"Sir, let me explain this slowly." Lin Feng sorted out his thoughts and said, "There are two major surnames on Fujian Road, one is Lin and the other is Chen. The Lin surname is the largest and most widely distributed in Fujian.
The road also has the longest history. The affairs that the Lin family is engaged in
There are many people, including businessmen, farmers, and workers, but they rarely get involved in the officialdom. There are many Chen surnamed people who entered the dynasty, either as officials or officials, and they are intricately connected, forming a huge Chen surname network. This network is everywhere.
It can be said that the officialdom of Fujian Road is basically dominated by people with the Chen surname.
Control. The land measurement mentioned by the young master reminds me of a past event. It must have been 70 years ago. The imperial court once conducted an inventory and verification of the boundary of Fujian Road. At that time, it started from Quanzhou Prefecture. The imperial court appointed Fujian Tidian
Chen Gongliang, the prisoner, and Zhu, the magistrate of Zhangzhou,
Xi jointly dealt with the border boundary of Zhangzhou, Quan and Tingzhou, but due to the opposition of the powerful and powerful, it could not be implemented. As a result, the entire Fujian Road border definition could not be carried out, and finally nothing was done. Since then, the DPRK and China had no control over the border.
I simply ignored the sutra world here."
"It seems that the boundary problem of Fujian Road has been around for a long time."
"My lord, that's exactly what happened. In the past two years, Prime Minister Jia Chen wanted to promote the public land law on both Zhejiang Road and Fujian Road. Once again, he encountered collective resistance from the powerful people in Fujian Road, but nothing happened. The first emperor died and the new emperor came to the throne.
, the Ministry of Commerce’s Official Land Division once again measured the land on Fujian Road, and the local governments also collectively ignored it, resorted to fraud, deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors, and used various methods.”
"Then the Fujian Zhizhi envoy doesn't care? I remember that the Zhezhi envoy Shi Hongsheng is not from Fujian, and our dynasty's laws on land are relatively complete."
"Haha, you don't know something. The real speaker of Fujian Road is not Mr. Shi Hongsheng, but Mr. Chen Xinshu, deputy envoy and deputy envoy of Xuanfu. Mr. Chen is also the leader of the clans surnamed Chen in Fujian Road. These are
The situation has almost become an open secret in the official circles of Fujian Road. As for the law, I think it is the same for other roads. To describe it in one sentence, it is in name only, and it is not correct for the superior."
"Isn't it always like this?"
"Alas!" Lin Feng sighed, "Sir, although my Lin family has lived in Fujian for a long time, we have contacts with people from all walks of life. In our free time, we will also talk about the customs of various places. The basic situation is the same everywhere. The government is corrupt and corrupt at all levels.
Xiang, if you are not corrupt, you will not be able to integrate into it at all, but will be ostracized. The laws of our court can only be applied to those common people who have no power."
I was silent for a moment and said: "This will eventually change. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he is determined to make changes. Although the bad habits in the court are deeply rooted, I believe that the court will not let them continue like this."
"I hope so. Since the late Emperor Duan Ping's transformation, the officialdom has become darker and darker."
"By the way, Master Lin, doesn't Shi Hongsheng know these things?"
"Sir, Lord Shi may or may not know."
"How do you say this?"
"Young master is not an outsider, so Lin said something that shouldn't be said. It was a big mistake for the imperial court to appoint Master Shi as the envoy of Fujian Road. Master Shi is well versed in literary talent, but he is not familiar with officialdom at all. In the martial arts world of Fujian Road,
There is a saying that four years ago, when Lord Shi took office, he was robbed by bandits and was rescued by Chen Xinshu, who was returning home to visit his relatives.
Your Excellency was also a Jinshi during the reign of the late Emperor, and he had quite a lot of articles in mind. Once the two of them talked, they admired each other and felt that they had met each other at a late age. When Master Shi took office, there were many guards accompanying him, so naturally the few bandits did not dare to confront him.
He did it, and there are no groups of bandits in my area of Fujian Road, so everyone is secretly guessing that these bandits are people pretending to be sent by Chen Xinshu."
