Borrow the day to change the day

() Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, and did not immediately answer the question of Emperor Chongzhen, but asked: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask a question, how many official roads in the country need to be rebuilt with cement?"

Emperor Chongzhen heard that Zhong Jinwei's answer was not what he asked, so he turned to Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Household Department: "Bi Qing, you answer the question of Master Zhong."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After Bi Ziyan finished speaking, he looked at Zhong Jinwei and said, "In the territory of Daming, except for the towns with a large population, the rest of the roads suffer from muddy rain. In addition, even if there are stone paved roads, there are also bumps. Where there is injustice, it should be repaired.”

Zhong Jinwei didn't need to think about it, in fact, he knew that it was almost like this.But in order to emphasize what he was going to say later, I asked it once.

After Bi Ziyan finished speaking, Zhong Jinwei smiled and nodded, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in my hometown: If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. The roads are not good, the flow of goods is not smooth, and the court wants to collect taxes." It is less; it is difficult for the common people to sell something for money; it is also difficult to buy something for use.”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't quite understand the relationship between what Zhong Jinwei said and the question he asked before, so he asked, "What does Master Zhong mean?"

"Establish a special organization to build roads full-time, and you can also collect money by the way." Zhong Jinwei stated his purpose, and then explained: "It is inappropriate for the whole country to rely on the original government in various places for road construction. There are two reasons. First, there are not many people in the local government, and one person holds several positions. There are many things to do, and asking them to take care of this matter will delay the original work in their hands; second, professional road construction People do it and manage it, and it will get twice the result with half the effort.”

Wen Tiren listened to Zhong Jinwei's words, thought for a while, and said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the construction of roads is related to the affairs of the Ming Dynasty for decades or even longer. I think what Zhongxing Bo said is reasonable. The court can set up a river government office. Set up a special road office to take charge of road construction and cement operations in various places."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded. If he really wanted to start a huge road construction project nationwide, he really should set up a special agency.So, he asked: "I think it's okay. The cabinet will issue a specific memorial first, and then discuss it at the court meeting. It's just that I'm worried that the manpower of this road yamen is not enough. Handymen, material registration, and overall affairs all need scholars. .”

"Your Majesty, you can transfer some from the six ministries, and the officials below will use scholars or gentry from various places, and the allocated officials will hire them themselves." Wen Tiren suggested.

"Such a huge newly built yamen is much more busy than the Hedao yamen. Are there enough scholars to do the work?" Emperor Chongzhen was still a little worried.

"It should be enough for the time being. If there are not enough scholars in the northwestern provinces, you can transfer them from the southeast. There are more scholars there." Wen Tiren suggested.

"Okay, then Wen Qing will first take care of the various matters of the road office in the memorial. Responsibilities, officials, etc. need to be specified in detail." Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wen Tiren.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Oh, by the way, after your memorial is finished, show it to Uncle Zhongxing first. If you have anything to add, you can save those people from being picky when it comes to formal discussions. Get this important matter done as soon as possible. Get up!" Emperor Chongzhen solemnly ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Talking while eating, it took about an hour before I knew it.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the sky, and said to several ministers: "It's getting late, is there anything else you love?"

Upon hearing this, Wen Tiren and Bi Ziyan stood up spontaneously and bid farewell to Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhong Jinwei also stood up, but he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I want to know about Fushe. I don't know if there is any information."

"Fushe?" Emperor Chongzhen repeated without understanding.

Wen Tiren listened and explained: "Your Majesty, this Fushe is the name of a group of Confucian scholars who formed a society to take the imperial examination."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know Zhong Jinwei's intention for this so-called restoration of the society, but he knew that Zhong Jinwei had intentions, so he turned around and asked Wang Chengen, who was standing beside him, "Is there any information that Master Zhong needs at Dongchang?"

Wang Cheng'en bowed and said, "Your Majesty, my servants will go back and check."

Fushe was just established in the second year of Chongzhen. Although the momentum was very strong, Dongchang had been banned for a long time, and it was not long before it was released, so Wang Chengen had never heard of Fushe.

Wen Tiren had already heard some of it, so he explained it just now.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, what else is there?"

Zhong Jinwei shook his head and said, "Not for the time being."

Now that Uncle Zhongxing, who is the most troublesome, is fine, everyone is really fine, and everyone returns to their families.

