Chapter 35: The Governor of the River

On the seventh day when Zhao Guan's family arrived in Heyin, after a light rain, instead of cooling down, there was a feeling of a warm climate, which was very similar to the October Xiaoyangchun in Jiangnan. Zhao Jiumei basked in the sun and listened to Yu Yunwen's newspaper, Zhao Ziwei continued to go to the other side to investigate the hydrology, and this time Liu Hongdao was also abducted, but at this time, the official document that came from the fast horse broke this comfortable atmosphere.

Zhao Guanjia only looked at the style of the outer seal, and knew that something big was coming. Immediately found Zhang Rong and Liu Hongdao back, and after two hours, Chi Xinqi took this official document away. The next day, both sides of Heyin and Tokyo knew that Zhao Guanjiaming had issued an edict, and the imperial court officially established the Yamen of the Governor of the River.

Zhang Rong's old department You Xuexue was the commander of military affairs in the Henan section of the river, and managed the clean-up of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and was counted as a deputy.

The rest of the Taoists were recommended by two people, and the initial quota was 15 people, and there were a number of staff officials. Only Xiao En was appointed as the imperial historian of the river patrol, and Zhao Ziwei was appointed as a member of the water department and concurrently served as the judge of the river, which was regarded as the hand-picked appointment of the official family.

Thirteen years before Jianyan, the funds did not go to the household department, but were taken by Zhao Guan's family, don't think that he suddenly changed his sex, it was all the compensation of the Qing State and Goryeo and the money from the sale of prisoners, and no one knows the specific amount.

It is said that the official system of the Song Dynasty was complicated, and the Zhao official family had not been thoroughly figured out for many years, only knowing that in addition to the title, it was also divided into "dispatched, professional officials, and scattered officials". For example, the silver Qingguanglu doctor on Liu Hongdao belongs to the loose official, which indicates the rank; The squire of the military department belongs to the official position, and according to this rank, the division of duties and powers is granted, so the governor of the river is obviously dispatched, so the entire river yamen is basically a temporary and non-permanent department.

But even so, it was impossible for the Zhao Guanjia to decide to set up a department with a holy decree on their heads, especially since he didn't want to manage general affairs. In fact, since he explained that he would govern the Yellow River in the next ten years, the central side has been discussing how to deal with it with his views, so although this will is issued externally, in fact, the general policy has been passed by the two governments and six ministries collegial, approved by the emperor, and counted as the decision of the highest authority of the Great Song Dynasty.

Then again, today, if the Zhao official family has to get on the bus first and then make up the ticket, the two governments will ...... It is estimated that I can only agree. It's just a little envious of the rich activity funds of the Yamen, the governor of the river, not to mention anything else, just the indemnity of Goryeo, at least one million yuan, ten thousand taels of gold and silver. As for more of the Qing Kingdom, phew, that was originally our Great Song Dynasty's reserves, and the one they snatched away was called back.

There are a few things worth mentioning, Hu Quan's Honglu Temple Mansion Newspaper has been edited and repaired for seven years, and finally turned over, and the Mansion Newspaper Office was upgraded to the Propaganda Department, attached to the Ministry of Rites, and Hu Quan should have become Hu Langzhong. In addition, because the original Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhai Ruwen Ding worried, the waiter Zhao Yuanxian was the secretary. Yin Li Jing (Li Gang's younger brother) of Xingyuan Mansion was transferred to the Ministry of Rites.

It can only be said that the two ministers were frightened by the official family, and the personnel transfer was at least temporarily the absolute sacred-hearted arbitrariness, which made the Zhao official family very depressed, and wrote back to comfort him, making it clear that he was only in charge of the level of the six squires, and when it was time for you to contribute, don't work or not.

With the department and money, Zhao Guan's family can't stay in Heyin all the time, with his almost forgotten geographical knowledge, no matter how he knows that the root cause of the huge floods of sediment downstream is soil erosion upstream, or he can order Ningxia and Datong to return farmland to forests and grasslands as soon as the battle is over, and nourish the water source? What's more, the Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, and the hydrology is definitely different, so you still have to see it with your own eyes. Even if it's the money he picked out, it's worth it.

Therefore, after waiting for Liu Hongdao for a few days to expand the manpower, on October 20, Zhao Guan's family set off again, this time by boat.

