The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Today is the first day of recruiting, so Chen Jingke naturally wants to go and see in person.

Meet Li Chengqian at the agreed place, and the two head to the slum together.

On the way, he asked, "How are you thinking about those few questions yesterday?"

Li Chengqian smiled bitterly: "I thought I could find the answer, but for some reason, the more I think about it, the more confused I become. It seems that the words of the sages can't answer this question."

Chen Jingke said: "It means that you are really thinking about this question, ask others more, read more books, think more, and you can always find an answer that suits your heart."

Li Chengqian nodded and did not discuss this issue further.

On the way, they saw bad guys and police officers escorting a long line of people to the Yamen.

These people are basically young people, the key is that the clothes on their bodies are unique and full of slum style.

And the direction they came over happened to be the slum side.

Chen Jingke's heart moved, and he said: "Xu Shanying, go and call someone over, I have something to ask."

"Here." Xu Shanying walked to the team, and returned with a catcher after a while.

The catcher obviously knew Chen Jingke, but not Li Chengqian, but he still smartly bowed to both of them before saying:

"I don't know what the real person ordered?"

Chen Jingke pointed to those people and said, "Where did these people get arrested? What did they do?"

The catcher quickly replied: "These people are all green-skinned bandits from the south of the city. Boss Bai led a team to catch them all last night."

Chen Jingke said thoughtfully: "So that's the case, where is Bai Lifu?"

The catcher quickly said: "The chief arrester is in the south of the city. Today Zixiaoguan is recruiting people. He is afraid that there will be troubles, so he will keep an eye on him."

Chen Jingke nodded and said, "Thank you."

Then leave with Li Chengqian.

The policeman looked at Chen Jingke and the others enviously, it was really majestic.

When he returned to the team, he saw a bad person saying to him: "What did His Highness tell you just now?"

The catcher said suspiciously: "Your Highness? What Your Highness? It was Chen Zhenren who called me over."

The bad guy gave him a weird look, and then whispered: "The one next to Zhenren Chen is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The arrester froze and said in horror, "You...don't lie to me."

The bad man said: "How many brains do I have to dare to lie to you about this matter? Did you say the wrong thing just now?"

The catcher hurriedly said: "No, no, Zhenren Chen asked me where these people were arrested, and asked me where Bai Butou went. After I answered them, they left."

"By the way, Zhenren Chen still said thank you to me...Your Highness won't blame me for not greeting him, right?"

The bad man squinted and said: "Look at what scared you, what is your highness, are you worthy to talk to him? Don't think about it, let's go."

Not only was the arrester not unhappy, but he was relieved and said: "That's right, I'm thinking too much about how I deserve to talk to His Highness."

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On the other side, Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Does Bai Lifu know how to be an official?"

Chen Jingke said: "How could it be a fool to be the chief arrester at the feet of the emperor. Eyelid work is what they are best at."

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Li Chengqian sighed: "That's true. These green-skinned scum have already existed. If he really wanted to do something, he could have solved it long ago. Why wait until today."

Chen Jingke said: "It's not his fault. These scum exist because the slums are too poor. They can't see any way out, so they can only take this road."

"As long as the poverty problem is not solved and these people are captured, new scum will appear. And he is just a headhunter, so he has no ability to solve the slum problem."

"A lot of problems are actually figured out. Rebellions and gangsters abound. Most of them are because of poverty. If you are rich, have a family and a mouth, who will kill your head?"

Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "Don't give me lessons, I can almost hear the cocoons in my ears. It's just that the world is so big, it's impossible for the imperial court to cover everything."

"What we can do is to maintain a general peace and try to keep as many people alive as possible. We really can't do anything else."

The guards who followed to protect them cleared the way with winks and drove away the people around them, so as not to hear the conversation between the two of them.

Chen Jingke said: "That's why we need to develop before we need to change, and we need to blaze a new trail on the basis of our predecessors, so that we can take care of more people."

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "Things are easy to say, but difficult to do. Do you know how risky the change is? If you fail, will there be any bad consequences?"

"Looking through the history books, most changes end in failure, and only a few succeed. We have to be cautious."

"Before you appeared, no one knew that the world was so big, let alone that Gewuxue was so important. Tell me, how should we go then?"

"You can only follow the path of the predecessors and move forward step by step. If you find a new path, try it a little bit, and if you can't find a new path, work hard to maintain it step by step."

"Even with Aye's great talent, before you appear, you can still only find lessons from the history books to remind yourself."

