"During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Luoyang was originally the eastern capital, and all the grains in the world gathered here. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt that time, the canals around Luoyang City were widely spread, which was not only convenient for water transportation, but also easily free of flooding. In the late Tang Dynasty, the five dynasties were in turmoil, and the Xijing Wangcheng became a ruin, and even the surrounding canals were silted. Now, at most, in three or five years, the Luo River will have a big flood, and at least both sides of the Luo River will become Zeguo, and at worst, the entire Luoyang City, and even the imperial city at the height will be washed away. If nothing else, let's just say that the Tianjin Bridge on the Luo River not far away was still a pontoon bridge in the Sui Dynasty, and it was not very strong to change it to a stone bridge in the Tang Dynasty, but according to the historical records, how many times was the Tianjin Bridge broken in the Sui and Tang Dynasties? Now it has been rebuilt again and again, reinforced again and again, and it has been broken out in a few years, and it has cost the people and money! The rivers around Xijing have come to the point where they must be rectified. ”

Xu Ping said this, and everyone looked at Li Ruogu, the prefect of Henan Prefecture. I saw him close his eyes slightly, leaning back in his chair, without any expression, as if what he said had nothing to do with him.

Xu Ping coughed and said in a deep voice: "Governor Li, do you say yes or no?" ”

"What Long Tu said is that the rivers around Xijing have to be overhauled."

Li Ruogu's voice was low, and his expression did not change at all, and Xu Ping was a little skeptical that this voice was made by him. From the time he arrived in Luoyang, Li Ruogu competed with himself for the dominance of repairing the canal, why did he suddenly speak well today.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Li Ruo said in a deep voice: "The river has to be repaired, but Henan Mansion maintains the imperial palace and imperial mausoleum every year, and the people's strength has been exhausted. ”

Xu Ping said: "What Governor Li said is indeed the truth, and the people of Henan Mansion have exhausted their strength. In this way, the rivers around Luoyang City will be presided over by the Transshipment Envoy, and all the money, food, and manpower will be raised by the Cao Division. The Henan government only needs to send a bureaucrat to coordinate the households that need to be relocated, and the rest does not need to be asked. ”

Li Ruogu said lightly: "It's naturally good for Du Cao to say this, and I will send the magistrates of Henan and Luoyang counties here to listen to Cao Si's call." However, I said that in the front, Henan Mansion can't transfer a stone of grain to a person! ”

Xu Ping nodded: "The money, grain, and manpower are all deployed by Caosi, and Henan Mansion only needs to vacate the place." ”

Although he said this, Xu Ping's heart was faintly uneasy. Li Ruogu suddenly changed his tone today, it must not be for nothing, but I am afraid that he is a little dependent. What can he rely on? As long as the dominant power is released, everything can not be controlled by Henan Mansion, and the two magistrates do not dare to play tricks in front of the transfer envoys.

At this point, it was settled, and the entire river was presided over by Chen Yaozuo below Bishui County, and above Bishui County was under the control of the transfer envoy, which was actually led by Xu Ping himself. This is a plan that Xu Ping has thought of a long time ago, and things went a little unexpectedly.

Seeing that no one was talking, Chen Yaozuo said loudly: "This time there is a big move, and the river will be repaired at one time." Below Bishui County, it will call Meng, Zheng, Ru, and Xu four prefecture people, and wait until the autumn, the long is two months, and the short is one month to complete! ”

"Wait!" Xu Ping raised his head suddenly, "Didn't you say before, try not to use people's power to open the canal this time, the river below Bishui County will be opened by the Qinghe Xiangjun, why do you want to transfer the people now?" ”

"You don't need people to open the river, but the miscellaneous work of transporting earth and stones, and tying up wooden dragons can't all be done by the Qinghe Xiang army. In addition, several wharves need to be built on the river, and the road from the wharf must be paved, which also requires a lot of manpower. Longtu, since it took so much effort, it will be built all at once. Only by repairing the wharf roads can the people on both sides of the strait benefit. ”

Xu Ping looked at Chen Yaozuo and said in a deep voice: "Chen Xianggong, when the river was repaired, it was the winter moon and the wax moon, if it was cold like last year, it would be very hard." Mobilizing people to go over, one is not well taken care of, and he freezes to death and starves to death, which is not a trivial matter. Wharves and roads don't have to be in a hurry, you don't have to rush in the winter when there is no rain, and you can repair them in the spring of the next year. ”

Chen Yaozuo waved his hand: "Since it has been done, then it will be done at one time, and it will be delayed for the next year, how much trouble!" I only need to repair the wharf and pave the roads to the three counties of Bishui, Xingyang and Xingze, and the other roads will be built by the states and counties themselves. ”

Xu Ping saw that Lu Ge, the general judge beside Chen Yaozuo, had a flickering gaze, and he didn't dare to meet his gaze, and felt that something was wrong. At that time, when I was doing things in the palace, I counted the working hours, and I said at that time that I would only use the Qinghe Xiang Army, and not transfer the people, and I also made it clear to Chen Yaozuo when I was in Zhengzhou, why has it changed now?

