Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 321: A poor man dares to snatch people from us?

"...Okay, I'm relieved to have you take care of it. I'll leave this matter to you."

"Don't worry, I will take care of this matter for you. In less than two years, you and your family will be able to live in your own home."

"Okay, hahaha, okay!"

Dou Xiangsong, the Junior Supervisor of the Ministry of Works, respectfully escorted the official who would be entrusted with the task out of the detention hall, and then summoned the Commandant of the Left School Office to arrange the matter.

After returning home, Director Zuo summoned a supervisor, thinking that he could just hand over the matter to him and that would be the end of the matter. Unexpectedly, the supervisor said, "Director, several construction teams here are already busy, and we may not be able to take on other work for the next one or two years."

The left schoolmaster was stunned when he heard this and said, "Your team under the Second Supervisor is the largest. Even if it is to build a palace, you can handle it with several construction teams together. But as far as I know, there is no large palace under construction recently."

The supervisor said, "It is indeed not a project for the Imperial Palace, but a project for the Ministry of Works. They are planning to build a project called Qingming Riverside Park. Not only have they transferred several large engineering teams under my command, they have also asked for other engineering teams to leave."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Xiaoshu was surprised that the Ministry of Works actually had a project, but then he became angry and said, "What does it have to do with us if the Ministry of Works wants to do a project? Why did they come to us to ask for people? How come I didn't even know about it? Did you lend the engineering team out without permission?"

The supervisor was surprised when he heard this: "Officer, I did report this matter, and you signed and approved it."

Upon hearing this, the left schoolmaster was stunned again and asked, "Did I approve it?"

The supervisor quickly said, "Yes, please think carefully about the report from half a month ago."

The Left Schoolmaster frowned immediately, as if he had some impression. It seemed that because of the financial difficulties of the imperial court in the past two years, the number of projects of the General Administration of Works had been greatly reduced, and the income had naturally been greatly reduced as well. Of course, the General Administration of Works was a government office after all, and although it was considered to have a stable income, there was still a difference between having a project and not having a project. At that time, he felt very happy to have a project.

The left schoolmaster immediately thought about it and said, "But what we needed was a construction team. How come they have all been loaned out now?"

The supervisor said cautiously, "The report didn't mention how many engineering teams were needed. It just explained the matter. Didn't you say at the time that as long as the money was in place, we could borrow as much as we wanted?"

The left schoolmaster frowned immediately, but did not blame the supervisor. After all, this was considered to generate income for the prison. It was just that there were some conflicts with the junior supervisor's affairs. But it was not a big deal. There were plenty of large engineering teams under the supervision of the supervisor anyway.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, then you ask the three guards to come over and I'll ask them to do it."

The second supervisor said quickly: "His people have also been transferred away."

The left schoolmaster felt uneasy and asked, "You are not going to say that the engineering team that supervised our work has been transferred away, right?"

The second supervisor smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know the details, but all the engineering teams of the second, third and fourth supervisors have been asked to leave. This year, our supervisors will be able to have a good year."

The left schoolmaster said quickly: "Hurry up and notify all the supervisors to come over. I need to check the situation quickly, otherwise it will be bad if there is an emergency task."

The second supervisor hurried to notify everyone. After a while, everyone from the first to tenth supervisors arrived, all with smiles on their faces. Someone even joked with the left schoolmaster, "Gu Ling, is the mid-year meeting going to start so soon? There are a lot more projects recently, but it shouldn't be so soon, right?"

Someone noticed that the left schoolmaster looked unhappy, and their hearts skipped a beat. As expected, the left schoolmaster asked, "Does your engineering team still have any projects to do?"

All ten supervisors shook their heads and said in unison, "No."

"Huh!" The ten supervisors looked at each other in confusion.

The left schoolmaster looked a little strange, and asked, "Are they all going to the Qingming Riverside Park?"

"Yes!"

"Yup!"

"That's right! They really pay enough wages, hehe"

"..."

The left schoolmaster suddenly became anxious and said, "You didn't leave one or two engineering teams to deal with emergencies. If the palace wants to do some project, won't it delay it?
Forget it, I won't talk to you any more, just send out a few engineering teams to deal with the emergency."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of the ten supervisors became detached and no one responded to the conversation.

The left schoolmaster said angrily, "Why, my words are useless? Second Supervisor, please express your opinion."

The second supervisor was a little unconvinced and said, "Gu Ling, my brothers have been unemployed for a long time. It's not easy to get a chance to earn extra money. If I ask them to withdraw, no one will listen to me in the future. I won't withdraw!"

The left schoolmaster was furious and said, "You are the supervisors of the general supervisor. You have the responsibility to do so. How dare you disobey the order?"

The second supervisor smiled bitterly and said, "Gu Ling, you are a well-fed man who doesn't know the hunger of hungry men. Our brothers have been out of work for several years. They can't even support their wives and children at home. It's not easy to get a project to work on. If we ask them to withdraw now, I'm afraid there will be chaos!

