The Emperor Shun Zhishi

Chapter 43 Rebuilding Guirui

The newlywed Yaner brought Shun happiness, but at the same time made him fall into the tenderness.The reconstruction of Guirui has been put on the agenda, but Shun often delays the meeting because of his slack.For some reason, Shun found himself disdainful to attend the Guirui city planning meeting, or every time he came back from a meeting, he was always annoyed, thinking that such meetings were a waste of time. Gradually, he even went to the Guirui city planning meeting I don't even bother to open it.For a time, rumors that Shun fell into the gentle hometown of Emperor E and Nvying spread throughout Guirui.

Ehuang and Nvying also heard about these rumors quite a bit, and they often warned Shun that men have ambitions everywhere, and don't be attached to their sons and daughters.Shun often sighed and said nothing.

One evening, Ehuang and Nvying discussed the matter with Shun.

"Husband, I also heard that you are reluctant to participate in the meeting to rebuild Guirui because you are in love with the pleasure of the boudoir. If this is the case, I hope to return to Pingyang and be separated from my husband for a while."

Seeing Ehuang's earnest inquiry, Shun felt guilty.

"Miss, I made you worry. I really don't like participating in Guirui reconstruction meetings, but it's not because of what the outside world has said. In fact, every time I have a meeting, I feel that it is a waste of time."

"Why is that?"

Nvying asked in bewilderment.

"The Guirui Reconstruction Conference is a meeting attended by tribal leaders in the Huayi Alliance. Gun, as the adjutant of water control, also attended the meeting, and Xiang, as a representative of the Yu clan, attended the meeting in place of my father. I don't know why, I just want to propose Gun and Xiang would object to some suggestions. They not only opposed themselves, but also incited other tribal leaders to oppose. Every meeting, everyone basically quarreled. After more than half a year, nothing was resolved. It's a bit useless."

Hearing this, Emperor E smiled slightly and said, "What's so difficult about this? Husband set up a management organization for the reconstruction of Guirui City, and let those who agree with your opinion join this organization, including Xiang and Gun. The tribal alliance meeting It’s just to discuss issues, and some important matters are decided and passed by this organization. In this way, others will not say that you are arbitrary, and even if Xiang and Gun object, it is only two of them, and it will not play any role.”

Ehuang's words made Shun see hope, so he set up a management organization and selected some elites from the tribe to participate, such as Cao Muzi, Qin Bukong, Houji, Gun, Xiang, and himself, a total of six people.On the surface, this is a democratic decision-making body, but in fact it is controlled by Shun.Among the six people, Gun and Xiang were the only ones who opposed Shun, so they became a minority and were useless in making decisions.

After half a year of planning and discussion, the draft for the reconstruction of Guirui City was finally drawn up.The key point of the reconstruction was to expand the city of Guirui, which was originally five miles long from north to south, and became seven miles long, and four miles from east to west.However, the city expanded eastward, and part of the land entered the Yu family's territory, which aroused Xiang's dissatisfaction.

"No, this plan is not only a waste of time and money, but also forcibly occupying my Yu family's territory. I oppose it!"

Xiang listened to Shun's planning report, but before he finished listening, he interrupted Shun's speech.

"The report is not over yet, let me finish."

"Needless to say, our Yu clan does not agree with this plan. If the expansion of Guirui requires the confiscation of our Yu clan's territory, then our Yu clan will withdraw from the alliance."

Seeing that Xiang took the lead in opposing Shun's proposal, Gun also agreed.

"The expansion of Guirui City is a good thing, but it will requisition the territories of other tribes, which will cause disputes. You see, according to this reconstruction draft, the land with the Xiong family and the Lu family will be requisitioned in the future. The subordinates are worried that in the future If the expansion fails, it will instead cause internal friction between the Huaxia and Dongyi tribes, which will give Beidi and Sanmiao an opportunity, so I hope the city lord thinks twice."

Gun spoke sincerely and burst into tears, which moved many tribal leaders. Some tribal leaders also took the opportunity to side with Xiang and Gun and opposed Shun's opinion.Little Xingxing sees that these people form an alliance. If the situation continues like this, an opposition alliance will be formed within Huaxia and Dongyi, similar to the opposition party in modern parliamentary politics.Its political proposition is simple: as long as the ruling party supports it, the opposition party opposes it.This will cause the Guirui Reconstruction Conference to fall into wrangling.

