Yang Ming's lunch was left in Qianqiu Hall and he ate it with his eldest brother Yang Zhao.
Yang Zhao had no appetite at all, so he just walked around among the files piled all over the floor, looking back and forth.
"You, why are you angry with Dou Yan? Do you deserve it?" Yang Zhao sat on a pile of books and flipped through the files in his hand.
Yang Ming sighed: "Brother, you also know that Shanxi is the main battlefield for the Han Dynasty's rebellion. Many people have taken refuge outside to avoid the war. Many villages have been deserted. Shi Wansui and Changsun Cheng are still here.
Appease, it is really inappropriate to recruit so many civilians at this time."
"I also know it's inappropriate," Yang Zhao put the file aside and said in a deep voice:
"Building Luoyang will benefit Guanzhong. This is a national policy. Don't you know it in your heart? If the construction period is really delayed, how can your father not blame it?"
Why do I want to fight for the construction supervision? Just to delay the construction period... Yang Ming frowned and said:
"I don't want to delay the construction period, I just hope to minimize the casualties of the people. According to what Dou Yan said, 50,000 people died as a result. I'm afraid Shanxi will not be able to recover from the Han Dynasty's rebellion for decades.
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Population is the first factor. If you don't have people, you can't do anything, and it's easy to die. But it takes more than ten or twenty years for a child to grow up.
Yang Zhao said helplessly: "Then what do you think we should do? What Dou Yan said is also the actual situation. I don't want the casualties of the people to be too high. How about you think of a way?"
Yang Ming said directly: "I would like to use Pei Xizai, the chief clerk of the palace, as Dou Yan's deputy. Big brother can make arrangements here."
"That's no problem," Yang Zhao saw his brother's tone softening and said with a smile, "But you have to come up with a perfect strategy and let me take a look at it then."
Yang Ming nodded.
He did not participate in the discussion in the afternoon. Instead, he returned to the royal residence in Longqingfang early and called everyone together for discussion.
"It's just this matter. I plan to let Xizai do it," Yang Ming said calmly.
Pei Xizai is from Shanxi, and the only person who can sympathize with the people of Shanxi is a Shanxi person. Someone from other places would not take you from Shanxi seriously at all, because he has no feelings for this land.
Du Ruhui hurriedly found a map of Shanxi from the library, and everyone gathered together to study and discuss it.
After a while, Yuan Wendu said: "The five hundred thousand people are not empty at all. Changping County is going to put in a lot of effort to build Tokyo this time. There is enough stone, chalk, and red soil to ensure the supply. It is mining, transportation,
Firing requires a lot of effort."
Yang Ming said solemnly: "Let's not discuss the matter of recruiting civilian husbands anymore. The prince has already decided on it. Now let's come up with a plan to see what method can be used to reduce civilian casualties."
Now that we have a theme, everyone also has a direction.
As the saying goes, when three people are walking together, there must be my teacher. Three cobblers can stand up to one Zhuge Liang.
Things still need to be discussed together by everyone.
Two hours later, we had a discussion.
1. To solve the food problem, Yang Ming needs to negotiate with the Crown Prince and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Official warehouses in various places must allocate more food appropriately to ensure the food problem of the workers. It is almost impossible to have enough for everyone, but one cannot always go hungry.
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The current food supply in the Sui Dynasty was very rich. Of course, the official warehouses were rich, but the common people were not. For such a large project, the official warehouses must be opened, otherwise the supply could not be guaranteed at all. However, as much as the supply was available, we needed to fight for it.
Second, the drinking water problem. The water source in Changping County is probably not available, so the Hedong government needs help to recruit water trucks to ensure drinking water for the people. Of course, Changping County also needs to solve part of it on its own, such as digging more deep wells and digging more water.
Drinking canals and cisterns are used to store rainwater.
Half a million people eating and drinking could eat up the mountains and drink up all the water. There were not that many drinking water projects in the Sui Dynasty. The common people had to rely on surrounding water sources and rainwater for water.
Third, animal power was used to replace part of the manpower, mainly in transportation, which required the recruitment of a large number of mules and horses. Yuan Wendu and his colleagues wanted one mule (donkey) for every twenty households and one ox for every thirty households.
Mules, donkeys and cattle all need to be bought by the people themselves, or they have to pool their money to buy them. Damn it, if you don’t make money, you still have to pay for it.
Since it is a purchase, where should I buy it from? Of course it is the landowners, businessmen, and wealthy aristocrats.
In view of this, Yang Ming made a slight modification and changed it to have the landlords and nobles provide mules, donkeys and oxen. In this way, Yang Ming would offend many people, and there was nothing he could do about it.
Fourth, recruit a large number of doctors who know medical skills from the private sector. Anyone who knows a little bit about it must be recruited.
Yang Ming also specifically named a person named Sun Simiao and asked this person to be in charge of presiding over it. From the Imperial Medical Office, several doctors (medical students) were appointed as Sun Simiao's deputies to be responsible for the medical and health services for the workers in Changping County.
This point quite surprised Yuan Wendu and others. They did not expect that Prince Yang Ming would care so much about the lives of workers.
Du Ruhui is young, has not been polluted by official circles, and is a student of saints, so he respects Yang Ming from the bottom of his heart. He feels that Yang Ming, like him, follows the way of saints.
As for Sun Simiao, he was honored as the King of Medicine by later generations. In the early years of the founding of the Emperor, he served as a doctor of the Imperial Academy, but later he retired from Zhongnan Mountain due to illness.
