Chapter 80: What I Saw Along the Way

Chen Yu's speed was very fast, but after a while, he came back.

Meng Ying dismounted and exchanged a few words with Chen Yu under a big tree on the side of the road.

In fact, speaking of which, there is not much deep relationship between Meng Ying and Chen Yu, Chen Yu's grandfather Chen Xuan, although he is also a hero of the Jingjing, but he was the last to surrender, and he was not knighted with the Meng family. It is because of his meritorious work in governing the river that he has the title of Earl of Pingjiang.

The relationship between the two sides is not very close.

In any case, the two families are noble, after all, there is incense between them.

Meng Ying asked, "How to deal with what happened just now?" ”

Chen Yu said: "What can be done, but both sides press it and let them go to the court to fight a lawsuit, and I can't get involved." The canal also needs water, irrigation also needs water, especially this year's weather, it is estimated that it will be another big drought year, and there has not been a single rain or snow all winter. ”

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Chen Yu as the commander of the Zhili capital, in charge of all the guards in the territory of Zhili, but Yu Qian did not use him as a martial artist, it seemed that he felt that his Chen family had a family history, and should have some advantages in water control, so he asked him to inspect the three mansions of Hejian, Guangping, and Daimyo, at this moment Chen Yu thought about it, it should be Yu Qian who felt that the Chen family had connections on the canal, after all, the Ming Dynasty's Cao Yun system was established by the Pingjiang Bo lineage.

And this river, Guangping, the three mansions of the daimyo, is the upper reaches of the Wei River, and a section of the Wei River is a canal.

Therefore, the competition for water for agriculture and water for canals is very serious.

What can Chen Yu do about such a thing? Chen Yu estimated that whether it was the governor of Caoyun or the Ministry of Industry Beihe Langzhong, who was in charge of the northern section of the canal, he would have to go to the book, and as for Hejian, the Daimyo, the prefect of the three prefectures of Guangping, and even Yu Qian, they must also be booked.

Speaking of which, although the canal passes through Zhili, the Zhili area does not have the authority to manage the canal. This lawsuit must be fought in front of the emperor in order to have a result.

Meng Ying was not interested in this, pointed to the Weihe embankment, and said, "Virtuous nephew, is it only Hejian Mansion that has such a movement, or is there such a big movement in the entire Zhili?" ”

Chen Yu said: "Uncle Meng is wrong, the three mansions I am responsible for, in fact, there are not many projects, especially Hejian Mansion, which has the least projects, because there is this Wei River, and there are many things that cannot be done by grabbing water on both sides." The real large-scale construction is Zhending, Baoding, and Tianjin, which are really big projects, especially Zhending, where there is almost no water coming out of the Taihang Mountains and has not been treated. ”

"As for Tianjin, it is to widen the silt fields. The project is quite large anyway. ”

Meng Ying smiled: "So, I want to take a look." ”

Meng Ying didn't talk much with Chen Yu, after all, the relationship between the two sides was not very close, and Chen Yu knew that Meng Ying was a newcomer to the Ming Dynasty

The famous general of the furnace naturally has to stammer. But Meng Ying knew from her nephew that Yu Qian was a big celebrity around His Majesty, and Chen Yu was working under Yu Qian.

Naturally, it can't be offended.

On the third day after the two separated, Meng Ying arrived in Tianjin.

In calculating the time, the time from Tianjin to Beijing is enough, and the army has traveled thousands of miles, and it is also very tiring, so I will repair in Tianjin for a day or two to enter Beijing in a better mental state.

Meng Ying also wants to see what the so-called Tianjin project looks like.

Meng Ying took several guards and rode out of Tianjin City.

This Tianjin City is actually still the Tianjin Acropolis.

Because too much manpower and material resources were consumed for water control, the project to build the city of Tianjin was put on hold. Therefore, the dignified Tianjin Mansion is still in an acropolis.

It's all subsections, though.

Meng Ying rode on a high ground, looking at the long river for dozens of miles from a distance, and was shocked for a while, and said secretly: "No wonder Your Majesty values Yu Qian, Yu Qian, even if he is allowed to fight, he is also a good hand." ”

What did he see?

He saw the construction site, which was tens of miles long.

It seems that a wooden embankment was first built on the edge of the river with wooden piles, and then the river channel was dug behind the wooden embankment, and it seemed that more than a dozen sections were started together, stretching for dozens of miles, with horns and flags between each other.

