I am the faint king [system]

Under the opposition of the officials and the grievances of the common people, no matter who is protesting or criticizing, the Jianghang Grand Canal has been officially repaired, and with fairly advanced tools and gunpowder, a vast tunnel has been mined. river road.

It took a total of 30 days, and the canal avenue has been repaired for 150 miles, directly across the Jiangnan Riverside.

The number of river workers who repaired the river has gone from 180 to 17 today.

The reason why so many people died in the beginning was because the prisoners did not cooperate and wanted to take the opportunity to escape, but they were caught and executed by Zhao Fengyun in public.So Zhao Fengyun's bloody methods deterred those who still wanted to flee.

As for the later 17 people, because of improper construction, they approached X medicine privately, wanting to find out, and some even stole X medicine privately. These people were directly hacked to death by Zhao Fengyun's men on the spot.

Because many people do not know why these people died, a superstitious rumor has gradually spread in the 10,000+ riverworks of the Grand Canal, that is, people who approach Lei Gong in the middle of the night will be punished by heaven and will be struck to death by a thunderstorm.

This rumor directly frightened many people to take a peek at Lei Gong's face, for fear that he would be the next person to be condemned by God.

Facts have proved that as long as gossip is properly controlled, it can be used to your advantage.

At night, a bonfire is set up, and hundreds of pigs are roasted or stewed at the same time, providing food for 10,000+ river workers. Even if each person can only share some minced meat in the end, their lives are much better than they were at the beginning. At least there's brown and white rice to live with.

It's not like before, living in the open, living in the open, leaving home, and not getting a bite to eat.

Of course, the money was paid by Xue Bao himself.

He stipulated that 10,000 pigs should be killed every 30 days to feed the river workers. For [-]+ people, the food for half a month alone cost [-] shi, but the food seemed to be continuously and continuously being given away by merchants. When you reach the canal, supply the river workers with food.

Also, because the Grand Canal was not suitable for people to live in, Zhao Fengyun directly robbed the nearby town and lent it to the river workers to live in.

The local county magistrate dared not to ask, and he thought to himself, anyway, the local people moved away by themselves, so they should ignore his affairs.Now that Zhao Shashen has ordered people to live in, he should keep a low profile and cooperate to avoid disaster.

Jianghang Town was originally a poor town, and there were 10,000 people living in it. Now half of the people are gone because of the canal, and now [-]+ people live directly.

Zhao Fengyun is still worried about the lack of manpower, so he naturally has to arrange these lowly river workers. He rushed to the three neighboring towns with his troops, arrested the local county magistrate and ordered them to make room for the river workers, otherwise, they would be arrested. Those who don't cooperate will build the canal.

This excuse alone scares many merchants and well-to-do families to move away. Only some poor people are left, fearing that they will be captured by Zhao Shashen or bullied by those river worker prisoners.

But in fact, after Hegong moved in, he enforced the law impartially, and none of them dared to make troubles, for fear that after making troubles, they would not even be able to obtain good citizenship in the future. If they were slaves for the rest of their lives, they would be finished.

It has to be said that Chu Yue is deeply ignorant of human nature. For the lower class, freedom and equality are the most attractive things when they have enough food and clothing.

As long as she opens this gap and throws out Pandora-like fruits, countless people will be attracted to fight for their own lives.

This is much better than money.

In addition, Zhao Fengyun is indeed a treacherous minister by nature. He fell in love with a county magistrate's daughter in a certain town, occupied the family that night, and forcibly married this family the next day. When the county magistrate protested, he Knocked out on the spot at the door of the Zhao Mansion and came to demonstrate.

I hope the people above will take the opportunity to impeach Zhao Fengyun.

Unexpectedly, no one paid any attention to the county magistrate, and even handed him a dismissal paper.

The county magistrate vomited blood angrily on the spot, and the newly sent county magistrate happened to be Chu Yue's man, a young man promoted from the Ministry of Industry.

Zhao Fengyun was more polite when he saw that he was one of his own people, but the new county magistrate advocated that the three towns should be merged into one big city, called Jianghang City, and jointly implement His Majesty's new policies and civil and commercial laws to open up trade.

Moreover, the roads near Jianghang Town were originally wide, and the roads were built early because the late emperor wanted to pass by. However, the local people are not well-educated and there are not many merchants, so such a good road was ruined and not used well.

