Feng Dao went all the way to the East Palace, feeling worried.
When he met colleagues along the way, he happily responded to this congratulation and that congratulation.
When I arrived at the East Palace, the gratitude on my face had almost turned into reality. As soon as I saw the fourth master, I was greeted by him and he burst into tears of gratitude.
Look! This is proportion.
The fourth master raised his hand to help the person, held his hand without letting go, and put his hand stove into the other person's hand, "Young master is a minister and a teacher. I am so generous to Mr. Gu. You don't need to do this in the future."
After Feng Daocai thanked him, he heard the prince ask again: "Are the old man and the old lady at home okay? I'll call the doctor from the East Palace to get a safe pulse for the old lady..."
This person serves his parents very filially. Generally, he will never have too many social activities outside after leaving office, and it will never be too late to return home, for fear that the elderly at home will miss him.
As he said this, Feng Dao could only appreciate his kindness and relinquished his kindness.
Immediately afterwards, the fourth master said, "Everyone knows that Mr. Tao has abandoned his master and is no longer worthy of being a minister..."
Feng Dao hurriedly wanted to kneel down, but his hand was held tightly, so he heard the prince say: "But I think that Sir is really capable of understanding people. He can abandon the darkness and surrender to the light, and take the initiative to surrender to the city. This kind of loyalty is compared to that of someone who has no choice but to surrender.
Much more loyal. Of course, some people here are pretending to be forced, and some are really forced... The former is a bit hypocritical; the latter is a bit pedantic. Besides, Mr. is originally from Yingzhou Jingcheng
You were born in the North, grew up in the North, and your ancestors are all in the North, so how can you not want to return to the North?"
Feng Dao insisted on kneeling down, and could not help but let tears flow out, and sobbed: "Your Highness Yu Kedao has the grace to meet you... I have been through a rough life for half my life, and I am able to meet such a wise master. God is not kind to me..."
But Dao is his word.
At this time, Link, who was hiding behind the screen like Tongtong, said with all his heart, "Awesome."
The prince is very powerful, and this Feng Dao is also very powerful.
Feng Dao must have had doubts in his heart when he was appointed as Grand Master. The Prince made the matter clear and said, "Everyone criticizes you, but I don't think so."
This not only reassures Feng Dao, but also shows kindness! Tell Feng Dao that he has been kind to him.
Feng Dao immediately understood the meaning and accepted this grace.
With this grace, then each other is one of our own.
The prince wanted to tell Feng Dao: You are mine and I can trust you.
Feng Dao burst into tears with gratitude. He had to let the prince know that I recognized this love. From now on, he would not dare to violate it.
It's just that those who are kings will be kings, and those who are ministers will be ministers. It has the same meaning, but they all show tenderness between monarchs and ministers.
Feng Dao is indeed an extraordinary person. Most emperors would be fooled by his tricks.
Feng Dao was sent away and told to go to the front to get busy.
The Fourth Master just asked someone to bring Wei Renpu.
Wei Renpu didn't even dare to raise his head when he came in, and then he was greeted with courtesy.
The Fourth Master smiled: "Get up."
Wei Renpu was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and saw the Fourth Master.
The fourth master glanced at Shi Jian, and Shi Jian immediately helped him up, "Sir, please get up! We just met yesterday, and we don't know each other anymore?"
"I... I..." He knelt down and kowtowed again, "I am stupid..."
The fourth master said: "Get up, you are not stupid, let alone dull. Once you have settled in, you can become a errand. We, the king and his ministers, will have a long future."
yes!
But when I first arrived, how could I do my job?
What are you going to do when you are a student?
Only then did he feel that he didn't know what to do, so the prince sent someone to send a message, telling him to prepare and he would go out with the prince tomorrow.
Wei Renpu immediately understood that he wanted to accompany the prince.
Since he was accompanying me, he hurriedly inquired: "May I ask what I want to prepare?"
Shi Jian whispered: "The prince has to go to the Imperial Guard..."
Wei Renpu hurriedly thanked him and turned around to find his young master Feng Dao.
Feng Dao put Tiao Chen aside and saw Wei Renpu who was pulled over by Prince Jian, "Come on, come on, sit down!"
When Wei Renpu looked up, he saw a kind-hearted elder. Although he had heard many people criticizing Feng Dao, when he met him, he felt that this man seemed like a kind elder.
He didn't dare to sit down, so he just told the story.
First, the prince is going out and things are tight.
Secondly, there must be a purpose for going to the Imperial Guard.
Wei Renpu guessed that the guard troops on the left and right sides of the East Palace needed to be filled, and the prince came here to select generals. However, he did not know how many generals there were in the imperial guards, so he came here.
Regardless of whether this is what you mean, as a servant, you must be prepared.
Wei Renpu said: "I am promised an official certificate and a visit to the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
Feng Dao praised in his heart, what a clever boy. He immediately gave him the official certificate: "Go! Go get busy."