After discussing the matter for a day, Wang Chengen also stayed with him for a day, and when he was finally free, he went down to eat and rest.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he left Emperor Chongzhen's side, he was stopped by an servant outside.

When Wang Chengen saw that it was his godson An Guiyi, he frowned and asked what was the matter.

An Guiyi looked around and confirmed that no one could hear him, so he briefly reported the achievements of Wang Peng and his party to Wang Chengen in a low voice.

Upon hearing this, Wang Chengen immediately asked, "Where are they now?"

"Waiting for godfather at the Neidong factory."

"Lead the way quickly."

At the moment, Wang Chengen didn't even have time to eat, so the two hurried to Neidong factory.

After arriving at Dongchang, he saw Wang Peng and his group who had been waiting for a long time, asked them in detail about what had happened and some suspicious points about Wang Peng, and then interrogated the horse thief again, causing Wang Chengen to fall into deep thought.

After a while, he said: "You have done a good job in this matter. This criminal cannot be handed over to Jin Yiwei, and he will be temporarily detained in Dongchang. You are all waiting here. Our family will go to the emperor to ask for an order and come back. I will tell you to do things again."

Wang Peng hadn't slept all day, and was a little tired, but he didn't dare not listen to the orders of the factory owner, so he quickly agreed.

Wang Chengen felt hungry at this time, but he didn't have time to eat dinner slowly, so he asked someone to prepare pastries, and ate some on the way.

Just when Emperor Chongzhen was in a happy mood and concubine Tian was brewing the atmosphere beforehand, he was interrupted by Wang Chengen.

But he was not annoyed, he knew that his companion was a prudent person, and it must be important to come to him at this time, so he calmed down Tian Guifei who was a little bit angry, and came out to see Wang Chengen.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard Wang Chengen's report that all the signs of assassinating Zhongxingbo pointed to the Beijing camp, he couldn't help being surprised and angry.He was so shocked that Zhong Jinwei offended Jingying, to the point of killing him; he was so angry that Jingying defended the capital, which should be the most trustworthy army, but now he privately assassinated Zhongxing Bo, who he trusted and relied on the most.

Emperor Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen without hesitation that this matter must be investigated strictly, and the truth should be found out as soon as possible.

With the authorization of Emperor Chongzhen, Wang Chengen had no worries, and immediately went back to the East Factory to arrange related matters.

He remembered that Gu Baichuan was a meticulous person, and even Uncle Zhongxing had praised him several times.This time, he was one of the parties again, and the injury to his arm did not affect his brain, so someone called Gu Baichuan overnight and asked him to take the lead in solving the case.Because the matter was so important, Wang Chengen repeatedly asked the matter to be kept secret.

After Gu Baichuan took over, it was already midnight.When everyone went to rest, Gu Baichuan was also thinking about solving the case.

From Gu Baichuan's point of view, it is not difficult to solve this case. There are several clues to follow.

First, the horse thieves were rounded up and released by the Beijing camp.We can investigate what happened when the Beijing camp was dispatched back then. The person involved must have something to do with the horse thief.

Second, the people in the capital camp this time came from behind to participate in the roundup of horse thieves, how did they get involved.Also a clue.

Third, the people in the Beijing camp that Wang Peng mentioned are the most important clues. When necessary, arrest them and interrogate who instigated them.This is direct, but it is related to the Beijing camp. If there is no further evidence, it is better not to move for the time being.

After Gu Baichuan straightened out his thoughts, he lamented that he would still be busy on New Year's Eve tomorrow, so he also went to rest.

Besides, after Zhong Jinwei returned to his Earl's Mansion from the Forbidden City, he did not rest.

First, all the men, women and children in the mansion came to see the ceremony, and then Yu Haining came to report the arrangements for tomorrow's day and focused on explaining the main things that Zhong Jinwei's family will do.

After finishing all these tasks, Zhong Jinwei came to the study and began to think about the things discussed today.What has been discussed should be regarded as a conclusion, but some things brought up during the discussion, I have to think carefully, and I will mention it to Emperor Chongzhen later.

Zhong Jinwei's habit of being a night owl still hasn't changed, so he doesn't feel uncomfortable staying up late.

It was just that Li Simin, who was left behind by the three maids to serve Zhong Jinwei, had to burn tea and grind ink for Zhong Jin in the late night of the twelfth lunar month.But even so, she still feels much better than before.Besides, Zhong Jinwei was also her savior, so she didn't have any complaints at all.

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