Gao pragmatic sighed, said: "Because of the work of Dayu to control the water, so its method of dredging was regarded as the guideline by later generations, and the river management in the past dynasties was based on flood drainage and water discharge, but did not pay any attention to the sediment siltation. However, in the past, Wang Mang was in charge of the country, and in the first four years of the Yuan Dynasty, he convened his ministers to solicit opinions on river control and discuss the method of water control. At that time, the great Sima Shi Zhang Rong once proposed: 'The water is down, and the disease is scraped into the void and slightly deeper. The river water is turbid, and it is called one stone of water and six buckets of mud. Nowadays, the western counties, as well as the eastward journey of the capital division, the people all divert water from the river and the Weishan River to irrigate the fields. Spring and summer are dry, and when there is little water, the river is late, silted and slightly shallow. When rain and water arrive, it overflows. And the country is a few embankments, a little higher than the flat land, as if building walls and living in water. Each can obey its nature, no more irrigation, then the hundred rivers are popular, the waterway is self-beneficial, and there is no harm of overflow. Looking back on it now, it seems to be similar to what Pan Gong said. ”

Gao Shishi's opinion of Zhang Rong is that the reason why the downstream is silted up is due to the opening of canals in the upstream for irrigation, which makes the river channel less water and slows down the flow rate. If several embankments are built to hold water, and then the irrigation upstream is stopped, "hundreds of rivers will be popular, and the waterways will benefit themselves, and there will be no harm from overflow". This line of thinking is almost identical to Pan Jitao's proposition, and it can be regarded as the earliest proposer of the theory of harnessing water and attacking sand. Unfortunately, Wang Mang's new dynasty was a short-lived dynasty, so Zhang Rong's theory did not have time to be put into practice. After Zhang Rong, until Pan Jitao in the Ming Dynasty, this theory did not attract anyone's attention.

Gao Gong was surprised, stretched out his finger and nodded at Gao Gong, and said: "You kid, although the books you read are miscellaneous, it seems that it is not useless, and even the old man has not known about this matter, but I want you to remind you." Then after a pause, he said resolutely: "I think that although no one has practiced this law, there is nothing wrong with the reason...... It's just that Weng Rushen is doing a good job at the moment, and after all, he is also a famous minister who governs the river, if there is no reason, it is not easy to remove him. ”

Gao Gong said, and slowly frowned.

Gao Pragmatic acted as a dog-headed military advisor again, and offered advice: "Weng Gong has at hand, what project is he responsible for now?" ”

"Of course." Gao Gong said: "He is the general manager of the river, and he must have a project at hand at any time." At present, the more important projects in his hands include the chasm, the Jingshan and the dredging of the Huai River. ”

Gao Pragmatic laughed: "How long will it take for these projects to be completed?" ”

"I heard that it's coming soon, he made a prediction in the song last time, and it will probably be done by the middle of this year, and it will only take three or four months." Gao Gong is proficient in government affairs, and he almost never forgets these recitals after reading them, and he can answer them immediately when he asks them.

Gao pragmatic laughed: "Isn't that easy?" He blinked his eyes: "Weng Da has ruled the river for several years, worked hard and made great achievements, and was promoted to the Beijing Ministry of Industry." ”

Gao Gong was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and then pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "You kid, which old man are you, you are allowed to go out as a waiter of the Ministry of Works when you open your mouth and close your mouth?" This is not an official in Nanjing, but the Ministry of Industry in Beijing! ”

Gao Pragmatic was infected by Gao Gong's attitude, and couldn't help but get a little carried away, and said triumphantly: "Naturally, it's not Ge Lao now, but it's always a matter of time!" ”

Gao Gong froze when he heard this, his speech slowed down, and he muttered, "You have such ambitions...... It's also a good thing, but a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, if you want to one day dominate the world and criticize the world, you must study harder now, not for Hanlin, and enter the cabinet? ”

Gao Pragmatic hurriedly gathered his thoughts and arched his hand: "The third uncle has learned a lesson, and my nephew must remember it." But attitude is attitude, after all, he was already in his early thirties before the crossing, and he really didn't need to listen to Gao Gong's countless times to emphasize the title of the gold list, so he immediately diverted the topic: "But even if the strategy for controlling the river has been settled, my nephew still thinks that shipping cannot be abolished." ”

