Chapter 775: An Eventful Autumn (I)

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Inside the noon gate, Wenyuan Pavilion.

Speaking of which, this is the first time that Shen Mo has come here since the cabinet moved back to its original location. This somewhat embarrassing fact also seems to show that since the death of Emperor Jiajing, he has a somewhat marginalized status - he is both a student of Xu Jie, and a friend of Gao Gong, such an embarrassing identity cannot make him left and right. It's like a mother-in-law and a daughter-in-law who are at odds, and when the son and her husband are often caught in the middle, it is difficult to get along with themselves, and as a result, both ends are separated.

After thinking wildly, when he arrived at the door of Wenyuan Pavilion, he was silent and calmed down, and walked in. Because Zhang Juzheng was leading, the forbidden army guarding the door did not interrogate him, so he let him in.

After entering, I saw several large locust trees in the courtyard, the branches were blown away by the west wind for several days, the trunks were craggy, the branches were knotted, and they looked vicissitudes and clumsiness; On the ground covered with stones, there is not a single fallen leaf, and there is no trace of dust, giving people a solemn feeling.

However, the courtyard was not quiet at the moment, and bursts of angry voices came from the main hall. Seeing the silent inquiring gaze, Zhang Juzheng whispered: "It's like this every day, just get used to it." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and asked, "Let's go to the teacher's room and wait." "Minoru is familiar with the host, greeting the guest of silence.

I faintly heard Gao Gong roaring, nodded silently, and followed him to the first room in the East Chamber, the door was open, and there was a Si Zhilang cleaning inside, and when he saw them coming in, he hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zhang Juzheng said softly: "You are busy with you, Shen Butang and I are waiting for Yuanfu here." He pointed to the row of pineapple chairs and said, "Brother Jiangnan, sit here." ”

Shen Mo gave in and sat down on his left.

Naji Naorou quietly stepped back, leaving the space for the two adults.

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The cabinet was still very quiet, although there was a faint sound of quarrels, but it showed even more silence in the first assistant's room. The atmosphere is too quiet, which is a little embarrassing. Zhang Juzheng was the first to break the silence and said: "Since Lord Shangshu took office, he feels good, right?" ”

"Why don't we change?" Silently staring ahead, not looking at him,

"That's a good idea." Zhang Juzheng said: "Jiangnan won't know, although your side is a little troublesome, but it is temporary, the root is still on my side, and the old chronic illness is terminal," he said and said with a smile: "But seriously, you can coax those clans so that there is no trouble now, and the officials in the capital are very impressed." ”

"It's useless to put a top hat on me, here in the Ministry of Rites, what can be done is already to the limit." Only then did Shen Mo turn his head, look at him and say, "The Ministry of Rites can only be reasonable, and the key depends on what your household department does?" "No one would be naïve enough to think that they could get rid of those clans just by playing tricks and reasoning.

At this time, Naji Naorou came in with tea, and said in a low voice: "It's a good thing to cut expenses, but the household department also has to do a good job of cleaning up the aftermath." He already knew that it was under Zhang Juzheng's vigorous promotion that the two regulations could be put into trial, but since the clan began to make trouble, the household department has died down, which makes the Ministry of Rites very dissatisfied.

"Brother Jiangnan, I'll make amends to you." Zhang Juzheng was silent at first, and as soon as Naji Naolang retreated, he clenched his fists and smiled bitterly at Shen Mo: "Actually, the plan was reported two months ago, but the current situation of the cabinet, you have also seen it, there is a lot of noise all day long, but the business is all delayed." ”

"Could it be the one you mentioned last time?" Shen Mo frowned.

"Yes, it's "Please Check the Hidden Mu Shu", Zhang Juzheng's voice was also very low.

