Two days later, Taiyuan City mobilized 200,000 young people to participate in the excavation of the river, and they were responsible for the section of the river from Taiyuan City to Baiyadang, where there is a section of abandoned river more than 20 miles long, and the amount of work is not large.

And 100,000 soldiers were also mobilized, they dug a moat river along the warehouse, and then connected to the Xiaoqing River three miles to the south, the Xiaoqing River is also an artificial canal, connecting Fenshui and Taiyuan City, because the river is too narrow, once the water rises in Fenzhou, it will not drain well, so it is also necessary to widen the Xiaoqing River.

200,000 people and 100,000 troops are in full swing, the crowd is busy in the river like ants, the soldiers line up to carry the burden, pick a basket of soil ashore, the soldiers on the shore quickly bag the soil, sew it with a thick needle, and make a bag of dirt, the soil bag is placed in the inner circle of the warehouse, becoming the last waterproof wall of the warehouse.

Guo Song took a team of personal soldiers to inspect the river in the south, 200,000 people stretched for more than ten miles, almost all the officials and generals participated in the labor together, Pan Liao was the commander-in-chief of the excavation channel, he walked to Guo Song's side and said with a smile: "After the completion of this canal, it will also be of great benefit to grain irrigation, and solve the problem of insufficient irrigation of more than 100,000 mu of fertile land in one fell swoop." ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "In fact, we can learn from the practice of Fengzhou, Fengzhou is to build several main canals, and then build countless branch canals along the main canal, which looks like a 'Feng' word, of course, this main canal we first use for flood control, and then slowly consider its irrigation role, dig more branch canals." ”

At this time, Guo Song saw the figure of Zhao Zhi, the supervisor of the capital, and said with a smile: "Zhao Jian Cheng is very hardworking!" ”

"This canal is the site he selected, cleverly using the abandoned old river channel, greatly reducing the amount of construction, this person does have some ability, does Your Highness want to leave him behind?"

"Is he willing to do it himself?" Guo Song asked.

Pan Liao laughed, "If he doesn't want to, how can he come to help during the New Year?" He still worked so hard, he used all his skills, his attitude was already very clear, His Highness still had questions? It's a deliberate lowliness question! ”

Guo Song knew that there was no water supervisor under the Jin Dynasty, and the corresponding functions were in the Department of Armor and the Department of Agriculture, and the Road and Bridge Department under the Department of Armor had the function of dredging the river, and the Water Conservancy Department of the Ministry of Agriculture also had the function of digging canals and building water conservancy, but the department of flood control and drought control did not, which was also the reason why there were basically no drought and flood disasters in Hexi in the past.

"Where did I mean it, I don't have time to think about these trivial government affairs for the time being, but since you have already brought it up, I really need to make a statement and not embarrass you."

Speaking of this, Guo Song thought for a while and said: "Set up a water administration under the armor department, and put the functions of dredging, drought resistance, flood control, and irrigation together, and this Zhao Zhi can serve as the director." ”

"The lowly post has long had this idea, as long as His Highness agrees, the lowly post will start preparations as soon as possible."

Guo Song nodded, and asked again: "And how to calculate the wages of these 200,000 people?" ”

"According to the 100 wen money a day, it is estimated that it will take about half a month to complete the project, and finally calculate it together, you can ask for money, food or sheep, someone proposes to resume the modulation, what does Your Highness think?"

The modulation is the adjustment of the rent and yong, that is, the statutory labor, Ding Nan is about 20 days a year, but the basis of the rent adjustment system has been destroyed, so a few years ago, the prime minister Yang Yan abolished the rent and Yong, and changed it to a two-tax law, that is, the tax is levied according to the actual acres of each family, and the summer and autumn are levied once, and the urban residents pay the household tax.

Now basically all places have implemented the two-tax law, and Guo Song's Jin Wangfu is no exception, and it is obviously a bit inappropriate to resume the rent adjustment.

Guo Song shook his head decisively, "Don't use modulation, settle directly with the people!" ”

At this time, he remembered something again, so he slowly said to Pan Liao: "Whether it is the two tax laws, or the regulation of rents, the tax law itself is not important, the key is implementation, I dare not say that it must be completely fair, but at least it can't be too much, except for the tax exemption for the families of the fallen soldiers and the halving of the families of the soldiers, everything else should be taxed according to the two tax laws. ”

Guo Song's words are all he meant, he recently heard some rumors, some civil and military generals arbitrarily expand the scope of tax reduction, count the land of relatives and friends on their heads, and enjoy the preferential treatment of halving the tax together, such as the Anjia in Hexi, the Liang family in Shuofang, all the family land is halved or even exempt from tax, of course, there are other people's families, these things used to be hated by everyone, but now they appear one by one under his hands.

Pan Liao was a little embarrassed, and said for a while: "I understand what His Highness is referring to, in fact, the civil officials are fine, many families take the initiative to pay taxes, mainly military generals, and it may not be their original intention to suggest that His Highness talk to some of the parties concerned." ”

"That's it! I'll look for them when I have time. ”

Guo Song put down the matter and asked again: "Have you notified the officials that they are ready to move?" ”

"According to the list given by His Royal Highness, the lowly position has sent people to notify them one by one, and many people have come to me in the past two days, and the lowly position has also answered them one by one."

