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Chapter 182
"Hey, I was wrong again. I am not facing a bunch of young people. On the surface, it seems that the people who destroyed their families are unscrupulous profiteers and people who are unkind for the sake of wealth. In fact, there are many important officials in the court, and you must know them.

They have been colluding with each other to control food prices since the moment I proposed the "New Disaster Relief Law." They have always paid attention to the disasters in various places. They have sent letters to me many times to ask me to activate the new law. They just want to enrich the country and teach me a lesson.

Although the real big hoarders suffered heavy losses, their families were not ruined. They did not even dare to say that they were involved in this matter. They had to swallow their teeth and blood.Otherwise, once it is made public, what follows will not only be a loss of money, but also my butcher knife!

Faced with such a pillar of the country, do you think I can still uphold morality and etiquette?If it could, the victims would be hungry every year, and the country would not be far away.If you want to deal with them, using kindness and nobleness means you are weak and can be bullied. Only treating them with their own way will be effective.

The Mingjun Holy Lord in the book only exists in the story, and the emperor was not born to be enshrined in a Buddhist niche.The so-called Daitian herdsmen, the most basic requirement of God is that the people have enough to eat.In order to achieve this, I cannot retreat even if my reputation is ruined. Ministers have the ethics of ministers, and the emperor also has the responsibilities of an emperor.

As ministers, your job is to help the emperor complete the work assigned by God, not to constantly monitor whether I have violated the standards of a saint.The saint can neither make the earth have good weather, nor can he make the fields produce more buckets of grain, nor can he make the victims of disasters in several provinces full.

Go back and think about what I said. If you think it makes sense, you should reflect on whether you obeyed God's will and completed your job when you do things in the future.If you feel it is unreasonable, then it is better to resign and go home as soon as possible.If you have different paths, don't work together. Don't have to make trouble until the end and you can't leave even if you want to.

In addition, I also want to ask you two to bring these words to Yang Lian and Gu Dazhang intact, so that they can take a closer look at what the Donglin Party members did when the food shortage came, and whether they were also involved in hoarding.As long as you understand this issue, you should know where to go from now on without me having to say more.

Oh, yes, I forgot to mention one thing. I did spend 300 million taels from my internal funds to buy grain, but it was not from the Southeast Asian countries, but from grain merchants from all over the country when the price of grain was less than five yuan.

Half of it will be used to provide relief to the victims, and the other half is intended to be used for water conservancy projects.Droughts and floods are not completely unstoppable. Rivers should be dredged, sufficient flood discharge areas should be set aside, and more reservoirs should be built.By storing water during the wet season and releasing water during the dry season, supplemented by ditches, some harvests can be preserved even if the disaster cannot be completely avoided.

I haven't decided who should do the major water conservancy project yet. If you are determined to do more practical things for the people, don't squat in the court hall all day long and soak in all kinds of filth.As time goes by, there are very few people who emerge from the mud and remain unstained! "

But the emperor seemed to be addicted to it, and the more he spoke, the more explicit he became. He shook out the bottom of the tent, and with a disdainful smile on his face, criticized all the courtiers from a distance.Then the conversation changed and he revealed his future plans, extending an olive branch to the two young officials.

"It is better to take precautions than to take precautions before they happen. Your Majesty is far-sighted, and I am willing to do your best!"

Zuo Guangdou became more and more excited as he listened. Should the emperor and the ministers play tricks on each other? It's hard to define right and wrong now, but the construction of water conservancy must be an eternal good thing.If the emperor is really willing to use his internal funds for water conservancy construction, he will not be able to get anywhere if he faints. It is worth taking a chance.

"...It is my duty as a minister!" If Zuo Guangdou was eager to give it a try, then Jin Shijun had no choice but to do so.

The good people in Zhongshushe didn't do anything, so they had to go to the local area to build embankments and dams.This is not how the game of officialdom is played. The more you do practical things, the more mistakes you make and the more handles you have, which will have a great impact on further progress.It is right to choose to follow the emperor, but it is best not to do it in such a way that is almost self-harm.It is impossible for the emperor to keep an eye on the actions of small officials in prefectures and counties all day long. Even if he talks impassionedly now, he will forget all about it in a few days.

"Okay, very good! You should go to more places and see more while you are young. Only by mastering first-hand information can you have reasonable basis for formulating relevant laws in the future.

I hate pragmatic people the most. They are full of great truths and have books written by sages, but they are unable to understand the people's sentiments and understand the national conditions. When they talk, they talk too much, when they do, they have high ambitions and low intentions, and harm the country!

The specific arrangements will be known in a few days. Please read this book more when you have time.Water control is a century-old project. We must not be negligent. We must draw on the strengths of others, not stick to formalities, and adapt measures to local conditions. "

It doesn't matter whether it's sincere or not. Zuo Guangdou and Jin Shijun are just mouthpieces, replacing the "Half Moon Talk" to help them spread these words, so that everyone in the government and the public knows the whole story of the food shortage incident, and there is no need to guess again and again. If you are good, you will be used to make a fuss.

If we can take this opportunity to influence some young officials with practical actions, it will be like chasing rabbits and trying to catch rabbits. It doesn't matter if there is no gain. They are not part of the plan anyway.

"Long live my lord, if this happens, there will never be peace in the court." After watching Zuo Guangdou and Jin Shijun leave with the water control books given by the emperor, Wang An came up again.

There is no need for the emperor to jump out at all when it comes to the food shortage. It would be best to just pretend to be dumbfounded as before. At worst, he could put all the blame on the ceremonial supervisor and the bandit-suppressing admiral's office, and give him a few gentle reprimands and punishments. Half a year's salary is enough.

Even if the civil and military officials in the dynasty were like Ming Jing'er in their hearts, they could only break their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs. There was no way, the justice was all on the emperor's side. No matter how you say it, it was reasonable. Anyone who talked back was a sycophant!
"Wang An, when doing big things, you can rely on conspiracy and tricks to get the upper hand, but you can't take chances. Strength is the last word. I can pretend to be weak, but it won't work every time. They have been deceived by me for several years. This I'm afraid I'm going to wake up this time, and no matter how much I pretend to look like, it will be difficult for me to do what I want in the future.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" says that all warriors must use the right combination to win by surprise.Therefore, those who are good at surprising things are as endless as heaven and earth, and as endless as rivers and seas.

From now on, I will stop pretending, and will govern the country with dignity and integrity, which is called righteousness; when I see an opportunity and find a weakness, I will immediately attack it with thunder and win with surprise.As the saying goes, evil does not overwhelm righteousness, I am righteousness, and those who oppose me are all evil! "

Wang An was right. No matter how they plotted against each other in the past, the emperor and the courtiers were always allies on the same front. Any conflicts were internal. They were nothing more than disputes over who had one more bite and one bite less.

But this time, 300 million stones of food were squeezed out of the mouth of Pi Xiu, who could only eat but couldn't poop, causing their hearts to bleed in pain, and all the truth behind the scenes was revealed to the public, exposing their ugly faces and dirty souls to the sun. It was simply... There is no room for maneuver no matter how you explain it.

(End of this chapter)