Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 271 271 You dare to speak of Mencius’ theory!

It is actually somewhat difficult to advertise in areas where information is not circulating.

Some things are so poorly publicized that many people don’t even know there is such a thing as perfume.

Wang Buli was lying at home worrying, while Zhu Mingxiu poured a little bit into another small transparent bottle and took it to the palace.

In fact, this bottle is still not good at blowing, but overall it is in good shape.

She wants to go to the front station for her husband.

Wang Buli was lying at home when suddenly a doorman came in and reported that he was hunting for a cow.

"Tell him to come in."

Zhong Niu came over and said with a serious face: "Prince-in-law, something happened at the construction site."

Wang Buli immediately sat up from the recliner:
"Does anyone dare to prick you?"

"Yes." Zhong Niu quickly explained: "These people are unwilling to leave and want to continue working."

Wang Buli looked a little confused:
"Are these people crazy? This job is not easy at all. Why are they still willing to endure hardships?"

Zhong Niu was also stunned.

Is there some misunderstanding on the part of the Prince Consort?
You must know that working for the imperial court is called corvee service, and you have to bring your own production tools, dry food, etc.

How is it like the treatment given by the Prince Consort?
Not only were they given wages, but they were also provided with a place to live. They also had to arrange a stove in the winter so they could not withstand the cold wind.

Just three meals a day, and meat was given once every five days. The standard was one large spoon per person, and broth was also poured on it.

I have to rest for half an hour at noon.

Where can I find this kind of treatment?
I have never heard of it in the past many years. It must be because our Ming Emperor was so kind that he sent his consort, Wang Buli, to give us the opportunity to work.

In order to repay His Majesty's kindness and the Prince Consort's idea, these people even threw their arms away to work.

The increased enthusiasm resulted in a greatly shortened construction period for stone mining. Five or six miles of stone for paving the canal and building the dam were already enough.

Therefore, the talented people from the Ministry of Industry announced that they would quit working now and wait until the first phase of the project is completed before starting the second phase.

Of course, Wang Buli hasn't been on duty this time, and he doesn't know the progress of the construction period. After he has saved up the situation, he just acts as a hands-off shopkeeper.

Then these workers stopped working.

We have only burned a little bit of the stone on this mountain, how can we just say we don’t want to do it?

None of them agreed with the Ministry of Works official's statement, so the prince-in-law had to step forward.

It must be that the prince-in-law did not come to inspect, so these officials from the Ministry of Works were corrupted and asked us to leave and give the opportunity to work for the emperor to others.

Wang Buli pondered for a while, not knowing what to say.

"Prince-in-law, the county master asked me to ask you to come out to appease the people, especially when some villagers from Yong'an Village gathered together. Those people seemed to have found a backbone."

"Yes." Wang Buli nodded slightly: "In that case, let me take a trip."

At the same time, the palace also received news.

"interesting."

Zhu Yuanzhang chuckled. He had always paid attention to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal project.

Someone like Wang Buli, who likes to decentralize power and act as a hands-off shopkeeper, cannot do that.

Lao Zhu also doesn’t want to decentralize power to others.

Wang Buli made a lot of money, but he didn't put it in his pocket.

Instead, they spent a lot of money to build sheltered houses for those doing corvee labor, purchase various supplies, and just eat food from the granary.

Not only did they save money this winter, they also made money.

"If Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had been as generous as Wang Buli in renovating the Grand Canal, the Sui Dynasty would not have perished, right?"

Zhu Biao said with emotion.

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless.

This group of people are just claiming to repay His Majesty's kindness. Why should they not let you do it even if you say you won't let them do it?

Even if the emperor didn't say anything, they would have to come forward to be convinced.

In fact, people all have a simple understanding: Why should good things happen to me?

Even if it is my turn, someone will try to take it away.

Now they have second thoughts.

In fact, it is just unwilling to give up the benefits obtained.

"I want to see how he handles it?"

When Wang Buli rode Xiao Heizi to the construction site, he saw that the group of people had all stood up.

Of course, there is actually a large group of guard soldiers on the periphery. This group of people was transferred here to prevent someone from suddenly causing trouble and to take precautions in the bud.

There was a crowd of people.

"The Prince Consort is here, the Prince Consort is here."

