Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 587 Make yourself smart
Enter the concert hall!
Lu Meng was holding the latest newspaper in his hand, watching Song Bai who was eloquent in the lobby of the entrance hall, expressing his views and opinions.

Song Bai was extremely talkative, and he stood out from the crowd among all the officials and celebrities who discussed politics.

In ancient times, transportation was inconvenient, and it was difficult for major national events to spread throughout the world.

In the Han Dynasty, in order to let more people understand the general trend of the world, a workplace called "di" appeared.

The official government of the imperial court conveyed the general situation of the world to the "mansion" in the form of books and silk, and then the postman passed the news to the local "mansion" for the reading of scholars all over the world.

The news conveyed by the postman is therefore called Dibao.

Scholars rely on this mechanism to know the affairs of the world without going out.

With the development and progress, "Di" was renamed Jinzuoyuan in Tang Dynasty.

Scholars, scholars, and even officials from all over the world gathered in the Jinzou Academy to copy official documents and learn about the general trend of the world.

They are all caring people, and when they get together, they will inevitably express their opinions and discuss state affairs.

Gradually, Jinzaoyuan also developed into a social place.

Therefore, the duty of Jin Zou Yuan is not only to print newspapers, but also to provide a free and public place to discuss politics.

There are many foreign officials who come to Beijing on official business. They are not familiar with the place where they are born, and they don't know where to go. Entering the Zouyuan is the best place.

There are also celebrities from all over the world who want to be famous, as well as Beijing officials who have no official duties, will gather here to debate.

Compared to talking freely in restaurants, teahouses or even brothels.

The discussion of politics in Jinzuoyuan is obviously more formal.

Song Bai then talked about the management of the Yellow River.

With the erosion of water and soil in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the Yellow River carried a large amount of sediment from the Loess Plateau out of the Sanmen Gorge, making the lower plains a suspended river above the ground.

Stopping the flow of the Yellow River means changing its course and flooding.

Historically, after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River suffered from the flooding of the Yellow River. Especially during the Renzong period of the Song Dynasty, when Puyang broke through, most of the river turned northward again, retracing the old route of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, passing through the Wei River into Tianjin and out to the sea.More than ten years later, the Yellow River broke through again in the Damingfu area, and a waterway went eastward, forming a spectacle of two rivers in the northeast of the Yellow River entering the sea in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty.

The appearance of Luo Youdu can change history, but it can't change this damn ecology.

When Mother River should get mad, she would not show face to Luo Youdu, a traverser.

This winter, the Yellow River dredging project is not optimistic.

Therefore, in line with the current situation, the plan for harnessing the Yellow River has become the mainstream of the topic.

Song Bai was obviously well prepared in this regard, responding to the classics and discussing the classics with eloquence.

"I think that if you want to control the Yellow River, you can't blindly build dikes and dams. The dikes can only be effective for a while. They block the water, but they also retain the sediment. The more the sediment accumulates, the day will be lost. The old saying goes:' The Yellow River is clear, and the world is peaceful'. We can't just look at the present and make the water of the Yellow River more turbid. We should follow the example of Dayu and the King of Han Dynasty in the past. Blocking is worse than sparse. In order to prevent the Yellow River from diverting and destroying farms, we should build tributaries. Help divert the flow of the Yellow River and make it go to sea smoothly."

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Lu Meng was looking at Song Bai who was eloquent, and secretly sighed in his heart: In terms of the breadth of knowledge, it is really amazing.

Such a character?

Will it really take bribes?
Lu Mengzheng couldn't believe it.

It turned out that they ran into the servants of the Chen family that night and secretly sent two carts of big gifts.

Guo Zhi's occupational disease broke out, and he secretly followed the Chen family's carriage back to Chen's house.

This matter left a thorn in the two hearts, which could not be removed.

But the two of them didn't know the details or what happened, so they didn't dare to think too much.

After all, Song Bai, as a rising star of scholars, has high expectations for many great sages, and they all hope that he can carry the banner of a new generation of scholars and call on more people to learn from him.

Lu Mengzheng was also a lonely child, and he admired Song Bai's literary talent and experience.

I don't want to believe that such a person would do illegal things behind his back.

In the past few days, Lu Mengzheng came to the Zouyuan every day to copy newspapers, listen to the arguments and increase his knowledge.

Every time I listen to Song Bai's speech, I feel more and more that there is a little misunderstanding.

To this day, when he was copying newspapers, he discovered an article by Chen Wenxian.

The article is written about Mount Tai, with a lot of rhetoric, using Mount Tai as a metaphor for the new dynasty, praising the virtues of today's sons, which are comparable to those who practiced Zen in the past.

The article is quite satisfactory, and the spirit of flattery is too heavy.

In connection with the events of that night, Lu Mengzheng had no choice but to suspect something tricky.

After looking at Song Bai for a while, Lu Meng was turning around and leaving. He took his transcribed newspaper and went to discuss with Guo Zhi.

Song Bai wiped off the sweat from his forehead, returned to his seat under the admiration of everyone, and then bowed slightly to his superior, Liu Zai.

There was some eagerness in his eyes. Ever since he realized that he was being questioned, he immediately noticed the wrong direction of the wind and felt the danger.

He originally relied on Liu Zai's trust and respect to have power that he did not possess.

There are so many doubts that Liu Zai may take back his privileges.

Song Bai responded immediately. Entering the Zouyuan was related to certain deficiencies in newspaper distribution, which would also affect the newspaper's income.

Push the current situation to policy issues, start to improve, and at the same time facilitate your own small actions.

He knew that Luo Youdu attached great importance to the newspaper. As long as Luo Youdu agreed to his system reform, it meant that the newspaper's weakness was a system problem, not his cause.

Ruoluo Youdu can praise a few words, saying that his reforms hit the nail on the head.

Entering the Zouyuan, no one would dare to say a word of nonsense behind their backs.

Opposing him is tantamount to opposing, praising his Luo Youdu.

A complex expression flashed across Liu Zai's face. He had just received Song Bai's corrections and reforms on some issues in the Newspaper Department of the Jinzhao Academy.

Liu Zai applauded when he saw it.

It's just that the reform of the newspaper department is not something under Song Bai's jurisdiction.

"Could it be that I have attached great importance to him, given him power beyond his own job, and made him proud of his talent?"

Seeing Song Bai humbly chatting with the people around him in a low voice, he didn't feel like it.

Looking at the polite Song Bai, Liu Zai really looked like his beloved son who had passed away for many years. He thought of the recent gossip in Jinzuoyuan and found an excuse for him.

"Maybe it's because of his poor grades. As the proud son of heaven, he is a little anxious. It's inevitable that young people are not calm enough."

Thinking of this, Liu Zai frowned and felt relieved.

On the second day, Luo Youdu received Liu Zai's memorial. Liu Zai was not greedy for merit, and truthfully stated what Song Bai meant.

Looking at Liu Zai's memorandum, Luo Youdu rubbed his brain, which was worried about the Yellow River incident, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the pen on the table, tore off a note, and wrote One sentence: "Strictly investigate Song Bai and Jinzuoyuan!"

He folded the note solemnly, put it in the kit, handed it to the servant and said, "Send the kit to Wu Desi and give it to Zhang Jin."

(End of this chapter)