In the morning court, Zheng Lang reported: "Your Majesty, the water in July is vast, and I am afraid that the incident of Shang Hu Da will happen. Please send officials to the prefectures in Jingdong and Hebei to break the dike and release the water to kill the water."

This strategy was used last year. When the river water was huge, we chose some areas and opened the river embankment to unload the water flow. Therefore, there was no major problem with the Yellow River last year. As for the Yongji Canal in March, it was peach blossom water, no one expected it. This was also fatal. The Yongji Canal was built by Yang Guang and the Grand Canal to Youzhou. Youzhou now belongs to the Liao Kingdom. However, a large number of troops stationed in the north and requires a lot of supplies. Once the Yellow River water comes in, it also brings a lot of quicksand. At the mildest, the north flows overflow and disasters, and at the worst, the Yongji Canal is silted.

.But at that time, the water flow rate was not large and the harm was not high. The flood season last year was not very serious. The unloading area was not large, and there were not many ministers who opposed it. However, seeing the benefits of silt in the unloading area were used as the unloading area, it was mostly saline-alkali land or low-lying areas. However, most of the time, the two were synonyms for the same. The lower the terrain, the higher the saline-alkali content. The river water flushed the saline-alkali content and some silt precipitated. This year, the effect was seen, and the crops were growing vigorously.

The excessive period given by God last year was very important. If the flood water was huge and everyone did not see the benefits, and they would release floods in large quantities, and there were many ministers who opposed it, or if one or two honest officials lay on the embankment, the problem would arise. Who dares to pull it off? In the early Song Dynasty, this problem was more serious than in the Qing Dynasty.

This year, the water situation is getting bigger and bigger. Although some areas choose to release floods, the water level line has not dropped, and some areas have been rising. If you want to release floods, it is impossible to knock them down.

If it is not handled in time, the Yellow River will be determined by Daming Prefecture. It is not as serious as Shanghu Dao, and it may cause several floods, and the floods in the Ding Prefecture and Dingzhou areas are even more serious. The terrain of these three areas is mostly flat, and once it floods, it will be a big place. The population is also large, with more than 100,000 households in Daming Prefecture. More than 70,000 households in Zhending Prefecture, and nearly 50,000 households in Dingzhou. One-third of the people are flooded, which is more than 500,000 people.

Some of the affected areas of Zhending Prefecture and Dingzhou are not the main stream of the Yellow River. However, it is still caused by the Yellow River. The water flows in the north of the Yellow River and the tributary water cannot be discharged, which causes serious floods in Zhending and Dingzhou. But it is very wonderful. There will be many people who are pointing fingers when doing things and do not do things. The Yellow River flows northward. For such a serious problem, no ministers will give advice except for Jia Changchao's words.

It is not a solution. Even if Zheng Lang succeeds this year, the Yellow River will be divided into several branches and enter the sea. In addition to the flood season, the water flows slowly and slowly. The sedimentation will be faster and faster, and the consequences will be more serious. However, Zheng Lang has no choice but to let no major problems happen during his term of office first. Then think of good solutions later.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Zheng Qing. Who is the right person to go?"

Zheng Lang glanced at the officials below. He saw Wang Su, but shook his head. Wang Su loved the people too much. This is a good thing. It was too cute. There would definitely be many people oppositions for such a large-scale flood discharge. Wang Su would not bear it. He looked at the others. He said: "I thought that two ministers needed to be envoys, Liang Shi was used as the chief envoy, and Wang Su was the deputy envoy, so he went to preside over the presidency. The September flood season ended and the people were placed properly. Return to Beijing to work."

Liang Shi is the best candidate, but he is afraid that Liang Shi will do too much and use Wang Su to restrain him.

He Tan said: "Zheng Lang, it's too heavy."

Liang Shi was the deputy prime minister of the Western Prefecture. Bao Zheng was transferred from Shaanxi and appointed as the Censorate. He moved Wang Su to a Hanlin scholar. Both of them were important officials of the court, so He Tan said this.

"Once there is more flooding, affecting thousands of households, tens of thousands of people will die in the flood. Is it serious?"

Zhao Zhen approved the order.

Zheng Lang called Liang Shi and Wang Su to the East Mansion and prepared for the future. Last year, Zheng Lang sent officials to investigate the terrain along the river and the barren salinity of various places, so he chose many flood discharge areas and carefully drew more than a dozen maps.