"IMHO, the time is not ripe." Shen Mo shook his head slightly and said, "You can't poke this hornet's nest." ”

"I don't know...... Zhang Juzheng sighed and said: "Cutting Lu Gui only moved the interests of the clan, and the inventory of hidden acres was checked, but it was a horse and mule that shocked ......" said in a much lower voice: "I don't hide it from you, with the current situation of the government, I didn't expect it to pass at all, in my opinion, ten years later is the time for it to implement the world." ”

"Ten years have been optimistic." Shen looked out of the door and said softly: "The disease in this world is too serious, I can't be in a hurry, Brother Taiyue." ”

"Jiangnan, if even you think so, then Da Ming is really hopeless." Zhang Juzheng's expression darkened, and then he smiled and said: "I know that you are a true gentleman who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, but in fact, he is more anxious than anyone else, so he just doesn't say it." ”

"The time is not right, it is more wrong to say more and do more wrong." Shen Mo's heart warmed, and he sighed lightly: "No matter how anxious your heart is, you can only endure it." Saying that, he looked at Zhang Juzheng with a soft gaze and said, "Since you know that you can't get through, why do you want to bring it up?" ”

Zhang Juzheng said in a low voice: "Let's be familiar with it, let everyone know that there is such a thing, so that we can find supporters, and when it is launched in the future, there will be more hope." Second, this plan actually has the greatest impact on those princes, they see that the methods of the imperial court, one is more severe than the other, and it has the intention of causing fire, but they will feel that the two "Regulations" are not so eye-catching...... The final result was that the imperial court took advantage of their wishes to reject the proposal, and they would no longer block the official implementation of the "Regulations". ”

"Hehe, morning and evening, I see ......" Shen Mo nodded and smiled.

"But even if it's just a false shot, the cabinet is very divided, and it has been discussed three times, but each time it was unhappily dispersed, and there is no real chapter until now." Zhang Juzheng sighed again and said, "This time Jiangnan, you want to help me persuade the teacher together." ”

"It's coming,......" Shen Mo whispered, and stood up.

Zhang Juzheng also quickly stood up.

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"Teacher......" the two students saluted together.

"You're here." Xu Jie walked in with a tired face, but when he saw the two students, he still smiled and said, "Sit casually." With the support of the old servant, he slowly sat behind the big case.

The old servant brought a porcelain cup again, and Xu Jie smiled and said: "This is ginseng soup, the young man is strong, so I won't let you." ”

"Teacher slow use." The two sat down at the bottom of the head, quietly waiting for Xu Jie to slowly drink the soup.

Asked people to bring the porcelain cup down, Xu Jie picked up the mouth cloth to wipe his mouth, and said with a smile: "For the sake of the river work, I discussed it for a while." ”

Only then did the two of them know why the elders of Fang Cai Pavilion were arguing...... The Yellow River floods every year, and has become a major problem in several provinces along the river, so the imperial court is determined to control the river. At the beginning of this year, the cabinet approved the Ministry of Industry to use Pan Jitao's method to repair the old channel of the Yellow River. But before the start of construction, another water conservancy expert, Zhu Heng, was transferred back to Beijing, and he put forward the opposite opinion: in order to stop the Yellow River, a new river must be opened, and it is useless to only repair the old road.

Although Pan Jitao's plan is already on the bow, he can only be regarded as a back compared to Zhu Heng, who has repeatedly premiered the river, so as soon as the seniors spoke, the project had to be stopped. Of course, Pan Jitao was not convinced, and he was not afraid of things, so he argued with Zhu Heng in the court, and the two of them insisted on their own words, and they were reasonable, which made it difficult for Xu Jiewei to decide.

After a stalemate for a while, Gao Gong still spoke, formed an expert group, and went to the scene to have a look. So in February of this year, he ordered the engineering department to lead more than 20 river experts to survey the river, and reported to the imperial court according to the facts. On March 30, He Qiming returned to Beijing from Pei County to report: "The Yellow River is difficult to recover, and the new river fee province can be opened, and future troubles can be eliminated, so it is advisable to use Zhu Heng's proposal to open a new river." At the same time, he also adopted the words of Pan Jitao and did not abandon the old river. It also saved face for Pan Jitao.

This can be regarded as a conclusion, so the cabinet voted to draft, the celebrant approved the red, and issued an edict to open the new river, while Pan Jitao still insisted on repairing the old road of the Yellow River, and many courtiers thought so. Since then, Zhu Heng has had a conflict with Pan Jitao, who asserted: "When the rainy season comes, the Yellow River will burst." 'I hate it for Zhu Heng.

On 14 June, the construction of the new river was not completed, and the Yellow River burst its banks in Pei County again, flooding several prefectures and causing countless victims. Sure enough, what Pan Jitao said came true. The officials impeached Zhu Heng one after another, thinking that Xinhe would not succeed, and Zhu Heng was angry and asked for punishment

Under pressure, Zhu Heng also asked for his resignation. Xu Jie valued this capable person very much, of course he would not agree, and used his influence to help him suppress the discussion of the official. And give him the opportunity to make up for his mistakes, and let Zhu Heng and Pan Jitao investigate again, and try to make plans to help the victims.

