They had a long journey, and went down to rest...... How did you go for so long? Zhang Juzheng finally stopped holding on to the question of "aunt", Zhang You has his own ideas, and he also has his own set of guidelines for doing things, he is just curious, and he doesn't want to care too much.

Take another 10,000 steps back, even if Zhang You really likes Li Yan, as long as Ming Weibo's wife is a famous lady, and the rest, even if he asks for a concubine in ten rooms and eight rooms, people will only be envious, and there will be dissatisfaction, but they can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour.

The only thing he is worried about now is Zhang You's future, everything he has now is too easy, up and down the government and the opposition, there are many jealous and red-eyed people, but there are too few allies and friends, and the foundation is shallow, but what he does is all things that offend people, and it doesn't hurt that the holy family is rich, in case there is no holy grace one day, it will be too dangerous.

It would be nice if there was a Jinshi's fame, he believed that with Zhang You's ingenuity and his own points, the first class did not dare to guarantee that there would always be no problem in taking the second class Dengke.

It's a pity, since the beginning of the great-grandfather, I haven't heard of any earl participating in the imperial examination.

Without this right background, it is no wonder that Shen Shixing, Pan Jitao, Wang Guoguang and they look down on Zhang You.

Zhang You didn't know that Zhang Juzheng had moved so much thought, and smiled: "Father doesn't know, this Kang Xianzun who is new to Miyun is a wonderful person, and I argued with the child for a long time at the beginning, I thought he was also one of those moral supremacy of the clear stream, who knew that in his bones it was the kind of obedience you said, very pragmatic, he actually wanted to be in one place with the child, and he also wanted to build a reservoir in Miyun......"

"Wait a minute, what a reservoir!" Zhang Juzheng interrupted Zhang You in surprise.

"Hey, didn't Lanki tell Mary? Mary's new invention of a building material is quite magical, and I have long wanted to build a reservoir here, and I will use it just in time, so I will bring her over and see it first......"

Zhang Juzheng frowned without a trace: "How did you think of building a reservoir?" ”

"Isn't it a waste to see that the people are suffering from drought, and if the tide and the white river are not used?" Saying that, Zhang You told Zhang Juzheng in detail about his ideas.

"For such a big project, I'm afraid you can't afford it yourself, but you need to declare it to the imperial court, right?"

Zhang You nodded and smiled: "That's what I mean, don't I discuss this with you, Pan Jitao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is a capable minister of water control, and Zeng Shengwu of the Ministry of Industry has heard that he also has a lot of opinions on water control, these two are your protégés and former officials, such a move to benefit the people, as long as you say a word, don't you pass it immediately?" ”

Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Zicheng, you think too simply, listen to your father to calculate an account for you, such a big project, 100,000 people are not much, right?" According to ten cents per person a day, it will cost a million a day, and if it is converted into silver, it will be at least a thousand taels a day, and you will be completed at the fastest speed, two years, which is the most conservative estimate, and if you calculate it all, you will get more than 700,000 silver, which is still the most conservative estimate for the father. And that's just the manpower, the cost of materials, and the cost of transportation...... Calculated the same, it is definitely a very huge number (its astronomical figure is appropriate, but unfortunately it is Zhang Juzheng who speaks), but its purpose is only the people of one or several counties, do you think the court can be willing to give this silver? If the court doesn't come out, how can you bear it yourself? ”

After a long speech, Zhang Juzheng was a little out of breath, and Zhang You was like being poured a basin of cold water on his head, and said a little unwillingly: "It's not in vain, as long as the reservoir is built, at least the harvest of the surrounding counties can still be guaranteed, right?" Let's count less, 100,000 taxes a year, there are ten or twenty years, how can we recover the cost, not counting other income......"

"Don't talk about fish and shrimp farming in the reservoir, even if it is formed, how many can there be in a year?" Zhang Juzheng took a breath and said with a wry smile again: "Qu Gao and Widow, you can pick up and down at will, and you can count it with such a far-sighted slap." ”

"Looks like I'm thinking too simply!" Zhang You finally recognized the reality, and sighed in disappointment, no way, the thinking of people in these years is too rigid, and the bigwigs who control the government are too selfish, and it is impossible for them to agree to the time-consuming, laborious, and costly things that do not have much benefit from building reservoirs.

"It's just pity for those people in Miyun, I have already asked Kang Piyang to prepare a notice and recruit the people's husbands......" His tone was very heavy, he sighed, swallowed the next words back into his stomach, and stood up: "I'm a little tired, go back to the house and lie down for a while." ”

"Alas!" This is so similar to me back then, but there are many people who have this heart, and how many can really do it? For so many years, I have worked hard to think about it, and the weather seems to be new, but in fact, it is just a policy and a countermeasure! Those who are rich and unkind are still rich and unkind, and those who are hungry are still hungry, what has changed? It's just that Huafa was born early, and there are no regrets!

"Father, is my brother okay?" Zhang Ruoxuan asked with some concern.

"It's okay to be frustrated!" Zhang You replied to the question, then looked back at his daughter with a look of emotion, was silent for a moment, and sighed again: "Push back to the house for your father, I'm a little tired for my father." ”

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Zhang You is indeed physically and mentally exhausted, lying in bed, but he can't sleep at all, he has been back for more than half a year, he still can't see through what is wrong with people today, there is no faith, only naked interests, just like he can't see through those people in the future.

Is there anyone who really wants Daming to be good? Of course, there are, such as Zhang Juzheng, such as Qi Jiguang, such as Zhu Yijun, there are still many such people, but more people still put most of their minds on their own future and vital interests.

They don't care what the future of Daming will be, and naturally they won't pay attention to the suffering of the people, and expecting these people to make Daming strong is tantamount to a fool's dream.

My strength is still too weak!

If only we could work out a generator.

Distraught, he simply got up, no one called, went out of Beppu alone, wandered aimlessly, and unknowingly, actually came to the City God Temple - for some reason, the Zhu Dynasty attached great importance to this City God, and every county town has a City God Temple, and every City God Temple is almost synonymous with the bazaar.

It was already afternoon, and the people who rushed to the market had already dispersed, and a slightly familiar figure attracted Zhang You's attention, the man was wearing a green cloth robe, and was constantly taking steamed buns from the big basket carried by the attendant's arm, and handed it to the kneeling in front of him in turn.