Chapter 1604 is in full swing
After Li Zhi fully understood Han Yi's plan, he immediately issued an edict to express his regrets about the Sanmenshan accident and emphasized that the court would further reduce the burden on the people of the grain transport to avoid similar accidents from happening again. However, he did not say that the grain transport was directly abolished, which was leaving room for himself. In addition, it was the issue of compensation. The court would exempt the family from five years of taxes in the labor service in the death and would also give a certain pension. The specific amount was not explained in detail, and Li Zhi was also handed over to Han Yi for treatment.
In ancient times, no matter how much the pension was, it was like that. There was almost no one before, and he died. This time it was also suggested by Han Yi. Moreover, because the ministers and Li Feng and others "generously" donated, the pension this time was destined to be more than before.
Of course, the vast majority of the people's concern is not pensions, which has nothing to do with them, but the war of transport, which is related to the people of the world. The people are also looking forward to how the court will reform and how to further reduce the suffering of labor.
No matter what, after Li Zhi's edict was put in place, it was the greatest affirmation of Han Yi, because no one proposed a better way except Han Yi's plan, which could reduce the burden on the people.
The reason why Han Yi's plan was passed so smoothly was rarely hindered because it was indeed very beneficial to the highest and lowest classes.
But then again, if you are not sure, Han Yi will endure it. He will not force something. This is also the professional quality of a fraud. Try not to force it, because when you hope to strive for more benefits on the original basis, the risk will increase the cost, which is not cost-effective. In fact, he can fight for many things, but because he is not sure, he is not willing to put in too much effort for it. He tries to only strive for the benefits within his plan. In addition, he generally does not think too much.
If it weren't for such a big accident in Sanmen Mountain, he wouldn't have done it. Now that such a big accident has happened, he knew that Li Zhi had to give the people an explanation and would have to make some gestures, then this was an opportunity.
According to the law of conservation of interests, since the highest ruling class and the lowest strait make profits, the middle strait must be the victim.
Those who can obtain benefits from the canal transportation are generally middle classes, and the emperor's interests are constant. No, because the emperor needs so much, you have to give it to him no matter how much you have to give it. This is impossible to change. But the emperor who is not an emperor or a prime minister, but a local official. The prefectures and counties with great water transportation have a lot of life.
Luoyang is the economic center of the Tang Dynasty and the operation center of the canal transportation. Then the three giants in Luozhou are undoubtedly the biggest victims of this reform.
Li Feng, Quan Huai'en, and Wang Dali regretted it. They wanted to borrow Shilin to put some pressure on Han Yi to let Han Yi understand the principle that strong dragons do not suppress local snakes, but they did not expect that the fox did not defeat him, but instead made him look slutty. Now this matter is still arguing in Shilin. No one pays attention to any canal transportation. For Shilin, the canal transportation is something that is done by inferior people. There is no difference between merchants and labor in their eyes.
Moreover, the three of them originally thought that Han Yi would not be able to fulfill his promise, but they did not expect that Han Yi would have really come up with a complete plan and received the support of the emperor and the ministers of the Shu Yao. What they didn't know even more was that a new wave of conflicts was brewing among the ministers of the Shu Yao, which was a mess, and Han Yi happened to be neutral in this matter.
If you want to talk about how important this canal transportation is to Li Yifu and Du Zhenglun, the two Zhongshu Ling, it is really hard to say, because in their opinion, you just need to transport food to Chang'an and not let me be hungry. As for how to do it, it has nothing to do with them, and they have never taken care of it. This has always been a matter of boats. How could they offend Han Yi at such a critical moment because of the canal transportation? If Han Yi leans against the other party, it would be more than worth the loss.
"I really didn't expect Han Yi to really come up with a solution. What should I do now?" Li Feng was frowning at this time, and couldn't help looking at Wang Dali and Quan Huai'en.
Quan Huai'en snorted: "Don't be happy too early. It is still unknown whether this method can be feasible."
