Changqing Tower is next to the east wall of Jinling East Palace, just beside the Royal Street. You can overlook the Imperial City to the north, Jinling Palace to the west, and Xiangguo Temple to the south.
Oh, it is no longer called Xiangguo Temple. Kaifeng Prefecture issued a notice and changed its name to Martyrs' Shrine, No. 1 Primary School and No. 1 Middle School.
Today, the place is full of people and lively. The soaring popularity has dispelled the cold air of the twelfth lunar month, as if winter does not exist here.
Prosperous, drunken and dreamy, Kaifeng City's fences and tiles, Qin Tower and Chu Pavilion are always endless spring nights.
Zhao Si is dressed in a simple royal robe, with a fox fur coat, a large simple royal hat on his head, and a long scimitar at his waist.
Ming Zhaoxia is dressed in a light green Jianwang uniform, paired with a double-breasted crane cloak, and a Jianwang hat on her head that is even more beautiful. With a green-edge sword, she has a heroic appearance.
Along the way, many young ladies on the street raised their eyes.
Li Fang followed closely behind him as if he were an old companion.
Han Jia first dressed in casual clothes and brought a dozen armed guards from the Security Bureau, divided into different groups, to protect him invisibly.
In a small alley not far away, an elite team of Royal Guards, hundreds of people, were quietly ambushing them. They moved as they moved and were on standby at any time.
As I walked through the lobby, I heard someone talking loudly.
They chatted about everything from all over the world, minor state affairs, poetry and poetry, and everything else. However, Zhao Si was the closest when the two of them walked by, and what they heard most clearly was the discussion about the recent large-scale construction projects in Kaifeng City.
"This street is finally quiet."
"Isn't that right? Starting from the beginning of spring, the streets of Kaifeng City first started to have small disturbances; but when summer began, my dear, it was a big war, and almost the entire ground of Kaifeng City was torn apart."
"What is Zhang Fuyin doing?"
"Major renovation of sewer pipes. I have a relative who works in Kaifeng Prefecture and knows something about the situation."
As soon as this person opened his mouth and said that he had some inside information, he immediately attracted the attention of the people at the two tables around him.
"Commander, please tell me what the rules are. Zhang Fuyin has been digging the ground for more than half a year, and it has made me dizzy and dizzy."
The clerk was reserved for a while and then spoke in a leisurely manner.
"Zhang Prefecture Yin received an imperial edict from the government to carry out major municipal renovations in our city of Kaifeng. He specially set up a municipal administration department and signed the appointment of Lu Yuanzhi and Lu Yihao as the capital officials."
"Lv Yuanzhi?" A guest with a Qilu accent exclaimed.
"You know him?"
"Of course we know each other. He is from our hometown in Qizhou and Jinan. He became famous in the village as a child prodigy at the age of five or six. Later, his father became an official and transferred to Yan'an Prefecture, Yanmen and Zhending. Lu Yuanzhi followed him around, traveling to various places, rarely
He is courageous and good at pommel, horse, bow and sword. In the first year of Shaosheng's reign, he seemed to be assigned to be an official in Jingdong. Unexpectedly, he became a co-signer of Kaifeng Prefecture."
A person next to him echoed: "When you said that, I remembered it. I heard my uncle mentioned this Lu Daguan. It is said that he was promoted by the demoted Li Bangzhi and Li Xianggong, and recommended him to be an official in Pizhou. Later, for some unknown reason, he was announced as an official.
The recommendation of Zongze, the old master Zongze of Shaanxi Province, caught Zhang Jizhong’s eye, and he was recommended as the same person in Kaifeng, and he jumped several levels."
"So it turns out that Lu Yuanzhi was personally responsible for the major construction projects in Kaifeng City?"
"That's him."
The foreign officer began to elaborate.
"First of all, the first item is sewerage. Each household has its own pipes, branch pipes are laid in every street and alley, and auxiliary pipes are laid in each neighborhood, which then lead to eight main pipes. As for Kaifeng Prefecture, since the beginning of spring, a small effort has been to lay branch pipes.
, the big work after the Beginning of Summer is to lay the main pipes and main pipes. When they are almost done, we will lay out pipes for each household and connect them to this sewer network."
"Good guy, these are all new words, what's the use?"
"What's the use? It's so useful! Used dirty water does not need to be dumped randomly, it will flow directly through the pipes."
"Isn't there a drainage channel?"
"The water flowing in that canal is running water, and many people still get water from there. Dirty water is discharged there. Do you drink it?"
"We really can't mix them together!" After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but start talking.
"In the past, the water was mixed together and I couldn't tell the difference between clean and dirty water, which caused me to get sick every year. Last year, Fengheng Yuxing came up with briquettes and coal stoves, which solved a big problem. It is more convenient to boil water. The medical center and Hui
Doctors from the Civil Affairs Bureau said that when the water boiled, all the insects and diseases inside were burned to death."
