The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Du Song said: "In September, the Yellow River changed its course, which delayed my transportation of military supplies to Yansui. The officials in the DPRK and the Central Government tried their best to make excuses, but no one came to solve the actual problem. I wanted to go to Shu, but the civil servant came to stop it again. They are noisy. , but it will miss my important border defense event."

Hearing this, Feng Congwu couldn't help but sigh, "So that's what happened, I've heard about it too."

This year has been really troubled. On September 8th, the Yellow River stopped flowing in Kaifeng. It peaked directly at Shangqiu and broke through more than 100 feet of embankment at Xiaojiakou. The river water poured into the south of the river bank and flooded many areas. Villages, and the Yellow River in Huangshan area has stopped flowing.

This is no longer the end of the Yellow River, but a diversion of the Yellow River. The Yellow River has been detoured for more than 40 miles.

At this time, the court became lively, and officials from various factions became wise one after another.

Some people thought that the downstream should be dredged, some thought that we should take the opportunity to change the course of the Yellow River, and some thought that we should be careful about the Yellow River once again endangering Fengyang, the ancestral mausoleum of the old Zhu family.

But after all, no one dares to make big decisions.

Everyone kept arguing, but the lower reaches of the Yellow River were silting up day by day. Because the upper reaches were diverted to the Yellow River, the water depth in the three hundred miles downstream from Xuzhou to Pi County was only a few feet, and the ships transporting grain were stranded.

Liu Dongxing, a flood control expert and Minister of Industry and Industry, immediately came to the rescue. Liu Dongxing decided to dredge the Ba River and connect it to Huaihai to facilitate water transportation.

The initially discussed cost of this project was 1.2 million taels of silver. Because it was too expensive, the court was hesitant and sent officials several times to check on the spot. Each person had one plan, but the plans at the top were inconsistent, resulting in the project that had just started being too late. Stop midway.

After Liu Dongxing's on-site inspection, he found that the previous officials were talking nonsense and could not use so much money. The disaster was so severe that he directly ordered the local area to continue the original dredging project. Under Liu Dongxing's responsibility, a total of 70,000 taels of silver was spent, and 30% of the project was completed. Already completed.

This shows that these officials are unreliable. They quoted a project cost of 1.2 million taels, but it could be completed with only 250,000 taels. How the initial cost was calculated is simply unimaginable.

At this time, the imperial court saw the lack of investment and made up its mind to get things done quickly. However, Liu Dongxing was already seriously ill and died in the middle of the execution of the project.

After Liu Dongxing's death, less than half of the Yellow River dredging project was completed. The imperial court could only send a new minister of the Ministry of Industry to continue the dredging project amidst the noise.

Historically, Liu Dongxing completed 30% of the project in less than half a year, and the subsequent 70% of the dredging project would take a full three years to complete... I don't know how it was dragged out.

The capital and frontier fortresses that needed to transport grain and grass through water transport were in bad luck and had to struggle for two or three years.

With Juniper's character, why wouldn't he want to curse when he saw this scene?

Feng Congwu advised: "The situation is like this now. We have no choice but to take care of our own affairs in Qing Dynasty."

Jun Song smiled bitterly: "It's easy for you to say. Aren't you also filled with righteous indignation when you were at the top? How else could you be dismissed from office?"

Feng Congwu said with a smile: "When you come to Qing Dynasty, just use me as a lesson for others."

Juniper said: "This matter seems to be the content of a novel I read the day before yesterday."

Feng Congwu heard this and was curious: "You, Du Heizi, can still read? What kind of books can catch your eye?"

"Even if I don't know much about literacy, I can still read vernacular novels." Jun Song said, taking out a novel from his sleeve and handing it to Feng Congwu and said, "This book is really good."

Feng Congwu picked up the book and took a look at it, and said happily: "It turns out to be a novel by Mr. Jingguan. Has he published another new work?"

