Driving someone away if you don't agree with them may seem domineering, but it's actually unrealistic.
It is true that Gu Zhengchen is the magistrate of Quanzhou, but Lin Tangchen is also the magistrate of Quanzhou appointed by the imperial court. He cannot be kicked out of the government just because of different political opinions.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang gave Gu Zhengchen the imperial edict to "act expeditiously", it was meant for corrupt officials, not for colleagues who had no problems and were innocent. Abusing power is tantamount to indiscriminate use of power. It may seem that you have unlimited success at the moment, but when the backlash comes later, no one is willing to lend a hand to help you.
Liu Ji reminded himself that although he is standing under the sky, if he loses the harmony and harmony, he will easily lose the geographical advantage. Without the geographical advantage, there may be an abyss under his feet at any time.
Humanity cannot be lost. You can't just act resolutely and speak your mind. You also need to unite your subordinates and work together for the court.
The art of controlling your subordinates!
In the past, he was the county magistrate. He directly replaced a group of his own people, gave them benefits, and set rules. There was no way to control them.
When I arrived in Quanzhou, I killed a group of officials. Although I promoted a group of people, they were all officials. The officials who came up were not promoted by me, but transferred by the court. This tested whether I could control these two people.
After returning to Quanzhou Prefecture, Gu Zhengchen had not yet adapted to the existence of these two people. Now that Lin Tangchen came out to oppose him, he was not necessarily opposed to the recruitment of corvees, but more likely to be opposed to his commanding them as officials.
In the final analysis, this is caused by lack of experience as an official and excessive power.
Gu Zhengchen reflected on himself, looked at the stubborn Lin Tangchen, and nodded slightly: "Then - let's discuss it later."
Nie Yuanji was obviously a little stunned, and Lin Tangchen, who was ready to protest to the end, was also stunned. Until Gu Zhengchen left, the two of them still didn't realize what was going on.
When Lin Tangchen and Nie Yuanji came to Quanzhou Prefecture, what they heard most was Gu Zhengchen's decisive killing. He dared to kill officials as well as civilians, and he killed at will without the approval of the Ministry of Punishment or the emperor.
Facing the powerful Gu Zhengchen, it is impossible for Lin Tangchen and Nie Yuanji not to be under pressure. However, they were once local magistrates with considerable political achievements, and they both have their own opinions and what they consider to be a reasonable approach to local governance. Facing Gu Masaomi's stride forward was quite disapproving.
Nie Yuanji was quite sophisticated and had no intention of openly opposing Gu Zhengchen, but Lin Tangchen believed that the duty of the second official was to correct the mistakes of the palm official, so he was merciless and stood up, and he was even prepared to lose his official position or even Prepare to die.
However, Gu Zhengchen actually gave in.
Zhao Sanqi walked into the second hall, saluted Nie Yuanji and Lin Tangchen and said, "Prefect Gu asked you to go to Quanzhou Port."
Nie Yuanji and Lin Tangchen didn't know what Gu Zhengchen wanted to do, so they ordered someone to prepare a carriage for the trip.
When the carriage arrived at Quanzhou Port, Nie Yuanji and Lin Tangchen got off the carriage and saw Gu Zhengchen sitting on the horse's back.
Seeing the two men coming, Gu Zhengchen got off his horse, raised his whip and pointed at the dock, saying, "It won't take long before Quanzhou Port will look brand new."
Nie Yuanji smiled and said: "After the sea is opened, trade will definitely flourish. Within five years, there will probably be a spectacular scene of thousands of sails competing here."
Lin Tangchen saw that many people among the people were shirtless and sweating profusely. They were working hard and there was no slacking off or laziness.
But when he looked carefully, he saw no government officials or sergeant supervisors. Lin Tangchen frowned and said, "Why aren't the supervisors here?"
Nie Yuanji took a closer look and saw that there was no supervisor. He couldn't help but became anxious and said quickly: "I clearly informed the Quanzhou Navy and arranged for sergeants to be supervisors..."
Gu Zhengchen handed the riding whip to Lin Baifan and smiled: "Nie Tongzhi, the navy originally planned to set up a supervisor, but my officer withdrew it."
"Why withdraw?"
Nie Yuanji was very puzzled.
Gu Zhengchen laughed and asked, "Then why do we need to send government officials or sergeants to supervise?"
"Without supervision, who will be responsible if something goes wrong?"
Lin Tangchen asked with a cold face.
Gu Zhengchen understood what these people were thinking.
No matter how big the project is, whenever people are mobilized, the yamen will arrange manpower to supervise it. If too many people are recruited, the yamen officers will not be able to handle it, and sergeants will be asked to help guard it. There are two purposes:
One is to urge these people to work quickly, not to be lazy, and to ensure progress and quality.
The second is to prevent someone from causing trouble.
For example, a stone statue with one eye can be dug out of the river. This must be because the supervision was not in place, and it was buried and dug out again. If the supervision is in place, there will be no public opinion that "the stone man with one eye can instigate rebellion in the Yellow River world"...
Gu Zhengchen looked at Lin Tangchen: "Lin Tongpan, how about you and I put aside our prejudices and listen to what the people have to say?"
Lin Tangchen nodded heavily.
Gu Zhengchen led several people to the construction site.
A dozen men were pulling ropes, and the ropes were tied to a round wooden and stone pile. The bottom of the pile was a two-foot-high stone pillar, and the upper part was a five-foot-high log. There were similarities between the stone pillars and the wooden piles. Connect and fix with the iron parts of the leech nail.
