Lu Mengzheng was holding the latest newspaper in his hand, looking at the eloquent Song Bai in the lobby of the Jinzou Academy, expressing his own views and opinions.
Song Bai was extremely talkative, and he felt like he stood out among all the officials and celebrities who discussed politics.
In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and it was difficult for national events to spread throughout the world.
In the Han Dynasty, in order to let more people understand the general trend of the world, a workplace called "Di" appeared.
The imperial officials conveyed the general trend of the world to the "di" in the form of books and silk, and then the postmen conveyed the news to the local "di" for the reading of scholars all over the world.
The news conveyed by the postmen was therefore called Di Bao.
Scholars rely on this mechanism to know the world without going out.
With the development and progress, "Di" was renamed Jinzouyuan in the Tang Dynasty.
Because scholars, scholars and even officials from all over the country gathered in Jinzouyuan to copy official documents and understand the general trend of the world.
They are all caring people, and when they get together, they will inevitably express their opinions to each other and discuss state affairs.
Gradually, Jinzouyuan also developed into a social place.
Therefore, the responsibilities of Jinzouyuan are not only to print newspapers, but also to provide a free and open place for political discussion.
There are many out-of-town officials who come to Beijing on official business. They are not familiar with the place and don't know where to go. The best place is to go to the memorial hall.
There are also celebrities from all over the world who want to make a name for themselves, as well as officials from the capital who have no official duties, will gather here to debate.
Compared to speaking freely in restaurants, teahouses or even brothels.
The political discussions in the Imperial Academy were obviously more formal.
Song Bai then talked about the management of the Yellow River.
With the erosion of water and soil in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the Yellow River carried a large amount of sediment from the Loess Plateau out of Sanmenxia, turning the lower reaches of the plain into an above-ground hanging river. The power of the river was not enough to transport the large amount of sediment it carried, causing the Yellow River to dry up.
The interruption of the Yellow River means diversion and flooding.
Historically, after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, it suffered from the flooding of the Yellow River. Especially during the period of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Puyang breach caused most of the river water to turn northward again, retracing the old route of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, passing through the Wei River, entering Tianjin and out to the sea. More than ten years later, the Yellow River
It once again broke through in the area of Damingfu, and a waterway went eastward, forming the spectacle of the two northeastern branches of the Yellow River flowing into the sea in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty.
The emergence of Luo Youdu can change history, but it cannot change this damn ecology.
When the mother river should be in a rage, it would not give face to Luo Youdu, a traveler.
Today's winter, the Yellow River dredging project is not optimistic.
Therefore, in line with the current situation, the plan to regulate the Yellow River has become the mainstream of the topic.
Song Bai was obviously well prepared in this regard, and he was very eloquent in answering the classics.
"I think that if you want to control the Yellow River, you can't blindly build dams. The dams can only have a temporary effect, blocking the water, but they also retain the sediment. The sediment will accumulate more and more, and one day it will be irreversible. As the old saying goes:'
The Yellow River is clear and the world is peaceful. We cannot just look at the present and make the water of the Yellow River more turbid. We should follow the example of Dayu and the King of Han in the past and block it rather than dredge it. In order to prevent the Yellow River from changing its course and destroying the fields and houses, we should build tributaries
, to help the Yellow River divert its flow and make it go out to sea smoothly."
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Lu Meng was looking at Song Bai who was talking endlessly, and secretly sighed in his heart: In terms of the breadth of knowledge, it is indeed remarkable.
Such a person?
Is it really possible to commit corruption and bribery?
Lu Mengzheng really couldn't believe it.
It turned out that that night they met a servant of the Chen family who secretly gave them two cars of gifts.
Guo Zhi suffered from an occupational disease, so he secretly followed the Chen family's carriage back to Chen's house.
This incident left a thorn in the hearts of both of them that could not be removed.
But the two of them didn't know the details or what happened, so they didn't dare to think too much.
After all, Song Bai, as a rising star in the scholarly community, had great expectations from many great sages, hoping that he could carry the banner of a new generation of scholars and call on more people to learn from him.
Lu Mengzheng was also lonely when he was young, and admired Song Bai's literary talent and experience.
I don't want to believe that such a person can do illegal things behind his back.
In the past few days, Lu Mengzheng came to the memorial hall every day to copy newspapers, listen to arguments and increase his knowledge.
Every time I listened to Song Bai's speech, I felt more and more that there was some misunderstanding.
Until today, when he was copying newspapers, he discovered an article by Chen Wenxian.
The article is written about Mount Tai, with a lot of rhetoric, using Mount Tai as a metaphor for the atmosphere of the new dynasty, and praising the emperor's virtuous behavior, which is comparable to that of those who have been enshrined in Zen in the past dynasties.
The article is mediocre and too flattering.
Considering what happened that night, Lu Mengzheng had to suspect that there was something fishy about it.
After looking at Song Bai for a moment, Lu Mengzheng turned around and left, taking his copied newspaper with him to discuss with Guo Zhi.
Song Bai wiped the sweat from his forehead, returned to his seat under the admiration of everyone, and then bowed slightly to his superior, Liu Zai.
There was some eagerness in his eyes. After discovering that he was being questioned, he immediately noticed that the direction of the wind was wrong and felt the danger.
He relied on Liu Zai's trust and respect to gain power that he did not possess.
This raises a lot of doubts, and Liu Zai may take back his privileges.
Song Bai responded immediately. There were certain deficiencies in the newspaper distribution related to entering the Academy, which would also affect the newspaper's income.
Push the current situation to policy issues and start improving it, while also facilitating your own small actions.
He knew that Luo Youdu attached great importance to newspapers. As long as Luo Youdu agreed to his reform of the system, it meant that the newspaper's weakness was a problem with the system, not his fault.
If Luo Youdu could praise him a few words, he would say that his reforms have hit the nail on the head.
No one will dare to say a word of nonsense behind my back when I enter the memorial hall.
To oppose him is to oppose Luo Youdu who praised him.
Liu Zai's face flashed with a hint of complexity. He had just received Song Bai's corrections and reforms on some issues in the newspaper department of the Jinzou Academy. It was written in more than a thousand words, every word was precise, and every sentence made sense.
Liu Zai looked at it and applauded in his heart.
It's just that the reform of the Academy's newspaper department was not something within Song Bai's jurisdiction.
"Could it be that I think highly of him and give him powers that are not within his duties, making him proud of his talents?"
Seeing Song Bai chatting humbly with the people around him in a low voice, he didn't feel like it.
Liu Zai looked at the polite Song Bai, who looked a bit like his beloved son who had died many years ago. He thought of the recent rumors about entering the Academy and found an excuse for him.
"Maybe it's because of his poor grades. As a proud man, he is a little impatient. It is inevitable that young people are not calm enough."
"First Evolution"
When Liu Zai thought of this, his brows relaxed and he felt relieved.
The next day, Luo Youdu received the memorial from Liu Zai. Liu Zai was not greedy for credit and truthfully stated Song Bai's intention.
Looking at Liu Zai's memorial, Luo Youdu rubbed his head that was worried about the Yellow River incident, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the pen on the table, tore off a piece of paper, and wrote
He made a sentence: "Strictly investigate Song Bai and enter the Academy of Music!"
He folded the note with some dignity, put it into the brocade bag, handed it to the chamberlain and said: "Send the brocade bag to Wude Department and give it to Zhang Jin."