After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

"How long does Mr. Pei plan to dig?" Yu Qiao asked.

"A certain person and the Capital Water Supervisor have calculated that it will take roughly nineteen miles to dig." Pei Jiaoran smiled slightly, "The actual survey will have to wait until tomorrow. I guess it won't be too different."

After she finished speaking, Yu Qiao's eyes were filled with a deep expression of eagerness to try. Catching his deep affection, Pei Jiaoran curled his lips.

"I wonder when Mr. Pei plans to open the river?" Shen Yunzhou asked.

"Tomorrow." Pei Jiaoran raised his eyes and looked at Shen Yunzhou, "Tomorrow I have to ask Governor Shen to accompany someone to the river for a walk."

Chen Yunzhou's eyes lingered on Pei Jiaoran for a while, and he smiled and said: "I will fully cooperate with you in dredging the Cao River. I heard before that Mr. Pei is going to carry out the canal reform. I don't know what cooperation is needed from me?"

The topic finally returned to the main point. In an instant, the eyes of everyone in the hall fell on Pei Jiaoran, waiting for her to reveal the news they were looking forward to.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran held up the wine cup and motioned to the maid next to him to serve him wine. The amber liquid was poured into the cup. He thanked the maid and took a sip of wine.

"There is nothing difficult about the land reform." Pei Jiaoran looked at the crowd and said in a soft voice, "It's just that the funds obtained from the tax, the funds produced through the land, and the military and national plans all depended on Jianghuai. Before I came, I had read the account books of the Household Transfer Department. These In recent years, the volume of rice transportation has been decreasing day by day, and it can no longer support the demand of Chang'an. So I thought about reforming the water transportation, starting from the source."

The tax-paying population is always the cornerstone of the country. As the lifeblood of the imperial court, Jianghuai has always been under tremendous pressure. It is also because of this that many moths have sprung up in the Caozheng government office, and they are greedy for ink.

"I have drawn up the charter. Let Governor Shen take a look at it." Pei Jiaoran took the paper from his sleeve and handed it to the maid, asking her to pass it to Shen Yunzhou.

Shen Yunzhou took the paper and read it. The paper points out the shortcomings of the Caozheng government over the years. On the one hand, the distance is long, on the other hand, the transportation costs are astonishing, but the most important thing is the silverfish in the Caozheng government office. The former is human power and cannot be changed, while the latter two are within human power.

Every line on the paper reveals an anti-corruption message.

Looking up at Pei Jiaoran, Shen Yunzhou frowned. In the past, when Huan Qi was here, it was not like no one raised these issues. It's just that most of the time they will be prevaricated. After all, everyone can share the benefits in the Jianghuai water transport. Even if someone with a heart discovers the bad governance here, they will not report it to Chang'an.

"Does Governor Shen have any doubts?" Pei Jiaoran smiled as he caught the doubts in Shen Yunzhou's eyes.

"The commission for water transportation is divided among the people. I wonder where the commission for water transportation comes from?"

Pei Jiaoran smiled when he heard this, "Of course the money comes from the salt and iron monopoly. The imperial court's concessions benefit the people. As usual, the Jianghuai and water transportation to Chang'an are all the responsibility of local prefecture and county officials. They need to collect foot money from the people of prefectures and counties, and then collect the money." The official documents are then transported by the rich households, which is a long-term disadvantage. The rice is transported by the rich households, regardless of the loose attitude of these people, resulting in extremely low transportation efficiency. Just the scrap money collected from the people is a waste of money. A huge burden. Why not just get rid of it."

Shen Yunzhou somewhat disagreed after hearing this, "But if we don't rely on rich households to transport grain, then who do we rely on? Over the years, the imperial court and rich households have become accustomed to cooperating, and it is peaceful to take advantage of each other. Once Mr. Pei's method is followed, these rich households will What should the households do? It’s hard to find a waterman who obeys the arrangements and knows the nature of water.”

