When the lights are still bright at night in the Qianqing Palace, there are eight or nine people in the Dongnuan Pavilion, except for the Son of Heaven, who are all important ministers in the court. Emperor Yongming is a diligent emperor, but at this moment, fatigue is still written on his face, and the courtiers are even older, after all, they are much older than the emperor. An hour ago, the Shang Diet Supervisor also brought supper, which was some porridge and dim sum, although the amount was not much, but it could also fill the stomach indiscriminately.

In addition to the emperor and his courtiers, the eunuchs who went up to the celebrant eunuchs, all the close attendants of the Qianqing Palace, the Han generals of the Jinyi Guard, down to the fire, palace maids and other people, they were also busy, no different from the daytime, the emperor had not rested, how could they go to rest first?

Therefore, in the huge Forbidden City, except for the backyard is still brightly lit, the rest of the palaces are hidden in the night, and Cining Palace is also, under the starlight, it can be vaguely recognized. However, the East and West Sixth Palaces and Kunning Palace are the same as the Qianqing Palace, they are all brightly lit, and there are palace people who are constantly moving, why don't they rest?

Do you need to ask?

In the warm pavilion, Liu Yikun, a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of Dongge University, remembered a passage in the recent book of the Xuzhou prefect:

"The waters of Qilu are carried to the southeast, and Ying, Wu, Shu, and Yi are cut off for a while. There are many embankments, and the opening and closing of the affairs are Yin, the east barrier is blocked in the west, and the river veins are chaotic......"

Since the control of the Yellow River is to ensure the smooth flow of Cao Yun, and does not hesitate to divert the river, has he never considered protecting the livelihood of the people along the river?

The Ministry of Industry is under the command of the four Qing Officials Division, a battalion, two Yu Heng, three water, four tuntian, of which the water division is responsible for the transfer of Cao and irrigation, 'irrigators shall not compete with the Zhuan Cao', this sentence has always been the guiding ideology, but ...... Is that really right?

During the Wanli period, after the opening of the new Caoyun River, the Yellow River near Xuzhou and the two floods of Xuzhou and Luliang were avoided, which not only made the river straight, but also had sufficient water sources, and the conditions for Caoyun were greatly improved. In the second year, two-thirds of the boats passed through the new river, and in the third year, more than 8,000 boats passed through it. Since ancient times, Xuzhou has been the thoroughfare of the five provinces, and since then it has become 'sparsely populated, and trade is also cold'.

Thirty years ago, after the construction of the north bank of the Yellow River in the west of Qinghe County, the middle river was dug between the two embankments of Yao and Wisp, so that the Yellow River and the transport were completely separated, and since then they have been transported again for many years, as soon as they come out of the clear mouth, they cut off the Yellow River and the north, enter the Zhonghe River from the Zhongjiazhuang Gate to enter the Soap River, the wind and waves are unimpeded, there is a road to drag, and the danger of the Yellow River is avoided for 200 miles, and the arrival in Tongzhou is more than a month earlier than before. The overall situation of the north-south canal was determined, but it also made the original water conservancy and irrigation system in Xuzhou completely abandoned.

Millions of people along the river can't take care of everything, how can they make a living?

Emperor Yongming noticed Liu Yikun's silence and asked, "Liu Qingjia, what do you think?" Let's hear it. ”

Liu Yikun woke up from his contemplation and said: "The minister is thinking, this Xuzhou used to be a civilian ship, and there are many people in Jiabo, and the abundance of things is comparable to that of Jiangnan." ”

"Oh? What does Liu Qingjia want to explain? ”

"So the minister dares to ask, Your Majesty and everyone here, what is the purpose of governing Huang and protecting Cao?"

Shandong Dao Yushi Cao Guang laughed first and said, "Why do you need to say it?" Naturally, it is to protect the veins of Fengsi for thousands of years. ”

Liu Yikun smiled slightly: "Cao Yushi said well, but to be honest, this river affairs and Cao Yun are both in the southeast, can the Yellow River under Xuzhou be governed in the west?" ”

"This ......" Cao Guangxian was speechless for a moment, and then said: "According to Liu Ge's words, won't he want to lead to the dispute between the river and the Cao?" ”

"No, it's just a fact."

