Promotion Letter for the Chief Executive

In fact, Ping An has always been very aware of the differences and gaps between each other, but this is the first time he feels disgusted.

And so powerless at the same time.

Because he knew that ordinary people really had no power to fight back, even if he wanted to help them teach these officials who thought they were great, he couldn't do it at all.

Ping An has never understood what the word "class" stands for like now.Even if these officials are dismissed or even deprived of their official titles by themselves, they are still members of the scholars, and they can still stand high. After returning to their hometowns, relying on their old savings, they will continue to exploit the local people and provide for themselves. Spend your days.

Of course, Ping An can also leave them no way out at all, and just let them have nothing but live in misery.

But even if he did this, for the officials, they would still only think that they had lost in the court struggle.Even if you are poor, you will not realize that there is something wrong with your approach.

Without recognition of the error, the punishment is meaningless.Nothing to do but to breathe out of myself.

This kind of mood is stuck in Ping An's heart, which makes him very uncomfortable, and it is inevitable that it will be brought out in other places.

Zhao Can quickly noticed something was wrong.

Ping'an's mentality has always been very positive, even if he is in trouble, he can find his way out, so in Zhao Can's view, he sometimes takes his worries too far.So now this preoccupied look is becoming more and more rare.

Originally, Ping An didn't intend to tell Zhao Can about this.After all, he is also a member of the ruling class, and he may not understand what he is "hypocritical".

Maybe it's because I used to be such an ordinary person, and in fact, I haven't been able to integrate into the ruling class until now!

But since Zhao Can found out what was wrong with him, he naturally had the method of "pressing questions".So in the end, he still took out the truth from Ping An's mouth, knowing that he had been thinking about such a thing.He couldn't help laughing, "I don't know what's in your head, the things you think about are different from others all day long. You can't think of a way, why didn't you tell me?"

"You have a solution?" Ping An looked at him suspiciously.

Zhao Can said with a smile, "I am also the king of a country. If I really want to punish someone, is it possible that I can let him escape? You just have to wait and see."

"Then I will wait and see." Ping An said.

Zhao Can's method is very simple, as it is another spring year, from now on, spring plowing will begin.The folk government will offer sacrifices to the God of Land and the God of Five Grains, and the emperor will also perform sacrifices at the Sheji Altar, praying for good weather and a good harvest this year.

Afterwards, the emperor will lead his officials to work in the sacrificial fields outside the city, and the queen will also lead many wives to kiss silkworms.

Originally, this was just a ceremony, and it was enough for the emperor to hold the plow casually and make a show.However, this year, Zhao Can suddenly felt something, thought about the hardships of the people, felt sad, and decided to farm here for a whole day.

The emperor went to the ground in person, how could the officials still watch?Anyway, the royal sacrifice field is very spacious, and soon everyone found their own work and was busy all day.

When it was dark, these officials who were pampered and pampered on weekdays, even had to ride horses and sedan chairs when they went out, were already staggering from exhaustion.

On such a day, peace will naturally accompany you.Seeing this, Zhao Can turned her head and blinked at Ping An.

Although he was quite tired, Ping An felt very funny when he saw the appearance of these people.It turned out that the method Zhao Can said was just like this.

But the facts proved that he still underestimated Zhao Can.

Although he had worked hard the previous day, he had to go to court the next day.So early in the morning, Baiguan still appeared in the palace, but everyone knows that if a person who is usually inactive suddenly takes a lot of exercise, lactic acid will be produced in the muscles, making people feel sore .Especially the legs, let alone the feeling of walking.

And the palace has many stairs.

Zhao Can dragged Ping An over early in the morning, and watched all the officials walk in from the gate of the palace with their crooked appearances, which was very relieved.

But this was not enough, when Zhao Can started the morning court and saw that the officials were in such a bad state, he immediately became unhappy.In real terms, this can be regarded as a disrespect before the imperial court. The emperor was unhappy, and the courtiers were all trembling.Although he knew that the emperor would not do anything because of this incident, he was still worried.

Zhao Can didn't make things difficult for them, and expressed his understanding of their behavior, but said, "I didn't notice it before, so it turns out that my subjects are in such poor health. It's just a day of hard work, and they can't bear it."

