Zhang Hu didn't have time to go to the capital water prison, and he couldn't wait to find out what the reason was, and the first thing was to go to the palace.

Fortunately, there was an old staff member beside him who stopped him and said, "Why don't you go to Fan Dashen's place?" If you know about it to the Imperial Observatory, you will have to impeach it indiscriminately......"

What is impeached?

When something happened, instead of going to the boss who was in charge, he went to the Queen Mother.

Although the handover has not yet been completed, Fan Yaochen has already received the seal, and it is the right thing to go back to him if he has something.

Zhang Hu thought about it and felt that it made some sense, so he had to go to Fan Yaochen again.

The public hall is full of people, and it is several times busier than usual, and from time to time there are errand officials flying in and out as if they were flying in and out.

It's just that Zhang Hu was in a hurry, and he didn't pay attention, and he was already in a hurry to enter the door.

Fan Yaochen was very calm, and he heard Zhang Hu say that there was a big flood in the Bianhe River, and he didn't ask about the cause and effect, nor did he talk about the rest of the things, but only asked: "You saw that there was a big flood in Xinzhengmen, can you inform the downstream?" ”

Zhang Hu was stunned for a moment, the sweat on his forehead suddenly appeared, and he replied: "I didn't have time to inform the Yangzhou Gate ......."

Today, they are set up in Xinzheng Gate and Yangzhou Gate to use the Junchuan River to dredge the canal, which is the same Bianhe River, Xinzheng Gate is upstream, and Yangzhou Gate is downstream.

After he got off the ship, he saw that there were the messengers of the Kyoto Prefecture and the forbidden army on the opposite side, and he only felt that the people should be worry-free, and he did not ask too much, so he hurried back to the city.

Fan Yaochen glanced at him lightly and asked, "I didn't have time to inform Yangzhou Gate, but did I have time to inform the rest of the counties and towns downstream?" ”

Zhang Hu felt as if he had been punched, and he was a little dazed.

He really hadn't thought of that much.

But at this time, I gradually calmed down, and I also knew that I had made a big mistake.

Suddenly, there was such a big flood, and the water supervisor didn't know about it, and the Kyoto government didn't hear about it, so where would ordinary people be prepared? Xinzhengmen saw that it was wrong, so it should naturally hurry up to inform the downstream counties and towns and evacuate the people, so as to prevent someone from being swept away by the flood.

However, Zhang Hu has not been in charge of water affairs in Beijing, although he followed Zhang to stay in Yanzhou, Ganzhou and other places as officials, but Yanzhou is a land in the west, there is very little river water, not even much rain, where is there water affairs for him?

Besides, Ganzhou, when he arrived, most of the Fushou Canal had been built, and there was no flooding in the city, as for the rest of the counties and towns, Gu Yanzhang had already gone through it before, and Zhang waited for his father and son to get the ash and Fushou Canal, and he didn't have the kung fu to take care of this, but asked Xiao Gui, an official above the water matter, to follow the previous rules, and there was no problem at all.

If you haven't encountered a problem, you naturally won't have a chance to solve it, Zhang Hu has no experience, and he didn't think about it with his staff, and because of the rush of this flood, Junchuan also tried to be anticlimactic, and there was no official to help him mention it, so he missed such an important matter.

But at this time, there is no point in pursuing it again.

He immediately turned his head to the subordinate officials who came with him and asked, "Can the Kyoto Prefecture send someone to inform the rest of the counties and towns downstream?" In addition, they also had to send patrol shops and forbidden troops to the upper reaches to rescue the people. ”

At this time, I remembered that I had to manage the upstream.

The subordinate official was also very embarrassed, he followed Zhang Hu all the way, Zhang Hu got on the boat, he followed the boat, Zhang Hu got off the boat, he also followed the boat, Zhang Hu didn't know something, how could he know?

I had to respond: "The next official will go to the Kyoto Prefecture to ask." ”

As he spoke, he took advantage of this opportunity to go out.

Fan Yaochen's face on the other side was already a little ugly, and he stopped him coldly: "Come back!" ”

He didn't give Zhang Hu face, and said directly: "The Bianhe River needs to be deep and shallow, and all counties and townships have already placed berm officials, and the chief inspector of the water superintendent has done something, and the water superintendent doesn't know, so he went to ask the Kyoto government, you can afford to lose this face, I can't afford to lose it!" ”

Fan Yaochen didn't give face like this, and his voice was not specially lowered, and there were many officials waiting for errands outside the public hall, all of which could be heard clearly.

Zhang Hu's face turned green.

