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Chen Zhengtai glanced at Li Shimin and then said, "This portrait is actually a kind of expressing feelings between the superiors and the superiors. If you want to express feelings between the superiors and the superiors, you still can't do it by relying on the clerks to go to the countryside, because over time, there will always be a way to escape."

"Hmm?" Li Shimin glanced at Chen Zhengtai, a little unexpected.

He still thought that Chen Zhengtai was just trying to please his own favor.

Of course, Li Shimin was naturally full of joy. Think about it, who can be like me in these emperors of all dynasties?

But even though he is happy, Chen Zhengtai's original intention was originally speculated that he was just to please him. Of course, if someone else did such a thing, a very smart person like Li Shimin would only think that this person was too flattering.

But the one who did this was his disciple, so... it only means that his disciple was grateful to his mentor.

In fact, this is because Zhizi suspects his neighbor. His son and his apprentice do something, which is called filial piety. If others do it, they may doubt his intentions.

But when Li Shimin heard Chen Zhengtai say that there were some considerations behind this statue, he couldn't help but cheer up and couldn't help asking, "Why?"

Chen Zhengtai said: "Why are the people afraid of minor officials? The fundamental reason is that they have never seen much of the world. An ordinary citizen may not even see his own county magistrate in his life. The only ones who can deal with them are the officials and the village chief."

"These two may be inconspicuous in the eyes of Your Majesty, but when they come to the people, they represent His Majesty and the court. To break this mentality, if this holy image can be admired by people day and night, the people will only know that no matter what grievances there are in the world, there will be people in this world who will make decisions for them."

Chen Zhengtai paused and then said, "What this actually involves is psychological problems. Just like reading history, people will inevitably look down on the characters from the past as they read too many of the eternal heroes in history books."

"For example, when people mentioned Liao Hua, they always felt that this person was just an inconspicuous little person among the Three Kingdoms. But in fact, he was the General of the Right Cavalry, and was appointed as the governor of Bingzhou and the Marquis of Zhongxiang. He was a great minister. At that time, people at that time must have awe of him after hearing his name. But if they read historical books, they found that this person was so small that some people even joked about him. This is because Liao Hua seemed small in front of many people who were well-known. Today, there was a statue of his mentor, and the people saw a lot, so they naturally rely on His Majesty's holy dictatorship and would not be mercilessly at the mercy of the officials."

"It seems that this seems inappropriate. If the people are not afraid of officials, how can the court govern the people? But if everyone is afraid of officials, then in people's hearts, hasn't this official become an emperor who can determine their life and death? The life and death of the people are all subject to minor officials. Then when people develop resentment towards officials, in the end, they are still their mentors. It is not necessarily a bad thing to break this demon in their hearts."

Li Shimin didn't know whether it was good or bad, but after carefully savoring Chen Zhengtai's words, he felt that it made some sense.

At least in this Song Village, what he saw and heard was much more peaceful than in other places.

Li Shimin then knelt down. The man's house was still barely covered, but looking spotless, he was well cleaned up. Even the cushions on the straw on the ground seemed to have no unconcealed smell.

After a while, the man came back and saluted Li Shimin again.

Li Shimin smiled and said, "No need to be polite, but your kindness makes people disturb you."

"Where is it?" said the man seriously, "It is necessary to have a guest come and have a meal. It is hard for you to inspect. And this time, if the county had not sent someone to harvest us, I really don't know what to do. Besides, the county will not collect our money and grain for the next few years, and the land will be replaced. In fact,... the court's mouth divides the land and Yongye fields are enough for us to cultivate, and can support ourselves, and even some surplus grain. For example, my family has more than 60 acres of land. As long as it is not like before, it is divided into ten miles away, how can it be hungry? The family only has a few mouths and cannot finish it. Now the county official also says that it will promote new grain plants next year, called potatoes, and try to plant a few acres of land at home, saying it is very high-yield. In this way, how can there be no food?"

After a pause, the man said: "Not only that, the Governor's Office has also made plans for our surplus grains, saying that in the future... everyone has enough food and can't finish it, isn't it bad? Therefore... on the one hand, he said that he hopes to take out some land to plant mulberry and hemp. At that time, the county will find a way to buy the mulberry and hemp we have with some newly built textile workshops in Yangzhou for textile making. On the other hand, he also needs to introduce some chickens and pig breeds to us. With the remaining coarse grains, it can be used to raise chickens and pigs."

Speaking of this, the man smiled and then said, "The announcement was written. It was clear. There were other civil servants in the county occasionally coming to record the number of chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep in the village, as well as mulberry fields and marijuana fields, saying that they might be introduced next year."

