Chapter 191 Political Change
How long can a person survive in the scorching sun? Wenshen didn't know before, but now he knows, the answer is only two hours.
Liang Shicheng was hung up all his clothes and simply tied up, and threw them into the desert of fifty degrees. After wailing for an hour, he finally inhaled more and vented less. After twitching for another hour, he died completely in the sun. [bsp; "This eunuch who was confusing the public finally received the punishment he deserved!"
Wenshen leaned on the chair, drinking cold Wanglaoji, looking at Song Huizong with a pale complexion and trembling body. In fact, he felt that he was good enough to Song Huizong. If we follow the course of the original history, Song Huizong's whole family was caught by the Jin people and the Jin people in Heilongjiang. The man was killed and the woman was raped, which was many times worse than the current situation.
"What the national master said is that this dead eunuch should have died long ago." Song Huizong wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, "National Master, I don't know when we will return to the capital."
"Your Majesty, you can go back whenever you want!"
"But...but, if the national master does not cast magic, I can't go out?" Song Huizong felt like he was crying but not crying, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Okay, I hope that after His Majesty returns, he can be a good emperor and study poetry, calligraphy and painting. As for the rest, it won't take His Majesty to worry about it."
"The national master said it very well. I will study calligraphy and painting more in the future. I still have some experience in this." Song Huizong felt bitter in his heart, but he answered hurriedly.
"Your Majesty's wise!"
After saying that, Wen Shen took Song Huizong and Concubine Liu back to Yanfu Palace. Song Huizong glanced at the familiar Yanfu Palace and felt like he was a different life. When he saw Wen Shen, he knew that all this was true, not a dream.
"Your Majesty, I suggest that the Privy Councilor will be withdrawn tomorrow. It is more appropriate for me to be responsible for the Imperial Guard?" Wen Shen thought for a while and it was necessary to get the command of the Imperial Guard.
Upon hearing this, Song Huizong's face looked extremely ugly. At this moment, he wanted to send someone to arrest the thief. But when he thought of Liang Shicheng's miserable situation, he suddenly lost his temper.
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The next day, Song Huizong issued an order, and Wen Shen also served as the Privy Councilor. In this way, both military and political powers were in the hands of Wen Shen. Of course, there must be some dissatisfied among the ministers, but they did not dare to come out for a while and challenge them.
Faced with hundreds of thousands of imperial guards stationed at the capital, Wenshen felt it was necessary to find something for these people. After thinking for a long time, he decided to pull out 300,000 troops to build the Beijing-Youyou Railway. In addition, twenty troops were allocated to clear the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially the Yongji Canal from Luoyang to Youzhou.
When this order was issued to the Imperial Guard, it caused a stir in the army. Several generals found Wenshen and asked: "Supreme Minister, why did we have the Imperial Guard build some railways and canals? Is it too much?"
Wenshen looked at the people coldly and said, "Who gave you the food?"
"The court!"
"Now the court asked you to build a railway, but you still feel wronged."
Several generals racked their brains but didn't expect a suitable excuse. Wenshen smiled when he saw this, "You can go far to practice. I can find civil servants to build it. It's a pity that the generous wages can only be given to civil servants."
"Wage? What kind of wages? Will you still have the wages to build a railway canal?" One of the generals opened his eyes wide and asked anxiously.
"Of course I have a salary, but it's not much, I just have a monthly salary. I think you don't like it either." Wen Shen waved his hand and said.
"The Lord Privy Councilor, the lower official thinks that building a railway canal still requires some effort. Our imperial guards are all strong and there is absolutely no problem in building this thing. I think we can build it tomorrow." A general winked at the other few.
Wenshen smiled, "Oh, aren't you unwilling to do this kind of physical work?"
"How can it be!"
Several generals said in unison. In fact, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, many generals were vacant and the imperial guards were very short of money. Now they were asked to build railways, how could these generals send so many people? Even if they recruit people temporarily, they would lose their small treasury. Now that Wenshen pays money, it would be different. They can recruit people temporarily, and there are still some profits. Of course, they are unwilling to let go of such good things.
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When Zhang Junbao learned that there were 300,000 troops to help him build the railway, he was overjoyed and said to Wenshen: "Hong Kong, with these 300,000 people, I think I can build the Beijing-You Railway in two years."
"That's good! By the way, have you figured out how to build the Yellow River Bridge now?"
Wenshen is located where he plans to build a bridge. Looking at the turbid and wide Yellow River, he still knows how to build it.
"I thought about it, but it's quite troublesome. The machinery factory needs to manufacture a lot of supporting equipment, mainly steel pipes, drilling rigs, etc. So it will not be built until the New Year. Now we are building the land part."
"Well, as long as you have a way to build this bridge, I'll be relieved." Wenshen looked at Zhang Junbao and smiled and said, "Junbao, you are already twenty-seven or eight years old now. Are you married?"
Zhang Junbao lowered his head and smiled shyly, and whispered: "I'm busy every day, so how can I get married?"
Wen Shen frowned and said coldly, "Junbao, you are not good at this. No matter how busy you are, you have to get married, right? You have been building a railway for several years, and many craftsmen are veterans. There is no need for you to stay at the construction site every day.
I will give you a task now, I must get married this year. If I can’t complete it, I will fire you.”
"Don't! I promise to complete the task." After saying that, Zhang Junbao's face turned red. In fact, Zhang Tielin had already found him, but he was busy and he was not getting married.
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There were not many people who could build railways, but there were more Song people who could build and unblock the canal. Wenshen soon found more than a dozen officials with such experience in the Ministry of Works. Then, he sent them to command 200,000 forbidden areas to unblock the canal.
Although these things are simple to say, they are actually quite complicated to do. Fortunately, Wenshen did not fight alone, but a group of people were fighting. There were no other officials in the Song Dynasty, and there were still many capable officials. Otherwise, why would six of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties be in the Song Dynasty?
On that day, Wenshen sat in the office, looking at the various notes that were more than half a meter high on the table, and was very angry and cursed: "It's only been a few days, I have to read these so many notes by myself.
It’s really not how Song Huizong survived it. It seems that it is necessary to change this situation.”
Soon, Wenshen held a closed-door meeting in the capital hall.
"Taishi, why aren't we summoned today?"
"I haven't read any of the booklets you handed over. Now you have all taken them back." Wen Shen pointed to the memorial on the table and said in extreme silence.
"Ah, Grand Master, why is this?" Zheng Ju Center wondered.
"I don't have time to do these boring things! You and Lord Yu will be responsible for the approval of these memorandums. Finally, you two will give me a booklet every day and tell me what you have done every day, but it's fine, but it won't exceed one thousand words."
"This is not very good!"
Zheng Juzhong and Yu Shen said in unison. At the same time, they thought to themselves: "If this is true, then the power will be great. But there are still some problems. It would be fine if the two agree, but what should they do if they are not consistent?"
After the two of them mentioned this issue, Wen Shen looked at the six ministers who were later appointed. The ministers left and right, the ministers were the ministers, and the ministers were the servants, and said with a smile: "In the future, if you are undecided, you eleven will raise your hands to vote, and the minority will obey the majority."
"ah……"
These people did not expect that Wen Shen would do this. In this way, the literati group would have too many rights. It was equivalent to allocating the rights of Song Huizong to ministers and Wen Shen. Wen Shen was a master who was not very in charge, which meant that the literati group had mastered the operation of the court.
Chapter completed!