Chapter 203 This may involve Zhou Dexing and other founding generals! (First update)
Xia Zhibai returned to the salt shop.
It was very lively outside the salt shop.
Seeing Xia Zhibai come back, Jing Man said with a smile: "Sir, as soon as you left, a lot of people came outside the store, all looking for news. These people in the city are really well-informed. I thought We still need to tell the news about the chief’s return, but they did it for us.”
Jing Man looked like he was smiling.
Xia Zhibai chuckled lightly. He turned back, looked around, and nodded: "It seems that many people are still thinking about me after I have been away for so long. It doesn't matter. They can just watch if they want. Just treat it as recruiting for our store." Popularity."
"Also."
"Don't call me sir anymore."
"This title sounds awkward." "I have just been appointed as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy by His Majesty."
"Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy?" Jing Man was stunned for a moment and thought about it in his mind. He didn't expect that the Hanlin Academy had such an official position. As a civil servant, he had longed for the Hanlin Academy for a long time, and he was even more interested in the situation of the Hanlin Academy. He understands extremely well, even more than Xia Zhibai knows.
See this.
Xia Zhibai said lightly: "This is newly established by His Majesty."
"It can be regarded as a genuine fifth grade."
"A genuine fifth grade?" Jing's eyes instantly filled with tears. It lit up, and his face was full of excitement.
He was really delighted.
Although Xia Zhibai was the number one scholar in the past, he was not awarded a formal official position and was always regarded as a floating official. This kind of floating official with unclear rank made them, the civil servants who were ordered, It was very uncomfortable, and there was a feeling of being devolved, especially when Xia Zhibai claimed to be a 'business official'.
Businessmen have a very low status.
The status of business officials is naturally not high.
At the same time, they were also looked down upon by many civil servants. Jing Man, Fang Mo and others had been holding back a fire in their hearts, otherwise no civil servant would choose to leak the secret, just want to jump ship, don't want to No matter how inferior I am to others, I don't want to be looked at in a different light.
Everything is different now.
Xia Zhibai is the fifth grade.
The official position is still higher than that of Hua Lun, Lian Zining and other Jinshi.
Even taller than many officials in the imperial court, their waists can be straightened in one go.
This is not the most important thing.
The most important thing is that Xia Zhibai's official position has also made a rumor self-explanatory, that is, Xia Zhibai has angered His Majesty, and His Majesty will not entrust him with important tasks. Now with Xia Zhibai being appointed as Hanlin Academicians of the academy, no matter how much they look down on them with this intention, they don’t dare to look down on them anymore.
Jing Man said solemnly: "Jing Man has seen a bachelor."
Xia Zhibai twitched his lips slightly, rolled his eyes, and said speechlessly: "I just I'm telling you this, I didn't ask you to go online. I take titles very lightly. I know you have been under a lot of pressure and are slowly getting better now."
Jing Man chuckled and scratched his head. He scratched his head: "That's for sure."
"The bachelor was last year's top pick, how can ordinary people compare to him?"
"Li Sheng and other people who ran out were afraid that their intestines would turn green when they heard that your Excellency was appointed as a fifth-grade bachelor."
Xia Zhibai shook his head with a wry smile.
He could understand Jing Man's mood. After Jing Man, Fang Mo and other civil servants were transferred here, they were considered to be on his side. If he was left out, they would also be left out, but Xia Xia before Zhibai rarely understands this.
He always naively thinks that he can change things by doing things.
But after a trip to the north, his ideas changed a lot.
Come from reality and go to reality.
What he needs is a fight!
What is needed is to cultivate or win over a large number of like-minded people, who may even be temporary fellow travelers. During the nine months of walking in the north, he gradually realized the local people's affection for the Ming Dynasty. Simple gratitude and dependence psychology.
From ancient times to the present, for thousands of years.
Local people are accustomed to obeying the court's arrangements and rarely make their own judgments on current affairs in the world.
As for judging whether the political line is correct or not, no one cares about it, not to mention local people, even local officials. He does want to improve the status of workers and peasants, but what can the improved workers and peasants do?
They have never directly managed a factory or a country, nor have they accumulated relevant experience, nor have they had any experience in fighting against the scholar-official class.
So it is difficult for them to get up and fight.
Eventually.
Xia Zhibai only thought of one possibility.
Even after the workers and peasants rise up, one of them and the scholar-bureaucrat class will definitely be purged, and it will be the purge of the entire class. This is also destined. This method is too extreme, and it is basically impossible to fight.
Workers and peasants need time to make progress.
The only thing he has to do now is to carry out ideological transformation.
At the same time accelerate the progress of local workers and peasants.
His top priority is not to develop ideas or rhetoric, but to develop the economy. Only when the economy improves and the number of workers and peasants increases, can their backbone be straightened up. .
Economic development is the top priority.
“Let’s work first.” Xia Zhibai ordered, then turned and returned to his study.
Jing Man nodded, raised his head high, and stood in the shop like a victorious rooster.
Back to the study.
Xia Zhibai spread out a piece of paper, grinding ink while thinking.
Subsequently.
He began to write.
He gave a lot of promises in the north this time.
If you want the approval of the local chief secretary, you will naturally have to pay some price.
The first thing is to attract people to the north.
There is a shortage of people in the north.
After a long period of war, the population has fled seriously. Even many military households have fled. Many of them are fake couples who went north. After settling down, they ran away directly. Many chief ministers in the northern chief minister These are all headaches. The court only cares about sending people away and does not care about the follow-up.
