Including Lu Chen's adjutant Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan, almost all the officials of the Ministry of Industry were shocked after reading the contents of the document, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

It's no wonder they're making a fuss, it's just that the so-called new charter is too appalling.

The content of the document is not complicated, there are only a few aspects, of which there are about three aspects that are the most important, and each new regulation related to it is almost challenging everyone's cognitive limits -

First, adjust the proportion of project expenditure.

Originally, most of the project money for each project of the Ministry of Industry was used to purchase the materials needed for the project, such as spirit stones, wood, spirit runes, etc., basically which is the most expensive and the most famous.

Just like the Longquan Spirit Stone and Longquan Mithril of the Yanguo Mansion, the Tianqing Charm of the Zhao Guogong Mansion, etc., regardless of whether its effect is twice that of ordinary spirit stones, Mithril, and charms, or whether the additional effects can be used, or whether there is a replacement, let alone what the cost, cost-effectiveness, etc., just buy it with your eyes closed.

The remaining small part is other expenses such as labor meals and camp construction, and this small part of the expenditure has to be adjusted by the hands of the officials of the Ministry of Works, such as the chief officer and the adjutant officer.

The amount of food that can really fall into the stomachs of the laboring people can be seen from their porridge with clear soup and little water.

As for the travel expenses, the consultation fee and the cost of decoction and medicine when you are sick, you don't have to think about it, there is no such concept at all throughout the ages.

Taxation is the duty of the people.

I have never heard that the common people have to pay anything for the government, and when the superior is merciful or in a good mood, at most reduce the labor and rest with the people, and if you want to show your strength, you want to build a palace here, you want to build an official road there, or you want to send troops to attack somewhere, then hehe.

Therefore, even in a bumper year, the life of the people of Daxia is not necessarily good.

Lu Chen's new charter clearly stipulates that in the future, the labor expenditure of the Ministry of Industry must account for more than 15% of the project expenditure, including the rations of laborers, settling-in expenses, round-trip expenses, medical expenses, and the remuneration of craftsmen.

Where is this TM levy labor? It's doing good, isn't it?

Where would the government be so outrageously good to the people who were serviting? Is it true that the government's money is blown by the wind? The old men don't have enough points, so they just throw it to those Qiantou?

And Lu Chen also set standards for the clothing, food, and housing of laborers, such as three meals a day, at least two soft steamed buns and a bowl of thick porridge for each meal, and the drinking water must be boiled once, etc.

Clothes should be sackcloth, the place to live should be clean, and at least two people should have a bed and a futon or something.

After such a toss, how many children are left in the hands of these officials?

The second aspect is management.

Starting today, officials are not allowed to beat or scold labor without reason, and once discovered, they will be directly dismissed from their posts and investigated.

At the same time, the working time of the servant is directly cut in half, from the original nine hours to four and a half hours, and the additional remuneration for the excess working hours is paid from the project money, and every six days of work is one day off, and no one can move freely during the rest period, and no one is allowed to be embarrassed.

In addition, a ring array was set up in the camp where the servants rested, and if they were bullied by officials or had any grievances, they could trigger this array to initiate a complaint, and the Ministry of Industry must accept it as soon as possible to find out the truth, and this article was also written into the articles of the Ministry of Industry.

Not only that, Lu Chen also set various indicators in all aspects.

For example, in terms of safety, the number of deaths and injuries of the servant husband cannot exceed the number of people, and if it is exceeded, it will be dismissed and investigated; In terms of technique, the material used to arrange the formation cannot be damaged by more than a certain percentage.

This alone is enough to make the scalps of a group of officials tingle.

The third aspect is the procurement management of the Ministry of Industry.

From now on, the project under his jurisdiction will no longer be directed to purchase the required materials from a certain supplier, but according to the needs of the project to formulate an index, set a reserve price, the lowest price will be obtained, adopt a bidding system, as long as the materials that can meet the needs of the index, which one has a low price, he will purchase materials from which.

At the same time, the control has been strengthened in terms of procurement, acceptance, warehousing and other procedures.

The new regulations formulated by Lu Chen have almost overturned all the original regulations, changed them all, and strengthened management and optimization in all aspects, which is completely different from the previous regulations that could make the Ministry of Industry as trouble-free as possible.

According to this approach, not only Lu Chen, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, but also the workload of his subordinates such as Lang Officials, Directors, and Wailang will all be doubled several times.

Practice? Fix a fart!

