sinovels Chapter 395 The Arrival of My Mentor Liu Xuan
Chapter 395 The Arrival of My Mentor Liu Xuan
"It's Master Liu Xuanzuo, Brother Qi Zhao, and Kaiyuan!" Wu Youwei couldn't help but chattered as soon as he led him into the study door.
Wantong was also satisfied after hearing it: "It seems that the emperor really took great pains."
Otherwise, these people would not have been sent here. From this point of view, the emperor still values and agrees with Wu Youwei's method of organizing Shanghai County. As for those rules and regulations, as early as the beginning, Jin Yiwei had already reported to him Emperor Xianzong.
He also saw the advantages and strengths, so he allowed Wu Youwei to do this. At the same time, he also realized that the salaries of officials were indeed very low.
But increasing the salaries of officials for no reason is not acceptable!
Even if the censors' pockets are cleaner than their faces, they must insist on their so-called "nobleness...
In this regard, Wantong thought the same as him!
Should it be said that he is brother-in-law and brother-in-law?
Wu Youwei was no longer worried, and he was so happy that he was about to fly. Wantong liked to see him like this. The two of them went in and out together every day, because it was winter and it was cold outside, so it was not suitable for fighting at all. The relationship between the monsoon is not calm.
In winter, November, Bingzi, probably September, the reason for the solar eclipse appeared again, and Emperor Xianzong used this as a reason to exempt Henan from taxes and grains.
The news was brought by Liu Xuan and the others, because they came to Shanghai County on the fifteenth day of the winter month.
Liu Xuan and Zhang Sheng both looked at Shanghai County in the same way, feeling very fresh and strange.
"This is the bus carriage?" Especially when he saw the bus carriage, Liu Xuan wanted to run out of the car and get on the bus carriage to experience it.
Well, this is the bus carriage. Cui Tieniu was also very surprised: "When I left, there was no such song, only roads, and now there are even carriages!" "
Zhang Sheng frowned even more: "The regulation of this carriage...why is it like this?"
"This is approved by the emperor." Wu Youwei said triumphantly: "And this is not against the rules, it's just a double-wheeled carriage, and the co-drivers on both sides."
This carriage looks strange, but it is actually a copy of the classical carriage from Western Europe. The body supported by four wheels is big enough to bear weight, and there are four horse-drawn carriages.
Although the appearance is a little strange, but after a long time, everyone has accepted it, and now it has become a common thing for the common people to go out and take a bus or carriage.
"Your Majesty... Alas!" Liu Xuan didn't say anything at the end. Now that the power of the emperor is becoming more and more concentrated, and his majesty is becoming more and more powerful, if the ministers have any thorns, the emperor will deal with them lightly.
It has to be said that the current emperor is no longer the emperor when he first ascended the throne.
Zhang Sheng found it novel: "It's fine if the emperor allows it, but it looks very convenient, doesn't it?"
Wu Youwei told them about the convenience of the bus carriage, and finally said: "The ticket money collected is to feed the horses, drivers and crew members. The horses need fodder to take care of, and the drivers and crew members also need a copy Stable income. After excluding these expenses, the remaining money is to pay road maintenance fees. Do you see that the road is clean? There are people cleaning it, and there are people guarding a section of the road every day on the bus line. None."
Wu Youwei has very strict requirements on sanitation, but a horse is not a machine, let alone a human being. It does not understand the principle of not defecating casually on the road, so it has to ask more people to take care of the road conditions. There are garbage bins everywhere, and it can also remove the smell. In addition, the bus lane is separated from other avenues, separated by a clump of lilac bushes, and tall magnolia trees are planted on the other side, so that when the flowers and trees are always in bloom, they are full of floral fragrance Well, the smell will be much smaller.
On the other side of the magnolia tree is a flowing canal, and the flowers and plants that bloom all year round are planted on the side. It cannot prevent the livestock from defecation, so they can only make up for the environment.
