Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 79 The Confrontation With Du Ruhui

"Du Ruhui actually joined in... What a good thing!"

When Li Tai received the news, he immediately thought it was a good thing. After all, Fang's plot was broken, and it was not easy for him to get in touch with Du Ruhui.

Strictly speaking, even now, I have nothing to do with Du Ruhui.

Don't think that Du Ruhui survived this illness because of his appearance, but in reality, it was Li Shimin who came to announce the decree, and it was Sun Simiao who went to treat him, and it has nothing to do with him, the king of Yue.

So for Li Tai, the relationship between himself and Du Ruhui may not be considered very good.

Actually, Li Tai didn't need to have a good personal relationship with Du Ruhui, all he needed was a fair and just attitude.

Even if Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui didn't want to participate in the party struggle, they definitely wanted to defend Li Chengqian from a standpoint.

For this, Li Tai was not surprised, and even Li Tai didn't care.

Because Li Tai only needs to let these people see that he is doing practical things, and it is enough not to disturb him to do practical things.

After all, they were the good prime ministers at the founding of the country. The biggest difference between the founding generation and the later prime ministers was that this generation basically made cakes, so even if their attitudes were biased towards Li Chengqian, they still had to do what they had to do.

For Li Tai, he doesn't need to ask too much, it is enough not to disturb his work.

However, after Du Ruhui got involved in this matter, he immediately came to Gaoling, intending to meet and discuss with Li Tai.

At the same time, Du Chuke, as his younger brother, immediately welcomed Du Ruhui to the Gaoling county government office.

"Shan Bin, are you dealing with Gaoling's government affairs recently? It seems that you have lost a lot of weight." Du Ruhui looked at the copy on the case table, and many of the comments on it were written in Du Chuke's handwriting. A look.

"I'm fine!" Du Chuke picked up a pile of government affairs from the hill and put them on his desk to continue correcting, and said,
"Brother, you just recovered from a serious illness, don't you want to rest for a month or two?"

"I can't be free, resting for so long is enough!" Du Ruhui shook his head, continued to look at these affairs, and said, "It seems that your work in Gaoling is quite fulfilling!"

"The county magistrate of Gaoling is the king of Yue, who has never been crowned. As long as he doesn't go to Chang'an, he has to go to the agricultural school to attend classes every day.

Maxian Cheng even went to observe the terrain of the Wei River, so only the younger brother took care of these chores! "

Du Chuke said here, "Brother, wait a moment, I'll send someone to remind you. King Yue is always punctual, and he will arrive soon."

"It's because I came early! Before I can meet the King of Yue, it would be good to meet Shan Bin."

Du Ruhui's eyes fell on these piled up documents, he frowned slightly and said,

"Gaoling county magistrate, do you need to deal with so many things?"

Du Chuke bowed his head to review the government affairs: "Fortunately, the main reason is that this period of time happens to be spring plowing, and it will be easier when the spring plowing is over.

The crop here in Gaoling is wheat, which is mainly harvested in April and May. From June to early September, because the Weihe River is in the wet season, the water transport is the most abundant. In October, it is almost time to sow winter wheat. In winter, the coal refining field will arrive. It's the busiest time.

Not to mention, now that the corvée is starting to build roads to the village below Gaoling, at least two carriages must be able to drive side by side...

I am busy throughout the year, so besides the five-day-one-day rule, I can only rest for a few days during the Chinese New Year. "

"But Shan Bin, you seem to be enjoying it!" Du Ruhui looked at Du Chuke and said with a smile.

"Why don't you enjoy doing things for the people!" Du Chuke replied calmly when he heard Du Ruhui's words.

For Du Chuke, since he took over Ma Zhou's work, is it tiring?This is naturally tiring.

But to Du Chuke, this kind of tiredness was like a sweet treat. No matter how tired he was, he couldn't be more comfortable working by himself.

Du Ruhui looked at Du Chuke's appearance and knew that Du Chuke was very satisfied with what he was doing here.

Don't look at the fact that Li Chunfeng went to Youzhou after Ma Zhou investigated Weishui, which caused Li Tai's serious shortage of manpower, so he threw all the matter on Du Chuke, and if another person did it, he might go on strike .

But the members of my Du family are all workaholics, but Du Chuke prefers to be able to act arbitrarily.

As Du Chuke's elder brother, Du Ruhui knew his younger brother's character, he belonged to the type of exclusive and scheming.

To put it simply, if Du Chuke is alone, Du Chuke is a dragon, but if Du Chuke cooperates with others, then even if Du Chuke is doing nothing wrong, he is basically paddling. He just doesn't like to cooperate with others.

So now that King Yue is short of manpower, Du Chuke's ability is showing instead.