Han Shangwen, the secretary of the ministry, frowned when he heard this, and immediately got up and said to Emperor Yongming: "Your Majesty, minister, I want to say two words......

"But it's okay to talk about it," Emperor Yongming said.

"Originally, the post road between the two capitals was used as the basis to talk about reform, but the post road and Caoyun inevitably overlapped. It is said that this river and Cao are not divided and combined once or twice, and those who are separated and put into account do not worry about Cao, and those who manage Cao do not worry about the river; And what about it, whether it is the general Cao general river and Cao, or the general river and the river, Cao, just like Liu Ge Lao said, the river affairs and the general cao are both in the southeast, and they can still take care of the floods in Fengyang? ”

In a word, the Cao River is divided into its own management, while the Cao River combination has too wide jurisdiction and too many responsibilities, and it is impossible to take care of it by just one general Cao.

"Let's not talk about other roads, let's talk about the land transportation of the two capitals, then please tell me, where is the land transportation yamen? Do you want to reconfigure a team? Including Yunnan Branch, Household Department Warehouse Branch; And is your Ministry also going to reconfigure a team? Everything is the water division, the management of the river Langzhong; The Ministry of Household and Industry is all matched, and there is no reason why the Ministry of War should not be allocated, and the Ministry of War that urges the transportation of grain reserves must not be allocated? ”

"Okay, even if it's all matched, then who should care about the overlap with Caoyun? Who is to blame for what happened? Or the land transportation of the two capitals will belong to the river and Cao? Where do you see the right one? ”

His words were more like a grumble, and none of the people present could answer it. Why whining? The Ministry of Officials is very crucial to the establishment of the pattern of Caoyun, but since the establishment of the two officials of the Prime Minister Hewu and the Prime Minister Caoyun, the disputes have not stopped, because the responsibilities and powers of the two are duplicated and there are conflicting interests. Therefore, don't look at Cao Du as a big official of the three grades, his complexity is the most in all official positions, and the average tenure is only one and a half years, and he will be dismissed in the shortest or even a few months.

But the meaning of his words is actually more than complaining, but also about the helplessness of the Cao Yun system.

After a while, the official Shangshu continued: "Therefore, Your Majesty, the minister does not object to the matter of land transportation, but he does not support it, as for the reason, the above articles listed by the minister, if you can really handle it, the minister raised his hands in favor of land transportation. ”

In the middle of the night, Jiangxi Provincial Yushi Lin Qinhe spoke: "It's just that as soon as the land transportation is opened, the flood control of the Yellow River will be much worse than before, and it cannot be said that the water transportation will not be affected, which is also a fact." Moreover, Liu Ge Lao said that Xuzhou has changed from prosperity to decline due to diversion, and everyone admits it, so can it also be said that once land transportation is opened, Jiangnan will also turn from prosperity to decline? ”

Liu Yikun felt funny in his heart, this was simply alarmist, but he didn't refute it immediately, thought about it, and then said with a smile: "Hehe, isn't there still sea freight?" How did it decay? It is not uncommon to transport grain by sea from Huai'an. ”

And Gu Dehai, the head of the household, thought about it for a long time after listening to it, and seemed to feel that something was wrong: "No, if you take the land route from Nanjing, you have to go from the imperial capital to the imperial township, just like Cao Yushi said, since you want to protect the vein of ten thousand years, how can the river be not as good as before?" Besides, the southern land and Cao can be regarded as one, so how can the south of the Yangtze River decline? ”

Nothing to say!

Jiangxi Dao Yushi was speechless for a while, thought about it, and retorted: "Even if it is as you said, there must be an impact." ”

"Yes, but it's not what you say."