"It wasn't until you appeared that the entire Tang Dynasty began to move in another direction."

"Aye has told me several times in private that because of your appearance, the Chinese civilization is undergoing major changes unseen in a thousand years, and if you are not careful, you may be doomed."

"In order to stabilize the situation and make the reform go smoothly, now I am helping him with the general internal affairs, and he puts more thoughts on innovation."

Listening to his heartfelt words, Chen Jingke was both surprised and a little embarrassed.

Only then did he know that Li Shimin attached so much importance to innovation and devoted so much effort to it.

But it’s right to think about it, any innovation is a big reshuffle of forces, involving thousands of threads.

For me, innovation is nothing more than a few words.

For Li Shimin, every time is no less than a life-and-death choice.

For example, the establishment of the academic and political system and the imperial examination system directly harmed the interests of the powerful class of the gentry, and even the noble class had an ambiguous attitude.

If it is forced to promote, it is likely to cause chaos in the world.

Although Li Shimin can once again level the world with the handle of a knife, this is undoubtedly the worst way.

Even though enfeoffment was used to win over the honorable class, it may be so smooth to suppress the tyrants of the gentry, so that they dare not rise up, Li Shimin must have done a lot of things in private.

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It's just that these methods are not known to ordinary people.

Thinking of this, he said sincerely, "I'm sorry, but I thought the question was too simple."

Li Chengqian said relievedly: "My brother, don't say such outrageous things, I'm telling you this just to let you know."

"We have the same goal in terms of innovation, and at most there are differences in some details. These minor details are negotiable, and it is not a big problem."

Chen Jingke said: "That's true. In fact, I only have a general idea about the future. What to do in detail depends on you."

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Isn't that what it is? In the future, if you have any ideas, you can ask Aye to talk to me. If it's okay, let's discuss it. It's much better than you wanting it alone."

Chen Jingke said solemnly: "Okay, I understand, I will inevitably harass you in the future."

Li Chengqian laughed and said, "Haha... You are welcome to harass me anytime."

While talking, they came to the slum here. A large crowd gathered at Fangximen, roughly five to six thousand people.

Several representatives were sent from the factory area, and they sat at the entrance of the workshop carrying tables, chairs and benches.

A few Taoist priests in Zixiaoguan costumes also stood there, explaining to everyone.

Fearing that something might happen, Marquis Wu, Yamen servants, and bad people who patrol the streets came one after another to maintain order.

So although there are many people, it is not as noisy as imagined.

Bai Lifu had been waiting for them for a long time, when he saw the two of them coming, he quickly went up to meet them, and said: "See Your Highness, I have met Chen Zhenren."

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "I heard that you captured all the green-skinned scum here last night?"

Bai Lifu said with a face of shame: "It's my subordinates who have neglected their duties, and let these scums run rampant for so long."

Chen Jingke interjected: "It's good that you know, the slums are so chaotic, and you have an inescapable responsibility for your inaction."

Cold sweat suddenly broke out on Bai Lifu's forehead, and he said: "Yes, please punish me, Your Highness, Daoist."

Li Chengqian said gently: "It's not too late to make up for it. Seeing as you dealt with it in a timely manner, I will pardon your crime of dereliction of duty this time."

Bai Lifu said gratefully: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

Chen Jingke answered: "Don't think that it's over if you take these ruffians away, you must keep an eye on this place from now on, and make sure that the order here is normal."

Bai Lifu explained: "Here, this is why my subordinates arrested Qingpi. A large number of young and strong were recruited away, leaving only the old, the young, the sick and the disabled."

"Without the intimidation of the young and strong, the green skins will be even more arrogant. Many people are afraid to sign up because of this."

"Abducting them will save the common people from worrying about their future and allow more young adults to sign up."

Chen Jingke only thought of this level, and couldn't help saying: "That's right, you finally did the right thing."

Bai Lifu heaved a sigh of relief, he finally heard good words from this man, all this hard work was not in vain.

After chatting for a while, Bai Lifu resigned in frustration.

When he walked away, Li Chengqian and Chen Jingke looked at each other and smiled, and they sang red face and bad face, making Bai Lifu a good deal.

The two looked at the door for a while, and there were quite a few people gathered together, but not many actually came to apply for the job.

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Only a hundred people have been recruited until now, which is much worse than expected.

Li Chengqian said: "You don't want to think of a way?"

