Chapter 372: Self-Destruction

Hearing this, Zhou Ji looked deeply at Zhu Chun and said, “Yes.”

Zhu Chun said with a cold expression.

However, he did not say anything more and only waved his hand, letting this Zhou Ji go down.

In the room, silence returned.

At this time in the Forbidden City, it was a different story.

Ministers and ministers have gathered in droves.

Yang Pu was ordered to enter the palace.

He brought information about the construction and operation of the railroad.

Many ministers have complexity in their eyes, especially when they hear that the tax of the Right Governor’s Office has reached ten million taels of grain silver, this mood is only more different.

The gap is too big, or rather, the gap between the right capital and the provinces of the world has reached the difference between a human being and a mole cricket, and under this almost crushing gap, even if it is a skillful tongue with a three-inch tongue, there is no way to redeem it.

Yang Pu, on the other hand, clearly felt that these dynastic eunuchs, who had been like him, were looking at him with a complicated look.

Some people were certainly disdainful, seeming to say that he, Yang Pu, was nothing but a fortunate sycophant who had defected to Zhang Anshi.

There are also people’s eyes actually vaguely mixed with a few points of envy, life’s opportunities, after all, the district tens of years of summer and winter, there may be only one or two times to change the fate of the opportunity, but at least in the present, Yang Pu seized, he appeared in front of the emperor in the capacity of a great meritorious minister.

Of course, this also hides some people who cast an encouraging look at Yang Pu.

The results have been revealed, and the Right Governor’s record has reached a point where there is simply no way to erase it.

Then …… is bound to be of great interest to some people.

After all, there are differences between people, eventually.

The same is to read the Four Books and Five Classics, some people only draw from the Four Books and Five Classics to the solid, after all, strict compliance with the norms of the Four Books and Five Classics to do, otherwise anyone who dares to deviate from this, are deviant, will be the conclusion of everyone to be put to death.

However, what some people draw from is the world of the family and the country. In order to achieve the purpose of the sages’ so-called world people living in peace and contentment, the readers should actively seek to earn a reputation and build up a career in the nutrients.

Yang Pu, in front of the monarchs and ministers, began to explain in detail how the railroads were constructed, the cost per kilometer, in addition to that, the different terrains and geologies, and what are the differences, and how to circumvent away the unfavorable terrains, and the management of a large number of craftsmen and laborers.

Then, of course, there is the question of the cost of the project.

What Yang Pu emphasized was this.

In fact, although previously, there were many people who had management experience in river management and such, but when these experiences came to the railroad, it was obvious that some of them were not enough.

The people who serve in the corv茅e can almost not be paid, or even a little black hearted, let them bring their own dry food can also be. There are not many things to buy, most of the materials are locally sourced, and if you need stones, you can just let people go to the mountains to get them.

But the railroad involves, but all aspects of the problem, a large number of craftsmen and laborers have to be paid, the progress of the project needs to be mastered. If not, there could be empty consumption.

All machinery and tools, as well as rails and sleepers, are ordered in advance to ensure that there are no delays in each section of the project due to problems with materials and tools.

The reason why Yang Pu mentioned these is because when he was managing the Railway Department, he had made many mistakes, and in the end, he did not know how much it cost him before he slowly began to find out and summarize a set of management methods.

The lesson here is that it’s all about silver, and it’s a lot of silver.

“Your Majesty, in addition to the construction of the railroad, which is more difficult, on the contrary, is the management of the railroad, how to ensure that the car can enter the station on time, to ensure that before the departure of the car can be done to overhaul, but also to ensure that the goods on the car will not be delayed in the departure of the car, the head of the here can be said to be interlocked, any one of the links to have a problem, there may be a large-scale delay.”

“Therefore, the railroad division, recruited overhaul craftsmen, station crews, as well as many people on the train, must ensure that nothing goes wrong, once something goes wrong, it’s not a small matter, because of this, the management of the station, is the most important, even the ministers feel overwhelmed, have to ask the people who are good at this for the counselor can’t be.”

This statement was made, although some people still harbor their own thoughts.

But these words made many people in this temple hall but they seemed to come back to their senses at once, and they heard and understood.

Zhu Di had a meaningful look on his face.

