…… Left Kuohan, Right Longshu, Fertile Thousands of Miles,...... This is the so-called Golden City Thousand Kingdoms. ”

Speaking of the land of abundance, in the era of Li Wenge, people's first reaction was Sichuan, the province famous for chili peppers in later generations, in the era of Li Wenge, this place is called Bashu, Jiannan, Yizhou, and so on. But it's a pity, in fact, Sichuan, the country of abundance, belongs to the infringement of counterfeits, a very famous in the late Han Dynasty when the mouth is like a river, inadvertently a sentence "the land of heaven" will be "Tianfu" on the word "Tianfu" on Yizhou, more than 400 years ago, a senior named Zhang Zifang flickered in the ground silently shed tears and complained: Chiguo Guodi infringement......

"The Land of Abundance" did not refer to Bashu at the earliest, but to the Guanzhong Plain across the Baqin Mountains from Bashu.

to the south is the Qinling Mountains; to the north is the Northern Shaanxi Plateau; To the east is the towering Xiyue Huashan, the surging and majestic Yellow River rushes through, and a Tongguan tightly locks the 6 upper portals in the pass; In the west, with the squeezing of the mountains on both sides, the plain area became more and more narrow, and gradually the mountains on both sides were confined into a valley pointing obliquely to the northwest Longyou, which stretched into the Hexi Corridor under the Qilian Mountains, becoming the starting point of the Silk Road. The Guanzhong Plain, blessed by these mountains and the Yellow River, became the center of the most prosperous civilization, with thirteen dynasties establishing their capitals here for more than 1,100 years.

Today, the great, bright and correct protagonist of this book, the Great Zhou Dynasty Inspection School Taibao, the champion general, the right Xiaowei general, and the Eighth Route Army's envoy Li Wenge, who knew the affairs of Yanzhou, led fifty horsemen to pass all the way out of the northern mountains along the Jingshui River Valley. Entered the Guanzhong Plain.

To the surprise of Cheng Lu Duan, who accompanied the Taifu Temple, Li Wenge did not go straight to Jingyang County along the post road after entering the Guanzhong Plain, but galloped all the way to the high ground on the west side of the post road.

Li Wenge stood on the riverbank and watched for a moment, then galloped down a low hill to the north, and Lu Duan, Kang Shishi, and other personal soldiers followed him for unknown reasons, and rode north on the riverbank.

Not much. He has come to the bottom of the low hill. A pile of rocks about three or four feet high is in sight.

Lu Duan passed through this place when he came. Because of the hurry, out of Jingzhou all the way along the avenue to the north, but did not know that there is such a strange stone pile here, at this moment under careful observation of the shocking stone pile from the low hill stretching to the riverbed of Jingshui, although the height is only four zhang, the bottom is extremely wide, there are more than 30 zhang up and down. Although the top is relatively narrow, it also looks like a ground of seven or eight feet, and if you go up to the top, it is not a problem to run along the top of the stone pile and send three or four carriages.

On the other side of the Jingshui River, a little downstream, in the direction of the extension of these stone piles, there are also some similar stone pile ruins.

Although Lu Duan has not tried to make a subject, after all, he is the son of an official eunuch, and he has read a lot of books. His eyes widened. With a tight throat, he said to Li Wenge: "General, this is ......"

"Zheng Guoqu—"

Li Wenge replied with mixed feelings.

The Zhengguo Canal has nurtured the magnificent water conservancy projects of the Guanzhong Plain for thousands of years. It is as famous as Dujiangyan, but unfortunately it has not been preserved as intact as Dujiangyan.

The part of the canal and dam in the Jingshui riverbed has obviously been washed away by the flood, but I don't know how long it has been destroyed, and the decline of Guanzhong is inextricably linked to the loss of function of this great water conservancy project. Zheng Guoqu is condescending and is said to be able to irrigate 40,000 hectares of fertile land, that is, 4 million acres of land. According to the number of land left in the history books, the yield per mu of land irrigated by Zheng Guoqu is as high as six stones and four buckets, that is, nearly 800 catties of grain. In ancient times, this was already a remarkable and productive figure.

It is a miracle that this dam alone was able to feed two to three million people in ancient times.

That's almost one-third of today's population......

