Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 165 Each generation does its own thing

"If that's the case, there won't be any more young people living in the mountains or old people shaking their heads. In fact, if there is no other way, who would be willing to live in the mountains?" Zheng Ming couldn't help but sigh, thinking of the days in Jiangjin County.

"Let's go in and talk. We are neglecting our guests. Although Fenshuiling is poor, they have come from afar. You should at least offer them a cup of tea!" Zheng Yongqiang reminded.

"Haha, it's Zheng Ming's fault for not hosting me well. Master Liu, please come in and discuss in detail!"

After the few people entered Zhongyi Hall, Zheng Yongqiang had someone serve tea and then took Zheng Ce out so that Zheng Ming and Lao Nian could talk.

After taking a sip of tea, Zheng Ming asked tentatively: "Your leader's goal is to go directly to Chengdu. I wonder which route he plans to take to get to Chengdu?"

This time, Lao Nian entered the mountain with the intention of winning over the watershed to come down the mountain to help divide the people of Luzhou, so Lao Nian could conceal it and said directly: “I don’t know the details, because my leader plans to divide the troops.

Those who are going to Chengdu should be the old migrants and those from the ten major clans in Jiangjin, while my family’s leader plans to stay and manage Luzhou for a while.

First, the officials and gentry in Luzhou City went back on their word and actually refused to let our army in at the last minute, so my leader is going to punish them. Second, Jiangjin is too dangerous to be alone, and our army also needs a certain strategic depth. "

"I understand!" Zheng Ming nodded and said with a smile: "Watershed is willing to follow the leader's lead and help the leader take Luzhou as soon as possible, so that the leader's kindness will spread throughout Luzhou!"

"So straightforward?" Lao Nian never expected that Zheng Ming would surrender so voluntarily without him saying anything. I didn't say a lot of the things I had prepared. Shouldn't you have stated some conditions?
Zheng Ming seemed to have seen through Lao Nian's thoughts and smiled, "Doesn't our leader dislike others negotiating with him? I think the watershed can be more direct, and the people of Luzhou have suffered for so long, they should live a good life.

A leader is someone who can lead the people of Luzhou to live a good life. I am just a commoner after all. I have been looking forward to the emergence of a leader for a long time. Now that he has appeared, what are we waiting for? "

After listening to Zheng Ming's righteous words, Lao Nian felt a toothache. He didn't believe it at all. However, Zheng Ming was so straightforward that it saved Lao Nian a lot of trouble.

After thinking for a while, Lao Nian nodded and said: "It is a blessing for the people of Luzhou that Shao Shantou can be so clear-headed. To be honest with Shao Shantou, what the leader meant is that Luzhou is still the Luzhou of the people of Luzhou.

Our army is only responsible for guiding, and the affairs of Luzhou should still be decided by the people of Luzhou themselves, so the officials of various departments should still be selected from the people of Luzhou. "

Zheng Ming's eyes lit up and he asked, "I wonder what specific requirements the leader has for the officials?"

"The leader does not have many requirements for officials. The first requirement is that they can write and do math. After all, written communication between officials at all levels is essential.

Secondly, of course, we need to be able to work sincerely for the people, and we must never allow people who oppress the people or only seek profit for themselves to get in.

For this reason, no matter if it is an ordinary soldier, an ordinary yamen runner, or an ordinary clerk in my Huaxia Department, the minimum monthly salary is no less than three taels of silver, two sets of shoes and clothes for two seasons, and there will be additional subsidies for the New Year and other festivals."

Zheng Ming nodded and said with a smile: "Very good, high salary to maintain integrity, but in this way, I am afraid that the pressure on money will be too great!" "Don't worry about money!" Lao Nian smiled and said: "At the beginning, whether it is fighting to support the war or fighting the landlords to divide the land, we can get a lot of money. As for the future, we will not be short of money.

In fact, the wealth created by the people of this world is more than enough. Not only can the people be self-sufficient, but it is also enough to support the imperial court. However, human nature is never satisfied, and there are always corrupt officials who want to make more for themselves, which makes the people's lives miserable.

Although ordinary soldiers and yamen runners in my Hua Xia department start with three taels of silver, the monthly salary of those in higher positions is not particularly high. Take this as an example, the monthly salary is only twenty taels. I'm not afraid of being laughed at by the mountain leaders when I say this, but this is the salary that just increased in August. It was only fifteen taels last month.

You see, what I am wearing is just cloth. Even our leader has two sets of silk clothes, but he only wore them once. The lining of his clothes even has patches on it.

The leader's family of three always had two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and a soup, and the portions were not too large. They never asked for any delicacies from land or sea. Sometimes, if things weren't going well, they might even have all been vegetarian dishes.

My Chinese tribe is not conquering the world for our own enjoyment, but for all people in the world to live a good life. Our first principle is to put people first, and the most basic requirement is that everyone has food to eat, clothes to wear and a house to live in.

No one can guarantee whether our Huaxia Department will deteriorate in the future. No one can guarantee that the leader will say that at least our generation must strictly demand ourselves and stick to our original aspirations. "

Zheng Ming couldn't help but sigh, nodded and said: "It is enough to be strict with yourself. As for the future generations, let them worry about it. No one can manage the things after death. Besides, the leader is still very young, enough to bring many years of good life to the people of the world."

Zheng Ming did not doubt that Chen Gu was lying. Everyone knew that Addis had taken the Tongan warship out to plunder, and Chen Gu, who had killed Addis, must have a large amount of wealth in his hands.

Since they have already acquired a large amount of wealth, but still choose to rebel, it must not be simply for the sake of enjoying food and drink.

Of course, it is also possible that Chen Gu wanted power and wanted to enjoy the power of life and death, but enjoying the power of life and death is not in conflict with letting the people live a good life.

You can refer to Zhu Yuanzhang in this regard. The more people he killed, the better life would be for the people.

On the contrary, once a benevolent monarch appears, the dynasty will inevitably begin to decline within two generations.

Human desire is an abyss without bottom line, and also an insatiable beast. A benevolent monarch cannot suppress such a beast. Once officials are allowed to encroach on the interests of ordinary people, the entire society will experience a brief period of prosperity before suffering begins.

Once corruption becomes a trend, it cannot be stopped and there is no other way except to rebuild the world.

The so-called revival of the country is nothing more than a blow to interest groups and a redistribution of social wealth. However, such things will inevitably backfire and cannot completely resolve social contradictions. After the revival, things will often take a sharp turn for the worse.

(End of this chapter)