In the Longevity Temple, after the dismissal, Li Ruogu said to Xu Ping: "Du Cao has been in Xijing for some days, and I have been busy with official business, so I didn't go to the transfer department to pay a visit. There are many slackness in the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info, and don't take it to heart. ”

Xu Pingsheng said calmly: "Staying behind to say this, isn't it a torment? Since I arrived in Luoyang, I have been entangled in miscellaneous affairs with my predecessor, and I have been thinking about going to the government to meet the guards, but I didn't find time. ”

Li Ruogu smiled, pointed to the front and said, "We happened to meet today, there is a clean room there, how about we go over and have a cup of tea?" ”

"That's what I mean." Xu Ping agreed, and followed Li Ruogu towards the clean room.

Luoyang City is Xijing, and there are many officials here, and they have to stand on duty like the capital. Although the emperor is not here and does not have a permanent dynasty, he has a five-day big living, and the living table must be sent to the imperial palace of Kaifeng City for the emperor to read.

The place where Luoyang officials stand is in this longevity, and they put a table on the incense table, and then they bow down, which is just a ceremony.

Since there are station shifts, there are shifts. Today is the first time that Xu Ping has participated in the five-day meeting in Luoyang City, because Li Ruogu's official is higher than himself, Xu Ping took the initiative to stand under his shift, and he still took Li Ruogu as the leader as usual.

This small action won Li Ruogu's great favor, so he took the initiative to come up and talk, and invited Xu Ping to drink tea.

In the past, there was a situation where the prefect of the Imperial History Observatory and the prefect of Henan Prefecture and the governor of Henan Prefecture competed for the official shift, so the imperial court specially issued an order, and the Luoyang official shift was headed by the prefect.

However, this will does not include transshipment.

At this time, Xu Ping really understood why Zhao Zhen promoted himself to the rank of Longtu Pavilion before leaving, and didn't want to let himself be under Li Ruogu. The yamen of the transfer envoy is in Luoyang City, although it does not have the power to supervise the prefect of Henan Prefecture, but in terms of money and grain, it is still the upper level of Henan Mansion. Moreover, it does not supervise the prefect, but it still has the power to supervise the governance and people's livelihood of Henan Province, and its authority is greater than that of Henan Government and the Department of Left-behind Defense.

The so-called "Henan Da Yin is like snow", and the transfer envoy and the Henan government are in the same city, so it is inevitable that there will be a question of who to respect. In terms of authority, the power of the transshipment envoy is undoubtedly greater, but in terms of status, the prefect of Henan Prefecture is generally higher than the transshipment envoy.

In this way, a question arises, who is the leader of the five-day living station class of Changshou Temple?

In the past, the compromise method was that the transfer envoys of Jingxi Road were basically not in Luoyang City, and they were all patrolling in the local area, and there was only one deputy envoy or judge in charge of daily affairs. In this way, there is naturally no problem of competing with the prefect for shifts.

Xu Ping obviously didn't want to follow this old routine, he had to do a lot of things in Luoyang City, and he was faintly opposed to Li Ruogu.

As a supervisory official, if the transport envoy inspects the place, the magistrate is not allowed to go out of the city to greet him, and his residence is in a post house, and he is not allowed to live in the city. Even the entourage of honor guards, in addition to the public officials who follow themselves to do things, are also mainly local. Before Xu Ping took over, he was not bound by this rule, and all state and county officials were welcomed out of the city, with the exception of Li Ruogu in Henan Prefecture.

Li Ruogu not only did not go out of the city to greet him, but also did not go out of the city to greet him like Chen Yaozuo in Zhengzhou, and even the Tongju and Zhixian below did not go out of the city to greet him, just like there was no such person coming. After Xu Ping entered the city, no officials from the Henan government visited him at his residence, let alone set up a feast for him. The information revealed everywhere is that although Henan Mansion is under the rule of Jingxi Road, it is different from other state capitals, and the transit envoy cannot manage here.

