Chapter 34 Downstream
In ancient times, traffic was very slow, and the fastest way of transportation was to ride a horse. It is said that the fastest horse is eight hundred miles a day.
Liang Hong and Wang Shouren's journey cannot reach this speed. It takes thousands of miles from Guizhou to Beijing. If they want to finish it, it will take at least a month. Moreover, they are even slower.
Fortunately, Guiyang is adjacent to Wujiang, so they took a boat downstream and felt comfortable moving forward.
Liang Hong was like a nouveau riche because he received five hundred taels of gold from Lan Fenghuang. Wang Shouren was a second-generation official and was not short of money. The two of them booked a ship and hired two shipmen.
The boat looked not big from a distance, but the interior space was really not small. There were four or five houses in the cabin. Liang Hong and his family of three occupied the largest one, Wang Shouren lived in one, two boatmen lived in one, and the rest were the kitchen and warehouse.
After leaving, they spent several days floating on the water, but occasionally leaned on the dock to send some money, and Liang Hong and Wang Shouren had a lot of time to spend together.
During this period, the two talked a lot, and often drank and chatted together at the bow of the boat until midnight.
Through conversations with Wang Shouren, Liang Hong was very clear about the current trend of the world, and Wang Shouren also became more and more impressed by Liang Hong. Why? Because of this guy's many modern ideas, Wang Shouren suddenly realized. Wang Shouren himself is a very innovative person, so he is not opposed to Liang Hong's novel views, and is even happy to accept it.
"Brother, what did you mean by telling me yesterday that the four powers are separated and concentrated? Can you explain it in detail?"
"The so-called four powers are regime, military power, judicial power, and supervision power." Liang Honglinjiang held wine and was fine. So let's teach Wang Shouren. His knowledge may not be profound, but it is this vague sense of outline that just grasps the key points and omits details. It just makes the concept of outline, which has inspired Wang Shouren very much. "The regime is very simple, it is the government's power. If you refine it, it is equivalent to the functions of the Ministry of Revenue. However, the Ministry of Revenue is too general. If you refine it, it should actually be divided into the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Reform, etc. These are the foundations of the country and require a large amount of manpower to manage."
"Technology? What is technology?" Wang Shouren touched his head, not sure.
Liang Hong smiled, but did not explain, but continued: "Military power is divided into the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs. The Ministry of Military Affairs is in charge of the command, logistics, conscription, equipment, training and other work of the state army, while the Ministry of Military Affairs is responsible for local public security and obeys the dispatch and management of the Ministry of Law and Political Affairs."
"Ministry of Law and Political Department?" Wang Shouren was puzzled.
"The Ministry of Law and Government is part of the judicial power, including the Ministry of Justice and the Imperial Supervisory Commission. As for the supervision power, it is the state supervisory authority, responsible for supervising all functional departments, such as the regularization of the rule of law, whether the fiscal expenditure is in compliance with norms, etc., it will be more detailed." Liang Hong said this and smiled and said, "However, no matter how these powers are divided, in the final analysis, there must be a strong central power. Otherwise, it will be difficult for such a large country to govern independently and command. Therefore, the emperor is the actual supreme leader of all departments. Only in this way can the unity of government orders be guaranteed."
Wang Shouren was fascinated by the sound of his life and couldn't help asking: "Brother? Are these really going to happen in the future? How do you know what will happen in the future?"
Liang Hong smiled and said, "I don't know this, I'm just guessing it. These are just some things I'm thinking about."
Wang Shouren suddenly realized something, but he was a little puzzled: "Brother, many of your ideas are really shocking, but I really don't agree with some things, such as the one that encourages industry and commerce. If the people go to business, who will farm? Once no one farms and the food supply cannot be provided, will the country be in crisis?"
"That's because the population is too small now. When there is not enough land to plant, people naturally need to go to business and let the properties in various places be circulated. Furthermore, the responsibility of the country is not only to defend the country and manage the people, but more importantly, it is to create employment," Liang Hong said.
"Employment?" Wang Shouren didn't understand why.
"To put it simply, it means that everyone has work to do, and there is reward for doing work, and there is a support for life. And if you have work to do, you will not do nothing and commit crimes. This is a great tool to resolve social conflicts," Liang Hong said.
"Oh," Wang Shouren suddenly realized his mind when he slapped his thighs and said, "No mistake, as long as everyone has work, no matter whether they are farming, doing business, or performing skills, in short, as long as life is settled, people's hearts will be stable. This view of the elder brother can be said to be a sharp attack, and he is truly a god!"
Wang Shouren held the wine glass and toasted Liang Hong, admiring Liang Hong.
"It's a pity that it's definitely not a matter of one day or another to do this, especially in such a historical period," Liang Hong sighed in his heart, looked up at the vast river, and had some vague thoughts in his heart. What if I could change this world?
Forget it, don’t think about this anymore. After all, a person’s strength is too weak, so it’s important to live a wonderful life.
