Seventh, when everyone carefully appreciates the landscape of Hangzhou that is impossible to see in the past. /。 M// Tujie, but Yachu stepped forward, leaned down, and stretched out his hand to wipe it. The West Lake, which was enclosed with mud, was suddenly destroyed. The clear blue water seeped into other places, revealing red sand and mud, and the appearance of chaos was unbearable.

It turns out that the landscape of clear mountains and green waters, seeing everyone's hearts are relaxed and pleasant, and when the eyes are comfortable, it is so touched by Chu quality, although there are still green mountains next to it, and the river is murmuring, but there is no West Lake next to Hangzhou City, everyone always feels that something is missing, and they are not used to it, as if they are ready to raise a glass to taste a fragrant and attractive tea soup, but there is suddenly a fly in the cup, and it is not happy for anyone.

And Chu Qian's move is similar to that of a spicy hand to urge flowers. Naturally, it was immediately condemned unanimously by everyone.

"Chuzhi County, what a beautiful scenery, how can you bear to destroy it

"Such acts, bsp; nbsp;。

Ignoring the others, he shook his head and sighed, Chu Zhen just chuckled and was silent, happy for everyone's reaction, as expected, if there is no intuitive impression, even if he says it wildly, some people don't care much, but now that there is a comparison, presumably they should also understand their intentions

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After regretting for a moment, some people did slowly wake up, recalled what Chu Zhen said just now, and then looked at the landscape of the lack of West Lake in the box, and suddenly thought about it.

"Xia Guan thinks that if there is no West Lake in Hangzhou, it will be like a person going to beautify, so how can it work." Chu Zhen arched his hand and said: "If West Lake no longer exists, how can the 100,000 families in the city drink?" Do they make them the same as before the Tang Dynasty. Besides, there are still dozens of miles of land outside Hangzhou, and the water of the West Lake is inseparable from the needs of irrigation, and if the lake water is insufficient, the canal will be silted up

Chu Zhen slowly enumerated the reasons why the lake must be controlled. Except for the first beauty, the others are related to the daily use, agriculture and transportation aspects of Hangzhou's development, pointing out the important role of West Lake in Hangzhou's urban development.

Especially the traffic problem, the canal is the main artery connecting the north and the south, if it is blocked, it will not only affect the city of Hangzhou, the southeast of the tax grain may be difficult to transfer to the capital, then the emperor and ministers do not blame it.

After quietly listening to the reasons stated by Chu. Fan Zhongyan seemed to be in deep thought, and after a while, he spoke: "The old man is asking you about the method of controlling the lake, not wanting to hear why you want to control the lake. ”

Chu Zhen smiled embarrassedly, pointed to the miniature landscape in the box and said: "Now that the water lingqin in the lake is growing more and more serious, trying to control the lake is nothing more than removing the water and dredging the mud." ”

The lake is polluted for several reasons, one is that the aquatic plants on the surface of the lake reproduce too much, so that the sunlight does not reach the bottom of the lake, and microorganisms breed, which is not conducive to the growth of fish, and the water quality will slowly deteriorate. The second is that the silt under the lake bottom raises the lake basin day by day, and the water surface slowly shrinks, and the third is the combination of the above two, which naturally accelerates the process of swamping the West Lake.

The method of governance and rectification is indeed very simple. It's nothing more than sparse Jun, it's often easier to say than to do, to dredden the West Lake is not just a casual thing to say, the project is very huge, and a lot of practical problems have to be solved.

Fan Zhongyan naturally understood, glanced at Chu Qian, and immediately said: "Chu Zhixian stays, and the rest of the people will retreat for the time being."

Needless to say, Taishou must have some private secrets to discuss with Chu Zhen, and some people are very envious and jealous in their hearts, but they don't dare to disobey the order, they all walk out of the study, and even the door of the room is closed for them

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At this moment, Fan Zhongyan asked, "Have you read the Qiantang Lake Stone Record?" ”

A few days ago, I was still reading Chu Zhen and said, Bai Juyi's article, the things recorded are all related to the governance of the West Lake, and it makes sense, how could he miss it.

