Borers are difficult to eradicate completely, no matter how hard you try.
Song Li was not a merciful person, and was prepared to kill one person as a warning to let those who are greedy for profit know the seriousness of the consequences.
Chen Ying, as the inspector and the first person in Shandong's Supreme Court, immediately said: "If you kill migrant workers and craftsmen, they will definitely feel panic. But if you kill corrupt officials and corrupt bullies, migrant workers and craftsmen will be comforted, their hearts will be stable, and they will be able to open the river." Dredging will not be delayed. Magistrate Zheng, what do you think?"
Zheng Gang, the prefect of Yanzhou, had a bitter look on his face, "You have all finalized the decision, raised the ghost-headed sword, and are about to cut it down. Do you still need to ask me what I mean at this time?"
Besides, you have the final say when it comes to crushing people to death at the official level.
"Everything is up to the adults' arrangements."
Zheng Gang made his position clear.
To go against your superiors in such a public place is to seek death.
Song Li saw that this matter had been unanimously agreed upon, so he continued: "The people have worked hard. If we can't even provide the most basic food, how can we have the face to face the people of the world? How can we share your worries with you? This matter This has sounded the alarm for us, and we hope that the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Procuratorate, and all of our colleagues will do their best in this matter."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Song Li didn't hesitate to look at Geng Bingwen and said: "There are three most important things at the moment. First, the Dusi evacuated the sergeants and returned to the various guards. He also explicitly ordered the three guards of Prince Lu to stay in the military camp and not to leave without reason. Massive mobilization!”
Geng Bingwen raised his brows, some displeasure appeared on his old face, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly: "Song Shilang, mobilize the power of the guard station to maintain order to prevent people from complaining, fleeing, and civil unrest. If the sergeants of the guard station are removed, once chaos breaks out, Who will be responsible?”
Song Li solemnly said: "The common people are not prisoners, and there is no need for sergeants to guard them day and night. If your Excellency insists on asking the guardsmen to stay on both sides of the Huitong River, then please order your sergeants to dredge the river together with the migrant workers!"
"Song Li!"
Geng Bingwen shouted angrily, but the seemingly frail scholar in front of him was not afraid at all.
Song Li did not want hundreds of thousands of people to dig stones and soil in rivers that were hundreds of miles long. Behind these people stood a group of soldiers with swords and guns. It seemed that they would come and chop anyone they didn't like. .
People are people. They are here to work, not to be criminals. There is no need to back them up with force.
The most important thing is that Song Li believes that the people are kind and believes that they will never cause chaos for no reason.
Everyone has family behind them, and they all have worries and ties. Rebellion is not something that can be done easily, unless they have reached a desperate situation and have no hope of living anymore.
Geng Bingwen didn't want to take the blame, nor did he want to argue too much with Song Li, so he said: "If you have an approval from the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army or the Ministry of War, the Pontius Division has no objection."
Song Li nodded solemnly and said, "Then please withdraw the guarding sergeants for the time being. The imperial approval will be issued soon."
Geng Bingwen closed his eyes and said nothing when he saw that Song Li had already submitted the paperwork in advance.
Song Li looked at Chen Ying, the inspector-general, and said: "Secondly, dredging the Huitong River will not be accomplished in a day. Please also ask the inspector-general to install a group of capable officials and station them in Jining Prefecture and other places. Once corruption occurs, If you are concerned, you can report to the imperial court in the morning and request for disposal."
Chen Ying put down the tea bowl and nodded slightly: "The Inspector General will arrange for the Deputy Inspector to come and cooperate."
Song Li nodded with satisfaction, bowed his hands to Yan Shenggong Kong Ne, and said: "The third thing is the supervision of construction. Over the years, river projects have inevitably flogged the people and exhausted them to death. But the dredging meeting Tonghe will never allow this, and if you want to put an end to it, you need to be careful on the part of the supervisor.”
Kong Na was a little embarrassed and asked, "What if the people are slacking off and unwilling to contribute?"
A horse cannot run fast without a whip.
If a person doesn't use a whip, he will be lazy easily.
Sometimes it is wrong to hit people, but it is indeed an important means to ensure the construction deadline.
Whether it was the border city, the Great Wall, Nanjing City, or Fengyang City in the central capital, people were killed in every project.
Without all this bitterness, there would never have been the incident of Meng Meili crying at the Great Wall.
But in reality, it was definitely not only Meimei Meng who cried, but also Zhao Qian, Sun Li, Zhou Wu, King Zheng, etc...
Song Li laughed after hearing this. This relaxing scene made everyone a little confused.
Kong Na was even more suspicious, wondering what Song Li meant.
Song Li stood up and said to everyone: "The emperor has given instructions on this matter. According to the emperor's arrangement, this dredging will open the river. The Ministry of Industry, various yamen, and local officials are only responsible for personnel deployment, material support, and request for dredging. , to test the dredging results, and the power of construction is completely delegated to the craftsmen and migrant workers, allowing the craftsmen and migrant workers to independently determine the construction time and progress."
Everyone exclaimed: "What?"
Should the construction rights be given to craftsmen and migrant workers, and they should supervise themselves?
The emperor is crazy...
Chen Ying immediately objected: "This is unacceptable. If the craftsmen and migrant workers take advantage of this to be lazy and slow down work every day, delaying the major project of dredging the Huitong River, who can bear this responsibility?"