"So..." the man said sincerely: "What is this meal? It's just a simple meal. I'm afraid it won't be the appetite of the officials."

This man spoke very well, obviously because he had been dealing with officials for a long time, he gradually began to learn some truth from doing things.

But he has a simple side, so he speaks very seriously and makes people feel sincere.

After hearing this, Li Shimin secretly praised in his heart, such a person...if he hadn't been in this side country, how could he have thought that this was just an ordinary villager?

In fact, this is how people are. The people who are confused are just because they have little knowledge. They are not born stupid, and they are particularly good at studying. They have more contact with this notice and have more contact with people like Zeng Du. People will unknowingly change their thinking and begin to have their own ideas and behaviors, and they are no longer as timid and unintentional as before.

Li Shimin felt very pleased and smiled and said, "In this way, you will have a good life in the future."

"It's not just a good day." Speaking of this, the man seemed very excited: "When it's a few days, it's about to start winter. When the weather gets cold, water conservancy will be built. It's said that it's water conservancy, which is related to the quality of our arable land. Therefore... I have to find a way to build a reservoir. When the flood comes, water can be stored. When it comes to drought, water can be released to irrigate. I heard that many masters from Guanzhong are now gathering to discuss the matter of this reservoir. As for how to build it, I don't know."

Li Shimin nodded: "Yes, you should prepare for the slack season. Otherwise, if the harvest of a year is affected by a little famine, it will be washed away completely."

When Li Shimin said it was good, he glanced at Chen Zhengtai.

He seemed to remember something, and then looked at the man steadily, and then said, "In this way, you are willing to do the labor service?"

The man said without thinking: "Why are you unwilling to do it? I don't say that this is for the century-old plan of the descendants of our Song Village. The official's announcement this time also made it very clear that if you are in labor service, you don't have to bring food. You have three meals a day, and each meal is guaranteed to have a pound of rice, one or two dishes, and you will see meat in three days. Otherwise, you will be held responsible for the official. And according to the construction period, you will also give two big money a day. The two money is a little less, but it is better than nothing. After working in winter, you can save it and buy a new piece of clothing for your wife and children to have a good New Year."

The man looked full of hope, and he seemed to be full of confidence in his future life.

Immediately afterwards, he couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect that there would be such a peaceful world today. I used to be afraid of going to the countryside when I saw the servants, but now I hope they will come, for fear that they will forget us. This Governor Chen is indeed a personal disciple of the emperor. He truly loves the people as his son and thinks carefully everywhere. I, Song Aliu, now I am looking forward to finding ways to save some money in the future and let the children read some books. Just read and read, and don't ask him to have any talent. In the future, he will be a civil servant. Even if he doesn't become a civil servant, he can read and understand official documents by himself. Oh, yes, he can also be a doctor."

It turns out that this man is named Song Aliu.

Li Shimin thought to himself that he had just been asking questions, but he forgot to ask his name. Li Shimin was in a very good mood at this time. He couldn't help but think of four words in his mind - "Political and People's Harmony". If these four words are done, it is really too difficult to do [Biquge www.baquku.com].

"Be a doctor?" Li Shimin was still a little surprised by this.

Song Aliu nodded seriously and said, "A few days ago, the county was recruiting people who could barely recognize some words to the county, saying that they wanted to teach some medical knowledge simply. When they returned to each village in the future, they could also treat people in their spare time. One of them went to the village. It has been two months since we arrived in the county, and it has not been back yet, but I thought that I had finished my studies before the New Year, so I should go back."

"In the past, there were no doctors in our village. If we got sick, we had to go to the market dozens of miles away or the county, but... the prices were expensive there, and we were usually minor illnesses. But once we were sent, we almost couldn't make it, and it was a word of death. But if there was a doctor in our village, occasionally getting dizzy and hot, and I think... it would be beneficial. And I heard that what they learned was mainly disease prevention and treatment. We don't know what to do after we finished learning, and we only know that learning things is better than anything else."

Li Shimin was surprised. He was really thoughtful enough, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was comprehensive.

After a while, Song Aliu's wife came to serve the meal.

It was really simple to eat, but there was still a lot of rice. In a real bowl of rice, there were fewer oil stars, only some unknown dishes. The only solemn one was a small bowl of bacon. This bacon was obviously used to entertain guests, and Song Aliu's chopsticks did not move.

Li Shimin had no intention of disdain at all. He ate it simply and said in a good mood: "I came here and saw this. I was so relieved and gratifying. Yangzhou... Although the people still have a hard time, compared to other prefectures, it is like "The Paradise" written by Mr. Tao."

