Niu Dou said the same thing a few days ago. ↙八↙八↙Read ↙, ※o◇ said that he could repatriate the alchemists and give the emperor an orderly Xianyang.
But the result was very bad.
Now he said that again, but Ying Zheng no longer believed him.
Ying Zheng looked at Niu Dou and asked calmly: "What are you going to do?"
Niu Dou said: "The repatriation of the alchemists is a decree of the imperial court. If the alchemists refuse to return to their hometown, they are disobeying the order. Select a few leaders and trap and kill them. The others will naturally leave obediently."
Li Shui couldn't help but laugh out loud: "I heard that Brother Niu has a close relationship with Master Fusu. I didn't expect that Brother Niu's political views are very different from Master Fusu. Master Niu advocates persuading people with virtue, while Brother Niu advocates punishment. It’s really rare to be able to make great friends despite having different political views.”
Bullfight was stunned for a moment, glanced at Fusu next to him, and said, "Yes, it is natural to convince people with virtue."
Fusu didn't say anything. He suddenly felt that this bullfight seemed a little stupid. Being too close to him may not be a good thing.
Unfortunately, Fusu planned to put aside the relationship, but Li Shui did not intend to let him go. He chased and asked: "Master Fusu, what do you plan to do with these alchemists? Kill them, or lock them up?"
Fusu thought: In front of my father, why don't you call me nephew? You should scream if you have the guts.
Facing Li Shui's questioning, Fusu said calmly: "Whether it is killing or imprisoning, it is all to restore order in Xianyang City. If they are willing to leave, then there is no need to imprison them. If imprisoning them is useless, killing one or two people will do the trick." It’s okay.”
Li Shui nodded and said, "I see. It seems that Master Fusu and Master Niu have the same opinions."
Fusu was a little unhappy and didn't want to get involved with Niu Dou, but to add insult to injury, he claimed that he was not familiar with Niu Dou, which didn't seem very kind, so he pinched his nose and admitted it.
Fusu and Niu Dou were talking lively, but Ying Zheng didn't believe them. He looked at Li Shui: "Huaiguzi, how do you think the alchemist should be dealt with?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said: "The alchemist in Xianyang was recruited by me. It would be unfair for me to say how to deal with it. It's better to let Mr. Fu Yao do it."
Chunyu Yue and others were a little helpless: Fu Yao is your apprentice and will obey your words. As far as he is concerned... isn't that the same?
Ying Zheng also knew that this was Li Shui's opportunity for Fu Yao to show off, so he smiled slightly and looked at Fu Yao.
Fu Yao said: "The reason why the alchemists are sent back is because they are harmful to Xianyang. So what is the evidence that the alchemists ordered Xianyang to be saoan?"
The courtiers said: "There are dozens of petition groups in the city, large and small, aren't they evidence?"
Fu Yao said: "That only appeared after Master Niu Dou repatriated the alchemists. ▲-八▲-八▲-Read ▲-书, ◇o≧ Before he was repatriated, wasn't Xianyang City in order?"
The courtiers said nothing. Before that, it was not necessarily orderly, but compared to now, it was indeed much more orderly.
Niu Dou lay on the ground, his body trembling slightly: Mr. Fu Yao, are you going to knock me down completely? If the alchemists did not cause chaos in Xianyang City, but I jumped up and down and advocated the repatriation of the alchemists, what would I become? Am I not a villain who fears that the world will not be in chaos?
In this case, it is not a problem of lack of ability, but a problem of ulterior motives. Yes, by then, Huaiguzi will definitely take the opportunity to frame me as a rebel. Let me never recover.
Niu Dou felt numb at the thought of becoming a rebel.
He faced his scalp and said: "I have evidence. I saw with my own eyes that an alchemist named Hengxuan complained endlessly about Shang Jun's courtyard. I heard with my own ears that the poor people quarreled with the alchemists. I have written down all these people. Just call them and ask them for their names."
Li Shui looked at Niu Dou in confusion and thought, "This guy has done quite well in his homework."
Ying Zheng had an attitude of wanting to get to the bottom of it, and ordered the eunuch to find the person according to the list.
An hour later, several alchemists and several poor people were brought to the palace.
They were a little scared and a little excited. Isn’t it just for this result that I’ve been petitioning everywhere these days? Able to explain things clearly in front of His Majesty.
They did not enter Ying Zheng's study. After all, these people were all dirty.
Ying Zheng stood on the steps and received them.
At first, the alchemists and the poor were very afraid, but they found that Li Shui was also standing among the courtiers, and they suddenly had a backbone.
Exiled Immortal, that is a good person. To Fang Shi, he offered to take them to find the Immortal. For the poor, the people in Guanzhong can have enough food and clothing. Who has not received the favor of the banished immortal?
Li Shui saw these people looking at him as if they were relatives, and couldn't help but feel speechless: What's going on? Why do they look like I'm an accomplice?
Ying Zheng looked at Niu Dou and said, "Confront them."
Niu Dou searched among the crowd, and he was the first to point out Hengxuan: "Friend Hengxian, have you complained about the banished immortal? That he recruited you to Xianyang and put you in a dilemma?"
