Li You's Tang Dynasty

Chapter 335 The Lesser Of Two Evils

After Li You got up, Zhou Chuanxi's voice sounded outside the door. Since many people in Xiangzhou City had already been infected with the plague, Zhou Chuanxi could only send his daughter, whom he was sure hadn't been infected with the plague, to Li You's house just in case. By his side, he wants to serve Li You.

That's why Zhou Chuanxi's voice sounded outside the door, but Li You was different from other princes, Li You declined Zhou Chuanxi's kindness in the end, because Li You was not a waste, he could still take care of himself.

Following Li You saw that Zhou Chuanxi also got up, and then began to discuss with Zhou Chuanxi the self-help of Xiangzhou City. Li You learned from the modern Zhao Lingling that in order to completely eradicate the epidemic, it is necessary to eliminate rats and fleas. Only by eliminating the source of transmission can the disease be truly ended.

"Inspector Zhou, can you introduce the situation in Xiangzhou City to the King?"

Li You asked Zhou Chuanxi to sit down, and immediately asked.

Zhou Chuanxi did not hide anything, he was very familiar with the situation in Xiangzhou City at that time: "Your Highness, there are currently 23 people in Xiangzhou City, and nearly 510% of them are infected with the disease. Thousands of people died, and more people were infected, which is why the people were so excited last night."

"En!" Li You frowned slightly after hearing this. The epidemic in Xiangzhou City was more serious than he had imagined. Nearly [-]% of the people contracted the disease. This is really a very serious situation. Huge numbers.

Seeing Li You nodded slightly, Zhou Chuanxi on the side also said slowly: "Your Highness, you can live in Xiangzhou City, and I thank you on behalf of all the people in Xiangzhou City, because if you don't come in, then Xiangzhou There will be no more hope for Xiangzhou City, but after entering Xiangzhou City, you'd better protect yourself. If you have any instructions, you can send them to the officer through a note.

Then I will handle it. This is the last time I will come here, because I will be at the forefront, and I don’t know when I will be infected with the epidemic.! "

Seeing Zhou Chuanxi's decisive look, Li You sighed in his heart, he is really a good official, you must know that the Tang Dynasty at this time was the Zhenguan Year, and this Zhenguan Year was the best era of the Tang Dynasty. In the officialdom, he is very upright, and most officials are relatively clean.

When Wei Zheng died, his family had no money left. He used all the rewards he got to help the victims.Zhongshu Ling Cenwen lived in a small and damp house, and his family was also poor.

Someone persuaded him to run a little business, but he said, I don't have any credit, and I became such a big official just because I can write articles.
Shangshu Youpushe and Wen Yanbo, a famous handsome man in history, also died of his own family property. When he died, his family couldn't even provide a decent place for mourning.

The governor of Zhou is the same. It is really touching that a governor can rush to the front line. Of course, everyone knows that the rich can only last three generations. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, officials began to form cliques for personal gain, and the famous "clique dispute" appeared. , official corruption is inevitable, and then there are the disadvantages of eunuchs' monopoly and separatism of feudal towns.Under various maladministration, the once prosperous Tang Dynasty gradually declined and finally collapsed.

Why did it suddenly become like this? This matter has to start with the change in the imperial examination system.Everyone knows that the Tang Dynasty selected talents through the imperial examination system.At that time, the imperial examination system was an advanced talent selection system, which broke the boundaries of family status and provided opportunities for low-level scholars to rise.This is obviously much more progressive than the clan system in the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

But there is a problem. A large number of scholars have been continuously selected through the imperial examination system. Their number is increasing. How can the government provide them with "employment opportunities"?If all of them are allowed to be officials, where are the official positions?If all of them are not allowed to be officials, what are the fields of employment for them?Do you want to work in a private enterprise?At that time, there were no private enterprises; did you go to a foreign company as a white-collar worker?There were no foreign companies at that time.

The solution Li Shimin came up with was to establish "Chinese Studies" and vigorously develop education and cultural undertakings. "Dehua Quartet" and "cultural export" to foreign countries.

It should be said that Li Shimin's idea is not bad, and after the implementation, it has also received results. "Within the Chinese culture, more than [-] people" is actually a cultural event. More importantly, there are also Korean, Baekje, Silla, Gochang, The disciples sent by the Tubo countries also received good "international response".It is a pity that the descendants of the Tang Dynasty did not follow Li Shimin's line of thought.

The cultural and educational undertakings have been interrupted, but the imperial examinations are still going on, and scholars are still emerging in a steady stream. There is only one channel for them to obtain employment: to enter the officialdom.

The ability of the officialdom to accept employment was originally not strong, but it has become more crowded now.Just at this time, Wu Zetian wanted to cultivate her own power to attack veteran officials such as Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang, so she set up another organization and placed cronies.

New organizations are created, but old ones are not abolished, which opens up gaps in overlapping organizations.Overlapping institutions will inevitably increase redundant staff, and increased redundant staff will inevitably lead to low efficiency.More critically, overlapping agencies and excessive redundancies will not only consume a lot of state resources, but also easily lead to factional struggles among officials.

They form cliques for private interests, "the same parties fight against dissidents", political ideals and moral integrity are gradually worn away in the process of clinging and running, while corruption and extravagance are getting more and more day by day.If things go on like this, how can the officialdom not be bad?
Li You will have to face this matter in the future, because this matter is very important, if he is not careful, Li You will not be able to control the downfall of Datang.

Looking at Zhou Chuanxi, Li You showed a faint smile and said, "Inspector Zhou, don't worry about me so much. This time, I dare to live in your Xiangzhou because I have something to rely on. I brought a new medicine. New medicines to treat diseases.

But Governor Zhou, the number of new medicines is not much this time, so the king decided to divide the people in the city into three classes, mild, moderate and severe, and the mild patients will be sent to the medical camps outside the city for treatment. .

Severely ill patients are all concentrated in the north for collective isolation, and they can continue to be given soup and medicine, but new medicines cannot be given.! "

"Your Highness. In that case, they will surely die!" Zhou Chuanxi was moved.

Li You also sighed: "This king knows, but Governor Zhou, this king is only a human being, not a god. This king can only choose the lesser of two evils! There are only so many new medicines. patients, then it is bound to fail to save all mild and moderate patients.

so.! "

Before Li You finished speaking, Zhou Chuanxi nodded and said, "Your Highness, I know what to do. This news comes from me. It has nothing to do with Your Highness!"

(End of this chapter)