Chapter 59: Talk about virtue and etiquette

By the end of October of the second year of Wude, Chang'an had already started to freeze. Although it was not as good as ice, in the eyes of many builders, such cold weather was not suitable for construction.

However, Chen Ying resisted the criticism and firmly demanded that the construction would not stop. On the contrary, he took advantage of the opportunity when the ditches were dry and ordered the civilians to dig the ditches deep and fill the road surface with soil. A large number of civilians put the digging soil in a pot and steamed it. After the soil was cooked, they mixed it with quicklime and glutinous rice juice, then stirred it evenly, and then tamped it on the road surface layer by layer, so that the entire roadbed of the road was almost three feet higher than the flat ground. What surprised the public the most was that these roadbeds were not flat, but were high in the middle and low on both sides, making the arc.

Li Jiancheng has been paying close attention to Chen Ying's construction, especially recently many people have slandered Chen Ying to Li Jiancheng, claiming that Chen Ying was exhausted and damaged the money, but he built a four-dimensional appearance. Li Jiancheng was not proficient in the creation method and did not know the meaning and real purpose of Chen Ying's doing so. Originally, Li Jiancheng ignored Chen Ying's criticism, but the three of them became tigers. The more they said it, the more outrageous it became, and Li Jiancheng finally couldn't sit still.

Li Jiancheng sat on the soft couch, Pei Ju served tea, and then looked at Li Jiancheng quietly. Li Jiancheng was posing with a teacup, looking at the swaying mist, and his expression was solemn.

Pei Ju saw that Li Jiancheng had something to do, so he immediately drooped his hands and stood up.

After a long time, Li Jiancheng decided to ask Pei Ju. At this time, Pei Ju's official position was the Order of the Prince's Office of the East Palace, and was also one of the three masters of the Third Division of the East Palace. Although Pei Ju was of high rank, this official position was in charge of the Gungu, diet, and position was like the Grand Minister of the Qin and Han Dynasties and Shaofu, not to mention that Pei Ju was famous for his proficiency in accidents and always held weight-bearing.

"Pei Qing, what do you think of Chen Binke's move?"

Pei Ju met Li Jiancheng's gaze and did not rush to speak. He knew that Li Jiancheng was not just asking Chen Ying. Hou Mo Chen family was one of the eight major pillar states in the Western Wei Dynasty and the first-class clan. Since Hou Mo Chen Chong served as Duke of Liang and General of the Zhu Kingdom, Hou Mo Chen Chen began to rise. Hou Mo Chen Chong's brother, Hou Mo Chen Shun, was appointed as the Grand Commander and was awarded the title of Duke of Pengcheng County, Hou Mo Chen Qiong, the younger brother of Hou Mo Chen, was appointed as the Shangzhu Kingdom and Xiuwu County Duke. Hou Mo Chen Kai was the chief doctor of the Sihui and was awarded the title of Duke of Lingwu County.

Five men of one family can be said to be incredible for a while.

Now that Chen Ying is now, it has reached the third generation. It has been fifty or sixty years. In contrast, Li Hu and Li Bi, who were listed in the seven surnames of Guanlong nobles in later generations, had less influence than Hou Mo Chen. At this time, Hou Mo Chen Qian became an official and was appointed as the third-rank Guanglu official, while Hou Mo Chen Ying was appointed as the guest of the crown prince of the Eastern Palace. How could this not attract jealousy?

Pei Ju sighed and said, "The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop."

Li Jiancheng's eyebrows flashed, and he was a little displeased with Pei Ju's attitude.

Pei Ju saw it and was not panicked. He knew that Li Jiancheng was generous and knowledgeable, but he was sometimes a bit pedantic. Li Jiancheng's talent and eagerness were not very high. At this time, Pei Ju said: "Some people talk about benevolence, righteousness, morality, but behind their backs, they invade the land and escape taxes, oppress the common people, and use public opinion to respect themselves."

Pei Ju dared to say this because he also discovered that although Chang'an was dry and cold in winter, it did not snow for a long time. As the saying goes, auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. Otherwise, the same is true. There is no snowfall yet. Even if there will be no grains in the coming year, the harvest will definitely be affected.

