The rain was pouring and raining.

The rain crackled and crackled, the rain of the carriage, the tarpaulin.

Lin Yanchao slightly raised the curtain of the carriage and saw that the carriage had entered the county seat of Yifeng County.

Low houses, narrow county streets.

Under the maintenance of the officers and soldiers, the ragged people stood under the eaves, looking blankly at the honor guard of the officials who entered the city.

This is the case in Yifeng County, an important town in Zhongzhou.

Because of the "ritual seal people, please see the master", the ancient county ritual seal that contains the Analects, suddenly has a little gap in Lin Yanchao's mind.

Even Guide Ponkao City County, after Lin Yanchao's governance last year, is a little better than Yifeng County.

When he came to the county office of Yifeng County, Lin Yanchao got out of the carriage, and at this time, the rain suddenly became heavier, and the sky of Yifeng was soaked in darkness.

Chen Jichuan and the other entourages hurriedly held an umbrella for Lin Yanchao, but even so, a little rain still hit Lin Yanchao's official robe through the umbrella.

The men in front of the yamen of Yifeng County hurriedly came up to greet them, and they were all a little surprised in their hearts.

Generally, officials travel in a sedan chair, and the sedan chair can be carried directly through the entrance of the yamen into the sedan hall for parking, so that the wind and rain will not be touched at all.

And the official in front of him was just riding in a carriage, and the carriage was much faster than the sedan chair, but it was inevitably bumpy.

In addition, in case of rain, the carriage could only stop in front of the steps, and the officials inevitably had to brave the wind and rain to walk for a while.

Lin Yanchao waved his hand and walked into the county government at the moment.

An official in a cyan robe stepped forward and said: "Xiaguan Yifeng County Cheng has seen the adult, and now the river governor and all the officials are discussing in the hall, is the lord going over after changing his clothes." ”

Lin Yanchao saw that the hem of the official robe was a little wet, the boots were a little muddy, and the official robe on his body was still clean, so he said, "No need." ”

Yifeng County Cheng thought to himself, officials pay the most attention to official etiquette, and this person is also not particular.

Yifeng County Cheng thought that the other party would not even sit in a sedan chair, and he must have been a big deal, so he didn't bother to know his name, so he asked the entourage on the side to guide Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao glanced at it, he didn't care too much, he only had the matter of dredging the Jialu River in his heart at the moment, so he wouldn't take such a trivial matter to heart, and walked directly into the lobby.

The county was about to move, and Chen Jichuan stepped forward and said, "This master, please stay." ”

The county turned around and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Chen Jichuan said: "Our master's horse has been traveling for a day and is very tired. Find a quiet stable, and the best material for the horses. ”

The county official couldn't help but say unhappily: "These things, you just tell other people, this official is the county magistrate, and he still needs to receive other officials, where do you have time to do this chore." ”

Chen Jichuan has been by Lin Yanchao's side for many years, and what kind of officials have never dealt with.

At that moment, he didn't get angry or shook his face, but said with a smile: "Didn't you hear that most of the officials have already arrived and are discussing matters in the hall?" ”

"Mostly, that is, not all." The county is impatient and authentic.

"I wonder who Zangong is still waiting for?"

Hearing this sentence of praise, the county Cheng's face was a little more proud, and he said in a tone that had already taught him: "How did your lord become an official?" I don't even know that you have not yet arrived in the Guide Mansion and Lord Zhilin. You people don't know how to mention ......."

"Our master is Lord Lin. I'm his housekeeper. Chen Jichuan interrupted unceremoniously.

The county man was stunned, and said in a trembling voice: "Could it be that the one who just entered is Lin Sima ......?"

Chen Jichuan disdained to answer with his hands on his chest, and said to Zhanming: "You will settle the carriage and luggage with this Zangong first!" ”

Zhan Ming and the rest of his entourage nodded.

Then Chen Jichuan said to the county: "It's hard to praise the public." ”

The county man hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Don't dare to be, don't mention the word praise again, the official will do it himself." ”

Lin Yanchao walked through the corridor, but saw that there were many officials under the corridor, and the entourage was sitting or standing, obviously accompanying their respective masters to the ceremony.

Yifeng County is too small, and when so many people come, it looks crowded.

Kaifeng Mansion is a large government, with 28 counties in four prefectures under its rule, and this time the governor of the river presided over the discussion of dredging the Jialu River, and naturally there were more officials.

The rain was pouring down, and the rain was hitting the hanging eaves and pouring into the patio.

There was rain in my ears, and there was the occasional thunder or two.

Boom, thunder again.

Lin Yanchao thought that this sudden rainstorm had greatly affected the river construction this year, and between February and April, when the embankment was being repaired, it was rained heavily.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao had already arrived at the main hall of the proceedings.

It was not yet evening, but the main hall was already lit with lights.

Li Zihua sat high in the south, the east head was obviously the officials of Kaifeng Mansion, about 20 people came, and the west head was less than the officials of the Guide Mansion, but there were only five or six people.

Ma and Wu were sentenced, and Huang Yue was sad about the government experience, while the officials of Kaifeng Mansion were relying on the large number of people and couldn't stop making noise.

It seems that the two sides have been arguing for a while.

When the officials of the Guide Mansion here saw Lin Yanchao coming, they all looked happy and got up to salute.

With the arrival of Lin Yanchao in the hall, the originally noisy place was silent all of a sudden.

The officials of Kaifeng Mansion looked at Lin Yanchao on foot, and they all closed their mouths.

Li Zihua, who was resting on tea, glanced at Lin Yanchao, and said in his heart that this son is famous, and he really has momentum. When the people arrived, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion did not dare to speak lightly.

