Chapter 603 Shuzi, how dare you contaminate my innocence!
Jia Liu liked the pens Shuan Zhu recruited very much. Without these pens, how could his deeds be broadcast live to the military and civilians of Zhili Province at any time?
More importantly, he also needs this group of people to help him explain his policies regarding the agricultural season to the people.
If you don't tell it, how can the people know it?
So I happily took the manuscripts from everyone, walked to the ground about ten feet away, sat down on the Taishi chair that had been prepared, and read carefully.
The sun was high, and Shuan Zhu specially asked people to put up the Wanmin umbrella brought from Baoding Governor's Office.
I don’t know which of Jia Liu’s predecessors gave this Wanmin Umbrella to Jia Liu from the people of Zhili, but since it was passed down to him, it is natural that his surname is Jia.
The good Wanmin Umbrella has been sitting in the Governor's Hall gathering dust all day long, why not bring it out to play its due role.
During the patrol, this Wanmin Umbrella was the standard equipment of Jia Liu's ceremonial guard. The other four magical weapons were the two additional titles of "Minister of the Ministry of War", "Yu Shi of the Imperial Palace", and two pieces of "avoidance" and "solemnity".
A sign that represents official authority.
The Governor wanted to read the manuscript. Naturally, the weeding and farming work on the several acres of land at Widow Zhang's house was done by the accompanying staff.
This is not deception.
It's about historical inheritance.
The compulsory course for emperors of all dynasties is - "Encourage the world to take agriculture as its foundation."
Therefore, on the second day of February every year, the emperor would go to the fields for spring plowing and broadcast live to the military and civilians.
Even the Qing Dynasty was no exception.
The Fourth Japs pay special attention to this aspect of work.
But maybe the Fourth Japs really cultivated those dozens of acres of land?
Just to show off.
But this look is the emperor's homework.
If you don't do this homework, you will not be a good emperor.
Compared with the formality of the Fourth Japs, Jia Liu spent at least three days clearing five cents of grass, which was really hard work.
He doesn't want to be like this. He has no choice. Who makes him want to be the emperor?
"Master, drink tea!"
Shuan Zhu presented a bowl of ginseng, fungus, and wolfberry tea.
The tea is just right temperature, not salty nor bland.
Jia Liu took it and took a sip. He suddenly felt light and refreshed. He took the manuscript written by Zhongcai in his hands and read it carefully one by one.
The title of the first article is well written, it is called "Always Never Forget the People - Remembering the Governor-General in Huai Town".
After reading the whole article, Jia Liu's face was filled with respect. He couldn't help but said to Shuan Zhu, who was in charge of the governor's office next to him: "This Lai Xiucai is really not bad. I will turn him into a full-time official later and decide on the ninth rank first."
"嗻!"
Shuan Zhu glanced at Lai Xiucai, who was working with a young master's hoe, and nodded with a smile.
This person was a talent he discovered with his own hands. Before joining the mimeograph office, he was a storyteller and could tell ghost stories very well.
Looking at other people's manuscripts, they are all well written and basically meet the three elements of reporting.
It's real, real, real.
"Let's just go back and publish it in batches. You can work harder and write some postscript. Don't highlight me too much. The main thing is to let the people know the importance of farming season. The other is to let officials at all levels know the importance I attach to agriculture.
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After a brief instruction, Jia Liu asked Shuanzhu Chief Envoy Lao Yang what his views and suggestions were on the "county-to-county" project.
The so-called "county-county connection" is an important problem that Jia Liu discovered during his inspection tour. That is, in addition to the official roads (post roads) with the prefecture, each county does not pay much attention to the construction of roads with surrounding areas. Except for a few areas, they are stone slabs.
Outside the blue brick road, there are mostly old roads from the past. Not only are they dilapidated, but many places are still small roads where only a single carriage can travel.
Except for the larger towns that have blue brick roadbeds, almost all roads in the countryside are cement roads.
It’s a “cement road” that’s filled with dust when it doesn’t rain, and knee-deep when it rains.
This phenomenon is not unique to Zhili Province, but is similar in all provinces across the country.
If you want to be rich, build roads first.
To this end, Jia Liu is planning to take charge of the road construction project.
This is not just a political achievement project, it is a major event that actually affects people's livelihood and is also the basis for Zhili's industrialization.
If there are no roads, minerals cannot be transported, and goods cannot be transported. How can we deal with Beiyang trade?
In any era, the prerequisite for revitalizing the economy is to have a way.
Therefore, Jia Liu specially wrote a letter to Lao Yang, proposing to build two north-south and east-west main roads in Zhili, and also build a county-county connection project across the province, which is to widen the roads between counties.
