Zhuge Jin taught Kong Rong some "construction management and coordination methods" in public. In fact, to be honest, they were not very advanced. He just used the article "Three Campaigns in One Move" which describes the construction of the imperial palace in the Song Dynasty from later Chinese textbooks.
Of course, the situation that Kong Rong faces today is still different from the situation that the Song Dynasty people faced in Chinese textbooks. According to the textbook, the old palace was burned down, and the ruins had to be demolished and transported away, and then new building materials were brought in to build the palace.
However, Kong Rong is now building a palace from the ground, and there is no workload of demolishing the original ruins and clearing away construction waste.
But even so, the ideas are still the same.
However, after implementation, the final degree of labor and money savings is not that exaggerated. It has been reduced from "saving three services with one stone" to "saving two services with one stone", and the amount of savings in garbage removal freight has been reduced.
Just listen to Zhuge Jin's eloquent introduction: "Nowadays, the giant trees and stones produced in Songshan and Funiu Mountains are transported from far away. When they arrive at the Qingju River dock, they need to be unloaded and carried manually. For the last few miles, they are carried shoulder to shoulder. , What a waste of people's energy?
The soil needed to ram the palace walls was also dug from far away, which was a waste of money and money. Why not dig another tributary along the bank of the Qingyi River, take soil for ramming the palace wall, and allow ships transporting wood and stone to reach the construction site directly. After completion, the moat can be dredged and the soil replaced to fill the ditch.
You can even consider expanding the Yuxiu Pond structure and adding water features in the royal garden. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? Of course, it is up to Master Kong to decide whether this method complies with the court etiquette and whether it will lead to extravagance in His Majesty’s garden. I don’t understand etiquette and I dare not speak nonsense..."
Zhuge Jin made some arrangements in a eloquent manner. Although the details of the coordination were not yet involved, the hundreds of onlookers in the Yizhou County Residence were already impressed.
Everyone never expected that such an unknown scholar from outside the country, who had just refuted Mi Heng, a big troll who had been in Xudu for several months, would teach Kong Rong, the great craftsman, how to save money on repairs. royal palace.
Moreover, Kong Rong was stunned for a moment, not hearing any flaws at all. Instead, he truly realized that this move could save a lot of money.
If he can make good use of it, then after the palace is repaired, Cao Cao will never dare to let his shield wear small shoes. He will be a great contributor to ensuring that His Majesty lives in peace!
Moreover, Kong Rong had also talked with Cao Cao before. Cao Cao hinted that he had drawn a pie for him, saying that he originally wanted to make Kong Rong the Shaofu, but he only hated Kong Rong for losing the land in Beihai County, so he entered the court as a landless person. There is no direct promotion.
Therefore, I hope that Kong Rong will work as a master craftsman for a year and a half and take up the task of building a new palace for the emperor. As long as he does a good job and the palace is completed, he will be transferred and promoted to a very valuable young man among the nine ministers.
Originally, Kong Rong was worried that such a cunning guy as Cao Cao would find excuses not to fulfill his promise in the future.
Now that he has the bargaining chip to overcomplete the task, the day when he is fully completed will be the day when he will be promoted to the Young Master with 100% certainty!
In this way, even if Kong Rong was criticized for being unsmart in public, he tolerated it and still treated Zhuge Jin with courtesy.
He expressed that he would definitely listen to his suggestions and build a new palace for His Majesty more quickly, more cost-effectively.
It will take considerable time to verify how much money can be saved after using the new method.
But within at least three to five days, preliminary clues can be seen, because as long as a ditch is dug and the ship carrying wood can be driven directly to the temple construction site, a lot of corvee manpower can be saved immediately.
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After Zhuge Jin refuted and slapped Mi Heng in public and taught Kong Rong in public, he immediately chose to return to his home in Xuzhou County in a low-key manner and stayed behind closed doors for several days to avoid causing further trouble.
Even Chen Deng was pulled back by him, not to show up casually again.
During this period, he only received a visit from one person, and that was Kong Rong. If he didn't understand something at the operational level, he could come to him, and no one else would see him.
After all, what Zhuge Jin wanted was not fame among the people of Xudu. What he wanted was a reputation for meritorious service in a specific channel so that he could gain more benefits in subsequent meetings.
As a result, in the next three days, the legend of this mysterious sage spread among the officials-seeking circles in Xudu.
It is said that this person is an envoy from a certain state and county to Beijing to deliver a report, but his debating talent is better than Mi Heng's, and his coordination talent is better than Kong Rong's.
On October 18th, the above-mentioned reputation first reached Xun Yu's ears - the specific channel of communication, of course, it was through Xun Yu's official Cao Yu Geng Ji who was now responsible for communicating conquests.
