Daming talker

Chapter 164 Two Projects

A few days ago, Mr. Lin deliberately got close to Yuan Zhi County, because he took a fancy to Yuan Hongdao's status as the leader of the public security faction.

This is no ordinary county magistrate, and has a certain status in the literary world.

Apart from the old-fashioned school, Yuan Hongdao can be regarded as one of the most prestigious people in the literary world.

Even from a political point of view, Yuan Hongdao's identity as a Hubei native is also very important. In recent years, Hubei's literary scene has sprung up and the imperial examination has gradually developed. Politically, it should not be underestimated.

Anyone who is familiar with political history knows that when the late Ming Dynasty fell into fierce party struggles, apart from the Donglin Party, it was the Qi Chu and Zhejiang Party, and the Chu Party referred to the Huguang Gang.

The reason why Wang Shizhen's old leader wanted to recommend Li Weizhen as the next generation leader also has something to do with Li Weizhen's background in Hubei.

Moreover, Yuan Hongdao's personality is also good, and there are many celebrities who often correspond with him.

As long as Yuan Hongdao mentions his name a few more times in the letter, it is tantamount to spreading his reputation to scholars all over the country.

Therefore, in the eyes of senior officials Lin, a celebrity magistrate like Yuan Hongdao is qualified to be "willful" and can completely challenge the government.

He has been fooling Yuanzhi County into doing this, how can a celebrity be called a celebrity if he has no temper?

Unexpectedly, the magistrate, a great writer, was so weak that he didn't dare to go back directly after being refuted by the government.

Such a small question, I have to call myself who is too busy to touch the ground to ask, it's really annoying.
Seeing that Lin Tailai hadn't responded for a long time, Yuan Zhixian asked, "Why don't you speak?"

Official Lin replied casually: "I feel tired."

Yuan Zhixian didn't know why and asked, "Why are you tired?"

Mr. Lin came back to his senses, and quickly explained: "Ah, I was just thinking about us renewing the leader of the social alliance, Shen Erye, so I feel tired."

Yuan Zhixian was stunned, and agreed very much: "With the temperament of the second master of the Shen family, I am afraid that I have to rely on you for everything big and small. It is really tiring."

Lin Tailai responded: "The county magistrate is too accurate in judging others!"

Then I heard Yuan Zhixian turn in very smoothly and said: "But when it comes to being tired, I am the most tired person right now!

I just took office, and nearly [-] files from the previous two months have been backlogged in my hands, which is very annoying, and the position of magistrate in Wudi is too hard.

I heard from a friend who was a county magistrate in Guizhou that there may not be a hundred case files for a whole year there. "

Lin Tailai was stunned, you have a backlog of more than [-] cases in your county's hands, and you still have time to chat with yourself here?

Yuan Zhixian replied: "It doesn't matter! I made Li Jixuan and the clerk of the punishment room work overtime to pre-trial!"

Lin Tailai mourned for Li Jixuan for a few seconds, this is a romantic and celebrity nicknamed Li Qinglian.

When this buddy defected to the Public Security faction and followed Yuan Hongdao, he probably never thought that he would be arrested and used as a coolie.

No wonder Yuan Zhixian didn't bring more masters. It turned out that Li Jixuan was used as an aide.

I also heard Yuan Zhixian say yearningly: "As the saying goes, work and rest should be combined, I have been dealing with official duties for several days, and it is time to relax.

I heard that Taihu Lake is vast and vast, with infinite scenery and 72 peaks. There are so many places to visit.

I also heard that the former sites of Gusu Terrace and Guanwa Palace are all on the east bank of Taihu Lake, so I don't know if I can still find them. "

Lin Tailai had to remind: "The scenery on the other side of Taihu Lake is in Wu County, and the duty of the county official is to guard Changzhou County.

