There was also a drought in Hanzhong this year, but fortunately I met two good officials.

Lin Chi, the transfer envoy of Lizhou Road, was previously the deputy envoy of Jiangnan East Road, and was also in charge of the coinage affairs of Jiangdong Road.

offended Zhu Mian because of the deliberate delay of Huashigang, and Prime Minister Zheng Juzhong helped to intercede, so he was transferred to Hanzhong as a leader.

Lin Chi offended Zhu Mian and was able to be promoted in another place, in addition to Zheng Juzhong's help, because he himself had long been remembered by the emperor.

During the palace examination, his real name was Lin Hu.

Song Huizong felt that this name was not good, so he gave it the name Lin Chi. The emperor personally gave the name, and the officials naturally had to pay attention to it, so Lin Chi's promotion was very fast.

Zhao Yan, the deputy envoy of Lizhou Road Transfer, was previously a transportation judge on Chengdu Fu Road.

Zhao Yan was the one who built the Fengli Canal, and with his own strength, it took only two years to complete the century project that plagued the Northern Song Dynasty for 130 years.

"Alas, the court is in a hurry to ask for food." Lin Chi handed the official document to Zhao Yan.

After reading it, Zhao Yan frowned and said, "Let's make up for it, give half of it." If the grain is delivered in full, Lizhou Road may change again. ”

Lin Chi said: "It's not enough to lose half of the amount, this year's drought on Lizhou Road, the people are too busy to take care of themselves, how can there be surplus grain to hand over to the government?" Even if the order is only levied on the wealthy, the state and county officials will have to distribute it to the small people. ”

Gao Jingshan, the transfer judge, said: "Last year's corn harvest was abundant, so you can get some corn to make up the number. ”

Corn is a new crop, and it is not within the scope of the imperial court's grain collection, and I don't know what the reaction will be when this thing is handed over.

"Food is a trivial matter," Gao Jingshan said in a low voice, "This time, I came with the official document, as well as a private message from my brother. Jia Wang Kai, moved to Taifu last year, and this year he will be promoted to the Imperial City Division! ”

"King Jia raises the Imperial City Division?" Zhao Yan was shocked inexplicably.

Lin Chi was also incredulous and immediately relieved, because the current emperor can do anything. He sighed with emotion: "Alas, the East Palace is unstable! ”

Jiawang Zhao Kai, who was named Taifu last year, has already broken the rules and became the first prince of the Song Dynasty to serve as a teacher and a fu.

This year, Zhao Kai first presided over the summer festival on behalf of the emperor, and then raised the Shenxiao Yuqing Wanshou Palace, and a few days ago he was ordered to raise the Imperial City Division.

That's the Imperial City Division, known as the Song Dynasty Jinyi Guard.

Although it is certainly far inferior to Jinyiwei, what does it mean to let a prince be in charge?

Gao Jingshan said: "The prince is steady and upright, and King Jia is frivolous and improper. Your Majesty's move may cause serious trouble. ”

Zhao Yan was worried: "We are far away from the rivers and lakes, what can we do?" ”

Gao Jingshan said: "Yuan Zhanggong, who promotes corn and sweet potatoes, is visiting relatives in Xixiang County, Yangzhou at the moment. We can send a letter to ask Yuan Zhanggong to hurry back to Beijing, he is quite favored by the official family, and may be able to defend the prince from it. ”

"It's difficult," Zhao Yan shook his head and said, "Your Majesty doesn't like the prince, and it is not a favorite minister who can change it." ”

Lin Chi also said: "The prince is upright and cautious, and he can't please the officials." ”

In history, although Song Qinzong operated a lot, he was really impeccable when he was the prince.

The upright man who was dormant in the court bet his hope on the crown prince Zhao Huan, and it seems that the education is very successful so far, and the personalities of the emperor and the prince are completely opposite.

The emperor was frivolous and carefree, and the prince was cautious in his words and deeds.

The emperor is versatile, and the prince only loves history.

The emperor is lustful, and the prince is quiet.

The emperor admired Taoism, and the prince specialized in Confucianism.

The emperor was poor and extravagant, and the prince was frugal and simple.