"Really, there is such a story?"
"It's just a guess and there is no evidence. After Lord Shi took office, he was grateful for Chen Xinshu's life-saving grace and trusted him very much. Seeing that he was very knowledgeable and well aware of the situation on Fujian Road, he recommended Chen Xinshu to the imperial court.
The deputy commissioner was fully responsible for all government affairs on Fujian Road. Chen Xinshu was indeed somewhat capable. In addition, Fujian Road had not been affected by the Mongolian war in recent years, which led to the development of the entire Fujian Road.
Rapidly, Quanzhou and Fuzhou among them have surpassed the ports on the Liangzhe Road in one fell swoop and become the top two large ports in our country. In this way, Mr. Shi can rest assured that he is only in charge of teaching, so in the past few years
Fujian Road's Jinshi candidates have always been among the best. It was precisely because of his trust in Chen Xinshu that Mr. Shi never asked about the government affairs of Fujian Road. That's why Lin said it was possible or impossible."
I nodded and said, "Then according to the wishes of the village owner, does Chen Xinshu still contribute to Fujian Road?"
"It's hard to say." Lin Feng thought for a while and said, "Sir, it depends on what angle you look at it from. Lin gave an inappropriate example. Suppose the profit earned by Chen Xinshu's industry was 5-10 taels.
Ten taels of silver were obtained, and seven taels should be handed over to the national treasury, while the other three taels should be used for local development and
Construction, but Chen Xinshu only turned over 4 taels to the national treasury and spent 3 taels on the local government. However, he earned 3 taels of silver. This is one situation. In another situation, Chen Xinshu only earned 5 taels of silver and paid 3 taels to the national treasury.
, the local area is one, two, five, and I don’t get a penny. Do you think that situation is more beneficial to the country?”
I didn't expect Lin Feng to raise such a question. How to distribute the interests between the country, localities and individuals is a question with no standard answer. It can only be measured according to the pros and cons in different periods and locations.
, to make a suitable choice, it is only a suitable choice. As for whether it is correct or not, we can only leave it to history to comment and test.
Everything has its pros and cons, and as long as the pros outweigh the cons and it's innocuous, it should be a suitable choice.
Society is inclusive and allows all kinds of things to exist, even extreme things such as light and darkness, beauty and ugliness.
I suddenly laughed: "Master Lin, you are knowledgeable, and very cutting-edge. It's just that your question is a question without a unified answer, and different conclusions will be drawn from different angles. My opinion is that in
As long as it does not violate the laws of human development, anything that benefits the country and the people is feasible. In any dynasty, only
Only when the country is rich and the people are strong can it be invincible, so it depends on Chen Xinshu's starting point. What he does is for the country, the people, or for himself. If it is just for his own personal gain, then no matter how much money he earns,
These are all undesirable. Moreover, corruption violates the laws of our government and should also be punished."
"Well, that makes sense."
I didn't answer directly, and I didn't know if Lin Feng understood. I continued, "This is a matter for the imperial court. Just let them worry about it."
Lin Feng also smiled and said: "My dear, sir, we will inform you as soon as we have news about the other two matters."
"Okay, thanks to the owner of the village."
"Young Master just said that we are a family, why are we seeing each other again now?"
"So soon? Master, you might as well live here, it's very close to the city anyway."
"No need, I'll stay in the city."
"Then it won't be too late for the young master to leave after dinner."
"There's no need to be polite, owner, we'd better go into the city and eat again."
"Okay then. Lin Ying, go and call Chen Miao. Young Master, this Chen Miao is a disciple of my Lin family. He grew up in Fuzhou Prefecture and is very familiar with the roads. Let him and Lin Ying follow you."
When you enter the city, you can use me as a messenger while you are in Fuzhou. Firstly, I can show you the way, and secondly, it can also facilitate communication."
"Okay, I really like Sister Lin who is so beautiful. Now I have a companion." Fang Ling chuckled and agreed on my behalf.
It might be a lot more convenient to have people from the Lin family here. Since ancient times, strong dragons cannot overwhelm local cowards. If I refuse again, it seems a little unkind.