It is said that recently, Li Tuiguan has been haphazardly dealing with government affairs, but he has devoted himself fiercely to the Xicheng transportation hub project. On the one hand, he supervised the construction of a new city gate with both water and land, and on the other hand, he supervised the construction of a new river connecting the city gate.
He is either at the construction site or on the way to the construction site. He insists on patrolling the site personally, lest the craftsmen and civilians are lazy.
It was the turn of June and July, and in the past few days, Li Tuiguan's pretty face, which could serve as the standard template for handsome men in the country and North Korea, had become quite tanned, causing his wife and concubines at home to feel distressed.
Even Zhao Daguan asked Li You to go up the mountain to escape the summer heat and have fun, but they could not shake Master Li's firm determination. The river is called Litang, and the door is called Youmen. If he doesn't work hard, who will work hard?
"The progress is quite slow, and time is waiting for us." Li You stood on a high place that day and said worriedly while looking over the construction site.
The supplementary classes at the Imperial College start in October, and you have to go to the capital to register in September. If you work backwards, you will leave in August. It is already early July, and if you want to finish building the city gates and waterways before leaving, there is only one month left.
, but it seems to be insufficient at present.
"If you want to speed up the process, you must add more manpower." An old worker replied.
Li You thought to himself that if he wanted to increase his manpower, it would be nothing more than recruiting military and civilian service households from several nearby counties. With his power, he couldn't do that.
In this year, one hundred and ten households were divided into one li. Among them, the first ten households in A were in turn the head of the li, and every ten households in the other 100 were divided into one A. According to the imperial system, each A in each li was divided into years.
It is normal to take turns to bear the burden of government service, basically every ten years. This is a normal form of corvee service. Any additional assignments are abnormal.
Li You may be able to use his special influence to recruit some labor from Guo County, which is under his nose in Fucheng, but it would be inappropriate to go to other counties to collect corvee labor.
However, there is a saying that goes well: if you have any difficulties, go to the prefect. Li Tuiguan immediately got up and went to the prefect.
In response to Li You's request, the prefect Wang frowned and remained silent. He also had his own considerations.
Some time ago, Magistrate Wang, with a bit of a grudge against Shi Shengzheng, proposed to improve water conservancy in the whole government. Afterwards, he regretted it a little. After all, he had always worked as a miscellaneous worker and an assistant official, and had never had the experience of presiding over major political affairs.
I was afraid that if I couldn't do it, I would become a laughing stock.
However, after repeated consideration and Li You's persuasion, the old magistrate finally made up his mind to continue the implementation. When work starts during the slack season, he will establish his own prestige through this process. What's more, the money Li You threw to him, Huang Shang, also
It's hard to offend. After the river construction was stopped, Qian Huangshang was probably the first person to be dissatisfied.
The problem is that the river improvement plan planned by the Wang Zhifu may not cost much money, but it is extremely labor-intensive. If Li You is asked to use thousands more people for the west city gate and waterways this time, it will have an impact on the whole river project.
Not to mention anything else, if the city gates and waterways are repaired in August, when these people are requisitioned again in October, there will inevitably be complaints. Although these people only account for a small part of the total civil service, they are enough to cause heavy taxation and disadvantages.
Public opinion.
When Li You saw the troubled look on the prefect Wang's face, he sighed and said: "Xiaguan wanted to do his best to benefit the village before going to prison, and he was a little eager for quick success. But Xiaguan was not a quitter, so he had to supervise the construction slowly.
It is expected to be completed within this year. As for the Imperial College, it doesn’t matter if you don’t go there, how can you abolish public service for private reasons?”
"I will allocate another three thousand people to you!" Wang Zhifu gritted his teeth and punched the case, saying this as a parting gift.
In this way, within a few days, Li Tuiguan made three or four reasonable or unreasonable requests to the Wang Prefect in succession, and he always came back with a full load. He only had to sigh, "I can't go to jail anymore," and everything worked.
In this regard, the prefect Wang would rather believe it or not. After all, in his opinion, studying in prison is not very attractive to Li You, and he may give up this opportunity at any time.
But being blackmailed like this is not an option. Mr. Wang is very distressed about this, but the opponent is really difficult to deal with and there is nothing he can do at the moment.
It was not until a few days later that the imperial court suddenly sent a document to the government, and the prefect Wang was overjoyed to read it. It was as if he had taken a reassuring pill and said to everyone: "The gods and Buddhas have appeared! I can finally get rid of Mr. Li's unreasonable entanglement!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the disciple came to report: "Master Li, please see me..."
Well done... Magistrate Wang raised his hand and said, "Bring us in!"
However, he said that this time Li You took the trouble to harass the prefect Wang again in order to ask the prefect to increase the allocation of five thousand taels and spend it from the government treasury.
"No!" Prefect Wang refused confidently.
Li You sighed skillfully, "The lack of money affects the progress, and we can't finish the work before the supplementary inspection report..."
"Still not allowed!" Wang Zhifu continued to refuse confidently.
Li You was secretly surprised, why did this trick fail? Could it be that the prefect Wang had already known about his decision to go to prison through other channels? Who leaked the secret?
Just listen to the Wang Zhifu's serious words: "Master Li, the project must be diligent and thrifty, and live within one's means. How can we be extravagant? Oh, there is a court document, you should also read it."
Li You took it and took a look. It turned out that the imperial court had set a new rule - supplementary supervision for scholars and promotion after graduation.
At this moment, Li Tuiguan burst into tears, raised his hands and shouted: "God's grace is so great that it is hard to repay even a humble minister's liver and brains for being ruined!"
The prefect Wang smiled and said nothing. With this, he did not believe that Li You, an official fan, would give up his fortune and not go to prison. Facing a Li You who was destined to leave, what else was there to be afraid of, and what was there that he dared not refuse.
However, it is said that the imperial court came up with this new rule to encourage officials who were born in the government to devote themselves to study. Otherwise, studying in prison has no practical significance and only provides a vague possibility, which is not very attractive.
In the current officialdom of the country, officials with official backgrounds basically have little hope of promotion in their lives. They generally hold low-level and low-level positions. The better ones are ninth-rank, and some people with excellent luck can reach eighth-rank. Since
Above the seventh level, it is a world on another plane. It can be said that there is an invisible boundary between the eighth level and the seventh level.
According to the new regulations of the imperial court, by being imprisoned, those who are not in the mainstream will gain a rank. The ninth rank will be promoted to the eighth rank, and some eighth ranks will be promoted to the seventh rank, which is generally within the scope of low-level positions. This provides both training and rewards.
, which promotes outstanding practical talents without causing a major impact on the officialdom, it can be regarded as a proper and stable new law.
However, everything has exceptions, such as Li You who was unique in the world and broke the boundaries. The moment he saw the imperial document, Mr. Li burst into tears because he had taken advantage of him.
You must know that the higher the official rank, the higher the gold content of each level. At the same level, seven liters of six are much higher than nine liters of eight. Perhaps there are only a few eight liters of seven that can compare.
Mr. Li, who originally planned to work as a seventh-rank official for the rest of his life, has only been working as a seventh-rank official for half a year. Suddenly, sixth-rank officials are easily available. Even if he is a junior sixth-rank official, it is great. Can he not cry with joy?
When Li You came out of the government office, Zhang San, his eldest son, suddenly rushed over. During the recent period, Li You sent him to Fu Erniang's side to guard him, because the day of Fu Erniang's delivery was coming soon.
Zhang San came to Li You and reported in a low voice: "Ms. Fu Er is about to give birth, and the few stable women we invited are working hard there."
Li You, who was in a good mood, smiled and said, "It's really a double happiness."