Zhou De also echoed: "If the construction matters are left to the self-determination of migrant workers and craftsmen, wouldn't it be dangerous if they gather to make trouble? Officials should be forced to take charge, strictly supervise, and never relax!"
Song Li is aware of everyone's objections, but the problem is, you can object as much as you want, but no matter how much you object, it won't count...
"I would like to emphasize again that this matter is decided by the emperor's order, and we can only act according to the order. If you really want to propose it, you can write a memorial and send it to the capital." Song Li glanced at the crowd with a sharp gaze and explained : "Initially, I was opposed to this move like you, but I was convinced."
Kong Ne asked with confusion: "Master Song, I wonder what happened?"
According to Kong Na's understanding, Song Li was a very independent and decisive person. He would not succumb too much to the imperial court's will. Since he nodded, there must be a reason for it.
Song Li asked: "Some of you are from the capital, and some are not here, but you must also know about the construction of concrete roads, right?"
Everyone nodded.
Nowadays, several major projects carried out in the Ming Dynasty, apart from immigration, Huitong River, Baoen Temple and the Monument of the Martyrs, are the concrete roads. I heard that the cost is not small and the scale is very large.
Chen Ying asked: "What does this have to do with concrete roads?"
Song Li smiled indifferently, sat upright and sipped the tea. Seeing that the tea had cooled down, he frowned, put it on the small table, and said: "I'm afraid you don't know that there is no supervisor in the construction of concrete roads. The construction depends entirely on Migrant workers make the decision, that is, refugees who have migrated from Huaiyuan. They only need to build concrete roads according to the routes given by the court. The Ministry of Industry is only responsible for quality inspection and will not interfere with how and when the construction will be carried out. When will construction begin?”
"When they were building concrete roads, they allowed some people to miss work and allowed occasional breaks. Logically speaking, their progress should be very slow, but this is not necessarily the case. The Ministry of Works gave a construction period of no less than ten miles a month, but they It was in this seemingly slow way that we achieved the goals set by the Ministry of Industry on the 23rd."
"The emperor told me that the people are aware. There are no supervisors, and each of them is a supervisor. If there are supervisors, they will be unnatural and will not work hard from time to time. The court only needs to give the construction period, tasks, and standards to do the work. Good inspection, as for how they complete it, how it is completed, and what the process is, why should we care?”
"I couldn't believe it. I went to the construction site in person to see the migrant workers. They are the ones who are really doing the work. Everyone has their own position and their own tasks. They cooperate with each other tacitly, divide the work, and work together. Individuals are only responsible for themselves. If something goes wrong in a task, there is no need for officials to punish it. The foreman will record the work in front of everyone. If it should be a full work, it will be recorded as half a work. If it should be half a work, it will be half a work. work……"
"The money is settled every month and distributed according to work. There is no delay or shortage. The accounts are clear and clear at a glance. I asked the foreman why there was no one to supervise the work and everyone worked hard. Guess what they said? "
Everyone shook their heads, looking confused.
Song Li recalled the scene at that time and couldn't help but wipe his face and said, "The foreman spat on the ground and asked my mother-in-law and I when we were working so hard, were there any supervisors present?"
Everyone laughed immediately, and even the old-fashioned Song Ne couldn't help but tremble at the corner of his mouth.
Rough people are just vulgar!
Song Li waved his hand and told everyone: "Later I thought clearly, people have desires, and the desires of the people are very simple, that is to make money, live a good life, and take care of their parents, wives and children. Without supervisors, they also need to make money to support their families. If that’s the case, why can’t we delegate the power of construction to the people?”
Chen Ying frowned and thought about Song Li's words, and found that they did make sense.
As long as the court controls the dredging plan and checks the dredging results, there is really no need to worry too much about the intermediate steps.
However, if things don't go as Song Li thinks, and the people are not diligent but slack off, and dawdle around to collect money every day, wouldn't it be more beneficial to them the longer they delay?
Before Chen Ying and others could come up with ideas, Song Li said: "There is another regulation on the concrete road construction site called the performance system. It is said to have been set up by the emperor himself. Specifically, if the construction is completed beyond the deadline, a deduction will be made based on the number of days overdue. The fines are unequal currency notes. That is, if the construction is completed within the stipulated time limit, the foreman and migrant workers will be rewarded with an additional five hundred currency notes. If they are completed ahead of schedule, they will be rewarded with unequal currency notes according to the number of days in advance, as well as cloth, pork, rice oil and other items..."
"this……"
Chen Ying's eyes widened. Isn't this treatment a bit too good? The court is simply spending money indiscriminately...
Song Li took out an account book from his sleeve and said: "When I was in the capital, I once calculated the cost of the court in this situation. I was surprised to find that the cost of concrete for each mile of the court not only did not increase, but actually dropped by two. Success. The reason is that the construction period was shortened, and the court just distributed the money saved by shortening the construction period to migrant workers in the form of performance. How many years do you think it will take to dredge the river? "
Song Ne frowned and said, "Six to seven years!"
Chen Ying nodded slightly and said solemnly: "At least six years."
Song Li shook his head, stood up, looked around, and said confidently: "If the power of construction is delegated to migrant workers and craftsmen, and a performance system is introduced, I can assure you that in four years, at the end of the four-year period, the river will be opened!"
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