Chapter 438: The Great Grace Tower
Li Zhi frowned: "Anyway, I work in Chang'an, and I can go home every day, so why bother to resign?" This position is just a transition, I still have a lot to rely on you, and now I need your help. ”
What kind of unit is the Ministry of Industry? The Ministry of Industry is in charge of various projects, craftsmen, tuntian, water conservancy, transportation and other government decrees, you know, this department is the collection of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Communications and other large departments in later generations. Thinking about how much funding these units have a year, how many projects to handle, and how much oil and water they need, it can be said that it is the fattest unit, but it is also the most annoying unit.
Why bother, because feudal society is ruled by man, and all kinds of human feelings are indispensable. For example, if my house is repaired with fewer bricks, my roof is leaking and almost tiled, and there are fewer woods in the pavilion, etc., do you give it or not? The key is not that a family comes to you, everyone is this virtue, if you meet a domineering royal family, you will be dragged away regardless of everything...
With Li Dongsheng's character, he must be close to home when he goes to work, and he has ignored the fact that he has a lot of money. Now to stuff such a unit over, he is grateful for not being sensitive.
Now Li Zhi wants to build a temple, this is for the royal service, who knows what taboos there are, now there are so many people staring at him, to come to a transcendent thing and say that he is bullying the king, it is simply like crying without tears.
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, the most taboo thing is for laymen to guide insiders, Weichen has never been in contact with this Ministry of Industry, it can be said that he doesn't know anything, praying for the eldest grandson queen is such a big deal, how can it be handed over to me so rashly?"
"Don't say it, is there anything you don't understand?" Li Zhi said unhappily: "You don't know how to build a house? Who designed your home, and who designed Changle Fang? You just don't want to do things, the first emperor told me a long time ago, you have to do this squire and you have to do it or not, the holy decree will be issued tomorrow, and if you have the ability, you will resist the decree. ”
Yes, I've only heard of rape and gambling, and I really haven't heard of the emperor forcing people to be officials. Is there still a heavenly principle in this world? What is good not to learn, not to learn from your father's domineering president, the key is that you are not this material.
Li Dongsheng scolded in his heart, but now there was no way, he could only bow his head and admit it: "Weichen will be reluctant to make it difficult, if there is anything wrong, please take care of your majesty." ”
Since this mess was smashed in his own hands, Li Dongsheng had to think about how to do this thing well, and he asked carefully: "Your Majesty, how much is this budget?" ”
How much? Li Zhi really didn't think about this problem, he thought about it and said: "Since you pray for the queen mother, it must be perfect, how much money is put aside first, as long as it is done." ”
Li Dongsheng followed closely and said, "How can this be? How can you do a thing, a project to start construction must have to make a budget, what materials to use, how much labor, construction time, so that there are rules to follow, otherwise who knows how long to build, how much cost? Didn't Wechen put forward the concept of budget a long time ago, why didn't it actually use it? ”
Li Zhi was asked by Li Dongsheng, whatever he wanted to repair in his mind was directly arranged, and he would just see things when he was ready, and he really didn't care about the specific cost.
However, after all, he was a person who had dealt with the government affairs, and he keenly felt that the method that Li Dongsheng said was beneficial to the appropriation of the entire imperial court, so he thought for a while and said: "Then let the people of the Ministry of Industry make a budget." ”
Li Dongsheng nodded and asked, "Your Majesty, is this money from the Ministry of Industry or Your Majesty's internal funds?" ”
"What's the difference? The money in the world is mine, what is the difference between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Funds? Li Zhi was a little impatient, he had not yet taken office, and he was now thinking about whether the nomination was wrong.
Li Dongsheng was righteous and awe-inspiring: "The difference is big. The money of the Ministry of Industry is for the people of the world, how can it be used for His Majesty's private affairs. The internal money is His Majesty's own money, and the commemoration of the eldest grandson and Empress is to express His Majesty's sorrows, and it is His Majesty's own private affairs, how can he use the people's money? If the eldest grandson Empress Jiuquan had knowledge, she wouldn't agree, right? ”
Li Zhi was told by Li Dongsheng that he didn't know how to answer, it must cost countless to build a royal temple, and if he let himself take out this money, it would definitely be very distressing, but he carried the eldest grandson queen out, and he couldn't force it.
Now that he has just become the emperor, if the ministers know that they have started to build a large number of buildings, then the book of advice will definitely fly into the palace like snowflakes, and he will be annoyed.
"What about you?"
"Your Majesty, now the scenery of this temple is good, why do we need to build another one, it is better to build a tower here, the cost is not high, and the citizens of Chang'an can see it, those Hu businessmen and outsiders who come from afar must ask after seeing it, and when they know that this is built by His Majesty to remember his mother, it will inevitably spread His Majesty's filial piety all over the world."
Li Zhi, who was a little unhappy in his heart, listened to Li Dongsheng's words, his eyes lit up, and there was such a workaround, no wonder his father favored Li Dongsheng so much, those rotten Confucians would only say that I wasted financial and material resources, and without a little suggestion, the emperor would not lose face.
Li Zhi nodded and said, "This is also possible." However, this tower must be built beautifully and elegantly, and it must be high! ”
Li Dongsheng said: "Your Majesty, rest assured, this tower must be a landmark building in Chang'an." ”
Li Zhi smiled: "There are so many fresh words from the teacher, and it is a new word, but it is really appropriate." ”
On the way back to the city, Li Chunfeng came over: "I haven't seen you for so many years, and now I am getting older and older, and I will let Your Majesty take back your life quietly, which is amazing." ”
Li Dongsheng was very scruple about him, for fear that he would see something, so he didn't have much contact for so many years: "That's Your Majesty's kindness, thinking about the people in your heart, and it's useless to persuade anyone like Emperor Yang of Sui." ”
Li Chunfeng laughed: "That is, in the future, when you are in the Ministry of Industry, we will have a lot of opportunities to deal with each other, and we will ask you for more advice." ”
Li Dongsheng was shocked: "I'm in the Ministry of Industry, how can you have the opportunity to deal with Qin Tianjian if you are the Qin Heavenly Supervisor?" ”
"Silly, I have to go to see feng shui when the big project starts." Li Chunfeng laughed: "I haven't said thank you for the wine you have sent for so many years." Yuan Tiangang met Li Dongsheng back then, and Li Dongsheng said that he would pack the wine in the future, so he arranged for his family to go to the Taoist temple to deliver wine.
"These little things are not worth talking about." Li Dongsheng remembered a gossip, and approached Li Chunfeng in a low voice: "I heard that your master saw a little girl in Sichuan back then, and said that she had the destiny to be the emperor, is it true or false?" ”
Li Chunfeng was shocked: "Who came out of this, how can such a steady person as my master say such a thing, Grandpa Li can't say this nonsense, he wants to die." ”
Li Dongsheng had an answer in his heart at this time, it turned out that Wu Zetian made up a story for himself to become an emperor, and the legend that has been passed down through the ages has come to fruition, Li Dongsheng can only comfort him: "I also heard what people say, don't mind." ”