The queen must start from the head

Chapter 192
The days passed by.

There are still three days left until the day when the Wushuang faction will start the general election.

At this time, in Wushuang City, which can accommodate several 10 people, the floating population has reached as many as [-] to [-].

A number of squares and cities have sprung up in the city, and many shops such as inns, taverns, teahouses, cloth shops, clothing stores, pill pavilions, weapon shops, etc. have sprung up like bamboo shoots after rain.

The whole city also has a vitality, showing a prosperous scene.

The population in the city has increased, and there are a lot of business decisions waiting for people to deal with every day. Xing Yu, the lord of Wushuang City, also has no time to spare.

He basically runs around the city every day, dealing with various affairs.

On this day, he finished his inspection of the southwest area of ​​Wushuang City and was about to return to the City Lord's Mansion.

Walking on the road, I accidentally bumped into Bai Xiaoyun walking with a young Taoist priest. The two of them were blocked by a fat, gorgeously dressed businessman at the entrance of an alley.

With a move in Xing Yu's heart, he immediately held back his breath, concealed his figure, and hid aside to observe.

The businessman was pleading to the little Taoist Zhu Yiwu, "Brother Yiwu, I am also your uncle! Please help me to intercede with Guanshi Bai! Uncle, after I left Zhu's family and started a family outside, I still have a big family. People have to wait to feed! Now I have traveled thousands of miles to this Wushuang city, if I can’t find a way out, then your uncle and I will have no way out!”

"This..." Zhu Yiwu looked at Bai Xiaoyun in embarrassment, but the latter frowned.

"Since you have entered the city now, if you want to do business in a serious manner, you just need to set up a shop and report to the police. Why do you have to come to me for business?"

Seeing Zhu Yiwu's uncle rubbing his hands together, he said, "Going to the door to do business by myself, how can I find an acquaintance to be reliable!"

Bai Xiaoyun waved his hand and said, "In our Wushuang City, there is no such thing as looking for acquaintances or going through the back door. As long as you abide by the city rules, you can do whatever you want."

"Then, when I'm doing business, can I report your name, Steward Bai?"

Zhu Yiwu was also confused now, and he couldn't help asking, "Uncle Shi, tell me the truth! What exactly do you want to do? Why do you have to report whose name? Don't you Registration number, can’t you do things if you don’t have a relationship?”

His uncle smiled coquettishly, "Of course. My nephew, you have been staying in the clan these years, and you don't know how sad the life outside is. I have lived in many cities in these years, so what's the matter? Places can get things done without relying on relationships? How can Wushuang City be an exception?"

Bai Xiaoyun asked, "Then please tell me carefully. I would like to hear what things must be done by entrusting someone to do it."

Seeing the Lord's question, the businessman answered with all his energy, "Since the white manager is asking, please listen to me in detail. This businessman is doing business in the city. He is well-informed and well-connected. With connections, you have resources, and with resources, you can make money. It’s like I used to do house sales. The water here is deep. Building a house requires land. Who should get the land approval? After the approval is completed, who will inspect it? Is the house sold or rented after it is built? From acquiring land to buying and selling houses, there is no link that does not deal with those stewards. There are layers of filial piety, and I don’t know how many layers of benefits will be stripped away, and how much will end up in our hands?”

"Actually, it would be good if you can actually make money. After all, the top is exploiting you too hard. If the people below raise prices, the top will just turn a blind eye. The biggest fear is that if the quality of the house built is not good, , collapsed! When encountering this kind of thing, compensating money is the next best thing. Once someone is killed, the government will directly arrest us businessmen and hold them accountable! At this time, if there is no connection, who is willing to put his hand in Go to the prison to hunt for people!"

Bai Xiaoyun was a little stunned when he heard this, "Isn't this the upper realm? How can you act like the lower realm?"

"Oh my god, aren't there people in the upper and lower realms? As long as he is a person, he can't hide from these things. Fame and wealth, wine, sex and wealth, he has to be in the same way. I know that you are a scholar and don't understand these things. Intestines. I just want to ask you to do me a favor. Please give me a note so that I can apply for a storefront in the construction and planning department. Do you think so? If you see any shortcomings in your home, tell me Nephew Yiwu, tell me, and I will send someone to bring it to you when I get back."

