my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 372 Suicide
After hearing this, Zhou Ji took a deep look at Zhu Chun and said, "Yes."

After Zhu Chun finished speaking, his expression was stern.

But he didn't say anything more, he just waved his hand and let the money go on.

In the room, it was quiet again.

But in the Forbidden City at this time, it is another look.

Ministers and ministers from various ministries gathered one after another.

Yang Pu entered the palace by order.

He brought with him information on the construction and operation of the railway.

The eyes of many ministers were complicated, especially when they heard that the tax of the Yoududu Mansion had reached tens of millions of taels of silver, their moods were probably even more different.

The gap is really too big, or in other words, the gap between the Youdu Dudu Mansion and the provinces in the world has reached the difference between a human and an ant. Under this almost crushing gap, even a glib tongue is not bad. There is no way to save a person with a tongue.

On the other hand, Yang Pu could clearly feel that these court princes who had been like him were looking at him with complicated eyes.

Some people are of course disdainful, and seem to say that he, Yang Pu, is just a lucky minister who has taken refuge in Zhang Anshi.

There are also people who have a hint of envy in their eyes. After all, many times in life, there may only be one or two chances to change their destiny in the decades of cold and heat, but at least now, Yang Pu has seized it. As a great hero, he appeared in front of the emperor.

Of course, there are also some people hidden among them, who gave Yang Pu an encouraging look.

The results have been revealed, and the achievements of the Right Governor's Mansion have reached the point where it is impossible to obliterate them.

Then... there must be some people who are very interested in this.

After all, there is a difference between people.

It is also reading the Four Books and Five Classics. Some people only learn from the Four Books and Five Classics to be self-sufficient. After all, they strictly abide by the norms in the Four Books and Five Classics. Juzhi's conclusion.

But what some people have learned is the family, the country, and the world. 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 deeds.

In front of the monarchs and ministers, Yang Pu began to explain in detail how to build the railway, the cost per kilometer, in addition, what is the difference between different terrains and geology, how to avoid unfavorable terrain, and Management of a large number of craftsmen and labor.

Of course, there is also the issue of project cost.

This is what Yang Pu emphasized.

In fact, although many people had management experience in river management before, these experiences are obviously not enough when it comes to railways.

What Zhihe collects is corvée, and the people who serve corvée can hardly pay their salaries, and even some black-hearted ones can ask them to bring their own dry food.There are not many things that need to be purchased, and most of the materials are obtained locally. If you need stones, you can ask people to go to the mountains to get them.

But what the railway involves is all kinds of problems. A lot of craftsmen and labor need to be paid, and the progress of the project needs to be mastered.Otherwise, empty waste may occur.

All kinds of mechanical tools, rails and sleepers purchased must be ordered in advance to ensure that each project section will not cause engineering delays due to problems with materials and tools.

The reason why Yang Pu mentioned these things emphatically was because when he was in charge of the railway department, he made many mistakes. In the end, he did not know how much he spent before he slowly began to explore and sum up a set of management principles. method.

The lessons here are all money, and a lot of money.

"Your Majesty, in addition to the construction of the railway, the more difficult thing is the management of the railway. How to ensure that the trains can enter the station on time, that they can be repaired before departure, and that the cargo on the train will not delay the departure time. It is interlocking, and if there is a problem in any link, there may be large-scale delays."

"Therefore, on the railway department's side, the maintenance craftsmen recruited, the station attendants, and many other personnel on the train must ensure that everything is safe. Once something goes wrong, it is not a trivial matter. Because of this, managing the station is an important thing. The most important thing is that even the minister feels powerless, so he has to ask someone who is good at this way to act as an adviser."

As soon as this remark came out, although some people still had their own thoughts.

But these words made many people in the temple seem to recall it all at once, and they understood it.

Zhu Di had a meaningful expression on his face.

Yang Rong subconsciously looked at Yang Pu, and then at Zhang Anshi beside him.

Xia Yuanji's expression changed slightly, and some even showed an angry look.

Hu Guang felt a different atmosphere, but he didn't hear Yang Pu's mystery, but saw everyone's expressions changed.

So he subconsciously said: "Scholar Yang, how do you say this?"

Yang Pu said: "It is the officials who manage the railways. They must be specialized in this. Maybe the chief officer may not be necessary, but the subordinate officials and other officials must be able to be independent."

Having said these words, Hu Guang felt recollected. He wanted to open his mouth again, but he felt reckless, and finally fell silent again.

What this means is...officials with imperial examination backgrounds are no longer competent for such complicated affairs. On the contrary, they can only be managed by introducing certain so-called 'expertise' as officials.

And this... obviously directly violated the red line of the entire imperial examination.

Because everyone understands that the reason why everyone dares to be angry but dare not speak out is because the New Deal is only limited to the Zhili area. Under Zhang Anshi's rule, he wants to promote civil servants to officials. If you endure it, you will endure it.

But the problem is that the power of the railway has already been revealed, and His Majesty has obviously developed a strong interest in the railway. In the future, it is very likely that all provinces will start to build railways.