And outside the river, there is a dam.

But there was a gap a few miles away, and it was clear that it was a newly opened river.

The entire Weihe River seemed to have turned into a centipede, and frantically stretched out its long legs to both sides. Now it is the dry season, and the water of the Weihe River occupies less than half of the river, and large areas of tidal flats are leaking out.

This project seems to be easy to do, but it is actually not easy to do, because many places are swampy wetlands, and it is very difficult to build.

Even if there is solid soil near the Weihe River, this soil is given by the Weihe River, and the sediment carried by the upstream is alluvial here, which makes this area of the temple flat.

This is also the reason why Yu Qian wants to open a series of rivers left and right, these are controlled by gates, and when the water comes, the gates can be opened according to the situation, so that the turbid muddy water can be washed into the swamp wetland, if this place can be flattened, you can reclaim fertile land.

When it comes, there are still a lot of saline-alkali land near Tianjin.

To deal with saline-alkali land, the people knew how to deal with it as early as the Qin and Han dynasties, and used a lot of water to flush it.

This is also the reason why Yu Qianming knows that if this river is repaired like this, it will not take a few years for the riverbed to be raised, and it will be overhauled, but Yu Qianning can use troublesome methods.

Because the stakes are too great.

As long as you can open up more fertile land, what's the trouble?

However, Meng Ying may not know Yu Qian's deep meaning, but Meng Ying

What is valued is Yu Qian's other ability, that is, organizational ability.

In fact, the ancient art of war was not so magical. Yu Qian presided over more than 100,000 major projects, commanded a team of people with orders and gongs, and worked together.

This kind of ability, let him lead the troops, as long as he can adapt to it, he dare not say that he is a general, but it is very suitable as a vassal.

"Let's go." Meng Ying looked at it for a while, then sighed and said.

Shi Jing, as Meng Ying's personal guard, also followed Meng Ying out and said, "Master Hou, don't you want to see Lord Yu?" Where do I see Lord Yu? ”

Shi Jing pointed out, Meng Ying had already seen that there were a lot of materials piled up, and there were also a few tents, which seemed to be a temporary material dumping place.

But Shi Jing could see where all the orders came from.

Meng Ying said: "If you have seen too much of an adult's ability, you don't need to see people." Meng Ying pulled the reins, rode back to Tianjin City, and said as she walked, saying: "Hurry up for a few days, we may be able to spend the Laba Festival in the capital." ”

Meng Ying's department stayed in Tianjin for a day, and then went from Tianjin to Tongzhou. But after arriving in Tongzhou, the military department Shangshu Chaiche came with Hu Hu, a university scholar.

Meng Ying hurriedly came out to greet her.

Hu Hu said: "Master Hou came so quickly. ”

Meng Ying said respectfully: "The elder of the pavilion said that he laughed, the emperor's order is in his body, so naturally he is in a hurry or not, but what does the court mean?" ”

Naturally, it was impossible for an army to come to Gyeonggi casually, so when Meng Ying was repairing in Tianjin, he sent someone to report to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

He thought that someone would come from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, but he didn't expect that the people who came were Shangshu and Hu Hu of the Ministry of War.

For Hu Hui, Meng Ying didn't dare to slack off. After all, even if the King of Han had not fallen, when the Meng family was still prosperous, Hu Hu was Taizong's confidant, and the Meng family did not dare to offend.

This is even more true today.

But the attitude towards Meng Ying, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was a little lukewarm.

After all, Meng Ying and Wang Ji are not too friendly in Yunnan, and the relationship between Wang Ji and Chaiche cannot be hidden from people with intentions.

Of course, if this is just the case, Meng Ying will not have a small belly.

However, the contradiction between the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and the Ministry of War has been going on for a long time.

With the death of Yang Rong, the suppression of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies by the Ministry of War was suddenly loosened I don't know how much. It's just that Xungui was also suppressed by Zhang Fu, and he didn't dare to do anything to the military department. Meng Ying can put his position well, he is a nobleman, what is he doing so close to the military department?

Hu Hu also saw this in his eyes and said: "Your Majesty intends to parade the southern soldiers outside the Xuanwu Gate, and at that time, hundreds of civil and military officials in the capital and envoys from various countries will be listed. This is His Majesty's faith in the Marquis of Baoding, and this is also the reason why I came. ”