Back To The Beginning Of Ming To Do Charity

Hanyang has gradually stabilized, everything is back on track, and people are beginning to adapt to the new order. Judging from the current situation, the people are adapting well.

This is beyond the expectations of many people. For example, the original upper-class people in Hanyang, this group includes scholars, officials, and wealthy businessmen. None of them think that the people can change. After all, in their eyes, the people are ignorant and only care about the present. present.

But they suddenly discovered now that the common people are not afraid of change, to be precise, they are not afraid, but they adapt very quickly. When they find that this change cannot be reversed and cannot be stopped, their acceptance is even higher than that of the people above. Even stronger.

Lin Yuan looked at the clan chiefs and wealthy businessmen sitting at the bottom, and said gently, "Let's have tea."

Although most of today's social units are small families, the patriarchs still exist. They will integrate the strength of the entire clan and seek greater development. There will be many contradictions in such a family, but one thing is clear, that is, they can Gathering a huge organization, this organization is bound by blood, coupled with traditional ideas, it seems that it can be easily disintegrated, but in fact it also has its indestructible side.

Those who can be invited by Lin Yuan are naturally the ones with the most presence and power among all the clans.

They also knew that Hanyang had changed hands, so they didn't give Lin Yuan a cold face. In the future, they would all beg for life under Lin Yuan's hands. If they fought against Lin Yuan, wouldn't that be courting death?

So each of them was as honest as a quail in front of Lin Yuan.

Merchants don't care who the boss is, they only care about whether their future business can continue and whether they can continue to make money. As long as Lin Yuan doesn't copy their house and allows them to continue to make money, that's of course What Lin Yuan said was what he said.

The scholars in Hanyang are more sensible than the scholars in Changshu, and they are all very well-behaved, sitting below without raising their heads.

They have already experienced a change. Hanyang was transferred from the hands of the imperial court to the hands of the rebels. Besides, they had no support for the Yuan Dynasty at first, and no one in their family was an official of the Yuan Dynasty. They lived in the hands of Xu Shouhui Well, in Lin Yuan's hands, he naturally wants to live well.

It would be a surprise if I could get an official to do it.

After this meeting was over, Lin Yuan had almost figured out their bottom line, and he could only rest well after returning to his room at night.

Chen Bosong always follows him today, and Lin Yuan intends to take Chen Bosong with him. Knowing how to fight is not a bad thing, but when he grows up in the future, he will be able to stay there. It is not a bad thing to learn more. Lin Yuan himself has no one to learn from. By doing things by groping, he also accumulated some experience and insights, which happened to be taught to Chen Bosong.

"I've been talking to them all day, but what have you said?" Chen Bosong made tea for Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "They're all grass on the wall, depending on the direction of the wind, what can you say?"

"On the other hand, the little officials below are so intricate. Although they don't have much power in their hands, if they really want to move, an ant can swallow an elephant. It's just that they lack a leader."

Chen Bosong looked at Lin Yuan: "The leader came out?"

Lin Yuan shook his head: "No, but these small officials, if they don't use it, I think it's a waste. After all, they have been working for a long time, know more people than I brought, and are familiar with Hanyang. If they use it, they are afraid of being unruly. No matter what Hidden danger."

Who knows if there are any loyal supporters of Xu Shouhui, or any informants left by Ni Wenjun?

Lin Yuan asked: "What do you think should be done?"

Chen Bosong: "Kill some and keep some."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It's easy to kill, but how? How do you know who is right to kill? If you make a wrong step, it will be difficult to get out later."

Chen Bosong looked at Lin Yuan, and the two looked at each other. In the end, Lin Yuan couldn't hold back his smile and said, "Think again."

Chen Bosong: "Let the common people... how to say it?"

Lin Yuan: "Report."

Chen Bosong seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Yes, report it, the people report it, and if it is found out, it will be beheaded."

Lin Yuan asked strangely, "How to check?"

Chen Bosong: "Whoever has been reported the most will have his head cut off."

Lin Yuan: "...Although it is rough, it is not useless. It is a useful method. How can you tell the difference between the informant?"

Chen Bosong looked at Lin Yuan seriously, just when Lin Yuan thought he would have some idea, Chen Bosong said frankly: "I can't think of it."

Lin Yuan: "Think again."

Chen Bosong poured himself a cup of tea, and after drinking the tea he still said, "It's difficult."

Lin Yuan sighed: "The one who was reported the most will be kept, and the informant will naturally go to him."

Chen Bosong: "Why?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "The one who bullies the people the most is naturally the one with the hardest background. The informant can find him and get more information. In addition, we are also protecting him. Naturally, the informant will follow us in the future. If you have met him before, or if he is one of our people, it is the easiest way to ask him, after all, he was originally a small official in Hanyang, and he has met before, so we can be related."

