"Lord Han, you don't have to work anymore." Magistrate Zhou saw Han Du turn around and run away, his heart was filled with joy, and all the bad energy that had accumulated in his heart in the past suddenly came out.
Han Du stopped when he heard this and turned around with difficulty, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.
"Master Han, do you want to write a letter to the emperor to announce the good news? There is no need to trouble your lord. Yesterday, I wrote the memorial overnight and arranged for people to wait at the city gate overnight. As soon as the city gate opens, I will enter the palace and hand it over. I'm afraid Now we are in front of the emperor."
The more Magistrate Zhou spoke, the more energetic he became. Seeing Han Du's face getting uglier, he felt happier. I told you that you dared to trick me last time, but I will also let you remember this time.
Several other people were shocked when they heard Magistrate Zhou's words, as if they couldn't believe that he could do such a thing.
You must know that the construction of the road was directly ordered by the prince to be presided over by Han Du. Although they were all of higher rank than Han Du, they could not dominate the scene like Magistrate Zhou. To put it bluntly, they just came to help Han Du and leave a good relationship so that they could meet each other in the future.
However, Magistrate Zhou's behavior of rushing to write to the emperor in front of Han Du in advance was to offend Han Du to death. If the hatred between each other was smaller, he would not do such a thing.
Several other people looked at each other and lowered their heads in silence.
Han Du was going crazy, pointed at Magistrate Zhou and asked sternly: "Why are you doing this?"
Would it be good for Magistrate Zhou to cross Handu and report the news of the road construction to the emperor in advance? Not at all.
The construction of the road was presided over by Han Du, and the primary credit could not be attributed to Magistrate Zhou in any case. At most, he had only an auxiliary credit.
However, his behavior of reporting the emperor in advance greatly reduced Han Du's credit.
After all, the first time the emperor received news of the completion of the construction from Han Du and the second time he received it from Han Du, the effect was completely different.
Magistrate Zhou's move simply wiped out more than half of Han Du's achievements, and it harmed others without benefiting himself.
Although Han Du never competes with anyone for credit, and sometimes even shares the credit with those below him, this does not mean that he does not care about credit at all. He has a strong balance in his heart, "No matter how much credit others have, I don't care about it, but what's mine is my own." What I can take the initiative to share is yours, but you can't ask me for it.
Not to mention someone like County Magistrate Zhou, who picked the peaches without eating them and threw them directly in front of him.
Han Du's character is not as good as that of a holy mother. "The results that I have worked so hard for are easily picked by others, and then they point their noses at me and call me a fool. I still have to smile and say I don't care." ?" He couldn't do this.
"As a county magistrate, I only have the power to report to the emperor. Why can't I do this?" Magistrate Zhou clasped his fists in his hands and raised them toward the palace. The reason was legitimate, and it completely complied with the court's rules, without any flaws.
Han Du's face was extremely ugly. Why didn't he know that Magistrate Zhou was doing Tai Chi with him? "Don't do this. Let me ask you, why are you doing this? What good does this do to you?"
"Master Han, I want to remind you that as officials, we should serve the people wholeheartedly. How can we have any selfish intentions and open our mouths to keep silent? I am really ashamed to be in your company." In turn, he taught Han Du a lesson, County Magistrate Zhou said After flicking his sleeves and robe, he turned around and left, no longer paying attention to Han Du who was jumping angrily behind him.
"Old man, you..."
Han Du stepped forward unwillingly and stopped Magistrate Zhou, "Why are you doing this? If there is any misunderstanding, can't we just discuss it?"
Magistrate Zhou looked into Han Du's eyes jokingly, "Did Mr. Han discuss it with me when he bought the coal mine?"
"You..." Han Du was speechless. When it came to buying coal mines, it was true that he was not honest enough, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who said he was poor? If he told Magistrate Zhou about the coal mine he bought, he might not be able to buy even a fraction of it with the little money he had.
Besides, the emperor and the prince took the bulk of the coal mine, right? You don’t have the ability to find the Emperor and Prince, so you just come to me? Do you think this officer is easy to bully?
"You've done such a great job, aren't you afraid that I won't even give you a mouthful of soup? Not even one of the people in your county will want you?" Han Du gritted his teeth angrily and threatened.
"Then I would like to thank Mr. Han." Magistrate Zhou smiled brightly and bowed to Han Du. "It would be best if you can move the coal mine away together."
Stunned, Han Du was stunned by Magistrate Zhou's words.
This is taking advantage of the coal mines in his jurisdiction. Are you ready to take advantage of him?
"I have never seen such a shameless person like you." Han Du's eyes widened and he said viciously.
"Hahaha, each other." The more the magistrate Zhou was scolded by Han Du, the happier he felt in his heart, as if he had taken revenge.
