I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 35

Liu He unknowingly stayed in Mengban's woodware workshop for nearly two quarters of an hour.

When he crossed the street and returned to the carriage, Dai Zong was already a little anxious.

Seeing Liu He's gloomy face, Dai Zong thought that Liu He had suffered some anger in the woodware workshop, so he hurried up to meet him and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the door, do you want to be an official?"

"No, get in the carriage and we'll talk about it when we leave the city." After finishing speaking, he got into the carriage.

Dai Zong didn't dare to ask any more questions, and jumped into the carriage.

About a quarter of an hour later, the carriage passed through the north city gate and arrived outside the city.

Outside the North City and inside the North City, there are alleys where common people live together. There is not much difference between the two except that there is a north wall as the dividing line.

The alleys outside the northern city are even wider than the ones inside the city, but because they developed freely, it is inevitable that there will be some chaos.

Moreover, there is no special market outside the city, and small business vendors can be seen everywhere, which is very prosperous.

In this era, the commodity economy has already had initial development. Although the situation of barter still exists, currency has become the main means of payment.

In particular, the five baht coins promoted by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are of high quality, stable currency value, and not easy to cut, so they are very popular among the common people.

If there are any shortcomings, it is too heavy and not easy to carry.

The salaries of officials can receive either millet or money directly, without too many restrictions.

Commodity prices are related to the lives of every commoner, and the situation of the whole Han Dynasty can also be learned from the fluctuations in commodity prices: for Liu He, who cannot leave Changyi at will, this is also an important means of obtaining information.

Because the alleys outside Beicheng were even more chaotic, Dai Zong had to slow down the speed of the carriage, which made it easier for Liu He to instruct him to get off the carriage at any time to inquire about the prices of various commodities.

"Under the door, the millet in that grain store is now 150 yuan a dendrobium."

"It's the time when people are not picking up money, and the increase of [-] yuan is not too expensive. It seems that the surrounding counties are still in good weather."

"Under the door, lambs cost 150 yuan a head, and dogs cost [-] yuan a head."

"The ones sold here should be middle-aged sheep that have been fed for three months. One hundred yuan is enough for the cubs. The people's life is not bad. Otherwise, people will not be able to eat enough. How can they have time to take care of these animals and think about eating meat? ?”

The life of the common people is acceptable, but the barefooted children, the disheveled faces, the streets full of sewage, the patches on the linen clothes... all made Liu He's eyes a little stinging.

However, this is already a safe year with no natural or man-made disasters.

This kind of "rough security" is fragile. Not to mention a sudden outbreak of war, maybe even a flood caused by a heavy rain will completely bring the lives of countless people to the bottom.

Liu He felt that the people of this big man deserved a better life.

After the carriage passed through these lively and chaotic alleys outside the northern city, the crowds gradually became rarer.At this time, Liu He told Dai Zong what he had just asked in Mengban's woodware workshop.

When Liu He said that the Changyi County worker officials demanded that each carpentry workshop pay a fixed miscellaneous fee, Dai Zong was also very angry and dissatisfied.

"When we gave the drawings to the workers, we clearly told them that no miscellaneous fees are allowed. How dare they make decisions without authorization?"

"You asked a very good question, but let me ask you a question, how could this worker not dare to make decisions on his own?"

"This..." Dai Zong was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

How could the workers not dare to make decisions on their own?
Not to mention that the words of the few of them have no binding force, even Liu He's words have no binding force on the workers.

Moreover, Liu He has talked too much and done too much, and I am afraid that he will be accused of interfering in state affairs.

"Do you want An Lexiang to come forward?"

"This should be a decision made by the Changyi county worker without authorization. When the worker arrives later, he will beat that Ma Yanshou and let him handle this matter."

Ma Yanshou is the worker officer of the entire Changyi country, so he is the direct superior of the worker officials of the other counties, so it is perfect for him to handle this matter.

If Prime Minister An Le had to come forward for everything, then sooner or later, Liu He's small actions would attract the attention of the central court.

Having said this, Dai Zong, who had talked a lot along the way, seemed to suddenly fall silent.

Liu He roughly guessed what the other party was thinking. He first took a sip from the leather jug ​​containing honey, and then unscrewed the leather jug ​​containing clean water and handed it to Dai Zong.

Dai Zong didn't care about it, so he took a few mouthfuls after receiving it.

Although it didn't contain wine, it still made Dai Zong ask what was in his mind.

"Under the door, the servant has something to ask."

"But it doesn't matter."

"This may be a bit crazy."

"Hahaha, it's not the first day you met me, is there anyone who can be more rebellious than me?"

Dai Zong thought about it again, and finally said as if he had made a lot of determination: "My subordinates, we Langzhong and Yezhe are officials selected by Lang Zhongling for you. We get along day and night. We know that you are not like outsiders. So crazy."

"Everything you do is for the benefit of the people of Changyi Kingdom, that's why Lang Zhongling took the risk to let us obey your orders, and we are willing to do things that are ridiculed by other Confucian scholars."

"In the past two years, although officials of all sizes in this country are willing to help, but the officials always feel that their names are not right, their words are not right, and sometimes they even have no way to exert their strength."

"Just like what happened today, if you didn't go to that workshop by chance, then we don't know when we learned about it."

"This little Changyi County official dares to act in such a way. There are so many officials in the country, and I don't know how many of them are doing the same thing."

"If that's the case, what's the point of us rushing around with the door?"

"My subordinate, this is not only my Dai Zong's doubts, but also other people's doubts. The official is a straightforward person, so I want to ask everyone, why are we doing these things?"

In the past, Liu He would definitely answer Dai Zong with the simple four words "for the people". This is also the "excuse" that Liu He has used in the past two years.

Dai Zong and the others are still young and vigorous, and they still have a persistent belief in the so-called "world harmony" and "the world is for the public".

The words "for the people" are enough to make these "younger" Confucian scholars go through fire and water for it.

But this is not a long-term solution. After experiencing success and failure, they will think more deeply, which is human nature.

Not just Dai Zong, but Yu Wuyou and the others, and even Gong Sui and Wang Shi... All these people wanted to know more and more what Liu He was going to do.

So Liu He understood that at this moment, the words "for the common people" must not be the answer Dai Zong wanted.

Even if these doctors and audiences really serve the people wholeheartedly, they still need a clearer answer.

Liu He originally wanted to wait a little longer before pointing it out to them, but since we talked about it today, it would be better to just talk about it.

(End of this chapter)