Song Aliu smiled and then said, "Aren't you all lucky to Governor Chen and his mentor? Otherwise, who cares about our lives or death?"

He seemed satisfied and grateful.

In fact, in terms of the standards of later generations, Song Aliu was even more extremely poor than the extreme poverty, and was almost no different from the situation of beggars on the street.

But this is how people are. The reason why they have hope for life now is because they were even more miserable in the past.

The change in Yangzhou is actually very simple, it is just a process from zero to ten. If the entire answer sheet is 100 points, it is the easiest to step from zero to ten, but it is the most difficult. This kind of progress is almost distinguishable by the naked eye. In this world, it will be like a paradise.

Chen Zhengtai also smiled with sincerity, and he was very happy that everyone's quality of life would improve.

In fact, he only arrested one thing in the Governor's Office, which was to inform the officials from both sides, so he severely punished the officials. Instead, he did less other things. Of course, it is also essential to use some Erpigou's resources.

For example, Erpigou needs a lot of mulberry and hemp for textiles, and Yangzhou also needs to introduce a lot of industries. This is the basis of future taxation. In addition, it is to use aristocratic clans as an operation, because it is very simple. The operation of the government requires taxation. If you do not accept aristocratic clans, you must exploit the people.

Last time, the tax camp directly broke through the Wang family in Yangzhou, searched the property, and confiscated the three times the tax they had hidden. The effect was immediately effective.

Seeing this, other aristocratic races dared to evade taxes? So they cursed, and obediently reported their real population and land situation, and obediently paid the money and grain.

The money and grain paid by a clan is much more than the taxes paid by thousands of ordinary people. They are truly big families. After all, they have hundreds of years of savings and a large population, so there is no need to mention arable land.

The Yangzhou treasury suddenly became abundant, and naturally there was extra money and grain to implement favorable good policies.

Li Shimin came out of Song Aliu's house with a slight smile and saw that some of the officials were still having dinner in the house, while others came out in groups of three or three.

They probably asked about some of the situation, but at this moment... they couldn't say a word.

To be honest, if we don’t have what we saw and heard in Luhua Village before, we can still speak loudly, but compared with Yangzhou and Xia Pi, we can be said to be one in the sky and the other underground. If we talk too much, we will be really worried about eating lard and be humiliated.

Du Ruhui looked embarrassed and walked side by side with Li Shimin. Li Shimin walked behind his hands and walked at the entrance of the village. Looking back at the village, which was still simple and simple, he whispered: "What do you want to say in the Du Qing family?"

Du Ruhui said seriously: "It has reached this point, and it seems that the new Yangzhou policy can no longer be shaken. I say something that should not be said. If the world is like this, Your Majesty's achievements will be enough to catch up with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Then the Qin Dynasty was destroyed by cruelty, and Emperor Yang of Sui also destroyed by this. However, after reading the laws of the Qin and Sui Dynasty, I found that there are also measures to love the people in this law, but what about this? These measures are useless. The officials and powerful people below only choose laws that are beneficial to them. If they are not good for them, they will turn a blind eye."

"But if it is harmful to them, just turn a deaf ear. Chen Zhengtai's method certainly cannot solve all problems, but at least... useful and useful. To achieve this, Yangzhou's new policy sets a precedent. This is a talented person in charge, and he is not as good as him."

What Du Ruhui said seemed modest, but in fact he was not modest either, because anyone with a discerning eye could tell.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "This is the reason, I also empathize with you."

Li Shimin said, but his eyes fell on a dirt-faced man behind him.

It was the censor Wang Jin who took the meal and followed behind with his head down obediently, but he didn't say a word.

He was very arrogant before, but now he seems like a castrated pig.

Li Shimin looked at Wang Jin with a unique smile and said, "Why doesn't the Wang Qing family make a high argument?"

"I...me..." Wang Jin opened his mouth and found that he could not think of anything.

What I saw today has never seen in history books, and there is no reference from my predecessors. It is difficult to copy anything from Confucius' words to discuss today's events.

Finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "I have nothing to say. I lost. Chen Zhengtai's new policy has many advantages."

Li Shimin said: "Don't pick on the wrong points?"

"This..." Wang Jin felt that His Majesty was intentional, but fortunately, he was very psychologically polite and said: "No, why do you still have to pick mistakes? I used to be just accusing the situation. This is the responsibility of the censor. Now that I see it as a truth, if I still pick mistakes everywhere, wouldn't it be a public revenge? I read the book of sages, and the Master did not teach me to do such a thing."

Li Shimin sighed and couldn't help but say, "Yes, the court is afraid that the new policy of Yangzhou will support more. Only in this way, my Tang Dynasty hope will be in Yangzhou in the future."

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