It is very inconvenient to tell the generation of information, sometimes what happens in the township, the neighboring villages are clear, and half a month ago, the price of grain did not fluctuate at all, and it has only risen in the past few days, how can the places in Suzhou know in advance, Zhang Dongzhu relieved himself, but his heart was full of confusion, dazedness, and a little regret. /、М/

Hangzhou City, which was short of grain in the past, is now pouring in more than 100,000 stone grains at once. It is conceivable that when the merchants confirm that the news of Hangzhou's drought and food shortage is correct, they will definitely not be satisfied with just transporting a ship, and now the news must have been recommended back, and after a while, it is not only a dozen cargo ships that sail into Hangzhou.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I don't want to know the ins and outs of the matter, I just know that if I don't open a shop again, the rice and grain in the warehouse will only be moldy and rotten." It was the proprietor surnamed Gu who spoke, and he said indifferently: "At the beginning, I listened to my family's words, spent a lot of money to hoard food, and there was no one left, not even the money to buy some tea, salt, fish and meat. This is how people can stand it. ”

"Brother Gu is reasonable, in fact, if you do business, you don't have to make a few times more profits, just make a little money."

Everyone nodded in agreement, in today's situation, if you want to make huge profits, it is definitely not possible, and not everyone is specialized in the rice and grain business, and there are other industries involved, in order to be able to hoard rice and grain as soon as possible, they are willing to give up their heavy capital, some are borrowing, some are dang, and some are misappropriate. Buying from others at a high price of 120 or 30 yuan per bucket, I wanted to make a lot of money in a few days, but unfortunately it backfired and my wish came to naught. Naturally, there was a retreat.

"Since everyone has no opinion, so be it." Gu Dongzhu said, he didn't ask Zhang Dongjian's opinion at all, he bowed his hand slightly to everyone, and left directly.

At this time, no one wanted to discuss any countermeasures, everyone looked at each other for a moment, and then left in twos and threes, no one paid attention to the owner of Zhang, who was still coughing lightly in his seat and panting, and was busy going back to arrange the opening of the store.

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State office, council chamber. The magistrates of the nine counties in Hangzhou gathered together, and while Fan Zhongyan did not arrive, they chatted warmly and friendly, among the nine people, the oldest was nearly fifty or sixty years old, and the youngest was Chu Qian. He was only seventeen years old, and although he rarely saw each other because of his duty to guard the land, they were not strangers to each other.

After all, it also belongs to Hangzhou officialdom. There is a frequent exchange of official documents. It can be said that they have been friends for a long time, and it is rare to have the opportunity to be so together, if it is not for official business, everyone is afraid that they will inevitably have to raise a glass and drink and talk freely, the so-called officialdom connections, in fact, this is how they have made friends.

The officialdom is unpredictable, except for one or two officials who are ready to pay tribute. No one knows how far the other party can go in their careers, but no matter how great the future is, if there is no one to help them, they are just alone. You can't achieve great things, you must know that in the career of the official, it is not only people who form parties for personal gain.

The lingering rhyme of Ouyang Xiu's partisan theory written a few years ago has not been eliminated, and the righteous gentlemen suddenly understood that as long as they are like-minded, they can also form a party for the public, since this is the case, then who is willing to be a lone husband, of course, it is to quickly find a few like-minded friends, support each other, and strive to go further.

said a lot of words of mutual admiration, and several people also divided into three or two small *** chatted according to their familiarity, generally speaking, neighboring counties are naturally more familiar with each other, so Chu Zhen and Zhang Yuanshan sat down to greet each other.

After exchanging the government affairs of the two counties for a while, there were two or three vague hints. Seeing that Chu Zhi didn't say anything, Zhang Yuanshan couldn't help but whisper: "Chu Zhixian, how did Brother Ruida respond to the banquet?" ”

Oops, just under the surprise, I forgot to ask Shen Liao, and I don't know if he agreed, Chu Zhen regretted in his heart, and was about to tell the truth, but when he saw Zhang Yuanshan's face full of anticipation, he immediately swallowed back the words that came to his mouth. With a haha in his mouth, his mind turned sharply, thinking about how to perfunctory this matter.

"It's all here."

Fan Zhongyan's voice sounded at the right time, like the meaning of heaven, which made Chu Zhen feel pleasantly surprised, and hurriedly got up to salute. Zhang Yuanshan was helpless, so he had to restrain his thoughts for the time being. Bow down to him.