Chen Bosong understood: "This is setting a target."

Lin Yuan went to serve the teacup at this time: "It would be great if you can figure out a way to get the people to report. Take your time."

Being able to think of the people, Chen Bosong already made Lin Yuan very satisfied.

Most scholars with higher education in this era believe that the people don’t need to think about anything, they just need to have children, work and grow food, and the people have very little power, even if there are laws and regulations, but generally Generally speaking, this kind of law is only useful when the imperial power is strong.

When the imperial power fell and the centralized power disappeared, the officials below became the local emperors, and the laws and regulations became a dead letter.

If Chen Bosong was replaced by Wu Changqing today, Lin Yuan knew clearly that although Wu Changqing would also think of killing a group and keeping a group, he would never think of letting the people report.

Because "people" are useless, "public opinion" is also useless.

The people have no power, and their ideas are not valued by the upper class. The people themselves are used to it. It has been such a behavior pattern for thousands of years, and no one thinks it is wrong.

Over time, people at the top will naturally no longer take "public opinion" seriously.

After all, this stuff is vague and useless.

It is impossible for anyone to become an emperor relying on "public opinion". Even if he is a good official and wins the hearts of the people, when the emperor wants to beheaded, it will only be a little delay.

Public opinion is neither a gold medal to avoid death, nor allow them to increase their ranks.

Soon, Hanyang began a vigorous reform movement - Lin Yuan himself called it so.

When the common people got together, they told the Ombudsman the names of the petty officials who oppressed them that they remembered, and the Ombudsman would write it down, and then counted, there was one such office in every three streets.

People report during the day and make statistics at night.

After working so hard for half a month, clearer approximate data has come out.

The one who received the most reports was a petty official named Hu Yu. He was the nephew of a county magistrate. He had nepotism. Because he had no education, he could not be an official. Obviously the monthly salary is not much, but every meal can be big, and he often goes to and from the gambling house.

There is a beautiful wife in the family, and his wife is Xiaojia Biyu, who was forcibly taken home by him at that time.

There are friends outside.

Many small officials without backing are willing to follow him, as long as they follow him, they can get more and greater benefits.

When Hanyang City was breached, Hu Yu shrank at home, he didn't dare to go anywhere, he didn't care about his wife, he didn't care about his close friends, he packed his things, and fled out when things went wrong.

It's peaceful now, the new Nanwang seems to be planning to reactivate them, the original Hanyang officials, and Hu Yu has taken the lead again, but this time he doesn't dare to yell like before, after all, his backstage has fallen, so naturally he has to shrink back Be human with your neck.

Only when he found a new backer did he dare to return to the way he was before.

The petty officials have their own circles, and old friends get together again to discuss the most popular reports nowadays.

"I don't even know if there is me..." One of them frowned, taking a sip of his wine.

"How about we run away?"

"Can you escape? There are heavy guards everywhere, so should we fly out?"

"What are you worried about? There are so many bad things, can ordinary people remember them all? Surely they won't remember them."

"You said it lightly, did you forget? You went to look at the ancestral emerald jade from someone's house last year. If they didn't give it to you, you almost beat the family to death. Tell me, will they report you now?"

"Don't talk about me, isn't it the same for you? You don't pay money when you go to a brothel, and you even smash the store. Cutting off a person's wealth is like killing your parents. They will definitely report you."

"You played with two prostitutes to death! If you lose it in the wasteland, you won't get any good if you find out about it!"

"Don't talk about it! We are flustered here. Naturally, there are people who are more flustered than us. We know what other people are like. Maybe the king of Nan will kill us as soon as he comes up? Take ten thousand steps back and say, if he really wants to kill us, It’s not like now, when you enter the city, it’s the most convenient way to chop.”

"So don't be anxious, don't panic, maybe Nan Wang just scares us, chops off a few heads, and kills chickens to scare monkeys. This is not uncommon, don't you think?"

Hu Yu said from the side: "What about me? I should be fine, right?"

The friend glanced at him, smiled with difficulty, and comforted him, "Maybe it's all right."

Although they are friends, Hu Yu used to have eyes on his forehead, and no one looked down on him, even if he was a small official, he would strike if he disagreed, and no one dared to fight back.

If things go on like this, those who follow him are all answerers.

And these answerers also wished him bad luck.

Hu Yu was still worried: "Tell me, should I find a way to give some gifts?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone had an expression of "there is still such a way". Corrupt officials have been working for a long time, and they even forgot their own job. Bribery is their job!

"Yes, yes, find someone to give gifts, and find a way."

"Go and ask more questions tomorrow, be sure to be careful!"