After Shao Song

Chapter 39 River Governor
On the seventh day after Zhao Guan's family arrived in Heyin, a light rain fell. Instead of cooling down, the weather felt warm, very similar to the Indian summer in Jiangnan in October.Zhao Jiu Meimei was basking in the sun and listening to Yu Yunwen's newspaper. Zhao Zicheng continued to go to the other side to inspect the hydrology. This time, he actually abducted Liu Hongdao. However, at this time, the official document that came quickly broke the comfortable atmosphere.

Zhao Guanjia only took a look at the style of the outer seal and knew that something big was coming.Zhang Rong and Liu Hongdao were immediately found, and two hours later, Chi Xinqi took the official document away again.The next day, both Heyin and Tokyo knew that Zhao Guanjia had issued an edict, and the imperial court formally established the River Governor's Office. Liu Hongdao dismissed the Liaodong pacification envoy and still served as the first River Governor as the Minister of War.

Zhang Rong's former subordinate You Xuexue was appointed as the admiral of military affairs in the Henan section of the river and managed the cleanup of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. He was regarded as his deputy.

The remaining Taoist priests are recommended by two people, with an initial quota of 15 people and a number of junior staff.Only Xiao En was appointed as the censor of the river patrol, and Zhao Zicheng, a member of the Ministry of Water Resources, was also appointed as the river judge, and they were considered to be official appointees.

Until Jianyan 13 years ago, the funds did not go to the Ministry of Accounts, but to Zhao Guan's family. Don't think that he suddenly changed his gender. They were all indemnities from the Qing Dynasty and Goryeo and the money from selling captives. No one knows the specific amount.

Ordinarily, the official system in the Song Dynasty was complicated, and the Zhao family hadn't fully figured it out for many years. They only knew that in addition to titles, they were also divided into "dispatched officials, appointed officials, and dismissed officials."For example, the silver green Guanglu doctor on Liu Hongdao's body is a casual official, indicating his rank; the Minister of War is a official, and his salary is divided according to this level. Then the Governor of Hedao is obviously a dispatcher, so the entire Hedao Yamen basically belongs to A temporary non-permanent department.

But even so, it is impossible for the Zhao official family to decide to set up a department with a slap on the head and an imperial decree, especially since he doesn't want to manage common affairs.In fact, since it was stated that he would govern the Yellow River in the next ten years, the central government has been discussing how to deal with it in accordance with his views. Therefore, although this decree was issued externally, in fact the general policy has been passed by the six ministries of the two governments. Approval is regarded as the decision of the highest authority of the Song Dynasty.

Then again, in this day and age, if the Zhao official family insists on boarding the train first and then paying for the fare, the two prefectures will probably have to agree.I'm just envious of the generous activity funds of the governor's yamen of Hedao. Among other things, the indemnity of Korea alone costs at least millions of guan and ten thousand taels of gold and silver.As for more from the Qing Dynasty, bah, that was originally the reserve of our Great Song Dynasty, and what they took away is called repayment.

There are a few more things worth mentioning. After seven years of editing and editing the Honglu Temple newspaper, Hu Quan finally turned around. The newspaper office was upgraded to the Propaganda Department and affiliated with the Ministry of Rites. Hu Quan also deservedly became Hu Langzhong. .In addition, because Zhai Ruwen and Dingyou were the former ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the minister Zhao Yuanxian was appointed as the minister.Xingyuan Prefecture Yin Li Jing (Li Gang's younger brother) was transferred to the position of Minister of Rites.

It can only be said that the two husbands were frightened by the officials. The personnel transfer was at least temporarily decided by the Absolute Holy Heart, which made Zhao Guan's family very depressed. They wrote back to comfort them and made it clear that they only wanted to be at the level of the Sixth Minister. It's your turn. Don’t work too hard and fail to do your best when you’re working hard.

With the department and money, Zhao Guan's family can no longer stay in Heyin. With his almost forgotten geographical knowledge, he knows that the source of frequent floods in the lower reaches is soil erosion in the upper reaches. Otherwise, he can As soon as the war is over, order Ningxia and Datong to return farmland to forests and grasslands to nourish water sources?What's more, the Yellow River stretches for thousands of miles, and the hydrology is definitely different. You still have to see it with your own eyes.Even though it was the money he dug out, it must be well spent.

So he waited for Liu Hongdao for a few more days to expand his manpower. On October [-], Zhao Guan's family set off again, this time by boat.

