"Why is this so!"
"Yes! Have you been wronged or have any difficulties? Tell us and we can give you advice. Why should you resign?"
With one look and one word, Li Min, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked like a wronged little daughter-in-law. She did not hold back at this moment and even shed two tears.
"Your Majesty, I have lost my temper, please forgive me."
Lao Zhu glanced at Li Min with a trace of scrutiny.
"We forgive you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. It is really difficult for me to say this and I lost my temper in front of the palace."
"Since I took charge of the Ministry of Industry, I have always been stretched thin. I dare not slack off or complain at all. I just want to do everything well to repay the emperor's favor."
"I really can't hold on anymore this time. If this continues, everything in the Ministry of Works and the collection of corvee will be a problem."
"Not to mention the large and small projects of the Ministry of Industry. It is no longer possible to complete them on schedule. I apologize and resign. I still hope that your majesty will allow me to retire and return to my hometown to take care of myself. I am very grateful."
Lao Zhu had already made some vague guesses, but he just watched quietly the performance of Li Min, Minister of Industry.
Lao Zhu could endure it, but his friends and colleagues in the same camp around him didn't have the determination and did their duty to praise him.
"Li Shangshu, you are so worried about me. Tell me what the reason is! My mother-in-law is so unhappy."
"In that case, I don't want to hide and choke. I just hope that your majesty will understand the cause and effect and let me go home."
Taking retreat as a way to advance, Lao Zhu felt very tired when he saw them singing in harmony.
"Tell me! What happened?"
"Yi Hou took charge of Yingtian Mansion and built one building after another. The functions overlapped with our Ministry of Works. He also recruited people aggressively and never defaulted on wages."
"In addition to recruiting corvees, my Ministry of Industry also had to recruit a large number of skilled craftsmen to carry out construction. There are countless projects."
"Now that they have been manipulated by the doctor, people's hearts are floating. Everyone does not want to serve the country, and they are just weighing money all day long. This has caused a large number of people from the Ministry of Industry to switch to Yingtian Mansion."
"One thing is going down, the other is going up. Our Ministry of Industry is stretched thin, and there are still a lot of people who are thinking about escaping."
"It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. I really have nothing to do. Please punish me."
Similar to the intelligence, Lao Zhu also understood what Li Min, the minister of industry, meant.
And when he said this, everyone who had been tricked by Zheng Xiong was ready to take action.
The pharmacy's good benefits have long hindered the work of many people, making them unhappy.
Now, the borrowing of the topic has also begun.
"Of course! Your Majesty has learned clearly that the grading system established by the medical lords in the past is not beneficial to the country. However, it is limited to pharmacies. Although it has an impact, it is only a scabies sore and is not fatal."
"Nowadays, the medical lord is recruiting people with great fanfare, and the Ministry of Works is the first to be affected. It has shaken the foundation of the Ministry of Works. I believe that he should be severely punished to serve as a warning to others."
Due to old and new grudges, this group of people fought against Zheng Xiong, almost to the point of uniting.
"I second the proposal. The Medical Marquis is in charge of the Jiaofang Department. He spends all day doing nothing but doing things. Under the jurisdiction of my Ministry of Etiquette, not a single trace of money is reported. They only build some literate primary schools. It is of no use in selecting scholars from the world. It is really a waste."
"As far as I know, while he was messing around, someone from the Jiaofang Division under the jurisdiction of the Sixteenth Floor provided him with money."
"I think that if you want the Marquis to reform, you have to take back control of the 16th floor of the Jiaofang Division and let him concentrate on government affairs."
As soon as these words came out, Lao Zhu almost ran away.
Knock on you, I haven’t made a move yet! You are actually thinking about it.
Don’t ask yourself whether you agree or not.
"Don't mention the matter of the Jiaofang Division again. Zheng Xiong is now serving concurrently and has achieved outstanding results."
"Building a school building will benefit the country and the people."
"Everything was used for the right purpose, not counting elk fees. This matter is over."
As an independent organization, Zheng Xiong really wanted money, so he made a decree to ensure that Zheng Xiong would send it over immediately.
