Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 129 Industrial Park

The four cabinet bachelors, Yu Maojian, and Li Xiang retreated.As a close minister, Wang Daoqiu continued to stay as an assistant to Emperor Jiajing.

Because of the absolute pressure on his political power, Wang Daoqiu has now replaced Lu Fang's original position, and he is responsible for explaining to Emperor Jiajing the memorials sent by the cabinet waiting for approval.Lu Fang, on the other hand, stood beside Emperor Jiajing and became a pure life secretary.

Today's major events have all been discussed in the meeting with the cabinet just now. Wang Daoqiu doesn't need to say anything anymore, just approve it.As for the less important ones, Emperor Jiajing lost interest after hearing a few of them.He said: "Forget it, I won't listen to these trivial matters, just take them and hand them over to Eunuch Si Li for approval."

"promise"

Seeing that Emperor Jiajing was annoyed, he asked the memorial to be handed over to the Chief of Ceremonies for approval. Lu Fang hurriedly came out to accept the promise and sent his servant to move all the memorials down.

After the servants and eunuchs moved away all the memorials, Emperor Jiajing asked Wang Daoqiu, "Wang Qing, do you think Yu Laoaiqing's Jingcha is necessary?"

"Yes! Your Majesty, although all the upright officials in the past dynasties are Liao Ruochenxing, they are an absolute minority among officials. And those who can't control their hands and hearts are the majority. But we can't because of this, Just give up rectifying the administration of officials. Just like Your Majesty’s Longevity Palace, no matter how spotless the maids and father-in-laws clean it, it will still be dusty and dirty after a while. Is it like this? Have you cleaned it every day? Cleaning is the same as cleaning the officialdom. It is impossible to do it once and for all. You have to clean it frequently. "

Wang Daoqiu compared cleaning up the officialdom to cleaning. Emperor Jiajing nodded after hearing this, and after pondering for a while, he said: "Wang Qing's family, do you think I will appoint some cruel officials and enforce the law strictly, so that we, the Ming Dynasty officials, can govern the Qingming Festival?" ?”

Emperor Jiajing asked whether cruel officials and strict laws could be used to rectify the administration of officials. This reminded Wang Daoqiu of Comrade Lao Zhu.So Wang Daoqiu replied: "It will be better in the short term, but it is impossible to be absolutely Qingming. For example, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Hongwu, if an official embezzled more than 60 taels, he would die if he was found out. Even a head of the household department was just because of embezzlement of [-] taels. When someone reported him two pieces of silver, Emperor Taizu ordered him to be skinned. The law was so strict, but could the officials of the Taizu Dynasty be honest in their treatment, and would they be free from corrupt officials? No, even if the Taizu Dynasty was right The punishment for corruption is so severe, but corrupt officials kill one group and then another group emerge. This is like cutting leeks, if you cut one crop now, another crop will pop up soon."

"Taizu punishes corruption so severely. Every year, a large number of corrupt officials are skinned and used as grass, but they are still servants who sacrifice their lives. Why is this? Your Majesty, as the saying goes, it is only for Wealth. The vast majority of officials in the world are more selfish than public, and this has been the same throughout the ages. Therefore, officials who hold power in their hands and can keep their hearts in the face of money that is readily available, they will They are always very special. But if you can’t control yourself, that’s human nature.”

"Hahahaha, Wang Qing is young, but he has an unexpected understanding of human nature! To be honest with you, I think so too, so I never expect the court officials to be absolutely honest. I can allow them to stretch their hands and be greedy. As long as you don’t go too far when it comes to giving money, I will certainly not be lenient to those who are greedy and evil, destroying people’s homes and ruining their lives, endangering our ancestors, our country, and our country.”

"Your Majesty is wise, indeed as your Majesty said, human nature has been selfish since ancient times, so it is impossible to absolutely eliminate corruption in the officialdom. Moreover, I believe that the bustle in the world is for profit, and the turmoil in the world is for profit. Without self-interest, there is no motivation to have the courage to do things. Take the minister as an example. If he has power but does not have power, the difference between the monthly salary of a high official and a small official is only a few taels of silver. Then I will not go to your majesty. Instead, I will sit quietly in the duty room, sip tea, practice calligraphy, read a book, and wait for the next duty hour."

"What? How dare you, the thief?" After hearing Wang Daoqiu's true words, Emperor Jiajing immediately became angry and chased Wang Daoqiu while laughing and cursing.Wang Daoqiu also cooperated with Emperor Jiajing, dodging left and right, and causing trouble with Emperor Jiajing.In this way, the closeness to each other was established subconsciously.

After fighting for a while, Emperor Jiajing got tired and collapsed on the soft couch, shouting at Wang Daoqiu: "You treacherous minister, you are treating me as a ladder for your promotion, and you are so bold that you dare to speak frankly in front of me. , I think you are impatient. Okay, okay, get out of here and go to Tongzhou. Within three days, you have to draw me the planning map of your Laoshizi Industrial Park. Otherwise, I won’t give up. The ladder must break your dog legs."

"It doesn't take three days. Your Majesty, please ask Eunuch Lu to send some craftsmen who are good at surveying and mapping to me. I will take these craftsmen to Tongzhou. At that time, I will let the craftsmen measure the land and draw the map. I will go and take a walk on the ground. I will look at the map in the evening and combine what I see on the ground. I will be able to draw a plan tonight."

