Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Because the number of officials in the four departments was not the same, after deducting the 40% reward from the Yubu Department, the remaining money and property could not be divided equally into three parts.

Moreover, the Ministry of Works has the most officials. If the people in the three departments divide the remaining rewards equally, the people in the Ministry of Works will get much less.

What is worrying is not the scarcity but the inequality, which is not conducive to the unity within the Ministry of Works.

Yu Chang responded respectfully: "As you wish!"

Just as Yu Chang followed Du He to the office, he looked for Xiao Kai, Xie Rongxiang and other doctors from the four departments and gave them instructions.

"Keep an eye on these rewards, and don't allow anyone to get close to them."

The box containing the silver had no lock. If a hundred people gathered around it, someone might take advantage of the situation and steal one or two silver ingots.

When a scandal breaks out in the Ministry of Industry, people from other ministries will surely come to watch the fun.

"promise!"

The doctor from the Fourth Department responded respectfully.

Without any hesitation, they hurried over to guard the silver and refined salt.

After Du He and Yu Chang arrived at the office, they closed the door and began to discuss in a low voice.

"Minister Yu, how do you think this reward should be divided?"

Although Du He, as the Minister of Industry, had the power to make direct decisions, he was not good at distributing such benefits, and it was difficult for him to take into account the thoughts of the lowest-level officials.

Yu Chang is a little older and deals with a group of subordinates on a daily basis, so he should have better ideas.

Yu Chang took out a piece of rice paper from his sleeve, then respectfully handed it to Du He with both hands and said.

"Minister Du, when you went to the Liangyi Hall to discuss matters just now, I thought of a preliminary reward distribution. Please see if it is feasible."

Du He took the rice paper and praised with a smile.

"Minister Yu is indeed a capable official. He is so resolute in his actions!"

"In my opinion, among all the ministers in the three provinces and six ministries, Minister Yu is definitely ranked first in terms of efficiency!"

Hearing Du He's high evaluation of him, Yu Chang's face showed a hint of excitement.

He quickly said modestly: "Mr. Du, thank you for your praise. Compared with Cui Xu, the Vice Minister of Personnel, and Lu Chengqing, the Vice Minister of Revenue, I am still a little inferior."

"But I will also urge myself to do my best to complete the tasks assigned by Minister Du."

Whether it was Cui Xu, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Lu Chengqing, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, or Chu Suiliang, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, they were all capable officials.

In particular, Chu Suiliang, who was strongly supported by Wei Zheng and Zhangsun Wuji, is also a favorite of the current Majesty and has the power to participate in politics and affairs of state.

I'm afraid it won't be long before Chu Suiliang becomes one of the prime ministers.

Du He did not continue to say some empty words, but turned to look at the rice paper in his hand. He just took a first glance and his face immediately showed a strange expression.

According to Yu Chang's distribution, Du He took one third of the reward for himself, and gave 40% of the remaining reward to the people in Yubu Si.

The remaining rewards were distributed in a certain proportion according to the size of the official positions of the three officials.

The reward that Yu Chang received was the same as that received by the Langzhong of the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Tuntian Division.

Du He shook his head and said, "Minister Yu, I don't want my share of the reward. Give it to the officials below."

"This is the only great achievement they have made in their lifetime. Let them get more rewards and live a good life."

He was already the biggest winner as he had the priceless seven-square-and-six-yuan Khotan jade belt, and Du He also wanted to give these small coins to these low-level officials.

Yu Chang had long heard of Du He's generosity, especially the fact that Du He did not take the huge reward after conquering Baiyan City during the conquest of Goguryeo.

Yu Chang believed that it was a blessing for his subordinates to have a chief officer who gave all the benefits to them.

But the making of the curved plow is different. It is no exaggeration to say that the curved plow was actually made by Du He alone, and the people from the Ministry of Industry just took advantage of his work.

If someone like Du He, who had made the greatest contribution, did not accept the reward, the people in the Ministry of Works would be too embarrassed to face anyone if word got out.

Yu Chang said firmly: "Minister Du, public is public and private is private. The curved plow was made by you alone, so you must take the reward!"

“Otherwise, without a clear reward system, rewards will be divided according to personal feelings, which is not conducive to the healthy development of our Ministry of Industry.”

Yu Chang then cited a bunch of historical anecdotes to convince Du He of the dangers of not distinguishing between public and private affairs.

Du He waved his hands and said, "Minister Yu, I will take 80 strings of cash as a reward, you will take 20 strings of cash, and the rest will be divided according to your distribution rules."

"Don't worry about it, just leave it at that."

Yu Chang's words were like a spell to tighten the headband, making his head buzz.

It has to be said that Yu Chang has a very rich reserve of knowledge. He can easily cite many anecdotes that Du He has never heard of.

Yu Chang lowered his head and thought seriously for a while, then stood up, clasped his fists and said to Du He.

"Minister Du, since you don't want to take the grain and refined salt, then you can take the 150 strings of cash as a reward. I will take the same reward as the other doctors in the three ministries."

"After all, I have done nothing in the development of the new plow, so I should not receive such a large reward."

According to the current official price, 100 dan of grain can be sold for at least 50 guan, and 100 dou of refined salt can be sold for at least 15 guan.

Yu Chang converted the two into silver and gave it to Du He. In fact, Du He still suffered a small loss.

Seeing Yu Chang's official attitude, Du He did not continue to refuse, but said to him with a smile.

"Minister Yu, let's do as you say."

"Yes, sir!" Yu Chang responded and left quickly.

Not long after, several officials from the Ministry of Works, under the command of Yu Chang, moved three boxes of silver into Du He's office.

Yu Chang said respectfully: "Minister Du, your subordinate has already counted the silver, exactly 150 strings of cash!"

Yu Chang, along with several officials from the Ministry of Works, continued to go out to distribute money and supplies.

Du He opened the three large boxes and took a look, and found that except for a small portion of silver ingots, most of them were strings of copper coins.

"No wonder they packed three full boxes. It turns out that the rewards given by the court are mainly in the form of copper coins."

Du He just glanced at it, then sat back by the stove to make tea, then took out the volume of "Qimin Yaoshu" and continued reading.

Outside the lobby of the Ministry of Industry, the sound of copper coins colliding and excited shouts could be heard alternately.

Especially Xiao Kai, who would howl from time to time, and seemed extremely excited and excited.

...

The Ministry of Works was distributing silver and refined salt throughout the morning, and in the afternoon, when officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs brought in grain, Yu Chang continued to preside over the distribution of grain.

The eunuch also brought a brocade box, which contained an exquisitely shaped seven-square and six-round Khotan jade belt.

Du He took a good look at the jade belt, then couldn't help but sigh.

"It is indeed a jade belt of the highest grade. The workmanship is truly exquisite!"

After playing with it carefully for a while, Du He put it carefully into the brocade box.

He is now only the Minister of Works, and wearing this jade belt is too conspicuous, so he should keep it at home as a family heirloom.

As the shift was about to end, there was a knock on Du He's office door.

"Knock knock knock."

"Brother Du, I'm coming in!"

After getting Du He's consent, Xiao Kai, with a rosy face, pushed open the door and walked in. He clasped his fists towards Du He and said to him in a sly manner.

"Brother Du, Hou Junji just sent someone to invite you to drink at his mansion tonight."