Naturally, the matter of building the palace was passed. In fact, for most members of the aristocratic family who are currently in the court, if Chen Zichuan wants to spend money, just let him spend it, and it will not affect them anyway.
It's just that some old guys who have figured out the way now pretend to be confused, while Liu Tong himself is silent. The guys who understand don't seem to have the intention to continue talking. From a certain point of view, it can be regarded as a tacit understanding. manifestation.
After Chen Xi retreated to his position, others should go up to report, and those who should drink tea drank tea. Jia Xu scanned the people in the audience, and then sent a message to Chen Xi, "Zichuan, you and the lord look like they have been The one above has tricked me."
"A trick?" Chen Xi asked in confusion.
"Well, it is indeed a routine. I was also negligent before. In fact, I shouldn't have built two buildings." Jia Xu sighed lightly, "His Highness deliberately built it to show the ministers of the previous generation."
Chen Xi raised his eyebrows and understood instantly, "As a child, filial piety comes first."
"How much do you think those people know?" Jia Xu said in a message.
"Even if you don't understand it now, you will understand it in the future. But even if you understand it, you will pretend not to understand it. After all, half of the blame back then belonged to the aristocratic family, and it does the same now in this prosperous age." Chen Xi said helplessly, "Brother, don't laugh. Second brother, this is the truth."
"No matter how well you do, you are still a representative of this class." Jia Xu said with a sigh, while Chen Xi was speechless, damn your ass!
"That's it. Just build two buildings. Who knows whose fault it is. Anyway, I just have to do my job well." Chen Xi said a little irritably after a while. He didn't want to talk about the bad things of the previous generation, but After all, it took over the responsibility of the previous generation.
When leaving the court, Liu Bei stopped Chen Xi, "Zichuan, have I been tricked by my niece?"
"What is a routine?" Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said.
"I'm thinking something is wrong about this." Liu Bei scratched his head and said. He was not really stupid. Besides, Chen Xi didn't believe that no one had pointed him out.
"What's wrong?" Chen Xi said perfunctorily, "Some things have passed away. The eldest princess didn't say anything, and the people below didn't do anything. They just built two palaces. Those who understand can touch their conscience, and those who don't understand are even more worried. It doesn’t have any influence, I’m the one who does the work in the end, okay.”
Liu Bei laughed loudly after hearing this, and patted Chen Xi on the shoulder. His initial worry naturally dissipated with Chen Xi's words, and he turned to ask, "Can you become transparent?"
"You have too much money to burn, right?" Chen Xi said with a dissatisfied look on his face.
"Isn't it because you have a lot of money?" Liu Bei said with a smile, "Actually, having said that, it's really strange, why do you seem to have countless amounts of money, even though it is very difficult for you, you would be scolded in other dynasties. Are things as easy as games in your hands?"
"Didn't we all say that it is the Haiyan River that clears Chen Zichuan?" Chen Xi squinted and said with a self-deprecating tone, "But I went to the Yellow River some time ago, and the Yellow River is still not very clear."
"You guy." Liu Bei patted Chen Xi and said, "You can just make trouble, but that's fine. I'll leave these money management matters to you, so everyone can feel at ease."
How could he not feel at ease? The supervisory work has been abandoned. The feeling of Chen Xi from top to bottom in Yuanfeng Dynasty is to use seals and paper to make bills, and then assign values to the bills. After completing the process, the bills can be exchanged for money. So now Chen Xi has clearly upgraded. The seal and ribbon of the Marquis of Zhuye Township that had been used were not recycled, because the stamp of the Marquis of Zhuye Township was required on the bill.
There is really no way to do this. This seal has been used for too long, and the first generation of bills were all using this. The reason was also mentioned at the beginning. Compared with other things, privately made seals and ribbons, punishing the three tribes, ordinary anti-counterfeiting methods , the effect is better if you add this thing.
Although the anti-counterfeiting was done very well, Chen Xi still stamped his own seal on it. As a result, the seal took too long. When Chen Xi was replaced by Chen Hou, it inevitably caused some handover problems, so Zhuye Xianghou's The seal has also been retained.
Basically, bills with larger amounts are still stamped with the title of Marquis of Zhuye Township, and it is very likely that it will remain so for hundreds of years to come. There is nothing to say about routine rules.
Similarly, now there is a complete process for using this set of seals without Chen Xi. It feels almost like using a jade seal. To a certain extent, it is considered an important weapon of the country. There is no way for anyone to let this thing be used. It's the flow of hundreds of millions of dollars. If we don't keep an eye on it, if something goes wrong, it will really cause turmoil.
Of course, Chen Xi can just use it casually. Of course, it doesn’t matter whether he is greedy or not. The money printing machine is in Chen Xi’s arms, and the money printed are all genuine. Can greed be so fast? Besides, most of the time when Chen Xi buys things, he just needs to scan his face and keep accounts. What kind of supervision is there?
