In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 473: Investigation and accountability
This is because the original river channel was small. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, only small boats with a capacity of 150 pieces could carry it. After dredging, medium-sized boats with a capacity of 400 pieces could be used.

But Zhao Yurui's requirements are higher, and he needs to be able to carry a large ship with thousands of materials.

The amount of work is large and it takes a lot of time. It is estimated that it will take two to three years or even longer.

After the Huitong River was opened in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di ordered to stop transporting grain by sea.

Zhao Yurui planned to come together by sea and Huitong River, but in fact, his current estimated food needs were far lower than those of the Ming Dynasty.

There was no rye in the Ming Dynasty, and grain production around the capital was not high.

Zhao Yurui transplanted rye in the Song Dynasty, and rye is most suitable for growing in the north. Previously, in Liaodong and even in the Far East, rye could guarantee yields in such bitter and cold places.

After Zhao and Rui moved the capital, rye was planted in a large area in the north. Grain production was basically self-sufficient, and only a small amount of rice would be needed.

Zhao Yurui made the Huitong River wider to facilitate the use of larger troop transport ships in the future and to mobilize troops and horses faster.

In the following days, Zhao Yurui spent time with the cabinet and even summoned some other relevant officials to discuss matters.

"The quality of the project cannot be guaranteed. If something goes wrong in the future, the court will hold the person responsible and investigate for 30 years."

That day he observed the terrain along the shore and assessed the difficulty and profit.

The result is that there are still distinctions. There are women and even teenagers among them who do light work. The wages are between ten to fifteen cents a day. Those who do heavy work earn more than twenty cents. There are also people who do technical work and folk. Craftsmen are not those appointed by the imperial court. This kind of craftsmanship may cost thirty or even fifty coins.

The project for the next five years was finally determined.

Tianjin Prefecture has just been established, and the imperial court is expanding the city. The local area is also extremely lively, and there are civilian workers everywhere.

"Twenty cents a day, including food."

For example, this time the imperial court wants to subcontract some important projects. Because it is the first time, the profits are relatively high. It wants to attract businessmen from all over the world to do it and set an example for the future.

The overall plan will be completed in five years, with an investment of 10 million yuan and the mobilization of 300,000 people.

After Shi Yuzhi was freed, he immediately moved his family from Jeju to Lin'an. With the support of some relatives, he quickly established a foothold in Lin'an.

A young man got off the boat with a few followers. The young man looked to be in his early thirties and had a three-goat mustache. At first glance, he looked a bit like Shi Miyuan.

"Those who cause serious incidents will be punished."

Then he took his servants directly to Tianjin.

Of course, relocating the capital may be a few years away, and now everyone just needs to do other work.

This person is none other than Shi Miyuan's youngest son, Shi Yuzhi.

The officials' expressions changed when they heard this. Can they still do supervisory work after this? It's terrible.
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After the court meeting, it was basically clear that the emperor decided to move the capital.

The prefect of Jia Sidao when he was the general judge was Shi Yanzhi, and Shi Yanzhi happened to be cousins ​​with Shi Yuzhi.

Shi Yuzhi first found a group of civil servants who were digging through the city wall, and asked with a smile: "Are you civil servants recruited by the imperial court?"

Dagukou is located east of Tianjin and is named 0 because it is located at the mouth of the Dagu River.

Shi Yuzhi asked again: "How much wages does the court give you?"

After all, Shi Miyuan had supported Zhao Yurui back then, and he did not kill Shi Miyuan afterwards. In addition to placing important Shi Party members and family members under house arrest, some of his relatives and friends are still serving as officials.

His ship first docked at Dagu Port, and found that there were already civilians working here, and the Dagu Port was expanded to facilitate the ship's landing.

Many of these lots will be tendered by local wealthy businessmen, and the court will be responsible for supervising the quality.

"All officials involved in supervision will be killed."

Shi Yuzhi was also decisive and immediately took the ship to Tianjin.

The other person nodded yes.

"I have no requirements for local wealthy businessmen, only the officials who supervise them."

But this is done by the imperial court, and it won’t last long, so it will be contracted out to the private sector later on.

In addition to preventing flooding in the Yellow River, it will also be helpful for transporting troops and food in the future.

In October, the imperial court decided to move the capital, and the construction of Dagu Port became one of the important projects near the capital in the future.

Because there are many relatives and friends in his family who are officials in the court.

Shi Yuzhi's lips twitched slightly. Counting the food, it was close to thirty cents a day and almost a month. The wages were a bit high.

Zhao Yurui finally said with a serious face: "Leaving such an important local project to the local government is the first step in the next step of the imperial court's restructuring."

At that time, Zhao Yurui vigorously recruited craftsmen from all over the country. The good craftsmen in the early days were all incorporated into the state. Now there are not many good private craftsmen, so the prices of craftsmen are also high.

Three years ago, the imperial court informed Shi Yuzhi that he could continue to stay in Jeju Island as an official, or he could leave on his own to do what he wanted, but he could not participate in the imperial examination. After much thought, Shi Yuzhi chose to leave Jeju Island.

