Chapter 196

Chapter 206 Chapter 207

Chapter 196 Chapter 206 Chapter 207
With the end of the three rounds of question and answer, there was a moment of silence at the township assembly.

Li Ran once again criticized and educated these "Internet trolls" with his sharp and incisive remarks.

But Li Ran is also very clear that it is absolutely impossible to expect them to change their ways from now on.

However, if they can stop blatantly "spraying" the New Deal, this is still possible.

After all, no one wants to be insulted a second time.

Li Ran's gaze was completely different. After scanning around, seeing that no one challenged him, he couldn't help feeling complacent.

In this era, engage in debate with me?

It's simply overwhelming!
It's not that Li Ran looks down on them, it's that this group of people are really idle, and they listen to the wind and rain, and they typically talk and do things without thinking.

However, having said that, if these people can really tell the difference between right and wrong, why would they gather a crowd here to hold such a complaint meeting?

And Ji Le's eyes, which were as clear as spring water, had a touch of admiration at this moment, and she just stared at Li Ran as if she was infatuated.

"Doctor Zishang, I'm afraid it's almost time for today's meeting."

Li Ran turned his head, looked at Si Dai who had never spoken and said indifferently.

I haven't had time to elaborate on it in the future, this si belt is written on it.Now he is the suzerain of the Si clan, ranking sixth among the six ministers of Zheng Guo.Of course, as mentioned above, this Si Dai actually has another identity, that is Si Hei's nephew.

Speaking of which, after hearing what Li Ran said, Si Dai felt that today's township school assembly should indeed be over.

After all, if this continues, it will not be of any benefit to Feng Duan's party.

So, Si Dai pretended to wake up, stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and hurriedly said:

"Yes, yes, what Ziming said is reasonable, today's meeting should indeed be over..."

"slow!"

Just as Si Dai walked up to the stage and was about to announce the end of today's township school assembly, a very indifferent voice came from the crowd.

Then, a middle-aged man stood up from the crowd and walked forward slowly.

"Ziming's words are indeed reasonable. Now that we have a new policy in the Zheng Kingdom, merchants follow it, and it is all for the benefit of the people."

"However, Zi Ming has thought about it carefully. There are more and more refugees in our Zheng country. It is just because I heard that my Zheng country treats the common people preferentially, so that all cities and towns in the country are now provoked. A massive influx of refugees."

"If things go on like this, there will be no land to divide in the future, and there will still be a considerable number of refugees pouring in. Not only will there be hidden dangers, but these people will also take away the livelihoods that originally belonged to the aborigines. This is one of them. and also!"

"Secondly, once other neighbors realize that the loss of common people in their territory is serious, they will definitely try their best to carry out reforms, and promote the New Deal in the same way, so as to strive to win back the common people. In this way, the relationship between our country Zheng and other countries There will inevitably be disputes..."

"However, with the current strength of our country, Zheng, how can we resolve such disputes? If we fight with our neighbors because of the struggle for the common people, when the war starts, our country of Zheng will be surrounded by enemies. Isn't it in danger of being overthrown sooner or later? "

Just listen to this person's speech, although it is slow, but the logic is meticulous, and what he said is extremely reasonable.

After the words fell, many people at the assembly nodded their heads in agreement.

That's right, now we admit that the New Deal is indeed good, and it is true that what Jishi did in it was not only for profit, but also for the benefit of the people.

But the problem is that such a good policy will inevitably attract more refugees into Zheng State, and these refugees will inevitably clash with the aborigines and cause conflicts.

What's more, it may cause a series of conflicts between Zheng State and neighboring countries.

In this way, wouldn't the significance of implementing the New Deal change?
Rao Li Ran heard the words, and couldn't help but look at this person twice.

I saw that this person was in his early thirties, rich in appearance, slightly obese, and the fancy clothes on his body could only be afforded by a wealthy family, and he was definitely not an ordinary commoner.

"That's right, it's not easy to encounter a stubble."

The reason why Li Ran called this person a stubborn one was because the arguments put forward by this person were really ingenious and the angle was very tricky.

