Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 208 The Years of Zhenguan

Gao Jifu didn't stay in Yanwang's mansion much, he only drank this cup of tea, got the proposal from Li Tai and left.

Because between Gao Jifu and Li Tai, there really wasn't much personal relationship, so they naturally left after talking about business matters, what are you still doing here?
But Gao Jifu held the proposal with a serious expression on his face.

Gao Jifu knew that the proposal he got was a very hot potato, and how to tell those aristocratic families was a headache.

Because Gao Jifu looked at the whole plan, he had to say that King Yan made it very carefully.

At least in my opinion, as long as the money and food are in place, the entire project of King Yan will definitely be carried out.

But the problem is that this amount of money is not a small sum, and it is a continuous investment that lasts for a full 20 years.

Of course, Li Tai has already dismantled it. In the early stage, the whole project took about five years because of the promotion of wheat.

Grain promotion is not something that can be accomplished overnight. In five years, the entire plan should be fully realized. At that time, continuing to promote cotton will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

In fact, it only takes two to three years for these aristocratic families to see the benefits, and then there is no need for Li Tai to force them anymore, and they alone will find ways to expand reproduction.

After all, human nature is to pursue fame and fortune, and no one can avoid it. As long as it is beneficial, they will naturally pounce on it without saying anything.

To a certain extent, the same is true of "Grass Seed Project". At the beginning, when Li Tai promoted the grass seed plan, the aristocratic family pushed back and forth one by one. Taiwan.

But now because of the lack of labor force, I found that the "Grass Seed Project" can bring large-scale scalpers, and now everyone is very active, pouring down a lot of money, fearing that I will miss this opportunity.

In particular, it is obvious that Li Tai is making another big move, and it is almost inevitable that there will be another shortage of tenant farmers next year.

Under such circumstances, don't say anything more, and continue to spend money to increase the production of scalpers is the most correct.

And Li Tai also knew that he was in the territory of Youzhou, so it was almost impossible to completely ignore the Youzhou family.

After all, if he really wants to eat alone, even if the Youzhou aristocratic family doesn't know that they are against him, he still has a headache when they play tricks from time to time.

Therefore, instead of wasting unnecessary time here, it is better to push this matter to Gao Jifu.

As the governor of Youzhou, he must represent the government well in whatever he says, and appease the local forces.

I really thought that the part allocated to the Youzhou government was really easy to get.

Giving a share to the imperial court is a tax. As for you, a Youzhou official, if you don’t appease the Youzhou family, you can get the money you give to the Youzhou government in peace.

As for how Gao Jifu appeases these Youzhou aristocratic families, and how to get the Youzhou aristocratic families to pay, that depends on Gao Jifu's own ability.

After all, I was given a chance, but whether I can get on this train or not depends on the Youzhou family.

Gao Jifu also felt a headache when faced with Li Tai's profit distribution plan and the big and small families in Youzhou that he needed to settle.

But if there is any way, it would be nice to be able to catch up.

Someone must pay for this matter to be done well, although depending on King Yan's attitude, King Yan can take all of these shares.

But Yan Wang obviously knows how to be a human being, knowing that he has to share the meat, and even sits on the role of sharing the meat for no reason.

However, Gao Jifu understood that this matter might be a bit of a hassle.

The most important thing is that these Youzhou aristocratic families have to deduct the start-up funds for this project. I hope they have money.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, but Gao Jifu also settled down and found one family after another to talk to.

Li Tai didn't talk nonsense, because Li Tai knew that this was definitely a hard job, but Li Tai set a time for his death, that is, before October, the money and food must be sent to Tianjin.

Because Li Tai intends to copy Tianjin's model of building canals, when winter comes, he will call in corvees to build roads.

At that time, all kinds of cold-proof materials, as well as the money and food needed for road construction, need to be prepared before October.

Faced with Li Tai's death order, Gao Jifu could only be patient and continue to follow the aristocratic family.

At this moment, Li Tai's detailed and comprehensive plan was sent to the imperial court in an expedited six hundred miles.

Fang Xuanling looked at the plan with the seals of the governor of Youzhou and the governor of Cangzhou on it, and knew that Li Tai and the governor of Cangzhou had completed the whole plan, so he sent this proposal to the court.

