The two of them arrived outside the emperor's study together. They were familiar with each other and asked the chamberlain to go in to report. Then they joined hands and went to the side hall to wait.
At this moment, Li Maoyue carefully read Bai Zhi's article.
Judging from the traces of pen and ink, this article must have been written a long time ago.
It writes about the importance of admonishing farmers to cultivate mulberry trees, and various measures for balanced development in the county. Among them, Luojiang County of Mianzhou is used as a model.
Luojiang County is a lower county and is very poor, but no matter how poor it is, there are still wealthy households.
Most of the poor are people in the mountains, who are basically self-sufficient. Even if they have Yongye fields, taxes are not heavy. However, because of the difficult mountain roads, many people may have never been to the county town in their lives, let alone to other counties.
Already.
Therefore, the family does not have much money because it is not needed.
When you visit a doctor in a village or town, you can pay off your debt with grain and cloth from home, and it does not require money.
Therefore, Bai Zhi believes that roads are very important. As long as they are allowed to go out, even if they only go to the county town, when they have what they need and need to spend money, then the things they have in the mountains can be transported out, because people outside can also transport them out.
Need something from the mountains.
Although he didn't live in Qili Village for a long time, when Bai Dalang came home occasionally, he would see his younger brother looking like a clay figure. In spring, he followed Bai Shanzhouman up the mountain to look for mushrooms, in summer, he followed the older children in the village to fish in the river, and in autumn, he followed Bai Shanzhouman.
People go to the mountains to hunt bamboo rats, and in winter they can dig the legendary sweet tree roots...
He knew that there were many things in the mountains that could be used as commodities and could bring money to the mountain people, and then exchange them for what they needed.
Bai Zhi explains the profound things in simple terms. This article is not short, but Li Maoyue feels that it is full of meaning and does not feel tedious at all.
Li Maoyue thought to himself that he was indeed Bai Cheng's brother. Regardless of his ability to do things, this article was written in a pragmatic and fascinating way.
Li Maoyue nodded at the table. In fact, the current situation in the eastern part of Tongbai County is somewhat similar to the predicament of Luojiang County written in the article.
Tongbai County is the source of the Huaihe River, with dense water networks within its jurisdiction. It is also in the Central Plains, a fertile land, and it should not be so difficult. However, the roads in the east have been in disrepair for a long time, and they are no longer what they were before the war.
After nearly twenty years of war in the previous dynasty, they voluntarily cut off their roads and lived in isolation from the outside world.
As the Minister of Civil Affairs, Li Maoyue also knew the situation in Tongbai County. It seemed easy to solve this dilemma, as long as he recruited soldiers to build roads.
However, Tongbai County has a dense water network, and there are frequent floods during the flood season. Therefore, most of the draftees are arranged on river embankments and various water conservancy facilities every year. If you want to build roads, you will have to add draftees.
This is a taboo in politics. Even if road construction is a meritorious deed that lasts for hundreds of years, people today will not appreciate it, and even people in the future will always remember the bad reputation of this official.
Not everyone can see it, even if future generations enjoy this convenience, many people will not have this awareness and will not feel that this is his achievement.
Moreover, are people today really willing to endure so much hardship for future generations?
This is an unsolvable matter.
The successive county magistrates of Tongbai County all focused on stability and had little success, but their official reputation was not bad, and the population and taxation increased.
But now that the world is at peace, except for places experiencing major disasters, which county does not increase its population?
Li Shangshu was thinking in his mind, and while he was having a tug-of-war, a chamberlain came over and said: "Li Shangshu, Mr. Zhou, your Majesty, please come in."
Li Shangshu came back to his senses, nodded, stood up, looked at Zhou Man, and couldn't help but ask, "Master Zhou recommended Bai Zhi because of the personal relationship between the consort and Bai Hanlin?"
Man Bao was stunned for a moment and then shook his head, "No, he is also Mr.'s student, and he is the first one. He counts as my senior brother."
"And am I the kind of person who randomly recommends people just because of personal relationships?" Man Bao said: "I have studied it carefully. My senior brother is not bad in character and talent. I think he can do it."
Li Maoyue:......
This was the first time he heard that Bai Zhi was also a student of Mr. Zhuang, but if he was a disciple of Zhuang Xun...
Li Mao agreed, even though he was still hesitating, he went in with Zhou Man to see the emperor.
It happened that Zhao Guogong and other military attachés came out from inside, and those who entered let those who went out. Man Bao and Li Shangshu stepped aside to let them out.
Zhao Guogong glanced at Zhou Man and then at Li Maoyue. He didn't understand how these two people got together, but he didn't explore it. He nodded with them and left with his colleagues.
Now only Wei Zhi and Mr. Old Tang are left in the room. These two are the think tanks who always accompany the emperor. One handles government affairs, and the other keeps an eye on the civil and military officials, spotting any irregularities and admonishing them for impeachment on the spot.
of.
It is also because of this that Lord Tang successfully replaced Wei Zhi in the past two years and became one of the most hated people in the civil and military circles of the entire dynasty.
The emperor had just finished handling the affairs of the military department, and for some understandable reasons, the military attache headed by Zhao Guogong spoke like thunder when excited. He really had a headache at the moment.
So when he saw Li Maoyue and Zhou Man coming in together, he selectively asked Zhou Man to talk first, hoping to relax himself.
Man Bao's excerpt is very simple. Oh, the excerpt was not written by her, but by Xiao Yuanzheng, but she just reported it on her behalf.
This is a summary of the cowpox vaccination work so far. The Forbidden Army has already finished the vaccination. After all, there is no need to recuperate the body first, and there is no need to test again after the pimples fall. Therefore, the pimples appear quickly and the reaction is small. The Forbidden Army can be cured in two to three days.
You can leave the Imperial Manor, and as soon as you leave, someone will come in to replace you.
The Forbidden Army, which develops acne slowly and has a greater reaction, can complete the vaccination within five days, so it is very fast.
Later, when Zheng Gu and others practiced, they no longer needed Zhou Man and Dr. Lu to follow them all the time. They only needed to go over occasionally to check.
Vaccination is extremely fast.
The emperor looked at it and was very satisfied and asked: "Since they have learned how to cultivate cowpox, can they also practice it in local areas?"
"As long as we protect ourselves and isolate ourselves, that's all."
The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said to her: "In that case, your Imperial Medical Office will make preparations and ask the local medical offices to write up a charter, and then start implementing this move in the local area at a selected date."
Manbao bowed and said, "Yes."
After she finished her work, she didn't leave. Instead, she stepped aside and sat in her seat.
Li Maoyue then handed over his papers, listed out all the official vacancies to be arranged today and explained them in detail, and listed the candidates he recommended and stated the reasons.
Li Maoyue listed a total of six candidates for the official vacancy in Tongbai County, four of which were new applicants, and two who he thought could be transferred from other places. Before that, he thought that these two
People are more suitable for the location of Tongbai County than these newcomers.
But when the emperor asked him for his opinion again, he paused and said, "I think Bai Zhi, the new Jinshi, is good."
He knows Bai Zhi, Bai Cheng's biological eldest brother.
The emperor became curious and asked: "Why is he suitable?"
"I have read one of his articles..." Li Maoyue spoke bluntly, summarizing Bai Zhi's article, and then directly repeated an original sentence, which was the key sentence.
Man Bao raised his head slightly and looked at Li Maoyue, sighing in his heart that he was even more powerful than her. She couldn't remember it just once. She had to read it more than twice, and it would take five or six times to remember some difficult words.
Sure enough, those who can stand here are all super powerful people, Man Bao whispered in his heart, including me.