The Prosperous Era of Longwan

When he arrived at the school registration hall, Wei Guangde got out of the car. His entourage held an umbrella and quickly entered the hall.

After signing the register at the concierge, Wei Guangde soon arrived at his courtyard, where Lu Bu was already waiting outside the courtyard gate.

"It's raining so hard, why are you waiting here to write a book?"

Wei Guangde said casually and went in without looking back. Lu Bu took the umbrella from the Wei family's attendant and hurried after him.

If it hadn't rained, the Wei family's entourage wouldn't even be able to enter the school's recording hall.

When I entered the check-in room, it was already neatly decorated with lintels, and all the manuscripts that needed to be proofread and recorded today had been put away.

Having followed Wei Guangde for several years, Lu Bu certainly knows the working habits of adults.

Not long after sitting down, Lu Bu served hot tea and left the room.

Wei Guangde took a sip of tea, nodded, put down the tea cup, and then started to work.

After an unknown amount of time, Wei Guangde finally finished proofreading the first manuscript of the day. After putting it away, he got up and walked around the room, stretching his hands and feet.

It was still raining heavily outside the house. I glanced outside the door inadvertently and saw Du Lubu running in from the door of the courtyard. The raincoat on his body was still dripping.

"Why, I went out and heard some news again."

Wei Guangde smiled.

"Sir, there is not much news today. Only some memorials from other places came to Beijing, which aroused everyone's discussion."

Lu Bu replied hurriedly.

"What's causing everyone's discussion?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously.

"It's just what happened in Huguang two days ago."

Lu Bu said, but when he saw Wei Guangde's confused eyes, he suddenly realized that his master probably didn't know about this matter.

"Don't you know that the Huguang Chengtian Guards are causing trouble?"

"Tell me, I really don't know."

Perhaps both Lu Bu and Zhang Ji felt that Huguang had nothing to do with their master, so they didn't tell him about it.

Now that Lu Bu started, Wei Guangde knew something was happening over there, so he naturally wanted to find out.

"In order to demand food and fodder, the Huguang Chengtian Guards gathered a crowd and rushed into the Chengtian Mansion Yamen, beating the scribes."

Lu Bu told Wei Guangde everything, and then said, "Previously, the governor impeached Hu Jiong, the commander of the camp, and Cao Ming failed to manage the food supply on time. Zhu Shuai, the palm seal, did not strictly restrain him, and Zheng Wenmao, the prefect of Chengtian, used excessive punishment. The crime should be discussed.”

"Zheng Wenmao actually beat the leader to death for this. He really went overboard and caused an uproar among the sergeants. He deserves to be humiliated."

Wei Guangde commented, "How did your Majesty respond?"

"It seems to be said that the sergeant's tricks are such that he will humiliate the ministers, so he will order the garrison officers to arrest the culprits and punish them, and then all the officials will ask the censor."

Lu Bu frowned and thought for a while before saying, he must have seen the manuscript, so he knew the emperor's approval.

"oh."

Wei Guangde just shook his head slightly when he heard this. The perpetrator Zheng Wenmao was actually fine, and the emperor only held the general responsible for his negligence.

This is how the emperor dealt with troubles. No wonder the military attachés of the Ming Dynasty had no face at all in front of civil servants.

"In addition, there was news from Sichuan yesterday. More than 200 Renshou thieves also entered the city, robbed the treasury, killed people and seized treasures, and then fled to Yongbo. Sichuan Governor Tan Lun and Inspector Li Tinglong impeached Minister Lu Yin for this matter, and Governor Zhou Da Xiu and other officials involved in the accident."

Lu Bu told Wei Guangde all the news he had heard recently. Anyway, the master was resting at the moment. When he really wanted to study, how dare he tell him this and disturb the master's work.

After another two days of this, the rain in the capital finally subsided. However, reports of disasters in surrounding prefectures and counties also followed one after another. The mood of the officials in the capital did not become lighter because of the lighter rain. On the contrary, they became more sad and worried.

