Dominate the Country

The emperor arrived and visited the garrison in Baoji, and met with the families of the sacrificed and disabled migrant workers, but these were all face-saving jobs. The county government had a lot of things to do, and government officials had to go to work as they should.

Li Chunhong didn't have to go to work that day because his transfer order had been issued. The county government was still very efficient in this matter.

Chen Ming was about to return to Xi'an, and he didn't want to just do some face-saving work. What he really wanted to understand was the real life of the local people. If it were a novel, Chen Ming would have gone on a secret visit at this time.

But this is not a novel. As long as Chen Ming's brain is not lame, he will not do anything stupid like Bailongyufu in Baoji, where he is "new to the place".

Who dares to say that there are no remnants of the Qing Dynasty following in Baoji City now, hiding in the darkest corners, spying on Chen Ming's figure?

Is it difficult to make a smoothbore rifle in China now?

Is it difficult to rifle a smoothbore rifle?

Chen Ming cherishes his life very much.

"Ge Er, how is the life of Baoji people compared to that of Northeast people?"

Chen Ming asked, dropping the financial statistics report of Baoji County in his hand. This is a comparison between workers and farmers in his mind.

How many people are there in Baoji?

The Weishui Narrow Road National Highway Project has absorbed tens of thousands of men and women. With the Baoyin Line and Baozhong Line, almost every household in Baoji County has people working.

Ge Er's nickname is Ge Ming, which was a name given to him by the military commander after he joined the Fu Han Army that came to Jizhou at that time. But Chen Ming called him Ge Er, and he was also used to calling himself Ge Er.

"Your Majesty, people in Baoji make a lot of money, but their lives are definitely not as comfortable as those in the Northeast."

"In the cold winter in the Northeast, people dare not go out. They stay in bed in September and come out in February or March of the following year. They rest for half a year."

"Although they don't earn as much as people in Baoji, they don't have to worry about food and drink. They work for half a year and rest for half a year. How comfortable is that? People in Baoji are too tired." They go to work every day and don't even want to rest for a day. Ge Er grinned.

Ge Er is not well educated. Apart from a few standard congratulatory words, Chen Ming can't expect to hear a word of literary style from him. But this man is really a fool. He dares to speak the truth and say anything good. The first time he met Chen Ming, he fiercely complained to the magistrate of Jizhou. There was no evidence that he was retaliated, but in front of the emperor, Ge Er dared to shout that he was retaliated. Maybe this is also a kind of wisdom of ordinary people. As long as he can guarantee his own character, Chen Ming is still happy to have such a person around him.

"Do you want to be a Baoji person or a Northeast person?" Chen Ming continued to ask, and added a supplement. "Before you became a township official." According to Chen Ming's understanding, Ge Er's life before becoming a township official was very bad. If it wasn't really hard to make a living, how many country men would immediately run to join the Fu Han Army after entering Jizhou?

A study room in the hall fell into silence. Chen Ming sat behind the desk and stared at Ge Er with his eyes, and Liu Wu, Wang Huizu and others were also looking at him. Ge Er fell into deep thought, with a look of embarrassment, hesitation and wavering on his face.

Judging from his experience as an official for a few years, Ge Er would definitely choose the Northeast; he felt that he could not do the hard life of Baoji. But if this was before he became a township official, when he had no food to eat, would he choose the Northeast or Baoji?

"Although I am a bit lazy and unsophisticated by nature, I have low aspirations when I am poor. Making money is my top priority when I have no food to eat. If I had changed before I became an official, I would have chosen Baoji."

"Then after a few years of working and earning money, are you willing to go back to farming?"

Chen Ming asked again.

Liu Wu and Wang Huizu stared at Ge Er even more closely. They knew Chen Ming's "wish", so they knew how important Ge Er's next answer was to the emperor.

Ge Er answered quickly this time, without thinking: "I don't want to. How many acres of land can I have at home? How much money can I make by farming? I still have to work. If I really can't find a suitable job, I will just work hard on the land."

From Ge Er's point of view, if the immigrants who have been in the Northeast for a year are asked to move back to their hometowns, at least half of them will not want to; if the immigrants who have been in the Northeast for two years are asked to move back to their hometowns, at least nine out of ten will not want to.

