"Instead, I sent you to Huai'an Mansion this time because you built a reservoir when you were in Jiangxi. Nowadays, the Huai River is frequently flooded, and the right capital of the Imperial Shi Pan Ji taming the governor of the river, has been controlling the water for many years, but has not been able to cure the root, and the meaning of the saint is to let you help Pan Ji taming. ”

Still on the Defu Tower, the eunuch Li Long sat opposite Su Hao, explaining to Su Hao the reason for this dispatch.

"Is this just the emperor's intention, or is there someone else's intention?" Su Hao asked.

Li Longdao: "This proposal was actually put forward by Wang Xijue and Wang Cifu, which can be regarded as an expedient measure."

"What does expediency mean?" Su Hao continued to ask.

Li Long said: "According to our family, this Wang Cifu should appreciate you quite a lot, I heard that in order to promote you, he also quarreled with Shen Shixing."

Su Hao said: "Why, for me, a little six-rank general, the first assistant and the second assistant are still quarrelling?" Wouldn't I be so honored?"

Li Long said with a smile: "I don't know if it's changed, above the court, there are many quarrels for reasons smaller than this." Alas, speaking of which, our family is also anxious to take care of you, and I am a little anxious. If our family does not invite the emperor to summon you to Beijing, the people in the military department will also summon you, so that the cabinet will treat you as one of its own. Now that the cabinet sees you as a member of our family, how can it not give you a stumbling block?"

Su Hao said: "Father-in-law Li treats me sincerely, I was originally from Father-in-law Li's side, and what the cabinet wants to think is their business." Selling himself for glory in order to become an official, Su Hao can't do this kind of thing. ”

"Hahahaha, it's true temperament, that's right." Li Long laughed, and Su Hao's confession made him feel quite satisfied.

Su Hao just smiled slightly, what he said just now was also half-true, more to not offend Li Long. In Su Hao's heart, he didn't have a good impression of the eunuchs and courtiers who formed gangs. He had no intention of forming a sworn friend with either of them. However, this kind of thing cannot be said in front of Li Long, and since Li Long wants to recruit him, he will do what he likes and say a few words to show his loyalty.

"Change, let's just talk about this evil, after all, the world is a scholar. You must not blame them, or your future will be ruined, and you may fall into the path of no return. Li Long sincerely advised, "This time, it was not easy for the Holy Lord and Wang Cifu to get the cabinet to agree to grant you a six-rank official position, you should cherish it." Don't be given for offending people. ”

"Oh? Actually gave a six-rank official? I don't know what kind of official position it is. Su Hao asked with interest, he still has a hundred-household title on his body now, and he is also a six-rank, but the martial arts of the six-rank are not on the table at all compared with the civil service of the six-rank.

For example, a magistrate is only a seven-rank official, but he can govern hundreds of thousands of people in a county. Even if you are relatively incorruptible, it is easy to make a few thousand taels of silver a year. As the saying goes, three years of Qingzhi County, 100,000 caves of silver, this is not an exaggeration.

But the martial profession is different, a hundred households of six grades can only govern their own hundred households, including themselves. It's just 112 people. The income of 100 households comes from Tuntian, that is, a small twist, full of calculations, the output of only a few thousand taels of silver a year, it is difficult to cope with the food and clothing of these more than 100 people and their families, how many pennies can be left under their own name?

It is precisely because of different powers and different interests. Therefore, a sixth-rank military general basically can't raise his head in front of a seventh-rank civil official, and it is not strange in the Ming Dynasty that a military attache salutes a civil official three grades lower than himself.

Heard Su Hao's inquiry. Li Long gave Su Hao an introduction to what had happened these days.

Wanli and Wang Xijue have both discussed the issue of statecraft with Su Hao, and they appreciate Su Hao a lot, and have the idea of entrusting him with important tasks. But Wanli fell out with the cabinet and didn't dare to take the initiative to promote Su Hao, so he could only privately entrust Wang Xijue to handle the matter. Wang Xijue was one of the cabinet members, but when it came to Su Hao's matter, the first assistant Shen Shixing and the other two scholars in the cabinet, Xu Guo and Wang Jiaping, all objected, and Wang Xijue was alone, so he had to compromise.

Since the cabinet didn't want to let a person like Su Hao, who was labeled as a eunuch, enter the court, Wang Xijue thought of arranging for him to go to the local area to do something. At this time, officials from Sizhou, Fengyang and other places jointly signed a letter, accusing Pan Ji of taming the river unfavorably, resulting in the flooding of several prefectures in the middle reaches of the Huai River, and Wanli and the cabinet were quite troubled. Wang Xijue had an idea, and thought of the idea of sending Su Hao to assist Pan Ji in taming the river, this work was one of the most thankless errands in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, let Su Hao do such an errand, presumably the courtiers have nothing to say, right?

Maybe it's because Wanli and Wang Xijue joined forces, and the cabinet doesn't want to lose face all the time, or maybe it's because the cabinet also thinks that governing the river is a chore and is happy to let Su Hao suffer. In the end, the two sides reached a compromise and gave Su Hao the official title of "Huai'an River Chief", Zheng Liupin, which belongs to the Dushui Qingzhi Division of the Ministry of Industry, and is regarded as the commissioner sent by the Ministry of Industry to Huai'an to preside over the river management work.