"Walk - cross the river ——!"

Without hesitation, Li Wenge rushed down the river.

"My lord—"

It was Kang Shi who shouted, and with his shouting, the two scouts rushed quickly from Li Wenge's side, galloping all the way up the river, as soon as they got up the river, the two cavalry immediately tightened the reins, and the horses neighed on the ice while slipping step by step and staggered slowly, and then rushed up to Di Kang Shi always pulled Li Wenge's reins with one hand, but his face turned to look at the two cavalrymen.

"It's okay - it's almost past the New Year, and it's the time when the freeze is the strongest!" Li Wenge said with a smile.

"No—" Kang replied simply but unequivocally, staring at the figures of the two horsemen without even looking back.

By this time the two horsemen had dismounted, and it was obviously too difficult to continue riding, and they led their horses cautiously towards the opposite bank, slipping from time to time, but the river was still as smooth as a mirror, and there was not the slightest movement.

It wasn't until the two cavalrymen climbed the river embankment on the opposite side unharmed that Kang Shishi let go of Li Wenge's reins, turned around and ordered: "All dismount, two groups and two groups cross the river, don't crowd the gun road, don't be greedy-"

As he spoke, he turned around and said to Li Wenge seriously: "My lord, I am in a group with you!" ”

Watching these cavalrymen dismount one by one, they did not hesitate to go to Jing

, The helpless Lu Duan had no choice but to dismount, shaking his head and smiling bitterly while following the front faintly and a little curious, this maverick young festival envoy, what kind of peculiar purpose does this time have, put a good road and don't go, but just want to cross the river? If he is purely to express his inexplicable feelings of chasing the ancients, Lu Duan will never believe it, Li Wenge is not a literati and a writer, but a feudal town that holds the military and political power of a state!

Finally, the whole team crossed the river, Li Wenge rode on horseback, came to the ruins of the stone dam, looked at the muddy ditch under the stone dam that stretched into the distance, and was silent for a long time.

Lu Duan followed and asked with a little curiosity, "...... This is the channel of Zheng Guoqu back then?? ”

Li Wenge nodded, but his eyes scanned the earthy yellow earth in the distance.

Lu Duan looked at it carefully for a while. Finally saw the doorway, although the traces of the canal are still there, but it is nearly a zhang above the water surface, such a canal is naturally unable to continue to divert water.

He asked, confused, "...... How so? ”

Li Wenge smiled bitterly: "...... The river water carries the sediment from the bottom of the river into the canal, and the water becomes more and more slow after entering the canal, and the sediment gradually settles at the inlet, and over time. The sediment accumulated in the canal is getting higher and higher. and blocked the mouth of the ditch. The flood in spring and autumn was so great that the stone dam in the riverbed was broken, and the canal was destroyed......"

Lu Duanliang was speechless for a long time, and said for a while: "...... It has been more than 1,000 years since the canal was built, and silting up is inevitable......"

Li Wenge shook his head and said with a smile: "Yi Zhi has not been out of the river to work and water conservancy. It's not surprising if you don't know, if you don't know it, at most ten years, the mouth of this ditch will be silted. It's just that the imperial courts or local states and counties in previous dynasties will clean up the siltation once every few decades, which makes Zheng Guoqu not operate for thousands of years. Desilting alone is not enough, in the event of a flood, the magistrate will order the sluice gates to be opened and the stone dam will be repaired year by year. This is the only way to ensure that the channel irrigation is not affected. It's just that there have been frequent wars in Guanzhong for a hundred years, and the princes of the feudal towns have no time to take care of the local people's livelihood. That's why the channel was completely destroyed......"

He sighed and said: "In the late Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs were autocratic, but the magistrates still knew how to manage the people's livelihood, since the Huangchao Rebellion, Guanzhong has also become a place of disturbance for the princes who have their own policies...... Guanzhong ...... And so he was defeated......"

"Vascular arteries??" Lu Duan frowned and thought for a long time, then smiled dumbly and said, "The metaphor of the general is interesting......

He then sighed, "...... If you are not a pro-people official, after all, you can't know the way of people's livelihood and economy......"

