Chapter 699: Ginger is old and spicy

The crisis of the seven-year drought in Xining has affected everyone's hearts, and it is not only Su You who is working hard.

Han E of the Tang Dynasty mentioned in the "Four Seasons Compendium": "Where Jiashen wind and rain, the five grains are expensive, the light rain is small, and the heavy rain is expensive." ”

What people hope for most is that the wind and rain will be smooth. Therefore, "taking advantage of the rain" is the most important job.

The thing that accounts for the rain, called the field drain, is similar to that of later generations, which is a cylindrical wooden barrel that calculates the depth of water accumulation after each rain.

Another way is to dig after the rain and see how deep the rain seeps into the soil. Specifically, "the amount of rain is measured by the depth of the soil, and it is less than an inch of hoeing rain; Inches above are called plough rain; The rain over this is called double plough rain. ”

The central government also requires local governments to report the rainfall situation in a timely manner, but most local officials do not report the disaster and rainfall in order to whitewash the peace.

Sima Guang once reminded Zhao Ji: "Zhuzhou County plays rain, often stop wanting to relieve His Majesty's anxiety, one inch is three inches of clouds, three inches is one foot of clouds, many are not in fact, you must not ignore it." ”

For example, in the matter of locusts, except for Kaifeng, which is managed by Suyou, the rest of the newspapers in Jingdong, Jiaoxi and other places are all "locusts are not disasters", or even "weeding for the people".

God weeds for the people!!

Su You suggested to Wang Anshi that the disaster situation be recorded in the "Times" one by one according to the reports from various places, so that the people could know the faces of these officials.

If there is a situation of concealment and false reporting, it will inevitably attract attacks from its opponents, so that the central authorities will be able to learn the truth anyway.

This suggestion immediately drew an attack from the New Party.

When the Liao came to look for trouble a few months ago, Zhao Ji was going to order the two rivers to be under martial law, and ordered Hebei to repair the city and defend it.

In the imperial history, Cheng Deng Juan played: "It is not in vain, and it is a big disturbance." ”

He also said: "Liao's reckless lawsuit is intended to spy on me." went to winter to gather troops for many months, and patrolled themselves, and their hypocrisy can be seen. ”

"If you are strong now, you will not be able to keep the peace of the two countries, and if you are peaceful, you will not doubt it, and I can think far. If he is afraid of giving in, he may strive for it, which will be a great shame for China. ”

Zhao Ji was anxious and couldn't help but feel reasonable.

Later, the Liao people really did not raise troops, it was just blackmail.

Now that the two countries have begun border negotiations, Zhao has rewarded Deng Xuan for this.

At this time, Deng Juan jumped out and lashed out at Su You, thinking that the court had made a mistake since Han Wei persuaded Zhao Wei to issue an edict to seek gains and losses.

Su You's move is undoubtedly to negate the achievements made by the country in recent years, undermine national stability, and make those local opposition forces resurgence, and even more frantically oppose the new law.

Moreover, Su You's move is hard to ensure that he does not want to clear the suspicion of the crime of locust plague in Kaifeng Prefecture, not only does he not take the blame for himself, but also wants to drag more local officials into the water, so that the law does not blame the public and escapes punishment, which is a big bad person.

Having said that, Su You can't go any further, otherwise he will be the enemy of all the officials in the locust-plagued areas.

His current position is not the imperial history, but the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion, so there are some things that cannot be said too much.

It was still Zhao Ji who had a heart of preservation, and said: "Mingrun has already been on the thank you table half a month ago, saying that virtue is not worthy, but please ask the court to suspend the disposal and wait for his disaster relief before he will be punished." ”

The imperial history Li Ding played, the drought did not rain, it was the court that was obedient, His Majesty's will was not strong, and he was deceived by traitorous ministers.

Since Su You pleaded guilty and there was indeed a drought locust in Kaifeng Prefecture, why couldn't he deal with it? Your Majesty's nepotism, I am afraid that it is the cause of the catastrophe!

This is an attempt to bring disaster to the east.

Fortunately, the dispute in the court has never been quickly resolved, seven days later, Cai Jing told the court that the young locusts in the sixteen counties of Kaifeng were wiped out, and the locusts obtained a total of 1.2 million stones, and the locust extermination operation made significant progress, and the grain production in the sixteen counties was reduced by only one percent, but due to the increase in the area of arable land, the summer harvest of the sixteen counties did not decrease but increased!

A new paragraph has been circulated among the people of Kaifeng Mansion, "Locusts in the sky and locusts in the earth, chase me to be virtuous." The squid inks, and the horsetail returns to the intestines. ”

This is an old tradition of the Song people, who like to make up ballads, "If the joint is not enough, there is the king of Hades to cover the old." "It's what everyone is most familiar with.

Horsetail is a traditional Chinese medicine that treats intestinal fistula, also known as prolapse of the anus.

is nominally unrelated, but in fact, it is satirizing Deng Juan and Li Ding as thieves, one uses writing skills to frame people, and the other has a bad heart.

The locust emperor has the same sound, and there is even a meaning of accusing Zhao Ji of being indistinguishable.