"No need to be polite. Sit down. Fan Zhongyan said in a harmonious voice, with a hint of tiredness in his voice. As before, after saying the opening sentence, he went straight to the topic: "I invite you to come this time." In order to build aqueducts and irrigate farmland, according to the investigation of Zhangzhi County, there are 13 large and small rivers with abundant water sources in Hangzhou, which are distributed in various counties and where the water flows. Most of them are rocky and hilly, and they are far away from the villages and farmlands where the people live, so it is not easy to benefit

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"There has been no rain for a long time. Disasters have been brewing, causing people in various counties to leave their homes. Without a fixed place to live, we are local officials. Ordered to govern one side, and should fulfill the responsibility of guarding the land and the people, in order to repay the emperor's kindness"

After a few words of encouragement, Fan Zhongyan began to assign tasks: "Changhua Li Zhixian is responsible for excavation, and. Yu Qianshi is responsible for the county

In ancient times, water conservancy projects did not have a special construction team like now. Instead, the county government recruited people to work through succession, and in some places because of the lack of professional knowledge in this area, they built water conservancy projects. Not to mention the time-consuming and labor-intensive, sometimes it does not achieve the required effect, and it is often impossible to carry out the repair halfway, or it is barely repaired, but the economy is damaged. It needs to be patched frequently to work properly.

However, this does not erase their contributions, after all, China's thousands of years of history, in a way, is actually a history of water conservancy, from Dayu to Dujiangyan, the Grand Canal "even in the modern society of scientific and technological development and economic take-off, the Three Gorges Project of the Yangtze River is still a lively topic, and countless large projects that have attracted worldwide attention have started from little by little, and have been perfected on the basis of their predecessors, so even if the ditch and water diversion have not succeeded in the end, the people will not complain.

Only, for the time being, you should act like this, and if there is any difficulty, you don't have to hide it, just report it to the official in time. Fan Zhongyan said softly. Some of the water sources are located between high mountains and mountains, and it is indeed difficult to quote. Naturally, he couldn't force people to make it difficult, and finally did not forget to agitate again: "This is a matter of benefiting the people and benefiting the people, and the merit is in the future. ”

"The lower officials will live up to the trust of Taishou." The officials happily accepted the order, convinced of Fan Zhongyan's words.

What is Qianli seeking as an official? It's nothing more than fame and profit, everyone knows that digging rivers to divert water is easier said than done, and there is not much profit, but this is a good opportunity to gain fame, and having a tithe often means that it is easy to be promoted, so as long as you do all things, no one can erase the old and real achievements.

Moreover, although Fan Zhongyan is no longer the central ruler, but the influence is still there, and it is only easy to promote a person, thinking that his name may appear on the roster of the promotion of the ministry, many people began to be enthusiastic, and they said goodbye to Fan Zhongyan, ready to rush back to start the implementation.

Fan Zhongyan nodded in agreement, and at the same time said: "Qiantang Chuzhi County and stay first." ”

Hearing this, many people stagnated. After a while, he didn't hear Fan Zhongyan call his name, so he left slowly, his eyes flashed with envy, and Zhang Yuanshan sighed in slight disappointment, of course, it was not jealousy, but Chu Zhen hadn't given a clear answer to others, and he wanted to ask again, but he didn't expect to miss the opportunity again.

After the other magistrates left, Chu Zhen saluted gently, not knowing what Fan Zhongyan had to do with him, he was a little apprehensive.

When the task was assigned just now, the project that Chu Zhen was responsible for was relatively easy, that is, to dredge the silt of several tributaries of the West Lake, so that the lake water could flow more rapidly, and it was indeed easy for people to be jealous compared to the hard work of others.

But this is not Fan Zhongyan's preference, mainly because the topography of Qiantang County is like this, either there is no water, or there is a disaster in a place with a lot of water, and the river is at least forty or fifty miles away from the dry fields of the nearest village, and the way is full of mountains and rocks.

"Sit down in front." Fan Zhongyan pointed to the seat next to him and said, his gaze swept over Wen Zhi

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After hesitating, Chu Zhi gave a gentle salute, took a few steps forward, and sat down quietly, with his waist straight, looking ahead, breathing as slowly as possible, and looking like he was sitting upright.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and Fan Zhongyan said: "In the past few days when food prices have risen, what complaints do the people in the city have about the old man? ”

With a shock in his heart, Chu Zhen looked sideways at Fan Zhongyan, and hurriedly said: "Taishou Why did he say this, with the current situation in the city, the rise in grain prices is inevitable, how can the people have any complaints."

"You have only been in office for a few days, count, you have learned the trick of bullying in the officialdom, if you let Brother Jichuan know to be careful with his ruler Fan Zhongyan said, the words seem to be powerful, but there is no trace of sternness, and the tone is a bit like a kind elder educating the junior.

