Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 210 Draft Article [-]

Yang Ming's lunch was left in the Qianqiu Hall, where he ate with his elder brother Yang Zhao.

Yang Zhao had no appetite at all, just paced back and forth among the files piled up all over the floor, searching back and forth.

"You, are you okay with being angry with Dou Yan?" Yang Zhao sat on a stack of books, flipping through the files in his hand.

Yang Ming sighed: "Brother, you also know that Shanxi is the main battlefield for the King of Han's rebellion. Many people have already taken refuge outside to avoid the war. Appease, it is really inappropriate to recruit so many civilian husbands 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 well? If the construction period is really delayed, how can the father not blame him?"

Why should I fight to create a supervisor?Just to delay the construction period, Yang Ming frowned and said:
"I don't mean to delay the construction period, but I just hope to minimize the casualties of the people. If it is true that according to what Dou Yan said, [-] people died because of this, and the sinking of Shanxi by the rebellion of the King of Han may not be relieved for decades. "

Population is the first element, there is no one, you can't do anything, and death is easy, but it takes more than ten or twenty years for a child to be born to adulthood.

Yang Zhao said helplessly, "Then what do you say? What Dou Yan said is the actual situation. I don't want the casualties of the people to be too high. You should think of a way out?"

Yang Ming said directly: "I want to use Pei Xizai, the master of the royal residence, as Dou Yan's deputy. Brother can arrange it here."

"That's no problem," Yang Zhao saw his younger brother's tone softened, and said with a smile, "but you have to sort out a perfect plan and let me see it when the time comes."

Yang Ming nodded.

He didn't participate in the discussion in the afternoon, but returned to the official office of the Royal Palace in Longqingfang early to gather everyone to discuss.

"It's just such a thing, I plan to let Xizai do it," Yang Ming said lightly.

Pei Xizai is from Shanxi. Those who can sympathize with the people of Shanxi can only be from Shanxi. If you are from other places, they will not take you Shanxi people seriously at all, because he has no affection for this land.

Du Ruhui hurriedly found a map of Shanxi from the library, and everyone gathered together to study it.

After a long while, Yuan Wendu said: "50 people's power is not in vain. Changping County is going to make great efforts to build Tokyo this time. Stone, chalk, and red soil are sufficient to ensure the supply. This is the mining, transportation, burning It takes a lot of effort."

Yang Ming said with a serious face: "Don't discuss the matter of recruiting civilian husbands. The crown prince has already made a decision. Now everyone discuss a plan and see what method can be used to reduce the casualties of the people."

Now that there is a theme, everyone has a direction.

As the saying goes, when three people walk together, there must be my teacher, and there is one Zhuge Liang on top of three cobblers.

Things still need to be discussed together.

Two hours later, a draft was discussed.

First, to solve the food problem, Yang Ming needs to negotiate with the crown prince and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The government warehouses in various places should appropriately allocate more food to ensure that the workers have enough food. It is almost impossible for everyone to eat enough, but one cannot always be hungry .

The current food supply in the Sui Dynasty is very rich. Of course, the official warehouses are rich, but the common people are not rich. For such a large project, the official warehouses must be opened, otherwise the supply will not be guaranteed at all, but how much supply needs to be fought for.

[-]. The problem of drinking water. I am afraid that the water source in Changping County will not be able to supply. Therefore, the help of the Hedong government is needed to recruit water trucks to ensure drinking water for the people. Of course, Changping County also needs to solve part of it by itself, such as digging more deep wells and digging some. Drinking canals, as well as cisterns to store rainwater.

With 50 people eating and drinking, the mountains could be emptied and the water cut off. There were not so many drinking water projects in the Sui Dynasty.

Third, the use of animal power to replace a part of manpower is mainly reflected in transportation. This requires a large number of mules and horses. According to Yuan Wendu, every [-] households will produce one mule (donkey), and every [-] households will produce one ox.

Mules, donkeys and cows all need to be solved by the common people themselves, or they can pool money to buy them. If you don’t make money, you have to pay for it.

Since it is a purchase, where to buy it from, of course it is a landlord businessman, a wealthy nobleman.

Regarding this point, Yang Ming made a slight modification, instead, the landlords and nobles would provide mules, donkeys and cattle. In this way, Yang Ming would offend many people, which was impossible.

Fourth, recruit a large number of doctors who know medical skills from the private sector. Anyone who knows a little bit must be recruited.
Yang Ming also specifically named a person named Sun Simiao, and let this person take charge of the presidency. The Imperial Medical Office sent several doctors (students studying medicine) as Sun Simiao's deputy to be in charge of the medical and health services for laborers in Changping County.

This surprised Yuan Wendu and others. They did not expect that Prince Yang Ming cared so much about the lives of laborers.

Du Ruhui was young, not polluted by officialdom, and read the books of sages, so he respected Yang Ming from the bottom of his heart. He felt that Yang Ming, like him, followed the way of a sage.

As for Sun Simiao, he was honored as the king of medicine by later generations. In the early years of Kaihuang, he served as a doctor of Guozijian, but later retired from Zhongnanshan due to illness.

Because this person was so famous, Yang Ming had inquired about the details when he first traveled here. He thought it would be useless at first, but it turned out to be very useful now.

If he refused to come out of the mountain, Yang Ming would send someone to tie him to Changping County.

Fifth, between Changping and Luoyang, a temporary warehouse will be built every [-] miles to ensure the drinking water and rest of the transportation team.This project is not big, but it has a great effect. Every warehouse must prepare enough food, drinking water, horse feed, doctors, and veterinarians.

