Chapter 920 The people regain their confidence(1/2)
"drink wine!"
"Where is Brother Liang? Where to go?"
"have no idea."
"Come!"
Huang Gu had already gotten drunk, and stood up and pointed at the gentry with his index finger, and said proudly: "Chief Chang was caught by Bao Zheng, and one of his legs was broken... Some people said that someone had a close relationship with him and would definitely be unlucky. This is jealousy! They were jealous!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Everyone laughed, and the two gentry muttered to each other: "Huang Gu was so anxious all day long these two days, so scared that he was dying. Today, he heard Bao Zheng's accompanying officials drinking and celebrating the achievements in the restaurant, so he dared to go out..."
"A man is shameless, and everything is okay. Huang Gu is shameless, so he earned such a huge fortune. However, Chang Mi is finished and his life will not be easy in the future."
What the gentry cares most about is their relationship with officials. Only by establishing good relationships with officials can they be as good as fish in the countryside.
Huang Gu was probably nervous for two days and was too depressed, so he had the opportunity to be in trouble at this moment and was out of control.
"Where is the female trick?" He turned red and shouted, "Three... no, five..."
"Can your waist stand it?"
A questioning voice came from outside, Huang Gu was furious and shouted: "I also booked a brothel back then and had a party all night..."
Even men cannot tolerate this statement, so Huang Gu is really angry.
"You're sitting all night long."
The voice was very annoying, Huang Gu cursed: "Which maggot crawled out of the cesspool..."
Bang!
The door was kicked open from outside, and dust was everywhere.
The candlelight was shining, and Huang Guji pointed to the man outside the door and cursed: "Come on, kill him!"
He hid at home these two days, always worried that Bao Zheng would lead him into the door, so he was completely relaxed today.
"Brother Huang..."
Several gentry felt something was wrong, and some people stood up and bowed, "Dare you ask..."
"Sir Shen An!"
Shen An's smile was very nice. He looked around and said with a smile: "There are actually five people, which are good and save a lot of trouble. People come."
"Mr. Lang!"
Huang Chun came in outside the door and stood by with his hands crossed.
Shen An pointed at Huang Gu and others and "take them all."
"Shen An?"
Huang Gu subconsciously shouted: "Bao Zheng is here..."
Bao Zheng wanted to come, but Shen An refused directly on the grounds that he needed to recuperate.
I am in my sixties and I still want to learn from young men to play night attacks. Is it interesting?
Shen An couldn't help feeling guilty when he remembered that he had knocked Bao Zheng fainted and then took the opportunity to run away.
Will you be beaten to death when you go back?
"Someone is innocent, no matter where you go!"
The Song Dynasty's favorable treatment of literati and civil servants made them fearless.
Huang Gu shouted: "What's wrong with someone lending? Who doesn't lend money in the Song Dynasty today? Who? If you want to get someone, you should arrest all the lenders, otherwise you will not accept it or not!"
There are many strange things in the Song Dynasty, and the legalization of usury is one of them.
It’s not that the court did not want to cut off this harmful thing, but the people were poor and could not get through the difficulties when they encountered them. If they could not borrow money, it would be a desperate situation, so the court could only turn a blind eye.
This situation continued until Wang Anshi's innovation. He strongly implemented the Qingmiao Law, but when it was implemented, it was messed up by local officials...
But in the final analysis, the so-called Qingmiao Law is actually a government lending, but the interest rate is lower.
In Shen An's view, the Qingmiao Law is actually the government exploiting the people.
People always need to borrow money when they are not accepted. Why?
Because under high taxes, their annual harvest is not enough to support a year of chewing, which means that they worked hard for a year but could not support themselves and their families, so they had to borrow money.
Under such circumstances, in Shen An's view, it is necessary to improve the people's income, such as increasing the harvest. He has produced a golden fat pill. For example, tax reduction... This requires constant game.
The Song Dynasty raised a bunch of officials and troops, as well as all kinds of inexplicable expenses, which kept the tax high. Once the tax was reduced, it would bring about a chain reaction.
The salaries of officials can no longer be afforded, the army can no longer be supported, and the rewards can no longer be afforded... a mess.
However, this tax must be changed!
Chen An's eyes were filled with excitement. He liked this state, like the adrenaline soaring before the battle.
