The ministers of infrastructure knelt down and begged the scientific research boss to be enthroned

Chapter 159
Uncle Wei Chenrui was stationed in the northwest. This military disaster would definitely not be caused by him. He has a high prestige in the northwest and is loved by the people, so there will be no people who want to rebel. The only military disaster is outside the northwest. barbarians.

Once the barbarians raised their troops, food and grass were crucial.

The Northwest has always been self-sufficient, and the imperial court is rarely allowed to allocate military expenditures. This time there is a severe drought in the Northwest, and there must be insufficient food. If the imperial court does not allocate food at this time, I am afraid that the soldiers will be hungry, and people will fight hungry. , How can there be strength, and losing is a matter of course. If someone in the court comes up with some crooked ideas, I am afraid that Uncle Yang will be in danger.

At that time, Wei Chenrui might not be affected.

Ever since he knew that there were privileges in the palace, Wei Chenrui didn't pay much attention to the status of a princess, so he was naturally not afraid of being affected.

However, she couldn't let the soldiers die because of internal strife, and she didn't want anything wrong with her uncle, letting her grandfather send a white-haired man to a black-haired one.

To save my uncle's life, food is a must, not only that, but also a certain amount of powerful weapons.

The main direction of Wei Chenrui's research is renewable energy, and what he knows best is electric energy. He hasn't done much research on weapons, but has only read the research results.

In fact, there is no need for Wei Chenrui to study it now. Any hot weapon in the previous life is better than the current cold weapon. If you take out a few at will, it will not be a big problem to win the war.

Wei Chenrui, who only knows the result, can't make it, so he can only hand it over to existing craftsmen. It is not easy to make guns that require fine parts, but they can be enlarged and turned into large-caliber guns, which will With the cannon mounted on the city wall, those barbarians would definitely not be able to rush in.

The only thing to worry about is whether the weapon maker is reliable, Wei Chenrui doesn't want to make wedding dresses for others.

The [Technology Development Bureau] does not have people who manufacture weapons, so they can only find them outside.

Thinking of this, Wei Chenrui wrote several letters, one to Emperor Zhaohe, one to the Beggar Gang, and one to the uncle in the northwest.

Except for some more comforting words in the letter to the uncle, they are all in the hands of the people who want to make weapons.

After the letter was sent, Wei Chenrui was not idle while waiting for a reply. The food in the northwest was still waiting to be raised by himself!

Not so much. The Northwest side, and the Zhongzhou side are also short of food. Although they brought a lot of food, so many people consumed more than half of the consumption for so many days, and the rest may not be able to support a few. month, it is impossible to wait until the autumn harvest.

Food is needed here, food is needed there, Wei Chenrui is so worried that he can't sleep well, he only blames himself, why he didn't study the topic of increasing food production at the beginning, and now he is blind.

At this moment, Jiang Zongda came over: "Your Highness, now that the flood has receded and the plague is almost cured, the victims all want to go back and look at the crops in the field. If they can harvest a little."

What Wei Chenrui is most worried about right now is food, so why would he disagree: "Okay, let them go back, but there is not much food shipped in, and I'm afraid they won't be able to supply the next wave of food harvest!"

Hearing what Wei Chenrui said, Jiang Zongda was also worried: "Yes, it seems that there is a lot of grain, but there are more people. There are still several months before the next wave of grain harvest. If the granaries in other counties It’s good to be able to open a position!”

Wei Chenrui was stunned for a moment: "Is the granary in Zhongzhou Mansion still empty?"

Only then did Jiang Zongda realize that he really hadn't explained this matter to His Majesty the Empress Dowager, so he hurriedly said, "The granaries in the mansion and the county under the jurisdiction of the subordinate officials are already empty, and in the other counties, due to the fact that the person in charge has escaped, the next There are not many people under the official's command, and I dare not open a warehouse, for fear of causing looting."

"Then what are you waiting for, quickly open a position!" Wei Chenrui said.

Jiang Zongda smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness, the magistrate is only a small county magistrate, who has the right to open granaries in other counties, and the granaries in the mansion are opened at the risk of losing his head. Even lower officials dare not open the granary!"

Wei Chenrui now also understands that Zhaoguo is still very strict on grain control. He is afraid that officials from all over the country will sell the granaries to enrich their own pockets. You can only open a position after signing and drawing the deposit form.

For those who do not follow the rules, the serious ones are indeed beheaded, as a warning to others.

