Chapter 372: Self-Destruction
Zhou Ji listened, glanced at Zhu Chun deeply and said, "Yes." β
Zhu Chun said, his expression was cold.
But he didn't say anything more, just waved his hand and let this week go on.
In the room, silence returned.
At this time, in the Forbidden City, it is a different situation.
The various departments of Shangshu and squires gathered one after another.
Yang Pu was ordered to enter the palace.
He brought with him information on the construction and operation of the railway.
Many ministers had complications in their eyes, especially when they heard that the taxes of the Right Governor's Mansion had reached ten million taels of silver, and they were afraid that their mood would be even more different.
The gap is too big, or in other words, the gap between the Right Governor's Mansion and the provinces of the world has reached the difference between people and ants, and under this almost crushing gap, even if a person with a clever tongue is like a yellow and has a three-inch tongue, there is no way to recover it.
Yang Pu clearly felt that these princes of the court and the central government, who had been like him, were looking at him with a complicated look.
Some people are of course disdainful, as if to say that he, Yang Pu, is just a fortunate minister who took refuge in Zhang Anshi.
There are also people with a faint mixture of envy in their eyes, the opportunities of life, after all, many times, in the decades of cold and summer, there may only be one or two opportunities to change their fate, but at least now, Yang Pu seized it, and he appeared in front of the emperor as a great hero.
Of course, there are also some people hidden in this, who cast Yang Pu's encouraging looks.
The results have been revealed, and the achievements of the Right Governor's Mansion have reached the point where it is impossible to erase them.
So...... There will be some people who are interested in this.
After all, there is always a difference between people.
In the same way, reading the Four Books and Five Classics, some people only learn from the Four Books and Five Classics to be complacent, after all, strictly abide by the norms in the Four Books and Five Classics, otherwise anyone who dares to deviate from this is a deviant and will be punished by everyone.
In order to achieve the sage's so-called goal of living and working in peace and contentment, scholars should actively seek the nutrients of fame and meritorious service.
In front of the monarchs and ministers, Yang Pu began to explain in detail how to build the railway, how much it costs per kilometer, in addition, what is the difference between different terrain and geology, how to avoid the unfavorable terrain, and the management of a large number of craftsmen and laborers.
Of course, there is also the problem of project cost.
This is what Yang Pu emphasized.
In fact, although many people had experience in river management before, this experience was obviously not enough when it came to the railway.
The people who served the conscription could hardly pay their salaries, or even let them bring their own dry food. There are not many things that need to be purchased, and most of the materials are taken locally.
However, the railway involves all aspects of the problem, a large number of craftsmen and laborers have to pay money, and the progress of the project needs to be controlled. Otherwise, there is a risk of empty consumption.
All kinds of mechanical tools, rails and sleepers must be ordered in advance to ensure that each project section will not be delayed due to material and tool problems.
The reason why Yang Pu emphasized these things is because when he was managing the Railway Division, he made many mistakes, and finally he didn't know how much it cost, so he slowly began to explore and summarize a set of management methods.
The lessons here are all silver, and a lot of silver.
"Your Majesty, in addition to the construction of the railway, one of the more difficult, but the management of the railway, how to ensure that the car can enter the station on time, to ensure that the train can be overhauled before departure, and to ensure that the goods on the train will not delay the departure time, here can be described as interlocking, any link has a problem, there may be a large area of delays."
"Therefore, on the side of the railway department, the recruited maintenance craftsmen, station staff, and many personnel on the train must ensure that nothing goes wrong, once something happens, it is not a trivial matter, because of this, managing the station is the top priority, even the minister also feels powerless, and he must ask someone who is good at this way to act as a staff officer."
As soon as these words came out, although some people still had their own thoughts.
However, many people in this temple seemed to come back to their senses at once, and they understood it.
Zhu Di had a meaningful look on his face.
Yang Rong subconsciously looked at Yang Pu, and then looked at Zhang Anshi on the side.
