When the family entered the back hall, Su Hao discovered that Jiang Yida, the current head of the Ministry of Industry, was also there. Jiang Yida, like Ma Yu, Luo Yuqing and others, were all talents that Su Hao pried out from Fengcheng Longguang Academy.
Due to his meritorious service in assisting Pan Jitong in water conservancy, he was promoted year by year, and is now the sixth-rank chief. In these years, Su Hao led the survey camp around, Ma Yu, and Jiang Yida were doing water conservancy projects everywhere, and there was little contact between them.
Already.
"Brother Jingxi, where did you come from?" Su Hao asked Jiang Yida in salute.
Jiang Yida returned the greeting with a smile: "Haha, brother Gai, long time no see. I have been at brother Bangzhi's place a few days ago and witnessed with my own eyes the feat of brother Bangzhi who changed the world."
"Oh? Bangzhi, you didn't really build the canal, did you?" Su Hao asked Cheng Dong in disbelief.
"It will be completed soon, but I will leave the opportunity to celebrate the victory to my successor." Cheng Dong pretended to be calm, but there was clearly some pride of success on his face.
Su Hao's eyes when looking at Cheng Dong obviously changed. The water canal he and Cheng Dong were talking about was not an ordinary water canal. It was the Tianhe on Earth that later generations of Chinese people spent 50 million manpower building on the mountainside of Taihang Mountain.
——Hongqi Canal. Su Hao just said it casually at first, but unexpectedly Cheng Dong actually accomplished it.
This matter has to start with Su Hao's promotion of grassland development two years ago.
That time, Su Hao and Xiao Ruxun jointly submitted a letter, requesting that troops be sent to the grassland to hunt down Kuaibai, and at the same time, Han settlements should be established on the grassland and the minerals on the grassland should be developed. This matter caused a strong response in the court, and the group
The ministers collectively denounced Su Hao and rebuked Su Hao's move as being contrary to the ways of the sages. For a time, the sound of condemnation in the court almost drowned out Su Hao and Xiao Ruxun who were far away in Ningxia.
As a die-hard anti-Soviet pioneer, Cheng Dong stayed up for several nights, quoted scriptures, and wrote a long memorial, planning to throw it out when he went to court one day. Let everyone see Su Hao's ugly face. What shocked him was that
, in just a few days, the tone of the courtiers changed completely. Those who originally criticized Su Hao all turned to support Su Hao. Su Hao suddenly became a great hero.
, Cheng Dong became a clown instead.
Afterwards, Cheng Dong learned that the reason for all these changes was that the ministers had reached a behind-the-scenes deal with Su Hao. Su Hao only transferred some benefits to them, but they abandoned all the benevolence, justice and morality they had sworn to.
Cheng Dong retired from court and returned home. He cried a lot, and then suffered from high fever for three days and three nights. Fortunately, his sister Cheng Yi had a servant who had hired him earlier to take good care of him and seek medical advice.
, Haosheng waited on him, and this little life of his was not given away.
During his illness, none of the so-called close friends who had used him as a weapon came to visit him. However, when he was recovering from his illness, a remarkable guest came to his home, Wang Xijue, who was then the deputy minister of the cabinet.
"Master Wang. I will be a lower official... I will be a lower official..." When Cheng Dong saw Wang Xijue, he was so surprised that he didn't even know what to say. He was just a seventh-grade official, how could he be worthy of being a cabinet minister?
The assistant visited the patient personally.
Wang Xijue stopped Cheng Dong, who was about to salute him, and said: "Bangzhi, you have just recovered from a serious illness, so there is no need to salute you. Sit down, I will chat with you about home affairs."
"I would like to listen to the teachings of the great scholar and ask the great scholar to teach you." Cheng Dong said.
Wang Xijue sat down and asked Cheng Dong: "Bangzhi, I know that you have always been at odds with Su Gai. Can you tell me the reason?"
The reason? Cheng Dong's mind was a little empty for a while. His dislike of Su Hao originated from the incident when Su Hao went to Caijia Village. At that time, he felt that Su Hao was colluding with Li Zheng to embarrass the two siblings. In his opinion,
After losing his temper, Su Hao arranged for Ma Yu to contact his two siblings, arranged for them to go to the city, and helped him enter Longguang Academy.
Normally speaking, Su Hao has done these things for Cheng Dong and his brother, and Cheng Dong should be grateful to him. But Cheng Dong has always been arrogant, and for someone of his own age to be kind to him in this way, he
What he felt was not warmth, but humiliation. In his opinion, Su Hao definitely wanted to show off his abilities in front of him, and he did not even rule out the possibility of being greedy for his sister's beauty.
Due to the various hardships he experienced in his childhood, Cheng Dong had a strong hatred of the rich and officials. When he saw Su Hao in the shopping mall and the officialdom, Cheng Dong became increasingly dissatisfied. When he found out that Su Hao was involved in the mining industry
There was also a relationship with the prisoner Li Long, and Cheng Dong even found a reason to hate and despise Su Hao, that is, Su Hao was a eunuch who was not ashamed of being a scholar.
