Early the next morning, Han Xiufeng resigned from his fellow villagers and friends who came to deliver the letter, and took everyone to the outside of the city in a six-horse carriage to meet Chen Hu and other brothers from the old Taiyong camp, and then hired a few carriages to tie up their luggage and go to Gu'an to take up their posts.

Civil and military officials in the capital, one more low-key than the other, many civil officials do not even sit in a sedan chair, no matter where they go, they either hire a car or simply walk. But as soon as he left the capital, he became more majestic than the other, and if he didn't have a guard of honor when he traveled, he would really be laughed at.

Han Xiufeng traveled neither in a sedan chair nor in front of him beating gongs and drums to clear the way, and there were not even people holding solemn avoidance signs and playing umbrellas. Those who know the inside story know that he is an official, but those who don't know the inside story really think that this is a caravan.

Cui Hao felt a little strange, seeing Wang Qianli, who was staggering against the wall of the carriage with the bumps of the carriage, as if nothing had happened, he couldn't ask, so he could only carefully find something to say.

"Dong Weng, the student paid attention to inquired yesterday afternoon, and it turned out that Yongding River is a big yamen!"

"yes, how big is it?" Han Xiufeng opened his eyes and asked.

Cui Hao said as a few treasures: "It is said that the Department has set up ten rooms for officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, warehouses, work cases, work calculations, military calculations and undertakes, and each room has two envoys, and there are more scribes who receive food and silver, together with two patrol officers and soap and fast two classes of officials, and there are nearly 200 people in the entire river yamen who receive the imperial court officials and food and silver. ”

"Nearly 200 people is not too much, after all, it is the Provincial Department." Han Xiufeng said with a smile.

Cui Hao hurriedly said: "Dong Weng, what the student said was only the Provincial Bureau, and did not include the five big yamen under the Provincial Administration. ”

"Which five great yamen?"

"Shijingshan Hall, North Shore Hall, South Bank Hall, Triangle Hall and Metropolitan Office." Looking at Han Xiufeng's thoughtful appearance, Cui Hao's eyebrows fluttered and said: "The Yongding River flows through more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Shuntian Mansion, if the prefectures and counties on both sides of the river are all under the jurisdiction of the river yamen, then there will be few states and counties in Shuntian Mansion!" In addition, the taxes, money, grain, and criminal lawsuits in those states and counties should be under the jurisdiction of the South Road Department and the West Road Department set up by the Shuntianfu as a rule, so in order to avoid unclear rights and responsibilities, the imperial court will assign both banks along the river to the jurisdiction of the river. ”

"So what?" Han Xiufeng asked curiously.

"Therefore, the Shijingshan Hall Tongzhi, the North Bank Tongzhi, the Triangle Dian Hall Tongju and Dong Weng all have subordinate officials, among which the Shijingshan Hall Tongzhi has an inspection and a foreign commission, and the inspection is responsible for the security on both sides of the river section under the jurisdiction of the Shijingshan Hall, and the external committee is divided into flood land on both sides of the Shijingshan River section. Taxes, money, grain, and criminal noun lawsuits are the same as those in local states and counties, and they are all under the control of the official seal, that is, Shi Jingshan, and the same master. ”

"What about the North Shore and South Shore Rooms?" Wang Qianli couldn't help but ask.

"The soldiers and civilians on both sides of the river section under the jurisdiction of the North Shore Department are under the same management as the fields, although the place under the jurisdiction of the North Shore Department is about the same as that of the Shijingshan Tongzhi Master, but unlike the Shijingshan Hall under the jurisdiction of the Tongzhi Master, it is all mountainous, not only has more fields under its jurisdiction, but also has more soldiers and civilians under its jurisdiction."