Then Li Zihua saw that Lin Yanchao's official robe and boots were muddy, obviously he came in a hurry and never changed his clothes, and couldn't help but say, this son is a pragmatic person, not vain name, it seems that today's matter is a bit difficult to do, if only Fang just held his handle on the embankment.

Lin Yanchao greeted with officialdom etiquette, and the officials of Kaifeng Mansion on the side also stood up to salute.

Then Lin Yanchao took a seat, and looking around, more than 20 officials of Kaifeng Mansion were full, which was a little small compared to the side of Guide Mansion.

Although the discussion is not a fight, which side has more people wins, but in case of a quarrel, the voice is always not as loud as the family.

However, now there is no prefect in Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion.

Fu Zhiyuan, the prefect of Defu, was promoted to the right political envoy, and Gu Ming, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, has been ordered to be a minister, which is still given by Bailin Yanchao.

Therefore, although Guide Mansion is a small mansion, among the officials in the court, in addition to Li Zihua, there are two officials from Lin Yanchao and Kaifeng Mansion, and the official position is the highest.

Li Zihua nodded and said: "You have also discussed for a while, and now Lin Tong knows that he has the right master, and the things on the embankment have been dealt with...... Very good, I thought that Lin Sima would arrive tomorrow, so we will discuss it behind closed doors...... And Shen Sima, didn't the province send someone to discuss the matter of dredging the Jialu River? ”

The Tongzhi of Kaifeng Mansion got up and said: "Gong Fantai, Fu Fantai said, the major affairs of the river work have always been presided over by the river yamen, and the division does not dare to overstep its authority." ”

Li Zihua smiled when he heard this: "Si Li's words are really good, so it's not like the burden is on me Li." ”

Hearing this, all the officials laughed with Li Zihua.

Shen Tongzhi of Kaifeng Mansion said with a smile, in the past three years of controlling Taiwan and governing the river, I have reported to Jun'en and Xia'an Limin, which official in Henan and Shandong is not praised. Naturally, the feudal division also admired the platform.

Li Zihua nodded, and then said with a solemn face: "Then let's start the discussion......

Immediately, the officials returned to sitting upright.

The main hall door is closed from the inside to keep the sound of rain out.

Shen Tongzhi of Kaifeng Mansion is the person who is most familiar with the insider, and he knows that Kaifeng Mansion has the support of Li Zihua today, and it can be said that he is victorious.

So he spoke: "All the adults have just discussed, and Shen was reluctant to repeat many words a second time, but since Lin Sima had just arrived, Shen would briefly say why he dredged the Jialu River and the new river this time, and did not dredge the old road. ”

The Jialu River is the second longest river in Henan, and due to the influence of the Yellow River breach, it is silted and passed from time to time.

In the seventh year of the reign of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, Liu Daxia, a famous minister, in addition to dredging the old road of the Jialu River.

It also opened the new river from Zhongmu, guided the water to the south, passed through Zhuxian Town, Kaifeng Prefecture, Wei County, from Fugou in Kaifeng Prefecture, entered Huaisi and finally arrived in Xuzhou.

This new river, known as the grain river, connects Kaifeng and Xuzhou, is the most prosperous, and it is also the most important first section of the Jialu River.

But the whole territory of this new river is in the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture, and it has nothing to do with Guide Prefecture.

If according to the intention of the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture, only the new river is dredged, and the old river is not dredged, then there will be nothing to do with the Guide Mansion.

When returning to the territory of Defu, the old road of the Jialu River, this old road is from the mud gang, through the Huangling Gang, and finally to the small pontoon bridge in Xuzhou.

Most of this old road is in the territory of Guide Province.

When the river was in Hongzhi, the Yellow River broke Huanglinggang and seized the old road of the Jialu River, and later Liu Daxia presided over the repair of the river, blocked the old road of Huanglinggang, and finally the river returned to the right flow.

Shen Tongzhi said: "In the tenth year of Wanli, the Yellow River was flooded, and the north and south embankments of Defu were decided. ”

"The river floods southward, invading the Jialu River, the old road of the Jialu River and the new river are silted in the eleventh year of Wanli, and the boat cannot be more than 200 stones."

"The grain ships of Suzhou and Hangzhou can not arrive from Xuzhou to Kaifeng, so last year, the grain price in Henan was difficult to find in February and March, and in June and July, it was cheap like chaff, and in October, King Lu built a domain, and all the prefectures and counties were starving all over the wilderness, and even the prefecture has always been rich, and it is no exception."

"Therefore, this official thinks that the top priority at the moment is to solve the silting up of the new river, as long as the new river can be dredged, the grain ships in Xuzhou can arrive at any time."

"Stabilizing grain prices is a top priority, so this official thinks that dredging the new river is the most important."

After Shen Tongzhi finished speaking, the officials of Kaifeng Mansion on the side all nodded in agreement.

"Yes, it is still important to stabilize food prices, and the people take food as the sky."

"We have nearly two million people in Kaifeng Mansion, and it is the capital, and there are only 300,000 in Guide Mansion, which is more important?"

On the side of the Guide Mansion, Wu Tong came forward and said: "My lord, the official and Shen Tongzhi have also discussed for a long time. That's right, the new river is the top priority, and if the new river is not dredged, the grain ship will not be able to reach Kaifeng. But what the official doesn't understand is why the new river is dredged, but the old river can't be dredged. Are the two in conflict? ”

Ma Tong also said: "Yes, Kaifeng Mansion is a big mansion, and our Guide Mansion is a small mansion, but we can't take care of the big Mansion in everything, and we don't put hundreds of thousands of people in Guide in our eyes." ”

The officials of the Guide Mansion also spoke out to help, but the number was too small, and the voice was suddenly suppressed by the officials of the Kaifeng Mansion.

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