Leaving the capital and visiting the people was what Zhu Yunwen had always wanted to do.
But he had just ascended the throne and was busy with government affairs. In addition, he had to take care of several uncles, promote the New Deal, and work on several projects, but he couldn't escape.
After two years of handling government affairs, the court has formed a stable operating order. Whether it is the cabinet, the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, etc., its main officials are all honest, loyal, capable ministers and officials.
Although there are constant criticisms within the court, there are no corrupt or evil people, let alone powerful officials who dominate the court. Politically, it is relatively clear.
In this case, a private visit on Weibo for a month or two will not hinder the overall situation.
Besides, Nanjing is only four to five hundred miles away from Suzhou and Hangzhou. If there is any major event, the Security Bureau can definitely spread the news within one or two days. In ancient times, if the news was delayed for one or two days, it was not considered a delay. After all, there were many It has been more than ten days since the border war report was sent to the capital...
As long as someone in the capital is watching, it doesn't matter.
Not to mention a few visits to Jiangnan in another dynasty, Mr. Zhu Houcong, the fun-loving "Governor-General of Military Affairs, Mighty General and Chief Military Officer" in modern history, went to the border fortress to fight with people, went to Jiangnan to snatch beautiful women, and wandered around. , although the people are in dire straits, it at least proves one thing:
The emperor may not necessarily be guarding the capital every day...
Of course, from the perspective of stabilizing people's hearts, reducing ambitions, and being well-versed in government affairs, the emperor still has to stay in the capital...
Zhu Yunwen decided to go out and take a look, not to make women happy, but because of a deeper consideration: the collapse of Kaifeng's officialdom meant that the place was not as beautiful as written in the documents. Although the imperial court expanded the number of supervisory censors, the bottom officials Who can predict the means of deceiving superiors and concealing inferiors?
The New Deal has been implemented for more than a year. Zhu Yunwen also wants to see for himself how effective it is.
Although it is no longer possible to come from the masses, there is still no problem in going to the masses occasionally.
However, considering the unknown forces hidden in the dark, and the remnants of the White Lotus Sect that often appear, safety and confidentiality issues still need to be carefully arranged, and this matter needs to be left to the Security Bureau.
Concubine Ning was moved to tears. Thinking about it, her family was not in the capital, and she couldn't just come if she wanted to. Although she enjoyed the splendor in the palace, it was difficult to see her family again.
Now that she had the opportunity to go back and take a look, how could her soft heart not be touched to comfort herself from the pain of lovesickness?
Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand, placed it on Concubine Ning's face, gently wiped away the tears, and said: "When I scraped you last year, I promised you that I would never break my promise."
Concubine Ning swallowed hard and bowed.
"The emperor is too partial and just agreed to Concubine Ning. What about my concubine?"
Concubine Xian came over and joked.
Ma Enhui is holding Zhu Wenkui, and beside her is Luo Yan'er, who is hiding her smile.
Zhu Yunwen laughed and said: "How dare you eavesdrop on secrets? I will punish you each to prepare gifts and give them to Concubine Ning to take with you when you leave the capital."
Ma Enhui turned around and left. This was not a good deal. It was a treasure instead. It was not a good deal...
Shandong, north of Jining.
Pan Shuzheng, the magistrate of Jining, led eight officials and accompanied Yanshenggong Kongna to inspect Mata Lake.
Although Song Li's Huitong River plan solved the problem of insufficient water sources, this solution can only be said to be half of the solution, that is, in summer and autumn. Once spring and winter arrive, the problem of insufficient water resources still exists.
Shandong has a vast land and rich resources, but the water resources are not sufficient, and mild to moderate droughts occur from time to time.
Such a large river connection project cannot be completed. It can only be completed in summer and autumn. It will have to be completed in spring, summer and autumn at least. Winter...
Well, there's nothing we can do about it. It's freezing cold in the north. It's normal for rivers to freeze. We can't run a boat at this time. Besides, even if there is no ice and the strong north wind is blowing, how many people will be needed to paddle and how many trackers will be needed to transport to Peking...
Also, this is a big river, it can’t become a small ditch in spring and winter, right?
The water source problem still needs to be solved.
After discussing with officials from the Ministry of Industry, craftsmen and Bai Ying, Song Li decided to utilize the lake water along the way to solve the problem of low water volume in the dry season.
Kong Na didn't know much about it, but he saw many people and craftsmen busy by the lake. Without exception, they were all carrying wood.
"What are they doing?"
Kong Ne frowned.
When you are digging a river, you are cutting wood. Shouldn't you jump directly into the ditch, dig out the soil, and dig deeper and wider? Isn't this appropriate?
Because Song Li went to Fenshang, Lin Fang acted as Kong Ne's commentator. When he saw him asking this question, he said: "Yan Shenggong, the craftsmen and people here are responsible for the Ma Ta Lake water tank..."
"Wait, what is a water tank?"
Kong Ne was a little confused.
Lin Fang was a little depressed. She felt that this descendant of Confucius was a pure scholar. He had read a lot of books and had knowledge, but he had no common sense about life.
But he is a duke after all, and he must be treated with care.
"The so-called water cabinet is similar to a bookcase, but it uses water as a book to store water. When there is less rainfall in spring and winter and the river water depth is insufficient, these water cabinets can be used to adjust it."
Lin Fang made it very clear.
The water tanks of the ancients were actually the reservoirs of later generations. Although this Mata Lake is not as good as the Three Gorges, its function of collecting and regulating water flow is the same.
