Chapter Ninety-Five: Shen Kuo
Lin Zhao entered Hangzhou City with mixed feelings!
Although the emperor issued a secret edict, as long as he was a caring person, seeing Lin Zhao's experience, he would inevitably speculate.
So in fact, Zhao Ji's secret edict is not a secret!
Thinking about it at the beginning, many people will definitely target themselves, vigilance is a must, and there must be a lot of deliberate faults, Lin Zhao was mentally prepared early in the morning.
All in all, the trip to Hangzhou was destined not to be easy, Lin Zhao just felt tricky, but he didn't feel afraid. After all, having a secret edict in hand means that the emperor has full support behind his back, and he has much more confidence to act!
Whether Hangzhou is a paradise on earth, or a tiger's den in Longtan, you have to break through!
Lin Zhao took a closer look at these days, and the construction system of city drivers was really chaotic. At first, it was handed over to the local government, and the governor concurrently served as the governor, and later there were cases where the transfer envoy was directly responsible. If you talk about it like this, the level is really not low!
However, after Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he reformed slightly and set up the post of promotion officer for direct management, and the grade was not very high. It seems that it is only tentatively set at eight grades, that's right! It's the eighth grade...... It's just a level-level transfer, there is no demotion, and when he heard the news, Lin Zhao couldn't cry or laugh!
Anyway, when you arrive in Hangzhou, you must first visit the magistrate and get acquainted with many bosses! The most important of the local administrative system in the Northern Song Dynasty was the Zhizhou and the General Judgment, as well as the transfer envoys...... The officialdom of Hangzhou in the early years of Xining was more strange, Zhizhou, and the general judgment was changed in turn, and there were few who stayed for a long time, and this phenomenon was really strange.
The two Zhejiang Road transfer envoys returned to Beijing to report on their work, but they didn't see it! Hangzhou Tongju is an old man in his sixties, who has recently been seriously ill and has asked the court to resign.
As for Zhizhou Zheng Zheng, he just met with Lin Zhao and said a few words, he didn't have a good face, and his expression was very cold.
Zheng Zheng was originally a bachelor of Hanlin and served as a member of Kaifeng Mansion, first offended many people because of his extreme words and discussion of courtiers, and recently because of his opposition to Wang Anshi's proposition, his rhetoric was too fierce, and he was sent to Hangzhou in disguise.
Now it's okay, Lin Zhao will inevitably be affected. There is no way, who made him have a close relationship with Wang Anshi, and he has a strong mark of the New Scholars?
It seems that Zheng Zheng's bearing and mind are average, don't embarrass him, and indirect revenge is not bad. Expecting people to be kind and pleasant is purely extravagant!
In this way, Lin Zhao's life in Hangzhou is even more difficult. Coupled with the old grudges between Zhao Zhongshan and Chen Qi, Lin Zhao can be said to be embattled and the enemy of everyone!
Lin Zhao couldn't help but sigh: Official, you are too inauthentic! It is very unrighteous to throw me alone in this land of tigers and wolves, and not to mention sending me some helpers.
Although he has a heavy responsibility, Lin Zhao knows very well that the most important thing in the initial stage is to gain a firm foothold in Hangzhou, understand the situation and then step by step.
The moment he entered the city, it had already had the effect of startling the snake. The next thing to do is to keep a low profile, lie dormant and wait, and then slowly plot to lure the snake out of the hole.
Although many people were like great enemies because of Lin Zhao's arrival, no one came forward to embarrass him. Chen Qi was still worried about his son's recklessness, so he naturally didn't dare to act rashly.
On the one hand, Zhao Zhongye was a little disdainful of Lin Zhao because of his self-confidence in his surname. On the other hand, it is to be low-key, and sometimes, it is not a good thing to meet people.
In this way, Hangzhou is still calm for the time being, and the clouds are light and the wind is light!