Yang Rong, on the other hand, subconsciously looked at Yang Pu and then Zhang Anshi on the side.

Natsuyahara Yoshi’s expression changed slightly, and some even revealed a look of anger.

Hu Guang felt a hint of different atmosphere, but he did not hear this Yang Pu’s mystery, but he saw all the people change color.

So he subconsciously said, “Maester Yang, what is this saying?”

Yang Pu said: “is the management of the railroad officials, non-expertise in this can not be, may be the main officer can not be necessary, but the next officer and the officials, but must be able to take charge of the situation.”

This said out, Hu Guang is considered back to the taste, he wants to open his mouth again, but he is self-conscious of the risk, in the end, still silent again.

The meaning of this is …… that officials from the imperial examinations are no longer capable of handling such complicated affairs, and on the contrary, only by bringing in certain people with so-called ‘specialties’ as officials can they be managed.

And this …… is obviously directly contrary to the whole red line of the imperial examination to take soldiers.

Because people understand, the reason why now everyone dares to speak out, because the new policy is only limited to the area of Zhili, under the rule of Zhang Anshi, he wants to promote civil servants as officials, although we do not feel the pain, but tolerate also tolerated.

But the point is that the power of the railroads has been demonstrated, and His Majesty has apparently taken a keen interest in them, and it is highly likely that in the future, railroads will have to be started in all provinces.

That’s hundreds, if not tens of millions of dollars in silver!

As canals in general, successive dynasties, the court has to appoint canal officials to manage, whether the official position is the river governor, transfer, or water supervisor, anyway, in the future, the relationship between the railroad, inevitably also like the river in general, to set up Yamen, the deployment of a large number of officials.

Not to mention that, unsurprisingly, these are official positions that must be fat!

After all, the interests involved are too great, not to mention the railroads, throughout the ages, but all involved in the management of the river transit affairs, which one is not fat flowing oil?

But the problem is that Yang Pu is asking for it and managing it with those who specialize in it.

This also meant that officials from the imperial examinations, after all, could not enter the Department of Railways as well as the various stations.

If Zhili can be like this, can’t all the provinces in the world be like this?

Once this precedent is set, why should anyone take the imperial examinations? What’s the point of being a scholar?

Zhu Di first scanned the crowd, then smiled slightly and said, “Is that so? Maester Yang thinks so?”

“Exactly.” Yang Pu’s eyes with a firm gaze, said: “Here is too much stem, can not tolerate the slightest error, once there is a loss, then the loss is endless, if not specialized, this involves all aspects of the matter, is unable to dispose of.”

Zhu Di nodded: “also lost ha, write down the words of Yang Bachelor, in the future …… I want to use this as a reference.”

“Your Majesty.”

Just at this time, the Ministry of Rites Secretary Liu Guan stood out, he worriedly said: “If to idle people, appointed to such a key position, these people have not read the Four Books and Five Classics, the heart does not store benevolence, righteousness, integrity and shamefulness, once for the disaster, will be the heart of the trouble for my Daming ah.”

“It is not better to do so, as usual, with the jinshi and juren as officials, and this so-called specialists as mandarins, with the reading of Confucius and Mencius originated officials to harness these specialists, in order to ensure that nothing can go wrong.”

Liu Guan is a replacement for the previous collapse of the Ministry of Rites of Lv Zhen, his life experience is quite rich, is the Hongwu eighteen years of the scholar, because it is not valued, so only served as the district of Taigu County Minister.

But the Hongwu years is a magical era, the Taizu Gao Emperor raised a few big prison after the ministers of the dynasty, almost a net. Beginning with the case of Hu Weiyong, and since then there have been cases of empty seal, north and south list.

Several cleaning down, this Liu Guan from the county’s small county chancellor, all of a sudden became the meat and potatoes, so he seems to be like a monkey in the sky, only just twelve years, from the local a district from the seventh grade of the county chancellor, turned into the fourth grade of the left legally legitimate imperial historian.

As a result, in the later years of Emperor Taizu’s reign, he was deposed as the governor of Jiaxing because of his greed to read and commit crimes.