Emperor Jiajing gave Wang Daoqiu three days to draw the planning map of the industrial zone.But in Wang Daoqiu's library, there are a lot of ready-made planning plans of the northern industrial zone in later generations. If you combine those planning plans of later generations with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty in the [-]th century, wouldn't it be...!So now facing Emperor Jiajing's request to draw a plan within three days, Wang Daoqiu said very arrogantly that he could draw a plan today.

Seeing Wang Daoqiu's stupid look, Emperor Jiajing rolled his eyes in disdain, and then turned around and ordered Lu Fang to hire surveying and mapping experts for Wang Daoqiu as Wang Daoqiu requested.

Emperor Jiajing issued the decree, and Wang Daoqiu and Lu Fang left the Longevity Palace together.When they came outside the palace gate, Lu Fangla came to Wang Daoqiu and said: "Master Zhuangyuan, all the surveying and mapping experts in our inner court are currently on the construction site of the imperial mausoleum. They may not be able to make it in a while. Master Zhuangyuan, you go first." Let’s go to Tongzhou. When we get back, I will ask my subordinates to lead the surveying and mapping experts to meet you in Tongzhou.”

The country's top surveying and mapping talent, the main job assigned to him was actually to help the emperor build the tomb!Mudd, if your government does this, then modern China’s backwardness and beatings should be regarded as a matter of course!

Feeling the feudal dynasty's "gallantness" in the use of talents, Wang Daoqiu said goodbye to Lu Fang and went to Tongzhou himself.

After Wang Daoqiu left, Lu Fang ordered the young eunuch to go to the imperial mausoleum to transfer people, and then he returned to the Longevity Palace.As soon as Lu Fang came to Emperor Jiajing's side, Emperor Jiajing pulled his face and asked seriously: "Lu Fang, what do you think of Wang Liangzhen?"

Emperor Jiajing asked this question so seriously, Lu Fang knew what the "how" Emperor Jiajing was referring to.So he also replied seriously: "Wang Liangzhen is a young genius and extremely intelligent. In terms of governing the country, he is the wisest courtier I have ever seen since I was a slave and followed His Majesty. But this person has a lot of problems with his integrity. However, he cannot become Bi Gan. He does things just for his own glory and wealth, as he said just now."

"I don't need him to compete, he just needs to be his Wang Liangzhen. It doesn't matter if he is rich or famous. As long as Wang Liangzhen can be used by me, I won't hesitate to be rich. To be honest with Lu Fang, I like this boy and his true temperament." When I get along with him, I feel very comfortable. I don't need to pretend to be an emperor in front of him, and I don't need to use any convoluted words when speaking, just say it directly."

"That's true! Your Majesty, if you are not familiar with that boy, you will definitely think that he is an upright gentleman who learns the ways of Confucius and Mencius when you think about his six-yuan and first-dimension title. But once you get to know him well, you will know, then The boy is just a bastard, he has nothing to do with being a gentleman."

"Hahahaha, yes, yes, that boy is a jerk. But I just like his scoundrel look."

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When Emperor Jiajing and Lu Fang were discussing Wang Daoqiu's character in the Longevity Palace, Wang Daoqiu led his four young guards and rode out of Beijing to the plain north of the Tonghui River in Tongzhou.

When Wang Daoqiu came here, it was different from other places. The field was covered with green crops, but yellow land beyond the horizon.The people working in the fields are not tending the crops, but leveling the ridges in the fields.

Because Wang Daoqiu was wearing a second-grade crimson official uniform and riding a tall horse, when he arrived here, he immediately attracted the attention of the people here.Soon, a thin, middle-aged scribe wearing a round-neck gown came over on horseback, stood in front of Wang Daoqiu's horse, saluted on the horse and said: "Zhang Yingpeng, who was born late, is a teacher in the Chengguo Palace. I don't know. What do you call this lord?"

"Oh, I am Wang Daoqiu, currently the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Left Minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

"Oh, it turns out, sir, that you are Wang Shizhong, the sixth grader! Wan Sheng has met Mr. Wang."

Upon hearing Wang Daoqiu's self-reported identity, the middle-aged scribe hurriedly bowed to Wang Daoqiu and showed great respect.And Wang Daoqiu just heard him introduce himself as Mr. Xixi from Chengguo Duke's Mansion. Wang Daoqiu thought that this person should be one of the nobles who was stationed here to take care of things.So Wang Daoqiu asked: "It's so polite. Your Excellency just said that you are Mr. Xixi of Duke Chengguo's Mansion. So I guess you should be Duke Chengguo who is sent to take charge here, right?"

"Student is ashamed! To be honest, sir, I know a little bit about arithmetic, so I was sent here by Duke Cheng to take care of the accounts."

This man spoke very modestly, but he could tell that he was in charge of this area.So after confirming the identity of the other party, Wang Daoqiu said: "I am here today for surveying and mapping, and the mapping experts in the palace are also rushing over from His Majesty's Jirang. Mr. Zhang, you are here How big are they in total?”

"Oh, don't dare to hide the truth from your lord. This piece of land has a total of more than [-] mu, of which the emperor's Huangzhuang has more than [-] mu, and the rest belong to noble families in Beijing. The mansion has [-] mu. Now all the crops in this field have been shoveled, and roads and land are being leveled. We are waiting for your master plan to come out, so we can start work."

"Okay, then Mr. Zhang will take us around on horseback first, so that we can wait for the surveying and mapping experts in the palace."

"Okay, please, Mr. Wang."

As soon as Wang Daoqiu was about to inspect, the middle-aged scribe Zhang Yingpeng hastily steered his horse and gave way to the road.Then he landed half of Wang Daoqiu on his horse, and while leading Wang Daoqiu around the construction site, he introduced the situation here.

(End of this chapter)