Security and confidentiality are guaranteed.
If you really want to join the Ministry of Etiquette, it will not be so easy to spend money to enrich your own coffers.
Lao Zhu almost refused righteously.
"As for the construction of Yingtian Mansion, let's put our heads together and find a way to get the best of both worlds."
Lao Zhu made a decision with his words, and what he said was the imperial edict, and no one dared to say anything.
Besides, the Ministry of Rites wanted to take direct control of the Jiaofang Division because it was jealous of money.
Although others also love him, the Ministry of Etiquette does not have the right reputation, so except for the Ministry of Rites who is still chattering, everyone else is thinking about how to make a fuss about Yi Jian's affairs.
"I have something to report."
"explain."
"The problem with the Ministry of Works is simply that it is short of manpower and has too many things to build, so there is nothing it can do."
"I believe that the first construction is quite large and we can participate in the construction of Yingtian Mansion."
"We can divide all the construction work in Yingtian Mansion into batches and assign them to each one for responsibility."
"In this way, the Ministry of Industry can also be freed from it and take on other matters."
"It's feasible, I second my opinion."
"The same goes for me, too."
What the officials said was almost overwhelming, which shows how poor Zheng Xiong's popularity is.
Lao Zhu thought for a while, and after the school was built, so many people would be a waste, so he agreed.
"Accurate."
"Li Min, after returning to the Ministry of Industry, we will draft a part of the project and submit it to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for review. We will then draw up the outline."
Li Min rolled his eyes and replied immediately.
"Among all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, the outer city takes a long time, and there are many people who need it. It costs a lot, and the Ministry of Industry cannot afford it."
"The Marquis Yi is very capable. I heard on the 16th floor that the daily income is huge. Since I can recruit people with wages, I think I can afford it. I would like to entrust the construction of the outer city to the Marquis Yi, and I would like your Majesty's permission."
The ancient city wall of Nanjing began to be built after Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established Nanjing as his capital after he pacified the world. It took 27 years to complete.
Among the existing ancient city walls, it is the largest and most well-protected ancient city wall.
The total length of the ancient city wall is 33.676 kilometers, which is much longer than the ancient city wall in Beijing.
The construction of Nanjing's ancient city wall can be said to be the culmination of construction techniques from past dynasties.
This is a change from the previous way of building city walls in rectangles or squares.
Here, based on the mountain characteristics of Nanjing City, the trend of rivers, and various considerations of military prevention, the city was either built on the mountains or along the river, which fully demonstrated the kingly atmosphere of Nanjing City.
When building the city wall, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all the skilled craftsmen from all over the country to be summoned to design and build the city wall.
Documentary data shows that it involved 28 governments, 128 prefectures and counties in 5 provinces across the country, a total of 280,000 migrant workers, and about 350 million bricks used.
Just looking at these numbers illustrates the enormity of this project.
What's even more deplorable is that these bricks were carefully selected, and each brick had to be manually ground before being used on the city wall. The amount of manpower required was considerable.
There is a very unique detail on the city wall. On the side of the city wall, you can always see the date, official position, and name engraved on it.
This is a good idea that Zhu Yuanzhang thought of. To build such a magnificent building, the quality of the bricks must be ensured, so every link must be controlled, including where the bricks come from and who made them. If Once something goes wrong, it can be traced back and the responsibility can be directly traced.
From the production to the application of a brick, these people are often involved: the production supervisor, the potter, the producer, and the promotion officer (equivalent to the transportation manager). The responsibilities are clear, and every link is considered very carefully. Naturally, it involves People will know the responsibilities they bear.
Extra care is taken everywhere. It is said that when the promotion officer conducts acceptance inspection, he usually calls on two soldiers to pick up the fired bricks and bump them against each other. If a sonorous and powerful sound is heard, it is regarded as To pass, otherwise re-fire.
It has taken more than 600 years since the ancient city wall of Nanjing was built, but the wall is still intact.
It has also witnessed many ups and downs, ups and downs and vicissitudes of history.
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