"When Bai Gong wanted to govern the West Lake, the county officials were confused by many false words, or they decided to release the lake water, which was not conducive to the county officials of Qiantang County, or Yun Yulong had nothing to support, or Yan Lingling took advantage of it." Fan Zhongyan asked, "Why are they opposed, do you know why?" ”

Chu Zhen understood what Fan Zhongyan meant, when Bai Juyi wanted to govern the West Lake, some officials found excuses and were unwilling to act according to orders, and now they are playing the lake, and there will definitely be people who will oppose it.

Xia Guan knew the worries of Taishou and said in a low voice: "The Hangzhou officials and Haoshen's fields and manors are by the lake, and if they start construction, it will affect their benefits, and with their character, they will definitely not agree." ”

The scenery of the West Lake is beautiful, the environmental conditions are superior, but the good place to cultivate the body and mind is so unique, how can the landlords miss it, the private mansion manor is naturally full of all corners of the West Lake, some time ago, there were people who persuaded Fan Zhongyan to buy fertile land on the edge of the West Lake. Building a manor to support the elderly, but with his temperament, of course, he did not hesitate to refuse.

And with the acceleration of the swamping process of West Lake. The soil on the edge of the lake is slowly exposed, and the soil there is extremely fertile, and the phenomenon of filling the lake to create fields naturally begins to occur, which is not only the behavior of some officials, but also some people, which is one of the reasons for the gradual decline of the lake.

It can be expected that if the West Lake is to be controlled, it is not necessarily only the government that will be harmed. If so, the people may not agree. Therefore, it is not the harm of the West Lake, but that some people know that this is the case. But they choose to turn a blind eye for their own interests.

"Now that you know, you should understand. If you want to control the lake, you will be hindered by them Fan Zhongyan said with a light smile: "Besides, have you ever considered that the governance of more than 30 miles of West Lake is not something that can be completed overnight by relying on a hundred or so craftsmen, I am afraid that it will be difficult to mobilize tens of thousands of laborers with the strength of the whole state, and the project is huge, where will the money and food come from?" ”

These subordinates naturally thought of it.

。 Chu Zhen knew that what Fan Zhongyan said was very reasonable, after all, the ancient technology was backward, there were no advanced excavation machines, everything could only rely on manpower, and the West Lake, which was dozens of miles wide, must be very difficult and hard to dig and weed.

"Is there a solution? Fan Zhongyan asked.

There is no Chu Zhi who looks like a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and he said very naturally: "Not in his position, not seeking his own government, such a major event as governing the lake, of course, is the responsibility of Taishou, and the lower officials are only responsible for putting forward opinions, as for whether to adopt it." Or how to implement it, it should be something that Taishou has to consider, and in the end, no matter what the result is, he will be ordered to do it, and the lower officials will do it. ”

Fan Zhongyan suddenly became angry, just now he secretly praised this kid for worrying about the country and the people, how could he think that he would become a skinny in a blink of an eye, it is really unteachable.

Having said that, Fan Zhongyan also had to admit that what Chu Zhen said was indeed reasonable, such a huge project is indeed not something that can be handled by a county magistrate, this kid has a problem for himself, looking at the landscape of green mountains and green waters in the box, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Fan Zhongyan's mouth, and suddenly asked: "If you are an old man, how should you behave?" ”

After a deep groan, Chu Zhen said: "Naturally, let's find out if this is really the case, so as not to be just alarmist." ”

"What if that really happens?" Fan Zhongyan continued to ask.

"I ask for the approval of the imperial court." Chu Zhen said without hesitation, this kind of thing of stirring up teachers and mobilizing the people is not something that state and county officials can decide. Without the emperor's permission, let alone officials at all levels, even the people with a little knowledge could not be recruited.

