Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 170
In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

However, the imagined refugee wave did not appear. The population of Kaifeng City did not increase much in the past half month. There was even a labor shortage in the development zone because of the rapid construction.

You must know that there are only seven items in the New Deal reform. Although these seven items can be considered complementary to each other, only the first item is currently being implemented in the most earnest manner, and only the first item is even the basis for everything that follows.

There are not many people coming to work in Kaifeng!

Even those who have come are not individual tourists, but most of them came with the master.

Around the capital, there are still many enlightened landowners, or smart people. They sell their land to commercial banks at high prices, then use the money to buy land from the development zone, and let the commercial banks help them build factories and do some supporting businesses. Their tribesmen are like those of the past. The tenant farmers who farmed the land for him became his workers.

Most of the new population in Kaifeng comes from this, and the natural growth is even less than usual.

Many people in the DPRK know that county magistrates from all over the country are actually actively or passively forming an alliance that is hard to say whether it actually exists, but all places have begun to strictly check household registration and road guidance.

Yes, the New Deal requires that people on Beijing, Dong, and West Roads can freely enter and exit Kaifeng City, and also allows undocumented villagers to live in the city walls, but... no one said that they should not be allowed to check the road.

Anyway, some small counties don’t have high-end things like inns. If you want to complain about the inn, everyone will still check the road signs. If there are no road signs, they will be arrested and beaten. If you are lucky, you will be escorted back to your hometown. If you are unlucky, you will be arrested. Maybe he was sold as a tenant.

In most ancient societies, it was indeed not allowed to buy and sell good people as slaves, but they could buy and sell good people as tenants. It was so magical.

As for not going to the county town or in the countryside, let alone think about it. The local tycoons from all over the country have formed an inspection team with a tacit understanding. Any outsiders who want to go will have to stop and ask what they are doing. If they can't find a way out, I can't explain why. It can be as simple as a severe beating. Everywhere is deliberately allowing locals to bully outsiders. Even for crimes such as insulting women and forcibly having sex, some local governments will not punish them.

Of course, they will all be safe after arriving in Kaifeng. The court keeps its word. At least so far, every family that can reach Kaifeng can live a relatively good life. As everyone expected in advance, a large number of refugees will pour in. In Kaifeng, there would be no place to live, no work to do, and the phenomena of involution and messy Kaifeng did not happen.

The slums that Zhao Guangmei specially built for them are now almost empty.

I have to say, this is really magical.

However, even so, His Highness King Qin still showed no signs of panic. He even didn't even bother to ask about the New Deal recently. He always went to the newly established cement factory in the development zone that had not yet been put into operation during the day, as if he was in trouble. In their eyes, the construction of this factory was far more important than the failure to implement the New Deal, which made everyone feel a little uncertain.

Your Majesty, is he really confident and has some great plan in mind, or is he just being big-hearted?
Zhao Kuangyin has been very unhappy because of this recently. He is also very supportive of the New Deal, and he has also let loose rhetoric. He will kill anyone who dares to block the New Deal.

As a result, there are not many people who are clearly opposed to the New Deal, but almost all the grassroots officials are secretly stumbling. As a result, there has been no progress at all in the implementation of the New Deal for such a long time, which almost drives him crazy. .

He is a dignified founding emperor, doesn’t he have no need for face?

He wanted to rebuke Zhao Guangyi, but Zhao Guangyi laid out the facts and truth in front of him, but Zhao Kuangyin had no choice at all, and even had to admit that Zhao Guangyi stood up at this time.

"The vast majority of county magistrates are held back by the local tycoons, big and small, and have to oppose the New Deal. Otherwise, if their orders are issued to protect the county government, there will definitely be greater chaos in various places. They are being controlled by the tycoons below. Kidnapping, I was kidnapped by them. Zhao Pu is now the driving force behind the New Deal. No one has ever seen his methods of punishing, fighting, and killing people. If I don't stand up to protect them at this time, , If we don’t let them feel at ease, who knows what they will do next?”

Then Zhao Kuangyin ran out of power.

After all, he is not Zhu Yuanzhang, and he cannot kill hundreds of officials with a wave of his hand. In fact, no emperor other than Zhu Yuanzhang would be so crazy.

Moreover, the problem now is not with the officials but with the staff. These officials are all held up by local subordinates. In Lao Zhu's situation, in fact, the subordinates who killed the officials were happy to see the result. Delaying government work, on the contrary, new officials will not know anything and will only rely on subordinates.

The current situation in the Song Dynasty is that subordinate officials tie up senior officials, so what is the use of killing senior officials?If you change the official position, wouldn't it mean that the government orders cannot leave the county gate?

As for killing officials, if you really kill them, the grassroots government will be completely paralyzed. Besides, it will be very difficult to implement. You can't send the army out to kill the chicken with a weak knife, right?Besides, it's not convenient to kill a chicken with a bull's-eye.

