Steel Dynasty - Chapter 87

[Chapter 87 New Situation]

In the evening, Fan Zeng sent what he had learned about the day to the palace. After Xiao Ming read it, he further confirmed the current situation.

The village leader is the most virtuous and respected person in the village. These people are often elected as Li Zheng. The current fact is that many Li Zheng collude with the wealthy families to oppress the people for money. They are the minions of the wealthy families. Fan Zeng also mentioned these Li Zhengs at that time. Reaction.

They must have told their master about the impact of the newspaper on the people in the village by this time.

This is a very serious matter for Xiao Ming. Although these positions are the lowest, they are at the grassroots level. This has a bearing on whether he can win over the people.

After all, Li Zheng is still very prestigious in the village, and because he has the support of the wealthy family, he is also quite powerful in the village.

“Your Highness is worried about government affairs again?” Luluo came in with a bowl of lotus seed porridge.

Now the two of them have become accustomed to getting along with Xiao Ming, and they respect Xiao Ming with a master-servant feeling similar to the one they had with Concubine Zhen.

Xiao Ming nodded, “Yes, this newspaper has been passed down, but if a village is controlled by Li Zheng who is a vassal of the wealthy family, the people will live under the strict supervision of the wealthy family, which is really worrying.”

Green Luo and Aster Naturally, he knew what Xiao Ming was doing. As Xiao Ming’s wings matured, his next step was to eliminate the influence of local wealthy families in the fief and completely grasp all the rights of the fief.

“It’s like a piece of rat droppings spoiled a pot of soup. Wouldn’t it be okay if we could fish out this piece of rat droppings?” Luluo asked doubtfully.

“It’s easier said than done. The tradition of being elected by the villagers here has lasted for thousands of years. If it is broken at this time, it will definitely cause an uproar, and I don’t have the right people to go to the village to correct it.” Xiao Ming said.

Luluo said: “Your Highness, you have never lived in a village, so you may not understand. In the village, just like in Qingzhou City, there are conflicts between people. When selecting Li Zheng, there are also different candidates. Since His Highness knows how to let the Qin family and the Wang family fight each other, why can’t they also fight each other?”

Xiao Ming rolled his eyes, and suddenly felt like the sun was shining through the clouds. He praised: “Well, not bad, I have been with Zi Wan for a long time. , I have learned to think about things.”

Lu Luo blushed and said, “Your Highness, please stop praising me. I just talked about how the village was before.”

“No, please tell me what you want.” road.

Luluo hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Xiao Ming was in high spirits, she didn’t want to spoil the fun, so she said shyly: “I want to eat ground pot chicken.”

“Hahaha…” Xiao Ming was happy, “No problem, not only will this time Let you eat ground pot chicken, and let you try braised pork.”

“Braised pork? You can tell it’s delicious just by the name.” Lu Luo’s mouth is watering.

Xiao Ming said: “When I decide what is right here, I will let the cook cook it for you.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” Luluo went out happily.

Xiao Ming walked around excitedly. Lu Luo’s words reminded him that all he had to do was change Li Zheng into two, one positive and the other, reducing Li Zheng’s power, and then let the secret guards use methods to provoke them. Make things right in his interests.

Of course, the reason why he has a headache now is because the power of the wealthy family is still very large. After he castrates the wealthy family, it will be up to him to deal with these people who are playing tricks on him.

While thinking, Xiao Ming picked up the lotus seed porridge and drank it. At this time, Li San appeared at the door. He said, “Your Highness, there are people in each village entering the city. They went to the houses of the local wealthy families.”

“So fast. “Xiao Ming was a little surprised. These days, Li Zheng is really busy asking for credit.

“Write down all these information about Li Zheng and give it to me.” Xiao Ming’s heart was burning with anger, but Li Zheng in his own fiefdom tipped off the wealthy family. This was simply contempt for him.

Li San said: “Your Highness, I have brought these correct information.”

Li San handed a piece of paper to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming took a look and found that Qingzhou City had a total of twelve counties and hundreds of villages. Thirty names, village names and related backgrounds were densely recorded on the slips of paper.

Li San received professional intelligence system training from Xiao Ming, and his professionalism is now initially reflected.

“Your Highness, these people are eating the food provided by the government government, but they collude with the wealthy families. They are really eating the inside and outside. In my opinion, it is better to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.” Li San said.

Xiao Ming glared at him, “Don’t think you can do whatever you want with a few good hands. You are still far from building a secret guard that satisfies me.”

Li San immediately shrugged his head.

“By killing someone now, wouldn’t it be clear to the wealthy families headed by the Wang family and the Qin family that I have a guilty conscience?” Xiao Ming sneered.

“Then how will His Highness plan to break the situation? Do you need the cooperation of secret guards?” Li San said.

Xiao Ming pondered for a moment and said: “So you came just in time, there is something for you to do…”

So Xiao Ming asked him to collect evidence of Li Zheng’s collusion with the wealthy family, encourage the people to establish another Li Zheng, and explain everything to him, and On the one hand, he decided to slow down.

Because this time the newspaper published the affairs of the Wang family and the Qin family, it was originally a test to find out how deep the water of this wealthy family was. Now it seems that it is indeed not shallow.

Now these are preventing him from establishing direct contact with the people, so he is the first person to get rid of. Only by gaining the support of the people can he have a steady flow of soldiers and a steady flow of food.

After deciding on this plan, Xiao Ming began to make preparations. As for Li Zheng going to claim credit, he was not afraid, because he had fifty major points each for the Wang family and the Qin family, and he was just talking about the matter, and did not involve other wealthy families.

Even if they are dissatisfied, it is only these two families who are dissatisfied, and other wealthy families will only laugh at it.

Moreover, if these two families were dissatisfied with themselves, they would not be dissatisfied with publicizing this matter in newspapers. They would not have thought that Xiao Ming’s purpose was to instigate the people’s long-term resentment against them.

Tomorrow he only needs to publish another article and praise them in an innocuous way.

Just as Xiao Ming thought, Qin Chuanyun and Wang Chengchou were extremely angry when they heard about it. As the saying goes, a family’s ugliness cannot be publicized, and Xiao Ming made them look bad in front of everyone.

But after getting angry, they had no choice but to do anything, because this newspaper only discussed matters as they happened.

But the next day, their anger suddenly dissipated. The newspapers praised the Qin family and the Wang family for their contribution to the restoration of the fiefdom, which made them feel sad and happy.

And now Xiao Ming’s claims in the east and west have completely confused them, and they can’t figure out the true purpose of King Qi.

Under this situation, Xiao Ming quickly started to replace the officials in each village. Many people thought that high-ranking officials were more harmful. In fact, this was not the case. The rot at the grassroots level was really terrible. When branches are rotten, they can grow even if they are cut down. , the roots rot and the tree dies.

It was precisely after realizing this that Xiao Ming came up with this publicity and test. Now that the goal is clear, the following things can fall into place step by step.

(End of chapter)