"Dada-da-da!"

Three horses galloped across the land of Guanzhong.

Zhu Ming learned the name of Fengli Canal from the peasants, and when the official ship docked in Weiqiao Town, he took Li Hanzhang to check.

Chen Yuan once passed by here to give lectures, specially inspected Fengli Canal, and also borrowed a horse to accompany him.

The canal in front of him was blocked, and he could no longer ride a horse, Chen Yuan pointed to the canal that flowed into the Wei River and said, "This is the southern white canal of the three white canals. ”

The Sanbai Canal was in the Tang Dynasty, but due to disrepair and the diversion of the river, the Song Dynasty has been trying to dredge it.

In the past few years, it has not only been completely dredged, but also the irrigation area has been expanded to 3.6 million mu, and it has been renamed "Fengli Canal".

Zhu Ming asked: "Zhao Yan, the hero who majored in this canal, has been promoted to what position now?" ”

"I don't know," Chen Yuan said, "he's just a petty official, his origin is unknown, and his reputation is not obvious." ”

"Such a feat, but not even famous? Doesn't the imperial court promote it? Zhu Ming couldn't believe it.

Chen Yuan said: "The promoters of this canal are Cai Pu and Mu Jing, both of whom are members of Hou Meng's party. Hou Meng is now a Zhongshu Shilang (deputy prime minister), and he is not on good terms with Cai Jing. Cai Jing couldn't defeat Hou Meng, so he attacked Cai Pu and Mu Jing, and both of them were belittled. As for Zhao Yan, most of them were also implicated, and even deliberately erased his achievements in water conservancy. ”

Zhu Ming was completely convinced, and said with emotion: "The good officials who promote water conservancy have been demoted, and the officials who major in this canal have only one name. In this world, it is difficult to be able to do it! ”

"If you don't get rid of treachery, the world will be uneasy." Li Hanzhang also thinks it's very unreasonable.

Hou Meng is a native of Gaomi, Shandong, and he is relatively sleek, but he has always insisted on justice, and in "Water Margin", it was Hou Meng who proposed to recruit An Song Jiang.

Song Huizong once asked Hou Meng: "How is Cai Jing?" ”

Hou Meng replied: "If Cai Xianggong is of good character, the ancient name is nothing more than that." ”

This answer gave Song Huizong enough face, and he insinuated that Cai Jing was not right, and Cai Jing was jealous of him. Cai Jing instructed his subordinates to impeach Prime Minister Zhang Shangying, and Hou Meng also tried his best to mediate, and the contradiction between the two deepened.

But Hou Meng can bend and stretch, and knows how to pat Song Huizong's sycophants, Cai Jing has never been able to squeeze him out of the court.

Sometimes, Song Huizong even bypassed Cai Jing and summoned Hou Meng alone to discuss matters.

Zhu Ming looked at the farmland on both sides of the Fengli Canal, with this canal in the town, it would be difficult for the people's livelihood in Guanzhong to collapse, and it would be possible to frantically exploit it for another ten years.

There are traitorous ministers in the Great Song Dynasty, but there are also capable ministers!

Poor canal repairer Zhao Yan, in the era of Wang Anshi, it is estimated that he can soar into the sky, but now he has disappeared.

If you give a game attribute, Zhao Yan should be above 95 water conservancy.

Because it was too difficult to dig through the Fengli Canal, Zhao Kuangyin had ordered the digging of this canal, and Zhao Guangyi had also ordered the digging of this canal. Next, every emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty ordered the digging of this ditch.

All failed!

It took many years for Wang Anshi's uncle Hou Ke to change the law and enable Ercheng, and finally reached 30% of the project progress.

The rest can't be chiseled, and the technical difficulty is too great.

After Zhao Yan took over, in the absence of financial support from the imperial court, he only relied on mobilizing local forces and only took two years to complete the century project that had plagued the Northern Song Dynasty for 130 years!

He was even able to do it without disturbing the people on a large scale, and only a few thousand people were used. It even added a flood discharge function to the Fengli Canal to ensure that the seven counties through which the canal flows can be irrigated during drought and not flooded during rain.

What level is this?

is such a capable minister, leaving only one name in the history books, and he doesn't even know what the words are.

The specific official position is also vague, and it is only known that it is the envoy sent by the Changping envoy to repair the canal.

Zhu Ming really wanted to get acquainted with this person, but unfortunately there was no clue.

"I can't wait to see Zhao Jun in person." Zhu Ming sighed.

