dressed as a scholar

After the sale of red bricks, people came to buy and order bricks and stones one after another. The construction of red brick and tile houses set off in the village, and the people devoted themselves to building houses. support.

Fang Yu felt that there were fewer corvees in the workshop, and the construction process would be much faster if there were more manpower.In the past, people were employed according to the minimum standard because of financial constraints. Now that they have money, they are naturally arrogant and dare to announce the recruitment of workers to build roads.

The notices were posted and there were a lot of young and strong people who came to apply for the job. Because the imperial court paid more wages, and after the autumn harvest, there was a lot less farm work, and the family could even send people out to find work.And road construction is also nice to talk about, and you don't come in to work as a corvee serving the court, and you can have a lot of your own.

Soon Fang Yu recruited a large number of people, and allocated most of them to build roads, and some to burn bricks.

Whether it is cement road or red brick firing, in fact, the raw materials are those. After the workers come to find out for a while, they can actually learn the method by themselves, but this is an industry controlled by the imperial court. It is illegal to cast privately, which is equivalent to selling private salt and casting money. Few people dare to seek wealth from this, so Fang Yu is very relieved to employ people.

The construction of the official road was in full swing, and Fang Yu could breathe a sigh of relief after working on the axis for several months.No, he was recalled to the palace again.

"You did a good job on this matter. At that time, you asked yourself to go to the Ministry of Industry. I was afraid that you would not be able to bear hardships and be competent for the affairs of the Ministry of Industry. I never thought that you were so confident." The old emperor called for tea and asked Fang Yu said: "If I knew this, I should have transferred you to the Ministry of Industry."

Fang Yudao: "It is His Majesty who has cultivated it well. Without His Majesty's trust, the construction of official roads will not be carried out so smoothly."

"I've already read the papers from the Ministry of Industry. The funds are sufficient. The road has already been built to the Wangjing Station, which is now two stations away. According to the current progress, it can be built to Changping Mansion by the end of the year."

"The lower officials have recruited workers, and there is no problem at all in building Changping Mansion at the end of the year. It's just that after building it in Changping Mansion, I don't know whether to go west to the northwest or continue to the south."

Emperor Chongming paused: "Where does Ai Qing think she should go?"

"The south is rich and prosperous. If it is connected to Kyoto, the trade will be more convenient. The northwest is depressed, the people's lives are miserable, and the war in the west continues. If it is connected to the west, there will be food and grass to and from the military newspaper, as well as the control and management of the northwest. It has a greater role." Fang Yu smiled slyly: "I don't dare to make claims."

Emperor Chongming pointed at Fang Yu and shook his head: "You." Comparing the two sides, it is natural that it is more practical and appropriate to build in the northwest. It is good for the country to prosper, but centralized territorial control is the most important thing.

"You don't have to go to the workshop every day for a while now. People are thinner than before. You can just go on inspections every now and then, and stay in the palace to do things."

Fang Yu actually wanted to say that although he was tanned, he didn't lose weight from hard work, but that the fat on his body had turned into tendons after exercising too much, but he still smiled and accepted the emperor's distress and praise, after all Who can resist the emperor's approval.

Emperor Chongming was in good spirits these days when he had happy events, compared to the sorrows of frequent accidents in the middle of the year, his face is now full of red.

The official road is well built. The [-]-mile road from Wangyang Station to the capital is already passable. It has been released for three days as a trial pass without tolls. Now officials and directors of the Ministry of Households have been arranged at the post station to collect tolls. The cement road The withdrawal of funds has already begun.

With the advent of red bricks, the imperial court had an additional fiscal revenue. Although the money earned was mainly used for road construction, it still saved a lot of expenses for the imperial court and earned back. The income and expenditure of burning bricks can be used for the remaining expenses of the court.

Another thing is that this year's autumn harvest, except for the summer rain disaster, some areas were affected by the disaster, and the rest of the area had plenty of grain. The court quickly stocked up enough grain and grass to send to the northwest to supply it for the war.The pilot counties that first reduced or exempted taxes gave good feedback, and the people paid taxes actively, collecting taxes much faster than in previous years, and because the price of salt and iron was lowered, the number of buyers increased, and unintentionally suppressed private salt and private iron.After the autumn harvest, the people in Mancang County are preparing to plant winter wheat non-stop, and they are very active in farming.

The pilot project was considered a success. Emperor Chongming decided to take advantage of the end of the autumn harvest to issue an edict to reduce or exempt land taxes in the north to encourage winter plowing, while in the south at the end of the year, the reduction or exemption would be implemented to encourage spring plowing and expand the area of ​​wasteland farming.

Every pile, every piece made the emperor feel extremely open-minded.

At the court meeting the next day, Fang Yu was praised by the emperor, and Yu Shitai also agreed with him very pertinently. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not like Fang Yu, or they cast aside and doubted other people's decisions at first. Even before his eyes, he had to praise Fang Yushi as a man with both ability and political integrity.

The emperor intends to promote Fang Yu to the top, and has tentatively appointed the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry, which will be available after the evaluation at the end of the year.In fact, in the emperor's mind, Fang Yu's political achievements were enough to secure the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry, but after all, he was only promoted once in the middle of the year, and now he is promoted again every few months.

