Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 357
Chapter 59 Dao’s Virtue and Courtesy

Entering the end of October in the second year of Wude, the vicinity of Chang'an has begun to freeze.Although it won't turn into ice, in the eyes of many builders, such cold weather is not suitable for construction.

However, Chen Ying stood up to the criticism and insisted that the construction not stop. On the contrary, he took advantage of the opportunity when the ditches were dry and ordered the villagers to dig the ditches deeply and fill up the road surface with soil.A large number of folks put the excavated soil in a pot to cook. After the soil is cooked, mix it with quicklime and glutinous rice juice, then stir it evenly, and then tamp it on the road layer by layer, so that the entire subgrade of Chidao is higher than the flat ground. Almost more than three feet.What surprised most builders is that these roadbeds are not flat, but high in the middle and low on both sides, showing an arc.

Li Jiancheng has been paying close attention to Chen Ying's construction of the road, especially recently many people have slandered Chen Ying to Li Jiancheng, claiming that Chen Ying has worked hard for the people and wasted money, but he has built a four-way phenomenon.Li Jiancheng is not proficient in the method of construction, and he does not know the meaning and real purpose of Chen Ying's doing so.Originally, Li Jiancheng ignored Chen Ying's criticisms, but the three of them became tigers, and the more they said the more outrageous, Li Jiancheng finally couldn't sit still.

Li Jiancheng sat on the soft couch, Pei Ju offered tea, and then looked at Li Jiancheng quietly.I saw Li Jiancheng holding a teacup, looking at the curling mist, silent and dignified.

Pei Ju saw that Li Jiancheng was worried, so he immediately lowered his hands and stood bowed.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng decided to ask Pei Ju.At this time, Pei Ju's official position was the magistrate of the Prince of the East Palace, and he was also one of the three masters, three masters, and three secretaries of the East Palace. Although Pei Ju's rank was very high, his official position was in charge of granary and food, and his position seemed to be like that of the chief minister of farming, Same as Shaofu, not to mention that Pei Ju is famous for being proficient in accidents and always carrying weight.

"Pei Qing, what do you think of Chen Binke's move?"

Pei Ju met Li Jiancheng's gaze, but did not rush to speak.He knew that Li Jiancheng was not just asking Chen Ying.The Hou Mo Chen family is one of the eight major Zhu kingdoms in the Western Wei Dynasty, a first-class family. Since Hou Mo Chen Chong served as the Duke of Liang and the general of Zhu Guo in the Western Wei Dynasty, the Hou Mo Chen family began to rise. Hou Mo Chen Chong's elder brother, Hou Mo Chen Shunguan, came The governor of the capital, the Duke of Pengcheng County, the younger brother of Hou Mo Chen Chong, Hou Mo Chen Qiong, the official to Shangzhu Kingdom, the Duke of Xiuwu County.Hou Mo and Chen Kai were the doctors of Sihuizhong, and they were ennobled as Duke of Lingwu County.

One family and five males can be said to be unparalleled for a while.

Now at the time of Chen Ying, he has reached the third generation.Five 60 years.In contrast, Li Hu and Li Bi, who were among the seven surnames of Guanlong nobles in later generations, were not as influential as the Hou Mochen family.At this time, Hou Mo Chenqian will pay homage to Doctor Guanglu of the third rank, while Hou Mo Chen Ying will pay homage to the guests of the Crown Prince of the East Palace. Can this not attract people's envy?
Pei Ju sighed and said, "The tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop."

Li Jiancheng's eyebrows flickered, and he was a little displeased with Pei Ju's attitude.

Pei Ju saw it, and he didn't panic. He knew that Li Jiancheng was tolerant, knowledgeable and talented, but sometimes he was a bit pedantic.Li Jiancheng's ingenuity and quick wit are not very high.At this time, Pei Ju said: "There are people who talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but secretly evade the land, oppress the common people, and rely on the public's will to respect themselves."

