Chapter 147: Observing personnel and situations, Tang Cheng recommended himself

When Tang Cheng and Zhang Xiangwen rode their horses to Wanfu Tower in Jinzhou, they heard a surprising news that the banquet had ended. Observation made Yu Dongjun and the governor of the state Yao Rongfu have left, so the tolerances outside the building were naturally removed.

Hearing the news, Zhang Xiangwen was a little confused and looked up at the sky. It was still early. He didn't even have a singing and dancing when he left. No matter how fast the banquet was, it would not be possible. "What's going on?"

"How did I know?" Tang Cheng didn't understand what was going on. It was too abnormal. "Come to ask the waiter who served the banquet."

The result of this question was even more shocking. According to the waiter, the observer was not speculating about the road construction matter and what the governor Yao said. After being beaten by Master Jun’s water grinding skills, he actually got up, bowed his face and left.

When Tang Cheng heard this, he looked at Zhang Xiangwen and asked in surprise: "Sir Yu left like this?"

"Let's leave, observe that the master is walking very fast." The waiter looked around and then took a step forward and whispered: "I guess Mr. Jun didn't expect that Lord Yu would just leave like this. He didn't even take down the smile on his face, and he was stunned in the Accord for a long time."

"What's next?".

"At that time, I could hear the quiet needles in the Accord, which made Master Jun feel a little embarrassed. After a while, he left with a calm face. Then the gentry and elders from the city also followed."

"I'm not asking this, I'm asking where Lord Jun went?"

"When you go back to the hall, this little guy doesn't know."

"Okay, you go," Tang Cheng waved his hand, and the waiter turned around and Tang Cheng looked at Zhang Xiangwen and shook his head, "We have run away in vain this trip."

"Hey! I've seen it a lot. This time we opened our eyes again."

Upon hearing this, Tang Cheng smiled bitterly like Zhang Xiangwen. He really had a good understanding. Who would have thought that Yu Dongjun, a dignified official, could do such a thing, and even at the welcome banquet in Jinzhou, he said he would leave as soon as he left! This is too unreasonable. Not to mention that he was an observer, even a county magistrate could not do such a move that was inconsistent with the customs of the officialdom.

Although I heard Zhang Liang say that Yu Dongjun is too pedantic and not suitable for his position, Tang Chengshi didn't expect that Yu Dongjun could leave the whole room with all the guests. Now, let alone others, Yao Rongfu's face has lost.

Since that was the case, the two of them had no need to stay anymore. They turned around and left Wanfu Tower. As soon as they got on the horse's horse's hooves came in front of them.

The middle-aged man wearing a seventh-rank official uniform came by a middle-aged man wearing a seventh-rank official uniform. He and Tang Cheng passed by. After looking at the tolerance uniform on Zhang Xiangwen, the man stopped and turned his head and shouted, "Tang Cheng".

When Tang Cheng heard the sound, he turned around and saw this. "Are you Tang Cheng, the judge of the Jinzhou Sitian Cao?"

"Something is exactly".

"Okay, come with me." The man immediately raised his hand and pointed forward, "Observation makes it possible for the adults to see you." As soon as he finished speaking, he rode his horse to take the lead.

"Brother, remember what I said to you just now." Tang Cheng nodded, knocked his legs and chased after the seventh-rank official uniform.

The system of posts was extremely complete during the Tang Dynasty. Inland Daozhou, whether it was dry or water roads, there was a post station every 30 miles for officials to rest and replace ships and horses. Because it was located in the prefecture city, it was built with the Jinzhou Post House, so Yu Dongjun and his party lived here.

When he entered through the gate and passed through the Sanchong Courtyard to the quietest and most elegant inner courtyard, Tang Cheng finally saw the pure technician who was an exception among the local observers of the Tang Dynasty. Yu Dongjun, who was already famous in Yangzhou.

Yu Dongjun is about fifties, but his body looks good, his hair is black, and his figure is not as fat as Ma Dongyang and Yao Rongfu. He looks very capable.