After the two arrived, they gave full command to block the breach and temporarily stop the flood, but the rainy season had just arrived, and the real test was still to come. After the investigation, Pan Jitao boldly proposed, the narrowing of the river is really incredible, the common sense of river governance, is to widen the river is conducive to drainage, how can there be a wide river? Isn't this the old birthday star eating arsenic and living impatiently?

Zhu Heng disagreed, and Pan Jitao told him that he had found through observation that the reason why the Yellow River flooded year after year was because the sediment content in the water was too large, and after entering the plain area, the water flow slowed down and the sediment was deposited, and as a result, the river channel rose year by year and became a river on the shore. In order to prevent floods, the river embankment can only be built higher and higher, and if the embankment is broken carelessly, the consequences will be extremely serious.

This point, as long as he is on the scene, he has a deep understanding, and Zhu Heng understands it without him talking about it. But Pan Jitao's focus is on the back - he said, the time is too tight now, we can't build embankments anymore, if we want to prevent floods, we can only open up the silted rivers, as long as the rivers are lowered, isn't it more effective than building embankments?

If you want to lower the river, you must get rid of the sediment in the river, and Zhu Heng still understands this truth. But the pass is, how to remove sand? Zhu Heng pondered and meditated, and finally realized that Pan Jitao wanted to tighten the river, just to increase the momentum of the water, he could wash away the sediment at the bottom of the river and achieve the purpose of lowering the river.

Although the truth is understood, Zhu Heng still doesn't dare to make a decision, he really has no confidence in the embankments on both sides of the river...... As long as you think about it, whose world is the original Ministry of Industry, you will know why Lord Zhu is like this.

Pan Jitao said that this method does not hurt the embankment, you just have to make a decision, and I will be responsible for what happens

Zhu Heng said can you afford it? He personally carefully surveyed both sides of the embankment, and after repeated deliberations, he agreed to Pan Jitao's plan - so a miracle occurred, after shrinking the river, this section of the Yellow River not only broke the embankment, but also lowered the river by several feet. In addition, Pan Jitao also invented a flood discharge facility called the Rolling Dam...... He selected several low-lying areas in advance, and when the flood was too large, he opened the embankment and released water into it to reduce the pressure on the flood peak. Coupled with Zhu Heng's rich experience, he checked and filled in the gaps and made overall arrangements, and as a result, the Yellow River did not flood again this year, and it was safe and stable in the dry season.

As a result, Pan Jitao's reputation rose and surpassed Zhu Heng's. And Zhu Heng's reputation has further declined, especially after adopting Pan Jitao's 'water and sand flushing method', the government and the opposition believe that Pan Jitao is right, and Zhu Heng's insistence on opening a new river is wrong.

On September 23, Wang Yuanchun and others in the middle of the matter were impeached and demanded that Zhu Heng be dismissed. At that time, He Qiming, who supported Zhu Heng at the beginning, also changed his opinion, thinking that the old way could be opened and the new river was not advisable. For a while, Zhu Heng was in a very difficult situation, which made Xu Jie, who had been protecting him, very sad.

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What made Xu Jie even more annoyed was that he couldn't handle it coldly, because there was a high arch who insisted on letting go, saying that he was biased towards his subordinates, which was unfair, and he had to pull Zhu Heng off the horse. In fact, it was because Zhu Heng had made Gao Suqing unable to come to the stage several times, Gao Gong was a person who would be repaid, and now that he saw the opportunity, how could he easily let it go.

Of course Xu Jie didn't agree, because Zhu Heng's talent and honesty were all famous in the government and the opposition, and Xu Jie also regarded him as the backbone of the pillar, how could he destroy the Great Wall? So regardless of decency, he argued with Gao Gong, but how can Shanghainese people have a loud voice as Henan people? What's more, there are still two people from Henan, Guo Pu and Gao Gong have always been in harmony, and Li Chunfang, although he is a disciple of him, he never helps quarrel, at most he doesn't persuade a few words, which is useless.