Xia Yuanji's expression changed slightly, and some people showed angry expressions.
Hu Guang felt a different atmosphere, but he didn't hear the mystery of Yang Pu, but he saw that everyone changed color.
So he subconsciously said: "Master Yang, how do you say this?" β
Yang Pu said: "It is the official who manages the railway, and he must be specialized in this, maybe the chief official can not have to, but the left officials and officials must be able to take charge alone." β
When these words came out, Hu Guang came back to his senses, he wanted to open his mouth again, but he felt reckless, and finally fell silent again.
That's what I mean...... Officials who came from the imperial examination are no longer competent for such complicated affairs, on the contrary, they can only be managed by bringing in certain people with so-called 'expertise' as officials.
And this ...... Obviously, it directly violates the red line of the entire imperial examination.
Because everyone understands that the reason why everyone dares to be angry now is because the new policy is only limited to the Zhili area, and under the rule of Zhang Anshi, he wants to promote the scribe to an official.
But the problem is that the power of the railroad has already been felt, and His Majesty has apparently taken a keen interest in it, and it is very likely that in the future all provinces will begin to build it.
That's hundreds, if not tens of millions of taels of silver!
Just like the canal, in all dynasties, the imperial court had to appoint officials to manage the canal, whether this official position was the governor of the river, the transshipment envoy, or the water supervisor, anyway, in the future, such a major railway, will inevitably be like the river, to set up a yamen, deploy a large number of officials.
What's more, if nothing else, these official positions must be fat!
After all, the interests involved are too great, not to mention the railway, all dynasties, but when it comes to the management of river transshipment affairs, which one is not a fat flowing oil?
But the problem is that Yang Pu is asking for expertise in management.
This also means that officials from the imperial examination are not allowed to enter the railway department and other stations.
Zhili can be like this, can't all the provinces in the world be like this?
Once this precedent is set, what else will everyone take for the imperial examination? What do you do?
Zhu Di first glanced at everyone, and then smiled slightly: "Really?" What does Mr. Yang think? β
"Exactly." Yang Pu had a firm look in his eyes, and said: "The stakes here are too big, and there is no room for the slightest mistake, once there is a loss, the loss is endless, if it is not a special person, this involves all aspects of the matter, it is impossible to deal with it." β
Zhu Di bowed his head: "I also lost Ha, write down Mr. Yang's words, and ...... in the future." I want to refer to this. β
"Your Majesty."
At this moment, Liu Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, and he said worriedly: "If you are appointed to such an important position as an idle person, such a person has not read the Four Books and Five Classics, and there is no benevolence, righteousness and shame in his heart. β
"If this is not the case, as usual, the Jinshi and the Juren will be the officials, and the so-called experts will be the officials, and the officials who are born in the way of Confucius and Mencius can control these special officials, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong."
Liu Guan is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who replaced the previously fallen Lu Zhenren, and his life experience is quite rich, he is a Jinshi of Hongwu for 18 years, because he is not valued, so he served as the Taigu County Cheng.
However, the Hongwu period was a magical era, and after Emperor Taizu Gao raised several prisons, the ministers of the court were almost wiped out. Starting from Hu Weiyong, there have been empty seal eucalyptus and north and south list eucalyptus.
After several cleanings, this Liu Guan from the small county in the county, suddenly became a fragrant glutton, so that he was like a monkey like a monkey, in just 12 years, from a local district from a seven-grade county, to a four-grade Zuo Du Yushi.
As a result, in the later years of Emperor Taizu Gao, he was deposed as the prefect of Jiaxing because of his greed for reading and committing crimes.
originally thought that Liu Guan's life was coming to an end again, but he miraculously discovered that something big had happened in Beijing again, Zhu Dijing, the king of Yan, was difficult to succeed, Emperor Jianwen fell, and Emperor Jianwen's henchmen were wiped out.
