Chapter 645: Treat the governors as donkeys

Since he can become an official, he is always a person with good face. Even if he is not good at face before, he will have to be faced after wearing the official uniform. If Wang Ping'an raises the standard of being a good official, he will be praised in a short time, but from a long-term perspective, there is no doubt that it will have extremely bad negative impacts on the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty.

If officials encounter difficult things and find that they may not do well, they will not work hard. Instead, they will learn from those people in Lu. When they see their compatriots in trouble, they will also circumvent the difficult things and make excuses, saying that they are governing by doing nothing, and that the root cause is a positive meaning. If it is regarded as an excuse, wouldn’t it become a derogatory meaning!

If everyone does nothing and acts as a turtle when encountering difficult things, then the world will be in chaos. Why do you still have to be an official? Why do you still have to do your own things? The common people will do their own things, which is almost the same as the end of the Sui Dynasty!

When Wang Ping'an talked about the law of Lu, Di Renjie immediately sweated on his forehead and said, "I'm reckless, I'm teaching you a lesson!"

Wang Ping'an said: "It's nothing, you just lack experience. After a long time, you will naturally understand these principles."

Che Sitong thought to himself: "You are not much older than the magistrate of Di County, are you? You said lightly, but it is hard for a good cook to cook without rice. Now that you have no money, you are unwilling to pay, so what should you do? Everyone sits on the street and waits for the world to lose money? The salary is not paid!"

Car Four Passage: "Sir, you have to think of a solution. After all, money must be solved within three to five days, otherwise the project will really stop!"

Wang Ping'an nodded, stood up from the chair, kept walking on the ground, thinking of a solution. Che Sitong and Di Renjie looked at him together, waiting for him to come up with an idea.

After a while, Wang Ping'an said: "I originally planned to sell the drawings of the water truck, but now it seems that the progress is too slow. First, the news is not widely spread, and second, there is no benefit. No one will pay to buy it. Everyone is waiting and waiting for others to take action first. Third, the merchants in Chang'an have not arrived yet. The distance water cannot solve the near fire. The urgent need cannot be solved by the power of our state."

Di Renjie said: "Brother, do you want to advertise or something? Send someone to ride a horse and run around the place?"

Che Sitong's eyes lit up and said, "This is a good idea. I heard that the prince once held a racing event in Chang'an and had a great income. Why don't we run in Qingzhou as well?"

Wang Ping'an shook his head and said, "No, I said it. Now the merchants nearby are waiting and waiting for others to take action first. Although local merchants are willing to take action, that is a favor. If an official owes favor, wouldn't he have to raise the standards for being an official again? Not every official is willing to owe favors to the people!"

Di Renjie spread his hands and said, "This is not OK, that is not OK, so what should I do? Everyone knows that this water truck can make a lot of money, but the problem is that I have to make a lot of money within three to five days, otherwise the project will stop."

Wang Ping'an looked at the courtyard and said, "If the officials do not do to the people, then the officials should do to the officials and give them the benefits. Officials and officials are there!" After that, he walked to the table, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, and said, "I will write a letter to the governors of Huizhou, Jingzhou and Yuanzhou, and I will also write a letter to the governors of Lanzhou, telling them that I have invented a large water truck, each of which can irrigate... ten thousand acres of land, and asked them to send someone to see me, and I will give them one for free in each state!"

Che Sitong was shocked and said, "A water truck irrigates ten thousand acres? This is impossible. It's too exaggerated. Those governors won't believe it!"

Wang Ping'an looked up at him and said, "If I said three or four hundred acres, would they come? But if I wanted to say ten thousand acres, would they come?"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "The problem is that if the governor comes in person, no one else can get any damage!"

Che Sitong suddenly realized and said, "So that's what it means, the prince actually wants the governors of each state to come in person! My Tang Dynasty has laws and regulations. If there is no major event, the governors of each state will not be allowed to leave their posts without permission. So to be honest, I am afraid that they will not come, so at most they will send people to come. But if a water truck can irrigate 10,000 acres, then this matter is extremely great. They have to come in person, and it is not considered a violation of the court's laws."

Wang Ping'an nodded, thought for a while, and said, "Time is too tight. If they are slowing down, wouldn't it be a waste of time? They have to treat them as donkeys and suck them!"

Di Renjie laughed and said, "Treat people again! How can you call the governors of each state as donkeys?"

Che Sitong grinned and said, "Be a donkey? They are all governors. How can they be donkeys?"

