Zheng Lang said that the impact of people's growth environment on the heart path, Zhao Zhen will not ask more, and sighed, not to blame Ouyang Xiu, but the entire officialdom system of the Song Dynasty, but what is the best way to replace it?

Asked: "Zheng Qing, who will replace Ouyang Xiu?" ”

"There are people, the minister thought about it when he arranged it, why let He Tan go, and some people will not rise and fall because of the sea."

"Myoya." Zhao Zhen said happily.

Although He Tanwei is not as famous as Ouyang Xiu, he is also a famous old minister, at least he has more deterrent power to the local lords than Tian Yu and other officials.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty, you can't underestimate Sima Guang and Wang Anshi. ”

"I've always wanted to reuse it, but to avoid ......"

"I understand." Zheng Lang said calmly that it is not a scandal to be virtuous and not avoid relatives and enemies, and the two of them are indeed quite successful. In fact, Zheng Lang also has another intention, after more than ten years of officialdom, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi have their own different growth paths, and their thoughts have gradually become seriously different, which makes Zheng Lang faintly worried.

Now cage them together again, one is to do the right thing, and the other is to face these wealthy families, let them adjust from the side through practice, further integration, plus a Su Dongpo, the three of them will not have major contradictions in the future, and the biggest crisis of the Song Dynasty will be resolved by half.

Four years is enough time for me to achieve this goal.

This can't be said, what I use is talent, and it has nothing to do with anything else.

Zheng Lang said again: "Your Majesty, the minister still wants to say one thing, a large number of officials have been withdrawn from Liangguang. They have made a lot of contributions, and they need to control the river, so it is necessary to draw them back. However, many vacancies have arisen, and the two provinces still need good officials. ”

"I asked Yu Jing to go to Guangnan East Road."

"However, he is a native of Shaozhou, a native of his hometown, and Guangnan East Road is developing rapidly now, and Yu Jing is also a good appointment. However, Guangnan West Luchen would like to recommend one. ”

"Who?"

"Zhang Tian."

"He," Zhao Zhen said hesitantly. Bao Zheng's protégé quarreled for a long time.

"This man is upright. It's not what Tang Jie said, and he loves the people and works diligently, but Zhongshu is not happy to use this person, and he is the best candidate to go to Guangnan West Road to preside over affairs. ”

Bao Zheng has always admired this person and often praised him in front of his wife, so after Bao Zheng died, Mrs. Bao asked him to write an epitaph.

The two Guangfei are the original two Guang, and they will meet for a while. People's ideological concepts cannot be reversed, go to Guangnan West Road. There won't be much dispute in the court, Zhao Zhen's forehead.

Then he asked, "How was your experiment?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that His Majesty was taking pills, and he was faintly worried in his heart, that test was done for His Majesty to see, and it would not be delayed for too long, before the test results came out, please Your Majesty can no longer consume pills."

"Why?"

"Now there is no basis for the minister's empty statement, wait for the test to pass. The ministers sent someone to publish the answer to the public. ”

Zhao Zhen hesitated.

"Please believe the minister, although the minister did a bad job in that matter, the minister's character has not changed, and his heart has not changed. At least to His Majesty, the minister is still loyal. ”

"I know that I have wronged you all along." Zhao Zhen patted Zheng Lang's hand.

So Zhao Zhen listened to Zheng Lang's opinion, since Ouyang Xiu was sick. Then let He Tan replace him, Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, Hu Su, and Xiang Chuanshi.

This line is still eye-catching, but everyone ignores the Huai River.

This river control is rare in the world. Not only the Yellow River itself, but also others, such as the encouragement of tree planting in the upper reaches, and even the inclusion of it in the performance evaluation of officials. Once the official officially intervenes, there will be many drawbacks.

However, these disadvantages are nothing compared to the protection of water and soil.

This does not require the state to take any money, but only supports some policies. It is the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River that spend money, but not only the Yellow River, but also the rivers in the south and the north must be dredged.

In the south, there are not only the Grand Canal and the Huai River, but also the Bianshui.

The world pays attention to the new canal and the diversion of the river into the river, but it does not pay attention to a new idea of the Huaihe River project, the division of rivers and lakes!

The Huai River is also very difficult to govern, there are many tributaries, can not be sorted out one by one, the drop is large, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River upstream drop is even greater, but that is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the water flow is small, there is almost no harm, but the Huai River water flow is large, the drop of the Huai River is several hundred meters long, so it is a hazard.

