Xinshun 1730

Chapter 883

When he reminded him like this, Liu Yu suddenly realized that Zhongxian and Zhenyi were not by his side, and he still thought less about many things.

He looked at the Guangdong Jiedu envoy again, and couldn't help asking: "If the truth teller has a heart? Don't I have to investigate to the end? You want someone to cut his tongue, you are not afraid that I think you Also the person behind it?"

The Jiedu envoy of Guangdong said with a smile: "Duke, there is a saying, and the next official has the courage to say it clearly."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Yu without hesitation, and said, "From the perspective of Duke Yu, there are too many people who hate him. The Duke is fine so far, it's up to the holy family."

"That's right, I think that one more thing is worse than one less thing. Ask clearly, it's better not to ask at all. It's easy to dodge an open spear, but it's also easy to dodge a hidden arrow. With His Majesty's family, a hidden arrow can't hurt the Duke at all."

"When the time comes, it will really froze, and the court will not look good."

"There used to be a joke in the officialdom, saying that the Duke is good at curing diseases and thinks he is a doctor. Today's matter is not that he is not sick, but that he has a disease. If there is a big trouble, we all know that the food and clothing of Lingnan Commercial Road is related to the matter. , At that time, will the imperial court take care of it? Or not?”

"If you don't know, or pretend you don't know, you can ignore it."

"I know, if I don't give a chance to pretend I don't know, I can't ignore it."

"At that time, wouldn't the Duke be roasted on the fire? Besides, the Duke would not be the only one to be roasted?"

"Your Majesty supports the matters of Songjiang Mansion and trade."

"The ancients said: stabbing people and killing them, saying, it's not me, but soldiers."

"The lower officials have the guts to tell their selfishness. When the time comes, it won't look good. I'm afraid that the lower officials will inevitably be implicated."

"Although the lower officials are not talented, they read a lot of passionate frontier poems when they were young. The court expanded the land and opened up the frontiers, and the lower officials were also happy in their hearts; the lower officials were not pedantic and ignorant, and did not know that wars needed money. The court has If taxes do not increase, where will the money for war come from?"

"That's why the lower officials are also supportive of this business matter. Therefore, the lower officials feel that in this matter, it is better to have one more thing than one less thing. It is only about the crime of opium smuggling. Don't involve more, just let it go."

"At that time, I will show my Majesty, and I will make preparations in secret, whether it is to investigate, or investigate, or appease, or give relief. In short, it is best not to have an accident."

With his rich experience in the quagmire of officialdom in Dashun, the Guangdong Jiedushi played a trick.

Some things may be alarmist, but once the alarmist words become a reality, those who thought it was alarmist and dismissed it before will be considered to have made a mistake.

Will there be any problems for those unemployed Dayuling commercial road "water workers" in Lingnan?
On this point, Guangdong Jiedushi was not sure.

It would be easy to say without the words of the opium dealers.

If something goes wrong, the suppression means that unless it is a civil uprising caused by corruption and breaking the law, the imperial court will not punish it just because of a civil uprising.

But if the opium dealer's remarks became known to everyone, he, as the governor of Guangdong, had to report it publicly to protect himself, lest something really happen in the future, and he would blame himself for not reporting these "rumours".

But if he did this, he would be used as a weapon by those who wanted to mess with Liu Yu.

The key is to look at the emperor's attitude. Now he obviously supports Liu Yu's many trade policies. If the problem is really attributed to the court's trade policy, it will be a slap in the face of the emperor.

Although he, the Guangdong Jiedu envoy, was not the one who beat him, but he was involved, and the emperor would feel guilty if he saw it in the future.

Therefore, the best way is to mention this matter in private, and the imperial court will directly send people to investigate and see if the public situation is serious.

If you can prevent problems before they happen, hello, hello, hello, everyone, it will save the emperor's face.

Because this matter is unsolvable.