Wang Dali said, "Not to mention whether this method is feasible, but the question is that both Your Majesty and the Secretariat Order support it. Even if it is not feasible, you have to wait three years later to make a conclusion. Who can guess exactly what will happen in these three years?"
Li Feng sighed softly and said, "Since Your Majesty supports you so much, let's not forget it, don't fight on this matter anymore."
“How can this work?”
Quan Huaien said: "The matter of canal transportation is second. The key is that Han Yi bullies people too much. When he came to Luoyang, he didn't even give us any thin face. If we let them do whatever they want in Luoyang, who will take us seriously in the future?"
Li Feng asked again: "What do you think you should do it?"
Quan Huaien pondered slightly and said, "This matter is done by man. No matter how cunning Han Yi is, he can't accomplish such a big thing alone. Moreover, abolishing the canal transportation is not something that can be done overnight. It is not only our interests, but also the interests of many people. As long as we expose the news, let the canal transportation officials know Han Yi's real purpose. In this way, they will not cooperate with Han Yi, then Han Yi will face a dilemma, either abolishing the canal transportation immediately or haha, his reforms will not be able to continue."
Wang Dali raised his hand and said, "If you do this, you are undoubtedly helping Han Yi."
Quan Huaien said in surprise: "How do you say this?"
Wang Dali said: "If this news comes out, the people of the world will support Han Yi. Even if officials from other prefectures and counties want to oppose it, it will be useless. Because whether the grain transportation is feasible or not depends on the people. If the grain transportation is abolished, the people will naturally be exempted from the war of the grain transportation, and the people will naturally support Han Yi. If the people support Han Yi, how dare those local officials rebel against the emperor's order or deviate from the hearts of the people."
Li Feng nodded straight and said, "The great gift is reasonable."
Quan Huai'en said anxiously: "This is not possible, that is not possible. Should we just watch Han Yi peeing on our heads?"
Wang Dali frowned and pondered for a while, saying, "It seems that it is difficult to stop Han Yi now, at least for the moment. But no matter how Han Yi changes, it cannot change our status in Luoyang. Whether it is the canal transportation or merchants, as long as they pass by us, they must be controlled by us. I suggest that instead of finding a way to stop Han Yi, it is better to think about how we should play our role in it and increase our Luoyang's status in the country."
Speaking of this, he paused and said: "In Han Yi's plan, the warehouse is still under the jurisdiction of the court. As long as we control the warehouse in Luoyang and build it into a large warehouse concentration nationwide, our status in Luoyang will increase instead of decreasing. As long as the status of Luoyang is improved, our status will naturally rise."
Kwon Wai-eun sat down, calmed down, thought for a while, and said, "You're right. We lost because we lost before. We were too obsessed with fighting with Han Yi and did not consider the whole thing. Han Yi was just the opposite of us. He used the donation to get us involved and put himself out of the matter."
Wang Dali said: "And this matter is beneficial to the people. We cannot let Han Yi steal the hearts of our Luoyang people. Therefore, we must do our best to win rights and interests for the people of Luoyang in this matter, so that our status can be more stable."
Quan Huai'en laughed and said, "You are still considerate."
It can be seen that they are qualified bureaucrats because they happen to be in the middle and hold real power in their hands, but they have no decision-making power. They can only pursue strategies with policies above and countermeasures below, and find their own interests in policies, rather than refusing to implement them. They do not have decision-making power, but they cannot play with those above.
Fortunately, they thought so, otherwise they would die miserably. Not to mention the people, Han Yi did not even intend to leave the officials of the grain transport. If they wanted to object or interfere with it, they would become the commander of the bare hands, an official who was not favorable to the people or the king, and it would only take a minute to leave the world.
Why did Han Yi choose to arrange the entire plan in Luoyang instead of going back to Chang'an? Of course, it is not entirely because Li Zhi is in Luoyang. Another point is that Luoyang is the center of the canal transportation, and there is all the information he needs, including talents, and his plan is based on it.