If there is no proper reason and the permission of the superior government, it is a clear foul to openly cross the line. "

With a wave of his hand, Yuan Hongdao immediately came up with a plan: "I heard from you a few days ago that Mudu Port is about to open?
So send me an invitation and invite me to watch the ceremony, so that I can reach the east bank of Taihu Lake, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? "

Lin Tailai pretended to be embarrassed and said: "The Mudu Port is on the boundary of Wu County, and the county magistrate is the county magistrate of Changzhou County. How does it make sense to ask the county magistrate to watch the ceremony?"

In fact, Mr. Lin didn't really want to invite Yuanzhi County to go there, after all, he also had to meet at the various halls of the alliance in Mudu Town.

In case Yuan Zhixian witnesses his association behavior, it will affect his image of a literary youth.

Yuan Hongdao asked with great astuteness: "Why doesn't it make sense?
That Mudu Port is not the Mudu Port of a county in Wu County. It is the same as Hushu Pass, and it is aimed at goods entering Suzhou City!

And Suzhou City is also half of my Changzhou County, so Changzhou County and Mudu Port are also related. It is reasonable to invite me, the magistrate of Changzhou County, to watch the ceremony.
Also, you can ask Hushuguan to send me an invitation!Hushuguan is a customs office directly under the imperial court, and the rank of the tax envoy is higher than that of the county government. Of course, it is inconvenient for me, the county magistrate, to disobey the good intentions of the tax envoy!

As long as you listen to my arrangement, it is absolutely foolproof!Everything is up to you, and I'm sure you won't be disappointed. "

Lin Tailai couldn't find any reason to object and was successfully persuaded.

In terms of eating, drinking and having fun, this great writer finally showed his shrewd, capable, well-founded and logical side.

Official Lin could only secretly sigh in his heart, I'm afraid that Yuan Zhixian's talent points are all wrong, and he is not an official at all.

At this time Yuan Zhixian said again: "Okay, that's the end of today's business."

Hearing "this is the business", Mr. Lin got up subconsciously and wanted to leave. Generally speaking, the host meant to see off the guests.

"Wait, don't go!" Yuan Zhixian hurriedly stopped Lin Tailai, "Although we have finished talking about the business, we haven't said anything yet about the project of dredging the ancient Sanjiang Estuary being rejected by the government!"

Lin Tailai was puzzled, is there something wrong with Yuan Xianzun's understanding of "business"?
Originally, with the system of today's Ming Dynasty, under the premise that the execution ability can be in place, theoretically, the county magistrate's power within the county is unlimited.

It is really the upper management of the sky, the lower management of the ground, and the middle management of the air, as long as the execution ability can be in place.

That is to say, to carry out water conservancy projects in the county, as long as you can solve the financial and manpower problems by yourself, you generally only need to report to the higher authorities, and do not need to be approved by the higher authorities.

But now the dispatching rights of Jinongcang warehouses in all counties of Suzhou Prefecture have been taken away by the government. If Changzhou County wants to use the financial resources of Jinongcang to build water conservancy projects, it has to apply to the government government.

Therefore, it is not so much Changzhou County's application for government government approval of the project, as it is an application for the scheduling right of the county's Jinong warehouse, or the financial autonomy of this level.

As long as you get back the scheduling rights of Jinong warehouse, it means you have funds. Are you afraid that the project will not start?
Yuan Zhixian went into detail: "The government office said that for two consecutive years, all counties in the prefecture have paid more and received less income from agricultural warehouses, and the accumulation has decreased significantly.

In order to prevent the liquidation from bottoming out and completely out of control, the Jinong warehouses in all counties were brought back to the government for unified dispatch to reduce the overall risk.

If there is no major disaster this year, we will focus on stockpiling and preparing for shortages, and no longer open warehouses to produce grain.

Therefore, our Changzhou County application was rejected and not approved. "

Without even thinking about it, Lin Tailai said: "It's only natural for the county government to take back the Jinong warehouse in this county, and it's really senseless for the government to forcibly detain it!"

