"Brother-in-law, is that His Royal Highness King Yingwang the current official family?"

"The year before last, were there two kings in the world?"

"That's the emperor, I can see the emperor in my life."

"I'm down, second brother, the emperor is also a human, and someone will see it, it's not you, it's me, or him."

"Brother-in-law, don't talk nonsense."

"Tell me, what are you doing in Jingyang this time?"

"My father is worried that the new official family will ascend the throne and you will be treated unfairly, I said you don't have to worry, the day has come for my sister to soar."

"What yellow do you fly? Even the emperor has to be subject to all kinds of restrictions, even if I have made some contributions, I can only use them slightly in the step-by-step class. ”

"That's good, too."

Wang Ju was silent, in fact, there were many officials in the Song Dynasty who did a good job, but because no one appreciated it, they could only step on the spot. Don't say that you have entered the eyes of the emperor, even if you have entered the eyes of some powerful and powerful people, it will be completely different.

For example, Lao Su was recommended by Zhang Fangping, and immediately took advantage of Ouyang Xiu's relationship, so that his two sons became Ouyang Xiu's protégés, and he was recommended by Ouyang Xiu, and then took advantage of Han Qi's relationship. Later, he was transferred to the lord of Wen'an County, and he was considered to have gone to the local grinding and surveying, and immediately transferred back to the capital, and repaired "Taichang Because of the Revolution Ceremony" with Yao Pi, which is Lao Su's early death, otherwise after this book of rites, he will be promoted immediately. Another example is Da Xiao Su, Ouyang Xiu pushed desperately in the back, and Da Su immediately became a Fengxiang Mansion to sign the judgment. As for Xiao Su, in fact, he didn't do well in the science exam, he was only the fifth class, the last first-class jinshi, and then after the scientific examination, he was awarded the promotion officer. Poor Zhang Qi, who has been a magistrate for so many years, Xie Yuan in the provincial examination, and sixth in the palace examination, is just a pusher.

But look at himself again, Cai Ting must be involved with himself, so what about his teacher's side, You Shixiong has exchanged letters several times, if he is charismatic enough, at least he can let Guanzhong Silu have a relationship with him, don't expect them to support him in the future, maybe he will not oppose or strictly oppose it. There is also the "Jianzhou Gang" on Zhang Qi's side, which should not be underestimated, and the Tongguò Yao and the kind of diagnosis can be extended to the military generals.

This layer by layer net has been formed, if the political struggle is strict, everyone is playing shamelessly, how not to form a party struggle?

Bad accounts, confused accounts!

Li Wanyuan never dreamed that his brother-in-law could think so far, and asked, "Is that eldest princess married?" ”

"Nope."

"Not yet? My little sister is really stupid and stupid, and she actually snatched her husband from the hands of the eldest princess. ”

"What are the words, as for the princess of the family family, as for grabbing a man with your sister? Otherwise, the two queen mothers issued an edict, will I obey the decree or not? And Li Wanyuan is not right, if you change to a relative like the Cao family, there is no hope for a child to enter the court as a scholar, and it will help to join forces with Zhao Niannu, and kiss and kiss. It will also be helpful to put it on some ordinary literati who have a little talent, but have no ability in politics, at least they can mix a horse captain, and their children and grandchildren will become nobles. But on today's Wang Ju, not only does it not help, but it is somewhat cumbersome, so it is better to marry Zhao Niannu than to marry Concubine Li.

But where did Li Wanyuan know, he only knew that his brother-in-law's opportunity had come, and his father asked him to ask, so come on, and have fun by the way.

However, Wang Ju had a lot of time to greet him, said a few words to Li Wanyuan, and immediately went to find Yang Pan.

For the sake of this principal and deputy envoy, the two had a bit of a stiffness.

Although the credit is very great, it is also a war achievement, which is important for literati, and it is not important to say that it is not important.

But regardless of seniority and age, Yang Pan must have an advantage, and even his son is bigger than Wang. This time Wang Ju entered Beijing, not only did he not expect to be punished, but he mixed a Shaanxi camp envoy, if it was according to the errand, it was actually above Yang Pan, although he did not move, he had actually become a deputy envoy, so Yang Pan was even more unhappy.

However, Yang Pan is not a villain after all, and he is indeed proficient in water conservancy, and Wang Ju did not ask the court to transfer Yang Pan back, so the two could only work together with a cold face.

That's not the way to go.

Therefore, Wang Ju said: "Yang Gou, immediately the people and sergeants of the prefectures and counties will gather one by one, it is better to do this, we are divided into two roads, I and Hou Zhixian start construction at the head of the canal, and you take half of the people and sergeants to Xiao Zhengquan." Then we worked together on both sides to try to converge after autumn and open up the first section of the canal. ”

The whole Zhengbai Canal is divided into three sections, one is the channel to the small Zhengquan, the other is to the three limits, this is Hou Ke's construction yì, the third because the water level of the head of the canal is slightly raised, along the high water level extends to the lacquer water, there is also a white canal here, all the way to Chishui Town, Huazhou, but the old white canal goes from the south of Sanyuan County, and the new Baiqu starts from Qingshui, goes from the north of Sanyuan County, and meets Qishui. The third section of the project is the lifting yì after Wang Ju's repeated measurements. In fact, the third stage does not belong to the category of Baiqu, but belongs to the real Zheng Canal, but Wang Ju did not have the luxury of restoring the Zheng Canal, the reason why he did this was to raise the water level of the Taibai Canal, so that all the three Baiqu could be credited.