He handed them to Liang Shi and Wang Su and said, "You can check the specific location for yourself, but be sure to make up your mind. Although the water level this year is not as good as the previous year, it is far exceeding the water level last year. If you are not cruel, the water level will not be killed. But the people must be based on the people in every flood discharge area. Go first, and I will immediately ask the three departments to transfer 500,000 stones of grain and 500,000 shovels of money for your dispatch and use."

Looking at these maps, Liang Shi's eyes were very complicated.

Zheng Lang had no good feelings for this person, nor did he have much dislike. The gentleman could not tolerate him, but a person who did practical things. Similar to Lu Huiqing later, he was a good minister who was good at using it. If he was not used well, he would devour the master. It was a double-edged sword, which depends on how he used it.

Liang Shi would not have thought that Zheng Lang had this idea. This time he went down, and it was a little troublesome. If the dam was broken and the flood was discharged, there would definitely be people who opposed it. If they were not done well, there would be some impeachment from the ministers. But if they could only do well, they would be a political achievement, no less than a gild. Zheng Lang was not too dismissed with him, and was completely different from Wu Yu and others, so he would not harm him.

However, looking at this map, my mood was a bit complicated. How long did it take to draw it? It was said that in the past two years, I didn’t see much of Zheng Lang doing. Either he was just a bank, but it was still too early to achieve the benefits, or it was a farmland water conservancy law, or it was just a new law extended to Fan Zhongyan’s doctrine to emphasize agriculture and sericulture. But the world has actually improved. Only by seeing these dozen maps can we understand why the world has become better.

It’s not that I can’t speak or do it, but I did a lot of it, but everyone didn’t see it.

Huaiwang walked the map and left the capital with Wang Su and went to Hebei immediately. It was mainly flowing north. Unlike the original Yellow River, it had a long riverbed. Many sections of the river were opened by the Yellow River itself. The sections of the river were shallow, and some officials and local households blocked the embankment unreasonably, causing the river surface to be narrow, so the water level was large and it was more likely to cause disasters.

Large areas of flood discharge areas were released. From the east of the capital to the lower reaches of the Yellow River, most of the selected flood discharge areas on the map drawn by Zheng Lang were opened, and the water situation continued. There was a flood disaster, but it was not serious, only in some areas.

It seems to be a good idea, and no one wants to talk about the Beiliu case.

Zheng Lang knew very well that it might not be a good thing. Most of the terrain was transformed after water storage, and some harvests could be achieved. The next time these people would ask officials to open the river bank to release water and release floods? Even this year, some politicians impeached them, allowing Zheng Lang to suppress them. What about the future? The annual harvest of four or five dou of land is not rare, and how much controversy will it cause for two stones of land?

Let’s not worry about it for now, I guess I was probably not in the capital at that time.

August came, and Zheng Lang went to the suburbs and looked at the cotton harvest.

The most suitable for planting in Hebei is North American fine lint cotton, and it is impossible to get their seeds. Lingnan coarse lint cotton is good, not picky, and it only takes several years of evolution. This kind of cotton can be grown in most areas of the country, but the yield is low, the cotton fiber is poor and short. Even making cotton cloth must be made with silk to weave exquisite cloth, otherwise the fabric will be of very inferior quality. So Wang Su brought long lint cotton from the Western Regions to see if it can be planted.

After several years of cultivation, it was not successful, and even the fruits produced had serious mutations. Instead, the thick velvet cotton brought from Jiangdong once again showed strong vitality and slowly adapted to the climate and terrain of Hebei. Looking at the cotton on the Fan family's land, Zheng Lang smiled bitterly.

Several big heads who accompanied him also laughed, and Zheng Lang was so rare that he was sucked.

However, what they did finally caught Zhao Zhen’s attention. It would not take a few years for all the northern seeds to be improved. However, it played a role in some areas. So he granted several children official positions, which was an official position, indicating that the court commended him for his righteous actions.

Zheng Lang turned to the sorghum again.

It grows very vigorously. Anyway, it is because of the nature of playing tickets. It spends tens of thousands of chunks of money every year, but a household only spends thousands of chunks, not many. It only takes a few nights to go to the heads of various industries in the capital. So what to do? But Zheng Lang is still very dissatisfied.

The weather gradually became less hot, and the early autumn wind blew, and it felt a little cool. Zheng Lang looked around and saw that in addition to sorghum cotton, this vast area also had beans. The main grains for autumn harvest in the north were beans and sorghum.

Actually, it should be corn.

Return to the capital and continue watching the flood.