If something happened, would it be possible that the imperial court shut down the Songjiang mansion and moved it back to Guangzhou?Now that the livelihood of these people on the Dayuling trade route has been solved, won't the people on the trade route extending from Songjiang Mansion continue to have problems?

After the quarrel broke out, the biggest result was to embarrass the emperor and take the opportunity to attack Liu Yu.The Jiedu envoy of Guangdong thought clearly that if he wanted to do it, the emperor had already done it.He didn't want to do it, but he seemed to be criticizing Liu Yu by making this point at this time, but in fact he was slapping the emperor in the face.

At that time, even if he didn't have such thoughts, the emperor probably doubted whether he, the Jiedu envoy of Guangdong, deliberately mixed in and deliberately made the problem so that everyone knew that there was no way to pretend that he didn't know?Then the yellow mud will fall into the crotch, I can't tell.

In itself, the investigation of opium was enough for the emperor to appease the Jiedu envoy of Guangdong.

The investigation was in Macau, but a large number of people arrested were from Guangzhou City.If the emperor is really angry, isn't this a ready-made reason?
What do you eat, a Cantonese festival envoy?You can't even see the smuggling of opium and human trafficking under your nose?
Guangdong Jiedu envoy thought, ghost knows if His Majesty knows about the problems caused by the change of trade routes.If you know this at all, you don't want to make a mess, and you don't want to spend money to solve it, but I come to expose the skin, isn't it an eye-opener?

As for Liu Yu's side, what he said to persuade Liu Yu, according to his understanding, is "a gentleman deceives him with his prescription".

It's not about deceit, but that you can reason with a gentleman and talk about righteousness.

Although many people in the court opposed Liu Yu, in terms of his character, most people actually agreed that he was a deformed gentleman in his heart.

Grasping his mentality of wanting to do the right thing, you can convince him to do the right thing.

Therefore, his idea of ​​persuading Liu Yu can be summed up in the following way: if the Duke wants to do business, of course he must guard against a villain stabbing him in the back, but it is meaningless to stab a knife now, so everything is for business, and the rest should not be delved into. up.After a thorough study, it will affect the business.

After he finished speaking, Liu Yu just smiled, thinking that I really don't care about such nonsense.

Now the Huaihe River needs to be built in the north, the water transport needs to be abolished, and the millions of water workers over there need to be solved.The emperor guessed that at this time, he really didn't want to make a fuss, and his face would be dull. If he knew it, it would be bad to ignore it, and he could ignore it if he pretended not to know.

He was already on the cusp of the storm, and the emperor probably felt that he should not take the initiative to cause trouble.However, Liu Yu thought to himself, I wasn't prepared to make trouble at all, and this kind of bullshit intrigue is useless.If you have this thought, why don't you watch the stars and draw the picture of the moon phase for a few days.

What worries me is whether more blood will be shed when the dynasty is buried in the future.How can you have the leisure to engage in such a conspiracy?
He snorted, spat to the side, and said: "Forget it, then one more thing is worse than one less thing. Ask someone to cut his tongue, don't kill him, and then you can set up a warning on the guillotine." effect."

The Guangdong Jiedu envoy secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "The Duke puts state affairs first, and I admire you."

Liu Yu let out a hey, and said again: "But his words also reminded me."

"Uh……"

Guangdong Jiedu Envoy was a little stunned, even if Xindao reminded you, what can you do?Now Guangdong is not without customs, nor is it that Western merchant ships are prohibited from coming, but because of the favorable location, once Songjiang Mansion is opened, Western ships will not come here.

Unless we act against the law and force the customs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Fujian to be forced to come to Guangzhou.

But he is only the Guangdong Jiedushi of Dashun, not the Guangdong Jiedushi of the late Tang Dynasty. The name is the same, but in fact he is a low-ranking official who has been working for a few years and going elsewhere.

Although he thinks more about himself, he still has some feelings for the country in his heart. Acting against the laws of nature is really detrimental to the interests of the court.

