No matter what plans they have, He Ai just patrols those areas where mudslides are frequent as planned. The local terrain was surveyed by hand.

It took half a year to complete this massive disaster relief inspection and returned to Wuyang City. He Ai immediately sent people to summon all the gentry and officials in the entire prefecture. The strong.

"As we all know, since I took office, this official has worked tirelessly to go to all counties in the state for disaster relief and distributed a large amount of relief materials!"

Wu Yueze immediately took over the words and said, "Since you took office, your lord has loved the people like a son, and in order to deepen his understanding of the people, he is sympathetic to the people, and he is not afraid of high mountains and rivers, which makes his subordinates and others admire them. The act of loving the people will definitely be played out by the subordinates!”

When the voice fell, the officials and the gentry on the field immediately tried their best to say good things in a different way, almost touting He Ai as a sage.

He Ai waved his hands as if very useful, "Everyone is exaggerating, exaggerating! However, being praised by you like this makes me think, if this official trip does not do something practical for the land of Yungui , it's really disappointing!"

"Well, after the visit and investigation in the past six months, this official has a general understanding of the situation in this state. To sum up, the road here is too rough, the mountains are high and the water is dangerous, and it is too easy to happen. disaster."

"Well, this official has decided that to develop water conservancy in this land of Yungui, and spare no effort to build roads, we must improve the road conditions here to the greatest extent possible. This official has suffered from bad road conditions, and in the past six months, it has been bumped a lot, and no matter how good the scenery is, I can’t enjoy it, and it’s really a pity!”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone on the field looked at each other in dismay, and it was Wu Yueze who came out first to persuade him.

"Sir, this state is remote and in a borderland, and there are few contacts with people from other regions. The investment in this road construction is huge, which not only requires a lot of financial resources, but also adds extra burden to the people. , it is easy to cause civil revolt!”

He Ai replied indifferently, "How can it add extra burden, this official has no intention to let them work in vain, and it will be over if they give money, with the way to make money, they will not You have nothing to do to cause civil upheaval!"

"But since then, this investment is even more astronomical. The state government has always been embarrassed, and I am afraid it cannot afford it!"

Can't the officials and gentlemen of grace and grace make some contribution?"

Wu Yueze felt at this moment the feeling of being a scholar who could not be explained by reason. Whether it is building water conservancy or building roads, it is easy to earn fame and fortune. In his opinion, He Ai This is because of selfishness, and will only decide to do these things willfully.

But he really doesn't want to waste the manpower and material resources in the state capital on these things that, in his opinion, will not bring him any benefit at all, especially listening to He Ai's meaning, want to let him All of them gave money, so he spared no effort to dissuade He Ai from this plan.

"Sir, even if we are willing to pay, I am afraid it is only a drop in the bucket. With such a large area of ​​the prefecture, whether it is to build water conservancy or repair roads, it is very difficult. Well, why don't we take it slow?"

He Ai refused without hesitation.

"The term of office of this official is limited, take your time, it will be delayed until when, Qingsong, let's see how much money we have on hand, how much money we can take out, I remember, come to take office At that time, all the elders in the DPRK and China were very polite and sent a ceremony to see how many there are."

Qing Song, who was standing beside her, immediately took out an account book from her arms.

"Master Qi, these adults are too enthusiastic, there are too many lists, do you want to read them out one by one?"

He Ai frowned and said, "Then read the gift of more than five hundred taels!"

Qingsong immediately responded, "Okay, sir, read from the bottom to the top, the Minister of Personnel, Mr. Guo, five hundred taels... The Minister of War, five hundred taels, the Grand Scholar of the Imperial Palace. Lord Wei, five hundred taels... Zhongjing Houfu, eight hundred taels... Empress Empress 5,000 taels... Sage's 8,000 taels, Empress Dowager 10,000 taels!"

This is when the news of He Ai's promise to be released came out, and when the ministers were rejoicing, Emperor Mingjing, under her instruction, released the word in the court and let He Ai go. Foreigner, we need everyone to contribute some Cheng Yi!

