I thought about it carefully, and she was right, the old man Ziyi has always been informal.

I entered the wooden house under the leadership of Zimin, Wang Qi and the old man Ziyi played chess in the tearoom, standing in the tearoom I realized the benefits of this tearoom so built, because the cold in early spring is still very heavy, the three sides of the tearoom were originally ventilated with a very thick curtain blocked, like a marching tent, but if you go outside the curtain, the horizon is very broad, the ground is still white, the residual snow has not disappeared, the small wooden tablet engraved with the words "test the sword" is also buried in the snow, and I recognize the handwriting exposed at a glance, It is the same handwriting as the letter that congratulated me.

Zi Min said to the old man Ziyi: "Master, the distinguished guest you mentioned has come to visit. ”

The old man Ziyi turned to look at me and said with a smile: "Little boy, please take a seat." ”

Wang Jue sat opposite the old man Ziyi, and looked me up and down with his eyes, and as soon as I sat on the couch next to the chessboard, Wang Jue asked, "Childe is here in Luoyang?" ”

I nodded and said, "The emperor ordered me to assist Yuwen Shangshu in presiding over the construction of the Yongji Canal. ”

The old man Ziyi smiled: "Yu Wenhua and? Is it Yuwenshu's eldest son? Yu Wen said that his heart was not right, but he could also teach Yu Wenhua and such a son. ”

I thought it was very strange when I heard it, it seems that the old man Ziyi admires Yu Wenhua very much, but I know that Yu Wenhua and his reputation in the market are really not very good, so I asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with him?" ”

Wang Jue smiled and said, "Childe hasn't heard of it yet?" When I heard that the imperial court issued an order to recruit and transfer, the people of Hebei counties were panicked, thinking that it was the same as the construction of Luoyang, but who knew that this was not the case. ”

I was even more puzzled and asked, "Isn't that so?" ”

Wang Jue nodded and smiled: "Yes." He heard about Yu Wenhua and suggested to the emperor that the salt tax of the counties along the Yongji Canal should be used to pay for the wages of the people. A set of decrees was also enacted, and all the people who were conscripted were exempted from paying the land tax for five years, and both men and women, and all those who volunteered to build canals were rewarded in the township. Therefore, the requisition of the people went very smoothly, and even the village women and village girls were happy to participate in the construction of the canal, so that the problem of manpower was solved. ”

The old man Ziyi added: "The tragic situation like the construction of Luoyang City has not appeared. ”

I was amazed for a long time before I asked again, "Is that really the case?" ”

Both the old man Ziyi and Wang Qi gave me affirmative answers.

As they described, when I walked all the way to Zhuo County, I listened to people talk about it along the way, and no one said that the construction of the Yongji Canal was bad, on the contrary, everyone not only did not resist, but they were all very enthusiastic.

I will sort out the household registration information to Yu Wenhua and see, he didn't even look at it and said: "Now these are not needed, I don't have to look at them, you put them away." ”

I asked, "How did you get the emperor to agree to these conditions?" ”

The subordinate embarrassed the boss so unruly, and the little official standing on the side looked at me like an alien, and when I looked back, he lowered his head.

Yu Wenhua said: "You all go down." He looked at them.

In this case, there are only two people left in Yu Wenhua and the office.

He said, "What? ”

I said: "Your father was alienated because of the emperor's advice, and it affected you, it would be good if the emperor didn't come to look for trouble, and he would promise you so many things?" In the past, the ditch was built and the Jiangnan Canal was dredged, but this was not the case. ”

He sneered and said, "Li Jiancheng, I am now past the age of confusion, do I still have to rely on my father Yu Wei to gain a foothold in the court like you?" You're underestimating me, too. ”

I suddenly realized something was wrong – he was right, he was forty-one years old, and I was just an eighteen-year-old furry child. I had never thought about it before, thinking that the person I could drink with was a friend, but I never realized that he was more than a round older than me.

Still, I don't think he's superior to me, he's still the swinger who never gets drunk in my eyes.

His words struck me in the sore spot, and I knew that if it weren't for my father, I wouldn't have been able to be used again so quickly. Because Yang Guang had long realized that most of the descendants of the nobles of Wang Sun were uneducated, and if they were only used, it would eventually lead to the collapse of the entire imperial talent system, so he had already begun to select talents across the country and opened up the opportunity to be officials in Jinshike for everyone. I, on the other hand, did not pass this threshold.

He said so about me, but didn't he have many years of life in vain? Thinking of this, I said: "You are right, but it is useless for you to wander for many years and empty for many years." ”

Yu Wenhua stood up and said, "When I was your age, I was already a general who led 100,000 soldiers and horses, what about you?" When the Eastern Capital was built, you passed through Luoyang, and you didn't see the tragic situation there? But what did you think about? What can you do? Don't you think it's ridiculous to ask me how I did it now? ”

I said, "Is it okay to do whatever it takes?" ”

He looked me straight and said, "It's such an easy thing, I don't have to do anything. To tell you the truth, even if I want this world, I don't have to do anything. ”

I was stunned, not knowing what he meant.

I smiled and said, "It's me who looks down on you." Yuwen Shangshu, if there is nothing to do, the lower official will retire. I withdrew from the hall without waiting for his instructions.

It's sad to suddenly find out that you don't deserve to be friends with someone at all, and I can't even imagine how Ubunka and the past could put up with my ignorance.

When I started working on the Yongji Canal, it had been four months since the construction of the Yongji Canal began, and then I discovered the fact that the Sui Dynasty was really rich.

I could feel this vaguely before, but it wasn't so profound. Now what I need to manage is the tax revenue of the entire Hebei counties, I found that Yang Guang is really rich, I don't know how to describe this degree of wealth, in short, it is very rich, I calculated a little, with the taxes of the Hebei counties plus all the local grain, at least I can feed everyone in the country for a month. There is basically no problem with only using the taxes of Hebei counties to pay wages.

When the construction was on a large scale, there were still so many deposits, I actually felt that Yang Guang's previous show off to the Turks was reasonable, there was no need to worry about the money not being spent, and he could also deter the surrounding small tribes, why not do it?

If it is for the people's livelihood, there is no problem with the people's livelihood, and Yu Wenhua and presided over the construction of the Yongji Canal did not cause much turmoil in the local area. Considering that it is already the busy season of farming, everyone's construction period is in turn, and the construction of Yongji Canal is not very slow in this case.