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Volume 2 Chapter 847 Shanghai Affairs (Part 2)

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    This line is divided into two parts. The first part is connected with some original rivers and canals, and dredged through Taihu Lake and Dianshan Lake. Because it is connected with some original rivers, the amount of the project is not too huge, but its appearance can effectively regulate  The water level of the entire Taihu Lake Basin, the Grand Canal is between Taihu Lake and Dianshan Lake, that is, this canal is also connected to the Grand Canal, and there is another meaning, that is the second part.  The second part starts from Dianshan Lake. Dianshan Lake is not a whole yet, but it is about to become a whole, and communication is not difficult. Then it turns to the southeast, and then to the northeast.  Well, Huangpu River, it is Huangpu River.  When mentioning the Huangpu River, later generations will come up with two ideas: one is that it divides Shanghai into two halves, Pudong and Puxi, and the other is its transportation significance.  In fact, its true meaning is the most important water conservancy hub in Shanghai!  With this canal, when floods arrive in the entire central and southern Shanghai area, they can be discharged to the Yangtze River and the sea in time.  When talking about Shanghai, you can mention Huang Daopo. It was Huang Daopo's cotton spinning technology that promoted Songjiang cotton. By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Songjiang was rich in the world because of the cotton industry.  But the world often overlooks one thing, the Huangpu River!  The Huangpu River was dug during the Yongle period, and Hai Rui further dredged it before it took shape.  However, the Ming Dynasty banned the sea at that time, so shipping was of little significance. However, because of this canal, the entire Shanghai area was fully developed, which led to the development of cotton industry, agriculture, fishery and commerce, and created the "Fujia"  The world¡±.  Cai Que's idea is a good one. With this canal, the entire Huating County will be developed and utilized, and the water conservancy of Taihu Lake will be adjusted. At the same time, with the help of this canal, a good port can be built as a new city shipping company, which can communicate with the world.  The canal is, secondly, a natural haven, and thirdly, it can bypass the suffering of the Qiantang River tide.  Its emergence will have a profound impact on southeastern commerce and agriculture.  But the stakes are too high.  Just like in the third year of Xining, Jia Gan wrote a letter saying that the water conservancy in Wuzhong is not as beautiful as paddy fields, and the paddy fields are not as beautiful as Suzhou. However, due to the indiscriminate occupation by the powerful, the lakes are surrounded by fields and the rivers are surrounded by fields. Flood water cannot be released, so it often  It floods and doesn't make good use of the area.  So it was proposed to transform the low-lying area into a longitudinal pond of five miles and seven miles, and a horizontal pond of seven miles and ten miles, so that the ponds and ponds would be deep and wide and the embankments high and thick, so that the water from the rivers and seas could not flow back into people's fields, and the floods would be released and would not form  Waterlogging.  The imperial court agreed, but due to strong obstruction, it only lasted a year and a half before leaving Suzhou sadly.  If things remain unchanged, there will still be troubles in the future. From the late Song Dynasty to the Southern Song Dynasty, the imperial court has always intended to rectify the chaotic situation in the Taihu Lake Basin, but it has never been able to implement it well.  There are too many rich and powerful people in this area. Not to mention other areas, just one Huating County wine merchant brought nearly 70,000 yuan in revenue to the court a year.  Although Huating County is now the largest area in the southeast, it is not the best area yet.  Looking at the origins of the two of them, they were both candidates, but candidates in the Song Dynasty were also worthless. Although Duan Tianshui had made great contributions to assisting Cheng Fang, he was now just a civilian at home.  Zhang Jian was a little better. It turned out that he had done well in the Mizhou Shipping Department. The imperial court established a banking department and administration, so he joined the Mizhou Shipping Department and served as an important staff officer. Because of his meritorious service, he was appreciated by Zhang Shangying.  He was transferred to the Banking Department in Beijing, but he was still a staff officer. In fact, he was a slightly more important subordinate!  With their small arms and legs, they are simply unable to host such a large project.  "This section of Suzhou has nothing to do with you. I have transferred Yang Qiangu, the Minister of Household Affairs, to Yang Ji, the transfer envoy of the Liangzhe Road, who is responsible for the governance of Bian. Shen Pi has been transferred to Suzhou Magistrate, Shen Kuo's brother, who has presided over the Wanchunwei and Liumenyan projects.  Jia Zhengfu, Jia Quan, was transferred from Jiangdong to the magistrate of Xiuzhou. As for you, Zhang Jian, I want you to be the magistrate of Huating, and Duan Tianshui is the master of Huating. " These three are all people with good backgrounds, which means that the sky is broken.  , there are people above to support you, and these three people are good at water conservancy.  But the most important thing is the official.  It is not just a job, but a real county magistrate and governor, a magistrate and governor of Jinxian County. In the Song Dynasty, the counties were divided into Chixian, Jixian, Wangxian, Jinxian, Shangxian, Zhongxian and Zhongxiaxian.  , Xia County and the eighth level, but Chixian and Jixian mostly refer to the counties surrounding the capital, while the remaining Xiazhou capitals only have the last six levels, and Qinxian County is the second level.  Zhang Jian said with a trembling voice: "Mr. Cai, our court is full of talented people, why do you let your subordinates and Brother Duan go to Huating to preside over such a huge water conservancy project?" The incident was still caused by Jia Quan.  Jia Quan was from Taicang, Suzhou, so he had a good understanding of the local situation. He had written four volumes of the Wumen Water Conservancy Book. It happened that the Xining Reform Movement had greatly promoted water conservancy, so in the third year of Xining, he wrote a letter on the six losses and six gains of Suzhou water conservancy and the seven benefits and disadvantages of farmland management.  In the fifth year of Xining, as the judge of Sinong Temple, he promoted water conservancy in the two Zhejiang provinces, but he also encircled lakes and rivers, which angeredThe land was powerful, and the old-school ministers fanned the flames. In just one year, he resigned from office and returned home.  But he was not convinced, so he opened a wader cliff in his hometown of Taicang to practice his water conservancy theory, and achieved a bumper harvest that year.  A few years later, the imperial court hired him again, except for him as the Jiangdong transit judge.  Last year, he heard the news about waterlogging in his hometown. Coupled with the changing atmosphere of the court, he wrote to Cai Que again, hoping that the court would send people to repair the water conservancy in the Taihu Lake Basin. Otherwise, Taihu Lake would not be the beauty of Suzhou in the future, but Suzhou's suffering.  Before Wang Ju left the capital, he had a long talk with Cai Que. The two discussed many things, and Cai Que talked about Jia Quan's petition.  Wang Ju vetoed it without even thinking about it.  The reason is very simple. Although Jiaquan¡¯s strategy for regulating the Taihu Lake Basin is not only to encircle the lake and rivers, but the main idea is to encircle the lake. Only in this way can the water storage and drainage functions be increased, and floods can be released, and droughts can be irrigated.  At the same time, it can prevent the two major tides from flooding back.  The idea is right, but it is impossible for the powerful to free up the surrounding fields on a large scale and rebuild lakes and rivers.  Secondly, if you want to implement Jia Quan's strategy, you must send people to inspect and measure, and send capable officials to compete with powerful officials in a battle of wits and soft tactics. This will take a long time, but the old party is about to come to power, and there is no time.  Finally, it is due to technology. In fact, compared to later generations, the area developed today is not too large, and the area of ??lakes and swamps is much larger than that of later generations. Therefore, small waterlogging disasters occur every year in the Taihu Lake area, but there are not many large-scale waterlogging disasters.  Even if all Jia Gen's strategies are implemented, the occurrence of waterlogging cannot be completely prevented.  Think about future generations, just one Three Gorges can store tens of billions of cubic meters of flood water, but during major flood seasons, many areas are still suffering from waterlogging, let alone this time.  However, some people don't care whether it's a major flood season or not. All they see is this torment, but floods still happen.  Okay, now you can attack.  Cai Que sighed.  Wang Ju knew what he was thinking, and added that even a few years ago, it would not have been possible. At that time, in order to smoothly implement the new laws and the Banking Department, Wang Ju continued to make concessions and compromises to all parties. Therefore, even at that time, Wang Ju  Ju will not adopt Jia Quan's opinion.  "But when Wang Ju said this, he was staring at this map, and suddenly thought of the Huangpu River in his mind.  He really hadn¡¯t thought about it before. After all, at that time, he only considered some of the country¡¯s shortcomings and Xixia. The country¡¯s center of gravity was also in the north. No one mentioned it. How could he take care of the water conservancy of a county in the southeast.  But now that someone mentioned it, he also thought of this famous canal.  In the previous life, I didn't pay much attention to it. At most, I knew that the Huangpu River divided Shanghai into two parts and provided transportation convenience.  But standing at his current height, he immediately thought of its water conservancy value.  And unlike the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Song Dynasty would not ban the sea. Even if Gao Taotao came to power, he might do some crazy things, but it would only last a few years!  