"Liu Gong, there is really no way to change this~"

"There are a lot of people who have come to me these days, asking to change to this place today, and asking to change to another place tomorrow, and I have no way to do it."

"When it comes to building concrete roads, there's no way to satisfy everyone."

"What's more, this year is not only to build cement roads, but also to repair rivers and reservoirs, the most of which fall on your Henan."

Zeng Jian shook his head helplessly, it's not that he doesn't give you Liu Jian's face, but there is really no way to change it, and there will always be people who are dissatisfied with this change.

The budget of the imperial court is no matter how many roads are repaired.

"I know, I know~"

Liu Jian nodded again and again, then thought about it and said: "This route to the south, you see that from our Henan and from Shandong, it is actually similar, there will be no gap between each other, and the distance is almost the same." ”

"And you also said just now, Henan is in the middle, this is in the middle, if this cement road is very difficult to leave, wouldn't it be very inappropriate."

"In addition, the original intention of the imperial court to build a cement road is also to facilitate relief and disaster relief, and this year Henan needs to move a lot of people to the eastern Liaodong region, which will definitely affect national events if there is no cement road."

Liu Jian was very helpless, and now he had to speak in a low voice to a secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

In this matter, he will come forward if he does not come forward.

Although there are many officials in Henan in the court, the most able to speak is naturally Liu Jian, there was originally a Ma Wensheng, but he was killed by Emperor Hongzhi.

Originally, he had been locked up in a prison, that is, during the Lantern Festival not long ago, Liu Jian took advantage of Emperor Hongzhi's happiness to intercede, and then released it.

"Liu Gong, I know all this, but this line has been decided, and it has been announced to various places, and the governments of many regions along the line are already preparing, and there is no way to change it."

Zeng Jian is also relatively hard, whether you are the first assistant of the cabinet, or the scholar or something, it is useless for anyone to intercede, the planned route is the planned route, and it will never be changed.

"Next year, next year's new planned route, there must be Henan~"

"Next year?"

"The daylilies are cold~"

When Liu Jian heard this, he couldn't help but say so in his heart.

This kind of thing is to repair bridges and pave roads, so naturally you can fight for more, first repair and enjoy first, and then repair can only be envy and jealousy, red eyes.

This year the imperial court has money so it comes to build the road, next year, who knows what will happen next year?

In this kind of matter, it is only a matter of time, no matter what, we must fight for it first.

"Zeng Gong, there is really no way to change this?"

Liu Jian looked at Zeng Jian and said with a displeased face.

"Liu Gong, there is really no way to change it, this year, but the money used to build the Heti dam and reservoir in Henan will be as high as 1.5 million taels, and if this cement highway is bypassed, I will be scolded to death."

Zeng Jian shook his head, this thing is really difficult to do.

"Since that's the case, then I'll take my leave first~"

Looking at Zeng Jian, Liu Jian reluctantly got up and left Zeng's mansion.

When I returned to my mansion, there were already many people waiting in the living room, all of them were Henan officials.

"Liu Gong, how is it?"

Even Ma Wensheng, who had just been released not long ago, came to Liu Jian's house, and when he saw Liu Jian coming back, he hurriedly asked with concern.

"He said there was no way to change it, the matter had already been decided, and he could only wait for next year."

Liu Jian shook his head helplessly.

"This Zeng Jian~"

When Ma Wensheng heard this, he couldn't help but scold.

"What can I do now?"

"Your cement highway, the north bypasses us in Henan, and the east bypasses us, deceiving people too much~"

"Liu Gong, the planned route and plan will be rejected directly by him."

"In my opinion, we still have to continue to contact more Henan officials, and we can also contact those princes in Henan, and we will jointly send a letter to Your Majesty Xiang Shu, asking Your Majesty to change this route to our Henan."

"I think I can ~"

"Do you want to impeach this Zeng Jian?"

“……”

In the early morning of the next day, on the Jinluan Palace, the early dynasty began, Emperor Hongzhi sat on the dragon chair, and the ministers below were solemn.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat~"

Xiao Jing's voice sounded, echoing in the Jinluan Palace.

"The minister has this music~"

As soon as his words fell, a bunch of officials stood up one after another.

"Huh?"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the officials standing up below, and was slightly surprised.

Why did so many officials stand up all of a sudden, could it be that something big had happened, or was it that the government and the opposition were going to be in turmoil again?

After the officials who stood up looked at each other, many of them quickly stood up and let the important ministers do the work first.

"Liu Jian, you can talk first."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Liu Jian, a little surprised, but also very curious, what happened here.

"Your Majesty, the imperial court plans to build a cement road, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and for the future."