"The expropriation of land is not free," Xiao Xingxing took Shun's words, and he felt that only his eloquence could convince these people, "What you see now is that we expropriate the land of certain tribes, which seems to have caused you a lot of trouble. However, if the expansion of Guirui City generates more money in the future, it will be distributed to these tribes at that time. So the expropriation of land itself is like doing business, you invest more and earn more.”

"However, our expropriated land is very barren and cannot be used for farming, so how can we obtain income in the future?"

Little Xingxing saw that the speaker was a representative of the Xiong clan, and the question itself was of great significance.

"Good question!" Little Xingxing praised the next person who asked the question. He was the only one who asked the question not for the purpose of making things difficult. "The purpose of requisitioning land is not single. Some of the river dams are used to open the market, but we will evaluate the function of the land uniformly, and in the future all the income of Guirui City will be distributed according to this evaluation.”

Gun and Xiang asked some irrelevant questions one after another, all in order to incite other tribes to be dissatisfied with Shun's plan, but Little Xingxing answered them all one by one, and finally Little Xingxing proposed to be managed by Guirui according to Ehuang's opinion. agencies to decide whether to implement the program.

Little Xingxing's proposal surprised Xiang and Gun, but since they had their own names in the management organization, Xiang and Gun no longer objected.

Everything is under Little Xingxing's control.The committee consisted of six members, including Cao Muzi, Shun, Qin Bukong, Houji, Xiang, and Gun.

During the decision-making process, Gun and Xiang naturally opposed it, but the other four agreed, four to two, and the expansion draft proposed by Shun was passed smoothly.

Seeing the results of the vote, Gun and Xiang realized that they had been fooled. It turned out that their entry into the management agency was just a symbol.However, since they agreed to let the management agency make decisions, they can't say anything more, so they have to accept the result.

Half a year later, the expansion of Guirui City has achieved remarkable results. The market in the city has basically resumed its pre-war functions, and many residential settlements in the city have also been expanded, and the population has basically returned to the level before Sanmiao attacked Guirui.However, some tribes expropriated their land because of the expansion of the city. Under the leadership of Xiang, they went to Shun's mansion to make trouble.Shun intends to convene the management agency to discuss this issue, but Xiao Xingxing believes that urban construction has not yet entered the harvest period, and it is normal for some tribes to object. Once the urban planning is completed and the city is operational, the tax increase will allow these tribes to gain If there is interest, they will no longer object.

If, as Xiao Xingxing speculates, with the deepening of the urban expansion of Guirui, the city's tax revenue has increased by four times compared to before the war. Those tribes whose land was requisitioned, after gaining benefits, all praised Shun's plan for foresight , basically, there is no one who disagrees, except for the occasional whining.Even Gun, who stood behind the scenes, found that Shun was so impeccable in his work, and had nothing to say.

After another year of expansion, the total area of ​​Guirui City has increased by four times.The city wall is three feet high and twenty miles in circumference.Little Xingxing dug a river around the city and introduced Guishui to make it a moat.After nearly two years of expansion, Guirui City has made great progress in terms of economy, agriculture, and military.Little Xingxing stood on the city wall and had a bird's-eye view of Guirui City, and couldn't help but think of the word impregnable.It's just that he saw that the east wall was not only low, but also had some gaps.

"Why is this section of the city wall so low and broken?"

Little Xingxing looked at the eastern city wall. Compared with other passages, there was a big difference, so he hurriedly asked the supervisor Hou Ji.

"This section of the city wall is in the territory of the Yu Clan, and it is managed by Xiang. I have sent people many times to urge him to complete the work on time, but he sent all the people back, and I heard that he said some embarrassing things... ..."

"what did he say?"

"He said, I am the younger brother of Yao Chonghua, the lord of Guirui City, and I have this privilege."

Rao Shun has such a good temper, it is inevitable to be angry when he hears this, let alone Little Xingxing.Shun and him are brothers, but Little Xingxing is not. He immediately led people into the territory of the Yu family to investigate the problem of the east gate not being completed on time.

(End of this chapter)