Chapter 64 Political Incompetence

Chen Liang curled his lips and said disdainfully:

"The Song Dynasty government has always been like this. It is delayed and undecided. If you want to rely on the government, the daylily will be cold! I think this matter is simple, just ignore it first. If a boatman is willing to use this water wheel winch, then pay for it. If he refuses to pay, then let them continue to pull the fiber!"

Mao Gengxin said that Brother Chen Liang should not only attack the Song Dynasty. After eight hundred or even a thousand years, this is the case! So there was a saying in later generations that was popular that moderate ** is the lubricant of the economy, and officials will actively improve their efficiency when they receive benefits. But there is no need to argue with this guy politically, and once the argument is a long and endless discussion.

But Mao Geng has to explain what is involved in the hydraulic winch:

"Brother Tongfu, this matter may not be so simple. First, after the hydraulic winch is built, it will be extremely inconvenient to pull the fiber, because with water wheels, how to pass the rope through and how the boatman on the shore is a troublesome thing. At least a set of human-powered pulleys must be built, with a special rope. Who will build this matter? Who will manage it? If the government sends people to manage it, where will the wages of these people come from?"

When Chen Liang saw that the huge water wheel with ice was still rotating continuously. With this water wheel standing here, it became a huge obstacle to the human fiber pulling on the river. Chen Liang could only shake his head at this point:

"Yi Sheng is still very thoughtful, so Brother Yu didn't think of this section."

Mao Gengxin said that we were not considering it thoroughly. In fact, we really had to build a set of pulleys for manpower. If the water wheel fails, the human-powered pulling system may come in handy, and this emergency facility cannot be missing.

Wen Yuan also said:

"If you charge voluntarily, you're afraid that this matter will be ruined! Think about it, if you want to build a hydraulic winch on the Zishui River in the future, it will definitely be full of resistance and it will be difficult to get the support of the government. In this way, it will be difficult to build a hydraulic winch. As long as people say you are hindering the fiber pulling, the government cannot force it."

Mao Geng sighed:

"The key is that the most dangerous thing about water transportation is not the Xinhua section. The most dangerous Lingtan and Luotan are in Anhua. If the government in Anhua opposes it, there is no need to talk about the construction of hydraulic winchs. If this is the case, the most dangerous thing is not to build a water wheel winch and a ship control mechanism. How can we avoid the destruction of the water transportation ship! Alas! This is a great good deed, but it is impossible to be long-term without charging. We can only hope that the court can understand the truth and not let it die in the womb!"

Chen Liang sighed again:

"Jiaxuan is still brave! When the Flying Tiger Army built a military camp, the court was bewitched by villains and actually ordered the suspension of work in the middle. Jiaxuan hid the gold medal of suspension of work and used his tricks to make the military camp complete quickly. After the completion, he took out the gold medal of suspension of work in the court and made it public. Haha! Speaking of which, Jiaxuan is a role model for me, the construction director!"

Chen Liang was talking about a good story about Xin Qiji building a military camp. In order to speed up the construction period, Xin Qiji ordered each household in Changsha City to release 20 tiles on his house to provide tiles on his house. The government paid 100 cents. Within two days, 200,000 tiles were collected. If the stones were missing, it was impossible to attack the people. Xin Qiji sent local prisoners to dig to the north of the city to atone for the punishment, and atone for the sins according to the number, and then collected all the stones in a short time.

It is impossible to say that Xin Qiji is a very courageous official, but this is true. In the eyes of Emperor Xiaozong, Xin Qiji often makes his own decisions and is not a good subordinate. He also always points and scolds the mulberry and tells the story of his words. Therefore, when someone finds trouble and impeaches Xin Qiji, Emperor Xiaozong uses the excuse to pick up Xin Qiji and sends him home to farm.

In comparison, Xiaozong was quite generous to others. For example, a magistrate refused to be a stepmother Ding You, and was very filial to him, but he just demoted the magistrate. He also told Prime Minister Wang Huai that it was not easy for him to be an official. In the end, he did not even criticize him, but he just gave him a second downward.

Therefore, in the imperial society, time travelers can get to the position of Xin Qiji, which is probably the best. Unless you are willing to be a prime minister who is flattering, such as Wang Huai, don’t talk about reform or training in military affairs. The emperor likes to be obedient, but does not like those who like to mess around and have thorns. Emperor Xiaozong is familiar with history and probably has no high opinion of the Emperor Shenzong, who is obsessed with tossing, so Xiaozong’s purpose is to “not mess around”. Like Xin Qiji, he is a thorny person who likes to mess around and has thorns all over his body. No matter which emperor he is, he is afraid he is unwilling to provoke such people, and he is even more unwilling to find such people to be prime ministers.