It was Cheng Yi, but it was actually He Ai who discussed with Emperor Mingjing and asked these ministers about the funds they collected. There is a large part of the reason for the frequent turmoil in Yungui and nearby Yunnan and Shu. It is because these places are not only remote, but also have rough roads, and it is not easy for the imperial army to quell rebellions every time, so that those ambitious people can see the opportunity.

Compared with the more prosperous land of Yunnan and Sichuan, this land of Yunnan and Guizhou gathers ethnic minorities, has little contact with the outside world, and lives extremely poor.

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The policies formulated by the court to benefit the people are not only not implemented, but those local forces will exploit the people in the name of the court, making the hopeless people more vulnerable to those tribal leaders and others Incite a rebellion.

Infrastructure construction has always been a very expensive job. Even if Emperor Mingjing has a heart, he cannot be too partial to the land of Yungui. In the name of Xianchengyi, he searched and successfully raised a batch of funds.

Of course, even though the ministers who were really poor and gentlemen also paid the money, the money was actually paid privately by the emperor's private treasury, and there was no real pressure on them.

After all, compared with two years ago, the emperor not only has a lot of wealth in his private treasury, but his understanding of the real net worth of these ministers is far from comparable to that of the past.

The concubines and concubines in the harem, including the empress dowager, took the initiative to send money, not only to thank He Ai for teaching them to play mahjong and cards, but also to have an empress He Ai beside the emperor , Emperor Mingjing became extraordinarily busy, and the time and frequency of entering the harem was greatly reduced.

Of course, there are other reasons because they know that President He Ai instigated the emperor to issue some unexpected policies, some of which have affected the interests of their parents as foreign relatives, so they also sincerely hope He Ai quickly left the capital.

In addition to the group of high-ranking beings in the palace, even if they are far away from Yungui and the power center of the capital, they are all like thunderous bosses who have presented He Aichengyi.

These ugly-looking officials and gentry do not know, and no matter what the reasons are for these bosses, they are willing to give so generously, but at least it proves one thing, in front of them The energy of this Lord He is extraordinary, not only in the palace, but even those ministers have to give face.

, take out a little of the expenses that the old lady prepared for this official, and make up a whole number, this is the official's intention towards this Yungui, what is your attitude!"

Wu Yueze wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and said with a smirk.

"Even if the subordinates and others can't do the same as the adults, they must do their best, only..."

He Ai did not wait for his words of evasion to speak, and immediately called out to humanity.

The century-old plan of the land of Gui, and the great event of the descendants of Huize, I think you should not be stingy!"

Mu Changrong and others who had been prepared for a long time immediately came forward with the written and ink documents that had been prepared, and did not give everyone time to react, nor did they give them the opportunity to communicate with each other and discuss countermeasures.

He Ai had already set the base number, at least 500 taels per family, and those who were rich but unwilling to give more, the students in charge of them immediately took out a labelled list, on which There are property estimates for their respective families. Needless to say, they have to obediently fill in an amount that satisfies the other party.

Glancing at the summary data, He Ai frowned and said dissatisfied.

"Well, everyone's enthusiasm is not enough. This number is much less than I expected, but the initial construction funds are finally enough, so let's do it for now!"

Wu Yueze held on to his smiling face, still trying to fight again.

"Sir, no matter how well the road in the land of Yungui is built, from Beijing to Yungui, we have to pass through many prefectures along the way. They don't repair it. Useful!"

He Ai didn't seem to notice his full of anger, and replied casually.

"This will not bother Mr. Wu to help, this officer has been along the way, where the road conditions are not good, and this officer has been punished, and this officer will directly find their local government to give advice, Those colleagues are also very righteous people, and they promise that when the official term expires, the roads will be repaired before they cross the border!"

Hearing this, Wu Yueze couldn't help but look sullen, and his anger disappeared. Pay attention, the high-ranking people need to be used to the wind and the rain, no one cares, but everyone has to give face, I am afraid that the crown prince will not dare to act so arrogant, but he dares, and it is natural.

After the banquet, the officials and gentry gathered together to discuss countermeasures with ugly faces, and they were forced to give out a large amount of money for no reason, to do something that did nothing to them The benefits, or things that are not very good, really make them very unwilling.

"Sir, how about we don't pay? There is a saying that the strong dragon can't suppress the local snake, let's see what he can do to us!"