The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

The workshops in Ning'an County can be roughly divided into two types.

One is purely official, belonging entirely to the Jingguo royal family and Ning'an County.

The second type is privately owned, including workshops built by scholars from various aristocratic families, wealthy families or industrialists.

Except for the particularly important ones, most of these workshops will either close down or be sold once they find it difficult to make a profit.

The textile workshops where Fang Yun works are all county-owned. The sale must go through the county government and then be approved by the government. If the largest workshops are to be sold, it even needs to be decided by the Minister of Industry.

Jingguo's national strength has declined over the years, and workers who want more remuneration have gone to other countries, resulting in a continuous loss of talent in Jingguo. In order to restore talents, Jingguo has given high-paying jobs to outstanding workshop owners and given them a certain official status. If The workshops were not managed well, and these workshop owners were allowed to acquire the workshops.

"I will send you the drawings of the spinning machine tomorrow. You can continue working." Fang Yun left with Ao Huang.

When they walked out of the tea room, they saw that Fang Yun's private soldiers were blocked by the Beimang Army and Xingdian personnel who were protecting the workshop. The private soldiers and staff stood quietly, and behind them stood some officers. Behind the officers were some who were dismounted. There are more than two thousand demon iron cavalry.

Fang Yun nodded and said, "Let them in."

"yes!"

The guard let him go, but those people didn't move. Fang Yun nodded again and said, "Let's get started!"

"Walk!"

Under the leadership of Fang Yun's staff, more than 2,000 people were divided into more than 200 teams, rushing towards more than 200 workshops like wolves and tigers.

There was at least one officer among those who went to the county's workshop, and each officer held a document with the red county magistrate's seal on it.

As for the people who went to the royal workshop, there were no servants, they were all Fang Yun's private soldiers. These private soldiers also held documents in their hands, but the documents did not have the seal of the county magistrate, but the seal of the Queen Mother.

After these people rushed into the workshop, they directly took control of the workshop owner and accounting room.

Many workshop owners struggled and cursed, but were easily subdued. Seven other workshop owners even attempted to use force or incite workers to resist, and were killed on the spot by Fang Yun's private soldiers.

Everyone was shocked when seven bloody corpses were dragged on the ground by horses and walked along Gongfang Street.

No one knew what was going on. It was fine in the early morning. Fang Yun was chatting and laughing with the workshop owner and workers. Why did not two hours pass before a massive manhunt suddenly started, even killing seven people?

How come this day is so easy to change?

Not long after, more than 600 people were escorted to the open space in front of Danhua Workshop, and the more than 2,000 people who arrested them blocked Gongfang Street.

More and more people gathered on Gongfang Street, and almost all those who were idle came over, creating a large area of ​​darkness.

Fang Yingwu hurriedly arrived in front of Fang Yun and said: "Master Qi, a total of 632 people have been invited to the county government for an interview this time. In addition, seven people intend to use force to resist. According to your order, Kill on the spot!"

"Invite them to the county government office. The county will go to court for an interview, not a trial!"

Fang Yun said as he stepped onto his carriage and drove towards the county government office.

Ao Huang tilted his head and rubbed the wall of the carriage with the dragon's horn to relieve the itch. At the same time, he said worriedly: "Fang Yun, yesterday you said you wanted to arrest... No, you asked them to go to the county government office to talk. Ben Long disagreed. There is such a big fuss now. , people died on the spot, I’m afraid something big is going to happen.”

"I'm just afraid that it won't cause too much trouble."

Ao Huang said loudly: "Since arriving in Ning'an County and becoming the emperor of Shangtu, I have found that you have become more and more unscrupulous! Do you think I should learn from you?" Ao Huang stared at Fang Yun with his big eyes. Keep wandering around.

"If this county can suppress me, how can I embark on the holy path?" Fang Yun asked.

"But you are just a Jinshi acting as county magistrate. Apart from you and Cai He who is huddled in Qingwu Mansion Office, there is no one else in Mizhou! You can't use the power of cabinet counselors, Zhenguo Gong or Xu Sheng. How to deal with so many bureaucrats?”

Fang Yun smiled and said: "You have misunderstood one thing from the beginning to the end."

"What's the misunderstanding? I seem to have heard you talking about it, but I don't know what I've made wrong?"

Fang Yun smiled and did not answer, but said: "When we need rain for planting in spring, don't forget to help."

"That's no problem, which one of us will follow the other!" Ao Huang responded in the dialect of Ning'an County.

Before the county government could wait, Cai He sent an urgent letter.

"Are you crazy? Why did you arrest all the owners of the government-owned workshops? You even killed seven people? Don't you know the identities of those owners? Some are childhood friends of important people in the family, and some are named Zhao. Some of the royal bloodline are relatives of local powerful people. Do you think you can The people who stole the owner's fat are really those low-level craftsmen. How can they get their turn? Early tomorrow morning, wealthy families, officials and royal family members from all over the world will definitely come together to report this matter to you! If it goes out, the ratings of people’s livelihood and official administration will definitely be lowered!”

"They don't dare." Fang Yun's response was an understatement.

"Impossible! They don't dare to target you directly, but they can make insinuations and ask those people to warn you! What they are worried about is not the bosses, but they are worried that you will infringe on their interests when your status is higher in the future! What I said, Can you understand?" Cai He's words were full of anxiety and concern.

If others said this, Fang Yun would not explain in detail, but Cai He and he were old acquaintances. Cai He and his teacher, Wen Xiang Jiang Hechuan, helped each other a lot, so he said: "Brother Cai is too worried. If it were before, I might be worried about them They filed a lawsuit together, but these days, they can’t go.”

"Oh? Do you have something to hide? Is it related to your actions in Ning'an County? Will the Legalists help, or the Medicalists? I heard that you have been in the workshop recently, and the Workers will also help?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, the people of the three families will restrain their disciples." Fang Yun said.

"Really? That's overthinking. But even if the disciples of the three families speak for you now, how can you calm down this turmoil? What if it can't be resolved, and the conflict is intensified later, causing all the officials in Ning'an County to abandon you, your civil service department will inevitably be downgraded to the Ding class, becoming a stain!"

"Well, I have a way to keep them from leaving."

"Those officials and these workshop owners will rise and fall together. If you attack the workshop owners, the next step will inevitably be to attack the officials. How can they tolerate you!"

Fang Yun smiled and replied: "I will hit them with a stick After the child, I will give them a candied date. When they have tasted the sweetness, I will take action again!"

"You... It seems that we have underestimated you after all. You may have your own plan for the administration of Ning'an County. Since you are confident, I will not say anything. As long as I am in Qingwu Prefecture, all political affairs decided by me will be smooth all the way!"

"Thank you, Master!" Fang Yun replied half-jokingly. Master is the title of the examiner, but since the actual examiner of Shengyuan Continent is a semi-saint, the title of Master is rarely used.

"Stop teasing me! By the way, the price of grain has been rising recently. Once it is a dangerous moment, the warehouse will be opened immediately to sell grain at a fair price. Once there is a slight problem, it will inevitably cause riots! Especially in Ning'an County, there are many immigrants. Once someone spreads rumors, it may be out of control. "

"Thank you, Governor Cai, I will be careful and check the granary carefully now. "