Chapter 251: Fraud Solve + Li Shimin’s Look at Yuezhou (Two in One)

Wang Tingchuchu said that everyone's face became more strange. Everyone looked at Li Zhen suspiciously - it was not clear that he knew people and faces. He really didn't expect that the prince, who was humble and peaceful on the surface, would be a gangster in Lingnan and a big boss in the darkness on the dock in Yuezhou. This was really unbelievable. If this was not experienced by His Majesty the Emperor himself, I am afraid that even if he said it, others would not believe it?

However, what everyone didn't know was that Li Zhen also felt like he was husky in his heart at this time. He also felt that he was very wronged, especially wronged. He didn't know anything, but he became the backer of the underworld. When was this happening? Why didn't I know? He, a prince of the Tang Dynasty, actually got involved with the underworld? This is too much, right?

Soon, after Wang Tingchu finished speaking, Li Shimin looked up at Li Zhen: "Zheng'er, you have also understood the story of the matter. Now you should give me an explanation."

"Gudu~"

Looking at Li Shimin's plain eyes, Li Zhen seemed to see endless anger from it, and swallowed with difficulty. Li Zhen whispered: "...Father, if I say that all this has nothing to do with me, do you believe me?"

"What do you think?" Li Shimin asked back.

"But this really has nothing to do with Erchen." Li Zhen called out to Tianqu: "Hu Yinqing was indeed a guard of Erchen, but after he became disabled, Erchen rewarded him with a large sum of silver, which had nothing to do with him. Who knew that he would actually commit evil deeds by Erchen's name? Besides, Erchen had enough reason to prove that this matter was not done by Erchen, and asked his father to give Erchen a chance."

"Say, I'm listening."

"Yes, thank you, my father." Li Zhen summarized the language and asked, "Father, please think about it. Is the son-in-law controlling a gangster? Is it necessary for me to have a purpose, right?

But what is the purpose of the father and son minister supporting Hu Yinqing?

Control the port of Yuezhou? The entire port of Yuezhou was built by Erchen. Yuezhou Maritime Bureau was established by Erchen. From the commander to the ordinary civil servants, they were all from Erchen. Even if they were not good, they were sent by Erchen. They all had a connection with Erchen. If I wanted to control Yuezhou Port, I had a way, so why should I use this unrealistic method?

Is that money making? That's even more impossible. Not to mention how much profit the various businesses under Erchen's name will bring to Erchen every year. Just say that the amount of goods being fed in Yuezhou Port is astronomical every day, and Erchen's money can't be spent. Why do you try to squeeze the hard work in the port for a little money? How can you think of such a little money and get mixed with the gang?

The son minister was the crown prince of the current dynasty, and he had many ways to make money. The son ministers were disdainful to do such acts of exploiting the people.

Also, even if Erchen wants to control Yuezhou Port and even if he wants to squeeze the hard work in the port, why does Erchen only control this mere wharf? There are more than a dozen civilian wharfs in the entire Yuezhou Port. Even if Erchen wants money, he should control all the gangs in the entire port. However, Erchen only controls a small Qingsnake Gang, which is too petty, right?

You should know that if Erchen wants to, let alone the Green Snake Gang, even the entire Yuezhou Port gang, or even the entire Lingnan gang, you only need Erchen to hook your fingers, and they will pounce on you like a pug to serve your loyalty. How could Erchen only control a mere Green Snake Gang...

Every sentence that my son said is reasonable, so please let the father understand it clearly.”

"This statement...is reasonable." Li Shimin pondered for a long time, and recognized Li Zhen's explanation.

"Thank you, Father." He felt relieved. Li Zhen knew that this matter was over.

"Forget it, don't mention this matter." Seeing that more and more people were watching, Li Shimin didn't want to reconcile this matter in broad daylight: "But, Zhen'er, you must take care of the evil forces on the dock. The evil forces bully people too much. If I hadn't been here today, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it. The officials below were so dark. The minor officials are the links between the court and the people. If they turn black, even if the people suffer great grievances, they are afraid that there will be nowhere to seek justice."

