Hanyang gradually stabilized, everything was back on track, and people began to adapt to the new order. Judging from the current situation, the people are adapting well.
This is beyond the expectations of many people, such as the original upper-class people in Hanyang. This group of people includes scholars, officials, and wealthy businessmen. None of them think that the people can change. After all, in their eyes, the people are ignorant and only care about their eyes. present.
But they suddenly discovered that the people are not afraid of change, not to be precise, but they adapt very quickly. When they find that this change cannot be reversed or stopped, their acceptance level is even higher than that of the people above. Even stronger.
Lin Yuan looked at the clan chief and the wealthy businessman who were sitting next to him, and said gently, "Let's have tea."
Although most of today's social units are small families, patriarchs still exist. They will integrate the strength of the entire clan and seek greater development. Such a family will have many contradictions, but one thing is clear, that is, they can Gathering together a huge organization, this organization is linked by blood, plus traditional ideas, it seems that it can be easily disintegrated, but in fact it has its indestructible side.
The one who can be invited by Lin Yuan is naturally the one with the most presence and power among all the clans.
They also knew that Hanyang had changed hands, but they didn't give Lin Yuan a cold face. In the future, they would all beg for a living under Lin Yuan's hands, and if they fought against Lin Yuan, wouldn't that be courting death
Therefore, each of them was as honest as a quail in front of Lin Yuan.
The merchants don't care who the boss is, they only care about whether they can continue to make money in the future and whether they can continue to make money. As long as Lin Yuan doesn't copy their home, they can continue to make money. Of course, that is Lin Yuan said what he said.
Hanyang's scholars are more sensible than those in Changshu, and they are all very well-behaved, sitting under them without raising their heads.
They have already undergone a change. Hanyang was transferred from the hands of the imperial court to the hands of rebels. Besides, they had no support for the Yuan Dynasty, and no one in the family was an official of the Yuan Dynasty, so they lived in the hands of Xu Shouhui. It was good, and when it was in Lin Yuan's hands, he naturally wanted to live well.
If you can get an official to do it, it will be a pleasant surprise.
After the meeting was over, Lin Yuan had almost felt their bottom, and he could rest well when he returned to his room at night.
Chen Baisong always follows him today, and Lin Yuan also intends to take Chen Baisong with him. Only fighting is not a bad thing, but in the future, wherever he grows, he must be able to stay there. Learning more is not a bad thing. Lin Yuan himself has no one to learn from. By groping and doing things, I also accumulated some experience and insights, which just happened to teach Chen Bosong.
"I talked to them all day, but what did you say?" Chen Bosong made tea for Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "It's all grass, looking at the wind direction, what can you say?"
"It's the little officials at the bottom, who are intertwined. Don't think that they didn't have any power in their hands. If they really want to move, ants can swallow elephants. They just need to take the lead."
Chen Baisong looked at Lin Yuan: "Has the lead come out?"
Lin Yuan shook his head: "No, but these little officials, if they don't need it, I think it's a waste. After all, they have worked for a long time, know more people than I brought, and are familiar with Hanyang. If they use it, they are afraid of being unruly. Hidden danger."
Who knows if there are any loyal followers of Xu Shouhui, or an informant left by Ni Wenjun
Lin Yuan asked, "What do you think we should do?"
Chen Bosong: "Kill a batch, keep a batch."
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Murdering is easy, but how? How do you know who is right to kill? If you make one wrong move, it will be difficult to go later."
Chen Baisong looked at Lin Yuan, and the two looked at each other. In the end, Lin Yuan couldn't help laughing and said, "Think again."
Chen Bosong: "Let the people... how do you say it?"
Lin Yuan: "Report."
Chen Baisong seemed to be relieved: "Yes, report it, the people report it, and if it is verified, it will be beheaded."
Lin Yuan asked strangely, "How to verify it?"
Chen Baisong: "Whoever gets the most reports will have his head cut off."
Lin Yuan: "...Although it's rude, it's not useless. It's a useful method. How can you tell the informant?"
Chen Baisong looked at Lin Yuan seriously, just when Lin Yuan thought he would have any idea, Chen Baisong said bluntly, "I can't think of it."
Lin Yuan: "Think again."
Chen Bosong poured himself a cup of tea, and after drinking the tea, he still said, "It's difficult."
Lin Yuan sighed: "Keep the one who has been reported the most, and the informant will naturally go to him."
Chen Bosong: "Why?"