This is a very difficult matter to arrange. You decide who should do the work and who should not. Those who can do the work will be happy, but how can we appease those who have no work to do? I have no way to arrange this!"

The left schoolmaster said angrily: "Now the young supervisor has assigned work to us, someone has to do it, right?" After he said this, the expressions of the ten supervisors eased a little.

One of the supervisors asked tentatively, "What about the wages?"

The left schoolmaster said, "Of course we will do as before."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ten supervisors' expressions became distracted again.

According to the previous situation, you can only get a basic salary, which is equivalent to working for free. The wages at Qingming Shanghe Park are much higher. Who is willing to give up such a well-paid job to do a job for free?

The Left Prison Officer was really anxious at this moment. If no one did this job, the Junior Supervisor would blame him and he would be punished!

"Well, I don't care how you arrange things internally. Anyway, every supervisor must arrange at least one engineering team to come out. On the one hand, they have to take over the work in the prison, and on the other hand, they have to prepare for other construction work in the palace. That's it."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone sighed one after another, but they could only let it go. A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death. Since the Left School Officer had made such arrangements, what else could they do?

Everyone dispersed to make arrangements, and the Left School Officer breathed a sigh of relief. However, he did not expect that a supervisor would soon return and bring back a piece of news that surprised the Left School Officer.

"The Ministry of Works won't let our people withdraw?" Zuo Xiaoshuo was stunned. "What right does the Ministry of Works have to control our people?"

The supervisors all looked bewildered.

"Second Supervisor, you speak." The Left Schoolmaster began to call the roll.

The second supervisor said, "The people from the Ministry of Works said that the engineering team is not our supervisor's people, and they can also be used by the Ministry of Works. If we can mobilize the engineering team, we can withdraw with us."

The left schoolmaster sneered and said, "A poor family dares to compete with us for people. Then we should just withdraw them all. I wonder how they can carry out their project!"

The second supervisor smiled bitterly and said, "We can't withdraw."

The left schoolmaster glared and said, "Why, they still dare to detain people!"

The second supervisor smiled bitterly and said, "The people from the engineering team refused to go back."

The left schoolmaster was immediately furious and said, "How dare they disobey orders? Tell them, whoever dares not to come back will be punished!"

The second guard sighed and said, "We can't punish them."

The left schoolmaster was surprised and said, "Why can't they cure it? They are all craftsmen."

The second supervisor said: "It is true that they are craftsmen, but according to the plan after the reform, they are actually under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry."

The Left Schoolmaster suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such a talk about the reform at that time, but the Ministry of Works was a weakling at that time and no one dared to complain. The Chief of Works naturally did not take it seriously, but the craftsmen were indeed under their jurisdiction.

The left schoolmaster was startled: This is a serious matter!
If the Chief Supervisor of Construction fails to take firm action in this matter and all these engineering teams are snatched away by the Ministry of Works, the position of the Chief Supervisor of Construction will be meaningless.

Oh, that's not right. It can only be said that the construction part has been completely abandoned. After all, there are still jobs like navy, weapons, miscellaneous equipment, and imperial burials to be done. Well, that is, jobs like weapons and burials.

The left schoolmaster did not dare to delay and quickly reported it to the Junior Supervisor of the Imperial Household. Junior Supervisor Dou Xiangsong was also shocked when he heard it and quickly reported it to the judge.

The supervising judge was named Lai Zhishao. He was a genuine Jinshi and was originally a Censor. However, he was demoted to the position of Supervisor because he was impeached for buying the daughter of a prostitute as a concubine some time ago.

But here is quite interesting, Lai Zhishao was able to become the Censor-in-Chief because he was recommended by the Chief Censor Huang Lu, and it was also Huang Lu who impeached him for buying the daughter of a prostitute as a concubine and demoted him to the position of Supervisor.

After listening to the report from Junior Supervisor Dou Xiangsong, Lai Zhishao paused for a moment and said, "I know about this matter. I will go to the Ministry of Works to seek justice!"

Dou Xiangsong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the judge was still tough, and quickly said, "Then I'll go with you?"

Lai Zhishao said with a smile: "It is not the number of people that matters, I will go, you should appease your subordinates and stop causing any more trouble."

Dou Xiangsong quickly took the order and left.

Lai Zhi Shao pondered for a while, then tidied himself up and prepared to go to the Ministry of Works. Before leaving, he suddenly turned around, took out a set of very exquisite inkstones from the cabinet and put them into his sleeve.

Well, it's time to get along well with that person. I wanted to get along well with him before, but I was away at that time, and after I came back, he went to the northwest. I've been in a lot of trouble lately and I really can't take care of him. I'll just take this opportunity to get along well with him!

Hehe, Dou Xiangsong is just a fool who knows nothing about officialdom!

(End of this chapter)