back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 688

"Okay, okay, I still don't know who Wen Qing is?"

Lu Chengqi was just joking, seeing Wen Yanbo being so serious, he lamented that this man is good at everything, but he loves to be serious, and he can't even take a joke.In fact, Wen Yanbo was not to blame. His education told him that in front of the emperor, one should not act recklessly.The consequences of that are naturally quite satisfactory, and I dare not go beyond it a little bit.

Lu Chengqi felt very bored, even if he was as stubborn as Xu Chongguang, he would occasionally make jokes to adjust the atmosphere between the monarch and his ministers.But this Wen Yanbo was too blunt, he couldn't even enjoy making jokes, no wonder Lu Chengqi was so disinterested.

"If Your Majesty has nothing important to do, I will leave..." Wen Yanbo said tentatively.

"Go, go..." Lu Chengqi knew that Wen Yanbo still had a lot of work to do as a political adviser, so he didn't force him to stay.

In fact, at the beginning of Dashun's reign, he did not have the post of a political advisor.Later, Taizu thought that Zaifu had too much power, and if something good or bad happened, it would be difficult to deal with it.In addition, in the early days of the establishment of the dynasty, he was faced with heavy military and political tasks such as quelling civil strife, unifying the country, and resisting foreign invasions.Therefore, Taizu tried to set up a deputy for Zaifu to assist him in daily government affairs, but he did not know what official position to set up for him.So Taizu called Tao Gu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, to ask, "Who is the first-class prime minister?" Xue Juzheng, Lv Yuqing and their officials participated in political affairs.No publicity system, no shift, no seal, no promotion to the political affairs hall, stop the order and go to the Xuanhui envoy court, set up a brick in the palace behind the prime minister, the title of the imperial edict will be lowered to the number of the prime minister, and half of the monthly salary will be miscellaneous. .Probably Taizu did not intend to make Juzheng and others sit on an equal footing with Zaifu, after all, he wanted to give Zaifu some face.

To participate in political affairs is tantamount to being a deputy prime minister.As long as he can survive Zaifu, it is justifiable to be promoted to the next Zaifu.It's a pity that Wen Yanbo's luck was not good, and he had only been a political adviser for two years, and before Taishi Yang was dismissed, Lu Chengqi abolished the prime minister and established a cabinet.Logically speaking, he is the most respected and should be the chief assistant of the cabinet.But Xu Chongguang is a "minister of the dragon", and he stood in line first, so he had to fall behind, lamenting his bad luck.

However, Shen Zhizhengshi is also an important minister of the court, but he is not yet a very high-ranking minister.Many people may not be able to reach this position in their poor lives, and Wen Yanbo is content, as long as he retires from his old age and returns to his hometown in this position, it will be considered a worthwhile journey in the world.In addition, the little emperor seemed to compensate himself intentionally or unintentionally, and actually made himself the chief examiner of Enke.Although it is only the master of these exams, but it is the master, the disciples and old officials are all over the world!What's more, all the Jinshi recruited by Enke have real talents and learning, Wen Yanbo can be said to be famous.How can we know that it is not a blessing if it is a blessing in disguise?

Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi picked up the memorial presented by Li Jie and looked at it, still feeling a little worried.Although Li Jie was given great power to control the water.But the long-standing problem of the Yellow River has been raging in the hinterland of the Central Plains.From ancient times to the present, it has never stopped.The Yellow River was diverted several times, and the regular flooding brought fertile soil, but the damage was even greater.

"It seems that we still need to plant trees and maintain water and soil..." Lu Chengqi cared about the people along the Yellow River, and he didn't know when the flood would ravage the Central Plains again. "Oh, it's so hard to make a country prosperous, but the Han people have suffered too many disasters..."

After feeling a lot of emotion, he picked up the ink pen and replied: "I have dispatched experts in water control to help you."

After finishing writing, Lu Chengqi called Gao Hao: "Let's go to the Ministry of Officials and tell Wu Xianzhi to transfer Liu Yi to assist Li Jie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. Then send someone to deliver this memorial to Li Jie. Be sure to hurry up."

"According to the order!"

After Gao Gao left in a hurry, Lu Chengqi began to think about how to write the imperial edict to Sun Jue and Chen Xiang.As for sending the letter, Lu Chengqi was not worried at all.Since he took power, money has been allocated every month to build roads.Not only the Chi Road, but also the post road and the official road, which started to be built from Chang'an City, and now it can almost reach the sixteen prefectures of Youyun.In the south, because the south of the Yangtze River is sparsely populated, construction has not yet begun.Every time after the autumn harvest, the Ministry of Industry will recruit young and strong people, pay wages, three meals a day, and build roads full-time, with outstanding results.

As for why he repaired the road in Youyun Sixteen States, Lu Chengqi's idea was very simple.If the frontier army can't resist the Liao army, they can quickly dispatch troops to the north to fight against the enemy.In addition, Chang'an is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, unlike Bianliang, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, which has no danger to defend. As long as it is dealt with properly, it is more than enough to defend the country.

Lu Chengqi can expand the territory in his lifetime, but he can't guarantee that the unworthy descendants will lose their power and humiliate the country!In order to build up some wealth, you have to work hard, take care of everything, and do everything yourself.Who knows the hardships of being the master of ZTE?
Sighing, Lu Chengqi had a thought, and wrote eight words on the rice paper with a golden pen, "Unity of knowledge and action, respect for literature and martial arts".

The next day, in the city of Chang'an, newspapers began to be sold at dawn as usual.

There are newsboys, newsstands, and bookstores that sell newspapers, all of which have started this business.Moreover, there are many newsboys who have won the favor of regular customers, allowing them to deliver newspapers to their doorsteps, and paying one month's newspaper money in advance, which is only sixty cash.

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the Holy Majesty wants to start elementary school, Huangzhuang will fund it, and children aged five to ten will study for free!"

"Knowledge and action are united, advocating literature and martial arts, written by the emperor with his own pen!"

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers, Mr. Meng Xue, selected by Chen Xiang and Sun Jue!"

"...Education is not limited to men and women, and everyone can preach and teach to solve doubts! Women teach "Nv Commandments", "Rites and Funeral Clothes-Zi Xia Biography", "Zhou Li Tianguan Nei Zai", "Naughty Girls", "Biography of Martyr Women"; Men teach "Thousand Characters", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", and Dashun children are free..."

"...Students with both ability and virtue, the Royal University recruits exceptionally!"

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Newsboys were extremely excited and shouted vigorously.Although most of them are over ten years old, in order to help their families, they have to do this job.But the ancients had many brothers and sisters, even if they could not enjoy this treatment, as long as the younger brothers and sisters could enjoy it, it would be fine.I heard that the Royal University has specially set up female classes for the sake of learning. If they are successful in their studies, they will be recommended to work near their hometown. Most of them are spinning and weaving jobs, and the wages are even higher than that of men!

Such good benefits, no wonder these newsboys are so excited.When the passers-by saw it, they "donated generously" and bought a newspaper. Regardless of whether they could read it or not, they read it pretendingly, and commented: "The Holy Majesty is really a big hand!"

(End of this chapter)