A few people read the text, but they talked and laughed from time to time.

Lin Yanchao reunited with his old friends, looking at Xu Huobo and Yuan Zhongdao, these young people are talking and laughing, which is also a pleasure.

There is nothing more pleasant to have a drink with like-minded friends.

A few days later, Lin Yanchao received a letter in the Hanlin Academy, which was forwarded by his former friend Zhang Yuanchen in the Hanlin Academy.

Zhang Yuanchen is the champion of Longqing for five years, and he was good friends with Lin Yanchao when he was in Hanlin Academy.

Later, when Lin Yanchao was demoted to Germany, he saw that his ambitions could not be silenced, so he resigned and returned to his hometown in Zhejiang to serve his parents.

In the letter, Zhang Yuanchen entrusted Lin Yanchao with two things.

One thing is to entrust his eldest son Zhang Rulin to Lin Yanchao and other colleagues in Beijing to take care of, Zhang Rulin was already married to the daughter of Zhu Geng, the servant of the ministry, and the two sides became in-laws.

Then in the letter, Zhang Yuanchen said that he was sick, not to mention that he came back as an official, I am afraid that the time in the world is numbered, and the only thing he is worried about now is this son.

Zhang Yuanchen said that Zhang Rulin was 'good at reading ancient books and not governing the current literature', and also said in the letter, 'Among the colleagues in Beijing, only Zonghai has the most practical knowledge', so Torin Yanchao pointed out the knowledge.

When Lin Yanchao saw the letter, he couldn't help sighing, Zhang Yuanchen faintly explained the aftermath in the letter, this is Tuogu, thinking of this old friend, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but feel uncomfortable in his heart.

Taking care of Zhang Rulin, of course, is incumbent on Lin Yanchao.

There is another thing in the letter, that is, to implore Lin Yanchao to overturn the case for Xu Zhenming.

Seeing Xu Zhenming, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but be angry, this person had been very close to Li Zhi and Jiangdong before.

Xu Zhenming was the imperial history of Tuntian, and he asked the Son of Heaven to go up to Tuntian on the outskirts of Beijing, and the Son of Heaven agreed. Then this person built water conservancy and irrigated 39,000 acres of farmland, but after the success of this matter, this person made a big noise under the instruction of Li Zhi, and had the intention of elevating his own merits and suppressing Lin Yanchao's political achievements in Guide.

But with the fall of Li Zhi and Jiang Dongzhi, the umbrella behind Xu Zhenming is gone.

And his construction of water conservancy and reclamation of barren land in the suburbs of Beijing violated the interests of the relatives of the eunuchs headed by Zhang Whale and Li Wei, the Marquis of Wuqing, who had a large amount of land in the suburbs of Beijing.

Xu Zhenming's affairs are beneficial to the people and not to them, so he offended the two.

Then Xu Zhenming was impeached by the imperial envoy, and the Son of Heaven wanted to remove Xu Zhenming's official, but Shen Shixing wrote back to protect him.

Although Shen Shixing defeated Li Zhi and Jiangdong, he did not pursue the intention of the rest of the party, not to mention that the construction of water conservancy is a major policy just set by the imperial court, and the previous cabinet agreed.

It is even more important that the matter of party disputes cannot be implicated in the heads of officials because of Li Zhi's fall, and it is not for everyone to be in danger to engage in such liquidation. In any case, Xu Zhenming has political achievements, and Shen Shixing does not agree with the other party's dismissal.

However, although Shen Shixing wrote several times to defend Xu Zhenming, the Son of Heaven still issued an order to remove Xu Zhenming's official.

And Xu Zhenming and Zhang Yuanchen have always been good friends, and after Zhang Yuanchen knew about it, he was upset at the moment.

Zhang Yuanchen was far away in Zhejiang and didn't know the situation in Beijing, and he also thought that Xu Zhenming's dismissal was because of the previous Li Zhi's downfall, so as long as Lin Yanchao passed Shen Shixing's words, he could save Xu Zhenming's career.

didn't know that Xu Zhenming's dismissal had nothing to do with Shen Shixing.

In the face of Zhang Yuanchen's request, Lin Yanchao also hesitated, he could help his old friend take care of his son, but it didn't mean that he had to help his political enemies because of Zhang Yuanchen.

Lin Yanchao didn't know when he could measure it to this point.

However, Lin Yanchao also looked at the sincerity of Zhang Yuanchen's letters, and praised Xu Zhenming's talent several times, as well as the book "Lushui Ke Tan" he wrote.