This is something worth hundreds or even tens of millions of taels of silver!
Just like a canal, throughout the dynasties, the imperial court has appointed the officials of the Destiny River to manage it, no matter whether the official position is the governor of the river, the transshipment envoy, or the water supervisor. Anyway, in the future, such important railways will inevitably be like rivers. Set up Yamen and deploy a large number of officials.

What's more, if there is no accident, these official positions must be vacancies!

After all, the interests involved are too great, not to mention the railway, in all dynasties, if it involves the management of river transshipment affairs, which one is not fat and oily?
But the problem is that Yang Pu asked for management by experts.

This also means that officials with a background in imperial examinations cannot enter the Railway Department and various stations.

Zhili can do this, but can't all provinces in the world also do the same?

Once this precedent is set, what kind of imperial examinations will everyone take?What do you do?
Zhu Di glanced at everyone first, then smiled slightly and said, "Really? Is that what Xueshi Yang thinks?"

"Exactly." Yang Pu said with a firm look in his eyes, "The relationship here is too great to allow for the slightest mistake. Once there is a mistake, the loss will be endless. If it is not a special person, it involves all aspects. unmanageable."

Zhu Di nodded: "Yi Shiha, write down what Xueshi Yang said, in the future... I will use it as a reference."

"His Majesty."

At this moment, Liu Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, stood up, and he said worriedly: "If idle people are appointed to such an important position, such people have not read the Four Books and Five Classics, and have no sense of benevolence, justice, and shame in their hearts. For me, Mingming's heartache."

"If this is not the case, Jinshi and Juren will still be used as officials, and these so-called experts will be officials. Officials who have read Confucius and Mencius can control these officials to ensure nothing goes wrong."

Liu Guan is the Minister of Rites who succeeded Lu Zhenren who had fallen from power before. He has quite a lot of life experience. He was a Jinshi in Hongwu in 18 years.

However, the Hongwu period was a miraculous era. After Emperor Taizu Gao raised several prisons, all the ministers in the court were almost wiped out.Starting with the Hu Weiyong case, there were the Kongyin case and the North-South List case.

After several cleanings, this Liu Guancong, a small county magistrate in the county, suddenly became a favorite, so that he was like a monkey jumping in the sky. In just 12 years, he went from a mere congregation in the local area. The seventh-rank county magistrate turned into the fourth-rank Zuoqian capital censor.

As a result, in the later years of Emperor Taizu Gao, he was deposed as the magistrate of Jiaxing because of his greed and crimes.

Originally thought that Liu Guan's life was coming to an end again, but he miraculously found out that another major event happened in Beijing. King Yan Zhu Dijing was difficult to succeed, and Emperor Jianwen collapsed.

All of a sudden, there were a lot of official positions in the court, and Zhu Di ascended the throne in order to buy people's hearts, and let people check. Doesn't Jiaxing still have a former Zuoqian capital censor?The qualifications are sufficient, and most importantly, because of the reason Liu Guan was deposed, he did not mess with Emperor Jianwen.

Although he committed some corruption mistakes, there was no problem with his loyalty, so he was immediately recalled to the capital. Not only was the official restored to his original post, but he was also promoted from Zuoqian capital censor to Zuo capital censor.

Although Zuoqiandu Yushi and Zuodu Yushi differ in one word, they are actually worlds apart, so Liu Guan completed a big leap in his official career in a daze.

What's even more amazing is that after Liu Guan served as the censor of Zuodu, everyone hated him because of all kinds of inconspicuousness.

Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, hated him, and Chen Ying, the censor of Zuodu at that time, also hated him. Although Lu Zhen, the Minister of Rites before that, was not a good person, he also felt that this kind of person was... crazy.

Even Zhang Anshi's brother-in-law, His Royal Highness Zhu Gaochi, who has always been kind to others, could not understand his behavior, 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 Ningguo Mansion.

Suddenly there are so many high positions in the court, and there are only so many seniors in the world, and these people are either Jian Yi's former students, or Lu Zhen or Chen Ying's henchmen.

There is no civil and military man in the Manchu Dynasty who can take over as the minister of the Ministry of Rites.

In the end, Zhu Di thought of the deposed Liu Guan again.

Anyway, this person's qualifications are enough, the most important thing is... He has nothing to do with Jian Yi, Chen Ying, Lu Zhen and others, isn't it just a small mistake, so Liu Guan has completed his life again. Not only was the official restored to his original post, but he was also promoted from the left deputy capital censor to the Minister of Rites very quickly.

Of course, although Liu Guan was greedy for money, lustful, and ugly, but at this time, he was in a hurry.

After listening to Yang Pu's introduction, the oil and water of this railway is really too big, if it is built and managed by someone with expertise, is it okay?

So he couldn't calm down anymore, and immediately jumped out with righteous words.

Everyone listened to Liu Guan's words, but before they responded, Yang Pu responded with a smile: "Liu Gong, this statement is wrong. In this world, scholars who have read the teachings of Confucius and Mencius have never seen that everyone has a heart of benevolence, justice, and shame. Why do you have to be shameless if you haven't read the Four Books and Five Classics?"