Stuck neck, in the middle and upper reaches of many tributaries, due to the bend and narrowness of the river channel, after the rapid collection of tributary floods, it is very easy to cause poor flooding and form waterlogging. The two ends are warped, now it is not obvious, once the Yellow River enters the Huai River, it will be obvious, the upper reaches of the Huai River are basically mountainous areas, the slope is large and rapid, the Hongze Lake in the lower reaches of the Huai River is higher than the river bed due to many years of sediment accumulation, the bottom of the lake is higher than the riverbed, forming an above-ground lake, the situation is similar to the above-ground river in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Now there is, but it is not big, so Lianghuai became the best economic area in the Song Dynasty. But once the Yellow River enters the Huai, it's too late. Even if the Yellow River does not flow into the Huai, using the Grand Canal to share the flood peak of the Yellow River will inevitably bring some Yellow River water with large sediment content to the south, which also needs to be prevented.

Finally, heavy rains are frequent, and the heavy rains in the Huaihe River basin are mostly concentrated in May, June, and July, and the river bursts its banks during the flood season, and there is a lack of irrigation water in the dry season. Therefore, there is often a strange scene, which is flooded in the summer, but there is a great drought in the winter.

Later generations whether Pan Jitao or Le Fu have embarked on a road, diverting the Huai River into the Huang, at that time there was no water, trying to raise the Huai River water, using the Bianshui to pour the Yellow River, storing and clearing the Yellow River, all of them did not succeed, but let the Huai River flood into a disaster, until later generations, completely denied this theory, and the Huai River water was all introduced into the Yangtze River, or part of the river, part of the sea, or all into the sea.

At this time, Hongze Lake and Gaoyou Lake were still a few lakes, and the two big lakes had not yet been formed. Even Weishan Lake has not yet taken shape.

Different terrain means different ways of governance. Once the strategy of governing the river and Huai in later generations is fully adopted, there will be a big mess.

However, with years of experience in water control, even if there is no enterprise development in later generations, Zheng Lang has become a first-class water control master.

So some arrangements were made.

Some of the steep sections upstream. Dredging it, or even forcibly blowing up a passage with gunpowder, is only for the main section of the river, if all of them do not have the economy and labor to do so.

The downstream is not a wide river channel into the sea, not only does it not extensively build into the sea channel, but also does not build into the river channel, and now the Huai River has not yet reached that serious point, and there is no need to build a new river channel at all, so that the river water can quickly enter the sea and enter the river.

Because once the river flows south, the sediment content of the Huai water will inevitably increase. It is also necessary to bind the river water and play a part of the role of restraining water and washing sand.

However, the southward flow of the river, coupled with the increase in the flow of the Huai River during the flood season, will cause the Huai River to flood again without auxiliary measures. Therefore, Zheng Lang came up with the division of rivers and lakes.

Divert the rivers and try not to pass through the lakes, and then set up some sand storage ponds and steep gates, and during the flood season, all the steep gates are opened, and the flood water is put into the major lakes. so that it can be stored and drained. In spring and autumn, the lake water can be used for irrigation to raise the river level.

At present, the area of Huainan Lake is not as large as that of later generations. Zheng Lang also chose some low-lying land, some swamps and reed areas, and dug out lakes by hand, and some of the silt fertilized the fields, raised the ground, formed a drop, and some of them were used to build lake embankments. It is used to increase the amount of water stored.

In addition, we can always maintain the advantage of the gap between the Yellow River, and make use of the situation to irrigate the Yellow River when the water is dry. The most serious time for sediment precipitation is in the dry season, the flow rate is slow, and a part of the orange clear Huai water enters, plus the water, which can play a role in dilution and scouring.

There is no need to deliberately raise the embankment of the Bianhe River, it is used in the dry season, but whether it is a new canal or a Bianshui. It will play an important role as a link. Therefore, Bianshui also needs to be repaired, but the scale is very small.

Therefore, this time the river control far exceeds the blockage and dredging of the Huai River in people's ideological concepts. It also subverts people's original ideological concepts. And once successful, it will not only govern the river, but also control the Huai, which will play an incomparable role in promoting the development of the core area of the Song Dynasty.

This is also the reason why Zheng Lang proposed this huge plan, and not many people opposed it. After all, compared to war, scholars prefer and look at internal governance.

The downside is that time is too tight.

Cheng Shimeng had already led dozens of officials down to take a closer look, but on the other hand, officials from various state capitals had already begun to make arrangements. Judging from the money and silk, it is enough, and I plan to prepare two million laborers, each laborer will work 600 man-hours, if all of them are used to pick up earthwork, with the current level of hardship and hard work of the people, we can pick out 10 billion cubic meters of soil, which can be used to pile up river embankments, and can pile up super embankments that are 10 meters long and 10 meters wide and 100,000 kilometers long. Of course, it is not possible to use all of them to pick up earth, and each labor force has its own use.