Li Ruogu ignored himself, and Xu Ping would not take the initiative to visit him. This is not only a question of face, but also a question related to which yamen will be the main one in the future. Xu Ping can bow his head, but what about his subordinates?

It's been a few days since he arrived in Luoyang City, and before he handed over to Wang Yong, Xu Ping didn't care about business, and everything was calm. After the handover, there was an undercurrent in the officialdom of Luoyang City, and everyone was staring at this big upset. is also a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and the rights and responsibilities of the transfer envoy are heavier, will Xu Ping compete with Li Ruogu for shifts?

In the end, Xu Ping did not fight, and passed so peacefully, which disappointed many people.

The fifth day of residence is in the name of the left-behind department, Li Ruogu is the prefect of the left-behind department, and the reason why Xu Ping is indisputable is based on this. However, the frequency of the shift can not be disputed, and the rights and responsibilities in the future must be clearly distinguished, and Henan Mansion cannot become a place that the transshipment department cannot manage.

After entering the clean room, Xu Ping and Li Ruogu sat down, and the people in the temple brought tea.

Neither of them spoke, and drank tea quietly for a while.

Li Ruogu put down the teacup and said to Xu Ping: "Du Cao has not yet reached the year of establishment, and to take on this important responsibility, to serve as a straight bachelor, is really a young and promising." It's hard to compare with old age. ”

"Staying behind is a good point. The level of official position is nothing more than the grace of God, and we are courtiers, but we only work with our hearts. The transfer made all the way to Caoxian, and the ancestors always used people regardless of seniority, and it didn't matter how old or young they were. ”

Li Ruogu laughed twice and said to Xu Ping: "Du Cao came to Jingxi Road, I don't know what to do first?" I've heard people say that they want to open a river that leads Luo into Bian, but I don't know if it's or isn't? ”

Xu Ping raised his head and looked at Li Ruogu, and said with a straight face: "What the left-behind said is good, it is to open the waterway that leads Luo into Bian." But now there is a difficulty, if the water is diverted from the upstream and the water source of the Luohe River is intercepted, the water transportation in Luoyang City will no longer be available, and the lives of the people in the city will also be affected. Luoyang garden is the first in the world, the people in the city plant more flowers and trees, less Luoshui moisturized, but afraid that the prosperity is difficult to maintain. ”

Li Ruogu was silent and thought for a while before saying, "According to what Ducao said, what should I do?" ”

"During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Luoyang City was the middle of the world, and the southeast Caoyun was transported here to supply the royal city. At that time, there were old Cao canals in and around Luoyang City, but the five dynasties of the late Tang Dynasty were in chaos, the Cao Canal was silted up, the river channel changed unchanged, and the Yiluo water flooded in a few years. If you want to save trouble now, you will open a canal to directly build a dam to divert water from the upper reaches of Luoshui, so that Luoshui will no longer pass through Luoyang. But I don't want to clear the Bianhe River, dry up Luoyang, and leave behind me infamy. Therefore, the first thing to do now is to tidy up the waterways around Luoyang City, clean up the old canals, and deepen and widen them. ”

Li Ruogu frowned: "It's been a few days since Ducao arrived in Luoyang, so I should know the current situation of Henan Mansion." There is a palace in Luoyang City, and there is an imperial mausoleum in the county below, and the people are heavily enslaved, where is there still room for power to dig ditches and control ditches? ”

"I am also in charge of the affairs of the canals and bridges on Jingxi Road, and this matter is coordinated by the Transshipment Mission, and the Henan Government only needs to assist from the side. Regardless of money, food and manpower, it is inevitable that there will be as little as possible from Henan Prefecture, and there is no need to worry about staying behind. ”

Li Ruogu's brows furrowed even tighter: "Du Cao, opening a canal in Henan Mansion is naturally dominated by Henan Mansion." The transshipment envoy just needs to set the rules and explain how we should do it. Henan Mansion is a capital house, and it is not easy to compare with the ordinary state army, if everything has to be transferred to the envoy to take care of it, many things are not easy to do. ”

Xu Ping smiled lightly: "But, can you handle it if you hand it over to Henan Mansion?" ”

Li Ruogu was silent. Henan Mansion has a huge name, but if you want money, you don't have money, you don't have people, how easy is it to tidy up the river? Most of the rivers leading Luo into Bian, it is said that most of them are outside Henan Province, and the most difficult thing is actually under the rule of Henan Province.