Fan Yaochen didn't pay attention to him, and looked up at the official who was probing his brain outside and said, "What's the matter, come in." ”

Holding the paperwork in his hand, the person strode in without squinting, and when he arrived in front of Fan Yaochen, he hurriedly said: "Participating in politics, there are already seven counties such as Fengqiu and Suozao who have replied to the letter, and they are evacuating and rescuing the people, and the rest of the places are too far away, and there is no news back, Deputy Envoy Gu has urgently summoned a group of fishermen and boatmen, and they are searching and rescuing along the river, and there is only one ...... for the rest of the matter."

"What can't you say?" Fan Yaochen said with a frown.

The person who came hesitated for a moment, looked at Zhang Hu on the side, and finally said: "Deputy Envoy Gu is still summoning boatmen, but in a hurry, he can't count them...... I heard that today's official trip to Junchuan seems to have recruited a group of boatmen...... But the man is under the control of the water superintendent......"

Fan Yaochen said angrily: "When is this!" Whatever he wants, you give! When you act in search and rescue, what else do you and me do! ”

Zhang Hu's face turned greener.

The boatman was recruited by him, and he was able to summon so many boatmen in just a few days, and he took great effort, and now he snatched people for others, and in order to search and rescue them, forget it. But this Fan Yaochen had no intention of interrogating himself, so he responded like this, although he was the supervisor of Dushui and the top of his family, but doing things like this, is it too much? !

However, at this time, everyone was too busy, too much, and no one cared about him, and the person who did the work got Fan Yaochen's permission, and he didn't say much, and ran out in greater strides than when he came.

Fan Yaochen put Zhang Hu aside like this.

The people who came and went one after another, endlessly.

Zhang Hu was so angry that he didn't stop here anymore, turned around and left.

The subordinate official who followed on the side whispered: "Official business, the lower officials see that Fan is participating in politics, how can it be as if he knew that something would happen to Bianhe early?" ”

Zhang Hu naturally saw it, but if Fan Yaochen didn't take the initiative to say, he would never lose his face and take the initiative to ask.

When he returned to the capital water prison, Zhang Hu noticed that the atmosphere in the public hall was very bad.

Yang Yifu had already returned with him, his face was full of anxiety, and when he saw Zhang Hu, he hurriedly said: "Business, the Bianhe River is flooding!" ”

He added: "Fortunately, we didn't let the people get too close to the river embankment, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!" ”

Who doesn't know!

Zhang Hu was very displeased, and said, "Have you sent someone to notify the downstream?" ”

Yang Yifu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this matter not in the hands of the Kyoto Prefecture?" ”

The eldest brother of the two didn't laugh at the second brother, they were both new officials, and they were bent on making political achievements, and they didn't even fully understand the duties and jurisdiction of the water supervisor.

However, Yang Yifu reacted quickly after all, and when he saw Zhang Hu asking like this, he knew that there must be something wrong with it, so he hurriedly said: "I'll send someone to ask!" ”

Zhang Hu said coldly: "No need to ask, your father-in-law is already in charge." ”

Knowing that Fan Yaochen would handle this matter properly, Zhang Hu was embarrassed, so he simply ignored it and asked, "How about Yangzhou Gate?" So Junchuan Loquat may be powerful? ”

Before he could speak, he saw the expression on Yang Yifu's face, and knew that things might not be as expected, so he said, "It's generally not good?" ”

Yang Yifu shook his head and said, "It's not that this method is inappropriate - haven't I tried it in the river before?" Although it is more laborious, the effect of dredging is very obvious. ”

He began to analyze the problem.

However, during this period of time, there has been rain in Gyeonggi for several days, and the river has swelled, although it can wash away the silt by the water potential, the length of the Junchuan River may not be enough. Besides, if you want to desilt, you must know a thing or two about the situation at the bottom of the river, and if you can get someone to investigate it in advance, you can avoid such boulders, which will not be like today. ”

He sighed again: "It's a pity that it's late spring at this time, and the summer rain will come soon, when the water is very fast, and the amount of water is deep, I am afraid that people who are very familiar with water can go into the water to explore." ”

At this point, there is no way to advance or retreat.

"In addition, the Junchuan loquat can not only be made into a shape, seeing that the situation at the bottom of the river is different, it should be done a few more, or ten feet long, or this is three feet long, or two zhang long, and when the depth is different, it will be used with different Junchuan loquats, so that according to local conditions, this method can be appropriate."

Yang Yifu is very honest, as if he is already a hydraulic engineer who is proficient in water conservancy.

Zhang Hu raised his eyes and glanced at him.

Where did you go so far?

Why not say it in advance?

Yang Yifu hurriedly added: "It's just that I tried it today, and the consideration is very incomplete, and I have no experience in the premise of official affairs, so I can only learn by doing, so it is a pity that I can't do it." ”

He said: "It's nothing, but it's been tried before, and there is no difference, and now I have such trouble, and I still let the people of the city look at it, and I want to improve the law again, I'm afraid that the Chinese book and the Yushitai will have something to say." ”

When he said this, his speed of speech slowed down a little more, and said, "There is one more person, I'm afraid I won't let me use it anymore......"

