Chapter 28
After school this day, Gu Yunji was about to pack up and go back to the dormitory, but Xu Chengyu, the head of the mountain, called him alone to his office and lesson preparation room.

Xu Chengyu took out an article and asked, "You wrote this?"

Gu Yunji took a look and found that it was the article about the Yellow River governance strategy that he had handed to Chen He, so he nodded: "It was indeed written by a student."

Xu Chengyu glanced at him, and tentatively said: "Planting trees, stabilizing water and soil... I don't believe that you can have such insights just because you read a few books introducing Guanzhong. Can you tell me how you came up with it?"

Gu Yunji knew that Xu Chengyu was very knowledgeable, so he would not be able to fool him if he made up some random titles, so he said: "My grandfather has a lot of research on the management of the Yellow River, and he often mentions it in front of us on weekdays. The students will remember it in their hearts after listening to it a lot. Later, I learned about the geography of the Guanzhong area, so I came up with these river control strategies."

Xu Chengyu had a half-smile: "Really? How do I remember that when Mr. Gu was an official, he admired Mr. Shouren's thoughts on the mind, advocated self-cultivation and self-cultivation, and pursued the original heart. I never thought that after he became an official, he would actually care about it." These chores are here."

"This...I..." Seeing that the lie was seen through, Gu Yunji didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Okay, I won't embarrass you anymore." Xu Chengyu put away the article, "No matter how you came up with it, I think the strategy you proposed is very reasonable. My daughter Shuhua said that you still know foreign languages?"

Gu Yunji replied: "Yes. Students love to read some foreign books since they were young, and after a long time, they will learn by themselves."

Xu Chengyu stopped distinguishing the truth from what he said, and said, "You know both river management and foreign languages. I heard that you passed the county test last year? You are so young, so amazing." Turn, "Do you want to worship me as a teacher?"

Gu Yunji replied honestly: "Yes, the students have admired the head of the mountain for a long time, and it would be a great honor to listen to the head of the mountain if they have the opportunity."

Xu Chengyu pondered: "Well——I also kind of want to accept you as a disciple now." Seeing Gu Yunji's surprised expression, he paused, "But I don't know you well enough. They are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and the closed door disciples are naturally no worse than the senior brothers."

"The next monthly college exam, as long as you can get into the top three of this year's new students, I will accept you as an apprentice, how about it?"

Gu Yunji was overjoyed: "Thank you, Master Shan, the students will definitely work hard." There are about 50 freshmen this year, and all of them are not weak. It is not easy to get into the top three, but fortunately Xu Chengyu made a promise, no matter what, He will do his best.

But Xu Chengyu patted him on the shoulder: "Young people must be vigorous. You should say that you will definitely be in the top three in the exam. Let me prepare the meeting gift when I accept apprentices in advance!"

Gu Yunji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he could only pat his chest and said, "Yes! The students will definitely be among the top three in the exam, and the head of the mountain will just wait and see how I perform!"

Seeing this, Xu Chengyu nodded in satisfaction and waved him away.

One month later, in the imperial palace in the capital.

Emperor Jingfeng Li Zheng threw the memorial to the ground, and said angrily: "I have decided to patrol the Yellow River, and this group of civil servants is still making noise. There is even a censor writing a memorial to scold me for wasting people's energy! How could they Don’t think about it, if it wasn’t for the fact that the strategy of river governance hasn’t come to a conclusion yet, why would I go to such lengths to see it myself!”

The eunuchs and maids in the palace were so frightened that they fell to the ground, not daring to breathe.

Minister Pan Shiliang took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, don't get angry. Be careful not to lose your temper. The Yellow River issue is related to our Great Xia's national destiny, and it affects the whole body. Ministers should treat it with caution, and it is normal to have many discussions."

Emperor Jingfeng snorted through his nose and said, "Is it possible that I don't know about them? If the strategy of governing the river changes, a new batch of ministers in charge of this matter will have to be replaced. How many people's jobs have been moved by this coming and going, of course they don't know." Willing to give up."

"Everyone said that they should follow Dayu's law, dredging and dredging. The key is that all dynasties have been dredging. I don't know how much people and resources are spent, but the Yellow River still floods frequently. The embankment burst eight years ago destroyed the How many fields and how many people have died, why don't these people learn a lesson!"

Emperor Jingfeng was young and hot-tempered, and he had not been on the throne for a long time. He couldn't get used to these old-fashioned courtiers. At this time, he sat up from his chair and walked around the palace cursing.

Cursing and cursing, he said to Pan Shiliang: "When I first saw your method of attacking sand with a beam of water, I thought it was quite reliable. I wanted to ask the Ministry of Industry to calculate the amount of work involved, so I can go and do it for you." You persuaded all the ministers. Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Industry blew up the pot first, and one and two gave me an excuse, saying that you are a traitor who deceives the emperor, that you are not clear about people, and that you are breaking the rules passed down from your ancestors. Hold my nose and call me a fool!"

Pan Shiliang didn't dare to answer the words, bowed and said: "Your Majesty is serious. You don't have to worry about it. You should first make a regulation for patrolling the river and go to the Yellow River to do a careful survey. Which method is better will naturally come to a conclusion at that time." .”

As he said that, he took out Gu Yunji's article from his sleeve and handed it to Emperor Jingfeng: "Speaking of the strategy of river control, I recently saw an article with a very novel point of view, please read it, Your Majesty."

Emperor Jingfeng nodded while watching: "Afforestation...Although I have never heard of this method, it makes sense. Who wrote this? Call him, I want to meet him."

Pan Shiliang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid we won't be able to see him for a while. This person's name is Gu Yunji, he is only 15 years old, he is a student of Luxi College, and I have never seen him before. This article was sent to my minister by Xu Chengyu, the head of the mountain." .”

Emperor Jingfeng was very surprised when he heard the words: "You are only 15 years old, and you are still a student, but you are so amazing! Which family's children?"

Pan Shiliang said: "A descendant of the Gu family in Songjiang, the former Grand Master Gu Zhengde is his grandfather."

"After a famous family, it's no wonder..." Emperor Jingfeng pondered, and then he looked at Pan Shiliang, "Then according to what Pan Qing saw, the methods mentioned in this article, especially the sentence 'Three strategies in parallel can protect the Yellow River's tens of millions How reliable is "Nian An Ran Wu Yu'?"

Pan Shiliang replied truthfully: "The short-term and middle-level strategies in this article are exactly the issues that I have been arguing with the princes in the court, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages. As for the long-term strategy, I have similar ideas before, but I have never practiced it." However, I don’t know how it works.”

"Besides, the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River are very vast. If you really want to plant trees everywhere, the project will be huge and the cost will be unimaginable. The results will not be seen in the short term. It is not the work of a generation. Therefore, I am not sure whether this method is really effective. .”

Hearing this, Emperor Jingfeng became thoughtful: "Gu Yunji...you still have to meet him once. After this river patrol, you can take the opportunity to go south and take a stroll in the south of the Yangtze River. By the way, you can also visit Xu Chengyu's Luxi Academy ..."

However, Gu Yunji, who was in Luxi Academy, didn't know anything that happened in the palace. At this time, he was preparing wholeheartedly for the upcoming monthly exam of the academy.

(End of this chapter)

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