It actually gave Zhao Kuangyin a helpless feeling, and at the same time he had to admit that it was indeed right for Zhao Guangyi to support them at this time.

Anyway, whether they can hold it or not is a matter for discussion between the three brothers and their families. "The third child never seems to be bothered by this matter, and seems to be confident? You and Zhao Pu should go to the third child to discuss it. We are all our own people. Even if we have to fight, we must fight without breaking."

As he said that, Zhao Kuangyin couldn't help but touch his eyebrows.

He is so difficult.

I thought that with the implementation of the New Deal, Zhao Pu and Zhao Guangyi could finally join hands to share their burdens, and officials in the DPRK and China could focus more on practical matters for the country and the people, and he would also be very relieved. .

result……

Now the two of them are too lazy to talk when they meet. The direct lineage between the two has become more and more fierce. Zhao Pu even specially transferred Shen Yilun back from Huainan. Now Shen Yilun and Lu Duoxun can quarrel six times in three days. Back.

A new policy caused unrest in the entire court.

"As for the New Deal, second child, you should communicate more with Third Brother no matter what. I understand your political stance, and Third Brother also understands it. You must know it in your heart. What you are against is Zhao Pu, not Third Brother. On the surface, The purpose of making a gesture of opposition is to appease those below, but you must not be confused yourself, do you understand?"

"Brother, don't worry, I understand. I'm not stupid."

Hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin glanced at Zhao Guangyi, and then let out a long sigh.

'Not very smart anyway. '

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At the same time, Zhao Pu also found Zhao Guangmei and prepared a rare gift. Zhao Guangmei even joked: "Who in the world doesn't know that you, Zhao Pu, are greedy for money and stingy? You actually gave me a gift? What are you giving me?"

Zhao Pu smiled and said: "Everyone knows that Your Highness is the richest man in the world. I just want to thank Your Highness for helping me so much. This is a personal relationship. How can I not thank Your Highness?" ?Although the gift is light, it is the true sincerity of our family, and I hope that Your Highness will never refuse."

It was said that the courtesy was light, but in fact it was not light at all. Zhao Guangmei opened it and looked at it. It was a calligraphy of Zhang Xu, a painting of Wu Daozi, a legendary Zhuge pen, and an inkstone with Li Bai's designation, casually If you take one out for future generations, it will be a national treasure. If it is auctioned, it will be worth less than one billion.

Of course, the prosperous Tang Dynasty was not far away, and to Song people, Tang Dynasty antiques were just like that. This thing was indeed nothing to Zhao Guangmei, but it did suit his liking. He was just here to express his attitude, so he nodded and said : "If you're serious, I'm just giving you a heads up."

Zhao Pu thought for a moment and said, "About the child... I don't know His Highness King Qi, does he know?"

Zhao Guangmei said truthfully: "I don't know if he knows, but I guess, since I know this matter, he probably knows it. In fact, it is not a secret in itself. Anyone who is interested can always find out as long as they investigate." Here are some things, Brother Zhao, what you did this time is indeed a bit inappropriate. If the marriage must be finalized, it might be better to find another job for Li Chongju."

Zhao Pu smiled bitterly: "It was so hard for him to become the Privy Councilor, why did he resign because of this matter? He has a very bad temper. He will definitely say, why don't you resign? Why don't you transfer yourself? ? Hey~, where is the place to adjust it?"

A Pingzhangshi, a privy envoy, and two prime ministers. Officials at this level are not easy to transfer. No matter where they are transferred, they will be demoted. And you can't take the initiative to go to Zhao Kuangyin to admit your mistakes. This is different from being demoted after being discovered. , what’s the difference?
"Hey~, this person, Your Highness, you are still young and have no heirs, so you may not be listed. Now, there are few things that I feel powerless to do, but only children. This is really a weakness, and I really can't take advantage of it. They have no choice but what is most hateful is that this is the critical period for the implementation of the New Deal. King Qi is stupid and suppressed the incident in Xu County before. Now that the people below have him as the backbone, they are becoming more and more unscrupulous in their actions. But I have to be distracted by such trivial things at home, I feel ashamed, I feel ashamed."

Zhao Guangmei said with a smile: "No, I still expect you to implement the New Deal for me. Why, what's the matter? Can I help?"

"Yes, Your Highness, I have invited screenwriters, arrangers, and actors to spend money to practice a new play these days. It's called Butterfly. It tells the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai turning into a butterfly. I want to show it to the soldiers, and I also want more actors from Kaifeng to perform this play, so that the people know that our Song Dynasty is all-encompassing, and the play is not only about warriors and horses, but also talented people and beauties."

"Oh...that's it, but about the New Deal..."

Zhao Pu said quickly: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi is kind-hearted. Since he is such a good person, then I can only be the bad person. I plan to ask the Ministry of Personnel to conduct a new Beijing inspection and assessment. This is the process, and I would like to ask Your Highness to review it."

(End of this chapter)