Chen Yuan said: "I also want to meet this gentleman and ask for some water conservancy knowledge." I've seen it, and it's so clever that it's a stroke of genius! In order to control the water potential, he added two holes, two sluices, and three ditches. The mountains are burned, the stones are chiseled into canals, the floods are discharged, and the torrents are flattened. If I were to do it, I wouldn't be able to dream of such a wonderful idea. ”

Zhao Yan excavated the Fengli Canal, overturned the original design, and reformulated a full set of water conservancy plans with ideas that ordinary people could not understand.

Zhu Ming sighed in his heart, how many capable people with lofty ideals renewed their lives for this Great Song Dynasty, and they were all buried in the hands of the father and son.

Return to the delivery shop and rest for the night.

The group continued to move forward by boat, and after some time, they landed near Tongguan and changed to a bus from the delivery shop.

Traffic is heavier and the number of buses is limited, so you have to wait a few days.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhu Ming decided to wander around.

"San Lang, do you want to go up the mountain over there?" Zhu Ming asked.

Li Hanzhang reminded: "The mountain beams close to Tongguan are all forbidden areas and cannot be climbed at will. ”

Zhu Ming instigated: "You usually claim to know the soldiers, but you don't want to see the whole picture? ”

Li Hanzhang was quite moved: "Then ...... Climb up around the distance? ”

The two guys came out of the shop, pretending to be in a hurry to go east, and detoured for miles to climb the mountain beam.

Unfortunately, the distance was too far to climb up and I couldn't see clearly, so I went down the mountain and touched the ravine. On another mountain beam, the west is the old site of Hantong Pass, and the east is the old site of Sui Tong Pass, all weathered to the point that only the ruins remain.

The whole picture of Tongguan in the Tang and Song dynasties can be seen clearly.

In Zhu Ming's mind at this moment, the sentence suddenly appeared: Tongguan Road in the mountains and rivers!

"Do you want to continue?" Li Hanzhang was a little weak-hearted.

Zhu Ming said: "If it is discovered by the defenders, it will be said that we are here to rely on the ancient battlefield." ”

"Good!" Li Hanzhang felt very excited.

The two went down the ramp to the forbidden ditch by the Tong River, and gradually touched the back of Tongguan.

There were a few soldiers sitting in the city, no one paid attention to them, they swaggered, and passed the Tong Pass around the foot of the mountain.

No.

Zhu Ming stood by the river and concluded: "The road we just took can bypass Tongguan, but there is no half of the officers and soldiers stationed there. A fortress should be built on top of the mountain beam, so that the passage can be blocked. ”

Li Hanzhang said: "This place is far away from the frontier, and there are few defenders in Tongguan, how can it be possible to build a fort on the mountain beam?" ”

"That's right." Zhu Ming nodded.

At this time, Tongguan is a virtual reality, even if it can't be defeated, it can be easily bypassed.

Not in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang belonged to the maniac who built the city, and directly built the city wall to block all the passages.

Back at the shop, Zhu Ming remembered something and casually asked the shopkeepers: "Is there a warrior named Zhou Dong in the local area?" ”

Pu Bing was quite surprised: "Xianggong also knows Zhou Tong in a foreign country? ”

"I heard that his martial arts are excellent, and I want to visit him." Zhu Ming said.

Shop Bing said: "I want to find Zhou Tong, but Xianggong has to go to Yanyan Road." ”

After careful inquiry, it turned out that Zhou Tong was a local archer, and now he is on the border of Yanyan Road (Luzhi is Yan'an), and he has also taught archers under Liu Guangshi.

Zhou Tong in reality is not Zhou Tong in literary and artistic works.

This person's archery skills are like gods, but that's all, the gun and stick skills can only be regarded as average, Yue Fei's marksmanship is from Chen Guang.

Zhou Tong actually went to Yan'an, Zhu Ming was quite sorry, he still wanted to learn a few tricks.

Everyone stayed at the post house and waited for six days, and the carriage was finally empty, so they continued to drive by bus.

When I arrived in Luoyang, there was light snow in the sky, and this year's cold wave came early.

Zhu Ming asked Chen Yuan: "Do you want to visit the local Confucian, and by the way, talk about our knowledge?" ”

Chen Yuan shook his head: "Although Luoyang is the holy land of Luoxue, the scholars here are not easy to deal with. When I passed by here a while ago, I also went to lecture and debate the Bible, but I was ridiculed. They don't even agree with the doctrine of the family teacher (Yang Shi), how can they agree with the study of Taoism? The family here has been a eunuch for generations, and the university is very popular, and it is no longer known about the suffering of the people. ”

"I see." Zhu Ming immediately understood.