Cui Hao paused, and then said: "Therefore, the North Shore Hall has seven subordinate officials, including Zhuozhou General Judgment and Bazhou General Judgment, Wuqing County Beishang Flood Chief, Wuqing County Beizhong Flood Chief, Liangxiang County Cheng, Gu'an County Cheng and Ziyahe Patrol Officer. The section of the river under the jurisdiction of the North Shore Department is close to the Provincial Affairs Department, and the flood land on both sides of the river is under the garrison and defense of the North Bank, unlike the Shijingshan Department, which also has a special external committee. ”

Han Xiufeng reacted, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "So let's say that those villages and military and civilian people on both sides of the river are transferred from the prefectures and counties of Shuntian Mansion to the rule of the river yamen. Whether it is the general judgment of Zhuozhou or the general judgment of Bazhou, including the lord of Wuqing County and the Cheng of Gu'an County, in fact, they have nothing to do with Zhuozhou, Bazhou, Wuqing, and Gu'an, in fact, they are all officials of the river yamen. ”

"Exactly."

"The North Shore Hall is really not a small place, otherwise there is no need for so many subordinate officials, what about the South Shore Hall?"

"As far as the students know, there used to be five subordinate officials of Bazhou Prefecture, Zhuozhou Prefecture and Wanping, Liangxiang, and Gu'an counties, but a few days ago I heard Master Peng say that you don't seem to have to take care of the local affairs on the south bank, and the former subordinate officials of the South Shore Hall will probably have to listen to the North Shore Hall with Master Shi in the future."

Thinking that the young owner in front of him was also a fellow master, but he couldn't be a seal official who was not the main hall like his predecessor, for fear that the owner would be unhappy, Cui Hao hurriedly explained: "Master Peng said that this arrangement is not only for you to train the army wholeheartedly, but also to govern the river. ”

"In order to control the river, where do you start?" Han Xiufeng stared at him and asked.

"Dong Weng didn't know, Shi Lao knew that he would be transferred to the north bank of the Yongding River Tongzhi, and before entering Beijing, he made a special trip to take his family along the river to investigate, from north to south, from west to east, and walked for more than a month.

"yes, it's the first time I've heard of it!"

The student thought that this could be useful to Dong Weng, so he copied a copy. Cui Hao took out the transcription at Peng Yunzhang's house from the package and presented it to Han Xiufeng as if offering a treasure.

"Brother Dezhong, I'm bothering you, I'll take a look first."

"Dong Weng, where is this, this is the student's business."

Looking at Cui Hao's smug appearance, Wang Qianli thought to himself that Master Peng asked him to copy this song, after all, he couldn't be without a meeting gift if he sent him to come to Master Han to eat together. However, thinking of the old man Shi who would be able to see him tomorrow at the latest, Wang Qianli was suddenly a little curious about Cui Hao's transcription, and couldn't help but lean over and watch it with Han Xiufeng.

Fucha Yongding River is a problem, because only the embankment is repaired and not dredged deeply, the river is getting higher and higher, resulting in the trend of building, so it is a patient also. In addition, the flood officials wanted to open up the materials, pretending to be dangerous work, building embankments and adding silicon, and picking up the north from the south, then the north became a dangerous work; From the north to the south, the south becomes a dangerous worker. After a long time, the water potential has been established, and manpower cannot block it. From the bottom of the Lugou Bridge to the lower mouth, all the zigzag turns. Everywhere is dangerous, everywhere is a risk of collapse, so this is the second problem......

I don't know if I don't look at it, I don't know it, I admire it in my heart, and then think of what Cui Hao just said, Wang Qianli couldn't help but murmur: "If you pick up the north from the south, the north will become a dangerous worker; From the north to the south, the south becomes a dangerous worker! Fourth master, what Master Shi said is extremely true, the imperial court should have ordered one person to be responsible for flood control and waterlogging on both sides of each river section, if it was to do its own thing like before, the south bank is only in charge of the south bank, and the north bank is only in charge of the north bank, how to govern this river! ”

"Yes, fortunately, there is Master Shi, fortunately, Lord Peng asked Master Shi to manage it together with the south bank, otherwise I really won't be able to go straight to this river, even if I try my best, I may not be able to cure it."

Cui Hao didn't know that Han Xiufeng and Shi Zanqing knew each other, and he didn't know that Han Xiufeng and Shi Zanqing still had some origins, and when he saw that Han Xiufeng actually called Shi Zanqing, who was also a fellow acquaintance, Shi Lao, he was stunned for a while.

