There is a verse from the former dynasty, called "I don't know who cut out the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors".

When it comes to February, the branches of the streets and alleys in the capital have new leaves, the leaves are light green and tender green, the color is really fresh and gratifying, looking at a vibrant, so that people look at it, they are in a very good mood.

The Bianhe River has not been dredged for many years, the silt is piled up, the canal is more than one zhang and twice higher than the flat ground outside the embankment, standing in it and looking at the city, a city house and the people, all are like being at the bottom of the valley, everything is in full view.

Someone happened to be out of the city, so he climbed into the Bianqu to look at the city, and came back to proclaim: "Jinmingchi and Qionglin Garden are already red and yellow, and in more than ten days, it must be a scene of a hundred flowers in full bloom!" ”

Everyone was excited.

Although these two places are royal gardens, they will be open to the people on the first day of the first month of March, and they can travel together for more than a month, among which a hundred flowers bloom, strange trees compete for beauty, and there are rare and exotic beasts, which attract everyone to wait for them.

However, the court was almost upside down.

Because of the new emperor's candidate, some people proposed that Zhao Hao, the king of Ji, say that he was benevolent, virtuous and gentle - this word was especially widely spread after Zhao Hao was inexplicably sick and bedridden, and there were many supporters.

Someone also proposed that according to the edict in the arms of the former emperor, the king of Qin should be invited to enter Beijing to inherit the throne - the eldest son and grandson, which is also very reasonable.

However, both were vetoed by Empress Dowager Zhang.

She did not agree with the edict of the first emperor, only said that there were two edicts at that time, I don't know which one is Zhao Rui's favor, and because of the loss of virtue of the four kings, Zhao Fang, the youngest son of the king of Qin who is far away in the domain, is said to be not in good health, as for Zhao Hao, the king of Ji, she only used a sentence of "unfilial piety", and he may be sealed on the throne.

There was an uproar in the court.

After the fifth prince went, Zhao Hao has always been the most favored by the Empress Dowager Zhang, even if it is a colorful dress to entertain relatives, he will never hesitate, such a prince, obviously he has to be sick and bedridden, how can he have the opportunity to offend the Queen Mother?

However, as Zhao Hao showed himself and admitted the charge of unfilial piety, everyone sighed and had no choice but to let him go.

The three kings are not good, the four kings are not successful, and the grandson of the king of Qin was rejected because of his weak health, how can everyone not see that it is the Empress Dowager Zhang who is in the way, but before they can re-discuss the suitable, she has already proposed that the little grandson of the Marquis of Huaiyin, called Zhao Zhu, take over the throne.

The reasons are also ready-made.

When Emperor Taizu died, he obviously had adult children, but due to various reasons, the last successor was his biological brother Emperor Taizong.

According to the history books, it was originally because the world was initially decided at that time, and the Empress Dowager Du specially instructed her son Emperor Taizu to leave a golden edict, exhorting that the reason why the previous dynasty died was because the successor was not old enough to act under the emperor, and the current dynasty must not repeat the mistakes of the past.

In addition, there are wild historical records and folk rumors, which are believed to be the night shadow of Emperor Taizong's sword and axe, attacking and killing his brother, and inexplicably inheriting the throne.

Whatever the reason, since then, Taizu's line has lost its relationship with the throne.

Empress Dowager Zhang was righteous and awe-inspiring.

"The Marquis of Huaiyin is after the northern class, and his young grandson Zhao Zhu has been smart since he was a child, has a healthy physique, and is known as the Ling, and he is also the queen of Taizu, who is in line with the inheritance of the unification."

The Great Jin clan is divided into two classes, the south class is the descendant of Emperor Taizong, and the northern class is the descendant of Emperor Taizu.

Fan Yaochen was so angry in private that he jumped to his feet, and he didn't dare to tell others, so he had to accuse Empress Dowager Zhang with his old wife that "the cub sells Yetian and is not distressed".

Although Huang Zhaoliang was also impassive, after going back, he ate the Qingxin Xia Fire Pill for several days.

Two days later, with a letter from Wu Yi, a scholar of Hanlin, after finding out the basis for Fenghuaiyin's grandson as the Son of Heaven in the "Biography of Emperor Taizu" and "History of Taizong", the imperial history, court officials, etc. finally reacted, and each wrote a book, all of which turned the history books to a pulp, or to find the orthodox statement of "ancient existence", or to find out the absurdity of this move.

The court quarreled for more than half a month, and in the end, everything was finally settled, and it was planned that Zhao Zhu, the youngest grandson of the Marquis of Huaiyin, would succeed under the name of Empress Yang, inherit the unification, and after succeeding to the throne, the Empress Dowager Zhang would hang the curtain, and then withdraw the curtain to give way to the government.

***

The sky was already bright.

