Chapter 155 Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish. The methods are powerful!
The "benevolent government" in Sun Chengzong's ideal is like this. The government is well-organized and the people are harmonious.
It's just that Sun Chengzong didn't expect that he would see this scene in Suizhou.
And the one who realized this scene for him was actually Xia Yunyi, whom he had always looked down upon.
This made Sun Chengzong now have to change his view on Xia Yunyi.
But in fact, the gentry in Suizhou cooperated so well at this moment only because they became obedient after being taught by Xia Yunyi.
Thus, Xia Yunyi didn't appreciate Sun Chengzong's praise.
Ever since he voted under Zhang Gui's family, he has accepted the idea of seeking truth from facts.
Therefore, he was determined to puncture the political fantasy of the emperor in front of the emperor.
Therefore, Xia Yunyi reported to Tianqi: "Your Majesty! I am ashamed. The reason why I was able to implement the new policy in Suizhou was not because I used the way of 'benevolence and righteousness' to encourage the local gentry to use their surplus to make up for the shortcomings of the common people. It is the strict law of "those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish" can make the New Deal go smoothly, the drought can be controlled, the people can be rich, and the refugees from outside can get relief here. I don't have the ability to make everyone a saint among the gentry! Therefore, the elder Ge's praise really makes the minister ashamed! "
Sun Chengzong: "..."
"Those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish?"
Tianqi asked with interest at this time.
Xia Yunyi replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, all those who are unwilling to accept the New Deal will be executed on the grounds of disobedience! This is the right to do things cheaply given by Your Majesty! The minister will naturally have to use it. Those who accept the New Deal, and even the minister According to the decree, the minister will indeed give some preferential treatment in terms of fame and fortune. For example, this drought relief donation, while ordering the gentry to donate grain, the minister will also give them a medal of "Disaster Relief Glory Household" for those who are willing to donate grain , just as a reward for their willingness to donate food, nothing more.”
Tianqi asked Zheng Shanwei: "Is that so?"
"Is such that."
After Zheng Shanwei answered embarrassingly, he laughed again: "But it is better to have a medal than nothing. At least pass it on to the descendants, and the descendants know that their elders have worked hard for the court."
"This is still a benevolent government that guides rentiers to contribute to the country with benevolence and righteousness!"
Sun Chengzong forcibly concluded a sentence at this time.
He now feels that he can no longer keep himself from stepping down, otherwise, even he will start to suspect that the "benevolent government" he insists on is a castle in the air.
Even though Xia Yunyi essentially used the big stick first and then the carrot to implement the New Deal, he can only forcibly point what Xia Yunyi did to the benevolent government.
At this time, Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty! In the opinion of my ministers, those who have no virtue are those who have no king and no father, and should be eliminated; and Xia Zhizhou was appointed by His Majesty to govern Suizhou, and he is the parent of the local scholars and people." , Those who do not listen to their orders are naturally immoral, and there is nothing wrong with getting rid of them! And after removing the unvirtuous, what is left is the virtuous, and the virtuous will be rewarded in a benevolent way, naturally benevolent government."
Tianqi frowned, and asked, "Is that true, Mr.?"
Sun Chengzong replied: "Return to Your Majesty, this is what I say from the bottom of my heart, I dare not deceive the king!"
"Since this is the case, I will also practice such a benevolent government in the future. Those who follow me will prosper and those who oppose me will perish!"
Tian Qi said with a smile.
Sun Chengzong was listening to what Tianqi said here, so he had to say: "Your Majesty should think so, for the loyal and righteous, you should make it prosperous!"
Apocalypse here is asking Xia Yunyi: "Tell me, besides awarding medals like 'Disaster Relief Honored Households', what other things have you done to 'follow me and prosper'?"
"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister does not only give honor and commendation to the gentry who are willing to obey the orders of the minister, but also follows his heart for profit, helping them invest money to open various new workshops and cooperate with the government."
"And the minister's government went to discuss cooperation with Xilin Academy or Xishan Industrial Division, let them come here to cooperate with the minister's government to open workshops, and let some local gentry who listened to it invest money to cooperate, so that the scale can be expanded."
