At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 558
Gao Bufan and the others returned to Laishui County that night. On the second day, Du Ruhui stayed to temporarily act as the magistrate of Laishui County and was in charge of daily management. The hands-off shopkeeper patted his ass and left, rushing back to Zhuo County to pick up his parents and wife.

It is worth mentioning here that in the past, the power to appoint and remove the main officials of the counties and counties in Youzhou was in the hands of the imperial court, but now that Youzhou has separated from the Sui Dynasty, the power to appoint and remove personnel has been transferred to Youzhou Prefecture. , it should be in the hands of Gao Bufan, the general manager of Youzhou.

Today, Youzhou Mansion under the name of Gao Bufan has replaced the imperial court and become the highest political authority in Youzhou. Almost all the officials under Youzhou are from Youzhou Mansion.Gao Bufan is the leader of Youzhou Mansion, while Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, Xu Shiji, Yuchi Jingde, Wen Yanbo, Cui Jiuling and Lu Sheng are the first batch of backbone members. They are responsible for managing the internal affairs of Youzhou Mansion, including Recruitment of talents, selection of local officials, etc., and the talents recommended by Youzhou Prefecture must be approved by Gao Bufan before they can officially take office.

Of course, this kind of talent selection system and management model is still relatively rough, and full of loopholes. As the saying goes, people are not sages, and I am afraid that there are not many people who can truly be selfless. Now Youzhou Prefecture has Wei Heimian to check, and Du Ruhui and others People are the first batch of talents who follow Gao Bufan to start a business, and they can still maintain their original aspirations, but as more and more talents are absorbed, or the business becomes bigger and bigger in the future, there will definitely be more and more problems, which will become more and more prominent. The state government cannot continue to be clean, fair and efficient.

Therefore, Gao Bufan has recently worked with Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui and others to study the introduction of the mature imperial examination system in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.No system in this world is perfect, as long as it is suitable, it is a good system.Just like the eight-legged essay in the imperial examination system, everyone says it is too rigid and old-fashioned, but at least it is fair. No matter whether you are from a wealthy family or a poor family, as long as you can write beautiful essays, you can become an official and change your destiny. .For another example, the current college entrance examination is also the same. Thousands of troops cross the single-plank bridge, but it can ensure fairness and ensure the flow of people from the lower class to the upper class, thus effectively preventing class solidification.

To put it bluntly, if the class of a country and system is solidified, the officials will cut leeks from generation to generation, and the land can only be used as leeks from generation to generation, oppressed and exploited, then the country is not far from a one-click restart. .

Closer to home, let's say that Gao Bufan went back to Zhuo County to pick up his parents, Wugou and others, then headed for Ji County in a mighty way.

Jixian City is the prefecture of Zhuo County, and now it is also the political center of Youzhou. Gao Bufan’s Youzhou Governor’s Mansion is also located in Jixian City. Someone proposed to change Yang Guang’s Linshuo Palace into the Governor’s Mansion, but Gao Bufan rejected it. However, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui also disagreed. Firstly, the reputation was unfair, and secondly, they were also worried that Gao Bufan would become greedy for pleasure and not enterprising if he lived in a luxurious palace.

Now is the start-up stage of winning the country. If the country is not yet won, you just want to enjoy the country. What future is there?

Jingle bell... Jingle bell...

The wind chimes of the carriage made a pleasant sound, just like the mood of the eldest grandson Wugou at the moment. Ever since he escaped from Luoyang, he traveled all the way overnight, fearful and frightened. After nearly two months of trekking, he finally arrived in Youzhou. There is no need to worry about being arrested by the court, and I can live happily with my husband in Youzhou in the future, and the rich land in Youzhou still belongs to my husband...

The closer you get to Ji County, the more prosperous it becomes, and the wider the official roads are. People come and go on the road, and business travelers are constantly coming and going. The Gao family and the Xianyu family can't help but peek outside curiously through the sedan chair curtain.

"Tsk tsk, I haven't entered the city yet, and there is a lot of traffic. It can be seen how lively this Jixian city is. Before I came here, I only thought that no matter how prosperous Jixian city was, it would not be as prosperous as Luoyang. Now it seems that it is even more prosperous than Luoyang. Livelier." Xian Yu said with surprise in his eyes.

Gao smiled and said: "The excitement is quite lively. If you really compare it, I'm afraid it's still not as good as Luoyang."

What Gao said was true. The eastern capital Luoyang was built by Yang Guanghua with the whole country's efforts. It has a population of over 500,000 and countless houses. Just because of the population and the size of the city, Ji County is far inferior to Luoyang.

However, due to the stability of Youzhou in recent years and the abundance of people, more and more people are coming in. The small city of Ji County can no longer accommodate so many people, so it is very crowded, especially during the peak hours of entering and leaving the city in the morning and evening. A city gate can block you to doubt your life.

So Gao Bufan had already conceived the idea of ​​rebuilding a new city, and coincidentally, Yuan Tiangang mysteriously found Gao Bufan not long ago, saying that he had found a dragon vein with royal aura, and took Gao Bufan to see it.