"What Governor Shen said is true." Pei Jiaoran smiled, "This involves a certain new law. In the past, the court relied on wealthy households. Every time it sent a ship, the court not only had to collect fees from the people, but also hired civilian ships. This method "It wastes money and wastes the people. Why can't we use salt and iron as servants?" and then hire boatmen and wormwood workers to work on the boats. In this way, "no men are employed and no labor is required for the counties and counties." The people can avoid the pain of corvee service, and the court can train professionals. The person in charge of the boat. Both the court and the people benefit, so isn’t that a good thing? "

"In addition, someone at the Yushitai received a report. There are many corrupt officials in the Kaohsiung government office, and it is also a top priority to severely punish the Kaohsiung officials who infringe on the canals. I don't care what happened in the past. But after the implementation of the new law on the canal reform, Mi Zhi At Weiqiao, if five hundred stones are lost and fifty stones are lost, the person who robs will be killed. If the person who loses 300 hu of dendrobium is compensated, the person who loses 300 hu of dendrobium will be compensated. Anyone who violates this law while Huan Qi is in office will not be held accountable."

Shen Yunzhou's face became even more stunned.

The new law implemented by Pei Jiaoran did not affect any local interests. But it's also equivalent to taking a big swing at the entire Caoyun Yamen.

Starting from the reign of the late Emperor Wenhe, there were not a few Cao officials who engaged in malpractice and enriched their own pockets. They even cut corners and cut materials, rendering the watercraft unusable. Cao officials are not afraid of the law, so it is naturally difficult to stop the invasion of canals.

Water transportation has been a major event in all dynasties. Jiangnan canal ships always set sail in February and could not enter Luoyang until September of the same year. People at that time often said, "There are many days of stagnation and few days of progress." And the mainstay of the Yellow River is also the most important place for shipwrecks. History books say that "the bottom pillars of the Cao Sutra were overturned every year. There is a mountain in the river named 'Mi Dui'." In addition to its own problems, the corruption of the Cao officials is also the root cause.

Pei Jiaoran's new law benefits the people from the perspective of the court. The imperial court divided the salt and iron monopoly profits, which seemed to reduce the profits. In fact, he is still the biggest beneficiary. Cao officials are no longer greedy for ink, and the food that can be transported to Chang'an is guaranteed. The entire water transport is smooth.

"Xiangong Pei, this method is very good." Yu Qiao didn't care about his dignity and went directly to Pei Jiaoran's case. "If you use the law to transport canals, those canal officials will have to think carefully about how much they can do if they want to be greedy." It’s not enough. When the common people who are familiar with water see it, they will rush to join the imperial conscription. It is also a great contribution to the elimination of the water transportation office."

Appropriate concessions are not the return of power.

Listening to Yu Qiao's words, Pei Jiaoran smiled and said nothing. The night before she left, she secretly met Emperor Wei.

Emperor Wei asked her how she planned to implement this new law and how she needed Chang'an's cooperation.

She was also very calm, "Start by purging officials and cutting off the root cause of water transportation corruption. Your Majesty does not need to cooperate with me, I only need to act expediently."

"Why?" Emperor Wei asked.

Her eyes were soft and she smiled slightly, "Because no one has dared to change or do it before. And if I want to cut off corruption in water transportation from the source, I must have enough power to talk to the local government and let them cooperate with the court." After a pause, "I also want to tell them that the death penalty can be reviewed, but anyone who is greedy for ink is unforgivable."

"Are you doing this just to fight corruption?" Emperor Wei asked again.

"No. Anti-corruption is just a step in reform. What I want to do is to regain the power that used to be in the local government. Let the court get more benefits."

After collecting his thoughts, Pei Jiaoran looked at everyone.

Redefining interests also means that previous interests do not count. The same new rules do not allow anyone to break the rules again. If you violate the laws of the imperial court again, you will understand what it means to rule the world by law.