Part 2 The Elegant Career of a Corrupt Official Chapter 2172 The Power of "Human Words".
Under the brutal killing, the surviving regimental training soldiers shushed like cicadas, and they replied in unison: "Wow! ”
Zhao Xing can't be bluffed by slogans alone, Zhao Xing knows that there are no strict laws, and the soldiers promise well, and they will do things behind their backs when they turn their faces, even if there are strict laws, they can't guarantee the death of people. Therefore, what Zhao Xing announced next is a set of military merit calculation methods, which are strictly measured by numbers, such as one point for duty during the day, one and a half points for night, and three points for enemy battles......
How to judge that the patrol ship has completed the execution, Zhao Xing also has a way, he asked the patrol ship to take a manifest and Yangzhou price list from the loach stack before leaving in the morning, and after passing it to the destination, bring back the financial statements and local price list of the loach stack from the destination. In this way, the patrol of the navy is equivalent to completing the purpose of information exchange between loaches and stacks.
The next step is information sharing, Loach Inn will sort out the price situation and commodity information within the patrol range of the nearby navy into a report, charge to the familiar merchants, and take out a part of the income to pay the navy patrol boat. In this way, after the navy completes the patrol mission, there is an additional labor payment, and even if Zhao Xing is gone, they will maintain this kind of patrol. The calculation method set up by Zhao Xing strictly reflects the principle of fairness, all the tasks can be expressed in numbers, and each person's monthly income can be calculated by themselves, so that if others want to change this rule, they will risk offending the public...... Zhao Xing's painstaking management paid off soon after, and the goods he provided in several nearby states and counties allowed the merchants involved in charging to receive information to quickly respond to price fluctuations. Gradually, it came out on its own and became a newspaper equivalent to Di Bao. Subsequently, the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty gave full play to their advertising consciousness and hyped it up in the loach newspaper, and eventually. Under the intentional guidance of Zhao Xing, this loach newspaper has become a weekly commercial newspaper that reports on the human situation on both sides of the canal and commodity information.
The development of Loach Newspaper has also fixed the training income of the Yangzhou Navy Army. The work of reporting and delivering loaches to the mainland on a one-day voyage was all undertaken by the Yangzhou navy, and the Yangzhou navy also began to gradually replace new ships with the expansion of the circulation of the loach newspaper and increase the strength of the navy......
That's all for later.
Zhao Xing explained his military merit reward and punishment regulations to the Yangzhou Navy Army, and in order to let every soldier of the Yangzhou Navy understand, he also asked Wan Qian Yong to transcribe ten proclamations and post them in the various barracks of the Yangzhou Navy Army, and the regulations tied to interests were warmly welcomed by the soldiers. And Zhao Xing believes that those who have benefited will never give up this interest easily, so that in two or three decades, Yangzhou's elite naval army will always be able to maintain its combat effectiveness.
Of course, the most important thing for the army along the canal to complain about in the future is Zhao Xing's rule, because this stipulates that the more diligent the Yangzhou navy, the more money they will earn, so they will try their best to expand. During the one-day voyage, all the cities along the river in the mainland were forcibly included by them. The suppressed sailors along the line looked at the huge profits and swallowed and foamed. Naturally, he was also full of complaints about Zhao Xing, who formulated this regulation in the first place.
After the regulations were announced, the soldiers were discussing it enthusiastically, and Zhao Xing took two subordinate officers and walked out of the barracks leisurely. This regulation also suppressed the opposition to his military order, because joining the Yangzhou Navy in the future has become a job with plenty of oil and water, and you don't want to. There were a lot of people crying and shouting outside. Ask to enjoy this excess.
The three of them walked out of the barracks side by side, and Wan Qiyong looked left and right. Seeing that there were no idlers on the left and right, he smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, you are strictly punished with regimental training today, can the handsome judge still enter the barracks again?" I was afraid that he would be angry and resign. ”
Zhao Xing squinted at the streets of Yangzhou in early winter, Yangzhou is a water city, when the climate changes, the whole sky appears watery, known as the smoke and rain Jiangmeng, half a cage of green smoke and half a cage of mountains, in this kind of water vapor misty sky, the city seems extraordinarily quiet, because the air is full of moisture, the sound is far away, so everyone lowered their voices, which makes the distant voices full of whispers.