But now it is different. The law of civil and commercial affairs first advocates building roads before getting rich. If there is a road, everything is easy to go. A large part of the reason why the old county magistrate was dismissed was not because he offended Zhao Fengyun, but because the old county magistrate It was only because Ling Shi was a vegetarian and did not do his job properly that he was put on the list of officials.

Zhao Fengyun is quite satisfied with the polite attitude of the new county magistrate.

He said: When this general becomes His Majesty's great general protecting the country, this general will not forget you.

The new county magistrate is named Jiang Jin, and he said: "The lower officials are here to deal with these river workers. As long as the river workers are obedient and don't make trouble, what if we give them a bowl of rice and a household registration?"

"Wait for the next official to open up the commercial road, general, you don't have to worry about manpower."

This remark caught Zhao Fengyun's attention.

He even changed his address and said, "Master Jiang, as long as you help the general gather 20 people, the general will say something nice to you in front of His Majesty, how about asking you to be the master of the Jianghang city?"

Jiang Jin's eyes lit up, and he quickly said politely: "Thank you, General, for your promotion. I will definitely do my best to recruit the next manpower for you."

After hearing this, Zhao Fengyun patted him on the shoulder happily, and directly patted him a few steps away. Seeing his fragile appearance, Zhao Fengyun smiled even more contemptuously.

He said: "I will leave this matter to you. It has only been a month since the canal was built, and it has been repaired for more than fifteen miles [7500 meters]."

"It's a little more efficient than it used to be."

Jiang Jinke said politely: "I heard that it is a tool newly built by the Ministry of Industry, and it is specially used to repair the canal."

Zhao Fengyun snorted coldly and said: "This is His Majesty's wisdom. If you do something about the Ministry of Industry, you should do it well. It will definitely benefit you afterwards."

Zhao Fengyun left after speaking.

Jiang Jin saw that this guy was not so simple-minded, otherwise he would not have relied on His Majesty's favor to directly grab the official daughter.Even though the media is still getting married, that girl is miserable. Married to such an old man, she has to wake up in bed every night.

Jiang Jin quickly visited Wu Yunkai and told Wu Yunkai the plan and direction of expanding Jianghang City.

Sure enough, the three of them had different ideas.

Wu Yun said: "I heard that you promised to recruit people for General Zhao?"

Jiang Jinke said politely: "Mr. Wu, to tell you the truth, I dare not offend General Zhao when my new subordinate arrives. After all, he is a celebrity in front of His Majesty's eyes, just like you and Lord Xue."

"The lower officials are just here to help."

When Wu Yunkai heard the word "Guo Gong", his eyebrows were beaming immediately: Don't talk nonsense, I am not the Guo Gong.

Jiang Jin said: "It's very fast, it's the same if you call early."

When Wu Yunkai saw him on the road, he didn't intend to side with Zhao Fengyun, so he reminded him: "This manpower is not enough. I can provide you with a place. You'd better have everyone over 16 years old sign up."

Jiang Jinwei said: "My lord, I am not you. You are the famous Wu operator, Wu Guogong. How can you have such a wide network of people in this world! Please help me a lot, what can I do for you in the future , please don’t speak politely.”

Wu Yunkai was very comfortable being praised, so he kindly mentioned a few words: "What is the most important thing for this poor family?"

Jiang Jin respectfully said: "Population, child."

Wu Yunkai immediately said: "You opened up the business road, you can make this city rich in an instant, and then make a promise, as long as each family sends two people to build the canal, you can get the household registration of the town, and use the government's relationship Get them a job."

"Also, female workers, invite some to come over, let them wash clothes on weekdays, give them some money, and let them carry pebbles by the way, even if they pay five yuan a day, someone will come."

Jiang Jin wondered: "Why? The officials don't understand, they only have five cents, and what they do is still hard work and dangerous. Why do they dare to come here?"

Wu Yunkai smiled wickedly and said: "Women, especially poor women in the countryside, marrying a poor man, what good fruit will there be?"

"At that time, you only need to use the official media agency. As long as the migrant woman has been working as a river worker for a full month, the government can personally decide the matchmaking and divorce, and the woman who is divorced through the government is eligible to remarry."

"As long as it is a government matchmaker, no one would dare to underestimate remarried women. In this way, the importance and status of women are highlighted. Are there still few women who want to get rid of it?"

