The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 225
A road that can accommodate two horse-drawn carriages started to be built between the capital city and Songshan County. Sixty teams worked in groups and sections, laying gravel and sand on the road foundation with the gravel and sand prepared by the craftsman three months after the beginning of winter. The last layer is smoothed with cement mixed with sand, and a finger-wide cork board is inlaid every five meters to prevent thermal expansion and contraction.

In the first few days, the residents of the capital all came out to look at it strangely. After the first section of the concrete road was laid, some people couldn't wait to go up and walk, but were stopped by the patrolmen of the Bingma Division.

The officials of the Craftsmanship Department repeatedly emphasized that you cannot walk up the cement road until it is completely dry, and it will leave footprints that cannot be repaired. After being caught, he yelled: "My father is the prime minister, and my mother is a big judge. You can't arrest me."

When the incident spread to Shangguan Qing, Zhu Qing and the others were so angry that smoke rose from their mouths.

This is someone who deliberately found fault and instigated the ruffians from the people to come out and make trouble. It is very difficult to find out who is behind the scenes. This person is obviously here to seek death.

An Lu said angrily, "I'll go and scratch him alive."

Nian Ci didn't stop her, but He Ye stopped the furious An Lu at the door.

"Listen to what the girl has to say." Nian Ci comforted An Lu and looked at Shangguan Qing who was in deep thought.

Shangguan Qing was also angry in her heart, and she counted more than 100 silently before she calmed down.

"Girl, let me go and scratch him." An Lu was furious. She absolutely could not tolerate others insulting Shangguan Qing. In An Lu's heart, Shangguan Qing was not just a mentor and master, but an idol close to a god, blaspheming Shangguan Anyone with a clear reputation must die.

"Be safe and don't be impatient, do you know what it means to be reckless?" Shangguan Qing asked softly.

"It's just that someone spit on your face, don't wipe it off, let the saliva dry off by itself." An Lu answered honestly, and she asked puzzled: "Miss, do you just let that person talk nonsense, girl, this is unbearable. "

Shangguan Qing asked unhurriedly: "Who is the most uncomfortable person in the story of resignation?"

"Of course it's the one who's being bullied." An Lu spoke out her truest thoughts.

Shangguan Qing cherished An Lu's hand, touched her head and said, "Since everyone in the world thinks I've been bullied, I'll act pitifully, so that everyone in the world will love me."

"Is the girl going to let her go? No, if someone still comes out to make trouble and the project is constantly reworked, the time will not be enough." Could it be that An Lu was shrewd once and got to the point.

"Of course you can't let him go lightly. Let people count how many footprints he has stepped on, and you can whip as many times as you want. Since he likes to step on cement, he is asking someone to make a pair of cement shoes for him to wear back."

"No. I'll do it." An Lu rushed out like the wind.

Zhu Qing waited for An Lu to leave and said: "Girl, this servant has been sent to investigate, it seems to be someone from the clan."

"Don't worry, there are sensible people inside and outside the court. If you let them toss about, His Majesty will not sit idly by. Waiting for His Majesty to take action, their death will be even uglier."

Shangguan Qing closed her eyes, suppressed her anger again, and said, "Stop the supplies to be allocated to the clan mansion, the household department may need them."

"promise."

"Wait, don't give it to the Ministry of Accounts. It's needed on the construction site. We don't have the money to subsidize others now, especially cash. Without my order, we can't send out even a small silver cake."

"No." Zhuqing answered very happily this time.

The ruffian who damaged the road was given fifteen lashes, exactly the number of footprints he stepped on, and the workers poured a pair of extra-large cement shoes on the ruffian while reworking.During this period, the ruffian kept yelling: "My father is the prime minister, and my mother is a high-ranking officer. You can't arrest me."

The people in the capital are well-informed, and quickly figured out the meaning of these words. There are many people who are gloating, and they are all waiting to see the next good show.

Just when everyone thought that Shangguan Qing would kill everyone, Shangguan Qing let him go.

"This is self-indulgence. It seems that I don't need my help." Chu Qiankang sighed after hearing this, and asked his subordinates to stop all the actions they had prepared.

As the craftsmen tightened their wallets, the life of courtiers suddenly became tighter. During the Chinese New Year, the monthly salary of courtiers was still complete with silver coins, rice, noodles, vegetables and meat, and the monthly salary in February became all cotton. There is only cotton. The Ministry of Households used cotton to exchange things from the Craftsmanship Division before. Now the Craftsmanship Division refuses to exchange them with them, so they can only distribute cotton to the courtiers.

High-ranking bigwigs with rich family wealth can still laugh it off, but middle- and lower-level officials from civilian backgrounds can't stand it. The family can't live on cotton, and the cotton sold in the market is worthless. Shrunk in half.In the next few days, the Department of Craftsmanship began to sell cotton at a low price again, and the salaries of the officials shrank to a quarter of the original again, and many officials had to eat porridge at home.

In particular, the income in the court is the lowest, and there are not many speech officials and ministers with many family backgrounds. After a few days, they are hungry and their footsteps are faltering.

During this period, several ruffians came to the construction site to make trouble, Shangguan Qing was the first to deal with it, and did not kill anyone. Shangguan Qing became more and more "depressed" and became ill, and continued to tighten the purse of the craftsman.

In the first few days, the officials were still saying that the construction of roads by the Craftsman Division was not in line with the ancient method of laboring the people and hurting wealth. After more than ten days of starvation, they began to say that the imperial road is the foundation of the country, and the thieves who destroy the imperial road should be severely punished.

In Yushitai, there were hungry people who lost their strength of character, and some people shouted: "It's a small thing to starve to death, but it's a big thing to lose integrity."

In the end, it was Xu Liang, the new chief executive of Yushitai, who went to the court to visit the Prime Minister, and there was some money and food in the salaries distributed to the officials.

February passed and entered March. The salaries that officials received were cotton cloth, a small amount of food and a lot of wood. All the middle and lower officials couldn't sit still. , There is not much savings at all, and many officials still borrow to survive.

The Military Department of the Six Ministries was the first to ask for salt rolls as salary, and returned all the supplies and replaced them with small salt rolls. The Household Department also used salt rolls to issue monthly salaries. There are no small salt rolls anymore, only some unedible wood and iron materials.

The officials found out after inquiring that the salt rolls issued by the Craftsmanship Department were half of the salt goods received by the official warehouse every month, and they were resolutely unwilling to issue one more, saying that they wanted to ensure safe storage for emergencies.

The officials were so angry that they were so hungry that they suddenly realized the theory of the source of money, and suggested that the court mint large sums of money to relieve the court's financial pressure.However, the craftsmanship of making coins is also in the hands of Shangguan Qing, and their memorabilia sinks into the sea, with only a little splash.

Shangguan Qing was very surprised by this. When she promoted Qian Yuan, she thought it would take decades to be accepted by the world's elite. She didn't expect that people would collectively understand it after starving and suffering.

(End of this chapter)