The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 155 The Open Secret

"Young Master, let me tell you this slowly." Lin Feng sorted out his thoughts and said, "There are two surnames on Fujian Road, one is Lin and the other is Chen. The Lin family has the largest number of people and the widest distribution. The history of Lu is also the longest. The Lin family is engaged in a variety of affairs, including business, agriculture and work, but rarely set foot in the officialdom. However, there are many people from the Chen family who entered the court, either as officials or officials. A huge Chen surname network is formed. This network is ubiquitous. It can be said that the officialdom on Fujian Road is basically controlled by the Chen surname clan. The land measurement mentioned by the son reminds me of a past event. It was 70 years ago. , the imperial court once conducted a check and verification of the economic boundaries of Fujian Road. At that time, it started from Quanzhou Prefecture. After being opposed by the rich and powerful, it could not be carried out, so that the definition of the economic boundary of the entire Fujian Road could not be carried out, and finally nothing was done. Since then, the court and the central government have simply ignored the economic boundary here.”

"It seems that the problem of economic boundaries on Fujian Road has been around for a long time."

"Young master, that's exactly the case. Two years ago, Jia Chenxiang wanted to promote the public land law on Liangzhe Road and Fujian Road at the same time, but was once again collectively resisted by Fujian Road's tyrants, and it was still nothing. After the death of the first emperor, the new emperor ascended the throne. , the Ministry of Commerce’s Land Division once again surveyed the land on Fujian Road, and the local government also collectively perfunctory, falsified, deceived, and used various methods.”

"Then the Fujian envoy doesn't care? I remember that Shi Hongsheng, the envoy, is not from Fujian, and the laws on land in our court are relatively complete."

"Hehe, my lord doesn't know that the person who is really talking about Fujian Road is not Master Shi Hongsheng, but Mr. Chen Xinshu, the deputy envoy and envoy of Xuan Fu. Mr. Chen is also the chief patriarch of all families with the Chen surname on Fujian Road. The situation has almost become an open secret in the official circles on Fujian Road. As for the law, I think it is the same in other roads. To describe it in one sentence, it is called useless, and it is not right for the bottom.”

"It's not like that, is it?"

"Sigh!" Lin Feng sighed, "My lord, although my Lin family has lived in Fujian for a long time, I have contacts with people from all walks of life. In my free time, I also talk about the customs of various places. The basic situation is the same everywhere. The government is corrupt and corrupt. Mutual, if you are neither corrupt nor corrupt, you will not be able to integrate into it at all, and you will be squeezed out instead. The laws of our dynasty can only be applied to those ordinary people who have no power."

I was silent for a moment and said: "This matter will always change. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he is determined to change. Although the bad habits in the court are deeply ingrained, I believe that the court will not let it continue."

"I hope, since the first emperor Duanping changed, this officialdom has become darker and darker."

"By the way, Master Lin, doesn't Shi Hongsheng know about these things?"

"Young Master, Mr. Shi may or may not know."

"how do I say this?"

"The young master is not an outsider, so Lin said something that should not have been said. It was a big mistake for the court to appoint Mr. Shi as the governor of Fujian Road. Mr. Shi is well versed in literary talent, but he is not familiar with officialdom. In the martial arts on Fujian Road, There is a saying that four years ago, when Mr. Shi took office, he was robbed by bandits and was rescued by Chen Xinshu, who went home to visit his relatives. Mr. Chen was also a Jinshi in the reign of the first emperor, and he had some articles in his chest. After talking with each other, they admired each other, and felt a sense of resentment when they met each other. When Mr. Shi took office, there were many guards accompanying him, and a few bandits naturally did not dare to attack him, and there are no groups of bandits in my Fujian Road. Therefore, everyone is privately guessing that these bandits were sent by Chen Xinshu to pretend."

"Really, there is such a story?"

