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"Lin Shilang is not ashamed, right? How can a river embankment be impregnable? As for dredging, is it so easy to desilt the eastward flow of the Ergu River? ”

Many people questioned Lin Zhao, and some people even began to be sarcastic, and there were many mockery. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info is a little steady, although he didn't speak, but there is a lot of distrust between the eyes, or disbelief, obviously not very optimistic.

Lin Zhao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please allow the minister to bring evidence to the palace." ”

"Accurate!" The matter has come to this point, and Zhao Ji naturally fully supports it.

Immediately, the guards in front of the palace brought up a few things, and Lin Zhao swept his eyes and saw that one of them turned out to be Cao Jian, the grandson of Cao Guo's uncle.

The ministers looked forward to it, and saw that the contents were a pot of powdered black ash, something that looked like a stone, and a "large stone" with a considerable weight.

Lin Zhao explained: "Chen has recently researched a new building material, cement, which is this! ”

A pile of black ash dares to be used to build a river embankment? What is cement? There was an uproar and a lot of ridicule.

It was really ignorant, Lin Zhao didn't have the same knowledge as him, and said: "This thing is currently black ash, but these two things are made of this black ash." ”

"What?"

Only then did everyone notice what appeared to be a stone.

"Please come forward and test the texture and hardness of this substance!"

A military attache of the Privy Council stepped forward and struck hard, but did not move, and looked at it carefully: "It looks like a stone instead of a stone, and the color is somewhat similar to the black and gray!" ”

"Look at this thing again!"

A few more people stepped forward to take a closer look, and found that it was a lot of sand and gravel mixed and solidified together, but it was very tightly adhered and the whole was very strong. Zhao Ji also stood up and looked at it with interest, and even allowed the guards to chop with knives, but they were not moved at all except for a little powder that fell.

Zhao Ji was greatly surprised and asked, "Dongyang, this is the material you said can make the place solid?" ”

"Not bad!" Lin Zhao said: "Cement plus sand and water, mix and mix in proportion, and after a few days of placement, this thing will be formed, which is called: concrete." This thing is recommended to be more than stone, if it is used to build a river embankment, is it stronger than ordinary loess and stones? ”

The facts are in front of them, and everyone will be skeptical. It is natural for new things to appear and accept them slowly. What's more, what they brought was a finished product, and the officials had not seen the process of change, and it was difficult to accept it.

Lin Zhao was not in a hurry, and said: "Your Majesty, in order to let you and the princes have a more intuitive insight, and at the same time, it is also to verify the texture of this material. The minister asked for the craftsman to make a few samples outside the Daqing Hall on the spot, and then sent the forbidden army in front of the palace to guard it, and the results were naturally known in a few days. ”

This is the most intuitive way, and the evidence is ironclad. Although the palace is not a construction site, Zhao Ji still happily agreed, and now the control of the Yellow River is the top priority, and there is no need to stick to other subsections. The material called cement brought by Lin Zhao made him very curious, and he also had the heart to verify it.

"Okay, I'm done!"

Immediately, several craftsmen were under the care of the imperial guards and constructed outside the Daqing Palace, which was also unprecedented in the history of the Great Song Dynasty. The ministers were also stunned, Lin Zhao was really extraordinary, and he actually came up with such a magical thing. If the entire embankment is reinforced with this material, it can really be impregnable, and everyone will wait and see.

"Lin Shilang, this thing is so magical, how much does it cost?" The cost of river control is also a very real problem, and the people of the three divisions immediately began to care about this issue.

Lin Zhao said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, the raw material of this thing is stone, but it is fired by a special process, and the cost is not high. ”

The price is cheap, and the people of the three divisions are relieved and interested!

"The embankment is strong, but if the water is not smooth, even if it does not break, there will be a flood of the dam......

"Then the key is the dredging of the river, which is not difficult!" Lin Zhao said: "The minister has asked experienced river workers to design and make some tools, but it is inconvenient to bring them to the palace." It is better to wait for three or four days later, after the princes have verified the efficacy of cement, they will personally go to the Wuzhang River to watch the dredging effect of the tool. ”

Speaking with facts is always the best policy.

Zhao Ji returned to the Vertical Arch Hall in a good mood, only waiting to see the difference in three days. The matter of controlling the water of the Yellow River is finally eyebrow-raising, which makes the mood that has been suppressed for a long time a little relaxed. Zhao Ji is also a diligent emperor, so after returning to the Vertical Arch Palace, he looked at the music again and continued to deal with government affairs.

A little flip through a few books, all of them are inconsequential. Zhao Ji casually picked up another seemingly inconspicuous notebook, opened it and looked at it a few times, and his face suddenly changed a little.

This is a secret performance in the imperial history, which was impeached by the Hebei Road Xuanfu envoy and sentenced to Han Qi, the famous mansion, and the crime is the crime of negligence. It means that there is a little fertile land in the lower reaches of the eastward flow of the Yellow River, and if it breaks or floods, it will inevitably suffer great losses. And the owners of these lands are several nobles, including Han Qi's nephew Han Jun.