After the heavy rain in the capital finally subsided, a report was sent from Nanzhili. The Yellow River burst its banks again in Peixian County, flooding thousands of miles, and countless people were affected.

At this time, the new river project that Zhu Hengli was mainly building was not completed. For a while, the officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Beijing wrote letters to impeach Zhu Heng, thinking that the new river would never be built, and that Zhu Heng's actions had harmed the country and the people.

For a time, Zhu Heng became like a rat crossing the street in the capital.

The situation of his rival Pan Jixun was not good either. He and Zhu Heng were both ministers of water control. The bursting of the Yellow River caused a catastrophe. Naturally, he was also criticized verbally and writtenly, but it was Shangguan Zhu Heng who stood up for him first.

Regarding Zhu Heng's current encounter, Wei Guangde and others could only stand by and watch, and it was really difficult to participate.

In fact, the management of the Yellow River has been a difficult problem from ancient times to the present, and it has never been completely solved.

Different from the Yellow River seen by later generations, in this era, the Yellow River's mouth was not in the Bohai Sea, but was divided into three branches. The south branch was divided into three branches, flowing into the Luo River and Ying River into the Huaihe River, and the north branch was divided into three branches. Changyuan and Dongming rush into the Zhangqiu Canal, and the east branch leaves Guide from Zhaijiakou in Kaifeng, goes straight down to Xuzhou, and joins the Si River to enter the Huaihe River.

In other words, the water of the Yellow River in this era is flowing into the Yellow Sea.

All this was caused by the Yellow River bursting at Kaifeng and Jinglongkou in the second year of Hongzhi.

So far, there have been five documented cases of the Yellow River being diverted due to breaches. The first diversion occurred in the fifth year of King Ding of Zhou (602 BC). The Yellow River breached at Suxukou (now northeast of Huaxian County), and the river course started from the Yellow River. The old road moved 40 kilometers eastward, passing through Huaxian, Daming, Xiajin, and Qinghe, and then entered the Bohai Sea from Cangzhou and Huanghua. It was called Hanzhi River in history and lasted for 613 years.

The second major reroute occurred in the third year of the founding of the People's Republic of China by Wang Mang at the end of the Western Han Dynasty (AD 11). "The river broke through Wei County (now northwest of Puyang) and spread to several counties east of the Qinghe River." The river moved 80 kilometers eastward, passing through Puyang and Qingfeng. , Yanggu, Liaocheng, Linyi, Huimin, and then to Lijin where it entered the Bohai Sea. It was called the Eastern Han River in history and it lasted 1037 years.

Due to the favorable terrain of the river and Wang Jing's efforts in regulating the river, there were no floods throughout the Eastern Han, Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties.

The third major change of course occurred in the eighth year of Qingli reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (AD 1048), when the river broke through Shang Huxun in Chanzhou and entered the Bohai Sea from Qingxian and Tianjin.

The fourth major change of course of the Yellow River occurred in the fifth year of the Mingchang reign of Emperor Zhangzong of Jin Dynasty (1194 AD). The river broke through the Zhoushi Embankment of Wuguanglusi Village in Yangyang, passed eastward into the Cao, Dan, Xiao and Dang rivers, and entered the Yellow Sea through Yuntiguan at the mouth of the Qingjiang River.

That time in the second year of Emperor Xiaozong's reign was the fifth time that the Yellow River was diverted. It has been diverted five times, and there have been countless breaches during this period. This shows how difficult it is to control the Yellow River.

If you don't understand, don't speak. This is Wei Guangde's consistent view. Therefore, although he supports Zhu Heng, it is only because of his fellow villager relationship. It does not mean that he thinks Zhu Heng's method is good and can control floods.

However, now that things have developed, Wei Guangde also feels that the Yellow River seems to be completely rectified.