Bai Xiaoyun wanted to say that there really is no such rule in our Wushuang City, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them again...

Is there really no nepotism in this Wushuang city?

If there was really no need for nepotism, why did Sect Leader Mu bring the relatives of those disciples with him when he moved and retreated?

Isn't it good to let these people stay in the lower realm? Isn't it a burden to bring them to the upper realm?

Although it is indeed a bit extreme to think this way, Bai Xiaoyun has to admit that as long as he is a human being, he has his own appearance, and there is always a sense of closeness and distance.

You can't give it to your own family if you have too much food and no room, but instead give it all to outsiders, right?

She is the head of the sect, and it is understandable to protect the children in the sect.

Although Yiwu's uncle praised him as a scholar and not a fancy-headed person, he knew he was.

And after becoming the steward of the southeast region, he also vaguely realized that he had begun to change.

In the past, he always liked to patrol the streets and alleys, but once someone said behind his back that he was obviously an official, but he was wandering around the door of ordinary people's houses all day long.

After hearing this sentence, he stopped making inspections.

Later, he heard people say that the position of the general manager in his family is really worthless, and there is not much money to be made.

Those who really mattered were all sitting on top of him.

Therefore, he specifically checked the city lord, deputy city lord, and the heads of the top ten departments of the city lord's mansion, even the leaders of the three soldiers and one guard.

After the investigation, it was found that these people were all members of the Wushuang faction, and he had a faint feeling that he was excluded from the center of power.

However, whether it is the city lord or the deputy city lord, whether there is any close or distant relationship with the head of Mu, he doesn't want to investigate further.

He is most worried about himself now.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, he clearly felt that in his heart, something called desire for power was slowly waking up and expanding.

In order to suppress these thoughts, he had to think over and over again what Manager Wu said when he was training them.

"What is the people? What is democracy? Democracy does not allow you to ride on the heads of the people and make them grateful, but it allows you to bend down and be a cow and horse to serve the people!"

"Never treat people as a means, but as an end! The common people are not the means used by officials in the lower world to gain political achievements. They are all living people! Once something goes wrong because of our policy issues, Things, those are not just a number or two, they are all living lives!”

"I ask everyone here to remember! In our Wushuang City, there is no such thing as an official! Everyone is a steward, and stewardship is a job. How much effort you put in every day will be how much you get. If you feel that money If you don’t have enough, you can also find your own way to make money, but one thing is that you must not use power for personal gain! Leader Mu has said that we have zero tolerance for corruption! Any form of corruption cannot be opened, and once discovered, it will be dealt with according to city regulations …”

Bai Xiaoyun himself thought about this question, why can't officials be corrupt?
Didn't it mean that the prefect was cleared for three years, and one hundred thousand snowflake silver?
Isn’t it said that if the water is extremely clear, there will be no fish, and if the people are careful, there will be no disciples?
And head Mu herself, when she was in the imperial city of the lower realm, when the common people respected her like a god, when they blamed her, she was criticized by thousands of people, why can she still teach Director Wu to say such things?
Bai Xiaoyun's mind was racing, and he had already thought a lot, but it only took a while to show it.

As soon as he looked up, he saw that the fat businessman was still waiting for his answer with eyes full of expectation.

After thinking carefully for a moment, he finally said what he wanted to say, "I'll tell you one last time. In Wushuang City, there is no rule of looking for acquaintances through the back door. There are no officials here, only serving the people If you want to do anything, go directly to the corresponding department. If someone dares to reach out and ask you for benefits, you can report him directly to the Ministry of Justice. If you complete the procedures and follow the legal process, you still can’t get things done , come find me again.”

After saying these words, he ignored the dumbfounded fat businessman, turned his head and walked away quickly.

"Hey, Xiaoyun...", Zhu Yiwu couldn't call him, so he had to turn around and tell his uncle a few words.

"I said Uncle Shi, you just do what Xiaoyun said. He is my friend, and he will never lie to me. If you have any procedures, go through them quickly, and don't report anyone's name. Really met I have a problem, come to me again! I'm leaving first..."

"This..." The fat businessman sighed helplessly as he looked at the back of his nephew going away.

That's all, if this is the case, then he will go to the construction and planning department to try it first to see if there is really a Qingshui Yamen in Wushuang City.

