Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 16 The junior has a way

"This is so stupid!"

Li Hongqing was filled with indignation when he heard this, and his eyebrows stood up straight with anger. Thinking of the situation in the county, he unconsciously held his hand on his sword and had the urge to kill people.

Mr. Peng Qi looked at the students he didn't know with some shock. Thinking about his attitude after entering the city, he knew that he had already suspected this.He knows that veteran officials can often gain insight into opportunities through clues and make correct decisions and judgments at critical moments.

Just through a few beggars, did you think of the movements of the upper echelons of the imperial court?

How did this keen insight appear in a young man who had not yet entered the official career?

Mr. Peng Qi didn't understand, so he simply stopped thinking about it. Perhaps his student was born to be an official, and said, "Then tell County Magistrate Dai immediately about this matter."

Chen Qingsi said: "I'm going to give him a big gift now, let's see if he can accept it."

This is a golden opportunity.

The current reputation of the emperor Li Zhi was not good. He was already constrained by the auxiliary ministers such as Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang. There were also years of famine and mutiny in the south of the Yangtze River. There was no Zhenguan style in the world.

So in the eyes of many people, Li Zhi is an unreliable and mediocre king.

But as a person who has been there, Chen Qingsi is very clear about the causes and consequences. In addition to the inevitable natural disasters, many of the problems currently occurring in Li Tang's court are old and stubborn problems accumulated from Li Shimin's Zhenguan Dynasty.

There is no perfect institutional policy in this world. When a certain system is implemented, it will achieve outstanding results by adapting to the current environment.But as time goes by, the shortcomings and loopholes in the system will be exposed, and people will find out, exploit and even control them, thus giving rise to new problems.

To solve these problems, some outdated old systems will be overthrown.

In the process of overthrowing the old system, it is inevitable that other people's interests will be involved and new problems will arise.

The current institutional turmoil in Li Tang is not that Li Zhi, the emperor, is incompetent, but that a group of ministers headed by Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang are too conservative, which limits Li Zhi's performance.

Only by taking them down can Li Zhi truly let go and walk towards the path of the Emperor.

The current situation is: Li Zhi can wait, but Jiangnan can't wait any longer.

Chen Shuozhen's uprising was a wake-up call. Judging from Li Zhi's performance in history, it was impossible for him to sit back and watch Jiangnan continue to rot.

If his prediction was correct, the person Li Zhi sent this time must be his most trusted minister with considerable power to solve the mess in Jiangnan.

Whoever performs well can seize this opportunity and soar into the sky.

The three of them left the market and went all the way to the government office.

Dai Hongling was listening to the county chief's report on the situation in the county. The number of beggars in the county increased sharply, and county soldiers were transferred to Tongguan Village. It was difficult to maintain public order, and even a large-scale fight involving more than a hundred people occurred. All sudden changes made him feel like this. The county magistrate, who was seeking stability, was at a loss and exhausted to deal with the situation.

When I received the news that Mr. Peng Qi had brought people to visit him, my first reaction was that he was here to cause trouble.

But after thinking about it carefully, he resigned from Chang Shi and went to greet him in person. "Uncle Peng, you came at the right time, please save your nephew!"

When they met, Dai Hongling complained to Mr. Peng Qi: "For some reason, Magistrate Li of Yanling County drove all the beggars and refugees from their county to our Yixing County, and the county became a mess. This Magistrate Li was the most If you respect your elders, I have invited you to attend meetings many times. If you come forward, you will surely persuade him to show his respect."

Elder Peng Qi looked at Dai Hongling who was begging for help from him, and his face couldn't help but blush. He thought that he would win him over on the road, but unexpectedly when he encountered this unexpected incident, he actually thought of asking others for mercy.

Chen Qingsi was also secretly amused: This guy knew that Li Jin's father Li Yifu was not easy to mess with, so it was shameless to ask Mr. Peng Qi to come forward.

Mr. Peng Qi said: "Magistrate Dai, please don't do unnecessary work. This matter is not that simple. Let's go in and discuss it in detail..."

Peng Qi veteran Chen Qingsi elaborated on his guess. Dai Hongling's face turned pale, he grabbed Peng Qi's hand and said, "Uncle, what should we do? If an angel comes to our county and sees today's situation, my nephew's life will be over." ”

His father had a close relationship with Prime Minister Yang Gongren in the past, and he still had some support in the court. With Yang Gongren's death, his connections were cut off, so he hoped that when he reached the age of officialdom, he could enjoy his old age in peace and leave a mark on the family tree.

Just as the time was approaching, this happened...

He didn't think that Chen Qingsi was aware of this at all, he just thought that the old man said this deliberately to pave the way for his students.

Peng Qi Lao laughed and said: "The county magistrate really made a mistake. The person who saw this matter is not an old man, but a traitor."

Dai Hongling didn't believe it at all, but now that the matter was over, he had no choice but to say: "I've heard for a long time that my nephew is loyal, honest, and talented. When I saw him today, it turned out to be extraordinary. Nowadays, the county is full of beggars and homeless people. I wonder if my nephew can deal with it?"

Chen Qingsi did not argue with him and bowed: "Back to the county magistrate, this is called a crisis. When there is a crisis, there is an opportunity. Magistrate Li usually does not pay attention to people's livelihood, so that homeless and beggars are rampant in the territory. At this critical moment, he deceives the refugees and drives away the beggars. Other counties. Why doesn't the county magistrate make use of it, gather these homeless beggars, provide food, work for relief, and serve as laborers to build county facilities?"

Dai Hongling felt a chill in his heart. What kind of trick was this?
The wording of "relief for work" is new, but the method has been used by our ancestors during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Guan Zhong, the great god, liked to build infrastructure in years of great disaster so that homeless people could survive.

Dai Hongling was ingenious and lacked decisiveness in the face of emergencies. However, as a parent official of the people of the county, he was not mediocre. He smiled bitterly and said: "My nephew doesn't know something. This method is completely asking for trouble. Begging." It is true that a large part of the refugees are really miserable people who have no livelihood, but there are also some lazy people and scoundrels who cause trouble. They blend in with the crowd and will not be grateful to the court for providing them with food. Work hard. On the contrary, it will influence others and create conflicts. Moreover, in today's fight, the two sides have become a fire and water. If they get together, there will be trouble. If it is normal, we can arrange for county soldiers to guard it, and we can barely maintain law and order. Now it is in our hands to maintain law and order. We don’t have enough manpower, so if something breaks out, who can bear the responsibility?”

He shook his head like a rattle.

Nowadays, fights between beggars are at best fist fights. Today's fights with weapons only use tools such as sticks and brooms, and no one is killed.

But if you really want them to work and give them iron tools such as hoes and shovels, it will cause chaos and kill people.

This approach is absolutely impossible.

Chen Qingsi was not surprised by Dai Hongling's reaction. She just bowed and said, "The juniors have a way to allow both of them to follow the orders of the county magistrate and not dare to cause more trouble."

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