There are a lot of official eunuchs in Luoyang, although they are not very picky about marrying daughters-in-law, but they are all above the top, and many sons-in-law are prime ministers or clansmen.

These families control the orthodoxy of Luoxue, look down on Luoxue elsewhere, and think that those Luoxue are not authentic.

They have detached themselves from the masses, and even from ordinary people!

In Luoyang, the spread of Taoism and Taoism will inevitably be suppressed and rejected by local families.

Zhu Ming also wanted to go into the city to play, but time was tight and he had to hurry as soon as possible.

Hurry up and hurry, when we arrived in Heyin County, the heavy snow still blocked the road, and the Bianhe River was also frozen and could not be sailed.

The snow is hard to melt, it's very bad, and you have to stay here.

The second Chinese New Year's Eve that Zhu Ming crossed over was spent in the Heyin County Inn.

After bothering the post guards for so long, the scholars didn't want to go, so everyone pooled money to buy some delicious food and invited the post house staff on duty for the New Year to have a good meal.

Until the seventh day of the first lunar month, I was finally able to set off and arrive at Bianliang before the Lantern Festival.

"It's huge!"

Bai Sheng was dumbfounded, and Bianliang City couldn't see the edge at a glance.

Shi Biao also looked stupid, and stood still on the boat.

Not only them, but even Ling Guxu, who went to Beijing for the first time to take the exam, was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Zhu Ming's first impression of the city was: it really lives up to its name!

You don't have to go into the city to feel the bustle, and the outside of the city is full of houses and shops.

Even ordinary people are significantly wealthier than other states and counties.

There were not many beggars, and after a heavy snowfall, it is estimated that they are almost dead.

Stepping on the ice to cross the river and come to the wharf, Bai Chongyan said: "The inn in the city is more expensive, and it is close to the Lantern Festival, it must be full, so we can live outside the city." ”

The crowd took their servants, and the servants carried the goods on their backs, and began to slowly look for the inn.

Since the Bianhe River has not yet thawed, countless goods have been transported from the ice. The dock is very crowded, with people carrying bags, carts, and sedan chairs...... The whole nine yards.

Beyond the dock area, there are rows of shops.

There are still many scholars on the streets, all of whom have come to Beijing to take the exam, and there are still more than 20 days before the exam.

There are so many people, I asked three inns in a row, and all of them were full of guests.

On the one hand, the scholars of the imperial examination are gathered, and as the Lantern Festival is approaching, a large number of businessmen gather in Tokyo, wanting to make a lot of money during the festival.

When asked about the fourth one, there were a few rooms, but not enough for them.

After some discussion, Min Zishun took a few people to stay, and Zhu Ming and they continued to search.

Fortunately, they didn't go far, and another inn was not full, so everyone hurriedly paid for the deposit.

A young gentleman came in with his entourage and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you still have a room here?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head: "These people are finished." ”

The young man turned to leave, but when he reached the door, he came back and asked, "Friends, can you get together with me?" After the Lantern Festival, there will be a surplus of guest rooms. ”

Zhu Ming didn't care about this, it was a big deal to squeeze with Bai Sheng and Shi Biao, and immediately nodded and said, "Yes." In Yangzhou Zhu Ming, the word is successful, I don't know your honorable name? ”

The scholar was upright: "In Xia Jiangning Qin Hui, the word will be known, thank you Brother Chenggong for letting the room." ”

Zhu Ming smacked his lips and didn't speak again, he regretted it a little.

Let your mother's room, Lao Tzu kicked to death!

Qin Hui was a self-acquaintance, and also revealed the imperial examination information to Zhu Ming: "Brother Chenggong knows? This year, Maoke will be opened, and the number of places will be increased. ”

For no reason, Zhu Ming couldn't beat people, and he had to be polite: "I don't know how to write poetry, and I don't dare to take the Maoke exam." ”

Maoke's full name is "Lexicology and Maoke", which was made by Huizong of the Song Dynasty, specializing in poetry and articles, and was personally read by the emperor. The number of places to be admitted is limited to three, and it is even possible to admit only one.

Wang Anshi stipulated that all the lifters, including the new branch jinshi, were not allowed to take the special subject again, so there was only one chance, and those who dared to take the Maoke exam were bulls.

Don't mention what kind of character is it, Qin Hui's diction must be very good, and he dares to take the test if he only admits a few people.

(End of chapter)