Of course, it was naturally impossible for a group of jackals to keep to themselves, and in order to comfort his slightly disappointed younger brother, Zhao Zhongye felt that it was necessary to make some trouble for Lin Zhao at the right time. At the same time, try the depth of this Lin Dongyang, what kind of ability does he have, and dare to be so arrogant.
No one finds fault, and no one else finds fault, Lin Zhao is naturally happy. Winter has just passed, and the sea monsoon is still dominated by northerly winds, which is not conducive to the northward movement of sailing ships. It was not until after March, when the southeast wind rose, that the number of overseas trading ships gradually increased.
As for the Yamen of the City Shipping Division, most of them are small officials and have no grade. No matter who is in charge, just do what you are told, so it will be done quickly. Lin Zhao took this opportunity to wander around and visit famous places!
In his previous life, his girlfriend always said that she wanted to see the ten views of West Lake, but unfortunately she couldn't make the trip, and Lin Zhao regretted it. Now I have the opportunity to come to Hangzhou and go to the West Lake to see, which can be regarded as making up for a little regret!
However, due to the transition of time and space and the relationship between the seasons, the ten views of West Lake, which were gradually formed during the Southern Song Dynasty, cannot be fully seen. Su Shi has not yet become an official in Hangzhou, so Su Di Chunxiao will naturally not be there. The view of the fish in the flower port and the moon in the three pools are also only available in later generations.
There are also autumn moons such as Pinghu Lake, broken bridges and remnant snow, because of the season, there is no chance to see it. As for watching the sunset of Leifeng, it is still possible to listen to the evening bell of Nanping.
Although the Su Causeway has not yet appeared, there can still be a white sand embankment in the shade of the green poplar. During the Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi dredged the West Lake in Hangzhou, and the white embankment built was still there.
Lin Zhao has walked all the way, it is almost the beginning of February, which is equivalent to March of the Gregorian calendar, and the green trees by the lake have begun to spit out new shoots, and some flowers have already budded.
A few early warblers compete for warm trees, whose new swallows peck the spring mud, probably this scene! Walking across the broken bridge, you can see that the lake water is like a mirror, sparkling, combined with the Nanping Mountain in the distance, the lake and mountains are not pleasant. It is no wonder that later generations said that there is heaven and Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Hangzhou is beautiful above the West Lake.
It's comfortable to stay here, Lin Zhao couldn't help but smile and speculate, the warm breeze made the tourists drunk, and mistakenly took Hangzhou for Bianzhou, could it be that the king of the Southern Song Dynasty was fascinated by the beautiful scenery of the West Lake?
On the other side of the river is Nanping Mountain in the distance, and the towering pagoda on the mountain is the famous Leifeng Pagoda, and the sunset of Leifeng, one of the ten views of the West Lake, comes from here. Of course, Leifeng Pagoda is more famous in later generations because of the popular "The Legend of the White Snake"!
Lin Zhao didn't know if there was a white snake under the tower, anyway, he was not as lucky as Xu Xian, standing on the broken bridge, but he had never met a white lady...... Even a woman is rare, and when Lin Zhao shook his head and sighed, a middle-aged man caught his attention!
I saw a middle-aged scribe, squatting by the lake from time to time, grabbing the mud and sand to observe, sniffing lightly, and then observing the surrounding mountainous terrain, and then laughing.
"Where is West Lake just a lake, it was also the sea, this is the real vicissitudes of the sea!"
A young man in his teens and twenties beside him looked dazed and asked, "Uncle, what did you say?" West Lake is obviously a lake, but where is the sea? ”
The middle-aged scribe explained: "West Lake is a lake now, but it was not in the early years...... It's the sea! ”
"How can a sea become a lake?"
"It's because the Han Dynasty built the sea pond from Baobao Mountain to Wansongling, plus many years of sediment......"
"The work of sediment?"
"Yes, the land in Suzhou and Hangzhou may be formed by the alluvial sediment of the big river......"