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "No hurry, these workers need to be trained before they can participate in the work. It is impossible to train so many people at once. This time, my plan is to recruit 300 people."

"Training these 300 people well is not only setting an example for others, but also a seed. When recruiting new people in the future, we can use the method of bringing in new people from the old to shorten the training period."

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "This is indeed a safe strategy... But these workers are all going to work in factories, right? What about the workers who repair the railway?"

Chen Jingke said with a smile: "The workers who build the railway are recruited from the countryside around Chang'an, and the people who have built post roads are given priority. They are more experienced."

"Actually, the real trouble in railway construction is gravel. I'm always worried about where to get this stuff, and how to transport it when I get it."

Li Chengqian said: "Seeing that you are not in a hurry at all, there must be a way."

Chen Jingke said: "Actually, there is no good way, but there are indeed stupid ways. Find a Shanjian quarry near the river and mine it little by little."

"I asked the sage to apply for gunpowder, plus tools such as a stone crusher, it is not difficult to get some stones."

"Besides, this railway repair itself is an experiment, and solutions to various problems are found during the laying process."

Li Chengqian naturally knew this too, so he said: "Take your time, there is no rush."

The two stood here for a while and then left. Chen Jingke went to the factory to check the situation of the training class, and Li Chengqian went back to the palace to continue looking for answers to those questions.

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Despite all the promises and guarantees, the people in the slums who have lost confidence in the imperial court are far less willing to sign up than imagined.

The 500 people in Chen Jingke's plan were not recruited enough, and only 430 six people were recruited in the end.

The person in charge of the recruitment was Jing Yun Guan Buwen. He asked again and again to confirm that there was no sign-up before starting to close the booth.

Then he called the people who had successfully signed up together, and said: "I will pay you the settlement allowance now, go home tonight and spend a good night with your family to say goodbye, and gather here tomorrow morning."

Bai Lifu stood up and threatened: "If anyone takes the money and doesn't come tomorrow, those green skins this morning will be your fate."

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Everyone was silent.

Afterwards, Bu Wen asked people to distribute money, according to the head of the head, one hundred Wen per person.

The people who received the money were all excited, some shouted, some cried bitterly, and some hugged the money and kept kissing.

Niu San and Xiao'e were similar. After receiving the money, the couple trembled with excitement.

One hundred Wen... No, the couple add up to two hundred Wen. They have never seen so much money in their life.

Similar to Ding Shiyi, Qiu Hui and others behind him, it was the first time in his life that he had so much money.

I didn't expect to get so much just for signing up, and I have more confidence in my future life.

Bai Lifu also saw the two of them, and said: "You are not bad, go to the workshop and work hard. With your intelligence, you will be able to succeed sooner or later."

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Niu San bowed solemnly to him, and said, "Mr. Xie for arresting the head."

Thinking of this, he hesitated for a moment, endured the pain in his heart, handed over the money in his hand, and said: "This is the tea money for my tribute to the chief arrester, please accept it."

Bai Lifu couldn't help but laugh, and said: "It's enough if you have this heart, take it back, I won't go after you for this bit of oil and water."

Niu San was very ashamed, but he was a little more grateful, and bowed again: "Yes... I took the liberty... Anyway, thank you for your kindness."

Bai Lifu nodded and said: "Go back, say goodbye to your family, this time you may not come back until a month later."

Niu Sandao: "Yes, I will take my leave first."

After walking a long way, Xiao'e complained: "This is our settlement allowance, why did your husband give it all to him, luckily he didn't ask for it."

Niu San said solemnly: "To be a human being, you must know how to repay your kindness. The boss saved us by arresting the head, so mere money is nothing."

Although Xiao'e was still very distressed, she nodded and said: "Yes, if it weren't for the chief arrester, we would have been arrested."

Niu San nodded and didn't say anything else, but his eyes glanced at Qiu Hui and others who were following behind him.

He did it just now for two purposes, one is to express his gratitude, and the other is to show this group of people.

After this encounter, everyone knew that he had acquainted with Boss Bai, and that he was using tricks to unite these people by his side.

As long as there are people around you, no matter where you go, you won't suffer.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to everyone: "Brothers, let's separate here. Go home and settle down with your family, and gather here tomorrow morning."

Everyone said: "Okay, listen to Saburo, we will gather here tomorrow."

Hearing the name Sanlang, a smile appeared on the corner of Niu San's mouth.Look, here's the result.

After watching everyone leave, he said to Xiao'e: "Let's go, let's go home."

The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun