Chapter 99: Rat Crossing the Street
Ye Zhao refused the emperor's request to send troops, but shamelessly accepted the emperor's reward. Not long after, the news almost spread throughout Shu.
It was just that Zhang Song, who was standing behind the scenes and wanted to force Ye Zhao to take action with public opinion pressure, never expected that no matter what, whether it was the old ministers under Ye Zhao's command or the talents who had newly joined Ye Zhao's command in the past two years, except for those scholars who had similar ideas to Zhang Song, others were very calm about this matter.
Only people like Zhang Song who are idle and have nothing to do will feel that Ye Zhao is now idle and can run to Guanzhong.
Ye Zhao's plan has been launched in Shuzhong and has been promoted in Hanzhong for two years. Although Shu people no longer have to worry about food, the excess food has also caused a large number of people to lose the enthusiasm of their work in the first year of Xingping, so governments in various places are now busy transforming.
Many pastures have been built around Chengdu/Du, and more and more people have begun to raise cattle, sheep, horse, pig, chicken, duck, and other cattle, which are easier to breed.
After basic food and clothing are solved, people will naturally hope to improve their quality of life. Generally, if a farmer has three sons, one farms, one farms, one is animal husbandry, and the other is to learn some skills.
Now that the influence of the Shengong Camp continues to expand, the craftsmanship, with the intentional encouragement of Ye Zhao, is no longer regarded as a lowly business in Shu like before.
From the construction and naturalization of cities to the houses of the people, to tables, chairs, benches, farm tools or playful objects, with the liberation of a large number of labor, the industry of food, clothing, housing and transportation has gradually become the mainstream in Shu.
When the industry is big, how to manage, classify, and how to collect taxes, it needs to be re-statistic and naturalized. How to eliminate excesses becomes the actual force in Shuzhong. In all aspects, the three prefects are below the prefect of the three counties, and the county magistrates and county officials are busy every day. At this time, they have to send troops outside, and the project volume will be even greater. How many people need to transport grain and grass, choose roads, and maintain the stability of the grain road, it is not enough to divide one person into two.
As for the army, the Qiang and Yue barbarians in various places need to be deterred and take turns to train. Generals at all levels must re-naturalize and train soldiers based on the current treasury and how to train them. After a few days of training, they must go to various places to explore bandits and some Qiang tribes that are suitable for training and are hostile to the Han people. Not only do the soldiers need to train new weapons, but the generals also need to explore how these weapons can command the power of these new weapons to the greatest extent.
At the same time, Ye Zhao has begun to lay cement roads between Bashu, and the army often acts as porters to help transport various materials. In addition to the provincial and ministerial offices in Shuzhong are busy, as if they are on the ground with a clockwork alarm clock. The land of Bashu is in a rapid development. At this time, he told them to send troops to Guanzhong? Even if Ye Zhao agreed with a water in his mind, these officials who are already busy and about to go crazy will not agree. Not only will they increase the load, but they will also divide a large number of people into the ground to maintain the operation of this battle. Will Shuzhong be built?
Ye Zhao had already said when summoning the prefects from all over the country and the county magistrates of some major county towns at the beginning of the second year of Xingping that for up to three years, the cement roads and cement plank roads must ensure that the roads from Shuzhong to Hanzhong can be smooth and safe.
The new plank road was designed by many craftsmen in Shu. It must be framed with metal, laid with wooden boards, maintained stability in the triangle structure, and then stabilized with cement. At least two carts must be able to run in parallel and ensure safety. This alone has been a tough time in three years. Now, although there are eight million people in Hanzhong, if you want to talk about idle people, except for the group of scholars in the provincial and ministerial palace who have nothing to do and have problems, they can basically find idle people.
In this case, we have to send troops? Many people secretly scolded Zhang Song for not only being ugly, but also not knowing what he pretended to be. He was so ugly and stupid, how did he become a famous scholar?
The fact that Ye Zhao refused the emperor's request and accepted the emperor's reward was soon destroyed by scolding and complaining to Zhang Song.
The letters impeached Zhang Song from all over the country have almost never stopped. Zhang Song never dreamed that he wanted to force Ye Zhao to send troops, but in the end he was like this!
"Zi Qiao, what are you thinking about?" Zhang Su returned home and saw Zhang Song, he cursed in pain.
"Brother, why are you..." Zhang Song looked at his brother in shock. What's wrong with this world? Shouldn't his brother stand on his side?
"Do you think you are too idle for me to find something for me?" Zhang Su grabbed a vase and smashed it on Zhang Song's head without saying a word. Zhang Song was so scared that he hurriedly avoided it.
"Where do you start?" Zhang Song hid behind a table in a mess, and showed half of his head in disgust and looked at Zhang Su, saying with a look of laughter and cry.
