"If the government is punished by the imperial edict, and Du Jian is guarded against cuteness, then the evil monster will be eliminated, and the harm will be eliminated and the blessing will be achieved." [Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Ding Hongzhuan]
Bai Canal is a canal dug by Emperor Xiaowu on the advice of the doctor Bai Gong. It is located south of Zheng Guo Canal and north of Jing River. Zeng Ze was covered by thousands of hectares of fields and raised countless people. Due to the political degeneration in the late Western Han Dynasty, Guangwu established the capital.
Luoyang, the economic center also moved to Henan, Nanyang and other places. However, the Jinghe River has a large amount of sediment, and the canals have not been operated for a long time. They are silted up all year round. They have long been deserted and congested along with the palaces and gardens.
It was not until the second half of last year that the constraints in the court were resolved and the emperor was free to issue an edict to recruit refugees and re-channel the old Guanzhong Canal, Bai Canal, and Zheng Guo Canal, naturally. However, such large canals often twist and turn.
It was so long that the emperor wanted not only to completely renovate it to restore its old appearance, but also to expand its irrigation area.
The local county government could not afford to organize too many people in a hurry, and it was difficult to delay the farming season, so it could only start repairing large canals such as Zhengguo Canal piece by piece, and the work was stopped for a long time due to spring plowing and autumn harvest.
Although the emperor knew that building canals was not something that could be accomplished overnight, he was still a little anxious. After all, water conservancy projects played a very important role in promoting agricultural development. If Guanzhong was to be restored to its strength that could support the Qin and Han Dynasties in their struggle for the world, water conservancy was indispensable.
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It happened that the place where the army was stationed was Wannian County, not far from Baiqu. Taking this opportunity, the emperor led Xun You and other people to ride out. Firstly, he wanted to take this opportunity to inspect the river work. After all, no matter how well written the memorial was,
Seeing is believing; secondly, I also want to understand the local people's livelihood and sentiments, and see if I can be lucky enough to discover a hidden talent.
Of course, the main reason was that the emperor was afraid that once he returned to Chang'an, it would mean that he would have to stay in the solemn Weiyang Palace for a long time.
At this time, it was the crisp autumn weather. The emperor and his party came to the side of the white canal and saw the dry and barren white canal running abruptly across the wilderness. The dry canal seemed like people had left deep wounds on the land. In the canal
It has been deposited all year round and has become shallow and shapeless, no higher than an adult's knees. It is covered with dead grass and trees inside and outside, and sometimes there are wild foxes and gray rabbits jumping from the grass at this end to the opposite side of the Baiqu.
The emperor was secretly surprised. He stared into the distance. There was a very old stone bridge over the Bai Canal. It seemed that it was used for people to come and go in the past. Unfortunately, no one left there anymore. After all, the Bai Canal was dried up and everywhere.
There is no need for ordinary people to walk across the bridge from the respectable local wealthy people.
Under the bridge, there were several half-clothed children riding on the backs of cows, walking slowly in the channel of Baiqu, letting the cows eat the weeds growing in the channel. The children went together.
Okay, they all looked sallow and thin, and it was impossible to tell the difference between men and women. One child even boldly stood on the back of a walking cow, loosened his pants, exposed half of his buttocks and peeed in the wind.
If the officials in a place cultivate their moral character, the people under their rule will also be enlightened, change their bad habits, and become polite and sensible. On the contrary, if the local officials have poor moral character or are incompetent to take care of the civil affairs, it will also affect the place.
folk customs.
When the emperor saw this, he frowned slightly.
Yulin Lang Zhang Xiuhui misunderstood and said tentatively: "Why don't I go over and drive them away? So as not to taint His Majesty's hearing and hearing."
Taishi Ci on the side had just received the distributed clothes and rushed over to accompany him. This was the first time he went out with the emperor, and he didn't know the emperor's temper. Hearing Zhang Xiu say this, he felt a little uncomfortable, thinking that the emperor often
Let his subordinates do this. This is not an act of benevolence and love for the people. Thinking of this, Taishi Ci looked at the emperor's back with some hesitation.
"What's wrong with him?" Unexpectedly, the emperor became angry: "If I can't even see this, then why should I care about the public sentiment? Go and call the Wannian Ling!"
"Wei!" A layer of cold sweat broke out on Zhang Xiu's forehead. He was as ashamed as if the child had peed on his head. He responded hurriedly, turned his horse and walked back.
"Wait a minute." The emperor suddenly stopped Zhang Xiu. The road he took when he came here was wide and smooth, but once he got here, it was also a main road, but the road was dilapidated. It was uncomfortable for the horse to walk on it. The emperor
Remembering that he had issued an edict a long time ago, requiring various places to repair roads, he couldn't help but laugh angrily and said: "Let him come here!"
When Taishi Ci saw this, his heart was really set.