"Sediment alluvium?" Seeing that the young man kept scratching his head, he was completely puzzled. Lin Zhao couldn't help but laugh when he saw this, how could he not understand such a simple geographical knowledge?
Lin Zhao smiled and said casually: "Alluvial plain!" ”
"Oh?" The middle-aged scribe turned around suddenly, couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked, "Does the Venerable Master know this?" ”
Nonsense, it's hard to get a geography lesson in vain! Lin Zhao said with a smile: "The big river comes from the mountains upstream, and the river carries a lot of sediment, because the upstream terrain is steep and the water flow is fast, so the sediment has not sunk and silted. When it comes downstream, it is flat and fertile, and the flow of the river slows down, so the sediment mixed in it is deposited, and it accumulates more and more, and over time it forms a land ......."
"Yes, it is this truth, after thinking about it for a long time, I understand, I really admire it!" The middle-aged scribe looked at Lin Zhao in surprise.
The young man did not seem to know why, and said, "If this is the case, then the sediment will accumulate at the most at the place where it enters the sea, and after a long time, the mouth of the river will not get higher and higher, and it will be completely blocked?" ”
"No, because there is a geostrophic deflection force! Northern Hemisphere...... Well, as the earth moves, there's a force to the right that will deflect the flow of water to the right. I don't believe in looking at the estuaries of the big rivers, all of which are fast flowing on the right bank, and the river channels are washed away and getting deeper and deeper. This is the reason why the left bank is slow to flow, and the sediment settles and gradually silts up. ”
"Not bad, not bad!" The middle-aged scribe was almost busy, and he exclaimed: "What this son said is reasonable, and the problem that has been bothered for a long time is finally clear, but dare to ask the honorable driver, what is this earth turning deflection force?" Can you explain that? ”
"This, the ...... of the deflection force of the earth's rotation" In ancient times who believed in the theory of the round heaven and the earth, Lin Zhao really didn't know how to explain it!
The middle-aged scribe only said that Lin Zhao was unfamiliar and didn't want to talk about it, so he immediately smiled and said: "In Xia Shen Kuo, I don't know what to call the honorable driver?" ”
"In the ...... of Lin Zhao" Lin Zhao suddenly reacted as he spoke, what is his name?
"Your name is Shen Kuo?"
"You are Lin Dongyang?"
The two looked at each other at the same time, and they were both shocked!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Leifeng Pagoda is located in front of Jingci Temple under the Huifeng of Nanping Mountain on the south bank of Hangzhou West Lake, which was built by Qian Yu, the king of Wuyue, because of the son of Huang Fei, and was originally named "Huang Fei Tower". Later, Qian Hongyu, the king of Wuyue, had his 60th birthday, drank Song Taizong's birthday wine, and died violently, leaving a foggy cloud of suspicion.
Wu Yueguo ended here, perhaps because the Song Dynasty deliberately downplayed the influence of the Qian family on the Liangzhejiang region, and the Huangfei Pagoda was also renamed. Because it is built on the Lei Feng that extends north of Nanping Mountain, it is called Leifeng Tower. After the sun sets, the pagoda and the sunset, coupled with the Leifeng mountain and the lush trees, and then reflect the lake, the scenery is very beautiful.
At this moment, a man of about thirty years old stood at the top of the tower, staring at the broken bridge in the distance, silent. After a while, footsteps sounded behind him, and a person who looked like an attendant walked over, bowed and said, "Young master, Zhao Ji of the Song official family sent a young man named Lin Zhao to Hangzhou!" ”
"Lin Zhao?"
"Yes, this person is only about twenty years old, but the movement in Bianjing is not small!"
"Does the Zhao Zongyong family have any reaction?"
"No?"
"Hey, which one did the uncle and nephew of the Zhao family sing? Hum! The man snorted coldly and ordered, "Keep an eye on them, report the news in time!" ”
"Yes!"
(To be continued)