In the twenty-third year of Kangxi, Jin Fu served as the governor of the river for six years, and the Gaojiayan Dam burst the embankment, I don't know if it was because of his lack of skills in governing the river, or he was promoted again and again, and the civil affairs were redundant, and he had no time to take care of it. Not only the Huang, Huai, and canal alongside the breaches are gradually blocked, but also the west of Gaojiayan and the canal and Qingshuitan are also deeply picked. The embankments from Qingjiangpu to Yuntiguan to Haikou were completed as scheduled. So far, from the east of Zhengzhou to Haikou, Jiangsu, the endless yellow water is tightly trapped in the embankment. The Zeyuan on both sides of the strait, which has been flooded for decades, has dried up more than 3 million hectares of land, and most of them have been reclaimed to maturity. In the winter of 22 years, in addition to having the money to update all the equipment for the garrison north of the Great Wall, the household department actually allocated a large amount of money to renovate the Forbidden City, Changchun Garden, Niutou Mountain and other places that were not urgent. The Ministry of Officials Examination and Merit Department played Jin Fuzhi's achievements according to the rules, and Kangxi, who was full of ambition, immediately criticized: Jin Fuzhi is a double salary, and the title of Shangshu is still leading the affairs of the river governor.

After receiving the joint recital of Wei Dongting and Mu Zixu, seeing that Jiangnan had eliminated a major hidden danger, Kangxi was so happy that he didn't sleep well at night, and while ordering Yang Qilong to be executed on the spot, he nervously summoned the generals stationed in Saibei Feiyanggu and Wolf Blind to arrange the opportune time, and ordered the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household to arrange the southern tour, how to inspect the river, how to pay tribute to the Ming Tomb, when to visit the Confucius Temple in Qufu and the officials to welcome and send off, stationed in the customs and other items, all of which are prepared in detail, and are not detailed one by one - forty years since the founding of the country, two generations of monarchs, It was the first time that the emperor went out on a tour to the famous gold powder city in the south of the Yangtze River. Needless to say, Kangxi himself said, the people of the government and the opposition, as well as the tea shops and restaurants, were also discussing, and the war has since disappeared, and the peaceful and prosperous atmosphere has been revealed. According to the initial discussion of the Ministry of Rites, Kangxi drove the land route to the southeast of the mountain, climbed Mount Tai to seal the Zen, worshiped the Confucius Temple, and then went to Nanjing. However, Kangxi did not approve it according to the proposal, and changed to tour Wutai Mountain in the west first, went straight south, boarded the boat from Fenglingdu to the east, checked the river work downstream, took the canal to inspect the Cao Yun from Nanjing, visited the Confucian Temple, and removed the great gift of climbing Mount Tai to seal the Zen. As long as the kings of the past dynasties have made small achievements, they all have to climb Mount Tai to seal Zen, showing that there is no ancients before and no one after the saints. Kangxi attacked the power of the traitor, settled the civil strife, cultivated the politics, lightly punished the thin endowment, and ruled the world for more than 20 years, which was more than the previous generation of the Feng Chan monarch, but he was so humble, and admired Xiong Cixu, Li Guangdi and other famous ministers of science and science, praised and said a few good things. Kangxi also ignored it, and on the second day of the fourth month, he started to drive out of Beijing, leaving only Xiong Cixu to accompany the prince to sit in Beijing.

After the dragon boat passed Zhengzhou, the spectacular scene of river work was immediately presented, according to the wide and narrow flow of the river, the embankment of more than four zhang high along the shore was fragrant and grassy, the yellow water was tightly tied, and the beach was almost not seen, only because after the river embankment was clamped, the water speed accelerated, and the river sand was washed away. It is evident from the water marks on the embankment that the riverbed has dropped by more than two feet on average. In order to prevent the flood from bursting, two miles away from the embankment, there is also a remote embankment. The willow silk on the remote embankment is breezy and the shallow acacia is densely planted, like two green dragons, thousands of miles endlessly. Although Kangxi didn't show it on his face, he secretly praised it in his heart. After Kaifeng, Kangxi finally came to the engineering water reduction dam created by Jin Fu. But see the north and south banks each open a large gate, lying stone to the top of the embankment and there are two big canals, the yellow water is divided into three tributaries, the dragon probes the claw like a meandering eastward, ten miles away and with the main stream convergence, and the dam is connected with more than a dozen large canals, all have built gates, closed when waterlogged, diverted water to irrigate the fields when dry. Several ministers in the study had never seen this, and followed Kangxi to sometimes measure the depth of the water with a penny, and sometimes abandon the boat and go ashore to take a closer look. Gao Shiqi was happy to see Kangxi, and sighed: "My students have read a lot, and their knowledge is so shallow!" This dam is a miracle through the ages, with the ability to divide water and flood control; It also has the effect of driving sand and the benefit of irrigation. Wonderful! ”

