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Chapter 26 Disaster Relief and Water Treatment

The next day.

Yiying Pavilion.

Today is class time again, but the teacher has been changed from Lu Zongdao to Yan Shu, a Hanlin scholar.

Yan Shu was a famous child prodigy in the Song Dynasty. He was famous in his hometown for his articles and knowledge at the age of seven. At the age of fourteen, he was recommended to Zhenzong by Zhang Zhibai.

From this, Yan Shu embarked on the road to becoming an official.

However, compared to his official duties, later generations know his literary name better.

"The flowers fell helplessly, and the swallows returned as if they had been seen before", "Last night the west wind withered the green trees, I climbed up to the tall building alone and looked at the end of the world" are all famous poems written by Yan Shu.

"Guan Jia, today we will continue to talk about "Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty"."

"Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty" is the administrative code of the Tang Dynasty official system, which stipulates the institutions, establishment, responsibilities, personnel, taste, treatment, etc. of the central and local state agencies in the Tang Dynasty.

It also introduces the historical evolution of the official system in detail.

As we all know, the Song Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty system, so "Tang Liu Dian" became one of the required subjects for officials in the Song Dynasty.

"Sir, let's not talk about the Six Canons of the Tang Dynasty today."

With that said, Li Jie stood up from his seat and said with a serious face.

"Yesterday I read the letter submitted by Zhao Fayun, which stated that there was a disaster in Su, Hu, and Xiu prefectures, affecting tens of thousands of households."

On the other side, Yan Shu listened with great interest. Officials knew that they cared about state affairs, which was a good thing.

Although he is a bit cautious and does not offend others easily, nor does he fall easily to any faction, this does not mean that he does not have his own ideas.

If it hadn't been for the late emperor's promotion, he wouldn't be where he is today.

Therefore, secretly he is still a royalist, but he hides it a bit deeply.

"When I look at the history of the country, every major disaster is bound to be a major epidemic. The disasters in Su, Hu, and Xiuzhou are very widespread, so medical officers should be dispatched to the three states as soon as possible."

"In addition, the main cause of flood disasters is poor river channels. The dredging of the river channels proposed by Zhao Fayun in Zhazi should also be implemented as soon as possible."

Yan Shu smiled slightly, he wanted to see if the officials were confident.

"What do the officials think we should do?"

"First of all, it is advisable to summon the Xiang troops near Su, Hu, and Xiu prefectures to divert the stagnant water as soon as possible, select a sparsely populated area, and change the route."

"The second is dredging. After the disaster has eased, the Xiang army will continue to carry out dredging work and lower the water level to prevent the disaster from recurring."

"Three days of repair, there are many water systems in the Jianghuai area, and there will be more rainfall in summer than in the north, so more water conservancy projects should be developed.

Water conservancy is a matter of contemporary benefit and eternal benefit. Although it costs a lot, it has to be done. This is a century-old plan.

The prosperity of the capital today is inseparable from the Bianhe River water transport.

Without water transportation, the capital would not be able to gather millions of people, and the development of Bianhe River water transportation is inseparable from the development of the Sui and Tang dynasties."

After hearing these remarks, Yan Shu stroked his long beard with satisfaction. He became famous at a young age and served as an official for more than ten years. He is now only in his early thirties.

In order to make himself look less obtrusive, Yan Shu grew a long beard to make himself look older.

'The official will be a wise king in the future!'

At this moment, Yan Shu was very happy in his heart. What the officials said were all words that hit the current situation, not just eloquent talk, nor armchair talk.

Although some of the remarks are still a little "childish", how old is the official family this year?

Thirteen!

He is one year younger than when he became an official!

At that time, he took the prodigy test and was favored by the late emperor, who granted him the title of a Jinshi.

Recalling those years, Yan Shu couldn't help but think of something that happened that year.

The prime minister at that time was Kou Xiang. When he was awarded the title of Jinshi, Kou Xiang suggested to the late emperor that he should not be treated so favorably.

However, the late emperor did not agree and replied to Kou Xiang.

"The imperial court only seeks talents based on talents. We belong to the same family from all over the world, how can we limit ourselves to people from far and near?"

Yan Shu was from Fuzhou and a southerner, so Kou Zhun opposed it.

Regarding this matter, although Yan Shu knew that Kou Zhun did not like the southerners, it was probably impossible to say that he had no qualms in his heart.

Later, when Kou Zhun resigned as prime minister, Zhenzong once summoned Yan Shu, nominally asking him to draft an edict, but in fact he asked for his opinions.

As a result, Yan Shu replied to Zhenzong with the sentence "I am in charge of foreign affairs, this is not my profession" and avoided Zhenzong's inquiry.

(PS: In the early Northern Song Dynasty, there were internal systems and external systems. The imperial edicts issued by the Hanlin Academy, prime ministers, privy councilors and other senior officials were all drafted by the Hanlin Academy, and were called internal systems.

The external system is Sherenyuan under the name of Zhongshu, which is mainly responsible for drafting edicts outside the Hanlin Academy.)

Avoiding an answer is sometimes the best answer.

Of course, there is no problem with Yan Shu's answer. He even knew that issuing imperial edicts at that time, and it was indeed not within his scope of responsibility to execute imperial edicts other than being subject to supervision.

Even if others want to find fault, they can't find any problems.

Although Yan Shu didn't like Kou Zhun very much, his dislike of Kou Zhun didn't mean that he was more inclined to Ding Wei, nor did it mean that he would turn to the Queen Mother.

On the contrary, he was resistant to the Queen Mother's desire to have exclusive power.

But it is limited to resistance.

The Queen Mother has great power, the situation in the court is currently unstable, and the way forward is unclear. Under such circumstances, for Yan Shu, who is well versed in the art of protecting oneself wisely, the best attitude is to remain neutral.

at the same time.

Outside Yiying Pavilion, Liu E's face was not very good at this time. She had been there for a while.

She came here today without notifying her in advance in order to learn the truest situation.

Then, she heard what the official had just said.

The whole journey!

The first is introduction, the second is elaboration, and the third is cultivation.

OK!

very good!

All are practical and are good strategies!

According to ordinary families, parents should be happy when their son has a promising future.

But for some reason, Liu E was not happy at all, but rather depressed.

The better Sixth Brother is, the closer it will be for her to return to power.

How could this make Liu E happy?

Are you asking her to give the power back to her?

How could she be willing to do so?

'what do I do?'

At this moment, Liu E was thinking exclusively.

'The more powerful Sixth Brother behaves, the more disadvantageous it will be to me. What should I do?'

Suddenly, Liu E had an idea in her mind.

‘The deposed emperor?’

The next second, Liu E shivered all over.

She was frightened by her own thoughts.

How can you think so?

She watched Sixth Brother grow up with her own eyes. Although she was not Sixth Brother's biological mother, after raising him for more than ten years, she had long regarded Sixth Brother as her own child.

Thinking of this, Liu E couldn't help but think of the Wu family in the previous dynasty.

She realizes that her skills are not inferior to those of the other party, but in terms of cruelty, she is absolutely incomparable.

"well."

After a long while, Liu E sighed silently, and then left Yiying Pavilion silently, just as she came quietly.

Inside the palace.

Li Jie was vaguely aware of someone coming outside, and he dared to stare at him without scruples without disturbing anyone. After several times in the palace, except for the Queen Mother, there was probably no one else.

Yan Shu on the side didn't notice at all, his attention was all on Li Jie.

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