The idea of ​​returning to one's roots should at least wait until the leaves fall. The tradition of people being despised when they leave their hometown can also be reduced a lot in places where all immigrants live. More importantly, when people have no money and nothing to eat, they will not care about anything.

Benefits, real benefits, can change too many things.

"Hahaha..." Chen Ming laughed. "If all the workers in the world were like you, Ge Er, I would be able to rest easy."

As the time for the release of the first batch of prisoners in the labor camp approaches, many major projects that have been started before the founding of the People's Republic of China are gradually coming to an end. This will inevitably release a large number of idle laborers to society. Some of the former will become immigrants to the frontiers and even North America and Southeast Asia. How many of the latter will become workers of this era?

China's economic development has been quite good in recent years. At least Chen Ming is quite satisfied with the progress of the bourgeoisie.

The number of workers is constantly increasing, but the living and living conditions of Chinese workers are still much higher than those of European workers at the same time. Although in terms of wages, the incomes on both sides are similar, in terms of the prices of daily necessities, the actual income in China is obviously much higher.

It's just that the social conditions on both sides of this era are very different, not to mention the cultural concepts and life patterns of the East and the West are also very different, so there is not much comparability between the two sides.

Because of the huge gap in population base between the two sides, there is no comparability even in comparing each other's 'industrialization'.

If Chen Ming wants to understand the actual situation among the people, one way is to inspect the place himself. Another way is to send out the people around him. He can speak a local dialect that is different from the Nanjing Mandarin. He has no right to take people's lives, but only has a pair of eyes, ears and a pen.

"Ge Er, you should go back to your hometown now. Your establishment is still in Pingyang Mansion. Take advantage of the opportunity to go home for another year, and then move to Nanjing next year. I want you to go to Jizhou and carefully explore the local people's livelihood and officialdom. change."

After Chen Ming personally walked around, Chen Ming had no idea whether the whole province of Jin would change. However, as Jizhou, which had made Chen Ming angry, the entire Pingyang Prefecture would not fail to 'reflect'. This is also the change he cares about.

When Chen Ming returned to the Central Plains from Jin Province and re-entered Guanzhong, a working meeting on matters related to the check dam in Jin Province was also underway. The minutes had already been passed to Chen Ming, but how accurate was it in practice?

This also requires Ge Er to see what happens.

Ge Er's face turned red as he happily returned to his residence from Xing Zaili. He felt like a Kipchak minister was paying a private visit incognito. Although he did not have Shangfang's sword in his hand, the emperor gave him a brand, which was the seventh-grade assassin. Specialized in inspecting and questioning matters and patrolling counties.

He is a true emperor.

Touching the cold bronze medal with his fingers, Ge Er's eyes were filled with pure loyalty. He was only a minor official of the ninth rank before, but now he has become a seventh rank official, which is definitely a step to the sky.

The official system of the Chen and Han Dynasties was very different from that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. However, under the influence of hundreds of years of tradition, the seventh rank was still regarded as the entry step to officialdom. The eighth and ninth ranks below were not officials. Really official.

On the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Ming and his party slowly drove out of Baoji under the auspices of Baoji officials and people.

Ge Er came out of Baoji City with Yi Zhan, but on New Year's Eve, Ge Er had already returned to Jizhou. After traveling eight hundred miles, he suffered two years in the Northeast. If it were half the people there, they would be able to endure it.

Chen Ming had no idea how much encouragement his promotion brought to Ge Er. He came to Xi'an on the 28th. Before that, Wang Huizu had also been sent out to worship the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum.

The latter's schedule is a little more relaxed than Ge Er's.

The last day of the fourth year of Chengtian.

Chen Ming spent a very, very lively day in Xi'an. In the entire Shaanxi Province, all officials of fourth rank and above were present. In the city of Xi'an, officials are like rain.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, just after dawn, it was already very lively outside.

Officials of all sizes gathered together, lined up in order of status, waiting for the gate to open.

At the same time, countless people also flocked to Xing Zai. Unlike those officials, they could not get too close to Xing Zai. They were just outside the guard line guarding the Forbidden Army, and they kowtowed in Xing Zai's direction one by one.

For most people in China, the emperor is still a mysterious and supreme being. It is hard to get the emperor to Xi'an this year. How can you show your respect for the emperor without kowtow to the emperor?