"It's still a small dam!" Kangxi knew a lot about the review of the chapters, and when he heard Gao Shiqi praise him like this, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and said: "In a few days, I will see the Xiaojiadu Dam, and I will surprise you, a slave!" ”

Look at the line until the end of April, Kangxi's imperial ship has arrived at the shore of Luoma Lake. The first section of the Yellow River has 180 miles to meet the canal, and Jin Fu has concentrated 50,000 migrant workers to transport earth and stone with donkeys, and is digging the Middle River to complete the last arduous project of controlling the Yellow River and Cao. Because the river is narrow, and the cauliflower flood is coming, most merchant ships dare not venture south, and the Beijing cargo ship bay that is transported south is full of wharves. The minister who was on duty that day was Gao Shiqi. Seeing that the dragon boat was too big to pass, Gao Shiqi said: "Your Majesty, I didn't rest for half a day to inspect the river work all the way. Li Dequan said that Suo Etu was so tired that he was about to fall ill, and Mingzhu was also seasick. Even the minions can't stand it. I beg my master for mercy, there are so many merchant ships here, and it is not easy to avoid them. They are still unwilling to take the risk of this storm, let alone the master of the ten thousand times? According to the minion, the master and the driver of the Luoma Lake Station, the slave has ordered someone to call Jin Fu to come here to take over, and it is not too late to see the situation of the cauliflower flood. Kangxi smiled and said: "Just rely on you and look at the customs here." If I can't go by water, I'll have to go by land. The official ship is not afraid of floods, and it will have to leave first tomorrow at the latest. I also wanted to see Jin Fu as soon as possible, but since he came, I was not in a hurry. ”

As he spoke, the curtain rang in the rear cabin. When Kangxi saw it, it was Han Liu who came out, because he said with a smile: "You old man is in the matter, this time you can take advantage of your wish, aren't you going to come to Luoma Lake to see your son!" Coke is not leaving today. I didn't even bring the queen with me on this southern tour, if it weren't for Sigege's intercession, I wouldn't have bought your account! Han Liu was busy squatting Wanfu and said with a smile: "The master is called thinking about the people, pity the old and pity the poor." The old slave listened from behind, and the tall man was right! Small families go out to see the imperial calendar, and they also pay attention to 'seven out, eight do not return', not to mention that the old man is the emperor of the golden and precious today! Only my son wrote a few days ago, saying that this place is full of people, and there are water thieves infested, so the emperor would rather be careful! Kangxi smiled: "You have such a big set of shrewd grandmothers, why don't you go out and don't return?" Han Liu smiled and said: "It's not April 27th, it's not suitable to travel!" ”

"It's still early, where can I go for a walk?" Kangxi stretched his body and said, "Call the next person to spread the word and find a few local gentlemen." I have seen and seen - this peaceful world, Lang Lang Qiankun, where are you encountering water thieves? Gao Shiqi smiled and diverted the topic: "The middle river is opening here, and the imperial historians say that it is a fictitious national currency, and the emperor has gone out, so you might as well take a look." If you really don't have to dig the middle river, you can save millions of silver! ”

reminded Kangxi that Kangxi really wanted to stay here for two days. He said, "Let's get off the boat." Only Gao Shiqi and Han Liu followed, and the rest did not have to wait. Tell Suo and Ming to rest for a while, and I see the gentleman, they can't help but accompany them. A few eunuchs listened, and the rest rushed over to change civilian clothes for Kangxi. Han Liu's heart was as careful as hair, and when he saw the purse hanging from Kangxi's waist, he smiled and said: "Old man, you dress like a son again, this thing is also a disguise - who dares to use this color for ordinary people?" Kangxi Fang smiled and picked it up. After Wu Dan went from Mu Zixu, he had a heavy responsibility, and he didn't dare to be as careless as before, and looked out of the boat, Huang Cancan's sun was slightly slanting to the west, and it was not yet time, and the town of Luoma was crowded in the distance, and it was expected to be fine.