Under Lu Chen's hands, if you want to be an official, you can do practical things honestly, and if you want to improve your cultivation through Qing cultivation, you can go back and forth from wherever you want.

He doesn't keep idlers under his command.

"I know what you're thinking."

Lu Chen leaned back in his chair with an indifferent expression, and said lightly: "Today, the official is here to tell you clearly that the content of the new articles of association in the document is true, and as long as the official is a waiter in the Ministry of Industry one day, he will definitely spare no effort to implement it, no matter who these regulations will make unhappy, which big man in your eyes will be angered, and what resistance will be encountered, the official will not back down half a point." ”

Hearing this, the faces of the officials suddenly changed slightly.

Although the new official took office with three fires, the fire of this new senior official of the Ministry of Industry is too outrageous, right?

Is this to burn them all down with these petty officials who are just eating for the rest of their lives?

At this time, Wang Qi beside Lu Chen suddenly frowned, then hesitated slightly, then put down the paperwork in his hand, and reminded Lu Chen in a deep voice:

"Lord Lu, the New Yuan Ceremony is coming soon, isn't it inappropriate to suddenly make such a big move at this time?"

Zhang Xuan on the side also nodded and said: "Brother Wang is right, Lord Lu, the lower officials know that you are benevolent and righteous, care about the people, and can't bear to see the people suffer, but there are priorities, now the most important thing in the Ministry of Industry is His Majesty's New Yuan Ceremony, what do you think, can you wait until the end of the New Yuan Ceremony to write to Your Majesty?" ”

"Otherwise, if you delay the New Yuan Ceremony and damage Your Majesty's prestige, Your Majesty will definitely be furious, blame the adults, and hope that the adults will think twice."

Hearing this, those officials couldn't help but perk up, and then looked at Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan as if they were seeing a savior.

However, for the proposal of the two, Lu Chen shook his head.

"It is precisely because of the importance of the New Yuan Ceremony that this official has to do this, and this matter must be done."

Hearing Lu Chen's response, the two of them were puzzled.

"Lord Lu, why is this?"

Lu Chen said indifferently: "The New Yuan Ceremony is an important ceremony for Your Majesty to announce to the world that since the beginning of the New Yuan, she will inherit the way of heaven, obey the subjects, and rule all directions with the respect of the emperor, which is majestic and sacred, and has great symbolic significance." ”

"Such a grand ceremony, must not be stained, from ancient times to the present, the harm to the people is ominous, if you know that labor harms the people, so that hundreds of people are tired and starved to death in the Wuji Palace and turn a blind eye, it is equivalent to letting the New Yuan ceremony stand in their bones and blood, Your Majesty is like stepping on their bones to pray to heaven and earth."

"Such bloody and cruel, it will definitely not be able to enhance my Great Xia national fortune through the New Yuan Grand Ceremony, but will further weaken the country's strength, for the sake of Great Xia, this official must take care of such [idle matters]."

When the words fell, the two of them suddenly understood, but their brows did not loosen.

"But, Lord Lu ......"

Wang Qi was still a little hesitant and wanted to persuade a few more words.

However, Lu Chen shook his head again, and then said with a look of no doubt: "I have made up my mind, you will wait for Hugh to say more, besides, this official has his own considerations, so there is naturally a reason to do this, so you don't have to worry too much, just do it." ”

When he said this, his eyes shook inexplicably.

It seems that his heart is not as confident as it seems.

I don't know if he was too lazy to explain, or if he couldn't think of an excuse for a while.

And although Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan, who heard this, still tried to persuade a few words, Lu Chen insisted on doing so, and there was nothing they could do.

Unless His Majesty speaks in person, no one can stop Lu Chen now.

After all, in terms of project procurement, expenditure allocation, and overall personnel, as long as the right attendant of the Ministry of Engineering is in charge of the project, he has the right to decide all matters of the project.

Who made the Ministry of Industry now only have a squire and no Shangshu?

The imperial court is only responsible for giving money and results, and the specific process of doing things is the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry itself, as long as the tasks of the imperial court are completed on time and with good quality, the imperial court will generally not trouble the Ministry of Industry.

On the contrary, if you can't complete the task assigned by the imperial court, then you have to talk about it well in the early court.

"The official knows that you have concerns."

Lu Chen looked around, and then said solemnly: "But your concerns are completely superfluous, this new charter is the handwriting of this official alone, and it is also the official's own idea, after the implementation of the new charter, no matter what happens, no matter what the final result is, any consequences, will only be borne by the official, and has nothing to do with you, this official will definitely explain the situation to Your Majesty, and will never implicate you." ”

Hearing this, the expressions of the officials couldn't help but relax slightly.

