"It's time to come," Li Zhen said. ｀｀

"That's good."

"Brother-in-law, have you ever heard of Mulanpi?"

"What?" Wang Ju asked strangely.

"I heard that the emperor personally issued an edict for local officials to read out the text of the sacrifice of Qian Siniang......"

"I know it all." Wang Judao, as soon as he entered the capital, the first thing he did was to talk about this Qian Siniang.

"The local gentry heard that you were majoring in Zheng Baiqu, because it was far away, and I couldn't hear it clearly, so I sent someone to Hangzhou to ask me, and I wanted to prepare a table for the people, and asked you to go to Fujian to rejuvenate here."

"Pour." Wang Ju can't be in a hurry again.

There are two words in water conservancy, weir and 陂. The weir is a reservoir, of course, more comprehensive than a reservoir that stores water, and has the function of separating water and saving water and discharging water, the most famous example is Dujiangyan. If it is divided into details, it is a dike, a steep gate, and a flood control levee.

It is also inseparable from these three things, such as embankments, steep gates, and flood control embankments, which also play the role of storing and diverting water.

But there is still a difference between the two, the weir is in the shape of a river, in order to make the project stable and simple, you can properly bypass some hills.

陂 has three layers of meaning, pond, waterfront, hillside. Therefore, Pitian is Yamada.

So it's mainly about the mountains, followed by the water.

Therefore, the area often called Pitian is not as large as that of the weir field, but the difficulty is not small. It seems that this Mulan Pi can only irrigate more than 1,000 hectares, and about 2,000 hectares of cultivated land. But in the middle of it, it can be regarded as a large scale.

Wang Ju said: "When you return to Hangzhou next year, they will send someone to ask you, and you can answer like this." I haven't seen it anywhere. But hear about some of the relevant circumstances. First, it is mountainous. Two more flash floods. The third is the recharge of the sea tide. If we continue to let private construction continue, it will almost impossible to succeed. Unless millions of family assets are invested. Even if everyone participates enthusiastically, the labor is free, and the money is invested in 100,200,000 yuan, it is impossible to succeed in the repair. ”

"How much does that cost?"

"How do I know if I don't see the scene? But it is unlikely to be repaired privately, and it must be done by the imperial court, and then send officials who are proficient in water conservancy, who are really proficient in water conservancy. in order to build successfully. However, now the country is in financial difficulties, and it will only be a few more years. However, please rest assured that since the imperial court sent officials to sacrifice Qian Siniang, this matter is also taken to heart. After all, Fujian road land is more expensive than gold. Even if the court goes down to repair, it must also pay attention to one thing. It's better to block it than to sparse it, and don't try to store all the floodwaters in Mulan Creek. The height is designed, and the fish scale pond is combined with the stone method to build a dam, a large water dam, and store water when the flood is small. When the flood is high. Due to the reasonable height, let the flood water spread down the levee. Then the levee will not collapse for a long time. ”

Of course, wanting to repair Mulan Pi is far more complicated than what he said.

But it is impossible for Wang Ju to go to Mulanpi.

The country has no money now, and if the economy is rich and there are too many places to build water conservancy, does the Yellow River really care?

Let's also implement the policy of silting up the fields.

In addition, many rivers in the north are also flooded, to the point where they cannot be repaired. Then there is Jiangdong Wei in the south of the Yangtze River.

These are either the core of the country, or invest a small amount of money and get a big profit.

Where can I take care of Mulanpi?

Besides, he can't be a water conservancy expert for the rest of his life. However, thinking of Qian Siniang's heroism, he couldn't help but sigh, and asked Wang Wei again: "Second uncle, are you still used to it in Hangzhou?" ”

"Fortunately, there are a lot of rich people, especially those who go to sea, as long as they can come back safely, they can get tens of thousands of dollars in one trip."

"You said seafarers......" Wang Ju smiled, what business is the most profitable in this era, the great voyage, how can paper profits compare with the income of these seafarers?

Wang Ju turned his head to Li Zhen and said, "Maybe in the future, there will be a business that is only higher than the income at sea." ”

"Southern ......"

"Well, but this time there is no need for other families to join, and when the time comes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess will invest some money into it. With her protection, local officials did not dare to be harsh. ”

"The eldest princess?"