Originally thought that Liu Guan this life again to the end, the result of his magical discovery, the capital again happened a big event, the Yan King Zhu Di Jing success, Jianwen emperor downfall, previously Jianwen emperor’s party was eliminated in one net.

The dynasty all of a sudden a lot more official positions, and Zhu Di ascended to the throne in order to buy people’s hearts, let a person check, Jiaxing is not there is a former left Commander of the Imperial Household? Seniority enough, the most important thing is that, because Liu Guan was deposed, so did not and Jianwen Emperor Hu stirred together.

Although committed some corruption faults, but there is no problem with loyalty, so immediately recalled to the capital, not only the official reinstatement, but also from the left Commander of the Imperial Household, quickly promoted to the left metropolitan governor.

Although the word difference between the Left Commander and the Left Royal Secretary, it is actually a world of difference, so this Liu Guan has completed the life of the official career in a big stride in confusion.

What is even more amazing is that after Liu Guan served as the left imperial historian, he could be hated by everyone because of his various lack of tone.

The official minister Jian Yi hated him, and the left imperial secretary at that time Chen Ying also loathed him, and the previous minister of the Ministry of Rites Lu Zhen was not a good person, but he also felt that this kind of person he …… was a psychopath.

Even Zhang Anshi’s brother-in-law, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Zhu Gaoqi, who had always been kind to people, was not used to his behavior and had even reprimanded him on the spot.

Plus, Liu Guan had committed another crime, so he was deposed again.

But just at this time, something magical happened again, Lu Zhen fell, Chen Ying also fell, and even Jian Yi committed suicide because of what happened in Ningguo Palace.

There are so many big and high positions in the court at once, and there are only so many people in the world who have seniority, and these people, either Jian Yi’s disciples or Lu Zhen or Chen Ying’s party.

This full of civil and military, count to count, can take over the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites, actually one are not.

Eventually, Zhu Di remembered this deposed Liu Guan again.

Anyway, this person seniority is enough, the most important thing is …… that he and Jianyi, Chen Ying, Lu Zhen and others have no relationship, is not just a little bit of a mistake Well, so Liu Guan and completed the great reversal of life, directly from the crime of the official, but not only the official reinstatement, but also from the left deputy royal inspector quickly promoted to the Ministry of Rites, the Secretary.

Of course, although Liu Guan was greedy for money, lustful, and an ugly eater, at this time, he was in a hurry.

After listening to Yang Pu’s introduction, the oil and water of this railroad is really too big, if this is to let what expertise of the people to build and manage, that’s not good enough?

So then he couldn’t calm down any longer and immediately jumped in righteously.

The crowd heard the words of Liu Guan, has not yet reacted, Yang Pu will first smile and responded: “Liu Gong, this is not true, this world, read the Confucian and Mencius way of reading, also not seen everyone has benevolence, righteousness, integrity and shame of the heart, why not read the Four Books and Five Classics must be fresh, honest and shameful it?”

That’s a sheepish statement!

While Liu Guan listened, his face did not change color. One can be low in morals, but one should never consider oneself shameless in self-perception.

So Liu Guan said, “This is a great matter involving the state capital, how can it be such a child’s play? Maester Yang is too frivolous.”

Liu Guan is not someone to be messed with, he’s messed with a lot of people, but so what?

Who has been provoked, in the end he did not all promoted? What’s more, you Yang Pu count a what thing, I Hall Shangshu, although you are the Prince’s beloved, but rank is worse than my Liu Guan far it, now is not still not the turn of your time to say the counting of the time?

Yang Pu gently frowned and looked at Yang Rong and the others, “Do you all think the same?”

This court is full of public ministers, and they are all self-evident.

Although the ministers standing here, many of them are not like Liu Guan, but who dares this time, to the imperial examination to take the scholar to come to a bottom ah, to know, everyone can be the scholar origin, this is not to cut off their own way of life?

Liu Guan naturally understands this, so proudly said, “Yang Bachelor, you are still young, act steadily, rule a big country like cooking a small food ……”

Zhang Anshi was beside himself, but he laughed.

Although Liu Guan has a look of reliance on Yang Pu, visible Zhang Anshi could not help but look at it with equanimity.

He was very clear that Zhang Anshi was much more difficult to deal with than Yang Pu.

