The weather is clear, the wind is smooth, it is a good time to hurry, from Bianjing to the west of the official road, pedestrians and cars are endless.

Wei Chen and his entourage left Bianjing for only three days, and soon after setting off on the fourth day, they saw the boundary monument of Yuzhou.

Wei Chen reined in front of the boundary monument, leaned over to remove the weeds in front of the stone monument, looked down carefully, turned around and smiled: "This Yuzhou is really close to Bianjing, but it will be more than three days after leaving Beijing." ”

Gu Tingye, who was following closely behind Wei Chen, snorted lightly: "Even the boundary monument is not easy to take care of, it makes it overgrown, it seems that this Yuzhou is probably not a good place, poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, Xingyun, you have to be careful!" ”

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Wei Chen just laughed when he heard this, didn't say anything, and the other person who followed Wei Chen explained to Gu Tingye in a warm voice: "Yuzhou was Xiayi in ancient times, and it was the capital of Great Xia, and it was named after Yu because of his meritorious work in controlling the water. In the spring and autumn period, it is said that Oak Yi is the other capital of Zheng. The Warring States period is called Yang Zhai, which is the capital of Korea. During the Han Dynasty, it was ruled by Yingchuan County, and it was renamed Yuzhou in my Great Zhou, and it was assigned to Henan, and there were two counties under the jurisdiction of Xinzheng and Mi County, which was also a thousand-year-old city. ”

The person who spoke was dressed as a Confucian scholar, named Wei Shuping, the oldest of Weichen's three staff, already in his fifties, and was recommended by Wang Wenqing, the secretary of Dali Temple.

Gu Tingye listened to Wei Shuping's words, his expression was slightly embarrassed, he scratched his head and said: "I didn't expect that this Yuzhou has such a big origin, and it can be traced back to Dayu, but I am lonely and unheard." ”

"This Yuzhou ancestor is wide, but Zhong Huai is not wrong to say that this is a poor mountain and bad water."

The middle-aged scribe who spoke last was called Fang Yuan, in his thirties, from Youyang, Jiangning, and was a staff member recommended by Sheng Hong to his future son-in-law.

Fang Yuan and Sheng Hong have known each other since childhood, and when Sheng Hong was an official in Yangzhou, Fang Yuan gave advice to him in the background.

Sheng Hong has been in Yangzhou for three years, and his performance appraisal can be rated up and down, which is not unrelated to this capable staff, and Sheng Hong is also very dependent on him and is regarded as a guest.

It's just that Sheng Hong is now an official in Beijing, and there are very few places to use his staff, so Fang Yuan has no place to use it, so he can only be an idle Qingke in the Sheng family.

happened to hear that Wei Chen was going to be released to Yuzhou, and there was an urgent shortage of manpower around him, so Fang Yuan asked Sheng Hong for a favor and came to Wei Chen.

I only heard Fang Yuan say with emotion: "Yuzhou is next to Bianjing, and it is also an important place in Hejin, and it was still rich thirty years ago, but in these years, the Yellow Dragon Dance has been carried out several times, and the people of Yuzhou have been displaced, and most of Dingkou has been damaged, and it has not recovered until now." In the past, Dayu ruled the water, but now it is a river plague, which is ironic! ”

The Yellow River is in trouble!

Hearing Fang Yuan mention this, everyone, including Wei Chen, had a heavy heart.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Yellow River has burst its banks almost every year, turning from a gentle mother river to a tyrannical Yellow Dragon.

The Yellow River is frequent, the turbid waves are emptied at every turn, the yellow water is monstrous, and in the last seven or eight years, Bianjing City alone has been flooded more than once.

The most serious one was five years ago, when it rained heavily for more than a month in Bianjing, the Liuta River burst its banks, flooding Bianjing, and tens of thousands of private houses for bad officials, killing and wounding soldiers and civilians, and causing incalculable economic losses.

So much so that if the Yellow River did not flood in any year, the historian would be very fortunate to write down such a record as "It is the year of Hening".

"Disasters from the sky have affected the people of Li, all because the meat eaters do not cultivate their morality!" Wei Shuping stroked his gray beard and sighed.

When Fang Yuan heard this, he frowned and said, "Xun Ziyun, the sky is constant, not for Yaocun, not for ruin." The matter of flood and drought is the rotation of heaven, and there is no one to do it. If not, why did the flood still spread all over the world during the reign of a holy monarch like Yao Shun, so that Dayu was needed to control the water? ”

"This ......"

Wei Shuping was speechless for a while, glaring and wanting to debate with Fang Yuan, but was stopped by Wei Chen raising his hand.

Wei Chen turned over and said with a smile: "It's not too early, let's hurry up." ”

"Yes, Dong On."

Although Wei Shuping and Fang Yuan were older than Wei Chen, they knew how to correct their positions, and when they heard Wei Chen's words, they both closed their mouths with interest, bowed their hands respectfully towards Wei Chen, and turned around to find their horses.

Gu Tingye had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and when he saw Wei Chen nodding at him, he immediately waved his horsewhip and shouted at the team behind: "Keep going!" ”

……

God bless the sixth year, the sixth day of the sixth month.

This day is the day when the new Yuzhou Zhizhou Weichen officially took office.

The news had already spread to the city of Yuzhou, and Huang Shouzheng, the general judge of Yuzhou, who was temporarily in charge of the affairs of the state, summoned a group of officials in the city to the state government to discuss matters.

Huang Shouzheng sat at the top of the lobby and said in a deep voice: "We have to sum up, how to welcome this new Lord Zhizhou, he is a young upstart, and it is the first time to go out to the place, his temperament is difficult to understand, if he is greeted according to the previous practice, I am afraid it will make him unhappy." ”

Xin Zheng Zhixian, who was sitting side by side with the magistrate of Mi County, said with a smile: "Don't worry about the magistrate, the lower official has some old friends with the new magistrate, he is young and old, reasonable, and will definitely not make it difficult for us." ”

"What, you and the new Zhizhou are old acquaintances! Why didn't you say it sooner? ”

Huang Shouzheng was both happy and disgusted, and immediately patted his head in annoyance: "This official has forgotten, Chen Zhixian is the top three in the current science palace test, and you are a person from Youyang, Jiangning, and the new Zhizhou is not only the same year, but also a fellow villager!" ”

After speaking, Huang Shouzheng suddenly reacted, this Chen Zhixian was on an equal footing with Wei Chen before, but now he has become Wei Chen's subordinate, he must feel uncomfortable, and he said a little apologetically at the moment: "Chen Zhixian, it was the official who lost his word." ”

Xinzheng Zhixian said calmly: "He is a demon that is rare in thousands of years, it is normal to be able to compare to him, and the lower officials have been used to it for a long time over the years." ”

Huang Shouzheng laughed and said, "In this case, let's go and visit this future boss together!" ”

"With this intention, Xia Guan can't wait to meet this old friend." Xinzheng Zhixian smiled and nodded to receive the order, and the rest of the officials also got up from their seats.

Huang Shouzheng stood at the door, nodded his head, and found that there was one person missing, so he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why don't you see Zhao Tuanlian?" ”

At present, an official who knows the inside story reported: "Today, the sixth day of the sixth month of June, is the so-called Insect King Festival of the farmer, and a temple fair will be held to worship the insect king, drive away insects and pray for rain." Zhao Tuanlian took people down to the field yesterday to prepare to burn incense and sacrifice, and he didn't think he had heard the news of the arrival of the new governor. ”

Huang Shouzheng opened his mouth in astonishment when he heard this, and then sighed helplessly, glared at the officials around him and said, "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you send someone to find it quickly!" ”

"Yes, the next official will go!"