Ever since Xiao Letian directed Guo Zaichun, this conspiracy has been really clever. The battle for people's hearts and minds in Zhangjiawan seems to be very small, because it is just a question of whether to retain 150 young and strong laborers!
But just such a small incident in Zhangjiawan suddenly tore up the black cloth covering the hearts of the people in the capital!
One of the two clan leaders was dead and the other was maimed. The entire Liangxiang's tax-free plan was stopped. Hundreds of thousands of people were angry and yelling in the streets, but there was nothing they could do!
The wealthy households and businessmen in those places went to the capital to find opportunities. They went to the civil servants who had passed the imperial examination to complain, hoping that they would plead with Long Live Lord!
Some extreme ones even secretly encouraged these Hanlin officials to impeach, not of course the emperor, they wouldn't dare, but they could impeach the Capital Police Bureau!
Can't Prince Yu and that stinking little boss be impeached? Wouldn't slapping them in the face mean slapping the emperor's face?
The angry bureaucracy also wanted to try to resist, but only a few hot-headed Hanlin took over the task. But before their Hui ink could be polished, Li Hongzao and Weng Tonghe sent someone to pass on the message, which was received. The few Hanlin officials who warned me returned the retouching fees with sullen eyebrows, and never dared to mention this issue again!
It's all gone! The entire officialdom was completely silent about the Zhangjiawan incident, and no one dared to come out to complain to the landlords!
Zai Chun is so happy. He just realized how powerful the conspiracy is today. If it is placed in front of you openly like this, you can't break it!
You officials look unhappy, so what can you do if you feel unhappy? The iron factory is offering high wages, are you still standing in the way?
You must know that there is no transfer department for the start-up funds of the iron factory. This was all obtained by Zai Chun from the internal accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now the whole empire knows that Emperor Tongzhi has a large sum of money from the British and Chinese people. Financial assistance!
There are even rumors that Fuso National Bank has some shares of Emperor Tongzhi, and it can get several million taels of silver every year!
The emperor has money in his coffers and military power in his hands. What will you do with these officials?
In the past, when the factory slaves were in trouble, people could still say that your emperor violated the ancestral system. Now that people are hiring workers fairly, what else do you say?
Do you blame the little emperor for wantonly raising labor prices? Disturbing fair competition in the market economy? Let me go, what era is this? This is an era where imperial power is supreme. Even Europe is experiencing vicious competition. The era of super monopoly trusts will soon appear!
Where is the fair competition?
Zai Chun was beating the bureaucracy with one stick after another until they were at a loss for what to do. As soon as the head of state took action, all the smog before and after Zai Chun took office was swept away!
but! Some people are calm, but Xiang Ying, Zai Chun's fellow disciple, has been watching with cold eyes!
He and Cai Bixia also enjoyed several rare moments together during this period. They went on dates to drink tea and listen to operas, and under the leadership of Zuo Yizhi, they shopped for some treasures in Liulichang!
Then, because of my special status, I was given the green light to visit the royal gardens all the way!
This couple went to places that were difficult for ordinary people and even officials of the Qing Dynasty to enter!
Otherwise, there is privilege under power. This pair of lovers heard that the greenhouse chrysanthemums raised in Prince Zheng's palace were one of a kind, so they knocked on the door without posting in advance!
Prince Zheng's palace was completely stunned. We have never seen such a person who doesn't know etiquette. How could anyone come to visit without sending a message in advance?
Prince Zheng Chengzhi inherited the title of Prince Zheng Duanhua who was sentenced to death in the Xinyou coup. Duanhua, the eighth minister of Gu Ming, was a great man. His son-in-law was Arut. Chongqi, and his granddaughter was the current queen Arut. !
After all, Zai Chundu is Duanhua's granddaughter and son-in-law. This relationship is strong enough!
Is Prince Zheng’s Mansion accessible to ordinary people? The new Prince Zheng, Chengzhi, is even more famous as a ruthless villain in the capital! Every year, twenty or thirty domestic slaves are beaten to death in the palace, and two or three corpses have to be pulled out every month!
For such a ruthless character, when you encounter Xiang Ying and Cai Bixia, you have no temper, no posts and no door packages, so you have to open the middle door and welcome them in with a smile!
Now that you’ve finished admiring the best chrysanthemums, why don’t you pick out a few pots of expensive varieties and send them over? Old Beijingers were very good at raising chrysanthemums. Some varieties have been lost to later generations!
Ink chrysanthemum, phoenix feathers, green clouds, handsome flags, ten-foot-long hanging curtains... Which one of the various famous products is not the best? There is nowhere to buy it in the market with ten thousand taels of silver!
No matter how distressed you feel, you have to hand it over. Even if the couple refuses to show their respect at noon, you still have to prepare food and wine to serve it!
Xiang Ying and Cai Bixia are not just playing around, they are also observing all aspects of the Qing Empire's center while playing, and they must carefully understand every detail from big to small!
Of course, the most important thing is to listen carefully to the various evaluations of Zai Chunyang's plan by the people and officials!
Xiang Ying said coldly to Cai Bixia more than once, "Zai Chun can't do it... He has become seriously dependent on his master, and the head of state has become a crutch in his heart!"
"He can't throw it away anymore. He can't throw it away anymore. The more the master helps him, the more dependent he will be on this cane!"
"Let's see next time! If the master turns against him, Zai Chun will fall miserably no matter how high he climbs!"
Cai Bixia looked at the people around him and said worriedly, "Yes! Zai Chun actually didn't really understand the essence of master's governance. Just look at the decrees he promulgated, he is still carrying it out and he is still full of airs!"
"It's such an era, but he still clings to classical Chinese and doesn't let go. He doesn't even understand where the master's greatest talent lies!"
Xiang Ying clapped his hands and said with a smile, "That's right! He will never understand that simplicity leads to greatness!"
"Why is the master's famous journey to the west written in vernacular? Even though scholars all over the world laugh at the master, not a single word has been changed?"
"Wen Xiu and Luo Hao had a plan earlier. They wanted to help the head of state polish the Westward Journey and many notes in classical Chinese to create a collection of fine works!"
"As a result, the master gave me such a bad lesson. From then on, no one dared to mention it again!"
"Zaichun and the others still don't understand! The master wrote the article in a confessional way. It's called Dao Zhi Jian. It's meant to be understood even by traffickers and lackeys!"
"Even an illiterate person who can't read can understand the truth by hearing it with his ears!"
"It has to be so straightforward, it has to be so simple... Because only by being straightforward and simple can we win the hearts of the broadest grassroots people!"
"This is a war for the hearts and minds of the lowest class of people, a war without gunpowder! This is not a show between literati, this is not learning in a study!"
"Just because of Zai Chun's half-informed attitude! Sooner or later he will suffer a big loss!"
