Sun Chengzong, who had just walked out of the gate of the Wuying Palace, stopped his steps, and before he could turn around to speak, Lu Shanji, who was following him, had already retorted dissatisfiedly to Yuan Chonghuan: "How did you speak, how could the bachelor speak out against that situation just now?" ”

Yuan Chonghuan suddenly said angrily: "Why can't you make a sound?" The teacher is the teacher of the first emperor, even if what he says is not in line with His Majesty's intentions, will His Majesty still be annoyed and angry..."

Lu Shanji unceremoniously cut off his words and said, "Your Majesty does not know what to do, the old man doesn't know. However, even if the first emperor's classmates and teachers were affectionate, when Wei Eunuch cried around the bed in front of the first emperor, saying that the bachelor was going to lead troops into Beijing and Qingjun's side, didn't the first emperor still believe it?

Since entering Beijing, he has been entrusted by His Majesty with the important task of presiding over the reform of the Ming military system. The military towns of the world are all in the hands of the bachelors, but are the princes of the court really willing to do this?

The palace bell and the cabinet ministers, aren't they vigilant against us? Wang Zaijin sat in Shanhaiguan and did not return to Beijing for a long time, saying that he wanted to supervise the rectification of Ji and Liao towns, but did he know that he was afraid that he would be too deeply involved in the reform of the military system, and that he would be attacked by the princes of the court in the future to cultivate wings in the army?

In the past, the rebellion of the new king of Pepingnine was not credited, and today's bachelors cannot be attributed to themselves. The major affairs of the country are only worship and Rong. How can a man take his place? ”

Sun Chengzong couldn't help but nodded and said, "What Boshun said is exactly what I wanted. What we want to stop is that Your Majesty is treating the war as a child's play, not opposing Your Majesty's involvement in military and political affairs..."

When Zhu Youzhen walked from the conference hall to his office room, he gave a few instructions to Wang Chengen behind him.

When he walked into the room, Wang Chengen also walked in with Wu Huai. Zhu Youzhen stood in front of his desk and said to Wu Huai: "How have I sorted out the combat methods of the Houjin last time when I ordered the instructors of the military academy to collect Houjin, and the reasons for the defeat of our army on the Liaodong battlefield in the past?" ”

Wu Huai saluted respectfully and said: "The information has been sorted out, and most of the veterans who have been summoned from Liaodong have already dictated the wars they have experienced. The next step is to put all the records together, and then discuss, research, and summarize. ”

Zhu Youzhen walked back and forth in front of the desk a few times before he stopped and continued to Wu Huai: "In this way, you will transfer some of the cadets of the military academy, as well as those veterans who have returned from Liaodong, with them as the backbone, and then draw capable cavalry from the three thousand battalions to form a simulated army. ”

"Simulated troops?" Wu Huai asked with some confusion.

"Simulating the mode of Houjin combat, I give you three months to train. Three months later, you will take this unit and the new army of Beijing to conduct an exercise, which I will personally preside. Zhu Youzhen looked at him and said.

Wu Huai accepted Chongzhen's order, and then exited the room under the leadership of Wang Chengen. When Zhu Youzhen sat back in his seat, Wang Chengen walked in quietly with Jiang Dejing.

After Zhu Youzhen beckoned him to sit down, he asked him, "I have already seen Zhou Qing's Shangshu, and I also think your idea is very good." What do you think of your new appointment? ”

Jiang Dejing said confidently: "What Your Majesty proposed: both storage and discharge, in order to achieve the root cause of the flood disaster. The minister thought that it was the best way to build water conservancy and cure harm and prosper profits.

The minister believed that in order to control the Haihe River, one was to expand the flood discharge capacity of the lower reaches, and the other was to store water in the upstream and tributaries.

Now it is time to focus on reinforcing the embankments of the rivers in the Haihe River system and expanding some of the downstream channels into the sea.

In addition, the minister thought that in order to cure the Haihe River, the most important thing was to first clean up the Wuding River. The largest of the Haihe tributaries, the Wuding River is said to have originated in Shanxi, turned east through Beijing, and joined the Haihe River in Tianjin.

There are hundreds of large and small tributaries in the upper reaches of the Wuding River, so the flow of the river is greatly affected by the precipitation in the upper reaches. The slope in the Wuding River basin is steep, and the slope of the river channel is large, so the water flow is turbulent.

Because its upstream flows through the loess area, the river water has more sediment, and the river channel in the plain area continues to silt up after going out of the door, so the migration is uncertain, so it is also known as the Yanghe River and the Little Yellow River.

If the river is not confined to its channel, once the upstream rains occur during the flood season in July and August every year, the Gyeonggi area will become a Zeguo, and not only the area around Gyeonggi will be affected, but also the capital will be threatened. ”

Zhu You listened very carefully, and then asked: "Then how do you think this uncertain river should be governed?" ”

Jiang Dejing's heart was wide, he was a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and he entered the Hanlin Academy after entering the office, but because he was unwilling to attach Wei Zhongxian, but he also did not want to intervene in the party dispute, so he buried himself in the study of the nine-sided congestion, river Cao, tunyan, water conservancy, calendar, criminal law and other materials, and paid attention to agriculture in Hebei.

