Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

The outstanding employees of the factory are still waiting for help in the Taihu Triangle area. If they want to dredge the Greater Huangpu, they naturally have to rely on local civilian workers, plus the soldiers of the Jinshan Guard, Qingcun Zhongqian Station, and Nanhuizui Zhonghou Station. .

The Ninghai Guards of Jiaxing Prefecture, the Linshan Guards and the Guanhai Guards of Shaoxing Prefecture also dispatched some soldiers to cross Hangzhou Bay by boat and rush to Songjiang Prefecture to help. Unfortunately, the wind and waves were high and the ships were really limited, so they did not send more soldiers.

But no matter what, when the Imperial Master spoke out, everyone was still shocked.

"What are you talking about? It takes five days to open the waterway from Dahuangpu to Fanjiabang?"

Huang Zhifu, who was listening to the rain under the eaves, was startled. His first reaction was that he was hearing hallucinations in his ears.

The steward replied: "The Imperial Guard sent people to say that the military situation on the front line is very strong. Now there is no time to delay. The food collected from the gentry must be transferred to the front lines near the three lakes near Taihu Lake as soon as possible, otherwise the army will be No more hunger."

Exchanging the deed for food is only the first step to solve the immediate crisis. The second step is to transport the food to the front line.

Land transportation is obviously impossible. The only feasible way is to first take the Maohe-Dahuangpu waterway and then turn to the Wusong River.

The Wangting-Xushuguan section of the Grand Canal is an artificial waterway, so heavy rains at this time caused the water level to rise above the dam, and the sluices could not regulate flood discharge at all, so it was not feasible.

However, the Wusong River's natural waterway is clogged with sludge and the water flow is relatively gentle, so gentle that it is not much different from the flow rate of the lake. At this time, even rowing against the current to transport grain is feasible.

But the question is, how to get through Dahuangpu?

After reading the official documents handed over by Jiang Xinghuo and ordering Magistrate Huang to follow him to Shanghai County to recruit civilian laborers to carry out the project, Huang Ziwei felt his head hurt.

"Absurd! Is the Imperial Master crazy?"

Huang Ziwei jumped up from the rocking chair and felt dizzy for a moment.

"A usable river channel can't be dug in not just five days, but even fifty days! In such a large area, does he think he is like a child digging mud ponds?"

After that bran porridge feast, Huang Ziwei felt that Jiang Xinghuo, a young Imperial Master, was quite reliable. He was quite pleased that he could actually deflate this group of gentry who were usually so arrogant that their nostrils were glaring.

But who would have known that he would turn around and make such an outrageous proposal as to get through Dahuangpu in five days!

"etc!"

Huang Ziwei suddenly pondered for a few breaths, turned around and asked, "Is that poor scholar Ye Zongxing going to see the imperial master?"

Huating County Government.

Wang Ji, the magistrate of Huating County who was occupied by the dove, kept smiling while glaring fiercely at the black young man in front of him with straw sandals and toes exposed under his long gown.

The young man had a dark complexion, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his skin was as rough as if he had just come out of a mine.

"I am Ye Zongxing, a member of the famous sect, a distinguished scholar, a member of the Ye family in Luhui, Huating, and have met the Imperial Master."

Jiang Xinghuo buried his head in the papers, and then he raised his head and looked at the powerful man in front of him who had reached the Great Perfection of Scholarship.

The imperial examination in Songjiang Prefecture was relatively intractable. Just now, Wang Ji, the Magistrate of Caiting County, mentioned to him that this Ye Xiucai had not passed the examination for many years, and he did not know why he had recommended himself now.

However, the attendants around Jiang Xinghuo didn't have the habit of looking down on others. Since he was wandering around the county office saying that he had something important to do and wanted to see the imperial master, he was brought in after a body search to confirm that he was not dangerous.

After all, there is a lot of people in front of the imperial master's door, and even a living person is considered a rare visitor.

