Li Chang, about the chief to see Huang Xiancheng, Gu Zhubo, Xu Dianshi and others Lin Yanchao in front of the look of the atmosphere did not dare to come out, knowing that he was a very big official.

The crops are very active, we are afraid of Huang Xiancheng, Gu Zhubo, Xu Dianshi, these people, but Huang Xiancheng, Gu Zhubo, these people are afraid of you.

Lin Yanchao seems to be so easy to talk again, as long as we impress him, what are we afraid of? In front of Lin Yanchao, these county officials will never dare to be presumptuous, so let's take the opportunity to make a fuss and see if we can compete for some benefits.

As long as Lin Yanchao says a word, then their life will be better this year.

Lin Yanchao understood what these villagers meant, and he intended to protect the interests of the people, but the matter of the river work was related to Lin Yanchao's black yarn hat and political achievements, and he could also embarrass the local officials.

Lin Yanchao asked Huang Xiancheng and Gu Zhu Bo, "What do you think?" ”

Huang Xiancheng pondered and said: "Back to Sima, the lower officials think that the government can appropriately subsidize some grain and rice, but the river labor cannot be reduced. ”

The lieutenant immediately retorted: "Every year the government says so, but there has never been a grain of grain and rice, and this year we will see the grain and rice first or reduce the field rent." ”

Several villagers said cunningly: "Yes, we don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles." If the official uniform doesn't agree first, we will strike this year. ”

The words of the villagers made Huang Xiancheng lose face in front of Lin Yanchao. Huang Xiancheng also lost his temper and scolded: "If you dare to strike the river workers, this official will arrest you and put you in prison." ”

Seeing Huang Xiancheng like this, Gu Zhu Bo sneered slightly, and then said to Lin Yanchao with a full of respect: "Sima might as well eat first, the river workers are in a hurry, and the next official will give Sima an explanation later." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded slightly, Gu Zhubo said this, but there are some things that cannot be said on the table.

Lin Yanchao instructed the Gu master Bo Dao: "Yes, but remember, the river service must be done, but it must also take care of the people." ”

Gu Zhubo said yes on the surface, but if you really talk to the people, how can people listen to you?

So they ate their meals.

Several young ladies in the village dragged the long table to serve the meal.

A bowl of white noodles sprinkled with chopped green onions, drizzled with sesame oil and chopped green onions.

A pot of three-year-old rice wine is steamed over low heat.

The old hen soup with thick oil flowers was served, and there were dried hares and scrambled eggs as an accompaniment to the drink. In order to receive Lin Yanchao, the official, this is the best thing that Gao Jiaji can come up with.

The two female dependents gave Lin Yanchao hot water and hot tea, Lin Yanchao wiped his face and drank tea to rinse his mouth.

And the outside patron is thin, Xu Dianshi came forward to talk to the outside and the inside, and talked for a long time.

Lin Yanchao could vaguely hear Xu Dianshi's roaring and scolding voice, and after a while, everyone entered the house.

Xu Dianshi had anger on his face, and after the owner Bo entered the house, he gave Lin Yanchao a finished look. The lieutenant chief, the chief and others all hung their heads.

Seeing this, Lin Yanchao asked, "How was the talk?" ”

Several villagers listened and looked at each other, and the first chief sighed and said: "Back to the master, we should do the work of building the river." This matter is beneficial to the government and the people. We are not afraid to contribute, but we are afraid of uneven labor, and the big families do not contribute, but ask us poor people to contribute. When the river workers are repaired, they sit back and enjoy the success, this is the truth, please ask the master to hang the curtain. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "This official knows that he will not make you suffer when the time comes." ”

That night, Lin Yanchao rested at Gao's house.

Outside Lin Yanchao's house, Huangxian Cheng wandered around the courtyard, his face full of apprehension. At this time, I suddenly saw the door of Lin Yanchao's house open, and the owner Bo walked out of Lin Yanchao's house.

"Gu Mingzhong? How are you in Sima House? Huang Xiancheng was surprised.

