Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 86 Black Heart
Since Du Ruhui walked through life and death and truly awakened his spiritual talent, the decisions he can make with his talent for decision-making are definitely the most correct under the current circumstances.

Being able to face any situation, Du Ruhui said that he may not be able to resolve the conflict, but he can definitely suppress the conflict from erupting.

So throwing away Ma Zhou and the agricultural school system, and still using the old-fashioned corvee system, the speed of wharf construction will naturally slow down, and even local conflicts can be said to erupt one after another.

What is the embezzlement of corvee food, what is the conflict of land expropriation, what is being bullied by the steward and causing riots, those things are true one after another.

However, for Du Ruhui, even so, he can quickly make a decisive decision.

However, the handling of the matter is handled, but working here, there are two places, Yuanzhou and Shengzhou, who come here leisurely.

There was almost no need to think about it. The ports of these two places were quickly built under Ma Zhou's arrangement, the waterways were dredged, and they were even put into use.

On the contrary, the port of Chencang has not been completed yet, and there are so many things happening one after another.

Comparing the two, Du Ruhui called Ma Zhou decisively, and continued to outsource the work to Ma Zhou.

To be honest, Du Ruhui really didn't understand why his subordinates were slow and troublesome in the same work, but Ma Zhou did it quickly and smoothly, and finished two jobs in a short period of time.

Therefore, Du Ruhui chose to stay this time and observe how Ma Zhou worked.

In fact, for Ma Zhou, because the survey of the river was in charge of Ma Zhou.

Therefore, Ma Zhou's first step in site selection was quite fast, and then he immediately approached Wang Zhenru and asked him to calculate the engineering quantity of the entire project.

Wang Zhenru stayed up all night, calculated according to all the conditions, and because he had done it twice, he somehow figured out a set of formulas, just put the existing conditions into it.

Basically, I can calculate the approximate time required for the project, and then set an advance amount and go to Ma Zhou for business.

And Ma Zhou was not idle, and immediately found the county prefect where he was located, saying that after the wharf was built, a part of the area would be designated for the county prefect to do business with.

And you will help to deal with the local snakes, and organize the people to come to work.

Of course, if these people are not greedy enough, then let Du Ruhui summon the iron fist of imperialism and suppress them!

But basically, sticks in one hand and radishes in the other hand can completely make these people accept the facts in front of them and choose to cooperate obediently.

For Ma Zhou, the most important thing is to let those free people come to help.

It is such a simple condition to work here with meals included, but there are quite a lot of people nearby who are willing to come and work.

Don't look at the price of food in Chang'an has dropped to four coins per bucket, but the whole country has not really had a good harvest yet!

For many people, it must be very attractive to pay for work, especially the one that allows you to eat all you can eat.

Not to mention, some people didn't expect to be able to eat chicken here, so they really worked hard.

To be honest, these recruited civilians were no different from ordinary corvees, so Wang Zhenru basically called them to do some scattered brick-moving work, which Du Ruhui could naturally see clearly. The real main force of the work was the Gaoling corvees.

First, Wang Zhenru disassembled the entire project, how much work would be done each day, and how many days would be needed in total. These were written into a blueprint. After building a gazebo, he put the blueprint inside for everyone to see.

The entire project was dismantled by Wang Zhenru, and almost every step was clearly marked.

Then these projects are divided into several groups to do this project together.

Although the daily work of each group is divided, if you can finish today's work, you can still do tomorrow's work.

For the group that has done the most, each person will be rewarded with a chicken leg or duck leg when eating.

In short, each group will report the progress every day, and Wang Zhenru will correct the progress on the same day.

Then after working for five days, they began to rest... Yes, there is still a rest for being a corvee.

Du Ruhui couldn't understand this, let alone the local people.

It was the first time they had seen corvée workers who were able to take a rest before finishing their work.

They ran over excitedly, thinking that they could eat again, but found that they had a rest today, regardless of the meal!
While they don't understand why, it's undeniably disappointing.

After all, how long has it been since I entered Zhenguan to have a full meal like this?

Especially the delicious big buns that I eat every day, and the occasional chicken soup, this is simply heaven.

They have never seen it before, but now they feel that this is corvée.

As a result, these corvees from Chang'an still live a life of five days off and one day off, which makes me envious!