However, Wang Shouren was extremely curious about Liang Hong's opinion. He pestered Liang Hong every day and asked tirelessly. Until later, even Liang Hong was helpless by him and showed an impatient expression, he restrained himself.
Time was very fast, and I unknowingly arrived in Hunan. In the evening of that day, the boat was back by the river and Liang Hong and others were preparing to take a walk.
As a result, what they did not expect was that at this moment, they heard a burst of rapid horse hooves on the shore, and then they saw a thin old man dressed in a Taoist priest, with a long sword on his waist, and a group of disciples riding the horse along the river, looking very urgent.
"Yu Canghai, don't you want to see my Lin family's evil-proof sword technique? I'll show you this!"
The old man and his group had just run away not far, and two quick horses were chasing him from behind. The young man was dressed in gorgeous clothes, cut his face with a knife, and looked particularly beautiful. He was shouting at the old man and his group in front of him with a sword, looking extremely excited. The woman next to him was holding a cloudy temple and wearing red makeup, as if she had just married. She looked really pitiful, with a slight frown, her eyebrows as white as jade, her eyebrows and eyes were pretty, and she always had a sense of sorrow, which made people feel very heartwarming. The woman also had a long sword on her waist, and she seemed to be a trainee.
At that time, when Liang Hong heard the boy's shout, he was almost stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that if nothing unexpected happened, this man and woman should be Lin Pingzhi and Yue Lingshan. They should be chasing Yu Canghai, the head of the Qingcheng Sect.
This is the plot of the Smiling Proud Wanderer, Liang Hong remembers it very clearly. By the way, according to the plot of the novel, during this period, Linghu Chong, Ren Yingying, and the nuns of the Hengshan School should be following Lin Pingzhi and the others. Where are they now?
Liang Hong ignored Lin Pingzhi and the others, but looked up at them, and his face, which was sometimes angry, sometimes sad and sometimes happy, appeared in his mind.
Can you really see Ren Yingying again?
"Everyone will come together, I don't believe it, I can't kill this little thief!"
Just when Liang Hong was in a daze, Yu Canghai and others turned around to meet Lin Pingzhi, and dozens of cavalry were fighting around Lin Pingzhi, and four others left the group to surround Yue Lingshan.
Lin Pingzhi was indeed powerful. He sat upright on the horse, waved left and right, and the sword light flashed. He made a very quick move and could hardly see the moves. Several disciples of the Qingcheng Sect were stabbed to death in less than a moment.
The situation on Yue Lingshan's side was not very good. Her mount was stabbed, so she could only fight on foot. She was surrounded by four or five Qingcheng Sect disciples and retreated to the edge of the water and almost fell into the water.
"Brother, these people are fighting in private. I think it should be some martial arts strongmen. We should not stay for more, so as not to be affected." Wang Shouren frowned at Liang Hong when he saw those people.
Liang Hong was stunned and said, "You are from the government and the postmaster. You also have the responsibility for public security. When you see these people fighting, why don't you stop them, but instead want to escape?"
"Brother doesn't know that these martial arts strongmen are naturally not in accordance with the government's control. They have their own rules. Moreover, they are all very skilled in martial arts. They are just relying on their younger brother. They can't even control them even if they want to. Maybe they will even lose their lives in vain." Wang Shouren's face was bitter.
No wonder there are only martial arts people in the novel, and the government is completely transparent. It turns out that the official historical figures did not meet these martial arts people, but the two are completely different worlds. They will avoid them after meeting them, and there is no intersection at all, so there is no story.
But Liang Hong doesn't think so now.
"The world is so great, is it the king's land? As long as the people who stay on this land are all people of the country. What kind of martial arts strongmen have their own rules, this is nonsense," Liang Hong glanced at Wang Shouren and said, "I think if you want to build an ideal society, the first thing you need to subdue are these martial arts strongmen who fight and kill all day long!"
While Liang Hong was talking, dozens of fast horses were coming on the road, with a carriage mixed in between.
Here comes!
Seeing this situation, Liang Hong didn't know why, but was a little excited and subconsciously stepped onto the shore.
"Brother, no--" Seeing Liang Hong coming ashore, Wang Shouren had no choice but to get off the boat.
"Babe--" At this time, Xiao Yu'er and Bai Xiu'er in the cabin also stretched out their heads and saw that they were naturally full of fear and worry when they saw so many people fighting on the shore.
Liang Hong looked back at them and told them not to worry. Then he continued to look at the dozens of riders later. He immediately saw the curtain of the carriage lifted up, and then two figures appeared inside. One of them was a young knight in his twenties, but he had a bandage on his shoulder and his face was pale, as if he was seriously injured.
This should be Linghu Chong. Liang Hong subconsciously looked at him twice and found that this person was not ugly or handsome. His eyebrows were average, his nose was straight, his chin was a little pointed, and his lips were moderately thick. Overall, he looked like a sense of vicissitudes, which was indeed the kind that made the little girl feel excited.
Chapter completed!