At this time, the card has passed, the yellow bird, eat a cup of tea and jump the branches, and the early summer knows the faint and long song. Kangxi and his entourage walked half a mile to Luoma Town. This is an old town of more than 600 years, since the Yellow River migrated south during the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty, Luoma Lake was irrigated, and it was out of control. When the nearly 200-mile waterway in front of it reaches the flood season, the lake water pours into the river, and the boat is not allowed to pass. In the past, pedestrians have always regarded themselves as daunting, often waiting for floods here, and inevitably there are merchants who gradually gather, and it has become a big town. Kangxi and the three of them traveled all the way, and saw butcher shops, workshops, jewelry, porcelain, silk, fresh fish, bamboo and wood, wine and rice, soup shops, tie making, 代 making, sauces, ironware, Gu embroidery...... Thirty-six lines are complete, dazzling, look at it with great interest, see the sign inserted in the rice shop is five dollars a bucket, can't help but smile happily: "This price is the best, no matter how expensive it is, the poor can't afford it, and it's too cheap to do farming." Speaking of food, Kangxi suddenly thought that he only used two cloud cakes in the morning, and nearly three hours had passed, so he asked Han Liu with a smile, "Where is your son's treasure number, why don't we disturb him for a meal?" ”

Han Liu was about to agree, but Gao Shiqi said: "The slave has long been hungry. At this time, when the master comes to her house, where is he ready to stop for a while? It's better to find a restaurant to eat a few bites, Han Liu will go back and prepare, and then disturb her at night. Don't forget, master, you have to go on the boat to meet the gentry! Kangxi smiled and nodded, and when he saw a big hotel in front of him, a plaque that said "Ten Thousand Families Come in Spring", he paced over.

As soon as the three of them went up the steps, there was a commotion inside, and a guy pushed an unkempt little girl with both hands, and shouted: "Get out and get out!" There was no eye for begging, and the guests didn't leave, so they just lay under the table like dogs to pick up bones! I can't send you rice balls, so I have to ask for broth! Little broken shoes, all like you, can we still do business? The unkempt little girl was born very weak, holding a small basin-like broken sea bowl, staggering out, one was careless, stumbled on the threshold, and her body was stumbling into the arms of a woman in flag suit. The woman hurriedly flashed, and the little girl had already fallen under the steps, and the big bowl was shattered, and the soup was spilled. The girl pouted, and cried loudly with a "wow". The woman stomped her feet and scolded with a smile: "Wandering hooves, it scared my aunt and grandmother!" The crowd laughed happily. Han Liu couldn't help but fold his hands and muttered, "Amitabha, sin!" ”

"Lao Gao, tell this girl to follow up and reward her with food." Kangxi saw that everyone was laughing, scolding and spitting, so a little girl was so humiliated, crying silently over there, and couldn't help but feel compassion. While instructing Gao Shiqi, he stepped into the store. The guy saw Kangxi wearing a six-in-one hat with a red velvet knot, shaking a folding fan and coming in calmly, although he was not wrapped in ayaluo, he was dressed in a poplin gray shirt with exquisite texture and excellent workmanship, but he didn't dare to slack off, threw the cloth in his hand, and shouted like a song: "The old guest is here - please sit inside!" While moving to the back, he wiped the table and smiled, "What do you want to use?" ”