"It's just speculation, there is no evidence. After Mr. Shi took office, he was grateful for Chen Xinshu's life-saving grace and trusted him very much. He also saw that he was very knowledgeable and knew the situation on Fujian Road very well, so he recommended to the imperial court to let Chen Xinshu take the post. The deputy envoy is responsible for all the government affairs of Fujian Road. Chen Xinshu is indeed capable. In addition, Fujian Road has not been affected by the war in Mongolia in the past few years, so that the entire Fujian Road has developed rapidly. Among them, Quanzhou and Fuzhou are also in one fell swoop. It surpassed the ports on Liangzhe Road and became the top two large ports in my court. In this way, Mr. Shi is more assured that he is only in charge of teaching, so the Jinshi Juren on Fujian Road has been ranked among the top in recent years. The front of the road. It is precisely because of the trust in Chen Xinshu that Mr. Shi has never asked about the government affairs of Fujian Road, so Lin said it is possible or impossible."

I nodded and said, "Then according to the proprietor's intention, does this Chen Xinshu still have credit for Fujian Road?"

"It's hard to say." Lin Feng thought for a while and said, "Young master, it depends on the angle you look at it from. Lin gave an inappropriate example. If Chen Xinshu's industry earned 5-10 taels of profit, Chen Xinshu's profit would be 10-[-] taels. After paying [-] taels of silver, it is reasonable to hand over seven taels of silver to the national treasury, and the other three taels for local development and construction. However, Chen Xinshu only handed in four taels of silver to the national treasury and used three taels of local money, but he received three taels of silver. Situation, another situation, Chen Xinshu only earned five taels of silver, handed over three taels to the state treasury, and the local one tael, and received no penny, the young master thinks that kind of situation is more beneficial to the country?"

I didn't expect Lin Feng to raise such a question. How to distribute the interests among the country, localities, and individuals is a question without a standard answer.We can only make an appropriate choice based on the pros and cons in different periods and different places, and it is only an appropriate choice. As for whether it is correct or not, we can only leave it to history for comment and testing.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages, as long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages without hurting the elegance, it should be a suitable choice.

Society is inclusive, and it allows all kinds of things to exist, even including extreme things such as light and darkness, beauty and ugliness.

I suddenly laughed: "Master Lin, you have knowledge, and it is very advanced knowledge. It's just that your question is a question with no unified answer, and different conclusions will be drawn from different angles. My opinion is that in As long as it does not violate the law of human development, it is feasible to benefit the country and the people. Any dynasty can only be invincible if the country is rich and the people are strong, so it depends on Chen Xinshu's starting point. What he does is for the sake of The country, the people, or for himself. If it is only for his own self-interest, no matter how much silver he earns, it is not advisable. Moreover, corruption is also a violation of the law of our dynasty, and should be punished as well."

"Well, that makes sense."

I didn't answer directly, and I didn't know if Lin Feng understood, and then said: "This is a matter for the court, just let them worry about it."

Lin Feng also said with a smile: "Your Highness, we will inform you of the other two matters as soon as we have news."

"Okay, I have to thank the owner."

"My son just said that we are a family, why are you seeing someone else now?"

"Hehe, that's right. Owner, it's getting late, let's take our leave first."

"So fast? Young master, you might as well live here, it's very close to the city anyway."

"No, you'll still live in the city."

"It's not too late for the young master to leave after dinner."

"You don't have to be polite, the owner, we'd better go to the city to eat again."

"Okay then. Lin Ying, go and call Chen Miao here. My son, this Chen Miao is a disciple from an external line of my Lin family. He grew up in Fuzhou Prefecture and is very familiar with the roads. Let him and Lin Ying follow you. Entering the city, during your stay in Fuzhou, you can order them around, firstly, it can guide you, and secondly, it is convenient for communication."

"Okay, sister Lin is so beautiful, I like it very much, now I have a companion." Fang Ling laughed and agreed for me.

It might be a lot more convenient to have someone from the Lin family around. Since ancient times, a strong dragon does not overwhelm a snake.If I refuse again, it seems a little unreasonable.