In the eyes of the gentry and scholars in Songjiang Prefecture, Jiang Xinghuo, who had bloodbathed the eunuchs of Changzhou Prefecture, was no different from the God of Plague. If he could be sent away as soon as possible, he would be sent out of the country with gifts as soon as possible. If he could not be sent away, no one would come to visit him.

"Ye Xiucai came here to ask for an audience. Why?"

Although Jiang Xinghuo was pressed for time and needed to finish the pile of official documents before leaving Huating County for Shanghai County, he was not so urgent that he had no time to say a few words to Ye Xiucai.

More importantly, Jiang Xinghuo felt keenly that the black young man opposite did not seem to want to cling to a powerful person, but actually wanted to see him for something.

However, when he asked this question, he found hesitation and confusion flashing on Ye Zongxing's face.

"Lord, National Preceptor."

Ye Zongxing stuttered. Apart from introducing himself neatly, he obviously didn't know how to answer. He was probably still a young man who was afraid of society.

After a while, he took a deep breath, and then he raised his hand and said, "I heard that the Imperial Guard is recruiting civilians to open up Dahuangpu?"

"exactly."

There is nothing to keep secret about this matter. There are too many civilians needed, and Shanghai County will definitely not be able to meet them. Therefore, Huating County also needs to recruit some people to accompany them to the north. Jiang Xinghuo just explained this matter to Wang Ji, the magistrate of Huating County. After doing it, the Songjiang prefect informed him to write a letter to the Shanghai magistrate and summon the people in advance.

"I dare to ask the Imperial Master, but are you planning to merge Jiangpu?"

Jiang Xinghuo was slightly startled. Is this someone who knows about water conservancy?

These days, there are not many people who know the water conservancy profession, and Song Li is the only one around him.

In fact, this is because Jiang Xinghuo did not read enough. In the history of his previous life, it was Ye Zongxing, the scholar, who also asked to see Xia Yuanji, the imperial envoy who came to control the floods, and proposed the same set of flood control strategies, that is, using The old Dongjiang River passes through Dahuangpu and connects to Shanghai Pudong. Then the new Fanjiabang waterway is excavated in the Bailianjing area, and it meets the Wusong River waterway in Lujiazui and flows into the sea.

In just one year, Fanjiabang was opened, and a large amount of stagnant water stranded in Shanghai and Zhejiang, like thousands of horses galloping, passed through the old route of the Dongjiang River - Dahuangpu - Shanghai Pu - Fanjiabang, and captured Lujiazui to the Wusong River at the outlet. The old road flowed straight into the sea, forming the later Huangpu River.

Now when it came to the water conservancy profession, Ye Xiucai became more articulate and obviously more confident.

He stated his method to Jiang Xinghuo.

The specific method is to widen Shanghai Pu to connect it with Dahuangpu at Zhagang, dig deep and extend the new waterway of Fanjiabang to become a new downstream waterway of Dahuangpu, and divert the water from Dahuangpu to the northeast. The Wusong River is the mainstream river, and the Huangpu is a tributary. After this operation, after the "Jiang-Pu Confluence", the Huangpu becomes the mainstream river, and the Wusong River becomes a tributary of the Huangpu.

"It's almost the same method, but now that the situation is urgent, we have to do something rough."

Jiang Xinghuo didn't know this person, so he was on guard. Who knew whether he might be a local gentry or a member of the White Lotus Sect who came to inquire about information and then cause sabotage? Therefore, it is naturally impossible to reveal the specific plan to a scholar who has only met him once.

“But we can’t dig the entire Dahuangpu in five days.”

Ye Zongxing said sincerely: "Not to mention widening Shanghai Pu, digging deep and extending Fanjiabang, just digging out the blocked Dahuang Pu is not something that can be accomplished in five days."

In fact, in the eyes of everyone, Jiang Xinghuo's order was simply a fantasy.

Because this matter does sound a bit mysterious.

You must know that the Huangpu River and the Wusong River at this time are not connected. Fanjiabang next to Dahuangpu is another turning river, and Dahuangpu, as the downstream of Mao Lake or Mao River, with the heavy rain Advent has actually formed a large-scale barrier lake.