The imperial history can be heard, but it is just a few recitals that state the facts, but it is easy to have some associations. Zhao Ji shook suddenly, leaned on the dragon chair weakly, and was a little silent, the meaning of this letter was to tell him that the breach of the Yellow River in the Daimyo's Mansion was not a natural disaster, it could be **?

Is that really the case?

Although it is not explicitly stated, it seems that because there is fertile land downstream, in order to prevent the Yellow River from bursting and destroying farmland, the Yellow River can only break upstream...... And Han Qi, as the envoy of Hebei Road, didn't even notice it at all. What's more, the sons of those nobles among them are inextricably linked with Han Qi, especially his own nephews. In this case, it seems that it is no longer as simple as negligence, it may be a cover-up, and by extension, it is a shocking crime......

Zhao Ji was instantly shocked into a cold sweat, is this really the case? Han Xianggong, who is his most trusted, is such a person? What worries you about the flooding of the Yellow River? For a while, he couldn't accept anything.

Maybe someone is making a rumor or maliciously slandering! However, although it is said to be chasing after the wind, it is conclusive in several key places, which makes people can't help but believe it.

Han Qi!

Zhao Ji squeezed his big hand, held Song Shu in his hand, and gritted his teeth with hatred. The flooding of the Yellow River has threatened the life and death of the Great Song Dynasty, as the emperor, he is naturally very anxious, but the courtiers below are so inappropriate, and they disregard the safety of the country for their own interests. What an abomination!

Zhao Ji finally understood a truth, this is his own country, only he is distressed!

What to do? Send someone to investigate?

Can you find out the problem? What should I do if I find a problem? Severe punishment without loans? But that person is Han Qi! It was my father's great help to ascend to the throne, how could he be ungrateful? Moreover, he is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, so he is very old, and it is difficult to shake easily. For a while, Zhao Ji was inevitably a little embarrassed!

Why is this happening?

The situation in the Great Song Dynasty was far more complicated than imagined! It's just that this situation seems to be indulging any longer, otherwise the situation in the Great Song Dynasty will get worse and worse.

If Han Qi really has a problem, then this Hebei Road to govern the river is simply nonsense, and it will inevitably be obstructed by all kinds of obstacles openly and secretly, and it will be difficult to implement it successfully. This is the foundation of the country and cannot be shaken. Today, Lin Zhao offered cement, but if there is **, the impregnable embankment will also have cracks, and the embankment of thousands of miles will collapse in the anthill, and it must be prevented!

No, the affairs of the Daimyo's Mansion must be verified. At the very least, verify the authenticity of this note. Regardless of how Han Qi dealt with it for the time being, at least he had to know his details. The country is its own, and the details of the minister must be clear.

At the same time, Zhao Ji was vaguely afraid. There are problems with ministers like Han Qi, how many officials can be trusted in the Great Song Dynasty? It's not easy to move Han Qi, it's not because of how much credit Han Qi has, ruthlessness is the most emperor's family, meritorious deeds are useless in front of interests, and as an emperor, he will never care.

What he takes into account is always the strength behind Han Qi, and this time the affairs of Hebei can not be dealt with him, but at least he must be knocked and beaten, so that he knows who is in charge of the Song Dynasty! As for the official position of the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei Road, I am afraid that he can't be allowed to go down again, otherwise the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and Han Qi is there to cover the sky with one hand, and he will be big in the future.

As for who to send! Zhao Ji pondered for a long time, and thought of a good candidate!

Wen Yanbo and Xianggong seem to have been out for a long time, and it is really too aggrieved for him to be a little Zhizhou. Since he is a magistrate, he has to be a place no matter what. In the local administrative division of the Great Song Dynasty, the comparison of the government was higher than that of the road. For example, Jiangning Mansion must be a daimyo mansion. Wen Yanbo is a person who has been the prime minister, and he quelled the Beizhou Rebellion back then, and it should be no problem to Xuanfu Hebei!

The most important thing is that Moon Xianggong and Han Xianggong have never dealt with each other. Although they are officials of the same dynasty and are also prime minister-level officials, their personal relations with each other seem to be good, but there is still a competition between the two. After all, both of them are Jinshi of the fifth year of the Heavenly Sage, and there should indeed be an explanation of who is the best among the same year.

Therefore, the two ministers also secretly competed with each other, and different interest groups were formed around them in the court. If Wen Yanbo is exchanged for Hebei Road, then Han Qi's forces will inevitably be hit, and it is also a good plan for them to consume each other, and it is also a good plan to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Zhao Ji's level of power and strategy has improved slightly over the years, and he has become more and more ruthless. Soon came up with a way to draw a salary from the bottom of the kettle, even an important minister like Han Qi would definitely not allow him to lose his tail!

Of course, before letting Wen Xianggong go, he must first transfer the tiger away from the mountain. I'm afraid that this reason will require a lot of effort, after all, you can't kill Han Xianggong with a stick.

How to operate is also a hassle! (To be continued.) )