Gu Zhu Bo smiled when he heard this, didn't say anything, and went directly.

Huang Xiancheng saw that Gu Zhu Bo was in his chest, and he was afraid of losing the opportunity, so he gritted his teeth and knocked on Lin Yanchao's door.

In the house, Lin Yanchao was under the green light, writing official documents in his clothes, and when he saw Huang Xiancheng, he nodded with a pen and asked him to sit down next to him.

Huang Xiancheng was apprehensive again, and then plucked up the courage to say: "Qiqi Sima, the lower officials have important things to do." ”

Lin Yanchao looked unexpected, and said with a smile: "Huang Xiancheng, what's the matter?" ”

"It's the dam burst in Yucheng County this time!"

Lin Yanchao didn't stop writing, but said, "You can say it first." ”

Huang County Cheng was slightly disappointed when he saw that Lin Yanchao didn't pay attention to it, but he thought that this might be pretending to be calm, so he said: "The collapse of the embankment in Yucheng County this time is due to the collusion of the government and the people to privately decide that the embankment is silting up farmland. ”

Huang Xiancheng was afraid that Lin Yanchao was Hanlin, and he didn't understand the people's feelings and explained to him what silt irrigation was.

"Most of the land in our Guide Mansion is drought, waterlogged, sandy, and alkaline. Even if the land can be reclaimed, it is mostly under the field, the breeding power is thin, and it is ripe in previous years, and the mu is just a rising bucket. ”

Lin Yanchao understood this, and after years of river disasters and military disasters, as well as large-scale cultivation and mining, Henan's land is far inferior to that of Jiangnan.

The major grain provinces, from Suzhou and Hangzhou in the Sui and Tang dynasties, to Huguang in the Ming Dynasty.

"Therefore, in order to improve the land, the people colluded with the government to take the risk of breaking the embankment, and used the river water to silt up the brine, and the low-lying land turned the land into silt fields in order to reap its benefits."

The so-called land of rejecting halogen is saline-alkali land,

The ancients had a saying that 'water irrigates the brine, makes the rice sorghum raw, and ploughs the rice to repel the brine'.

There is a record in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu family, Ye has a holy order, when he is Shi Gong, he breaks the water, irrigates the side of Ye, and rejects the brine in ancient times, and the rice sorghum of life. It is said that when an official ordered Ye, he diverted water to irrigate the brine field of Ye and turned it into a rich field.

In the Han Dynasty, Jing water was introduced to irrigate the fields, and the people sang that Jing water was a stone, and its mud was several buckets, and irrigation and dung, and I grew a crop.

"Irrigating the brine land with river water, the silt field obtained by one acre is five times that of the high field and ten times the lower field, so both the common people and the wealthy families are eager to rush to it. In Guide, the price of one acre of flower silt field can be worth three acres of lower field, and one acre of red silt field can be worth two acres of flower silt field. ”

"The people buy the income from the silt fields, and the river workers will also take a bribe to the government. The last time the embankment in Yucheng County burst was because the river broke the embankment to irrigate the farmland, the Yellow River was flooded, and the breach could not be blocked and flooded several counties. As for whether the embankment burst in Luyi County is the reason? The lower officials don't know. ”

Huang Xiancheng told the details again, and Lin Yanchao remembered Wang Anshi's change in the Song Dynasty.

One of Wang Anshi's reforms is the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, which encourages the use of water conservancy to irrigate farmland. Silting up destroys people's fields, houses, and graves, and most importantly, it is easy to cause the levee to burst and cause a catastrophe, so it is opposed.

After listening to Huang Xiancheng, Lin Yanchao put down his pen and said: "You just said something, Gu Zhu Bo has already told Ben Cheng before!" ”

Huang Xiancheng's face changed when he heard this, and he lost his voice in disbelief: "What, Gu Mingzhong has already told Sima Yu?" ”

Lin Yanchao nodded and said: "This piece in my hand is to impeach the former magistrate of Yucheng County according to the judge, instruct the river workers, accept bribes, and cause the Yellow River embankment to collapse. ”

Gu Zhu Bo had just walked on his front foot, and he was talking to Lin Yanchao about this, and Huang Xiancheng lost the opportunity and almost couldn't stand steadily.