The so-called Mao Lake is a lake that gradually formed naturally in low-lying areas after the water from Taihu Lake flows to Songjiang Prefecture. The water from Mao Lake flows toward Guputang and Xietang in the southeast, and disperses toward Zoumatang, Nianzhanggang, and Lujiaqu in the east. Various branch canals pass through Zhanjiahui, reach Henglijing, and finally reach Dahuangpu, where they accumulate to form another lake.

Taihu Lake, Maohu Lake and Dahuangpu, look like "O——0——0" from the map.

At present, Ye Zongxing is not the only one who thinks about opening up the Dahuangpu River and changing the course of the Wusong River, directly abandoning the silted lower reaches of the Wusong River, allowing the Wusong River to join the Mao River to the end of Dahuangpu, and then pass through Fanjiabang to expand the water system. Then it enters the sea directly through Pukou.

But the problem is that the amount of this project is so huge that the local government is afraid to undertake it.

For such a large barrier lake, if you use manpower to dig it, you will definitely need to build and dig embankments, but the floods don't care about you. If you are not careful about the middle, the embankment will collapse prematurely, and many, many lives will be lost!

And how to control the water flow? How to compensate for the destruction of farmland on both sides of the Taiwan Strait? If he loses money, he won't even be able to afford it if he sells the Songjiang government office.

——That’s all the land of the gentry!

"I have my own way."

Jiang Xinghuo couldn't and had no need to explain anything to Ye Zongxing, so he had no choice but to answer like this.

"Master National Preceptor, you are asking a civilian to die!"

Ye Zongxing said angrily: "Even if you have a noble status, you can't ignore the lives of the people for your own personal likes and dislikes!"

Of course, Jiang Xinghuo would not treat the lives of ordinary people as trivial matters. Looking at the other party, Jiang Xinghuo said sincerely: "Don't worry, no one will die."

However, in Ye Zongxing's eyes, Jiang Xinghuo still looked calm and calm, and seemed not to take this matter to heart at all.

"伱......"

Ye Zongxing was very angry, but he didn't know what to say.

"Master Imperial Master, since you want to do this dangerous job, there is one thing you must consider clearly."

"The excavation of the barrier lake is extremely dangerous." Ye Zongxing said solemnly, "If something happens, don't regret it!"

Ye Zongxing snorted coldly and left with a puff of sleeves.

Jiang Xinghuo said nothing, shook his head, and continued to immerse himself in the documents in front of him. Before leaving Huating County and heading to Shanghai County, he still had a lot of official documents to process. Reports on the disaster relief situation and material transfers in various places were flowing in continuously. Come.

Wang Ji, the magistrate of Huating County, also left wisely.

The Imperial Master was crowded into the same place as him, so naturally he could only stay in the front office and work. Instead, the rather young Magistrate Wang stamped his feet and sighed.

"Oh, it's so nice to be young!"

Looking at Ye Zongxing's leaving figure, Wang Ji sighed and said with a deep look to the people around him: "I was young when I was young. At that time, I was full of energy and passion. I felt that as long as we hoe the strong, help the weak, and uphold justice, God will win." Any wrongdoing below should be corrected. Unfortunately, as time goes by, more and more things have changed, and more and more things are confusing."

Regarding the matter of digging up Dahuangpu, Wang Ji certainly felt that it was inappropriate, but he did not dare to dissuade him in the slightest, and he only dared to complain a few words here.

"County Lord, haven't you always disliked Ye Zongxing?" asked the confidant next to him.

"What do you know?"

Wang Ji rolled his eyes at him and straightened his official hat.

The much older county magistrate sighed silently in his heart: "I don't like that I didn't become the Wang Ji that I wanted to be when I was young. That's why I particularly dislike Ye Zongxing, who is always outspoken!"

PS: [Important reminder (there is no charge for this content)] Chapters 316 to 356 are about the rectification of officialdom and the suppression of rebellions in Jiangnan. They do not contain any theoretical knowledge. They are all practical content. If you are not interested, you can jump directly to Chapter 366. "Class" will contain theoretical knowledge content from now on.