Chapter 289 Grandpa is Grandpa
Jiang Ligang was considered a local boss. After a little searching, he found a councilor and three deputy commanders from the Wei family, and immediately sent someone to tell them to come and receive instructions from the third young master.
Zhao Yulin did not waste time with them and announced with a cold face the policy he had just mentioned, ordering them to go to the east gate immediately to bring his old man back. If he wanted to cause trouble again in the future, the Ministry of Personnel would remove the older ones from their public offices first according to their age.
He then waved his hand without any annoyance, signaling these people to go quickly.
There were quite a few descendants of the Wei family who were officials, and they immediately rushed to the east gate in a hurry. Along the way, Jiang Ligang kept scolding several men of the Wei family, and said angrily, "Just look at the expression of the third young master, and you will know that your official career has come to an end. What's wrong with your old man?"
Even if you want to die, don't stop you from being an official. The society under the rule of the Third Young Master is becoming more and more clear. It will be a pity if you lose the pipe cap now.
I heard that the Third Young Master wants to cut the salaries of those at their level and increase the salaries of those at the lower ranks. Now that old man Wei has made a fuss, I'm afraid you all have no chance.
Wei Yi's eldest son and several members of the Wei family hurried to the city wall. Wei Yi asked them sternly why they were not doing their official business and just watching his show?
He pointed at Jiang Ligang and ordered him to call Zhao Qier over. He wanted to confront him face to face and ask him about his crime of disobeying the emperor and establishing a republic.
Before Jiang Ligang could say anything, Wei Yi's eldest son went up and covered his mouth, and told his family to quickly support the old man and get him down the city.
The family immediately hugged the head, grabbed the hands, grabbed the feet, and stumbled towards the white-bearded old man down the city wall. As they walked, they apologized to those around them and said that their old man had gone mad and had caused trouble for everyone.
Wei Yi was still cursing his rebellious son and opening his mouth to bite his son's hand, but his eldest son told him to tear off his sleeve to stuff it into his mouth, and then stuffed him into a sedan chair and carried him away.
When they got back to the house, they didn't even untie Old Man Wei. The eldest son, along with a group of his children and grandchildren who worked in the government office, knelt down in front of him and asked, "Look, ancestors, how many people are getting paid and eating in the government office?"
Then he asked dozens of people in the mansion to be called up and asked him to see how many descendants still depended on them for salary and food and clothing?
The old man had removed the cloth strip from his mouth and was beating his chest and stamping his feet, muttering that these descendants were unfilial and disloyal, and had failed to live up to the emperor's grace.
His seventeen-year-old grandson got mad and cried to his grandfather that blind loyalty was useless because the emperor had long been captured and taken to the northern border as a prisoner. The end of being loyal to the emperor was to become a slave of a conquered country. What good was there in clinging to the old ways?
He did not have the opportunity to be selected as a talented scholar by the provincial school to be sent to prefectures and counties because he did not firmly support the Third Young Master's republican ideas.
The Third Young Master said that those who do not support the Republic are not the same as Sichuan and Shu. Grandpa, if you want the emperor, go to Jiangdong. The Shenwei Army announced that they would open the pass and would never stop us.
This kid was full of vigor and vitality. Seeing his classmates happily packing their backpacks and leaving, he felt so jealous. When he returned home and saw this scene, he didn't care about filial piety anymore and just vented his anger at his grandfather, making the old man so angry that his blood pressure soared. His face turned red and he kept waving his hands, saying, "Stop it, stop it, and forget it." Then they all went their separate ways.
At this time in Chengdu, ordinary people had already been influenced by the new ideas of the Shenwei Army and were well aware of them. After feeling the benefits of Zhao Yulin's new policies, they no longer cared who was the emperor or whether there was an emperor at all.
In a word, the emperor is like the wheels of a wheel, and the most important thing for the people is to eat and live. Whoever makes the people live a good life will be liked by the people, not to mention that the emperor had been abducted and lost his freedom a long time ago, and was still waiting for someone to rescue him.
Therefore, in Zhao Yulin's view, these people are just a bunch of jumping clowns who are causing trouble for him. He should pay attention to them but not be afraid of them.
It was afternoon, and everyone was discussing matters together again. Zhao Yulin asked the Ministry of Education to carefully count the scholars, juren and tribute students who had achieved honors but were idle at home, and asked them to sign a commitment to support the founding philosophy of the new Song Dynasty and the vision and propositions of the new society.
Anyone who refused to sign would have their salary cancelled and their land confiscated. He specifically reminded people to confiscate the land that had been granted in the past, that is, if the land had been redeemed, they had to return the money they had paid to him without missing a penny.
As for those who are still openly singing the opposite tune, tell the Inspection Bureau to bring them all back, send them to Jiangdong with gifts, and help them find the emperor in Lin'an.
This move was cruel enough. He did not kill anyone but gave them a way out and sent them to find the emperor.
Damn, it takes a lot of determination for these people to abandon their wives and children, sell their property and go to Lin'an to pay homage.
Mr. Ding asked him with a somewhat unpleasant expression, "Is it appropriate?"
Is this necessary?
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that it was necessary and this unhealthy trend must be put to an end. Why would people always cry, make a fuss, or even threaten others by jumping off a building?
He doesn't buy it.
From now on, if anyone wants to jump off the city gate tower, ask the gatekeeper to help push them down.
Such people will only cause harm. If there is one less person to eat, our soldiers guarding the border can have one more bite to eat. Even if they can't finish the food, they can use the old grain to feed the horses, so that the horses will be fat and strong, so as to lead our soldiers to victory.