Obviously Zhao Can also worked for a day, and everyone saw it with his own eyes, but now he was so relaxed, but he couldn't lift his arms and legs, and the ministers felt very ashamed.

Originally, they thought that if the emperor hadn't forced it, this would not have happened at all.But although being an official does not need to do those chores, it has been the custom since ancient times to farm after the Spring Society, and even the emperor didn't say anything, so they couldn't complain.

Now that Zhao Can brought this matter up, it is even more embarrassing.

Zhao Can listened to their self-ashamed words and was very satisfied. He smiled and said, "I am very relieved that all the officials can understand my heart. Although officials don't need to work hard, this is a good way to strengthen their bodies. I have already decided to set aside a part of the land in the Huangzhuang to be distributed to the ministers and workers, so that you can cultivate it yourself, experience the joy of farming with your skills, and exercise your body. It is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. What do you think?"

Although he was asking for opinions, the ministers who had just been ridiculed knew very well that they had no choice at all now, so they could only say "Your Majesty is wise" and then thank you.

Returning to the original palace after the morning court, Pingan thought of the expressions he saw on the faces of the courtiers before, and still found it funny.He didn't expect that Zhao Can's so-called finding a way was actually referring to this.Although it is only a small space for each person, the task is not heavy, but considering that it is something outside of work, it is almost the same.

At least, let these people know that farming is not bad.

Zhao Can said, "Don't worry, I'll let the officials of the Overwatch Council watch over it. If any one doesn't do it himself, but asks his family to replace it, he will be fined."

The salaries of officials in Dachu are relatively generous, and since Zhao Can was fined, at least starting in March, it is not a small sum of money.The most important thing is shame. The emperor gave them the land of Huangzhuang to cultivate. It is said to be the emperor's grace, but let the family replace it. After the word is spread, the reputation is unnecessary.

What's more, even such a small matter has to be cheated and cheated. How can people rest assured that other important things will be entrusted to him in the future?

It is their own problem that they will no longer be reused after losing their holy family, and it is not Zhao Can's fault.

"Your Majesty is wise." Ping An said, "This method is indeed very good." Labor education and reform have always been the most direct. After experiencing these things, peace is also satisfied.

However, the facts proved that Zhao Can could do even more ruthless.

Because in the autumn of this year, after several months of busy work, he finally saw the harvest, and he ordered these ministers to hand over half of the income to the national treasury.

There is a saying that people always value more when they give more to themselves.This actually makes some sense, because the value of such a thing is not only its own value, but also the part that people pay.

Therefore, the officials feel that the food they have grown for a year is different from what they eat on weekdays.Even if it is made into a meal, it feels more fragrant.

Originally, there was not much production in a small area, and the emperor asked to hand over half, so the rest would naturally be even less.Moreover, sending out the things they care about makes the officials feel very uncomfortable.

Some of the smart people quickly thought that the emperor couldn't do such a thing for no reason, and after turning their heads, they understood what Zhao Can meant.After all, this process is actually the same as paying taxes for the common people.

After figuring it out, these officials were both ashamed and respectful.After all, they didn't know Zhao Can's selfishness, they just thought he wanted to use this method to make the officials aware of the hardships of the people.With such good intentions, officials naturally have mixed feelings.

When facing Zhao Can later, his attitude was different again.As for those who can't figure it out, Zhao Can really doesn't need to care about such idiots.

Through this incident, Zhao Can not only helped Ping An breathe a sigh of relief, but also took the opportunity to increase his prestige in the hearts of the courtiers, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

This time, Ping An was really convinced.

He thought about this matter twice, and always felt that Zhao Can's behavior style seemed very familiar.After much deliberation, a flash of inspiration finally came to his mind, and he finally understood, isn't this just his usual style of doing things?

"So you are learning from me." Ping An suddenly realized.

Zhao Can raised his eyebrows, "How about it, is it better than blue because of blue?"

"Sure enough." Ping An couldn't help but nodded and sighed, "You have learned all my tricks, and there will be no use for them in the future."