In the past few years of Jiang Dejing's stay in the Hanlin Academy, it was the time when Liaodong had been defeated several times, which forced him to turn his attention from people's livelihood to side affairs.

In his opinion, if you want to pacify the Jiannu in Liaodong, you must first stabilize the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, especially to restore agriculture in the north. Water conservancy and wasteland were built and used as a performance appraisal for county officials.

Only by first allowing the people in the north to have enough to eat, did the Ming have the strength to quell the rebellion in Liaodong.

And before sending troops to quell the rebellion, it is necessary to reorganize the army, clean up the false pretends, train the sergeants, and repair the armor.

Jiang Dejing's thoughts are peaceful, and in fact, it is also the best way for Daming to deal with it. With the size of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the internal can be eased, there will be no civil uprising. Even if it is consumed, the poor population of Jiannu will be consumed.

But this idea is destined to not be supported by the majority of people, Jiannu is just a small tribe on the northeast border, and was driven by the border marshal Li Chengliang as a slave back then.

Now a border marshal's servant has defeated the imperial army's army one after another, occupying most of the northeast region. The princes in the court all felt a great shame, how could this humiliation wait to be reported later?

Besides, the amount of money and grain used to counter-insurgency is an astronomical amount, and all the money, food, and armor to support Liaoxi must be shipped out of Tianjin. This is a rare opportunity for officials from various ministries in the capital to make oil and water, and in wars in other places, their hands can't be stretched for so long.

Whether it is for the sake of the face of the imperial court or for the sake of the officials, the sooner the troops are sent to Liaodong to quell the rebellion, the better. Of course, none of these officials expected that several major battles in Liaodong would be defeated worse than the other.

So much money and grain were spent, but most of Liaodong was lost, and at this time, no one dared to change the policy of dealing with Jiannu, otherwise wouldn't it be a black pot of chaos in Liaodong in the future.

When Jiang Dejing was a little disheartened, Tianqi contracted an illness and died, but Chongzhen, who ascended the throne, did not hesitate to put on this black cauldron for himself, and seemed to care about his name.

This made the officials in the court quietly breathe a sigh of relief, after all, most of the officials were very shrewd, and they also thought that the war between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu could not be fought anymore, but none of these shrewd bureaucrats were willing to stand up and shoulder the responsibility of admitting the failure of the Liaodong counterinsurgency.

After Chongzhen ascended the throne, he made a voice to negotiate peace with Jiannu, which naturally made Jiang Dejing see hope, and the emperor's decision to order a major water conservancy repair made him even more overjoyed. Therefore, he personally visited the main stream of the Hai River and its tributaries.

Jiang Dejing reorganized the river control plan in his mind, and then cleared his throat and said: "The Wuding River was called the Sanggan River in the Sui Dynasty and Lugou in the Jin Dynasty.

The first ancient road flows eastward from Yamen, turns northeast along the north side of Babao Mountain, passes through Haidian, and follows the Qinghe River to the east to meet the Wenyu River.

The second old road before the Western Han Dynasty flows eastward from the Yamen, passes through Tiancun and Zizhuyuan, enters the West Sea in the city near the Desheng Gate, turns to the southeast, and flows out of the city through Zhengyangmen, Xianyukou, Hongqiao and Longtan Lake.

The third Three Kingdoms to the old road of the Liao Dynasty, from the area of Lugou Bridge, through Dan Village, Nanyuan to Maju Bridge.

If the first and second old roads encounter floods upstream, they will flood the capital. Only this third old road bypasses the capital, and even if there is a big flood, it can divert the flood to the south.

Therefore, the minister thought that if the Wuding River was to be fixed, it was better to widen the third old road, build a dam, and dredge the river.

And set up barrage sluices and flood storage reservoirs in the area of Lugou Bridge, store water when the water is dry, and divide the flood when the water is abundant. ”

After listening to Jiang Dejing's idea of controlling the Wuding River, Zhu Youzhen rubbed his chin and thought for a long time before saying: "You can send a topographic exploration team to survey the old road of the Wuding River in the Gyeonggi area, and also survey the upstream along the Wuding River.

In addition to the work of fixing the river channel downstream, the tributaries of the upper reaches of the Wuding River are also intercepted to build reservoirs. If we can control the amount of water in each tributary, then we can adjust the flow of water through the reservoir, and turn the large water into medium water and the medium water into small water..."

When Jiang Dejing left Chongzhen's office, his face was full of smiles, and he walked with great energy.

After Wang Chengen watched Jiang Dejing leave, he asked Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, will you summon Elder Feng Ge?" ”

Zhu Youzhen's right fingers subconsciously tapped the table in turn, and he was silent for a while before he stopped and said, "Is Xu Xianchun back?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, he is already waiting outside the palace."

"Then let him report to me first, and then I will see Feng Quan again."

Wang Chengen immediately took Chongzhen's order and went out, Xu Xianchun was brought in and chatted with the emperor for half an hour, and Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen to bring Feng Quan to see him.

Looking at Feng Quan sitting in front of him, Zhu Youzhen couldn't connect him with the rumors that he was as beautiful as a woman.

Feng Quan has a dignified face, a short goatee, and still looks quite manly. However, between his eyebrows, he often unconsciously revealed a soft meaning, so that Chongzhen finally felt a trace of the rumors.