It's good that they don't have to do anything about it.

Wang Qi and Zhang Xuan's faces also softened.

They weren't afraid of being responsible, but they were worried that Lu Chen's so-called new charter would destroy him, and just then Lu Chen said that he knew in his heart, and the reason why he did this was actually when he had other deep meanings, they were actually a lot more relieved.

Although they couldn't figure out what Lu Chen's purpose was for those servants who were outrageously good, and they were almost completely clueless, they believed Lu Chen's explanation.

The reason is simple.

Since Lu Chen's fame, the incidents related to him have become more and more evil, and in the end, he always inexplicably took advantage of it.

With such a glorious record as an endorsement, his unreasonable decisions and actions probably have some special deep meaning in the eyes of the two, and the reason why they can't see through it is because they know too little about Lu Chen, or to put it bluntly, they are too dull to understand the hidden meaning of Lu Chen's move.

So, although they didn't understand, they still chose to believe Lu Chen, honestly shut their mouths, and lowered their heads, carefully looking through the new regulations that Lu Chen had made that day, word by word, and at the same time began to think about whether there was something hidden in it that they couldn't understand for a while.

Subsequently, at Lu Chen's insistence, the new charter began to be implemented.

About three quarters of an hour later, several servants took the paperwork and walked up to the nervous servants.

Immediately afterwards, they read aloud the contents of the new constitution in their respective regions.

The literacy rate of the people of Daxia is extremely low, so the announcement is basically meaningless, and any will or order conveyed on it is basically relayed by others, just like now.

When the laborers listened to the content of the little official's recitation, almost all of them were stunned in place, unable to come back to their senses for a long time.

"Ouch!"

At this moment, a scream suddenly sounded in the crowd.

Everyone subconsciously looked in the direction where the voice came from, and suddenly saw that Zhao Dahu, who had spoken to Lu Chen before, was rubbing the root of his thighs with a painful expression, but his eyes revealed a look of excitement.

"It's true! Not a dream!! ”

His words instantly woke everyone up like a dream.

"Actually..."

A scrawny servant's eyes widened, and his face was full of disbelief: "Isn't it a dream......

In response to him, there was a biting pain from the real cold wind around him.

Soon, more and more servants reacted.

In my ears, it seemed that the words of the new constitution that those "big people" had just recited in public sounded again.

From now on, officials are not allowed to wantonly beat and curse the people who participate in the labor...

For the meals served by the government, there must be at least two fresh soft steamed buns and thick porridge...

Hair clothes...

Provide a warm shelter like those tents...

If you are sick, you can use the government's money to see a doctor and take medicine, and make up the travel expenses when you come, and when this labor is over, you will be paid the travel expenses back......

Safety is the main thing, if anyone is frozen to death, starved to death, and those evil officials can't eat and walk around...

Ringing Array...

……

They weren't shocked as if they were in a dream.

This so-called new constitution and regulations are simply good and super benevolent for them.

In this world, is there really a new deal that is good for them?

They instinctively couldn't believe it.

But now... The facts are in front of you!

Those ordinary officials who are powerful and good will not tease them with this kind of thing, they will only humiliate them in the simplest and rude way to vent the negative emotions in their hearts.

To put it simply, if you are not in a good mood, you will beat them until they are in a good mood.

After a brief silence, the laborers suddenly let out a burst of earth-shattering cheers.

"Madame!"

"Long live the imperial court, long live Your Majesty!"

"Long live the Ministry of Industry!!"

After cheering for a while, they turned their heads almost at the same time to look at the main tent not far away.

At this time, they had already realized that all this must have been the handiwork of the senior official who angrily denounced a group of corrupt officials at the construction site the day before yesterday.

Only he can be so sincere and think about them as ordinary people.

"Lu Xianggong through the ages!"

Zhao Dahu shouted violently, knelt heavily on his knees, and bowed vigorously to the camp.

Seeing this, the others also knelt down.

"Father-in-law Hou Wandai!"

In just a few moments, a large part of the huge construction site fell to its knees.

These simple people, the only way to think of the reward at this time is to quickly get an immortal tablet and put it in the main hall after returning home, and at the same time leave the ancestral teachings, and the descendants should be like them, and pray for Lu Xianggong, a peerless good official, forever!

(End of chapter)