"Someone! Send Liu Aiqing to the club's house! Liu Aiqing is too old, and I can't bear him to continue to work for state affairs. From today on, remove Liu Aiqing from all official positions and let him go home to enjoy the joy of family! ”

Zhu Youzhu took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and made such a will that shocked all the officials. The other two elders, the other five Shangshu of the six departments except for the Ministry of Industry, frowned and looked at the murderous intent in Zhu Youjiao's eyes, then glanced at each other, and silently stopped speaking.

Obviously, Zhu Youzhu has already given Liu Ji a lot of face. If Liu Ji and his comrades dared to continue to resist, the end would be extremely miserable. In fact, in the face of the angry Zhu Youjiao, even Liu Ji's most hardcore supporters were silent, how dare they stand up and resist.

Since then, the three old papier-mâché in the Chenghua period have completely withdrawn from the historical stage.

"Brother Chen, tell the hundred officials what you mentioned yesterday!"

After Liu Ji was carried away and the court calmed down, Zhu Youzhu said to Chen Quan.

"Yes! Your Majesty, my lords, you must know that in the next few years or even more than ten years, you will cooperate with the imperial court to implement all-round large-scale infrastructure construction in the six northern provinces.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, there have been few large-scale infrastructure construction in the north. As a result, up to now, in addition to the small roads built by the folk gentry, the official roads are still mostly the official roads of the Qin and Han dynasties. These official roads have fallen into disrepair and have long been inadequate. In addition to the official roads, the official water conservancy projects after the Han Dynasty were almost zero, and everyone was tinkering and getting by.

As a result, as soon as there is a drought in the north, people will be displaced everywhere, and as soon as there is a war, it will take more than a month to support, which seriously shakes the stability of the society in the north of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, a few years ago, Zaixia collected information on roads and water conservancy in the north through various channels, and a year ago, with the support of the emperor, he began to prepare for large-scale transportation and water conservancy infrastructure construction in the six northern provinces.

Because the construction of this time will be different from the practice of requisitioning people for free in any previous dynasty, it will be carried out in the form of employing local people to carry out sectional construction during the agricultural slack time. The supervision of project quality, the distribution of people's remuneration, the allocation of materials, etc. will be extremely complicated. There must be a professional, efficient and honest coordination team and supervision team.

The matter of co-ordination is naturally undertaken by the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court, but supervision must be undertaken by other yamen. It's just that neither the imperial court Jinyiwei nor the East Factory have the professional ability to complete the supervision. Therefore, I asked the emperor to transfer the internal supervisor, the secret agent of the East Factory, the secret agent of the original West Factory, some Jinyi Wei and some of my buddies to form a formal and professional supervision yamen to supervise one of the major construction of the six northern provinces.

This yamen I call the construction management department, mainly responsible for supervising the construction quality, construction period, cost use and other aspects of the Ming Dynasty, with unlimited inspection rights in the construction of the project, the right to report directly to the cabinet and the emperor, and the right to temporary detention in case of emergency.

During the construction of the six northern provinces, the supervision department acted independently. After the completion of the large-scale construction, it will be attached to the household department. As for the person in charge during the large-scale construction, I recommend Dong Yan next to me. ”

After Chen Quan's explanation, there was an uproar in the entire court. There are those who are worried about the money and material costs of the construction of the six northern provinces, those who are angry because they are not able to stretch their hands on the huge amount of money that they are watched, and there are those who are angry that a woman supervises them.

"Chen Dadong, the old man has a few questions, I don't know if you can solve the old man's doubts?"

Xu Pu stood up first and asked.

"Elder Xu Ge, please ask!"

"The old man does not object to the large-scale construction of the six northern provinces. This is about the great cause of my great foundation, but where does the money and food come from? In addition, why should we change the requisition and transfer of labor to employment, so that it is not several times more money and food for nothing? Why did the construction management department use Chen Dong's associates? ”

After asking three questions in a row, Xu Pu asked the three questions that most officials were most concerned about.

"In the early stage of the money, I provided 24 million taels, and the imperial court and the emperor's private treasury jointly contributed 18 million taels as the initial fund, and three years later, I, the imperial court, and the emperor each contributed 2 million taels each year to inject it as construction funds. As for grain, sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn have gradually spread, and the Ming Dynasty will not only be grain. Moreover, I can buy tens of millions of stones of grain from all over Nanyang every year by sea, which is enough to ensure the stability of the grain supply and grain prices in the Ming Dynasty.

As for why labor was changed to employment, it was to avoid causing large-scale destruction of the people in the north and causing turmoil in the world. Second, it is also for the benefit of the people, to enhance the purchasing power of the people in the north, and to prosper the six northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty.

The last question, Xu Ge Lao, since I have spent money, I have to know where the money is spent, how it is spent, has anyone stolen my silver! And if there are no guys under them, will the other people be able to figure out whether the project is qualified, whether the project is completed on time and as planned, and whether there is a problem with the accounts recorded in various places?

If it weren't for the fact that other people were incapable of completing these things, they wouldn't be able to reassure them, so why bother to hire someone to do these things for the court? ”

Chen Quan's explanation made Xu Pu understand Chen Quan's thoughts, but the last sentence made Xu Pu glare at Chen Quan fiercely.

"Chen Dongjia, this official also has a question! Why do you say that after the construction of the six provinces, the construction management department should be attached to the Ministry of Households, and shouldn't it be under the Ministry of Industry? ”

Xu Pu stepped back, and Yu Zijun stepped forward and continued to ask.

"It's easy! With the functions of the imperial court department of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for managing the construction of the project, and is responsible for the allocation and expenditure of the project funds. In other words, the construction and the cost of money are all from the Ministry of Industry. In this case, it is not appropriate for you to supervise the quality of your own construction and see if there is a problem with your own spending! ”

"Got it! Thank you Chen Dongjia for your doubts! ”

After speaking, Yu Zijun respectfully bowed and retreated.

"Then why do you want a woman to lead the construction management department?"

Wang Shu asked very unceremoniously and directly.

Chen Quan didn't care about Wang Shu's attitude. This guy is such a character, for everyone. What's more, his proposal to let Dongfang Undefeated Command the Construction Management Division was encroaching on his territory.

"It's easy! Because she is not an official, she has nothing to do with any officials in the DPRK and China. The officials of the court and the central government will not let down their skins to curry favor with her. Secondly, she is strong enough. No one in the world could kill her. In other words, she offended you, and you can't do anything about her. In the end, she is my confidante! Lord Wang, is this reason enough? ”

Chen Quan looked at Wang Shu with a smile on his face.

"Humph! The first two reasons can be agreed with by the old man, but the last one, Chen Dadong, I hope you are just joking! ”

Wang Shu glared at Chen Quan angrily.

"Hehe, Brother Chen, don't joke with Wang Aiqing. Wang Aiqing, Brother Chen and Miss Dong will never be court officials, they have their own pursuits, and they don't care about official positions. Well, the one that should be explained is also explained. I have made up my mind and officially appointed Dong Yan as the director of the Construction Management Department. ”