As the trumpet sounded, the rope stretched straight, and the wood and stone piles were pulled off the ground by a strong force, and then fell to the ground under the action of gravity, making a pit in the ground. The wood and stone piles were lifted again, but as the men The force moved a little distance, half of it fell in the original pothole, and the other half hit the ground that had not been hit yet.
I don’t know who got started, but each man shouted enthusiastically:
The moonlight shines on the pond, riding a bamboo horse across the flood pond.
The water in the pond was too deep to be crossed, so the lady punted a boat to pick him up.
Ask the master, ask the master, ask the master the shortcomings.
I asked him when he would return from this trip.
Zhao Yihui saw Gu Zhengchen and came over with Su Xianqin.
Su Xianqin saw that Gu Zhengchen and others were listening attentively, so he explained: "This is an ancient folk song in Fujian, "Moonlight Light". It is said that it existed in the Tang Dynasty and has been passed down to this day."
Gu Zhengchen nodded and walked towards the men who were working. Seeing the officials coming, the men stopped their efforts and stood one by one. Someone recognized Gu Zhengchen, one by one Gu Qingtian.
"Have you received enough rice today?"
Gu Zhengchen asked with a smile.
Zhou Houyi, who took the lead, smiled naively: "I've received enough."
Gu Zhengchen asked again: "No one will whip you, right?"
Zhou Houyi and others quickly said no, and some even patted their naked chests to reveal their sweaty backs to prove that they had not been beaten.
Farmer Wang Erchai said to Gu Zhengchen: "Gu Qingtian, now there are no supervisors nagging in the ears, and no whips to urge, but our group of people are working even more vigorously. Every lazy man, who dares to be lazy, we will I can’t spare him!”
Zhou Houyi nodded repeatedly and continued: "In the past, when the supervisor was there, we only felt tingling all over the body, unable to work hard, and always felt very depressed. But now that there is no supervisor, this work is just like doing it for our own family." It’s almost like building a house.”
Lin Tangchen frowned as he listened to everyone's words.
The knowledge they have held for many years seems comical and ridiculous beneath their words.
"We have served seven times as corvees and have never been so comfortable."
"The superiors asked us to lay the foundation in three days, hehe, we plan to finish it in two days."
“We used to dig rivers and build walls, and they treated us like prisoners, didn’t let us have enough to eat, and often beat people. Now we work like a human being.”
The chatter and voices were like axes, splitting open the once self-righteous views.
Lin Tangchen couldn't believe it and asked: "Is it possible that you are willing to do corvee service and stay at home to recuperate?"
"This official is joking."
"No."
"As long as the government government provides us with enough food and doesn't pay us, we are willing to work."
Lin Tangchen frowned: "Why?"
Zhou Houyi smiled and explained to Lin Tangchen: "Of course it saves one person's rations for the family. It's not the busy farming season yet, and I stay at home all day long. Isn't that freeloading? If we save a mouthful of rice, the children can eat more. , we save a month of rice, and the children can get two or three feet of extra cloth."
Wang Erchai said bluntly: "Yes, in previous years, the government officials did not give out food to the corvee workers. All the food was boiled in the pot, and it was all bloody gruel. But this year, not only food was given every morning, but also food was given every day. It’s not included in the list, just eat when you’re full. Let’s go back to work this time, and we can bring home a bag of rice. If we work for a few more days, we may not have enough food for this summer tax.”
Lin Tangchen's face turned pale.
After Gu Zhengchen chatted with everyone for a while, he led Nie Yuanji, Lin Tangchen and others to an open space, looked at Lin Tangchen, and said seriously: "People are eager to live a good life, at least the family is not hungry and has clothes to wear. As long as If they have the opportunity to save a little and earn a little, they are willing to do it. You also know that the government has accumulated a lot of money and food, and most of this money and food come from the people of Quanzhou Prefecture."
"After the money and food are put into the account, no one can distribute it to the people privately. How can we return the money and food to the people? The only way is to use corvee service! Lin Tongfan, what you want is not to disturb the people and leave them to recuperate, but have you ever thought about it? , the people are not afraid of the suffering of corvee work, but what they are afraid of is that they will get nothing from the suffering of corvee labor, or even be in debt!"
"I don't care what other people do to collect people's corvee, but my purpose of collecting people's corvee in Quanzhou Prefecture is as simple as that. Whoever works will get more money and food. Whoever works more will get more money and food. This may be This is contrary to your understanding, but you must understand that I, Gu Zhengchen, am not doing it for political achievements or official reputation, but for the people here!"
"The criterion for judging whether a government order is reasonable or not should be to see whether it is for the sake of the people and whether it is for the benefit of the people, rather than all kinds of big principles of right and wrong! There are not so many reasons to talk about, as long as we focus on Quanzhou The best thing is to do good to the 300,000 people in the government!"
Lin Tangchen was filled with shock as he listened to this long speech.
Nie Yuanji stood in awe and looked at the young man in front of him with his chest raised. Although he was only in his early twenties and did not have decades of official experience, his awareness and knowledge far exceeded many officials.
The kindness of 300,000 people is the greatest truth!
Really impressive!
Like thunder!
Lin Tangchen finally understood. He raised his hands in front of him, bent down and bowed deeply, and said in a deep voice: "Lin - wrong!"