"But if the construction route of this cement road is not carefully studied, it is very likely that it will cost money but it will not be able to do a good job."

Liu Jian stood up, his voice was extremely loud and full of energy.

"Hmm~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, it turned out to be for this matter.

"Keep talking~"

"Yes~"

Liu Jian nodded respectfully, then thought for a while and said: "Henan is in the middle of my Ming Dynasty, and it is necessary to pass through Henan when traveling from south to north and east to west. ”

"In addition, this year, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi will migrate hundreds of thousands of people to Liaodong to develop Liaodong, and since ancient times, Henan has also had many disasters and famines, and the Yellow River is very easy to flood."

"If we can build a cement road that leads to the difficulty, it will not only be conducive to the development of Liaodong by immigrants from Henan, but also conducive to the timely transportation of money and grain to Henan to help the victims."

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the new cement highway plan of the Ministry of Industry is extremely unreasonable, the northern line from Shanxi to Shaanxi bypasses Henan, and the eastern line goes straight from Shandong to South Zhili, and bypasses Henan."

"This is extremely inconsistent with the original intention and purpose of the imperial court to build a cement road."

Liu Jin was originally drowsy, this damn early dynasty, he got up very early every day to go to the morning dynasty, and the whole person had no energy at all.

But he was already ranked as a household servant, a member of the third grade, and he couldn't even stand and nap, so he could only hold on, looking forward to getting off early and going back to sleep early.

Who knew that now when he heard Liu Jian's words, Liu Jin couldn't help but smile slightly.

Sure enough, since ancient times, when it comes to such good things as building bridges and paving roads, the government and the opposition will inevitably have some disputes, and even Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet, has to stand up and cry out for his hometown.

"The ministers thought that what Liu Gong said was very true~"

After Liu Jian's words were finished, officials from Henan immediately stood up one after another.

Yes, Liu Jian is right, the planning of this cement highway is really unreasonable, how to go around is to bypass my Henan, this is not good, Henan is very important, resolutely not.

This line must be changed, and it must be changed to Henan.

"Lord Liu, please also instruct, how to change this line, and it is easy to do it in the next place?"

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zeng Jian is not happy, this matter is on the side of Emperor Hongzhi, this is not to say that he is incompetent as the Ministry of Industry, you are in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military officials, Gong Gong Zhugong, you just say how to change, see if anyone comes out to scold you?

"Yes, Liu Aiqing, tell me how to change this line?"

After listening to this, Emperor Hongzhi finally understood, and immediately couldn't help laughing.

This kind of thing, it is normal for Liu Jian to come out to cry out for his hometown Henan, and it will be the same if he changes it casually.

The construction of cement roads is a major event related to the development of a region, can we attach great importance to it, can we not fight on the basis of reason?

And this thing, it is suitable for fighting loudly and showing one's own attitude.

Because whether it is Emperor Hongzhi above or the hundred officials below, or the fathers and villagers in your hometown, they will all think that you are doing the right thing.

Although it may not be useful, what should be fought for is still to be fought for.

"In the opinion of the minister, the southward route of the east line should be changed from the north to the south through Henan and then to the south of the south, Shandong is close to the sea on three sides, and the shipping is extremely convenient and developed, and the cement highway will not be repaired again next year."

Liu Jian thought about it and said, it is definitely no fun to change the route to the north, because the route in the north is very important, Shanxi and Shaanxi are both very poor, and they all need large-scale immigrants to come out, whether it is to Liaodong or overseas.

In addition, it is also a major event related to the westward expansion of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no way to change it, but the east side can.

"The minister is against ~"

As soon as they heard that they were going to change the Shandong route, the officials from Shandong suddenly became angry again and stood up one after another.

Especially the Hubu Shangshu Tong Zhong, the beard that was even more angry floated up.

Okay, you're Liu Jian, believe it or not, this line has been changed, I didn't approve a penny, and I actually changed my route in Dashandong.

"Your Majesty, the minister also has something to say~"

"Why is there only the northern one in the planned southern cement highway, but there is no southern one?"

The officials of Shandong and Henan were arguing incessantly, blowing their beards and glaring at each other, and the officials in the south were unhappy again, because the newly planned cement highway did not have anything to do with the southern provinces.

How can this be done, we must fight.

Emperor Hongzhi sat on the high hall, the whole person smiled, originally they all said not to tax, not to tax, now it's okay, there is money, when they are ready to build cement roads, they are all fighting for something.

glanced at Liu Jin slightly, and found that this thing seemed to be out of his mind, and seemed to be thinking about something.

In fact, Liu Jin really didn't care about this kind of thing at this time, Liu Jin was thinking about the establishment of the Daming Naval School at this time.