This can be said to be a hidden needle in the cotton!
But Liu Guan didn't change his face when he heard this.A person's morality can be low, but in terms of self-cognition, he must never think that he is shameless.

So Liu Guandao: "This is a major matter involving the country, how can it be such a trifle? Scholar Yang is too frivolous."

Liu Guan is not easy to provoke, he has provoked many people, but so what?

Who did he offend? Didn't he get promoted in the end?What's more, what are you Yang Pu, I am a dignified minister, although you are the prince's confidant, but your rank is far inferior to my Liu Guan, isn't it still your turn to decide?

Yang Pu frowned lightly, looked at Yang Rong and the others and said, "Do you think so too?"

All the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are silent.

Although many of the ministers standing here don’t like Liu Guan, but who dares to give the Jinshi who have obtained official positions in the imperial examination a bottom-up salary at this time, you know, everyone is from Jinshi, this is not self-destruction ?

Liu Guan naturally understood this too, so he proudly said: "Scholar Yang, you are still young, you must act prudently, governing a big country is like cooking small fish..."

Zhang Anshi was beside him, but he laughed.

Although Liu Guan treated Yang Pu with an attitude of 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 take it lightly.

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, "Does Duke Wei have any good ideas?"

Zhang Anshi said calmly: "I'm just a mere foreign relative. I don't have any good opinions. You are the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and you hold an important position. Moreover, you have read the Four Books and Five Classics, so you must know more than me. In my opinion, it is better for His Majesty to decide on this matter. "

Zhu Di nodded, frowned slightly, and said in a deep thought: "Building the railway is now very profitable. This matter... If the provinces want to build it, I will agree to it. As for how to build and manage it, I still have to teach It is better for all provinces to refer to the Railway Department of the Right Governor’s Mansion. Repair it first and see..."

After Liu Guan heard this, joy immediately appeared on his face, and he was the first to stand up and echoed, "Your Majesty has learned from you."

Everyone felt that His Majesty spoke in a cloud of fog, as if he hadn't expressed his determination yet. Some seemed to understand Zhu Di's thoughts, but some looked suspicious.

No matter what, at this time everyone was very unanimous and had no objection, and said one after another: "Your Majesty is wise."

Today's discussion is almost coming to an end, Zhu Di also showed a little tiredness, and all the ministers withdrew.

Zhang Anshi didn't stay alone today, but also left with the flow of people.

"Captain, Commander..."

Zhang Anshi came out of the main hall and was walking ahead, he stopped when he heard the call, only to see Yang Pu chasing after him panting.

Zhang Anshi said with a smile: "Scholar Yang really made a big splash just now. I think there will be a decree coming soon, and you must be promoted to the official position."

Yang Pu's face was ashen, and he looked angry: "Why didn't Governor Zhang just argue with Liu Guan? The railway project cost a lot and used as much people's power as the construction of the Yellow River. If you are not careful , it’s going to be a big mess.”

Seeing Yang Pu's angry look, Zhang Anshi nodded calmly and said, "I know."

Looking at Zhang Anshi's appearance, Yang Pu frowned even deeper, and said, "Since the governor knows it, he must not be ambiguous, otherwise the railway might as well not be built."

Zhang Anshi said: "Bachelor Yang is a smart person. Since he is a smart person, haven't you ever wondered why His Majesty has no firm attitude towards this?"

Yang Pu said without thinking too much: "This is naturally because the provinces are involved. If His Majesty completely adopts the plan of the lower officials, the provinces must not pay much attention to the railway, and there may even be someone who secretly obstructs it. They are high mountains and the emperor is far away. Your Majesty may not be able to monitor it all the time, for fear that someone will deliberately make trouble, so..."

"That's right!" Zhang Anshi nodded approvingly and said, "Otherwise, with His Majesty's temper, I'm afraid he would have been furious already, so why would Liu Guan dare to talk too much?"

Yang Pu said: "But..."

Zhang Anshi said: "But what? But you are worried... these people will cause trouble? Hey, our new policy in Zhili is not easy. But have you ever thought about how easy it is to implement this new policy? How have you ever heard of the reforms of the past dynasties without bloodshed?"

"So, instead of arguing with reason at this time, it's better to wait and see how they toss. I, Zhang Anshi, dare to say that no matter who is trying to build any railway, he can't build it. Not only can't it be done, but it will If you don’t give them a chance to make a fuss, they will feel that they are very capable, and it will be difficult for them to implement the New Deal and the railway.”

After a pause, he finally said softly: "Instead of that, let them kill themselves."

Yang Pu was silent, he suddenly understood what Zhang Anshi meant.

After a while, he said again: "The governor also underestimates the officials of the world too much, maybe they really managed it?"

A smile curled up on Zhang Anshi's lips, and said: "They can do it, I, Zhang Anshi, can run naked and eat sex, and I will make a written proof!"

Yang Pu suddenly remembered certain rumors that had been rumored in the capital for a long time.

He was silent for a while, and suddenly, like an eggplant beaten by frost, he didn't speak again.

"Hey..." Yang Pu finally sighed deeply, with a look of sadness on his face.

In his wisdom, of course he knew... what might happen next.

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(End of this chapter)