Pan Jitao did not make a rash conclusion. When he ruled the river back then, he drove everywhere, traveled thousands of miles, and was on the front line with civilian service, and did everything himself. Now how the Jialu River is dredged, he also has to see with his own eyes.

He followed a dozen others and walked along the dam.

The rest of the accompanying officials originally pretended to take a casual look, but when they saw Pan Ji tamed away, they immediately followed.

Pan Jitao didn't ask them to follow, except for Zang Weiyi, Gong Daqi, Fu Zhiyuan and other provincial officials, the rest of the people didn't dare to get too close.

This time Henan was hit by a disaster, and the state capital below concealed the disaster, Zang Weiyi, Gong Daqi, and Fu Zhiyuan all knew about it. This is a malpractice accumulated by officialdom for many years, and it cannot be eliminated in a short period of time.

But if the state capital below truthfully plays the disaster to Pan Jitao, and Pan Jitao plays the court again, in case the son of a day is angry, they will be held accountable.

Now Pan Jitao has come to Guide Mansion to inspect. They thought to themselves that Lin Yanchao was a capable minister, and he had only been appointed as the prefect of Defu for half a year, but he had great political achievements. So they counted on Lin Yanchao to give them a turnaround.

The three of them are very subtle, but it is not good for the princess to sell melons and boast about herself, it depends on what Pan Jitao thinks.

The officials accompanied Pan Jitao to the muddy ground.

But I saw that in the dams along the river, crops were planted. Many people were cultivating in the fields.

Pan Jitao stood at the edge of the field and looked at it for a while, and then asked him to go down to the silt where the crops had not yet been planted, and grabbed a handful of soil for him.

Pan Jitao looked at it with several officials and asked, "What do you think of this soil?" ”

An official said: "It's so earthy, it's like the fine noodles you eat on weekdays." ”

Pan Jitao nodded, and a master beside him who knew how to farm took some soil and put it in his mouth and chewed it: "Very good, extremely moist." ”

Another official said: "Although the lower officials don't know much about agriculture and mulberry, they also know that such soil can grow good crops without how to water and fertilize it, which is ten times better than sandy soil." ”

Pan Ji ordered people to recruit a few old peasants to come over.

Pan Ji said: "A few of us don't understand the crops, there are a few words I want to ask a few old men." ”

Several old farmers hurriedly said: "If the master has anything to say, just ask, the grass people and others know everything." ”

Pan Jitao pinched the soil in his hand and asked, "What do you call this soil?" ”

Several old farmers glanced at it, and then said: "We call this soil flower silt soil, and such a field is called flower silt field." ”

"Oh, what's the name?"

An old farmer babbled for a while.

It took half a day for an official to translate into the official dialect and said: "This old farmer said that this should start with the dredging, the common people from the river to the field, the silt settlement is uneven, the soil is less sand and more color red, the common people call it red silt, and the soil is more sandy and less colorful, the common people call it flower silt." Generally speaking, there is more red silt near the estuary, and more flower silt in the far estuary. ”

"The river water drawn in June, called alum landscape, is easy to become flowers and silt fields, and as for the river water in other months, there is more sand and less soil. Flower silt is the upper field, which is generally twice as expensive as the red silt field, and the red silt field is several times more expensive than the non-silt field. ”

Pan Jitao nodded, but saw Gong Daqi and said with a smile: "The history of the Song Dynasty has a history of food and goods, and the imperial court has set the field, and the land is determined by Piyuan Pingze, and its color is distinguished because of the red and black grounds; After the square is completed, the land and color are divided into five grades to determine the barrenness, and the tax rules are determined. ”

Fu Zhiyuan also smiled and said: "Brother Gong is really well-read and strong, and this official also has a good idea, when Wang Jingchuan issued the farmland water conservancy law, the people repaired water conservancy, and the materials were self-raised. ”

"When the official was an official in the Guide Mansion, he said that the Lin Governor's Mansion often followed Wang Jingzhou's change of law."

Another official said: "Yes, I heard that the prefect of Lin is in Guide, and the Qingmiao method is used, and the city is easy to use, and the people are convenient." This is also Wang Jingchuan's legacy back then, but it seems to be different. ”

Fu Zhiyuan nodded, but Shan Zhifu came forward to question: "Wang Jingchuan's farmland water conservancy law is quite controversial, and this move is often called a move by later generations as a move to work the people and lose money. ”

Fu Zhiyuan glanced at the Shan Prefect, and he also knew that the other party was not convinced, if Lin Yanchao's Guide Mansion had outstanding political achievements, then as the prefect of Kaifeng Mansion, what was his face in the capital of Henan?