Fengtian Temple.
There has been no court meeting recently, so as soon as Lao Zhu came, he sat directly on the dragon throne and began to review the memorial.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, the court meeting was usually held once every five days, or once every ten days, or even once every month.
When we arrived at Lao Zhu's place, it was quite special. We had three, six, and nine meetings.
Of course, there are also daily morning meetings. For example, Chongzhen, who aspired to be the leader of the ZTE, held court meetings every day. The results fully proved to the world that the prosperity and decline of a country actually had nothing to do with the emperor's diligence.
Han Du hated attending court meetings the most. Every time he had to get up in the middle of the night, he would rush towards the Meridian Gate in a daze. His home was in an outer city, so just walking this way made him extremely painful, and even more so. Not to mention it took away his favorite nap.
In the past, it was Miss Jingyun who helped him get up, but now this chore fell to Qing Lian.
Lao Zhu drank a cup of ginseng tea to refresh himself as usual, and first took the quick notes to read.
The first one is a memorial to Jurong County on the completion of road construction.
When Lao Zhu saw the Jurong County Magistrate saying that the road had been completed, his face was as dark as water. He didn't really believe it. Instead, he wondered if the County Magistrate was deceiving him.
In Lao Zhu's opinion, no matter how magical the cement is, it will take more than a month to repair this road.
How many days has Han Du been using it? Counting from the last time Han Du came to his place, it has only been less than ten days, right?
But as Lao Zhu continued to read, he began to believe that the road had been completed.
Especially when I saw the sentence "...orderly, moving like ants...", I stood up from the dragon throne in surprise.
Constantly chanting, "In order, it moves like ants... In order, it moves like ants..." It was hard for Lao Zhu to imagine what kind of ability Han Du had to let these two thousand people move. The people are in good order, and what method is used to enable them to move like ants.
"Mao Xiang!"
Mao Xiang happened to cross the gate of Fengtian Palace and heard the emperor calling him.
"Your Majesty, I'm here." He responded quickly and trotted all the way to the emperor to bow down.
At the same time, I was very happy in my heart. I always came earlier in the past, usually arriving a short time before the emperor came to Fengtian Hall. Today I had some personal matters at home that I was delayed for a while. I originally thought it would be okay, but I didn’t expect that I was afraid of everything. 'The emperor, who had not visited him even once in the past few days, came to him so early today for the first time for the first time.
"I ask you, has Han Du's road really been completed?" Lao Zhu looked at Mao Xiang with both eyes.
Phew, Mao Xiang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the emperor's question. On the way into the palace today, he had received the exact information from his people.
Mao Xiang raised his head and looked at the emperor's report, "I just received the news that all thirty miles of roads have been completed."
After receiving the exact news, Lao Zhudu was in a trance and muttered to himself: "How long has it been? In less than ten days, he actually built thirty miles..."
"Back to the emperor, I have definite news. From the time the people gathered together, it only took Handu three days to complete the road construction." Mao Xiang reported truthfully.
Complete thirty miles in three days?
If it was unimaginable for Lao Zhu to complete thirty miles in ten days, then it was even more impossible to complete it in three days.
"Get ready, I want to leave the palace."
"Yes." The old eunuch hurried down to make arrangements.
Although the emperor did not say where he was going when he left the palace, looking at the situation, it was not clear where he was going.
The old eunuch kept walking out, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Han Du is really a capable person. His Majesty went out of the palace twice, and it was all because of him.
When Lao Zhu's chariot arrived at the east gate, the place was already crowded with curious people.
Such a road suddenly appeared, and the people couldn't help but point fingers.
But when Lao Zhu's chariot arrived, the guarding soldiers easily separated the people to both sides of the road, and the voices of people kneeling down and worshiping the emperor kept coming.
Lao Zhu sat on the royal chariot and looked out. His eyes were filled with a straight line of gray and white.
It's one thing to know it through the words on the memorial, but it's another thing to see it with your own eyes.
At this moment, the shock that this road brought to Lao Zhu cannot be described in words.
I saw a three-foot-wide gray road, like a sharp sword, thrust straight into the distance.
Han Du once said to Lao Zhu, "To build a cement road outside the pass is like a sharp knife thrust into the grassland." Only then did Lao Zhu understand Han Du's meaning more deeply.
"I will pay my respects to the Emperor."
Just when Lao Zhu was looking at the road in the distance and lost his mind, a chorus of cheers attracted his attention back.
"Tang He, Bao'er, you are here."
"Your Majesty Long Ti Jin An, I have nothing to do today, so I walked around the city. I heard that someone built a road in a blink of an eye, so I came over to take a look out of curiosity. Unexpectedly, I met Duke Cao Guo on the way, so we came together. "