At that moment, he looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile on his face and said, “Does Duke Wei have any brilliant ideas?”

Zhang Anshi calmly said, “I’m just a district relative, where do I have any high opinion, you are the Minister of Rites, holding a key position, and you’ve also read the Four Books and Five Classics, you must know more than me. In my opinion, it is better for His Majesty to decide on this matter.”

Zhu Di nodded, he gently frowned, murmured: “Construction of railroads, now that there are a hundred benefits, this matter …… if the provinces want to build, I do not agree. As for how to build and manage, but still teach the provinces to the right governor’s office railroad division to reference as well. First repair to see ……”

When Liu Guan heard this, joy immediately surfaced on his face, and he was the first to come forward and concur, “Your Majesty is clear.”

The crowd, however, only felt that His Majesty was speaking in a cloudy manner, and seemed to have not yet expressed his determination; some seemed to have comprehended Zhu’s mind, yet others looked skeptical.

In any case, at this point everyone was quite unanimous in not disagreeing and said, “Your Majesty is wise.”

Today’s deliberation is almost at the end, Zhu Di also showed a few tiredness, the ministers retired.

Zhang Anshi did not stay alone this day, and also followed the flow of people and retired.

“Dudu, Dudu ……”

Zhang Anshi went out of the hall, walking in front, heard the call and stopped, but saw Yang Pu panting and chasing after him.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Bachelor Yang Fang really made a big splash, I see, soon there will be a beneficent decree to come, you must be promoted.”

Yang Pu but the face of the iron green, a look of anger: “Zhang Dudu Fang why not with that Liu Guan reasoned argument? The railroad thing, the cost is huge, the use of the people’s power is no less than is repairing the Yellow River, if not careful, is going to be a big mess.”

Seeing Yang Pu’s exasperated appearance, Zhang Anshi, however, nodded his head calmly and said, “I know.”

Yang Pu looked at Zhang Anshi’s appearance, his eyebrows frowned deeper, said, “As the governor knows, he must not be ambiguous, otherwise this railroad might as well not be repaired.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Bachelor Yang is a smart man, since he is a smart man, hasn’t he ever wondered why His Majesty doesn’t have a resolute attitude towards this?”

Yang Pu without much thought said: “This is naturally because, involves the provinces, if your majesty completely adopt the program of the subordinate official, the provinces are bound to be less attentive to the railroad, and may even, there will be people secretly obstructing. They are mountains high emperor far away, even if his majesty may not be able to monitor at all times, for fear that some people are bent on making bad, so ……”

“That’s right!” Zhang Anshi nodded his head deeply, “Otherwise, with His Majesty’s temperament, I’m afraid he would have already stormed out, so how would that Liu Guan dare to talk too much?”

Yang Pu said, “But ……”

Zhang Anshi said, “But what? But you are worried …… that these people will make a mess? Hey, our new policy in Zhili, how not easy ah. But have you ever thought that the implementation of this new policy, where is this easy? Dynasties and generations of change of law, and you have never heard of there is no bloodshed?”

“So ah, instead of this time to argue according to reason, it is better …… to wait and see how they toss, I Zhang Anshi dare to say, no matter who, to repair what railroad, he can not repair. Not only can not repair, and will also cause great trouble, you do not give them the opportunity to toss a little, they will feel that they are very capable, and then on the contrary, the implementation of the New Deal and the railroad is not easy.”

After a pause, he finally said softly, “Instead of that, let them destroy themselves.”

Yang Pu was silent, he understood Zhang Anshi’s meaning at once.

After a moment’s reprieve, he then added, “The Governor has not been too dismissive of the officials of the world, perhaps they have really accomplished it?”

Zhang Anshi’s lips curled up into a smile and said, “If they can do it, I, Zhang Anshi, can run around naked and eat x. I’ll make a note!”

Yang Pu fiercely, remembered certain rumors that had been rumored in the capital for a long time.

He was silent for a moment, and suddenly, as if he were a frosty eggplant, he never spoke again.

“Hey ……” Yang Pu finally sighed deeply with pathos on his face.

In his wisdom, he certainly knew …… what was likely to happen next.

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