Of course, the corvee was resting that day, and even after opening the bathroom, basically the laborers would come to take a bath that day.

At the same time, many supporting facilities will be built up little by little when they start work to provide them with entertainment.

However, the mid-level managers have become busy on this day, and they have to hold a meeting to summarize.

Talk about the problems encountered one by one, and the progress speed of the project. If you do well, you will be praised, and if you do poorly, you will be encouraged.

All in all, a weekly meeting like this is essential after every five revisions.

Every month, the managers will give these corvees a piece of paper that is not too big.

These corvettes are very happy to hold these papers, and they will use these papers to trade in some shops opened at the docks.

For example, the newly built herbal tea shop, steamed bun shop, bathhouse, and flower boat...all accept these papers and recognize the transaction.

Seeing this scene, Du Ruhui felt very miraculous, so he was so curious that he took Kaiyuan Tongbao to change some, which said wheat one or two.

Du Ruhui looked at the paper, thought for a while, then took the paper to Ma Zhou and asked what it was.

"This is a food stamp!" Ma Zhou looked at the paper Du Ruhui took out, and said, "You can exchange it for one or two weights of wheat in Gaoling."

"Can you exchange a tael of wheat with this piece of paper!?" Du Ruhui looked at the piece of paper in surprise.

Ma Zhou replied: "Yes, this was originally a way of circulation within us, initially it was the credits of the students.

Later last year, in order to assist the service in other regions, the corvee team could not distribute food on the spot. After all, there was no place to store the food, so they came up with food coupons in exchange for food.

This year, the King of Yue had a bumper harvest of wheat, so the wheat food stamps were changed, and there were one or two, one catty, one kilogram, and even a thousand kilograms.

These are rarely used in areas outside Gaoling, but in Gaoling, holding this food stamp can be directly exchanged for food.

One kilogram or less does not require any signature, but the exchange of food stamps over one kilogram requires a signature. "

"Aren't you afraid of being imitated by others?" Du Ruhui couldn't help asking after hearing Ma Zhou's words.

Ma Zhou said: "For large denominations, the person concerned needs to come and sign.

For small denominations, selected duck feathers and white folds are added to the paper, and the texture of the paper is different from that of ordinary paper.

The special carbon material after high-temperature calcination of coal is added to the ink.

Moreover, there are two layers of light and dark on the grain. If you want to make fake food stamps in exchange, you may not need the level of a master craftsman, and you must have a big force behind them, but even so, the cost of their production may be higher than the price of this food stamp. "

Seeing that Ma Zhou was very confident, Du Ruhui couldn't help but carefully consider the food stamps in front of him.

Du Ruhui, as a person who does not have 98 but also has 95 in internal affairs, naturally understands the benefits of this thing, and he couldn't help but ask Ma Zhou: "These bills, how much did the King of Yue give you when you came out, can you lend me some money?"

"Cai Guogong, you can't borrow this!"

Hearing what Du Ruhui said, Ma Zhou hurriedly said,
"In the words of the King of Yue, this thing is essentially an IOU, and the IOU issued by the King of Yue to these corvee workers is their reward for their labor.

It's just that if the food is distributed directly here, it will be broken or damaged on the road, so these food coupons were issued to them.

When they returned to Gaoling, these were in exchange for food, and there was a share of how many food stamps were issued each time. "

Hearing Ma Zhou's words, Du Ruhui didn't say anything else that he wanted to borrow.

I just feel that Li Tai's method is good. To some extent, it does reduce food consumption.

Maybe I can ask Fang Xuanling to get this thing done, but after thinking about it again, it seems that only the corvee made by Li Tai needs to be paid, and other corvees in Datang do not charge money.

Although Gaoling corvee work is indeed good, fast, and efficient, but other corvees are free of charge!

"It's no wonder King Yue earns so much money, it's really exciting to drive people away with profit!" Du Ruhui couldn't help but sigh.

Just when Du Ruhui was full of thoughts on the Weishui River, Li Jing finally returned to Chang'an with his army and prisoners.

Li Shimin took the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and went out of the city ten miles to meet him. Even Li Tai was called over to welcome the soldiers and teachers together.

It has to be said that watching the veteran return with the Tang army in high spirits, Li Tai couldn't help but feel that a man should be like this.

It's just that it's impossible for me to become a general like Li Jing in this life.