These are the rules of death, and Wei Chenrui can't ignore this rule, so he can only find a way to get over this matter: "The magistrate and those county magistrates have disappeared?"

Jiang Zongda nodded with a wry smile: "They all ran away!"

The magistrate has run away, so it is impossible for Wei Chenrui to keep the position for him. In this way, there will be several vacancies, and he will find a few obedient people to fill the vacancies. As a superior, he can approve the opening Put grain in the warehouse, and in this way, the matter will be perfectly resolved.

"Since everyone has run away, Mr. Jiang will take the position of magistrate!"

This sudden surprise, Jiang Zongda couldn't believe it: "Your Highness, the magistrate is not dead yet, so why is the subordinate official taking over? If he comes back, what should the subordinate official do?"

Wei Chenrui snorted coldly: "The man is not dead, but this hall will not let him live. For such a big matter, he absconded privately. It is not too much to cut off his head ten times. You can be the prefect with peace of mind. It turns out that the prefect It’s okay if you don’t come back, if you come back, you’ll go to prison and choose a day to execute.”

Wei Chenrui didn't feel any burden to execute an absconded official. Not only would the common people not say that Wei Chenrui was cruel, but they would praise her for being impartial and impartial.

With Wei Chenrui's words, Jiang Zongda felt relieved: "Thank you for your support, Your Highness, I will definitely not accept His high expectations!"

Now all the officials and servants in the mansion are in trouble with Jiang Zongda. He is not worried that these people will stand on the side of the former magistrate and help the former magistrate to seize power, and Wei Chenrui speaks in person, which is justified. You can't use this to crusade against yourself. The only thing you have to worry about is that you open a warehouse to release food without permission.

For this reason, he asked cautiously: "His Royal Highness, if the matter of the lower officials' privately opening warehouses to release grain is exposed, the magistrate will be treated as the end."

Wei Chenrui waved his hand, and said indifferently: "You don't need to worry about this matter, the hall has its own arrangements, and no one will find fault."

During this period of time, Jiang Zongda often inquired about Wei Chenrui's situation from Deng Huawu, and also understood her temperament. Knowing that she never speaks big words, she will definitely do what she says, and her heart is at ease: "Then the official Thank you in advance, Your Highness!"

Wei Chenrui nodded: "Okay, go to work if you have nothing to do. For the lack of some small officials, you value the arrangements yourself. Don't meddle in those counties. The hall has other arrangements."

"Yes, I understand!" Although Wei Chenrui didn't know what Wei Chenrui was going to do, it didn't prevent him from doing things according to his orders. Not to mention the fact that the petty officials were arranged by himself, just that he was promoted to several ranks in succession was enough to satisfy Jiang Zongda , he is not greedy.

After Jiang Zongda left, Wei Chenrui wrote a flying pigeon letter to Emperor Zhaohe, and asked Emperor Zhaohe for a blank imperial decree, which will be used when he accepts his appointment as an official.

Under the pressure of food, Wei Chenrui had a very bold idea. She planned to sell the county magistrates in these counties to wealthy businessmen. No money was needed, only food, and the highest price would get it.

Of course, it is impossible for Wei Chenrui to sell everyone, so we have to examine people's abilities anyway.

In Zhao Country, merchants are not allowed to take the scientific examination, but this does not mean that they are not knowledgeable. If they are not knowledgeable, how can they keep their family business.

It's just a few small local officials, and the ministers in the court probably don't like it, but they will sincerely use this matter to run Wei Chenrui.

Anyway, Wei Chenrui has not made an exception once or twice, and it doesn't matter if he breaks it again. After all, the ministers of the court and the central government dare not tear themselves apart and say a few sour words. Wouldn't mind tidying up a little more.

After making up his mind, Wei Chenrui quietly waited for Emperor Zhaohe's imperial edict.

Not long after, the hidden guards sent by Emperor Zhaohe delivered the imperial decree.

Emperor Zhaohe was afraid that one copy would not be enough, so he asked the dark guard to send two copies. If it wasn't for the fear of something wrong with the jade seal, even the jade seal would have been sent by the dark guard to facilitate Wei Chenrui's work.

Now that there are two imperial decrees, it will be easier for Wei Chenrui to operate.

The first imperial decree was to allow merchants to donate food to officials, only for the few counties below Zhongzhou Prefecture, and food could only be donated to Wei Chenrui.