At this time, Pei Ju could see that Chen Ying was repairing the big and small ditches west of Chang'an in the name of cultivating the Chi Dao. This was a great thing that benefited the country and the people, but was criticized by some people. Pei Ju thought it very clearly. If Li Jiancheng could not hear it at this point, then Li Jiancheng must be pretending to be confused, and Pei Ju would never persuade Li Jiancheng any more.

Chen Ying was impeached for repairing Chidao for three reasons.

First of all, it is nothing more than the hatred between the Guanlong nobles and the Shandong nobles for generations. Now, in addition to the Li Hu family, the Li Bi family has completely declined because of no successors since Li Mi's death. The Zhao Gui family has declined more severely than the Houmo Chen family, and the Yuan family is even worse than the Jingzhao Wei family. Now it is a second-rate family. The only thing that the Shandong noble group fears is Chen Ying. He is already in his prime and has been ranked third-rank. In the future, Li Jiancheng ascended the throne. Even if he is not appointed as the prime minister, he will be awarded the assistant minister (deputy prime minister). The Houmo Chen family has revived again, which puts great pressure on the Shandong noble group.

Secondly, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in chaos and frequent wars. Especially this year, Hedong has been in chaos. Almost half of the fertile land in the twenty-seven prefectures in Hedong have been destroyed, but they have encountered signs of severe drought. Once the grain production in Guanzhong is reduced or the harvest is out of stock, the Shandong noble group will take advantage of the natural disasters to take advantage of the opportunity to annex the fertile land in Guanzhong at an extremely low price, and take the opportunity to infiltrate the power into Guanzhong and Guanlong noble base camps.

Finally, the weakening of grain in Guanzhong will inevitably make Li Yuan rely more on the Shandong nobles, thereby increasing the court's voice. However, Chen Ying repaired the ditches directly affected the overall layout of the Shandong nobles group.

Li Jiancheng understood a little, but he still felt that Pei Ju was a little worried.

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Chen Ying naturally heard the faint sound of the wind, but he never cared about these sounds. As a general, if his reputation was too good, it would probably make Li Yuan sleep even harder, so Chen Ying neither explained nor concealed it. Taking advantage of this time, he could save some lives, and save more lives.

However, the weather will get colder and colder over time. Even without a thermometer, Chen Ying knew that the coldest time in Guanzhong could be more than minus twenty degrees below zero. In such a cold weather, there was no way to continue construction. At this time, Chen Ying stroked the Zuo Guardian's speed mark in his hand and raised the attention of Zuo Guardian in his head.

The left guard of the East Palace has one more Zhechong Mansion than the right guard of the East Palace. It has five upper courts, namely Xunwei Mansion, Xunyi Mansion, Xunyi Mansion, Yi Mansion, and Yi Mansion. Although the left guard is the same as the right guard and the personnel are not full, there are still five or six thousand people in the five Zhechong Mansions.

"Okay!" Chen Yingsi thought about it and decided to mobilize troops to participate in the work of clearing the ditches and ditches.

However, this dispatch of troops must be explained by Li Jiancheng. Chen Ying decided to go back to Chang'an in person and have a deep and detailed discussion with Li Jiancheng in person.

However, Chen Ying did not expect that before he returned to Chang'an, Li Jiancheng took a car to the construction site under construction.

Chen Ying received the news and hurriedly brought Xu Jingzong and other officials from all over the world to greet him.

Li Jiancheng cordially held Chen Ying's hand and got on the car. Li Jiancheng talked with Chen Ying for a while fortifications. Li Jiancheng was responsible for presiding over the reform of the official system and changed the Yan to the Shizhong, the Inner Shiling as the Zhongshu Ling, and the Giant Secretary was promoted to the Shizhong... and the Inner Shiling was promoted to the Inner Shiling as the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Secretariat and the Se

After the fortifications were discussed, Li Jiancheng said some censors in the court to impeach Chen Ying. Looking at Li Jiancheng's solemn expression, Chen Ying asked lightly: "Your Highness, what do you think is destiny?"

Li Jiancheng felt excited and pressed his inner excitement and asked back: "What Chen Qing means..."
Chapter completed!