People started shouting at the construction site.

Wang Buli got off his horse and saw Deng Xingwang, a strong young man from Yong'an Village, running over to salute:
"Prince-in-law, you have to make the decision for us!"

Wang Buli looked at him first and gave him a hammer:
"Damn it, you've been doing such tiring work, but instead of losing weight, you've gained weight."

Deng Xingwang seemed to have been praised and quickly straightened his chest:

"It's all managed well by the Prince Consort. The food on the construction site is good, and the cooks don't dare to be greedy. We use our strength to work, and we are definitely not lazy."

"Ah."

Wang Buli nodded slightly. It was originally a three-month job, but unexpectedly, these people worked hard and worked hard to finish it in two months.

Deng Xingwang dared not say that eating at the construction site was better than at home!
How can your family make food every day like on a construction site and still get wages?
Although it is tiring to open stones, if you are full and don’t have to work too hard, how can you not be strong?
A group of people escorted Wang Buli into the area blocked by officers and soldiers.

The county magistrate Wu Wei and the Shangguan of the guards were all standing there.

"Wuzhi County."

Wang Buli went first, and was pulled over by Wu Wei and whispered:
"Look, I'm so nice to these people. They don't want to leave. It's so troublesome. I'm causing trouble for myself. Don't do this again in the future."

"The matter has come to this, there is no use talking about it."

Wang Buli thanked Wuzhi County for the reminder. After all, many things were thankless and laborious to do. Instead, he would take the initiative to pass the knife to others.

So Wang Buli didn't say anything and just ran into the crowd.

Everyone moved out of the way, and no one knew what Wang Buli wanted to do.

"Hey, why are you going!"

Wu Wei wanted to call Wang Buli to stop him. What were you doing in there?
"I'm hungry. Let's have a meal. Zhong Niu will follow me. The others will wait here."

In fact, when Wang Buli arrived, many people understood that what the Ministry of Industry officials said was true.

When Wang Buli walked to the place where they lived and walked around, it was still a bit dirty.

He called the cooks over again and ordered them to cook. He was hungry.

Wang Buli sat on the horse, waiting for the meal.

The people present were speechless and watched quietly.

In fact, Zhong Niu was a little nervous. He put his hand on the scabbard. It was difficult to control the chaos among so many people.

Deng Xingwang and others looked at Wang Buli without saying a word, but they were actually a little nervous!

No one wants to lose such a good job, and everyone wants to work for one more month.

There are many cooks on the construction site, after all, they have to provide food for so many people.

So I quickly made three dishes and one soup for Wang Buli.

The cooks were also a little nervous. After all, if the prince-in-law commented that the food was not delicious, their future would be gone.

Everyone was nervous in the whole environment, except Wang Buli himself.

He didn't think it was a big deal.

No one is out of their minds because something like this is going to cause chaos.

The rest of the people were afraid that if something went wrong, their own interests would be delayed.

Fortunately, Wang Buli is young and is old enough to eat.

He added three bowls of rice before finishing all the vegetables, and drank the soup again.

Wang Buli stood up, burped, and said leisurely: "The food is good, let's make a decent dinner today."

The head cook responded repeatedly and wrapped himself around them, smiling so hard that he couldn't even see his eyeballs.

"Tomorrow I will ask the people from the Ministry of Works to pay you all your wages, and then everyone will get out and go back to their homes to prepare for spring plowing.

This matter cannot be delayed. Anyone who dares to delay this matter will not have to work next time. "

As soon as these words came out, someone had the courage to ask: "Prince-in-law, after the spring plowing, will we still have a chance to come back to work here?"

"There will be so much work for the Ming Dynasty from now on that you will never be able to finish it in your lifetime." Wang Buli pointed over there and said, "I will also build a mausoleum for the emperor, and I will have to burn more stones."

Wang Buli's voice was not loud, but the villagers rushed to spread it.

I will be paid tomorrow and go home for spring plowing. From now on, I will still have to burn rocks.

After he walked out of the crowd, he waved:
"Let's all disperse. It's not a rebellion. Why are you so nervous? Do whatever you need to do."

But Wu Wei was a little confused.

After all, there are "rioters" who may cause chaos in front of us.