Wang Bin didn't understand what he meant, and he explained a little to the side: "Li Shu is like this without education. The most urgent task is to let Li Shu have enough to eat before we can talk about anything else."
"This is how it is, not how it should be." The emperor felt a little unhappy and sighed: "'The warehouse is solid and you know etiquette, and you know honor and disgrace when you have enough food and clothing.' The people's livelihood is difficult, and the folk education is not publicized. After all, we are the meat.
The fault of the person.”
He waved his hand, stopped Wang Bin's words, pointed at the desolate Baiqu and said: "I remember Emperor Guangwu issued an edict to renovate the ditch regularly. It seems that the local governor didn't take it to heart."
"Both Bai Canal and Zheng Guo Canal are within the territory of Zuo Fengyi. Although the imperial court has issued an edict to repair the river, when to repair it, how to repair it, and which place to repair first depends on the details of each place. Zuo Fengyi and Duke Lu happened to be stationed there.
, Why don't you ask me if I get an imperial edict?" Xun You said, worried that there was some misunderstanding.
"No need, I can still see clearly whether those people are doing things and whether they are doing things with care. If they really want to serve the people, Wannian Order should first clean up and improve this place, so that when it is Wannian County's turn to start repairs
When the canal is empty, we can start construction directly, which can save a lot of trouble. But the Wannian Ling is indifferent, and the people also look hungry. He is a good official." The emperor said that the Wannian Ling was neglecting his duties, but in fact
Secretly, he was blaming Zuo Fengyi and Lu Xu for not being able to coordinate.
Lu Xu was a native of Pinling, Fufeng, with a family background of 2,000 stones. He passed down the "Poetry of Lu". His ancestor Lu Gong was an official to Sangong, and he was very close to Ma Rixi and other Fufeng masters. At that time, he went to Chang'an with the imperial court in the west, and he became an imperial servant.
Later, Wang Yun fell, and his party members left Feng Yi Song Yi and right Fufeng Wang Hong were also implicated and imprisoned. At that time, the emperor did not have suitable cronies to replace him, and Li Jue was a powerful enemy.
, the need to unite the scholars; and in exchange for Ma Rixi's support in deposing Wang Yun and as a reward for daring to take the blame, the emperor graciously accepted the candidates recommended by Ma Rixi.
Among them, Fu Rui, a Northland native and Fu Xie's clansman, was conscripted into Fufeng on the right, and Lu Xu, a Fufeng native, was also transferred from the position of imperial servant to Fengyi on the left.
Thinking of Lu Xu's identity and background, Xun You's heart moved. It seemed that the emperor's move was not unintentional, but rather targeted. After this incident, after the charges of collusion between the Hedong rebellion and the Yuan family were announced to the world, Guan Guan, who was already strong,
The Westerners will definitely take this opportunity to completely overwhelm Huang Wan and the Yang family, not to mention that Zheng Xuan, a famous ancient scholar with great reputation, will come to the court at this time, and Taixue will also make waves. From the emperor's point of view, this is not only
Out of the need for balance, it is also a means of preparing countermeasures and counterattacks
Seize the handle of the official administration and let the opponent have some scruples about the affairs of the Imperial College, at least not to cause too much trouble.
After Xun You thought about it, he quickly knew what he should say. Instead of taking over the emperor's words, he raised a different topic: "A few days ago, Duke Lu said in an audience that Zuo Fengyi had thirteen counties under his jurisdiction.
There are more than 37,000 households with a total of 145,000 people, but these are the numbers in the old days. In fact, Zuo Fengyi suffered several Qiang chaos and disasters, and his household registration was reduced. Even Wannian County only had more than a thousand households left.
The princess's Tang Muyi is like this, let alone other things."
The emperor pondered for a moment and understood the other party's hint: "Yes, this is still the eldest princess's Tang Muyi."
He turned his head and looked at Xun You, and said softly: "To the north of Feng Yi is Xihe, Shangjun, where Qiang and Hu are flourishing, and there are also a large number of Qiang tribes in the county. People must be moved from other places to enrich the place. Hongnong participated in the rebellion.
Those powerful people and thieves, the last decision discussed by the Shang Shutai was to turn them into farmlands on the spot. I think we have to change it and move 3,000 households to Wannian County first. What do you think, Mr. Xun?"
This seems to be a weakening of Hongnong's power, but in fact it is a knock on the Yang family. In the future, Ma Rixi will completely replace the Yang family and the Guandong scholars and become the main target of the emperor's protection. And Hongnong will be
The large-scale people moved to Wannian County, which was also a warm-up for the emperor to implement the "relocation of wealthy people" in the future.
Xun You was confident and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Ruijian, it is just a matter of relocating the people. There are many trivial matters. If anything goes wrong, it will lead to a civil uprising. This Ten Thousand Years Order..."