Gao Shiqi and Han Liu followed up with the girl, seeing that Kangxi was a little overwhelmed, knowing that he couldn't order, Gao Shiqi smiled and said: "Our master has a high taste, and you don't have any of these ingredients, and the middle and lower eight treasures can be done." The man smiled and said, "The guests also look down on us, and we are fully stocked!" The two distinguished guests who had just sent them away also said the same, the little one was going to give them eight treasures, who knew that they just talked, ate two Yellow River carp and hurried away - do you know who they are? It's River Governor Jin Shangshu and Chen Hebo! Kangxi was stunned when he heard this, and almost asked: "Jin Fu is here so soon?" Who is Chen Hebo? Seeing Gao Shiqi's eyes, Fang smiled and said, "Interesting." But don't underestimate me, who is not a scholar—just do Bazhen! ”

"Yes! But the old customers have to wait for a while, and the scarlet lips are ready! Seeing that it was a broad customer, the man smiled with joy and retreated as he agreed. Kangxi waved his hand to stop, then turned around and asked the little girl, "What do you want?" ”

"Me?" The little girl didn't expect Kangxi to suddenly ask herself, and after a while, Fang blushed and whispered, "Please give me a bowl of pork ribs...... That's enough......" Han Liu's heart was careful, and when he thought of the words that the guy had scolded in front of him, he said softly: "Good baby, don't be afraid-dare to be your mother in confinement?" The little girl pursed her lips and looked at Han Liu with teary eyes, and nodded silently. Han Liu said with a smile: "Our master is the most virtuous and benevolent, even so, if you run the hall, you get a casserole hen to boil soup for this child, and it will always be counted in our account." With that, he took out two more silver horns and stuffed them into the girl.

Gao Shiqi looked at the girl intently, and suddenly asked, "How old are you?" ”

"Fourteen."

"What's your name?"

"Ruozhi ......"

"Where's the last name?"

“…… The surname is black. ”

Gao Shiqi looked at Kangxi, saw that Kangxi was fanning carelessly, and asked, "Your ancestor is a eunuch?" When the girl heard this, she bowed her head and said nothing, but she kept tiptoeing on her toes. Seeing her like this, Kangxi paid attention and asked Gao Shiqi with his eyes. Gao Shiqi sighed: "I see that this woman has the demeanor of everyone, not a scholarly family, but an ancestor as a eunuch." Listen to her name, and besides, how can Hanako say, 'A bowl of pork rib soup is enough'? - What is your surname? ”

At this moment, two guys came in with a plate of Bazhen mats, and the other came in with a pot of hot boiled chicken soup, and sent the chicken soup to Ruozhi, saying: "I don't know which way the fairy appeared, you are lucky today, take it and feed your hungry mother!" Ruozhi ignored it when she heard it, only kowtowed to Kangxi and the three of them, picked up the casserole and went silently. Kangxi smiled: "Gao Jiangcun is careful, I didn't hear clearly." Han Liu sighed: "Things in the world are originally difficult to say, didn't our ancestors also be officials before the Ming Dynasty?" But I've also begged for food, and the troubles here are just ......" Gao Shiqi said: "This is the so-called 'gentleman's Ze, the fifth generation and beheaded'." ”

The three of them were talking, and when they were half-full, they heard the people on the street shouting and shouting, but they couldn't hear anything shouting. Kangxi called in the guy and asked, "This case seems to be the opposite, what's going on?" The guy bowed down and said with a smile: "No matter how bold Liu Tiecheng is, he doesn't dare to borrow food during the day - there is no such thing as a rebellion." That cheap girl was not blessed to be rewarded by the old customer, and something happened to her......"

"What's wrong?" Kangxi put down his chopsticks and asked.

The guy hesitated for a moment and said, "I also heard from people who said that the brother-in-law who was in charge of the river was paid off, and a few idlers were eating wine in Cai's shed along the river. Seeing that this called Hanako to take a pot of chicken soup to Wutong Temple, a few drunk cats wanted to buy and drink, but she naturally refused and was robbed. I don't want her to be angry and plunge headlong into the Yellow River, and people are shouting on the shore to save people-this is her life, and it has nothing to do with the guest officer-"

"There is such a thing!" Kangxi was suddenly furious, and with a "snap", he slapped the table full of wine and food and jumped up - stood up and left. As soon as he arrived at the door of the store, he was pulled by the cousin, changed his face and said, "You can't just pat your ass and leave?" Want to mix and eat? ”

Wu Dan, who had been quietly watching at the door of the store, saw that Kangxi was being ripped off, so he jumped up without saying a word and lifted the guy's chest, a boss shaved his ears, and then grabbed it, the guy took seven or eight steps back, and his ass was stunned on the ground, and half of his face was purple early. Gao Shiqi didn't care to speak, threw a piece of silver of twenty taels over, and followed Kangxi straight to the Yellow River.

