If other ancients said their own words, Shen Yichen might not be able to react quickly to what his name was.

But the three words of Yu Tingyi, Shen Yichen can be said to remember in his heart, he is the famous national hero Yu Qian!

"The Imperial History of the Imperial Court of the Lower Guandu Shen is to the north, and I have seen Shao Sima!"

Shen Yichen saluted Yu Qian, and there was a trace of excitement in his tone that was not easy for others to notice.

After all, it is one thing to describe in history textbooks, but when I really stand in front of myself, the impact it brings is another thing entirely.

"The official has forgotten that Shen Xiu is now going to be called Shen Xian."

Yu Qian replied heartily, then held Shen Yichen's arm and continued: "Shen Xian's mother needs to be polite, and in my heart, it should be the official who thanks you for saving your life!" ”

After speaking, Yu Qian bowed deeply towards Shen Yichen.

Although Zhu Qizhen exempted Yu Qian from the death penalty at the court meeting, he still had to be held accountable for leaving his post without permission, so he was officially released from the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate yesterday.

After being released from prison, Yu Qian learned about the whole thing from the mouths of others, and he never thought that a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, who he had never known, would offend Wang Zhen, the eunuch of Quan, for himself, so that he was retaliated against and sent to Shandong to control the water.

Yu Qian can be said to have a deep understanding of the hardships of being released as an official, not to mention Shen Yichen, a promising Hanlin Qinggui. It is no exaggeration to describe it with the word "valley bottom".

Yu Qian felt that he couldn't repay this kindness, and after hearing the news of Shen Yichen's appointment, he quickly chased after him, just asking for a farewell!

"Shao Sima's gift, the lower officials dare not be ashamed, this is not my grace, but the hope of all the people in Henan and Shanxi!"

Shen Yichen didn't take credit, if it weren't for Yu Qian's fifteen years of dedication in exchange for two volumes of the "Book of the People", even if his tongue bloomed lotus, he would not be able to change the thoughts of the emperor and hundreds of officials.

It was he who saved himself, and it was the people of the two places who saved Yu Qian.

"If you are virtuous and righteous, then the official will no longer be a woman. Since you are lucky to survive in the world, you should repay the people of Li with this remnant! ”

This is Yu Qian's free and easy righteousness and righteousness, even if he has been imprisoned, and his fifteen years of hard work have been ignored by the ministers of the Son of Heaven above the temple, he does not have any discouragement and decadence at the moment.

If there is something to be a gentleman, if something is a gentleman, it is also a pleasant person. There are those who have an security society, and those who are happy with an security society.

In his life, Yu Qian's pursuit has always been the stability of his family and country and the well-being of all the people, not the joy of the king.

The people's approval is enough!

"What Shao Sima said is very true, when will her husband live? An can hang his wings! ”

Shen Yichen also responded with pride, which translates to mean that how much time can a husband have in the world, how can he walk slowly and cringe?

Whether it is Yu Qian or Shen Yichen, on the road of shouldering the common people, they will forge ahead!

"Well said, Shen Yixian, I hope to meet again in the future!"

Yu Qian's heart was surging at the moment, he didn't expect that in this world, a young man who was only eighteen years old would have such a mind and bearing, and even had a feeling of being a confidant!

"Young Sima, we will definitely meet again in the future."

Shen Yichen bowed his hand to Yu Qian and said goodbye, then turned around and saluted everyone present, and got into the carriage again.

With the light of the morning light, Shen Yichen's carriage disappeared at the end of the road, but the literati of the Beijing teachers present were reluctant to leave for a long time.

"Shen Yanxian's last conversation with Shao Sima is really uninhibited, who would have thought that this was the scene of the release of the Yutang officials?"

"What you have learned in your life should be applied to the world, maybe this is the champion who is practicing his words with deeds."

"Once upon a time, contemptible people still doubted whether Shen Yixian voluntarily went to Shandong to control the water, and there is no doubt about what I see today, this is a literati who really cares about his family and country!"

"Seeing that we have a clear way back, seeing heaven and earth knowing awe, and seeing all living beings understand compassion, our realm is still too far away from Shen Yanxian!"

Shen Yichen naturally didn't know the emotion of the literati in Beijing, he was in the carriage with his staff Bian He, discussing which road to take to Shandong.

"The proprietor, there are three roads to Shandong, one is to take the land route through Hebei, the second is to take the canal and waterway through Tongzhou, and the third is to transfer to Tianjin Wei and take the sea route."

"What are the pros and cons of each?"

Shen Yichen has never walked these paths on the ground, and can only seek Bian He's advice.

"The road is more bumpy, the time is in the middle, and the sea route is the smoothest, but the detour takes a long time. In theory, it is the best way to go down the river by taking the canal waterway, but at this time, the autumn grain may be congested when it goes north. ”

"Take the canal waterway."

