Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 38

If we say that the main reason why later generations commented on the Great Qin Dynasty's completion of the mainland's unification, then apart from the reasons such as clouds of famous generals and rain of famous ministers, there is also a very important one among them is the democratic life association system of the Great Qin Dynasty.

This system is really the same as what the emperor said at the beginning. It makes people blush and sweat, and all the ministers are red-faced at the meeting, so every time, the ministers are unwilling to hold meetings, and they all run out to find things to do, and the generals run away. To train soldiers, civil servants went to experience the people's livelihood, so the national power of the Great Qin became stronger and stronger.

But now the officials of Daqin still don't quite understand the "democratic life meeting" in the emperor's mouth. Wang Mang is purely evil. The news reports I read told the ministers.

Zhao Xin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was elated when he heard it, thoughtfully, clapped his hands and said: "What your majesty said, could it be the scene of sages discussing Taoism in ancient times, and those are all only recorded in ancient books for me to look up in reserve. I agree with His Majesty's decision, and the Ministry of Rites of this minister will go back to formulate a plan according to His Majesty's request and the sage's legacy, and implement it as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty is really talking about the ancient sages talking about Taoism?" Wang Yongji glanced at Zhang Jian beside him.

"Why do you care so much?" Zhang Jian glanced at Wang Yongji, then at Li Hong and said, "Anyway, it's not your first time to do this, and when the household department is done, we all will know. Let’s not talk about the emperor, he will go to the household department’s democratic life meeting, and then we will all go to study.”

"Okay, anyway, Your Majesty said that our Ministry of War is the boss, and I am the number one boss in the Ministry of War. I don't understand anything. It depends on you. We will do what you do." Wang Yongji nodded.

Wang Mang didn't expect things to go so smoothly. He thought he would have to spend some time arguing with these officials, but he never thought that these people would support his decision.

However, Wang Mang did not expect that Fang Xizhi would be dealt with in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu court today. It would have a great impact on the officials. It must be known that since the "new emperor" came to the throne, this was the first time that Fang Xizhi was in front of the courtiers. He showed his fangs, and the first time he showed it, he killed a court official.

So at this time, all the officials didn't want to fight against Wang Mang, and Zhao Xin, the Ministry of Rites, stood up at the right time and said that the emperor's tricks were left over by the sages, so why would they object.

"The matter of Fang Xizhi taught our official department a very vivid education lesson." After everyone stood up, Zhang Jian said: "This incident is the negligence of our official department. We failed to discover Fang Xizhi at the beginning. Xizhi's crime shows that there is a problem with the cadre evaluation system of our official department. After the court meeting is over, our official department will revise the evaluation system. Not to mention making it perfect, we must expose officials like Fang Xizhi to the sun. Down."

"We also have problems with the Metropolitan Procuratorate." Haifeng, the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, stood up and said, "Our censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have shamed the court this time. The duty of the censors is to record important events for the court and supervise officials , The Metropolitan Procuratorate failed to discover such an "evil tiger" like Fang Xizhi in advance, which brought great losses to the court. Perform duties conscientiously, never letting go of a "evil tiger" or a "fly."

The chief officials of all ministries and yamen expressed their opinions in the court hall. Wang Mang was very satisfied with the statements of these officials, but Wang Mang knew that this matter was not over. Could it be that there was only one Fang Xizhi in the court?Isn't there a second or third Fang Xizhi?

Fang Qiu's arrogance is by no means an exception, otherwise the scourge that disturbed the capital would have been wiped out long ago, how could he live so well.

However, Wang Mang also knew that today's effect had already been achieved. To treat a terminally ill person, one should not blindly prescribe strong medicine, but should boil slowly over a low fire and treat the disease little by little.

Seeing that the court was quiet, Yu Wenkai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, stood up. This Yu Wenkai was slender and handsome, but he was always a taciturn person. At this moment, he suddenly stood up and everyone was stunned.

Arching his hands towards Wang Mang, Yu Wenkai said, "Your Majesty, I have something to announce!"

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang also looked at Yu Wenkai curiously. According to the data, this Yu Wenkai is a technical official who spends all day playing with his models of farmland, water conservancy, bridge repair, road paving and houses, and rarely causes trouble.

"It's like this, Your Majesty. A few days ago, the Shangyuan Palace ordered the ministers to find craftsmen, and the nearby prefectures sent strong men to build the Yihe Garden, but now I heard that the 20 taels of silver from the Yihe Garden have been given to the Ministry of War. I think this Jardine Garden will not be repaired for the time being." Yu Wenkai said.

"And then?" Wang Mang was a little confused about what Yu Wenkai wanted to do.

"I thought about it for a while. This article has already been written. Some craftsmen and strong men are also on their way to the capital. It is not appropriate to let them go back at this time. So I would like to ask Your Majesty to let these recruited craftsmen and young men go back to the capital." The strong men participated in repairing the city walls of the capital." Yu Wenkai said.

"Repair the city wall?" Wang Yongji said, "Master Yuwen, what are you thinking? The repair of the city wall has not always been done by our Ministry of War. Your Ministry of Industry's hand is too long, right?"

"Master Wang." Yu Wenkai cupped his hands at Wang Yongji and said, "Of course I know that the city wall has always been repaired by the Ministry of War, but I passed by a section of the city wall that was being repaired a few days ago and found that the progress of the repair is very slow, so..."

"So what, so your Ministry of Industry wants to intervene?" Wang Yongji snorted coldly, turned to look at Wang Mang, and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has always been responsible for repairing this city wall. All architectural drawings and construction plans include the soldiers who repaired the wall. We are very familiar with each other, and we don’t need the help of the Ministry of Works. As for the slow repair of the city wall that Lord Yuwen said, I will send out inspectors to inspect day and night as soon as I go back, to ensure that the city wall will be completed within the specified time!"

Seeing what Wang Yongji said, Yu Wenkai frowned. Yu Wenkai is indeed a technical official, but he also understands the world. He stood up today, but his technical side overwhelmed the worldly side. What he said just now was euphemistic, but in fact he Yu Wenkai felt that the city wall built by the Ministry of War was too ugly and impractical!
"Your Majesty, the main reason for this humble minister is that this person has already arrived, and he has to find a place to go. That's why he came up with the idea of ​​helping the Ministry of War build the city wall. There is absolutely no other idea." Yu Wenkai sighed and looked at Wang Mang.

Wang Mang didn't know what Yu Wenkai wanted to do, but what Yu Wenkai said about the recruited craftsmen and young men moved Wang Mang's heart, and suddenly he had a new idea.

(End of this chapter)