After searching all the history, I didn't find that reformers were versatile, including Lord Deng in later generations. However, everyone in time travel novels are versatile. Not only are they versatile, but they are also very powerful. They have to be ashamed of wind and rain. Even the emperor was stunned by him. It's okay for the emperor to be fooled, but the emperor in the book also applauded the protagonist who played him with him! Mao Geng despised him in his heart, thinking that as long as you look at the experience of Xin Qiji, a suspected time traveler, you will understand that even as a time traveler, you may not be able to compete with the ancients when it comes to politics.

Tsinghua University recruits several thousand students a year! Those who enter Tsinghua University are all known as top talents, but compared with Jinshi in the Song Dynasty, many Tsinghua students are not ranked. The total number of Jinshi in the Song Dynasty is only a little over 40,000, with 19,066 people in the Northern Song Dynasty, 23,319 people in the Southern Song Dynasty, and 319 people in the Song Dynasty, the average number of Jinshi is only 100 people a year. What does that mean? - People's Jinshi are the top ones among the top ones, the elite of the people among the people! People's Jinshi also study humanities, and they do not waste any energy on natural subjects. They have high IQ and the advantage of specializing in humanities. Ordinary otaku traveled through the past, regardless of IQ and political cultivation, they are many orders of magnitude different from others. They are the elite of the people among the people, you are the scumbag among the war. If you want to play politics with others, hum! I am afraid it is not enough for people to get stuck in the teeth.

If you can become a prime minister or attend the political affairs, you will definitely be a very talented person with excellent IQ and EQ. In this way, it seems that the time traveler Xin Qiji can be able to get to the provincial and ministerial level, which is already quite Amitabha.

Mao Geng thought a lot, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt frustrated, and the more he thought about it, the more pessimistic he became. He couldn't help but worry about the water wheel winch project. Although this matter is not big, no matter how small it is, it still has interests and power games. This is not something he can do. In politics, he is very low-powered, and is a thousand miles worse than Xin Qiji. Imagine if he gets to the court and becomes nervous, he will have a stuttering problem again. Haha, but it's not the turn of his own to go to the court to embarrass people.

Wen Yuan was not very enthusiastic about building a water wheel winch or not, and he took an omnipotent attitude. Building it is of course beneficial to the shipping of the second treasure. If you don’t build it, you can free up money and manpower to do some other great business, and you can make more money and money. Now you say:

"Brother Geng, do you think about the matter? Otherwise, stop for the time being and wait until the government takes out the rules and make the decision. How about you?"

Of course, Mao Geng was a little unwilling to accept it, but he must not do it recklessly. He doesn't need to expect County Magistrate Xu to show his courage to support himself and sighed:

"Since that's the case, then wait for the government to decide! However, in the "New News", we still need to publish some articles to promote the hydraulic winch, guide public opinion, and make the government pay more attention."

Mao Geng immediately thought that the circulation of "Xinbao" has repeatedly broken through. Now it has exceeded 1,55 copies, and seven sets of the same wax paper are engraved in one period. It is time to launch lead type printing. Although there is no advantage in traditional official operation, he still has an advantage in public opinion operation.

However, there are no craftsmen who engrave letters here. Now casting lead types is still in the experimental stage, which means that casting lead types is not a big problem. However, if you want to carve a qualified lead type base mold, no craftsman can be competent for this matter. I originally wanted to find them among the converted customers, but in the end I failed to get what I wanted.

This matter can only be done by Chen Liang, and Mao Geng simply entrusts this matter to Chen Liang:

"Brother Tongfu, we have no way to imitate Xin Jiaxuan, but we can provide some reference opinions to the government through the Xinbao, which can be of some use. However, if the printing of the Xinbao is to be upgraded, we have to ask Brother Tongfu to find a few craftsmen who engrave letters on Liangzhe Road."

Chen Liang patted his chest and said:

"This matter is simple. Liangzhe Road printing is the best in the Song Dynasty. The engraving craftsmen are all very skilled. Brother Yu will compile a few books and ask someone to find a master of engraving. But Brother Yisheng should not be stingy with his salary at that time."

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Lin'an, in the mansion of the left prime minister Zhou Bida, Zhou Bida and his friend Lu You were having a drink.

Since Emperor Xiaozong let the left prime minister Wang Huai leave his post in May, the position of left prime minister has been vacant for several months. Until October, Zhou Bida, who was originally the right prime minister, was promoted to the left prime minister, and Yu Liuzheng took over as the right prime minister.

It was also in October that Emperor Xiaozong proposed to recall Lu You back to Lin'an to serve as a military weapon supervisor. The military weapon supervisor was from the sixth rank. According to Zhou Bida's original intention, Lu You should at least be awarded a doctor of the sixth rank. However, the officials were probably worried that Lu You would have to advocate the Northern Expedition with a real position, which was obviously incompatible with the current peaceful national policy, and it would inevitably disturb Qingting, so he gave Lu You a free position of military weapon supervisor. Xiaozong treated Lu You as a way to raise idle soldiers. In the words of Emperor Xiaozong, "Yanling's mountains and rivers are better, and you can write free time for self-adaptation." This means that you are such a great poet. Although you write well in poetry, you don't expect your political practice. The country will support you with money. It doesn't matter whether you work or not, just sing and be your leisure poet.

