Chapter 188 Hangzhou (4)
"My grandma Cao, just wait for your ancestral grave tomb to pieces!"
Upon hearing this, Wang Huaide cursed in his heart.
To be honest, he really wanted to tear the real villain in front of him directly, but his life was in his hands, so he really didn't dare to offend him.
Not only can you not offend me, but you must also curry favor with me.
"Now talk about some serious matters!" Li Zhigang glanced at Wang Huaide, "Home Office asked you, can the affairs of the Liangchang Township be done in one month?"
"Yes!" Wang Huaide immediately patted his chest and shouted, "After returning, Bei Zhi directly summoned twenty grain chiefs in Songjiang Prefecture to waive their responsibilities, and then went to the county to form a township..."
"Have you thought about who is the one you use in the village?" Li Zhigang asked again.
Wang Huaide's eyes rolled, "I'd like to ask the master of the ministry to show me!"
"You are the prefect of Songjiang!" Li Zhigang blanched his eyes, "Who is the one who asked me?"
"This..." Wang Huaide pondered, "The emperor's imperial edict said that he would recommend local wise men. It would be better to let local respected gentry or juren...?"
"Get out!" Li Zhigang suddenly cursed, "Go out and write your resignation! Waiting at home for the Jinyiwei and the people from the Independent Council to investigate you!"
"Mr. Master!" Wang Huaide knelt down quickly and cried and begged, "I am stupid, I am stupid, I am stupid, I would like to give you another chance!"
"What is the difference between the people you mentioned and the grain chiefs in the past? Long live the emperor wants to eliminate the disadvantages and do you understand? Can people in the past still be used? Change their names and let them continue to reap the food and exploit the people, right?" Li Zhigang cursed with regret.
"That... in the countryside, there are few people who know the words and write, and even more respectable..." Wang Huaide's mind was confused and he became more and more panicked.
"As stupid as a dog!"
Li Zhigang cursed in his heart and said patiently, "I ask you, is there such an old boy in the countryside? He is the old boy who has never passed the exam for scholars in his entire life and can only rely on teaching for boys and copying and writing to others to make a living!"
"Yes, there are many more!" Wang Huaide said ignorantly, "What do you mean by yourself, use them?"
"Dogs are smarter than you!"
Li Zhigang cursed again in his heart, sighed and continued, "I ask you, these people have a characteristic, right?"
"Features?" Wang Huaide thought for a long time.
The old boy in the countryside has never been admitted to the scholar since he was a child, he has lost all his family business, and he can't do any heavy work, and he can't let go of it. He pretends to be a scholar in front of the people, and be careful to please people who are truly famous and wealthy families.
The villagers laughed at them for being poor.
"Love face..." Wang Huaide replied tentatively, "Ask him for his own sake?"
"How did you get the position of prefect?"
Li Zhigang couldn't help but complain and said, "I'll ask you, who do they hate the most on weekdays?"
"Of course I'm a gentry..." Suddenly, Wang Huaide understood.
The old boy in the countryside never raised his head for life. Although the people laughed at him, because he read and read, he asked him to write a letter, couplet, host a wedding and keep a account, and help calculate the food during the autumn harvest!
In terms of face, these people are pretty good at old Tongsheng. They will give them some things during festivals and show respect. If they help them, they will not let old Tongsheng come back empty-handed.
A few buckets of rice, a few kilograms of wine, and occasionally some lard...
However, those gentry families, especially those with fame, are of the true colors of their old children. They don’t say anything about them, but often treat these old children who have been reading for their whole life but have not achieved anything as negative teaching materials for their children.
"These old boys have been poor all their lives, and they have also despised them for the rest of their lives!" Li Zhigang said in a row, "They still want the most shame! But they have no face in front of the squire!"
As he said, he smiled, "Isn't this kind of person ready-made?"
"The words of Master Budang will make the humble master enlightened!"
High, really high!
Once the old boys have power and have an official position, they must use the fixed power in their hands to the extreme.
Who looked down on him in the past? Who was he staring at?
Whoever doesn’t give him face, he will definitely not give him face ten times more!