"Oh?" Gao Gong really didn't dare to underestimate his young nephew at the moment, and immediately asked when he heard the words: "What is the reason?" ”

Gao pragmatically said: "You also said that in just one month, nearly 20,000 taels of silver were paid in taxes in one year. And you should note that Moon Harbor is only a newly opened port, the entry and exit ships are very limited, and the imperial court system is actually too strict, according to the nephew's judgment, it should be able to collect far more taxes and silver in the future than it is now. ”

Gao Gong asked thoughtfully, "What do you mean...... Tianjin's Dagu port is also open like a moon port? ”

"If you can, that's certainly the best." Gao pragmatic replied immediately.

Gao Gong shook his head: "I'm afraid this matter is still very difficult to do, there are too many people in the court who oppose it, and now the old man is also a heavenly official, and he is trying to solve the problems of the court officials being superficial, and at the same time, he has to sort out the border army...... Qi Yuanjing had previously asked the imperial court to transfer the armies of the nine sides to Jizhou in turn and let him train them one by one, and the cabinet discussed this matter many times, but it still couldn't be done, and the old man was also very rare. ”

At the beginning, Tan Lun, a famous minister who had meritorious service in pacifying the Japanese invaders, proposed to let Qi Jiguang train the soldiers of the Jiliao generation, and later the training was quite effective, so Qi Jiguang put forward a suggestion to let all the armies on the nine sides go to Jizhou for rotation training.

If this suggestion is in the eyes of future generations, of course it is very good - what kind of person is Qi Jiguang? That is the Ming military god who looked back on this life before his death, and could say that "in the past 30 years, I have fought more than 100 battles on land and water in the north and south, and have not tasted a single defeat"!

A general, who has made brilliant achievements in a battle, can be called a famous general, and such generals are really many in China's thousands of years of history; However, a general has been fighting for decades, from the south to the north, from the water to the land, but he does not even have a record of "small losses", all of them are victories, and almost all of them are big victories at a very slight cost...... If this kind of person is not considered a god of war, then what kind of person deserves to be called a god of war?

But Gao Pragmatic knows that now is not the time to discuss Qi Jiguang, after all, the road has to be taken step by step, and things have to be done one by one, and Qi Jiguang's backstage in the court is actually Zhang Juzheng, so for Qi Jiguang's appointment, Gao Pragmatic has to plan and promote it slowly.

He changed the topic back: "Sanbo, Tianjin can not be as open as the Moon Port, we can find a better excuse: for example, to open Tianjin up as a port for grain transshipment and arms transportation. ”

This is the idea of going step by step, first as a transshipment of grain and transportation of armaments, to avoid being opposed by too many courtiers, when the port is built and built, when everything is ready in the future, as long as a word, Tianjin can directly open the port.

But Gao Gong was a little puzzled: "The old man of the grain transfer understands what this arms delivery means?" ”

Gao pragmatic explained: "In the twenty-sixth year of Jiajing, the Chahar Department of Dalaixun Khan was afraid of being annexed by me, and led the department of 100,000 to move south, moving to the southeast half of the Great Xing'an Mountains. If Tianjin Port is well utilized, the materials of the imperial court can go from Tianjin Port to Liangfangkou (Note: Yingkou in later generations. Then from the sea boat to the river boat, trace the Sancha River and the Taizi River up, and reach Liaoyang! Not only can it save countless materials, grain and grass, but also avoid occasional unnoticed and beaten grass valley by Mongolian Tatars. ”

When Gao Gong heard this, he not only groaned, but said after a while: "This matter is very important, and the old man still needs to think about it carefully." Then the topic changed: "By the way, the old man has already had a secret talk with the saint about the 'playmate', and the saint may soon start to do it, if you have any plans, you should also hurry up." ”

Gao Pragmatic smiled slightly: "That's easy to do...... My nephew will leave Beijing tomorrow and go to my villa for a field trip. ”