In the summer, although there were a few rains, they always stopped immediately. The official road was so hot in the sun that there were very few pedestrians.
Three thousand cavalrymen waded directly across the river. Only the chariots and infantry passed by on the wooden bridge. The crystal water droplets flashed into a sheet and spread far away, causing the egrets to chirp and fly high among the lush water plants.
Ye Qing built a "long car", which is a mobile house with a semi-circular opening, which can be regarded as an open-air office. At this time, he was sitting upright, reading documents meticulously, while the carriages of the Queen Mother and Ning Ji were behind the long car, and they could not be separated from each other.
It's a few meters.
Along the Yingshui River to the east, we inspected Ruyin County. Ruyin County is located between eastern and western Henan. It was recaptured from Cao Cao in the spring of this year and was governed by the prefect Xun You. He was most likely to be sent to someone who was well versed in both government and military affairs.
Because Ruyin County borders Jiangdong, we need to be on guard against Sun Jian, and now we also need to add Yuan Shu, who has just entered Jingbei.
Now tens of thousands of troops are crossing the Yingshui River again on their return journey.
At this time, Ye Qing was reading official documents in the long carriage. With the batch of paper being made, the bamboo slips were gradually withdrawing from the stage, which reduced people's workload a lot.
"There are Zhou, Qian, and Xiao Sanjian in Ruyin County who have conspired to rebel, and General Zhang has led his cavalry to clear them out."
"There were also several local tyrants who rebelled along the way, and two branches of the Taiping Religion used magic to resist. Qianqian led a group of magicians to kill them."
"The Taiping Sect can only keep accounts first. It's just that these companies haven't jumped out enough. It can only be said to be a little tonic." Ye Qing took out a few copies to read. They were all in small regular letters, densely packed and meticulously written. After thinking about it, he approved it.
: "You and your team will find out who is behind these rebellions. This is your order."
After finishing the review, Ye Qing felt a little dull. He put down his pen and took a look. Under the vast sky, there was a continuous field with a newly built canal. It was quite long, but the water was only a hundred steps wide and relatively shallow.
Seeing this, Ye Qing couldn't help but feel a little worried.
As the Luan was driving behind, the Queen Mother noticed Ye Qing's Judong in front of her, and followed her gaze. Looking through her eyes, she also saw Yu Ku in the flowing water.
The Empress Dowager remembered the memorials in the past two years, when there was a severe drought in Guanxi, the Central Plains, and Hebei, including Yuzhou.
The world has been in severe drought for a long time and the rivers are shallow. This is definitely not a good thing.
At this time, Ning Ji, who was dressed in red palace clothes, was lying on the carved window and watching. She only felt that there were so many people, so many people... even the river seemed crowded.
Seeing that Ye Qing was busy at the desk giving instructions on military and political documents, the little girl asked Qianqian softly: "Sister Mi, is this Yingshui? It's already summer, why does she only have this little water? Is she sick?"
"
"Originally there was a summer flood, but there was a drought, so the water was dry." Qianqian picked up her little body and put it soft and tender in her arms. She couldn't help but smile happily: "Ning Ji is very observant, but
Ying Shui is not sick, she is just alone."
Yingshui was lonely... Ye Qing, who had gone back to work a little further away, was distracted. He paused with his brush, leaving large ink stains on the blue paper.
Qianqian glared at her husband... I wonder if this is the new blue paper produced by the paper mill. Does it cost five cents a piece?
The little Loli smiled shyly after being praised. She felt that this sister was so nice that she shouldn't bother her anymore. But sometimes there were new things and she couldn't help but ask. Children's curiosity always has no end.
Or she has never had a sister. Qianqian likes this smart and polite little loli and patiently answers all her questions.
Of course, Sister Mi is called Qianqian. Compared with a certain imperial uncle who likes to be called uncle, women should prefer to be called younger.
"Aunt Mi" is a terrible title... Qianqian thought and glared at Ye Qing again.
Ye Qing looked confused. Sometimes he couldn't understand what the woman was thinking. Of course, this kind of title was only because Liu Bei was a descendant of the clan. Strictly speaking, it was only for the family, and it was only limited to the inside. Externally, it was still the envoy, princess, or queen mother.
