- Of course, in such a big country, it is impossible to revolve around only the emperor's family affairs, and there are many, many things that have happened in this chūn day.

First of all, after fierce quarrels, the plan of the river engineering university was finally determined - under the repeated emphasis of Zhao Zongji, Ouyang Xiu, Chen Ke and others, the ministers finally recognized that the reason why the Yellow River often bursts is due to too much sediment precipitating in the river body, making the river shallower and the riverbed higher and higher; If the lower reaches of the Yellow River are allowed to flow north and east, the flow rate of the two rivers will inevitably be slow, and the sediment will inevitably increase, and disasters will arise.

Therefore, the most cheating Erguhe plan was scrapped. However, the plan for the northern flow of the Yellow River, which Zhao Zongji and his faction insisted on, could not be carried out. First, when it came to the defense of the Liao State, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty did not dare to share the natural danger with the Khitans no matter what. In both cases, the northward flow of the Yellow River will also lead to a shortage of water in the Bianhe River, which will endanger the transportation of the capital, so as far as the river control is concerned, the most correct plan for the northward flow has also been rejected.

Therefore, blocking the north stream and dredging the east stream with all its might has become the only direction, but the specific construction method is still inevitably fiercely debated.

At this time, Zhao Zongji's reinforcements arrived-the Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou finally ended their three-year foreign assignment, and a large number of officials returned to Beijing to serve...... Some passed the pavilion examination, and some were directly transferred back to the capital to serve in various ministries and institutes.

The number of these officials who returned to Beijing was 78, a record high. The reason for this is that Ouyang Xiu depreciated the Taixue style back then, and indeed allocated a large number of talents for the country. Secondly. It was intentional by the officials and the rich ministers......

Most of these people are from the Jiayou Society. Although some of them tend to be inflammatory. threw himself into the arms of Zhao Zongshi. But most people still chose to support Zhao Zongji - this is naturally inseparable from the active contact between Zhang Dian and others over the years, and most of them have developed into Xinxue Party members.

For their own ground. Growing other people's crops, Chen Ke can only adopt a tacit attitude, who made him also a second-year jinshi of Jiayou, how can he be qualified to take refuge in the same year?

On the other hand, Wang Anshi is the chief examiner of the Jiayou second-year examination, although the Song Dynasty strictly forbids protégés and teachers. But Chen Ke, who of them saw him in private and called him 'teacher' respectfully?

Moreover, Wang Anshi has been looking forward to many years, and it has come to the time of accumulation. His new learning has not only been systematically perfected, but also made great achievements in government affairs.

When on the ground. No matter where he is an official, he can govern the abundant grains, never close his door at night, and boldly create good laws such as 'green seedling money' and 'water conservancy law', which are grateful to the people and praised by the minister. Every time he leaves office, there will be a scene of sending off all the people.

It was only half a year after the third division, and Wang Anshi said that he moved the imperial court and implemented the reform of the tea law.

In the past, the imperial court adopted a tax package system for tea, and sold the franchise rights to large tea merchants. The big tea merchants have contracted the tea sales, regardless of the quality of the tea many times. Even mixed with grass leaves to fake, it is not worrying about sales, because people can't buy tea from other places, so they can only buy tea at a high price.

As a result, the people were damaged, the court was scolded, and all the big tea merchants were cheapened...... Of course, it also fattened the officials who had divisions.

Now, under the impetus of Wang Anshi, the government has abolished the law on tea. Instead, a tea tax was collected from tea farms, allowing people to travel from north to south and traffic tea. As a result, within half a year, the price of tea fell by half, but the quality was much better than before, and sales naturally surged.

And the tea tax of the imperial court was actually five times more than when the tax was originally included. From 2 million guan, it has risen directly to 9.8 million guan! The officials and ministers were impressed by Wang Anshi!

Although the officials impeached him for exploiting the tea farms too much, Zhao Zhen ordered people to visit the tea farms in Gyeonggi and Hunan, and the tea owners generally reported that the burden was much lighter than before, which showed the necessity of tea tax reform.

Naturally, the big tea merchants were eager to pick his skin, and those officials who counted on the filial piety of the tea merchants were also angry and scolded their mothers.

But the illicit tea dealers who were released from the prison were grateful to Wang Anshi, and they preached everywhere that he was the reincarnation of a saint; The young officials admired Wang Anshi even more, believing that he had the heart to defy power and turn things around. This made Zhang's work extremely simple, and it was almost impossible to let those Jiayou students join the ranks of the new party in the same year and create a great cause of Zhongxing...... Of course, after all, Chen Ke is the founder of the Jiayou Society, the champion of that subject, and the guy with the highest official position in the same year, and Zhao Zongji is good enough to wear a pair of pants, so everyone still looks at his horse's head...... For example, for such a year, Wang Anshi is the teacher, and he is the class leader.

However, squad leader Chen is not such an honest guy, and in this class, he has a lot of friends. In addition to a group of fellow villagers, there are also the Zeng brothers, Jia Kang and others, when the teacher and the class leader have a conflict, they will help the class leader beat the teacher together......

Well, that's all off topic.

Back to the topic, Chen Ke recommended Jia Kang and others to Zhao Zongji. Jia Kang is a water conservancy genius, in the past three years, he has been an official on Hebei Road, he used his free time to conduct a detailed field investigation along the Ergu River, for how to repair the river, has long been confident.

In Jia Kang's view, the most correct plan is naturally to flow northward, and if it has to flow eastward, there will be big problems...... The reason why Chen Ke knew that the river that now flows east is the old road of the Han Dynasty, which was verified by Jia Kang.

