The second hall of the county government office, and the four giants of the county government office in Shuo County were holding a meeting, while the official Fang Shu assisted Yang Jiaxiang to report on his work below.

"The magistrate Chen County, Zhang County Magistrate, Sun Chief Clerk, and Fang County Magistrate, now more than 20 woodcutters are kneeling outside. Obviously, they all hope that our government will give them a way to live. Because the magistrate Chen's honeycomb coal made these woodcutters cut off their livelihoods, they all came to petition."

"Of course, the situation is very obvious now. These woodcutters came to make trouble after being provoked by the scholar named Wei Feng. Wei Feng has always wanted to become an official, but he has never had a chance. This time he wanted to rely on this matter to be a model of pleading for the people, and then let the court pay attention to him. If he could get a model of pleading for the people in this matter of helping the woodcutter, it would be very helpful to his future. Therefore, all of this was the one he solicited the woodcutters."

Chen Fei was speechless. He actually met a guy who wanted to step on himself and climb up. This guy borrowed this matter and wanted to establish his so-called political capital. Then he pleaded for the people, so that the people and officials could see that he was "really" for the good of the people, and then came to attack Chen Fei, a "rude official". He wanted to defeat Chen Fei as a cruel official who was unbenevolent and righteous, so that he could feel as if he was not afraid of power, and then he would be like a benevolent and righteous person. In this way, he obtained a certain amount of political capital for himself and helped him become an official in the future.

Chen Fei was indeed negligent for a moment. Because he invented this honeycomb coal, the woodcutter was unemployed. The woodcutter had no livelihood and was naturally very dissatisfied with him. As for Wei Feng, he used this point to incite those woodcutters to protest at the county government office. Wei Feng wanted to use this matter to label Chen Fei and let Chen Fei bear a reputation that disregarded the livelihood of the people. In this way, he could climb up on Chen Fei's head, and at least gain a lot of reputation. If the people knew that he was a person who pleaded for the people, he would be able to gain great benefits among the people.

"Hmph. This Wei Feng is an absolute political gangster!" Chen Fei cursed in his heart.

The so-called political hooligan means not using conventional political means or using some wrong means to mingle in the political arena. In order to achieve political goals, such guys do everything they can, even forcing and traitoring public opinion often.

Wei Feng is doing this now, and he deliberately made it seem like Chen Fei cut off the livelihood of these woodcutters, hoping to attract the attention of the people. Then he made the people feel empathy. After all, the people often stand on the standpoint of the same class. These people belong to the ordinary peasant class, so they will naturally sympathize with people of the same class as them. Now that Chen Fei cut off the livelihood of these woodcutters, they have begun to sympathize with these woodcutters. And they will not understand the specific reason at all. They just think so with their butts.

"What do those people ask for?" asked Fang Chengxi County Magistrate.

Yang Jiaxiang immediately said: "The woodcutter put forward a minimum requirement, that is, stop selling honeycomb coal, and stop producing honeycomb coal in the future, and prohibit the people from using honeycomb coal! If the use of honeycomb coal is not prohibited, their livelihood cannot be guaranteed, so they asked the Chen County Magistrate to order the use of honeycomb coal. If this is not the case, their livelihood cannot be guaranteed, and then they must take the initiative to go to the governor of Shuozhou to file a lawsuit, sue Chen County Magistrate you for cutting off their livelihoods and prevent them from living."

"Since that's the case, we might as well agree to him! After all, if this continues, the superiors will pay attention. Now everyone sent by the emperor to take care of the princess is there, and if it gets a big deal, the emperor will know. What's more, if we continue to use honeycomb coal, it will indeed cut off the livelihoods of more than 20 families! These more than 20 families rely on firewood to make a living, and it is indeed a bit unauthorized for us to do this!" said the chief clerk of Sun Jiadong.

"Absurd!" "It's really absurd!" "If we do this, then we are just reversing history!" Chen Fei said angrily.

Of course, Chen Fei thought Sun Jiadong's words were very ridiculous. Sun Jiadong thought that he could agree to the woodcutter's request, that is, he planned to settle the matter. After all, the emperor Li Shimin's eyes are all in Shuo County. If it gets a big deal, Li Shimin will know that he will be miserable. And this honeycomb coal really cut off the woodcutter's livelihood, so Sun Jiadong thought that he could agree to the woodcutter's request. If the county does not sell honeycomb coal, the people would only buy firewood, so that the woodcutter's livelihood will not be dissatisfied.

However, Chen Fei absolutely cannot do this, because if he does this, he is turning a backward in history. Since ancient times, new things have replaced old things. Since Chen Fei has invented this honeycomb coal, it means that honeycomb coal is a new thing and is destined to replace old things - firewood. But if these woodcutters are causing trouble now, it is forbidden to use honeycomb coal and stop producing new things like honeycomb coal. Isn’t that a backward in history?

As for the woodcutters saying that this honeycomb coal makes their livelihood unsustainable, this is indeed a problem, but this cannot be a reason for prohibiting the use of honeycomb coal. If we follow this statement, during the Industrial Revolution, new machinery and new power allowed a worker's power to be able to surpass hundreds or thousands of people. This automation will naturally bring about no need for so many manpower to work, which will put many workers in a crisis of unemployment.

But can workers be unemployed, and then the results of the industrial revolution are denied? If workers are afraid of unemployment, then do not continue to develop high-tech and restrict the development of R&D high-tech? This is simply ridiculous! In order to save more workers from relying on this job to support their families, then they will deliberately suppress the development of technology. What is this?

So at first glance, the reason for restricting the ban on honeycomb coal is normal, but it is a completely false proposition. Honeycomb coal is much better than firewood, so although these woodcutters will face the crisis of unemployment and being unable to support their families, Chen Fei does not think that this is the reason why Chen Fei ordered the ban on the ban on the ban on the cellular coal. Therefore, the requirements of these woodcutters are too ridiculous. Chen Fei will never agree, otherwise he will be driving a history reverse. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better and faster!
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