To be honest, this kind of thing has never happened in the previous court.

After all, the two states and counties have joined forces to carry out such a large project with almost a 20-year plan. To some extent, this page is the future of Cangzhou.

It is precisely this kind of thing that has never been experienced before, so the court actually paid considerable attention to this matter.

Because this cooperation is likely to become a model for the future, and it can be regarded as an example to follow from now on.

In fact, in the land of China, the emphasis on examples is quite high.

For example, Liu Xiu took Luoshui as an oath, and he really kept the oath. With this example, people will not say that they believe in the oath, at least they will not explicitly violate the oath.

But there happened to be a Sima Yi who also imitated Liu Xiulai and swore to Luoshui. As a result, he not only broke the promise, but also killed the emperor in the street. In the end, the family became a royal family, which directly broke the bottom line of an era.

Therefore, even if the court agreed to this matter, Li Tai did not completely put the court aside when he started to do things.

Because Li Tai negotiated everything, the investment was obtained, and the plan was completed, the only thing the court was responsible for was notarization, but even so, Li Tai still sent Liu Baili to rush the entire completed plan to Shangshu Save it for Fang Xuanling to have a look.

Fang Xuanling looked at the proposal sent by Li Tai, as well as a set of clear project progress plans, and it was almost clear at a glance what to do and when.

Looking at the picture sent by Li Tai, Fang Xuanling couldn't help sighing, "It would be great if all the officials in the world were as worry-free as King Yan."

Hearing this, Wei Zheng, who was replacing Wang Gui, took the document from Fang Xuanling, looked at it and said,
"This project progress map is very interesting, and the whole project can be seen clearly at a glance.

When and how much manpower and material resources are needed, what should be done, and how to arrange them are all very detailed.

This should be used as an example, and it is appropriate to discuss this kind of discussion in future imperial court construction projects. "

"The plan is good, but there are not enough people!" Fang Xuanling looked at the blueprint and explained to Wei Zheng.
"It is convenient for us to make a plan, but when it is implemented at the bottom, the plan we made will be deformed.

If the officials below are forced to implement our plan, I am afraid that the people at the bottom will become agitated! "

"If that's the case, why can King Yan do this?" Wei Zheng was somewhat puzzled when he heard Fang Xuanling's words.

"King Yan has money and someone!" Fang Xuanling said with a little bit of bewilderment, but also a little helpless,

"Since King Yan established the Agricultural Academy, all the corvees were trained by himself.

These people can read and understand mathematics, but such people are more than enough to be petty officials, and a few people are willing to be corvees.

So King Yan must pay a lot of money to let them stay!

I also wanted to popularize the Gaoling corvee in the Tang Dynasty, but after asking the price, I gave up! "

"Very expensive? How expensive?" Hearing Fang Xuanling's words, Wei Zheng asked curiously.

"The price hasn't been negotiated yet. They require at least one of the three meals a day to have meat!" Fang Xuanling said helplessly.

"Tut tsk tsk..." Wei Zheng took a deep breath when he heard this, and said, "They also eat like this in Gaoling?"

"En!" Fang Xuanling nodded and replied. "It's not like everyone eats meat every day, but at least there are eggs on the day when there is no meat!"

"Forget it, I don't want to learn from King Yan anymore. The original corvee method is pretty good." Wei Zheng decided to shut up when he heard this topic.

After all, even Wei Zheng himself has never lived a life of meat and eggs every day.

But these people who specialize in corvée actually lived first. For a while, Wei Zheng didn't know if this was considered a prosperous age.

"Many of the things King Yan made are actually quite effective.

Like agricultural colleges, like racetracks, like port equipment, even the corvee workers in Gaoling.

The only troublesome thing is that these are too expensive, and only Yan Wang, who is born out of nothing, can control them.

Let's take a look! "Fang Xuanling frankly said here and paused, jokingly said,
"To be honest, I sometimes think that if the King of Yan had grown up by the time the Sui and Tang Dynasties turned, and the King of Yan was raising military funds for the saint, I'm afraid we would not have the chance to stand out!"