"They will definitely rush to the Jianghang area to make a living."

"As long as you insist on it and let the women come over, don't you worry about the lack of men in Jianghang Town? At that time, we only need to host a blind date meeting, and we will take care of the ones we like."

"As the saying goes, the three great blessings in life in folklore, you have arranged for your wife and children to be hot on the kang, and then this Jianghang city will change from a hell on earth to a prosperous Qionglou Yuyu."

"This person, when he is alive, what he needs most is self-esteem."

It has to be said that Wu Yunkai's ability to network among the people and observe the society is very outstanding. Just such a trick can directly win over the hearts of the people, and let them see that it is profitable, and there is still a certain room for improvement to make them live better , In this way, wouldn't everyone snatch it and flock to it.

Jiang Jin took a deep look at Wu Yunkai, and could only admire in his heart, although this person is treacherous but has excellent ability, I have to say that His Majesty was really right to choose him.

However, he felt that His Majesty was the most terrifying person. His Majesty's ability to control and drive such a treacherous person was enough to prove that His Majesty was definitely a deep-rooted person.

The advantage that Wu Yun said in his mouth attracts people, as long as he can control their desires, he can do whatever he wants, so why is it that he, Wu Yunkai, was fascinated and controlled by the advantage thrown out by His Majesty.

After Jiang Jin inspected the two of them, he sent them away, and only then did he spare time to write a letter to Chu Yue to report everything.

It turned out that this person was an investigator secretly sent by Chu Yue.

As soon as Jiang Jin finished writing, his door was blocked by many limousines.

Xue Bao took the lead and walked in, clasped his fists and said, "Congratulations to Lord Jiang for taking office!"

Jiang Jin saluted him immediately: "Your Majesty, please refer to Xue Dashi."

Xue Bao immediately said: "Don't you dare, Xue has not become a bachelor yet, so don't make a mistake."

The two tacitly exchanged glances, and Jiang Jin invited Xue Bao in for tea.

As for Xue Bao's reason for coming, everyone is already very clear.

Jiang Jin said: "I don't know what your lord's order is when you come here?"

Xue Bao cut to the chase and said: "Xue is just a foreign affairs officer, you are a local Beijing official, so you don't need to be polite to me."

Jiang Jindao: "Where, my lord, your ability has been recognized by His Majesty, and His Majesty has granted you the position of the second assistant of the University, which is from the high position of the first rank, and it is almost comparable to Sun Taishi and Qin Taifu."

"And the two of them are always getting angry with His Majesty and blocking the canal, which is already very displeasing to His Majesty."

When it came to the word "happiness", Xue Bao's eyes flashed, and he said deftly: "We as courtiers should do our duty and obey orders, but there are some people who just want to make the master unhappy, so that's very unethical. gone."

Jiang Jin felt that Xue Bao was much stronger than the previous two, so he said carefully: "I don't know if you have any suggestions for the senior scholar, so that the lower officials can refer to them. Otherwise, what should I do if the lower officials can't do business?"

Xue Bao gave Jiang Jin a booklet he had prepared in advance, and handed Jiang Jin a stack of bank notes by the way.

He squinted his eyes, and the old fox's deception began to show: "Your Majesty has recently opened up a lot of benefits to Xue Mou. Naturally, he will repay His Majesty and Master."

"I also ask Mr. Jiang to speak a few words for Xue Bao in private."

This person really did not know where to find out that he was His Majesty's unannounced interviewer and investigator. The feeling of being peeped in advance is really terrifying.

Jiang Jin was flattered and said: "How dare you, college student, you have worked hard for the country and the people, how can you not mention it to your majesty, and your majesty will think of you from time to time."

After hearing this, Xue Bao asked with great interest, "Has Your Majesty said anything recently?"

Jiang Jin hesitated, Xue Bao seemed to have a lot of priceless things on him, so he took out a purple sandalwood box painted gold for him.

Jiang Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has been troubled by the Empress Empress recently, because she insisted on building the canal, and she couldn't come back from a trip with her father-in-law."

"Your Majesty thinks about it day and night, and can't sleep."

After Xue Bao heard this, he immediately cupped his fists and said, "The master has a headache, how can this slave not share the master's worries?"

"Leave this matter to Xue."

After Jiang Jin listened, he hurriedly said: "This matter, the lower official didn't say anything." The lower official didn't say anything."