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In the Daimyo's Mansion, Wen Yanbo slapped the stunned wood angrily: "Enough! ”

Wen Yanbo was worried about the disaster in Hebei, and the officials and gentry under him couldn't take any measures except to denounce the new law and chaos that caused the heavenly changes.

Wang Fuzhi, the transfer judge, is a cadre of the New Party, and once reported that Wen Yanbo did not act according to the new law, so frightened that Zhao Ji personally gave instructions and transferred it to Wen Yanbo, which read: "I will not forget the old favor, and it is precisely because of my trust in you that I entrusted the north gate of the Beijing Division to Yuan Rong." You don't have to worry about a little thing. Wang Fuzhi's official position is low, and he is rude to you, and he will be dealt with separately. ”

But now Wen Yanbo asked the Transshipment Division to open a regular liquidation, and Wang Fuzhi actually excused himself on the grounds that he did not have a document for the division.

Scraping the bones and sucking the marrow is a good hand, but when it is the turn to save the people, he is afraid of taking responsibility.

Looking at the officials and gentry below, the old and new parties attacked each other, Wen Yanbo sneered in his heart.

Coughing, Wen Yanbo said: "The state affairs are difficult, the people of Li are waiting to be fed, and now that the price of grain has risen, Judge Wang, stabilizing the price of grain, it should always be the duty of the transshipment department to close the position, right?" ”

Wang Fuzhi arched his hand: "The lower official has already reported the price of grain in Hebei to the imperial court, and I believe that there will be a reply in the letter in the near future. ”

Wen Yanbo sneered: "Dare to ask Judge Wang, when did you report it?" According to the normal process, when can the Chinese book be transferred to Hebei? When will the Transit Division receive the document? ”

Wang Fuzhi stiffened his neck: "The court system is like this, if Sikong thinks it is inappropriate, he can go to the court and send me." However, before the imperial court moved the text, Wang Fuzhi was asked to submit to it, but he couldn't do it. ”

"Good!" Wen Yanbo laughed: "What a bone minister! ”

After speaking, he softened his tone, and his voice became amiable, but the content was extremely cold: "You discussed the matter of price gouging with several grain merchants in the Daimyo Mansion, and the government has already obtained ironclad evidence. As the judge of the Transshipment Division and the controller of Chang Ping, during the great drought, he had a secret meeting with the grain merchants in the restaurant, is it just an ordinary meal? ”

Wang Fuzhi was shocked: "We just know the text, you, you are spewing blood, trying to slander me!" I'm not convinced! I'm going to complain to the court! ”

Wen Yanbo smiled: "It doesn't matter, although you complain, but the fact that you have a secret meeting is ironclad." Didn't you notice that the officials and gentry gathered today, and those grain merchants did not arrive? ”

"They, the shopkeeper, and the little two, have already given testimony. During the period of suspicion, he had to grieve the judge and avoid suspicion. ”

"As you said, the court system is like this. If the judge thinks it is inappropriate, he can go to the court and complain about the old man's ignorance. However, before the imperial court moved the text, he asked Wen Yanbo to indulge in favoritism, but he couldn't do it. ”

After speaking, his voice turned cold: "Come on, remove him, escort him to the capital hall, and wait for the court to decide!" ”

The wolf-like officials came up, directly knocked down Wang Fuzhi's head, pressed it to the ground three or two times, and carried it out.

Wang Fuzhi struggled and scolded, and Wen Yanbo's old smile remained unchanged at all, but the gentry who were invited were frightened and didn't dare to make a sound.

It wasn't until the scolding next door was blocked by the hemp ball and turned into a whining sound that Wen Yanbo said: "The system is the system, and the position is often closed, which is a facility to stabilize food prices." There have been many projects in Hebei in recent years, and the labor is very heavy, and the reserves of warehouses in various places will naturally be insufficient. Therefore, in this drought, the imperial court must not be able to make ends meet, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune. ”

"Guys, that's what you think, right?"

The gentry turned pale with fright, and waved their hands again and again: "No, no, no." ”

Wen Yanbo said with a smile: "The idea is good, there is only one, I didn't look at the court in my eyes, I didn't see the ability and determination of the court officials!" ”

"How big a wave can a transshipment judge make? Is it true that the old man came to the Daimyo's Mansion to retire? ”

"I'm sorry, for the sake of his own political achievements, Xiao Su Shaobao of Kaifeng Mansion said that His Majesty would reduce the 200,000 troops and family members, and Bianjing would often close the position, and there would be a lot of surplus grain at once."

"Therefore, the imperial court transferred more than 3 million grains to Hebei, and asked the old man to digest it."

"And the merchants of the Han River, thank you too. Because of your hoarding, the Empress Dowager Yizhi, the merchant Jia transported a boatload of grain into Hebei, in addition to issuing salt introductions, you can also get the right to sell fifty palace-like utensils in Liulifang in Beijing. ”

"Here are another hundred thousand stones."

"To call you here today to drink and feast is to tell you this good tidings. Now all roads in Hebei have been closed and have begun to put grain, and your grain stalls are now afraid that they are still buying ruthlessly, the price, hehehe...... It really made the old man very satisfied. ”