Ao Huang muttered in a low voice, "When the workshop was doing well, those workers were good workers. When the workshop failed, they all became bad workers. If they could change like that, they would have become officials long ago. Of course, there must be problems among them. "
Fang Yun glared at Ao Huang and said, "Yingwu, continue. Did you personally experience what happened back then? "
Fang Yingwu shook his head and said, "How could I have personally experienced it? But Mr. Wu, who worked with me, was the advisor of the Mi Province's Department of Trade. His analysis was very thorough. After Mount Liu succeeded in vilifying the workshop workers, he began to have the workshop fire them. The workers were naturally unconvinced and went to block the county government's doors and roads. However, Mount Liu had already slandered the workers as lazy and incompetent people. Not only did the people of Mi Province not sympathize with them, they even hated them. "
Ao Huang was stunned and said, "What a powerful method. It's even worse than Fang Yun's. As expected of the Left Prime Minister. If it were me, I wouldn't have thought of this! Once this method was used, the workers were isolated and stood on the opposite side of the country's common people and officials. "
Fang Yingwu said, "Prince Huang drew inferences from one case, this one admires you. What I just said was Mount Liu's method against the workers. After that, Mount Liu began to deceive the common people. Didn't he say that there were corrupt officials? Thus, he forcefully cleaned up the government. Yes, he did deal with a very small number of corrupt officials. However, more than eighty percent of the officials punished were those who didn't have a deep background and opposed him selling the workshop. There were also officials who opposed his faction. Then he used the heads of those officials as his own achievements in government. Then he wrote, "...
Logically, he filled up the vacated positions with his own people and gradually made Mi Province his world. "
"What? How is that possible? "Ao Huang looked at Fang Yun.
Fang Yun said, "What Yingwu said is almost the same as what I inferred."
Fang Yingwu continued, "The reason why Mount Liu could be promoted from Mi Province's Magistrate to Minister of Personnel was not because he sold the workshop, but because he sold the workshop to the right people! Which one of those who could afford a workshop wasn't a tyrant? Of those who dared to buy workshops, who didn't have someone above them? However, Mount Liu was very clear about these people's faces. Therefore, there is a prerequisite, which is to allow the workshop owner to purchase a portion of the shares to ensure that the workshop will operate smoothly in the future. "
Fang Yun nodded. He knew that shares were called stocks in ancient times.
Ao Huang said angrily, "Those workshop owners are obviously not doing well in their business. Why are they still allowed to get shares? Isn't this like washing dirty clothes with dirty water? The more you wash, the darker it gets? "
"Liu Shan's reason was very simple. Other than ensuring that the workshop would operate smoothly in the future, he also said that the problematic workshop owners had been punished, and the problematic workers who were a hindrance had been fired. In addition, the management of the workshop had changed. Therefore, those workshops can be revived. "
"Since changing the management method, firing problematic workers, and punishing problematic workshop owners can bring the dead back to life, can't it be solved without selling the workshop? Even if they had to sell the workshop, why didn't they allow the workers to work together to buy shares? It can achieve the same effect, right? "
Fang Yingwu glanced at Ao Huang in silence.
Fang Yun turned to look out the window and said slowly, "If he didn't sell the workshop and allowed the workers to buy shares, he wouldn't have been able to sit firmly in his position as the Governor of Mi Province. Later on, he wouldn't have been able to sit firmly in his position as the Minister of the Left."
Ao Huang was stunned. His eyes revealed a sorrowful expression as he nodded and said, "I understand."
Fang Yingwu sighed softly and said, "It's good that you understand. Those workers. What can they bring to Mount Liu? Good reputation? How much good reputation can a few workers bring him? Deceiving more people will give him more reputation! Selling the workshop to the officials and aristocratic families is equivalent to obtaining their support. His position will be more stable. Those who can recommend articles to Wen Pao and those who are responsible for reviewing articles. Which one is a worker? Which one is a commoner? History books are never written by commoners. They are always the works of officials and those in power. "
Ao Huang looked at Fang Yun and said, "In the past, I didn't understand why you said that even if the Empress Dowager fell, Mount Liu wouldn't fall. I also understand why you said that in the future, even if Taizu and Taizong were criticized by the officials, Minister of the Left Mount Liu wouldn't be denied by the officials. Now I understand. "
"You're worth teaching," Fang Yun said with a smile.
Ao Huang said in surprise, "Why aren't you angry? Don't tell me that Mount Liu didn't make a mistake? Don't tell me that he shouldn't be scolded? "
Fang Yundao said, "Let me ask you, if he sold the workshops, did he bring those workshops back to life? Did he let the workshops that were losing money make money? "
"Yes. But, if he didn't sell the workshops or sold them to the workers, wouldn't that be better? He sold something that originally belonged to Jingguo and was owned by the common people to others at a cheap price. Isn't that wrong? "
"If you use the common people's mentality to judge a bureaucrat, that's a big mistake! He's a bureaucrat, so he has to protect the interests of the bureaucrats and strengthen his own position. As for the common people's interests, what does that have to do with him? "
"But he said that he reformed the workshops for the sake of Jingguo and the common people."
Fang Yundao said, "He's a bureaucrat. He can use his power to deceive the common people, so why can't he deceive them? Everything that he did was right for a bureaucrat! "
"He … he's right. Am I wrong?" Ao Huang was confused.
"If you're a bureaucrat and you're the beneficiary, then he's right. If he's not, think about it yourself. Also, let me tell you, many of the well-run workshops in the county were sold at a cheap price in the name of reforming the workshops. What do you think? "Fang Yun asked.
Ao Huang was stunned. He couldn't believe that such a thing would happen.
Fang Yingwu looked at Fang Yun and said, "So you're well aware of these things, sir. But why did you punish those workshop owners?"
Fang Yundao said, "They got rid of their identities as the workshop owners. They helped bring the workshops back to life. But how did the workshops collapse? Some of the workshop owners used the workshops for their own personal gain! In order to get one tael of silver into their pockets, they didn't hesitate to make the common people of Jingguo pay ten taels of silver. I have to tell them, and I have to tell the world, that they were wrong! "
"By doing this, you're making an enemy of all the officials and tyrants in Ning An County and even Mishou."
Fang Yun smiled calmly and puffed out his chest. He said, "So what? I didn't come to Ning An County to become an official! This is something that all of you have misunderstood! "
An invisible force surged in the study. The Qi of Heaven and Earth within a hundred-mile radius was thrown into chaos.
Ao Huang and Fang Yingwu looked at Fang Yun in shock. This was because Fang Yun's body emitted a faint white light that dissipated in an instant.
Both of them had seen this kind of white light before!
Ao Huang blinked and asked in surprise, "Fang Yun, why do you have Nature Energy on you?"
"Oh?" Fang Yun looked down and found nothing. "Did you see wrongly?"
Ao Huang and Fang Yingwu looked at each other in confusion. However, they didn't say anything.
Fang Yundao said, "Let's go. Let's start with Rong Xiucai, who we met at the door that day!"
Fang Yingwu said, "Are you really going to kill all the workshop owners?"
"I can't do everything, but as long as I can kill them all, I won't leave a single one alive!" Fang Yundao said.
"Fang Xusheng is mighty! This dragon is convinced. "Ao Huang's eyes lit up. Fang Yun's way of doing things suited him very well.
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