Chapter 39 Taking the Lead
"Brother-in-law, is that Your Highness Ying, the official family today?"
"Didn't there be two Ying Kings in the world two years ago?"
"That's the emperor, I can see the emperor in my life."
"I'm going to be the second brother, the emperor is also a human being, and someone will see it, either you, me, or him."
"Brother-in-law, don't talk nonsense."
"Tell me, what's the matter for coming to Jingyang this time?"
"My father is worried that the new official family will be treated unfairly. I said you don't have to worry, my sister's day is coming."
"What yellow is flying? Even the emperor has to be subject to various restrictions. Even if I make some contributions, I can only use it slightly higher in the shift."
“This is also very good.”
Wang Juran said that in fact, many officials under the Song Dynasty did a good job, but because no one appreciated him, they could only stand still. Not to mention the emperor's eyes, even if they were in the eyes of some powerful and powerful people, it would be completely different.
For example, Lao Su was recommended by Zhang Fangping and immediately got involved in Ouyang Xiu's relationship, allowing his two sons to become Ouyang Xiu's disciples. He was recommended by Ouyang Xiu and then got involved in Han Qi's relationship. He had no fame and was also awarded the position of proofreader of the Secretariat. Although his position was low, he was very expensive. He was the formerly obsessed official of Wang Ju. He was later transferred to Wen'an County Lord Bo, which was considered to have been inspected by the local area. He was immediately transferred back to the capital and went to Yao Pixiu's "Taichang Yin Rebellion"
, This is Lao Su who died early, otherwise he would be promoted soon after this book of rituals. For example, Ouyang Xiu tried hard to promote the post, and Da Su immediately became a Fengxiang Mansion signing judge. Xiao Su, in fact, he did not do well in his exams, and was only the fifth grade and the last first-class Jinshi. Then he passed the exam for the exam and was awarded a referee. Poor Zhang Shi, who has been a local official for so many years, was the provincial exam for Jieyuan and the palace exam for sixth, but he was just a referee.
But looking at himself again, Cai Ting must have something to do with him. As for his mentor, You Shixiong has had letters several times. If he is charming enough, at least he can make the four Lu of Guanzhong interact with him. He doesn't expect them to support him in the future. He may not oppose it or seriously oppose it. In addition, the "Jianzhou Gang" on Zhang Yue's side should not be underestimated. Through Yao Shi and Zhong Diagnosis, he can reach the general's side.
This layer of network has been formed. If the political struggle is serious and everyone is shameless in the competition, how can we not form a party struggle?
Bad debts, confused debts!
Li Wan never dreamed that his brother-in-law could think so far, and asked again: "Did that eldest princess get married?"
"No."
"Not yet? My little sister is so stupid and lucky. She actually snatched her husband from the eldest princess."
"What are the words? Will the princess of the family robbing men with your sister? Otherwise, the two empress dowagers issued an edict together. Do I obey the order or not?" And Li Wan was wrong. If a relative like the Cao family had no hope of entering the court to be a literati, it would be helpful to marry Zhao Niannu and marry Zhao Niannu. If he had a little talent and knowledge, but had no political ability, it would be helpful. At least he could be a son-in-law and his descendants would become noble relatives. But if he was now Wang Ju, it would not only be helpless, but it would be somewhat burdensome. It would be better to marry Li Fei'er than to marry Zhao Niannu.
But Li Wan didn't know that he only knew that his brother-in-law had an opportunity. His father asked him to come and ask, then come and have fun.
However, Wang Ju was so long to greet him, said a few words to Li Wan, and immediately went to find Yang Pan.
The two of them were a little stalemate for the sake of the chief and deputy envoy.
Although the king has made great contributions, it is also a military merit. For literati, it is important to say that it is important, and it is not important to say that it is not important.
But regardless of qualifications and age, Yang Pan must have the advantage, and even his son is more than Wang Ji. This time, Wang Ju went to Beijing, but he did not expect that he would not be punished, but instead became a Shaanxi Field Envoy. If he was in charge of his position, he would be above Yang Pan. Although he had not changed his position, he had actually become a deputy envoy, so Yang Pan was even more unhappy.
However, Yang Pan is not a villain after all, and is indeed well-versed in water conservancy. Wang Ju did not ask the court to transfer Yang Pan back, so the two could only work together with a cold face.
This is not a solution.
Therefore, Wang Ju said: "Yang Gou, the civil servants and soldiers from all prefectures and counties will gather one by one. It is better to do this. We will divide it into two routes. I and the county magistrate Hou started construction at the canal head. You will take half of the civil servants and soldiers to Xiaozhengquan. Then we will start construction together to strive for the convergence after the autumn and open up the first section of the canal."
The entire Zhengbaiqu is divided into three sections, one is the channel to Xiaozhengquan, and the second is to the third limit entrance. This is Hou Ke's suggestion. Third, because the water level at the head of the canal is slightly raised, the high water level extends to Qishui. There is also Baiqu here, all the way to Chishui Town, Huazhou. However, the Laobaiqu runs from the south of Sanyuan County, and the Xinbaiqu starts from Qingshui and walks north of Sanyuan County, and meets Qishui. The third section of the project is a proposal after Wang Ju repeatedly surveyed. In fact, the third stage does not belong to the category of Baiqu, but to the real Zhengqu, but Wang Ju did not want to restore Zhengqu. The reason for doing this was to raise the water level of Taibaiqu and make all the three Baiqus work.
