Your Majesty, please resign again

Chapter 124 Zhang Heng can be the magistrate of dozens of states! (Here he comes!)

The east wind blows thousands of trees into bloom at night.

As the Lantern Festival approaches, the east wind comes with it.

The east wind brings the breath of spring, and the weather becomes warmer.

After the Lantern Festival, Zhang Heng prepared to decorate Bianjing City with green clothes.

Zhang Heng specially invited craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry who were responsible for garden flower design to design greening for Bianjing.

The craftsman had some questions: "Trees need to be planted beside the river, trees need to be planted on the streets, and not only trees but also flowers need to be planted on the main roads. Bianjing is such a big city, so it will cost a lot of money. Kaifeng Prefecture can spend this money."

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Zhang Heng smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about money, just focus on the design."

The craftsman stopped talking and buried himself in the design.

Zhang Heng looked at it and put forward opinions. In fact, the aesthetic level of people in the Song Dynasty was not inferior to that of later generations. Especially since craftsmen like this one designed high-end gardens, their aesthetic level was not comparable to Zhang Heng's.

The opinions given are not to question other people's expertise, but to dispel the craftsmen's doubts.

It’s similar to [Why don’t we plant it here?…Ah, it’s to save money. It’s not necessary. Since it looks better if it’s planted, then plant it!] [Wouldn’t it look better to plant some kind of tree here?…Oh, that’s right too.

Save money, it’s actually not necessary, just plant it!] and the like.

When they arrived at the back, the craftsmen all looked at Zhang Heng with suspicion, thinking that Zhang Heng's family had opened a forest garden and wanted to make a lot of money from it.

Wu Yu also has similar concerns: "Actually, there is no need to plant green plants. It is a waste of money. After planting, someone has to maintain it, and it costs a lot of money. Yes, it looks good, but

It’s of no use?”

"What looks good is useful." Zhang Heng couldn't laugh or cry. In fact, it didn't cost more. It was just the different concepts of people in the two eras.

In Zhang Heng's opinion, Bianjing City should be paved with flowers and lined with green trees, and the main maintenance is mainly labor. However, labor in this era is not valuable, and the refugees in the city can spend it with just a few copper coins.

These created jobs actually support more people.

In Wu Yu's view, these are wastes, but in Zhang Heng's view, creating jobs and increasing the employment rate is a great thing that benefits the country and the people.

Not to mention anything else, the sanitation campaign launched before the Spring Festival, coupled with the construction of public toilets, coal mines, foundries, buying sludge and other economic and non-economic activities, directly raised the consumption of Bianjing City in the last quarter.

New level!

It can be seen with the naked eye that this year's New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve in Bianjing are much more lively than before. Zhang Heng has read statistics and found that the sales volume of chickens, ducks, goose, sheep, fish, fruits and vegetables is at least five points higher than the same period last year. What does this mean?

Maybe 5% of people have eaten meat this year!

And these people actually didn’t even dare to eat meat during the Chinese New Year!

It's true that the construction period of more than 4,000 public toilets was very tight, so the shop and housekeeping department hired at least tens of thousands of homeless people to help transport materials, dig septic tanks, etc., and it took more than a month to complete the construction.

Wanliang people have earned at least two or three guans each, but don't they dare to cut off two pounds of fat meat and give it to the mother-in-law and children at home to taste the smell of meat?

And the wood, stone and other materials required for more than 4,000 public toilets have to be produced by hiring people, transported, and then built by craftsmen. Doesn't this also require a lot of manpower?

It can be said that the hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on public toilets will benefit dozens of industries and tens of thousands of people.

There are also coal yards, foundries, buying and selling sludge, buying and selling lotus root cake coal stoves, and digging rivers. Through this, the Kaifeng government office has a turnover of more than 2 million guan, earning 500,000 guan, and then changing hands to transfer the 500,000 guan.

Invest in the market.

It can be calculated with such a rough calculation. In a mature market, three million yuan of money is suddenly invested. The prosperity brought about by such a huge flow of funds will benefit more than hundreds of thousands of people!

However, these accounts have nothing to do with Wu Yu and others, and he doesn't want to settle them. Anyway, once he earns the money, he can spend it as much as he can!

Didn't Wu Yu say it before, let him toss it as hard as he can!

Then he won't be polite.

Zhang Heng felt that since he had built such a fortune for the Kaifeng government office and could earn millions of dollars a year, there was no problem for him to help Huahua.

