Zhao Rui's face immediately sank slightly, but he didn't speak, but turned to the front and read the recital.

"Fan Qing, Gu Yanzhang asked for Yinxing to repair water conservancy, why did the political hall deny this matter?"

Facing the question of the Son of Heaven, Fan Yaochen replied unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, Ganzhou is Shangzhou, the money valley is abundant, although there have been floods over the years, but it is not serious, the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction are only along a Ganjiang River, not like the Yellow River, and it is necessary to repair the embankment every year to fill the gaps." ”

"This year's treasury is very empty, and the government hall not only rejected Ganzhou's request for silver, except for Xiangzhou, which is such a major event, the rest of the states and counties' requests for silver, whether there are eight out of ten, that is, the Yanzhou army returned to the dynasty, and the pension and silver were also reduced, which is more important, who can say?" Fan Yaochen said, "Compared with Ganzhou, Fuzhou needs more money to exterminate locusts and control drought. ”

"Not only the people of Ganzhou are His Majesty's people, but also everyone in the prefectures and counties of the world."

In the face of the Son of Heaven, Fan Yaochen has never been afraid, and at this moment, with the help of righteousness, he will not retreat at all, but only said: "If Gu Yanzhang really has a heart, and waits for a year or two, the central treasury will be relieved, and he will give him silver." ”

As for whether Gu Yanzhang will still be in Ganzhou in a year or two, this is not something that Fan Yaochen will consider.

Seeing that Zhao Rui's face was not very good-looking, Fan Yaochen added a sentence respectfully, and said: "If Gu Yanzhang is really a capable minister, he can also find a way to get twice the result with half the effort, maybe he can cure the flood in Ganzhou without relying on the central government's allocation of silver." ”

"Gu Yanzhang asked to postpone the payment of the autumn grain of the last year, wait for the situation in Fuzhou, and then make arrangements, this is an important matter, the political hall did not perfunctory at all, and directly agreed, Fuzhou is locust and drought, it is the first place, compared with it, the flood in Ganzhou is really nothing."

Fan Yaochen sat on the chair, frank and open, without the slightest cowardice.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said.

If there is a locust plague in Fuzhou, the rest will be in the back, and there will be a flood in the middle, and don't even mention it. Take care of the important things first, and no one can find fault with him.

Besides, which capable minister is not a person who can't do anything, if he has everything, how can he highlight the ability of the courtier.

Since the Son of Heaven valued Gu Yanzhang so much, he asked Gu Yanzhang to behave well to see if he deserved this praise.

Zhao Rui heard this, and his face became more and more ugly.

However, what Fan Yaochen said is indeed right, now the imperial court is unable to make ends meet, and even Yanzhou's rewards and pensions cannot be taken out in one go, and he sees that drought and locusts are being eradicated everywhere.

Although Ganzhou does not ask for much money, once a precedent is set, it is not enough to give a little in one place and a little in that place.

After all, Fan Yaochen didn't want to say goodbye to the Son of Heaven, he had the upper hand, so he also took two steps back, gave Zhao Rui a ladder to go down, and said: "This year is not cheap, I can stay through the winter, if the library is relieved, next year Gu Yanzhang will come to ask for silver, and the ministers will not be embarrassed, it is all for the sake of the society, and please understand the hard work of the ministers and others." ”

Not again......

Zhao Rui felt a little impatient in her heart.

If everything is related to the society, hard work, and the old ministers, he has no way at all.

Patiently, he comforted a few words, and the two chatted for a while, and Fan Yaochen said goodbye.

And Gu Yanzhang, who was thousands of miles away, naturally didn't know that he had a note, and he once caused such a small controversy among the current son and the prime minister. I don't know about Wu San's case, and it has been introduced to Beijing and changed his appearance, and many village husbands and fools regard him as a three-headed, six-armed, and ghost-like figure.

At this moment, he is with Liu Lin and Xu Ming, with a cadre of officials, following the streets and alleys, checking the street map of the state city in the opponent.

Liu Lin was born in Yanei, and when he first arrived in Ganzhou, he had fine skin and tender meat, and now his white and fat face has lost a lot of weight, so forget it, his face and hands are so dark that he is not much worse than the hawkers who support the stalls on the side of the road.

At this moment, it was his own mother who came, and at first glance, he might not be able to recognize this one as his original son.

He stood beside Gu Yanzhang, pointed to a pit dug out of the ground, and said: "I have tried to dig more than ten places, at the beginning, the gravel was mixed with the soil, and further down, it was already full of yellow mud, but there was no ...... out of the water."

After telling Gu Yanzhang about the results he had found in recent days, he changed his mind and said, "I have also gone to see the two places in Huichang and Ganxian, and they are not suitable for damging ......" and explained the reasons one by one.

Gu Yanzhang listened carefully to the reason, and planned to make time the next day to go to the field to investigate again.

After listening to Liu Lin's explanation, he nodded, and carefully asked about the manpower and time spent digging in this pit, and then calculated the length of the streets in Ganzhou, and searched for a circle, and then returned to the yamen with his staff and officials.

A short, dark and thin man was in a public hall in the Ganzhou Prefecture Government, holding a charcoal pen in his hand, and he was pointing to the Ganzhou street map on the table.

He heard someone's voice, looked up, and saw that Gu Yanzhang and the others had returned, so he hurriedly put down the charcoal in his hand, stepped forward a few steps, and honestly performed a salute.

Gu Yanzhang looked left and right and asked, "What about your two apprentices?" ”

The man's hair was gray, his beard was whiter than black, a little unkempt, and his fingers were full of unwashed black mud and dirt. ”

This man's name is Lu Yi, and he is a well-known well master in Ganzhou Prefecture, who is good at lighting wells, and wherever he points out, six or seven out of ten miles can produce water.

Gu Yanzhang specially looked for him, just to point out the place where the well would come out of the streets of Ganzhou Prefecture, so as not to accidentally dig out the water.

Although Lu Yi is good at lighting wells and has gained some reputation in the county and township, the well master is not a prestigious position, but he just relies on making a living.

On weekdays, he only comes and goes to the neighboring towns, and at this moment he saw the state official, or the general judgment in the state city, although he endured it for a long time, he was still a little panicked, he held back for a long time before he held back a sentence, and asked: "The villain will call them back?" ”

Gu Yanzhang didn't come to look for his two apprentices, he shook his head and said, "No need", and then asked Lu Yi about the dark well map of Ganzhou City that he had drawn for a while.

While he was talking, a small official came over, knocked lightly on the door from the outside, and did not come in, only through the threshold, and said to Gu Yanzhang: "General judgment, the court has a document down." ”