The book that Jun Song got was a pocket-sized book that had only been delivered to Shaanxi a few days ago. Although it was a pirated book, the printing quality was extremely beautiful and the price was quite expensive. Feng Congwu couldn't afford it, and a lavish military attaché like Jun Song Only the children of the family can spend as they please. It was rare for Jun Song to read a book that Feng Congwu had not read first. At this time, he couldn't help but want to share it with Feng Congwu. He quickly said: "Read this "Record of Cure" quickly, it is really well written."

He sat down to drink tea. Feng Congwu nodded and quickly opened the novel to read.

This pocket book was very thin, and it only contained less than 30,000 words of a two-month series. It took Feng Congwu more than half an hour to read the novel.

After closing the novel, Feng Congwu said: "The things described in this book are really similar to the river control."

Jun Song nodded and said: "Right? It's obvious that we can do something well, money has been spent, and workers have been sent, but it just can't be done well. Just like in this novel, it is clear that the court has soldiers, gentry and food, but it's just fighting It’s really frustrating to not be able to win the battle!”

Feng Congwu said: "The task of regulating the river was caused by the collusion of cliques and their respective efforts, so the opportunity was wasted. Just as it is written in this book that when the thieves were beaten, the officials and gentry in the court and the local government each had their own plans. It's better to fight alone. None of them know the way to work together. Party strife is such a disaster. The world will no longer be its own world. Everyone will compete for power. In the end, no one will be able to take it! This novel really makes the world like this I have thoroughly written about the disease, but I just don’t know how to cure it.”

Juniper said with a smile: "Why do you think I bought this book? It is precisely because this book is so direct that it makes those officials embarrassed to scold it, so I was interested in buying it to read it."

Feng Congwu asked with concern: "Isn't Wang Jianyang going to cause trouble?"

Jun Song shook his head and said: "You can't cause trouble. No one in his position is willing to admit that he is one of those stupid officials in the book. Those who have been accused of things have been impeached. One by one, Wang Jianyang has not fallen behind." What a name-calling, but there are probably a lot of people who hate him secretly."

Feng Congwu said: "In this case, it is not a good thing to be afraid of Wang Jianyang."

Juniper shook his head and said with a smile: "Why isn't it a good thing? I really envy him."

"It's a pity that I, Du Heizi, can't write articles. Otherwise, I would have followed his method and written a novel to scold the civil servants in the world and let them know how sick they have made the world. As long as I see them getting angry , I will be happy even if I am retaliated against!"

Feng Congwu asked: "Someone wants to take revenge on Wang Jianyang?"

Du Song nodded and said: "It is said that Liaodong Marin was still trying to seize this book half a month ago..."

In this era, generally speaking, except for popular works such as historical novels and martial arts novels, serious novels will not spread too fast. However, "The Treatment of Diseases" is so relevant to the current problems at this time that it has attracted many people who only read it in the past. People who were interested in entertainment novels rushed to buy them, and bookshops reproduced them in large numbers. Fragments of the novels and early editions have actually spread to Liaodong.

After Li Chengliang left the post of Chief Military Officer of Liaodong, border defense readiness became increasingly lax. In the past ten years, eight general soldiers of Liaodong were replaced. At this time, the situation in Liaodong was already very bad.

"Record of Treatment" talks about things in war-torn areas that are so similar to the scenes in Liaodong at this time. Ma Lin, the then commander-in-chief of Liaodong, was so angry when he read this book that the villain in the book was killed by Song Changqin. The archetype of an officer is He Renlong: What this person did, such as disobeying orders, avoiding fighting with thieves, protecting his own strength, killing good people and taking credit for his merits, and so on, are very similar to Ma Lin's method of cultivating his direct lineage.

Although Wang Wenlong was not writing about Ma Lin, Ma Lin still felt slapped in the face when he saw it, so he used his connections to try to prevent the book from getting out of Shanhaiguan.

But it was useless, because Marin had just started to take action, and he was impeached and removed from office in August for committing crimes.

Liaodong ushered in its ninth commander-in-chief in ten years, and Wanli asked the 76-year-old Li Chengliang to take up the post again.

Naturally, the matter of searching the books was dropped.

(End of this chapter)