The disaster was more serious than he imagined. Although the Zheng family's flood discharge method was used, it was not only not a fundamental solution. Even the foundation was not completely cured this year. Heavy rains were still falling one after another. Until September, the capital was still floating in continuous autumn rain, with large-scale flood discharges, which played some roles. The Yellow River still experienced some small dam breakers, and most of the low-lying areas were flooded. There was also a water-proof earth dike that cut corners. During the flood discharge, the earth dike collapsed, causing the irrelevant dam to be submerged in the 20,000 acres of arable land behind it to be flooded and more than 100 people were drowned by the water. Zheng Lang was so angry that he wanted to curse himself in the Secretariat.

But it was not that the ministers said that Ding Du was planning to write a letter to dig deeper (digging the Yellow River deeper to make the river water deeper and flow faster, a nonsense method of river management), and the method of blocking the dike eastward to get political achievements in order to return to the capital (the blocking merchants broke the door and diverted the water eastward, which was thoughtful, which was also the best strategy among the strategies, but it was not a good idea). Some people suggested the North Flow Method (choose the Yellow River New North Flow to diffuse and dredge deeper), and they had already started arguing.

It was Zheng Lang who stayed in the Secretariat. He went from Jiangdongwei, to Qiantang Dike, to Sanbai Canal, and also the farmland water conservancy method. The huge water conservancy achievements made people afraid, and he was also a flood discharge method. Since the defeat of Gaoliang River in the Battle of Gaoliang River, the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers were used to being respectful. Anyway, there would be no major problems, so they had to live by.

Once again, many areas were affected by flooding, and some problems also arose, but the problem was not big. Although Zheng Lang's operation, although the grain was fluctuating, the price increase was not high, and the affected people were quickly appeased. What else can we say?

A hidden danger accumulates deeper and deeper.

The Yellow River has a headache, don’t worry, but there is one person that everyone must care about, Zhang Yaozuo.

He Tan's mother was old and wanted to serve as an official near her hometown to take care of her mother. Zhao Zhen became humane and asked He Tan to be the master of Zhizhou as a bachelor of Zhilongtu Pavilion, a member of the Ministry of Personnel. Before leaving, He Tan reported two things.

The first thing to do is to talk about provincial officials. Fan Zhongyan's reform also involved reducing officials, because he had a strong clique and failed to achieve success. After Jia Changshi came to power, he overturned and then overturned. Just like Sima Guang treated Wang Anshi's reform, all the laws that occurred in Wang Anshi were overturned indiscriminately, and the officials were more redundant than before.

How to solve the problem of redundant officials, He Tan has no good strategy, but only mentioned reducing the number of grace and honor. In addition to descendants, important officials in the south suburbs, Xu Zuo Gong gave a relative, and other officials paid tribute to Xu Zuo Gong for three years. Instead of being too rewarded now, this is a compromise strategy for using the current grace and honor of Fan Zhongyan's provincial official law. All grace and honor are not allowed. All officials are not convinced and continue to give officials the opportunity to be kind and honored and relatives and guests to reduce the complaints of officials. However, the actual number of grace and honor of officials will decrease, and the speed of redundant officials will decrease.

The second thing is about Zhang Yaozuo. Zhang Yaozuo was promoted too fast and had no political achievements. There were many complaints below. After all, he was the elder of Concubine Zhang, and it was reasonable to give wealth and honor, but it was not given like this. Why didn’t he give only officials like Li Yonghe, and he would not give power, and he would be rich and honored all his life, and the officials would have no complaints. Besides, isn’t it great that His Majesty let the Three Divisions be incorporated into the Secretariat?

The last sentence made Zhao Zhen happy.

Zhao Zhen asked Zhang Yaozuo to serve as the envoy of the Third Division. Zheng Lang definitely disagreed, so Zhao Zhen did Zheng Lang's job. Zheng Lang made acquiesce to the brotherly relationship.

And Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo had a personal relationship with Zhang Yaozuo when he was an official in Sichuan. During the Yuan Dynasty, he watched the lanterns at the imperial city. Concubine Zhang wore a rare lantern shirt. Seeing that his style was novel, Zhao Zhen asked where he came. Zhang honestly replied that Mrs. Wen gave it to her.

The minister who took advantage of the loophole of Concubine Zhang was not Wen Yanbo. Once, Zhao Zhen went to Concubine Zhang's room and saw a row of exquisite red Dingzhou porcelain bottles. Maybe there were in wealthy families, but there were not many luxury items in the frugal palace. When asked where they came, Zhang honestly replied that Wang Gongchen gave it to him. Zhao Zhen smashed it one by one with a jade axe.