Emperor Yongming couldn't bear the dispute between the two and interrupted loudly: "That's enough." ”

Then he turned to Liu Yikun and asked, "Liu Aiqing, you haven't answered yet, what are you doing to treat Huang and protect Cao?" ”

Liu Yikun thought for a while and said, "If you have the courage to mention it, shouldn't it be for the sake of people's livelihood?" ”

"Isn't flood control for people's livelihood?" Jiangxi Provincial Imperial History is another sentence.

"Didn't Cao Yushi just say it, it's to protect the safety of the ancestral tomb."

Lin Yushi was speechless for a while......

Liu Yikun didn't pay any attention to it and continued: "Your Majesty, this question has been discussed many times since last year, and now there should be a result. ”

Emperor Yongming said: "What the Qing family said is that it has indeed dragged on for too long, so I have made up my mind, and a court meeting will be held in a month, no matter what the result, this matter will be over." ”

Liu Yikun thought to himself, for a month, could it be to wait for the Cao Governor to come back and listen to his opinion?

Although this is again a useless discussion, it is fortunate that the final result can be seen.

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When the time passed, the lights of the Qianqing Palace gradually dimmed, and then the lights in the back garden gradually dimmed, as if they had been agreed in advance.

The Forbidden City is huge, and finally it is calm...... Only the purple microstars in the sky were shining, and the light shrouded down, adding a hazy solemnity to the city.

Wu Yan in the fifth institute of Qiandong has already gone to dream of Zhou Gong, and he has a good night's sleep. She is at the age of growing her body, eating well and sleeping well, and in her sleep, she will occasionally stretch her waist and kick her legs like a baby, as if she will grow taller and grow taller in this way.

In her dream, she seemed to hear the song again: 'Ten miles of Qinhuai bank, peach blossoms stick to the rain; Jinhua cage wine cup, fragrant cage clothes; I carry a lantern and let the moon cage Jiangnan; Silently miss your back......

With a leisurely singing voice, she woke up with a smile, opened her eyes and glanced at the Western clock......

Except for the emperor, no one in the palace dared to get up so late, and even the emperor didn't have much room to be willful in terms of sleep, after all, the daily state and family affairs were very heavy.

Wu Yan doesn't have so many scruples, anyway, the emperor didn't say anything, and others dare to say it? The queen of the main palace hinted a few times, but in the end it was all gone, and no one mentioned it since. Of course, Wu Yan also has his own reasons, it's all 996, and no one is allowed to lie in bed?

The most inhumane 'ancestral law' of the Ming Dynasty is that there are too few fakes, which is like the Great Song Dynasty, with five days off and two days off, and various festivals throughout the year, how good it is. Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, only Shu Jishi's life was the best, which was a five-day holiday, and the rest of the officials were only one day off in half a month.

Speaking of Shu Jishi, he thought of Hanlin Academy, and Wu Yan seemed to think of another person, and he was saying that he wanted to settle accounts with him......

After lunch, she went to the Qianqing Palace to report first.

In the upper study of the emperor of the Qianqing Palace, Wu Yan had his own small case of vermilion lacquer, covered with a black table coat, and the emperor used a huge table case covered with yellow silk and gold, and there was a large single screen with cloud dragon pattern on the seat of Sumeru behind the table.

Not everyone can be like Wu Yan, there is still a table to use in front of the emperor, and this table is where she 'works'. On weekdays, all the accounts of the female treasury are completed here, and the ambassador of the silver treasury of Guanglu Temple, who is actually in charge of the warehouse, also has accounts to do.

Seeing that Emperor Yongming's expression was fine and did not show the slightest tiredness, Wu Yan hurriedly took two steps forward, saluted the emperor, and said, "Wu Yan, please be in peace with Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Yongming snorted slightly, and said in a somewhat nasal voice: "Excuse me." ”

"Your Majesty," Wu Yan got up, then walked over to her desk and sat down.

Before she came, Xiaohuo had already said some things about last night, and she could roughly guess why His Majesty and the ministers were still working so late yesterday.