Wang Zhongzheng received the holy decree of the Queen Mother.

Shen Kuo is the candidate for Zaifu strongly promoted by Han Gang, in order to build a better track.

Wang Zhongzheng didn't know why the Queen Mother would issue this task, thinking that there were probably too many bullet stamps on the Queen Mother's desk.

However, Wang Zhongzheng didn't plan to offend Han Gang, what should he say when he came back, he already had some eyebrows before he left the palace.

Han Gang first ventilated in private, and talked about the good side in front of the Queen Mother, and then talked about the bad side. In short, mistakes can be corrected, and the good is that they can benefit all people.

After calling a little yellow door who was serving beside him, Wang Zhongzheng said: "Go and invite Wang Gemen to come, I will go out of Beijing in a few days, and I have to entrust the errand in hand." ”

Ask Wang Hou to transfer in the middle, presumably to avoid Han Gang's misunderstanding.

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"Xianggong."

A familiar voice came from outside the door.

It is the family of the Han family, the current official of Zhongshutang, who follows Han Gang and listens to the call.

Han Gang put down his pen: "Come in." ”

The person entered in response, and the official who was originally the deputy envoy next to him immediately left with great interest.

"What's the matter?"

Han Gang asked, gently pinching the upper end of the bridge of his nose with his fingers. After returning from the small hall of the inner east gate, he has been reviewing official documents, and when he was resting, he met with a few officials by the way, and until now, he has not even had time to drink tea.

The family came close and whispered a few words in Han Gang's ear.

Han Gang listened quietly, thought for a while, and said, "It's good, I know the way, you go down first." …… Go and ask Ru Lin to come over. ”

Zong Ze arrived soon, and Han Gang didn't hide it from him, and informed Zong Ze that Wang Zhongzheng was going to go out of Beijing to inspect the construction of the railway track.

Han Gang received the news from the palace so quickly, Zong Ze didn't care, his brows were furrowed, and he asked Han Gang: "Xianggong, does the Queen Mother think that Shen Kuo is inappropriate?" ”

"The Jingluo Railway has not yet been built, and there are hundreds of bullet stamps. No matter how relieved the Queen Mother is, she must be afraid that my side will not understand. What's more, Shen Cunzhong is still one layer behind in front of the Queen Mother. ”

"Will Wang Zhongzheng ......?" Zong Ze wanted to say but stopped.

"Don't worry." Han Gang smiled confidently: "Wang Xilie is such a smart person, he has never made a big mistake in his life, how could he do something foolish?" Wait for news from the king. ”

Zong Ze nodded, Wang Zhongzheng had just accepted the appointment, he was in a place of suspicion, it was impossible to contact Han Gang directly, and if he sent someone in private, he might be stared at, and he would find his colleague to go to the cabinet to make Wang Hou say a word, which was the safest candidate.

"What does Xianggong want Zongze to do?"

Han Gang said: "This matter is not a big deal, and it is also reasonable, but the timing is not good. In the past two days, you will have to pay more attention to Rulin, and if there is anything to deal with in time, you will report it if you can't pay it at the beginning. ”

"Zong Ze understands."

If it weren't for the critical moment of Tingtui, even if the entire Taiwan admonition system was in trouble, Han Gang wouldn't care.

And in addition to the landlords along the way, there are actually no other problems with the Jingluo Railway. Shen Kuo has repeated facts, but he does not have the name of greed, he looks closely at the appropriations of the imperial court, and he can't say that every copper plate is used where it should be used, but compared to the work of other places where officials can make a fortune, it is absolutely clean.

But it is precisely the complaints of the landless landlords that give people a headache.

The Jingluo Railway will inevitably be renovated in the future, and if there is room for transformation, it must occupy a little more land. Hundreds of miles of railways, hundreds of landlords who requisitioned land. Among them is willing

The Beijing-Si Railway was built along the Bianshui River, using the idle land on both sides of the embankment, which was originally left to ensure the safety of the embankment, and was the land of the imperial court, so naturally no one came forward to make trouble.

The two railway tracks in Hedong and Hebei have the righteousness to resist the Liao. The landlords along the way have all lived in the shadow of the iron hooves of the Liao people for many years, since the imperial court claimed that this was a military transportation road laid to resist the Liao people's invasion, and a large number of them were expected to be completed as soon as possible, and few people dared to offend the anger of the people, so they were easily suppressed.

Only the Jingluo Railway is different.

The railway connecting Kaifeng Prefecture and Henan Prefecture passes through the center of the country, and the landlords along the way have a deeper background than the other, and there is no military urgency, and the proportion of the big families who can use the branch line to reap the benefits among the landlords is not high, so it is inevitable that there will be many opposing voices.

In the face of those opponents, Han Gang chose to forcibly expropriate, and then used the wasteland on the border to exchange a large proportion - not to give people a chance to open their mouths, but also to make outsiders feel that the imperial court is not doing so excessively, and the proportion in this is actually not so easy to grasp.

Fortunately, the local wealthy families have come forward to help Han Gang solve these trivial problems. These giants were bought off with branch lines, so that there were countless stumbling blocks in front of the road paved by the railway.

If the trunk line is full of twists and turns, how to repair the branch line?

