Su Chen glanced at Lin Xing indifferently, and then said: "Next, I will ask and you will answer, do you understand?"
“I understand, I understand!”
Lin Xing nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
Now, these officials are extremely upset.
Why did they listen to Lin Xing and do this?
If they just performed their duties obediently now, would they be able to survive?
It's a pity that there are many medicines in this world, but there is no regret medicine...
"The reason why you did this is because you heard about the large-scale iron smelting workshop in Guancheng and the strong support of His Majesty, and you can make huge profits from it, so you became jealous and wanted to force me to let me work at sea.
Will the state also open an iron smelting workshop?"
Su Chen asked coldly.
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials present stood blankly on the spot.
How did the Protector know their thoughts?
Could it be that he guessed it?
At this moment, all the more than a hundred officials in Haizhou looked pale, without a trace of blood...
They knew that since the Protector had guessed all this, there was no point in making excuses. The best thing to do was to confess and be lenient...
"Reporting to the Lord Protector, we do think so."
Lin Xing's eyes were red, and his voice felt like he was about to cry.
Now, Lin Xing no longer dares to have any thoughts of luck.
Compared with future, money and other things, life is the most important!
"What a short-sighted idiot!"
Su Chen cursed angrily: "You all just saw the huge benefits brought by the construction of the iron smelting workshop in Guancheng, and you are jealous and anxious here!"
"Have you ever thought about why I chose to build an iron smelting workshop in Guancheng when the North is so big? Is it just because their land was destroyed, so I have to compensate them?
!”
"Have you ever thought about what is the most important thing in building an iron smelting workshop?"
“The most important thing is to have abundant mineral resources!”
"You are officials in Haizhou. You should know better than me about Haizhou's mineral resources, right?
!”
The more Su Chen talked, the angrier he became, and his words and tone became more and more disrespectful.
"Let's not talk about whether Haizhou is suitable for building iron smelting workshops. Your attitude of only caring about immediate interests makes me angry!"
“Food is the most important thing for people. If there is not enough land to grow food, what is the use of having more money?
!”
"Building an iron smelting workshop in Guancheng is more of a helpless move. Your land in Haizhou is still well preserved and can continue to be cultivated. This is your most precious wealth!"
Facing Su Chen's reprimand, these officials did not dare to take a breath.
Looking around at the Haizhou officials who were kneeling on the ground and shivering, Su Chen suddenly felt like he was playing the piano to others.
In any case, those who can become officials in this era can be regarded as high-quality intellectuals.
There are more than a hundred people who don't even understand such a simple truth. It's really hard to complain...
He rubbed his eyebrows with a headache. Su Chen didn't want to say anything more. He stood up and said, "Okay, let's break up the banquet today. If you still think that you are the parents and officials of the people of Haizhou, go and do more for them."
Be real."
"What the Tang Dynasty needs are capable officials, not idiots who can only flatter themselves."
Su Chen ignored the reactions of these officials and walked away.
Su Chen was very disappointed with these Haizhou officials.
Although Haizhou is relatively orderly under their management, and the people's lives are not too complicated, anyone can see that these officials do everything from the perspective of their own interests first.
This point alone made Su Chen very disgusted.
As a parent official, if you can't put the people first, what else would you call a parent official?
Moreover, after experiencing what happened in Guancheng Prefecture, Su Chen more deeply realized the importance of land to the people in this era.
To this day, Su Chen still thinks of the desperate look on some people's faces when the Guanzhou land was first destroyed.
If it weren't for the fact that Guanzhou happened to have rich mineral deposits that could be used to build an iron smelting workshop, even Su Chen would have had a hard time calming down the people's emotions.
On the way back, Su Chen felt that he had been too kind today.
With the way these officials are behaving today, even if I demote them all, it would be considered a frivolous thing!
If it weren't for the fact that the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty had just been reformed, and if such a drastic change was made suddenly, just finding new officials to make up for it would be difficult.
"I hope I can wake up one or two people tonight..."
Su Chen doesn't care at all whether these officials will wake up. After two or three years, Datang's cultural and educational system will be improved, and there will only be more and more talents. It will only be a matter of time before these old officials are replaced.
matter.
At present, Su Chen's only request for these Haizhou officials is to be honest and responsible and stop thinking about nonsense.
In this case, they might be able to serve as officials for a few more years.
As for whether they would hold grudge against him after tonight, Su Chen was not even worried.
Is it possible that they still dare to attack themselves?
In this regard, Su Chen said that he will kill as many as you come!
The guards he brought with him on this trip were not only top-notch in terms of their skills, but the equipment they wore alone was enough to kill the entire Haizhou into darkness!
After returning to the house, Su Chen was too lazy to continue thinking so much. After washing, he lay down and fell asleep.
…
But when Su Chen had already fallen asleep, Lin Xing and others on the other side were destined to have trouble sleeping all night.
For a short period of time after Su Chen left, the banquet scene fell into a deathly silence, with no one making a sound.
Lin Xing was still kneeling on the ground in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
"It's over!"
"It's over, the Protector is angry!"
I don’t know who suddenly exclaimed, and the air at the scene seemed to come alive in an instant. Everyone woke up as if from a dream, and finally knew that something big had happened this time!
Their clever behavior this time made Su Chen, the high-ranking protector of the country, furious!
With this person's temperament and behavior, their lives in the future are destined to be difficult!
"Master Lin, what should we do now?
!”
"Now, the Protector is obviously very dissatisfied with our behavior, how can we appease his anger?
!”
An official ran to Lin Xing in fear, his face full of urgency, like an ant on a hot pot.
This official's words were like a fuse, instantly igniting the fear in the hearts of all officials.
Uneasiness, impatience and other negative emotions became the theme of this banquet at the moment.