"If you want them to come, it's not difficult. As long as my pen tip moves, it will be done!" Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "It's changed to a water truck that can irrigate 20,000 acres... It's too small, so it's better to change it to 30,000 acres. This kind of water truck is extremely difficult to build. I take into account the sympathy of my colleagues, so I am willing to sell one, but there is only one. There are more monks and less porridge, first come first served, fast hands, slow hands are not slow!"

Di Renjie smiled and said, "As long as you can fool them, you will be fine!"

Che Sitong scratched his head and said, "But, this is obviously false. Those governors are all crazy and sly. It is impossible for them to be fooled, right?"

Di Renjie said, "Even if it is fake, they have to come here desperately. Because this is the standard for being an official!"

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "Yes, love the people as your son. This is the minimum standard. If they refuse to come desperately, it means that they cannot even achieve the minimum standard. So even if they know it is fake, they have to come. Nothing else, just to prove to the court, how much they care about the people!"

Che Sitong said with a whisper, murmured: "In this way, they can't even be a donkey, and they will try their best to prove that they are good donkeys. If they refuse to be this donkey, they may not even be an official!"

Di Renjie sighed: "No wonder the people are willing to raise donkeys. It seems that donkeys are really good things!"

Wang Ping'an laughed twice and said, "That's right!"

Che Sitong scratched his head again, accidentally scratched several strands of hair, and said, "But if they ran wildly and found that the water truck could not irrigate 30,000 acres at all, what should I do? Don't you fight with the prince?"

Wang Ping'an sighed and shook his head and said, "You are such a elm-head. If a person fails, the horse will reveal his hooves, he will say that I have written a wrong word and wrote 300 acres into 30,000 acres. Who has never written a few typos in his life? Is it just because of a typo? It's not like that!"

Che Sitong couldn't believe his ears, and he shouted, "This is OK..." He didn't feel embarrassed to shout the second half of the sentence, you are too arrogant!

Wang Ping'an and Di Renjie said in unison: "Why can't it?"

Che Sitong started scratching his head again. This time, he scratched his hands together, not only losing his hair, but even his scalp fell off. He said, "Then, that's the next, then try it!"

Wang Ping'an wrote a letter and called Brother Ouyang, and gave them instructions in this way, teaching them how to tell the governor.

Eight hundred miles of express delivery, but not replacement of horses. Huizhou, Jingzhou and Yuanzhou must arrive within one day, Lanzhou is a little far away, but it must arrive within one and a half days.

Ouyang Li personally sent a letter to Lanzhou. The Ouyang brothers went to see other states, rode on the best horses in the governor's mansion, and took spare horses out of the city as if they were crazy and ran towards the states.

Several prefectures and counties around Qingzhou are the poorest in Qingzhou, and the other states are considered wealthy, especially Lanzhou, which is even more a large state. Not only is the agriculture developed, but it also has a lot of business and travel, and has a wealthy finances. Wang Ping'an has never seen any results when playing with officials and deposed a few surrenders of the governor.

Lanzhou.

The governor of Lanzhou was in his prime, 35 years old, born in the military, had a great body, and had a hot temper. He was transferred to civil servants with military positions. He had just been in office for two months, and was similar to Wang Ping'an, and he was also planning to make great achievements. But he was different from Wang Ping'an. Wang Ping'an took office three times and repaired local officials, but he just treated them as donkeys. However, the governor of Lanzhou was different. He treated his subordinates as donkeys. Since taking office, he has taken several officials' boards, and beaten them to make everyone in Lanzhou afraid of him. He is much more difficult to serve than Wang Ping'an!

Just after noon that day, Qingzhou sent an emergency document. The person who sent the letter was a general of the Wei Mansion, with a high grade. The governor of Lanzhou was very polite to Ouyang Li, and he handed his hand towels and tea, and was very attentive to entertain him.

But when he opened the official document, he immediately became angry and sweared, "Why is this Wang Ping'an doing? Do you think of me like a monkey?" A water truck can irrigate 30,000 acres. I'm fooling the stupid guy. Don't talk about how big the water truck is. Do he know, how much water does it have to irrigate 30,000 acres of land?"

The governor of Lanzhou was furious and shouted: "This general, your governor, prince, do you play with me like a monkey?"

Ouyang Li thought to himself: "No, the master definitely did not regard you as a monkey. He just treated you as a donkey. How big is the donkey? How big is the monkey? You look down on yourself too much. You are still very worthy!"