For example, Jia Sidao and Shi Yuzhi are good friends.

Shi Yuzhi was under house arrest in Jeju with his father when he was a teenager. After staying there for several years, Shi Miyuan died of illness seven years ago, and Shi Yuzhi slowly began to be assigned work in Jeju.

The next five years will mainly focus on dredging various areas to the capital (future Yanjing), as well as the navigation capacity of other waterways. Simply put, we will try to widen some of the rivers that can be widened.

After catching up with Jia Sidao, Shi Yuzhi would of course be able to know some of the latest news.

Under the recommendation of Shi Yanzhi, Shi Yuzhi soon established a relationship with Jia Sidao. Every time he lost in mahjong, Shi Yuzhi was the one who lost.

But clearing the city wall was hard work, so it was relatively high. There were civil servants everywhere in Tianjin Prefecture. He looked around and asked different people.

At the end of November, a sea ship came to Dagu from the sea.

Shi Yuzhi took three of his entourage around Tianjin Fucheng for two days, asking and looking.

In the past two days, I found that businessmen from all over the country came to Fucheng, Tianjin.

Tianjin Fucheng is still under construction. The city is actually quite chaotic. The city walls are not yet complete and there are not many hotels that can accommodate guests. Shi Yuzhi quickly identified the first business opportunity.

A moment later, Shi Yuzhi came to the Tianjin magistrate's office.

When I first arrived at the door of the Yamen, I couldn't help but smile. The next moment, I felt a lot of emotions in my heart. If my father was still alive, the Yamen would definitely not be like this.

The Tianjin Prefecture Magistrate's Office was just built not long ago. The exterior walls were all surrounded by wooden fences and it occupied an area of ​​about ten acres.

It is said that the imperial court now has an order that prefecture offices in various places should be built according to the local population. The minimum area should be ten acres, and the maximum area should not exceed twenty acres.

Lin'an Prefecture, for example, is an important part of the capital. The former government office had more than 100 acres.

During the Baoqing period, Zhao Yurui established the personnel for Lin'an Prefecture. There were only about 30 officials and officials in Lin'an Prefecture, and more than 100 servants.

Lin'an Prefecture has fewer officials, officials, and servants than many local prefectures.

Because Lin'an Prefecture has a garrison, Imperial City Division, and Jinyi Guards, who are responsible for various guards, arrests, and inspections, the employment of servants has been reduced.

Similarly, Qingyuan Mansion, where Zhao and Rui stayed, had nearly 200 local government officials, making it one of the mansions with the largest number of government officials. After Zhao Yurui determined the number of people for Lin'an Prefecture, they first reduced Lin'an Prefecture's more than 100 acres to 50 acres, reducing the area by nearly two-thirds.

More than thirty officials, clerks and some government servants work in the yamen, and there are some scattered office areas outside to house most of the government servants.

The extra places were auctioned or rented out, which was also one of the sources of fiscal revenue for the Song Dynasty.

Tianjin Fucheng had just been built, and the Chaoyan Yamen had just arrived, so the Yamen area was surrounded by wood.

There were several teams of government officials standing outside, and most of them were still tents inside, and then there were migrant workers building houses.

When Shi Yuzhi saw that the Tianjin government office was still under construction, he knew that there were many business opportunities in this place.

As soon as Shi Yuzhi arrived at the yamen gate, a yamen servant came up from the outside: "Stop, this is the center of the yamen, who are you looking for?"

Shi Yuzhi looked at a place that looked like a refugee camp, and thought that this was the center of a government office. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare, but his expression soon straightened.

The imperial court did not prioritize the construction of government offices, but instead mobilized the people in other places. This may be the difference between Zhao Yurui and his father Shi Miyuan.

"Your Majesty, Shi Yuzhi, is a good friend of Magistrate Zheng. Please let me know." Shi Yuzhi saluted with clasped fists, neither arrogant nor humble.

The yamen servant was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly: "Wait a moment." He turned around and entered the house.

Not long after, Zheng Tianchang, the new first prefect of Tianjin, strode out and greeted him personally.

Zheng Tianchang is the son of cabinet minister Zheng Qingyi.

Historically, it was Zheng Tianchang who secretly welcomed Zhao and Ju to the palace at the last moment, then deposed Zhao Hong and became emperor.

But this time history was changed by Zhao Yurui. He had no merit in supporting him, but his father Zheng Qingzhi had the kindness to teach Zhao Yurui. Zhao Yurui also reused his father Zheng Qingzhi, who is currently an important minister in the cabinet.

His son Zheng Tianchang has just been promoted to prefect.

Zheng Tianchang and Shi Yuzhi have known each other since childhood and have a good relationship.

The two hadn't seen each other for many years. When Zheng Tianchang saw Shi Yuzhi, he couldn't help crying.

"Brother Yu."

"Prefect Zheng."