"How do you write that excerpt?" Fan Zhongyan said: "It's not that you say that you want to control the lake, and the imperial court will approve it, and besides, even if the imperial court approves it, what are the specific measures to control the lake, and the money and grain for the project are allocated from the national treasury or from the local government, have you ever thought about the regulations?" ”

The question came back, but Chu Zhen also knew that this time he couldn't prevaricate and not answer, he had also considered these questions before coming. I feel that with Fan Zhongyan's prestige, I just need to hand it over. Such a matter that benefits the country and the people will certainly be approved of by the well-informed and upright ministers of the DPRK and China. The possibility of notification is at least ** successful.

As for the cost of money and food, to be honest, Chu Zhen has never considered it in this direction, and he doesn't know if he really deliberately ignores this, or if he thinks that money and food are not a problem.

His eyes rolled slightly, and Chu Zhen suddenly said: "Taishou, when the lower officials were investigating the situation in West Lake in the past few days, they heard that some people were complaining. Some officials have repeatedly said that they want to dilute the canal and open up the West Lake, and they have taken the opportunity to falsely report the number of people's husbands and craftsmen to defraud the official grain, and the subordinates have cleverly set up names to force the people to contribute money and efforts, but the matter of neglecting the people has been hastily resolved

I thought that Fan Zhongyan would be furious. But he didn't want him to just groan a little, and said lightly: "The wind is the duty of the official, and you don't need to worry about it." Probably felt that Chu Zhen's enthusiasm should not be discouraged, and finally said: "The old man will verify this matter, and you should pay more attention to the county governance."

After decades of ups and downs in officialdom, although Fan Zhongyan has not lost the character of daring to speak out when he was young, the edges and corners are not as sharp as they were at the beginning, he has personal experience, and knows the consequences of participating in the impeachment of others.

Chu Zhen may not understand Fan Zhongyan's good intentions, but he said that this matter is not to impeach others, but to explain other things.

"The lower officials believe that the people have been so blackmailed and persecuted by the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the people have suffered greatly, and they are afraid that the money and grain for the control of the lake can no longer be collected from them." Chu Zhen said: "And in order to help the people, there is not much money and grain left in the official treasury, so to speak."

"To govern the lake, money and food, you can only turn to the imperial court for help." Fan Zhongyan's forehead frowned slightly: "It is the end of the year, it is the time to use money, the three divisions not only have to pay the princes and princes and officials in the world, but also the soldiers in the northwest are still waiting for the salary and silver allocated by the imperial court, and the period of the year's coins is approaching, and the various tile and miscellaneous expenses are added up, and the imperial court is afraid that it will no longer be able to allocate money and grain for lake control." ”

He used to be the prime minister who presided over the government. Fan Zhongyan was very clear about the treasury of the Great Song Dynasty, if he hadn't recognized the false glitz and glamour of its external power, how could he choose to change, only hoping to alleviate the decline of the dynasty.

Since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the national policy implemented by Taizu and Taizong has already doomed the Song Dynasty to have a situation of heavy literature and military suppression, redundant soldiers, and redundant officials.

At the beginning, the three problems were not serious, or the emperor's ministers did not have a good book at all, and they said that they were not the same body clams", said that reading treacherously went outside. The heart only has such a problem. And when the national policy was implemented decades later. Slavery finally broke out, and people of insight naturally saw it and understood where its root cause was, but after decades of implementation, the national policy that caused these phenomena has been deeply imprinted on the dynasty.

Even if some people have a heart, they can't change it by saying it, or they don't dare to change it at all, until Fan Zhongyan appears. With the support of a group of upright ministers, he finally had the courage to stand up and clean up the mess left by several emperors. But the problem is that the disease is deep, and if you need to undergo major surgery, there are more than one or two people who are in pain.

What the result is, of course Chu Zhen knows, and when he heard this, he muttered: "I don't want the treasury to be empty so much." ”

Fan Zhongyan sighed lightly, if it weren't for the emptiness of the treasury, how could he offend the world's magnates to implement a new policy, it's not that he didn't understand that his actions would offend people, but he couldn't watch the dynasty he was loyal to slide into the abyss and die without help.