The north-south direction refers to Dongming County in Daming Prefecture in the south of Zhili Province to Duolun Hall in the north, with a total length of nearly a thousand miles.
It runs east-west from Fuping County, Zhengding Prefecture to Tanggukou, Tianjin, with a total length of more than 500 miles.
Since it is a main road, it must be wide, so it must have six lanes in opposite directions to meet the needs of future bulk cargo transportation.
Throughout the dynasties, road construction has been a major event. There is a saying that how many people die per mile of road construction.
The reason is that road construction relies solely on manpower.
For the common people, it is just hard labor.
In order to make the people willing to participate in road construction, Jia Liu prepared to advance funds from his own pocket and use the method of "work instead of labor" to solve the labor problem of road construction.
To put it bluntly, it means paying wages, food, and tools to the people who participated in road construction, instead of giving nothing as in the past and letting the people bring their own dry food to perform hard labor.
The two main roads and the county-to-county connection project are conservatively estimated to cost at least more than 3 million taels.
If it were borne by the provincial finance directly under the central government, it would probably be done a little bit every year, and it would take about ten years to complete.
Jia Liu couldn't stand this time.
It may take three to five years to connect counties and counties, but he hopes to start construction of the two main roads at the same time, connect the north, south, and east, and implement them in sections, and they must be completed within two years.
This condition is not high.
Because, Jia Liu has assembly line operation standards.
Road construction is about to be standardized. Who is responsible for blasting mountains and removing rocks, who is responsible for compacting roadbed, and who is responsible for building bridges and beams.
With standardized assembly lines and funds in place, it is not difficult to complete two trunk provincial roads within two years.
He's not building highways.
In terms of funds, Jia Liu plans to use the "Baolong Project" project funds exclusively for road construction, and then borrow a sum of money from Chairman Li of Sichuan. In addition, he will apply for the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate part of it. If it is not enough, he can mobilize local donations.
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After all, this road was built for the people of Zhili, not for Mr. Jia.
Once the road is built, it’s not just the people who benefit.
Lao Yang wrote back, enthusiastically praising his consort for his contribution to the people of Zhili and supporting the overhaul of roads in the province.
But looking at it, the central meaning is the same - "Adults can build roads, but I don't have the money."
"There is no pattern."
Jia Liu shook his head. Old Yang really said that the province was willing to use money to support the governor in building roads. How could he, the governor, be so embarrassed to ask for this money?
"You reply to Lao Yang for me and tell him that he doesn't have to worry about money, and ask him to immediately mobilize relevant professionals from across the province to carry out the surveying and mapping project of the two main roads and strive to complete it before six months, and then start the work
The two provincial roads will be built first."
When Jia Liuzheng was explaining, Ding Qing rushed over with a secret letter.
"From Jingli?"
Jia Liu took it curiously, looked at the secret code of the envelope and found that it was from Zu Yingyuan, who was suppressing bandits in Huguang. He tore it open immediately, and he was shocked by the content of the letter.
The Xinghan Army has become a master!
Yuanyuan's nephew Gu An unexpectedly captured a large number of artillery pieces buried in the city by Wu Sangui's army in Yuezhou. He later used these artillery pieces to capture Changsha and captured more than 40 Huguang military and political officials including the Governor of Huguang, Chen Huizu, and the Governor of Hubei, Zheng Dajin.
Bayan San, governor of Du Hunan, disguised himself as a civilian and escaped before the city was breached.
If Changsha is lost, just lose it. The problem is that the captured Huguang Governor Chen Huizu surrendered frantically!
He also wrote a "Letter to the Manchus", in which he cursed the Qing government as the Manchu barbarians and urged everyone in the world to overthrow the Tartars and restore China.
That's all. Chen Huizu was greedy for life and feared death. It was okay to surrender and become a traitor, but this bastard actually mentioned him, Jaap Six, in the letter.
It is said that Qianlong used many incompetent young men from Manchuria, such as Feng Sheng'e, Mingliang, Fukang'an, Heshen and so on.
That's okay, because it's true.
But Chen Huizu actually included Jia Jiashikai, the newly appointed governor of Zhili Province, and said that he was "lucky enough to get into a high position" by being Qianlong's male favorite.
If you want, sell your official position to make money, lie about your military exploits, etc.
He also said that the head of the dignified frontier was actually held by a Manchurian in his 10s and 20s. This was the way to subjugate the country. Anyway, it was a mess. When Jia Liu saw it, he became furious on the spot and snatched the ginseng, fungus and wolfberry tea that Shuan Zhu was drinking.
, drank it all in one gulp, threw the bowl down in the wheat field angrily, and cursed: "Shu Zi, how dare you taint my innocence!"