"The light army entered, not to blame Shuai Fan, he trained the navy, hard work and high achievements, I have prepared an additional reward for him - a thousand acres of paddy fields. When he came back, things had cooled down, and who was going to blame him. ”
Shan Gong stretched out his palm and put it in the air, feeling the humidity of the air, and said with a smile: "According to the meaning of the imperial court, we will continue to reclaim the land next year, but the reclamation is easy, the road construction is labor-intensive, and many river forks have to build bridges. ”
"Auction!" Zhao Xing replied with a smile: "Let's go, it's okay to be idle, let's just walk back to the state office." Lin Lei ...... You just asked what to do about repairing the bridge, which requires the Buddha to come forward, and the Buddha said: Repair the bridge and pave the way, and the good is great. I am ready to let the Yangzhou temple come forward to pray for every person who repairs the bridge on the bridge, and promote: thousands of people cross, thousands of blessings. You choose all the places where you need to build bridges, and I sell them to the rich merchants, allowing them to name the bridges they have built on their own land, and then engrave monuments and pray for them loudly.
How many wealthy businessmen are there in Hangzhou, there are about more than 1,000 households, how many stone bridges we need to build, it is estimated that there are 100 at most, the number is not much, if you want to buy it as soon as possible, they can't help but grab it. ”
Shan Ye listened, and immediately answered: "My family has newly sealed a thousand acres of paddy fields, those family members want to settle down in Yangzhou, and they also need to do something good for Yangzhou, I will order a bridge first, a bridge is less than 100 yuan, and the price of ten acres of paddy fields will be paid." ”
When Wan Qianyong heard this, he was also anxious: "Mr. Ji Yin, your family has more than 100 hectares of land in Suzhou, I don't expect this field in Yangzhou, I don't have much land in Hangzhou, I have recently dealt with all the land in Hangzhou, and I plan to settle down in Yangzhou, this 800 acres of land is where I stand, so you have to leave me a bridge, preferably close to my paddy field, which is also convenient for me to repair in the future." ”
Shan Yi nodded again and again: "Of course, since this is the case, we will simply double the number of bridges, one bridge every five meters, and make Yangzhou a city of a thousand bridges, but whoever has the heart to build a bridge, let him build one, how about it?" ”
After a pause, Shan Yi said again: "Little brother Yayan, Yangzhou prices are expensive. 800 acres of land to support a family, but it is not enough, you plan to move your family here, but do you have to think carefully? People say: Wrap 100,000 yuan around your waist and ride a crane down to Yangzhou. 100,000 pieces of furniture are not enough for several years of expenses in Yangzhou. 800 acres of paddy fields is only enough to be a villager, can you? ”
Wan Qiyong grinned: "Aren't you still opening up the wasteland next year, there will be a lot of wasteland next year." I'll buy some more. In addition, I took a water mill diagram from Lord Zhao yesterday, I heard that this is a water transportation iron mill newly researched by Mr. Mengxi, my land is just close to a river, with the work of building bridges, I plan to raise the water level of the river section and build a water mill according to what you said. In the future, grinding flour and frying sesame oil at home can be regarded as a long-term continuous entry. ”
Shan Gao high-fived and exclaimed: "Good idea, 800 acres of paddy fields, take out 50 acres of fields by the river, build a mill, live in the backyard, the water mill is close to the river, and the incoming and outgoing goods are transported out by water, which is really a good idea."
It's just that. I've also seen the drawings from the people. The most valuable of those drawings is the spinning machine, I heard that the textile machine in Hangzhou has been opened, and a small workshop can weave hundreds of zhang of cloth in one day. Yangzhou is the hub of the world, cotton transportation is convenient, and it is more profitable to open a weaving factory here. ”
Zhao Xing put his hands behind his back and happily listened to the two subordinate officials discussing the great cause of making money. He wears wooden shoes made of dracaena soles. The hard wooden bottom stepped on the bluestone pavement, in a thin mist. The footsteps are crisp and pleasant, like a person clapping incessantly.
Wan Qiyong shook his head there: "Those with small doors and small households can't afford to open a weaving factory." I heard that the workshops of more than 100 weavers in Hangzhou are small factories, and there are large workshops with more than 1,000 people.
I have a son in my family, who is not yet an adult, and my wife does not have the means of calculation like Mrs. Chen, so she can't learn to leave others, so she still opens a small workshop and guards this workshop to educate her son, which is also a kind of leisure. ”
Shan Yi joked: "I overcharged three or five buckets, why not marry a concubine who can settle accounts and do housework like Lord Zhao." ”
Zhao Xing walked a few steps, and when he heard the warm conversation behind him, he said without looking back: "Mr. Ji Yin, the family teacher wrote not long ago that now the imperial court has allowed the use of people's husbands, and the repair work of the Yellow River has also been put on the agenda, and he has already played the imperial court, hoping that you can preside over water conservancy." If Mr. Ji Yin plans to leave, I hope to make a plan for the reclamation of Yangzhou as soon as possible, so that we can continue after you leave. ”
Shan Yi smiled, and followed Zhao Xing through the alley, walking along the river bank, and said: "Lord Cai is too anxious, in fact, in the matter of Yangzhou reclamation, the Xiang army only needs to build roads.