Although Zhang Rong would have to go to the upper reaches of the Yellow River in Ningxia sooner or later to set up defenses, there were still some problems with handling the giant warship, so he sent the official home first and set off without accompanying him.Zhao Guan's family was sitting on a newly refitted ship. This kind of ship was named after the water wheel in the bilge. It was pedaled by human power and could turn, advance and retreat freely.Nowadays, the north and south banks of the Yellow River are covered with Song soil. The farther west you go, the wider and smoother the river becomes.

What's more fateful is that this ship was actually left behind when Zhang Shuye led the army to encircle Liangshanbo, and later participated in the sneak attack on Xiao Wuyu. It was originally scrapped as a battleship and could only be dismantled or used as a passenger ship. After Zhao Guan's family heard about it, they decided to take a fancy to it and wanted to build a dragon boat. Zhang Rong had no choice but to assign a few more sailors.

While everyone was looking at the scenery, Yang Yizhong took a fur coat for the official family and put it on him, saying: "Guan family, I just asked Xiao Yushi that it is easy to get windy at this time, so you should take care of yourself. "

Zhao Guan's family has long been used to this, so they just tied it up and asked by the way: "You have been very close to Xiao En recently. This is not like your behavior. What is going on?"

Yang Yizhong was silent for a while, recalling the conversation that night, "Brother Xiao, since you have mentioned this, I must also tell the truth. The official family attaches great importance to the treatment of Huang, and for this reason, they did not hesitate to delay the princess's hairpin ceremony. In the army, I only have an old relationship with you. Tell me the truth. How much effort do you think it will take to cure Huang? Can you even say that it can be achieved?"

Xiao En also rarely put down his reckless attitude, took a big sip of wine, and said in a depressed tone: "You ask me to give you an accurate answer to the ghostly appearance of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. But don't be too pessimistic, I Seeing as those Liu Shilang and Zhao Guanren you brought are both doing practical things, maybe they can do it. Damn, I was really frustrated when I went to pick up that old emperor. Such a person forced everyone to become thieves, and when he came back, he How can he be the Supreme Emperor, but he still said something humanly, if the officials had been allowed to be officials earlier, we would not have to be water bandits, and the Jurchens who suffered from the plague would not have harmed our common people for more than ten years."

Thinking of this, Yang Yizhong lowered his head silently and only said: "I am all on official business. I will leave for another day and we will arrive in Luoyang. Henan Yin Liwei has sent a letter requesting to meet him at Sishui Pass."
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Theater dividing line——
I have been surfing the Internet these days and I know that after these episodes of the TV series were aired, there was a lot of criticism on the Internet. Even my daughter came to me to protest.Why should Song Shizu, who has been recognized as the most loving of the people among emperors for thousands of years and whom even Mr. Sun highly praised, be made so cold-blooded?

I would like to explain this. I have never denied Zhao Jiu's achievements, and I also lament that there could be such a benevolent king in the feudal era. However, historical dramas are not odes to emperors, and the current TV drama market is not lacking in odes to emperors. When we treat the feudal dynasty, we still We should take the essence and discard the dross.

When preparing for the filming, the crew consulted a large amount of official history and even the notes of literati at the time. In order to raise military expenses, he robbed monks of their wealth and increased taxes in the southern region. There are historical records.As for his conversation with Zhang Jun, "Will this force the people to rebel?" It also comes from the family records of Zhang Jun's descendants.So in general, Zhao Jiu's national sentiments are true, and his responsibility for his family and country is true, but his fight against gold and survival is still from the perspective of a ruler.

But I also hope that the audience will not ignore it. It is also shown in the TV series. Zhao Jiu stood in the Yaoshan Temple, looked at the memorial tablets everywhere, and burst into tears when there was no one around.As a son of Kansai, Qu Duan stood in the dark without saying a word.He never forgot his promise to Zhang Yongzhen throughout his life, and he could tell Zhang Rong that the money for your imperial navy was not given by me, but by the people of Henan, Guanxi and even Bashu. If you don't put an end to corruption by your subordinates, you are forcing They followed the old path of being forced by the government and the people to rebel, which made Zhang Rongdu surprised. Why did the government know the difficulties of the people?
To put it bluntly, I doubt whether he was sent to grow up among the people by his father Yangdi when he was a child, or whether he was not born in the Zhao family as in the legend, or how could he have such a strong people-oriented thought.Showing his shortcomings does not deny that he was the greatest and benevolent emperor in ancient China.

"Ten Years of Song and Jin Dynasties" Director Zhang Liming
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