There is a very popular view in later generations about the Yellow River, that is, population activities destroyed the water and soil in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, resulting in serious soil and water loss.

However, Wei Guangde thought about these principles for two nights, but in the end he did not write a memorial and submit it. It was because he did not know how to argue.

King Yu has not yet ascended to the throne, so his words actually have little advantage over the emperor.

When the time comes to send it out for discussion by the ministry, how should he explain that there are more trees in the upper reaches?

Even if it is proven that that thing can reduce the total amount of sediment carried by the Yellow River, it is impossible to achieve results in the short term, and it will require the court to pour a lot of money into it.

Spending money on planting trees is worse than spending money on building river embankments. Wei Guangde believes that he will definitely lose in such a debate.

Still no longer showing off.

Wei Guangde made up his mind to shrink his head. The difference in concepts meant that what he knew could not have a market in this era and would not receive widespread support.

After Xiyuan was not approved and chose to stay in China, Zhu Heng seemed to feel the emperor's support. He continued to write letters to various places to speed up the progress of the New River Project, hoping to complete the project as soon as possible to show its effects and get rid of his current unfavorable situation.

However, Pan Jixun was still persistent in Shangshu, urging the restoration of the old routes of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal.

It was in the midst of such disturbances that Ouyang Yijing submitted a memorial to impeach the Guangxi military commander, the obedient Marquis Wu Jijue, and vigorously explained the dangers of leading troops.

On the same day, Wei Guangde received a note from Gao Yao, the Minister of Household Affairs, Zhao Bingran, the Minister of War, and Xu Jie of the Cabinet.

"hehe."

After reading it, Wei Guangde just shook his head and chuckled, then put the note in the box aside.

After leaving the office, he sent someone to tell Ouyang Yijing, "Wait to go to the military department."

Some people have been planning to transfer Ouyang Yijing from the household department to the military department. His sudden impeachment of the Guangxi military officer this time just confirmed to these people that since he likes military affairs, it is natural to transfer to the military department.

From the notes written by Gao Yao, Zhao Bingran and Xu Jie, Wei Guangde saw that they had reached an agreement.

It was just based on his relationship with Ouyang Yijing that the news was conveyed to him first.

Zhao Bingran.

Wei Guangde guessed that Zhao Bingran would agree because of the pressure from Xu Jie and Gao Yao. After all, he had just arrived and it would be difficult to offend the chief minister of the dynasty and the Minister of Household Affairs for many years.

Time passed by a few months before we knew it, and it was already October of the forty-fifth year of Jiajing.

"Sir, Hu Rugui, a doctor in the Civil Affairs Bureau of the same year as you, and the Civil Affairs Department sent a joint message to Hu Yingjia, who was in charge of the matter, asking you to go to Xianggui Garden to drink in the evening."

While talking, Lu Bu handed a post to Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde took it, looked at it, and asked casually: "Can the person tell you what happened?"

"No."

Lu Bu replied.

"knew."

Wei Guangde put down the post and continued his work.

Hu Rugui and Hu Yingjia, like him, were both Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing's reign, and they often gathered together in the same year in the capital.

In their generation, the most outstanding one was naturally Chuanlu Wei Guangde, who embraced Prince Yu's favor, and because Wei Guangde was generous, he had a strong voice in the same year.

Hu Rugui also had considerable influence in the same year. After all, he was a doctor in the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which was crucial to the future of civil servants.

As for Hu Yingjia, Du Ge Shi Zhong has a lot of power, but Wei Guangde doesn't think highly of him. Maybe it's because he manipulated Ouyang Yijing Sheng Du Shi Zhong Yi Yi, and it doesn't seem right to ask someone to do Du Shi Zhong. What a difficult thing.

If he can get people up, he can also get people down.

Especially as it was recently learned from Prince Yu's Palace that Emperor Jiajing seemed to be ill and had not left Yongshou Palace to play in Xiyuan for nearly half a month.