Zhao Zhen was not very angry. It was because Zhang was very honest and not very scheming, but he was even more happy. If Zhang was like Liu E, even though she was beautiful, she might not be favored. In fact, there were some people, such as Pang Ji, who did a very secretive job and did not let Zhao Zhen catch the handle.

So Zheng Lang did something, not worrying, and for the sake of brotherly love. What should we do? Previously, Wang Yaochen, Wang Gongchen, Zhang Fangping, and Ye Qingchen. These people served as the envoy of the Three Divisions, one is more capable than the other. Zhang Yaozuo served as the envoy of the Three Divisions, and something must happen. The fact is that Zhang Yaozuo served as the envoy of the Three Divisions, which has led to a sky-high price of more than 200 cigarettes in history. The national treasury was empty and there was a lot of food everywhere. So Zheng Lang carried out "custody" and took over the major affairs of the Three Divisions and transferred them to the East Prefecture to handle it.

In addition to Zheng Lang, there is also Wen Yanbo in the East Prefecture. Both of them were in their prime, and they were energetic and had the ability to govern the government. After entrusting, Zhang Yaozuo was relatively obedient and did not compete for the power with the East Prefecture. The three departments did not have many problems in recent years, and became the three departments with the most abundant resources in decades.

At first, no one knew about it, but how could such a major thing be kept hidden for a lifetime? In the end, even Zhao Zhen knew about it.

In short, He Tan's interview with Zhao Zhen this time was calm, which made Zhao Zhen very satisfied. In addition, Bao Zheng talked about it every day, which made Zhao Zhen unable to bear it anymore and had already planned to follow He Tan's advice. But at this time, the Peng Siyong incident occurred again.

When the censors saw Zhao Zhen continuing to appoint Zhang Yaozuo, there were rumors that Zhang Yaozuo had obtained the three envoys, and he was looking for the political affairs again. The eunuch Wang Shouzhong was favored in the forbidden palace and asked the governor. Peng Siyong wanted to lead the minister to make suggestions, but someone persuaded him, but he was not sure whether it was true or false, so please ask for a clear advice. Peng Siyong said: "It is better to offend the words and act as an offense. Once the order is issued, it will be unsupported, and it will be a mistake for the court."

Other officials looked at each other, what if it was fake? As a result, only Peng Siyong performed solo in one year, saying that Zhang Yaozuo was promoted by his personal connection to the palace, Wang Shouzhong was favored for entering and leaving the door, and the assistant minister was short of political affairs, Yaozuo was on standby day and night, and Shouzhong also sought to be the governor. Your Majesty was rewarded and misfortune, so he was lonely and cold, and he was solemn to please everyone because of Yaozuo. The foreign relatives were in charge of the government and the eunuchs were not the blessing of the clan society. Also, the internal surrender was considered as a slant (referring to officials who were promoted without the consent of the Secretariat) was not suitable for the prosperous era.

After entering the memorial service, Zhao Zhen was furious and asked publicly at the court meeting: "Where did you hear the news?"

Even if Xu Yanchen hears about Yanchen, you are too nonsense.

I want to offend Peng Siyong.

Wu Kui and others rescued him, but Zhao Zhen was furious and refused to listen.

Bao Zheng also saved him, but he refused to listen. Bao Zheng had no choice but to stare at Zheng Lang with his eyes.

Zheng Lang had no choice but to speak, so he had to come out and said, "Your Majesty, although Peng Siyong's words were wrong, the harm of the foreign relatives and eunuchs interfering in politics is very shallow. The disaster of the fall of the Tang Dynasty, military generals are the tyrannical power, separatist vassal states, disputes between the cliques, and eunuchs. The fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, eunuchs are the tyrannical power, and foreign relatives interfering in politics is necessary. Also, although Your Majesty's use of officials is different from the slanting titles of Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Your Majesty's use of officials is too numerous and redundant. Your Majesty is known for loving the people. It takes thousands of scattered money to raise an official year, and more than one thousand scattered money to twenty households destroy it, and less than one thousand scattered money to at least twenty households be saved. If you are expensive to the Three Divisions, it will cost tens of thousands of dollars. Please think twice."

After saying that, I returned to the train.

Zhao Zhen explained his intentions and did not blame Peng Siyong again.

But this incident made Zhao Zhen unable to get out of power, and he did not listen to the words of the ministers anymore, and continued to let Zhang Yaozuo serve as the envoy of the Three Divisions.

The eunuch Mai Yunyan died and was awarded the title of Situ and the governor of Anwu Jie.