This is a trunk canal, and there are more than 70 large and small branch canals newly repaired or re-dredged, more than 200 steep gates of various types of water separation, water saving, water discharge and water intake, and six steep river sections use Wang Ju's kind of fish scale pond, compared with this kind of new embankment, the general weir of the Tang Dynasty is weak and exploded. In addition, there are more than 20 embankments using the cage stone method.

Therefore, once the construction is divided into two places, no matter how much labor comes, it can be dispersed.

Yang Pan thought for a while and said, "Okay." ”

He was a little unconvinced in his heart, but Wang Ju was extremely competitive, whether there was that Shaanxi Yingtian envoy or not, he was destined to be unwilling to be under him, he didn't like to fight, it was better to separate, it was better to see each other than not to see each other!

And it's not very far away, if you have something, you can also contact it in time.

Hou Ke watched Yang Pan leave with some of the officials and officers and soldiers, and let out a long breath, thinking that this would be fine.

Seeing Yang Pan leaving, Hou Ke said: "It would be nice if the imperial court had a little more money." ”

He still remembered the site of the first place, where to open up, how good it was, all of a sudden it was connected to Beiluo water, how much arable land would be irrigated?

"Hou Zhixian, if you want to build a canal, let's forget about the North Luoshui, think about the South Luoshui, and remember the Longshou Canal in the Western Han Dynasty."

"Yes, it's in Luonan County."

"How much arable land can be irrigated if we use this fish scale pond and add large square stones to build a barrage dam at any cost, forcibly divide a part of the river water and follow the valley, or blow up a few more flint holes?"

"It's a good idea, but it's very expensive, and there seem to be a lot of mountains there."

"Then let's change places, can Hou Zhixian remember Chengguoqu?"

"I know this, it was built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it was rebuilt in the Tang Dynasty, from the diversion of Weishui through Yi, Fu, Wu, Xing to Xianyang, and then retreated into Weishui, and there are many tributaries along the way, and the water is sufficient."

"If a few of us join forces to negotiate together, and with the help of gunpowder, do you think we can rebuild it?"

"Yes, if this canal is built, it will also irrigate about 20,000 hectares of arable land."

Now the water volume of several rivers is better than that of later generations, no matter which one is repaired, and they are willing to spend their blood to repair it to the death, they will benefit more than later generations.

"The northwest of Yixian County is Xieyu Pass, there is a Weishui tributary with sufficient water under Xieyu Pass, called Xieshui, if the steep gate weir dam under the oblique water is impounded, can it irrigate thousands of hectares of cultivated land?"

"Seems so."

"So can the original water conservancy near Chang'an, such as the waterlogged valley water, Fengshui, Chanshui, and Bashui, be further renovated and expanded?"

"If that's the case, the whole Guanzhong will change drastically."

"In that case, disaster has come."

"Huh?"

"Hou Zhixian, I think you probably heard what I said in the political hall, the reason why the Yellow River has no major problems is that the amount of water is still huge. If all the water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is robbed, a great disaster will come. When the flow of water decreases, the sedimentation rate of the river will double rapidly, and the slightest flood warning will cause a lack of embankments everywhere. Human beings have infinite desires, but the earth has limited resources. A Zhengbai canal has been repaired, and we should be satisfied. ”

"This statement ......"

"There is another way, starting from the upper reaches of the Yellow River, starting from Dafeichuan, all the way to the Nanhetao, to the upper reaches of Jingwei, to the upper reaches of Beiluoshui, all the people in the mountainous areas with poor land resources, migrate out together, and then plant trees and grass to plant trees and grasses, and all the desert Gobi barren mountains and bald mountains, a Quge www.biquge.info bright and blue, the Yellow River is clear, Jingwei is clear, and Beiluo is clear, then you can overdraft in Guanzhong."

"How is this possible?"

"So let's be content."

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More than 23,000 soldiers from the Baojie Army and the Xiang Army, more than 21,000 people from various prefectures and counties, plus 5,000 prisoners of war.

This number may also be the largest in the future, the 5,000 prisoners of war will be returned to Western Xia sooner or later, when the farming is busy, more than ninety percent of the people have to go home to work, autumn comes, the task of transporting the soldiers is heavy, and they have to return to the camp. The only normal thing is more than 17,000 Paulgye's troops, and it is even possible that some Paulgjet troops can be added to reinforce them in the future.

Under the guidance of the battalion of Baojie troops sent by Huachi County to reinforce them, the soldiers planted gunpowder and ignited them one after another, and after a loud bang, many rocks were crumbled.

That's when we got to work.

Wang Juxian rode to the 5,000 prisoners of war, and there were no more than 5,000 left, and more than 100 prisoners of war died for all sorts of strange reasons.