"No, my aunt still didn't believe it, and she thought the smell of the briquette stove was unpleasant, so she refused to buy it. As a result, she got sick this summer, and her family, as well as four or five nearby families who were reluctant to use the briquette stove, suffered from diarrhea.
I even killed two people. But the neighbors were using briquette stoves and drinking cold drinks every day, and nothing happened. As soon as my aunt recovered from her illness, the first thing she did was to buy a briquette stove."
"Ha ha!"
After a few laughs, someone realized that we were off topic, so they raised their voices and came back.
"We were talking about sewer pipes, but why did we get involved in briquettes again? Sir, please continue."
"Well, I can't explain the sewer pipe thing for a while. But I heard that the Kaifeng government office and Sifangguan are demonstration sites. There are also two newly built universities in Qionglinyuan and the Lantai Library.
If you are interested, you can go there and have a look at the demonstration site to see clearly."
"oh--"
Someone asked aloud: "Comrades, I once saw people from the construction company burying pipes. My dear, the barrels were buried one by one, as high as a person. They seemed to be prefabricated with some kind of cement. That's you
Are you talking about the main pipeline?”
"Probably not." The member shook his head repeatedly, "It should be a main pipeline. I heard that the main pipeline is on those worry-free holes in the past. Fill in what should be filled, expand what should be expanded, block what should be blocked, and open what should be opened. Then
It is paved with bricks and stones. I heard that it is very spacious inside, like an underground river, and can be used by boats."
"So awesome!" Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, "Where do these eight main pipelines lead to?"
"It seems that three leads to Tuogang in the north of the city and merge into the Wuzhang River; five leads to Qingcheng Town in the south of the city, where it merges into the Cai River."
"That's where they all go! My dear mother, this renovation and construction is really expensive."
"Our city of Kaifeng has four rivers, the Wuzhang River in the north wing of the city; the Jinshui River flows in from the northwest water gate, directly enters the imperial city, and forms a moat; the Bian River flows in from the west water gate, and forms the inner city with the Jinshui River
The moat then passes through the inner city and the east wing of the city, and exits from the East Water Gate."
"The Cai River enters through the Dailou Water Gate, makes a half-circle around the south side of the city, and then exits through the Chenzhou Water Gate. The main pipeline can be directly drained into these rivers. Why does it have to go so far?
Isn’t it a waste outside the city?”
"That's right, it's just the thoughts of officials and high-ranking officials. How do ordinary people like us know about it?"
Everyone was shaking their heads for a while, talking about everything. But the most disturbing thing was that several people were talking about Zhang Shuye.
"Last year, Zhang Jizhong eliminated evil and captured thieves. He killed and exiled three to four thousand people in a row, and he was nicknamed Zhang Hell King. This year, he started a large-scale construction project, and he was nicknamed Zhang Peng Tu."
"Zhang Pengtu...haha, it's really insulting to gentlemen!"
Hearing the sarcastic laughter, Ming Zhaoxia felt a little angry.
"These scumbags can sit there without feeling pain in their backs. Mr. Ji Zhong is in charge of Kaifeng City and has worked hard for the hundreds of thousands of people to live and work in peace and contentment and for long-term peace and stability. These people are actually making fun of them here. They are really blind."
Eyes, damaged their conscience."
Zhao Si smiled and advised from the side, "My Lord Zhaoxia, why are you in such an atmosphere? Don't get angry with mediocre people, or you will die young."
"Ordinary people cannot see the long-term pros and cons, they only see the immediate pros and cons. Mr. Ji Zhong is carrying out large-scale construction projects and improving sewer pipes. In addition to ensuring people's hygiene, he also needs to prevent waterlogging in rainy days. But many people cannot see that.
At this point, they only see the inconvenience caused by the current large-scale construction projects to daily life."
"So they ridiculed Mr. Ji Zhong and thought they represented justice." Ming Chaoxia said angrily.
"Yes, this is the ugliness of human nature. People are all selfish. So sometimes a kind of power, coercive power, is needed to suppress this evil in the people, so that they will not be tempted by the short-term interests in front of them.
Giving up long-term interests.”
"Thirteenth Prince, you just said that people are selfish. Officials in the court are also human beings, and they also have selfish evil in them. What's even more frightening is that they represent the government and have great and small powers. Then
Who will suppress their evil?"
Zhao Si couldn't help but smile. He looked at Ming Zhaoxia, his eyes filled with relief and tenderness.
"It seems that you have made great progress in your studies during this period. Especially you have learned to think deeply!"
"Of course I... I must follow in Thirteenth Lang's footsteps." This chapter has been completed!