Sima Guang, who was transferred to the capital to serve as the Tongzhi Liyuan, reported: "Confucius said that only instruments and names cannot be faked. The titles and titles are called names, and the powers of vehicles and clothes are called instruments. Now, it is said that ministers who have been recently (referring to eunuchs) have not been punished by great deeds, so why should I give them to the three dukes' officials?"

The cultural people are here.

The book won a lot of cheers.

Not bad. Not bad, worthy of being Zheng Lang's student, he is braver than Zheng Lang. Zheng Lang seems to have a tendency to degenerate. He dare not speak or act. When Zheng Lang heard these comments, he was ridiculous and ridiculous. What are his words and deeds?

But I couldn't help but give another advice.

Xu Yuan served as the shipping envoy of Jinghu, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He made great contributions over the years and was only given a Jinshi. Zheng Lang stood out of the train after hearing the imperial edict. He said, "Who is this?"

Zhao Zhen was stunned and said, "I rewarded it, what's wrong?"

Did Xu Yuan not do well?

Zheng Lang said: "Your Majesty, why did Emperor Gaozu of Han reward Xiao He as the leader of the meritorious officials? If Xu Yuan had not shipped in the Jianghuai River, how could the country survive so many disasters over the years? Mai Yunyan was able to give him the title of Situ, and Xu Yuan made such a great contribution. He was only given the Jinshi, and the reward and punishment were unknown. Wouldn't it make the world cold?"

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he made a point and changed his edict: "He Yuan Zhilongtu is awarded the scholar-in-law and Jinshi."

After being granted a bachelor of Zhilongtu, Zheng Lang returned to the train. In Zheng Lang's mind, Xu Yuan did a good job. There were only a handful of good ministers inside and outside the court, and he could not be too wronged. But Peng Siyong stood out of the train again and said, "Your Majesty is getting older and he is gradually favoring his daughter, and the rewards and punishments are unknown. Is this my concern? Do you not think about the disaster of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang?"

To translate it directly, the older you are, the more lustful you are. It happens that a sister Zhang in the palace is similar to the story of Li Longji and Yang Yuhuan back then.

Originally, a good advice was made to seek justice for Xu Yuan and let Peng Siyong make up for this advice. Zheng Lang was so angry that he fainted. The matter must have been passed to the inner palace. What did that sister Zhang think? Can she offend her?

Zhao Zhen's face also became very ugly. A few days later, Peng Siyong was dismissed from serving as the Censor of the Ministry of Justice and appointed him as the Minister of State for Xuanzhou.

But after Peng Siyong's trouble, Zheng Lang no longer interfered in the affairs of the ministers.

Zhang Yaozuo was still in the position of the Sansi envoy. Bao Zheng, Tang Jie and Wang Juzheng could not bear it anymore and launched the first wave of attacks, saying that Zhang Yaozuo did not understand government affairs and was in a nepotism. The three departments are now in chaos. The Yellow River is diverted, and there are earthquakes in the capital, which are all brought by Zhang Yaozuo. Zhao Zhen glanced at it, ignored it at all, and was all talking about jokes. He was upset and threw it into the archive.

But the ministers were defeated and fought all the time. As long as it was a court meeting, they would continue to talk. Zhang Yaozuo and Zhang Yaozuo were all sweating when they stood beside him. Zhao Zhen had no choice but to take He Tan's suggestion and dismiss Zhang Yaozuo's position. In order to appease Concubine Zhang, he was appointed as the envoy of Zhang Yaozuo's Southern Court, the governor of Huaikang, the envoy of Jingling Palace, and the envoy of the group of herds. It was cheaper for Tian Kuang, and he was transferred to the capital to serve as the chief censor for his political achievements, and was transferred to the Third Division as the envoy of the Third Division. However, after this order was issued, it caused an uproar.

Zhang Yaozuo's four envoys a day have never had any since the founding of the Song Dynasty. It is more serious than the Yellow River breaking. The floods of the Yellow River can tolerate. These four envoys cannot tolerate them, because the sky fell. The ministers were filled with righteous indignation and jealous. Since the Qingli New Policy, the Zhijianyuan and the Censorate have been in a state of equality. However, this time they joined forces to deal with the Zhang group again.

First, Bao Zheng wrote a note from "Police Zhang Yaozuo", saying that he received nothing and was ashamed of his achievements, and was filthy in the court and the demons in the daytime. After scolding Zhang Yaozuo, he scolded Zhao Zhen again. After thirty years of puritanism, he was corrupted and had no face to face the subjects of the world.
To be continued...