This is a main canal, and there are more than 70 branches of large and small, large and small, which have been newly built or re-drifted. There are more than 200 steep gates of various types of water distribution, water saving, water discharge and water inlet. Six steep sections of the river use the fish scale ponds of Wang Ju. Compared with this new type of embankment, the General Weir of the Tang Dynasty was weak and exploded. In addition, there are more than 20 canal embankments that use the cage stone method.
So once it is divided into two places for construction, no matter how much labor comes, it can be dispersed.
Yang Pan thought for a while and said, "Okay."
He was a little dissatisfied, but Wang Ju was extremely competitive. No matter whether he had the position of Shaanxi Field Envoy, he was destined to be unwilling to be inferior to him. He was not happy to fight, so it would be better to separate. It was better not to meet!
And they are not very far away, so if there is anything, they can contact you in time.
Hou Ke watched Yang Pan leave with some clerks and soldiers, and breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this would be fine.
Seeing Yang Pan leaving, Hou Ke said, "It would be great if the court had a little more money."
He was also obsessed with the site selection in the first place. He was so good to open it from where it was, and he was immediately connected to the Beiluo water. How much arable land will it irrigate?
"Minister Hou. I want to build a canal, right? Let's forget the Beiluo River first, think about the Nanluo River, and remember the Longshou Canal in the Western Han Dynasty."
"I know, I'm in Luonan County."
"If we use this fish-scale pond plus big stones, build a river-blocking dam at any cost, forcibly divide a part of the river, walk with the valley, or explode a few sulcus caves, then how much arable land can we irrigate?"
"This idea is good, but it costs a lot of money. There seems to be many mountains."
"Then let's change another place, can County Magistrate Hou remember Cheng Guoqu?"
"I know this. It was built during the rebuilding of Emperor Wu of Han. It was rebuilt during the Tang Dynasty. It led the Wei River through the Wei River through the Wei River, Fu, Wu, Xing to Xianyang, and retreated back to the Wei River. There were many tributaries along the way, with sufficient water."
"If several of us join forces to negotiate, and with the help of gunpowder, do you think we can rebuild it?"
"Yes. If this canal is built, it can irrigate about 20,000 hectares of arable land."
Nowadays, the water volume of several rivers is better than that of later generations. No matter which one is cultivated, he is willing to spend a lot of money and practice it to death. He will benefit more than later generations.
"The northwest of Ji County is Xieyuguan. There is a tributary of the Wei River with sufficient water volume under Xieyuguan, called Xishui. If the water is stored under the Xishui River, can it irrigate thousands of hectares of arable land?"
"It seems to be possible."
"So can the original water conservancy of Laogushui, Fengshui, Qianshui and Bashui near Chang'an be further renovated and expanded?"
"If that happens, the entire Guanzhong will undergo earth-shaking changes."
"If that happens, disaster will come."
“Huh?”
"Minister Hou, I think you probably heard what I said in the Political Affairs Hall. The reason why the Yellow River has no major problems is that the water volume is still huge. If all the water volume in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is robbed, a huge disaster will come. The water flow becomes smaller, and the river sand sedimentation speed will increase rapidly. A little flood warning will cause dams everywhere. Humans are eager for infinite, but the earth's power is limited. If a Zhengbai Canal is repaired, we should be satisfied."
"This statement..."
"There is another way. Starting from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, from the Dafei River, all the Nanhetao, to the upper reaches of Jingwei River, and to the upper reaches of Beiluo Water. All the people in the mountainous areas with poor territories migrate out together, and then plant trees, afforestation and grass, and light up all the deserts, Gobi, and the barren mountains and hills of the deserts, Gobi, and the green scenery together. The Yellow River water is clear, the Jingwei River water is clear, and the Beiluo Water is clear, so you can overdraw in Guanzhong."
"How is this possible?"
"So let's be content."
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The civilians and soldiers from all over the country arrived one after another, with more than 23,000 soldiers from the Pochet Army and the Fang Army, more than 21,000 civilians from various prefectures and counties, plus five thousand prisoners of war.
This number may also be the highest in the future. The 5,000 prisoners of war will be returned to Xixia sooner or later. During the busy farming period, more than 90% of the civilians will have to go home to work. When autumn comes, the transportation of the wing soldiers is heavy and they will have to return to their own camps. The only normal thing is more than 17,000 Poche troops, and it may even be possible that some Poche troops will come to reinforce in the future.
Under the guidance of the Poche Army sent by Huachi County to reinforce, various soldiers placed gunpowder and ignited them one after another. After loud noises, many rocks collapsed.
Then I started working formally.
Wang Juxian rode his horse to the five thousand prisoners of war, but there were no more than 5,000 people, and more than 100 prisoners of war died for various strange reasons.