After such a noisy morning, Xu Ge Lao was already exhausted, and he sat there for a long time before he came to his senses, looked at his two students, and said meaningfully: "Uncle is clumsy, you have to take responsibility as soon as possible." ”

The two didn't know what the teacher was referring to, so they could only say: "The teacher is evergreen, the spirit is strong, and the Ming Dynasty depends on the teacher to take care of it." ”

Xu Jie was a little depressed and said: "Accumulating yin and darkness is not something that can be decided; The turbidity current is unrestrained, not an inch of glue can be cleared, and it is useless to accumulate years, but there is no benefit. My generation is not good, it depends on you young people......" said and cheered up, and said with a smile: "Don't talk about these disappointments early in the morning, Uncle Da is clumsy, you are here together for those clan nobles, right?" ”

The two nodded, and said softly in silence: "Teacher, the students try their best to appease those people, but if it is delayed again and again, the more it will be at the end of the year, the more likely it will be to have an accident." ”

"The Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household have consulted several times, but they have not discussed a Ding Mao," Zhang Juzheng said: "In fact, the threshold lies in the fact that the imperial court is unwilling to poke this hornet's nest, but it wants to save money and food." This is to make the horses run fast, but also to stop eating grass, which is really not easy to do. ”

"But now the horses don't need to run, and it's not that they don't have to graze." Xu Jie said slowly: "It's just that you don't give a little forage, the horse can't become a tiger, and it won't eat people." Think about it, there's always a way. ”

"Speaking of grazing." Zhang Juzheng said: "When I was in the countryside for disaster relief, I saw such a thing...... Due to the short neck in the spring of that year, the grass did not germinate for a long time, and after the solar term, the cattle could only be fed with hay in the next year. Cows don't like to eat hay, they eat very little, and they are about to lose weight. Cattle breeders only used a simple method to make the cows love to eat grass again. Teacher, Jiangnan, do you know what to do? ”

Xu Jie and Shen Mo haven't done a day of farm work, how do you know this? They all shook their heads and listened to him with interest: "When feeding the cattle, the grass is not directly placed in the trough, but on the shed of the cattle pen, so that the cattle can only eat it with their necks stretched, and as a result, the cattle eat grass actively and eat more deliciously." ”

"What's the reasoning?" Xu Jie couldn't help laughing.

Shen Mo said softly: "Taiyue's meaning should be that when the treatment must be reduced for various reasons, blindly persuading Huairou is of little use." You can artificially increase the difficulty and make them work harder, making it more challenging. In this way, even the reduced treatment will be able to satisfy them. ”

"Makes sense," Xu Jie thought about it carefully, and really thought through people's hearts, but after thinking about it again, he couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You two snort and ha, and you want me to agree to that." ”

The two hurriedly laughed: "The student doesn't dare." ”

"I didn't dare to do it." Xu Jie looked at them and was in a much better mood.

Seeing the smile on the teacher's face, the two of them said it in their hearts, but who knew that Xu Jie finished laughing, but shook his head and said, "I don't agree." ”

The two were stunned, and Zhang Juzheng said even more anxiously: "Teacher, ...... you?"

"Get your notebook back." Xu Jie took out a copy from the thick stack of recitals on the table, which was Zhang Juzheng's "Please Check the Hidden Mu Shu", and said a little sternly: "Put it away, don't mention it again in the future, let alone spread it." ”

Zhang Juzheng took it in amazement and sat there without speaking.

Xu Jie's voice sounded: "The affairs of the clan, don't worry too much, they can't make trouble, let's put our energy elsewhere first." ”

Although both of them nodded to show that they understood, Zhang Juzheng obviously hadn't slowed down, but silently took out two copies of the music from his sleeve and presented them to Xu Jiedao: "This is the "Prince's Canonization Ceremony Note" and "Jing Zhengyi Note" drafted by the Ministry of Rites, please take a look at the teacher. ”——

Segmentation –

This time it's not that I'm deliberately playing hooligan, because last night, I suddenly received a notice that there is a radio station that will interview me today, so that I can prepare, you know that I am a monk who has never seen the world, I was nervous at that time, but I prepared for a long time, and said that I made a mistake, it's tomorrow, oh, let's preview it, tomorrow at 1 o'clock at noon, Shanghai Story Radio, there is an interview with the monk, if you are interested and conditional, you can listen to it.