Chapter 116 The Governor

Holding the imperial edict, Ye Tao stayed for a while before standing up, and smiled bitterly at his old friend Chi Yun who came to issue the edict. That's right, Tan Xiaopei did agree to their marriage, and according to convention, he raised all the titles and titles on him one level. This father was not picky about the recklessness of this son-in-law and did not care whether the form of proposal was in line with tradition. Tan Weixin is a special princess, so special that her current body is absolutely impossible to have a basic couple life such as sexual intercourse. For Ye Tao and Tan Weixin, since Tan Xiaopei has recognized the matter between them, it is not important at all when to organize the ceremony.

The appointment of the canal governor made Ye Tao feel a little amused. Dongping intended to organize the water system in the narrow and vast space on the Qingluo Plain, northwest of Danyang, that is, north of Dongping’s most important grain-producing area, and south of the northwest of Dongping’s mining industry, to form an efficient water transportation network. In this way, when the canal system is formed, both mineral and agricultural products can be transported to Danyang at a lower cost. This is a far-sighted plan. Because, if Dongping really has the opportunity to unify the Central Plains in a few years, then Danyang, as the capital, will inevitably have to bear more population and more various needs. The construction of Danyang New District

The reason why it can be passed so quickly and is about to be completed is that Tan Xiaopei has long been considering expanding Danyang and transforming it into a more magnificent city that is more in line with the identity of a major country that unified the Central Plains. He needs to have a sample. The canal is the lifeline that guarantees the supply of the capital in the future. It will also be the main transportation capacity for continuously transporting stone and other building materials when establishing a new capital in the future. Although many middle and low-level officials thought that this motion was passed due to the increase in the population of Danyang and the increase in coal and other mineral products over the past few days, there was news about Tan Weixin's place, and Ye Tao understood that this was definitely not that simple.

However, is this responsibility going to fall on me? Indeed, I can be regarded as the most comprehensive and magical architect of this era. At that time, water conservancy engineering was an interesting course in college, but this does not mean that I can be able to organize the construction of canals. Especially behind the construction of canals, there are so many government affairs and military affairs to deal with. If there is indeed a lack of an architect who can integrate various engineering constructions in this era, then if you want to deal with government affairs related to the people, those who have the ability to surpass Ye Tao can probably line up as long as the canal.

Can you let it go? Impossible. Especially at this time, Ye Tao knew that Tan Xiaopei had eaten himself to death. He sighed and drove to the camp of the Blood Qi Army. Now, even if it is the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works, and the Ministry of Revenue, if it encounters any geography-related matters, it is necessary to go to the Xue Qi Army's camp. It is required to call out those proportional sand tables for observation. After conducting national map surveying and mapping training, the Xue Qi Army spent a long time to enrich the original sand table. The Xue Qi Army's sand table ratio was unified, and it could spell out all the Dongping borders that were about the size of a football field, as well as some areas of surrounding countries. Naturally, the magnificent project that the Blood Qi Army spent a huge amount of money. It has become a tool that many court officials in Dongping need to borrow when making decisions, but it has also become a thorn in the eyes of various countries.

According to the letter written by Shi Xiu, the canal mainly involves the northwest of the Qingluo Plain, the areas where the Qingshui River and the Luo River flow together. As well as the southern part of the Qingluo Plain, originated from Qingjing Mountain and gathered with several tributaries and then entered the Xiaoling River in Chunnan. Shi Xiu developed an extremely strange plan to connect these three rivers west of Danyang to form a T-shaped canal system. Once completed, the three rivers that are of great significance to Dongping will be connected into one. Materials and personnel can be transported freely. In addition to ensuring the supply of Danyang, it is also possible to use a strong navy to go straight to Chunnan when it is in trouble in the future.