"The King of Yue is here!" While the two were still chatting, the servants began to roll their names, and Li Tai also came over at this time.

Li Tai looked at the two of them and said calmly, "The two of you came so early, what are you talking about that seems to be very happy?"

"My brother and I are talking about doing things for the people, enjoying ourselves!" Du Chuke saluted Li Tai.

"So that's how it is." Li Tai nodded and said, "Du Shangshu recovered from his serious illness, so he immediately paid attention to the water transportation plan. He really worried about the country and the people. If he can enjoy himself doing things for the people, he should be a top-ranking official!"

"The king of Yue has won the prize!" Du Ruhui became serious when he saw Li Tai coming, and swept away the happy atmosphere when he met Du Chuke, and said seriously to Li Tai,
"The king of Yue is clear about my purpose of coming here, and I hope that I can communicate with the king of Yue to complete the water transportation plan in the Weishui River together."

"I understand." Li Tai nodded and said, "The Wei River rises from Weizhou, passes through Weizhou, Qinzhou, Longzhou, Qizhou, Jingzhaofu, and Tongzhou, not only crossing prefectures and counties, but also crossing prefectural roads.

Therefore, it is necessary to have an important minister like Du Shangshu in charge, so that this water transportation plan can be truly implemented.

Otherwise, it will consume a lot of unnecessary time to just talk about one place. "

When Du Ruhui heard Li Tai's words, he nodded involuntarily, and said, "The king of Yue has a draft in his heart, that's right. You and Ma Xiancheng originally proposed this plan together. I don't know if you can explain it to me in detail."

"This matter requires the full cooperation of Du Shangshu." Li Tai said calmly facing Du Ruhui,
"Moreover, if we want to handle the plan well, we also need a multi-departmental joint establishment of an exclusive agency.

For example, building a warehouse may require land expropriation, as well as expropriation of corvee, which requires the Ministry of Household Affairs to come forward to solve these problems.

In this process, master craftsmen and workpieces are required to solve certain waterway problems, which in turn require the Ministry of Industry to come forward.

As for the arrangement of officials, Du Shangshu's Ministry of Officials, and even the Ministry of Punishment, I think, should be filled with officials who are proficient in the law, so that when something happens, they can also act according to the law.

Compared with when you encounter something that needs to go to the sixth department, it is better to put all the people in this group from the beginning.

It's easy to get in touch if something happens at that time. "

"The King Yue's idea is quite novel!" Du Ruhui was a little surprised when he heard Li Tai's words.

To be honest, Li Tai's idea is naturally good, and there were naturally such project teams in ancient times, but they didn't stuff all six parts into it like Li Tai did. It's enough for the department to run around.

After all, in ancient times, people did not plan and plan what to do. They might not want to procrastinate year after year, but the efficiency is indeed not high.

"Why don't you join the Ministry of Rites?" Facing Li Tai, Du Ruhui added another sentence.

"Our water transportation project, I'm afraid it will spoil their eyes, what's the point of them joining!" Li Tai said calmly.

Du Ruhui looked at Li Tai's posture, it was obvious that Li Tai didn't want to bring in the people from the Ministry of Rites.

Although Du Ruhui felt that the people from the Ministry of Rites should be able to reduce internal friction, but now that Li Tai was here, the people from the Ministry of Rites came to increase trouble.

So Du Ruhui didn't insist, but looked at Li Tai at the moment and said seriously:
"The King of Yue does have a detailed plan, but he doesn't know when we can start the construction."

Li Tai said: "Du Shangshu is in charge of the Ministry of Officials, and you can look for people from the Fourth Division of Agricultural Workers and Criminal Officials.

As for me, I will hand over the full authority to Ma Zhou at that time, and he will handle the Weishui water transportation on behalf of the king.

After Ma Zhou finishes surveying the Wei River, he will probably be able to issue this comprehensive plan in June this year! "

"Is the king of Yue so sure?" Du Ruhui couldn't help being somewhat surprised when he heard Li Tai's words.

"He knows that my Gaoling wheat is usually harvested at the end of May, and there will be sufficient labor in six to seven months.

So Ma Zhou will definitely present the proposal before June. "Li Tai replied quite confidently.

Li Tai couldn't help but fell silent when the two of them spoke up to this point, and Du Ruhui also looked at Li Tai with a half-smile.

Du Chuke watched the scene between the two of them cool down at this moment, and knew that the next discussion was at a critical moment.

Because the next thing to talk about was related to interests, both sides couldn't help being a little silent.

At this moment, after all, Li Tai said slowly:

"This time, how much money the court plans to pay for the construction of these water transport warehouses, and how the court plans to collect taxes.

