The more comfortable life is, the easier it is to wear down a person's will.
I, the Yuan Dynasty, have been invincible in the world for decades, but within a hundred years of entering the Central Plains, I was corroded to the point where not even a scrap was left. In the end, I was conquered by the Jurchens and became their slaves.
"The Jurchens who conquered Mongolia never imagined that they would be completely assimilated less than a hundred years after entering the Central Plains. In the end, they handed over the most shameful graduation certificate among all the dynasties in China.
¡°For example, these officials in Dakang, as long as they are in the hinterland, live comfortably all day long, have nothing to worry about, and can get promoted and make a fortune smoothly. How can you think they have any ambitions?
There were too few Legalist officials like Miao Yan, and Confucian disciples like Liu Renhuai and Su Feng were even rarer.
Xiushan Mansion is a typical place to kill people¡¯s will.
¡°You don¡¯t have to do anything, your filial piety comes to your door in large quantities every year, and you don¡¯t have to take many risks. Do you think it¡¯s a pleasant life like this?
Of course it¡¯s fun!
Therefore, the successive officials of Xiushan Mansion all left with smiles on their faces.
Now it¡¯s Tang Youbao¡¯s turn.
This second-ranked Hanlin Academy scholar, who was a Jinshi, did not have a smooth career. He waited until he was forty-seven before he took up the position of the prefect of Xiushan Prefecture.
And then I sat in this position for six years.
In the court¡¯s annual comments, Tang Youbao is ranked as ¡°Best Grade B¡±.
It¡¯s not the best ¡°upper class¡±, but the results are really good.
Under his management, the area planted with tung trees has increased every year, and more and more tung oil has been produced, satisfying more needs.
Businessmen and local gentry also spoke highly of Tang Youbao, but considering that Tang Youbao was too old, the court intended to let him work for a few more years and then transfer him to the governor's Yamen in Chengdu for retirement.
Tang Youbao also knows what his future is, so in the past two years, he has begun to make more money.
This year¡¯s new round of tung oil prices was set at his instigation.
From eighteen cents per catty to fifty cents per catty, this price is astronomical.
But because the demand has also increased!
With such a large order volume from the water transport shipyard, it was given so cheaply last year, and it cannot be cheaper this year.
After missing such a year or two, Tang Youbao might have retired and returned to his hometown, so what money would he still make?
The situation in Xiushan Mansion is a bit complicated.
Although Tang Youbao is the prefect, he cannot order everyone.
His confidant is Zha Zhili, a fellow magistrate of Xiushan Prefecture, who has never spoken.
The remaining generals and lieutenants, including the commander of the Xiuyi Guard who was so frightened that he peed, would not completely listen to him.
We just have a cooperative relationship.
Even the Xiushan Tung Oil Chamber of Commerce is not his dog.
These businessmen have been working here for decades and have become deeply entrenched in the local area. He cannot control life and death at all.
They are making trouble here, and Tang Youbao can't escape their involvement.
The only thing he was lucky about was that although he had received a lot of money, it was due to the filial piety of the businessmen and did not come from his corruption of the treasury. Otherwise, he would have been dead without any strong backing.
So he had the leisure to deal with these people instead of ruthlessly plundering them.
He knew that there was something wrong with the current big price increase, but relying on the regulations of Taizu Dakang, the commercial value of these non-civilian items was determined by the market, so he had to increase the price abruptly.
Of course, those people in the Tung Oil Chamber of Commerce were also greedy for money. When they saw the prefect saying so, they naturally adopted the price increase plan and rejected Miao Yan's request for a price reduction.
There has been no reply from Miao Yan.
They thought Miao Yan had given in and was happy there, but who knew that King De from the capital suddenly arrived unexpectedly, which made everyone feel very uneasy.
At first, she was stunned, and then Liu Mingqi "abolished" the embroidery Weiwei flag Dong Jian as soon as he came up.
Even if they have never seen who Liu Mingqi is, they have heard countless legends about this prince.
Just now Zhang Wanchai said; But the problem is that many people are doing this.
Who among those who ran the Grand Canal in those years did not have any intersection with Lin Hao?
So when Liu Mingqi said this, the two of them became anxious.
"Your Majesty, we were also forced!"
"Your Majesty, you know everything. We have absolutely no personal dealings with Lin Hao. We just want to please him and don't want him to embarrass us!"
"Master Tang and the others can all testify to this matter!"
Zhang Wancai and Zheng Xuming defended each other.
But Liu Mingqi looked at them and remained silent.
The voices of the two people gradually became quieter.
His face became increasingly ugly.
Liu Mingqi said leisurely at this time: "Do you know that in this world, the fist is the most powerful?"
Zhang Wancai and Zheng Xuming looked at each other, wondering why Liu Mingqi said that.
The young man continued: "I now hold the power to judge you. The emperor and the prime ministers have given me full power, so I said that you and Lin Hao have colluded. You have colluded. You have brought Japanese pirates to kill me, Da Kangzi." The accomplices of the people! You are the traitors of my great fortune!!"
¡°Ahhh!!!¡±
The two of them were so frightened that their faces suddenly turned pale.
And it¡¯s the kind of white that shows cold sweat.
Isn¡¯t His Highness Prince Deok good-hearted for the people?
Isn¡¯t he a saint who is regarded as a guide to life by countless scholars? ?
Why do you look like a demon now? ?
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