In the afternoon, Da Sima walked into the Taiwei Mansion with a tired look on his face.
"coming?"
Just as Da Sima was about to open the door and enter, a teasing voice came from inside the house, "You didn't show up in the morning, and you weren't here at noon. Aren't you afraid of being caught by the Documents Department?"
Taking a closer look, he saw Xia Abacus sitting in the room with her legs crossed, and a pot of tea soup that was just steaming with white smoke was boiling on the coffee table.
"Stop making fun of me, I wasn't harmed by you guys!"
Da Sima said angrily, and walked to Xia Abacus, "Tell me, what are you doing with me today?"
Taiwei's Mansion is not close to the Ministry of Revenue. Xia Abacus could wait for him for so long for one thing, so he definitely wasn't here to drink tea!
But Da Sima was angry that this old guy could have such a leisurely time.
Nowadays, there are not many people who can be called bosses in the court. He, Xia Abacus, the old prime minister, the prince, and the deputy envoy of the Documents Department. The five of them are respectively in charge of the five tasks of the Wu Dynasty: military, finance and taxation, government affairs, royal family, and intelligence. Perform their duties, join forces on major issues, and assist His Majesty in balancing the forces of all parties.
After the closed-door meeting, the matter seemed to be settled, but the secret struggle had just begun.
It was supposed to be a time for five people to work together, but in the end, he was the only one who was tricked. In the past, Xia Abacus was with him, but now Xia Abacus is bleeding by himself. It might be possible to find him, but everyone must beware of Lao Xia Abacus. table.
Old Prime Minister, regardless of his age, he has countless disciples from his hometown, and his palms and backs are full of flesh. How can he speak?
He, the prince, and the deputy envoy can come to the door, but if you have contact with these two people, don't you need to consider the reputation?
Among the five people, he had the least trouble, so all kinds of people and things that flies criticized came to find him!
"I'm just here to help you!" Xia Abacus poured a cup of tea for Da Sima.
"How can an old guy like you be so kind?" Da Sima sneered. If he had believed what the abacus said, he would have been buried in the ground long ago.
"There is flesh on the palms and backs of both hands. No matter which one you reject or accept, it is still a lot of trouble. Fortunately, I have a new idea. Just tell me whether you want to hear it or not?"
"Where did you get the equation?"
Xia Abacus smiled and said nothing.
The work-for-relief program has definitely been promoted to this point, and the current quarrel is just taking advantage of all parties to show off their magical powers before the final decision is made.
Under normal circumstances, being so conspicuous cannot change the existing results. Whether something is done or not is conveyed to the public is completely different.
The officials themselves may not need local support, but their families are still living in the local area.
The Wu Dynasty essentially adopted a strategy to fool the people at the bottom, but it could not stop the stupid people from pursuing martial arts, and they had real things on their hands.
Not to mention the many grain collectors who were hammered to death in the fields during the autumn harvest. They were punished every year, reported every year, and banned repeatedly, not to mention the officials who died every now and then on the way home.
If officials cannot fight for the interests of the local area, then there are really reckless people who want to kill people with a knife.
"If you have obtained the magical method, just report it directly. Why are you looking for me?" Da Sima looked wary.
"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, just watch it yourself!"
After waving his hand, Xia Abacus took out a written official document and handed it to Da Sima.
The method of the equation is very clever, taking into account people's hearts and balancing interests, but after returning home and thinking about it, Xia Abacus still found it difficult.
The pair of upside-down triangular structural diagrams flashed through his mind again and again. No matter what the reason was, the powerful clan members should contribute.
But in reality, the powerful men of the clan have been engaging in prostitution for many years. They have developed a bad habit through prostitution, and suddenly they are asked to contribute. Although the logic is reasonable, the psychological test is difficult.
This level is also in the heart of the empress. If it is not solved well, big trouble will occur.
Bang!
After a while, Da Sima closed the zipper tightly, and the sound of heavy breathing echoed in the room. After a while, Da Sima said gloomily, "The magic method belongs to the magic method, but he is not easy to do it!"