With this canal, not only will the entire Huating County be developed, but it will also create a super prosperous city in a short time.  So Wang Ju proposed this idea, and Cai Que's eyes also lit up.  The two discussed for a long time.  According to the original system, to excavate this huge canal, the imperial court had to send several relevant river control envoys to take charge of the project, and then the Suzhou Xiuzhou and Liang Zhejiang Road Transfer Envoy Tiju envoys would cooperate with them.  But you can¡¯t do that because the time is not right.  This canal project is very large and cannot be successfully completed immediately. It will take at least several years.  However, maybe the old party will come to power at any time. Based on the performance of those scholar-bureaucrats during the Yuanyou Party struggle in history, there is a 100% chance that this project will be stopped immediately.  So the best way is to treat it coldly. The so-called cold treatment means that the court does not come forward and it is presided over by local officials, not even state-level officials, but only county-level officials.  It is just a local project at the county level, so there is not much point in pursuing it.  But here comes the problem.  Nowadays, it is relatively easy to find a few ministers who are proficient in water conservancy.  After all, since Xining, the imperial court has implemented many water conservancy projects. Some were successful and some failed. It is clear at a glance whether they are proficient in water conservancy or not.  But it is impossible for these ministers to let them serve as county magistrates and governors.  There is another problem, that is, a financial official.  If you want to implement this project, the cost will be huge.  But because of the northwest, the government's finances are also very tight now, and it is impossible to allocate tens of millions of dollars for Huating County to build this canal.  Or it may be delayed until the next year. God knows what will happen next year. Maybe Cai Que will have left the court by then, and Wang Ju will also go to the other side.  Therefore, the best way is for the imperial court to allocate two to three million yuan this year. Although this fund is huge, it will not reach the point where the old party will deliberately suppress it in the future. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ???Next year, the other side will continue to support three to four million guan, four to five million guan.  No more money will do, because even if the other side does not care about its own development, if the amount of money and silk reaches a certain level, it will attract the attention of the old party.  As long as the old party paid attention, they would still stop this project due to their hatred of Wang Ju.  At the same time, because the old party came to power, we must not disturb the people too much, otherwise they will be given an excuse to attack.  Without disturbing the people, this money will be very tight, so you must have a very good financial management expert to make reasonable use of every penny.  It is also difficult to find ministers who manage finances like this. There are, but is it possible for them to serve only as magistrates?  The two of them thought about it for a long time, but neither of them thought of a low-level official with such ability.  There must be one, but with their status, it is impossible for them to deal with such an official. They don't know.  Wang Ju sighed, this was my mistake.  In other words, if he had thought of the Huangpu River a few years ago, he wouldn't have had to go to such trouble.  But regrets will not help, so Wang Ju thought of the subordinates involved.  Due to their status, they have less contact with subordinate officials. However, these subordinate officials are attached to some important officials and make suggestions for them. As long as they keep an eye on some important officials, they can easily follow the clues and find some capable talents.  This is how Duan and Zhang figured it out step by step.  Cai Que said: "The country recruits talents, uses them according to their talents, and recruits talents. However, since the founding of our country, the military commanders have been favored firstly, and the second is military exploits, and the civil servants have been imperial examinations first, and secondly favored, but they have ignored the other, more important.  A group of subordinate officials. Subordinate officials have the opportunity to be sharpened, and they also have the opportunity to display their talents. Therefore, the appointment of two people is not only for water conservancy, but also to set a precedent and make more talents available to the country.  Entering the officialdom will definitely inspire the confidence of subordinates. From officials to subordinates, if everyone is united and loyal to the emperor and the country, the Song Dynasty will definitely be able to achieve great governance. "The administrative system of the Song Dynasty only reached the county level, and at most there was only the county magistrate.  There are four officials, the county chief Bo and the county lieutenant. The rest are either supervisory officials, but that has nothing to do with government affairs. The rest are subordinate officials. In fact, in later generations, these subordinate officials are also important local officials.  .  But Cai Que¡¯s words cannot be taken seriously.  He is already preparing to retire as prime minister, so he still has time to think about more talents being used by the country.  And even Wang Ju did not dare to shout loudly. In addition to favors and imperial examinations, the country must appoint a large number of talents from subordinate staff to serve as national officials.  But how did Duan Tianshui and Zhang Jian know what was going on?  The two of them left Zhongshu in a daze and did not react for a long time.  First, he became a formal official.  Second, by presiding over such a large water conservancy project, you might be able to leave your mark in history.  Third, if it was not done well, it would become a "first" for the country to formally appoint subordinate officials.  However, both of them were smart and capable people. After a long time, Zhang Jian was the first to wake up and said: "Brother Ziya, the direction of the court is wrong." One after another, coupled with the frequent personnel changes in the court, rumors spread in the capital.  Most people held a pessimistic attitude, thinking that the court was beginning to be suspicious of Wang Ju.  Wang Ju and Cai Que are one in the hearts of the people. If the court suppresses Wang Ju, it will definitely suppress Cai Que.  Without Cai Que¡¯s support, how could this water conservancy project be successful?  "It's true that Lu Ping is the same." Duan Tianshui was also worried.  Without the strong support of the imperial court, and with low status, the two of them went to preside over such a large water conservancy project. This was not to become an official and make a name for themselves, but to seek death.  Just a dispute over interests could send the two of them into the eighteenth level of hell.  They are not too worried, this is just a sign of high IQ.  Of course, without this high IQ, they would not have performed as well as they did in the past, and they would not have been selected by Cai Que's subordinates from thousands of subordinates.  At this moment, a young scholar ran out of a wine shop and cheered loudly: "The fight is about to start." Duan Tianshui and Zhang Jian were stunned. As Chinese, they also like to watch the excitement, so they stopped and wondered what the fight was about.  .  Who knew that a few more scholars would come out later, and one scholar said: "The rise of the Song Dynasty begins from now on!" This comes from the sentence Wang Ju carved in Hengqu Academy, reading for the rise of the Song Dynasty.  Studying is for the country, not for the golden house or the beauty!  "My dear brother, what caused the fight?" Zhang Jian couldn't help but stop a scholar to ask.  "The imperial court issued an edict to officially start the summer expedition." The original plan was to start the summer expedition in late March.  At that time, the weather was just right, and there was still some supplies and armor that could not be sent to the front line in time. The Koreans gotOnce the weapons are obtained, it will also have to be then that they can be sent to the front line and create some constraints on the Liao Kingdom.  But because of Hei Khan's sudden use of troops, Wang Ju had to advance the action nearly a month.  The imperial court negotiated peace. Since ancient times, China's diplomacy has been very clumsy. It has been benevolent and righteous in foreign affairs and trustworthy in foreign affairs. It has forgotten how the Qin State unified China step by step during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. What happened to the Qi State who talked about benevolence, justice and trustworthiness in the end.  Wang Ju doesn¡¯t even want to talk about this issue anymore.  Therefore, there must be a justifiable reason. This reason is that the sentence An's merits are better than sending slaves, directly breaking Helan, and the mainstay is in the middle.  We in the Song Dynasty have such a huge advantage that we actually agreed to negotiate peace, but why do you Xixia send scouts to sneak into Shaanxi Road to spread this rumor and alienate our Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers?  Since you Xixia have no idea of ??abiding by peace, why do we in the Song Dynasty still abide by this peace agreement?  Could it be that the Song Dynasty was so despicable?  In this way, righteousness will be achieved.  So Huanqing Road and Fuyan Road arrested these Xixia scouts and used severe torture to obtain confessions, and then sent these scouts to the capital, and finally to the Liao Kingdom.  It's not that we, the Song Dynasty, don't give you face, but that Xixia forced us, the Song Dynasty, to tear up the peace treaty.  But before these scouts were sent to the capital, these confessions were sent to the capital on fast horses, so the capital issued an edict, tore up the peace treaty, and issued an edict to formally conquer Xia, or in other words, formally end Xia.  The edict began to be issued before the two entered Zhongshu, but because of their low status, they did not hear it.  Perhaps these scholars had certain connections. They had just heard this edict, so they were extremely happy and cheered.  "Okay!" Zhang Jian slapped his thigh. This was not only good news for the Song Dynasty, but also good news for the two of them!  
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