On the second day, Wei Renpu was waiting to go out with the prince. Unexpectedly, the autumn rain came down and was extremely heavy. It was obvious that he could not go out.
But if the guards on the left and right are not in place, the subordinate officials will still be imperfect.
It happened that the prince asked, "What were you busy with yesterday?"
Wei Renpu hurriedly said: "To return to Your Highness, I went to the Ministry of Personnel." After saying that, he took out the folder and "checked the resumes of some generals of the Forbidden Army."
The fourth master took it easily, glanced at it, and nodded secretly. Wei Renpu was very methodical in doing things, and the people he chose were all between sixteen and twenty-six years old. It's not that the East Palace doesn't need veterans, but the Lin family already has
The generals, Tongtong's uncles and uncles, together with the old members of the Lin family, are the backbone. For future considerations, the East Palace certainly needs to train a group of younger people.
Therefore, the age must be similar to your own, so choose the right age first on the list.
Looking at the candidates, there are those who come from a general family and some who come from humble backgrounds.
Fourth Master unexpectedly saw a name on the list - Murong Yanzhao.
Murong Yanzhao was born as a general. According to official history, this man was the founding hero of the Northern Song Dynasty and the sworn brother of Zhao Kuangyin.
Now, this man is still a young man. Because of his background as a general and his outstanding martial arts skills, he was selected into the Forbidden Army.
The Fourth Master clicked on the name, then handed it to Wei Renpu, "Tease Murong Yanzhao, risk his life, and enter the East Palace."
Wei Renpu took it and slowly withdrew.
Murong Yanzhao and Maodu both came from noble families. Will they still be promoted from humble families?
He thought so, and so did Feng Dao. He asked to see the prince.
Fourth Master called people in, "Sit down! You don't need so many courtesy in private."
Feng Dao cupped his hands and sat down, "I am here to boldly recommend someone to His Highness."
The fourth master asked Shi Jian to serve tea: "Oh? If you are recommended by sir, you must be an extraordinary talent."
Feng Dao then said: "Your Highness and the princes and princes are selecting talents at the Imperial Academy. I made a bold guess and knew that this must have a profound meaning. Therefore, I boldly recommended a talented person. This person is only eighteen years old, but he is
There is a private school here, and it only accepts disciples...and this private school has been open for four years."
Can you be a husband at the age of fourteen?
"Yes! This man was able to write poems and essays at the age of nine. He knew the Book of Songs at the age of thirteen, and became a teacher at the age of fourteen..."
The fourth master knew in his mind: this person must be Fan Zhi!
Sure enough, just when he wanted to ask, Feng Daoyan said, "This person's name is Fan Zhi. Your Highness will find out after asking around."
Fan Zhi was Guo Wei's trusted minister and one of the prime ministers at the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The fourth master said: "Since it is recommended by sir, we will recruit him later!"
Feng Dao hurriedly stood up and handed over his hand. The prince had such trust, Feng Dao knew that he had to offer advice. After entering the East Palace, he only took care of the general affairs and did not offer any advice. This is not the duty of a minister.
Therefore, Feng Dao had no choice but to speak boldly, "The East Palace has just been established. I wonder what your highness's plans are?"
Fourth Master motioned to the other party to drink tea, and then listened to the sound of rain outside, "What do you think, sir?"
Feng Dao raised something: "Your Highness, when the autumn floods begin, what will happen to the rivers? This is something that the imperial court and the saints have always paid attention to. But there is one thing that the imperial court has not paid attention to, but I think it is an extremely important matter.
" He said, seeing the prince nodding and listening patiently, he said: "Roads! The roads were blocked by heavy snow last winter, and the news between the capital, Chang'an and Luoyang was almost blocked. Not to mention the northwest and southwest. Dachen
The territory is vast, which means that places that are too far away are beyond our reach. If the roads are blocked due to natural disasters or other reasons, normal news exchanges will be impossible for at least half a year. Your Highness, as time goes by, something will happen."
Fourth Master dropped the word "road" on the paper: "The canal facing south freezes in winter. The winter is cold and the waterway is difficult to pass. Last year, the river in Hangzhou was frozen for more than a foot. In southern Fujian, there are one or two people on the seaside.
The roads are all blocked by ice. The importance of land routes has become more and more prominent nowadays. Official roads extend in all directions, but maintenance is difficult, but is this so?"
Exactly!
Feng Dao knew that the prince knew about this, so it would be easier to handle. "Therefore, I believe that this matter should not be taken lightly."
The Fourth Master asked: "Sir, how do you think the road should be maintained? Maintenance requires people, materials, and money. All three are indispensable. Who should be used, where should the materials be collected, and who should provide the money. If the court cannot provide it,
What should we do with this money? Sir, it is easy to raise a problem, but it is difficult to solve it. You can think about this matter for a while, and then Sir will hand you a discount, and we will discuss it again."
Feng Dao stood up hurriedly: "Yes! I accept your order."