He showed a look of remorse, Lin Yanchao asked himself first, he repeatedly considered and refused to tell Lin Yanchao about it, because he was afraid that if he stabbed this matter, then he would harm his former superiors.

Although Huang Xiancheng and his predecessor Zhixian had already fallen out, he thought that although he had made a meritorious report to Lin Yanchao, he could report his boss for having a bad reputation in the officialdom, and if the report failed, how would it be good to be retaliated against. Therefore, he was afraid of wolves and tigers, and when Lin Yanchao asked, he was reluctant to answer, and when he figured out the matter and was about to report to Lin Yanchao, it was already one step too late.

One step late, one step late!

Huang Xiancheng smiled bitterly: "In the past, when the county lord was in power, Gu Mingzhong called him a brother and a brother, but he didn't expect to turn his face so quickly and deny people. It's that I still hide it for Taizun, and this world is really a villain. ”

Lin Yanchao shook his head, and his heart was still talking about this at the moment, this person's 'official business' was too low.

Lin Yanchao said: "Huang County Cheng, the former county commander of Yucheng County, abandoned the city and fled before, not to mention, but also profited from the destruction of the embankment by the river workers. You concealed your loyalty for him, but where is your loyalty in terms of righteousness, to the people, and to the court? ”

"Now that the truth is revealed, and you don't report it, Ben Cheng can ask the judge for a crime of connivance."

Huang Xiancheng trembled with fright when he heard this, he had no background in officialdom, he only relied on his familiarity with the affairs of the river work to achieve the position of today's county Cheng, if Lin Yanchao really wanted him to have a black gauze hat, he would have nowhere to ask for help.

Huang Xiancheng immediately said: "Return to Sima, go down to the official...... The lower officials only know about river work all their lives, and they don't know anything about the rights and wrongs in the officialdom, and they can avoid it. The lower official was confused, and begged Sima to spare the lower official this time, and repay Sima for sparing his life as a cow and a horse in the future. ”

That's it? It's too cowardly.

Lin Yanchao shook his head and said, "Okay, this official will look at Pan Hetai's face and spare you this time." However, there is one condition for this official. ”

Huang Xiancheng immediately lowered his head and said: "Sima has an order, and the lower officials all agree." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "Ben Cheng hasn't said the conditions yet, you don't have to agree so early." ”

Huang Xiancheng sighed: "The life and death of the lower officials are in the hands of Sima's thoughts, how dare you talk to Sima about any conditions, go up the knife mountain and go down to the sea of fire, just rely on Sima's words." ”

Lin Yanchao laughed and said, "It's okay, Ben Cheng doesn't want you to go up to any knife mountain." Ben Cheng lacks a helper to control the river, and since you are familiar with the river work, this official will ask the officials to transfer you to the government office. ”

Huang Xiancheng was immediately surprised when he heard this.

The government experience, also known as the government classic, is a matter of the prefect's subordinate officials, the chief official's office cashier's documents.

The government experience is the same as the county Cheng, but the government experience is to be an official in the government, and the county is to be an official in the county. Officials of the same grade are, of course, Beijing officials greater than foreign officials, provincial officials greater than government officials, and government officials greater than county officials.

Although the affairs of the cashiers of the government are generally controlled by the prefect's henchmen, the experience has been reduced to miscellaneous.

But it is also a subordinate official of the prefect, relying on the prefect and other four-grade officials, it is far more promising than in the state and county.

Huang Xiancheng's face was full of gratitude and said: "The lower official wears a guilty body, but Sima has a heavy weapon, and everything in the future depends on Sima." ”

Lin Yanchao smiled when he heard this, the previous government experience was Su Yan's old man, and he had already intended to transfer him away, and now it is convenient to let Huang Xiancheng serve as the government experience.