A snow fell in Lin'an last night. Today, the weather was clear and it looked particularly cold. Lu You was wearing thick clothes. At this time, he drank two cups of the Prime Minister's Mansion, which had burned the stove, and then he felt a little sweaty and his face began to turn red.

Lu You came to find Zhou Bida today, but he did not come to find Zhou Bida to sing and lyrics. Lu You came because of the plan of the Northern Expedition.

Lu You said excitedly:

"Shengzhai, you must have read the "Xinbao" the day before yesterday, right?"

Zhou Bi laughed:

"Fang Weng, which issue are you talking about? Could it be that you also love reading "Aliz's Dream in Wonderland" by Chen Longchuan?"

Zhou Bida thought that even Lu You began to keep pace with the times and was chasing this "Ellish Dream in Wonderland".

Lu You shook his head repeatedly, nodded again and said:

"It's not that unrelated. "Aliz's Dream of Wonderland" describes that Aliz flew on a hot air balloon, crossing the ocean, and going to a large island where gods live - Haha, Shengzhai, what I'm talking about is this hot air balloon. What do you think after seeing Mao Geng's hot air balloon over Zishui?"

Zhou Bida heard Lu You talk about Mao Geng’s love declaration on a hot air balloon and immediately said:

"Oh, it turns out that Fang Weng is talking about this. I can only say that a young man is not romantic! However, in order to make the person he likes, young people are not afraid of shocking the world and almost lose their lives. This is really admirable!"

After Zhou Bida said that, he looked at Lu You meaningfully and said to himself that your regret was unwilling to Tang Wan's thoughts back then. We still know very well. Look at Mao Geng, he is not as timid as you are for love.

Lu You felt embarrassed when he came here and shook his hand and said:

"Shengzhai, see where you think of it! Come and punish the wine! I mean, if this hot air balloon is used on the battlefield and when dealing with the Jin soldiers, the hot air balloon is condescending. My Song Dynasty only has more than a dozen or twenty hot air balloons, and a archer is attached to it. It is a special choice for the Jin soldiers to shoot. If the Jin soldiers block it, wouldn't it be defeated? What I mean is that the court will transfer Mao Geng to the military weapon supervisor to build a hot air balloon for my Song Dynasty. Hehe, I thought, with this hot air balloon, my Song Dynasty army has added another weapon to kill the enemy, so the Northern Expedition will be more confident. Shengzhai, is what I said reasonable? Is my suggestion feasible?"

Zhou Bida saw that Lu You was talking about this. He had misunderstood just now, and immediately burst into laughter:

"Haha, this is pretty good. The people on the balloon can shoot the Jin soldiers, but the Jin soldiers can't do anything to the people on the balloon. Well, Fang Weng is worthy of being Fang Weng. He is in the military weapon steward, so he always thinks about the military weapon production of the Song Dynasty. Your idea makes sense."

But then Zhou Bida said:

"It's just that Mao Geng involved. Some people in the court also fell in love with the cement he invented, saying that cement was also an urgently needed item in the Song Dynasty. According to their statement, with cement, building a city is simple and convenient, and it is an indispensable item for defending the city. Then some people agreed, and some even suggested that the court should adopt the method of buying peace and buying cement for the purpose of defending the city. Fang Weng, you also know that this method of buying is to put it bluntly, which is forced to buy at a low price. I highly disagree with this. Of course, this matter is still being discussed."

Lu Youxin said that the purchase of this dynasty is actually similar to forcibly searching for the people’s wealth. First of all, the price is very low, and secondly, it is good to be able to give one-third of the money. The remaining part is salt and tea, and even more so, the court used a certificate of decree and official position to settle the account, that is, it was forced to pay the bill with a monk's license and official position. For example, a Digonglang 6,000 guan is really a killing person.

Lu You smiled bitterly:

"Building a city is just a defense. If you want to fight the north, can you go all the way forward and build a city? Besides, this and buying method are really too tricky. The court is not short of money now. In my opinion, Mao Geng is a talent, so he must not be disappointed."

Of course, Zhou Bida agreed to Lu You. Now that the country has more than 5 million guan, there is no need to make a purchase strategy. However, some people are not willing to reject it on the ground that the Northern Expedition requires countless money and food. In the end, they will be given the Holy Tribunal.

Zhou Bi took a big sip of wine and comforted him:

"Fortunately, the government still admires Mao Geng's people, and may not believe their proposals. The government has long been negligent and has the intention of abdicating. It seems that it has started diligent work again in the past two months. The government seems to be interested in running a newspaper. At that time, Fang Weng may be busy again."

Lu You waved his hand, raised his glass and sipped the wine, and said:

"Shengzhai, let's not talk about anything else. The hot air balloon is the main thing. I will write a note and ask you to hand it over."
Chapter completed!