Lao Tongsheng is still literate, knows how to settle accounts, and is familiar with the folk customs in the countryside and the details of the industry of each household.
The gentry are thinking about tampering with imperial grain, go to dream?
And if you say that these old children will bully the people after they come to power, they may not have the courage!
Because the people respect these old children for their sake, but they are not afraid!
Lao Tong was born alone! He was neither the landlord of the people nor the master with huge family power... He was also a poor man!
"This person is so bad!"
From the candidates for this village, Wang Huaide can see how profound Li Zhigang's insight into human nature and how accurate he grasps people's hearts.
"Use these people as village offices..." Li Zhigang said again, "They are not officials, but they are also people in the government! Is it easier to manage than gentry?"
"Yes, yes!" Wang Huaide nodded repeatedly. It is difficult for the gentry to take care of. If you have strict control, there will be people in the countryside to cause trouble! To be more serious, when the water conservancy is cleared and the city wall is repaired, the government cannot even recruit people.
"The township is staring at the gentry, and you parents are staring at the township..." Li Zhigang sneered again, "If you do things impartially and fairly, you can praise the people and guarantee the Ming Dynasty's grain tax..." As he said, mocking, "You officials can't do such a simple thing?"
"Also!" Li Zhigang said again, "There are still people who have been deriving from the prefectures! What do you think?"
"Well... it seems that Bei Zhi should be elected as a poor family..."
"It's not so stupid that it's hopeless!" Li Zhigang nodded and said, "Don't send students from medium-sized families or above. Children from poor families are the first choice, especially those from poor families who are originally from the countryside!"
"They have known the tricks in the countryside since childhood that they will not be fooled!" Wang Huaide said half of this, and the second half is hidden in his heart.
The words hidden in my heart should be those poor families in the countryside, and they have probably been very angry with the gentry since childhood!
"If you really don't have one, you only consider a middle-class family, but you must not be a child from a middle-class family!" Li Zhigang said again, "A child from a middle-class family has a very shallow eyelids and can be a good person! But those from a top-class family are thinking about being a person first and then doing things, which is too good!"
"Mr. Master Ting is very good!"
Li Zhigang smiled faintly, "Songjiang is my hometown! So at the beginning of the implementation of this new policy, Songjiang must be the first in the world!"
Wang Huaide's heart moved, and he understood the meaning of this.
"You've done it, my face looks good!" Li Zhigang said again, "You've done it, and you've done something wrong before, so Long live the matter may just be open to it..."
"The great kindness of the ministry is simply the rebirth of Huyi's parents!" Wang Huaide said gratefully, "Huiyi will do his best to live up to what the ministry has done!"
"Remember!" Li Zhigang did not listen to Wang Huaide's flattery at all, but said seriously, "You must be ruthless, accurate and quick when doing things.... Implement the matters in the imperial edict within a month and implement them in practice! If there are obstacles, don't hesitate and eliminate them directly!"
"I understand!"
Li Zhigang smiled, "I said this just now..."
Wang Huaide hurriedly said, "Don't worry, the ministry is bad, and he will never be with outsiders..."
"Hiss..." Li Zhigang said angrily, "It's time to tell outsiders that you have to say!" As he said, he said annoyed, "You'll go out later, and the prefects from other places will definitely ask you what you said when the Ministry keeps you!"
"Just tell me, what do you say!" Li Zhigang continued, "including my official telling you how to choose people from the village! Oh, don't tell me about my ancestral tomb!"
"This..." Wang Huaide couldn't understand.
Seeing him like this, Li Zhigang could only sigh, "It's so stupid!"
Li Zhigang tried his best to talk about it for a long time, hoping to tell the entire Jiangnan officialdom through Wang Huaide's mouth.
In this way, during his stay in Jiangnan, Li Zhigang could do the things that the emperor gave as quickly as possible.
The quickest thing to do is to be a great achievement for him, Li Zhigang!
At this moment, footsteps came from outside.
Immediately afterwards, Li Zhigang followed in with a sad face, "Old man, someone from my hometown sent me a message..."
"What did you say?" Li Zhigang stood up and asked, "But the ancestral tomb..."
Chapter completed!