The cauliflower flood has arrived. The mighty yellow water upstream whirlpooled, carrying sediment, wheat straw, and leaves pouring downward, and the turbid waves exuded a fishy smell, slapping the stone embankment of Luoma Lake with a brushing sound. When Kangxi arrived, the riverbank was full of people, all of whom opened their eyes to look at Ruozhi in the distance, who was sinking and rising from time to time - half a mile away from the shore - some shouted "save people", some pinched their teeth to watch the excitement, and some discussed in panic. Kangxi looked forward to the shore, because there was no boat nearby, and he was only in a hurry. When he looked back, Han Liu's family chanted the Buddha together, and Gao Shiqi smiled bitterly, knowing that they had no good plan. When Kangxi was annoyed, Kangxi saw a few people under a loofah shed drunkenly guessing that they were eating wine, and the pot of chicken soup was put on the table, his face changed sharply, and he whispered to Gao Shiqi: "Order Wudan to tell the guards to take care of these dogs, if Zhi is dead, they will be killed!" Gao Shiqi hurriedly bowed his head and retreated.

Just when he was helpless, suddenly a "water floating" surfed down, and a black and thin man stood on the boat with a penny, and scolded the people on the shore: "It turns out that you have the custom of not saving you when you see death in Luoma Town!" Hateful! As he spoke, the water drifted lightly and turned lightly, already chasing Ruozhi. The boat disappeared in the monstrous waves, and the man gradually drifted away like an immortal treading the waves. Kangxi suddenly remembered that he seemed to have seen this person somewhere. Han Liu saw that it was Chen Huang, opened his mouth, and was afraid that he would recognize the wrong person, so he didn't shout. Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, turned back to Han Liu and said, "It's none of your business here, I'll give you two days off to see your son, maybe we'll bother you!" After saying that, he sighed and said loudly, "The boatman is right, the customs of Llama Town are really not good, I really don't believe that there are so many people on the shore, there is no water!" ”

"Retribution!" A white-bearded squire sighed beside him, "Her family deserves to be destroyed!" Kangxi laughed angrily and said: "I think it is the destruction of people, not the destruction of heaven." robbed her of chicken soup, ran rampant and domineering, no one cared about it, forced people to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the river, and no one saved them - isn't this a human destruction? The old squire saw that he was not good-looking, and said: "It's not that people's hearts are not ancient, and the predecessors have made sins and the younger generations bear it, isn't this the will of heaven?" ”

"Who is she, a prostitute or a lehu?"

"She's ...... Hong Chengchou's granddaughter. ”

Kangxi's heart fell suddenly, and his face turned pale. Hong Chengchou was a generation of Confucian generals in the former Ming Dynasty, and he served as the minister of economic strategy of nine provinces in this dynasty. has only been dead for less than 20 years, and the family is so dilapidated that the daughter-in-law and grandson beg for a living, and in people's minds, they are not even as good as prostitutes! Kangxi sighed, and the river wind rushed towards him, and he actually shuddered - he remembered that when Hong Chengchou died in the fourth year of Kangxi, the courtiers gave him the number of Yi, and the first plan was "Wencheng". However, after discussing with Aobai, Suke Saha and other auxiliary governments, "Wenxiang" was still decided. Needless to say, the word "Wen" is well-deserved, and "Xiang" means "armor has labor", but the monarchs and ministers all understand in their hearts that it is the meaning of "help" from the word Xiang. Not long ago, he issued a special decree to Xiong Cizhi: Hong Chengchou entered the Ming Dynasty history "Erchen Biography". Who doesn't know if it spreads! But the people followed the "holy will" to practice the Hong family, but Kangxi didn't expect it. Isn't it his own figurine, and the Llama Lakers follow behind? Reflecting on it, the meaning of reminiscing about the foresight here is self-evident, how can you ignore it!