"The head of the Ministry of Works, does this official have a lot of power?" Su Hao asked with a smile.

"It's really hard to say this power, it's big or small." Li Long said.

"What does Gonggong Li mean, please make it clear." Su Hao said.

Li Long said: "The head of the Huai'an River, as the name suggests, is the chief manager in charge of the river management in the Huai'an area. Huai'an's Qingkou is the intersection of the river, Huai and Yun, and is the key to governing the river, governing Huai and ensuring transportation.

"Uh...... It's pretty big, right? Su Hao nodded. For corrupt officials, the more public money they can control, the more opportunities they have to get their hands on it, which is of course a good errand. But Su Hao didn't think about corruption, in his opinion, the more money he managed, the greater the responsibility, and the more tired he was.

"But ......" Li Long's words changed, "Now the governor of the river is Pan Jitao, this old man is three down and four up, it can be said that the six relatives do not recognize, you can only be cautious when you do things under his name, if you let him grab the handle, please take out the sword of Shang Fang and cut off your head, no one will say anything." ”

"This beheading...... You have to be reasonable, right?" Su Hao touched his neck, quite frightened, who knows what kind of temper this old man surnamed Pan is, in case he is an old stubborn, he will definitely annoy him by telling him a few words of modern technology, and he will definitely be annoyed.

"Gonggong Li, as far as you know, how many people's heads have been cut off by this old Pan so far?" Su Hao asked.

Li Long said: "Whose head was cut off, our family has never heard of it." However, there are no less than 100 officials who have been removed or impeached by him, so everyone says that this old man has a stubborn temper. ”

"Oh, that's good." Su Hao breathed a sigh of relief, his official was selected, and he withdrew if he withdrew, he really didn't care too much, as long as his head could be saved, it would be easy to do.

"Instead, the Holy One means, you go to control the river and make some achievements for everyone to see. As long as you can make achievements, the Holy One will continue to promote you, and others will have nothing to say. By the way, do you understand the matter of controlling the river?" Li Long asked.

Su Hao silently recalled the knowledge of his previous life in his heart, and the governance of the Yellow River and the Huai River was also a big project in China in later generations. Although Su Hao is not engaged in water conservancy, he has also participated in several large-scale water conservancy pivot projects in these two river basins. Because of the construction of large reservoirs and other projects, geological exploration is the most basic work, and Su Hao, as an expert in the industry, has no reason not to understand these situations.

"Soil conservation in the upstream, water storage in the midstream, flood discharge in the downstream, and treatment of the Huai River, nothing more." Su Hao said simply.

"By the way, the saint specially told me to tell you, this old man Pan's proud work lies in the water and sand, if you go to Huai'an, you can say anything else, only this water and sand, you must not have a slight word, otherwise you will commit the reverse scale of the old man Pan." Li Long reminded.

"What does it mean to wash the sand with water?" Su Hao asked.

Li Long shook his head and said, "I heard what the Holy Lord said, how dare you ask more." There are many people who know about this water washing sand, so you can ask others about it. ”

"yes, okay." Su Hao said, "By the way, if I go to Huai'an to govern the river, then what should I do with this survey camp now?" Do you have to ask the military department to send someone else to take over?"

"Hehe, don't worry about this matter if it changes, Wang Cifu has already discussed it with the Ministry of War. Because the matter of controlling the river also needs to be surveyed, the survey camp will go to Huai'an with you, and it is still at your disposal. In order to strengthen the strength of the survey battalion, the military department agreed to upgrade the survey battalion to a thousand households and hang it under Huai'anwei, but Huai'anwei was only in charge and had no command power. Instead, do you know the meaning of this arrangement?" Li Long asked with a mysterious smile.

"If I am promoted to a thousand households, then I will not be a thousand households? Is it appropriate for this civilian and military position to be held shoulder to shoulder?" Su Hao asked.

Li Long said: "Why is it not appropriate, in this town, it is not uncommon for civil officials to be in charge of military affairs, of course, it is rare to do this in the mainland." Do you know that it is the meaning of the saint to make this arrangement, he is afraid that after you arrive in Huai'an, you will be bullied and will not be able to show your skills, so he made an exception and allocated the survey camp to you, so that you can have a few people to use. Looking at my more than 200 years of opening the Ming Dynasty, there are very few people who can get some holy favors. ”

"Can't the cabinet see such an arrangement?" Su Hao asked.

Li Long said: "There is quite a bit of controversy in the cabinet about this matter, but Wang Yiyu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said that this is just to let you help the Ministry of War cultivate a group of public opinion survey talents." In the future, your survey camp will also undertake the survey of mountains and rivers in border towns across the country, so now let them go to Huai'an with you to practice. ”

"I see." Su Hao said, "Please ask Gonggong Li to tell the saint, Su Hao will not live up to the grace of the saint, if Su Hao can't do something famous about this river control, he will never return to the stable." ”

"Good!" Li Long was overjoyed and said, "Then our family is waiting for the good news of the change." (To be continued.) You are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommendation votes and monthly passes. For mobile phone users, please go to read