Throughout Xi'an, how many people stayed up until dawn just to come and kowtow early.

"Why does Your Majesty sigh?"

On a tall building inside, Chen Ming put down the telescope in his hand, stood on the railing, sighed for a while, turned around and went downstairs.

Behind him, the two young eunuchs were talking to each other with their eyes full of confusion.

But Liu Wu and Zhang Dayong walking in front of them knew why the emperor sighed. The common people are indeed very kind, and they make trouble just for that reason. Although there is a reason for the incident, it really ruins the hearts of the common people.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, this is the traditional Shuo Wang Dynasty, a rule that started in the Tang Dynasty. Although the official system of Chen Han was very different from that of Tang Dynasty.

The hearts and minds of the people and officials throughout Xi'an were pinned on Xingzai, and countless officials who were not qualified to go to court were filled with regret.

"The emperor lives a long life..."

"The emperor lives forever..."

Wave after wave of ordinary people came to kowtow to the emperor spontaneously but in an orderly manner. Their salutes were not standard, but they were sincere; the words of honor in their mouths were far less uniform than those of the courtiers, but they showed a sincerity. .

Chen Ming could not hear the sounds outside while sitting in the palace, but his ears seemed to be able to hear the prayers outside through layers of walls.

"Your Majesty, why should you worry? It's just a false alarm." The emperor wanted to tease people, so he used this rogue method to frame him. Liu Wu also felt that the people outside were not worth it. But there is no way, the Ottoman Empire's mission will go to China next year.

This kind of thing does no harm to the dynasty, and everyone who handles it is an absolute confidant, but it is quite painful inside.

Liu Wu felt that the person sitting in front of him had become more evil. This word was given to him by Chen Ming. If it was when the country was just founded, the emperor would never come up with such a dirty idea, but now the emperor not only came up with it, but also used it immediately.

At this moment, it was not just Xi'an. The officials and people of the entire Shaanxi Province were looking up at the city of Xi'an.

The lobby was quiet, and Chen Ming pricked up his ears waiting for the explosions in the dark. At the same time, he also lamented that his heart was not hard enough. He felt that if Zhu Hongwu sat in his current position, he would never have the slightest bit of sadness. Because this little thing, for the whole of China, is just a little thing. If Zhu Hongwu, who can kill all the meritorious officials who followed him to conquer the world, is sad and uncomfortable because of this little thing, he will not be Zhu Hongwu.

Chen Ming is not Zhu Hongwu. He does not want to be the same as Zhu Hongwu. On the other hand, he has not suffered as much as Zhu Hongwu.

Look at the founding emperors of dynasties in Chinese history. Even the most successful Li Shimin, the second generation of the clan, was pressed down by his father and elder brother Li Jiancheng for eight or nine years. Was the emperor's foundation as smooth as Chen Ming's?

This result is reflected in Chen Ming, that is, he seems too human.

Being too soft-hearted is not conducive to a person's growth, especially for those in power, because every superior is followed by a large number of followers. Every decision is no longer in his own interests. The interests of too many people are involved. You can't let those who follow you have hope. Only by letting those who follow you continue to see hope can you gather a large number of firm followers around you!

Chen Ming's heart is not hard enough, but fortunately he has more cards in his hands. He seduced everyone's spirit with the benefits of the fruit.

He threw out the country early, and now who in the entire Chen Han high-level still doesn't know about it? In the past two years, how many people have invested in the construction of sea ships and the training of sailors, isn't it to lay a good foundation for the future?

All the nobles and ministers with good backgrounds have focused their attention on overseas, and all the nobles and ministers have put their strength in the open, because only in this way can they gather more wealth and interests, which naturally put their lives under Chen Ming's eyes.

An overseas vassal state allowed Chen Ming to resolve too many possible discords in the early days of the establishment of the dynasty. And the strange thing is that Chen Ming only realized it suddenly when he saw more and more nobles showing their strength and wealth in front of him in the past one or two years.

"Boom boom boom..."

Three explosions suddenly came from outside, and Chen Ming was shocked.

"Act according to the plan."

The emperor's voice unconsciously permeated a hint of coldness, and Liu Wu saluted heavily.