So Lin Yanchao thought about it seriously, and immediately ordered his subordinates to go to the bookstore outside to buy the book of "Lushui Ke Talk".

After getting this book, Lin Yanchao immediately opened the book and read it.

Before half of the book was read, the outside world told that Zhang Rulin had arrived, Lin Yanchao put down the book at the moment, informed Lin Qianqian, and then met the other party in the study after changing clothes.

Lin Yanchao had roughly watched "Night Sailing Boat" and "Dream Memories of Tao'an" before crossing over, and the name of Zhang Rulin's grandson Zhang Dai was like thunder.

Although Zhang Rulin is only 20 years old, he is already the father of three children, and he brought his wife and three sons to meet Lin Yanchao in the study.

Zhang Rulin and his wife saw that Lin Yanchao was called Shibo, and their three sons were named Zhang Yaofang, Zhang Lianfang, and Zhang Bingfang.

Lin Yanchao is not much older than Zhang Rulin, but he is a colleague with Zhu Geng and Zhang Yuanxi, so this title is still no problem.

After the salute, Zhang Rulin gave Lin Yanchao a mutton fat jade Buddha's hand, and the whole Buddha's hand was carved by mutton fat jade, which was very precious.

Lin Yanchao was taken aback, Zhang Yuanchen is a poor Hanlin, and his daily life is also very frugal, why is his son so generous, not to mention that giving this heavy gift when they meet for the first time is not a proper gift.

Lin Yanchao glanced at it, but saw that Zhang Rulin's expression was a little uneasy, but his wife Zhu gave him a look, and then suddenly. After Zhang Rulin came to Beijing, he now lives in the home of Zhu Geng, his father-in-law in Beijing. And Zhu Geng values this son-in-law very much, he gave a lot of dowry when he married his daughter, this time it is estimated that he heard that his son-in-law is going to come to see him, for fear of losing face, well, Zhu Geng has always not seen himself.

"I'm missing something like this in my study, just right."

Lin Yanchao accepted the gift with a smile, Lin Qianqian smiled and gave Zhang Rulin's three sons a jade pendant at the moment, and the jade pendant is also mutton fat jade, so there is no shortage of courtesies. But the Buddha's hand ordered Lin Qianqian to move away, and it seemed that it was impossible to put it in his study.

Lin Yanchao immediately asked Lin Qianqian to take Zhu and a few children to his house for a walk.

There were only two people left in the study, and Zhang Rulin smiled and complimented: "The scenery in this garden is so good, and the little nephew thought he was in Gusu when he was in it." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and asked, "How is Brother Yanghe's body?" ”

Zhang Rulin's expression darkened, and then he replied.

During the conversation, Lin Yanchao saw that Zhang Rulin had the confidence and sharpness of a young man, his father was born as a champion, hand-picked Hanlin, and his father-in-law was the servant of today's ministry.

Zhang Yuanchen is thrifty and self-restrained, and his son must also be very good at teaching, but he didn't expect that Zhang Rulin would be disappointed in his career later, and he had nowhere to display his talents, so he could only sing songs every day.

Later, the Zhang family was generally immersed in silence, but if it weren't for such a life insight, maybe Zhang Dai wouldn't have left so many hand-me-down articles.

Lin Yanchao asked: "Brother Yanghe wrote that you like to read ancient texts, and you don't know if you have it?" ”

Zhang Rulin said abruptly: "If you go back to Shibo, the little nephew really doesn't like Shiwen, only likes the articles of the ancients, and also likes to read Shibo's "Cao Disadvantages Theory" and "Advice and Two Things". ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "What about the historical books?" ”

Zhang Rulin said with a smile: "When my little nephew was seven years old, he read "Historical Records" and "Hanshu", and he didn't dare to say that he had memorized it backwards, but he also knew a little bit about it. ”

Zhang Rulin said this very confidently, obviously kung fu is more than just a little bit of knowledge.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "That's good, in the future, the imperial court will no longer focus on current literature, but will be inclusive of scripture and history." If you like historical books, you can work this, go through the changes of the past and the present, and seek practical learning. But if you want to be an official, you still have to be governed. ”

After Lin Yanchao finished speaking, seeing that Zhang Rulin didn't speak, he asked, "Is there any difficulty?" ”

Zhang Rulin said: "If you go back to Shibo, my father studied under Mr. Yu Longxi (Wang Ji), and I inherited my father's teachings since I was a child, and ......I learned from my heart."