There are a lot of official positions in the court all of a sudden, and Zhu Di ascended the throne in order to buy people's hearts, so that people can check, isn't there a former imperial history of Jiaxing? has enough qualifications, and most importantly, because of the reason why Liu Guan was deposed, he did not get involved with Emperor Jianwen.
Although he made some desecrated mistakes, there was no problem with loyalty, so he immediately recalled to the capital, not only reinstated the official, but also from the left capital of the imperial history, and soon promoted to the left capital of the imperial history.
Although there is a word difference between the imperial history of Zuo and the imperial history of Zuodu, they are actually worlds apart, so this Liu Guan has completed a big stride in his officialdom career.
What's even more amazing is that after Liu Guan served as the imperial history of the left capital, because of all kinds of inconsistencies, it can be said that everyone hated it.
The official secretary Jianyi hated him, and Chen Ying, the imperial history of the Zuodu at that time, also hated him, although the previous secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Lu Zhen, was not a good person, but he also felt that he was ...... Neuropathy.
Even Zhang Anshi's brother-in-law, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Zhu Gaochi, who has always been kind to others, couldn't get used to his personality, and even reprimanded him on the spot.
In addition, Liu Guan committed another crime, so he was deposed again.
But at this time, a miraculous thing happened again, Lu Zhen fell, Chen Ying also fell, and even Jian Yi committed suicide because of the matter of Ning Guofu.
There are so many high positions in the DPRK and the central government all of a sudden, and there are only so many qualified people in the world, and these people are either Jianyi's protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials, or Lu Zhen or Chen Ying's henchmen.
This Manchu Dynasty civil and military, counted and counted, and there was not a single one who could take over as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
In the end, Zhu Di remembered the deposed Liu Guan again.
In any case, this person's qualifications are sufficient, and the most important thing is ...... He has nothing to do with Jian Yi, Chen Ying, Lu Zhen and others, isn't it just a little mistake, so Liu Guan completed a big reversal in his life, directly from the criminal official, not only the official reinstated, but also from the left deputy capital Yushi was quickly promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
Of course, although Liu Guan is greedy for money, lustful, and ugly, at this time, he is in a hurry.
After listening to Yang Pu's introduction, the oil and water of this railway is too big, if this is to let any professional people to build and manage, then it will be worth it?
So he couldn't hold on any longer, and immediately jumped out with righteous words.
Everyone listened to Liu Guan's words, but before they could react, Yang Pu responded with a smile: "Liu Gong, this is wrong, in this world, people who have read the way of Confucius and Mencius have never seen everyone have a heart of benevolence, righteousness and honesty, why must they be honest and shameless if they have not read the Four Books and Five Classics?" β
This can be described as a hidden needle!
And Liu Guan listened, but his face did not change. A person can be morally low, but in terms of self-knowledge, he must not think that he is shameless.
So Liu Guan said: "This is a major event involving the country, how can it be such a child's play?" Mr. Yang is too frivolous. β
Liu Guan is not easy to provoke, he provokes a lot of people, but what?
Who did he provoke, and didn't he get promoted in the end? What's more, what kind of thing are you Yang Pu, I am a dignified scholar, although you are the prince's confidant, but your grade is far worse than my Liu Guan, isn't it still your turn to say it?
Yang Pu frowned lightly and looked at Yang Rong and the others: "Do you think the same way?" β
This Manchu minister is self-explanatory.
Although many of the ministers standing here don't like Liu Guan, who dares to give the Jinshi who won the imperial examination a salary at this time, you know, everyone is from Jinshi, this is not self-defeating?
Liu Guan naturally understood this, so he said proudly: "Master Yang, you are still young, you must act steadily, and governing a big country is like cooking a small ......."
Zhang Anshi was beside him, but he laughed.
Although Liu Guan looked at Yang Pu as if he was relying on the old and selling the old, it can be seen that Zhang Anshi couldn't help laughing, but he didn't dare to ignore it.
He knew very well that Zhang Anshi was much more difficult to deal with than Yang Pu.