He put down the teacup and said, "No, my master can't play tricks on the adults, he's joking!"

The governor of Lanzhou shook his letter and said angrily: "There is a lie on this letter, with a big trap inside. I want to trick me into being deceived! What do Wang Ping'an want to do? Do you want to force me to go to Qingzhou?"

Ouyang Li hurriedly said, "No, my master has no such intention at all. In fact, does my master want to... I want to hear the truth, or do I lie?"

The muscles on the Lanzhou governor thrust, and he said, "Of course I want to hear the truth. Isn't it that the official still wants to hear lies?"

Ouyang Li stretched out his hand and said, "To listen to the truth, you have to give the last ten taels of gold. If you want to listen to lies, you don't have to pay!"

After hearing this, the governor of Lanzhou almost jumped over from behind the table and slapped Ouyang Li. It would be enough for your master to play tricks on me, and you would play tricks on me too! He slapped the table and shouted angrily: "I don't want to hear anything, I don't give you a penny, get out of here!"

Ouyang Li said obediently: "Well, let's get out of here!" He walked out of the lobby without looking back.

The governor of Lanzhou looked at his back and bit his lip. He suddenly exuded and said, "Slowly, come back, I must listen to the truth! Come on, give him five taels of gold!" After saying that, he felt extremely distressed. Five taels of gold, Wang Ping'an's subordinates were also very dark. He dared to ask for a price!

Ouyang Li said: "It's ten taels!"

The governor of Lanzhou snorted and said, "If you dare to blackmail the imperial officials, you... only five taels, no more!" When you meet a scoundrel, no one can do anything. If you want to use a hard one, you can't ask anything and you can only stretch your neck and be slaughtered!

The servant sent five taels of gold, Ouyang Li put it in his arms, and then said, "After receiving the letter, my master immediately wrote this letter and asked the Mohjong to send it to you!"

The governor of Lanzhou was stunned and said, "What letter, whose letter has he received?"

Ouyang Li said: "Whose letter is the first half, you only gave five liang, so the last half will only say the second half. If you want to hear someone's letter, you have to give another five liang!"

The Lanzhou governor was frustrated and said, "On the left and right, fork him down and beat him back fifty military sticks!"

Ouyang Li said: "Sir, if you beat me, the cost of the soup will be calculated, which will be more than five taels. And if you don't give the gold today, you won't say anything. If you beat me to death, the general will be the official of the court. You must be careful not to eat the money!"

"You are shameless!" said the governor of Lanzhou angrily.

"Mr. Xie praised me. Usually, others say I am a scoundrel, but I never say I am shameless. Master, you are so proud of me!" Ouyang Li said indifferently.

The two looked at each other for a while, and the governor of Lanzhou said helplessly: "Okay, I will give you something to say to your governor, and I won't be as knowledgeable as you like!"

The servant took another five taels of gold to Ouyang Li. Ouyang Li put it in and smiled and said, "Isn't it okay for you to do this long ago? Why bother to get angry? The first half is that Chang'an sent a letter, I don't know which prime minister belongs to." After that, he turned around and left, and never looked back.

The governor of Lanzhou was stunned on the spot. The words meant that a prime minister in Chang'an wrote a letter to Wang Ping'an. After Wang Ping'an received the letter, he immediately wrote this letter to me! What does this mean? What happened in the court? Is it testing me?

There were other officials in the hall who gritted the bullet and asked, "Sir, ten taels of gold are so big, is it going to go to the treasury or yours... that, that..." That means who paid the money? It won't let the treasury pay, it has nothing to do with the treasury.

The governor of Lanzhou said a moment and came to his senses, saying, "If you talk about this later, don't worry. I will go to Qingzhou first and return within a few days. Well, how important is a water truck that can irrigate 30,000 acres of land. I must go and see it myself. If I can get this water truck, my people in Lanzhou will be blessed!"

He explained the reason casually, and didn't care about anything else, and had no time to take care of it. He strode out of the main hall, asked someone to prepare horses, took his personal guards and followed Ouyang Li out of the city to Qingzhou.

Officials from all over Lanzhou were stunned and thought to themselves: "What a big deal happened, otherwise would you be so anxious!"

Other states are like Lanzhou. If the governor loses his temper, the Ouyang brothers will make a harsh note. If he means he set off immediately, even if he knows the situation, he will spare him!
Chapter completed!