Can the people who do not listen to the government be obedient people?
He just casually went in and asked the cook to cook for him. After eating, he said a few words and told them to get out.

Is this matter settled?
"Good guy, you are really like Your Majesty in this move."

Zhu Yuanzhang defeated Chen Zhaoxian in his early years and captured more than 30,000 people. The soldiers were so frightened that they might blow up the camp. When Lao Zhu waited for Feng Guoyong to sleep alone in the prisoner camp, the group of people felt at ease and even died for Zhu Yuanzhang.

As a result, even Chen Zhaoxian died in the Battle of Poyang Lake.

The funny thing is that the general of the Yuan Dynasty also wanted to imitate Zhu Yuanzhang, but his camp was bombed and Ga Bang died in the chaos.

"I can't compare to him." Wang Buli waved his hands and said, "They are just a group of common people who want to continue working for His Majesty. What can they do wrong?"

Wu Wei also sighed.

There is nothing wrong with that.

They didn't listen to the Ministry of Industry officials.

Of course, this also shows that these officials do not have much prestige.

"This incident was not considered a turmoil." Wang Buli led his horse and walked away:

"It seems that we should not recruit too many civilians from one village in the future, lest we become too united and this kind of thing happens again."

Halfway there, Wang Buli received a message from the eunuch, saying that His Majesty had asked him to enter the palace.

Today, Ping An was still guarding the palace gate. He led Wang Buli's war horse and said:
"I heard that you didn't go on duty and were called into the palace to be reprimanded by His Majesty, right?"

"Hey, I still can't hide it from you."

Wang Buli sighed and said, "I don't know why it's so hard to be lazy. I'm already a fool."

Ping An choked up all of a sudden.

Why doesn't this kid think that eating soft rice is something that shouldn't be mentioned on the table? Instead, he is proud of it in everything.

Ping An really couldn't understand Wang Buli's thinking.

Especially Lan Qianshi has been studying Yunnan's intelligence in recent days.

The intention was to find out the location of the copper mine, but he was afraid that after attacking Yunnan, he would not be able to find the location of the copper mine, which would drag Wang Buli down.

So he shook his head: "I'm really speechless."

"Send a gift to your wife another day." Wang Buli waved his hand and strolled into the city gate.

"Hey, why are you giving my wife a gift if you don't give it to me?"

Ping An raised his eyebrows. He had also read the Three Kingdoms and knew that Cao Mengde liked wives.

"Help you coax your wife, you're welcome."

Although Wang Buli and Ping An were joking and teasing Menzi, when they arrived in the main hall, they showed off as an honest person.

The smile on his face disappeared.

Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, is also here, reporting on the accounts.

All in all, the food expenditure is quite a lot, but because they eat well and sleep well, the people work too fast, and even save money in calculation.

Zhu Yuanzhang touched his beard and nodded slightly. In fact, he still felt that Wang Buli spent too much.

However, it is much better if the food goes into the stomachs of the people than into the arms of corrupt officials.

So he didn't intend to worry about this matter anymore. When he saw Wang Buli coming, he just asked softly: "Has everything been taken care of?"

"Back to Your Majesty, everything has been taken care of."

"You are quite courageous."

Zhu Yuanzhang also learned about Wang Buli's "great achievements" just now.

He led a policeman to eat and drink in a group of "rioters", and tested the cooking skills of the cooks on the spot. After saying a few words, he told the rioters to calm down and obey the arrangements.

I have to say that Wang Buli's behavior is really different from ordinary people.

"It's all the encouragement given by His Majesty."

Wang Buli's answer made Zhu Yuanzhang very satisfied. Everything you do is based on my support for you.

But Zhu Yuanzhang also understood that Wang Buli was not greedy for merit and was too lazy to work more.

What a waste of natural resources!
It was really difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to control him, so he could only use family ties to tie him up.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang simply nodded, and the reasons given by Wang Buli were also very sufficient, and farming should not be delayed.

For Lao Zhu, farming is the basic business.

Wang Buli is now doing all the tricks outside the game.

Although he gained a good reputation among the people, Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly happy deep down.

Otherwise, I would nod in agreement, how could you do such a good job?

