Li Yi asked curiously, "What's the trouble for Brother Yuan?" You, a high-ranking official, have a lot of subordinates and directors, so you still have to go out in person? ”

Yuan Zitong smiled and said, "Hehe! Runzhi is too elevating my Yuan, I'm just an errand errand, and I can still say that I am in a high position? ”

"Alas! You don't know! From the mouth of the Pearl River to Tuen Mun, from time to time, the river crosses and the tide invades, causing local complaints. Therefore, the emperor attached great importance to it, and deliberately handed over the task of building the sea dam and the river dam to our Ministry of Industry, and in the end, didn't it spread to my head? ”

"It's not difficult to say that the dam is built, it's just to arrange for the states and counties to contribute, and then supervise it on the spot. The hard thing is that you don't have any money in your hands! Isn't the three-day shutdown all because of lack of money? I have been busy since the end of summer and I haven't seen the shadow of the dam yet! ”

When Li Yizheng was puzzled, Su Zhijian smiled and said, "Yuanda, don't cry poor for your brother." Our Han alone has tens of millions of dollars in the annual market purchase, what kind of dam can spend so much money? ”

Yuan Zitong said "bah": "You know a fart!" You kid don't do your job, you only know where the money comes from, how do you know how the money is spent! You don't use your pig brain to think about it, in the past few years, the palace alone has cost thirty or forty million yuan, plus the twenty-eight temples built around the capital at the same time, and six large-scale Taoist temples, even if it has not been completed, I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of dollars. ”

"Does Nanxun Hall know? Do you know how much it cost to spend on those eighteen pillars alone? A whole hug of thick sandalwood! It's still wrapped in golden gold leaves! The floor is all paved with silver bricks, and the top is inlaid with night pearls! No way! This can't be measured in terms of money! ”

Li Yi nodded solemnly and said: "This cost is really a bit big, if you save a province, won't there be money to build a dam?" There is also the construction of temples around the capital, I heard that they have been built for several years, is it not yet completed? ”

Yuan Zitong smiled bitterly: "I said Runzhi! You have been in officialdom for many years, do you really not understand? The construction of this temple is the most profitable way. Originally, this should be the business of our Ministry of Industry, but Taichang Temple won it over, and the payment of expenses was all dispatched by Taichang Temple. ”

"With such a big project, peeling down layer by layer, won't it fatten those big and small officials of Taichang Temple? Therefore, the money and grain that is really used for project construction is only two or three out of ten. ”

"Alas! Our Ministry of Works, Master Ni, is famous for not caring about the world, and seeing that he is about to retire, he still wants to carefully seek benefits for the Ministry of Industry. However, the Taichang Temple is also a hard waist! With the king of Leping in charge there, who would dare to cause that trouble! ”

Li Yi nodded silently, this kind of thing, all dynasties and dynasties have been like this, there are people in the court who are good officials, and the departments with sufficient oil and water are controlled by people in the background, the key is that there is no reasonable mechanism for supervision and accountability. Those imperial envoys of the Supervision Yuan are also bullying the weak and afraid of the hard, if they get any more benefits, most of them will turn a blind eye, who will go out strong!

Li Yi opened his mouth and asked, "Could it be that this dam has just stopped?" ”

Yuan Zitong said helplessly: "Won't you stop working!" Although the local people donated some, it was only a drop in the bucket. It's hard for a good woman to cook without rice, where can you find money for me as a soft-spoken little man? ”

"It's okay to take a break, it's not my fault anyway. Hehe! How good it is in the capital, there is food and drink, and you can go on an outing if you have nothing to do, and I don't need to go over there to endure the hardships of the wind and frost. ”

Li Yi really had nothing to say, and after drinking a few more glasses of wine, he had to move on to other topics and asked, "I haven't had time to visit my friends when I return to the capital, and I don't know what they are busy with now?" Alas! I really want to get together with them soon! ”

Yuan Zitong said with a smile: "It's not the right time for you to come back, if you want to see Brother Jian, Brother Liang and a few of them, I'm afraid you can only wait until the Chinese New Year." ”

"Oh! What's going on? Li Yi asked strangely.

"You don't know yet, do you? Jian Wen will be appointed by the emperor as an interview envoy around the South China Sea, and he went to the south to observe the people's feelings, and it has been about half a year now. I'm afraid I'm walking around the beach at this time! ”

"Huh! I met him in the South China Sea a few days ago, and we had a few drinks together. According to him, at the end of the year, he will also visit some poor villages affected by floods, and he is afraid that it will be over the New Year when he returns. ”

"And Brother Liang Songliang, it's really not easy for him to be the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, it's almost the New Year, but he went to Zhenzhou to supervise a big case, it's hard to say if he can come back for the New Year!"

Li Yi sighed slightly and said, "Alas! The two of them really had a night to spare. I was uncomfortable when I returned to the capital, but the two of them were so busy that it seemed that I could only wait until the New Year to see them. ”

Yuan Zitong said with a relaxed expression: "They are not there, there are still light maps and Yunzhang, Youzhang, and Keming!" The light map is the thickest with you, if you know that you are back, no matter how busy you are, don't you run over to you? ”

"Youzhang went to the ministry, and the more he got to the end of the year, the more busy he became, I don't know if he was idle. It's just that Yunzhang has been a little idle since he was transferred to Tongshisheren, and I haven't seen him for a long time. I heard that he traveled back and forth between Zhongshu Province and the Inner Court, and he was the most diligent. ”

"Huh! If you want me to say, you champions are different! Brother Jian, Brother Liang, Runzhi and Yunzhang, except for the untimely death of the champion of the second department, the champions of the four subjects before and after you are all idle characters! ”

Li Yi smiled helplessly: "Hehe! I'm probably the most idle one right now. They all have something to do, but I, an idler, sit bored in the Hanlin Courtyard and flip through books. I've been busy since Yunnan, and I'm really not used to coming back this time! ”

Yuan Zitong sneered and said, "Brother, you can be content!" Hanlin Temple is a place to raise people! Haven't you seen how Scholar Chen is happy? ”

"Besides, from the hard life of the Hanlin Academy, all of them are important ministers. Didn't Zun Weng and Lord Xiao both spend time in the Hanlin Academy? ”

"Come on! Let's not talk about this, Runzhi still talk about the experience in Yunnan in the past few years! I heard that you, a scholar who has always been weak, actually commanded thousands of troops and horses to fight several battles, and you must win every battle, I am thrilled to think of that scene! ”

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