Without too much hesitation, Shen Yichen decided to go to Tongzhou Wharf to take the waterway, which is also the place where he once went to Beijing to get off the ship.

However, Shen Yichen chose to take the waterway, not to be nostalgic, but the location of the Yellow River burst in Shandong Province was in Zhangqiu Town, Yanggu County, that is, the area under the jurisdiction of Liaocheng in later generations.

Once left unchecked or the water control fails, the water of the Yellow River will directly pour into the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, completely cutting off the north-south water transportation.

This is why all dynasties have attached so much importance to the flooding of the Yellow River, which affects not only a corner of Shandong, but the rise and fall of the entire dynasty!

"Yes, proprietor."

After deciding which route to take, Bian He immediately beckoned Canghuotou to lead a few people and rushed to Tongzhou in advance to rent a boat to save the time wasted in the trip.

Now Shen Yichen understands why the family likes to recruit a group of staff. In addition to brainstorming, there are many things that you don't have to worry about anymore, which is really much easier and more comfortable.

With the shaking of the carriage, a few hours later, they finally came to the boundary of Tongzhou Wharf. If the scene that Shen Yichen saw last year can still be described by the word hustle and bustle, then now Tongzhou is only chaotic and crowded.

There is no end in sight to the ships transporting autumn grain, and countless wharf coolies and military households are racing against time to carry the goods on the boats. For fear that if you do not return to the warehouse in time and be judged late by the acceptance officer, you will be waiting for a huge fine or even exile.

"It's really a ten-mile corridor."

Seeing this scene, Shen Yichen couldn't help but sigh with emotion, the peak period of Caoyun was far more grand than he imagined.

"It's also a bloody tear."

Bian He replied, different from Shen Yichen's shocking feelings, what he saw was a different scene.

Caoyun is different from the money-making commercial transportation trade, it is a transportation task assigned by the government, and even a special Caoyun chief military officer was born, who has jurisdiction over 120,000 military households in the guard to ensure the smooth flow of Caoyun.

But the problem is that the Cao Yunjun is not only responsible for transportation safety, the Ming Dynasty only carries out acceptance in the terminal warehouse in order to save trouble and dump the pot. All problems that arise during transportation will be borne by the military households, and the time limit is also strictly stipulated.

Just being solely responsible is already a heavy pressure, and as a result, there are still various checkpoints along the entire canal. What customs money, drifting money, carriage money, warehousing fees and so on.

What's even more outrageous is that even the Ministry of Industry does not want to build and repair the ships as consumables, but let the guards build their own ships to solve the problem.

As for the money for shipbuilding, the Ming court stipulated that the old ships should arrive at 30%, the military households themselves paid 30%, and the remaining 40% were allocated by the Ministry of Industry.

That is to say, the imperial court only paid forty percent of the money, not only got a new ship, but also did not have to do the work of shipbuilding, this means of doing business is simply amazing.

What 996 sweatshops in later generations, compared with the Ming Dynasty, it is really a small thing.

All kinds of apportionments and shortfalls, the pressure of the Caoyun military households can be said to be breathless, and they can only sell their ordnance and family property to survive. Even in the Hongzhi period of the middle and late Ming Dynasty, many military households had developed to the point where they sold their bodies or wives and daughters to supplement their families.

This is why, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the Japanese in the Jiangnan region were rampant, and the military households under the guard system were not as good as cattle and horses, and they could still be expected to fight bravely to kill the enemy?

Bian He has been a high-ranking official over the years, and he has seen the tragic situation of Caoyun military households, so this grand occasion is a history of blood and tears in his eyes!

At this moment, the first few people who had rented the boat leaned over and said to Shen Yichen: "Young Master Shen, the little one has already rented a sand boat, and he can board the ship immediately." ”

"Okay, lead the way."

The sand boat is not a ship transporting sand, the full name is "anti-sand flat-bottomed boat", which has the characteristics of square head, square tip, flat bottom and shallow draft. The driving on the river is smooth and comfortable, and there is no need to worry about running aground.

The sand ship rented by Canghuotou is not very big, there are more than a dozen rooms on the upper and lower floors, about one or two thousand stones, and the unit of measurement in later generations is a displacement of more than 100 tons.

However, compared with Shen Yichen's entry into Beijing to catch the exam, the bird ship that couldn't even straighten up his waist was concerned, this can already be called a "luxury cruise" level, so he naturally won't be too picky.

After everyone boarded the boat, the captain did not direct the boatmen to anchor, because the canal was so congested that even the empty ships heading south lined up in a long line, and some of the boats were loading goods.

These goods were not transported by the imperial court, but were the private work of the military households. The reason for this situation is that the exploitation of the imperial court is too serious, and if the military households do not use the transportation to "smuggle", their families will be ruined immediately.

"Shen Gongzi, do you want to hang out the flag of the official ship and let the boat in front of you avoid it?"