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this: "You want to say that you read historical books from your heart, not for your work, right?" ”

Zhang Rulin lowered his head and said: "Shibo's knowledge can be compared with Mr. Longxi, but the little nephew has not dabbled in it on weekdays, for fear that he will not be able to do it." ”

Zhang Rulin was afraid that saying this would make Lin Yanchao unhappy, but Wang Ji's learning is close to Buddhism, and the emphasis is on enlightenment, not learning.

Lin Yanchao claimed to be studying for himself, and he must be mainly diligent and hard-working. Zhang Rulin was born from a good background and had high talents, but he didn't have his father's determination to work his studies, so he pushed it off first.

But seeing Lin Yanchao laughing and said: "Don't worry, Brother Yanghe wrote a letter to me to urge you to learn, and I don't dare to let you be pulled under the wall of Shigong without his consent." ”

said that Lin Yanchao stood up, pulled up the bamboo curtain by the window, and looked out the window at the scenery of a garden.

Lin Yanchao pointed to the bamboo forest and asked, "Let me ask you, is this bamboo forest good-looking?" ”

The forest is dense, and it just covers the sun-drenched autumn day, when the autumn wind blows, and the bamboo forest in the garden is scattered.

Zhang Rulin pressed his knee and couldn't help but say happily: "When you are born, you sit in a row, and you love the wind and the forest, and the bamboo forest of Shibo is really good." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Yes, since it's a good view, it's good if you see it, so why do you care if he's a bamboo forest?" ”

When Zhang Rulin heard this, he immediately realized the meaning of Lin Yanchao's words.

Lin Yanchao continued: "At that time, Zhu Zi (Zhu Xi), who represented science, and Lu Zi (Lu Jiuyuan), who represented Xinxue, debated by Goose Lake, and Zhu Zi advocated that everyone could become a sage by reading the articles of the sages diligently. And Lu Zi objected, he said that commenting on the articles of the sages is confusing, the most subtle, but pedantic, and reading is to see the mind, and then to the sages. The two debated for five or six days, unable to convince each other. ”

And at that time, there was another person beside the two, who was not under Zhu Lu and the others, and he was also a friend of the two, and this Goose Lake meeting was also promoted by him. This person is Mr. Donglai (Lu Zuqian), Mr. Donglai does not favor the debate between the two, let alone a dispute between words, but just takes a pen to record, learns and then thinks, to see if there are one or two learned to apply, and I learned from Mr. Donglai. ”

"In my opinion, science, mind, or merit, and even Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Legalism, and even the study of Huaxia and Diyi, are just names, as long as you think it is useful, take it and use it, just like this forest is good-looking, and he is not a bamboo forest. Obsessed with fame, undoubtedly resting on his laurels, how can he grow in knowledge? It is based on my common saying to students, read a hundred books, become a family dialect, and know that knowledge should be put into practice. ”

After listening to Lin Yanchao's words, Zhang Rulin was like an enlightenment, and now he finally understands why when he left home, his father repeatedly explained to himself that he would listen to his father-in-law in the future after coming to Beijing, but he would listen to Lin Yanchao's words in terms of knowledge.

Zhang Rulin was convinced at the moment and was willing to learn from Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "I am entangled in official duties, but there are a few disciples who are not successful, if you are interested, it is not bad to study and govern the scriptures from them on weekdays, and confirm the length and shortness." ”

Zhang Rulin happily obeyed.

After Zhang Rulin left, Lin Yanchao picked up Xu Zhenming's "Lushui Ke Talk" and read it.

After reading this book, Lin Yanchao learned that Xu Zhenming's father was named Xu Jiusi, and the other party was also an official who had been honest all his life and was an excellent follower, and tens of thousands of people went to worship when he died.

As for this book of Lushui guest talks, Lin Yanchao is still very satisfied, although there are some disadvantages of the ancients who were limited by the times, but the flaws are not concealed.

In fact, historians have been very good at this book, and Tan Qian praised it several times in his Ming Tongjian.

The evaluation of the Qing people that the good policy of the Ming Dynasty is beyond this.

And Gyeonggi Tunken is a policy that has been implemented in the Ming and Qing dynasties, basically referring to Xu Zhenming's road, but every time the administration is always intermittent.

Speaking of which, this book is prefaced by Zhang Yuanchen himself, which shows the relationship between Xu Zhenming and Zhang Yuanchen.

The propositions in the book generally coincide with Lin Yanchao's water conservancy construction in Guide.

Lin Yanchao's idea of building water conservancy came from modern times, and the area of Kaocheng County under his rule was similar to that of Lankao County later.

In later generations, when the first generation ruled Lankao, it was to use the method of leading yellow and filling silt.