After leaving the office, Wei Guangde went back home first. After changing into his regular clothes, he was about to go out for a banquet. His disciples came to report that the military affairs department was in trouble. Ouyang Yijing came outside the house.

Wei Guangde smiled, and then walked to the door to greet the military officer.

Well, the future future of his generals will largely depend on this one.

"Shan Loi is going to Xianggui Garden for a banquet?"

Who would have known that the first thing Ouyang Yijing asked Wei Guangde when he saw him was whether he was going to be invited by Hu Rugui and Hu Yingjia to drink tonight.

"Is it possible?"

Wei Guangde immediately became alert and spoke.

"Find an empty room and I'll talk to you."

Ouyang Yijing whispered.

"follow me."

Wei Guangde took Ouyang Yijing to find an empty room, and all the servants were kicked out. Only then did Wei Guangde say, "Brother Si Zhi is here specifically for this matter?"

Ouyang Yijing nodded, "They also approached me before, but I pushed them away. I heard that today they posted a lot of posts to invite people. I guess they will find you, the same year, as the leader."

"Why exactly?"

Hearing this, Wei Guangde knew that it was probably very closely related. He just searched his memory and found that nothing major happened recently, but it was something related to the official department.

"What do Shandai think of Mr. Zhang Yongming, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Ouyang Yijing asked.

Although he felt strange in his heart, Wei Guangde still said: "Yongming is pure and prudent. After Yan Song resigned, he took the rectification of the law as his own responsibility. He is a rare talent in the court."

After saying that, Wei Guangde looked at Ouyang Yijing with questioning eyes, hoping that he could give him an answer.

"Among those of us who are doing things, we are the officials of science and education, and we are the ones who specialize in seizing people's hats. But you have to have a good reputation to seize people's hats. You will only take action when others have done something wrong or you have been offended in some way.

As for Hu Rugui and Hu Yingjia, they relied on the power in their hands. Alas, I am embarrassed to talk about some things in the six subjects. "

Ouyang Yijing just started and did not continue.

Wei Guangde frowned, "Could it be that the Sixth Section and the Ministry of Civil Affairs can still manipulate officials and be good at government affairs?"

"If we in the Sixth Section ask for something, if we find an official from the Sixth Department or some other government office, the other party will usually give him some face. Just like your family, I am afraid they have received various gifts from the Fujian government."

Ouyang Yijing opened his mouth and said, "I, all the military officers are in charge, and the military generals abroad also give me gifts every season."

"Who are they going to attack this time? Are they trying to drag me in?"

Wei Guangde probably understood that there was no good party tonight, and the turtle son had his own idea.

Suddenly, Wei Guangde thought of the person Ouyang Yijing had asked about just now, looked at Ouyang Yijing with wide eyes and said, "They want to get Zhang Yongming?"

Ouyang Yijing nodded, "The Metropolitan Procuratorate is more powerful than them. Master Zhang is naturally not afraid of them. Instead, he often beats them and arouses their resentment. It can be said that many people from the Sixth Section and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have gathered here On their side, they plan to find an opportunity to jointly impeach Mr. Zhang.

That Lord Zhang is from Xu Shoufu's side. I guess they are also afraid of causing Mr. Xu Ge's dissatisfaction, so they want to drag you in and borrow the tiger skin from Prince Yu's palace. "

"This is so, they are too courageous."

Wei Guangde frowned and said.

"Brother Laosi, otherwise I might really fall into someone else's trap tonight."

Wei Guangde rushed to Ouyang Yi and cupped his hands.

At the wine table, drink a few more glasses of wine, and agree to something in a haphazard manner.

"Come, let's have a banquet."

Wei Guangde shouted loudly outside, then turned to Ouyang Yijing and said: "They eat their food, let's eat it at home."

When he saw Zhang Ji when he came out, Wei Guangde ordered him to send someone to Xiangguiyuan immediately, saying that he had been suffering from wind and heat and was not suitable for the banquet.