Xue Bao opened and closed his eyes and said, "Naturally, my lord is just reporting the people's livelihood with Xue."

As he said that, he opened the box, and there was a golden key in it, which was inlaid with Western diamonds, which was shining golden and piercing to the eyes.

He said: "This is the golden key of Wanfu Company. It contains 1000 million taels of gold and silver. If your lord needs money for road construction or other affairs, please feel free to take it as much as you want."

Jiang Jin immediately hesitated and said: "Yes, this."

Xue Bao smiled peacefully: "It's just Xue's small treasury. It is a good thing to help the construction of Jianghang City."

And after the matter is completed, Xue has to take advantage of the adults to meet His Majesty and see if there is anything else that can help His Majesty.Jiang Jin quickly stood up and bowed to Xue Bao several times, his waist was almost sore.Only then did Xue Bao leave with satisfaction.

After the most scheming old fox left, Jiang Jin couldn't help wiping off his sweat, tied the letter to the pigeon, and let the pigeon fly out.

And Xue Bao, who happened to be walking outside, saw the pigeons flying out of the mansion, and he couldn't help showing a satisfied smile.

at the same time.

In the evening, the lights of Pu Cang Hall are dim and exhausting.

Chu Yue looked at Jiang Jin's letter, which said: "Three people traveling together, there must be important ministers."

"Your Majesty, the three of Zhao, Wu, and Xue took their positions according to the shift, fought in private, and did not destroy the cooperation. This is a capable minister who is also a sycophant. He is very ambitious and should be used with caution by Your Majesty."

Chu Yue just lazily replied with a few words: "Do things well, talk less, observe less, and give them whatever they want."

"As for seeing me, let's wait until they repair it until I am satisfied."

Chu Yue felt more and more that the talents of the Dali Dynasty really emerged in endlessly and unevenly.For example, the three treacherous ministers she selected are all experts in handling affairs, and she has to make good use of them.

Don't let them die along the way.

Chu Yue immediately sent three secret guards to secretly protect the three treacherous ministers.

Suzaku specially sent to assassinate people with good martial arts.

He said: "Your Majesty, the leader has now gone to the rivers and lakes. Before he went, he specifically told me to wait for you to try not to leave the palace."

Chu Yue wondered: "Since when did I leave the palace? I have always been a house emperor."

Suzaku had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, this subordinate will fight to the death to protect you."

These words seemed to remind Chu Yue that her current situation might be a little dangerous. Even if she was the emperor, there were so many masters around her, and everyone could die for her, but she couldn't stand the appearance of a peerless master who was born out of nowhere. Come against His Majesty.

What they are most worried about now is His Majesty's safety.

Chu Yue understood what he meant, so she had no choice but to ask, "How is the empress?"

Suzaku lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty is burning incense in Chongguo Temple recently, and often listens to Buddhist sutras with Taifu Yang. It seems that she has no intention of coming back for the time being."

Chu Yue couldn't help but sighed and said, "She wants to blame me, but she's afraid she doesn't want to. She wants to ask me, but she's afraid that when she faces me, she won't be able to speak harshly."

"Presumably she is also very troubled at this time. After all, it is impossible for my father-in-law not to ask her why I insist on building the canal?"

"Now it's up to her to hold the old man back."

Chu Yue did not forget that the late emperor not only gave Yang Qinglian a lot of reminder letters, but also prepared a lot for Yang Taifu. If Yang Taifu randomly took out one, he might give the late emperor a reason and a trump card to seize the opportunity Deal with her, suppress her, keep her from building this canal.

Moreover, she never thought that it would be completed within ten years. She just needs to recruit people to repair it. After a little bit of accumulation, the sun and the moon change, year after year, and the Grand Canal will always be completed one day.

But by then she had already completed the task.

At this moment, the system suddenly appeared.

Ding——Congratulations to the host, the total number of people expanded has reached 14.

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Grass: These three treacherous ministers may cause headaches in the future.

Chu Yue: I know that people make good use of it, and they will still give what is due, but if they want to monopolize the power, they will hum.

Grass: Want to learn from a certain emperor?To deal with bedding wool?

Chu Yue: No way!I can do a lot for my children.

Grass: But your wife won't come home from the temple.

Chu Yue: qaq's recent quilt is so cold.