In fact, in Chu Zhen's view, Fan Zhongyan's new policy was centered on the rule of officials, which was actually a last resort, after all, from the situation at the time, redundant soldiers and redundant officials were the root cause of redundant expenses, and only one of them could be reduced, and Fan Zhongyan, who had led troops to resist Western Xia, would not have the idea of fighting soldiers from both public and private feelings.

After all, in the face of the two major powers in the northwest, in the absence of elite soldiers, the only way to win is to win, if the army is rectified, it is not self-destruction, it seems to be a choice between the two, in fact, there is no other choice, Fan Zhongyan can only take the officials to open the knife, so that under the kind persuasion of friends and colleagues, he said what he thought, it is better to cry all the way than to cry all the way.

It can be seen that in his heart, it is appropriate for officials to sacrifice for the court, but others may not think so, and in the end it can only lead to tragedy. Chu Zhen sighed secretly, his eyes flickered, hoping that his idea would work and save the sad ending.

There is no doubt that Chu Zhen certainly knows that in another twenty or thirty years, a famous figure will come out to govern the West Lake, and there will be many moving legends, but in order to find something to do for Fan Zhongyan and distract his attention, lest he always worry about the country and the people, and his heart is depressed.

Chu Zhen always believes that Fan Zhongyan's health is not good, not only because of old age and frailty, but also because of his heart disease, which is difficult to treat, and he feels that when the future is bleak and he can't show his ambitions, no matter how open-minded he is, it is inevitable that there will be some pimples.

Fan Zhongyan is a sage, yes. But he is still a human being, and he can get rid of this law, knowing history, Chu Zhen naturally can't be indifferent, so he decided to put the agenda of governing West Lake decades in advance, as for whether it has any effect. He didn't dare to be sure, he just knew the destiny of heaven and did his best.

"The three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first." Not knowing that Chu Zhen was mourning for him, Fan Zhongyan said: "If there is no money and food, controlling the lake is just a joke, do you have anything to do about it?" ”

Vaguely aware that Fan Zhongyan always threw the problem to himself to solve, it seemed to be a kind of experience for himself, and in an instant, Chu Zhen did not think about it, and said confidently: "Xia Guan thinks that he might as well beg the court to govern the West Lake." ”

In ancient times, ordaining a monk required the approval of the imperial court, just because the monastery had the privilege of exemption from military service. The common people could not bear the burden of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and they became monks one after another, avoiding the transfer of labor, and Dulou was a means for the imperial court to limit the number of monks and control the scale of Buddhism.

As a certificate issued by the imperial court to monks, Dulou is authoritative, if there is no monk with this license, he is not eligible to be ordained, and he cannot practice in various monasteries, because Du Die contains the monk's origin, common name, age, teacher name and other information in detail, with this certificate to be recognized by the official government, and get the preferential treatment of exempting from taxation and succession.

There are three ways to obtain the butterfly: one is to pass the imperial court test, the second is to give additional permission during the emperor's auspicious celebration, and the third is to pay money in exchange, maybe you can enjoy preferential policies by holding the degree building, or maybe it is related to the money, anyway, the nature of the butterfly has changed later.

In the Song Dynasty, according to the rules, the monks were proportional, and there were 100 monks who could spend one person, suffering from harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people flocked to the monastery. In order to solve the overstretched financial difficulties, the imperial court also began to sell Du Die, in order to make up for the financial deficit, at the same time, the degree union was used for disaster relief, as a military salary is not uncommon.

"Good." Fan Zhongyan nodded lightly, as if he also had this plan, and said with a smile: "Since you have already made up your mind on this matter." The excerpt of the court will be written by you, and the old man can sign it at that time. ”

"Ahh Chu Zhen was speechless.

This week has been interrupted for two days, but since I have been lazy, I can only be more diligent this weekend.

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