master, and it is not incomprehensible that everyone should show their loyalty.
On the contrary, it is a reasonable thing.
For example, in the Wang family itself, the main figure of the previous generation, Wang Yun, died for his loyalty to the Han Dynasty.
As for the generation of Wang Chen and Wang Ling, they followed the general trend and contributed to the Wei Dynasty.
Now some people have come back with the slogan of restoring the Han Dynasty. Although Bingzhou opened the city gate and surrendered, they even spent a lot of money and food to help the Han army go south to fight for Guanzhong.
But that was wartime.
The outcome is now decided.
It is normal for the winner to redistribute the benefits after taking over the annexed state.
But you have to follow some rules anyway, right?
I just want to cut the flesh on everyone's thighs. No, this is no longer cutting the flesh, but I want to saw off everyone's lower body.
Is this reasonable?
"The Guo family is one of the largest families in Taiyuan. If the imperial court really facilitated this matter, the Guo family might not be able to escape. Didn't Zhong Nan mention everyone's difficulties to the imperial court?"
After hearing what Wang Chen said, Guo Pei no longer pretended, but when he saw that he was confident, he stroked his beard and smiled:
"How can I be someone who doesn't know the importance of things? In fact, apart from promising the school, Feng Duhu also gave me something else."
When some impatient people heard this, they almost couldn't help but curse:
"What is so valuable? Can it cost our families to produce land?"
When Guo Pei heard this, he was not angry. He just bent down and opened the box at his feet, took out the things he had prepared and put them on the desk.
Everyone looked at it intently and couldn't help but be a little stunned.
"This is...clothing?"
Wang Chen sat nearest, reached over and pulled it, but there was nothing else inside.
It is indeed just a piece of clothing, and a duplicate.
This time, even Wang Chen couldn't hold back his anger:
Is Feng Guiwang planning to exchange this piece of clothing for everyone's land?
Although this overcoat seems a bit special and very thick, no matter how thick the overcoat is, it is just a piece of clothing.
Even if it is a gold-studded jade garment, it is not worth so much land, right?
Guo Pei was not in a hurry to explain. He smiled and pinched the thick coat on the table:
"Do you know what's sewn into this dress?"
Someone said angrily: "Even if it is sewn with gold and silver, it can't exchange for the land in my hands!"
"Wow!" Guo Pei patted his clothes and shouted, "What's sewn inside is silver, silver that can be grown!"
"What's the meaning?"
Guo Pei bent down again, took out a small bundle of white fluff from the box under his feet, and placed it on top of his clothes.
Wang Chen picked it up curiously, raised it to his eyes and looked at it. He pressed his fingers a little and felt a little silky:
"It's not like catkins or reed catkins. What is this?"
Guo Pei laughed and patted the coat on the table: "How can reed catkins be made of such thick clothes?"
Wang Chen raised his eyebrows: "So there is actually this kind of lint in this coat?"
"That's right, this is called Baidiezi. It is produced in the Western Regions. Some of it has also flowed into the Southern Barbarians from the body poison. It is cultivated like mulberry and hemp. It can be made into clothes or made into overcoats to keep out the cold."
"If it is made into ordinary clothing, it will be much better than linen clothing. It is not only comfortable to wear, but also wear-resistant."
To be continued...