Lin Yuan said with a smile: "The one who oppressed the people the most is naturally the one with the toughest backstage. The informant can get more information by looking for him. In addition, we are also protecting him. The informant will naturally follow us from now on. It’s easiest to ask him if we meet, or it’s our people, after all, they were originally Hanyang’s little officials, and they’ve never met, so it’s related.”
Chen Baisong understood: "This is setting a target."
Lin Yuan only went to hold the tea cup at this time: "You can come up with a way to let the people report it. Take your time."
If he could think of the common people, Chen Bosong had already made Lin Yuan very satisfied.
Most of the scholars who have received higher education in this era believe that the common people don’t need to think about anything, they only need to have children, work and grow food, and the common people have very little power. In other words, this kind of law is only useful when the imperial power is strong.
When the imperial power fell and the centralized power disappeared, the officials below became the local emperors, and the regulations became a piece of paper.
If Chen Baisong was replaced by Wu Changqing today, Lin Yuan clearly knew that although Wu Changqing would also want to kill a group and keep a group, he would never think of letting the people report it.
Because "people" are useless, so is "public opinion".
The common people have no power, their ideas are not valued by the upper echelons, and the common people are used to it. It has been this behavior pattern for thousands of years, and no one thinks it is wrong.
Over time, people at the top will naturally no longer take "public opinion" in their eyes.
After all, this thing is vague and useless.
No one can rely on "public opinion" to be the emperor, that is, to be a good official and win the hearts of the people. When the emperor wants to behead his head, he just delays it for a while.
Public opinion is neither a gold medal to avoid death, nor can they be promoted to rank.
Soon, Hanyang began a vigorous reform movement - Lin Yuan himself shouted so.
The people gathered together, and they told the censors the names of the little officials who had bullied them.
People report during the day and make statistics at night.
After so busy for half a month, relatively clear data has come out.
The person who was reported the most was a small official named Hu Yu. He was the nephew of a county official and had nepotism. Because he had never read a book, he could not be an official and could only be a small official. Mingming's salary is not much, but every meal is full of fish and meat, and he often goes in and out of the casino.
The family has a sweet wife, and his wife is Xiaojiabiyu, who was robbed by him at the time.
There is a good relationship outside.
Many small officials without a background are willing to follow him, as long as they follow him, they can get more and greater benefits.
When Hanyang City was breached, Hu Yu huddled at home, he didn't dare to go anywhere, his wife didn't care, and he didn't care about his good friends.
Now that it is peaceful, the newly-arrived Nan Wang seems to be ready to re-enable their original Hanyang officials, and Hu Yu has emerged again, but this time he does not dare to shout like before, after all, he has collapsed in the background, and naturally he will shrink. The neck is human.
When he found a new backer, he dared to return to the way he was before.
The little officials have their own circles, and the former friends get together again to discuss the most popular reports.
"I don't even know if there is me..." One of them frowned and took a sip of wine.
"How about we run away?"
"Can we escape? There are heavy guards everywhere. Are we flying out?"
"What are you worried about? There are too many bad things. Can the common people remember each one? I'm sure they can't remember it."
"You said it lightly, you forgot? You went to see people's ancestral jade at the age of 20, but they didn't give it to them. You almost beat them to death. Tell me, are they going to report you now?"
"Don't talk about me, don't you? Go to a brothel without paying you, and smash the shop. Cutting off people's wealth is like killing your parents. They must also report you."
"You even killed two prostitutes! If you lose it in the wasteland, you won't find anything good when you find out about it!"
"Don't talk about it! We are flustered here. Naturally, some people are more flustered than us. We know what others are like. It may not be that King Nan will cut us all down as soon as he comes up? Take a ten thousand steps back and say that he really wants to cut us. It's not now, but when you enter the city, it's the most convenient time to cut it."
"So don't worry, don't panic. Maybe Nan Wang just scare us, chopped off a few heads, and killed chickens to warn monkeys. It's not uncommon, don't you think?"
Hu Yu said aside: "What about me? Should I be fine?"
The friend glanced at him, smiled with difficulty, and comforted: "Maybe it's okay."
Although he was a friend, Hu Yu used to have his eyes on his forehead, and no one looked down on him. Even if he was a small official, he would strike if he disagreed, and others would not dare to fight back.
If things go on like this, there will be some answering worms following him.
And these answering worms also wished him bad luck.
Hu Yu was still worried: "You said, should I find some way to get some gifts?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone had an expression of "there is still such a way". Corrupt officials have been serving for a long time, and they have forgotten their own work. Bribery is their own work!
"Yes, yes, find someone to give gifts, find a way."
"Go ask more tomorrow, be careful!"