Zhu Biao admired Wang Buli's operation very much, and he also wanted to have the opportunity to experience it personally.

At least he heard his father say it before, it sounded so exciting that one couldn't help but yearn for it.

Unfortunately, Wang Buli had to experience this kind of thing first.

But Zhu Biao also knew very well that he might never have the chance to do such a thing in his life.

His father would not agree, and in the future, the civil and military ministers around him would not agree to the emperor taking risks.

"This project will benefit the future, plow, please keep an eye on it and don't cause any trouble again."

Zhu Yuanzhang gave another instruction.

Of course, Wang Buli responded quickly and said that the rules on the construction site needed to be further refined, and he would report to His Majesty after discussing it with the Minister of Works.

Zhu Yuanzhang liked Wang Buli's detailed and measured management. When he first formulated the "house rules" in the county government, Zhu Yuanzhang would take a look at them from time to time and see how to manage the six departments.

After all, he will abolish the position of prime minister in the future and directly control the six ministries.

Hu Weiyong stood aside and already knew what happened.

He just thought again, if Wang Buli extended the construction period, how many of these people would be willing to rebel with him?
I wish this guy was only willing to plan for three months and then the construction period would be over.

Avoid more trouble.

Hu Weiyong glanced at Wang Buli. This man's thoughts were indeed very deep and he did not want to win his majesty's trust.

After all, in his opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang was also a very thoughtful person.

After becoming the emperor, his thoughts became deeper, and few people in the world could guess it.

Hu Weiyong could occasionally guess it, but he didn't publicize it everywhere.

He also knew how Yang Xiu died in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

In fact, in comparison, Hu Weiyong did not think Wang Buli was a figure like Zhuge Liang. Instead, he compared Wang Buli to Jia Wenhe.

As long as you don't have any intention of harming me, then we are all good to you and me.

But once you have this idea, then I will kill a group of you first, and then he will escape intact!

Hu Weiyong's mind was spinning, thinking about how to draw Wang Buli to his side.

At least everyone seems to be on the same page, so His Majesty can also take action.

If the famous man in front of the emperor doesn't take the initiative to give him a hand, what else are he waiting for?
Wang Buli thought about how to prevent these workers from gathering and avoid this happening again.

"Buli, why do you think they are doing this?"

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Wang Buli thought for a moment and then handed over:
"Father, have you read the book Mencius?"

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply impressed. He also deleted Mencius and even moved Yasheng out of the Confucius Temple.

Just because Mencius's remarks were not in line with Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts on rule.

"Have seen a little bit."

Wang Buli nodded slightly: "I don't like the Four Books and Five Classics, but I have some understanding. I remember Mencius said that at the age of seventy, you can wear silk fabrics and eat meat, and the people will not suffer from cold or hunger. After doing this, you can't There has never been anyone who unified the world and became king."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't study Mencius enough because he didn't like the idea of ​​putting people first.

But what Wang Buli said at this time was the theory of Mencius, the practitioner.

Why did you take it to admonish yourself?

Oh hoo.

Hu Weiyong's eyes immediately narrowed. Wang Buli's words were a bit harsh.

Isn't this just saying that he doesn't make decisions for the people?
Think about Wang Buli's behavior. He has indeed always made the decision for the people.

Damn, I never thought that this guy Wang Buli was actually a believer in Mencius.

This was something Hu Weiyong never expected.

Zhu Biao glanced at his father secretly.

How could Wang Buli talk about Mencius' theory so straightforwardly?
Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little warmer.

He stared at Wang Buli and said softly: "Buli, what do you mean by this rhetoric? Please explain it to us."

Queen Ma and others were sitting around, with perfume on the table.

"Mother, dear aunts, this is the perfume that smells like peach blossoms."

Zhu Mingxiu opened the bottle and fanned it quickly to let everyone smell the smell.

"Hey, it tastes really good."

Guo Huifei was the first to twitch her nose because she was sitting close enough to feel it.

Queen Ma also nodded slightly. The taste was not strong, but the fragrance was indeed good.

Zhu Mingxiu gave them a few more small pieces of paper for them to smell and demonstrated how to use them.

Queen Ma thought this bottle was good: "Whether it's valuable or not depends on how long the fragrance lasts?"

(End of this chapter)