Li Shui glanced at Hengxuan in confusion and thought, "Does this guy still have the guts?"
Heng Xuanze's head buzzed: It's over. If he said this in front of the banished immortal, he might never have the chance to enter Shang Jun's Courtyard in this life.
Hengxuan looked at Li Shui and found that Li Shui was looking at him with a deep look.
But Niu Dou next to him was still reluctant and asked, "Is that so?"
Hengxuan shouted: "Niu Dou, you and I are inseparable. I will fight with you."
Then, he rushed up, kicked Niu Dou down, and punched and kicked him.
The courtiers were speechless: What's wrong with these alchemists? Did you learn it from Huaiguzi?
Ying Zheng glanced at Hengxuan indifferently and said, "You are so arrogant in front of me. Someone, pull him down and punish him eighty times."
Hengxuan was taken down, and before leaving he was still shouting: "Niu Dou, you and I are irreconcilable."
Niu Dou's injuries increased and he lay on the ground. This time he really couldn't stand up.
Ying Zheng looked at the poor people aside: "Have you ever complained that you don't want the alchemists to come to Xianyang?"
Poor people, you look at me, I look at you, and then I say honestly: "I complained."
After hearing this, Bullfight suddenly felt happy and energetic, and said: "Your Majesty, they really complained. It was after hearing this that I made up my mind and suggested that your Majesty repatriate the alchemist. Because the appearance of the alchemist really disturbed the people. life."
The poor people seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Ying Zheng asked curiously: "Since you don't want the alchemist to stay in Xianyang, why are you petitioning in the city? Isn't this contradictory?"
The poor man hesitated and said: "We hope that the alchemists will stay in Xianyang. The reason why we complain is because if we don't complain, how can we have the nerve to ask the alchemists for money? We can only say that they have made our lives difficult after arriving in Xianyang." Only then can we confidently sell them things at high prices."
"We... we don't know, but some people actually believe it. We don't believe this complaint, and neither do the alchemists. It's just an excuse from both sides. We thought that no one would believe it, but who knows..."
The poor man talked a lot, and everyone present understood it clearly. People just said that, who would have thought that this idiot Niu Dou would take it seriously.
Niu Dou was lying on the ground, his face turning red and white. Many courtiers around were snickering.
And Ying Zheng was thinking: It seems that recommending talents does have big drawbacks. For example, a person like Niu Dou may have a noble character, but what's the use? If it were used to govern the country, the world would probably be in chaos.
Niu Dou suddenly thought of something that could save him some dignity, so he couldn't wait to say: "Xianyang Guizhou head, isn't this becoming treacherous? The arrival of the alchemists made the cultivators unwilling to plow the fields and the craftsmen unwilling to work. Isn’t it a fact that everyone is trying their best to learn the art of deceit and deceit in order to obtain money?”
After hearing this, the poor people all showed disapproval on their faces.
Ying Zheng asked: "Do you have anything to say?"
One of them, the brave Guizhou leader, said: "The villain is illiterate and does not understand the law, but he always feels that there should be no laws in Da Qin, and the Guizhou leader can only suffer poverty."
Ying Zheng smiled: "How can there be such an inhumane law?"
The head of Guizhou pointed at Niu Dou and said, "But this gentleman just said these words."
"Before the alchemists came to Xianyang, although we had enough food and clothing, we were not necessarily rich, and our family didn't have much money left."
"Fortunately, the alchemists arrived. People from all over the country did business with the alchemists, and everyone made a lot of money. I even had a meal of meat a few days ago, and the taste was really wonderful."
"Now this lord wants to drive us back to farm. In that case, the world will be quiet, which will be more convenient for the court to manage. But this lord is well-dressed and well-fed all day long, how can he know the hardship of starvation?"
Niu Dou opened his mouth and was a little speechless. I prayed for the people all day long, but the people said, "You are harming me." How can I justify this?
Ying Zheng smiled slightly and said: "If it is more profitable to do business with the alchemists, you will all come to do business. There is no one to plow the fields and there is insufficient food. If there is a famine, won't people starve to death?"
Those Guizhou officials were speechless. They couldn't understand this kind of thing and couldn't answer it.
After a long time, the head of Guizhou whispered: "Such a major matter is a matter for the imperial court to consider. We humble people just want to survive."
Li Shui sighed and said: "What the common people said is good. Insufficient food and famine are things that the court should consider. It is unreasonable for the court to drive the farmers back and force them to farm if they don't do a good job."
Ying Zheng was slightly startled and looked at Li Shui in confusion: "In your opinion, what should we do?"
In Ying Zheng's opinion, hasn't this been done in all dynasties? Why is there a problem?
Li Shui said: "I suggest that the free trade of grain be allowed. If there are fewer people farming, the price of grain will naturally rise. If the profit of growing grain is higher than doing business with the alchemists, the people will naturally go back to farming."
"Nowadays, the imperial court keeps saying that it emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business. However, the businessmen are all fat and big-eared, while the farmers are skinny. The so-called emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business is just an empty talk. What's the use of status? It's just a false name, maybe for Niu Dou. Officials are useful. For farmers who are about to starve to death, having a full meal is far less practical." 11