In these years, Zhu Yuanzhang moved many people to the north, but many of them ran back privately.
There was another Northern Expedition two years ago. The north finally recovered some of its strength. After this great battle, it was again depleted.
The local chief secretary allowed himself to take away the salt market, but at the same time he also gave requirements. He must attract people to the north, preferably young and strong, and those who can bring families are the best. Of course, they will also give a certain amount of land. support.
Anyway, these fields are still deserted.
Think about it.
Xia Zhibai still had his mind set on the establishment.
This is currently the most attractive and most tempting to local kitchen households.
Xia Zhibai began to write.
The next day.
Kyoto Salt Transport Division.
The current salt transport envoy has heard the news.
Xia Zhibai was appointed as a bachelor of the fifth rank of Hanlin Academy.
Wei Heng did not dare to neglect, and quickly called Yuntong, Deputy Yun and other officials of the Salt Transportation Department to discuss how to deal with it.
When everyone arrived, Wei Heng said in a deep voice: "You have heard the news, right? Xia Zhibai is back and was appointed as a fifth-rank official by His Majesty. Although the official position is below me, he also He also serves as the Minister of Wenyuan Pavilion and can already observe some political affairs, which is very disadvantageous to us."
Qi Quan looked at him coldly and asked probingly: "What did Mr. Xu say?"
Wei Heng glanced at Qi Quan coldly and said, "Master Xu has been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, so how can he care about our affairs?"
Wei Heng did not accept this issue at all.
Affected by the Guo Huan case last year, many officials from the Six Ministries were dismissed. Their former boss, Xu Ben, was a blessing in disguise and rose through the ranks. Now he is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Xu Ben also secretly instructed the Salt Transportation Department to design and steal the steam engine blueprints. I mean, how can you explain this kind of thing clearly?
And they didn’t dare to blame Ben Xu for the trouble.
Otherwise there will be another ‘Guo Huan Case’, and I’m afraid they won’t be able to save their heads.
Tian Jing closed his eyes slightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "What is Xia Zhibai's attitude towards Li Sheng now?"
Wei Heng and others looked at each other and shook their heads. He shook his head and said: "I don't know. This Xia Zhibai has been living in seclusion since he came back. Except for summoning His Majesty, he basically lives in the salt shop. He doesn't see anyone at all, and he doesn't make any news to the outside world."
"This man is a thorn."
"Now that he is qualified to participate in government affairs, if Li Sheng's matter is reported, I'm afraid we will not have an easy time."
Wei Heng also said: The face is cloudy.
They didn't take Xia Zhibai seriously before.
What can an unworthy business official do even if he knows that he was ordered by them?
What's more, the deal is already done, what can Xia Zhibai do to them?
But it’s different now.
Xia Zhibai was awarded the fifth-grade official position and could participate in political secrets. This is a sign of being reused. If Xia Zhibai holds a grudge against them because of this matter and cannot protect them in the future, they will You will suffer a big loss if you grow old.
Qi Quan was also very annoyed.
They did plot against Xia Zhibai.
But how can they not be able to control certain things?
Such a low salt price in the Kyoto salt shop has long fallen into the eyes of many people. Xia Zhibai is not around, so he will naturally be missed.
When they got these drawings, they did not hide any secrets and donated them early. Zhou Dexing, Wang Bi and others who are currently stationed in Chudi used the drawings to secretly open salt in the local area. factory.
I have made a lot of money in the past six months.
In fact, they are not afraid of Xia Zhibai, but they are afraid that Xia Zhibai will cling to him, because people like Zhou Dexing, Wang Bi and others will never get into trouble, but they are not sure. When His Majesty is angered, If they can't all be saved, their heads will fall to the ground.
Naturally they were panicked.
Tian Jing touched his chin and thought: "How about going to have some contact with Xia Zhibai?"
"Tell me the whole story clearly?"
"If If Xia Zhibai really doesn’t want to, then it’s Li Sheng who killed him, and we didn’t know about it. As long as we don’t admit it, Master Xu and the others can’t protect us. Of course, it’s very possible that we are scaring ourselves.”< br>
“Xia Zhibai really dares to take action against us?”
"He is only a fifth-rank official now, Mr. Wei, you are a third-rank official."
"And some time ago, the salt transport envoy in the Jiangnan region sent some memorials, saying that there was something wrong with the drawings given by Li Sheng , a lot of time, money and food were wasted, and the salt production efficiency is not high. If we put this evidence in front of Xia Zhibai, he can't still blame us, right?"
"After all."
"This involves Jiang Xiahou and others."
Hearing this.
Wei Heng's eyes lit up.
He thought for a moment, nodded and said: "This is also a way. Instead of throwing a trap, why not take the initiative, otherwise we will just stare at us, wouldn't we be taken advantage of? They will take advantage of it, but they will risk it." Of course, I have to bear it too."
"Tian Jing, this is your idea, you are responsible for it."
Tian Jing's eyes widened in disbelief.
Wei Heng's eyes flashed with impatience and he said: "That's it."
Immediately, Wei Heng seemed to have thought of something, a cold look flashed in his eyes, and said: "This Xia Zhibai is really a troublemaker, but if we can take the opportunity to deal with these troublesome things, it may not be a bad thing. At least we will have to deal with them." Take it out."
"Then let him fend for himself."
"By the way, let's put some things on Li Sheng's head."
< br>“It’s considered waste utilization.”
(End of this chapter)