Shaanxi Province, Lantian County, Gongchuan Valley.

When he came to the valley in person, Zhu Guoxiang finally understood why Wang Wei's villa could stretch for more than 20 miles.

Because the entire valley is in Zhongnan Mountain, there is not much arable land along the way, and there are not many people under normal circumstances.

Land is cheap.

The water of the Gongchuan River flows out from Zhongnan Mountain, all the way to the north, and joins Bashui in Lantian County.

In many parts of the valley, the road is very difficult to walk.

During the wet season, you can barely take a boat, and during the dry season, it directly turns into a stream. Wang Wei walked along the river back then, and wrote the famous sentence that shook the ages: "Go to the poor place of water, sit and watch the clouds rise".

"Emperor, Wang Wei's grave has been found!" The leader of the guards came to report.

Zhu Guoxiang immediately set off to the south, and because the distance was too far, the children stayed in the village. With only four wives with him, he walked all the way, stopping from time to time to enjoy the scenery.

In the afternoon, I came across another village, and many of the villagers had moved away and settled in land outside the valley.

I simply packed up my house, stayed here that night, and continued my journey the next morning.

At noon, they climbed up to a flat and saw weeds covering a large area of foundation.

The wood and stone used in the original building have long been demolished, and it may be that the villagers in the valley used it to build houses.

Li Qingzhao observed for a while and said, "This may be the ruins of Luyuan Temple. ”

In his later years, Wang Wei donated his Rimchuan business and built Luyuan Temple here. The whole valley has also become a temple property.

In the Tang Dynasty, the incense was relatively vigorous, and it was broken after five generations.

Because it's too remote, and the road is not easy to walk!

Perhaps it was due to the war, or for some other reason, Luyuan Temple ceased to exist in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "On the site of Luyuan Temple, a building can be rebuilt and a school can be set up. There is a library building, a teaching building, a dormitory building, and a pavilion for leisure and entertainment. ”

"Husband, look at the tree." Wen Xiaomei shouted.

It was a tall ginkgo, planted by Wang Wei himself, hundreds of years ago.

Li Qingzhao said: "If a school is built here, it can be named 'Gongchuan Academy'. The attic of the husband's leisure can be called 'Wenxing Pavilion', and Wang Wei also has a Wenxing Pavilion. ”

"Those two names are good." Zhu Guoxiang said happily.

Everyone continued to climb the mountain, and under the leadership of the guards, they finally came to Wang Wei's cemetery.

The tomb had long been hidden by weeds, and the guards cleaned up the area around the tombstone.

In addition to the mutilated tombstones, there are several stone tablets with poems inscribed. Those stone tablets and poems should have been left by later generations when they were hanging.

Zhu Guoxiang arranged: "Go back and repair the tomb." ”

There was no fanfare, Zhu Guoxiang only put a few plates of preserved fruits and took his wives to toast Wang Wei.

When they descended the mountain, they even took the preserved fruit with them and gave them to the children in the valley as snacks.

Zhu Guoxiang smiled and said to those children: "This is what Wang Wei has eaten, you can become smart after eating, and you can be admitted to the Jinshi in the future." ”

The children in the mountains don't know what jinshi is, they only know that the preserved fruit is delicious.

Everyone continued to wander around, and Shen Yourong was still holding a picture of the Rim River in his hand, opening it from time to time to compare the scenery in front of him.

"It should be the Takeri Pavilion." Shen Yourong pointed to a bamboo forest and said.

There were also people near the bamboo forest, and when they saw the guards behind Zhu Guoxiang, they came to meet and greet them in a panic.

Zhu Guoxiang said to the peasants: "Since you are willing to stay here, then you can make a living and cultivate in the future." The bamboo on the periphery can be harvested, but you can't enter the inside at will. There is a period of time in the year when bamboo can be cut into the forest on a regular basis. ”

Bamboo forests should also be taken care of, and regular cutting will grow better.

Several farmers hurriedly thanked them.

An old farmer asked: "Listen to the official messenger, in the future, the child will be able to study, and he will not receive a penny?" ”

Zhu Guoxiang said with a smile: "All children born in the valley will not be charged tuition, and pen, ink, paper and inkstone will also be given." ”

The peasants were overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to give thanks.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "You don't have to bow down. Consider me a neighbor, and come to me if you have any trouble. ”

Two small rivers meet in the mountains, and lakes form in the low-lying areas.

The width of the lake is only two or three hundred meters, but it is three or four miles long, and it is divided into two.

The view is absolutely beautiful!

Several women surrounded the "Rim River Map", and Wen Xiaomei pointed to the other side and said: "It should be where the lakeside pavilion is, and you must take a boat to get there." Standing in the pavilion, you can enjoy the lake and landscape on both sides. ”

Li Qingzhao picked up the binoculars and observed, and said: "There are many willow trees on the east side, which should be where the willow waves are." But these willow trees are not tall, and it is possible that the willow trees planted by Wang Wei have been cut down by the villagers. ”

Everyone walked back slowly, rested for the night, and returned to Gongkou Village the next day.

It has the second largest area of flat land in the entire valley and is home to one of the villages.

But once a large area of construction is built, the good arable land will be occupied.

Zhu Guoxiang still wants to farm, he doesn't plan to build it according to Wang Wei's original state: "The peaks on both sides are not very high, and the slope is not steep. The attic courtyard of the usual life can be built on the slopes of the hills on both sides. As for the villagers in the valley, they moved to the south, where the most cultivated land was cultivated, and let them build houses in the mountains. ”

For those villagers who are unwilling to move away, Zhu Guoxiang wants to leave land for them.

At the same time, Zhu Guoxiang also has a large area of cultivated land, and asks the farmers in the valley to help with tenant farming, while Zhu Guoxiang only guides farming.