As mentioned before, Geng Ji often went to Yizhou County Residence, which was the "distribution center for people waiting to apply for official positions", to upload and deliver documents. Whenever Xun Yu wanted to recruit someone, Geng Ji would go there.
It can even be said that the reason why Zhuge Jin got the opportunity to perform that day was because the last time Geng Ji went there to conquer Pi Maojie and Guoyuan on behalf of Xun Yu, he stimulated Mi Heng, who had been waiting for an official position for a long time.
This made Mi Heng lose his temper, behaved erratically, and was ridiculed by Zhuge Jin. In the end, he was completely defeated by a topic he chose.
Now, Geng Ji once again came to Yizhou County to convey Xun Yu's latest conquest news.
After finishing the official work, Geng Ji felt tired, so he took a rest in the wine house attached to the county residence and drank a few sips before leaving. Then I heard the drinking buddies on the left and right talking about the mysterious man’s awesome deeds.
"There is such a person? Then we must report it to Xun Lingjun and make Xun Lingjun happy. That Ni Heng is such an idiot. Just because the court does not ask him to be an official, he has treated Xun Lingjun and others in the past few months. Sima Boda, the Zuo of Sikong Mansion, and a bunch of other close friends of Cao Sikong were all scolded bloody.
If Xun Lingjun knew that someone had made Mi Heng speechless, he would definitely feel relieved secretly. "
After Geng Ji heard this, he thought in his heart and decided to go back and report as soon as possible.
In fact, with Xun Yu's character, he didn't care about being talked nonsense by a small fish like Mi Heng, so he just ignored Mi Heng.
But as a subordinate, Geng Ji must consider his direct leaders. He cannot omit things that can make the leader angry.
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So in the evening of the same day, when everyone at the Shangshu desk was about to call it a day and Xun Yu, who had been busy all day, was preparing to return home, Geng Ji, who had just finished reporting on his work, found an opportunity to naturally talk about the recent circles of officials in the capital. Interesting things there.
Xun Yu didn't take it seriously at first. When he heard that someone just sprayed Ni Heng, he smiled lightly and thought that this was just another sharp-tongued person. Evil people need to be punished by evil people.
However, when Xun Yu listened to Geng Ji relaying more of the day's defense, his expression changed subtly.
"This person actually admires Mencius so much that the people are the most important, the country is second, and the king is the most important? He also argues that the 'beginning of virtue' lies in the unification of the world, which benefits the people and allows the people to fight less, corvee less, and pay less taxes? It's not that The act of unifying the world itself?
This theory is quite novel. It has never been seen before, and it is indeed a true insight. It makes up for the fallacy of Dong Zhongshu and Gongsun Hong's confusion of "goal" and "means". Moreover, this theory is intended to benefit the people and can serve as a warning to others to put the people first. Why didn’t our predecessors think of this in the past three hundred years?
Could it be that it was summed up by a senior Confucian who was compassionate and compassionate? But since the death of Lu Shangshu and Cai Zhonglang, there are few great sages in the world who can think of such a breakthrough. Have you found out how old that person is? Which state and county sent them? "
Seeing Xun Yu's attention, Geng Ji was secretly happy and said that all his efforts were worth it. He quickly said: "I couldn't find out the name and origin of that person. I heard that the Japanese war was in a hurry and everyone joined halfway. After listening, the man refuted Mi Heng and left without even publicizing his name.
But everyone else said that judging from his appearance, he was still very young and that he came from the east. Could it be that he was from the land of Qingxu? "
Xun Yu touched his beard: "Come from the east? Still very young? Of the Eastern Confucian sects, Zheng Xuan and Zheng Shangshu are the only ones who have returned to Qingzhou. Could it be that he is a disciple of Zheng Xuan or a junior brother of Yuan Shao? Is there any other information? What?"
Geng Ji thought for a while: "I heard that this person also publicly criticized Kong Wenju, the great general who came to persuade the peace that day, saying that Kong Wenju's method of coordinating the construction of the palace was too wasteful. He had a way to save Kong Wenju tens of millions of extra money. Labor fees, corvée.”
Xun Yu's eyes completely lit up: "Do you still have this ability? Prepare a car, and I will go to the palace construction site to look for Kong Wenju in person."
Geng Ji was shocked. He didn't expect Xun Yu to attach such great importance to this. He quickly advised: "Your Majesty has worked so hard today, why not go again tomorrow? It's almost dark."
Xun Yu: "It doesn't matter. It's hard work to serve the country with talents. I'll go to Kong Rong's place now."
