630 Poor people (2/2)

Kong Rui couldn't keep himself from speaking, ”Those armored soldiers are all elites, why not let them chase away these problematic people?”

The moment he said these words, everyone became silent. The few people who accompanied him all had weird expressions on their faces.

It wasn't Weiyuan who spoke but the person beside him who smiled, ”In the past, there were indeed a few directly ruled cities of Gantian Mountain that did that, but their situations were really arduous!”

Kong Rui didn't understand. Arduous? Was the Ruler unhappy with it? Although it is good to love the people, one had to differentiate between the subjects. Good commoners and troublemakers definitely couldn't be treated the same.

Moreover, Officials like them should be the pillars of the country.

How could he allow these troublemakers to be so arrogant and unreasonable?

At this moment Weiyuan sighed, ”A few days ago, the Ruler signed a law. The meeting hall participants have the responsibility of questioning and monitoring the officials. They could vote out the head of a city. If the votes exceed half, I can forget about continuing as the Prefect…”

His words were filled with despair. The other few officials all shook their heads emotionally like they were really worried about it.

Kong Rui's heart sank, his last ounce of anticipation faded.

Such a preposterous ruling system was the joke of the entire world. Going against the flow, who knows how many years the current Gantian Mountain country strength could last for?

No wonder so many famous Confucians in Great Shang were all filled with disdain whenever one mentioned Gantian Mountain.

He originally thought that those people had heard about it from exaggerated sources and that they were most probably false. However, after coming over he realized that the situation was much worse than he had thought.

Based on what he saw, the Ruler really couldn't be considered to be wise.

For Yao'er to become the concubine of such a Ruler, her future was really dark.

Thinking about it for a moment, he suddenly walked away from the carriage. Since this place was blocked up, even in 8-10 hours it might not be fixed. Since he wanted to see Kong Yao sooner, why not just walk over?

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Right at the same time, above the clouds of Gantian Mountain, the middle-aged Confucian scoffed coldly and was prepared to leave the region.

Before he left, he suddenly recalled something. He turned around and looked at Zong Shou solemnly.

”I am still a foreign official and there are some things I can't tell Ruler. However, recently when I toured Gantian I had many deep learnings, there are several things I feel that I have to spit out. Ruler's meeting hall system is similar to Great Shang's Fengxian official. It is originally a good thing but with how Ruler is letting others wield power, commoners voting in people for the meetings as well as this monitoring of officials, it is a large mistake!”

Zong Shou's brows rose, his face expressing a desire to hear more. Seeing this person show no courtesy at all, his face still really serious, ”The people aren't educated and are poor. Their foresight is poor and they haven't received much education, easily being manipulated by others. Ruler do you know that the meetings have been controlled by the strong races in Gantian? Many places have resorted to buying of votes, 5 units of rice can be exchanged for one vote…”

Zong Shou shook his head when he heard this. This was not the first time that someone had said this to him.

Such matters were simply infuriating. However, if he wasn't someone who didn't bother with proper governance, in just a few years the whole country would be ruined by those civil servants under him.

In the meeting hall, at least 3 people had something to worry about.

He was already really poor, now that some people secretly took some money, his internal treasury wasn't left with much.

His face was still smiling like he approved and agreed with what that Confucian had said.

”Poor people? That makes sense! Only there are some things that since I know are correct, I can't stand and do nothing despite the tough process.”

His expression turned serious and he said with a righteous tone, ”Before they become intelligent, I will try my best to let them know values and customs. In the end, my Gantian Mountain people won't bend their backs just for 5 units of rice…”