"Sir, look at the heavy rain outside. It has been falling for a whole day and night and it hasn't stopped yet.

Judging from the weather, it may continue to rain for more than ten days. Have you ever thought about what will happen then, sir?"

Gao Zhijun asked Governor Chu with a serious face.

Magistrate Chu saw that her expression didn't seem fake, and then he looked out the window at the pouring rain. He carefully considered every word she had just said, and suddenly a light flashed in his mind, and he knew what was going to happen. He asked in fear, "Will there be a flood?"

Knowing that Prefect Chu had already made this assumption, Gao Zhijun didn't hide her feelings. She said, "Indeed, with the current rainfall, after today, all the rivers and streams will be filled. If it continues, the flood will overflow the rivers and flow into the villages, destroying houses, drowning chickens, ducks, cattle, and horses, and even many civilians who can't escape. Therefore, I implore you, sir, to send people to all the low-lying villages to safely transfer the people into the city and resettle them."

Listening to Gao Zhijun's analysis, I couldn't refute it even if I wanted to.

He knew that what she said was true and would happen, so he had no choice but to do as she said and evacuate the people.

However, there was no place in the city to accommodate the people, and he did not have the money to buy a yard to house them.

"Can I believe what the girl said?"

Prefect Chu still wanted to confirm it.

"My lord, I will not joke with the lives of ordinary people.

You're over thirty now, right? You should know that floods are merciless.

With the current amount of rain, the rivers, lakes and seas will soon be full, and floods will wreak havoc everywhere. How can people and livestock survive?"

Gao Zhijun was not joking. With the current amount of rainfall, even the river embankment built in the previous life would not be able to drain it all at once.

In ancient times, water conservancy projects were backward and drainage was impossible.

“I believe what the girl said.

But there are so many people, and I don’t have the ability to accommodate them.

To be honest, the government office is already stretched to the limit and simply cannot afford to build a courtyard to house the people."

Governor Chu lowered his head in shame and spoke awkwardly.

There are probably not many officials who have achieved what he has.

Gao Zhijun saw that he did not seem to be lying. She had just heard others say that he was an honest and good official. In addition, as refugees fleeing famine, he might really have no money.

She felt that being an honest official was fine, but one couldn't be too rigid.

An honest official is one who treats the people with respect.

But for those businessmen, she still felt that she had to be a corrupt official.

Just like her.

She opened a clinic to treat patients all over the world.

It is impossible for her to treat everyone equally, whether they are ordinary people or high-ranking officials.

She can provide medical care and medicine to the people.

However, she would ask for exorbitant prices from those high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

For example, the life-extending pill.

She can give it to critically ill people for free.

The high-ranking officials and nobles could not accept it, so she demanded ten thousand taels of gold.

She is a good person to the people.

To the rich and powerful, she is a profiteer.

Therefore, people must have two faces.

Her kindness is for the people.

Her cruelty was directed towards the powerful and influential.

“Sir, you can levy the inn.

And those merchants and landowners must have many vacant yards that can be requisitioned to accommodate the people."

"Your Excellency is an honest official, and I admire you!

But people should not be too rigid and old-fashioned.

If you are an honest official, you will not have money to help the people.

Therefore, I feel that being an honest official is for the benefit of the people.

But for those merchants and landlords, their money was squeezed from the people.

The adults might as well be cruel to them and become a corrupt official.

And he took the silver which he had robbed from them, and used it for the benefit of the people.

This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine.

It is also called, take from merchants and return to the people."

Gao Zhijun thought about it and decided that she should start with the merchants.

Those people have so many yards left vacant, it's such a waste.

The money in their hands was squeezed from the farmers, so they should do something for the people.

After Gao Zhijun's words came out, both Governor Chu and Huo Jinzhiqian fell silent.

Prefect Chu was deeply touched. He had no idea that people could do this.

How contradictory is this?

He is both an honest official and a corrupt official.

Can I do it?

But the girl is right.

If you just try to be an honest official, you will only end up with clean hands.

When disaster struck, he wanted to do something for the people, but found himself powerless because he was already stretched to the limit.

For example, at this moment, he wants to resettle the people, but he doesn’t have the money to do so.

Huo Jinqian was quite shocked.

He hadn't expected her insights to be so profound.

Can people really have two faces?

This isn't a psychopath's idea.

However, she was right.

To be an honest official, one must be incorruptible.

But when disaster struck, they were helpless because they had no money.

“I will remember what the young lady said.

However, businessmen are profit-driven, so how could they give away the yard for free?

Is it really that hard to convince them?"

Prefect Chu certainly knew those wealthy businessmen. They had many vacant yards, and he had no reason to let them give them away for free.

“It’s true that businessmen pursue profit.

But they know very well where this profit comes from.

As long as the adults do as I say, they will be willing to be sent out of the yard."

“If you don’t want to be a corrupt official, you can actually propose to the court to increase taxes on merchants.

Merchants took advantage of the benefits given by the court and made a fortune, so they should pay taxes to the court.

This is mutual help and benefit.

It is impossible for them to enjoy convenience without being willing to pay for it.

Only by tying merchants and the court together can they serve the people.

The court has convenience and the merchants have money. Isn't this the best mutually beneficial cooperative relationship?

If those merchants are unwilling, you can cut off their convenience and then find new partners, but they still won’t obey.”

Gao Zhijun analyzed the interests of the court and merchants and told Prefect Chu about it, hoping that he could use merchants to benefit the people.