The heavy rain was still falling, and from time to time there was mud rushing into the river, Li Jie saw this scene, sighed faintly, and said in his heart: "No wonder Your Majesty said that even if it is a lot of silver, it is necessary to open a canal, if it is connected to the main stream and tributaries of the Yangtze River, the Yellow River will not break so often." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Dredging the river, afforestation and tree planting, three generations later, the Yellow River will be flooded, and it will not be tidal flats for thousands of miles, and the land of five provinces and six states will also be harmed! ”

Li Jie was thinking about his thoughts, and the hundreds of farmers beside him were discussing whether to worship the Dragon King and ask him to stop the rain. The Dragon King is the king of the water tribe in Chinese mythology and legend, in charge of Xingyun rainfall, and belongs to one of the four spirits. Legend has it that the dragon can travel clouds and rain, eliminate disasters and bring blessings, symbolizing auspiciousness, and the dragon king has become a belief believed by the people. As long as there are people, there will probably be three temples: the City God Temple, the Dragon King Temple, and the Land Temple. The City God Temple is in charge of the Yin Division, the Dragon King Temple is in charge of the sky, and the land blesses the peace of the land, which shows the status of the Dragon King Temple in the hearts of the people. Whenever the wind and rain are out of balance, there is no rain for a long time, or when the rain does not stop for a long time, the people have to go to the Dragon King Temple to burn incense and pray for the Dragon King to control the water and the wind and rain to be smooth.

The people believe that the four seas in the south, east, west, and west have the jurisdiction of the dragon king, called the dragon king of the four seas. There are also five dragon kings, heavenly dragon kings, river dragon kings, etc. Folklore has it that wherever there is water, no matter the rivers, lakes and seas, there are dragon kings stationed there. The dragon king can produce wind and rain, thunder and lightning, and apologize for the drought and drought on the side of the office. Therefore, in the north and south of the river, the Dragon King Temple is lined up, and it can be seen everywhere like the Land Temple. If there is no rain for a long time, the villagers must first go to the Dragon King Temple to worship and ask for rain, if the Dragon King has not yet appeared, then lift out its idol and expose it to the scorching sun until the sky rains heavily.

These people were hired to govern the river, on the one hand, the wages given by the imperial court were really tempting, and on the other hand, they were also for the sake of their own fields. Before they put down their hoes, they were poor and white farmers, and they wanted to control the river, so where did they get the time, energy and money? Now that the imperial court has made up its mind to control the river, they enthusiastically signed up. I never thought that the imperial court gave so much wages, they had the idea of "voluntary labor", and they came to sign up for conscription, but they actually learned that the wages were paid every day, and they almost didn't squeeze the threshold of the Henan Mansion Yamen.

In the past dynasties, all the common people have to serve as conscription, which is unpaid labor, and they don't even care about food. Conscription includes forced labor, miscellaneous labor, military service, etc., and if each household has two sons, one son must serve in the conscription, unless the family has an official. This has been the case for all dynasties, but in the Dashun Dynasty, it was against the norm and canceled the conscription. The imperial court wanted to levy labor, and they all gave money, or hired craftsmen to work. These people in Henan Mansion still thought that it was like the previous dynasty, and they had already decided not to use money to do coolies, but they didn't expect the court to be so benevolent and righteous, where is there a reason not to work without care?

It is precisely because of this that the Yellow River was able to re-dredge the eastward flow in just over a year, and to open the sluice gates to release water before the river overflows the embankment, thus relieving the temporary worries.

