Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 34
After all, literati have a lot of intelligence.Yu Chenglong only brushed it off lightly, and Jin Fu knew his intentions, so he put a word first and saved it for future reference.Last year, because of concentrating money and manpower to rush to repair the embankment, there were occasional breaches on this side of the Yellow River, flooding [-] townships in Qingjiang County.Jin Fu thought about it, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, restrained his temper, and said, "Your brother is no layman in controlling water. This is not something that can be explained clearly by reading a few sentences of Yue Shiyun. It will take nine years for King Yu to control water. During these nine years, is there no breach or disaster?"

The more he talked, the more twisted he was, and Yu Chenglong also felt that he had done it by himself, and that he had gone too far.But when he thought that this prominent red-capped official would go as a star in Beijing University, Yu Chenglong felt disgusted, so he sneered and said: "It seems that it will take nine years to achieve peace in the world? That's right, nine years Ten years is up to the commander in chief, and since the humble position is in this situation, we cannot allow the flood to flood for another nine years!"

"You said it's my business, you're wrong. This is a major issue for Limin Sheji." Jin Fu pushed back with one bite.He knew very well that in front of such a person, he couldn't hold any grounds, because he said, "I said that King Yu is not comparing himself - the river affairs have been corrupted to this point, and we have to deal with them step by step! I admire your brother's steep cliffs. But after all, you are not on the river project, so if you don’t understand some things, just go inside. Leaving aside the distance, Qingshuitan, Lumangou, and Jiangdu Datan Bay in Gaoyou were breached last year, with a total of more than 29 feet; The waters of Huacheng are deep and sailing! If you are not here, Master Lingtang will live here. Ask her to tell us whether we have no strength, or the local officials are negligent? Don’t think that you are the only one who cares about the people’s misfortune and the suffering of the people. Are you and me the only ones who are worried? Your Majesty I was so anxious that I couldn't sleep all night!" Jin Fu became more and more excited as he spoke.The words poured out like water from an opening gate, and he stepped forward and grabbed the hands of Chen Huang and Feng Zhiren one by one, and extended them to Yu Jackie: "The two in front of you are what you called 'clean customers', pampered and pampered." People—Feng Zhiren is under forty, Chen Huang is only [-] years old! Can you see it? Look at their hands, are they hands that play piano and chess?"

Seeing that he was so angry, Yu Chenglong took a step back in shock, and then took a serious look at Jin Fu, Chen Huang and Feng Zhiren.Feng Zhiren looked like he was 60 years old, already bald, with sparse gray hair always together, less than the thickness of a little finger.Chen Huang's face was blown by the river wind like a knife, full of wrinkles, as dark as bronze.Only a pair of eyes are piercing, indicating that he is still in his prime.

Yu Chenglong's face darkened, and he was also a little moved.But it was only a matter of a moment, the arrogance brought by nature flowing in his blood soon overcame the fleeting tenderness, and said with a slight smile: "My lord, the river workers know the hard work, but they are not as good as my people! The country uses soldiers, and one-third of its wealth comes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. What kind of crimes have they suffered? Since I took office, it has only been ten days since I set up a nursery that has picked up more than 40 abandoned babies. You won’t abandon your own flesh and blood!” At this point, Yu Jackie paused, his eyes glistening with tears.

He glanced at the peach forest in the distance, raised his hand, and went away without looking back.

With a stern face, Jin Fu gritted his teeth and went back to the supervisor's office to sign the bond room, without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves and rubbed his ink to write a memorial, but Feng Zhiren held him down and said : "Superintendent, you can't do it!"

"What is the governor, this governor is really not a human being!" Jin Fu's lips were blue with anger, and trembling, he dropped the pen, and the dripping ink splashed all over Chen Huang.Just at this time, Peng Xueren, who had just seen the river back last month, came in to report the matter, with a drop on his face, he stopped and asked, "My lord, what's the matter?" Seeing that Jin Fu didn't answer, Chen Huang didn't answer. , Convenience said: "The adults and the newcomers are observing the anger, and they must participate in the impeachment..."

When Peng Xueren heard that it was Yu Chenglong, he stood in a daze for a long while, and then sighed: "My lord, let me tell you about this matter, you can't participate." Feng Zhiren also persuaded: "What Lao Peng said is true, although Yu Chenglong said Arrogant and disrespectful, he is an upright official after all, and the migrant workers below him are all from this area, the official reputation of your lord is good, but this reference may ruin your reputation."