Shi Xiu is an old water conservancy who was born in river protection. The feasibility analysis of the canal area in other places is mainly based on economic factors, water flow, silt and other related factors. However, the difficulty, order of construction, and how the project management and the entire system can run smoothly. Ye Tao compared the sand table and marked Shi Xiu's plan on the map. Then he made a circle on the map. The intersection of the three directions of the canal area was marked with a red pen: here, there will undoubtedly be an important city. This city will regulate the capacity of the three canals and let the transactions around the three river water systems gather here. When this city develops, it will also become the most important satellite city in Danyang. When Ye Tao looked at the map carefully and found that the place he marked as the city, there was originally a place called Shufeng Town, which was stunned.

...Old City? If you build the canal area and the trade area, wouldn't this be Stormwind City? Ye Tao felt it was funny. He didn't want to copy the monsters again, but Stormwind City will still be established because of him, and he will still build it. Forget it, when will you find an opportunity to get Danasus out? Ye Tao smiled bitterly and threw away the pen in his hand and lay on the rocking chair that was placed aside.

When Ye Tao was about to continue studying the materials, Chi Lei rushed into the chess hall where the sand table was placed and said in great surprise to Ye Tao: "What are you doing here? A bunch of people in the city are looking for you." After looking at the huge sand table, Chi Lei said with some amusement and tears: "You won't start working so seriously, right?"

Ye Tao said strangely: "Is it wrong to start preparing for such a tedious thing earlier?"

Chi Lei said angrily and amusedly: "That's right, right. But don't you know what the biggest difference between the Governor, a senior official in charge of the party, and those positions such as the city guards? It's not that the Governor's power is really greater than that of the City guards, nor that the Governor's military and government responsibilities are more than that of the City guards, but that the Governor wants to build a palace. Although Your Majesty values ​​you and trusts you, it's impossible to think that so many messy things are done by you alone. Your most important job now is to set up the racks of your canal governor's mansion, and then many subordinates will help you do things."

Ye Tao nodded suddenly, as if he was a little reproachful: "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

Chi Lei laughed and said, "Go back to Danyang quickly. Today you will prepare to entertain guests at home. There are so many people preparing to go out with you."

"Fun?" Ye Tao was still thinking about what was fun about this annoying job of the Governor of the Earth Canal. For power, his hobbies are far from those of the aristocratic families who have been pursuing power since childhood. Although many of the aristocratic families who are familiar with him are more rebellious, they disagree with the family's statement that it is good to be an official and how good it is to be a high official, and they prefer to do things they like. However, most of these people still want to prove through various ways that they have high talent. They may be tired of following their family's family.

The path arranged by people has gradually risen in the officialdom, but they will never oppose a stage that shows their abilities and interests. The reason why the Blood Qi Army aroused the interest of so many children of aristocratic families at that time was also able to gather enough financial and material resources to form a cultural and capable military officer class in a short time is inseparable from the character and talents of these children of aristocratic families. Through the Blood Qi Army, Ye Tao united the children of aristocratic families who were interested in military affairs, and had long since touched the heartstrings of the children of aristocratic families who were not interested in military affairs but were irritated by the many merits of the Blood Qi Army.

Ye Tao, who was still a little nervous, did not see a lot of people blocking the door and asking for officials at home, but received a thick stack of greetings and invitations. Faced with this situation, Ye Tao had no choice but to hold a banquet at home and entertained everyone once. But to his surprise, at the dinner that day, although the guests and hosts were having fun, the atmosphere was as good as any banquet Ye Tao had ever held in the past, but no one clearly stated what position he wanted to take. Everyone congratulated Ye Tao on his tenure as the governor and wished him good political achievements during his tenure. He enthusiastically expressed his willingness to serve Dongping's water conservancy and related careers.

Geographical ambition...that's all. When the banquet ended, Ye Tao suddenly felt something was wrong. In fact, it was very wrong. In other words, the group of people who could get news on the same day were not restricted by the guy who went to Ye Tao's house to attend the banquet, but did not bring a gift but still brought a dish or some wine as usual. According to normal times, these guys would never hesitate or be embarrassed when they wanted to help them, but why did they have such a vague attitude now? Is it just because they became the governor? They became an official who had not yet figured out how big they were?

