It is said that Li Tuiguan has been dealing with the affairs of the government indiscriminately, but he has devoted himself to the Xicheng transportation hub project, supervising the construction of a new city gate with both land and water, and supervising the construction of a new river connecting the city gate.

He said that he was often either at the construction site or on the way to the construction site, insisting on constantly patrolling the site himself, lest the craftsmen and people be lazy.

It was the turn of June and July, and after a few days, Li Tuiguan's little white face, which could be used as a standard template for beautiful men in the country, had already tanned a little, which made the wives and concubines in the family feel distressed.

Even Zhao Daguan asked Li You to go up the mountain to escape the summer and have fun, but he couldn't shake Lord Li's resolute determination. The river is called Li Tang, and the door is called the right door, who works hard if he doesn't work hard?

"Progress is slow, and time is running out." This is said that Li You stood on a high place, and said worriedly when he looked at the construction site.

Guozijian will start classes in October, and he will go to Beijing to register in September, and he will set off in August. It's the beginning of July, and there is only one month left to complete the gates and waterways before leaving, which seems to be not enough.

"If you want to be fast, you have to add more people." An old worker replied.

Li You thought to himself, if he increased the manpower, it would be nothing more than requisition of military and civilian service households from several nearby counties, and with his power, he would not be able to do it.

In this year, one hundred and ten households were divided into one mile, of which the first ten households of A took turns to be the chief of the li, and the other hundred households were one for every ten households. According to the system of the national dynasty, each mile of each mile takes turns to bear the official duty every year, basically ten years to one year, which is a normal conscription, and it is abnormal if there are other additional assignments.

Li You may be able to use his special influence to ask for some labor from the Fucheng Attached Guo County under his nose, but he has to go to other counties to levy conscription, but he is afraid that it will be out of time.

But there is a good saying, if you have difficulties, find the prefect. Immediately, Li Tuiguan got up and went to the palace.

Regarding Li You's request, the prefect of the king was silent, and he also had his considerations.

Some time ago, the prefect of the Wang, with a bit of anger in the fight with Shi Shenzheng, proposed to rectify water conservancy in the whole province. After all, he has always been a miscellaneous and assistant official, and has never had the experience of presiding over major politics, and he is afraid that he will become a laughing stock if he can't do it.

However, after thinking about it repeatedly, and after Li You's persuasion, the old prefect finally made up his mind to continue to implement it, and when the farm started during the slack time, he wanted to establish his prestige through this process. What's more, the Qian Huangshang that Li You threw to him is also not easy to offend, and after the river fortifications stopped, it is estimated that the first person to be dissatisfied is the Qian Huangshang.

The problem is that the river remediation planned by the prefect may not use much silver, but it is extremely labor-intensive. If Li You is asked to use a few thousand more people for the West City Gate and the waterway this time, it will have more or less an impact on the river workers of the whole house.

If nothing else, the city gates and waterways were repaired in August, and when the requisition of these men was carried out again in October, it would inevitably provoke a lot of complaints. Although these people only account for a small part of the total civil service, it is enough to form an unfavorable public opinion that the service is heavy.

Li You saw that the prefect Wang's face was embarrassed, so he sighed and said: "The lower officials want to do their best to benefit the township before going to prison, and they are a little anxious for quick success. But Xiaguan is not a half-surname, so he had to supervise it slowly, and it is expected to be completed within the year. As for the Guozijian, if you don't go, you can't abolish the public for personal reasons. ”

"I'll give you another 3,000 men!" Governor Wang gritted his teeth and thrashed the case, and the right to leave the gift.

In this way, within a few days, Li Tuiguan made three or four reasonable or unreasonable demands to the prefect's palace in a row, and each time he returned with a full load. All he had to do was sigh, "I can't go to prison," and he tried everything.

In this regard, the prefect of Wang would rather believe that he has something or not, after all, in his cognition, sitting in prison and studying is not very attractive to Li You, and he may give up this opportunity at any time.

But it is not a way to be blackmailed like this, and Lord Wang is very distressed about this, but the opponent is really difficult, and there is nothing to be done for a while.

It wasn't until a few days later that the court suddenly arrived at the house, but it made the prefect of the king read it with great joy, as if he had eaten a reassuring pill, and said left and right: "The gods and Buddhas have appeared!" I can finally get rid of Lord Li's unreasonable entanglement! ”

As soon as the words fell, Menzi came to report: "Master Li asks to see..."

Well done... Governor Wang raised his hand and said, "Bring it in!" ”

However, he said that this time Li You took the trouble to harass the prefect of the palace again, in order to ask the prefect to allocate an additional 5,000 taels from the treasury.

"Don't!" Wang Zhifu confidently refused.

Li You sighed skillfully, "The lack of money affects the progress, and it can't be completed before the supplementary supervisor reports..."

"Still not!" Governor Wang continued to refuse with confidence.

Li You was secretly surprised, why did this trick fail? Could it be that the prefect of the king had already known from other sources that he would definitely go to prison? Who leaked the secret?

I only heard the prefect Wang say seriously: "Master Li, the project must be diligent and thrifty, and live within its means, how can it be squandered?" Oh, there's a court line, you can take a look at it. ”

Li You took it and took a look, and it turned out that the imperial court had set a new rule - those who were supplemented by supervisors and students were promoted after graduation.

At this moment, Li Tuiguan burst into tears, raised his hand and shouted: "God's grace is vast, and it is difficult to repay Weichen's liver and brain!" ”

Wang Zhifu smiled silently, with this, he didn't believe that Li You, an official fan, would give up his chance and not go to prison. In the face of a Li You who is destined to leave, what is there to be afraid of, and what is there to dare not refuse.

However, it is said that the court has issued this new law, which is also to encourage officials from miscellaneous officials to devote themselves to learning, otherwise it has no practical significance to sit in prison and study, and only provides a vague and ethereal possibility, which is not very attractive.

In the current officialdom of the country, officials who are officials basically have little hope of promotion in their lives. Generally, they can't take on the position of no grade, the better point is the ninth grade, and the individual who is lucky can do the eighth grade. Since the seventh rank and above, it is the world of another plane, and it can be said that there is an invisible boundary between the eighth rank and the seventh grade.

According to the new regulations of the imperial court, through imprisonment, those who do not enter the stream will be given grades, the ninth rank will be promoted to the eighth grade, and the individual eight grades will be exceptionally promoted to the seventh grade, which is generally controlled within the scope of low-level positions. In this way, it not only trains, rewards, and promotes outstanding practical talents, but also does not have a great impact on officialdom, and it can be regarded as a proper and stable new law.

However, there are exceptions to everything, just like Li You, who is alone in the world and breaks boundaries. The moment he saw the court's writings, the reason why Lord Li burst into tears was because he took advantage of the sky.

You must know that the higher the official rank, the higher the gold content of each level. It is also a level, seven liters of six can be much higher than nine liters of eight, and perhaps only a few eight liters of seven can be compared.

Master Li, who was going to do the seven-grade for a lifetime, was full of calculations and had been a seven-grade promoter for half a year, and suddenly the six-grade was at his fingertips, even if it was a sixth-grade one, it was very good. Can you not cry with joy?

When Li You came out of the mansion, the chief suddenly rushed with Zhang San. Recently, Li You sent him to Fu Erniang's side to guard, because Fu Erniang's time to give birth was almost there.

Zhang San went to Li You's side and hurriedly whispered: "Fu Erniang is about to give birth, and a few stable women who have been invited are working hard there." ”

Li You, who was in a good mood, smiled: "It's really a double happiness." ”

(To be continued)