The two prefects are important officials in Henan, and it is not good for him to reprimand the prefect in front of him, so it shows the meaning of favoritism, especially since he is still the former prefect of Germany.

An official asked the old farmer, "How many acres of land does your family have under the dam?" ”

The old farmer said with some fear: "Don't dare to deceive the adults, twenty acres." ”

The official asked with a pleasant face: "Uncle, how many acres are there under this dam?" ”

The old man cringed and said, "It's about 10,000 acres smaller!" The grass people can't say clearly. ”

Pan Jitao nodded, thinking that there are more than 10,000 acres here, so the more than 300,000 acres along the river seem to be true.

Shan Zhifu couldn't help but ask: "How much does your village pay for the government to build this dam?" ”

When the old farmer heard this, he looked dazed and said, "Pay the money? What do I pay? ”

The officials couldn't help but be surprised, Lin Yanchao did not apportion such a big project to the people?

"No apportionment? Is there any requisition to build this dam? The official asked.

"That's right, the government wanted to build this dam, and our people responded to it, and I also sold my strength for two months."

"What about the stones piled up on the embankment this time?"

"That's the head picked by the government, and they pay for the materials, and then this year, all the people in the village who participate in the dam repair will be exempted from land rent! Those who do not have land at home will be paid for lost work. ”

The officials listened with some understanding.

"In this way, I'm afraid it can't be said to be related to the loss of labor and money." Some officials questioned.

Shan Zhifu argued: "What does an old farmer know? What can you say? ”

The official didn't dare to talk back when he heard this, and said yes again and again.

Pan Jitao pinched his beard and said: "It's just a few acres of silt fields, and it is not the same as when the governor was an official in Jiangxi, and he saw thousands of polders moving by Poyang Lake." ”

"Besides, we can't listen to the old farmer."

With Pan Jitao's support, the Shan prefect suddenly became confident.

All the officials said yes.

At present, another Zhizhou Road, where Guide is closest to Kaifeng, is the easiest place for provincial officials to pass through, and Lin Yanchao spent all his capital here to engage in a façade project.

So there is nothing strange, if Lin Yanchao really repaired more than 200 Lijialu rivers like this, it would be a big project of more than one million taels of silver, where did the money come from? How is it possible in just a few months? Where does the mobilization of the people come from?

Of course, he won't say it so directly, but the words are all routines of praising first, then doubting and then depreciating.

Many officials also agreed, yes, this time the entire Henan province was affected, but the Guide Mansion was the only one who made a standout, and they were not very faceless.

Shan Zhifu is even more so, he and Lin Yanchao's Liangzi are well known, especially after Lin Yanchao was appointed as the prefect of Defu, he snatched half of the dominance of dredging the Jialu River from Kaifeng Mansion, and also diverted most of the grain ships from Huguang to Kaifeng.

Now that Lin Yanchao is so unkind, he and Shan Zhifu have long been on the same page.

After the officials inspected the farmland, Pan Jitao finally got old, and after walking for a while, he was tired, so he rested in the road pavilion.

Soon Zang Wei said to Pan Jitao: "The magistrate of Qiyu is here!" ”

Pan Jitao said with a smile: "It seems that the magistrate is still quite well-informed. ”

It was the local magistrate and another official who came to see Pan Jitao.

After the two knelt down and kowtowed, Pan Jitao's first sentence scared the magistrate half to death. Pan Jitao asked: "How many houses can be flooded by damming and silting land in this county?" ”

The magistrate trembled and said: "Back to the system, the specific number is not clear, but the people have been compensated." ”

"Is there any anger from the people?"

"At first there was, and then it subsided. This damming and silting is a good thing, and the people didn't understand it at first, but later they all supported it. To tell the truth, so far, the local people are all convenient, and the people are grateful for the imperial court's move to dredge the river! ”

Pan Jitao was noncommittal, but when he saw the other person, he felt a little familiar, as if he couldn't remember it, and then asked, "Who are you?" ”

But seeing that the other party knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, he said in a trembling voice: "Lord Qiqi is the master of Taiwan, and the villain is Huang Yue who has experienced the Guide Mansion." ”

"Huang Yue?" Pan Jitao chewed the name in his mouth, and then suddenly said, "You are the Huang Yue who gave the old man the strategy of harnessing water and attacking sand?" ”

But seeing Huang Yue, he kowtowed excitedly and said, "Yes, Master Zhangtai, the student still thinks that he will never see you again in this life." ”

Pan Jitao was very pleased, this Huang Yue was the Huang Xiucai who gave him the strategy of governing the river back then.

