Chapter 266 Don’t speculate!
Facing Xia Zhibai's sudden attack, everyone was unexpected.
No one expected Xia Zhibai to be so determined.
Zhou Ziliang, who originally didn’t want to say anything more, couldn’t sit still at this moment and said: “Xia Qin Envoy, is this a bit too hasty? After all, there are many people involved in the salt affairs matter. And if too many salt dealers ignore it, it will cause a huge panic in the local area about salt shortage."
"I'm afraid there will be chaos in the south."
"We'll wait until Commissioner Xia Qin understands the actual situation in the area."
"What do you think, Commissioner Xia Qin?"
Zhou Ziliang sounded a bit questioning, but his tone was very tough.
Xia Zhibai had a stern look on his face. He glanced at Zhou Ziliang indifferently, as if he didn't understand the tone of Zhou Ziliang's words. He shook his head and said: "Why did Zhou Zhibai say this? Things in the south have been stirred up. If the people of the world are resolved as soon as possible, the world will be able to live in peace sooner. Besides, isn’t this what Zhou Zhengzheng wants?”
“This matter should be resolved sooner rather than later!”
"I've been passing these words over for a while."
"Is it because some people don't cooperate, don't accept, and deliberately delay that I and others have to wait here? This requires How long can I wait? Can the government of Zhejiang, Fujian and other places afford to wait? Rebellious to the people."
"The court must take strict measures!"
"Only by taking action can we deter Xiaoxiao and bring peace to the world as soon as possible."
"This matter is settled."
Xia Zhibai's tone was also very tough, leaving no room for relaxation.
Zhou Ziliang’s expression changed.
He looked deeply at Xia Zhibai. His hands hidden in his sleeves had already been clenched into fists, but his face was still calm. He said gloomily: "Since Xia Qinchen insists on this, I will It’s not easy to dissuade, but I said before that the Chief Secretary of Zhejiang will fully cooperate.”
“I will do what I say”
"I will send a message later to inform the following of Xia Qin's intentions."
"It's just that time is urgent. I can't guarantee the outcome."
"Thank you very much for Zhou's participation in politics. Yes." Xia Zhibai bowed his hand towards Zhou Ziliang with a grateful expression.
Zhou Ziliang turned his head and ignored it.
At this time, Li Benmo only felt his scalp numb.
Three days is too tight.
I am afraid that many businessmen from the salt factory will not be able to arrive.
If this is true, many salt factories may be confiscated. He cannot afford such a big loss.
At this point, although Li Benmo was very reluctant, he had to bite the bullet and get up. He bowed slightly to Xia Zhibai and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the three days have been a bit too long. Short, the transportation in the south is really convenient, but it takes a lot of time from the adults to issue orders, to the local authorities to make decisions, and to send people later, especially in Fujian and other places, where the mountains are high and the roads are long. I am worried that there may be many people. People can’t get there.”
“Can’t get there?” Xia Zhibai said coldly, “I don’t think I can’t get there.”
"The waterway in the south is clear. Three days is enough for them to leave, unless they have not decided before."
"Besides."
"As you said before, in the past The Salt Transportation Department is responsible for production and sales, and now it is only responsible for tax collection. This naturally means that production and sales fall into the hands of these salt factories. I have learned about some situations through businessmen. Businessmen have their own transportation channels, and sometimes they are actually better than the official channel. "Hurry up."
"Envoy Li Yanyun, you don't need to speak for the merchants."
Li Benmo shook his head and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, I still think it's inappropriate."
"Especially that your Excellency actually wants to confiscate the salt factory facilities, which really scares me. How is such behavior different from thieves and bandits?"
"After all, we represent the face of the court."
“How can you act like a robber?”
Li Benmo spoke plausibly and expressed his protest.
Xia Zhibai disagreed. He looked at Li Benmo indifferently and chuckled: "Envoy Li Yanyun, as I said before, it's not that I am reckless, but that they are disrespectful to the court. If they are really serious in their hearts, If you are in awe of the imperial court, how can you not arrive if you get up early and rush on your way? ”
"Even if you don't make a decision at the beginning, you can still discuss it while walking."
"As long as there are no problems in your thinking, there are always more solutions than difficulties."
"Now we focus on the difficulties and talk about things. Isn’t that telling the people of the world that they don’t take the court’s words to heart?”
“So this is not an act of banditry, but a punishment for disrespecting the court.”
Li Benmo shook his head and said: "You can't say that."
"Salt is a necessity for people's lives. If something goes wrong, I can't bear the blame."
"You can't bear it, Xia Qinchen."
Xia Zhibai sneered and said disdainfully: "It seems that you didn't listen to me seriously. As I said before, I brought a large number of engineers and the latest salt-making machines when I came here this time. Salt is indeed a necessity of life, but it is not available overnight. If you don’t eat, you will die.”
“Not to mention that it is late autumn, and people will choose to eat less.”
“Salt consumption will be much smaller.”
"What you are worried about is that these merchants are causing trouble, disrupting the normal production and sales of local salt, and then causing local riots. But you think too highly of them. Things are different now. In the past, salt production was done by kitchen households. Once the kitchen households do it, If there is a problem, the price of salt will fluctuate greatly."
