Chapter 52: The Minister Has Something to Do

If later generations evaluated the main reason for the completion of the unification of the mainland by the Great Qin Dynasty, then in addition to the reasons such as famous generals and famous ministers, there is also a very important one is the democratic life meeting system of the Great Qin Dynasty.

This system is really the same as what the emperor said at the beginning, making people blush and sweat, and the ministers were red-faced at the meeting, so the ministers were reluctant to hold a meeting, they all ran out to find something to do, the generals ran to train soldiers, and the ministers ran to experience the people's livelihood, so the national strength of Great Qin became stronger and stronger.

However, now the officials of Daqin still don't understand the "democratic life meeting" in the emperor's mouth, Wang Mang is purely a bad taste, he didn't think about the consequences of this matter, so he summarized the materials he wrote before, and told the ministers about the news reports he had read.

Zhao Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, listened to the eyebrows fluttering, thoughtfully, and clapped his hands and said: "What Your Majesty said, is it not the scene of the sages in the ancient period, it is only recorded in the ancient books, let me wait for the reserve to pay respect, the minister fully agrees with His Majesty's decision, and the Ministry of Rites of Weichen will go back to formulate a plan in accordance with His Majesty's requirements and the legacy of the sages, and implement it as soon as possible." ”

"Is it really the sages of the ancient times who are talking about it?" Wang Yongji glanced at Zhang Jian beside him.

"Why do you care so much?" Zhang Jian glanced at Wang Yongji, then looked at Li Hong and said: "Anyway, it's not the first time you don't do this thing, when the household department is done, we will all know, the emperor doesn't say it, he will go to participate in the democratic life meeting of the household department, and then we will all go to study." ”

"Okay, anyway, Your Majesty said that our military department is the big boss, and I am the No. 1 big boss in the military department, I don't understand anything, it's up to you, what you do, we will do it." Wang Yongji nodded.

Wang Mang didn't expect things to go so smoothly, he originally thought that he would have to spend some words to debate with these officials, but he never thought that these people actually supported his decision.

But Wang Mang didn't expect that he would clean up Fang Xizhi in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military today, and how much impact it would have on the officials, you must know that since the "new emperor" ascended the throne, this is the first time he has shown his fangs in front of the courtiers, and the first time he has revealed it, he has killed an important minister of the court.

So at this time, all the officials didn't want to go against Wang Mang, and Zhao Xin of the Ministry of Rites stood up at the right time and said that the emperor's set was all left over from the sages, so what else did they oppose.

"Fang Xizhi's matter has taught our officials a very vivid educational lesson. When everyone stood up, Zhang Jian said: "This matter is the dereliction of duty of our officials, we were not able to find out Fang Xizhi's lawlessness at the beginning, which shows that there is a problem with the cadre evaluation system of our officials. ”

"We also have problems with the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Haifeng, the head of the Imperial Procuratorate, stood up and said: "Our Imperial Historians of the Imperial Procuratorate have embarrassed the imperial court this time, the duty of the Imperial Historian is to record important matters and supervise hundreds of officials for the imperial court, and the Imperial Procuratorate has not been able to find a "bad tiger" like Fang Xizhi in advance, which has brought great losses to the imperial court. ”

The chief officials of all the ministries and yamen all expressed their positions in the court, and Wang Mang was very satisfied with the statements of these officials, but Wang Mang knew that this matter was not over, could it be said that there was only one Fang Xizhi in the court?

Fang Qiu's arrogance is by no means an exception, otherwise the scourge that disturbed the capital would have been extinguished long ago, how could he have lived so well.

However, Wang Mang also knows that today's effect has been achieved, and when treating a terminally ill person, he can't blindly take strong medicine, but must boil it slowly and treat the disease little by little.

Seeing that the court was quiet, Yu Wenkai, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, stood up, this Yu Wenkai was slender and handsome, but he had always been a taciturn person, and at this moment he suddenly stood up and made everyone stunned.

Arching his hand towards Wang Mang, Yu Wenkai said: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!"

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang also looked at Yu Wenkai curiously, according to the information, this Yu Wenkai is a technical official, and he spends his days fiddling with his farmland water conservancy bridge and paving house models, but he rarely causes trouble.

"That's right, Your Majesty, a few days ago, Shangyuan Palace ordered the ministers to look for craftsmen, and sent strong men to the nearby prefectures to build the Jardine Garden, but now the minister heard that the 200,000 taels of silver from the Jardine Garden have been given to the Ministry of War, and I want to come to this Jardine Garden for the time being. Yuwen Kai said.

"And then?" Wang Mang was a little confused about what Yu Wenkai wanted to do.

The minister thought about it for a while, this line has already been written, and some craftsmen and strong men are also on the way to the capital, and it is not appropriate to let them go back at this time, so the minister wants to ask His Majesty to let these recruited craftsmen and strong men participate in repairing the walls of the capital. Yuwen Kai said.

"Repair the city wall?" Wang Yongji said: "Lord Yuwen, what are you thinking, haven't repairing the city wall always been done by our military department, and your engineering department's hand is inevitably too long, right?"

"Lord Wang. Yuwen Kai Chong Wang Yongji arched his hand and said: "This official naturally knows that the city wall has always been repaired by the military department, but this official passed by a section of the city wall that was being repaired the day before yesterday, and found that the progress of the repair was very slow, so he ......"

"So what, so you want to intervene in the Ministry of Engineering?" Wang Yongji snorted coldly, turned to look at Wang Mang and said: "Your Majesty, this city wall has always been repaired by the Ministry of War, all the architectural drawings, construction plans including the soldiers who repair the wall, the Ministry of War is very familiar, and there is no need for the Ministry of Engineering to help, as for the slow repair of the city wall that Lord Yuwen said, as soon as the minister goes back, he will send inspectors to inspect day and night to ensure that the city wall is completed within the specified time!"

Seeing Wang Yongji say this, Yu Wenkai frowned, Yu Wenkai is indeed a technical official, but he also understands the sophistication of human feelings, and he stood up today, but it was his technical side that overwhelmed the sophisticated side of human feelings, he just said the euphemism, but in fact, Yuwenkai felt that the city wall built by the military department was too ugly and impractical!

"Your Majesty, Weichen is mainly that this person has already come, and he has to find a place to go, so he thought of helping the military department repair the city wall, and there is absolutely no other idea. Yu Wenkai sighed and looked at Wang Mang.

Wang Mang couldn't figure out what Yu Wenkai wanted to do, but the craftsmen and strong men recruited by Yu Wenkai made Wang Mang's heart move, and suddenly he had a new idea.