Soon after the news of the autumn examination of Yuanfeng's third year was released, the Master Examination, which had been suspended for several years, finally started.
Compared to the students who had already gathered in Chang'an one after another, the sudden announcement of the Master Craftsman Examination touched the hearts of too many people.
The status of craftsmen in ancient times was really low, and they were very different from doctors. If the latter really became powerful, then the princes and nobles would respect them very much. After all, no one would make fun of their own life.
The craftsman is different. Even if he becomes a master craftsman, his essence will not change. After all, the life of the person in charge is not at stake.
However, this changed after the emergence of the master craftsman assessment. After the seventh level, you will be given a serious official status. Regardless of what this official status is, as long as you know that the country will pay out salaries on time, there will be someone special. Just cover these people.
As for the people who were covering up, of course it was Sun Qian who did it. Sun Qian wished that the more people he had working under him, the better, and the more capable the better. In addition, the resources Sun Qian had at his disposal were simply beyond the reach of local officials. The kind that sticks to your thighs to fawn over, well, the kind that you have to support now.
Naturally, craftsmen who have passed the seventh level instantly became real officials because of Sun Gan's cover, and officials from all over the country wanted to embrace Sun Gan's lap. In addition, most of the craftsmen themselves were from lower backgrounds. After reaching the sky in one step, they were paid by the government. In the past, those neighbors immediately felt the difference. This change in status was so obvious that it brought great stimulation to other craftsmen.
However, something like the craftsman exam itself has the meaning of three days of fishing and two days of drying the net. The last exam question was about repairing the Weiyang Palace. After that, Chen Xi never thought about what to use as the exam question, so it was abandoned. As a result, I just didn’t take the exam for several years...
Under such a premise, this time the government released the results to indicate that the exam will be held again, craftsmen from all over the country came in force. After all, this was a turnaround. Even if they were the same craftsmen, eating official meals and receiving state salaries, in this era It is also a status symbol.
"Why are there so many people?" Chen Xi looked at the number of craftsmen reported from various places and said, "There are a lot of guys here who have never even passed Level 5 and are fishing in troubled waters."
"The problem is that we haven't conducted a level assessment for several years. Now it's difficult to determine whether their technology is qualified for reference." Gu Yong said with a smile, "How about screening them first?"
"We can only screen first. We only need a few hundred craftsmen here at most, and we only plan to release 50 places for Level 7 this time. It's too many. How can we get them to work for free next time?" Jia Xu looked at it. He frowned and said after looking at the quotas reported in various places.
"You are too dark-hearted." Chen Xi pointed at Jia Xu and said, this is a liar. Although it was his fault, Jia Xu was too dark, so Chen Xi decided to make amends.
"Tai Gong Jiang takes the bait when he fishes for a willing person!" Jia Xu glanced sideways at Chen Xi and said, "How can you say you have a bad heart when you are willing to do something like this?"
"But if we call in seven to eight hundred outstanding craftsmen, it will probably take a year of hard work to build two palaces. In the end, only fifty people get the quota, and the others are said to have worked for free for a year and get nothing. Yes, it's a bit too much." Zhang, after all, still has some conscience, and he doesn't quite agree with Jia Xu's actions.
"When the time comes, I will remember to build a brand with silver for them." Before Jia Xu spoke, Chen Xi sighed and said, "Excellent practitioners who participated in the construction of the ninety-nine-meter-high wonder-level palace will remember to give them gifts." Travel expenses."
Zhang didn't react, but Jia Xu instantly understood what Chen Xi meant, and laughed and cursed on the spot, "You guys said that I have a dark heart, don't you have a dark heart?"
"I at least gave them a solution. Believe it or not, they want this thing more than giving them a year's salary." Chen Xi curled his lips and said, this thing is equivalent to an official rating for them, " Forget it, even the seventh-level qualifications will be given to them, and the best ones will be given official positions. Those things will be used as rewards for those who are qualified, and those who are not qualified will be left alone."
"You are still good at making these things." Jia Xu shook his head and sighed.
At the same time, the news of the reconstruction of two palaces over 90 meters in length at Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty gradually spread.
In the south of Fenggao City in Mount Tai, in a courtyard that was not luxurious but was extremely exquisitely decorated, a young man felt inexplicably annoyed while listening to what the maid reported. Even after three years, he had seen many things that were completely different from those in the palace. Something he couldn't get, but this time after receiving the relevant news, he was still a little angry.
"Young Master, look, let's leave the outside matters to the people outside." Zhong Ji calmly saluted.
In the past three years, Zhongji has seen the other party's roar, and also seen the other party's shame and anger because Liu Tong took over the Han Dynasty. He has also seen the other party's anger because Feng Gao only knew Liu Bei and didn't know himself. As time goes by, there is very little anger like today.