Pei Ju dared to say this because he also discovered that although Chang'an is dry and cold in winter, there is no snowfall for a long time. The so-called auspicious snow heralds a good year, and the opposite is also true. If there is no snowfall now, even if there is no harvest in the coming year, the harvest will definitely be affected. .

At this time, Pei Ju could see that Chen Ying was repairing ditches west of Chang'an in the name of repairing Chi Dao. This is a great thing to benefit the country and the people, but it was criticized by some people.Pei Ju thought very clearly, if Li Jiancheng still couldn't understand what he said, then Li Jiancheng must be pretending to be confused, and Pei Ju would never try to persuade Li Jiancheng.

Chen Ying was impeached for repairing Chidao for three reasons.

First of all, it is nothing more than the enmity between the Guanlong nobles and the Shandong nobles for generations. Now the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty, except for the Li Hu family, the Li Bi family has completely declined since Li Mi's death.Zhaogui's family has declined even more than Hou Mochen's, Yuan's strength is even worse than Jingzhao Wei's, and now it is a second-rate family.The only thing that the Shandong aristocratic group fears is Chen Ying. He has already been in the third rank of the official position. In the future, even if Li Jiancheng ascends the throne, even if he is not worshiped, he will also be a minister of politics (deputy minister). That is, this put great pressure on the Shandong Noble Group.

Secondly, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in chaos and wars have been frequent, especially this year in the chaos in Hedong. Almost half of the good fields in the 27 states of Hedong were destroyed, but there were signs of severe drought. Taking advantage of the natural disaster, he took the opportunity to annex the fertile land in Guanzhong at a very low price, and took the opportunity to infiltrate the power into Guanzhong, the headquarters of the nobles in Guanlong.

Finally, the weakening of grain in Guanzhong will inevitably make Li Yuan rely more on the Shandong nobles, thus increasing the power to speak in the court. However, Chen Ying's repair of the ditches will directly affect the overall layout of the Shandong noble group.

Li Jiancheng vaguely understood, but he still felt that Pei Ju was a little unfounded.

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Chen Ying had naturally heard the rumors, but he never cared about them.As a general, if the reputation is too good, Li Yuan may not be able to sleep even more, so Chen Ying neither explained nor concealed.Take advantage of this time, if you can save some lives, save more lives.

However, the weather will become colder and colder with the passage of time. Even if there is no thermometer, Chen Ying also knows that the coldest time in Guanzhong can be minus [-] degrees. In such severe cold weather, there is nothing to do Continue construction.At this moment, Chen Ying stroked the seal of Zuo Wei Shui in his hand, and the attention of Zuo Wei Shui was played in his head.

The left guard rate of the Eastern Palace is one more Zhechong mansion than the right guard rate of the Eastern Palace. The rate is the same, and the number of staff is not enough, but there are five or six thousand people in the five zhechong mansions.

"Okay!" Chen Yingsi deliberated and decided to dispatch troops to participate in the dredging of the roads and ditches.

However, this transfer of troops must be done through Li Jiancheng. Chen Ying decided to go back to Chang'an in person and have an in-depth discussion with Li Jiancheng in person.

However, Chen Ying did not expect that before he returned to Chang'an, Li Jiancheng came to the construction site by car.

When Chen Ying got the news, he hurriedly brought Xu Jingzong and other officials to greet him.

Li Jiancheng took Chen Ying's hand cordially and boarded the car.Li Jiancheng and Chen Ying talked for a while about the fortifications. Li Jiancheng was in charge of presiding over the reform of the official system. .

After talking about the fortifications, Li Jiancheng spoke out about the impeachment of Chen Ying by some imperial historians in the court.Seeing Li Jiancheng's solemn expression, Chen Ying asked lightly: "Your Highness, what do you think is the destiny?"

Li Jiancheng was agitated in his heart, forced his inner excitement, and asked: "Chen Qing means..."

Chen Yingdao: "The sky sees itself and the people see it, and the sky listens to the people itself. The way is based on virtue, and the same is based on propriety..."

(End of this chapter)