Ordinary scholars and ordinary people generally only know the beneficiaries of the New Deal, and whether ordinary ordinary people can accept it to refute it.Even some who haven't read a few books only know about personal attacks and hooliganism.

But this man's argument is very unconventional.

More importantly, this is exactly the problem Zheng Guo will face soon.

There are more and more refugees, which is good for Zheng Guo, but it is also harmful.

This is like a certain superpower in later generations. As it grows stronger, a series of problems such as rich and poor, race, and class will appear, and will intensify.

There are always two sides to everything in the world.

Along with the resolution of old problems, new contradictions will always appear.

And isn't this the principle of the cycle of heavenly principles?

"Huh? So it's Ziqi?! Why are you here too?"

After hearing this person's words, Xi Dai spoke up very rarely.

"Ziqi? The son of Dr. Boshi?"

Hearing the word "Ziqi" at the rally, someone immediately called out the identity of this person.

Feng Shi, son of Feng Duan, styled Ziqi.

And Li Ran didn't expect that Feng Duan was not only secretly destroying public opinion, but also dared to let his son participate in it. This is really a father-son soldier.

However, after learning of Feng Shi's identity, Li Ran's face became more and more calm.

He thought for a moment, and the corners of his mouth immediately raised, creating an arc.

"Brother Ziqi's words are true. The influx of refugees into our country of Zheng will inevitably lead to conflicts with our people. Since the Zhou royal family moved eastward, wars between countries have been frequent, and refugees are countless. And the influx of refugees into other countries , when it comes to customs, language, and culture, they are all different from their nationals, and conflicts and conflicts are inevitable."

Li Ran was not in a hurry to refute Feng Shi's argument.Instead, he affirmed it first, because it was indeed true.

Many ordinary people in the outfield also have a deep understanding of this point, and immediately nodded after hearing the sound.

"Oh? Brother Ziming also thinks it's reasonable?"

Although Feng Shi asked such a question, he didn't think so in his heart.

"Facts speak louder than words, how can it be unreasonable."

"but……"

Just when Li Ran agreed with Feng Shi's words, his words changed sharply, and everyone present immediately raised their hearts to their throats.

As we all know, whenever such a turning point is encountered, it means that Li Ran will start to show again.

Sure enough, Li Ran paused slightly, and a smile appeared on his face immediately.

"However, it's the same whether governing the country or being a human being. You can't give up eating because of choking."

"Now, what Zheng Guo urgently needs to solve is the national situation that has been sluggish since Zhuanggong, and the national fortune that has been relying on others! The most urgent thing for Zheng Guo now is that from now on, he will no longer have to rely on others. Don't be dragged back and forth between Jin and Chu. Instead, we should maintain an independent place for Zheng Guo in the complicated foreign exchanges!"

"And behind this, there needs to be a strong national power as support."

"Brother Ziqi's words make sense? Yes, and it makes sense."

"However, Brother Ziqi, Xu Buwen, there is a saying in the "Book of History": "Four seasons have permanence"? The four seasons are cyclical, and there is no end. Chunhua, Xiarong, Qiushi, Dongyun, This is the law of the four seasons."

"The same is true of humanity. If we, Zheng Guo, cannot lay a solid foundation for future generations, what is the future?"

"For example, if the state of Jin hadn't had Duke Xian's conquest of the barbarians, how could Duke Wen's hegemony come about? Similarly, if Duke Xiang hadn't opened up territories for Qi in the past, how could Duke Huan have the hegemony?"

"So, the only thing we need to do is to make Zheng Guo strong first, and the rest of the matter needs to be resolved by future generations."

"One generation can only do the work of one generation. If brother Ziqi hopes that one generation can solve all the problems, then it seems that it is tantamount to nitpicking! This is really an act that tires the king and the people. what!"

Indeed, the problem of the influx of refugees is indeed very serious, but this is not the most urgent problem that Zheng Guo needs to solve now.