At that moment, he looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile and said, "Isn't Wei Guogong any high opinion?" β
Zhang Anshi said firmly: "I am just a mere relative, where is there any high opinion, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, you are in an important position, and you have read the Four Books and Five Classics, you must know more than me." In my opinion, it is better for Your Majesty to decide on this matter. β
Zhu Di frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Building a railway, now it is a hundred benefits, this matter is ...... If the provinces want to build, I will not allow it. As for how to build and manage it, it is better to teach the provinces to refer to the Railway Department of the Right Governor's Office. Let's take a look at ......"
After hearing this, Liu Guan's face immediately appeared with joy, and he was the first to stand up and echo: "Your Majesty Mingjian." β
Everyone only felt that His Majesty was in a fog, and it seemed that he had not yet expressed his determination, some people seemed to understand Zhu Di's thoughts, but some people looked suspicious.
Anyway, at this time, everyone was very unanimous and had no objections, and they all said: "Your Majesty Shengming." β
Today's deliberations are almost over, Zhu Di also showed a little tiredness, and the ministers retreated.
Zhang Anshi did not stay alone today, and also retired with the flow of people.
"Governor, Governor......"
Zhang Anshi walked out of the main hall, walked in front, heard the call, stopped, but saw Yang Pu panting and catching up.
Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Master Yang is really in the limelight, I think that there will be a decree in the near future, and you must be promoted." β
Yang Pu's face was pale, and he looked angry: "Why didn't Governor Zhang fight with that Liu Guan?" The railway project costs a lot of money, and the amount of people used is no less than the construction of the Yellow River. β
Looking at Yang Pu's angry appearance, Zhang Anshi nodded very calmly: "I know." β
Yang Pu looked at Zhang Anshi's appearance, his brows furrowed even deeper, and said: "Since the governor knows, he must not be ambiguous, otherwise this railway might as well not be repaired." β
Zhang Anshi said: "Bachelor Yang is a smart person, since he is a smart person, haven't you ever thought about why Your Majesty doesn't have a resolute attitude towards this?" β
Yang Pu didn't think much about it and said: "This is naturally because, if Your Majesty completely adopts the plan of the lower officials, the provinces will definitely not be very attentive to the railway, and it may even be that someone will secretly obstruct it." They are far away from the emperor of the mountain, even His Majesty may not be able to monitor at all times, for fear that someone will make a bad intention, so ......"
"That's right!" Zhang Anshi nodded approvingly: "Otherwise, with Your Majesty's temperament, I'm afraid that I have already jumped like thunder, so where does Liu Guan dare to talk more?" β
Yang Pu said: "But ......"
Zhang Anshi said: "But what? But you're worried...... Will these people make a mess? Hey, our new policy in Zhili is not easy. But have you ever thought about how easy it is to implement this new deal? In the changes of all dynasties and dynasties, how have you ever heard of a bloodless one? β
"So, instead of arguing with reason at this time, it's better to ...... Just wait and see how they toss, I, Zhang Anshi, dare to say that no matter who it is, what kind of railway he wants to build, he can't build it. If you don't give them a chance to toss, they will feel that they are very capable, and it will not be easy to implement the new policy and the railway. β
After a pause, he finally whispered, "Rather than this, let them perish themselves." β
Yang Pu was silent, and he suddenly understood what Zhang Anshi meant.
After a pause, he said again: "The governor is too contemptuous of the officials in the world, maybe they really did it?" β
A smile appeared on Zhang Anshi's lips, and he said: "They can do it, I, Zhang Anshi, can run naked, eat x, and I will make a note!" β
Yang Pu reluctantly remembered some rumors that had been rumored in the capital for a long time.
He was silent for a moment, and suddenly, like a frosted eggplant, never spoke again.
"Hey......" Yang Pu finally sighed deeply, with a look of sadness on his face.
With his wisdom, of course he knows...... What could happen next.
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