Yuan Zhixian asked: "What can I do?"

Lin Tailai tried his best to cheer him up and said: "Master, of course you have to speak up to the government, you have to fight with reason, and tear it to the limit!
Don't care about the difficulties of the government office. If you are considerate of the government office, who will understand the difficulties of your county government office?
Don't care about the overall situation of the whole government, all counties must serve the overall situation, and you yourself are the overall situation! "

Yuan Hongdao took out a booklet from his pocket, flipped through it for a while and said: "But it is said in the "Proverbs of Zhou and County" that you must never contradict Zhengyin Shangguan head-on."

Lin Tailai: "."

Then Officer Lin asked very tiredly: "Then, in this book, did it tell you how to get Jinongcang back?"

Yuan Zhixian replied, "No."

Lin Tailai said sincerely, "Don't the county lords hear about it, is it better to have no books if you believe in all the books?
The county venerable is a celebrity in the country, and the government government must treat the county venerable with courtesy, even if the county lord is against the government government, it doesn't matter.

So this kind of book written for ordinary people is not suitable for famous people like Xianzun. "

Facing Lin Tailai's powerful deception, Yuan Hongdao still had doubts and said:

"Would it affect my reputation in the officialdom if I clashed with my boss casually? Would I be accused by others of not being able to be a human being and an official?"

Lin Tailai asked again: "Could it be that the magistrate has the idea of ​​using the project to fill his own pocket?"

Yuan Zhixian immediately denied it and said, "Of course not!"

Lin Tailai then said: "The heart is selfless and the world is broad, so where did the county lord's doubts come from?

If the county magistrate has no desires, he will be strong, and contradicting his boss is pleading for the people, and he will only be praised for his integrity and not flattered!

What's more, with the county's reputation in the literary world, wouldn't it be better to get something out of the pocket to gain official reputation? "

Yuan Zhixian found that he couldn't say no to Lin Tailai, and if he was fooled any longer, he was afraid that he would be put on the "altar".

He directly "seemed to see the poor" and said: "In short, regarding this matter, if you don't worry about it, who cares about it?

Just say it directly, what else can I do if I don't need to contradict Fu Zun? "

Lin Tailai: "."

Dare to waste a long time of saliva, encouraging Yuan Zhixian to go to the government office to fight for the project, it is all for nothing.

There is still a big difference between Yuanzhi County and Shen Erye. He is a bit wise and stupid, and he is a master of pretending to be confused.

Yuan Zhixian made a good decision, as long as you, Lin Tailai, still want to do engineering and ask for yourself, you have to do your best to find a way, so why bother yourself.

Realizing that he still couldn't get rid of the fate of doing dirty work, Lin Tailai said weakly:
"Since this is the case, in order to put pressure on the government, we can only spread rumors first.

Rumors can be released among the people and the yamen that someone is corrupt and has embezzled a large amount of grain stored in Jinong's warehouse!
That's why the government government tightly controls the agricultural warehouses of the counties, and dare not let the county government open the warehouses, for fear that the grain storage will be embezzled! "

Yuan Zhixian frowned and said: "Such a fabrication out of thin air, I'm afraid it is not the work of a gentleman."

Lin Tai came to make amends and said: "Since ancient times, politics has been inseparable from the spread of various prophecies and nursery rhymes. Isn't this a rumor?

Besides, this rumor was not released by you, the county magistrate, and it has nothing to do with you, the magistrate! "

Without waiting for Yuan Zhixian to ask questions, Senior Official Lin took the initiative to continue: "After the rumors come out, we will see the government's reaction before deciding on the next step.

If the government government avoids suspicion and decentralizes power, then everyone will be happy. If the government government is still the top iron, then the people will be mobilized.

For example, find a large number of people who have been hit by a disaster or are widowed and lonely, and go to the government office to ask for relief.

If the number of people is really not enough, artificially create some victims.”

