Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 288 Should You Bribe Officials

Chapter 289 Should You Bribe Officials

It was already evening when I came back from the Luoyang construction site.

"Summer is here!" Cao took a shower, changed into dry clothes, and came back from the Xincheng construction site, sweating all over.

Cao Chong slumped on the recliner to relieve the fatigue of the day: "Why hasn't Wen Jiao come here yet?"

"It's only been less than a stick of incense apart, and you miss me again?" Zhen Mi kneaded Cao Chong's shoulders suddenly much harder.

"Husband, don't be impatient. You have to wash off your stinky sweat when you come back. Sister Wenjiao must also take a bath and change clothes!"

After a while, Wen Jiao came late, saw Cao Chong sitting on the recliner with loose hair, Diao Chan and Zhen Mi were beside him massaging him and beating his legs, Wen Jiao frowned, and wanted to turn around and leave.

"It's already here, why do you want to leave after just one look? You've been tired all day, and you're resting on that chair!" Cao Chong pointed to another reclining chair next to him and said to Wen Jiao.

Wen Jiao went straight to the table and sat down dignifiedly. She didn't like the reclining chairs that ruined the image.

"What did you call me for?"

"It's nothing, I just want to ask you what you think of Luoyang New City. It seems that you are the only one who didn't say a word at the construction site today."

"Don't say the city is too big!" Cao Chong added before Wen Jiao could speak.

"Then there is no opinion."

"You! Forget it, I don't care about you, you will know the great vision of the young master by then! I just want to ask, now everyone has some confidence in my ability to complete the construction of Luoyang City as scheduled?"

This is the main purpose of Cao Chong taking everyone around the construction site. Previously, everyone in Luoyang had no confidence in Cao Chong's ability to complete the construction of Luoyang City as scheduled.

"According to your expectation, how far will it be built next year?" Wen Jiao didn't answer, but asked Cao Chong instead.

"The inner city is basically completed, and the main building in the northern city is completed. As for the eight areas in the southern city, at most one will be completed." Cao Chong didn't hide anything from Wenjiao.

"Where's the city wall?"

"The walls of the inner city are fine, but the outer city is a bit troublesome."

"Then hurry up and repair the city wall first. As long as the court officials see that you have repaired the city wall, the inner city can be used, and some buildings around the inner city have been completed. City, they don't care at all."

Wen Jiao helped Cao Chong out of his mind.

"Why do you all have this opinion? Each of you thinks the city wall is so important."

"It's not that I can't repair the city wall, but I don't want to do it. After the outer city wall is enclosed, it will cause great inconvenience to transportation, and it will be very detrimental to the subsequent construction of the city." Cao Chong sat up straight and said to Wenjiao.

Wen Jiao glared at Cao Chong: "The basic requirement for a city is high and deep. What is more important than the city wall? You should just deal with the court's two-year period. As for the rest, we will talk about it later."

"Ah! If it wasn't for the imperial court, I wouldn't even want to close the inner city walls so quickly. The city walls restrict urban planning too much." Cao Chong complained.

Wen Jiao ignored Cao Chong's complaints, but continued to give Cao Chong advice.

"Since you asked, I would like to advise you to do something else. Put away all your urban design and planning in the future, and don't hand them over to court officials. Let Pang Tong and the others draw some simple illustrations for you. To the court."

"I don't even understand your stuff, why let them see it? If nothing else, if you want to dig so many open and hidden canals in the city, the court officials must think that you are full."

Wen Jiao said a lot.

"That's the city's sewer system. It's an extremely simplified design! You don't think that building a bunch of houses and surrounding it with a city wall is a city, right?"

Wen Jiao glanced at Cao Chong: "Hmph! At least that's what most court officials think!"

"I know you have a lot of thoughts, but don't tell them, they will treat you as a crazy person!"

Wen Jiao sighed leisurely again: "I know that the imperial court is going to send someone to check the construction progress of Luoyang, you want to ask me my opinion on this matter?"

"It's so smart! I was about to ask you, but Yiji actually suggested that I prepare money and bribes! I'm so pissed off!"

Cao Chong received an official document from Xu Du yesterday afternoon, saying that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Taiwei Yang Biao were very concerned about the construction of Luoyang and planned to send a team of officials to check on the progress.

At that time, Cao Chong happened to see Yi Ji who was wandering around coming back, so he casually asked him what he should pay attention to.

In the end, Yi Ji gave Cao Chong two suggestions: first, Cao Chong should try to talk as little as possible and leave things to his subordinates.

Second, prepare some gold, silver and jewelry and bribe them at any time.

Cao Chong almost didn't quarrel with Yi Ji after hearing this, is this the idea of ​​a generation of celebrities?
Cao Chong recounted what he asked Yiji yesterday, and Wenjiao listened and said, "It's better not to say anything! If you didn't lose your temper with Yiji, you will definitely lose your temper with me. I won't ask for it! "

Cao Chong stood up and approached Wen Jiao, staring at Wen Jiao carefully with wide eyes: "Do you also agree with Yi Ji's method?"

Wen Jiao blushed when she was stared at by him: "Go over there and do well! Yi Ji is for your own good!"

Cao Chong went across to Wenjiao: "You tell me clearly today that I am the Luoyang order. Why should the receptionist ask me to talk less?"

"The young master is the son of the prime minister's mansion, so he needs to bribe court officials!"

"Didn't I tell you for a long time just now! Your plans and designs for Luoyang will be considered crazy by court officials, so Yi Ji asked you to talk less."

"As for asking you to bribe them..."

Wen Jiao sighed and said, "As the son of the prime minister's mansion, I'm afraid you don't know how rotten the bureaucracy of the big man has become!"

"Since Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling sold their officials, it has become a common practice for local officials to pay tribute to Beijing officials. Even if you are the son of the prime minister's mansion, you should not violate the official rules!"

"Yiji wants you to minimize trouble, anyway, you don't lack that little money!"

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court publicly sold officials and nobles, and officials were corrupt and accepted bribes. Cao Chong knew all about this, but he didn't expect that someone would dare to reach out to his son of the prime minister's mansion!
Seeing Cao Chong's displeasure, Wen Jiao persuaded softly, "If you don't want to make a big deal, you can leave all these troubles to Pang Tong and the others. That's what Yi Ji should mean."

Cao Chong looked at Wen Jiao, "Those who achieve great things don't care about small things, is that how this saying is used?"

"I saw your plans and designs for Luoyang. Although I don't understand many of them, I also know that those are definitely long-term plans."

"Although you are the son of the prime minister's mansion, it's better not to cause trouble as much as possible. The relationship between you and the gentry is already very tense! Don't forget that your two older brothers are still eyeing you!"

Wen Jiao is persuading very sincerely this time. She was never willing to mention the relationship between Cao Chong, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi brothers before.

(End of this chapter)