I have to say that the environment in Shanghai County is really refreshing. Liu Xuan and the others were very happy all the way to the county government, but when they saw the county government, Liu Xuan put on a straight face: "You county government, what happened?"
"What's going on?" Wu Youwei looked at his county office: "It's pretty good!"
Back then, when he built the county government, he not only built a new county government, but also planned
Although this county government office has been around for three or four years, it still looks very new. It was built with blue bricks and poured with cement, and I have made many acquaintances.
"Youwei, this yamen is very particular..." Zhang Sheng felt worried when he saw this Zhanzhanxin yamen.
He popularized the unspoken rules of officialdom to Wu Youwei.
The yamen of the office is also exquisite, and the finances of the Ming Dynasty have always been unable to make ends meet. Of course, we are talking about the past, not the present.
Moreover, the salaries of officials are small, and the public funds for office work are also small, and the amount issued... is even less.
In addition, Emperor Taizu advocated frugality, so the more dilapidated this yamen is, the more it proves that the officials here can endure poverty. As an official, let alone whether they are honest officials, but on the surface, they should be good officials... ..
After hearing this statement, Wu Youwei disagreed: "Benefactor, brother Qizhao, it's not that I don't want to live in poverty, but that when we came, you didn't know the scene. Kaiyuan knows best, this county government. … Only the lobby was able to shelter from the wind and rain and other places were left. Everything that could be burned was burned, and what could be dismantled was also dismantled by pirates. Even the two stone lions at the gate were removed. If I don't rebuild the county government, I'll be in a state of ecstasy now, and I can't even find a tile to cover my head
"Then you can just build a regular one, isn't this too good?" Liu Xuan said worriedly: "If someone sees you in the future, why don't you say that you are a great success? Or is it a waste of people and money?"
"What kind of money are you hurting the people?" Wu Youwei pointed at himself with his index finger: "Men, this is Shanghai County, my own territory. In the beginning, I paid for it with my own money!"
Liu Xuan and Zhang Sheng were stunned: "You built this with your own money?"
"In the beginning, after selling the house, I took it back, which is equivalent to the county government built by Shanghai County." Wu Youwei explained, what is "pre-sale" and the return of funds and other complicated issues.
Such a large group of people stood at the gate of the county government office, accompanied by a big order, where did these high-ranking officials come from?
Because Wu Youwei usually comes out to accompany the people who run around, and at first glance they look like businessmen. Liti's knife looks like an official
Especially when that person is still teaching a lesson at the gate!
Wu Youwei also noticed that the people who came and went were all looking this way, so he hurriedly invited them: "If you have something to say, go in and talk, here... the ring is too convenient."
Liu Xuan didn't look back, not knowing that he was being pointed at by others, the old man got angry: "Go in and talk!" He took the lead through the gate, and the people behind followed him. Wu Youwei was the last to leave, but he forgot Well, he is definitely a god in the hearts of the people in Shanghai County, Nan Bowan, who dares to show him face?
So there was a misunderstanding.....
A group of people entered the Yamen, walked all the way, passed the lobby, the second hall, and arrived at the third hall.
These are all scenes that Liu Xuan and Zhang Sheng have never seen before, especially around the second hall where there are offices, uniformly dressed, everyone walks like the wind, busy.
In particular, two men were clapping tables with a civil servant: "We just want to start a business with you, can't we?"
"No!" The civil servant's thighs were thinner than others' arms, but he had the guts to slap them on the table, and he slapped them even louder: "What kind of business do you open? Why don't you tell me? There are business invitation notices posted on the wall outside, no If you can read, find someone who can read it, don’t fool people, what you run is a casino, usury, dare to come, Shanghai disrupts the economy and public security, and I will send you to be miners!"
It just so happens that there is still a shortage of manpower over there, and it is just right to send it over there with such a physique, one person can serve as three people.