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At the same time, Shi Zanqing, a fellow on the north bank of the Yongding River, who had just returned from a river tour, was sitting in the flower hall on the left side of the second hall of the Provincial Provincial Administration, discussing the matter of controlling the river with Wu Tingdong of the Taoist platform.

"From the end of No. 48 to the end of No. 53, the stone embankment collapsed, seventy-five zhang long, five feet wide at the top, eight feet wide at the bottom, and two zhang high; From the end of No. 67 to the end of No. 72, the earthen embankment collapsed, 89 zhang long, 9 feet wide at the top, and 17 feet wide at the bottom...... The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the snow in the upper reaches is melting day by day. ”

"Brother Jizhen, have you ever ordered someone to estimate how many young people need to be recruited to repair these collapsed sections of the embankment, and how much food will be spent?"

Shi Zanqing put down the pamphlet and said, "I just came back from the river, and I haven't had time to estimate yet. ”

Wu Tingdong subconsciously glanced at the mud on his legs, and hurriedly said: "Let the second brother be tired, use tea first, and let the work room calculate what is needed to repair the embankment." ”

"The food of the king, the worries of the king, not to mention the burden." Shi Zan arched his hand in the direction of the capital of the Qing Dynasty, and then changed his words: "Brother Yanfu, count the days, the new Nan'an Tongzhi should also take office, do you have any news of the new Nan'an Tongzhi?" ”

When Wu Tingdong mentioned this, he was depressed, and motioned to Chang Sui to send the booklet brought by Shi Zanqing to the work room quickly, and then put down the teacup and said with a wry smile: "There is news, but this matter has some backfires." ”

"It backfired."

"To tell you the truth, the reason why I asked for the rectification of the river camp is not only to prevent long hair but also to control the river, after all, the river camp has been abandoned for a long time, let alone go into battle, and even build embankments and dredge. If we can put the river camp in order, and there are more than 1,500 soldiers under our command, will you and I have to worry about where to recruit the men to repair the embankment? ”

Shi Zanqing realized that the person in front of him didn't plan to reorganize the river camp into an elite soldier who could go into battle, but just wanted to clean up those empty Qiu Ba on the pretext of rectifying the river camp to prevent long hair, and when those Qiu Ba were driven away, he could use the food and salary allocated by the imperial court to the river camp to recruit young people to repair the embankment.

Thinking that the imperial court had taken his invitation seriously, and actually sent Duan Dazhang's nephew Han Si to train the troops, Shi Zanqing asked quietly: "Brother Yanfu, what does this have to do with the new Nan'an Tongzhi?" ”

"The imperial court asked you to take charge of the river affairs of the river section under the jurisdiction of the north and south bank offices, and the south bank Tongzhi will have nothing to do after he arrives, so the court ordered the new south bank Tongzhi to lead the river camp, and even placed high hopes on him, counting on him to defend Gyeonggi after the river camp is trained."

"So the river camp no longer builds embankments and dredging, even if the north and south banks are flooded, it has nothing to do with the river camp?"

"The imperial court not only did not allow the river camp to build another embankment and dredge, but also ordered our provincial department to assist the river camp within half a year with 2,000 quintals of rice and noodles and 8,000 taels of silver!"

"Isn't there food and salary in the river camp, why do you need the Provincial Department to help?"

"What is the food allocated by the imperial court for what to do, not to mention that the river camp has been abandoned for a long time, and the knives and guns have long been rusted into scrap iron, not only to buy hats and gowns, but also to build knives and guns and other weapons, the imperial court also let the purchase of 100 war horses, 100 shotguns, 50 guns, and 30 mountain cannons!" Wu Tingdong paused, and said helplessly: "Not only do I want to help, but I also have to help with the Heavenly Mansion." Brother Jizhen, others don't know that you know about my family background, Ling Xun is coming, and he has to use money and food everywhere, where can I move so much money and food for him? ”

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