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Chapter 448: People don’t believe this!

When Guo Feixue said this, everyone present didn't know what to say.

To be honest, for a moment, when each of them looked at each other, they felt that they might have heard something wrong.

After all, this kind of thing seems to have never happened in their lives.

After all, they have never heard of giving money directly to ordinary people.

And I am embarrassed to say that I don’t want to give money directly to the people at all.

Because of what?
Because in their eyes, the common people still have to earn their own money, but it is difficult to find evidence of the court giving money directly, even if you look through the entire history books.

The officials in the court were thinking of ways every day to prevent the common people from causing trouble.

I have never thought about making life better for ordinary people.

Of course, there are also some people who want to make life better for ordinary people.

But the main thing is that you should stop causing trouble after you live a better life.

But what was unexpected was that Guo Feixue and others had a completely different idea. They wanted to give money directly to the people so that they could live a better life.

After the people's lives have improved, the entire reform process will be pushed forward from the bottom up.

This made everyone feel fresh and confused at the same time, and they didn't know how to deal with it.

Things that have never been done always bring a certain degree of confusion.

Especially when I heard Guo Feixue and others say that this will be implemented in other places in the future.

At the beginning, the Ningbo prefect and his colleagues were worried that if the so-called Ningbo Prefecture started building roads and providing compensation, other places would follow suit and the imperial treasury would not be able to afford it.

But what I didn't expect was that the Duke had never worried about this issue at all.

The Duke's intention is to let all places in the world begin to emulate Ningbo's road construction plan so that people all over the world can enjoy this benefit, thereby driving the development of the entire economy.

In his eyes, the main purpose of deliberately giving money to the people is to stimulate the entire market by allowing them to consume after they have money in their hands.

Although common people got the money, some people might save it like the rich landlords, thinking of buying land, fields, shops, or simply burying it underground.

But when the quantity increases, there will always be people who will consume things that they didn’t dare to buy before.

Now that I have money, I want to buy things that I didn’t dare to eat before, and now that I have money, I also want to try them.

As long as this trend exists, there is no need to worry that ordinary people will save all the money.

With better consumption channels and better ways to make money, people's sense of crisis has gradually weakened.

Then they were given a certain degree of security, and no one would want to live a tight life.

Those landlords who stored their money in cellars, and those landlords who wanted to use the money to buy land, properties, and shops, all had the same idea.

If one day my family falls into decline, these assets will still be able to support my descendants to live a decent life.

The people think the same way.

But if after the reforms there are more things on the market and more business opportunities, those rich people will also think that since there are better houses to buy, they should not save all the money or buy all the land and real estate, but instead should release the money into the market and let the money make more money.

This is the real way to change people's lifestyles, this is the real reform.

Although what Chen Han wants to do now is this kind of thing, it is relatively new and difficult for everyone to accept.

But as long as it slowly penetrates people's hearts, it can be achieved from the bottom up.

Guo Feixue said, "Although our reforms this time are a bit abrupt, especially in the area of ​​road construction compensation, we did not discuss it with you."

Even Princess Ning'an was confused at first after receiving Chen Han's instructions. Perhaps she didn't know why the Duke insisted on doing this.

After listening to the Duke's explanation, she also understood that only in this way could the common people live a better life and only in this way could the common people truly benefit.

She stood up and said to everyone, "I think everyone present here knows that when the bridges and roads were being built, the imperial court directly conscripted the people to build them, and didn't even give them any compensation.

Especially the issue of corvée labor made the people suffer terribly.

It would have been fine if the people were asked to provide their own food, but they even had to prepare the nails and wooden boards for building roads and bridges.

In this respect, it is actually no different from oppressing the people.

The people suffered but the court benefited, but now the court is asked to pay money and manpower, and at the same time compensate the people.

After that, it looked like the imperial court had suffered a great loss.”

Speaking of suffering losses, everyone has thought about it, and this is indeed the case.

In the past, the construction of bridges and roads was all done by the people providing money, labor and materials.

But now, it is exactly the opposite. Not only do the materials for building bridges and roads have to be purchased by the court itself, but even the labor costs have to be paid by the common people.

This in itself goes against the views of many officials on building bridges and roads.

Especially it goes against some of the people's own ideas.

In the past, ordinary people felt that there was no other way. If they did not go to perform labor service, they would be caught and sent directly to the border areas to serve in the army, and military service could be fatal.

Just like the broken window effect, since there is no other way and if you have to choose one, then choose the one that causes the least damage.

Therefore, serving in the conscription service was something that the common people had to face in the end.

But now it's completely the other way around.

There is no so-called conscription for the people. As long as they participate in the project, they will get paid.

This back and forth actually brings a lot of benefits to the people.

This in itself has already surprised officials such as the Ningbo prefect.

What I didn't expect was that I would have to pay compensation.

This thing was beyond their comprehension and they didn't know how to refute it.

At the same time, I didn't expect it to be possible this way.

So much so that even if they heard it now, they didn't know what to say.

They were even more confused when they heard Guo Feixue say that their current goal was just to get compensation for the common people, and how to get the whole world to follow suit was the business of Zhang Juzheng and others.

This was the first time I had heard of such a big thing being pushed directly to the Prime Minister. From Guo Feixue's tone, it seemed like they had done this kind of thing quite a lot.

But come to think of it, I heard that they had gone against the civil servants more than once when they were in the capital.

Those civil servants also wanted to laugh at Guo Feixue and the others.

But no one expected that Guo Feixue and the other women would actually cause trouble, which made those ministers who were watching the joke so angry that they gritted their teeth, but in the end they couldn't say a word.

This is the real ability. When they thought of this, they all fell silent again.