"Someone is innocent of giving loans! Not guilty!"
Huang Gu and others were dragged out, and the sound of shouting for justice attracted the people in the village to come out to watch the fun.
"Isn't this Mr. Huang?"
"yes!"
"Why were they arrested?"
"That's Mr. Liang."
Huang Gu and Liang Ying met successfully. When they saw that Liang Ying had changed into casual clothes, Huang Gu couldn't help but be furious and said, "You actually got the news and ran away by yourself? Bah! I'll cut off my mat and broke off my relationship!"
Liang Ying lowered her head and didn't say anything. Huang Gu thought of the relationship between the two for many years, and felt that it would not be enough, so he asked: "Why don't you speak? Is there any hidden secret? Tell me, don't be afraid. We are not guilty of lending, what are you afraid of?"
The gentry were so drunk that they all laughed: "That's right, we are not guilty of lending, and we are afraid that he will be a bird."
Liang Ying slowly raised her head...
hiss……
This is a face that cannot be seen with human shape, and its mouth is swollen high, similar to a pig's mouth; the whole face is swollen, as if it was blown up, and it is colorful. I didn't expect this to be a human face, probably a monster.
"ah……"
Someone was screaming, as if a girl had met a malice man, and was full of horror.
"Liang...Brother Liang?"
Huang Gu felt that this person was probably not Liang Ying.
The pig-mouthed man opened his mouth with difficulty, with blood foam everywhere, and no tooth could be seen. He said something difficult, but it was silent.
Someone guessed from his mouth shape, "He said we are all pigs..."
"Brother Liang, don't worry, I will naturally seek justice for you."
Nowadays, once the gentry wants to establish a relationship, it is really omnipotent, so they are not afraid at all.
Liang Ying lowered her head, feeling sad for these stupid pigs.
Chen An has come. This guy is cruel and ruthless. Many officials in the court have broken their legs by him... That is the Beijing official, and the Weishi is just a county...
All are waiting for bad luck.
That night, the Mangshan Army attacked everywhere.
The gate of Weishi County was wide open, and some people questioned that Chen An directly used his order to slap his face, and then the whole city was silent.
The horse's hooves hit the stone slabs and made a crisp echo.
In the front hall, Bao Zheng was sober, playing chess with Shen An.
"I am not optimistic about the administration." Bao Zheng made a move and was a little depressed.
"I went through the inspection all the way and found that there were some good officials, but few. Most of them were just doing it. And Wei Shi... To be honest, I was full of anger and had an attack in Wei Shi, otherwise I would not have taken any ruthless actions."
With the actions tonight, the officials in the entire Weishi County were almost gone. The officials from the capital took over quickly, but there were still some problems with running-in.
"Just get more people."
Chen An made a move and felt that Bao Zheng was too pessimistic. "You should know that as long as the superiors pay attention to it and have effective means, the corruption of officials is not uncontrollable."
"But who will pay attention?" Bao Zheng rarely showed his heart and sneered: "The royal family advocated the rule of the world with the literati and officials. How do they pay attention? That was a slap in the face."
The Zhao family came to power by rebellion back then, so they felt guilty. In addition, they were afraid that others would follow suit, so they discussed with the scholars and officials, and they all wore shorts and became brothers from now on.
So Bao Zheng is very pessimistic.
Chen An smiled and said, "You must know that they didn't pay attention to it before, because they didn't have the confidence, but what about now?"
Bao Zheng was stunned, "Confidence... In the past... the late emperor had no confidence, so he would clean up the prime minister every few years, otherwise he would worry that he would lose his power. Now the official family is better, but the confidence is still insufficient... Those people are huge, and they joined forces during the Qingli period to suppress Fan Wenzheng and the late emperor's new policies."
That was a bloody lesson, which made the important officials of the future country divided into two factions, one was led by Wang Anshi, and made a rush to innovate; the other was dominated by Sima Guang and others, constantly asking for trouble for the new policy, and then wanted to pull Wang Anshi off the horse...
"That's because of inadequate preparation." Seeing that he was frustrated, Chen An advised: "It's natural that there will be no good results if it is hasty."
Fan Wenzheng's haste was forced out by Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen was confident and summoned them together, handing out paper and pen, asking them to write down the disadvantages of the Song Dynasty.
To be continued...