"..." Wei Zheng was stunned when he heard Fang Xuanling's words, but he didn't expect Fang Xuanling to make such an evaluation.

To be honest, he is not an internal affairs officer, although he also works, but he has never really experienced Li Tai's ability personally.

But Wei Zheng knew the ability of Fang Xuanling who seemed to be joking in front of him.

The entire administrative organization of the Zhenguan Dynasty was built by Fang Xuanling. After he came to power, he directly reduced the officials of the entire central court of the Tang Dynasty to more than 600 people, which made the entire organization run extremely smoothly.

Thinking about modern society, even if the central government is treading on thin ice in order to rectify the bureaucracy, you will know how terrifying Fang Xuanling's ability is.

So Wei Zheng understood that Fang Xuanling's words were a bit of a joke, but he also admired Li Tai's internal affairs ability.

While a few people were dealing with internal affairs and chatting, a document with an urgent mark of [-] miles came over, and the official who came to deliver the document said louder,

"More than 30 prefectures in Shandong and Henan were hit by heavy rains. The flood flooded the dams and the villas of the villains, causing countless deaths and injuries."

Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng couldn't help but change their faces when they heard this, but they immediately sent someone to let Li Shimin come over.

This is a major event, but the people in the interior hall didn't see much panic, and immediately took action.

After all, I haven't seen any scene since Zhenguan!
This time, it was just a heavy rain that caused a flood in more than 30 states in the cave.

Although Li Shimin still needs to come and deal with it, Fang Xuanling has already considered whether to transport the supplies to Luoyang first.

Because during the Zhenguan period, things like floods were too common.

Although the mere floods have spread to a little more places, it is no problem for the central government, which has already developed a big heart.

After all, no matter how difficult it is, it is difficult in the second or even third year of Zhenguan?
There are powerful enemies outside and locust plagues inside, and now there are mere floods. Even if the scale of the floods this time is almost unprecedented, Datang will definitely be able to control the floods.

Fang Xuanling couldn't help but feel lucky that Du Ruhui went to sort out the Grand Canal.

Although I just arrived in Dezhou a few days ago, I am steadily advancing the "Water Transport Plan" step by step.

However, Dezhou is adjacent to Henan, and with Du Ruhui around, no matter what the bad situation is, Du Ruhui can stabilize the situation.

Fang Xuanling immediately wrote a letter, affixed Zuo Pushe's seal, and asked Babaili to send the letter to Du Ruhui urgently, and asked him to leave the canal alone and deal with the flood in Henan. Stabilization is the big deal.

After all, it is not a big deal if the canal is repaired late, but if the flood is not handled properly, there will be endless troubles.

When Babaili rushed to deliver this letter to Du Ruhui, in fact, the whole of Hebei might not be safe.

After all, there is too much water this year, but with Du Ruhui scheduling the resources along the canal, and he has been repairing the canal these days, the local water conservancy facilities are well-prepared and there is no danger. event.

But when Du Ruhui saw the [-]-mile rush sent from the imperial court, his expression was ugly.

Du Ruhui really didn't expect that there would be such a big problem in Henan!
After watching Du Ruhui read the letter, Ma Zhou's face became serious, but he also took the letter from Du Ruhui's hand to check, knowing that there was a major flood in Henan and other places, and Du Ruhui was required to take charge of the letter.

Seeing that there was only Zuo Pushe's seal on the letter, Ma Zhou understood that because of the urgency of the matter, this matter did not go through the process, but Fang Xuanling did not avoid it either.

Because he knew about this matter, only Du Ruhui could handle it as quickly as possible!
To be honest, if there was another emperor, just relying on this letter in Du Ruhui's hand would be enough to make Fang Xuanling dismissed!

"Let's set off right away!" Du Ruhui looked up and looked at Ma Zhou and made a decisive decision.

"I'll arrange the boats and horses to go to Henan right now!" Ma Zhou replied to Du Ruhui, and set off immediately.

"No, let's go north!" Du Ruhui said firmly to Ma Zhou.

"Go north? The flood is in the south!" Ma Zhou didn't react when he heard Du Ruhui's words.

"But money and food are in the north!" Du Ruhui said, "Without money and food, none of us can save them!"

(End of this chapter)