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The spring color in the south of the Yangtze River is the earliest, and the willow branches have revealed the greenery in February, and the branches are soft and swaying with the wind, like the waist of a twenty-eight girl. The sunny slope is shallow and green.

Although it has not yet reached the season of peach and willow green, the breeze has already had a shallow warmth.

Paper kites are released with the east wind, and children are laughing and running. The river is fresh and green, and you don't feel cold when you wear a layer of jackets during the day.

Yan Kentang was ordered to inspect the micro-service in the Jiangnan area, and it has been more than half a month, and the ministers inside and outside the court do not know about this matter, which is considered a secret of the court.

As the imperial history, he has the responsibility of supervising hundreds of officials, and now the officials at the top and bottom are engaged in private interests, and there are many mediocre and corrupt people, if they are not severely punished, they are afraid of endless harm.

Yan Kentang had already planned to inspect the place, but it was too conspicuous to take the bright road, and those people had already begun to cover up, and it was difficult to find out the truth. It is better to make a secret private visit, not to mobilize the public, and to be more aware of the people's feelings.

Since it was a micro-service patrol, Yan Kentang only brought a few entourages to pretend to be traveling scholars, they have been to Jiangnan for nearly half a month, have been to several states and counties, and secretly visited many insiders, just waiting for the return to Beijing, one by one to the emperor.

On this day, the group came to the boundary of Jiangzhou, and one of the entourages said: "Didn't Master Wei of the Ministry of Industry build a river embankment here?" I don't know how the repair is? ”

"Water conservancy embankments have always been related to people's livelihood, and since we are here, let's take a look." Yan Kentang said.

He remembered Wei Yining's request to him during the Shangyuan Festival, "Can you bother Lord Yan to check the river embankment in Jiangzhou during his private visit?" ”

Yan Kentang was also surprised at the time, and asked her why she knew that she was going to make a private visit, and why she wanted to check the embankment of the Jiangzhou River. The embankment is Wei Zongyong's responsibility, why did Wei Yining check him by himself

"I'm just speculating in private, Lord Yan has always had the community in mind, and he is responsible for the imperial history, so he must be aware of the people's livelihood, if you really go to Jiangzhou, please check it." Wei Yining knelt on the ground and said calmly: "Yining does have selfish intentions, but it can't be explained at this time. If you are understanding, you will be able to tell you about it in the future. ”

Yan Kentang didn't ask deeply, anyway, Wei Yining didn't let him bend the law for personal gain, he was originally going to Jiangzhou.

Wei Zongyong's embankment has a total of three or four hundred miles, and there are several rapids and rapids along the way, so the embankment often bursts to cause floods.

This time, Wei Zongyong was sent to complete the battle, so this is also a big project for the benefit of the country and the people.

This section of the embankment has been allocated tens of millions of taels of silver from the state treasury, and the local government needs to raise the surplus, and everyone knows that this is a fat gap.

However, Wei Zongyong was really despised by his colleagues, and Yan Kentang was also worried that he would not be competent.

It was lunch time, and there were few pedestrians on the road.

Yan Kentang and the others saw a section of the embankment that had been built from a distance, and one of them said: "This embankment seems to be okay at first glance, but I don't know what is inside." What does Lord Yan think? ”

Yan Kentang stood there with a stiff jade face, and said in a solemn tone: "You don't need to look closely to know that this embankment will not last, Wei Zongyong, a fool, actually committed such a crime that should be killed!" ”

The others were a little confused when they heard Yan Kentang's words, and asked, "Why did your lord say this?" Why didn't you come to the front and conclude that there was something wrong with this embankment? ”

Yan Kentang said: "Since ancient times, willows must be planted on the river embankment, in order to have a developed root system that can fix the soil layer, and it is hydrophilic, even if it is soaked in water all year round, it will not rot. And the life span of the willow tree is extremely long, up to 1,000 years, a 10-year-old willow tree can fix the soil, and a hundred-year-old willow tree can fix the earthwork of four zhang. But what do you see Wei Zongyong planting on both sides of this embankment? ”

Everyone: "It seems to be a peach tree." ”

"Yes, it's a peach tree. Peach trees are low, easy to get sick, waterlogged and rotten roots, and should not be planted too densely, so they should not be planted next to the river embankment at all. If the water is gentle and shallow, this kind of turbulent bend is the most dangerous, once the embankment bursts, it will affect tens of thousands of people, what a shame he did! Yan Kentang gritted his teeth: "Strictly investigate this matter, I must give an explanation to the people!" ”

Compared with the beautiful spring in the south of the Yangtze River, Longxi is still cold and sluggish, and there is no spring at all.

The snow on the ground is still half a foot deep, and after weathering, the surface has become a hard shell, and when you step on it, it is a deep snow nest.

Under the snow was a long strip of dead grass, and the hungry and cold yellow sheep used their hooves to cut away the snow and rely on the dead grass to feed themselves.

Zhong Ye came here half a month ago to visit several veterans who had been guarding the Cloud Gate with his father.

These people are all people who survived the year, and they have more injuries than they can count, and they are even more sick when they are old.

Since he was fifteen years old, Zhong Ye has come to visit these people every year, but last year, when he was in the lunar month, because Wei Hongan lived in his mansion, Zhong Ye was worried that something would happen to their sister and brother, so he stayed in the capital.

After the turn of the year, Wei Yining left Wei Hongan in the Zhiyong Mansion and did not go out, so Zhong Ye went out.

In previous years, he would have stayed here until the spring blossoms, which is where he grew up.

Riding on a horse and galloping, raising the head to shoot the eagle, flying and chasing the deer, very happy and casual, much more comfortable than in the capital.

It's just that this year, he stayed here for a few days, and then he was going to return to Beijing by horse.

The old men kept him for a long time, stopped in front of the horse and said, "Grandpa will stay a few more days anyway!" Eat all the yellow sheep before leaving. Besides, we can't last a few years, and I don't know if we can see each other next year! ”

Zhong Ye laughed when he heard this: "Several of you have come here in the rain of swords, guns and swords, you must all live a long life, and now you are only in the age of Jiazi, and you still have decades to live!" I still have something to deal with when I go back to the capital, if things go well, I can come back at any time, in short, I have nothing to do, and there are no fetters. ”

"Since Grandpa has something, then we won't stop it," several old men said: "Although I know that Grandpa has the courage to be unstoppable, please be careful not to be greedy for cups along the way." ”

"I know that you are for my own good, but I can't change my natural stinky temper, and I can't stop drinking if I want to. Fortunately, my five-flowered horse knows the way, even if I drink unconscious, it can also take me back to the capital. Zhong Ye said cheerfully.

After saying goodbye to a few old people, Zhong Ye hurried back, in fact, he didn't have anything to solve urgently, but he always felt inexplicably flustered.

I feel uneasy in Longxi, so I might as well go back directly.

"What's the flustering of the good end?" Zhong Ye himself wondered: "Could it be that something happened to Yining?" ”

He became more and more uneasy when he thought about it, and although he told the old men that he had to drink all the way, he didn't drink a single sip because he was in a hurry.

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