On both sides of the road are large expanses of fields, and a network of criss-crossing canals. A kind of roulette waterwheel pumps water from the Yingshui River. The rushing water rushes along the main canal... The water is very shallow, and it is strange that it flows for more than ten miles.
An endless stream.
The Queen Mother sat quietly, mostly silent, with dark eyes.
"It's not difficult, isn't it?" Occasionally, she would wake up to the clear voice of a child, follow her daughter's gaze, and when she saw some special scenery, the Queen Mother would chime in and say something.
My mood gradually became brighter.
At the same time, she gradually noticed more, and her eyes turned to the ditch several times.
The Queen Mother had been in power, so when she asked more in-depth questions, Qianqian explained in more detail. At this time, she took a look at the charming Queen Mother and thought to herself that it was her mother and daughter who had strong powers of observation, so she quickly got to the point.
"The Ai family is really confused about this water issue." The Queen Mother pointed to the endless green fields outside the car window. Although the water channels in the fields were shallow, they were endless. Moreover, as far as the eye could see, there were green crops everywhere, and not many were withered and yellow.
sign.
"On the way out from Yin in Henan, the Ai family witnessed with their own eyes the drought in the pass and the failure of farming. But here in Yuzhou, the runoff of water has greatly reduced and the rain is scarce, but it does not affect the farming. Why is this?"
In order to be in charge of the government, she had to learn a lot of knowledge. The Queen Mother knew that people have lived by flowing water since ancient times. Lands lacking rivers are dry land no matter how flat it is, and cannot support many people... Simply put, the tax revenue she can get from paddy fields and dry fields is also
Big difference.
Yuzhou has a complete canal network, but many market towns are not built along the Yingshui River, and are even far away from the river.
The man-made river channel led by Yingshui River should have been cut off long ago. There seems to be no shortage of water in the canals in the fields, and there are even many rice plants.
Most of the pedestrians, old and young, outside the car window had good complexions and moist lips... It was completely impossible to tell that Kansai, Central Plains, and Hebei were in a state of drought and water shortage at this time.
If the weather is not dry, locust eggs will have difficulty surviving, and the locust plague will disappear.
"This water incident is very abnormal." The Queen Mother took the initiative to narrow down her question, and her voice couldn't help but become even quieter: "Aijia...can you know the reason?"
Qianqian glanced at her husband, and after receiving the instruction, her eyes narrowed with a smile, shining with divine luster: "Of course, my husband has inherited the destiny, so the farming is peaceful."
The Queen Mother was startled at first, and raised her phoenix eyebrows. She felt that this was a reasonable explanation, and nodded with deep understanding: "The sky is dry and the earth is dry, but the phoenix cannot descend."
This sentence literally means "If the sky and the earth are in a dry place, the phoenix will not land and roost" - but conversely it means "the phoenix lands and roosts, it will naturally choose a land where there is no drought", which is a metaphor for why she came to
Yuzhou.
The Queen Mother is full of style and quite interesting.
Ye Qing raised his head from the piles of copywriting and glanced at the woman's straight waist. The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and he looked away.
The flashes of brilliance in Chuanlin's notes show the connection between the source of this sentence - "Huainanzi Benjingxun", Weishu.
Things get more interesting - you must know that "Wei Shu" and "Jing Shu" are opposite. In the Han Dynasty, the alchemists and Confucian scholars relied on the modern scriptures to promote Fu Zhen, Rui Ying, and the Book of Divination.
Horizontal lines are a metaphor for order.
Theology of the world and the science of luck, like the longitude and latitude lines, constitute the Han people's view of heaven and man. Even women at the level of the Queen and the Queen Mother are convinced of it. The Han people believe in the destiny, the five elements, and the latitude and longitude book.
Ye Qing continued to approve a military ration transfer document, and casually said the next sentence: "It has claws, teeth, horns, and is a wild beast, so it is a wild bird... What Liu An said does make sense."
This sentence literally means "(Because the phoenix does not land) ferocious birds with claws, fangs, horns, and talons will wreak havoc everywhere, hunting and killing creatures" - but Ye Qing here is exactly echoing the Queen Mother's previous sentence.