Wang Ju turned over and dismounted, swept over the prisoners of war with dull eyes, and said, "My sect and officials are happy to say that harmony is the most important thing, but I don't like it. In short, if your Xixia is strong, you will inevitably invade our dynasty. But if your dynasty is angry, you will also send troops to attack your Xixia sooner or later. This is normal. There is only interest relationship between countries, no friendship relationship. If the Central Plains is strong, you will come to rely on it. If the Central Plains are weak, you will inevitably invade. But... are you still humans!"
"I know you are poor. I understand that you come and rob and rob, but why do you kill innocent people? Why do you commit adultery and robbery and commit all kinds of evil? Are you asking for this kind of fate? But it doesn't matter. I will give you a wise and merciful attitude to your Majesty and give you a chance. Now I am giving you a new gift and sending envoys to talk. As long as the negotiation is done, I will release you back. Including now, you have the same food and the same supply as the people of my dynasty. But if anyone does not work seriously, is lazy or resist, I will have no order to kill you!"
But even so, Wang Ju still put them alone and sent a battalion of Poche troops to guard them day and night.
Wang Ju rode his horse to the civilians and continued to speak: "My fellow villagers, I know, if you are unhappy, you are only unhappy. The court only carries your food, each person only has three kilograms of meat per month, and only provides some simple equipment, including these sheds, which are covered by you by yourself, and even asks you to bring your own shoulder poles, baskets, shovels, and hammers. But I want to say that in recent years, there have been disasters almost every year. The two late emperors have made great progress, and the battle of Dashun City, the national treasury is empty. So with this money and silk, the government paid for it from the inner treasury. Although the court paid very little, the actual cost is not small."
This is not a false pretentiousness.
Last year, there was a slight drought in Guanzhong and the grain harvest was not very good, so half of the grain was transported from the Central Plains.
Then you have to load it into Sanmenxia with a river boat, unload it, walk dozens of miles, reload it onto the boat, and enter the Wei River. Fortunately, it is downstream of the Jing River and can still be navigated. But in this way, a bucket of grain costs are transported to the construction site, which is more than 150 cents, and half of them are millet, otherwise it will be replaced with noodles and rice, and the cost will be higher.
This is thanks to someone, Xue Xiang.
The waste will not be serious if Xue Xiang dispatches it, otherwise the cost will exceed 200 ci. If the official is incompetent, it is not impossible to have 300 ci.
But the difficulty lies in the first and second year. If the two sides join together this year, they can get a lot of arable land. If they join together during the Mid-Autumn Festival, they may be able to plant some winter wheat in advance, and the pressure on food supply next year will be relaxed.
However, Wang Ju knew in his heart that it was not that simple. In winter, food would be even more tense! This was the most tragic thing.
Now there are nearly 50,000 people on the construction site, and the food consumed in a day can be nearly 10,000 bulls. Think about how much it costs to complete the water conservancy. Moreover, there are vegetables and pickles, three kilograms of meat per month, firewood, rice, oil and salt, various materials, including gunpowder, etc.
There is no need to settle the accounts with the people carefully. Wang Ju continued: "But, once Zheng Baiqu is repaired, who will benefit? It is you, your descendants. Now, it will work hard for a few years, and in a few years, this place will become the most fertile area in Guanzhong."
Not to mention it, half of the people really understand it.
At least, looking at this scene, the court this time is very different from the previous few times of repairing canals. It seems that it is really here.
"Tree Card! Work starts!" Wang Ju shouted.
Dozens of yamen run a large wooden sign on the side. On the sign is a map, clearly marking the routes of all main channels and branch channels.
But Wang Ju is a little tricky this time.
Before, Yang Panhou asked, should we measure the original arable land to prevent future submersion or other reasons, so as to make some compensation. Wang Ju said that there is no need to measure it, because there are all the land of each county and county bank, including all levels, which are recorded. Compensation is based on the records of this county bank.
This makes sense. Now it’s so messy, how to measure it?
However, once the Zhengbaiqu is built, the hidden fields will fall into the pit. Therefore, there is a hidden field under this wooden sign. From today on, the land reclamation shall not be included in the county's booklets, and the court will not recognize it.
Waiting for the messenger to pass on Wang Ju's words one by one, Wang Ju pointed at a man and asked, "What's your name?"
"The little one is called Wei Baiping."
"Okay, I will carry the stone with you today." Wang Ju finished speaking, took off his official boots, put on straw sandals, picked up the wooden bar, and looked at Wei Baiping who was still standing there blankly, saying, "Come and work."
"Mr. Ming also works."
"Is there anything wrong with you working for yourself and the officials working for the court?"
"This is not very good."
"Don't talk nonsense, don't be lazy, let's work quickly."
Wei Baiping was still stupid, but Wang Ju held his hand and came down. Wang Ju skillfully used a rope to lift the stone and said, "Wei Baizhuang, lift it."
Then lift it.
But Wang Ju's appearance made Hou Ke stunned and all the people nearby were stunned. (To be continued, please search Piao Tianwen, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!