Anyway, if he doesn't spend it, he will naturally have his successors to help him spend it. It is better to spend the money that should be spent on his own job, so that when people in Bianjing talk about it in the future, they will still remember him.

Therefore, the greening project of Bianjing City was carried out vigorously.

River trees, plant!

Street trees, plant them!

Street flowers, plant them!

In addition, there are some seriously damaged roads that need to be redesigned and paved. Those with clogged sewers and damaged roads need to be repaired and re-paved. Anyway, they should be there.

Street lamps are also necessary. Street lamps with angry wind lanterns were erected one after another. At night, Bianjing City looks even more majestic.

Wu Yu's distressed heart was trembling: "Extremely extravagant and lustful! Extremely extravagant and lustful! The lamp oil that needs to be burned every night is all money!"

Zhang Heng comforted him: "Just try the effect in the past few days. From now on, we will light the lights on the main roads for two hours every day. The rest of the lights can be lighted during holidays."

Wu Yu finally shut up.

But Zhang Heng's next suggestion immediately made him jump: "No, absolutely not. You can do any greening, street lights or public toilets, but you can't build a government office!"

Zhang Heng said: "This government office is decayed to this extent. If it is not repaired, I will be afraid of killing people. I will repair it quickly while I have money now!"

Wu Yu smiled bitterly and said: "It's not like you don't know that officials don't build yamen. This is not a hidden rule, but an explicit rule. The court has clearly stipulated it."

Zhang Heng sneered: "That has to be paid for by the Third Division. We have the money ourselves, so we don't need to beg them!"

Wu Yu shook his head and said: "It is not good after all, it will affect the official reputation."

Zhang Heng laughed: "What's there to be afraid of? We are overhauling Bianjing City, and now we can also repair this dilapidated building. Why not? Let's do this. I will repair this government office!"

Wu Yu smiled bitterly and said: "How can you handle this kind of thing? If you want to repair it, it will have to fall on me. Come on, let me do a practical thing for the successor of Nan Ya and my colleagues in Nan Ya. Repair this dilapidated building."

, everyone can feel more at ease in the future. Summer is coming soon, and when it rains heavily, many collapses will probably occur, and it will be pitiful to kill people by then. Let’s repair it!”

Zhang Heng laughed. He had long been dissatisfied with this dilapidated government office, especially since he had to worry about it every day when he came in and out. He didn't know when a tile would fall and smash his head.

Wu Yu was still worried and told him: "You must keep a low profile. Don't make me too luxurious. You must be simple and simple. Do you understand?"

Zhang Heng patted his chest: "I understand, no one understands Pu Shu better than me!"

Wu Yu also thought that Zhang Heng was from Fujian, so he couldn't speak well in Kaifeng, so he pronounced Pusu as Pushu.

But after he left, Zhang Heng sang: "I have seen mountains and seas, and also seen mountains and seas of people. Everything I have ever used has disappeared like smoke in the blink of an eye..."

The government office disappeared like smoke in the blink of an eye.

Wu Yu was asked to leave the office the next day, along with office supplies, etc., and was sent to the minister's office five miles away from the government office. When he came back to visit the government office, he found that in addition to the gate and Qianlong Palace,

, the grand government office has been razed to the ground.

Wu Yu: "..."

Wu Yu was about to cry but had no tears. This is not repair, this is reconstruction!

Things are getting big!

Could it be that the grand Kaifeng government office was razed to the ground in the blink of an eye? This incident immediately attracted attention both inside and outside the imperial court.

Among the censors at the Yushitai and the admonishment officials in the Yuan Yuan, except for one named Bao Heizi, who was not impeached by a memorial, the rest of them had to face the admonishment officials in addition to impeachment!

Zhao Zhen was shocked when he heard this. He thought to himself: Why did this old man Wu Yu cause such a big thing without saying hello? He was going to rebel!

Wu Yu was urgently brought to the Chongzheng Hall. Facing Zhao Zhen, who was looking bad, Wu Yu explained bitterly: "It's all my fault because I didn't think well, but the government office is indeed in a dilapidated state. Seeing that

The rainy season is coming soon, and every year during the rainy season, a number of government offices collapse. I thought that since it needs to be repaired, I might as well do a major overhaul..."