"He's an honest official, so am I a corrupt official?" Jin Fu's heart flared up.Loudly shouted, "Xuesong used to be a county magistrate in Anhui, not to mention Tianyi and Zhiren. Look at me, Jin Fu, who is greedy for ink? Do I have relatives in my staff? I have been an official for 20 years, and my family paid 1 taels of silver. Does Jackie Chan know about it?"

Peng Xueren just came back from the embankment of the Xiaojiadujia Dam, and he seemed a little dusty. After listening to everyone's words, he already knew the general idea. He sat down and took a sip of tea, and said: "Yu Chenglong is waiting for you to join him. Don't be fooled!"

"Why?" Chen Huang said in surprise.

"Your Excellency joins him at this time, and of course he will fall if he joins. Now the emperor will never refute your face." Peng Xueren is an old official in the officialdom. You come from a wealthy family, so you can't show your cleanliness! Now you are in charge of the river engineering, spending money like running water, and no one will believe it. Yu Chenglong is a scholar from a poor family, and if you get this cheap, you will be famous! Mrs. Yu Chenglong In Qingjiang for three years, he grew and ate himself, Dumen thanked guests, his wife was ordered by imperial order, and he was still wearing a Jingmu hairpin. His eldest son bought a chicken for the festival, and was reprimanded by his wife twenty sticks in court. It's not forgiving! If this official doesn't come to disturb the river affairs, he is really impeccable. This time you have taken him down, and the people here will give him Wanmin Umbrellas. If the superior is a fool, he may let go, the master is so wise, how could he let you really defeat him? But he resumed after half a year. So the more such a person participates, the better his reputation will be, and the more he participates, the faster he will be promoted..."

Chen Huang didn't have an official position. Hearing this way of promotion was a bit novel. After thinking about it for a long time, he found it quite reasonable, so he said with a smile: "Since Xuesong has learned the secrets of promotion, why didn't he learn it?" Peng Xueren said: "No Law school, the family has [-] hectares of land!" Feng Zhiren laughed without realizing it.

Jin Fu sat down on his ass, he already understood that participating in the performance would not help.Isn't this younger than Jackie Chan the one who jumped to the fourth level in three years after being recruited by Ge Li and reached the Taoist stage.Ge Li was disgraced as an uncle of the country, why should Bai Ji follow in his footsteps?After a long time, Jin Fu slapped his knees in frustration and sighed: "Some honest gentlemen do bad things, and they are more difficult to fight than villains!" Peng Xueren said: "Your Excellency is right. Yu Chenglong is arrogant, lonely and self-admiring, but loves the people, why not?" Get some ideas on this and turn the fight with him into friendship?"

"What Yu Chenglong said is also true." Feng Zhiren said, "In my opinion, the commander-in-chief held back his breath, gritted his teeth and donated a hundred and eighty thousand yuan to him, and asked him to use it to help the people. ?”

Chen Huang has always been in charge of the use of money.He stood up, supported the back of the chair and thought for a while, then said: "The famine in spring is indeed a matter - not for him, Yu Jackie, but for the people! In this way, first take out [-] yuan and give it to Yu Chenglong!"

"Who dares to move the 50 silver?" Jin Fu said with a frown. The cost of 20 yuan for the long embankment is enough, and I originally wanted to subsidize the middle river, but I had to give up to reward migrant workers when the river work was completed."

This is simply talking in sleep!Jin Fu smiled and said, "Could Tianyi be telling a joke? I've seen it there for less than 57 times, and I can't do it without [-]!"

"You guys are all old river workers. You are right. If you rely on manual repairs, 50 yuan is really tight." Chen Huang said, "But those of us who control rivers should not only think about river damage, but also about river benefits— "He got up and walked towards the sand table under the east wall.Pointing to the terrain around Qingshuitan, he said, "This is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It is two feet three feet lower than the river level, and when the water comes in, it will be more than four feet higher. If the water from the Yellow River is drawn in, and the embankment is built with mud and sand— — Yes, it can save a fortune.” He clasped his hands together, and then briefly described the situation of the flood flooding the embankment in Tieniu Town, Kaifeng.

The three of Jin Fu walked a few steps closer to the sand table, and while listening to Chen Huang's talk, they nodded in thought, smiling all over their faces.Jin Fuyin said with a smile: "With this extra money, not only can it be sent to Jackie Chan, but it can also make up for the shortfall in Zhonghe's excavation. But we can only know about this. Money is like a fly seeing blood, it will inevitably hit our famine again. Even Yu Chenglong must make it clear that he will pay back what he owes, otherwise it will be like us bribery, doing good deeds, but still not doing well!"

(End of this chapter)