When Tang Cheng came in, Yu Dongjun was watching a huge map of mountains and rivers. From a distance, the map was drawn in an extremely fine manner, which was simply indescribable than what Sitian Cao had. This was also impossible. In this era, maps were an extremely important strategic secret, and maps of different levels were enjoyed with different precisions. For example, if Yu Dongjun wanted to step down, the first thing in the matter was this exquisitely drawn sheepskin map. Things like this were registered in the court and could never be leaked. With Tang Cheng's current status, he was destined to be able to see that kind of rough and simple goods.

"You are the Jinzhou Sitian Cao Juesi?" Yu Dongjun continued to move his fingers on the map, and asked without looking up or turning around.

"That's right".

"Well, how many acres of land and population are there in the Heihu area of ​​Yunxi County under Jinzhou?"

Among the four counties under Jinzhou, Yunxi is the closest to Fangzhou. After traveling from Erlongzhai for more than a hundred miles, the Black Tiger is the junction of Jinzhou and Fangzhou. However, if you have to go to Fangzhou through the Black Tiger, you must pass through Yunxi due to the surrounding mountain restrictions. This is inconsistent with the news you heard at the beginning.

"Does he want to change the route?" Tang Cheng thought, but there was no pause in his mouth. "The black tiger is a funnel-shaped gentle slope ground clamped by two mountains. According to the results of the land acre verification last year, there are 3,865 mu of land here, of which 439 mu of paddy fields are all at the bottom of the gentle slope. The remaining 3,426 mu of acres are all slope land. As for the population, because the household registration is managed by the households, the subordinates are not clear."

"Yeah!" When he heard Tang Cheng's clear voice answer, Yu Dongjun, who was still pressing his finger on the sheepskin map, turned around in surprise. He did not expect that Tang Chengdi's answer would be accurate to the subdivision of the mu. After he saw Tang Cheng's appearance clearly, his brows moved, one surprised and the other surprised that Sitian Cao Sect Si was so young.

After carefully examining Tang Cheng, Yu Dongjun turned his head and continued to move his fingers on the map, "How many official fields are there?"

"Eight hundred and eighty-four acres are all high slopes."

Upon hearing this, Yu Dongjun's finger focused on the map, "More than 3,000 acres of land, the number of official land has just reached one fifth, and the remaining nearly 3,000 acres are private land, even if the slopes are barren, each family owns a larger number of land, and these 3,000 acres belong to at least 700 households. According to the number of households in the Ministry of Revenue, all households have six people. The more than 700 households involve more than 4,000 people, and this is just a black tiger."

Yu Dongjun's finger followed the place where he was focused just now and went back to Yunxi County. His words were quick and urgent, "The black tiger is like this. If this road really comes from Jinzhou, how much land will it occupy? How many people and land are involved? Yao Rongfu is unreasonable. The route was set up next to him to take care of the people in Jinzhou. As the governor of this state, he not only did not support it, but instead restrained it from many parties."

After hearing this, Tang Cheng was completely disgusted. Until now, he finally knew why Yu Dongjun could do what he had done just now. As a result, this adult was simply a technical official in charge of road construction for many years. He must have been dealing with local affairs. He would definitely take over the construction site after others did it. Otherwise, he would not be able to say such words.

Pure technical officer, Yu Dongjun is really worthy of his name!

Tang Cheng didn't understand such a simple truth, why no one around Yu Dongjun told him, but the road construction matter actually involved his vital interests. Therefore, at this time, he did not care about the huge status gap, and the superiors would not answer. He spoke: "Sir, the account cannot be settled like this."

Yu Dongjun was a Jinshi in the calculation and had been dealing with arithmetic since he was a child. Since he was a Jinshi in high school, he was assigned to the Ministry of Works through the Ministry of Personnel's examination. He has not been moved for so many years. He has been working from an ordinary job to a doctor and a junior, and later he has been serving as a junior, a local official for more than ten years.