After the people left, Tongtong came from behind, carrying a food box in his hand, which contained lotus root starch cake made by a talent.
"It's the lotus root by the lake. I dug a lot of it and made it myself."
Since moving into the East Palace, Fourth Master has stopped ordering food. He actually likes to eat sweets, but the desserts provided in the imperial dining room are not the taste that Fourth Master likes. In fact, in the past few years since he came here, Fourth Master has not
How can I eat delicious sweets?
Shi Jian could tell that he loved sweets, and the available sweets were either peach blossom rice or jelly bean porridge, which he couldn't stand. As soon as Tongtong served it, he still felt hungry despite being stuffed into a young man's body.
While eating, Fourth Master said what Feng Dao said, "If this person wants to do something, he still has the right skills."
But this matter is not easy to handle! As long as money is involved, the problem is big. Yes! As long as money is involved, things are not easy to handle.
Sure enough, the fourth master was on the hook. Emperor Wen Zhao only mentioned it during the discussion, and someone immediately started to make trouble.
Master Xiao Yunxiao said: "This matter should be handled by each state government, and this should be a standard for official evaluation."
The second prince objected, "I think the method Master Xiao said will easily breed corruption by local officials. Or for the people, it will increase the tax burden. This is to increase the corvee!"
The eldest prince said: "If you don't want to increase the number of corvees, you have to have someone specialize in doing it. How about recruiting refugees and organizing manpower to do this?"
Fourth Master frowned, the trajectory of history is like this, these are the things, and there are only so many solutions.
For example, the Xiang army system in the Northern Song Dynasty had the same origin! The Northern Song Dynasty's method for this was to recruit refugees and fill them into the Xiang army. Building roads and bridges, water and land transportation, and herding horses and farming all belonged to the Xiang army.
Responsibilities.
But the death of the Song Dynasty was attributed to three points: redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses.
The Xiang army accounted for a huge proportion among them.
There is never a shortage of smart people in this world. When the Song Dynasty implemented it, they felt that this method could solve the difficulties at that time. Therefore, what the eldest prince and the second prince proposed was reasonable.
Not only is it reasonable, it can even be said to be extremely reasonable.
But if we really want to handle this matter in this way, it is tantamount to taking the old path and leaving a big circle behind.
So, of course we can't do it this way.
But as Dong Gong, I opposed a suggestion that everyone thought was very practical. Why?
Are you dedicated to serving the public good? Or do you have to suppress other princes?
When Emperor Wen Zhao saw that Shiro was silent, he knew that he had reservations about it. He said, "Well, this matter is a big deal. After you go back, think about it carefully, and then come up with the details and discuss it later."
fine!
Everyone is involved in politics. Everyone has their own opinions!
The second prince chose a man named Liu Ci to be by his side as a reading partner and as an aide.
When Liu Ci heard about this, he said, "I think what King Zhao said is very reasonable, but it is not perfect. The refugees have been recruited, and then what? What are their identities? After the road is built, they disperse.
, the refugees may not be so easy to gather together."
Yes! That's the truth! The second prince took off his belt, sat on the couch with his clothes loose, raised his hand to take a cup and drank tea, "You have to let people see the benefits! You must see the future. You can't just recruit people without arrangements, like this
, for the refugees, it is more like recruiting coolies. If people are asked to do coolies but are not allowed to give anything to them, then who can do their job with sincerity?"
Liu Ci then said: "The army has always been classified in detail. There are cavalry, infantry, and firemen... It would be better to integrate the refugees into the army. Naturally, they cannot be compared with the soldiers who go to battle to kill the enemy, and can be divided into other arms.
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The second prince suddenly stood up and said, "If this is the case, what should we do if we form a new feudal town?"
"If you don't get weapons and war horses, how can you come to a feudal town?"
The second prince was pacing in the room, "Come, let's discuss and work out the deal."
When Fourth Master returned to the East Palace, he first asked Tongtong: "How is the situation over there with Xiao Wu?"
Tongtong suddenly said: "You mean——official!"
The fourth master nodded, "The status of the officials can be improved. The officials can use the imperial salary to uproot these people. How should the roads be built? How should the local people be made to consciously maintain the official roads across the border? They are better than those officials.
It's easy to use." But there must be huge opposition from the court and the central government. Tongtong said, "Use Xiaowu as the extreme, and use our strength to fight!"
That's right! You can't let people think that you have political disagreements with the eldest prince and the second prince. Even if you really disagree, don't start a quarrel now. You have to find a point to make them feel that even if they object, they don't oppose because of opposition.
So, Tongtong called Qingya: "Go and ask the fifth princess to see how busy she is."
Xiaowu, as Wu Xiaomei's female servant, spent money to bribe the master of the prefect's Yamen, so that he could put the investigation situation in front of the prefect. "This is evidence that the Salesian House has been selling people, abusing babies, and deducting rations over the years.
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The prefect didn't even look, he stood up and walked away...