Chapter 351 Please adults think of the common people!
Chapter 351: Sir, please think of the common people!
To Sizhou, Mr. Li is a complete foreigner.&*.
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com fastest update ＊＊He was in a foreign place, unfamiliar with the place, and only had a team of more than 20 soldiers around him. He was really helpless and helpless against the "two weirdos".
It would be great if he were a serious imperial envoy, Mr. Li sighed. However, unexpectedly meeting a local named Yu Niangzi and seeing how united the Yujia Village was, he felt hope aroused in his heart.
After dinner at the mansion, Li You asked her: "Do you have any old river workers in Yujia Village who are familiar with the water conditions? I need to find someone who knows the ropes and can tell the truth."
Yu Wan'er thought for a while and replied: "There are people in the village who are sent by the government to build embankments, but there are no old river workers who can tell the truth."
She also noticed the disappointment on Li You's face, so she gave an understanding and thoughtful idea, "But here in Sizhou, we have been flooded for many years, there are many rivers, and there are many people who understand the water conditions. If my husband is in need, my uncle
As the clan leader, you can ask the clan members to inquire and see if there are any such people among their relatives and friends."
Li You slapped the table and said: "Send a message. I will express my gratitude to anyone who can be invited! But you must be a real old river worker who is familiar with the local area!"
Mr. Li met Mrs. Yu, and it was just like the saying goes that a long drought brings sweet rain, and you meet a mistress in a foreign land. Naturally, it was a spring night, with dragons and phoenixes dancing and fighting in full swing. The two of them were so greedy for each other that they fell asleep until halfway through the third watch.
The next morning, Li You continued to inspect the embankment, and Yu Wan'er accompanied him.
When a group of people left the mansion, Mr. Li suddenly felt that among all the women he had, it was more troublesome to go out with Madam Yu. There was no need to find a sedan, no need to clear the place, no need to pull up barriers...she could follow him naturally.
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Outside the gate of the mansion, someone was standing on the opposite side of the alleyway, peering towards the mansion. Li Youdang recognized it. This person was the young man Ma who fell in love with Yu Wan'er's beauty yesterday and colluded with the prefectural government officials to go to Yujia Village to force a marriage.
Thousands of troops.
You dare to send him to your door, are you still evil? Anyway, he was already at odds with Zhizhou, so he didn't care about this kind of clown Li You. He sneered a few times and ordered his soldiers to say: "Beat him half to death and send him to the state."
Yamen."
Madam Yu was so moved at first that she thought it was Li You who vented his anger for her out of kindness. Then she came to her senses, cursed herself for not having a long memory, and asked quietly: "What other evil ideas do you have? That Ma Qianjun can barely be regarded as Wang Zhizhou's."
Relative, have you not considered this?"
"I'm showing it to others, these are the bones of a horse from the city of Qianjin!" Li You said frankly. I wonder if any of the 20 to 30,000 people inside and outside Sizhou City have any grudges against Wang Zhizhou. The enemy of the enemy is an ally. ("
》, watch the latest update of this book) He is unfamiliar with this place, and he doesn't know where to look for it, but he can use small means to show his existence and attract others to come to him.
"It's better to be careful. Wang Zhizhou and Mazhuang together are considered local snakes. The slave family feels that they must be on guard against them."
Li You has tricked countless people, and has also developed the good habit of being on guard against others. Naturally, he knows how to be cautious when on other people's territory. "Officially, I am not afraid. I am on duty to Linsi Prefecture, representing
He is the governor's yamen, and he has full authority to deal with the river affairs at the southern end of Hongze Lake. If an accident occurs, it will be his major crime. He will never dare to commit it. But after beating this horse and Qianjun, he will not be able to live in the city to avoid being plotted. Therefore, I
How about moving to Yujia Village? With the protection of your tribe, it should be fine."
Yu Wan'er said happily with ulterior motives: "That's good, I'll go back and report the news first."
There are only thirty or forty households in Yujia Village, with less than 200 people. It is a very poor village. There is not much land in the first place, and because it is close to the water, it is flooded every year. The life is imaginable. Therefore, people like Yu Wan'er are forced to go out and travel around the world.
There are many performers.
Yu Wan'er's uncle said he was a clan leader, but in fact he was no different from other families, just as poor. A few days ago, when his "developed" niece Yu Wan'er returned to the village, she brought back some silver to support her family, which made her life easier.
I heard my niece said that her patron, a nobleman who was older than Mr. Zhizhou, was coming to the village. This worried the patriarch. The village was full of shabby thatched mud houses. Where could the nobleman be accommodated? Finally, he gathered a dozen people and put a decent
The ancestral hall was cleaned and handed over to Mr. Li to stay temporarily.
Li You did not treat the villagers badly, and gave one hundred taels of silver to the villagers on the spot to win their hearts.
Two days passed like this, and it was already the last day of August. When Li You was inspecting the embankment, a villager from Yujia Village panted to report, "Following Master Li's instructions, we have found a place for more than 70 people from other villages."
A 20-year-old old river worker. He also worked in the prefecture government office back then. He is somewhat related to our Yujia Village. Now he has been invited to the village to wait for you. We have made an agreement with him, and we will never hide anything from him.
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Li You hurriedly got off the embankment and hurried back to the village. The old river worker, whose surname was Dai, had a trembling chicken-skinned crane and was already in his twilight years.
When Li You saw it, he thought that the Yujia Village was doing so well, so that people who looked like they might die at any moment could be invited here... He nodded kindly and said, "Old Master Dai, there is no need to be polite. I am just about to ask for advice, so I hope you can give me some advice."
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Mr. Li then recounted the reports made by four river workers in Sizhou when he arrived in Sizhou a few days ago, and inquired with full of doubts: "I always feel that there are many untrue things in it, but no one has reported it."