"How many eldest princesses are there in the world?"

Song Zhenzong's sisters are dead, Song Zhenzong's two daughters have also died early, Zhao Shu's sisters are not qualified to be called the eldest princess, they can only be called the county lord, otherwise it will be chaos again. Zhao Zhen still has a daughter, but she is a big ass. Therefore there is only one eldest princess.

"That's good."

But Wang Ju is also more grateful to the Zhu and Li families, without these two families secretly helping him, it would be more difficult for him to do things.

He came to the room, looked at Qiongniang, and asked, "You really think about it?" ”

Qiongniang said with a smile: "The concubine has thought about it, and she will also redeem the prostitute, not your grandfather Li's family." ”

No wonder claiming to be a concubine, Wang Ju smiled and said: "Whatever you want, don't think of me so openly, you will know after a while." ”

The group did not stay long.

Wang Ju stayed in the capital and couldn't leave for the time being. Even Zhao Ji didn't let Wang Ju go, Wang Ju really had no choice. However, Wang Wei and Li Zhen had to return to Yanzhou to prepare for family affairs.

At this moment, the news of Yang Ding's killing reached the capital.

Zhao Ji was furious when he heard this, and said at the court meeting: "I want to ask for this Xia Kou personally." ”

first sent someone to murder Wang Ju, but it didn't succeed, so forget it. Now that the officials of the Song Dynasty have really been killed, if they are killed on the battlefield, they will be killed, but this is a booby-trap.

Is it tolerable or unbearable!

Shao Kang said: "The world's financial resources are aggrieved, and it is not appropriate to use soldiers, but it should be accepted by surrender, and if you do not obey your orders, the division will be famous." ”

Just this sentence, let Zhao Ji calm down.

It's easy to say, when there is a war, the money is like flowing water, and now there is this money, right? If you want to fight, you have to harsh the people, coupled with disasters, if you don't get it right, it will be like the end of the Sui Dynasty, forcing the people to revolt everywhere.

Wen Yanbo didn't speak, the little emperor is young and vigorous, but he has no money, where to call?

Zhao Ji calmed down, coupled with the persuasion of the ministers, so he said: "China's people's power is a major national matter. After the rise of the army, the harshness is not without multipliers, the people's hearts are shaken, and safety is at stake. Moreover, he started with himself and took the lead in breaking his oath. Not only the Western Xia, but I was also worried that if the Khitan heard about it, it would coincide with the Western Xia. Listen to your plan. ”

So a group of ministers who were greedy for life and afraid of death persuaded again, and Zhao Ji was fooled again. Prepare to discard Suizhou.

At this time, Guo Kui also happened to arrive in the capital. Ready to go to Yanzhou to take over. Seeing that the situation was not good, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the thief has killed the king, and the court has abandoned Suizhou and not guarded it, seeing that the weaker he is, the weaker he is, the more the thief is bullied." When the first emperor was like the first emperor, the first emperor was indispensable to the Western Xia. How did Ranxi Xia treat me to the Great Song Dynasty? An army of 100,000 soldiers is coming to Dashun City, are they just here to plunder? Don't you want to get me Gyeongju yet? Besides, the famous mountain clan came to vote, how do we deal with it? If you are uneasy, once you are resettled, you will pay back in Suizhou, and tens of thousands of households will be resettled, where will you be resettled? ”

But there are many people who advocate abandoning Suizhou, and Guo Kui was quickly drowned by a lot of spittle.

Teng Fu said: "Your Majesty, please send an edict quickly." Abandon Suizhou to avoid accidents. Then issue an edict to continue to resettle the seed with the state, no, to Lingnan to set an example. ”

Originally, Zhao Ji had already made them talk, but the last sentence made Zhao Ji suspicious.

There is a mistake in planting, but the intention is good.

Besides, what the country lacks now is not civil servants, there are too many useful and useless civil ministers, and what is lacking is military generals who can fight.

It's hard to find a military general who can fight, why treat it cruelly?

So he waved his hand and said, "Scatter." ”

Everyone dispersed, and Zhao Ji came to Jixian Hall and found Wang Ju.

But at this time, he gradually calmed down.