Xu Zhenming inspected the terrain from Beijing to the west to the north, and pointed out that there was a large amount of wasteland, as well as repulsive land, which was barren due to the lack of water conservancy and irrigation.

He also pointed out that the transportation of grain from the south to the north completely depends on Cao Yun, and this canal is like a person's throat, once it cannot be swallowed, there is a danger of choking, so instead of using the grain and rice that the people in the south of the Yangtze River have worked hard to grow to supply the Beijing Division, it is better to implement reclamation in Beijing to relieve the lack of Cao Yun.

Later, Xu Zhenming's political views were appreciated by Li Zhi, so he was elected by the imperial court as the imperial envoy of Tuntian, and last year he achieved very good results in Jingtunken, only in Yongping Mansion to expand 39,000 acres of land, and then other provinces also made progress, and the momentum of development was very good.

But this move was like Lin Yanchao's return to Germany to govern the water, and later offended the interests of the official eunuch group.

At that time, when Lin Yanchao was returning to Germany, he pinched to death the Zhao family who jumped out like an ant. However, Guide is different from Gyeonggi, the Zhao family, as a native of Guide, and the imperial relatives at the feet of the Son of Heaven are simply the difference between ants and elephants.

Shen Shixing gave several times to the Son of Heaven one after another, but even the first assistant couldn't protect Xu Zhenming, so you can know what kind of existence Xu Zhenming offended.

In the end, as soon as Xu Zhenming fell, the project of building water conservancy and reclaiming wasteland in Gyeonggi was immediately stopped by the imperial court.

Lin Yanchao thought of this, and immediately ordered his family to invite Xu Zhenming, who was already a guilty person in Jingli, to his home.

When Xu Zhenming arrived, it was already night.

He saw Lin Yanchao flip half of the Lushui guest talk he made and put it on the table, and he couldn't help but move in the bottom of his heart.

"Grass man Xu Zhenming has seen the bachelor!"

Lin Yanchao nodded, motioned for the other party to take a seat, and then said, "Brother Xu, listen to your name, your resignation has already been announced?" ”

Xu Zhenming raised his head, Lin Yanchao saw that he had two sideburns and star frost, he had reached the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, but there was still a stubbornness of a young man in his eyes. Xu Zhenming said in a deep voice: "The recital of the old man's return to his hometown has been completed, and His Majesty will approve it immediately." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "So it's a foregone conclusion?" ”

Xu Zhenming arched his hand and said: "Bachelor, the reason why you came to Xu this time, Xu knows it in his heart, and Xu is grateful for the grace of Yuan Fu Shangshu's rescue, but this favor can only be reported in the next life. ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said: "Your answer is really what I expected, in fact, Yuanfu didn't let me recruit you, but I cherish your talent." ”

Xu Zhenming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The bachelor is a clumsy work that has been read, it is honest for the scholar's opinion, which really makes the bachelor laugh." ”

"It is indeed the scholar's view, but the scholar's view is not without insight, and it can be implemented and truly beneficial to the people, that is the merit, not the scholar's view. You are in Jingtunken, and the people are profitable, which means that what you wrote in this book is right, but ......"

Xu Zhenming was surprised when he heard this: "Does the bachelor have any advice from Xu?" ”

Lin Yanchao said: "I don't dare to take the word "teaching", but do you know that you were dismissed this time?" ”

Xu Zhenming smiled bitterly: "Of course, Xu Mou offended people who should not be offended, but before Xu Mou controlled the water, he was full of confidence and forbade the Son of Heaven, to change the situation of the imperial court relying on the southeast Cao Yun in Gyeonggi Tuntian, to start at the age of one year, ten years to find out, and all generations Xi Qili, but ......"

Lin Yanchao made a bowl of tea for Xu Zhenming and said, "Brother Xu continued. ”

Xu Zhenming said: "...... But he didn't expect that after only a year of implementation, he was dismissed by those who were moths in the court and ate people's fat and ointment. At the beginning of this year, I wanted to control the Hutuo River, which is beneficial in Shanxi, but harmful in Zhili, because there are many tributaries in Shanxi and the river flows into Zhili to be a vast ocean, and this river is large with Sha. ”

"I want to follow the example of the scholars in Guide and meritorious service, divide the river in Hebei, and use the embankment to contain the water, use the river canal to divert the flow, and then divert the water to irrigate the farmland, so as to turn one harm into two benefits. However, those magnates built water conservancy and stored their own land wherever the river was convenient, and they could not reach him when the river was flooded, and they could not reach him when the drought was dry, but once the river channel was changed, they were completely unprofitable. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao interrupted: "Please Brother Xu carefully and listen, how do those people endanger the place for their own selfish interests?" ”

