Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 600 The Benefits of Being Poor

"The Chan and Hua dikes are narrow, and there is no way to kill the wrath of the Yellow River. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, the rivers have been mostly between Chan and Hua. If the original of the Liyang Nine Rivers is now diverted from the foot of Wenzi Mountain, passing through the golden embankment, and joining the Henglong, If it reaches the sea, the harm will be stopped!"

Luo Youdu read a sentence silently.

This sentence refers to the fact that Chanzhou and Huazhou are the most turbulent places in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the dams on both sides cannot withstand the water of the Yellow River.

When it is diverted from Liyang, it goes out of Wenzi Mountain in Huazhou, crosses Jindi, meets Henglong, and goes east together.

In the article, Jindi and Henglong do not refer to passes, but dams and ridges.

The Jindi Dam is located at the junction of Yanggu County and Fan County. It was the 12th year of Emperor Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty when the Yellow River burst. Wang Jingzheng, a water control expert, sent 10 migrant workers to control the river. He directed the construction of the left and right dikes to prevent The Yellow River flooded and was called "Golden Causeway" by later generations.

The current Jindi Dam refers to the left dike located in Linhuang, because the Yellow River has shown signs of moving northward three years after Zhou Xiande.Right dike is currently only used for flood control, but not for blocking the Yellow River.

With regard to river governance, Luo Youdu has recently sharpened his guns in front of the battle and frantically added some knowledge.

In the past few days, I have read more than 200 answers to the examination papers on water control, and I have also sorted out some experiences.

Chinese people have always had the courage to fight against the sky. Jia Yi of the Western Han Dynasty formed a set of theories about river governance in "Three Strategies for Harnessing Rivers".

The situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty was different. After hundreds of years of scouring, the Yellow River had become an above-ground river, and it was very difficult to dredge it. Wang Jing used a lot of manpower and material resources to dig mountains and highlands, break down the water-blocking facilities in the old river channels, and block the horizontal gullies. Thousands of embankments were built, the silted Bianqu was dredged, and the Yellow River and Bianqu were treated from top to bottom.

This action kept the Yellow River in peace for 800 years. Although there were inevitable dangers in every dynasty during the period, they were all within the control of manpower. After Wang Jing's governance, the Yellow River basically had a fixed course and never changed its course.

Until today...

Huang He became restless again.

Historically, the Song Dynasty’s management of the Yellow River failed extremely. After the Yellow River was diverted, they even violated the rules to achieve military purposes and forcibly diverted the diverted Yellow River again. They regarded the Yellow River as a defensive tool to prevent the Khitan from going south.

The mother river, which is related to people's livelihood, has been used by the military, which has caused great disasters. As far as the Northern Song Dynasty is concerned, the Yellow River is a veritable harmful river.

Most of the articles are mostly summarizing the experience of predecessors, but this Guo He proposed a feasible method.

Luo Youdu couldn't help being surprised, he hurriedly found a map, compared the place names on the map one by one, and was quite satisfied.

However, he does not know whether this method is feasible, but compared to the previous more than 200 articles, it is rare for Guo He to write out the specific implementation plan.

He patiently reviewed Guo He's other answers. Except for water control, the other answers were mediocre, and the articles on classics and history were also quite satisfactory.

"what……"

After yawning, Luo Youdu continued to read the rest of the exam papers.

He focused on river control, and spent half the night reviewing the remaining dozens of articles.

The vast majority of examinees gave their answers to the management of the Yellow River based on their own erudition, according to their own books, and based on their historical river management experience, to discuss their own views.

This is also of course, most candidates lack practical experience.

Apart from increasing Luo Youdu's knowledge, there were no real results.

However, there are still a small number of people who put forward pertinent opinions, among which Guo He is the most detailed one.

Luo Youdu also made a list of the Three Tripod Armors in due course.

Bi Shi'an won the first prize without hesitation, and everyone expected it.