Soon, the fat businessman left the alley in a hurry.

At the entrance of the alley, Xing Yu, who had been hiding her figure, slowly revealed her figure.

Bai Xiaoyun still kept his heart.Although it was the first time for the other party to become a steward, he was not blinded by the desire for power, so he deserved his attention.

As the head of the city, he, Xingyu, knows how much she has put into this unparalleled city.

From city planning and city law to the division of management levels, she basically considered all aspects of things.

Even though he didn't care much about worldly affairs, he was often shocked by the leader's ideas and bold moves.

The head often told him that when the city lord must manage the people below, he has zero tolerance for corruption.

However, power inevitably breeds corruption, so it is necessary to use thunderous means to deter.

Power is also a tiger that must be caged so as not to hurt others.

Once corruption opens its mouth, the powerful will use their power for personal gain.

At that time, under the inclination of resources and policies, a large amount of wealth and resources in society will flow to a few people, the majority will become poor, the gap between the rich and the poor in society will widen, and social classes will also emerge and solidify.

Although sometimes he doesn't quite understand what the words of the head master mean, but even if he doesn't understand these words, he can still feel that his cultivation base has improved a lot in the future.

It must be that these words imply some kind of Taoist rhyme in it, implying the will of heaven and heaven.

Just as Xing Yu was thinking about things and walking towards the City Lord's Mansion, a major event was about to happen in the Wushuang faction.

Today, the spring breeze was warm, and Mu Lian stood under the old locust tree with her hands behind her back, looking into the distance.

Wu Mei came over from not far away and reported to her, "Master, everything has been arranged. No matter what happens later, the disciples in the sect will not panic."

Mu Lian nodded and said, "That's good."

Then she turned her head to look at Zhou Jingshuang who was standing behind her and said, "Jingshuang, take out the black box that Master I gave you, and press the button on it."

After hearing this, Zhou Jingshuang quickly took out the black box from the storage ring on her hand.

When this thing was still in the lower realm, the master gave it to her before going to Luohuang Mountain, and told her not to use it until the critical moment of life and death.So she still doesn't know what this thing is for.

With some uneasiness, she finally put her hand on the black button and pressed it down.

After a few breaths, the three of them still stood where they were, nothing happened.

At this moment, there was a burst of "rumbling" loud noises, one after another.

All around the Wushuang faction, huge stone pillars were continuously drilled out of the ground and rising from the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Jingshuang found that the ground under her feet began to shake desperately, as if the earth dragon was turning over.

She asked in amazement, "Master, what's going on here?"

At this time, Mu Lian was talking to Wu Mei.

"It seems that Master, you have really made up your mind this time."

"This determination was made as early as in the western suburbs of the Imperial City of the Northern Qi Dynasty. As a sect, it should not be too close to the world, too close to the common people. It is best to be illusory. Otherwise, as time goes by, the sect's practice will collude with secular interests. Well, the disciples in the sect use the sect name to domineering outside, riding on the heads of their own family members and outsiders, that would be a big joke."

"But everyone seeks their own self-interest. Isn't this human nature?"

"So I have to stay away from this place before the interest connection begins."

Zhou Jingshuang was listening to the conversation between the two, feeling confused, what exactly were the master and mother talking about?
What interests, self-interest, why can't she understand?

Not long after, she found that the land under her feet was slowly rising.

Taking a closer look, I saw that this area of ​​my own sect kept rising into the air, and the Wushuang City below seemed to be getting smaller and smaller.

At this moment, all the disciples of the Wushuang sect looked at the Wushuang city below in surprise.

And the people in Wushuang City also raised their heads in amazement, looking up at the polygonal land suspended in the air.

In an inn in Wushuang City, Yan Beiyue pushed open the window and looked at the floating land flying into the air, and was a little more curious about the head Mu again.

The Wushuang faction rose to a place nearly a thousand meters away from the land before slowly stopping.

Because it stopped in the air, there were countless winds blowing around it.

Immediately afterwards, a faint cyan light emitted from the circle of stone pillars surrounding the sect, and soon a semicircular transparent barrier was formed, wrapping the entire sect within it.

Mu Lian glanced at the enchantment above her head, and whispered two words, "It's done."

(End of this chapter)