Li Zhen promised loudly: "Don't worry, Father, let me leave this matter to my minister. I promise that in five days, there will be no gangsters in the entire Yuezhou port. In one month, there will be no gangster organizations under the jurisdiction of Yuezhou. Within one year, my ministers will definitely sweep the Qinglingnan and return the clear sky in Lingnan."

"Okay, then I'll depend on your performance."

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I request that you hand over the matters of Yuezhou Port to me for handling." Feng Zhibao, who was beaten by Li Zhen a few times and had been thrown to the ground, suddenly stood up and said, "This time, I am missing the supervision, which led to such an ugly thing. Please give me a chance to reform myself. I will do my best to wipe out the evil forces in the port as much as possible and clear away the borers of the Maritime Bureau."

Li Zhen said coldly: "I don't need you to do your best, let alone you do what you can. What I want is certain. If you want to take this task, you can, but you must ensure that you complete this task, otherwise..."

Feng Zhibao gritted his teeth and said ruthlessly: "Yes, I promise that I will complete the task. If I can't do it, I will come to see the prince."

"Very good, then I'll leave this to you. I hope you can remember what you said. Also, I only give you three days. If you don't see any results within three days, don't blame me for being rude."

"Yes, in three days, I will definitely clear the port of Yuezhou and will never let down Your Highness's trust, otherwise Your Highness can cut off my head." Three days are actually very tight, but Feng Zhibao also knew that this was his only chance to remedy. If he couldn't do it, Li Zhen would definitely not cut off his own, but his life's future would be ruined.

"That's it. In addition, the chaotic staff of the workers does need management and coordination. Otherwise, it is easy to cause fights or fire to the wharf for snatching or other reasons, which will bring great chaos to the dock. This must be prevented." Speaking of this, Li Zhen suddenly remembered the trade union system in later generations and suggested: "In this way, you can establish a labor association when you go back. The labor association is responsible for the communication between the laborers and the government. All laborers are managed by this association, and the salary is distributed by the court. The candidates select respected people from the workers. The association has only the right to mediate, but does not have the right to dispose of, and cannot accept the hard-earned money from the workers. It is not easy to squeeze out the workers. You should pay special attention to this... As for the specific rules and regulations of the association, I will list it for you when I go back, and you will go to my place to get it."

"Yes, I started planning the association's affairs when I go back." At this time, Feng Zhibao was left with nodding. Anyway, he couldn't afford to offend the two of them in front of him, and he had mistakes first. The best way now is to do whatever they say and do whatever they say. There must be no mistakes.

"Well, the model of this Labor Association is very good, much better than that of a gangster. We may be able to follow other industries in the future." Li Shimin's face finally eased a little. He was very satisfied with Li Zhen's method of handling it. At the same time, he also agreed with the model of the Labor Association. He felt that this model was also possible in other industries and was a good system.

"What the father said is very much, but different industries are different. The specific association system needs to be handled by them." Li Zhen affirmed that although trade unions may become evil, they still do a good job in seeking benefits for workers. Otherwise, in capitalist countries that are extremely hating the GC system, there will be no trade unions allowed.

"Yes, I will make a charter when I go back." Feng Zhibao became a nodder. No matter what Li Shimin and Li Zhen said at this time, he had only one reaction - nodding and saying yes.

Li Shimin added: "Also, the Port Management Regulations you formulated have many unrealistic things. In order to maintain harmony on the wharf, each stall can only sell one thing, which is very bad, because some things like to eat, but some are not popular, which will lead to vendors being full and starving to death, so that vendors have to secretly sell other things in private. Although there is a lot of taxes, they are easily caught. Just like today, if it weren't for me, all the stalls on this wharf would have fallen into the hands of the Green Snake Help.

