dognovel Chapter 541 People cannot, and should not, apply such double standards!
Chapter 541 People cannot, and should not, apply such double standards!
Wang Guangyang stared blankly at Yang Shaofeng.
Who am I?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
Where did you, Yang the Madman, get the idea that I don't hold a grudge against you?
Do you think you know me better than I do?
Wang Guangyang sat to the side, questioning his existence, while Emperor Zhu, sitting in the main seat, coughed and said, "Let's get down to business."
Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to Wang Guangyang: "Minister Wang, how is things here in Shandong lately?"
Wang Guangyang bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, as early as July of the fourth year of Hongwu, the workshops of various prefectures, states and counties had already made plans for road construction. Construction has already started in various places and it is expected to be completed in the seventh year of Hongwu."
“In addition, government-run workshops have been built in various prefectures, states and counties, mainly cement workshops, brick and tile workshops, small coal mines and iron smelting workshops.”
"Among them, the iron smelting workshops need to recruit a large number of blacksmith apprentices, and the cement workshops and brick and tile workshops also need a large number of young and strong men to work."
"Because some prefectures and counties do not have underground mineral veins, some prefectures and counties have not built small coal mines."
At this point, Wang Guangyang couldn't help but glance at Yang Shaofeng again and sighed, "The Prince Consort always said that there weren't enough people under his jurisdiction. Now I finally understand what he meant."
Emperor Zhu was slightly taken aback and asked, "What, are you also short-handed here?"
Wang Guangyang replied with a pained expression, "Your Majesty, I am not short of manpower here at the moment."
"But when spring comes, people will have to do spring plowing, summer management, and autumn harvest. During these months, it's not that there's a shortage of manpower, but rather that there is simply no manpower available."
"At that time, not only will road construction and tree planting have to stop, but all the other workshops will also have to stop work for a period of time."
Emperor Zhu frowned slightly and asked, "Didn't we relocate some people from Shanxi before?"
"Moreover, there should be a combine harvester assembly workshop in your Jinan Prefecture, so the people should be able to harvest wheat quite quickly."
"Isn't this enough?"
It would have been better if Emperor Zhu hadn't mentioned the people who had migrated from Shanxi. But as soon as the topic came up, Wang Guangyang immediately burst into tears, lamenting, "Your Majesty, the court has indeed migrated many people from Shanxi, but none of them have settled in Jinan Prefecture!"
Wang Guangyang glared fiercely at a prince consort who was looking up at the roof, and continued to wail: "In November of the third year of Hongwu, 20,000 people from Shanxi had just arrived in Jinan Prefecture when someone came to Jinan Prefecture and robbed them!"
"In September of the fourth year of Hongwu, another 10,000 people from Shanxi, who had just arrived in Jinan Prefecture, were abducted by the same group of bandits!"
"The prefect of Jinan Prefecture had no way to express his suffering and dared not seek redress. He came to me, my humble servant, to plead his case. I was also helpless and could only ask him to arrange for people to go to Shanxi to pick up the person in order to prevent him from being kidnapped again."
As soon as Wang Guangyang finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng's eyes widened immediately.
What do you mean?
Fearing that I would seize the person, you, Wang Guangyang, actually ordered the prefect of Jinan to send someone to Shanxi to pick them up.
No, we've been colleagues for a while now. If you're all so wary of me, how can we possibly have a pleasant time together in the future?
Besides, if you can get the people to settle in Jinan Prefecture, why can't I attract them to move to Dengzhou Prefecture?
You can prevent me from seizing people, but can you control where the people want to live?
Emperor Zhu's eyes widened as well.
What's going on?
Good heavens, so you've become so audacious as to kidnap someone!
Emperor Zhu glared fiercely at Yang Shaofeng and said angrily, "Tell me what's going on? What do you mean by coming to Jinan Prefecture and robbing people?"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "It's just that Dengzhou University is short of manpower. Great... We need to send laborers from Korea, Annam, Ryukyu and other foreign vassal states to repair the roads. Besides, Dengzhou University is such an important place, I really don't dare to entrust the project to them."
At this point, Yang Shaofeng became self-righteous once again, and even looked at Wang Guangyang and said, "Dengzhou Prefecture is also under the jurisdiction of Shandong Provincial Administration Commission. Whether people go to Dengzhou Prefecture or stay in Jinan Prefecture, aren't they all under the jurisdiction of Shandong Provincial Administration Commission? Why is Governor Wang so biased?"
Wang Guangyang stared blankly at Yang Shaofeng for a moment.
Was Dengzhou Prefecture also under the jurisdiction of Shandong Provincial Administration Commission?
Am I being biased?
Fuck you!
When you, Yang the Madman, were the magistrate of Ningyang County, I never cared how you caused trouble in Ningyang County!
Now that you, Yang the Madman, have become the Prefect of Dengzhou, I haven't bothered to care how you cause trouble in Dengzhou!
Your Dengzhou Prefecture is under the watchful eyes of His Majesty the Emperor, with Han Guogong and Cheng Yi in the middle, and you, Yang the Madman, below you. I'd be too lazy to bother with your Dengzhou Prefecture's mess!
Since I don't care about your Dengzhou Prefecture, what's wrong with me favoring Jinan Prefecture?
After all, Jinan Prefecture was under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Administration Commission, and the Prefectural Government Office was right next to the Provincial Administration Commission Office!
Wang Guangyang grew increasingly annoyed and was about to retort when Emperor Zhu glared at Yang Shaofeng and shouted, "You scoundrel! In front of us today, you'd better make a statement to Minister Wang that you're not allowed to snatch people like this again!"
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Wang Guangyang was completely dumbfounded.
What do you mean by "not allowed in the future"?
No, he kidnapped someone!
He sent people to Jinan Prefecture to seize the people who had been relocated there!
This is such a big deal; any other prefect would have been executed eight times over.
For your son-in-law, it's just a matter of making a statement.
Those in positions of power should not, at the very least, apply such double standards!
Seeing Wang Guangyang's bewildered expression, Emperor Zhu felt somewhat embarrassed.
But the mere thought of the incredibly fragrant Dengzhou University instantly dispelled the already dwindling sense of guilt in Emperor Zhu's heart.
It's true that this scoundrel is in the wrong for delaying your road construction in Jinan.
But he established Dengzhou University, that's the skill of our good son-in-law.
Emperor Zhu even felt a sense of righteous indignation.
You can argue until the very end, but you can't let anything else delay the progress of Dengzhou University!
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to Yang Shaofeng and shouted, "Stand up for me!"
Yang Shaofeng stood up slowly, and Emperor Zhu kicked him in the buttocks, cursing, "You bastard!"
"You were short-staffed, couldn't you have told us?"
"Well, let's put the projects in Zhongdu and the capital on hold for a while and send the manpower over there first."
"We absolutely cannot delay the progress of Dengzhou University."
Wang Guangyang stared blankly at Emperor Zhu and Yang Shaofeng once again.
So, you two, father-in-law and son-in-law, came to Jinan Prefecture to put on a show, and Yang the Madman sent people to Jinan Prefecture to snatch people, and that was the end of it, right?
wrong.
I almost got led astray by this father-in-law and son-in-law.
Wang Guangyang snapped out of his daze and looked at Yang Shaofeng, asking, "Your Highness, may I ask what's the situation with this Dengzhou University? Is it possible to establish a Jinan University here in Jinan Prefecture?"
Yang Shaofeng stared blankly at Wang Guangyang.
Is he trying to take advantage of me?