After listening to this, Wang Ju said: "The minister only said four things, the first thing is the drought in Western Xia, plus two defeats, strictly speaking, three defeats, the year before last the minister was defeated, last year the minister and Cai Gong were defeated, and this year in Suizhou let the cultivation be defeated, the drought and low morale, how to send troops in Western Xia?" ”

"The second thing is that the treasury is strictly in the red, and not many people know about it, and they don't dare to say it to the outside world, even if the Khitan will know that our finances are tight, but they don't know that it will be so tight. So what attitude will they have when they see me fighting with the Tanguts? Watching! Unless there is a winner or a loser, they will only make a move if they maintain the balance of power. Or if there is a real big war, they will send envoys to blackmail and reap the benefits. Otherwise, they would like to fight with Xixia and weaken each other. ”

"The third thing, even if Western Xia sends troops, it may indeed send troops next year. However, now it is different from the time of Qingli, there are many forts along the border, and it is these forts that make it more and more difficult for me to finance the DPRK. But it is also because of these forts that Shaanxi is safer. For example, in the battle of Dashun City, the 100,000 troops of Western Xia came violently, and they also divided their troops into Huachi Town. But do you dare to divide the troops in Gyeongju City? Can't. Why. If there are too many points, there will be Dashun City in front of them, and the food supply will not be available, and even once the grain and grass are taken by our army, they will be defeated. If it is divided, it is just to let our army divide and annihilate it. Therefore, even if it is invaded, it is also a border place, and it will not endanger the safety of Hài to Gyeongju, including Yeonju. ”

"The fourth thing, since Your Majesty has let Han Qi take charge of the military and political power in Shaanxi, why don't you listen to the report after Han Qi's inspection? Your Majesty, the main thing is that you take the throne, and the ministers of the court are divided into two factions. You said you wanted Suizhou, but some people objected. said that it was not Suizhou, and some people objected. But although Han Gong went down, his residual power was still there. He said no, and those who wanted it did not dare to make a sound, and he said that he wanted it, and those who did not want it did not dare to make a sound. Majesty, why not be happy? ”

Zhao Ji was dumbfounded, in that case, am I still the emperor?

"Your Majesty, sometimes silence is also a strategy. For example, at the time of Renzong, those ministers in the court were less arrogant and domineering? See how Renzong controls them? Therefore, the minister once heard a sentence, and it was rare to be confused. Sometimes pretending to be confused is a good idea. ”

"Rare and confused?"

"It's not really pretending to be confused, it's clear in my heart, it's just pretending to be confused on the surface, a means, an effective means."

"Wang Ju, are you really a few months younger than me?"

"Majesty, the bystander is clear, and it has nothing to do with size. By the way, the minister's book has been printed, and tomorrow the minister will take it to His Majesty to take a look, and after turning it over, it is estimated that Han Gong's fold will arrive. ”

In short, the current Zhao Ji is like Yongzhengshi, Kangxi was doing well in his later years, but as a result, he left a big mess, especially the borrowing of officials from the treasury, which emptied the treasury. So Yongzheng sent someone to ask for it, and Nuo Min went to Shanxi, but Nuo Min's subordinates had a bad idea, borrowed money from Jin merchants, and then lied about their political achievements, and I paid off the debt in less than half a year. Yongzheng is overjoyed, with a plaque in his own book, the first governor in the world.

In the end, the truth was poked out, Nuo Min is a good comrade, he is not greedy, and even when the Qing official Tian Wenjing went to investigate, he was personally planting grain and vegetables, but for this "to clear the debt". Expedition. Even the people have to collect money to cross the bridge. Forced to borrow money from rich businessmen to fill their accounts, the rich businessmen were not happy, it was the officials who owed the debts, and I did not owe the debts, so the rich businessmen fled, and the people were in an uproar. So let Yongzheng cut it in half.

Yongzheng was beaten by Nuo Min with a big ear scraper, sobered up, and hated to deal with government affairs. became the most industrious emperor in history, and after many years, he died of exhaustion.

The nature of the two is very similar, but the situation that Zhao is facing now is stricter than that of Yongzheng.

