Decisive and capable construction of seawalls

All wishes come true, and the feast is placed

Zhongshu received an express report from Ye Zhengze from Yangzhou.

It turned out that when he received the edict to be reappointed as the envoy of the coastal system, he was busy with a major matter, and he did not come when he saw that the successor official did not come. I decided to do it and then go.

Several salt farms in Taizhou are east of the sea, due to the impact of typhoons, the waves are overwhelming, and over time, the seawalls have washed away many places, so the sea water spreads everywhere, destroying many salt flats.

The governor of Taizhou asked the transshipment department, and Ye Zhengze agreed, and the transshipment envoy department paid for it, and the Taizhou yamen organized manpower to build a barrage embankment 10 meters wide and 2 meters high, and as long as 160 miles, so that the three large salt fields were protected from seawater erosion. After five months, the embankment was repaired. The entire embankment is laid along the coast, and every 30 meters, a battlement is built to facilitate defense, like the Great Wall. Look far away. It is majestic and magnificent, so it is named Huang'an.

This report can be described as killing two birds with one stone, not only explaining the reason why he did not go to Minnesota to take office, but also reporting the work performance.

After the prime minister read the report, he immediately stated:

This Ye Caosi is really good, and he is resolute in his work.

Ding Qiaoan was also full of praise:

is a doer, and he has done such a big thing, and he has not asked the court for a penny, which is really rare.

reported to Han Yanxuan, and he was also very happy:

The name of this seawall is good, the emperor's grace is vast, benefiting all people, and Ze is surrounded by all seas.

With the approval of the emperor, it was decided to give a commendation and send a copy to the state capitals.

Within two days, Emperor Zhao Kuo received more than 30 copies of the unified content, and unanimously recommended Chen Zhishan, saying that this person has profound learning, has been trained for a long time, and is a rare talent.

The emperor didn't know what the situation was about this person, so he hurriedly asked the prime minister to discuss, and the two prime ministers knew it, and they also praised Chen Zhishan together and suggested that it be arranged in the court.

If you are a talent, then arrange an errand and see the real ability.

In the end, it was decided to confer the official position of Doctor Taixue first.

Ranked as a duke, the fifth Jianjie, Han Yanxuan finally got his wish true, proud of the crowd, and no one competed. Whatever he says, he should be happy and he should enjoy it to the fullest. On the sixth day of September, it was his 45th birthday, and he could not withstand the instigation of his relatives and friends, so he decided to hold a big feast.

Preparations began twenty days ago. Considering the large number of visitors, the hall is too small now, so I hired a mason to renovate the backyard, expand the living room area, and then configure tables, chairs, and tableware. Then ask the cook to buy the ingredients. Then there is to decorate the courtyard and invite the singing and dancing troupe.

On my birthday, the sun was shining and the golden breeze was blowing. The whole Han Mansion was decorated with lanterns and beaming with joy, and 16 musicians outside the door wore red robes and played joyful music. In the center of the gate is pasted a big longevity character.

Enter the hall, on the north side, there is a long table, there are two portraits above, there are sacrificial offerings on the table below, on the right side of the long table, is a tall Taishi chair, and the back is also a big longevity character. On each dining table, there is a vase with two lotus flowers inserted in it, and most of the chopsticks and cups are gold and silver.

Guests are divided into men and women and arranged in two large halls. The male guests are arranged by Han Yangzhou and Su Shicheng, and there are 100 large round tables and five private rooms in the Lingfeng Pavilion, and each table in the hall arranges a Kabuki to persuade wine, and the guests are arranged according to the number of guests in the box, and the three ladies of Zhang Tan Wang are in charge of it, and they are located in the Lotus Fragrance Hall, and there are singing and dancing performances on the stage.

Wu Xi transferred 500 soldiers from the Ma Military Division to take shifts to stand guard for Nanyuan and Hanfu to maintain order.

