Chapter 20: On the Right Track
After nearly half a month of turmoil at the top of the political hierarchy, the cabinet system that came into being was finally established, and in a very short period of time it showed that it was advanced beyond the times, and all major state affairs were no longer in the hands of the emperor or the prime minister, but the situation of real scholars and emperors ruling the world together was realized. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 The documents of the info center came from the post station, and the orders also came down from the post station, and the whole country was connected as a whole, and the decree effectively spread throughout the entire area of Dashun's rule.
In view of the disrepair of post stations, post roads, and official roads, Lu Chengqi also set aside half of the financial resources after the autumn harvest to renovate. Lin Zhenzhong, the newly appointed head of the household department, was so busy that he couldn't move so much money, so he had to tell Lu Chengqi truthfully, and he was even ready to resign.
The northernmost part of the capital is already a slum. The residence of Xu Chongguang, the first chief assistant of the cabinet, was close to the slum, and a middle-aged man wearing a second-grade official uniform had a sad face and knocked on the door of Xu's mansion.
The middle-aged man frowned, entered the hall all the way, and when he saw Xu Chongguang, he immediately saluted: "Elder Xu Ge, you want to save the students!" ”
Xu Chongguang was taken aback and said, "Town, what's the matter, did you reach out where you shouldn't have reached out?" ”
The person who came was Lin Zhenzhong, he sighed and said: "Elder Xu Ge, you know, the student was born in poverty, although he didn't dare to say that he regarded money as dung, he had never been clean, and he had never crossed the thunder pond by half a step. The students came this time to ask for help from you. ”
Hearing what Lin Zhenzhong said, Xu Chongguang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "As long as it's not corruption, everything is easy to say." Zhenzhong, remember, if you want to go far in officialdom, you must win the trust of the saints, and you must not have a single flaw in yourself. In my opinion, the saints today have made up their minds to rectify corruption, and you should not be smart. ”
Lin Zhenzhong said: "The teacher's teachings should be remembered by the students. It's just that the Holy God gave the student an impossible task, and the student felt that it was impossible to complete it, so he was very distressed. ”
Xu Chongguang became interested, after all, he had been in the household department for more than ten years, and he still had deep feelings for the old department, and he didn't want his students to lose their positions for the impossible task of Lu Chengqi, which was really a loss for the Great Shun Dynasty. "Tell me what's going on."
"This autumn harvest will be able to be collected in less than half a month, but the Holy Lord wants students to allocate ordinary money to repair post roads, official roads, and post stations, and also requires students to make sure that the roads are smooth and the government decrees are smooth. This post road and official road have been in disrepair for many years, and this thing that can't be done with no amount of money or money, only five million yuan, how can it be done? Teacher, you must save the students! "Lin Zhenzhong really has no idea, so he is so sad.
Xu Chongguang pondered for a while before he said slowly: "Town, calm down, did the Holy Lord say when it will be repaired?" ”
Lin Zhenzhong carefully recalled the scene when Lu Chengqi summoned him, and shook his head: "That's not true." ”
Xu Chongguang said with a smile: "That's it, although the Holy Lord acts vigorously, he is not very meticulous. If you play a twist and turn and tell the truth, I think the Holy One will understand your difficulties. ”
Lin Zhenzhong felt that this plan was feasible, and immediately said with great joy: "Thank you for the teacher's guidance, the student will go back and write a recital." ”
The next day, Lin Zhenzhong's folds passed through the cabinet and were sent to Lu Chengqi's hands. Lu Chengqi carefully flipped through what Lin Zhenzhong had played, and immediately sent someone to summon Lin Zhenzhong.
Lin Zhenzhong was apprehensive, and said cautiously: "Wechen has seen Your Majesty. ”
Lu Chengqi got straight to the point and said directly: "I have seen your twists and turns." I'm a little puzzled, why are you officials stupider than ordinary people? ”
Lin Zhenzhong was so frightened that he almost fell down: "Weichen is guilty......"
Lu Chengqi sighed and said, "You are not guilty, but your brain is a little unable to turn around." Let me ask me how long there are thousands of roads in the Great Shun Dynasty, how can I repair them all at once? What I mean is that your household department should make a census of the roads in the whole country, and if there are any sections of roads that have collapsed, or which post roads are no longer passable, or which are so rugged and difficult to travel, that they will be repaired according to the length of the road. Moreover, it is necessary to build the post road in Henan first, and it is necessary to recruit homeless victims to build the road, and at the same time pay wages. The flooding of the Yellow River has always been a thorn in my heart, and this method can alleviate the possibility of civil unrest in Henan to the greatest extent. Do I understand what I said? ”
Lin Zhenzhong then understood, and said in a panic: "Weichen can't be on the body of the holy will, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!" ”
Lu Chengqi sighed and said: "In the future, you have to use your brains." I can trust you, but I can't trust the people below, and I'm afraid that they will put all the money for road construction into their own purses. The Inspectorate still has to follow up the whole process, and you have to adapt to the process. In addition, for the shops in Jingzhao Mansion, we must check their account books, and we can't let them evade taxes and evade taxes, and if there are not enough people, I will go to the Ministry of Officials to ask for them, and I have already said that everything must be compromised for commercial taxes......"
Coming out of the vertical arch hall, Lin Zhenzhong found that his back was drenched in cold sweat. Lu Chengqi's dictatorial program in the rectification action made Lin Zhenzhong invisibly feel the coercion of the emperor. Even if there was no Supervision Department, he still didn't dare to disobey Lu Chengqi's order, and immediately went to prepare.
Lu Chengqi waved away Lin Zhenzhong, and then found Xu Jingchun over, and asked, "I ask you, how many people are in the Supervision Department now?" ”
Xu Jingchun said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen has recruited more than 1,000 people, including more than 100 people who have landed on the ground. Wechen has already trained them one by one according to His Majesty's instructions, and they will soon be able to go to the state capitals to take charge of themselves. ”
Lu Chengqi nodded and said, "Very good, the Supervision Department also needs to be supervised internally, and a team of supervisors and supervisors should be established as soon as possible to be directly responsible to me, understand?" ”
Xu Jingchun was stunned for a moment, but still said: "Weichen understands! ”
Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "I know that you are dissatisfied in your heart, but I want to tell you that in the face of absolute power, no one can guarantee that you will not make mistakes in your life." With a layer of oversight, it's actually helping you. I can give you the power to supervise the officials, but who will supervise you? People change, but I don't want that person to be you! ”
Lu Chengqi, who was still joking before, looked at Xu Jingchun with the most majestic eyes at this moment, and Xu Jingchun was so frightened that Xu Jingchun hurriedly said: "Wechen will never dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi, and Wechen who shouldn't do it will never touch it!" ”
Lu Chengqi said: "It's best to be like what you said, otherwise I will never spare it!" Now, I'm going to see the great moths of the country, lead the way! ”