Cai Jing wanted to curry favor with the crown prince Zhao Huan and offered exquisite glazed ware, but Zhao Huan broke the glaze in front of him, saying that this kind of luxury cost the people and money.

Song Huizong built the Ming Hall, and Zhao Huan also thought it was inappropriate, so he did not participate in the inauguration ceremony of the Ming Hall.

The contradiction between the father and son has become deeper and deeper, and after a few years of development, Song Huizong even suspected that his son was going to usurp the throne, and personally ordered the prince's family to be executed.

Because Zhao Huan had a bad attitude towards the traitorous party, Cai You and Wang Hao, who were political enemies of each other, actually ran to make friends with Jiawang Zhao Kai at the same time. Liang Shicheng even had the heart to support King Jia, and later Tong Guan and Yang Jian also fell to Zhao Kai and built Zhao Kai's palace unprecedentedly.

On the other hand, the crown prince Zhao Huan is only assisted by a group of upright ministers, and he has no real power in his hands. They had to invoke Li Bangyan as help, because although Li Bangyan was prodigal, he had not done anything evil so far.

Perhaps it is this precarious state that causes Zhao Huan to become less and less courageous, and his personality is suspicious, indecisive, and soft-eared and easy to be swayed.

In any case, judging from Zhao Huan's current performance, the upright ministers all agree that the crown prince will be politically clear when he succeeds to the throne.

Lin Chi, Zhao Ji, and Gao Jingshan were able to get together to become officials, and it was also arranged by some ministers of the DPRK and China through Zheng Juzhong. They could not control Jiangnan, Huainan, and Sichuan, so they could only retreat to the next best thing and temporarily control Hanzhong.

In addition, he also secretly recruited and promoted rising stars, tried to let young officials serve as state and county officials, and gradually infiltrated and controlled local states and counties.

This strategy was very successful, and later even made Song Huizong the commander of the light pole.

Historically, the Jin soldiers went south for the first time, and although Song Huizong was in the Zen position, he did not intend to give up power.

After this goods left Beijing, he ordered the southeast, and did not allow local official documents to be sent to Kaifeng, and ordered the division of King Qin to move closer to him.

Moreover, he went to the south, and also built a palace with a large number of flowers, and the Zhenjiang Palace spent 200,000 yuan per month (including military expenses).

At that time, he heard that Lin Chi had 100,000 yuan in his hand, and Song Huizong immediately wrote to ask for half of it.

Lin Chi only gave 5,000 guan, and the rest was sent to Tokyo to the new monarch Zhao Huan. There are many similar things, local officials collaborated to overthrow Song Huizong, and the new emperor Zhao Huan really took control of the power.

Zhao Yan said: "Whether it is useful or not, I must also ask Yuan Zhanggong to return to Beijing." The official family is all small, and it is rare to have an upright person who is favored. ”

These people rushed to the doctor when they were sick and regarded Zheng Juzhong and Li Bangyan as upright people.

"It's difficult," Lin Chi shook his head and said, "I heard that Duke Yuanzhang does not participate in the affairs of the imperial court. ”

Gao Jingshan said: "His son Zhu Ming is quite ambitious, and he has already offended the traitorous party. If he doesn't participate, he has to participate, and Zhu Chenggong has long become a thorn in the side of the traitorous party. ”

Zhao Yan said: "The dog is auspicious, you can take the book to visit, the test date is still early, and you can rush back to participate in the other test." ”

……

Zhao Fengji is 20 years old and has not yet married a wife.

He studied water conservancy engineering since he was a child. When he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he followed his father to build water conservancy and had several years of practical experience.

Last year, Zhao Fengji happened to get a copy of "Zhu's Arithmetic", and he was immediately shocked, and read books with his father to learn by himself.

This year, he came to Hanzhong with his father and admired Zhu Guoxiang's name even more.

When he heard that the Yuanzhang Highway passed through Xingyuan Mansion, he saw that the spring drought in Hanzhong was serious, and he immediately wrote to the governors of various prefectures and counties, asking them to persuade the people to plant less corn and that corn should be planted extensively this year to fight the drought.

Corn is more resistant to drought than sorghum and far more than corn.

Yuan Zhanggong had a high reputation among the people, saying that corn was not drought tolerant, so farmers switched to corn cultivation, effectively reducing the effects of drought.