With many questions, Ye Tao came to the Princess' Mansion the next morning. This question that made him unable to understand even if he wanted to break his head, so he naturally had to ask someone who could understand him.

Tan Weixin never gets up early. As long as there is nothing to do, she usually sleeps until she wakes up naturally, and then Xiao Lai gets up after a while. After washing up, looking at Ye Tao who was finally allowed to enter the room, Tan Weixin asked strangely: "What are you doing so early? A lot of things don't need to be done?"

Ye Tao talked about yesterday's situation depressedly and asked, "Is it possible to be an official to have such an effect?"

Tan Weixin frowned and looked at him like an idiot. She said, "What do you think, the Canal Governor, mainly do?"

"Build a canal and manage the river channels." Ye Tao replied.

"Is this your own understanding or who from the Ministry of Personnel told you?" Tan Weixin asked with a smile.

“…this is…uh…my own understanding.”

"Do you know what rank you are as a governor? What is the jurisdiction?"

"have no idea."

"Did you know the coordination guidelines in the areas you are involved in, where there is conflict with other governor's authority?"

"have no idea."

"Do you know how much funding the Ministry of Revenue has allocated to the construction of the canal system, and what projects are used to pay for? Which projects can be transferred to the local corvee system?"

"……have no idea."

"Do you know how many rank positions your Governor's Office allows you to set up, and how many people can use the titles recognized by the Ministry of Personnel and the salary paid by the court to work for you?"

"...this...this..." Now Ye Tao understood what the problem was. It turned out that the children of all families who came to the banquet knew that they didn't know how many positions they could be arranged, so they didn't make things difficult for him first. Fortunately, he was so passionate that he thought that it was because he became a high-ranking official that everyone began to alienate him. This face was really great.

Ye Tao ran out of Tan Weixin's living room in disgrace. He heard the hearty laughter of Tan Weixin and her maids coming from behind. He was so depressed. He was now a governor!

When Ye Tao came to the Ministry of Personnel and was about to figure out all the things, the person who came to receive him was the Situ Huang Xuping of the dynasty.

Huang Xuping has been working in this position of Situ for almost ten years. It is a bit useless to explain the power of the governor to Ye Tao as one of the three ministers of the dynasty, but when facing Ye Tao, who is already the governor, there is no need to be so restrictive. Huang Xuping has been taking good care of Ye Tao over the years, but the reason is nothing more than his appreciation of Ye Tao's talent.

Through Huang Xuping, Ye Tao realized that the position of the governor was very particular. In Dongping, although they were all called governors, they had to be divided into three levels from various powers. This level of governors, also known as the theater governor, was usually appointed in wartime, and was fully governed by the military and government affairs of one party, and had supreme power in the area under its jurisdiction. The second-class governors supervised military and government affairs at the same time, but there was a clear definition of power. The power was all in the matters that the governor was responsible for. The third-class governors generally supervised local government affairs, with government affairs as the main body, and limited command was just a means to ensure smooth governance.

The so-called canal governor he is now serving as so powerful that Ye Tao feels a little scared. Basically, as long as the water system in the upper and middle reaches of the Luo River is all under his jurisdiction. Within this scope, he can control the guards or governors of each city, use the corvee resources in all areas of his jurisdiction, arbitrarily mobilize coolies mainly prisoners of war, and even order the troops in the jurisdiction to participate in construction or guarantee construction. Basically, except for the command power after the war, all other powers are available. With Ye Tao's current influence in the army, if there is really a war, it is hard to say whether anyone in that area dares to ask Ye Tao to hand over command power.

Is this really just a responsibility that a second-class governor can bear? Ye Tao smiled bitterly.
Chapter completed!