How much wasteland can there be in Yangzhou, many wastelands are actually owned, and the owners of the fields do not refer to the production in the fields, so the fields are barren. It's okay this year, there can still be some fields to be cultivated, but what about next year?
Lord Cai is anxious for success and profit, and when he reaches the third year, the ownerless wasteland is reclaimed, and he must look at the land again. If it continues, it will not benefit the people. ”
Zhao Xing's reclamation was actually not the main purpose, because the imperial court did not allow the use of people, and to dredge the river, a large amount of labor had to be used, so Zhao Xing applied to the imperial court to call the Xiang army under the banner of reclamation and resettlement of displaced people. If the reclamation is terminated, it means that the Xiang army cannot be mobilized without reason.
"If we work for another year, can we dredge the rivers near Yangzhou?" Zhao Xing asked.
Zhao Xing understood this, Shan Yi understood, he sighed: "Dredging the river near Yangzhou, it is a big project, it has to be done for ten years, we are just doing a little tricks around the canal now, it is not a big project...... Alas, for now, I can only say that after the end of next year, the vicinity of Yangzhou and the city of Yangzhou can be sorted out. That's it. ”
"For one term as an official, for the benefit of one party, I am willing to be enough, why force it." Zhao Xing sighed. Sometimes, he really can't figure out the person Shan Gong, there are really such simple people in the world, not for fame, not for profit, but just bent on dredging the Taihu Lake water system.
The Taihu Lake water system has been dredged, what is the matter? Shan Gong actually spent a full thirty years for this simple purpose, if his purpose was to be an official, Zhao Xing would admit it, but just now he mentioned Su Shidi's recommendation, but Shan Gong did not support it.
For a simple purpose, he spent thirty years of his life, which made Zhao Xing, who pursues the maximization of benefits in everything, feel extremely incredible, but at the same time. He also developed a deep admiration for Shan Gong.
"In this world, only paranoia can succeed", Zhao Xing muttered: "Yangzhou is the hub of the world, we are the official for one term, and we may not be able to make Yangzhou flood-free for a hundred years." But I'm happy to get the city open, to make it impregnable. In this way, after another year of work next year, we asked for a decree, saying that Yangzhou could not bear the pressure of the population, and asked the imperial court to postpone the resettlement of the displaced people, and then stop the matter of reclamation. ”
Shan Yi nodded: "That's exactly how it should be!" …… When you talk to Brother Zizhan, you will say that Lao Yu is familiar with the Taihu Lake water system, and he is not familiar with the Yellow River. The matter of dredging the Yellow River is still done by others. ”
Zhao Xing shook his head, in fact, he knew in his heart that Su Shi's recommendation did not work at all, and now the court was in a mess, and the Shu Party seemed to be huge, but the Luo Party's attacks were endless, and they would not allow Su Shi to recruit more people to strengthen themselves, so Su Shi did not mention a single manpower. He also has the hope of being promoted to the Ministry of Industry with his political achievements. Engaged in water conservancy projects, Su Shi mentioned that Shan Yi would have to spend his life depressed with such a petty official in this life. But these words can't be clearly told to Shan Jie, this simple old man doesn't understand officialdom. Wan Qian Yong understood, but Shan Gong was introduced to Zhao Xing by Su Shi, and Zhao Xing treated Shan Gong very respectfully, and usually greeted him with a teacher's courtesy. Zhao Xing refused to expose it. Wan Qiyong also does not want to be a wicked person. He smiled and changed the subject: "It's better for Mr. Shan to also transfer to Yangzhou." How about you and I living next to each other? ”
Shan Yi smiled, he didn't hear the meaning of Wan Qiyong's words, and said happily: "Get along for a year, but the host and guest get along, if you leave people, you can also move to Yangzhou,......"
Before Shan Yi finished speaking, there was a shout and scolding from a small alley next to him, which was a scolding in Wu Nong's soft language, and the soft voice did not look like an insult, like a complaint to the lover: "Kill you awkward, kill you awkward, eat, sleep, sleep, eat, just snoring and not growing fat, even the little cub will not take care of you, kill you, kill you." ”
Zhao Xing stopped, with a crying and laughing expression on his face, Shan Yi shook his head with a wry smile, and the smile on Wan Qiyong's face was meaningful.
"Bad Xianggong" is what people called Wang Anshi in the past, this township woman actually dared to say that "beat the bad Xianggong to death", this is slander, serious slander, isn't she afraid of being arrested by the people's officials?
