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It's February again, and it's the day of spring again.

This year is the year of Dabi, since ancient times, there is a common proverb that "the stinky ditch is opened, the son comes", and the time when the dark ditch is dug in the spring is the period of the palace test for the imperial court to open the department. The world's lifters from all over the world, entering the capital of the morning and evening, the first thing they see is a pile of stinking sludge and a dark ditch with stinky water, and the capital in the spring breeze, traffic jams, and stench are seen in the strange face of the foreign people who entered Beijing to take the exam.

"The stinky ditch is opened, and the son is raised" This proverb that reflects the style of the capital has also spread.

Since the construction of the capital city, Kyoto has paid attention to the discharge of sewage, and has built long culverts under the main streets and residential areas, which are connected to a series of brick seepage wells. After the sewage is poured into the seepage well, it slowly seeps into the culvert, and then flows from the culvert to the water gate and the river channel.

To this day, sewage is still discharged with the help of seepage wells and culverts built in the previous dynasty. Because after hundreds of years, a large amount of filth has accumulated in the culvert, and the culvert is built underground, dredging and digging is very inconvenient, so that the sewage on the ground of the city flows sideways, and it is dirty and messy.

Emperor Xianzong of Jingde played for the tenth year: "Where the water gate of the capital goes, each one covers a fire shop." 1. Set up water equipment and assign two guards to the yamen. In case of rain, it is ordered to be salvaged and dredged, and the large and small ditches, ponds, and river troughs of each plant are dredged in February every year. ”

Since then, every year after the spring equinox, soldiers and hired Taomen dig up the soil and lift the ditch cover, dig the silt in the seepage well, and dredge the underground culvert. Of course, as soon as the ditch cover was opened, the filthy gas was rushing and smelly, and the Taofu was often smoked down, and some even died of poisoning. The sludge and filth that were scooped up were piled up on the street, and the stench was scattered, and passers-by "wore rhubarb and atractylodes (Chinese herbs that can emit fragrance) to avoid them." ”

A poet once wrote a poem describing the scene of the opening of the stinky ditch in the capital in March: "The sludge flows to the bottom of the depression, and the filth is ventilated and floats at the beginning. When chasing the smell, you must cover your nose, and you usually open a ditch in March. ”

And on such a sunny day and the city smells bad, it is a little difficult to have a good meal.

Beijing, Tianxiang Building.

At this time, Tianxiang Tower was crowded with people, the lobby was full of people, and there were some waiting seats, and the queue had already lined up in the alley outside the restaurant.

Guo Wenying sat in a good window position, and opposite her sat Lu Weixin, who had just returned to Beijing, and today was specially for Lu Weixin, accompanied by Zhang Mingchang and Lu Yiyu.

The four of them sat together, and there were a lot of delicacies on the table, but they couldn't eat a bite.

Lu Weixin pinched his nose and said, "This stinks like this outside, how can people eat it?"

Guo Wenying nodded, and also regretted that he shouldn't have allowed Xiao Er to lead them to this window, usually this is the best place to see, but on this day, others are hard to find, but at this moment, it makes them have the urge to hit the wall.

It stinks, it stinks, and the food in your mouth smells like sewers, which is really hard to swallow. They didn't dare to open the window, and behind the restaurant was a freshly dug stinky ditch, and once they opened the window, they were greeted by a foul smell.

Zhang Ming said: "Go back to the household department and ask, don't open the ditch early, don't open the ditch late, just in time for today's scientific expedition day to open the ditch." ”

Lu Yiyu frowned, "Yes, if it weren't for today's scientific expedition, I wouldn't have gone out." "He is now in the Ministry of Rites, although the chief examiner is Yu Shilong, he is also half of the deputy chief examiner, if it weren't for Guo Wenying to invite him here to accompany him, he would still be in the Tribute Academy at this time.

As the four of them were talking, they had already started to enter, Lu Yiyu saw that the time was almost up, and hurriedly stood up, "I'm also on business, so I'll leave first, you guys eat and drink well." As he spoke, he patted Lu Weixin on the shoulder, "Congratulations to Lord Lu on returning to Beijing." ”

Lu Weixin's mouth was like a rotten persimmon, and he smiled bitterly: "Congratulations on returning to Beijing, I'm dying of sorrow." His excitement about returning to Beijing lasted only until he saw the door of his home, and then he fled in a hurry, and he did not dare to go home until now.

Lu Yiyu laughed, now who in the capital doesn't know that Lu Huaidong wants his grandson crazy, this time even if he is tied up, he has to be tied up and the cave room. General Lu asked his soldiers to look for people all over the world, if anyone can catch people back, the reward is 100 taels, and they want to earn this 100 taels of gold.

Guo Wenying couldn't help but say: "Weizi, you are not too young, so you can't listen to your father, hurry up and find a daughter-in-law." ”

Lu Weixin pursed his lips, "This woman is like that, it's not that I haven't tasted a woman, I just have to play, why do I have to marry home." My father doesn't want to have a woman in the family, so why should I marry a woman?"

Zhang Ming glanced at him, this family of two singles can be regarded as a wonder in Beijing.

After Lu Yiyu left, the three of them looked at each other at a table of noodles, and there were many people waiting in line outside to come in, but they couldn't eat a bite. Zhang Mingchang's expression is the most normal, and his taste system seems to be out of order, so he actually put a mouthful of food in his mouth, and chewed it carefully, saying while chewing: "My lord, this year, the river has spent a lot of silver, and this ditch has been blocked for several years, and the silver for this year's ditch will also cost a lot, and I am afraid that this silver will not be able to make ends meet." ”

Since last year, Zhang Mingchang has already made a household book, and this time it is reasonable to talk about the income and exit accounts of river repair and ditch digging. After all, since Guo Wenying joined the cabinet, all kinds of expenses in this regard have to be approved by her, and the household department will submit a list to the cabinet for approval every year, and then report it to the emperor for a big seal.

Guo Wenying said: "This silver can't be saved, so transfer some from elsewhere to deal with emergencies first." ”

Zhang Mingchang nodded, "I'll just do it when I turn around." ”

The two chatted about business, but they didn't feel that the smell was too big, maybe they were used to it for a long time, and the food could be eaten.

Guo Wenying sat here for a while, and many officials came to say goodbye, some talked about business, some greeted them with pure greetings, and in a short time they were surrounded by people.

There were already a lot of people in the restaurant, and they all gathered here, and people were crowded, and people bumped into people, which made it even more congested.

Lu Weixin was so uncomfortable that he could only run downstairs quietly, but he secretly admired Guo Wenying in his heart, so many people could actually handle it.

When he was in Yunnan, he was really surprised to learn that Guo Wenying had entered the cabinet, but it was her, and she couldn't do this with another woman.

There is a folk ballad: "The sun burns, the wind and rain block, open the world, who else is me, ask who is the hero in the troubled world...... The man has Qi Shizu, and the woman has Guo Wenying......"

She has reached the point where she is on par with Qi Shizu, and it can be seen.