Seeing that he couldn't set off immediately, Canghuo asked Shen Yichen a question.

This time he went to Shandong to take up his post, Shen Yichen did not play the official title, the reason is that the position of Yushi is too conspicuous.

You must know that the Metropolitan Procuratorate has a special status and has the power to supervise hundreds of officials. Therefore, this leads to the fact that even if the supervision of the seven products goes to the post, they will take the initiative to greet them after learning the news, for fear of being put in small shoes in the future.

Not to mention the imperial history of the four products, the real Beijing official in the scarlet robe, if Shen Yichen shows his identity and plays the banner of official rank, he can't imagine how many banquets he will have to eat along the way.

With these hundreds of kilometers, I am afraid that I may not be able to reach Shandong next year.

In order to avoid trouble, Shen Yichen rented a boat to take up his post only in civilian clothes, and did not play any official flag to show his identity.

Of course, now that he has boarded the ship, there are relatively few troubles in the world, but Shen Yichen still doesn't want to break the rules, and the word "blood and tears" in Bian He before also made him feel deeply, and he didn't want to disturb the survival methods of the military households.

However, Shen Yichen's reluctance to disturb does not mean that others can sympathize with the survival hardships of military households. After waiting for about half an hour, an official ship appeared behind it, and several officials stood in the bow, shouting at the ships in front of them to give way.

Due to the large size of the other party's boat, the boat boss on Shen Yichen's boat hurriedly beckoned the boatmen to close to the river embankment to avoid a collision.

At the same time, the boats carrying goods in front of them saw the large official ships behind them, so they had to stop their movements and remove their frowns, and avoid the passage of the official ships first.

Not only that, but even the ships carrying grain in the opposite direction chose to pull aside when they saw this official ship coming, and a channel was forcibly vacated in the center of the entire canal.

Shen Yichen, who was originally resting in the cabin, couldn't help but come to the deck with curiosity after hearing the scolding from outside and the shaking caused by the moving ship. He wanted to see what kind of sacredness it was, so that the opposing ships could avoid it, it was really a big shelf.

You must know that in order to ensure the smooth flow of Cao Yun, the Ming Dynasty had a clear stipulation that "if the boat is exhausted, the second will be the tribute boat, the official boat will be second, and the people's boat will be second." ”

That is to say, on this canal, the priority of the cao transport ships is the highest, followed by the ships transporting tribute, the second is the official ships, and the civilian ships are the last.

Of course, just like other regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the actual implementation process is often greatly discounted.

In fact, in the canal, the tribute ships that transported the emperor's fresh tribute were given the highest priority, and they traveled unhindered along the way, and other ships had to avoid them.

In addition to the tribute factor bonus, there will also be a eunuch in charge of the tribute fleet, and no one can afford to offend.

In addition, in most cases, the priority of official ships is also higher than that of cao ships. Think about it, the Caoyun military household is not as good as the social status of cattle and horses, do they have the courage to provoke officials, it is better to avoid it honestly.

This is also the reason why Shen Yichen did not cut the queue under the flag of the official ship, he didn't want to use his power to be that unscrupulous rule breaker.

The official ship in the rear slowly sailed from far and near, and Shen Yichen saw clearly that the other party was actually a river boat, and the pavilion could still vaguely see the shadow of the warbler and Yanyan!

Jiangshan boats were originally prostitute boats sailing in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but they slowly spread, and the people of the time simply called the prostitute boats sailing on the river as Jiangshan boats.

used the prostitute boat as the official ship, and blatantly forced the boat to give way, this arrogance also opened Shen Yichen's eyes.

You must know that no matter how much deceit is in the center of the imperial court, it is more of a struggle for power, and high-level officials do not bother to do something too ostentatious to satisfy the vanity of their power.

How far is Tongzhou from Jingshi, is there no king in the distance like this?

"Boatman, drive the boat to the middle of the river, there is no need to avoid this official ship."

Shen Yichen waited for an hour, for the livelihood of the Caoyun military households, not to make way for the officials to have fun.

Now that the loaded ships have given way to the waterway, there is no need for Shen Yichen to continue to wait, he can set off.

"Master, don't be rash, don't get into trouble."

The boat boss could see that Shen Yichen's identity was extraordinary, but he didn't know what his background was, so he could only roughly guess that he was the son of an official eunuch.

It is understandable to be young and vigorous, but many things must be done according to one's ability, and this official ship is so flamboyant, there must be a monstrous power behind it.

"It's okay, I'll take care of it."

Shen Yichen replied with a surging, and his eyes were on the official ship in the distance.

The boat boss still wants to continue to admonish, after all, he doesn't know Shen Yichen's background, he doesn't have enough power and status, and he is still in trouble.

But Canghuo and the others were forbidden, and after hearing Shen Yichen's words, more than a dozen people directly forcibly took over the control of the sand boat, and set off to the center of the channel, impartially blocking the official ship behind!