Yang Yifu didn't say it explicitly, but Zhang Hu knew who the other party was talking about.

Naturally, it was Fan Yaochen.

At this time, Zhang Hu actually vaguely knew that something was wrong, but he really didn't want to believe that he had used the wrong person and made the wrong law; Second, he was on the boat today, and he saw that Jun Chuan Yu acting, which Yang Yifu said seemed to have some truth in it.

Zhang Hu thought for a while and said, "Don't pay attention to them." ”

Ignore them.

I can do what I want to do.

***

Even though Zhang Hu and Yang Yifu understated it, as if they were not hit hard by this incident, in fact, as soon as they came out of the gate of the water prison, they could hear the people talking all over the city.

Whether it is the Junchuan loquat that was changed from the 800 iron dragon claw mud truck method is completely useless, or the Bianhe River suddenly has a big flood, it can make people talk about it.

Whether it is on the street, in the alley, in the corner of a liquor store, in a hawker's stall, or even by the river where several women pound their clothes together, you can hear the sound of this matter.

"Did you go to Yangzhou Gate yesterday?"

"My family said that they wanted to go to Xinzhengmen, but I couldn't compete with him, who knew that the squash was not good at all! How good it is to waste such a large and long piece of wood and use it to make beams! ”

"Fortunately, if you go to Xinzheng Gate, if you go to Yangzhou Gate...... Have you heard people say that seven or eight people were swept away from the place outside the Yangzhou Gate, and I don't know if I can pick up a life. ”

"Huh? How so? Isn't there a guardrail in front of us, and a wall has been built? ”

"It is as if a woman did not hold the child steady, and caused the child to fall out, so she climbed over the wall to save her, and at this time the river had come up, and others went to save her, and they were all swept away."

"But no, I also heard it, there is a person who doesn't want to die, it seems that the purse has dropped, hey, I don't want to die if I want money, I see that everyone is hiding in the patrol shop and the errand officer, and he has to go over the wall to pick it up! In my opinion, the wall is too low......"

"Listen to your nonsense, how can you see the river if the wall is higher?"

A group of women were pounding their laundry clothes by the river, and their mouths were idle, and they began to talk.

"How can there be such a big water? Even though it's raining heavily, it's not as bad as it used to be! ”

"Who knows? Don't you see that there are people everywhere today? There was a big flood in the Bianhe River, and it was completely unusable, so they all came to the Wuzhang River to wash their clothes. ”

"Alas, there was such a big movement in the past, I thought that dragon claw was really useful, so that the white surnamed Li got eight hundred guan."

"Now it's not called Dragon Claw, it's called Junchuan Loquat, is it changed its name, and it won't be used?"

"It's a different dragon on it, it's called the original name, I'm afraid it won't be used, right?"

"Shhhh

And in the Gu Mansion on Jinliangqiao Street, the news was earlier.

When Ji Qingling stopped Gu Yanzhang in the morning, he didn't guess that there would be such a thing, but when it was noon, Rosin Xiang hurriedly returned home.

He got Gu Yanzhang's explanation and came to return to Ji Qingling.

"The official said that he was afraid that his wife would be worried, so he specially called the villain to say that he had gone to find Fan Dashen with Hu Gongshi, and also sent a fast horse along the way to inform the upstream and downstream yamen to beware of the good students, strictly guard the Bianshui, and now that someone is going to Xiangfu County, it should be fine."

Ji Qingling hurriedly asked, "What did Hu Gongshi say to Fan Dashen?" ”

Although she thought that there might be something wrong with the water tank, after all, there was no evidence, and from the perspective of others, it was just random speculation

The fifth brother may believe her, but with this little guess, how can he convince Hu Quan and Fan Yaochen?

Rosin Xiang hurriedly said: "Madam, don't worry, although Hu Gongshi thinks it is a little ridiculous, because it is what the official said, he didn't say anything, just send more people out to patrol the embankment, at this time, it is almost the rainy season, and it will not hinder anything if it is a while earlier." It's just that the officials want to evacuate the people outside Xinzheng and Yangzhou, but he doesn't want to come forward in this matter, so he only went to find Fan to participate in politics. ”

Hearing Fan Yaochen's intervention, Ji Qingling breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Criminal Division also assists in the affairs of the embankment, it can be compared with the water prison of the capital, after all, it cannot be compared. What's more, Fan Yaochen is an important minister of the two governments, and he participates in political affairs, once he believes it, he still starts to take care of it, whether it is the manpower and resources that can be mobilized, it is not at the same order of magnitude at all.