Zhao Xing raised his feet, ready to walk towards the place where the voice came, and take a look at this bold woman with his own eyes, Shan Yi and Wan Qianyong invariably stretched out their hands, and gently pulled Zhao Xing's sleeve, Wan Qiyong spoke first: "Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Hu Yi is a bad man!" This woman is training pigs. ”
The woman was chattering and scolding, and from the words in her mouth, she heard that her sow gave birth to a few piglets, but the sow was too lazy and crushed a young pig when she turned over.
Zhao Xing sighed lightly and said, "Wang Jinggong is also self-controlled, and he calls the pig a bad minister, this is too much, let's go over and stop it." ”
Shan Yi shook his head, Wan Qiyong smiled and said: "My lord, I can't stop it, there are no less than a million households in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and everyone calls pigs as bad people, how can I stop it?" ”
"Millions of people call pigs a bad man?" Zhao Xing muttered in disbelief: "How can this be? ”
Shan Yi nodded and agreed: "It seems that people have never communicated with the people, not only the women of the people call the pig a bad man, I heard that in the recent books, someone has made this matter public, and they also call the pig a bad man." ”
Zhao Xing sighed: "Wang Jinggong often said that he was not afraid of three things when he was alive, and some of them were fearless. I don't know what he would feel after his death, and how it would be to know that the people called him so? ”
Shan Ye pursed his lips and said a little presumptuously: "Wang Jinggong doesn't care, people are not afraid of words!" ”
Wan Qianyong probably knew Zhao Xing's political position, he was the same as Su Shi, he was a neutral conciliator, so he was so bold to say bad things about Wang Anshi, but Shan Yi had to be honest, he sighed, looked at the quiet street, and whispered: "Silence, how can Jing Gong's bad words be said on the street, go quickly." ”
Zhao Xing also knew that it was troublesome to be recognized, he beckoned, let the small boat that had been with him dock, and quickly led the two people to jump on the boat, hid in the cabin, and the small boat quickly sailed away from this land of right and wrong.
As the season enters the winter, the activities of the people have slowed down, and the criminal investigation of the officials has also been greatly reduced, and the end of the year happens to be the busiest time for Cai Jing, he wants a boatload to count the taxes sent from all over the country, and then transfer the Beijing division, which makes the banquet between the officials also stop, Zhao Xing began to leisurely flirt with the concubine in the house, hugging the orchid, and the life is relaxed and comfortable.
December 1091 A.D., that is, the fourth day of November in the 6th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Chinese calendar Xinwei year Gengzi month Jichou day, Tuesday, winter solstice. Cai Jing presided over the sacrificial hole activity in Yangzhou, with this article everyone sitting in the array, plus Yangzhou is no less prosperous than Hangzhou, this "Shi Cai Pioneer" activity was strong and enthusiastic.
Yangzhou has a rich fiscal this year, Cai Jing is a bold person in government affairs, he himself is corrupt, and he refuses to let others stand in a clean place, on the winter solstice this year, he is in charge, and each reader who participates in the "Shi Cai Pioneer" activity will be given 500 to 10 pieces of paper and ink money - this money spent 30,000 yuan of Yangzhou's financial reserves.
Cai Jingle accepted the scholars' thanks, and during the interval of the return gift, he leaned into Zhao Xing's ear and asked in a low voice: "I heard that when you and Master Su left office, you left 200,000 yuan of spare money for the Yangzhou Treasury, right?" Zhao Xing nodded: "The total number is about 230,000 and 713 Wen." ”
Cai Jing smiled and asked casually, "Where did all this money go?" ”
Zhao Xing was silent for a moment and replied: "I heard that the new Zhizhou spent a lot of money to collect the post pavilion, and it took another sum to usher in the delivery, and the rest of the money was to repair the pagoda and build a pavilion to rest along the West Lake......"
Cai Jing smiled coldly and said cruelly: "I won't leave the money in the treasury to my successor." ”
Zhao Xing didn't speak, and handed the other party an inquiring look, Cai Jing then added: "There is news in Beijing, saying that you and I are not allowed to serve as officials in the same place, I estimate that when the county summons next year, one of you and I will be transferred, or both of us will be transferred." There is news that the successor is your teacher. ”
Zhao Xing was speechless, Cai Jing glanced at the former, and continued to sneer: "Above the court, since I am not allowed to serve as an official in the same place as you, will you be allowed to serve as an official in the same place as the teacher?" If your teacher comes, I will save half of your face, and if someone else comes, I will have no money left, and I will spend it all. ”
Zhao Xing asked rhetorically: "Why don't they allow you and me to serve as officials in the same place?" ”
Cai Jing replied with a question: "What do you say?" ”