Xu Zhenming said: "Many of the water conservancy they built are harmful to the circulation of the river, I once saw a branch river in the upper reaches of the Hutuo River with hundreds of plates of water mill water, these magnates deliberately built a dam to intercept the water, diverted the water to the ditch, and used the water to grind the rice. These people also boasted that their families had a continuous rotation and raced over the county. ”

"Therefore, they wish that the water is as turbulent as possible, so that the water mill can turn, but if the water is diverted to irrigate the fields, then where does the water come from, and the river water irrigates the farmland, then how can their water mills run? Not to mention that if the dikes they built burst during the flood season, the prefectures and counties will become Ze ...... However, they did not pay attention to it, because they lived in the capital, and the water could not flood him, and some people even said that it was better if the water was flooded, so that the fields for the coming year would be cheap and fat. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Zhenming couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

Lin Yanchao thought about the water mill, this matter is a lot in ancient and modern times, the Tang Dynasty magnates wantonly built water mills and water mills on the river, hindering the river water to irrigate farmland, and finally the Tang Dynasty emperor was on fire, first let the woman Shengping Princess and the concubine Guo Hua dismantle the water mill, and then remove all the water mills along the river.

And in the Ming Dynasty, such things are still happening. Lin Yanchao couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

Xu Zhenming said indignantly: "Bachelor, they only need to circle a river to build a few water mills, and the money falls from the sky, and they have not worried about food and clothing for a lifetime, but the common people have been in the ground all their lives, and they can't eat enough and dress them with their hands from the ground, is this fair?" Not only that, but they didn't allow me to build water conservancy. ”

"Who are the high-ranking officials of the imperial court? They eat the people's fat and the people's ointment, do they put the people in their eyes? It doesn't matter if I'm dismissed, I just think of Zhang Wenzhong's court...... There is really no salvation in this world! ”

Lin Yanchao was silent, Xu Zhenming's construction of water conservancy is to violate the interests of vested interests, this work, the difficulty of changing the law is here.

Take the two Zhang Wenzhong as examples, during the Jiajing period, the first assistant Zhang Xuan implemented the reform of the law, which touched the interests of the powerful, and the impeachment recitals were piled up every day, but fortunately the emperor supported him.

What about Zhang Juzheng? When he implemented the Qingzhang Tianmu, how many officials were dismissed, how many imperial relatives and relatives were done, and what was the final result?

On the other hand, the Son of Heaven, because of the previous New Deal, is now in power and is already conservative, otherwise Xu Zhenming would not have been dismissed

Finish.

With Xu Zhenming's experience, it gave Lin Yanchao a practical example, changing his position in Xu Zhenming's position, in Gyeonggi Tuntian, can he stand?

Can the law change work without the support of power?

Xu Zhenming said: "Therefore, my defeat is on the body of these powerful people, not because I can't learn to do anything, but at the wrong time, it would be good if Zhang Wenzhong was there, but now which minister in the court is willing to be Zhang Wenzhong?" ”

"I'm afraid that there won't be a second Zhang Wenzhong in the future, even if there is, but such a person, Your Majesty can't tolerate it."

Lin Yanchao glanced at Xu Zhenming and thought, how could what this person said be the same as what Wang Xijue said.

Lin Yanchao said immediately: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu......"

Xu Zhenming and Lin Yanchao confided in their hearts, they were wholeheartedly for the country and the people and fell into the end of dismissal, after this complaint, Lin Yanchao screamed several times before coming back to his senses.

"The bachelor called me?"

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Brother Xu, would you like to listen to my suggestion?" ”

"Of course Xu is willing to listen."

Lin Yanchao said: "I have seen your Lushui guest talk, which is insightful, but there is a drawback. Brother Xu built water conservancy in the north, but there was a shortage of water in the north, so of course water was precious, and resources such as water conservancy were of course in the hands of the powerful. It is very difficult for you to take it from the powerful. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to change the paddy field to dry land if you want to reclaim the land, which is the long-term way. ”

'Dry field? Xu Zhenming waved his hand again and again, "Only a few buckets of grain can be produced in one acre of dry land, and under the extensive planting and thin harvest, ten acres of dry land is not as good as one acre of paddy field!" Unless Brother Lin has the ability to make rice grow in the dry field! ”

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this: "Not necessarily, if you want to grow rice in dry fields, Brother Xu, do you know sweet potatoes?" ”