The wealthy families who participated in the construction of the branch line all had this worry. With the support of local tycoons, the progress of the Jingluo Railway has not been disrupted in any way.

However, the joint efforts of the government and the opposition can eliminate substantive interference, but they cannot silence everyone. In the past few years, the local government has not known how many pieces of paper have been collected, and there are many more stamps on the desk of the Queen Mother. For Han Gang, who is in power, this is just a disease of ringworm, but if it is not good, the disease of ringworm can also become a fatal disease.

Zong Ze naturally knew that Han Gang's concerns were not difficult for him.

Zong Ze had dealt with a case of sabotage of railway operation before, a landowner in Guancheng County who was forcibly exchanged for three acres of land by the government cut down a tree and dragged it to the tracks, because the driver of the car found it in time and avoided the tragedy of derailment. After the incident, the prisoner was quickly caught, and Guancheng County released him with the rod on the grounds that no actual damage had been caused. But Shen Kuo was extremely dissatisfied with this, accusing Guancheng County of frustrating state affairs and conniving at the law.

The safety of the track is the top priority, so the imperial court has always used heavy law in cases involving tracks, whether it belongs to the law or not. Cases of stealing sleepers and railroad tracks occur every year, and after they are caught, no matter how light the plot is, it is the result of exile in the Western Regions and Lingnan.

Because of the controversy in this case, Shen Kuo and Guancheng County started a pen and ink lawsuit, and Zhongshu was also annoyed.

Han Gang left the matter to Zong Ze to deal with, and Zong Ze tried his best to disagree and exiled the landlord's family to Daizhou, where there was the land that the landlord had exchanged. Privately, no one knows how Zong Ze communicated with that family, but Han Gang later learned from another channel that the family was privately grateful to Zong Ze and regarded his kindness as a reconstruction.

Zong Ze is very good at dealing with people, even if there is a huge identity gap, he can still communicate with people smoothly. Dignitaries, peddlers and pawns, Zong Ze can make friends in the meantime. It is no wonder that in another era, Zong Ze, who led the troops to resist Jin, was able to gather so many heroes, and after his death, the heroes dispersed one after another, and Du Chong, who took over, would only dig the Yellow River.

"Zong Ze will live up to the expectations of the public!" After Zong Ze assured, he said hesitantly: "But looking at today's events, since the track is to compete with the people for land, as long as the track is still repaired, the dispute will never end." There is only one Jingluo today, and he will spread all over the world with the track every day, how many dissenting voices will there be? The Queen Mother is now hesitant, sending Wang Zhongzheng out of Beijing, what will happen in the future? ”

Han Gang nodded and said calmly: "I'm also thinking about this, if you have any ideas, Rulin, you might as well talk about it." ”

Zong Ze is full of confidence in solving the current problem, and Han Gang is also full of confidence in him. But even if it can solve the immediate problem for a while, it will not solve the problem in the future. Han Gang also desperately hopes that he can clean his ears and be able to rely on the big and small affairs of the railway.

Zong Ze raised his eyes and looked at it squarely: "In Zong Ze's simple opinion, it is better to set up a special railway track management yamen to deal with all kinds of affairs. ”

"Isn't there already a shipping division now?"

"That's in charge of the program, and the democracy movement is too little in charge." Zong Ze said: "The various shipping divisions are mainly based on waterways, and they can transport freight people when they enter the water, which is difficult to govern. And the cars on the railway are all counted, not everyone can come if they want to, and the control is much simpler. ”

"That's just a few more shipping divisions."

"Railways are interconnected, and they must be mobilized and transported" and "set up a prime minister's yamen to manage all the tracks in the world." ”

"Yes. Moreover, the construction of railway tracks needs to be presided over by people with expertise. Even the casting of rails is different from other iron tools, and cannot be made without great work and skilled hands. In a reasonable situation, a special yamen should also be set up for unified management. ”

"Reasonable." Han Gang nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile, "I've been hesitating for a long time about this matter, and I can't imagine that you will come to solve my doubts for you." ”

"There are so many things in the hands of the Xianggong that it is difficult to look at it for a while, but Shen Duanming is in charge of this, and he should advise the Xianggong."

In other words, it is to give Shen Kuo eye medicine in front of Han Gang. But Zong Ze's temperament, Han Gang also knows the way, and he just has something to say.

Of course, Han Gang can see it clearly: "He is in a place of suspicion, and if he can do less, he will miss one thing." ”

Although in later generations, there were schools, armed forces, public procuratorates, and laws, and the railway system of almost a country of its own was criticized, such an organizational structure is very suitable for today's situation. Only by setting up an organization similar to the Ministry of Railways, dividing railway bureaus according to geography, and including judicial, educational, and military institutions, can we solve various problems in the development of railways. Of course, such a behemoth, officials who are not at the level of Zaifu are not qualified to be in charge.

The establishment of such a railway prime minister's yamen, and such a huge power, who would dare to propose it? Han Gang is inconvenient, the position where Shen Kuo is located is suitable to say, but it is inconvenient for him to say it until Zong Ze, an official with a little status, comes forward.

Han Gang has been waiting for this proposal for a while.