You officials are all above your brink of the people, and do not treat the people's livelihood below. As long as you pay a lot of taxes and silver, you will not care about everything and ignore their lives or death. If this continues, the future of the Tang Dynasty will be worrying."

"I am afraid..." This is too serious. It is directly related to the stability of the Tang Dynasty. Not everyone can follow this sentence. Everyone knelt down and grabbed the land with their heads, and did not dare to answer Li Shimin. The onlookers saw that the big men had knelt down. Well, let's kneel down too, so there was a large area of ​​"huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Li Shimin shook his head slowly and said, "Forget it, I don't mean that either. I just want to say, you officials should come and have a walk on weekdays. If you don't experience it yourself, how can you know what the people need?"

"I will obey the order."

No matter what everyone thinks, the emperor is obviously in a bad mood now. At this time, you are fighting with him, and you are seeking death. You will deal with the emperor first. As for what to do in the future, that is the future.

"That's all about this here. I'm tired, go back." Of course, Li Shimin was not sleepy. There was still something going on when he went back - he was an emperor. Although he came to Lingnan, this did not mean that he could be lazy. The official duties that should be handled still have to be handled. However, memorials from various places were no longer sent to Chang'an, but to Yuezhou.

"Go to drive~" Wang Tingchu's sharp voice rang out, and the chariot slowly moved.

"This Yuezhou is really good. Although it is a little messy, it is full of vitality everywhere. I have reason to believe that at most five years, a metropolis that is no less than Chang'an will stand here. No wonder Zhen'er promised me before coming to Lingnan that a big city that is not inferior to Chang'an can be built in seven years. I originally thought he was bragging, but who knew it was true."

After entering Yuezhou City, Li Shimin finally felt a little better, especially looking at the scenery on the roadside, his mood became much more relaxed.

At this time, Yuezhou City was being expanded. According to Li Zhen's design, the entire Yuezhou City would be expanded to at least three times that of the old Yuezhou City. The original old city became the inner city of Yuezhou after renovation and construction, and correspondingly, the newly built one became the outer city.

If the entire new city is completed, the area of ​​Yuezhou City will exceed 70 square kilometers, which is a very amazing area - you should know that Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty was only 84 square kilometers, and Yuezhou, with a 70 square kilometers, is no longer small, much larger than Luoyang (Luoyang is only more than 50 square kilometers).

Moreover, Yuezhou is different from Chang'an City. Chang'an City is a political center, and the main living people are high-ranking officials and nobles. They do not need to be developed in business and cannot be used too much. Yuezhou City is different. This is a purely commercial city and a port city. It is worth a little bit larger.

Even seventy square kilometers is not Li Zhen’s psychological limit. You should know which international cities in later generations are less than 2,000 square kilometers? In addition to Shenzhen, which of the four major cities is less than 5,000 square kilometers?

Li Zhen didn't want to manage such a city. It was necessary to use the most advanced scientific methods. This was at least impossible in the Tang Dynasty, but it should be possible to do one hundred square kilometers or even two square kilometers, right? Even if there are problems in management, Yuezhou will be divided into several districts and managed separately. This is still fine.

Back to the topic, Yuezhou City is equivalent to a construction site at this time. Although it is not messy, it is not much better. At least the dust is inevitable, especially in the old city. Because old buildings are renovated, some even need to be demolished and rebuilt. Various noises can be said to be from morning to night, which is quite disturbing the people. It is said that the Yuezhou Government Office has accepted several complaints, but unfortunately Li Zhen has not been there before, and the minor officials below can only comfort them, presenting facts and reasoning with everyone, and finally comforting the public's grievances.

Li Shimin was quite interested in seeing it because he could see from the chaos that Yuezhou City would be prosperous in the future. Perhaps when Yuezhou becomes truly developed, the name of Chang'an, the number one city in the Tang Dynasty, would probably not be preserved.
Chapter completed!