At four o'clock in the day, Liu Lan and Chen Zhishan came, and then, there were more and more people, and an hour later, the traffic in front of the Han Mansion was crowded, and the voices were boiling, and the officials who came to celebrate their birthday lined up in a long line.

Li Renyou sent a natural coral more than five feet high, which is lustrous and bright, and the texture is warm. He told Uncle Seven, the coral comes from the South Seas, I named it, called Baiyu Xianshou, this coral is condensed by insects in the sea, more than 100 branches upward, forming a longevity shape. When everyone saw it, they said yes again and again. What was given to Mrs. Wu of Yuguo was a night pearl the size of two pigeon eggs.

Xu Mingzhi, the secretary of the ministry, sent four North Pearl crowns. Beizhu is the pearl of the North Sea, from the Bohai Sea in the north, the pearl is round and jade, rare and precious, there are four before and after each crown, a total of more than 30.

Zhao Shize, the prefect of Lin'an, came relatively late, and the gifts he sent were very unusual. He said it very easily, and sent a few small fruit pits to Guogong to help the wine. When I opened it, everyone was stunned: it was a work of art, a grape full of fruit. If you look closely, you can see that the roots are made of purple jade, the leaves are carved from jadeite, and the grapeballs are all made of gold. Someone asked: There are a lot of golden grapes, I'm afraid there are seventy or eighty of them.

Zhao Shize told him: A total of one hundred and eight. Wow, there was a wave of surprise in the hall.

The birthday celebration ceremony was presided over by Wu Bogang, the governor and the privy councillor, and first of all, the birthday star Han Yanxuan led everyone to bow down to the portrait of the head of his parents.

Cifu Palace's Wang Chengzhong announced the will of the Empress Dowager, and the Empress Dowager's gift was the "Diamond Sutra" written by her own handwriting.

The province of the inner servant knew the ceremony, and on the order of the emperor, he sent a jade belt and a piece of longevity in the emperor's handwriting.

Subsequently, Wu Bogang read out the list of guests, and the princes and nobles of the capital and officials above the sixth rank were all present.

Prime Minister Zuo Cheng made a birthday speech through Yutang, and took the lead in raising a glass to congratulate South Korea on its public birthday than Nanshan and blessings such as the East China Sea. The birthday banquet began with cheerful music, and everyone toasted Han Yanxuan in turn. The wine is a royal wine, with a mellow and long rose dew. The menu at the feast is extremely varied, and it is one of the best in Kyoto cuisine.

Serve six dishes successively, four dishes each time, namely:

Fried mutton, fried wowu, Hangzhou braised duck, three crispy soups;

Fried white kidneys, flower quails, roasted mandarin fish, group of fairy soup;

Stir-fried clams, steamed crabs, fried belly with mandarin ducks, pangasius jelly;

Stir-fried shrimp mushroom, roasted chicken, sheep tongue stick, crystal tart;

Rabbit with green onions, Dongpo meat, eight rough goose, fried lamb with soup bones and milk;

Three fresh bamboo shoots, deer breast, steamed sea lobster, ginseng and abalone soup.

After the banquet, guests can go into their rooms to rest or watch operas. This opera has small songs, southern opera, puppet shows and acrobatics.

Pastries, fruits, and snacks are placed on the table. There are colorful buns, mutton fat leek cakes, hemp balls, oil cakes, wide and charred crispy; olives, watermelons, kumquats, lychees, longans, pineapples, Huima grapes; Pear strips, jujubes, walnuts, black plums, dangmei.

After the luncheon, the Han government presented the guests with a fine brocade horse and ten golden melon seeds. Guests who are not in a hurry to go back can arrange a rest, or they can enjoy singing and dancing acrobatics at Tianfeng Terrace. There, forty of the most famous courtesans in Lin'an City, such as Jin Saimei, Li An'an, Pan Ruyi, and Lu Xiuniang, sang in turn.

After dark, fireworks begin to be set off, which are colorful and illuminate the sky exceptionally brightly; In addition, there are many activities such as guessing lantern riddles and kicking balls to ensure that guests have a good time.

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