Ming Zuo

Chapter 675 Differences
Roads are being built everywhere in Qufu County, so that the entire county is filled with smoke and dust.

But the place where the road section has been repaired is refreshing.

The concrete road with a width of more than ten steps is as smooth as water, and there are ditches on both sides of the road.

This kind of ditch is also made of cement, and a cement cover is added on it.

Regardless of the dirty smell, Lu Shiyi deliberately squatted by the side of the ditch to check carefully.

The sewage flows through it without causing any impact on the pavement and streets.

"Why was the ditch dug so wide?"

Lu Shiyi has personally walked on the road and has experienced the benefits of concrete roads, so she is not ashamed to ask.

There are locals to answer.

"This kind of ditch can be used for drainage in stormy weather, so that the city will no longer accumulate water."

It's a very simple truth, and Zhang Pu and others understood it as soon as they heard it.

Among other things, they have to admire the municipal construction in Shandong.

Compared with the road construction in the county town, the huge project is at the foot of Nishan Mountain in the distance.

Not only the local people in Qufu, but even the surrounding people rushed over.Tens of thousands of people have covered the land, and the southern foot of Nishan Mountain has been dug into a big ditch like a lake.

Zhang Pu and others met Huang Zongyan, the magistrate of Qufu County, here.

At this time, the empress of the famous family did not see any elegance, her whole body was dirty, and she was wearing a short cloth shirt, and she didn't even care to wash off the muddy water on her face.

"County Huang, what are you doing?"

Zhang Pu looked at Huang Zongyan with complicated eyes, he didn't understand why a good and loyal minister would be so willing to follow the thief, and even completely discarded the demeanor of a literati.

Huang Zongyan was chewing on steamed buns.

He is from Zhejiang, and he was not used to pasta.But nowadays, with the fist-sized steamed buns, he can eat one in two bites, and he can eat four in one go.

It is better to eat steamed buns after strenuous labor to fight hunger.

"A large reservoir is going to be built here to solve the water problem for all the people nearby."

Huang Zongyan explained the purpose of this project.

In the last years of the Ming Dynasty, everything can be forgotten, but natural disasters are the most unforgettable.

Among many natural disasters, drought is the most terrible.

Therefore, in the controlled area, Zuo Menggeng always emphasized the role of water conservancy projects.

Fortunately, this is Shandong. Although there are droughts, the scale is not large.

If it is like Shaanxi, it will be useless to do water conservancy projects.

Taking advantage of the relatively good conditions in recent years, Shandong is still in good weather.Others can be postponed, but water conservancy projects must be done in front.

Now all over Shandong, various reservoirs have been being built overtime.

Once a drought occurs, these reservoirs are the basis for saving lives.

But when Zhang Pu and others heard that a reservoir was being built, their faces changed drastically.

"County Huang, this is where the saint's mausoleum is located. You have made a big fuss here and disturbed the saint's heroic spirit. How can you explain to the world?"

When Huang Zongyan heard this, he looked at it coldly.

"The sage, Zebei, certainly does not want to see his people go hungry. Do you think the sage agrees with the construction of the reservoir, or does he not?"

Zhang Pu and others used the sage as an argument, but Huang Zonghui used the sage to fight back.

Moreover, his reasons were more aboveboard and ZZZQ, which made Zhang Pu and others speechless all of a sudden.

Can they say that the saint is willing to watch his posterity starve?
As long as they dare to speak out, they will immediately become the target of the congregation, public thieves all over the world.

Since coming to Shandong, Zhang Pu and others have been frustrated repeatedly, and this feeling makes them very uncomfortable.

And they still lost in their best tongue-in-cheek distinction.

Zhang Pu thought about it silently, but he couldn't figure out where he and others lost.

How did he know that the most important thing in an ideological debate is who can stand on ZZZQ's side.

But to play ZZZQ, Zuo Menggeng said that everyone in this world is a younger brother.

After a small confrontation, the huge project in front of them really attracted the attention of Zhang Pu and others.

"Aren't you afraid of provoking resistance from the people if you're so laborious and exhausting?"

Huang Zongyan was extremely proud, pointing at the construction site in full swing.

"Wait as long as you can and ask to see if there has been any coercion?"

Guan Yingzhen didn't believe it.

"If the government hadn't forced each other, why would the common people come here to exhaust themselves?"

"Humph!"

Huang Zongyan put his hands on his hips and was in high spirits.

"There was a severe drought the year before last, and many people in Qufu starved to death. No one is more aware of the importance of water conservancy projects than them. Now the government contributes money and the people contribute, just for everyone to have a hope of survival. You say, the people How would they choose?"

After hearing this, Zhang Pu and others couldn't be quiet for a long time.

Exorbitant taxes and corvee conquest have always been the gates of hell for the people.

How many dynasties have been destroyed because of such harsh treatment of the people.

Huang Zongyan said that these people were all voluntary, which was beyond their imagination.

However, after walking around the construction site a few times, Zhang Pu and others also discovered why this is the case here.

Although the nearby people come here to work without wages, it can also be regarded as a kind of corvee.But unlike the corvee in Daming, the county government here will provide food for the common people.

Zhang Pu and others saw the meals of the common people with their own eyes.

Steamed golden buns, and a large bowl of pork stewed cabbage per person.

Five-flowered three-layer meat the size of a palm is not something ordinary people can afford even if it is placed in the south of the Yangtze River.

"How much money does it cost to provide food for the people like this?"

Hearing Sun Shenxing's emotion, Huang Zongyan was satisfied.

"These meats are all delivered by the provincial government. But wherever the reservoir is built, the provincial government will provide [-] catties of pork and [-] catties of fish, shrimp and crabs and other aquatic products every month. The people will have strength if they eat better. work."

Hearing that Shandong actually provided such good food to the people, Zhang Pu couldn't help but think of the government of Ming Dynasty.

"Then how much will County Magistrate Huang drift?"

Huang Zongyan smiled angrily.

"All these things are not handled by the official. The Ministry of Finance is responsible for it. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Intelligence cross-supervise each other. There is no need to embezzle a piece of meat."

Hearing that the supervision in Shandong is so strict, even Zhang Pu, who is the most hostile, can't help but be amazed.

A government that really cares about the people.

A strict regime.

A regime as clean as water.

How can the people not support it?
Not to mention that the officials here are completely different from those in Daming.

The officials of the Ming Dynasty would just sit in the yamen, sip tea with their hands raised, and bow their heads to ink.His eyes go crazy when he sees the white money, and he is helpless when he hears the messy government affairs.

Not to mention thinking about the people, have they ever gone deep into the people?
According to what Zhang Pu has seen and heard, many officials have never even left their own yamen from the time they took office to the time they left.

Compared with Shandong, it seems not surprising that Daming has declined today.

Looking at the originally flat land under his feet, it is becoming the source of life under the concerted efforts of countless people.

Even the most stubborn Zhang Pu couldn't help being stimulated to spurt his blood.

The powerful power that human beings erupt for their own survival is the greatest glory in the world.

(End of this chapter)