After taking a step back, the merits are in front of him again, no one in the court dares to say anything more, after all, they have not done anything tricky about building roads and making money into the treasury.

The emperor was in a good mood, so he took this opportunity to promote and make some adjustments to the officials, which made Fang Yu happy. Apart from the fact that he would be promoted to the position of minister of the Ministry of Industry at the end of the year, and that he would be rewarded and affirmed for his work, Sheng Jia would be transferred back to the capital. up.

There are not many areas with abundant autumn harvest this time, but Yuncheng is one of them. In the past two years, Sheng Jia has made outstanding achievements in Yuncheng, and with the support of his father-in-law's family, he has already been promoted from the county magistrate to the Yongjiang Mansion. He is still managing affairs in Yuncheng.

Now the performance test is good, but the court is short of manpower, so I just came back to the Ministry of Households to be the head of the sixth grade.

Fang Yu has been fighting alone in the capital for so long, how can he not be happy now that his friend is dispatched to Beijing, besides, the household department is also a good place to go, the department that manages finances is the most popular department among the six departments.

He happily listened to the emperor's arrangement. After the imperial decree came out, the local officials would go to Beijing to renew their posts as soon as possible, and the matter would be settled within three months, which meant that he would be able to see Sheng Jia again soon.

"If there is something to discuss, we can leave the court if there is nothing to do."

After the old emperor arranged for the dispatch of officials, he asked a routine question loudly.

"Your Majesty, the national treasury is now abundant, and next spring will be His Majesty's birthday. I think it's a good idea to hold a big event to celebrate the abundance and birthday."

When an official mentioned this matter, someone immediately echoed him: "The minister seconded the proposal, Your Majesty is taking care of everything every day, and the birthday should be well organized, and it will be lively."

Fang Yu's eyebrows moved slightly when he heard the sound, and he withdrew from his joy. The emperor will have his [-]th birthday in spring next year. Logically speaking, most of these birthdays will be celebrated, but the grand event proposed by the courtiers will be more grand in the grand event. It's just spending money.

In the past, the emperor used to be thrifty, and ordinary birthdays were relatively simple. Most of them held a banquet for the whole palace, where concubines, children, and relatives gathered together, but there were so many people in the royal family that it was enough to set up seven or eight tables.And this kind of birthday banquet, if the official rank is high, can also participate. Officials above the fourth rank can participate. If he is promoted to the minister at the end of the year, that is, the third rank official, he can come to the banquet.

Of course, to put it bluntly, according to the emperor's favor for him, even if he is still sitting on this fifth-rank doctor, the emperor will make a special case for him to participate.

Closer to home, the emperor heard the proposal from the courtiers and did not immediately refute it. People like to be lively when they are old. Looking at the emperors of the Ji Dynasty, those who can live to the age of Emperor Chongming are already considered old. Of course, I want to make a good deal of it. Congratulations.

But now the Northwest is still fighting, and the treasury is also consolidated and warmed up by some courtiers. It is really difficult to explain to the people of the world that they have made a big deal so soon.

"The excitement should be lively, but it should not be squandered. Everything should be kept as simple as possible."

Fang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately the emperor was still quite sober, if he agreed to do something big, then tens of thousands of taels of silver would be an inevitable expense.

"Your Majesty is sympathetic to the people, but I don't know who will be in charge of this birthday banquet."

Banquets like this are usually in charge of special departments. Guanglu Temple is in charge of banquets. However, such a big banquet cannot be managed by Guanglu Temple alone. Usually, other departments will be selected. If the person in charge or assisting in charge, one is more solemn, and the other is a royal feast, there will be no mistakes.

The emperor's eyes were deep, and he inspected the ministers standing in the hall. Officials generally don't like to do hard work such as road construction, but they are very keen on things like holding birthday banquets and celebrations.This kind of matter is very happy in the first place. If it can make the emperor happier, it will be easier to get promoted, and it is rare that it will not go well, because there are fixed procedures.

In such a comparison, it is natural that such matters are easier to handle, and they are much better than thankless tasks.Everyone knows the benefits, but self-recommendation is not so good, and generally you can only wait for the emperor to choose.

Fang Yu glanced at the minister in front of him. His waist was straight, his neck was stretched long, his head was raised high, and his majesty looked at me, looked at me, I knew this question, let me show it off. Bundle.It was the exact opposite of the previous appearance when the water was slippery and the road was slippery, like a quail eager to shrink into the corner.

He sighed slightly, as expected of an old fritter, and a young man like him would invite himself to go to the Ministry of Industry to suffer.

Just when he was wandering off while fishing for fish, a familiar gaze swept over his head, and Fang Yu secretly thought that something was wrong.No way, he was already standing on the high platform outside the main hall, and the emperor could still see him.

Do more eye exercises!

The old emperor was so shrewd, he wanted to throw a sweet pastry to Fang Yu as a reward, but he never thought that the kid would secretly hide.

He was angry and funny in his heart, thinking that Fang Yu had a lot of tricks, so he should be able to manage the birthday banquet very well.However, considering that he was really in charge of a lot of things, the engineering department was busy, and he had to keep an eye on the road, and it was not easy to arrange too many things in the past to make people exhausted, so he put away his thoughts.

"Let the crown prince be in charge of this matter, and hand it over to Guanglu Temple."

Fang Yuchang heaved a sigh of relief.

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