After receiving the support of Li Zhi, Han Yi immediately started working in full swing. You must know that he only has three years and must achieve results within three years. Although Li Zhi and the others support him now, the ruling class has no patience, and the situation in the court is changing rapidly, Han Yi must seize this opportunity.
Today, the canal transport officials selected by Han Yi rushed to Han Yi's manor from all directions. Of course, these canal transport officials mainly came from Luoyang, Bianzhou and Chang'an, with a total of 100 people, but they were not from these three places. Some of them were carrying out tasks and escorting food here, and they still had time to go back.
"See Shangshu Han in a humble position."
"No gift!"
Han Yi nodded faintly, his eyes swept across their faces, and found that there was more or less apprehension on their faces, and said, "I am the Minister of Revenue, and you are just a slander who doesn't know what to call the grain custody official. I ask you, if I want to mess with you, do you still need to come forward in person?"
The official of the grain transport in the Tang Dynasty did not have an official title. The general title was like Boss Xing and the like. There were only two officials in total, one was ordered and the other was the official.
Some people shook their heads submissively.
"Since that's the case, why are you still so nervous?" Han Yi smiled and said, "I'm looking for you. Of course, there are good things to take advantage of you. Otherwise, I don't have to come forward in person."
After hearing this, these people thought Han Yi was quite reasonable. Their gap was too big. If Han Yi wanted to punish them, he still needed to call them to his own manor? Isn’t this a killer with a ox knife? I can’t help but wonder, is there really a good thing that I can get better. Thinking of this, they gradually relaxed and still had some expectations in their hearts.
Yan Liben, who was standing aside, eliminated the panic of these people about Han Yi when he saw Han Yi's words, and Han Yi just told them a very realistic problem.
Han Yi glanced at him and walked slowly with his hands on his back. While walking, he smiled and said, "To put it nicely, you are the official of the canal transportation, but to put it badly, you are just errands. Apart from the court sending you money, you are not much different from those labor service. I ask you, do you want to be a real official?"
Who doesn’t think about this?
These people smiled foolishly.
"You are so old, you still have to be so shameless. Say it, do you want to?"
"think!"
Everyone immediately said in unison.
"very good!"
Han Yi said: "Now there is an opportunity to put it in front of you. Some of you were originally in Luoyang, and I believe you also have some understanding of this matter. The court intends to reduce the burden on the people and reduce labor. Therefore, it intends to hand over some grain to merchants for escort. In other words, the court will not need so many grain escort personnel in the future. You are facing unemployment, but this does not mean that you are standing here.
As the saying goes, hard work will bring you rewards. Some of you grain plagiarists work diligently for the court, while others are careless. Who do they think will care about them? However, now they have to pay the price for their usual carelessness and irresponsibility. I can tell you that people like that will be unemployed and the court will not ask them again. And you said, I have read your grain plagiarism records and they have performed very well, so I plan to promote them to you."
Everyone was happy when they heard this.
Han Yi also said: "Although the food is handed over to merchants for escort, the court will also send people to supervise, docks, rivers, warehouses, etc. And you will be my priority."
This is definitely an promotion. What they did in the past was that they came from the wind or water, and were exposed to the sun and rain. It was rare to go home once a year. If it was just supervision, it would be much easier and the power in their hands would be much greater.
"We must do our best to be appreciated by Shangshu Han."
Everyone replied in unison with joy.
Han Yi smiled and said, "Don't be too happy too early. I just gave priority to the candidates, but it depends on whether you have real talents or not."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look frightened. I am a stakeholder, so how could I have any real talent and knowledge?
He heard Han Yi say again: "But don't worry too much. What I said is that I am real and not reading and reading, but understanding of transportation. You are all from all counties across the country. I want to see if you are familiar with the rivers in your hometown and with transportation, that's all."
You said it earlier!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. They had at least ten years of experience, and they were still in the rivers of their hometown. If they were unfamiliar, they would really have to be dragged out and killed.
Chapter completed!