Those two people still wanted to attack the civil servants, but the security guard standing behind "invited" the two of them...to go out, not as simple as going out to the county government office, but to invite them out of the boundary of Shanghai County. people come in.
At the same time, it is impossible for them to enter the territory of Qingpu County, because Qingpu County has the same attitude as Shanghai County.
There were also a few gorgeous women who came here, but the gate was not allowed to enter, and the civil servant pointed at the sign outside the gate with a bad attitude and said: "No brothel Chu Guan!"
"I don't understand the style!" The women flicked their handkerchiefs, and were "asked away" helplessly. There was no way, Shanghai County is such a place.
There can be such a woman, strolling all over the street and shopping, it doesn't matter, but if you dare to "do business" here, then you will be miserable.
If no one patronizes you, you will be pointed and pointed at. Throwing rotten eggs and stones are all light, and the heavy ones will be "please go away".
And it's Jin Yiwei, even if they go back to their original place, they will be downgraded. What good will the prostitutes who offended Jin Yiwei have?
There is no need for Jin Yiwei to take action, their boss is afraid of offending people, so of course he is trying to make people come here.
So they dare not be presumptuous.
In such a short period of time, people from two casinos and one brothel, Chuguan, were "asked away".
"Didn't you say that it is not allowed to open here? Why do they still come?" Zhang Sheng couldn't understand: "Can't you read?
When he came in, he saw it all. You must be a blind man to not see it.
"It doesn't matter whether they can read or not." Liu Xuan squinted his eyes and said cunningly: "The main reason is to open a business in Shanghai County. The people here are rich, and gambling is the most addictive thing, so they It’s for luck, if one day, the defense here is lax, as long as there is a small gap, they can get in, after all, flies don’t bite seamless eggs.”
"Don't worry, there will never be any seams here." Wu Youwei invited them into the three halls, and the servants served hot black tea. Wu Youwei personally sifted the tea for everyone: "It's too cold, drink some black tea to warm you up." body.
Even the pastries that were delivered were golden jujube cakes and brown sugar cakes.
After sitting down, Liu Xuan glanced at the furnishings in the room, and found a phenomenon, he was quite satisfied: "Well, yes, this is the duty.
Wu Youwei was very modest: "The teacher praised you."
Yes!
The decorations in this room, knowing that someone has taken up the post of prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, he asked people to display them, all of which were rewarded by Emperor Xianzong, imperial bestowals, for appearance, and looked more emboldened.
The golden nanmu ornaments, the cloisonné vase, the Chenghua bucket color disc, the Yuan blue and white porcelain vase, the Shoushan jade carving of Suihan Sanyou, the words hanging on the wall...
Every piece is a boutique!
Although these things were probably not worth much in the Ming Dynasty, they were very famous in later generations. What Wu Youwei cared about was these normal things in the eyes of Ming Dynasty people.
It is said that the rice bowls of Chenghua Doucai were still used when they ate in Songjiang Mansion...although they were not the kind used by the emperor, they were also produced by official kilns.
It's a pity that Wu Youwei didn't pay attention at the time.
"It's just that you are simple inside, but the outside is so new... don't repair the county government in the future." Liu Xuan said: "In order not to be misunderstood.
What is wrong?
Everyone knows in their hearts that the officialdom is like this. I heard that there is a yamen that has been like that since the Song Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty, it was even more dilapidated. It was not repaired, and the family members of several officials lived in leaky houses, and they were given a clear name.
The result may be that God can't stand it anymore, the yamen caught fire, and a new yamen was rebuilt.
"This was taken into consideration when it was built." Wu Youwei said enthusiastically, "The materials used here are good for at least 70 to [-] years, and there is naturally a special maintenance fee on weekdays, which is paid out of the yamen's income.
"Nonsense!" Liu Xuan said angrily, "You are a yamen, not a place for business, how can you have income? Aren't you afraid that the censor will accuse you of accepting bribes?"