Teach me, what do you think my father-in-law has to say?"
Old Man Dai pondered for a moment, "They missed three points. First, they only said that the embankment was raised the year before last, but they did not mention that in the past ten years, sedimentation had raised the water level several feet. Second, they only said that the water level of the Yellow River was strong.
The drainage is not smooth, but they do not mention the danger of the Yellow River flowing back into the river. Thirdly, the local Huai-Bian River intersection, they only talk about the Huai River, but do not mention the Bian River that has recently flowed again."
Hearing the words of this old local expert, Li You had a more straightforward understanding of the current dangers. It sounds like this year will be another extremely dangerous year of major floods, which is really worrying.
However, the essential problem of the state government's river workers has not yet been exposed, that is, why do they downplay the danger? "I know, they assured me that they are foolproof. Do you think why is this?"
Old Man Dai was also confused, "Who dares to say everything about the river is absolutely foolproof beforehand?"
Li You then asked insinuatingly: "Has the other side been flooded?"
"Sir, are you talking about the Zuling Mausoleum? Of course it is inevitable, but it is not big. For example, there was a flood five years ago, and the water overflowed into the Zuling Mausoleum Shinto. Because the terrain there is high...ah, I understand your doubts!"
Hearing this, Li You seemed to have grasped something in his heart, and asked tightly: "What do you understand, father-in-law?"
Old man Dai suddenly stood up, his thin body dwarfed in front of Li You, and he knelt on the ground and worshiped: "Master Li, please promise me to take the people of Sizhou into consideration first!"
Li You jumped anxiously. He asked an acquaintance from Yujiacun to come over for enquiry, just to hear a happy talk. Unexpectedly, he encountered another person who was hesitant to make terms.
What do you want him to promise without saying anything? How can he say it easily with a promise of a thousand dollars? Li You was very unhappy, and he waved his sleeves and said loudly: "I have been ordered by the imperial court to inspect here. You and other local people should say this
It’s endless! Is there any reason to threaten me? If you refuse to tell the truth, I will ask Gao Ming to go to you, and I won’t even think that I will appreciate your contribution at all!”
Old Man Dai fell to the ground and cried with tears for some reason: "Other people think that the terrain on the east and west coasts is the same, but we measured it in the past and found that the terrain of the ancestral mausoleum on the west bank is actually higher than that of Sizhou on the east bank. But who knows this?"
There are not many people. The state government's river engineer concealed something. They were worried that you, my lord, would not be able to bear it when the ancestral mausoleum on the west bank was in danger, so they ordered the Sizhou City embankment on the east bank to be breached to release the flood!"
Master Li, whose responsibilities are closely linked to the flood situation, was shocked when he heard the news! The first thought that flashed across his mind was that there is still such a way?
Then another thought came to mind - it is not impossible to do this in order to protect the ancestral mausoleum...
Finally, I thought, if this is the case, won’t Sizhou, a thousand-year-old city, be sunk in my own hands? Although in another time and space, Sizhou City did suffer such a fate, but in my own hands, it is a bit...
"The terrain of Sizhou City is already low. If the levee is breached again and the flood water pours in with all its strength without any hindrance, the whole city will be reduced to fish and turtles. From now on, the water will never recede, and the ancient city of Huai-Bian will no longer exist in the world.
Sizhou! I beg you to think of tens of thousands of people!" Old Man Dai couldn't kneel down and exchanged tears.
Mr. Li advised: "Don't worry, old man, the water conditions may not be like this this year, so why worry about it in vain."
After sending Old Man Dai away, Li You sat alone in the Yu family ancestral hall, his brows almost knitted together.
Now it is clear that the old river workers in Zhouya really reported inaccurately. Whether they tried their best to downplay the danger of the current water situation, or deliberately did not mention the fact that the Zuling Mausoleum is higher than Sizhou, the purpose is to avoid
Inducing himself to the idea of destroying the Sizhou embankment to protect the ancestors' mausoleum.
After all, for officials, the Dragon Vein Ancestral Tomb is a must-protect object that must not be flooded. No one can bear the responsibility. Not to mention Sizhou City, even the Forbidden City in Dauchi can be sacrificed.
This year the Zuling Mausoleum may be in danger, maybe not. No matter how high the probability is, it is probably always right to prepare for the worst on this issue that absolutely cannot go wrong, not to mention analyzing water regime information from all aspects.
When the floods peak in September, the situation will be very dangerous.
So when there was danger, he, Cheng Zhilang, was the general magistrate of Yangzhou Prefecture, acted in charge of Jiangdu County affairs, and was also in charge of the garrison department of Yangzhou Prefecture. He was ordered to assist in Hongze River Affairs. Mr. Li had the determination to dig the Sizhou City embankment to protect the ancestor's mausoleum.
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After working as an official for nearly two years, Mr. Li finally realized that responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai. If it is just a few households, Li You is not a soft-hearted person, and he clearly distinguishes what is more important and which is less important. But destroying a building
Mr. Li was shocked that the cost of a city with a city wall of nine miles in circumference was nothing compared to the time when Chen Zhixian County planned to blow up a hill to take out rocks for embankment construction.
Power is a good thing, but sometimes it is really not a good thing...
Li You reached out and patted his forehead, which was almost immersed in the consequences of the disaster. It was useless to think about it. Just make up your mind when you need to make a decision. The key is what can be done in advance now?
Suddenly, Li You thought of another question, does Wang Zhizhou know about these situations? This is very important. He knows and does not know, which are completely different. Knowing means deliberately concealing it, and not knowing means being negligent.
It would be fine if it was due to negligence, but if Wang Zhizhou deliberately concealed it, then it would be another issue that would consume people's minds to think about.