However, Li Jie knows very well that this is just a symptom rather than a root cause. If you want to really control the water, you have to be like Lu Chengqi said,

Just when Li Jie was distressed and bored, a man who was elected as a representative stepped forward and said respectfully: "Li Xianggong, this rain has been going on for a long time, according to our customs, it is to ask the dragon king's ......" He said a lot, what to do to invite the dragon king, write the "book of heaven" on yellow paper, burn it to the dragon king, and send people to sound the gong to announce "forbidden to paint (slaughter)", fish and shrimp are not allowed to be listed, each family "clean stove vegetarian", meat eaters are punished. Then, by hundreds of peasants, formed a team to ask for a stop to the rain, with the Daxu flag as the guide, the gong, and then the dragon pavilion, the shrine, the musical instrument playing, chanting accompanied by beating and praying, to the dragon king temple to invite the dragon king. On the way back, the team that asks for a stop to the rain wields axes and dragon swords, called "dragon guards". After returning, the "Dragon King" and the statue of the Dragon King in the dragon bucket were carried to the City God Temple, the "Dragon King" and the Dragon King Statue were on the left, and the Lord of the City God wore a blue shirt to accompany him on the right. The "dragon king" in the dragon bucket must change the water frequently, in case the "dragon king" is unexpected, and some people take turns to "be on duty" day and night, and the big households in the clan take turns to offer the "holy head meal", and offer incense three times a day. If there is a long drought, it will rain, and it will rain well; Or if the rain stops for a long time and no longer rains, it will be regarded as a "miracle", and the "Xie Long" play and paper meeting will be performed, and finally the "Dragon King" will be sent back to the Dragon King Temple.

Although Li Jie did not believe in gods and Buddhas, he also listened carefully to the opinions of this people. He knew that this was the will of the people of Henan Province, and he could not easily disobey it.

"This long rain does not stop, according to the official's opinion, it should be because of feng shui, the so-called dragon qi is churning, then the clouds and rain are spreading, and it is easy to keep ......" Li Jieyao looked at the muddy yellow river and said with feeling. In fact, he still has half of the words not to say, the Yellow River is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, but also a symbol of dragon energy, it is precisely because of the endless churning that it has vitality. Once the Yellow River dries up, there must be a change of dynasty. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!

"Li Xianggong knows how to read feng shui?"

This man was very surprised, in his subconscious, the masters who knew how to read feng shui were all in the imperial court, how could this Li Xianggong also know this? In fact, as an architect specializing in architecture, Li Jie is no stranger to feng shui. Feng Shui, to put it bluntly, is the yin house and the yang house. Li Jie does not involve in the yin house, he built a yang house, the yang house is lived in, it must be ventilated, dry and comfortable, only people live comfortably, that is good feng shui. As a master architect, Li Jie will definitely involve some feng shui, although he is not very proficient, but he is also very powerful, especially in the design of yang houses, there will never be mistakes. In fact, most of people's choices of places to live are the same, there are mountains and rivers, the water flows clearly, the streams circulate, the mountains are beautiful everywhere, and there must be villages in them, thriving; If everyone is tired of being in a land of poor mountains and bad waters, how can they thrive here!

Although Li Jie knows how to read the yang house, he also knows nothing about the mountains and rivers. He vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he just couldn't say what was wrong. It's okay to fool this people, but there are great feng shui masters in the court, and if you fool the emperor, you can't fool them!

"Alas, I knew that this Ministry of Industry was a tricky official position, so I wouldn't do it......" Li Jie faintly felt that if he spent time by the Yellow River, he might not be able to manage the river for ten years.

In Chang'an City, Lu Chengqi returned to the Vertical Arch Hall in a huff, and scolded: "These so-called important ministers of the imperial court, can't they see the benefits of river control?" One by one, they all rose up to impeach Li Jie, thinking that I didn't know, did they want to use their strength to suppress the New Deal! ”

Gao Ho bowed his head in the hall in fear, bearing the wrath of Lu Chengqi.

"Your Majesty is really on fire today." Gao Hao thought in his heart, "These ministers shouldn't either, knowing that Your Majesty cares about the new policy, but trying to suppress it by all means, isn't this embarrassing to Your Majesty?" ”

At this moment, an attendant came in from outside the hall, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Xun, the Qintian Supervisor is asking to see you." ”

Lu Chengqi had just made a fuss, and then he felt that the anger in his heart was a little smoother, and he frowned and said: "What is he doing here, didn't I make him a servant of the Fuwen Pavilion, do you still want to come to ask for an official?" (To be continued.) )