Shi Shenyi and Ma Feihai are actually very familiar with each other, the two are officials in the same dynasty, and they are both Zuo Shilang, and they often meet together to discuss matters.

It's just a money bag, and I wish I could do a little bit of silver; One is for money, and I wish I wanted to have more.

Quarrels have become commonplace for them.

When Ma Feihai, the left attendant of the Ministry of Engineering next to him, heard this, he immediately became a fried hedgehog.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Weichen was ordered by Lord Liu, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, to report to His Highness the repair and reconstruction of the disaster area, and the repair of the embankment is a top priority, which must be basically completed before the winter."

"Lord Shi saw that it was Wei Chen, so he stopped and asked, Wei Chen truthfully explained, but Lord Shi said that there is no silver in the treasury at present, and the repair of the embankment should be postponed, so Wei Chen asked to meet His Royal Highness in person, and talked about the benefits, so that His Royal Highness can approve the silver, and repair the dam one day earlier, so that fewer people will be affected."

"But Lord Shi insisted that the Ministry of Industry was asking for a price all over the sky, and the purpose was to fill his pockets! I want to think that Ma Feihai was twenty years old in the imperial examination, twenty-one years old into the official career, now full of twenty years, I dare not say that the hard work is high, but I dare not dare to seek personal gain, two sleeves of clean air, in this regard, Wei Chen implore His Royal Highness to send someone to inspect to the end. ”

“……”

The two of you said a word to me, and they quarreled in court, which is really an enemy of each other.

Yuan Zhi has long heard of the corruption problem in the Ministry of Industry and is convinced of it.

Think about future generations, but how can any government projects linked to infrastructure projects be innocent?

"Tofu slag project" has become the mantra of the common people.

Corruption is a historical product, and it has existed in the past, is, and will always exist, but the degree is different and the intensity of governance is different.

"Shut up."

Seeing that the two were arguing again, the Sichuan character on Yuan Zhi's brow deepened.

"Simply, just forget about the two of you fighting, decide the winner, and you don't have to judge alone."

The prince's cold words made Shi Shenyi and Ma Feihai, the two enemies, immediately calm down.

The two of them were like defeated roosters, hanging their heads to the side, and they didn't dare to quarrel anymore.

Arguing in front of the master is disrespectful to the master.

Shi Shenyi, Ji Hong's secret guard investigated it clearly.

The character and reputation are not bad, the official is relatively honest, and the ability in all aspects has been okay since this month, and he is a rare available talent in the new policy of the East Palace.

Therefore, he was asked to act as the Shangshu, and it is not surprising that a year later, he became a regular household Shangshu, which was already ironclad.

The only drawback is that he is short-tempered, he has to cut any request for money, and some people behind him call him a "miser"

For this nickname, Shi Shenyi is willing to accept it.

Managing the treasury, managing the money bags of the empire, and not holding it tightly in your hands, you are a loser.

And the left waiter of the Ministry of Works in front of him, the prince didn't know much about him.

For the Ministry of Industry, especially Liu Hanzhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the backbone of the Cao traitor group, Yuan Zhi has long wanted to pull it out.

It's just that the time is not yet ripe, and the evidence of Liu Hanzhang's corruption is still insufficient, so it is necessary to do ironclad evidence before it can be uprooted.

But at present, the repair of the embankment is indeed tricky.

The only way to do this is to appoint a trusted minister to oversee the implementation.

The Ma Feihai in front of him, observing its details, made Yuan Zhi's eyes shine.

He has a pair of official boots under his feet, which are quite worn, and he can tell at a glance that they are worn all year round.

And the purple and crimson court clothes on his body, although they are quite neat, they are also washed and faded.

This is really rare among the glamorous second-grade courtiers.

Obviously, his life was not very rich.

As a left-hand waiter from the Ministry of Engineering of the second grade, the official silver that has been in his hands every year, millions of taels, and it is a large-scale engineering project.

Yuan Zhi saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart, and his anger suddenly calmed down a lot.

"Master Ma, submit the Ministry of Industry approved by the Cabinet."

When Ma Feihai heard this, he immediately handed over the approval document and the Ministry of Industry in his hand to the chief manager Gao Jin, and handed it over to the desk in front of the prince.

Yuan Zhi carefully reviewed the approval and the chapter, frowning from time to time.

Ma Feihai was afraid that the young prince would be inexperienced and would not understand the project report, so he hurriedly explained:

"Your Highness, this time the main thing is to repair the five dams of the Huai River and the Yellow River, Wei Chen personally went to the scene not long ago to inspect the scene, and now the water is almost parallel to the embankment, the embankment is under great pressure, and there are cracks and leaks everywhere, and now it is all up to the nearby officers and soldiers and disaster victims, who are spontaneously repairing."

"But without complete repairs and reinforcements, it's only a matter of time before the dam collapses again."

"Once these dikes burst again, the water will at least cover a radius of five or six hundred miles, five counties and counties, dozens of villages, and hundreds of thousands of lives, all of which will be maintained on these dikes."

Yuan Zhi reviewed them one by one, and his mood became heavier and heavier the more he reviewed.

"Lord Ma, every year these dams, the imperial court will allocate millions of repair funds, why do they burst the embankment every year, and there are a lot of embankments that break this year, and there are many dangerous dams, Lord Ma, can you answer the question of Lone?"

"It's... This, the situation is complicated, it is long to say, in the opinion of Wei Chen, one is the dam with wooden piles and stones, the gap is very large, when the flood comes, the water potential is high, the pressure is high, and those gaps gradually become big holes, if the dam wall is not thick enough, the pile foundation is not deep enough... And the embankment broke. Ma Feihai answered this question, obviously struggling to speak.

"Your Highness, Weichen has seen the money allocated to the Ministry of Industry every year for the repair of the river dam, which adds up to nearly 10 million taels in five years, but the result is still so bad, which has to make people wonder, how much of these silver taels are used for the project? Most of it should fall into the pockets of officials at all levels and be divided up layer by layer. Shi Shenyi interjected.

"You..."

Ma Feihai glared at Shi Shenyi angrily, and then dimmed.

He knew in his heart that what Shi Shenyi said was the truth, but...

Yuan Zhi, who was sitting at the top, could see the dispute between the two ministers at the moment clearly, including the micro-expressions.

He already knows the rights and wrongs.

"Master Ma, let me ask you a question first, what is the current engineering structure used for the river embankment and city wall?"

Yuan Zhi did not drill the horns of corruption, which is a complex problem that is cut and unorganized.

If it was to be pulled up, it would be endless quarrels for three days and three nights.

He knows a little about modern management, grasps the big and lets go of the small, and grasps the main contradictions.

Corruption aside.

Unexpectedly, the prince transferred to the engineering process, Ma Feihai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and began to tell with a boost of energy:

“…… The river dam is based on wooden piles and stones, filled with gravel and triple soil in the middle, and the surface layer is grass mixed mud red clay surface, with lime ......"

Ma Feihai is an expert in this area, and he speaks in great detail.