Because this person was so famous, Yang Ming had inquired about the details when he first crossed over. He originally thought he would not be of use, but it turned out to be of great use now.
If he refuses to leave the mountain, Yang Ming will send someone to kidnap him to Changping County.
Fifth, between Changping and Luoyang, a temporary travel stack is built every thirty miles to ensure the transportation team has drinking water and rest. This project is not big, but the effect is very important. Every travel stack must have enough supplies.
Food, water, horse feed, healers, veterinarians.
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The twelve plans were hastily completed, and everyone discussed them until late at night, checking for any omissions and filling them in.
Everyone was very excited to be able to participate in this important event as soon as they returned to Beijing, so they spared no effort to help Yang Ming come up with ideas.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for digging kilns and firing bricks, the loss of personnel in this area is almost inevitable, so we can only send people as much as possible to supervise their safe production.
After leaving the official office, Yang Ming went to Dou Yan's home.
It's a pity that the other party is not at home tonight, but is staying at the official residence of the Imperial City, so Yang Ming returned to the Imperial City. If he were not the prince, he would not be able to enter at night.
In the Yamen Office of the Ministry of Industry, Dou Yan was still handling official duties by candlelight. When he heard that Yang Ming wanted to see him, he immediately became embarrassed.
After asking Yang Ming to sit down with a stinky face, he didn't say a word. He just made a pot of tea by himself and pushed a cup to Yang Ming with one hand.
Yang Ming came here just to talk softly. As long as he can achieve his goal and reduce the casualties of Shanxi people, being soft is not a big deal.
"At the court meeting this morning, I sounded a little harsh. Is Wen Tong (characterized by Dou Yan) still angry?" Yang Ming said with a smile.
"How dare you?" Dou Yan said in a cold tone: "Dou is just a minister, how dare you get angry with the King of Qin?"
"As long as you're not angry," Yang Ming took out the piece of grass and said, "Then let's talk about business."
Huh? Are you trying to ignore me? Can't you tell whether I'm angry or not?
Dou Yan looked helpless, but he was really relieved. After all, he condescended to find him, and his attitude was clearly to ease the relationship. If he continued to hold on, he would lose interest.
So he took the eucalyptus, read it carefully, and nodded:
"These twelve items are all strategies to benefit the people. It is difficult for the King of Qin to sort them out so quickly."
Next, he showed Yang Ming some of the things he had sorted out.
Dou Yan couldn't keep it off when he was being criticized at the court meeting, but he also knew that King Qin's concerns were also for the sake of the people, not about his person, but about things.
So after going to court, he himself lowered his head and thought about it a bit, hoping to minimize the loss of the people.
After Yang Ming took it, he studied it carefully.
Some of them are very pertinent. For example, one child is born in every ten households, which means that only one laborer is produced in ten households, and the family has old people to support, young children to support, widows, disabled people, pregnant women, etc., there is no child.
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This one is quite humane, which is rare for a high-ranking official who comes from a wealthy family.
There is also the recruitment of slaves. The number of slaves in the Sui Dynasty is calculated according to the title and honorary title.
Of course, the article Dou Yan came up with was only for the Shanxi area, and he did not dare to do it in Guanzhong.
After Yang Ming finished reading, he was very pleased and took the initiative to pick up the teapot and pour tea for Dou Yan. This time, Dou Yan stood up and took it with both hands.
"Today's court meeting is up to my king. Wen Tong went to Shanxi. Remember to be considerate of the people. I will leave the affairs there to you."
This is a serious apology.
No one dared not accept the prince's apology, not even Yang Sugaojun, let alone him.
Of course Dou Yan also felt the sincerity, his old face turned red and he hurriedly said:
"His Highness has spoken harshly, and I have also done something wrong. I only hope that by taking this post, I can protect Luoyang and save the people of Shanxi from suffering, so that Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and you will be satisfied."
Yang Ming smiled and nodded, and then changed the subject, not talking about serious matters, but talking about casual talk.
Overall, Dou Yan is a pretty good person.
The next day at the court meeting, Yang Ming submitted a total of 16 guarantees drafted by Dou Yan to Prince Yang Zhao.
Many people kept silent when they learned about the contents of these sixteen articles. In their opinion, Yang Ming was making a big deal out of it and there was no need for it.
But Yang Ming has the support of Yang Su, Gao Jiong, and Pei Ju, and even Su Wei Niu Hong also expressed his approval.
Regardless of whether they are sincere or not, they still do a good job on the surface. After all, these 16 rules are beneficial to the people and detrimental to the family.
Yang Zhao was overjoyed and couldn't help but stare at the content of the grass and nodded:
"Brother Ming is truly a capable man. These sixteen articles will be issued to all departments immediately. You must work together to relieve your worries."
Yang Ming took advantage of this moment and quickly stood up and said a few good words for Dou Yan, meaning that Dou Yan contributed half of his efforts to these sixteen points.
The prince was naturally very pleased and praised Dou Yan highly.
It's fine now. Anyone can see that the two of them have reconciled.
The reason why Yang Ming promoted Dou Yan was that he had indeed contributed. More importantly, if everyone knew that Dou Yan was involved in the plan, then Dou Yan would definitely follow every one of them when he came to Shanxi.
content to prepare for deployment.
Otherwise, he will slap himself in the face.
What's more, Yang Ming also sent Pei Xizai to supervise him. If Dou Yan acted randomly, Yang Ming would fall out with him.
If we have the same opinions, we are friends; if we have different opinions, we are enemies.
We will drink from the golden cup together, but we will not spare each other with the white sword.