Chapter 485: Evil always arises when courage arises
Listening to the noisy and panicked voices in his ears, Lin Xing, who was already in a very depressed mood, felt particularly irritable, and the veins on his forehead were looming.
"Shut up, everyone!"
Lin Xing shouted loudly, all the officials present were frightened, and the atmosphere returned to silence again.
Despite Lin Xing's groveling behavior in front of Su Chen, he was still very majestic among these Haizhou officials, otherwise they wouldn't all have appeared at this banquet.
Originally, everyone wanted to get some benefits from Su Chen through today's reception banquet, but who could have imagined that such a result would occur.
After looking around and seeing that everyone was silent, Lin Xing pondered for a moment and said, "Now that things have happened, it's useless even if you are regretting it like this!"
"Since you dare to come to this banquet, you must be prepared for possible failure!"
"Now, the most important thing for us is not to be afraid of ourselves here, but to think about how to deal with it!"
When Lin Xing spoke, all the officials listened attentively, and no one interrupted.
Seeing that these officials were no longer as panicked as before, Lin Xingcai continued: "Although Lord Protector is angry, we don't have to worry too much."
"He didn't execute us on the spot, which means that no matter how angry the Lord Protector is, he can't really attack so many of us directly."
"Besides, we only expressed our opinions to him this time and did not do anything substantive. Even if he wanted to convict us, it would be impossible."
As soon as these words came out, the officials present felt relieved.
Yes, to be honest, they actually didn't do anything too extreme. Even if he is the Protector, if he wants to be convicted, he still needs some evidence.
Their behavior this time is just to seek financial benefits, but they are really doing it for the people!
So, really speaking, it seems that they really don't have anything to worry about.
Suddenly, the expressions on the faces of these officials relaxed a lot.
"Master Lin, what do you think we should do now?"
Lin Xing's eyes flashed and he said: "Although our plan failed this time, I don't think there is no remedy, but it depends on whether you dare."
Hearing this, many officials showed a hint of joy in their eyes, but they soon turned into expressions of deliberation.
Now that Lin Xing has said that although there is a remedy, it depends on whether they dare or not, which means that there is a certain risk in this matter.
Those present were not stupid people, so they naturally understood some of its meaning.
"Mr. Lin, if you really have a remedy, why don't you tell us first so that we can have a clear idea first?"
Someone said this.
Lin Xing said: "Actually, this method is very simple. It is to forcefully create opportunities to build an iron smelting workshop!"
Create opportunities?
hiss!
Hearing this, some officials couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Su Chen made it very clear just now. The land in Haizhou is well preserved and can continue to be cultivated. There is no need to build an iron smelting workshop.
Now that Lin Xing is saying this, is he trying to force Su Chen to build an iron smelting workshop in Haizhou by destroying the land?
"Mr. Lin, don't you want to spray those sealed pesticides on the fields and destroy the land?
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Some officials expressed their suspicions.
"good!"
Seeing Lin Xing admitting, all the officials present widened their eyes.
This idea is simply crazy!
With the Lord Protector’s love for the land and farming, this behavior is tantamount to jumping on the edge of a knife!
"Master Lin, this method is absolutely unacceptable!"
"If the Lord Protector knew that we had done this, he would never let us off lightly!"
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Many officials instantly felt chills running down their spines and expressed their opinions that this plan would not work.
"Don't do it?"
Lin Xing sneered and continued: "If you still want to build an iron smelting workshop in Haizhou and want to improve your position, you can't do this!"
"Now that the Tang Dynasty's bureaucracy is reforming, you all know what your abilities are. Is there really any room for improvement?"
Lin Xing looked around at the officials, and what he said seemed to have magic power, lingering in the minds of these officials.
Since His Majesty Li Er introduced a new bureaucratic promotion system last year, many officials seem to have no hope of breaking through the status quo.
In the past, if they wanted to be promoted, they basically just needed to stay in one place long enough and improve their qualifications.
Now, the imperial court conducts a major inspection of all officials every year to evaluate their work attitude and effectiveness, and how to rate them. As long as the scores are sufficient, they can be transferred or promoted.
This system of His Majesty Li Er is very similar to the systems of large enterprises in later generations. When Su Chen first learned about it, he was even praised by Su Chen.
Sure enough, it is not unreasonable for His Majesty Li Er to receive such a high evaluation in later generations.
This system alone spans two thousand years of time and space!
The reason why His Majesty Li Er did this was also because of the reform of the imperial examination system and the widespread popularization of books.
In this way, Datang will only have more and more talents in the future, and there will no longer be a need to worry about a shortage of officials.
In the past, perhaps due to lack of manpower, the imperial court cherished every talent and official and would not easily execute officials for minor issues.
But from now on, this will become less and less common!
That's why Haizhou officials behaved like this.
These officials are very familiar with their own abilities and the situation in Haizhou.
If there is no particularly big opportunity, their career in this life can be considered to have come to an end, and they may be replaced in two years.
"Mr. Lin, we all know what you said, but the risk of doing this is too great. If you are not careful, you will completely offend the Lord Protector!"
"When the time comes, not all of us here can bear his and His Majesty's anger!"
Many officials backed down from Lin Xing's crazy plan.
Although they also want to be promoted and make a fortune, they must have a life to do so!
"Listen to what I'm saying. I'm not talking about destroying all the land."
Lin Xing said.
"What does Master Lin mean?"
"Since the Protector has said that the situation in Haizhou is not suitable for vigorously building iron smelting workshops, then we can build less iron smelting workshops, which is better than nothing!"
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Next, Lin Xing vividly explained his thoughts to these officials.
Lin Xing thought, since Guanzhou built an iron smelting workshop to appease the people because the land was destroyed by pesticides and the people were dissatisfied with the protector, Haizhou could also follow suit!