"Yeah, it's hard to do!"
Xia Abacus nodded slightly, "Although the kings of this dynasty have never said that they share the world with the nobles like Emperor Song, the principle is still the same. They can calculate accounts. Even if they take this money, they will only be small. It is forced. It will only lay the seeds of disaster, but we can’t force this method to be finally shelved on a high platform!”
Judging from the results, the method did not affect the interests of the powerful clan, but actually enhanced the wealth.
But when prostitution for free becomes a matter of course, it is unacceptable for people to spend money on it.
The operations of pulling a wave and hitting a wave cannot be done in this matter.
"If it doesn't work, just follow the Ming Dynasty Yongle's opening of the sea, find a few places to push it, and then expand after it works. Doesn't Qingzhou want to build the Laijiao Canal? It has been in mind for hundreds of years, and this will satisfy him. There is also Bingzhou Taiyuan, which is not Have you been cleared? A dead person can't object, right?"
With the magic in hand and the pit in front of him, Da Sima still decided to jump.
In order to open up the sea, there were many rounds of struggles within the Ming Dynasty in the early years. The final solution was to gradually open up, starting with Liusong and Liujiagang, which were not affected by Jiangnan, and promote the policy bit by bit.
More than a hundred years ago, Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty had that vision and determination. More than a hundred years later, wouldn't the Wu Dynasty not have it?
The Wu Dynasty did not provide money for the Laijiao Canal, so officials from Qingzhou had to build it. The failure to build it was not so much a lack of money as a lack of policies. Now that the Ministry of Household Affairs is providing a share and raising part of it by itself, there should not be much resistance.
As for Taiyuan, the powerful clans that once ruled that area were swept to death by Li Ting of the Wu Dynasty four years ago. They were all dying. In the past four years, all the local clans were living in fear. The royal family did not continue to cause trouble for them. They all had to offer three sticks of incense day and night, lest the slightest indifference would irritate the empress' fragile nerves. Now that he was given the opportunity, he would not hesitate to take the initiative.
As for the rest, leave it alone!
"Can!"
Xia Abacus nodded, "Besides these, our Xia family will take care of the maintenance of Hengshui Canal!"
It's not that you can't grow food in the north, it's just that the time window is too short. The Xia family and Zhongshan made their fortunes because Zhongshan is backed by mountains outside and is protected from wind and snow. There are fertile fields and canals inside, and wheat can be grown in both winter and summer, even in famine years. One season of wheat can also be grown in Hengshui.
Without this foundation, there would have been no wealthy Zhen family in the world at the end of the Han Dynasty, nor would there be the Xia family in Zhongshan, Kyushu today.
"You are such a calculating person who is thinking about your hometown, how can I lag behind you?" Da Sima chuckled, "I will take care of the 800 miles of roadbed at Yanmen Pass!"
At the end of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, dozens of feudal states appeared in the Jiuzhou continent. The Xia clan of Zhongshan and the Zhang clan of Yanmen all established feudal states at that time, both for self-protection and for hegemony. After annexing the two counties of Zhao and Wei in the south, the four countries of Zhongshan, Yanmen, Hejian, and Bohai successively joined the Wu Dynasty's camp after seeing clearly the situation of merging states, which gave the Wu Dynasty its current basic structure.
Afterwards, the Wu Dynasty royal family did not cleanse them. Instead, they treated them with increasing courtesy and continued to reward them. The clans behind the four major feudal kingdoms were able to turn into national pillars one after another, supporting the Wu Dynasty through its long history.
"Businessmen and clan members can also give some advice. There are 2,900 miles of new roads between the rivers and the Bohai Sea!" Xia Abacus said in a low voice.
The families behind the four national pillars are not short of money, and what is more frightening is their influence on the local area. No matter whether their initiatives are good or bad, they will attract followers. This is an inertia formed by hundreds of years of history.