"How could it be?" Zhao Can said, "There are so many things, if I don't have you watching from the side, checking for gaps, I'm afraid I will be in a hurry. You have a lot of things, and I will watch for you .”

The two looked at each other and smiled. This feeling of wanting to learn something from each other during the years of getting along is indeed very good.

Perhaps this is also another sense of "I am in you, and you are in me", Pingan thought.

He suddenly remembered a song he had heard before, and Liang Jingru sang it leisurely, "My tone of voice sounds like you, isn't it proof that we have loved."

Love is such a wonderful thing.

……

An incident happened in the autumn of the second year of Anping.

After seven years, the Royal Construction Company finally paved concrete roads to every state.Although it is still only the main road, the speed from the capital to any place in Dachu will be greatly accelerated now.

Sure enough, things that involve the imperial court are much faster to do.If it's just private funding, we don't know how long it will take to reach the current level.

Although this matter cost the state treasury a lot of silver taels, the money was actually in Zhao Can's hands, and it was used to buy food from overseas and subsidize the people in the country, so the impact was not very big.And after the road is repaired, there will naturally be more benefits in the future.

After discussing with Zhao Can, Ping An decided that the road should continue to be built.His ultimate goal is to build roads to every village.

Around the 90s, there was a popular slogan in rural China: To get rich, build roads first.I will not mention the following content for the time being, but Ping An thinks this statement is still very reasonable.Once the road is repaired, people inside can come out, people outside can go in, and people come and go. Only in this way can it develop slowly.

The same is true for the ancient Great Chu.

In ancient times, people settled down and moved again. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was because ordinary people were too risky to go out, and they might disappear somewhere and couldn't go home.Therefore, they will probably never travel far in their entire lives, and the scope of their life is only in the village.

But after the road is repaired, even the people living in the village can go out and enter the city at will, and even go to further places to make a living.

Of course, if it costs a lot of money to build roads just because of this, I'm afraid the court can't justify it.After all, it is the government and the treasury that pay for the road construction, and it is not Ping An who can make the decisions by himself.

Therefore, the first thing Ping An needs to convince is Zhao Can.

"Imperial power does not come down to the county." This is stipulated in the Great Chu Law.

Officials of the imperial court only go to the county level, while in the township, local elders or famous grandparents, as well as local aristocratic families, family members of officials, etc. discuss and handle it, and at most one person is selected from them to serve as Li Zheng.

As for the village, at this time, the entire village often has the same surname, with its own patriarch, ancestral hall and clan affiliation.For them, the family is something that understands better than the county magistrate and the court, and all matters are decided by the patriarch to convene the clan to discuss and decide, and the government will not be disturbed at all.

This is actually another form of autonomy.

Why in ancient times, when life was difficult, people would rise up in certain places, and the answer would follow?It is because of such a clan system that the common people have no concept of the imperial court at all, and are more willing to listen to the words of the patriarch and the famous elders in the village.

Since there is no concept, naturally there is no fear, and the law does not control them at all.

It seems that these people are helping the court manage the people, but in fact this approach is of no benefit to the court at all.

A large part of the reason for the formation of this patriarchal clan system is because ordinary people only live in that square inch all their lives, so they are naturally controlled by the clan.If the road is repaired, they can leave whenever they want, and the clan's restraint on them will no longer be so strong.

In addition, there are many things in the countryside that conceal the population.

The place of Dachu is really too big. Anyway, the mountain roads are difficult to travel. Many places are out of reach even for people-friendly officials. The common people live in the mountains, and all their lives are self-sufficient. government control.Even if the government notifies them to report the population, they will find a way to hide.

——Once registered, one needs to pay taxes and draw money accordingly. An ordinary family cannot afford such a toss.

There are also some people who take shelter of the landlords in the countryside, under the family, these people are also black households.They became servants or even private soldiers of the aristocratic family, and they only paid rent to the master's family, and they didn't need to take care of the court at all, just like a small independent kingdom.

Not to mention land annexation, the landlords control more than half of the local land, and the common people can only rely on them to live and so on...

All these situations need to be resolved gradually.