"So stabilizing the supply of salt is an important task of the local government."
"But now"
"What is a machine?"
"It is a tool to reduce human labor."
"It doesn't take many people to make more and better salt."
"And people can run, but machines can't run in a short time No, even if they damage the machine, I have a hundred ways to repair it and rework it quickly. I can even directly ask the kitchen owner to resume production to ensure the short-term supply of salt.”
"As for the reduced supply of salt."
"It can be easily solved."
"Because I have the latest technology, technology that can increase more production, and when I went south this time, I decided to close down the extra salt factories in the south and restore the salt market in the south to normal. "The world has always valued agriculture and suppressed business."
"The imperial court allows merchants to serve, and merchants are worthy of it. If the imperial court does not allow it, merchants can only stand obediently." Squatting in the corner."
"If they really dare to provoke the people and cause unrest in the place,"
"The five thousand soldiers I brought are not vegetarians."
"Then use violence to control war!"
"The imperial court will never give in to illegality."
"This is the bottom line."
Xia Zhibai's words were full of With murderous intent.
Everyone can feel Xia Zhibai's determination and ruthlessness.
He seemed to have been ready to go on a killing spree, and he didn't take the businessman seriously at all.
Even if there are people behind these businessmen.
He still doesn’t care.
He only knows that if someone refuses to obey, then he will be forced to submit, and if he does not obey, he will be killed!
"I have put the words here. How to spread them is your business. I only want the results." Looking up, no one dared to look directly into Xia Zhibai's eyes.
Xia Zhibai added: "Besides that."
"In three days, I will see the list of people who came to attend the workers' meeting."
"What I want is from Zaohu. The list is not just a fake list, and the local officials must also be present."
"To solve problems, you must have a problem-solving attitude."
"Don't show up in front of others, hide everything. What’s going on behind the scenes?”
"Are Ming officials so shameless?"
"So guilty?"
"I don't think so."
"If you want to solve it systematically, just We must face these problems head-on.”
“We must not only face the problems of the government, but also the problems of merchants. We must also solve the needs of kitchen households and the people. Only the demands of all parties will be listened to. , and all of them have been taken into consideration, so that the salt policy problem in the south can be fundamentally solved.”
"I, Xia Zhibai, will not do anything to stop the boiling water."
"Besides."
"Note-takers must be arranged for both conferences to record the proceedings of the meeting together with the speeches. Write it down so that you can bring it back to Tianfu in the future and give it to your majesty for review. It can also give officials all over the world a practical example of how to solve the problem. Even if it ends up being wrong, it still has its research value. "
" So you should think more about it after you go down.”
“Think more carefully.”
"After all, what you bear on your shoulders is not the stability of your family, but the stability of the millions of people in the entire Chief Secretary."
"The burden is very heavy, and the responsibility is also very important."
Xia Zhibai glanced at the entire audience, and then sat down directly.
He poured himself a cup of tea and moistened his throat. After talking so much in one breath, his throat was a little dry.
The whole place was dead silent.
Zhou Ziliang and others had faces as pale as pig liver.
The expression on his face was extremely aggrieved.
They didn’t expect that Xia Zhibai would be so ‘rogue’, so they made it clear directly that he was not representing himself, he was representing the current His Majesty. Xia Zhibai put this sentence here, and then said it openly They were given a bunch of 'requirements' that they had to obey.
They are all respectable people, have they ever been so cowardly?
Not to mention how angry I am.
The key is that they still have nothing to do with Xia Zhibai.
Because Xia Zhibai can really reach the sky, and he really dares to do so.
He did things openly, spelled out everything he had to do, and told them so, but they just couldn't come up with other ideas. The official level is overwhelming, let alone Xia Zhibai. The one who came out is still His Majesty.
This is enough to crush them.
Zhou Ziliang snorted coldly. No matter how good-tempered he was, he couldn't keep his face down.
He waved his sleeves and said: "Since the imperial envoy has made a decision, I will not give any more advice. I only hope that the imperial envoy can relieve the people's worries as soon as possible."
"I still have political affairs to deal with, so I won't accompany you. .”
Finished.
Zhou Ziliang stood up and left directly.
But before leaving, he still forced out a dry smile and made a gesture to Tang He.
He still didn't dare to shame Tang He.
With Zhou Ziliang taking the lead, the other officials looked at each other and stood up one after another. They each found a reason and left in a hurry. After a while, Xia was the only person attending the banquet in Nuo Da's restaurant. Zhibai and his party were six people.
Hua Lun and others looked at each other.
They really didn’t expect that Xia Zhibai had such an aggressive personality.
Zhou Ziliang was already very talkative, but Xia Zhibai's few words made people look anxious.
What else can one say?
Xia Zhibai's face was calm, as if he didn't take what was happening in front of him to heart. He picked up the chopsticks, took the remaining fish skin on the plate into his mouth, and said: "Brother Ding, wait a minute. I will remember to organize and record the events at this banquet and send them to Yingtian Mansion."
Hearing this.
Ding Zhifang was stunned.
He looked at Xia Zhibai blankly, with doubt and surprise on his face and said: "Do you really want to report these to the police?"
(End of this chapter)