"My lord thinks I am the prefect of Shu County. Now the government sends special personnel to teach how to breed the ranches in various fields. The roads between counties need to be repaved. The plank roads in Guanghan, Ba County and Hanzhong also need to be sent here to design them. There are also cement to be transported. There are two million people in Shu County. I just want you to carry cement to me. Now you are urging your lord to send troops and kick your brains!" It's okay if Zhang Song didn't ask. When Zhang Su asked, he was angry.
Although Zhang Su was born in a noble family, he was quite loyal and not so conscientious, and had good talent and ability. He was a practical person. He was appointed by Ye Zhao as the prefect of the Shu army, responsible for coordinating and managing the construction and naturalization of various places. Most of the talents sent by the Shengong Camp were dispatched. Now Zhang Su wished that the two million people would become four million. His unlucky brother would not help him. He would not be able to appreciate the wind and moon with a group of famous scholars all day long and give guidance to the country, but he just had nothing to do, which made Zhang Su wished to demolish this brother.
After two consecutive years of harvest, new ploughs, farm tools and manure in Shuzhong reduced the population that needed to engage in agriculture, and a large amount of labor was released. It is still the spring plowing period, and 80% of the population is still farming, but 20% of the population has also been invested in the construction of Shuzhong. According to Ye Zhao's plan, this is an opportunity for the prosperity of all industries. The 20% of the population is not enough to make up for such a big loophole. Only after the autumn harvest will more labor. Before this autumn harvest, how to speed up construction almost turned white Zhang Su's hair. At this time, Zhang Song ran to suggest Ye Zhao send troops. Fortunately, Ye Zhao did not agree, otherwise he would have to break his younger brother's legs.
"Brother, calm down, don't I know this?" Seeing Zhang Su rolling up his sleeves and taking action directly, Zhang Song hurriedly avoided and complained, at this time, facing Zhang Su in anger, he did not dare to give Zhang Su the benefits of military service. His brother is a solid person. Ye Zhao has entrusted him with important tasks. He has regarded himself as Ye Zhao's person. At this time, it is difficult for him to stand on the side of the scholars.
Zhang Song felt a little sad. His brother... is not a one-on-one heart!
"Don't know?" Zhang Su's voice suddenly increased eighth and pointed at the outsider: "Now in Chengdu, the city walls are being expanded and renovated, the streets are being renovated, and various craftsmen and pastures are being built. You are blind!"
"I can't even tell you this day by day, and I'm so proud of myself. I'm just like those outside, I want to ask, how did you get the name of a scholar?" Zhang Supo cursed.
Now, driven by the fresh blood input from Ye Zhao, the officialdom in Shu only emphasizes one principle, that is, pragmatism. Not to mention how famous you are, how high your knowledge is, what you can do is the most important thing. And each of the students from the academy is very capable and has helped the government a lot.
Now Zhang Su always feels that his younger brother, who is known as a talented person, is not even comparable to those students in the academy.
Zhang Song was almost crying with an ugly face. He had been hit hard these days. Almost all the letters Ye Zhao sent to him recently were scolding him. Now even his brother said this, which made Zhang Song feel that he could not live this life.
Ye Zhao ignored the letters, but when Zhang Song went to the Cavalry Mansion to discuss matters every day, he always felt that the gang of staff under Ye Zhao who helped Ye Zhao formulate strategies looked at him with strange eyes.
Zhang Song has always claimed to be talented. Because of his appearance, he has a kind of extreme pride. You can disdain my appearance, but you cannot insult my talent. But now, the whole of Shu is saying that he is not worthy of the name of a famous scholar, which has hit Zhang Song a lot and is determined to argue, but one person can argue according to reason, ten people can argue with everyone, how can one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, and ten thousand?
"Tomorrow I will go to the Cavalry Mansion to help you announce your leave to the lord. Don't be embarrassed to come out during this period. My Zhang family can't afford to lose this person. Reflect at home! Don't ask for trouble for me. Now I'm in front of my colleagues. When I mention you, I can't raise my head!" Zhang Su glared at Zhang Song hatefully, turned around and left. This time he came back to teach Zhang Song a lesson. On weekdays, he was very busy and rarely went home. Now he vented his heart and felt much more comfortable. There are still many things to do in the prefect's mansion. He can't find trouble every day like Zhang Song.
Looking at the brother's back as he left, Zhang Song sat on a stone bench with helpless expression on his face. He carefully recalled the changes in Chengdu during this period. He was demolished and rebuilt everywhere. He didn't think so before. Now, when he thought about it carefully, the changes in Shu since Ye Zhao arrived were really big. Let's not talk about the food. Now all kinds of strange things on the market are eye-catching, and the food seems to be much more exquisite than before.
However, Ye Zhao has launched a large number of poor families, scholars in the East, and academies, which makes Zhang Song unable to let go. Now the people in Shu have surrendered, and even people from aristocratic families like his brothers are convinced by Ye Zhao. In the future, will the scholars in Shu have to rely on Ye Zhao and survive?
Chapter completed!