After a while, the chamberlain came in with Xiao Huangmen and carried two plates of cut watermelons on a plate and distributed them to the ministers present. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Zhen took a piece and said: "Li Hong sent an envoy to Khitan and brought some watermelon seeds, and Xu Ping cultivated this watermelon in Zhuangzi. It is said that the season is still a little early, and it is not very sweet, but the taste is already good. ”

Everyone ate watermelon and said yes, all of them said that this taste is no longer found in other melons and fruits, and it is very good.

After eating the melon, everyone cleaned their hands before they began to talk about things officially.

Xu Ping said loudly: "The Central Plains leads to the southeast, there is a chasm in ancient times, since Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty opened the Grand Canal, diverted the water of the Yellow River into the Bianhe River, connected the two Zhejiang provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, since the Tang Dynasty, to raise two capitals in Jianghuai rice, for the national plan." However, the Yellow River has a lot of sediment, and the sediment accumulates after the water enters the Bianhe River, which must be dredged every year so as not to affect the water transportation. The dredging of the Bianhe River not only makes the transportation inconvenient, but also costs the people and money, and the people on the riverbank suffer from labor every year, and there are many fugitives. Guo Jian went to Tang, Ru, and Cai Sanzhou, checked the terrain along the road, and felt that he could guide Luoshui into the Bianhe River, instead of the Biankou that was reopened every year. If the water of the Luohe River is clear, if it can replace the water of the Yellow River, it can save the trouble of dredging the Bianhe River, and there is no need to block the mouth of the Bianhe River in winter, and it can be reopened in the next year, which can save countless efforts. ”

Zhao Zhen asked Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng: "What do you think?" ”

Lu Yijian said: "Back to Your Majesty, not to mention dredging the Bianhe River, it is to reopen the Biankou every year, and the location is different every year, so that the patrol army will be overwhelmed." If you can lead Luoshui into the Bianhe River, this alone will be of great merit. ”

The place where the Bianhe River connects the Yellow River is called Biankou, every year in the dry season in winter, the Biankou must be blocked, otherwise the Yellow River water is not much, but the sediment is not known to be much, and the mud is the same. When the mouth is reopened the next year, the sediment in the Yellow River has already filled the old one, and it will form a huge beach nearby, which must be reopened in a suitable place.

Every year, a new Biankou is opened, and the old Biankou is plugged, and that section of the Yellow River embankment is dug like a sieve. Moreover, due to the formation of the river beach, the river channel has moved north year by year, and the opening of Biankou has become more and more troublesome, and we all know that it is not a long-term solution.

Wang Zeng also said: "If this matter is really feasible, it is really a move for the benefit of the country and the people!" Countless efforts to open the mouth of the river have been saved, and the Bianhe River can be transported all year round without needing to stop after autumn. Moreover, Xu Ping's music mentioned that taking advantage of the rainy season in summer and autumn to wash the Bianhe waterway with the clear water of the Luo River also saves the effort of dredging. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "I also think this is a good thing, but I don't know if I can cultivate it." ”

Lu Yijian got up and said to Zhao Zhen: "It is not a trivial matter to change the diversion of the Bianhe River, but I am afraid that tens of thousands of people in the counties along the river will be mobilized, and the disturbance is not small, so we should be cautious." The minister thought that Xu Ping could be instructed to choose the right person to check along the line. It took a month to investigate the route clearly, and the manpower, money, and food required were all calculated together. The imperial court appointed ministers to carry out the construction before the autumn rain increased. If you don't have enough time, dig the place where you don't have much impact, and when the rain is less in autumn, you can dig it all at once! ”

Wang Zeng got up: "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

And so the matter was settled. By the way, Wang Yan, the former Hebei Road transfer envoy, opened ditches and canals in Hebei and irrigated a lot of farmland, so he was ordered to be Xu Ping's deputy and go to check the river together. ”

After listening to Zhao Zhen's words, Xu Ping understood why several deputy envoys of the Third Division had changed so much, it turned out that he just wanted to arrange Wang Yan to the position of deputy envoy of the household department. According to the system of six ministries, the construction of the river should belong to the Ministry of Industry, and the three divisions are to seize the power of each ministry, and related to this is the case of the Yan under the Salt and Iron Division and the construction case of the Household Division, leaving Wang Yan is to let him participate in this matter.

Wang Yan has a lot of ideas, and he has the courage to put them forward and implement them, but the only problem is that many of his ideas are hot-headed and have not been carefully considered, and he can't get what he says right at different times.

During his tenure as a transfer envoy to Hebei, Wang Yan advocated the construction of water conservancy and built many canals to irrigate people's fields. In the past, most of the officials in the court thought that he was greedy for merit, but in fact, the canals he opened were of little use. As a result, when he left office, the people in Xingzhou had a life lawsuit over the water in the canal, and the Manchu dynasty knew that those canals were really useful, and the evaluation of Wang Yan was suddenly reversed.

It just so happened that Xu Pingshang ran into Wang Yan's matter, and the court wanted to use his experience in water conservancy to participate in this matter. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for His Majesty's dispatch to take such a big turn at once.

Xu Ping himself used the knowledge of his previous life to grope for things step by step, and he really didn't want impulsive officials to cooperate with him, which would completely disrupt his own steps.

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng said yes, Xu Ping could only watch helplessly, he couldn't intervene in this kind of matter. Thinking about how to cooperate with Wang Yan, try to make him more stable, and don't think about making a blockbuster.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, headed by Xu Ping, Wang Yan as the deputy, accompanied by Guo Qian, went to check the waterway from Luoshui to Bianhe. In the period of one month, come up with a plan that can be implemented.

Xu Ping said again: "Digging rivers and canals, civil construction, these are still the bridges and roads that came to the capital to do well." I'm going to check the river, and I'm going to send some of the right men there, and they're used to doing these things. ”

Zhao Zhen turned to Zhang Shixun and said, "Then the bridge and road army will be under the salt and iron division first, how about it?" ”

Zhang Shixun didn't know what those people were doing every day, commanding the Xiang Army, and letting him worry about a privy envoy, so he nodded at the moment: "The ministers will take orders, and the Privy Council will transfer them to the third division first, and then transfer them back after the waterway is repaired." ”

The other details are some details, such as how to cooperate with the official affairs of the counties and towns in Kaifeng Prefecture, how to cooperate with the Jingxi Road Transfer Envoy Division and the states and counties along the road, and the authority of Xu Ping and others to travel. There are precedents for all of this, so let's just repeat them.

After all the finalization, Xu Ping suddenly had a feeling of relaxation.

In the past, when I was in Yongzhou, I thought about returning to the capital to live this kind of life when I went to the court and retreated from the court, and went home after cooking in the yamen. As a result, I stayed for a year, but I was a little annoyed, and I wished I could have the opportunity to go out of the capital.

Get up in the middle of the night every day, go to the court with stars and moons, and one stop is a few hours. In addition, there are a lot of things in the Yamen of the Three Divisions, even if it is to deal with daily official business, the day has almost passed.

Xu Ping can accept it by working hard every day, but he really can't stand getting up early to go to court, compared to his previous life, this is simply living with a jet lag upside down. If it has been like this for more than ten or twenty years, Xu Ping feels crazy when he thinks about it, no wonder the ministers are old and invite a foreign county to retire, and they will not be tossed to death in the capital.

Even if it's just a month out, it's enough to relax the discomfort that has accumulated over the year. (To be continued.) )