Although he was the chief officer in charge of the affairs of the first department, he still focused on building roads. All other affairs in the department were thrown to two deputy doctors, so he was so careless that he had won him a good reputation in the Ministry of Works as a "no power" in the Ministry of Works.

He was lucky. He was originally arguing with his temperament in the officialdom, even if he had reached this point, the Zetian Wu, who happened to be the first to go on the dynasty, was an exception. He also liked an official like him who had no intention and only knew how to work hard. In addition, the wise minister Di Renjie at that time recommended him. Therefore, Yu Dongjun unexpectedly promoted him to the deputy hall of the Ministry of Works. When the imperial edict came down that day, many people in the Ministry of Works were dumbfounded after hearing the letter. They couldn't believe it.

Building roads is Yu Dongjun's favorite and his old job. This time, His Majesty personally assigned this road. After Yu Dongjun received the imperial edict, his mind was full of thoughts on the mountain and river maps, and on the road. Even the team he brought from Beijing had been using his familiar subordinates for so many years, and these people were not much different from him in terms of temperament. In later generations, they had extremely high IQ and were terrible.

After taking office at Shannan East Road, Yu Dongjun was completely spared from his official service. He was thinking about the mountain and river geography map that he had just obtained not long ago, and all his subordinates were sent out to explore the terrain.

The new observation made the adults so strange. Even if someone was curious, it was not easy to say anything in the short time. When they wanted to wait and see, Yu Dongjun, who had not even sat in the Daocheng Yamen, had already brought people down.

In short, Yu Dongjun, an abnormal officialdom in the officialdom since he took office in Shandong Province, almost none of his actions have been done according to the rules of the officialdom.

When he was in the Ministry of Works, he was fine, but he was responsible for other matters, so he was only responsible for the construction. Now when he arrived at the local area, he really felt that everything was awkward and he was in any way hindered.

He just said that he complained about Yao Rongfu, but he didn't expect Tang Cheng to answer the conversation. He stood up and turned his head to look at Tang Cheng and said, "Oh, then how do you tell me how to settle the accounts?"

"Sir, please sit down and talk." The observant was that the adults stayed in the room where they were staying, and there was no one who served them. It seemed that it was impossible to count on Yu Dongjun to take the seat and have someone serve tea. Tang Cheng could only do it himself and poured a cup of tea for Yu Dongjun. After pouring a cup of tea for you, he poured one cup of tea. "Since he took office, the east roads of the mountain know that the adults came to build roads, and they all knew that this road was the long-cherished wish of Your Majesty for many years. Just like the adults, Yao Envoy has also been favored by the emperor for many years. With such an opportunity, Lord You also wanted to do your best to your Majesty's long-cherished wish, which is actually human nature."

"If Yao Rongfu wants to do his best, he should work hard to support me." Although Yu Dongjun is honest, he is not stupid after all. As soon as he blurted out this sentence, he understood what Tang Cheng meant, "Are you saying that you should count the account in the merit book?"

Tang Cheng smiled when he heard this. He did not directly answer, "The route through Jinzhou is too short, and his subordinates think it is not enough to express the desire of Yao Envoy to serve His Majesty; on the contrary, if the journey through this state is longer, Lord Jun can work hard, and no matter how many difficulties there are, he will definitely overcome difficulties."

"If the route is changed from Jinzhou to Fangzhou, not only will the road be more rugged, but it will also take more than a hundred miles of road. How much food should this nearly a hundred miles be consumed? How much labor quota should be occupied? Your Majesty ordered this road to facilitate the people. Isn't this official disappointed the favor of the holy people? This method is not advisable," Yu Dongjun shook his head without thinking, "Tang Cheng, let's talk about the terrain and land of the three officials in Zhushan County under Jinzhou?"

The best one! As the same goes for Yu Dongjun, there is nothing else but road in his heart. Tang Cheng's words were in vain.