Chu Zhen laughed embarrassedly, his eyes fell on Fan Zhongyan, and he observed for a moment, feeling a little inexplicably sour in his heart.

At this time, Fan Zhongyan was wearing a crimson official robe. The waist is straight like a pine, full of red light, and it seems to be full of energy, but the end of the dragon's white beard is slightly curled, which looks a little messy, and the eyes that should be bright are dull, and there is a slight redness and swelling near the eye circles, which is obviously a unique appearance of lack of sleep.

Even if you don't say it, the old man can guess that Fan Zhongyan sighed lightly and said: "I want the old man to cherish Jiang Ming all his life, and I don't want to be in the last years of the wind and candle, but I don't want to protect the old season."

Chu Zhen knows that Fan Zhongyan's admission that he cherishes his reputation is actually well-founded, and when he was a teenager, Fan Zhongyan once wrote a poem to express his ambitions: "There are guests who are pure and crazy, and young people love fame; At the same time, he sighed: "Thirty-six years of wind and dust, not ten thousand heroes." From this point of view, Fan Zhongyan, who was born in poverty, wanted to get ahead, and he succeeded with his own efforts.

For Fan Zhongyan's love name and close name. At that time, there was quite some criticism, Fan Zhongyan's official master Yan Shu once told him that some people talked about his curiosity to invite names, and the prime minister at that time, Lu Yijian, said that Fan Zhongyan's name was not real, and another prime minister, Wang Zeng, also said that Fan Xiwen was inevitably famous.

However, Chu Zhen understands that in addition to some people attacking Fan Zhongyan's love name and close name out of malicious intent, many people have misunderstood. In Chu Zhilai, a person values and cherishes his own reputation and reputation, and it is a good thing, not a bad thing, and the reputation that a person can cherish, even if he is selling his reputation, but at least he will not do anything to destroy his reputation, which is a good thing for everyone and should be promoted.

Moreover, Fan Zhongyan advocated paying attention to honor. It can be said that it is a kind of chaos in a specific historical environment, during the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms at the end of the Tang Dynasty, due to the frequent changes of dynasties, scholars often changed to several dynasties, such as Feng Dao, who appointed himself to be the elder of Changle. In the past four dynasties and ten monarchs, and after the Song Dynasty replaced the Later Zhou, a group of scholars and doctors in the Later Zhou Dynasty became Song Chen.

In the decades of the early Song Dynasty, the second ministers were full of the imperial court, of course, there was no criticism in public opinion about the so-called second ministers at that time, and later, Fan Zhongyan felt that the morale of the five generations had been weakened. Moral degradation, decided to set an example. Cheer up the morale and strengthen the name of the doctor, so as to have a reputation for re-fame.

"In the eyes of the lower officials, it is too much to keep the Great Loyalty Festival, fill the universe, shine on the sun and the moon, the former is worthy of the ancients, and the latter can be learned from Laizhe, it is the qi between heaven and earth, the first-rate person, the teacher of the first generation" Chu Zhen quickly quoted a large number of descendants to comment on Fan Zhongyan's words, and then said: "What's more."

"Stop." Before Chu could go down, Fan Zhongyan hurriedly interrupted, with a somewhat strange expression: "Who taught you what you said just now?" ”

Blinking his eyes, Chu Zhi pointed to the sky and swore an oath: "This is definitely the heartfelt words of the lower official."

You know, in China, a reformer. Especially a failed reformer. Before and after his death, he often criticized a lot. So that the coffin is difficult to determine, however, Fan Zhongyan, who presided over the new policy of Qingli, is an exception, whether it is in the Song Dynasty, or even in later generations, the comments on Fan Zhongyan are absolutely praised, like this pure great person, Chu Zhen is of course extremely admired.

Moreover, Fan Zhongyan also came out of good intentions in this matter, and it was for the sake of the overall situation that the price of grain was raised, as long as it was a little longer, Chu Zhen believed that the people would understand Fan Zhongyan's good intentions, and there was no need to worry about the late festival.

It seems that what Brother Jichuan said in his letter is true, and sometimes it is true that the words are unbearable, but you don't have to comfort the old man Fan Zhongyan shook his head and chuckled: "Although the old man cherishes feathers, he knows what a big festival is, and he will never talk about the merits and take a small name to make a big regret."

It can be seen that Fan Zhongyan's recent name. It is a heavy name based on a high degree of dedication, and the good thing is the big name and festival, and not out of the limelight for personal purposes, therefore, after his life and death, the name he left behind is a name of integrity. In addition, when this kind of emphasis on personal honor hinders the interests of the imperial court, Fan Zhongyan must have sacrificed himself to make a big difference.

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