There was harmony between the monarch and his ministers when they were greeted, but when the army returned to the camp, Li Jing entered the palace.

At this time, Wen Yanbo, the official censor, suddenly stood up: "Sage, please play if you have the book!"

"You are Doctor Yu Shi, so feel free to participate in the performance!" Li Shimin looked at Wen Yanbo and said involuntarily.

Looking at this scene, Li Tai sighed in his heart, on such a festive day, couldn't he be happy from the beginning to the end!
"Chen Shenzuo, General Manager Li, has no way to govern the army. He deliberately sent troops to plunder Turkic rare treasures in order to buy the morale of the army, so that all the treasures fell into the hands of the rebel army."

Wen Yanbo's sudden sentence stunned everyone present.

Li Tai was even more surprised when he heard this.

Because Li Tai knows very well that the soldiers in this era are under the Fubing system, and it is unrealistic to expect good military discipline for the sergeants under this system.

Basically, laying down a city without massacring it can be regarded as a moral model.

After winning the battle, it is very normal to rob Turkic treasures and so on. It would be strange if you don't rob.

Wen Yanbo is not brain-dead, attacking Li Jing with this reason is simply brainless to the extreme.

Li Tai looked around, but saw the surrounding civil servants looking up at the sky, as if they didn't hear anything.

But Li Shimin couldn't help being very angry when he heard Wen Yanbo's words, and said: "Li Jing, is there such a thing!"

When Li Jing heard Li Shimin call out his own name directly, he immediately knelt down to apologize, and said in tears:
"It's the minister who disregarded the military regulations and allowed his subordinates to plunder, and ask the saint to forgive Ru Jing for his negligence!"

Hearing Li Jing's words, Li Shimin was silent for a while, stepped forward to help Li Jing up, and said slowly:
"Sui General Shi Wansui broke Datou Khan. If he has meritorious service, he will not be rewarded, and he will be killed for his crime. I am not the same. I will pardon my son's crimes and record him as honor."

As he said that, he was given thousands of pieces of silk on the spot, and he was named Doctor Guanglu, and even the sealed back covers reached [-] households.

Li Tai couldn't help being dumbfounded watching the performance of this scene.

First look at the captured Sui puppet emperor, then look at the returning general who is still in shock, and suddenly realizes.

Which genius came up with this idea, and killed three birds with one stone.

Obviously, under the performance of Li Shimin and Wen Yanbo, firstly, Li Jing was slightly suppressed.

It means that although you have destroyed the country, you are still just a courtier, and Li Jing understands people even more, so naturally he didn't say anything, and directly admitted this matter, saying that he still obeys the leader and has absolutely no dissent.

The second is to express to Jieli Khan and the puppet emperor of the Sui Dynasty that I am different from the Sui Dynasty, so you should prepare for me.

The third point, and the most important one, is that the imperial court has no money, and there is really no reward for it.

Others don't know about the fact that the people below are plundering with troops, but isn't Li Shimin not clear about this!

Under the system of the Fubing system, it is impossible to have a strict army.

Because the soldiers went to the battlefield for profit and meritorious deeds, even if they didn't have much sense of honor.

Li Jing immediately sensed Li Shimin's thoughts and confessed decisively, and confirmed the fact that the soldiers were looting.

Now, these soldiers originally thought they had meritorious service for destroying the Eastern Turks, but your bosses pleaded guilty for you. You violated the military regulations. If it is serious, you will be beheaded!

Don't say credit, it's pretty good if you don't make mistakes, and then this saves a lot of rewards...

"My heart is so black!"

Li Tai looked at Wen Yanbo who was looking upright at the moment, wondering who came up with this idea.

It is undeniable that in the future Wen Yanbo may be said to be jealous of Li Jing's exploits in the history books, but to be honest, he really used his name to settle a large sum of expenses and suck up the hatred of the soldiers.

"If Li Jing can wait a little longer, the court will have enough tax revenue to distribute rewards after the autumn harvest, it will be different!"

Li Tai was thoughtful, "But whether Li Jing knows or not.

But no matter what, without his cooperation, this plan could not be carried out. I believe Aye will give him extra subsidies. "

And the fact is exactly as Li Tai thought.

Not long after, Li Shimin bestowed another [-] bolts of silk on Li Jing, made him Duke of Dai, and became Shangshu of the Ministry of War again.

(End of this chapter)