But if you touch this part rashly, it will definitely alarm many people.These rural gentry are actually the cornerstone of the lowest class of the ruling class.They are inextricably linked with the officials above, and they affect the whole body.If you want to move them, it will definitely cause a backlash from the official group.

So we can only start from the side, don't disturb them for the time being, and let's find out the situation.

And going to the countryside to build roads is a very good reason.

At that time, it will be much easier to recruit workers locally and stay for a long time to count the population.

Most importantly, the appearance of the construction team will make the common people truly aware of the existence of the "imperial court" and the majesty of the imperial power.This is a very powerful method, and there are not many such opportunities. If you miss this time, it will be difficult to find the next time.

To sum up so many reasons, Ping An believes that road construction is imperative.

After listening to Ping An's long-winded narration, Zhao Can fell into a long silence.

Ping An originally thought that there was something he didn't understand—for Zhao Can, it was impossible to ask him to do something on impulse, and he had to understand it before deciding whether to do it or not.As much as he believed in peace, this did not change.

Ping An also liked communicating with Zhao Can in this way.

Because every process of persuading Zhao Can is a process of straightening out his own thinking. After such a discussion, his thinking will become clearer and clearer, and it will naturally be easier to do things afterwards.

So he still thought about how to explain it to Zhao Can.

However, after Zhao Can came back to his senses, he asked him, "Ping An, tell me the truth, we have done so many things so far, have we not done anything serious yet?"

Ping An was silent.

He knew that Zhao Can was very perceptive, but he didn't expect him to see it from this incident.

Yes, although he has been in this world for nearly 20 years and has done many, many things, but the real test and hardship have not yet begun.

Which revolution is not accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice?Are safe means okay?But those people who have done these things in history are not necessarily inferior to him in ability, and their means are not weaker than him, and they are not even inferior to him in their power. What is the result?

It is precisely because of knowing this that Ping An carefully avoids parts that will cause violent conflicts from the beginning to the end, and always only wants to find an entry point from the side, so as not to touch the other party's sensitive nerves.

However, with the advancement and completion of things one by one, it has begun to gradually touch the core.

For example, in this case, if it is not handled properly, the consequences may be unimaginable.So as soon as Ping An said it, Zhao Can understood.

His silence had already given Zhao Can the answer.He couldn't help but sighed, "I used to think that I had already done a lot, but now I realize that there is still a long way to go."

"Those things are not yet the right time." Ping An walked to him and held his hand, "I originally thought, maybe we will never see that day in this lifetime, so it's the same whether we say it or not. Selfish, but I am willing to do something within my ability, and then live a peaceful life with you." He leaned on Zhao Can's shoulder and said slowly.

Zhao Can grabbed him back.His strength was a bit too much, and the hand that was pinched safely hurt, but he didn't make a sound.

Because none of them are self-deceiving people. In fact, at this point, they can no longer stop when Ping An says they want to stop.Otherwise, many of the things they did before would be in vain.

Give up halfway, Ping An is not such a person, and Zhao Can is not like that.

So now they just have to move on.

What was on the road ahead, not to mention Zhao Can, even Ping An, who always claimed to be standing on the shoulders of giants, couldn't tell clearly.

The two leaned together quietly for a while before Zhao Can calmed down and said with a smile, "Ping'an is like this, isn't it scary?"

"I'm not afraid, I'm just afraid of hurting you." Ping An said.

Without him, Zhao Can would definitely be able to become an outstanding emperor, according to his own wishes.

Of course, he is also an excellent emperor now, but the path he has taken is much more difficult than before.I don't know if he will be successful, but even if he succeeds, it's hard to say what kind of evaluation people will give him after thousands of years.

"How come?" Zhao Can squeezed his palm, "I originally thought that life would be as boring as before. Fortunately, with you, it is much more interesting now than it was then. If I don't want to do these things, you You can’t even talk about me. But I’m very glad to have met you, safe.”

If there is no peace, after his rebirth, he will take advantage of the convenience of his previous life to ascend the throne smoothly.After that?

Zhao Can didn't know.

Now he can't even imagine what kind of day that would be.Maybe one day, he will become the person he hates the most, like the first emperor.

Fortunately not.