Wang Ju turned over and dismounted, swept over the dull-eyed prisoners of war, and said: "My courtiers like to say that peace is precious, I don't like it, in short, your Western Xia is strong, and you will inevitably come to invade our court." But it has angered our dynasty, and sooner or later it will send troops to attack your Western Xia. This is normal, between countries, there is only a relationship of interests, not friendship. When the Central Plains is strong, you will come to cling, and when the Central Plains is weak, you will inevitably come to invade. But...... Are you still human! ”

"I know that you are poor, and I understand that you have come to rob and take prisoners, but why do you kill innocent people, why do you rape and plunder, and do all kinds of evil? Did you bring this fate on your own? But it doesn't matter, I am merciful and sad to His Majesty, and I will give you a chance, and now I am giving you a new gift, and I am also sending envoys to talk, as long as the talks are good, this official will release you back. Even now, you have the same food and the same provision for the people of my court. But if anyone does not work hard, is lazy or resists, the official will be killed! ”

But that's it, Wang Ju still put them together separately and sent a battalion of Baojie troops to guard them day and night.

Wang Ju rode to the front of the people again, and continued to speak: "Fathers and fellow villagers, I know, let you come, you are not happy in your hearts, the court only bears your food, each person only has three catties of meat per month, and only provides some simple equipment, including these sheds, or you cut down and build them yourself, and even let you bring your own flat poles, baskets, shovels, and hammers, but I want to say that in the past few years, there have been disasters almost every year, and the two emperors have made a big trip, plus the battle of Dashun City, the treasury is empty. Therefore, there is this money to bear the food, and the official family pays for it from the inner treasury. Don't look at the small amount of money made by the imperial court, in fact, the cost is not small. ”

This is not an exaggeration.

Last year, there was a slight drought in Guanzhong, and the grain harvest was not very good, so half of the grain was transferred from the Central Plains.

That must be loaded to Sanmenxia with a river boat, and then unloaded, walk dozens of miles, reload the boat, and enter Weishui, but fortunately here is the downstream of Jingshui, which can still be navigable, but that's it, the cost of a bucket of grain transported to the construction site is more than 150 Wen, of which half is millet, otherwise the cost will be higher if it is replaced with flour and rice.

This is also thanks to one person, Xue Xiang.

Dispatched by Xue Xiang, the waste is not strict, otherwise the cost will exceed two hundred Wen, if the official is incompetent, three hundred Wen is not impossible.

But the difficulty is in the first and second years, if the two sides of the dragon this year, you can get a large amount of arable land, if you rush to the Mid-Autumn Festival, maybe you can plant some winter wheat in advance, then next year's grain supply pressure will be relaxed.

However, Wang Ju knew in his heart that it was not that simple, and in winter, the food would be even more tight! That's the saddest thing.

Now there are nearly 50,000 people on the construction site, and the daily consumption of grain can be close to 10,000 buckets. In addition, there are vegetables and pickles, three catties of meat per month, firewood, rice, oil and salt, and various materials, including gunpowder and so on.

There is no need to settle accounts with the people, Wang Ju continued: "But what, once Zheng Baiqu is repaired, who will benefit? It's you, it's your children and grandchildren. After a few years of hard work, in a few years, this will become the most fertile area in Guan. ”

Not to mention, half of the people really understand.

At least looking at this array, this time the court is very different from the previous canal repairs, and it seems that it is real.

"Tree card! Start! Wang Ju snorted.

Dozens of officials placed a large wooden plaque tree on the side, and on the wooden plaque was a map clearly marking the routes of all the main and branch canals.

But this time Wang Ju has some pitfalls.

Yang Panhou asked beforehand whether he wanted to measure the original cultivated land in case it was flooded in the future, or for other reasons, so as to compensate for it. Wang Ju said that there is no need, there is no need to measure, because there are acres of land for all families in each county, including all grades, which are all recorded. According to this county book, the compensation is.

This also makes sense, it's so messy now, how to measure it?

However, as for the hidden fields, once the Zhengbai Canal was built, those hidden fields fell into the pit. Therefore, there is a dew cloth under this wooden plaque, and from today on, the cultivated fields shall not be included in the county book, and the imperial court will not recognize it.

Waiting for the herald to pass on Wang Ju's words one by one, Wang Ju pointed to a man and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"The little one's name is Wei Baiping."

"Okay, this official will carry the stone with you today." After Wang Ju finished speaking, he took off his official boots, put on straw sandals, picked up the wooden pole, looked at Wei Baiping, who was still standing there, and said, "Come and work." ”

"Ming Gong also works."

"Is there anything wrong with you working for yourself and your officials working for the court?"

"It's not good."

"Don't talk nonsense, don't be lazy, let's get to work."

Wei Baiping was still stupid, but he was held by Wang Ju, and when he came below, Wang Ju skillfully picked up the stone with a basket rope and said, "Wei Baizhuang, carry it." ”

Then lift it.

But Wang Ju's appearance made Hou Ke dumbfounded, and all the people nearby were dumbfounded. R1152