Ji Qingling, who had been practicing the whip in the back garden for half an hour, was already sweating profusely, and was wiping his face with a towel, when he suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, and looked up, it was Qiu Shuang who walked quickly from the second gate.

"Madam, the little young master of the Zhang family is here."

Not long after she finished speaking, Zhang Bi outside kicked and ran in.

Ji Qingling was sweating all over his body, and he didn't have time to take care of him, so he asked someone to take a small bow and an arrow, estimated Zhang Bi's arm strength, set up a target not far away, and said to him: "You pull the bow here, first open the bow fifty times, and when it is full, shoot twenty more arrows, and I will come to see it later." ”

Then I went back to my room and washed again.

By the time she came out again, Zhang Bi had already shot twenty arrows, and although a few of them flew out, half of them were targeted.

He was angrily staring at the few missing arrows and annoyed, and when he saw Ji Qingling coming out, he called "Sister Ji", and said: "It's so boring to stay at home, the grass outside is green, let's go out and ride a horse!" ”

Ji Qingling calculated the time in his heart, only felt strange, and asked, "Aren't you going to school today?" ”

"There is something in the palace, Zishantang does not hold classes, the eldest sister asked me to rest at home, my brother has already asked someone to find Mr., I only practice martial arts at home every day, and I am only half a day younger, and I am very idle." Zhang Bi said a little boringly.

Ji Qingling suddenly realized.

The palace is preparing for the enthronement ceremony of Zhao Zhu, and the new emperor has not yet succeeded to the throne, so he is too busy to go to Zishantang to listen to the lectures.

Zhao Zhu was not there, the palace was busy, and the classes of the rest of the clan and royal relatives were also stopped.

Zhang Bi made a suggestion, seeing that Ji Qingling had no intention of listening, but he had been at home for many days, he was really idle, and he didn't want to nest in the house anymore, so he found another way to say: "Sister Ji, I'm not playful, I just asked them, I don't know how to answer, I want to go out to help my brother!" ”

Ji Qingling saw that he was sweating all over his face, so he took out the handkerchief from his waist, told him to wipe his face, and asked, "Where did your brother go?" ”

It stands to reason that Zhao Zhu is going to succeed to the throne, and Zhang Hu, as the mother of the Queen Mother, should stay at home and not join in the fun, but it is very strange to go out and run around if he has nothing to do.

Zhang Bi wiped his sweat twice, took Ji Qingling's things, and didn't throw them away, remembered to give them back to her, and raised his head and said, "My brother went to see the canal outside the city!" ”

He has been with Ji Qingling for a long time, and has been carefully educated by her several times, although he is young, he is very clever, and he can see what the other party values, at this time, out of some subtle thoughts, he intends to make a name for his brother, so he said loudly: "Sister Ji, my brother went to see the canal outside the city, and when it rains, my brother will ask someone to guard it, and the water will not wash your house!" ”

And babbled again: "...... I called a lot of people back and gave them a feast, but I don't know what they said, but my brother came to see me late, and it was dark outside, and he didn't sleep! ”

pestered Ji Qingling again and asked her to accompany her to see "my brother doing big things".

Such a small one, Ji Qingling naturally wouldn't listen to his random assignments, coaxed a few words, and studied with him for half a day, and when it was noon, the Zhang family didn't make any movement, and she didn't urge Zhang Bi to go home, so she stayed with someone to have a meal together.

After the meal was over, she took people to the back garden to walk around to eat, walked a few laps, and found a place to sit and bask in the sun.

Zhang Bi ate and walked for a while, at this time he was a little sleepy in the sun, Ji Qingling saw this, so he pushed his arm and said softly: "It's windy here, go back to the house and sleep." ”

and pull him up again.

Zhang Bi rubbed her eyes and asked her to hug her in a daze.

Ji Qingling had no choice but to carry him to the ground, and was about to drag someone away, when Zhang Bi leaned over again and whispered, "Sister Ji, I don't like Zhao Zhu......"

Ji Qingling didn't react yet, and when the words passed his ears, he was instantly frightened and his heart beat wildly, looking at the only two of Qiuyue and Qiulu on the left and right, and they didn't hear it, so he said to Zhang Bi Zhengse: "Who have you talked to?" This cannot be nonsense! ”

Zhang Bi disagreed, pouted, and said: "I just told the big sister, but now I only talk to Sister Ji, and no one else will say it." ”

And said: "Big sister told me to ignore him!" ”

Straight-hearted.

Ji Qingling was helpless when she heard it, and she didn't know how to persuade her, and she didn't know whether to persuade or not, so she had to frown and said, "Don't say these things in the future, and don't say it in front of me." ”

Zhang Bi pouted and said: "He is really not liked, wilted and weak, call him, when he returns to you, he barks like a cat, and eats less, everyone shoots arrows together, they are all a bag of arrows, most of them can hit the target, he can't shoot any of them!" ”

While raising his head to look at Ji Qingling, he raised his chin, and he must wait for her to boast.