Money and labor are sufficient, but planning mistakes will not only cause disasters, but also cause a lot of waste and delay the completion date. To make the plan perfect, it is not enough for Zheng Lang to watch it alone for two years, more people must improve it. On the other hand, the project is about to start, and the time is very tight.

Zheng Lang had to go down and ask in person.

Before leaving, Cui Xian suddenly said to Zheng Lang: "Official, let's go to Sizhou instead." ”

"Why?" Zheng Lang was incomprehensible.

Although the new canal south to Yangzhou, it is actually not from Yangzhou, but from Chuzhou, the section from Chuzhou to Yangzhou is only rebuilt, not excavated, and the excavation area starts from Chuzhou. At the intersection of the two canals, as well as the Huai River entering the sea, Chuzhou is another important hub. The various impoundment lakes are also the largest in Chuzhou.

His own people in Chuzhou can take care of both the new canal and the governance of the Huai River.

When I arrived in Sizhou, I was too far west, and when I went to the south by myself, I would not stay in a certain place and not move, but it was far more convenient to stay in Chuzhou than to stay in Sizhou.

Cui Xian said: "The concubine just read Sima Qian's "Historical Records" at home, and suddenly thought of Huaiyin Hou's deeds. ”

Refers to Han Shin.

"Xian'er, you're too careful."

"Aren't you afraid of another Zheng Dizhao?"

Three words, Zheng Lang was speechless.

These three words have always haunted him, without it, Di Qing would not return to Beijing, nor would he serve as a privy envoy. What was Di Qing's mental outlook when he went south, his spirit was better, and his body was better. On the stormy night of the Lantern Festival, Qidu Kunlun Pass was like a miracle.

Can Di Qing do it now?

In fact, Di Qing is not very old, only fifty-one years old, and in later generations, he can only be regarded as late middle age, not even old age.

Make your own efforts. He was transferred to the northwest to avoid the "condolences" of the scholars from time to time, and he was less humiliated, but the blow was definitely there, and he was still alive, but his temples were pale, and he was sick and sick. In fact, it is all caused by low mood.

Not only Di Qing, but sometimes he was occasionally annoyed, or sulking, and he also learned to sit down with the great monk. Recite the scriptures in your heart. It is not to believe in Buddhism, but to recite Buddhist scriptures to seek peace of mind. But how many people have their own mentality?

Cui Xian said again: "Official, you have a low-key style, you are not easy to be envied, and you are gentle in your work. These two articles protect the officials well. However, if the Yellow River is properly managed, the achievements of the past and the number of political achievements will add up. It's no less than Huaiyin. This achievement made it impossible for the official to keep a low profile, and the official happened to stay in Chuzhou, and the concubine was a little afraid. ”

Zheng Lang was silent again.

Among the four famous ministers of Jiayou, Pang Ji is the closest to him, but he has the least influence and more enemies.

Fu Bi and Han Qi have the most friends, but Fu Bi has some differences with himself, because of friendship, it seems to be divided. The actual relationship has not broken down. The other is Han Qi, who seems to be not as big as Fu Bi, and he has conceded credit many times, but the actual hostility is very strong. There is another person, Wen Yanbo, don't say it, the two officially turned their heads into enemies.

There is a group of people under these people. They may not come forward to do anything, but there will be people under them who will cater to them and secretly do some bad things.

Of course, there is also a group of people under his own hands. But I don't want to. Let's do things together, why fight around. What Zheng Lang hates the most is fighting in the nest. Otherwise, with Zheng Lang's current reputation, there will be countless ministers gathered under his banner. But it's not necessarily a good thing, the credit is great, and then countless ministers are gathered to echo it, what do you want to do?

Zheng Lang didn't do it, Cui Xian thought about this if, but she didn't figure it out, which side was more beneficial to her husband.

God knows if someone will use Han Shin to make a fuss about themselves?

It's relatively better to go to Sizhou.

said: "Then go to Sizhou." ”

Zheng Lang changed the state, not because he changed, but because it meant that the general headquarters for governing the river also changed. So the three phases of Zhongshu asked the reason, Zheng Lang was not polite, and said his worries.

Several prime ministers were dumbfounded.

But they really don't have a good idea to say anything, Zheng Di Zhao's demon moths have come out, can Zheng Lang be on guard?

When the news spread, the people didn't know whether they were in favor of Zheng Lang's caution or dissatisfied with some people.

It's finally time to leave, and that's when I mention the test.

Feed the meatballs.

The people of the Qing Dynasty knocked opium smoke, and the Song Dynasty also knocked it, and many people knocked the stalactites like Xia Zhu, just like the Jin people knocked on the five stones. There are also people who knock small balls.