The most urgent problem for Zheng Guo at present is to get rid of being controlled by Jin and Chu, and cannot have an independent situation.

When a country cannot rely on itself to issue orders, it can only always rely on others.Just ask, can this still be considered a normal country?

chapter 207

What Feng Shi said is indeed reasonable, and the problem also exists objectively.

But this kind of problem is by no means the most urgent problem for Zheng Guo right now.

Future problems can only be left to future people to solve. There is no such thing as perfection in this world.

After Li Ran's words fell, the assembly became quiet again.

One generation does what one generation does. This is indeed an even more ancient truth.

It's like planting rice seedlings when it's time to plant rice seedlings, and weeding when it's time to weed.It is impossible for you to think about weeding when it is time to plant rice seedlings, but then you will miss the season of planting rice seedlings.

Therefore, even the common people outside the venue could understand what Li Ran said.

And the readers present can also understand.

Taking Zheng Guo again as an example, if there was no Zheng Henggong back then, and Zheng Wugong paved the way for it, how could Zheng Zhuanggong be able to dominate the princes?
Of course, people in this era don't actually know that the Qin State of the later generations is the survivor of the sixth generation, making great efforts to control the universe.

Without the foreshadowing of the previous six generations of monarchs, the first emperor's desire to unify China would be nothing more than a dream.

Therefore, on the view that "one generation does what one generation does", no matter whether it is a son of a nobleman like Feng Shi, an ordinary scholar, or the most low-level commoner, they have no way to refute it.

At this point, the township assembly was completely over.

Li Ran used almost perfect and compelling arguments to tell everyone present.No one can secretly trip up the New Deal, let alone question the legitimacy of the New Deal.

Of course, his argument not only upholds the New Deal, but also safeguards Zichan's image in the minds of Chinese people.

And this is exactly what Li Ran hopes to achieve.

Since the New Deal was set by Zichan, his image is naturally crucial.

Of course, in addition to this, Li Ran actually had the meaning of "paying back" Feng Duan in doing this:

After all, I, Li Ran, are not on the same side as you, Feng Duan, want to bribe me?How easy is that?
The humiliation before and the good discussions and discussions were just temporary.You have your business, and I have mine.

When doing business, Li Ran can withdraw and withdraw for the benefits.But when it came to the Zichan New Deal, Li Ranke had no good attitude to speak of.

Perhaps, Li Ran's behavior can be called breaking his promise.

However, Li Ran has always believed in one sentence, that is: a gentleman is chaste and never forgives.

As a gentleman, do you need to keep your word?
need!However, it is often not necessary!
When the creed that a gentleman sticks to conflicts with his credit, "sticking to the right way" is the greatest credit.

And with Li Ran's generous speech at the township school assembly, it completely represented Feng Duan's complete bankruptcy of his acquisition plan.

……

So, after another period of time, under Li Ran's lobbying everywhere, the voice of opposition to the New Deal in Zheng Guo gradually decreased.

Up to Fengduan himself, down to the common people he bought, no longer dared to attack the New Deal.

Although there are those who are unwilling, why are they not tempted when they see others reclaiming tens of acres of private land?

Therefore, whether it is Fengduan, Sihei, or other stubbornly conservative fiefdoms, the implementation of the New Deal is like a great river going east, and it has become an irreversible trend.

As a result, Zheng Guo set off a wave of pioneering wind.

With the implementation of the New Deal, Ziqian has become more and more popular.

After all, ordinary people have no capital at all, so the demand for sub-money was huge at the beginning of pioneering.

Because of this, Li Ran's family property also began to look a little stretched. After all, to meet the loans of so many common people in the Zheng Kingdom, it was already difficult to support it on his own and borrowed from his father-in-law.

Therefore, Jixian was in Zhengyi City on behalf of Li Ran, lobbying other merchants to join together.

……

Reluctantly and difficultly passed the season, it was finally the day when Zheng Guo had a rice harvest.

Li Ran followed Zichan to the treasury to check the harvest of grain in various places.

"A total of 34 mu of wasteland has been reclaimed across the country. This amount is really impressive."

