dognovel Chapter 898 Meat Buns Will Beat You, Yang the Madman, and You'll Never Return?
Chapter 898 Meat Buns Will Beat You, Yang the Madman, and You'll Never Return?
"Haven't I treated you well?"
"Liaodong is short of manpower, but Shandong is also short of manpower?"
Wang Guangyang rushed from Jinan to Ningyang, and after just paying his respects to Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang, he pulled Yang Shaofeng aside.
"Why don't you use such a good method of recruiting workers with money in Shandong, but instead tell Hu Weiyong?"
"You're supposed to be from Shandong, how come you're siding with outsiders?"
Wang Guangyang complained a few times, then changed the subject and said, "Forget it, what's done is done, there's no point in me complaining now."
"However, you need to figure out a way to get more slots for going to Liaodong. At the very least, you need to let more people from Shandong go."
Yang Shaofeng was somewhat bewildered.
Shandong is short of manpower.
Let more people from Shandong go there.
How did you, Wang Guangyang, manage to connect these two sentences seamlessly without making them sound awkward?
and also.
If Liaodong pays wages, why don't you let people from Shandong go to Liaodong to work? Dengzhou Prefecture also pays wages, so why don't you let people from other prefectures come to Dengzhou Prefecture to work?
Most importantly, you, Wang Guangyang, are from Gaoyou. Who are you two from Shandong when you talk about salted duck eggs?
While inwardly cursing, Yang Shaofeng smiled and said, "What are you saying, Governor Wang? This matter was originally proposed by Prime Minister Li. The issue of the quota was decided by His Highness the Crown Prince, Prime Minister Li, and officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. How could I, a humble official, make such a decision?"
Wang Guangyang chuckled.
Was it proposed by Li Shanchang?
Li Shanchang is too busy pretending to be stupid to come up with such an idea?
and also.
Do you think I believe your claim that I can't make the decision?
If you, Yang the Madman, can't make the decisions, I'd be willing to twist my head off and let you kick it around like a ball!
"Is the Prince Consort still blaming me for not relocating the people to Dengzhou Prefecture?"
Wang Guangyang said with a dark face, "It's not that I don't want to, but there are too many places in Shandong that need to build roads, too much land to reclaim, and various workshops, coal mines, and iron mines, all of which require a lot of manpower."
"Even if I wanted to relocate people to Dengzhou Prefecture, I still have to consider the prefects, magistrates, and county magistrates below me."
"My lord, you should at least show some consideration for this old man, shouldn't you?"
So, you fucking have someone sending people to Liaodong?
Yang Shaofeng cursed Wang Guangyang in his heart for his inhuman actions, but on his face he said with a smile, "Of course I understand Governor Wang, it's just this quota for going to Liaodong..."
Wang Guangyang could no longer cover up his mistake.
If the reason for not relocating people to Dengzhou Prefecture is the lack of manpower, what is the point of sending more people to Liaodong now?
If there was no shortage of people, so you sent people to Liaodong, then why didn't you relocate people to Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture in the first place?
This is a damn intractable problem; there's no way to untangle it.
Wang Guangyang glanced at Yang Shaofeng, his eyes slightly evasive, "Um...aren't the people who went to Liaodong supposed to come back?"
Given the good habit of Shandong people being diligent and thrifty, sending them to work in Liaodong is equivalent to Liaodong earning money and Shandong spending it, which would allow Shandong to collect more taxes.
If Shandong collects more taxes, I can build more roads and set up more workshops.
As for whether these people will choose to stay in Liaodong and not return?
Do not be silly.
According to the selection criteria you, Yang Dianfeng, proposed, the first batch of people who went to Liaodong must have been solely after money. Only someone with nothing better to do would stay in that wretched place like Liaodong!
Therefore, Hu Weiyong may make a profit, but I will not lose either.
But if we send people from Liaodong to work in Ningyang County or Dengzhou Prefecture, wouldn't that be like throwing meat buns at Yang Dianfeng, with no chance of them coming back?