His strategy of managing the Yellow River, the dike, the remote dike, the lattice embankment, and the moon embankment was given to him by this person.

Pan Jitao smiled and said, "Is it really Mr. Huang?" How did you go through the government, I remember that later the river promoted you as the county governor, right? ”

Huang Yue said with a grateful face: "Mengtai Baoju, Xia Guan was able to serve as the county governor of Yucheng County, and now he has the experience of returning to the German government. ”

As soon as Pan Jitao heard about the other party's experience in Renfu, he had not been promoted for so many years, but it was a pity in his heart, this person was talented in water control, but he could only be committed to being an eight-rank petty official.

However, Pan Jitao also knows that the officialdom is based on background, and a magistrate born as a jinshi cannot be compared with a magistrate born in a magistrate.

Huang Yue is a talented person, even if his political achievements are outstanding, it is difficult for the officials to promote the other party.

Pan Ji said: "This time, the governor has been resurrected by the saint to deal with the river troubles, and he must sweep away the accumulated evils. Now that the governor is employing people, Mr. Huang is just here to show his talents. ”

When all the officials heard this, they were all envious, this Huangfu was developed, and they were directly transferred by Pan Jitao to control the river, and it was difficult to be able to take a temporary post in the Ministry of Industry.

Such a good opportunity, but Huang Yue hesitated: "Student...... Student ......"

Pan Jitao asked, "What, is there any difficulty in the Huangfu Sutra?" ”

Huang Yue said: "The lower official opened the platform, and the lower official Menglin Mansion was raised, acting as the River Engineering Department, and the prime minister was governing the river." ”

All the officials were surprised, Pan Jitao promoted you to serve in the Hecao Yamen, and you were so ignorant. A river governor, a prefect, normal people know who to follow.

Huang Yue wept and said: "The grace of the Taiwan system, the subordinate officials will not be able to repay it in their lifetime, but since the subordinate officials were appointed as officials in Guide, the Menglin Mansion has been reused, and the things that govern the river are all the exclusive work of the subordinate officials, and they are used by the subordinates, and there is no disobedience." ”

"The system recommends students as officials, and Lin Futai also has the grace of Bole. If it weren't for Lin Futai, Xia Guanyan would be able to dredge the river for this, which is really a merit in the present and a move for thousands of years. At present, although the Jialu River has been dredged, but the project is not completed, the lower officials want to finish the matter, complete their lifelong ambitions, and then repay the kindness of the people who make Taiwan. ”

Pan Jitao was not angry, but said: "What you said, the governor can understand, it's just a matter of dredging the river, the governor heard that many officials are quite criticized, and the governor is not clear." In that case, tell me to the Governor and the officials, how did you manage the Jialu River? ”

Huang Yue said yes at the moment.

So Zang Weiyi, Gong Daqi, Fu Zhiyuan, Shan Zhifu and others listened to Huang Yue's Lin Yanchao's governance of the river, and told it in front of everyone.

What Huang Yue said was not exaggerated, but very plain, and he did not hide some problems when dredging the river.

But this does not hide the flaws, making everyone feel that the matter of dredging the river is more real and credible.

After Huang Yuedao, Pan Jitao and the officials seemed to see that within a few months, tens of thousands of people in Guide Mansion were mobilized by the government to carry stones and pick up soil and fight on both sides of the Jialu River.

Finally, the Jialu River, which is more than 200 miles long, was dredged, and merchant ships came and went freely to communicate the Huai River of the Yellow River. The boat from the Yellow River can directly reach the small pontoon bridge in Xuzhou.

More than 300,000 acres of lower fields have been turned into fertile land overnight after being irrigated and silted, and the people have benefited from it.

More importantly, after the Jialu River was dredged, not only was there no danger of seizing the road, but the river was diverted and the safety of the embankment downstream of Guide was maintained.

And all this Lin Yanchao only used more than 300,000 taels to complete such a huge project.

As for Zang Weiyi, Gong Daqi and they are also here to show some political achievements. They understood that Lin Yanchao was able to govern the river, but they didn't expect it to be so powerful.

The two couldn't help but be touched and even moved when they heard the words.

The rest of the officials are a little ashamed of themselves, they are also governing the river, they are just tinkering, and the monks ring the bell for a day.

But Lin Yanchao turned this into a good thing that was beneficial to the people's livelihood and the people, and the people did not suffer from hard labor, but benefited from it.

As for the Shan Governor's Mansion at the moment, as the Governor of Kaifeng Mansion and a big mansion, he was completely defeated by a small mansion next door.