Li Wenge glanced back at him and said with a faint smile: "Yi Zhi doesn't have to sigh, if there is chaos today, it may not be a good thing for a great talent to hide in the court!" Although Bianliang Taifu Temple is more leisurely, it is a stable job after all, even if the Khitan lord entered Kaifeng, he did not kill the minister. If it is in the locality, it is difficult to say tightly, the princes are fighting back and forth, maybe one day they will lose their heads, if Li is not lucky, he will be cut off by the high servants as early as this time last year......"

Lu Duan shook his head slightly: "The general laughed, even so, it is not for the state and county, and there is no pavilion, this is customized since Zhenguan." Although the temple guards are good, but after all, they don't know the people's suffering, and those who are officials don't know the people's livelihood is not able to understand the way of politics...... But it's just a matter of getting by with all your lives......"

Li Wenge laughed: "Yi Zhi has good ambitions, Ling Zun is also a minister of the former dynasty, and he must have some friendship with the elders of the court, and it is not difficult to release a state and county, why be so sad?" ”

Lu Duan smiled silently.

In fact, Li Wenge himself knew that this era was different from the peaceful and prosperous era, and the status of Beijing officials was much higher than that of local officials. For example, it has been a long time since it has fallen apart, and most of the county officials in the local prefectures and counties are self-chosen, and the imperial court officials cannot be controlled remotely, and it is not impossible for the central government to send officials to the localities, but it can only be effective in Kaifeng, Huainan, Shandong, Hannan, and southern Hebei, which are areas where the central control is strong, and the imperial court in the Guanzhong region can control a Chang'an is already the limit, and then to the west, the troops are insufficient, and the effectiveness of government decrees is also insufficient.

Therefore, in terms of the imperial court, the pro-people officials such as the county magistrate are all fat and short, and the lower-level official positions of the temple supervisor of the central ministry have become worthless. In the Tang Dynasty before the Five Dynasties and the Song Dynasty after the Five Dynasties, the Beijing officials were all promoted to one level for use, and the Wupin Lang was at least a four-rank governor in the local area, and the four-rank squire in the court was at least a three-rank assassin or governor once he was released. However, now it is diametrically opposite, the cart is upside down, the three products of the imperial court can only be a stab from the three states or the observation of the envoy, the prime minister can only go out for the festival of the envoy, take Zhang Yongde as an example, the general Zuo Wei himself has been from the three products of the twelve Wei generals, in addition to the twelve Wei generals, the Wei Mansion is respected, but this from the three products of the false title of the Enzhou regiment training envoy is far from the four products of the Enzhou regimental training envoy hanging glory, the reason is that this year and months of the local officials are valuable, the Beijing officials have depreciated.

Li Wenge vaguely remembered that after Lu Duan was released from Taifu Temple, he seemed to have served as a Qipin county commander, which was an absolute promotion at that time, but it was derogatory in the Tang Dynasty or the Northern Song Dynasty.

The imperial court has limited control at the moment. There are many monks in the state and county, and Lu Duan wants to choose a county official, but he is afraid that he will have to wait for a few years......

"The state and county dare not think about it...... If there is a county of land to sit on one

May it be enough! ”

Lu Duan looked at the vast plateau frozen soil with a wistful sigh, and secretly thought to himself: "If it is a Xianyang order, it will definitely restore this Zheng Guoqu to its old view......"

……

Li Wenge entered Beijing this time to offer horses, bringing 100 tribute horses, 60 cavalry and 60 infantry. I thought that the festival made a guard of honor. The ten cavalrymen of the tribute horses and the infantry and the guarding horses were led by a team leader named Jing Hai and a cavalry commander named Zhang Guizhi. Escorted by 50 large ships of the newly formed ground water battalion of the Xiangbing Regiment, they entered Qingshui (to Jinshui) along the Yanhe River. Then go down the river, enter the Yellow River from the territory of Yanshui County, and then sail all the way to the south, go ashore from Fengling Pass, and wait for the confluence with the 6th road led by Li Wenge.

With the ship, there is also a person with a special identity - Han Wei, the son of General Han Tong, the right wing of the imperial court in Kyoto.

For Han Weidi's marriage, Li Wenge has taken great pains in the past few months.