After thinking about it, Xu Ping looked at the governors present and asked in a deep voice: "Which other states need to use manpower in autumn and winter, let's make it clear now." Anyway, it's a winter, and there are a lot of things to do, so Cao Si has to deploy manpower in a unified manner. Don't go to the state for official documents, and besides, your manpower there is already useful, and you can't transfer it. ”

Wang Zhen, the governor of Tangzhou, sighed in his heart and arched his hand: "Ducao, there is a Xianghan old Cao Canal in Tangzhou, which has been silted up and flooded every year. Xiaguan wants to take advantage of this winter to renovate those canals, which is also a convenient move for the people. ”

Xu Ping looked at Wang Zhen with a calm face and asked him: "Tangzhou is sparsely populated, do you have enough manpower in your state?" ”

"Enough, be careful with the mix, barely enough." Wang Zhen said stubbornly. "However, those canals implicate the neighboring Dengzhou, and it is best for the two states to work together, so as not to take care of one or the other."

Xu Ping turned his head and asked Zhao He: "What did Zhao Zhizhou say?" ”

Zhao He pondered for a while before he said, "Wang Zhizhou didn't mention this matter to me before, but he didn't have time to consider it in detail. Specifically, I still have to go down to discuss with Wang Zhizhou. However, once those canals are repaired, Tangzhou will naturally not be able to transfer people. ”

So far, with so many people coming, only one Caizhou can be transferred.

Xu Ping frowned and was silent. This is very different from what I originally thought, all of a sudden, why can't the surrounding states and counties transfer people? Caizhou is close to Lianghuai, and the territory is all plains, so the population is more dense. But it was too far away from Henan Mansion, and Xu Ping called the king of Zhizhou to come, not to transfer people to repair the river.

Li Ruogu closed his eyes and was silent, and Sun Wei on the side was secretly happy in his heart, and quietly looked at Lu Ge not far away.

Liu Xin, who was sitting in the guest seat, watched coldly and had already seen the clues. He is an expert in these things that play with his heart, and he can see that something is wrong. Obviously, the most surprising to Xu Ping was Chen Yaozuo, he didn't expect him to ask for so many people. However, with Chen Yaozuo's status, it is impossible to target Xu Ping, and there is no need for that, it is only someone else.

Seeing the sneaky expressions of Lu Ge and Sun Wei, Liu Xin thought about it and already knew it in his heart. Coupled with a Wang Zhen who took the initiative to stand up, things couldn't be clearer. These Jinshi who have been in Tianxi for three years are afraid that they have already discussed it, and they want to use this method to make Xu Ping ugly.

Gently poked Wang Gongchen beside him, Liu Xin quietly pointed at Sun Xun and Lu Ge, and shook his head slightly.

Wang Gongchen didn't understand a little, but he just saw that something was wrong, and couldn't help touching his head.

After being silent for a while, Xu Ping said, "Okay, if you say so, then do so." Deputy Envoy Yang, write down what the governors just said, and in the coming year, the transfer envoy will inspect the locality, and he will take a special examination for this. ”

Yang said yes, called a scribe, and brought him aside to write down these few things. Local officials don't just say what they say when they say it, they have to do it, otherwise what are the transit envoys doing when they go to the local area? Xu Ping was quite polite, and did not let them write a pleading, leaving a way out.

When Wang Zhen and Zhao He saw this posture, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous. What kind of renovation of the canal, the eight characters have not been skimmed, I don't know how much work is done, don't poke out of the basket because of this matter. The supervision power of the transfer envoy is not to be talked about, it really wants to provoke Xu Ping, and the trouble of finding a place can make the officials miserable.

Remember everything, Yang Xuan looked at Xu Ping, Xu Ping waved his hand, and Yang Xuan returned to his seat.

The first time they met, these things were exempted, and Xu Ping didn't want to make the scene too stiff.

Sighing, Xu Ping said: "I originally wanted to take advantage of this winter to renovate the road from Henan Mansion to Xiangzhou in the south, and the three prefectures of Ru, Tang and Deng are particularly crucial. Now that the three states have things to do, the matter has to be postponed. However, the bridge and road army will investigate along the road after the autumn, determine the direction of the road, and how to repair it in the future, and the states and counties must give them convenience. ”

Wang Zhen was stunned, he didn't expect Xu Ping to say such a thing, and when he saw that Zhao He and Zhao Yan both gave up their hands and answered yes, they hurriedly obeyed the order. From Henan to Xiangzhou, the main road is from Ruzhou to Lushan Pass, south to Nanyang, Dengzhou to Xiangzhou, which is one of the most critical north-south communication lines in central China, and the main battlefield of the Spring and Autumn Warring States Qin and Chu to dominate the eastern line. Especially when Wangcheng was in Luoyang, Chang'an, this road was particularly important. The other is from Xuzhou to the south, through Xiangcheng, Yexian, Fangcheng to Nanyang, after which the two lines are integrated. When the capital was moved to Kaifeng, this route became important.

Luoyang City wants to obtain raw materials and markets for industrial development, but also must open up the north-south line. The so-called South Ship and North Horse, the dividing point is in Xiangzhou, and it is the top priority to get through there. The transportation to Xiangzhou is convenient, and you can use the water transportation of the Han River and the Yangtze River to connect the two Zhejiang provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and the market will be broad all of a sudden. Even further, the water transport of the Han River can be used to connect the Sichuan Gorge, and the tributaries of the Han River go north to connect Guanzhong, Luoyang really shows its geographical advantage in the world, and the whole western China uses this as a hub.

Sun Wei and others always thought that Xu Ping was going to use the manpower of several other states to renovate the waterways around Luoyang, but they completely thought about it, and Xu Ping didn't have that idea at all. Xu Ping wants not only the labor to repair the river, but also the manpower to work in the field work, how can those states be eligible? The people will be sent back after the transfer is completed. (To be continued.) )