Looking at the number on the land deed, Rao Shi Zichan couldn't help but smile.

Because, this is just the barren land reclaimed when the first half of this year's New Deal was blocked.

In the coming year, if the progress of the current New Deal implementation continues, Zheng Guo's future farmland is completely predictable.

"However, due to the lack of fertility in the new fields, the yield per mu is still lower than that of the public fields."

"Fortunately, in terms of the total amount, it still far exceeds the public land by a large margin!"

Li Ran was also on the sidelines, feeling relieved.

He was so busy with this matter that he almost had some conflicts with Ji Le, and there were many people in the Ji clan who had opinions on him.

But now that he saw the grain output after the implementation of the New Deal, the stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.

It was not in vain for him to work hard.

"Ziming is very fortunate. On behalf of the widow, I thank Ziming for his help!"

Of course Zichan knew of Li Ran's role in his New Deal.Therefore, seeing such a gratifying harvest, he immediately expressed his gratitude to Li Ran.Zichan clasped his hands together, looking extraordinarily solemn.

"Doctor, what are you talking about, but since you are a Zheng official, you should put your family and country first."

Li Ran hurried forward, supported him, and returned the salute.

"Hehe, I think when you and I met for the first time in Pingqiu, I knew that Ziming is a person who can accomplish great things."

"Looking at it today, what you expected is exactly what you expected! It's really a blessing for me, Zheng, to have Ziming's help today!"

For the complete victory of the New Deal, Zichan should of course be most grateful to Li Ran.

And his praise was of course just an appetizer, and his reward for Li Ran had already been prepared.

……

On the other hand, because Xintian has a lot of harvest, the common people also benefit a lot.After all, with a large merchant family like the Jishi, there is no need to worry about the risk of devaluation of the food they grow.

Soon, common people all over the country began to repay their Ziqian loans one after another.

Therefore, Li Ran became rich overnight!
You must know that although Li Ran has exempted many common people from varying degrees of interest, the vast majority of common people still have to pay back more or less.

In this way, the common people all over the country are scrambling to repay the loan. Even for the entire Ji family, it can be said to be a huge sum of money, so let alone Li Ran?

It is precisely because of this that Jishi's business map has taken a step further.

Now in the entire Zheng State, apart from the six power ministers, no one can hold a candle to him.

Jixian was naturally happy, and even at the clan meeting, Li Ran was openly appointed as Jishi's housekeeper, and he took over the other half of Jishi's family business as a matter of course.

Of course, the most important thing is that after this incident, the elders of the Ji clan all looked at Li Ran with admiration.

Not only that, but they are also competing to pay out of their own pockets, wanting to participate in Li Ran's sub-money business.

Li Ran finally ushered in his highlight moment in Zheng Guo.

But in the face of such a harvest, he still dare not be careless in the slightest.

He who is familiar with "Zhou Rituals" knows best that at times like this, he has to maintain a more cautious attitude.

There is a saying in "Yi": "Walk on the tail of a tiger, don't bite people, and prosper" (translation: follow the tail of a tiger, if the tiger does not eat people, it will be prosperous)

Li Ran is fully aware that the current him is just "walking the tiger's tail". It seems that it is all due to him, but in fact?He was just following an "invisible tiger".

Therefore, if he showed any pride and complacency, this "invisible tiger" would most likely counterattack and bite him to pieces.

So, just after he became rich overnight.He immediately donated a large amount of property to Zheng Guo's office through Zichan.

Perhaps this is the so-called political sense.

Or maybe, this is the so-called life in the world.

All in all, Li Ran did this, on the one hand, of course, to show respect for Zheng Guogong's office.On the other hand, it is naturally to prevent myself from becoming the target of public criticism.

As the saying goes, "walking on the road is frank, and you are chaste and auspicious". (Translation: Follow the tiger to walk a wide road, and those who hide away can keep auspicious)

Although Li Ran can no longer become a "hidden person", it is also an extremely important homework for Li Ran to avoid the eyes of everyone as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)