Although Chen Shutong's official position is not high. The family background is not prominent, and the poetry articles are not famous, but the temper is indescribably stubborn. After Li Wenge's stay, Li Bin, the observer, and Qin Gu, the former boss, took turns to bombard with saliva, but the old man didn't move at all, and he refused to agree to anything! He even stated that he would rather not be a county magistrate than be promoted. and refused to marry his daughter to a man who was not perfect.

In the end, the matchmaker's snowball got bigger and bigger. Although Chen Shutong admits death, the Chen family is not all confused, and this kind of matchmaker makes the Chen family uneasy. This year and month are the serpents of the earth. Even if you offend the prime minister of the imperial court, you can protect the emperor from afar, but if you offend the feudal town, not to mention the individual, it will be a catastrophe for the entire family. Therefore, the patriarchs and elders of the clan also joined the marriage persuasion team, and the pressure on Chen Shutong became more and more intense. It's also a shame that this old man has hard bones, and he is stunned to let the wind and rain blow, and I don't move.

After listening to Li Wenge's entrustment of Chen Zhe to pass on the message in private, Chen Su also felt that this matter could not continue to be so deadlocked, it was originally his lifelong event, but now it has gradually evolved into a political event, which is not a good thing for the Chen family. Therefore, she came forward to persuade her father, and cited the allusion of Sun Jian's wife, the Empress Dowager Wu Guo, as an example to ask her father to rest assured, and at the same time she also put forward several conditions, which made Chen Shutong finally loosen his mind and reluctantly agreed to the marriage.

So Chen Shutong invited these matchmakers one by one, made his attitude clear to them, and asked them to convey their conditions to the Han family, the first one is that it is okay to get married, but Miss Chen cannot marry out of Yanzhou, if Han Wei wants to marry Chen Su, she must stay in Yanzhou; The second is that after getting married, Han Wei is not allowed to take concubines; The third is that Han Wei must serve Chen Shutong and the second elder Chen Shutong together with Miss Chen for life; If one of these three conditions is not allowed, you can't get married, Chen Shutong made it clear that it is reluctant to get married, and if he violates the three chapters of this covenant in the future, Chen Su will divorce and remarry.

The great defense of etiquette and religion in the Song Dynasty has not yet appeared, and the free and open atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty is still influencing the thinking and behavior of people in this era. The concept of divorce and remarriage of women, which seems modern in the eyes of Li Wenge, is actually truly ancient, and even the Chinese word "divorce" was coined by the Tang people.

These conditions are very ruthless, the first condition is that Miss Chen said that she is unwilling to marry too far away from her parents, the second condition is that Miss Chen said that she hopes that her future husband can follow the example of Zhenguan famous Fang Xuanling, and the third condition is that Miss Chen clearly told Han Wei that it is your obligation to honor my father and mother, but it is your brother and sister-in-law's obligation to honor your father and mother.

At that time, after listening to these three conditions, others did not react much, but Li Wenge, as a modern person, broke out in a cold sweat. These conditions directly reminded him of the man who even Li Shimin publicly admitted, "Even I am afraid, let alone Xuan Ling?" The Fang family drank vinegar and was a jealous lady, and she had heard that the Tang girl was fierce for a long time, but she never thought that even the five generations were so extraordinary, and Li Wenge's beauty phobia suddenly aggravated.

However, these conditions, the latter two Han Wei agreed without thinking about it, but the first condition made him a little hesitant. Staying in Yanzhou is not unavoidable for Han Wei, who has always had a loose temperament, but this matter must be communicated with his father Han Tong. Han Tong has a bad temper, if he knows that he is afraid that he will be thunderous on the spot at this time, so how to settle his father is the main problem that Han Wei is currently facing.

Han Ji, the eldest brother, didn't have any ideas, and Han Wei agreed to it, so he wouldn't say anything. However, Han Wei knew that with the eloquence and brains of the eldest brother, it would be difficult to convince his father, and this matter still needed to be done by himself.

So Han Wei followed Li Wenge's fleet to Beijing to report on his work, all the way to Beijing.

Just when Han Wei was standing at the bow of the boat and looking at the scale of the Longmen Ferry, Li Wenge and his entourage had just bypassed Zhongnan Mountain, crossed Weishui, slanted through Beiyuan, and entered Chang'an, the symbol of the Guanzhong Empire, from Anyuan Gate.