However, river engineering has never been a simple engineering problem, and now it can only flow eastward, and Jia Kang naturally has to try his best to remedy it, so that this plan is barely feasible.

With Jia Kang's technical support, Zhao Zongji naturally seemed to be very good in the subsequent court discussions.

At that time, the mainstream opinion of the DPRK and the Central Committee was that after repairing the embankment that flowed eastward, it would immediately block the northward flow and make the Yellow River flow eastward at all speeds, so that the entire project would take half a year, and the number of people needed would be 300,000, which should not exceed the budget.

The most important thing is that it will be done in the second half of the year, so that it will not make wedding clothes for others.

As the spokesperson of the mainstream opinion, Zhao Zongshi fully supports this plan.

However, Zhao Zongji continued to advise six times, he said: "The ministers are worried that the officials are anxious to achieve success, and they are afraid of working and spending money on the north, and it is not easy to succeed." Or fortunately, it can be stopped, the east flow is shallow and narrow, and the embankment is not complete, and it will overflow. In this way, although the trouble of the west road is removed, and the east road is harmed, it is not a strategy. It is advisable to protect the upper covenant and the second embankment...... This is the 'gradual water increase method' proposed by Jia Kang. ’

To put it bluntly, it is to put an appointment to the west of the Ergu River...... and the 'covenant' is the embankment...... In order to reduce the flow of water in the north and increase the flow of water in the east. When the east flow deepens and the north flows shallowly, that is, the north flows north, and the Yuhe River and Hulu River, which were poured out before because of the northward flow of the Yellow River, are released to relieve the floods in the west of En, Hebei, Shen and Ying.

But you can't be in a hurry, you have to plan it slowly, 'If the eastward flow stops adding two points this year, then the river is from the east, the near one is two or three years, the far one is four or five years, and the wait is more than eight points, the river has been scoured wide, the Cang and Dedi have been consolidated, and the natural northward flow rì is reduced, and it can be blocked, and both roads are harmless. ’

This method is safe, but it has dragged on for too long and is not liked by the officials.

But Zhao Zhen and Fu Bi still attached great importance to Zhao Zongji's words, called him to the imperial hall, and asked in person: "If you don't take advantage of the eastward flow and plug the north flow now, what should you do if the river changes in the future?" ”

Zhao Zongji replied: "If the upper covenant is solid, the eastward flow will increase, and the northern flow will decrease, so why worry about changing and moving?" If the covenant is lost, the consequences are unimaginable, and we should try our best to protect the covenant. ”

"How do you keep the appointment?" Fu Bi asked.

"In previous years, it would have been difficult to protect, but now we have cement concrete, which can withstand the flood. What's more, the appointment is by the river, and if the river flows north, I am afraid that it will not be guaranteed; If it is rashly cross-cut, how can it be guaranteed? ”

Zhao Zhen nodded, he felt that it made sense, and asked, "But if the river water is often divided into two streams, when will it be effective?" ”

"If the covenant exists, the eastward flow will increase, and the northward flow will decrease; Even if it is divided into two streams, it will not be effective, and it will not do the country any harm. Why? The water in the northwest goes to Shandong, so it is harmful to be big, and the harm is small. Some people are anxious to fortress northward, all for their own purposes, regardless of national strength and people's troubles! Zhao Zongji said indignantly.

"Defending two rivers, will the labor cost be too high?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"If you become one, the labor fee will naturally be doubled, and if you divide it into two streams, the labor fee will be halved. Wouldn't it be enough to reduce half of the financial resources of the North Stream now in order to prepare for the East Stream? Zhao Zongji replied.

"That's right," Zhao Zhen nodded approvingly: "The widow was persuaded by you." Saying that, he looked at Fu Bi and said, "What about the prime minister?" ”

"Weichen also thinks so." Fu Bi said respectfully...... In the end, with the support of Zhao Zhen and Fu Xianggong, the river engineering plan was finalized as - to repair the embankment of the Shangyue and the eastward flow, and wait for the eastward flow to reach eight points...... It also has to be achieved naturally, and the artificial is not counted...... Then block the north flow and make the Yellow River flow eastward.

And appointed Zhao Zongji Zhidu water supervisor, Zhao Zongshi promoted two river workers, one supervisor and one river worker.

In the eyes of the officials, this can not only ensure the smooth progress of the project, but also report any problems in a timely manner, which can be described as foolproof.

Zhao Zongshi did not want to accept this appointment at first, because the river workers had always been regarded as dirty work, and although the power was huge, the Confucian ministers avoided it...... To put it bluntly, the scholars and doctors are hard-working, and they can take ideas, but they want them to come and go in the wind and rain, eat and live on the river embankment, and there is no way.

Second, although the 'Zhidu Water Supervisor' is an inconspicuous petty official, he can censor and intervene in the river workers, which makes Zhao Zongshi feel like he is being ridden on the head by Zhao Zongji.

But Meng Yang, the advisor left to him by his father, advised him that when it was an extraordinary time, he should do extraordinary things, and the harder and more tiring the appointment of the official family, the more he could not shirk, which was an excellent opportunity to shape himself to work tirelessly and dare to take on important responsibilities.

Moreover, the promotion of the two river workers, in charge of hundreds of thousands of people, millions of materials, is the commander of the river, and the Zhidu water supervisor is just a supervisor with no real power. It's clear which is more important.

Zhao Zongshi happily accepted the order...... Partition...... Asking for a monthly pass......