After passing Bishui County, it is to dig a ditch on the beach of the Yellow River, and the planning is easy to plan, and the project is also simple. However, above Bishui County, the small watershed between Bishui and Luoshui is broken, the geography is complicated, and the project is much more troublesome. It is more important to divert water from the sand ditch, so that the amount of water there is sufficient and stable. At present, the rivers in Luoyang City have been flooded for many years, and the stability of water volume cannot be guaranteed at all. In the dry season, the river is wide and the water depth is insufficient, and in the rainy season, the water is too large.

The easiest way is to intercept Luoshui from the upper reaches of Luoyang City, rebuild the embankment and river, and bypass Luoyang City.

Luoyang is prosperous because of Luoshui, and Luoshui is led away from other places, and the consequences of this thousand-year-old city can be imagined. Xu Pingshi didn't want to be a transfer envoy and leave a reputation in one place, so he didn't want to use this plan.

However, to clean up Luoyang and the surrounding rivers, Henan Prefecture must take the initiative to cooperate, and various excuses cannot be used to delay it.

There are two in a few things, this time the Henan Mansion handed over its power to the transfer envoy, so the autonomy will be eroded step by step in the future, how can Li Ruogu be willing?

But let Henan Province repair the river by itself, this kind of thing is just thinking about it, it is impossible. Now that the Luoyang Palace can't be maintained, and the houses are almost half collapsed, where is the extra manpower and material resources to dig ditches?

Seeing that Li Ruogu didn't speak, Xu Ping said again: "Stay behind, you know better than anyone what the situation in Henan Mansion is now." Even if I give the power to you, not to mention digging a new canal, even the river in Luoyang City will not be able to be rectified. If the entire waterway leading from Luo to Bian is repaired, but because of the ineffective handling of the Henan Prefecture, it will not be able to divert water from the Luo River -- the Henan Government will not be able to bear the consequences, right? According to Chen Xianggong's temper, he dug the river but there was no water -- this is a difficult thing to do! ”

"What about Chen Yaozuo's temper? He is a Zhengzhou governor, can he still manage Henan Mansion! ”

Hearing Xu Ping use Chen Yaozuo to pressure himself, Li Ruogu was unhappy. In terms of official position and qualifications, Chen Yaozuo is old, and now he is still higher than him, and he almost wants to suppress himself.

Xu Ping smiled and said nothing, why did he have a verbal fight with an old minister? If you have the ability, you will follow the matter of repairing the river.

In the final analysis, Henan Province is short of money, food, and people, and it is impossible to take over such a big project. If Li Ruogu really dares to boast about this, he is joking about his political future. And not only himself, but also the entire Henan Mansion will be unlucky with him.

Xu Ping recognized it, and Li Ruogu didn't dare to open this mouth.

(Note: It is basically certain that Henan Prefecture is not subject to the supervision of the Jingxi Road Transit Envoy, but the relationship between the Henan Prefecture and the Transit Envoy is very complicated.) Before the Zhenzong Dynasty, Henan Mansion was not part of Jingxi Road in many cases, and was an independent Beijing Mansion like Kaifeng Mansion. After the Zhenzong Dynasty, the affiliation was determined, but there was still a great deal of independence. The general trend is that Luoyang's status in the country is becoming less and less important, and the status of Henan Prefecture is also getting lower and lower, and it is more and more under the jurisdiction of the Jingxi Road transfer envoy. Most of the historical materials point out that Henan Mansion is the capital of Jingxi Road, and the transfer envoy should be in Luoyang, and there are also Luoyang who is just a transfer envoy, which should be a situation in a different period. It's impossible to completely sort it out in the book.,It's basically a state of still fighting for rights.,It's a compromise setting.。 (To be continued.) )