Weighing the pros and cons, it is better not to toss any more.

Liu Yu did not talk about using administrative power to distort trade routes and develop trade in Guangzhou, but said: "I remind you, Lord Jiedushi."

"Now that the imperial court has gone to Nanyang, it is time to encourage them to go to Nanyang. It is different than before."

"Now that the small tax has been abolished and allocated to the land, the flow of population has nothing to do with the taxation of the state capitals."

"Since you are serving as an envoy to Guangdong, you still need to encourage immigrants more in the future."

The Guangdong Jiedu envoy thought for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Duke, tell me this, that's all."

"Being emotional, reasonable, and righteous, I should say that what the Duke said is absolutely true. In order to save the people, Guangdong is poor, and going to Nanyang is to let the people find a way to survive."

"But love, reason, and righteousness, just say how many people in the world remember? Then say that the population of various places has skyrocketed once the tax was abolished. Is it true that it was born in a short period of time? It has nothing to do with taxes. This population There is no need to hide it."

"The matter of encouraging immigrants is similar. Intercession, reason, and righteousness should all be like this. But if there is no performance appraisal, who can really care?"

"It took a lot of effort and no political achievements. How many people are willing to do it? Let me tell you the truth. How many officials in the world can save the people? The imperial court really wants to go to Nanyang to relocate people. Hook up for evaluation."

"Of course, the Duke also knows that once this matter is linked to political achievements, there will naturally be some tragedies of ruining the family."

"There are advantages and disadvantages, the Duke of the country weighs himself."

When he said this, he reminded Liu Yu a little bit, and asked, "What do you mean by linking political achievements?"

The envoy of Guangdong Jiedu said: "The lower officials will just say it casually. For example, if Nanyang is vast, they will draw a place and put it under the management of Guangdong. It is similar if the government of Taiwan is owned by Fujian."

"Where it is entrusted, it belongs to Guangdong's political achievements. The assessment is based on population, arable land, reclamation, etc. Even coastal counties and states have their own areas drawn."

"In this way, if the personal tax is abolished, officials from all over the country will find it troublesome if there are too many people. If they can be linked to political performance and promoted, I think immigration will be faster."

"It's just that the downside is that there will be various problems, such as tax increases, apportionment, forced relocation, etc."

"The key is that there is no money. The imperial court actually acquiesced in local apportionment, which is prone to accidents. At that time, it will inevitably take the opportunity to increase apportionment, and there may be a tragedy of forced relocation."

"That's why I say that there are advantages and disadvantages. In the final analysis, the imperial court does not allocate money. When you meet good officials, it is okay to apportion them reasonably and donate from gentry. But there are too few good officials."

"If you really want to do this, the Duke will know the consequences."

"Therefore, if it is linked to the performance assessment, it will confuse the local people; if there is no assessment, it is useless to just talk about reason. It is useless to relocate to Nanyang. But there are not many such people.”

"Therefore, it doesn't matter whether the Duke encourages it or not, unless the policy is changed, it will be useless. The tax money has already been allocated to the land. After the imperial court went to Nanyang, the people were not prohibited from going to Nanyang to seek a living. I don't think there is much difference. "

After finishing speaking, he glanced at Liu Yu and said with a smile: "The Duke must know that everything can't be done without money. The court gives money, which is easy to say. But since Ming Dynasty, the policy of the court has been not to give money. After the national tax is paid, the local area is not enough. So they acquiesced in apportionment and increase in local areas. This is the crux of the problem.”

"As long as the imperial court doesn't give money, and it's not linked to political achievements... Hehe, which official would be idle and do nothing, apportion the land, arouse people's resentment, and send the poor people to Nanyang?"

"However, as long as it is linked to political achievements, the lower officials can guarantee that within three years, there will be a civil uprising! Destroy the family, destroy the family, apportion excessively, take the opportunity to amass wealth, and gamble unbearably."

(End of this chapter)