Kong Ne understood, but pointed to the people carrying big logs in the distance and asked: "The water tank is just a water tank, what are you doing carrying the wood?"
Lin Fang looked up and saw that a team of nearly three thousand craftsmen and migrant workers were constantly carrying logs from the woods in the distance. Each piece of wood was more than two feet long and more than a foot thick.
"Whether the water tank can be adjusted requires a gate, and these wood are used to build the gate."
Lin Fang sighed.
Kong Na was even more confused. He looked at Lin Fang distrustfully and said seriously: "I have seen the navigation gate before, but it was made of thousands of pounds of stone and no wood. Who are the craftsmen here and who is in charge of this place? If you act indiscriminately and delay the important affairs of the court, you should be held accountable and held accountable!"
Lin Fang was speechless, what do you, a nerd, know?
Do you think building a gate is just a matter of putting a big stone on it?
It doesn't matter if you don't understand, don't pretend to understand.
You can pretend to understand and no one will tell you off if you nod, but don't give random orders.
"No way, Lord Yansheng, there is a reason for this."
Lin Fang quickly stopped him.
Kong Na snorted coldly and said: "No reason is more important than cherishing the power of the people!"
Before Lin Fang had time to persuade, Kong Ne rolled up his sleeves and strode over, shouting to the two people standing on a high place shouting: "Who is in charge here?"
Both of them are tall and have their sleeves rolled up, but the one on the left faces a more sinister face, named Zhao Wang, and the one on the right faces kind, named Qian Sanjin, who is the foreman of the construction of the water tank section of Mata Lake.
When Zhao Wang and Qian Sanjin saw that the person coming was an official, they had no choice but to stop talking, step forward, salute, and identify themselves.
Seeing that the two were foremen, Kong Ne said sternly: "How dare you two take the court's money instead of doing things for the court. You are commanding indiscriminately and using people's power indiscriminately. You will be punished."
In Kong Na's view, the performance management proposed by Song Li and the idea of delegating authority to craftsmen and migrant workers to form construction teams, with each team responsible for different construction sections, are wrong and dangerous.
Since ancient times, officials have been in charge of the people, urging them with gongs and threatening them with whips, so that they can keep these people from slacking off and work day and night to complete the projects assigned by the court.
As long as there are fewer whips, there will naturally be no problem of civil unrest. If you treat these people well, they will definitely be lazy and find ways to cause trouble.
Isn’t that what is happening in front of me?
Originally, the migrant workers and craftsmen only needed to dig trenches, build a sluice wall, and build a sluice gate. Instead, they went to cut and move wood. Do you think this is building a house?
It must be these workers who are giving random orders. I, Kong Ne, want to speak out for the people and make decisions for the people.
Without even looking at the pale faces of Zhao Wang and Qian Sanjin, Kong Na shouted loudly to the migrant workers carrying the wood: "Put down the wood and build the gate immediately. If anyone wastes any more time, they will do nothing to build the river." I won’t take it lightly!”
Zhao Wang and Qian Sanjin stood up, patted the soil on their bodies, and shouted at the top of his lungs to the migrant workers who were stunned and didn't know what to do: "Keep lifting the wood, hurry up, Wang Xiaoer, haven't you eaten yet?" ?Work!"
Strangely enough, the migrant workers ignored Kong Ne's words and listened to Zhao Wang's words.
Without waiting for Kong Ne to order the arrest, Zhang Wang said directly: "Sir, this is the area where Brother Qian and I are responsible for repairing the river. According to the contract signed with the Ministry of Works, the gate will be built within three months. Here. During the three-month period, no official may overstep his authority and command migrant workers and craftsmen, unless he has a warrant from Song Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. I dare to ask, do you have a warrant?"
Kong Ne's eyes widened. He had never been so humiliated by a mud-legged man. He shouted angrily: "Come on, arrest them both!"
Zhang Wang and Qian Sanjin took two steps back, and a group of migrant workers came rushing behind them, some of them holding shovels in their hands.
"You dare to rebel?! Arrest them for me!"
Konne shouted, loudly.
But no one made any move.
Zheng Gang didn't say anything, and the eight officials behind him were not stupid either. With eight people fighting hundreds of people, it would be better not to fight...
Zheng Gang walked to Kong Ne and reminded: "They are right. The Ministry of Works signed a contract with the foremen. During this period, as long as there are no problems with their construction, officials are not allowed to interfere with their construction. Yan Shenggong, Go back."
Kong Ne was unwilling to give in and shouted: "Now there are problems with their construction. I have the right to supervise. Since they are at fault, they should stop the work immediately for rectification!"
Lin Fang couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward and shouted: "Mr. Yan Shenggong, those logs are the materials for building the gate!"
Kong Ne shouted angrily at Lin Fang: "You're talking nonsense! When was wood used for the gate?"
Lin Fang was also angered by Kong Ne's actions. He pointed to the horse riding lake on the side and said angrily: "Your Excellency, you have only seen the surface of the water. Have you ever seen the surface of the water? If you want to stop the water, the gate needs to be How can it be possible to completely block the water flow by just lowering a stone gate?"
"Under this gate, three thousand logs need to be smashed into the ground to make the foundation of the gate, and a stone needs to be laid on top of the log foundation! After you are a saint, how can you not understand?" "Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, this is the principle of knowing."
Just when Kong Ne was stunned by the training and Zheng Gang was in a daze, Lin Fang even made a shocking statement: "It's true, it's his mother's fault!"
It's over, things are in complete trouble.
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