Those people did not expect that the man in front of them would dare to wield a sword, and dozens of people immediately ran over.

Xie Ji was originally going to the palace to talk to the emperor about road construction, but as a result, he encountered this kind of thing on the road.

I said it’s just that you didn’t obey the traffic rules. You just admitted your mistake and went to copy the traffic regulations. You actually ordered someone to use a sword. This is a big crime. Someone couldn’t have deceived him and came to test him.

The bottom line is, if we let him go, he will never abide by the rules.

Xie Ji then got off the carriage and sat on it.

"Xie Ji is here, let's see the excitement."

"Really, I found that Xie Ji was either walking on the street or walking on the street. As long as there was an accident, Xie Ji would just happen to meet..."

Xie Ji twitched a little when he heard this. He was indeed either on the way to the palace or on the way to other departments, and spent a lot of time on the road.

However, his luck is really good.

"I have met the Prime Minister." Those people became familiar with each other once and twice. They found that Xie Ji would not do anything to them, so they became bold.

I found that Xie Ji often opposed officials and really had no problems with the people.

Therefore, I have become bolder. In addition, Chang'an has become more and more lively recently, and I am used to having newspapers to read some of the scandals of these officials, and then cheer loudly when I see the punishment.

This excitement was also brought about by Xie Ji.

"Prime Minister, why are you here?" The official was shocked when he saw Xie Ji. Why did Xie Ji come?

"I'm going to the palace and I'm passing by. I don't obey the traffic rules and I threaten him with a sword. Is it still reasonable?"

Xie Ji saw this scene and said, there happened to be a painter who saw this scene and immediately started painting and wrote down this scene. He must have earned more than ten taels of silver for his share.

Xie Ji twitched when he saw it. He didn't expect that there would be a painter in the news scene.

"Prime Minister, this, I just used the sword, there is no threat."

"There is no threat. You are provoking trouble and frightening the people. Are they so scared that they can't walk without seeing you?"

Xie Ji opened his eyes and said lies.

Those people: How can we be frightened? We are still eager to see his sword, so that we can continue to eat melons. As for why not leave? Why go? If you don't eat such a good melon, you will get nothing.

Xie Ji, can you be more exaggerated? Did they look frightened? If it was possible in the past, now, these unruly people are getting more and more excessive, and they can't even be driven away.

And once there is any dispute, these people will come around to watch without fear of death, and some of them are betting more and more, becoming more and more arrogant.

What's even more disgusting is that some people are actually talking about things in the court, and they are talking eloquently, which makes them more and more unlovable.

I don’t know why this happens, but apparently it happened after newspapers appeared.

"Okay, don't say anything. Tell Mr. Cui that someone has a sword and see what he does with it."

Xie Ji has other things to do and doesn't have time to deal with these messy things, but Mr. Cui has dealt with the disputes between those officials and public security issues. These officials have restrained themselves, and even if they fight, they will fight behind closed doors, otherwise there will be consequences for both of them.

It's all miserable.

Now let him come over to deal with it, but he dares to use the sword. It's okay that you don't obey the traffic, but you still dare to use the sword.

The servant watched Xie Ji get on the carriage again and staggered past him. Then Cui Zheng's people asked the man to go to his place and get a sword. This not only disturbed the public order, but also caused the crime of intimidation.

Although no one was frightened, a charge of attempted intimidation was made.

I have been in bad luck for eight lifetimes. I just wanted to scare people, but ended up scaring myself into the cell.

The final result is to go to prison and doubt life.

Then naturally this big news spread all over the place and became the laughing stock of the whole Chang'an.

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"Your Majesty, this is what I said." Xie Ji said to the emperor in Weiyang Palace.

What Xie Ji said this time was that the people would not let them build some sections of road at all. Once they passed, they would resist with all their might, no matter what, no matter what, they would not let them build it.

It’s similar to the last civil engineering overhaul in Chang’an City, except that you won’t be allowed to do it.

If every household was allocated a demolition fee, it would be an astronomical sum.

Besides, the money now is useful and cannot be spent carelessly, so Xie Ji came to report this matter to the emperor.

In addition, the imperial examination is coming soon, so you have to prepare well.