Sanguan is a place name. Yu Dongjun intended to rub the thirty miles of Jinzhou, and it was also the place where Yao Envoy played the role of pushing hands. This question was too sensitive. Tang Cheng pondered for a while before saying: "The Sanguan place has 4,527 acres of land, of which less than 300 acres of paddy fields. The rest are all slopes, so the land is large and dense, so these slopes are all high slopes and very barren. However, there are quite a lot of land in this place. There are 2,176 acres, about half of them."

"It's all high slopes!" Yu Dongjun put down his teacup and returned to the map, "What's the customs here?"

"There are large mountains and forests in that place. Most of the mountain people are half-field and half-hunting, and the people are extremely tough." Tang Cheng replied without hesitation, "If you want to build roads from here, it is not easy to recruit people to be strong, but it is also time-consuming and labor-intensive."

"Where are you here?" As Yu Dongjun shouted, a Qingjian Primary School wearing leather armor came in outside. "You set off immediately and go to the three officials in Zhushan County to see the terrain and terrain, and send the Zhushan chief clerk to see me."

After leaving the school, Yu Dongjun buried his head in the mountains and geography.

Having said that, Tang Chuang should say goodbye. But he had not said anything he wanted to say yet. Because he didn't leave, he held the teacup and went to the desk. However, he saw Yu Dongjun's eyes and fingers on the geographical map of the mountains and rivers had quietly slid to the side.

It seems that he is determined to adjust the route. Seeing this scene, Tang Cheng's heart skipped a beat. If he had already thought about it in his heart, he would have no chance if he didn't say it.

"Sir, I still have some thoughts about road construction and want to talk about it."

Perhaps the two words "building roads in Tang Cheng's words match Yu Dongjun's thoughts, but he was not impatient, "Yeah, you said it."

"The road is full of mountains and trees, and since ancient times, it has been extremely inconvenient for all parties to transportation. This situation is not only Fangzhou, but almost all states. Although the localities are willing to improve the status quo, they are poor and difficult to bear the expenses of such a huge project, and there is no unified management. Even if the localities can overcome all difficulties in building some roads, they are mostly doing their own things, and the construction of the land is the roads within the state. So, in the huge east of Shannan, there is no decent official road."

"Shannan is adjacent to Jiannan Road. I came all the way west this time, and it was not as good as Shu Road." After hearing this, Yu Dongjun nodded, then shook his head helplessly, "The terrain is so great that it is not the origin of a day, what if it does? This time, this huge road to Fangzhou can be built, which is already the kindness of your Majesty, and other states... are difficult!"

"This does not require the construction of roads from Daocheng like Fangzhou. What the subordinates mean is to take advantage of the opportunity of the imperial court to overhaul this road and build a road connecting Fangzhou in the neighboring states. In this way, a road network can be formed, connecting Daocheng, Fangzhou and neighboring states. Although there is no name for an official road, it is actually true."

"I thought about this matter," Yu Dongjun looked Tang Cheng carefully again after hearing this, and there was a hint of praise in his eyes. "But this matter is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. Fangzhou is still insufficient for the money, grain and corvee quota allocated by the court. The states of this road are poor, but what are they used to build this road network? There is no money, grain, and no merits. Building roads is an extremely difficult task, just like this Jinzhou, can Yao Rongfu be willing to take on this matter?"

At this point, Yu Dongjun shook his head, "Although I had this intention, it would be difficult for a good wife to cook without rice. Besides, before the road to Fangzhou was repaired, I really didn't have the energy to waste this matter with the local prefectures. Therefore, I can only think about it. The road network... is a good idea, and I can only stay for the future." When talking about the road network, Yu Dongjun's eyes were shining, but in the end they could only be summoned into a sigh.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry about these things. This road connecting Fangzhou can be repaired by Jinzhou itself."

"Be serious?"

"Take it seriously", Tang Cheng's eyes firmly met Yu Dongjun.

"No money and grain allocation? No corvee quota?"

"If sir, it would be fine."

"Oh!" Yu Dongjun stared at Tang Cheng's eyes, "Who will repair it?"
Chapter completed!