"The Jialu River is two hundred and thirty-six miles, and a total of earthen embankments were built, which are 111,321 zhang long, and the servants used are 23,000 men, and the silver consumption is 320,000 taels. This is the lower official's own doing, if there is half a word of falsehood, the lower official is willing to die to atone for the crime. ”

Speaking of this, Huang Yue didn't know whether he was wronged, or remembered the hardships of repairing the river, and couldn't help crying.

The county magistrate on the side also knelt on the ground and said: "Qiyu is a big man, a junior official, and has been an official for more than ten years, and rarely does practical things for the people." ”

"If it weren't for Lin Futai, the lower officials wouldn't know what merit was? Now that he is an official, he can benefit one party and leave a favor to the people, and the lower officials finally dare to pat their chests and say a word today, and they have lived up to the book of sages they read when they were young. ”

"The matter of Lin Futai dredging the river has really contributed to the people, and the lower officials have guaranteed it with a black gauze hat, and the words of the Huangfu Jing are true."

Seeing the two officials say this, all the officials present were moved.

Lin Sanyuan is very capable of being an official, not only is the people so supportive, but even the officials below are willing to take out black gauze hats to follow.

Gong Daqi looked up to the sky and sighed: "This is not to win people's hearts, but to the righteousness, the world from it." ”

The three brothers of the Yuan family stood far away, wiping tears after listening to the words of Huang Yue and Zhixian, Lin Yanchao deserved to be an example of official service in their hearts.

Pan Jitao pinched his beard and groaned: "The matter of dredging the river is indeed meritorious, but it is difficult to say whether it is exempt from the trouble of seizing the river, and this matter has its own measure." ”

Hearing Pan Jitao say this, even Zang Weiyi and Fu Zhiyuan couldn't see it, when Lin Yanchao was in Beijing, did he offend Pan Jitao.

From the beginning to the present, I have never heard Pan Jitao say a good word about Lin Yanchao.

Then Pan Jitao took the officials on the boat and inspected several places along the river.

With the report of the previous officials, the officials below immediately began to prepare in advance, which made Pan Jitao see later that it was not as real as before.

However, Fu Zhiyuan was very emotional, he was promoted from the prefect of Guide Prefecture to the political envoy of Youbu.

The people of Guide Mansion, the mountains and rivers have a lot of feelings, when they came to Guide for Ma Yu's minions, he knew that Guide was such a poor place, how to withstand the scraping, so he stepped forward.

At present, he has only been promoted to the right political envoy for only one year, but what he is most worried about in the bottom of his heart is the poor place of Guide, and the people he has sacrificed his life to protect.

Now that Guide is under the governance of Lin Yanchao, there have been such great changes, this scene makes Fu Zhiyuan's eyes moist, and he is so pleased in his heart.

As Fu Zhiyuan believes, Lin Yanchao is a talented person who can help the people through the world.

Of course, Fu Zhiyuan will not be quarry Lin Yanchao in front of Pan Jitao, he believes that seeing is believing, and the real merit is not for outsiders to brag about him or anything, he is over there, clearly visible.

Fu Zhiyuan believes that the scene of Guide is already Pan Jitao's judgment on Lin Yanchao's political achievements.

But at the end of the inspection, Pan Jitao neither went to the capital city of Defu, nor did he praise or leave any words, but turned around and returned to Kaifeng that night.

The officials were left with a stomach full of questions.

After nearly half a month, Pan Jitao inspected more than a dozen state capitals along the river non-stop, and then Pan Jitao returned to Huai'an.

After returning to the Yamen, Pan Jitao immediately wrote a recital for the Son of Heaven.

The chapter is to explain the disaster of the Yellow River, what he has seen and heard in various provinces, and the gains and losses of the imperial court in governing the river for more than ten years.

sprinkled a large number of articles, Pan Jitao did not fake others, but wrote it himself.

At this time, Huai'an, which was in the land of Jianghuai, had already fallen the first heavy snow in winter, and before I knew it, the thirteenth year of Wanli had come to an end.

Pan Jitao glanced at the heavy snow outside the window, closed the window, and turned on the lamp.

Pan Jitao dotted the ink with his pen again, and continued to write on the chapter...... Officials along the river are superficial and do not do their best for the people, so how can such mediocre ministers talk about their deeds. When the ministers returned to Germany......

Writing this, Pan Ji stopped writing and then wrote...... Alone to the German prefect Lin Yanchao to govern the river, Gongjian saves costs, which can be called a national worker. With less than 100,000 taels of silver, it has governed the river for more than 200 miles, irrigated more than 300,000 acres of land, and turned the river into a benefit for thousands of years......

“…… The achievements of Lin Yanchao can be a model for the ancient and modern governance of the river, and a model for the officials of the state government along the river. ”