Xie Ji found the key point, which is that the land is privately owned and belongs to the common people. Even the roads have reasons for not letting you pass.

It is similar to the principle that the wind can enter and the rain can enter, but the king cannot enter.

Some people even started fighting over three feet of land.

If this is not solved, this road will most likely be stranded. This does not mean that the big road will be stranded, but that the small road will not work.

"Prime Minister, have you thought of a countermeasure?"

Xie Ji nodded. If he hadn't thought of it, why would he have come to the emperor to report it?

It was precisely because I had thought about it that I told the emperor, otherwise the matter would not have been reported to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, if the road passes through people's homes, the people must cooperate without any reason. If land is occupied, equal land compensation can be allocated elsewhere."

Xie Ji said that it is impossible to make them all move out willingly. Even if they break their throats, it is true that once you reason with them, they will push their limits. At this time, there is only one way, which is to enforce it and leave you no room to talk.

room.

Once you are a little soft-hearted, you won't be able to do this.

Although it is detrimental to their interests now, it will be beneficial to their descendants.

He can't make everyone like him, and he doesn't want to talk much now to let the people understand that his strategy is beneficial to them. Only by using external force can the road construction be implemented to the end.

He is thinking about things that will benefit him forever, why should he care about the losses in front of him?

But compared with previous generations of powerful people, he is already very benevolent.

"allow."

If you can get things done, why should you care about the lives and deaths of those people?

As long as you don't rebel, you can be oppressed in any way.

Just control the intensity. Just like this time, only a few people are involved, and it won't cause much resentment, so I agreed without any doubts.

"I would like to thank your Majesty. In addition, there is also the matter of the imperial examination. The examination is almost over."

The imperial examination is almost a month away and will probably be held on March 15th.

March 15th seems like a month, but in fact it’s not that far away.

Now it is time to order the Ministry of Rites to make preparations.

"As for the imperial examination, what do you think the prime minister can examine this year?" the emperor said. This time, the Ministry of Works is short of so many people, and it seems likely that those people will be transferred to the Ministry of Works.

The Ministry of Industry needs a large number of manpower now. In the next few years, the projects will not stop, and the country also needs talents in this field. The people in the Ministry of Industry alone are not enough. After all, we cannot have ministers on every road.

Go check it out.

We can only draw a rough revision route and let the people below do it.

You can handle it according to the actual situation, but you don’t have to follow the regulations set by the Ministry of Industry exactly. After all, I have never been there and don’t understand some of the local conditions.

"Your Majesty, I think we can have a unique palace examination."

Xie Ji said and started chatting with the emperor. This time, he was not going to take any test on the Four Books and Five Classics. He didn't understand this stuff very well. If someone else gave a eloquent talk and spoke eloquently, he could only nod. "You talk too much, I'll tell you."

You're acting like a fool.

Then he muttered to the emperor a few times. The emperor thought it was funny and quite reasonable, but he was worried about the candidates for the palace examination. They didn't know that Xie Ji had so many bad ideas behind his back.

"Isn't this... too much?" The emperor was looking forward to that day, because what Xie Ji said was quite interesting. In fact, he wanted to ask Xie Ji to persuade him again, so that he could express in his heart that this was not the case.

What he thinks has nothing to do with him.

"..." Xie Ji then told the emperor a lot more, such as throwing a problem directly at the time and asking them to solve it on the spot.

The emperor reluctantly agreed.

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After Xie Ji came out of the palace, he promulgated the orders layer by layer. Local officials must cooperate with the work of the Ministry of Works and maintain good order.

And the people must also cooperate with the road construction incident.

As soon as this incident came out, it caused thousands of waves.

"This Xie Ji wants to build roads on a large scale. It is simply a waste of people's resources. Why spend so much money on such useless things?"

"As soon as this order came out, the people were sent to build roads, but who would do the farming and who would produce?"

"Yes, and it can be foreseen that the next round of corvee work will be very heavy. I finally had a good life for a year, but Xie Ji did something like this again."

"If you don't thank me for this, I won't cause trouble. If you cause trouble, the world will fall apart."

Everyone criticized Xie Ji's order. This damn Xie Ji was looking for death.

Damn it, Xie Ji will go against them because he thinks they are too idle and have nothing to do, so he just looks for something to do?

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To be continued...