Yuan Zhixian raised his hand and stopped Lin Daguan from continuing: "I'm just waiting for the invitation from Hushu Pass, and then I will go to Taihu Lake and the east of the lake for a few days!"

Mr. Lin thought about it in his mind. Although he was assigned to do dirty work again, this wave was not a loss.

If Yuanzhi County's "great righteousness" is used to urge the government to return the dispatching power of Jinongcang to the county government, then the project of building a new city gate can also harvest wool from Jinongcang, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Moreover, this project can actually exchange local prestige. Generally speaking, good deeds of good people are "building bridges and paving roads", so what kind of super good person must be built to build a city gate?

Lin Daguan became Lin Dashan, which is also very touching.

Coming out of the county government office in Changzhou County, Lin Daguan didn't dare to waste time, went out of the city to board a boat, and went straight to Hushu Pass.

As for why they don't board the boat directly in the city, the old Suzhou people all understand.

In view of the congestion of the river in the city, if you board a boat near the Changzhou County Government Office in Dongcheng, you may not be able to get out of Changmen for an hour or two.

After arriving at Hushuguan, the senior officials of Lin submitted the application documents for the opening and closing of Mudu Port, as well as the list of all officials and servants, to the capital of the tax envoy king.

After Wang Zhidu read it carefully, he pointed to the list and said: "It was previously discussed that the number of officials in the customs office should be a quarter of that of the Hushu customs office. Your list has exceeded the number!"

Lin Tailai said with a smile: "This is all to strengthen customs affairs and collect taxes better.

In fact, it doesn’t matter how many officials and servants there are in the sub-customs, what matters is how much tax money can be paid to Wang Bus, and strive to ensure that Hushu Pass will become the number one tax customs in the world during the prince’s tenure! "

Wang Zhidu asked again: "Also, there are 40 people in Hekuai, and more than a dozen of them are from Wutuluzixu, the thirteen capitals.

This is where your home is, right?It is really a person who attains the Tao, and the chicken and the dog ascend to heaven! "

Lin Tailai continued to accompany him with a smile: "The folks ask for care, and there is no way to shirk it on the face of affection. Besides, whoever will be in charge of He Kuai will not affect the customs affairs."

Wang Zhidu snorted coldly: "Is it true that even a dog in your village has to be taken to the Customs Office to guard against it and eat a piece of imperial food?"

Lin Tailai was a little surprised. The simple and robust Wang Tax Envoy in front of him rarely speaks in such a cynical and sarcastic style. What happened today?
So Lin Tailai tentatively said: "If there is something wrong with the prince, you might as well say it, and I may help to solve it."

Wang Zhidu said bluntly: "Because someone said, I'm jealous of your talent!"

Lin Tailai immediately pretended to be furious: "Who dares to sow discord like this! The prince might as well tell who it is, and I will argue with him!"

Wang Zhidu replied: "My little sister said it in the letter, how do you want to argue?"

Lin Tailai was stunned, why did the younger sister of the Wang family say that Wang Zhidu was jealous of her?Could it be that Wang Zhidu secretly spoke ill of himself?
This human nature is really terribly thoughtful and can't stand scrutiny!

Lin Tailai, who didn't dare to think anymore, immediately pretended to be confused, "Ah, then let me write a letter with Lingmei and explain it carefully for the prince!"

Wang Zhidu patted the table and said: "No way! Don't even think about it! Don't rush to leave today, help me polish a few poems, and use them in the opening and closing ceremony!"

Lin Tailai took the opportunity to ask for credit and said: "By the way, in order to promote the prince's status in the literary world, I also took great pains.

We have tried our best to invite Yuanzhi County, one of the three Yuans from the Public Security Faction, to participate in the opening and closing ceremony of Mudu Port. "

Wang Zhidu finally nodded in satisfaction, and said reservedly: "It's okay to sing poetry and essays with Master Yuan to add luster to the switch."

(End of this chapter)