Although corn is not drought resistant, it is generally beneficial to the people of Hanzhong.

Maize is grown in many barren mountainous areas, and last year's grain production increased significantly. Although there is still not much surplus grain in the hands of the common people, the grain merchants have saved a lot, and the government can mobilize grain for disaster relief more calmly.

The mountain and river weir in Hanzhong, this year in the form of work for relief, under the auspices of Zhao Yan, finally dredged one of the sections.

"Lang Jun, there is a village in front of you, and you can rest on the shore for the night."

"Let's go ashore."

Zhao Fengji did not go ashore to disturb the people, and planned to spend the night on the ship.

As for why it is parked near the village, of course, it is for safety, and the closer you are to the settlement, the less thieves there are.

The sun is setting, and the sky is full of red glow.

Zhao Fengji sat on the bow of the boat and enjoyed the beautiful scenery, and suddenly saw more than a dozen people leading horses and walking along the river bank to the village.

"Brother Yang, there's an official ship ahead!" A fugitive exclaimed.

Yang Zhi immediately reassured everyone: "Don't panic, we are not fugitives, we are here to give Yuan Zhanggong a birthday gift." ”

After all, they are thieves, and although these guys are very calm, they are obviously a little too calm.

Under normal circumstances, when encountering official ships in rural villages, they will take a few curious glances.

But the fugitives either looked ahead or turned their heads to look away, as if the ship didn't exist.

Zhao Fengji looked carefully, called the servants and said: "The entourage and soldiers on the ship all have weapons in their hands, these people don't seem to be good citizens. ”

The servant reminded: "There are more than ten thieves, and there are still weapons in their hands, don't provoke the petty officials, let's stop in another place." ”

Zhao Fengji said: "I am the deputy envoy of Lizhou Road, but I am afraid of more than a dozen thieves? Get out of the boat and follow them far away, see what they are going to do, and if you are in danger, flee back to the ship. ”

The servants had no choice but to obey orders and follow Yang Zhi and the others into the village from afar.

Then he inquired in the village and ran back to report: "These thieves went to the house of a rich family, and heard from the villagers that the rich family's surname was Jin. These more than a dozen thieves, whom the villagers have never seen, are here for the first time. ”

Zhao Fengji said: "Since it is the first time, it is not the rich family in the village. They may trick the rich into opening their doors and then do the murderous and arson in the middle of the night! ”

The servant said: "Lang Jun has been thinking about it a lot, how can it be a coincidence. ”

Zhao Fengji returned to the cabin and brought a sword, and ordered: "Leave a few boatmen, and the rest will go ashore with me, I will definitely wipe out these thieves!" ”

The servant wanted to speak and stopped, he watched this Lang Jun grow up, and knew that Zhao Fengji often did some secondary two things.

Zhao Fengji's personal entourage and soldiers added up to only nine people. He went straight to the rich man's house and knocked on the door, and said to the doorman, "I am the son of the deputy of Lizhou Lucao, and I will pass by here today and borrow your house to rest for the night." ”

The identity is reported, and the chickens fly and the dogs jump.

The owner of the house, Jin Yuanwai, hurriedly came out to greet him, nodded and invited him in.

Zhao Fengji asked as he walked: "I saw more than ten people just now who entered Your Excellency's house, what are their origins?" ”

Jin Yuanwai said: "Duke Yuanzhang has a friend in Chang'an, and sent them to give Duke Yuanzhang a birthday gift. ”

Zhao Fengji sneered when he heard this, and traveled thousands of miles to give birthday gifts, but after arriving in Yangzhou, he didn't go to the county seat to hire a boat, and had to lead the horse to take a more difficult land route. Moreover, when I saw the official ship and deliberately didn't look at it, these people had no problem before they saw it.

Zhao Fengji whispered: "These people are thieves, Your Excellency can pretend not to know, ask them to drink more, and capture them in one fell swoop while they are drunk and asleep!" ”

Yang Zhi is estimated to be a broom star, and he can encounter unlucky things wherever he goes.

It's almost Daming Village, and it's inexplicably found out that there is a problem with the identity.

(End of chapter)