, it is a metaphor for the princes from other states who failed to get the queen mother because of their bad morals.
The Empress Dowager said softly, "Huh". At that time, both civil and military affairs were emphasized, and the local customs were quite beautiful. She had been studying literature since she was a child, so she could understand this metaphor.
She couldn't help but look at the man in surprise: "Your Majesty, have you read "Huainanzi"? Uh, I'm sorry..."
Feeling that this question was a bit demeaning, she added: "The Ai family had no other books to read when they were young, only this Weishu "Huainanzi", but I remember that Lu Shangshu was a real master of Confucian classics and taught Shijun this
There is a reason for the Queen Mother to be so confused - books are rare in the world, and many scholars only study one or a few books in their entire life. Lu Zhi specializes in teaching "Shangshu" and "Book of Rites". Normally, he will not teach students how to distinguish between books.
The books, especially the "Weishu" compiled by Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, summoned alchemists to compile it, are not in the eyes of orthodox Confucian scholars.
Ye Qing kept writing in his hand and explained: "My teacher has never taught this. I visited all the libraries in Luoyang in Beijing two years ago. Well, I memorized it... I remember that the total number is two hundred and four thousand five hundred and sixty-three volumes.
It's a pity that I had to turn over the bamboo cemeteries in bundles, and I was too short on time to finish them."
It's a pity that I didn't finish it...
The Queen Mother's eyes widened: "The Ai family has always heard that the daughter of the Cai Yong family, Zhao Ji, can do this. I heard that this daughter can read and recite the four thousand volumes of books in the family."
The Queen Mother wanted to ask, "I don't know how much you have carried," but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them.
The Queen Mother is still quite satisfied with the current atmosphere, which is respectful but not too distant. Many times, the Queen Mother feels in a trance - how can there be such a "home" atmosphere in the king's house?
She didn't want to ruin this.
"It is really fate that has fallen on the envoy." The Queen Mother sighed again. She couldn't help but recall that Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of this dynasty, was also famous for his extensive reading of Confucian classics and political debate. He was very knowledgeable.
A large number of classics were burned during the reign of Wang Mang. In view of the fact that the official collections of the Western Han Dynasty were lost, and there were many private collections, Liu Xiu himself was a scholar, rode a bull to conquer the world, and was fond of reading. During the war, he visited the elegant and elegant places wherever he went during the war, and asked for que
The text is used to make up for omissions...
After Luoyang proclaimed himself emperor, he also ordered the world to collect them. In the "Stone Chamber", "Lantai", "Renshou Pavilion", and "Dongguan", a large number of old and new books were gathered in the library.
All far surpassed the Western Han Dynasty.
Liu Xiu not only loved reading himself, but also encouraged people all over the world to read. He built the "Tai Xue", the highest institution of learning, in Luoyang, and set up specialized teaching for doctors in the Five Classics. He also advocated the establishment of official schools in local prefectures and counties, and also encouraged the private schools of Xiang, Xu, and Xu.
, schools, private schools, and literary events like Yingchuan Literary Society have continued to prosper.
Liu Xiu himself was a well-educated Confucian, and he often set an example by personally teaching Confucian classics to his officials and conversing with them late into the night.
Perhaps because he was outstanding in both civil and military fields, Liu Xiu was not afraid of the talents of his subordinates and was gentle in nature. During his thirty-three years in office, he rarely had any troubles with his distinguished ministers.
Except for Cen Peng, who was assassinated by the enemy and died young, all the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai died a good death. It can be said that they met their master at the right time - this kind of friendship is rare among emperors in the past, and it is unique among the founding kings.
They all say, "If you don't belong to the same family, you don't belong to the same family." Even the queen he chose, Yin Lihua, was a stunningly beautiful and magnanimous woman. They had known each other for a lifetime and had been bonded through adversity for a lifetime.
The same surname is Liu, and the same two hundred years. Compared with the split between the great ancestor Liu Bang and Empress Lu and his wife, and the fact that none of the three generals of the early Han Dynasty, Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Yingbu, ended up well, it is really a huge contrast.
At this time, Ye Qing, who was not far away and was giving instructions on official documents, looking back from time to time to laugh and chat, gave her this feeling.