"What the people want is not your charity, but to have enough food and clothing to meet their needs."
"It's better for you to use chicken feathers as arrows and just give out a little porridge and rice. You really think the refugees must be yours."
"If the porridge you gave me was really so attractive, would those refugees still follow me?"
"Those refugees are just homeless, not fools. If they really can't work, will they take the initiative to follow this county magistrate?"
"Although the refugees are homeless, they also have the ability to distinguish, and they also need a better life."
"They don't want you to hang your life on gruel. They are humans, not animals."
When Emperor Huai'an heard this, his eyes became brighter and brighter. He knew that Li Baiyi would never make it easy for these guys after he came.
He didn't need to investigate to know that what Li Baiyi said was most likely true. These officials were doing nothing with their high salaries.
Although Li Baiyi asked the refugees to work, if the refugees really didn't have the energy to work, they would definitely not follow Li Baiyi obediently.
Huh, these old ministers who are good at calculating can't even compare with a young man in disaster relief. It can only be said that they are not sincerely working for the people, they only think about profit.
If he hadn't needed people now, he would have ordered all these worms to be killed.
The look the officials looked at Li Baiyi could be said to have a hint of resentment. They had all said well before, but when Li Baiyi came, everything took a turn for the worse.
Even a fool can see that there is no one on the prince's side who can fight except Li Baiyi.
They had said so much before that they wanted to send Li Baiyi on the road, or at least shut him up completely. Unexpectedly, Li Baiyi screamed as soon as he arrived.
This can't continue like this. They want to convict Li Baiyi. Why are they not doing things well and failing to carry out His Majesty's will now?
Song Guang hesitated for a while, stood up, and said with a smile: "Xian County Magistrate, you are really sharp-tongued."
"But there are some things you don't know, so it's easy to see things incompletely. Naturally, we won't blame you entirely for this. But if you slander and slander our imperial officials because of this, then it's your fault."
"Do you know how many things in Dakun require money? Not to mention the source of the refugees this time, just talking about the border troops, it costs an unknown amount of money every day."
"There are also major water conservancy projects being built in Dakun. Workers have to spend money on eating and working every day, and no food has been produced yet."
"In addition, there are bandits from all over the country, who burn, kill, loot and commit all kinds of crimes."
"Every time they are dispatched, they will cause immeasurable losses to the people and Dakun."
"Due to banditry, Dakun often loses part of its tax revenue and cannot collect it."
"If we want to suppress bandits, we will inevitably consume a lot of money, but the money in the national treasury is limited after all, and we cannot spend it casually."
"If they all give alms to the refugees like giving money to the county magistrate, then all the money from the national treasury will be spent like water."
"You don't know how expensive firewood and rice are because you're not a family member."
Song Guang's words made all the officials nod their heads. It had to be said that what he said made some sense, but Li Baiyi had a relentless smile.
"Magistrate Dedication, don't you think what I said is wrong?"
Song Guang thought his words were impeccable and didn't care about Li Baiyi's expression at all.
It's just a bluff. Can you really refute what I said?
Li Baiyi nodded and said: "Of course it's not right. What you said are all clichés and empty words. They can't solve the actual problem at all. Moreover, I have been here for a while and have never come in before, but what you said is what I said. I heard them all.”
"You have indeed raised a lot of questions, and I will answer them one by one now."
"As for the refugees, although on the surface it is the refugees who are causing rebellion, you have also said before that the refugees are so hungry that they have no strength to rebel."
"If they were not instigated by others, how could they have the brains to rebel? If they rebel, they will have a way to survive?"
When all the officials heard this, they couldn't help but froze for a moment, and were a little speechless. They originally thought that Li Baiyi could say something with evidence, but they didn't expect that Li Baiyi was just speculating, which was somewhat suspected of conspiracy.
Li Baiyi ignored the thoughts of these officials and continued: "I really can't provide evidence now, but it is obvious that these refugees must be instigated by traitors to rebel or riot."
"Furthermore, I suspect that some high-ranking officials in the DPRK are doing this. When these refugees were in the capital before, there was no trouble."
"Why did the riots start outside the capital? Is it because there is more money outside the capital and more potential for riots than inside the capital? It doesn't make sense."
"Then there is only one possible reason, and that is that it is more suitable to encourage people outside the capital and it is not easy to be caught."
"If it were in the capital, Jing Zhaoyin would easily be able to catch these people and expose their true colors."
"Moreover, the defense in the capital is tighter. Even if there is a riot, it will be easily suppressed, and the purpose of causing trouble will not be achieved."
"As for what you said about refugees being seen by the Beiyuan envoy and possibly bringing shame on me, Da Kun, this is even more nonsense."
"Who knows where there are no refugees? There are refugees in Dakun because of natural disasters, and in the capital of Beiyuan, even if there are no refugees, there will probably be a large number of refugees all year round. Why, because our Dakun is rich, they poverty."
"So it is totally unreasonable to drive the refugees out for this reason. Then there is only one purpose, to gather the refugees together to cause trouble. Am I right?"
As soon as Li Baiyi said these words, everyone immediately took a deep breath and didn't know what to say.
Although these things are obvious to the lice on the bald head, you can't tell them.
Anyone who doesn't know this must be troubled by someone, but you have to have evidence, otherwise others can sue you for defamation.
Song Guang and others were gnashing their teeth. They simply wanted to kill Li Baiyi to prevent him from talking nonsense anymore. For no other reason than what Li Baiyi said was true.
They underestimated this kid Li Baiyi. Not only could he understand this, but he also dared to say it here. Wasn't he afraid that someone would cover his mouth and make him unable to speak forever?
Wang Lang also wiped the sweat from his forehead. He didn't know what to do. Li Baiyi was so brave. He just took off those people's underwear.
