Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 284 Experience Life
Li Jing waved his hand: "Don't flatter me, especially you!"

Pointing to Yu Leting, Li Jing said with a smile: "You can't flatter others in this seat, and you can't let others flatter you! If you listen to too much flattery, you will lose your mind when doing things!"

Yu Leting didn't expect to be flattered on the horse's hoof, and his expression was a little embarrassed.

Patting Yu Leting's shoulder lightly, Li Jing continued: "Brother Junyang, you have always done a good job, and I am very relieved of you."

Then Li Jing turned to Yang Liufeng and Fang Fang: "Careful action, no solution, you two are the same, and you have lived up to my expectations. But you have to remember that a person's ability is limited, and only by working together can great things be achieved.

As the saying goes, a fence has three stakes, and a hero has three gangs.Without you, I would not be able to do these many things by myself. Similarly, without the people below, you would not be able to do the things you do with a few of you.So, we have to put our minds right, and don't feel that we are anything special! "

Yu Leting, Yang Liufeng and Fang Fang nodded emphatically.

After finalizing the details, Yu Leting and others went to make preparations by themselves, while Li Jing ordered Shen Jizu and Shen Jizong brothers to be recruited.

I haven't seen them for many years, but when I saw them, Li Jing almost didn't recognize these two people.

In Li Jing's imagination, even if the two brothers were sent to work by Shen Zheng, but Zhang Ao and others would take good care of them for Shen Zheng's sake. were sent to work.

The two people in front of them are physically strong, with thick hands and big feet, dark complexion, and fine lines around the corners of their eyes. One can tell at a glance that they must have been doing heavy work outside all year round.

Seeing the two standing with solemn hands and restrained expressions, Li Jing waved to them and said, "They are all from my own family, come and sit down."

Shen Jizu and Shen Jizong didn't dare to refuse, they pulled up two chairs in a corner of the room and sat down with their legs crossed.

Shaking his head, Li Jing smiled and said, "There are no outsiders here, so don't be cautious."

The Shen brothers hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Li Jing smiled and continued: "I just came back from Datong, and my husband told me about your affairs, saying that you have performed well in recent years, and I plan to arrange an errand for you. Seeing you two now, these Nian Ding has suffered a lot, and I should repent of the mistakes I made before, so come out and do something!"

"Thank you, Marshal!" The Shen brothers hurriedly got up and said.

Li Jing waved his hand: "What is the name of my family, I am your brother-in-law, and you two are my uncles, just call me by my name."

"Don't dare, dare not!" The Shen brothers hurriedly said.

Seeing the cautious look of these two people, Yuan Keli sighed, and said: "Back then, you changed the tax rate without authorization, oppressed the villagers, and deserved to die for your crime. It was your uncle who pleaded for you, and Jimin let you two go. After suffering for so many years, I think the two of you should now be able to understand why Jimin punished you severely back then."

"Yes! In the past, my two brothers were young and inexperienced. They didn't know the sufferings of the people and acted recklessly. Now that I think about it, I really regret it." Shen Jizu hurriedly said.

Hearing this, Li Jing smiled and said, "The two of you can understand the four words of people's suffering, so I can rest assured. Tell me, what do you want to do? Today, our own family has no taboos when talking."

"Marshal..." Shen Jizu just opened his mouth, seeing Li Jing waving his hand, he quickly changed his words: "Brother-in-law, I have been working hard in Hongshanling these years, and I deeply understand the hardships of ordinary people's life, and finally understand why the people support my brother-in-law so much. I see Mr. Zhang is tired all day long, thinking of a certain errand under Mr. Zhang, one is to make up for his mistakes, but he wants to help Mr. Zhang share some of it."

Li Jingjing nodded, pondered for a while and said, "If you think this way, it means that you have indeed grown up. Zhang Ao has been exhausted for the past few years, so you can help him share some of the burden. How about this, you go back to Hongshanling and help Zhang Ao Ao is in charge of taxation, how do you think?"

Shen Jizu hurriedly got up and said, "Brother-in-law, I will never embarrass my brother-in-law again this time!"

Li Jingjing nodded, waved his hand to signal Shen Jizu to sit down, then looked at Shen Jizong and said, "Second brother, what do you want to do?"

Shen Jizong hurriedly said: "I want to help my father with his business. My father is getting old, so I want to help him share some of the burden."

Hearing this, Li Jing clapped his hands and smiled, "Okay! Okay! Second brother is very filial, and second uncle really shouldn't be running around now. How about this? You can take over the business of second uncle's salt business. This business needs to run around, and you will do it for me." , the second uncle is much more relaxed."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "When you two come out to do things this time, there is one thing to remember. Whether it is an errand or a business, there are rules and regulations. Don't be self-righteous. As long as you do things with your heart, I will not let you You suffer."

Shen Jizu and Shen Jizong hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After waving his hands, Li Jing smiled and said, "You two haven't seen Yingying for a while, come and sit at home for a while, brothers and sisters, and talk to each other. If you have any difficulties in the future, tell your sister!"

"This... Don't scare my nephew with our appearance like this, just wait a few days!" Shen Jizu hesitated and said.