I'm not stupid; I can still do the math.
Wang Guangyang was internally ranting and raving. Seeing that there was no way to smooth things over, he simply snorted and said, "Anyway, Shandong needs 10,000 slots. You can decide what to do, Prince Consort."
Ok?
Is this a case of resorting to dishonest tactics when you can't win an argument?
This is a damn plant!
"In addition, Shandong is also short of people."
"But we are not as harsh as Liaodong, and the national treasury cannot set aside money specifically to help us recruit workers."
"Therefore, we will also recruit people, with the Provincial Administration Commission providing the funding. The quota is limited to six thousand, one thousand per prefecture. I guarantee that Dengzhou Prefecture will also receive one thousand."
Yang Shaofeng was stunned again.
Can anyone explain to me what tricks this old scoundrel Wang Guangyang is playing?
I don't understand this at all, you bastard!
Send 10,000 Shandong people to work in Liaodong.
Then, another 6,000 people were brought from other provincial administrations of the Ming Dynasty to work in Shandong.
What's that old scoundrel after?
The key point is that he actually gave away a thousand to Dengzhou Prefecture?
Yang Shaofeng became more and more confused as he thought about it, and couldn't help but say, "Actually, regarding the quota, although each provincial administration only has a thousand quotas, the number of people going to Liaodong in the end will definitely exceed a thousand, or even tens of thousands."
This time it was Wang Guangyang's turn to be stunned.
The Ministry of Revenue had stipulated a limit of one thousand, and His Highness the Crown Prince had also given a notice specifying one thousand. How could the limit still be exceeded in the end?
What's wrong with the magistrates, prefects, and governors in other places? Are they as audacious and reckless as you, Yang the Madman?
Yang Shaofeng pointed directly to the southeast.
Huai'an.
Upon hearing the name Huai'an, Wang Guangyang immediately understood what was going on.
The current prefect of Huai'an is Xu Jingyu, who was originally the magistrate of Penglai County.
Coincidentally, Zhou Jingxin, who came from Ningyang County School and is now a physician in the cabinet, happened to be in Huai'an Prefecture at the time, in order to promote the water pump.
Xu Jingyu alone is not scary.
Zhou Jingxin alone is not bad.
But with Xu Jingyu and Zhou Jingxin together, who knows what kind of trouble these two might get into?
Putting everything else aside, at least they dared to stuff more people in.
If all else fails, we can just go and complain to the old prefect.
If all else fails, we can always ask a powerful official for help.
Anyway, stuffing more young men into the army doesn't violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and there's no way to convict them—His Highness the Crown Prince only said that each provincial governor was limited to a thousand people, but he didn't mention the consequences of exceeding the limit, so who can be blamed?
Upon further reflection, Wang Guangyang couldn't help but gasp again.
Damn it!
Regardless of whether it was Li Shanchang or Yang Dianfeng who proposed this, in the end, Yang Dianfeng, or rather Dengzhou Prefecture, will be the one to benefit from it.
Q: Do Xu Jingyu and Zhou Jingxin dare to send more people?
A: Definitely. It might even inspire officials in other prefectures and counties to follow suit.
Another question: Where should all the able-bodied men going to Liaodong meet?
Second answer: Dengzhou Prefecture.
Then the problem comes again.
What if the able-bodied men are stranded in Dengzhou Prefecture due to illness?
What if the weather isn't suitable for going out to sea right away?
Young and middle-aged people need to earn money.
Anyway, as long as each provincial administration commission has a thousand able-bodied men who can successfully go to Liaodong to work and earn money, what difference does it make whether the remaining able-bodied men earn money in Liaodong or in Dengzhou Prefecture?
No difference.
There is no difference.
So, today's incident was entirely orchestrated by Yang Dianfeng, who tricked Li Shanchang into doing it.
Was I also tricked by him?