Luo Youdu didn't deliberately suppress Bi Shi'an because he was Dou Yujun's disciple and future pillar of scholarly circles.

He has a certain understanding of Bi Shi'an, compared to Song Bai, a younger generation of scholarly leaders, it is better to let Bi Shi'an, who is strict with himself and lenient with others, help manage scholars.

The second place is Ma Shi, who is knowledgeable and has thousands of books in his mind. All his answers are quoted from classics, as if he is doing an open-book exam.

Tan Hualang is Shi Ying. Shi Ying's answer on how to control the Yellow River is remarkable, but he has a lot of experience in criminal law, and Luo Youdu's answer is amazing.

As for the rumors in later generations that Zhong Tan Hua Lang was happier than Zhong Zhuang Yuan, those are all nonsense.

Anyway, in Sanding Jia, Luo Youdu knows Bi Shi'an, Ma Shi, and Shi Ying, so how can you tell whether they are handsome or not?
As for Guo He, he is among the top three.

Strictly speaking, the combination of Guo He's other answers did not meet the standard of the top three and Jinshi.

But some people are seriously biased, so with the article on water control, Luo Youdu decided to make an exception and grant him the position of top three and Jinshi.

As soon as the imperial list was released, Bi Shi'an's name immediately resounded throughout the world.

This guy gave Wang Yansheng a severe beating, and it was a blessing in disguise. He was originally a prime minister, and he was taught by a famous teacher, so his cultural background was even deeper.

This time, he came to Beijing to rush for the exam as the No. [-] in the cloud, No. [-] in the Provincial Examination, No. [-] in the Palace Examination, and became the first good person in history to win three consecutive awards.

That day, Bi Shi'an finished washing early, and came outside the palace under the envious eyes of everyone.

At this time, a large number of Jinshi had gathered outside the palace. According to the rules of the Luo Yu court, on the second day after the announcement, all Jinshi would be received by Luo Youdu, and then a Jiying Banquet would be held for all high school Jinshi.

Compared with the Qionglin Banquet in the Song Dynasty, Luo Youdu's Jiying Banquet was much inferior in quality.

In order to please the literati, Zhao Kuangyin specially gave a banquet for Jinshi in Qionglin Garden, the imperial garden on the west side of Tokyo.And it has been built so that scholars all over the world yearn for this place, and it was finally built when Huizong was built.

Then within a few years, the Jinren went south...

Luo Youdu was not as bold as Zhao Kuangyin, and he was shy in his pocket, so he held a banquet in the side hall near the Jiying Hall in the examination room.

As for Qushui Liushang, a private project that is proud of the spring breeze, let them do it themselves, since the imperial court will not participate anyway.

Save if you can.

If the literati had enjoyed the treatment of the scholar-officials in the Song Dynasty, they would probably have started troubles long ago.

However, the literati in the Luo Yu Dynasty were all poor dicks who had never seen the world. They were already very satisfied with Luo Youdu's arrangement.

A literati who has never been rich has no definition of extravagance in his mind.

Seeing Bi Shi'an's arrival, Jinshi around came forward to say hello and hello.

They are all Jinshi of the same class, and they will have to help each other in the future.

Bi Shi'an is undoubtedly the most glorious one.

Ma Shi and Shi Ying also came forward to say hello.

The three of them are undoubtedly the most shining existence.

Luo Youdu met all the high school Jinshi in the palace. Bi Shi'an, Ma Shi, and Shi Yong were the leaders. There were 13 people from the second-class Jinshi background, and 36 people from the third-class Jinshi background. They were listed in front of the hall in batches.

Luo Youdu looked at the talented man next to him, casting a shadow over Huang He's mood, which was also very good at this moment.

If soldiers are the paradox of defending the country, then officials are the parts that make the country run.

Without soldiers, the country will no longer be safe, but without civil officials, the country cannot function and is in chaos.

Emphasizing literature over martial arts is not advisable, and so is emphasizing martial arts over literature.

All are indispensable.

(End of this chapter)