Looking at the expressions of the Shen brothers, Li Jing thought for a while, and he knew what the two were thinking. The two must be cash-strapped, and they were afraid that their nephew would not be able to produce anything when they went to his sister's house.

Li Jing shook his head, smiled at the two of them, "Your nephew isn't that spoiled, so you won't be scared!"

Turning around, he called the soldiers outside the door and said, "Take the two uncles back to the mansion, and tell Madam, take out the altar of good wine I kept to entertain the two uncles."

Then Li Jing said to the Shen brothers: "I just came back today, and I want to have dinner with my husband, so I won't be with my two elder brothers."

"Don't dare to trouble my brother-in-law to accompany me!" the Shen brothers hurriedly said.

Li Jing smiled and ordered his soldiers to take the two back to the mansion.

After the Shen brothers left, Li Jing suddenly smiled and said: "Sir, it seems that the work these two brothers have done all these years has not been in vain. Looking at them now, who would have thought that they used to be indifferent The young master of the Shen family?"

Yuan Keli smiled and nodded: "Yes! After so many years of hard work, they finally understand the difficulties of the common people, and they will think of the common people when they do things in the future."

Li Jing stroked his chin and pondered for a while and said, "Sir, I was inspired by this incident. You see, many of our officials don't know how to understand the sufferings of the people. Should we let these officials also understand the difficulties of the common people?" ? And those reserve officials, I think they should also experience it, so that when they become officials in the future, they will understand the people's sentiments and love the people like their own sons."

"This... is not impossible, but a time limit must be set, and the officials can't be like these two brothers, working for a few years, right?" Yuan Keli stroked his beard and muttered.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Of course not, that's what I think. Active officials only need to work for a period of time during the busy farming season. After all, they still have official duties to deal with. To work is just to experience the life of ordinary people.

Reserve officials do not have specific tasks. I think they can be given a specific time limit. Every spring and autumn harvest, they have to go to the fields to work, and the working time per year should not be less than three months.Do you think it works? "

Yuan Keli pondered for a while and said: "This matter needs to be considered carefully, and it should not be carried out hastily. After all, most officials have never made any effort to issue such a decree rashly. I am worried that the officials will have resistance."

Li Jingjing nodded, thought for a while and said: "If not, first implement this decree on the reserve officials. We can tell these people that if they do well, they will be appointed first. With this additional condition, the reserve officials will naturally not There will be conflicts. We will proceed step by step and finally form a system. In addition, not only farm work, but also factories and mines must be done. I think these people will be of great help to them in the future when they do these jobs themselves. "

Listening to Li Jing's tone of voice, Yuan Keli knew that this decree must be carried out by Li Jing.

Shaking his head, Yuan Keli smiled wryly and said, "Then let's settle it. I'll think about the specific regulations later."

Li Jing smiled: "Sir, don't do this offending work, I will do it myself. Let's not talk about these things. We haven't eaten together for more than half a year. I will accompany you today." You have a drink."

"Hehe, I'm afraid you won't be used to drinking the wine here!" Yuan Keli said, looking at Li Jing with a smile.

Li Jing laughed dumbfounded when he heard this.

Li Jing understood the meaning of Yuan Keli's words. Just now, Li Jing asked his soldiers to tell his wife to take out the altar of good wine he kept to entertain his two uncles, but the old man didn't drink it.

Li Jing shook his head with a smile and said: "Sir, do you think Yingying will give the best wine in my house to his two brothers? Let me tell you, she keeps the best wine in my house for you! Zhuyeqing that has been cellared for 80 years, she won’t even give it to me if I want to drink it!”

Yuan Keli was overjoyed when he heard that: "It was stored in the cellar for 80 years? When did you pull it out? Hurry up! Hurry up! Ask someone to fetch it, let us taste it today!"

Li Jing smiled, and ordered his soldiers to go home to fetch wine.

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In fact, Li Jing said that he would not talk about business affairs, but with Yuan Keli, after all, he still had to talk about business affairs.

During the meeting, Li Jing briefly described the battle with Houjin in Datong. When he heard that Cao Wenzhao set up an ambush in Guantunbao and wiped out more than [-] Houjin men, Yuan Keli praised him again and again.

Yuan Keli shook his head again and again when he heard that Hutou underestimated the enemy and rushed forward, causing hundreds of casualties.

In the past, Yuan Keli didn't care much about the dead in battle. It wasn't that Yuan Keli didn't care about the lives of soldiers, but Yuan Keli believed that fighting dead was a very normal thing.However, Yuan Keli's thinking has completely changed in the past few years.

Because Yuan Keli knew very well how long it took the Jishi Army to become an army. Yuan Keli knew that these soldiers of the Jishi Army were trained by Li Jing who had spent countless money and food. How could such an army take casualties lightly?Not to mention unnecessary casualties?
Then Li Jing talked about what he had told Cao Wenzhao before leaving, Yuan Keli pondered for a while, then nodded slightly.

Yuan Keli was very clear about Li Jing's strategic purpose. Li Jing wanted to take advantage of the victory in the Datong Battle to sweep away the Mongolian tribes outside Xuanda, and clear the way for the Jishi Army to send troops from Datong in the future to attack the Eastern Captives from west to east.

(End of this chapter)