Zheng Lang repeatedly requested, so he agreed to let him do this experiment. Ten death row prisoners who were about to be beheaded after the autumn were selected and escorted to the capital. Instead of beheading, they were kept in a small courtyard, and a doctor was sent to come and check whether they were in good health, and if they were kept here, soldiers were sent to guard them, and they were not tortured, but on the contrary, they were provided with big meat and fish every day, and some fine wine, and kept in this courtyard. But there is a pre-mentioned condition, you must feed the balls every day.

It's a little inhumane, even though everyone is the one who deserves to be killed. It turned out that Zheng Lang wanted to raise more than a dozen dogs for experiments, which would not be so troublesome, and could be kept outside his house for more people to see.

However, there are too many people who eat meatballs, including the emperor, and it is easy for people to make a fuss.

In the end, the death row prisoner was selected for the experiment, and if he was safe and sound after half a year, he would be rewarded and changed to exile. Make up for it with this.

It was a slight violation of the system, but the emperor was also eating meatballs, and vaguely guessed Zheng Lang's intentions, so the relevant officials agreed one by one under Zheng Lang's repeated requests.

Then these Taoist priests were invited and asked to hand over the pills, and asked them to explain the maximum intention and the maximum dosage, and the Taoist priests were not clear one by one, and they were talking nonsense. Sending officials as witnesses, although they are death row prisoners, all of them are healthy, at least much healthier than Zhao Zhen. With the maximum dose, before each meal, under the supervision of officials, take the pill.

What exactly is the purpose of doing it and what the reason is, it will be revealed in half a year.

In fact, none of the ministers are stupid, Zheng Lang is so cautious, they all vaguely know what the intention is, but they don't know the reason yet. Not only is the emperor eating meatballs, but they themselves also eat them occasionally, and even if they don't eat them, there are people in their families who eat them. Including the eldest lady who was seriously ill, Cui Xian once invited a Taoist priest to send pills for the eldest lady to eat. Let Zheng Lang stop it, although medicine is not developed now, and if it is not effective, you can still touch it, but if you eat this small pill, there is no benefit, but it is all harmful.

Zhao Zhen's health is not good, and if he eats pills again, he will die quickly.

Zheng Lang can only do this step for Zhao Zhen.

When it was finally time to leave the capital, Cui Xian took her family to carry her luggage to the boat, but Zheng Lang handed over the book in Zhongshu.

Zhao Zhen rushed over.

There are two more people.

Zheng Lang returned to Beijing for two months, and then went down again. Since the age of seventeen barely youth, this has been more than 20 years, except for a few years in Zhongshu, most of the time for the Song Dynasty, running west, south to Guangzhou, as far as Jiaozhi, north to Khitan.

A minister has done this, and he has no ambition, Zhao Zhen felt very sideways in his heart.

Zheng Lang's story reminded him again.

I feel miserable and sorry that I can't see my mother, but has Zheng Lang's son seen Zheng Lang so far?

Make an exception and let Zhao Niannu come out with the child in her arms.

The truth is still no one can think of it, thinking that the relationship between Zheng Lang and the little princess is only a guardian knight relationship. When Zheng Lang went south, the little princess came out to pay a respect, and this time it was several years to go south, not necessarily south, but at least she would stay below for four years. The emperor said that the instrument was heavy, so he let the little princess come out to worship.

Zhao Niannu bowed, all kinds of expressions flashed in her eyes, her eyes gradually softened, and she was beating with a longing and a concern.

Zheng Lang also glanced at her, after giving birth to a child, she was slightly more blessed than before, and faintly became a pretty young woman, fortunately, she couldn't see her haggard. Having children is different.

Then he glanced at his son who didn't dare to recognize him, not too thin, with a big face, a bit like when he was a child. It's not exactly like it, and you can't think of it. Li Guizheng was glaring at himself with a pair of big eyes.

I want to hug and kiss one, but I don't dare.

glanced at Zhao Zhen and several prime ministers again, and finally said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I'm leaving." ”

"Don't worry, I'm here to see you off."

The more grand Zhao Zhen was, the more puzzled the minister became. After all, Zheng Lang has really been a little thinner in the past few years. The truth will eventually be revealed, but not now.

It was not until it was sent to the gate of the imperial city that Zhao Zhen stopped. Then he stepped up to the city tower again, and watched Zheng Lang gradually disappear into the distance. Zheng Lang also looked back from time to time, looking at the emaciated figure on the head of the slightly cool autumn breeze city in August, Zheng Lang suddenly felt sad for no reason.

Autumn is good, the sky is high and crisp, and the grains are abundant. But autumn is coming, will winter be far away?

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