Is there any draft for Duchamp's book? "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Du Ruhui said in a slight silence, "Of course the money will be collected according to what King Yue said.

As for how much money the imperial court plans to pay, I don't know if King Yue has any drafts, so you can tell me in detail. "

Li Tai looked at Du Ruhui and said, "The main income of the imperial court is storage and savings fees at the wharf and river tariffs.

I paid for the construction of these wharf warehouses. For all the wharf warehouses I built, the cost of saving the goods will be mine.

But the river tariff court still sent people to collect it.how? "

Hearing Li Tai's words, Du Ruhui shook his head and said, "The sage owns the whole world, including all nine provinces. The King of Yue is the son of the sage. What's the lack of this little money? It's impossible to give you all the storage at the dock."

"Then give up some of it." Li Taidao, "Weizhou, Qinzhou, Longzhou, Qizhou, Jingzhaofu, Tongzhou, Weishui flows through many states, since Du Shangshu thinks that I can't eat all the warehouses of these state capitals. Next, you should give me a few!"

Du Ruhui squinted his eyes. Water transportation is really a new thing. No one can guarantee that it will bring tax revenue in the future.

I just watched Li Tai's Gaoling develop rapidly, so in Du Ruhui's view, it must be profitable to open up tax sources here.

It's just that Du Ruhui really doesn't know how to make money.

So Du Ruhui looked at Li Tai, thought for a while and said, "Which ones does King Yue want?"

"How about I take half?" Li Tailue said to Du Ruhui with a bit of shamelessness.

"King Yue, don't forget that your Gaoling has already taken Jing Zhaoyin's share!" Du Ruhui said unhurriedly.

"Du Shangshu, Jing Zhaoyin is so big, Xianyang, Weinan, Wugong, no one said that there is only one ferry in a state!" Li Taiqiang argued.

"If a state can open multiple ferries, why does the King of Yue still need to divide it by state!" Du Ruhui said here, paused for a moment, recalled Li Tai's past, as if thinking of something, and said, " Corvée, labor?!"

"Du Shangshu, it's really meaningless to talk to someone as smart as you!"

Li Tai curled his lips, he really couldn't figure out why Du Ruhui figured it out, did he underestimate this ancient man!
"It turns out that Gyeonggi Province is the hub of our Tang Dynasty, so there are many people, so we can support a few more ferry crossings.

But if you switch to other cities, if the land is sparsely populated, there will be fewer people engaged in this water transport labor.

Therefore, if a state wants to support an ever-expanding ferry like Gaoling, it is likely that a state can only have one. "

Du Ruhui looked at Li Tai, couldn't help but smiled and said, "King Yue, your eyes are as bright as a torch!"

"You really have a bright eye!" Li Tai smiled wryly when he heard Du Ruhui's words, "What can Weizhou and Tongzhou do to me?"

"The king of Yue chose Weizhou and Tongzhou?" Du Ruhui felt something when he heard Li Tai's words.

Li Tai smiled calmly and said, "Hetou, Hewei, and Gaoling are in the belly, I think my layout should be right!"

"So that's it!" Du Ruhui frowned slightly and said,

"King Yue, you can only choose one of Tongzhou and Weizhou, and leave the other to the court, so that I can speak to the court.

After all, you don't want to be accused by the court of colluding with important ministers! "

"If these two states are given to me, I don't mind colluding with Du Shangshu!" Li Tai said with a flattering smile.

Du Ruhui didn't say much, but just looked straight at Li Tai.

Li Tai didn't smile any more, he just made a gesture of invitation with a serious expression and said:
"Since Du Shangshu has the ability to make judgments arbitrarily, why don't you choose Du Shangshu!"

"Weizhou connects with the Western Regions, and the same continent connects with the Guandong, so I choose Tongzhou!" Du Ruhui said.

"Then I will choose Weizhou and Qinzhou!" Li Tai shrugged and said, "All other rivers will be handed over to the imperial court."

"Oh..." Du Ruhui couldn't help squinting his eyes when he saw Li Tai's choice and said, "The King of Yue actually wanted the two prefectures in Longyou!"

Hearing Du Ruhui's words, Li Tai said with a smile on his face: "If Tongzhou is offered to me, I will naturally choose Tongzhou.

Since Tongzhou was also taken away by Du Shangshu and handed over to the imperial court, I might as well press Tang Dynasty to reappear the style of the Han Dynasty and retake the 36 states of the Western Regions. When the Silk Road comes together, this place may not be worse than Tongzhou! "

"King Yue, how courageous!" Du Ruhui saluted Li Tai respectfully, but also admired Li Tai's courage.

(End of this chapter)