He looked at Zhao Feiyan taking shorthand and asked her to organize it well and send it to the newspaper for printing so that the people of Sichuan and Shu could see the ugly faces of these people and the firm stance of our government.
Zhao Yulin did this on purpose. Changing a person's mindset is not an easy task, and promoting the republic must first start with the people around him.
The next day, Lao Cao and Fire Phoenix were about to set off. Zhao Yulin saw that Lao Cao's guards were less than a hundred people, and felt that their strength was weak, so he was a little worried. He asked Lao Cao's guards to stay with him, and asked Feihu to bring his guards to escort Lao Cao and Fire Phoenix on the tour.
Both generals said nonchalantly that it was no problem, it was just a walk around their own territory, what was there to worry about?
He said that this was a military reorganization, but he still insisted on his own arrangements and watched the group disappear outside the west gate of the city.
When he returned to the government office, he saw a group of people surrounding the gate tightly. Lao Cao's captain of the guard immediately pushed through the crowd to make way for him. Zhao Yulin saw seven or eight officials of different sizes and several men kneeling at the gate.
When Lord Ding saw him come in, he immediately said that Commander Zhao had arrived and asked him to get up quickly. Kneeling was not a custom in the Shenwei Army, and neither was it in Sichuan or Shu.
A row of kneeling people, young and old, immediately kowtowed to Zhao Yulin, saying that their old man had gone mad yesterday and was talking nonsense and wanted to jump off the city wall, which alarmed the government and made the world laugh at him. They asked the third young master to punish him.
Zhao Yulin asked the guards to help him and they all stood up to talk.
Mr. Ding pointed at the chief senator, Wei Mingtang, and said, "He is an old senator from our Administration Office. It's shameful that there are seven people in his family working in the yamen, and none of them look after their own family members."
Wei Mingtang immediately knelt down on the ground to reflect on his mistakes. His youngest son was closest to Zhao Yulin, and before Zhao Yulin could pull his father away, he shouted: His grandfather is his grandfather, he is him, and he firmly supports the establishment of a republic.
After returning from his study tour at Cuiping Academy, he had broadened his horizons and thought that the ideas of the Shenwei Army were good, so he asked the Third Young Master to give him a chance to make merit.
Zhao Yulin had someone help his father up. He was amused by the young man's impassioned speech and asked him what his name was.
"My surname is Wei and my name is Rensheng. Please help me, Third Young Master." The kid answered loudly and stubbornly.
Zhao Yulin looked at the stubborn child and smiled. This spirit was very similar to that of his youth.
He asked Mr. Ding with a smile, Jinguan City is going to organize a group of people to specialize in relocation, how about letting Rensheng also go to participate in the internship?
The relocation of Jinguan City is a major event in Chengdu and cannot be taken lightly.
Wei Rensheng was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately thanked the Third Young Master. Wei Mingtang was also at a loss as to how to thank the commander.
Mr. Ding said, let’s just leave it at that, let’s all go our separate ways.
Zhao Yulin started walking towards the government office.
As he walked, Mr. Ding said angrily that there were always people who were restless, and it seemed that they had to be dealt with.
He said it was inevitable. We are engaged in a big business of changing dynasties and transforming the world. We also emphasize equality and freedom, and different voices should be allowed.
Mr. Ding was surprised and began to look at him with admiration.
Normally I always felt that Zhao Yulin would beat people up if he did something wrong, or would kill people if he was in a bad mood, but why did he change his nature today?
The group followed Mr. Ding to the small teahouse and sat down. The old man said with a smile that a few more guests had come from Jiangdong and introduced them to them. Immediately, a guest was sent to invite them.
Soon, four guests, Qiao Xingjian, Du Fan, Fan Zhong and You Shi, came out from the back hall. Zhao Yulin knew that Qiao Xingjian, like Li Zhongmian, was a prime minister of the previous dynasty. He immediately went forward and bowed to each of them, inviting them to take their seats.
But Qiao Xingjian still declined and sat in the guest seat.
Lord Ding told him that all the gentlemen had only arrived late yesterday evening, and that it was fortunate that Lord Qiao had been taking care of them, otherwise Jiangdong would not have released them.
After listening to these people's introduction of the situation, he realized that the gentlemen disdained to associate with Shi's son and contacted Qiao Gong to come to Sichuan and Shu to plot. Once he passed Jiangling and saw the happy smiles on the people's faces, he knew that he was on the right track. Sichuan and Shu were truly a paradise.
Haha, several officials passed through Kuizhou and were very excited to see that Sichuan and Shu were now rich and the people lived in peace. They kept praising Chongqing, Luzhou, Xuzhou and Jiading, each more prosperous than the other, and had left Jiangdong far behind.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that in order to ensure that the people had enough food, he still needed the efforts and careful planning of the officials. He asked Ding Gong, have the food and accommodation of the officials been arranged properly?
Is there anything else that needs to be done?
Mr. Ding said with a smile that they had just arrived and were staying in the post house. He had already given instructions to the postmaster.
Zhao Yulin said how could this be done. He called the aides behind him to come over and ask them to listen to what the gentlemen had to say. How about finding a few houses that had been confiscated some time ago to accommodate the four gentlemen first?
Zhao Yulin turned around and asked Mr. Ding for his opinion. Of course, the old man agreed with both hands and made arrangements immediately.
Qiao Xingjian and the others were happy and said goodbye after some polite words.
Li Zhongmian hesitated and asked how to place Qiao Gong and others? But the prime minister in the court in the past.
Mr. Ding also looked at him with an embarrassed expression.