Zhao Zhen snorted and said: "Wu Qing, please stop covering it up. This matter is not your fault. Let me guess, it was caused by that boy Zhang Heng, right?"

Wu Yu waved his hands repeatedly: "That can't be done, that can't be done. I am the prefect after all. If I don't agree, how could he dare to be so bold..."

Zhao Zhen chuckled: "I don't think he is such a bold person. After making some money, he started to panic. He won't give up until he spends all the money, right?

Wu Qing, do you know why those people came to me to sue you?"

Wu Yu lowered his head and admitted his mistake: "It's because I built the government office. The imperial court stipulated that officials should not build government offices..."

Zhao Zhen laughed and said: "This is all false. The government office itself has money, so there is no harm in repairing it. They are jealous that your Kaifeng government office has money, so they still keep the money and spend it themselves."

Wu Yu: "..."

Zhao Zhen chuckled: "It's not about scarcity but about inequality."

Wu Yu suddenly understood: "The Kaifeng government office is willing to hand over 100,000 yuan to the three divisions."

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said, "It's missing."

Wu Yu's face turned bitter: "I am willing to hand over 50,000 yuan to the inner treasury."

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "There is no need for the inner treasury. There is no shortage of money in the inner treasury. You have also helped repair the houses in Yushitai and Jianyuan. The main thing is that the mouths of those officials have to be silenced."

Wu Yu: "..."

What should Wu Yuneng do? Spend money to eliminate the disaster.

As soon as Wu Yu returned to the Yamen and said that, people were immediately excited, but after the anger, it subsided.

What can I do? Spend money to eliminate the disaster.

The situation is stronger than the person.

Sure enough, when the government spent money, the objections disappeared.

In the spring of the third year of Qingli, the large-scale construction launched by Zhang Heng turned Bianjing into a large construction site.

The spring rain came belatedly. After a spring rain, there was water in the river, and the newly planted flowers and plants on the riverside sprouted new buds, bringing rare new green to Bianjing City.

A carriage returning from the northwest also washed away its travel dust in the spring rain.

After being away from Bianjing for three years, Fan Zhongyan couldn't recognize Bianjing anymore when he opened the curtain again.

The roads are clean, the streets are fresh, there are trees beside the roads, clear water flows in the river, and the willows are cut out by the spring breeze and fluttering green leaves.

But he had no time to take a closer look, because there were so many people who came to greet him. Almost half of the people in the Great Song Dynasty Hall came, because with his efforts, the three-year resistance against Xia in the northwest finally ushered in the dawn. At the end of last year, ten

In January, Li Yuanhao was finally willing to negotiate for peace, and the northwest was at peace.

When he saw Zhao Zhen, Zhao Zhen was filled with gratitude. He personally came down to hold his hands and said emotionally: "Fan Qing, thank you for your hard work these past three years."

Fan Zhongyan's eyes suddenly became wet. After three years of bitter cold and wind and sand, the results finally came to fruition.

A few days later, Fan Zhongyan was appointed deputy privy envoy. At the same time, Zhao Zhen promoted Ouyang Xiu, Yu Jing, Wang Su and Cai Xiang as admonishers. Everyone in the court suddenly realized that a long-awaited change may have begun.

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Zhang Heng acted as if nothing had happened and stepped up the construction of the government office. He had to complete the construction before the rainy season, otherwise it might not be easy later.

The street lighting project, sewer project, greening, and other projects have been completed, and now only the government office projects are left.

Seeing Bianjing becoming more and more beautiful day by day, Zhang Heng was in a good mood.

This feeling is like you have cleaned the room well. After cleaning, the sense of accomplishment is overwhelming!

The government office is almost completed, and Zhang Heng has indeed achieved simplicity. There are no carved railings or pillars, and it is even more impossible to gilt and inlaid with silver. However, the windows are bright and clean, and there are many supporting gardens inside.

Compared with the majesty of the past, today's Kaifeng government office mainly focuses on handling affairs and being close to the people.

However, Wu Yu had no chance to return to Kaifeng Mansion to sit in the Yamen again, because he had already worshiped the right admonishment doctor, the Privy Deputy Envoy, and had become the Prime Minister.

Although Wu Yu is not in the position of Kaifeng magistrate, he is still remembered by the people of Bianjing. It was when Wu Yu was in office that Bianjing truly became beautiful and livable.

Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, there have been dozens or hundreds of prefects in Kaifeng, but only Wu Yu is affectionately called Wu Fuzun, and some people even affectionately call him Wu Dajiang, which means that when Wu Yu was the prefect, he would

He is the master craftsman of Bianjing in building the capital into a charming city!

The new prefect who took over was named Li Shu, whose courtesy name was Xianchen. He was from Fengzhou, Xuzhou. He was the son of the former prefect of Kaifeng, Li Ruogu. Before he took office, he had heard of Zhang Heng's name. He was also quite polite after he came. I was very grateful to Zhang Heng for his treatment.

Contributions made by Nan Ya.

This is also appropriate. The dilapidation of the government office is already a chronic problem. If Wu Yu had not acted under pressure during his term, all future prefects would have to languish here for a year and a half.

Of course, Li Shu also knew in her heart that the people were grateful to Wu Yu, but the officials knew that the person in charge of these matters was actually Zhang Heng.

This can be seen from Zhang Heng's promotion speed.

Although Zhang Heng's duties remained unchanged, his official rank was promoted. In May, he was promoted to Zuo Lang, and in June, he was promoted to Secretary Cheng.

In other words, after being promoted, Zhang Heng's level is actually the same as that of Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng is the Prime Minister of the Palace, and he is on the same level as the Secretary Prime Minister.

In fact, Zhang Heng's rapid promotion was not entirely due to his hard work during these years, but also because of his background as the number one scholar.

As the top pick, you can still get a lot of bargains.

Jinshi from ordinary backgrounds start out as the chief registrar of various eunuchs, while the number one scholar is directly the prime minister of the temple. They save at least two or three years of time compared to them, and they can't compare with them if they move faster and faster.

Bao Zheng had been an official for many years. He was not the number one scholar, and he also wasted a few years because of his parents. He was not as good as Zhang Hengjian in the emperor's heart, so it was normal for him to be caught up.

If it were anyone else, Bao Zheng would definitely not go to congratulate him, but this time Zhang Heng was promoted, so Bao Zheng came to Zhang Heng's home to congratulate him.

Bao Zheng is not a person who is good at jealousy, but he still has some taste for it: "You have only been in officialdom for one year, and you have caught up with my fifteen years of hard work. Where do you think I can go to complain about my grievances?"

Zhang Heng couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Master Bao, how can you be someone who values ​​official position? If you value official position, you would be more than just a supervisory censor today. I'm afraid you would have been in charge of the office of Kaifeng Mansion."

Bao Zheng also laughed: "My little friend still understands me, and my little friend is not a person who values ​​official position. With your merits, you can't even be rewarded by being promoted to two levels, but I see that my little friend has no resentment."

The sentiment is truly admirable.”

Bao Zheng said with emotion: "The imperial court has benefited a lot from the contracting of the ministerial treasury. I estimate that starting from this year, the imperial court can save at least 120,000 guan and earn nearly 2 million guan!"

Just by doing this, my little friend is better than dozens of magistrates!

It is also a meritorious thing for me to rebuild the government office without any money from the court and turn the smelly Bianjing city into a city of singing birds and fragrant flowers.

The key point is that the refugees in the city have also benefited a lot from this. The refugees could not afford to eat before, but now the faces of the refugees have blood.

You opened a coal yard to accommodate thousands of refugees, maintained all kinds of roads, flowers, plants and trees, and gave thousands of refugees a foundation to live.

Others can't see it, but I can see it, and it can really be said to have immeasurable merit!"

Zhang Heng felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, and quickly said humbly: "Master Bao is so complimentary."

Bao Zheng snorted and said: "I never praise others, but praise is true praise!"

Hey, why do these words sound so familiar?

Although my official position has been promoted, the work I have to do has not changed much. I am still busy.

However, since Fan Zhongyan returned to Beijing, Bianjing seems to have become different.

I can't say what's different, but Zhang Heng heard more topics like [New Deal], [Rich Country and Strong Army], [Three Redundant Issues], etc., and colleagues often discussed them, and talked about what needs to be rectified.

When the officials were in charge, some people secretly cursed people.

The atmosphere is different.

These have nothing to do with Zhang Heng for the time being, and Zhang Heng doesn't want to have anything to do with them.

Because he has been busy again recently.

For some unknown reason, the public security in the counties under Kaifeng Prefecture has become somewhat chaotic recently, and more than a dozen cases of banditry and rebellion have been reported in succession. As the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture, he has to pay attention to it.

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