"For example, some of the "glorious taxpayers" identified by the gentry according to the tax payment to Xichang before, I took them to invest money together, and opened soap workshops, briquette workshops and other workshops in Suizhou with the students of Xilin Academy. These gentry have made a lot of money in fertilizer workshops."
Xia Yunyi replied.
Tianqi nodded after hearing this and said: "It seems that you are indeed good at governing and making the people rich."
"Oh yeah, how did he inspire you?"
Apocalypse asked.
Xia Yunyi said: "Your Majesty, Uncle Guo said that the land is the foundation of the people's survival, and it is also the foundation of the court's security for the people. Internal troubles occur because the land is annexed by the powerful. Therefore, the politicians should restrain the land annexation and make the gentry Waiting for the wealthy families not to compete with the people for land, but to do so, not only to imprison them with strict laws, but also to guide them with benefits, such as setting up industries, so that the gentry and other wealthy families will shift the way of investing money and earning profits from annexing land to setting up industries , so that not only the gentry and other rich families will have greater profits, but also can restrain land annexation.”
After hearing this, Tianqi laughed: "It is better to block than to avoid. It is indeed better to guide the rich to make money and make money so that they do not take profits by merging land, rather than blindly imprisoning them with strict orders. But for the benefit of industry, for For the big families with 10,000 mu or even more than 100,000 mu of fertile land, it may not be attractive enough, even if they add 10% more rent, they will earn more than working hard to open these workshops."
Apocalypse speaks the truth.
As the emperor, he himself is one of the big landlords because he has his own Huangzhuang.
Therefore, Tianqi is very clear that although the benefits of the land economy are not high, the difficulty of exploitation is low. As long as there are enough fertile land under the name, such as hundreds of thousands of acres, the rent obtained is not much higher than the income of a few workshops. The key is not to worry about technology leaks and market changes, because people always eat, and food is an eternal hard currency.
"What Your Majesty said is that people with vast fertile land or those who dig huge mines naturally don't see this benefit, but most gentry with little fertile land still see it, and that's enough!"
Xia Yunyi replied.
Tianqi nodded after listening: "Yes, it is enough to get most people to support the New Deal, and it is not necessary for everyone to be satisfied."
Tianqi said again: "Facts have proved that the New Deal is indeed worth implementing. In addition, Xia Qing is the capable minister who can make the New Deal succeed. I have decided to promote Xia Yunyi to the prefect of Guide, and start implementing the New Deal in Guide Mansion!"
"The minister leads the decree!"
So, next, Xia Yunyi began to preside over the promotion of the New Deal throughout Guide Mansion.
Tian Qi, Zhang Gui and his party began to return to Beijing.
Not many days after returning to the capital, when Tian Qi had just returned from his inspection tour of the Xishan Industrial Division, he suddenly heard a shout: "Guardian!"
Whoosh!
A heavy arrow was fired from the hand of a masked man.
The arrow points directly at the dragon chariot on which Tianqi rides!
But in front of Tianqi's dragon chariot, there were already a few guards who were specialized in defending against arrow attacks. What's more, Lu Xiangsheng personally served as Qiqi's human shield in the chariot.
So, this heavy arrow couldn't hit Tianqi at all, it just hit the wooden railing of the chariot.
Soon, a guard found that there was a letter on the shaft of the heavy arrow shot on the wooden fence.
This letter is very short, only eight words.
"If you want to save the prince, you must kill Zhang Gui!"
After seeing the contents of the letter, Tian Qi looked cold and stern.
Zhang Gui, who was also in the chariot, was also surprised after seeing it.
For a while, Lu Xiangsheng first asked: "So, someone kidnapped His Highness the Crown Prince, and His Highness the Crown Prince disappeared?"
Tian Qi nodded, suppressing evil fire in his chest, bared his teeth and said: "How dare they plan on my child!"
"Your Majesty calm down!"
Lu Xiangsheng said something.
At the same time, he had to admit in his heart that these people are really despicable, and they did not hesitate to use the crown prince to blackmail His Majesty in order to get rid of his uncle Zhang Gui.
However, Lu Xiangsheng was also a little curious about whether the emperor would really kill Uncle Zhang Guo for this.
And Zhang Gui also had a sullen face at this time, and said: "Your Majesty! Let's go back to the palace to see if the crown prince is still there."
(end of this chapter)