Zhu Guoxiang returned to the mouth of the valley, pointed to a mountain col and said: "Build a walled fort here, you can hold the entire valley." ”

This mountain col is called Mengcheng Ao, and there were really castles and garrisons in the early Tang Dynasty, because at that time the Gongchuan Valley was Li Shimin's hunting ground.

Shen Yourong asked, "Where do the guards live?" ”

After thinking carefully, Zhu Guoxiang said: "If you live part of the valley and part of the valley, you can quickly gather in the castle. In the two or three villages outside the valley, I plan to move some of the villagers away, and then give the vacated land to the guards. Let the guards bring their wives and children and settle down here to multiply. ”

After Lao Zhu's death, it was impossible for Zhu Ming to allow a large number of guards to exist, and at most keep a hundred palace guards for his younger brothers.

The rest of the guards must have been transferred, but their origins would have landed here.

For the next period of time, Zhu Guoxiang lived in the valley. He personally observed the field, drew a map of the entire valley, and marked where and what to build.

As for the specific architectural design, it can be handed over to the professionals of the Ministry of Industry.

When the design drawings came out, Zhu Guoxiang proposed revisions again, and the colorful black was not impossible.

Just as Zhu Guoxiang was leisurely swimming in the landscape, a fast horse came from outside the valley.

After reading his son's letter, Zhu Guoxiang was furious: "This bastard, how long have I rested?" Let me go back to Kaifeng again! ”

Scolding and scolding, things have to be done.

Zhu Guoxiang took his wife, concubines and children and quickly ended his trip for more than a month.

They were still a few miles away from the county seat of Lantian, and the county magistrate rushed to meet them. If it weren't for Zhu Guoxiang's lack of wanting to be disturbed, this Lantian County Commander would have been eager to live in the valley.

Bashui meanders north, and Zhu Guoxiang travels by boat all the way.

When passing by Baqiao, I got off the boat and took a look, eager to take pictures and send them to Moments.

Then it followed the Weishui to the Yellow River, and then changed to the overland route.

The disadvantage of Chang'an, the capital of Dingdu, lies in this, the section of the Yellow River from Tongguan to Shaanzhou cannot be navigable to transport goods throughout the year.

Chang'an, as the capital, consumes too much material.

If grain is transported from Shandong and Zhejiang, the transportation cost calculated throughout the whole process will only account for 30% of the transportation cost to Luoyang. The remaining seventy percent of the transportation cost is wasted on the section from Luoyang to Chang'an.

Therefore, if there is a shortage of food in Guanzhong in the Tang Dynasty, it will be easier for the emperor to take hundreds of civil and military officials to Luoyang directly for dinner.

Zhu Guoxiang returned to Kaifeng, and all the civil and military officials came to greet him outside the city.

They knew that the emperor wanted to make the emperor regent, so they completely dispelled the doubts in their hearts. Father and son are of the same heart, what are we thinking?

Zhu Guoxiang was angry when he saw so many people, waved his hand and said: "Go back to the yamen to work, today is not a day off." ”

The ministers bowed respectfully and said goodbye, and then entered the city with a grin.

Zhu Guoxiang did not enter the city immediately, but went to the nearby Quannong Division and ran to the large experimental field for a walk.

It was almost evening, and Zhu Guoxiang rushed back to Kaifeng City before the city gate was closed.

Zhu Ming had already prepared food and wine, and brought the queen, princess, and princess to accompany Zhu Guoxiang to dinner.

"Isn't there no war yet? What are you doing in a hurry to call me back? Zhu Guoxiang picked up the chopsticks and asked.

Zhu Ming personally poured wine for his father: "Go out to inspect in advance." In the past few years, there was not enough money and food, and the Yellow River project was fooled, and it was only taken seriously since last year. I went to see the Yellow River, and by the way, I went to Cangzhou to take a look, which has been difficult to recover. What are your thoughts on governing Cangzhou? ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "What else can you think? Cure the Yellow River first, and don't go to Cangzhou every year to burst the embankment. ”

At this time, the Yellow River flowed directly through the urban area of Cangzhou in later generations, and flowed north to Tianjin into the sea......

No matter which direction the lower reaches of the Yellow River burst, it will flood the Cangzhou boundary anyway.

Zhu Ming said: "I'm asking how to treat saline-alkali land. ”

Zhu Guoxiang looked left and right, leaned over to his son, and whispered: "In addition to not using wind and sand, you can copy Jiao Yulu's method of governing Lankao County." Of course, I can also give some crop suggestions. The main thing is irrigation, which irrigates crops over time to irrigate the salinity on the surface of the earth. ”

"Understood." Zhu Ming nodded.

"It's too early to clean Cangzhou," Zhu said, "and the first is that the Yellow River hasn't been cured yet, so we don't know where it will break." The second is that Cangzhou has been made so vast and sparsely populated that there are not many people to treat salinization. By the way, it would be too nonsense to let the Yellow River be diverted slightly, and it would be too nonsense to enter the sea in Tianjin. ”

Zhu Ming said: "The Ministry of Industry is studying the plan and sent many officials to Cangzhou for inspection. The Yellow River has been diverted for more than 30 years, and the sediment deposits in the lower riverbed are so high that it is time to find a new access to the sea. In particular, the section from Qingxian to Tianjin was the old road of the Yellow River nearly a hundred years ago, and it was deposited for decades before. In the past few years, the embankment has burst at every turn, but fortunately there is not much population there. ”

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Anyway, we can't let the Yellow River take over Huai. Huainan is now a rich land, once the Yellow River takes Huai, it will be completely destroyed, and it will be difficult to recover for a thousand years. ”

(End of chapter)