Although Zhang Rong had to go to the upper reaches of the Yellow River on the Ningxia side sooner or later to deploy defenses, there were still some problems in dealing with the giant warship, so he sent the official family to set off first, and did not accompany him.

Zhao Guan's family sat on a newly converted steamer, named after the water wheel in the bilge, which was trampled on by manpower, and turned and advanced and retreated freely. Nowadays, the north and south banks of the Yellow River are Song soil, and the further west you go, the wider it becomes, and it is naturally smoother.

And what is more fateful is that this ship was actually left behind when Zhang Shuye led the official army to encircle and suppress Liangshan, and later participated in the sneak attack on Xiao Wu Si, which was originally scrapped as a warship, and could only be dismantled or used as a passenger ship, but after Zhao Guanjia heard about it, he took a fancy to it and wanted to make a dragon ship, Zhang Rong had no choice but to match a few more sailors.

When everyone was looking at the scenery, Yang Yizhong took a fur coat for the official family and put it on, and said: "Official, the minister asked Xiao Yushi just now, it is easy to get windy at this time, you have to take care." ”

The Zhao family had long been accustomed to this, so they just tied it, and asked by the way: "You have been very close to Sean recently, this is not like your behavior, what is the matter?" ”

Yang Yizhong was silent for a moment, and recalled the conversation that night, "Brother Xiao, since you have said this, I will also tell the truth, the official family attaches great importance to the control of Huang, and for this reason, he did not hesitate to delay the princess's and courtesy...... Can it be done? ”

Shaun also rarely put away his recklessness, took a big sip of wine, and said sullenly: "The ghost appearance of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, if you ask me to be accurate, I can't say it." But don't be too pessimistic, I think the Liu Shilang and Zhao Guanren you brought are all practical people, maybe they can do it. Damn, Lao Tzu was really aggrieved when he went to pick up the old emperor, such a person forced everyone to be thieves, and when he came back, he could still be the emperor, but he still said a human thing, if the official family had been the official family earlier, we would not have to be water bandits, and the Jurchens who suffered from the plague would not have harmed our people for more than ten years. ”

Thinking of this, Yang Yizhong bowed his head silently, and only said: "The ministers are all for official business, the official family, go one more day, and you will arrive in Luoyang." Yin Liwei of Henan Province has sent a letter requesting to be greeted at Bishui Pass. ”

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I have been surfing the Internet for the past few days, and I know that after these episodes of the TV series were broadcast, there was a lot of criticism on the Internet, and even my daughter came to protest with me. Why is Song Shizu, who has been recognized as the most loving emperor among the emperors for thousands of years and highly praised even by Mr. Sun, so cold-blooded.

I want to explain this, I have never denied Zhao Jiu's merits, and I also feel that there can be such a benevolent monarch in the feudal era, but the historical drama is not an ode to the emperor, and there is no shortage of ode to the emperor in the current TV drama market.

When preparing for filming, the crew consulted a large number of official histories and even the notes of the literati at the time, and in order to raise military expenses, he robbed the monk's floating wealth and increased taxes in the southern region, all of which are recorded in historical records. As for his conversation with Zhang Jun, "Will this force the people to rebel?" It is also from the family records of Zhang Jun's descendants. So in general, Zhao Jiu's national feelings are true, and his family and country responsibilities are true, but he still stands from the perspective of the ruler to resist gold and survive.

But I also hope that the audience will not ignore it, and it is also shown in the TV series, Zhao Jiu stood in the Yaoshan Temple, looking at the tablets, and cried bitterly in no one's place. As a child of Kansai, Qu Duan stood in the dark but did not say a word. He has never forgotten his promise to Zhang Yongzhen throughout his life, and can tell Zhang Rong that the money for your imperial camp and navy is not given by me, but by the people of Henan, Guanxi and even Bashu, if you don't put an end to the corruption of your subordinates, you are forcing them to follow the old road of being forced by the officials and the people to rebel, which makes Zhang Rong surprised why the officials know the difficulties of the people?

To put it playfully, I wonder if he was sent to the folk by his father Emperor Yang when he was a child, or if he was not born to the Zhao family at all, as the legend says, otherwise how could he have such a strong people-oriented thought. Showing his shortcomings does not deny that he was the greatest and benevolent emperor of ancient China.

"Ten Years of Song and Jin" director Zhang Liming