Ji Qingling had to praise him a few words, he wanted to educate him seriously, but he felt that it was very inappropriate to do this in his own identity, and it happened that the people from Zhang's Mansion came over at this time, so she hurriedly sent the little Tai Sui away.

When Gu Yanzhang came back in the evening, she didn't tell him about Zhang Bi and Zhao Zhu, but asked, "Fifth brother, did the eldest son of the Zhang She's family receive any errands this time?" ”

He added: "I went to look through the newspaper, but I didn't see any appointments from him. ”

Gu Yanzhang has been busy with official business recently, but he didn't pay attention to this, and when he heard Ji Qingling say this, he didn't know it for a while, and when he went to find someone to ask about it the next day, he realized that Zhang Hu had been awarded the capital water a few days ago, and the court recalled Xu Shijian, the former governor of the government, who had already been sent to Shishi, and was ready to ask him to preside over the matter of the Bianhe canal, and then Zhang Hu would assist him.

As soon as he came back and said, not only Ji Qingling, but even the Qiu Yue hairs standing on the side stood up, and he was pouring tea for Gu Yanzhang, almost leaking two drops.

Ji Qingling grabbed the handkerchief and asked, "I have always heard that Xu Da is a talent for governing the world, and with him staring at him, it will be fine, right?" ”

Gu Yanzhang nodded and said, "Xu Dashen is in town, it will be fine." ”

***

In the capital, like his husband and wife, there are still a few people who are worried about Zhang Hucai.

Although Xu Shijian has been a member of the government for many years, he has done a lot of things to benefit the people since his predecessor, but everyone who is a little old still remembers it clearly, and when they talk to each other, they can hear that he is going to preside over the canal, and they are all relieved.

And that place Zhang Hu received an errand, dedicated to a big job, he has always been generous, using the name of the water supervisor to publish the list, with a heavy reward to the world to find a way to desilt, not long, there are many people to vote.

Although it was the first time for Zhang Hu to lead the errand by himself, there were not many staff under him, and everyone helped to screen it, and it was almost impossible to choose what he had to use, so he had to pull out the tall man from the short man, and took some that didn't look outrageous and handed them over.

He made a vigorous scene here, but it was quiet in the water prison, as if nothing had happened.

Among them, there is a person called Gao Ya, although the grade is not high, his appearance is not good, and he is not good at words, but he is especially good at water work, and he has not insulted that surname at all.

Someone heard that the public hall was lively, so they went back and asked him: "The new official is recruiting the method of dredging the canal, why don't you go?" With your talent, and you have studied here for decades, how can you not lose to those individuals outside? ”

Gao Ya shook his head and said, "Why don't you go?" I had already gone, and he asked me to write a charter, and I had to write it the same, and there has been no response yet. ”

He said again: "I'm on my side, Brother Shen, why don't you go to offer the Fa?" ”

Brother Shen sighed: "I want to give, but I can't think of anything new, it's all used in the past......"

The two were talking, and there was a burst of irritability after hearing it, and after a while, a small official rushed in and shouted: "Why are you two still resting here, there is a man named Li Gongyi outside, who offered an iron dragon claw, what is it called'Iron Dragon Claw Lifting Mud Truck Method', and he got eight hundred times!" ”

He slapped his palms with his fists and said, "Alas, I'm not so powerful, why are you two still stunned, don't go to offer the Fa, who thinks there is a lot of money!" ”

He said to Brother Shen: "Cunfu, you and the senior engineer have always known water affairs best, you two go to get eight hundred runs, let's get some wine to eat!" ”

That Shen Cunfu didn't understand, and hurriedly pulled him and said, "What is the 'Iron Dragon Claw Mud Truck Method'?" ”

***

In the public hall, Li Gongyi was talking eloquently.

He was about thirty years old, with a smooth and straight beard, well-groomed, very beautiful, wearing a Taoist robe, and at first glance he looked like a well-read man.

"At that time, a few catties of iron were used to cast a claw, and the claw was in the shape of a big hook, called the 'iron dragon claw', and it was tied to the stern of the big ship with a rope......"

As he spoke, he made the appearance of a loquat field and said: "This is what I saw when I was traveling around to study, some farmers dig the soil with a harrow and plow, and some people use a loquat to dry grain and rice, how thick is the soil? It can be loosened by a loath, and with this iron loquat and the power of the water flow, the silt can be pulled by the boat. ”

"The reason why the silt sinks to the bottom is that it has accumulated over time, and it is already extremely thick, layered on top of each other, and the natural flow of water does not move."

"With this 'iron dragon claw mud truck method' loosening, once the mud and sand are scratched, and then move the boat and dredge, the looser the natural mud layer, the more it is washed by the current, and the silt is self-cleaned without manpower!"

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