Gao Bufan followed Yuan Tiangang to the ground for a look, and found that the place happened to be Tianshou Mountain where the Ming Tombs of the later Ming Dynasty were located, so Gao Bufan roughly estimated the location and distance, and then took Yuan Tiangang to the location of the Beijing City of the later generations. Ask Yuan Tiangang if it is suitable to build a capital here.

When Yuan Tiangang saw this place, he stared at Gao Bufan with a strange expression. He obviously suspected that Gao Bufan was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. It is a treasured land of geomantic omen selected only by few geomantic omen masters.

Naturally, Gao Bufan was not a master of geomantic omen, but he knew the location of Beijing City Construction in later generations. After receiving Yuan Tiangang's affirmative reply, he asked Yuan Tiangang for help in the layout of the city.

Yuan Tiangang was so excited that he immediately agreed, and began to immerse himself in sorting out the direction of the mountains, rivers and land veins in this place to prepare for the preliminary planning work.

It was beyond Gao Bufan's expectation that Yuan Tiangang was so enthusiastic about building the city, but when he asked Li Chunfeng, Gao Bufan was relieved.Just as Li Chunfeng is obsessed with astronomy, while Yuan Tiangang is obsessed with geomantic omen and geography, and planning a large-scale capital will undoubtedly allow Yuan Gang to use what he has learned in his life, and he can also summarize the gains and losses from it, which is equivalent to a kind of practice. Once the capital is built, his name, Yuan Tiangang, will be immortalized with the capital forever.

Therefore, since Yuan Tiangang made a lot of money, it is no wonder that he is so enthusiastic about it. Even Li Chunfeng was so envious that he expressed his willingness to be his deputy to assist Yuan Tiangang in planning the new capital.Naturally, Gao Bufan couldn't ask for more, so he answered immediately, but Yuan Daodao wanted to eat "alone food", and he was quite critical of it.

"Miss, look, what are those people doing with their straws in their arms?" the maidservant Shushu suddenly asked in surprise.

The eldest grandson Wugou lifted up the curtains of the car and looked around, and saw that many people were harvesting wheat in the wheat fields on both sides of the official road. The wheat is tied up and carried home for threshing, but around a weird machine, the ears of wheat are inserted into the machine, and after a while they are taken out, and the grains on the ears of wheat are gone, leaving only bare straw.

It turned out that those common people only used the threshers that later generations would step on with their feet. In the southern dialect, they were called "grain threshing machines". The grains on the top are knocked down, which greatly improves the efficiency of threshing.

This kind of machine is already outdated and obsolete in later generations, but it was definitely a representative of the most advanced productivity in the Sui Dynasty a thousand and hundreds of years ago!

Besides, Changsun Wugou saw the clue after observing for a while, and said happily: "This new tool is probably invented by my husband again, it is convenient and quick to use for threshing wheat."

It is the Zhifu Mo Ruo's wife. This kind of granulator was indeed invented by Gao Bufan's "guidance" by the Shenji Bureau. It has only started to be promoted in Youzhou this year. One hundred units were given out for free to the people for trial. The effect is remarkable and it has been unanimously praised. , Now Shenji Bureau has received hundreds of orders.

By the way, the predecessor of the Shenji Bureau was the Shenji Squad. Gao Fan has separated the Shenji Squad from the army and officially changed its name to the Shenji Bureau. It is responsible for the research and development of various civilian and military facilities. I believe the results of the Shenji Bureau in the future It will become more and more fruitful, effectively improving the productivity and weapon level of Youzhou.

"Guye should be the smartest person in the world." The servant's eyes were full of admiration.

Changsun Wugou smiled, Shi Shu only saw a novel production tool, but what Changsun Wugou saw was a prosperous Youzhou full of vitality.

The people here, whether they are peddlers or farmers, have bright eyes. They are obviously full of confidence in life and hope for the future. They are very different from what they encountered along the way. The peddlers elsewhere, The farmers elsewhere either have sad faces, numb and indifferent eyes, or even cruel and greedy eyes.

Whether a place is well-organized and people-friendly, whether life is abundant, and whether the atmosphere is good can be seen by looking at the mental outlook of its people, so it is obvious that the husband has managed the Youzhou area very well, and the eldest grandson Wugou was naturally pleasantly surprised Very much, this is the appearance of the Ming Lord. It seems that the husband is not only good at fighting, but also has good governance ability.

clap clap clap...

A burst of dense explosions sounded like thunder, and both Changsun Wugou and the servant's expressions changed drastically in fright. When they were panicking, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, Gao Bufan poked his head in, and comforted him with a smile: "Don't panic, Wugou. Just set off firecrackers!"

"Firecrackers?" Changsun Wugou patted his chest lightly, lifted the curtain of the car curiously, and saw thick smoke billowing above the city gate, confetti flying, and sparks flying everywhere, he couldn't help being a little stunned.

Gao Bufan laughed and said, "That's firecrackers. They are used during festivals, just like firecrackers, but they are not made of bamboo."

Changsun Wugou suddenly said: "So that's how it is. Dare to love is a new thing invented by my husband, but this movement is too loud, it scares me to death."

Gao Bufan held his eldest grandson Wugou's little hand, and said affectionately: "My husband wants to let the people in the whole Youzhou know that their mistress is here, so why not make much noise?"

(End of this chapter)