However, just such a person who Cheng Dong can't stand, has risen rapidly in recent years, and has achieved results that even Cheng Dong can't help but admire. The most unacceptable thing to Cheng Dong is that he has always been regarded as an ally.
All the court officials turned to Su Hao under the temptation of petty gains, making Cheng Dong a laughing stock.
Cheng Dong had done so many things with blind disgust and hatred for Su Hao. When Wang Xijue asked about it, he suddenly realized that he really couldn't find a good reason to hate Su Hao.
Wang Xijue was obviously not surprised by a rebellious young man like Cheng Dong. Seeing Cheng Dong's face turned red and hesitating, he no longer forced him, but said to himself:
"Su Gaizhi actually has a lot of problems. He is just a scholar, and his poetry and calligraphy skills are not as good as those of a rotten scholar from a private school in the country. Because he has little education, he does not follow the teachings of saints and sages. He is said to be a genteel scum.
I think at least 90% of the people in the court will have no objections."
"This..." Cheng Dong's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that this was actually Wang Xijue's evaluation of Su Hao. Who didn't know that Wang Xijue was Su Hao's backstage, and he usually tried his best to protect him both inside and outside his words.
"Grand Bachelor, I have something unclear. I feel that Grand Bachelor... I think he appreciates Su Hao very much. However, I cannot understand what the Grand Bachelor just said." Cheng Dong directly expressed the doubts in his heart.
come out.
Wang Xijue chuckled and said: "This is what I want to tell you. Su Gaizhi is not familiar with poetry and writing, but he is proficient in surveying, mapping, mining, and craftsmanship. He can do things that scholars are ashamed of. He can do things like us who are well-educated
Things that even ordinary people can't do. He doesn't follow the way of saints, but what he does for the country and the people, which one is not done by a saint? Compared with those people who are full of knowledge but are greedy and pervert the law, I feel,
What Su Gai realized is the true way of sages. Bangzhi, don’t you think so?”
"I'm a stupid official..." Cheng Dong felt like he was sweating profusely. He couldn't deny what Wang Xijue said, but if he admitted that Wang Xijue was right, wouldn't it be a big fallacy for him to criticize Su Hao for so many years?
"I am also thinking about this paragraph, what are we studying for? Cultivating oneself, organizing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world. Su Gaizhi did it all without reading these sages' books. As for us, who can do it better than him?
Better?" Wang Xijue said.
Cheng Dong's mind was in a mess, and he said to Wang Xijue: "Then what should I do? Please ask the bachelor for advice."
Wang Xijue said: "I have been paying attention to you and feel that you are a person with a clear conscience, but you have not taken the right path. I believe that if you want to do something beneficial to the people and the country, you must first understand the sufferings of the people. In this regard,
Bangzhi, you are really lacking."
Cheng Dong couldn't accept Wang Xijue's words. He said: "Please forgive me for being rude. I am a bachelor. I am also a civilian. I have been dependent on my sister since I was a child. I have experienced all kinds of sufferings."
Wang Xijue said: "You understand these sufferings from the position of a common person. Have you ever seen the same suffering from the position of an official?"
"I don't understand," Cheng Dong said.
Wang Xijue said: "Many men of letters can mourn the hardships of the people. But it is one thing to know the sufferings of the people, and it is another thing to know how to relieve the people from their sufferings. As a public official, you have often done this in the past.
Impeach local officials and say they have nothing to do but do they know how difficult it is for them to do what they do?"
"Then...Does Su Hao know?" Cheng Dong could only use Su Hao as a shield. Wang Xijue praised Su Hao as a flower and reduced him to nothing. He had to compare with Su Hao.
Wang Xijue said: "Of course Su Gaizhi knows this. You see, when he was in Jiangxi, he dug wells, built stoves, and controlled water. When he was in Huai'an, he helped the people return their fields. When he was in Runing, he fought wits and courage with the powerful. By the way.
, your father’s unfinished business when he was the general judge in Runing was all realized in the hands of Soviet reformers. Do you think he doesn’t know how to be an official and benefit the people?"
"I realize my mistake!" Cheng Dong suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment. He understood the gap between himself and Su Hao. Su Hao never talked about big principles, but he always worked diligently. But he, Cheng Dong
He said all kinds of pitiful words, but so far, he has not done even one thing that is beneficial to the people. He once impassionedly accused this and that, but how did the officials he accused do?
, he actually has no idea what the reason is.
"Xiaguan asks the bachelor to give him a chance to do something that will really benefit the people." Cheng Dong sincerely requested.
Wang Xijue trimmed his beard under his chin, nodded and said: "Bangzhi, I am very pleased that you have this realization. The imperial court will send some officials to serve in local areas recently. Are you willing to go to a certain place and serve as a county magistrate?"
"Your Majesty is willing!" Cheng Dong said. After he finished speaking, he added: "My Majesty hopes to go to one of the poorest counties and make some real achievements in return for the great scholar's advice."
"The poorest county?" Wang Xijue was a little embarrassed, "I can still consider this matter." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!