If Guo Feixue and the others really had this ability, they wouldn't say anything.

The next thing is how to let the people know about this matter.

Anyway, the purpose of holding this kind of meeting is not to discuss how to do things specifically, but to unify ideas.

The reason why Guo Feixue gathered them together was very simple, which was to ask them to do a good job of publicity.

We need to let everyone know that compensation will be given for road construction in the future.

Although there will be some so-called opportunists among them, the road construction plan, especially the one led by Princess Ning'an and others, has already planned how to build a straight and good road, and it is impossible for some people to take advantage.

If someone appears to be cunning and dishonest, the imperial team, which is doing such a thing for the first time, will definitely deal with him severely, and at that time it can also serve as a warning to others.

So Guo Feixue doesn't worry about these things.

Guo Feixue is now mainly using her influence to let the people and everyone in the world see that the court is doing this so that they can follow the court with confidence.

The reason why Princess Ning'an couldn't do this was because she was an outsider. After moving into Ningbo Prefecture, if she started to boss people around Ningbo Prefecture, she would not only lose the support of the people, but would also hinder the road construction plan.

But Guo Feixue is different. She was born and raised in the southeast and is very familiar with the people, things and local customs here.

In addition, Guo Feixue has a very high prestige in the local area, so it would be best to let her come forward.

After Guo Feixue had unified their thoughts, she began to issue some orders, "First of all, we must understand that if we want the people to accept this, we must spend a lot of money to buy horse bones.

Princess Ning'an meant to start planning now. The first step is to focus on compensating for the people's fields and lands that have been occupied, so that the people can see that this is real.
The second thing is that you should mobilize the people under your command to explore the way first and find out what the situation is.

Don’t let some opportunists take advantage of us. We must ensure that the benefits are truly delivered to those who need them and those whose houses and land have been occupied. This is what we are best at.”

As for people in the martial arts world, not everyone is very powerful, has very high martial arts skills, or can fly over eaves and walls. Instead, they just travel around the world and perform some acrobatics.

If these people want to make money in a place, they must know that place very well.

No matter how many households there are or where their fields are located, you need to have a relatively clear understanding of them.

This is especially true for fortune tellers.

If you don't understand the people, things, customs and habits of a place, then your fortune-telling will definitely be inaccurate.

Fortune-telling is based on reasoning. You must understand the basis of the reasoning so that you can make better inferences.

Therefore, Guo Feixue summoned these people from the martial arts world in the hope that they would cast a wide net, find out the situation clearly, and then report the information to Princess Ning'an, so that Princess Ning'an could take targeted actions.

Although the prefect of Ningbo was the prefect of Ningbo at this time, he had to obey Yu Guo Feixue's words.

He also knew that even though he was the prefect of Ningbo now, he did not dare to make the decisions on these matters.

After all, this kind of thing involves so many ordinary people, so many people, if you are not careful, it will backfire.

Especially the local people. Although they are generally simple, there is a little cunning in their simplicity.

This is especially true when it comes to money.

Now is such a good opportunity for them, they can make a fortune and change their destiny in one move.

So they will definitely not miss such a good opportunity.

How to prevent these people from taking advantage of the situation is a very important issue.

After this matter was arranged, everyone started to get busy with their own work.

The people in the martial arts world immediately began to go from street to street, informing everyone about Guo Feixue and the others' plan.

We were also informed that there would be many more roads to be built in the future and that everyone just had to wait patiently.

When the people in the underworld were promoting the project, they said that if road construction in the future occupied someone's fields and land, especially houses like this, there would be additional compensation, and the compensation would be very high.

It may be ten times higher than the estimated value of your land and house, and many people will not believe it.

Although the imperial court has carried out reforms and reduced taxes, for the common people, reducing taxes is what they expect, and it is also what they think the imperial court should do.

So even though they were grateful in their hearts, this matter was still relatively easy to accept.

But when they heard that even the fields and land occupied for road construction would be compensated, the people themselves started to discuss it.

"You're kidding, right? Does the court have so much money?"

"It really might not be a joke. I heard that when the Duke was in Jiangnan, he killed so many powerful landlords. The gold and silver he found in their homes must have piled up as high as a small mountain. Maybe he has this much money."

Someone said, "Even if there is so much, think about how many people will share it? There are still hundreds or thousands of families who want to share this little silver and gold. Even if it is a lot, it can't be wasted like this. The court has so many important things to do. It's not realistic to compensate us all."

"That's right. I also think that there is no such good thing. Reducing taxes already means that the reform has been successful. Now they want to compensate for the land occupied by road construction. How can this sound so fancy? Who came up with this?"

"I heard that it seems that Princess Ning'an, who now runs the Ming Bank in Ningbo Prefecture, and the Saint of the White Lotus Sect who came from the capital are pushing this matter."

"Saintess? From the White Lotus Sect? The Saintess of our Southeast Branch?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the name Guo Feixue.

"Yes, yes, it's this saint girl. She came from the capital. She is about to become the wife of the Duke, so she has appeal. After arriving in Ningbo, she started to promote this matter.

They said that if land is occupied or houses are demolished for road construction, huge compensation will be given.”

Some people began to hesitate, "If the Saint of the White Lotus Sect said this, it seems that they can be believed."

"Why do you trust him or her so much?"

"You don't know this, right? The Saintess of the White Lotus Sect is a living Bodhisattva, a real living Bodhisattva. Whenever there is a flood or drought in the southeast, she will appear at the scene and send money, food and clothes to the people affected. Haven't you heard about these things?"

Everyone was a little confused after hearing this. How could someone who had lived in the village all his life be exposed to things outside?

(End of this chapter)