Naturally, this imperial decree was to be announced to the world. In this way, Wei Chenrui's identity could not be concealed and would be exposed accordingly.

However, Zhongzhou has just experienced floods and plagues, and most people still dare not come here.

Of course, this does not include those merchants who want to donate officials.

This is the first time in history. It is conceivable how happy and crazy those merchants will be. In order to donate an official, they can do everything.

Of course, it was impossible for Wei Chenrui to allow older people to participate in this donation. He had already set an age limit. Not only that, he also stated that there would be an assessment.

With these restrictions, the madness of the merchants has been slightly restrained, and they have begun to have scruples.

In the entire Zhongzhou area, Wei Chenrui is most familiar with the Zhongzhou Mansion, so the location of the assessment is set in the Zhongzhou Mansion. Those who are afraid of the plague will be eliminated immediately. They are so timid and fearful. It's no different.

Even if the poor are about to lose their temper, Wei Chenrui will not sell his official position to such a person.

Of course, there are quite a few capable and courageous ones. On the day of the assessment, there were quite a few people gathered outside the Zhongzhou government office, and among them, there were no. 80 people who participated in the assessment.

Naturally, Wei Chenrui and Jiang Zongda discussed and drafted the examination questions long ago, using written examinations and interviews.

Ability and knowledge are tested in the written test, and courage and trial are tested in the interview.

Both of these are necessary to be a county magistrate, and the people who came to the assessment didn't have any objections, but felt that this was the way to look.

Since the interview took a relatively longer time, the assessment took three days.

After the assessment results were announced, the bidding began.

One cart of rice, two carts of rice, five carts of rice.
It just adds up.

In the end, he was an official of the county magistrate, with a total harvest of nearly [-] carts of rice. If it were not for the current food shortage, it would only be higher.

After the bidding ended, Wei Chenrui stood up and said, "Maybe everyone is happy, but there are still many doubts. This hall will answer everyone again."

"First of all, this hall doesn't care much about the level of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. As long as you use your own hands to work, in the eyes of this hall, it is not considered a low status; , is the humble nationality."

"Therefore, the hall is supportive of allowing merchants to become officials."

"Again, all of you are members of the family with outstanding abilities. You must have heard about the affairs in the Northwest. To tell you the truth, this hall sells officials this time to raise food and grass for the Northwest Army."

"If the Northwest Army doesn't have enough food and grass, the soldiers will go to war hungry, and it will be tantamount to dying. How can the border be held?"

"If the border cannot be guarded, the people's life will not be easy, and your life will not be easy, so we must ensure the supply of grain and grass in the northwest, and we must guard the border."

Those who can stand in front of Wei Chenrui are not stupid. Knowing that what Wei Chenrui said is the truth, they are also happy for Wei Chenrui's move, happy that they can work under such a master.

Not all businessmen value profits but despise sentimentality. There are still some patriots who immediately expressed their support after hearing Wei Chenrui's words.

"Your Highness, the youngest family still has some unsalable old rice and defective cloth. If His Highness does not dislike it, the youngest can make decisions for the family and donate all of it to the Northwest Army."

When someone speaks, there will naturally be someone who doesn't want to be compared and speaks up.

"My family also has some old rice, which is also donated to the Northwest Army."

"I have some dyed cloth in my house. Although it is a bit stiff and uncomfortable to wear, it may be able to block arrows if worn outside."

"My family has some fodder, and I donate it to the Northwest Army."

In this way, a little to the east and a little to the west, I managed to gather another hundred carts of things, all of which were used by the Northwest Army.

For everyone's support, Wei Chenrui was very moved: "Okay, since everyone supports the Northwest Army so much, this hall is not stingy, and you all counties, county magistrates and county officials, all of you decide to accept your fate, and then report to Chiang Kai-shek. On the prefect's side, let him assess."

"Of course, this is limited to those who have already run away. Those who have done their duty, don't touch them. It is somewhat of a help. You are new to the officialdom and you still need their help."

These people could understand Wei Chenrui's intentions, and they all knelt down and shouted "Thousands of years!"
After confirming the candidate for the good county candidate, Wei Chenrui filled in the blank imperial decree in front of everyone, and announced in public that those merchants, after hearing the imperial decree, wept with joy.

Of course, Wei Chenrui didn't want to watch such a sensational scene. After the imperial decree was announced, he turned around and left, went back to the study, and thought about his next move.

(End of this chapter)