Half a moment away from Chen, Zhang Siwei walked into the cabinet courtyard. Chen was in Shen, which was an unstoppable office time for the cabinet. It had not changed since the establishment of the cabinet ministers. At the beginning of the cabinet construction, the venue was very small, with three or four cabinet ministers crowding into a room to work. Later, it was expanded to form its current scale. The cabinet courtyard now has three small buildings, a flying corner and a double eaves in the middle, which was spacious and magnificent, and was the office of the cabinet ministers. The small building on the east side of the courtyard was an imperial decree room, an imperial decree room on the west side, and an original gap on the south side. Later, due to insufficient office space, three large volume sheds were built here during Yan Song's tenure as the chief minister. All the officials in the cabinet were moved here.

The office building of the Gechen is at the entrance. There are veranda on all sides of the lobby. There are four sets of guest rooms, and the doors are all open on the veranda. Some of the rooms upstairs are bowing rooms, while others are resting places for the cabinet ministers. The guest room of the chief minister Zhang Juzheng is located south of the hall, with the window facing the shed, and Zhang Siwei's guest room opposite it. Since Lu Tiaoyang retired, his guest room has been empty and locked on the door. There are two sets of guest rooms, one set of guest rooms, and there are six rooms, confidential rooms, document rooms, reception rooms, etc.

Zhang Siwei had just sat in the duty room. Before the internal servant could make the tea, an official came in to report that the chief minister had invited him. When he heard that the chief minister had summoned him, Zhang Siwei immediately stood up and saw Zhang Juzheng sitting upright in front of the huge mahogany desk table. It was obvious that he had already reached some time. There were several opened notes on the table, which were obviously seen. Gao Gong pointed to a chair on the horizontal head of the copywriting and signaled Zhang Juzheng to sit down.

"Zi Wei, it hasn't rained in the six palaces of Baoding recently. According to the principle, a large number of refugees have poured into the capital? But there are no official documents from Shuntian Palace."

Zhang Juzheng turned his body and asked.

"There is indeed a large number of refugees pouring in, but now most of the refugees gather in the suburbs of Beijing and Lugou." Zhang Siwei replied quickly.

"Clustered in the suburbs of Beijing and Lugou? Then what do they eat?"

Zhang Juzheng's eyes moved slightly, and he was puzzled.

"Will there be no food gathering and chaos?"

Zhang Siwei replied with the words of the chief minister.

"When I look back at the assistant, they gathered there because there was work to do there."

"Is there any work to do?"

Zhang Juzheng said in confusion.

"Yes, I wonder if the Prime Minister remembers the fast coal transportation road built by the British government?"

Now no one has ever mentioned any railway, but called it "coal transport fast road". Just as Zhang Rong said at the beginning, sometimes, just by changing the name, it can relieve everyone's concerns and reduce the occurrence of things.

"You mean, they are all building roads now?"

"Yes, after the increase in refugees in Beijing, the fast road was built south to Zhangjiawan. This fast road of more than 100 miles requires thousands of people to work for several months. Although they only have 30 cents of wages a day, they can also cover their families. Therefore, compared to begging in the city, those refugees are more willing to work on the construction site."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said.

"It is said that it is a few thousand workers, but in fact it is a tens of thousands of people living. Zhang Rong is indeed a little credit for this matter."

"Sinceremony, I heard that Zhang Rong didn't do this."

Zhang Siwei continued.

"I heard that it was all done by Shi Yiwen."

"Shi Yiwen."

Although he was a little surprised for a moment, Zhang Juzheng still remembered this person after a moment.

"You mean Shi Yiwen who came back from the old port?"

"Yes, I heard that he is now doing coal mine business with the British Duke. He also runs the fast road for transporting coal. Not only that, he also runs an iron factory and a yarn mill by the Lugou River. His factory is different from other places. The iron factory uses water hammers to make iron, and the yarn mill uses water wheels to spin. The factory employs thousands of workers. A few thousand houses were built by the factory. Speaking of which, thousands of refugees were also hired there, and almost tens of thousands of refugees were hired on both sides. In this way, there would be few refugees to the capital. If it weren't for his dismissal of the Jinyiwei Tongzhi, Shuntian Mansion would have asked him for rewards. After all, this saved the court a lot of trouble."

Zhang Siwei's answer made Zhang Juzheng nod and praised.

"This Shi Yiwen never thought that he was so anxious and righteous. He had some misunderstandings about him at the beginning."

After saying that, Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhang Siwei and said curiously.

"You found out these things?"

The most important thing as the prime minister is to keep your ears and ears clear. Although these things are trivial matters, they don’t care much about them normally, but Zhang Siwei’s “well-informed” made Zhang Juzheng secretly alert.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Siwei felt nervous. Wei was afraid that the chief assistant would be dissatisfied, and quickly explained.

"Hey, I need to inquire about this matter, I saw it in the newspaper."

"What newspapers are you reading in the newspaper?"

"Morning News, this newspaper has been quite popular in the capital in the past two months. I heard that as soon as the Morning News was released, all newspaper offices in the Beijing have been basically closed. However, it is a pity that the Morning News rarely publishes official affairs in the palace newspaper, and it is a pity to focus on the miscellaneous things in the Beijing."

While explaining, Zhang Siwei said again.

"Actually, when I read the Morning News, I just read the Journey to the West. The novels are printed on this newspaper, which are indeed very fresh."

Zhang Siwei didn't know that Zhang Juzheng didn't know about the newspaper. He said these words just to defend himself. In fact, he did have eyes and ears in the capital, but he did see this incident in the newspaper.

"Oh? Don't hear about official affairs?"

Zhang Juzheng said in surprise.

"Zi Weina has this "Morning News", and I'll take a look."

Of course, because the Morning News was sold in the morning, Zhang Siwei's payroll room certainly had it. After all, he was indeed chasing Journey to the West. In just a moment, Zhang Siwei gave the newspaper to Zhang Juzheng.

When he handed the newspaper to Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Siwei explained.

"The Chief Minister, this Morning Post prints the strange stories and anecdotes of the capital in recent days every day. Although it is not a matter of the world, the Morning Post can indeed understand the recent events in the capital, but it is mostly small matters related to the people."

"Um……"

When he opened the newspaper, Zhang Juzheng focused on Zhang Siwei's "Morning News", which included advertisements such as restaurants, scissors, medicine shops, etc., and there were quite a lot of advertisements. However, he soon found the news he wanted to read. The so-called news was indeed trivial things that happened in the capital.

"Hmph, there are gangsters in the Caishikou, and the people are complaining. Didn't you see Shuntian Mansion?"

Just a moment of glance, Zhang Juzheng's face darkened and his breathing became uneven.

"This matter seems to be a trivial matter, but it is closely related to whether the people live and work in peace and contentment..."

Zhang Juzheng read the newspaper for a while and then said.
Chapter completed!