The result was also different, although Yongzheng exhausted himself to death, he left a good foundation and handed it over to Qianlong. What Zhao Ji left to the Song Dynasty was a party struggle!

Therefore, Wang Ju said: "Your Majesty, slowly." ”

Can't be impatient, look at this urgency, let the ministers flicker.

"Wang Ju. Dedicate that book to me tomorrow. Zhao Ji said with a wry smile.

However, when Wang Ju arrived in the capital, it was indeed timely rain. During this time, I took a lot of political lessons, which was of great help to Zhao Ji.

However, when things came to him, Wang Ju was not calm.

The next day, Wang Ju gave the ten books to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji watched it with relish.

This set of books not only talks about various formulas, but also focuses on practicality, and also talks about some scientific principles. For example, the rainbow now has no mirrors, but there is ice and wattles, and Wang Ju gave an example of the seven colors of light.

Another example is that some people now recognize the siphon principle, but they have not yet noticed the relationship between pressure and pressure. Wang Ju also gave a brief explanation, and also used this principle to design a long bamboo pipe and seal them. If the river water is on top, the bamboo pipe air can be pumped out, and the river water can be poured back onto the cultivated land.

"Sure enough, it's a strange trick," Zhao said, closing the book.

But this trick is already a compliment.

"I'll just watch it for a few days."

The court meeting will not be presided over anymore, anyway, as soon as the court meeting is held, it will be noisy, so it is better to wait for Han Qi to report it.

On this day, the letter of the Zhu family arrived in the capital.

Wang Juyi was anxious.

This is 5,000 soldiers and horses, if it is not 500 soldiers and horses, even if you are in Wangjiazhai, you can't defend Wangjiazhai.

What's worse is that the traffic is backward now, although the Zhu family sent servants to ride over to deliver the letter, they were also delayed on the road for several days. It is estimated that if Wangjiazhai is broken, it will be broken long ago.

…………

has not broken the village yet, and the Western Xia is now even worse than Wang Ju thought. As soon as Suizhou was lost, it was defeated again, and the morale of the whole was low. Therefore, it was 5,000 soldiers and horses, and it was also collected for several days.

Zhu Huan found Lu Shu again.

Lu Shu said: "The three armies are all in Suizhou, and there are soldiers and horses in Yanzhou?" ”

"Lu Gong, it's just the soldiers and horses of Qingjian City and Fuzhou in Suizhou, okay? The general did not take the other soldiers and horses. ”

"Zhu Huan, what do you mean?" Lu Xu's color immediately changed.

Zhu Huan saw that he was annoyed and angry, so he had to retreat. He's just a businessman, how can he argue with Lu Xu?

At this moment, Gui Niang Lang Bury hurriedly came to Yanzhou City, did not go to Wangjiazhai, and directly found Zhu Huan, and said: "The people of my clan have found out that the soldiers and horses on the other side of the mountain have been almost assembled. ”

Zhu Huan said: "Let's go to Wangjiazhai. ”

There was no other way but to persuade the people of Wangjiazhai to evacuate in time.

Under his persuasion, the people began to pack their belongings. Zhu Huan looked even more anxious, and was ready to leave, but these people dragged their children and daughters, and this must be brought, but they were not dragging their children and daughters, and they brought almost all the belongings in the family together, including cattle and sheep, luggage, and grain, how many miles can they travel on this day? What's worse is that Zhao Du barely reached the border of Tongzhou at this time, without eating or drinking, and it took two or three days to reach the security army. Otherwise, with Wang Ju's letter and some power, everyone will immediately abandon their luggage and leave.

Zhu Huan couldn't persuade him, so he had to wait for them to clean up.

Before leaving, the people from the Guiniang clan came to report that the Xixia people had come and had crossed the territory of the Guiniang clan, and they would arrive at Wangjiazhai in two or three hours.

Can't go!

Even if you drop all your luggage now, you will be caught up by the enemy in less than an hour. In fact, there is another way, that is, to flee to the forest village, but Lu Shu does not agree, how can the forest village take in the people? So the only way is not the way.

Wang Quan was dumbfounded when he heard this.

Zhu Huan and Gui Niang Lang were also dumbfounded.

Of course, they want to run easy, is it possible to escape? (To be continued......)