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The twelve plans were hastily completed, and everyone discussed until late at night to check for omissions and make up for vacancies.

Everyone was very excited that they would be able to participate in this major event once they returned to Beijing, so they also spared no effort to help Yang Ming come up with ideas.

As for digging kilns and burning bricks, the loss of personnel in this area is almost inevitable, so we can only send people to supervise their safe production as much as possible.

After leaving the official office, Yang Ming went to Dou Yan's house.

It's a pity that the other party is not at home tonight, but lives in the imperial city office, so Yang Ming returned to the imperial city. If he wasn't the prince, he really wouldn't be able to get in at night.

In the government office of the Ministry of Industry, Dou Yan was still holding a candle to deal with official duties. When he heard that Yang Ming wanted to see him, he immediately turned down.

After asking Yang Ming to sit down with a dirty face, he didn't say a word, but made a pot of tea by himself, and pushed Yang Ming a cup with one hand.

Yang Ming came here this time to speak softly. As long as he can achieve his goal and reduce the casualties of the common people in Shanxi, it's a big deal to be soft.

"At the court meeting this morning, my king's tone was a bit serious. Wen Tong (Dou Yan's character) is still angry?" Yang Ming laughed.

"How dare?" Dou Yan said in a cold tone: "Dou is only a servant, how dare you get angry with the King of Qin."

"It's fine if you're not angry," Yang Ming took out the draft directly: "Then let's talk about business."

Um?Are you playing sloppy with me?Am I angry? Can't you see?
Dou Yan looked helpless, but he really calmed down a lot. After all, he condescended to find him, and his attitude was clearly to ease the relationship.

So he took the draft, read it carefully, and nodded:
"These twelve items are all strategies for benefiting the people. It's hard for King Qin to sort them out so quickly."

Next, he showed Yang Ming some of the things he had organized.

Being bullied by others at the court meeting, Dou Yan couldn't hold back his face, but he also knew that King Qin's concerns were also for the sake of the people, not for his people, but for things.

So after he came down to court, he bowed his head and thought about it by himself, hoping to minimize the loss of civilian husbands.

After Yang Ming took it, he studied it carefully.
There are a few items in it that are very pertinent. For example, ten households provide one ding, that is, ten households only provide one laborer, and the family has elderly support, child support, widows, disabled people, pregnant women, etc., and no ding .

This one is quite humane, and it is very rare for a high-ranking official from a wealthy family.

There is also the recruitment of slaves and maidservants. The number of slaves and maidservants in the Sui Dynasty was calculated according to their titles and honors.

Of course, the one that Dou Yan came up with was only aimed at the Shanxi area, and he dared not do it in Guanzhong.

After Yang Ming finished reading, he felt very relieved, and took the initiative to pick up the teapot and pour tea for Dou Yan. This time, Dou Yan stood up to pick it up with both hands.

"Today's court meeting, is it my king's fault? Wen Tong went to Shanxi, remember to be sympathetic to the people, and I will leave the affairs over there to you."

This is a serious apology.

The prince apologized, no one would dare not answer, not even Yang Sugao, let alone him.

Of course Dou Yan also felt the sincerity of others, the old man blushed, and hurriedly said:
"Your Highness has spoken too harshly, and the minister has some inappropriateness. I only hope that this appointment can guarantee Luoyang's sacrifice, and save the people of Shanxi from suffering, so that His Majesty, the Crown Prince, and you will all be satisfied."

Yang Ming nodded with a smile, and then changed the topic, instead of talking about business, he said some nonsense, which was close to the point.

In general, Dou Yan is not bad.

At the court meeting the next day, Yang Ming handed over a total of sixteen guarantee drafts formulated by Dou Yan to Crown Prince Yang Zhao.

Many people kept silent when they knew the contents of the [-] draft articles. In their opinion, Yang Ming was a bit too fanatical and there was no need for it.

But on Yang Ming's side, Yang Su, Gao Jiong, and Pei Ju supported him, and even Su Wei Niu Hong expressed his approval.

Regardless of whether they are sincere or not, in short, they have done a good job on the surface. After all, these sixteen rules are beneficial to the common people, but not to the aristocratic family.

Yang Zhao was overjoyed, and kept staring at the contents of the draft, nodding his head and saying:
"Brother Ming is indeed a capable talent. These sixteen rules will be issued to all departments immediately. You must work together to relieve your worries."

Taking advantage of this moment, Yang Ming 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 greatly.

Well now, anyone can see that the two of them have reconciled.

The reason why Yang Ming promoted Dou Yan was because he really contributed. More importantly, if everyone knew that Dou Yan participated in the planning of the sixteen drafts, then Dou Yan would come to Shanxi, and he would definitely follow the content of each of them. To prepare for deployment.

Otherwise, he would just slap himself in the face.

What's more, Yang Ming also sent Pei Xizai to follow him to supervise. If Dou Yan behaved recklessly, Yang Ming would turn against him.

If we have the same opinion, we are friends; if we disagree, we are enemies.

Let you drink the golden cup together, and the white blade will not spare you.

　I saw some comments from readers, saying that the protagonist, as a time traveler, wanted to come up with something beyond the times, or improve productivity. For a few hours, I consulted many authors who wrote history, and they almost gave me the same answer. The first minefield of historical literature: don’t touch technology, don’t change the system, it has been developed step by step for thousands of years, otherwise If you do, it will give readers a sense of collapse in the era you describe.

　　
　
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