Shi Yuzhi was also very polite and honestly called him "Master Magistrate".

Back then, Shi Miyuan was the master and Zheng Qingzhi was the servant. Now things have changed, Shi Yuzhi is just an ordinary citizen, and Zheng Qingzhi and his son are both important officials of the court.

Zheng Tianchang politely led him into the wall. After entering, it was still smoky inside, with construction going on everywhere, but it was obvious that there were still far fewer civilians than outside.

Shi Yuzhi and others followed him all the way, and finally came to a huge tent that looked like a military tent.

"Tianjin Fucheng is under construction, and the houses are humble and crude. Brother Yu, please bear with me, hahaha." Zheng Tianchang laughed.

"Is this your home?" Shi Yuzhi also had an incredible expression on his face.

"The government office and home are both here, please come in."

Shi Yuzhi looked around and saw that there were indeed several tents connected together. They were all like large tents used by military commanders. They were relatively large and specially spliced ​​in the middle. Waterproof ditches were made around them. Thinking of the fact that he was a magistrate and had an office It's unbelievable that you can sleep here.

The two of them had tea inside, and Zheng Tianchang took him out and walked around.

Shi Yuzhi found that the interior was well planned, with areas marked with ink on the ground, and civilian craftsmen were constructing everywhere.

According to Zheng Tianchang, the first batch of basic buildings such as warehouses and other utility rooms were built. Information related to the prefecture's yamen, and after the local people came in, the allocated fields, real estate, houses, and various materials must be stored in the warehouse. After the utility room storage, warehouse and other infrastructure are built, it is the residence of the officials and servants, then it is the official's residence, and finally the office area and walls.

Shi Yuzhi didn't say anything, thinking in his heart that if his father Shi Miyuan was allowed to do this, he would give priority to arranging everything for the prefect and officials.

Zhao Yurui has many tricks and is the best at winning people's hearts.

When Zhao Yurui does this, the middle and lower-level officials are the happiest.

It’s no use if your chief officers are dissatisfied.

Zheng Tianchang's house was going to be built last, so he dared to have any objections.

Shi Yuzhi was not polite and asked him directly how much his current salary was and why he was willing to come here to open up wasteland.

Zheng Tianchang said that his current monthly salary is 70 guan, which is less than 1,000 guan for the whole year.

Shi Yuzhi calculated silently.

Before Zhao Yurui ascended the throne, the income of officials in the Southern Song Dynasty came from several sources, including salary, job money, and other subsidies, as well as in-kind and even grain subsidies.

Counting only cash income, for a prefect of the fourth rank, the basic salary is 40 guan per month, and the on-the-job salary ranges from 55 to guan, which adds up to guan per month and guan for the whole year.

Then there are various subsidies for silk, silk, grain, etc. In the past, a prefect in the Southern Song Dynasty would have to pay at least 1,500 guan a year.

Now that Zhao Yurui is in charge, the income of the prefect level has been reduced.

He remembered that when Zhao and Rui first ascended the throne, they gave more money to officials all over the world in order to win people's hearts.

Unexpectedly, over the past ten years or so, Emperors Zhao and Rui have become more secure. After continuous restructuring, the income of senior officials has dropped a bit, but the income of grassroots officials has increased.

Of course Shi Yuzhi would not say anything to sow discord, let alone say that the current prefect's income is far less than before.

And when he saw Zheng Tianchang's cheerful expression, he thought he was very happy to have this prefect.

Shi Yuzhi said that he heard that there were projects here that were to be contracted to businessmen from all over the world, so he wanted to come over and contract the projects.

Zheng Tianchang's face immediately became serious upon hearing this, and he said directly: "The imperial court wants to invite public tenders. I can't make the decision in this matter."

However, he could give Shi Yuzhi an overview of the bidding process and bid-winning criteria, because this would be explained in detail on the same day, and it was not considered self-serving.

Zheng Tianchang finally said: "In general, this is the first time that the imperial court has done this. In the future, we want to promote it nationwide, so there is still profit. If Brother Yu has some spare money, you can try it."

Shi Yuzhi thought for a while and asked deliberately: "Is Magistrate Zheng interested? If you are willing to take a share, we can make some money together without you having to come forward?"

Zheng Tianchang immediately shook his head like a wave drum: "Don't dare, don't dare, the court has ordered that local officials and family members cannot participate in local projects."

Shi Yuzhi wanted to say, God knows and the earth knows, you know, I know, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it.

Zheng Tianchang's father is an important minister in the cabinet, and he also went to the cabinet. Zheng Tianchang would definitely not dare to do such a thing.

Shi Yuzhi just tried it, and he felt that the officials of the Song Dynasty were completely different from before.

He was under house arrest in Jeju for many years, and the officials there were different.

In the past, there were too many corrupt officials in the court and they were easy to win over. After he came out, he felt that everything was different.

Although Jia Sidao called him brother-in-law and liked to play mahjong with him, he couldn't help with critical matters.

(End of this chapter)