"What do they care about most?" Guo Song interjected and asked.

"Concerned about housing the most!"

Pan Liao continued: "The humble position told them that basically like Chang'an, they all have official residences, including some low-level officials, and they also have bungalows and small courtyards. ”

"You're right, housing is indeed a concern for everyone, but the bungalow courtyard is also a problem at present, you have to count it again, how many small courtyards are needed?"

The difficulty of housing for low-level officials in Chang'an has always been a problem that has plagued the imperial court for decades, and Guo Song has witnessed the housing difficulties of Xue Xun's family, so he hopes to solve this big problem for his subordinates.

At first, Guo Song considered dormitories, such as a courtyard with more than a dozen rooms, and then one room for each person, but Pan Liao told him that more than sixty percent of the low-level officials were married and had children, and one room was obviously not enough.

Guo Song had to reconsider, it is best to buy land in a relatively cheap area to build a yard, and a small courtyard with three or four rooms can also meet the needs of a family.

Guo Song has entrusted Li An and Zhang Lei to do this matter, but there is no news yet.

As he was talking, a cavalryman galloped from a distance, rushed to Guo Song and hugged his fists and said: "Your Highness, urgent news from Chang'an!" ”

The cavalry bowed down and handed a piece of information to Guo Song, this is not a pigeon letter, but an official report sent by Chang'an, in fact, Guo Song has long known the contents of it, he got the pigeon letter on the second day of the first month, only one sentence, 'Chengdu has changed!' ’

He knew that Ying Caihe must have succeeded.

Now is the official report, Guo Song opened the report and read it, and calmly said to Pan Liao next to him: "The Son of Heaven in Chengdu has died, the Queen Mother is in the dynasty, and the young emperor Li Xiu has succeeded to the throne!" ”

"Ahh Pan Liao was stunned all of a sudden.

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The news of the death of the Son of Heaven spread quickly, and Guo Song ordered a white flag to be planted on the head of the city to show mourning, but neither the army nor the people were forced to mourn, everything was voluntary, Guo Song just hung a white flag above Jinyang Palace.

The people in Taiyuan City had no feelings about the death of the Son of Heaven, and the atmosphere of the New Year was still strong, but Guo Song was packing up and preparing to return to Chang'an.

Xue Tao was silently packing up for her husband, Guo Song smiled and said: "You will go to Chang'an in March, so you should pack up as soon as possible!" ”

"We're almost packed, mainly waiting for other family members, husband, how can we go to Chang'an this time?"

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "You mainly take a boat, starting from Taiyuan to Pujin Pass, and continue to take the boat after half a day by carriage, and finally the boat can go directly to the Ningbi Pond of Xingqing Palace, and the road is not very hard." ”

Xue Tao nodded, her heart finally couldn't help it, so she asked in a low voice: "Now many people are saying that when the new monarch ascends the throne, the husband is going to Chengdu to meet the new monarch, is it true?" ”

Guo Song smiled, shook his head and said: "The new monarch is only three years old, and it is currently the queen mother's dynasty, and the eunuchs are in power, I can't go to the door to send him to death, I know that if I don't go to see the new emperor, I will be poked in the back by many court officials, whatever they want, anyway, sooner or later, there will be a time when they beg me." ”

Xue Tao has always been worried about this matter, she dreamed last night that her husband was covered in blood, and asked herself for help in the suburbs of Chengdu, and heard that her husband did not go to Chengdu to meet the new emperor, and the big stone that had been weighing heavily on her heart for the past two days was finally removed, which suddenly made her feel relaxed.

She smiled and gave advice to her husband: "Husband can use the crusade against Zhu Jun as an excuse and can't get out, and then send someone to send an audience to Chengdu to express his loyalty to the new king, so that others can't accuse the husband of anything?" ”

Guo Song laughed, "This method is good, I have adopted the good advice of a good wife." ”

Xue Tao was very happy in his heart, and quietly looked left and right, clasped her husband's hand and whispered, "Husband, let's leave tomorrow!" I want my husband to stay with me tonight. ”

Madame has an order, how dare she disobey, Guo Song nodded again and again, which made Xue Tao's heart bloom.........

Early the next morning, Guo Song left Taiyuan with 3,000 cavalry and headed for Chang'an.

At the same time that Guo Song received the news of the death of the Son of Heaven, Zhu Jun also got the news of the great change in Chengdu, at this time Zhu Jun was actively preparing for the war to attack Jianghuai, and the news of the great change in Chengdu came. , really planned Zhu Jun's strategic deployment.

Zhu Jun got the news in the middle of the night, and he was so shocked that he immediately got up and summoned his confidants into the palace overnight for urgent discussion.

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[Yesterday afternoon, the year name of the chapter was wrong, it should be changed to the first year of Yongzhen, not Zhenyuan. 】