Linhuai County is located at the intersection of Haohe River and Huaihe River, so it was named ‘Haozhou’ in the previous dynasty.
In this dynasty, it had a more prominent identity - Imperial Township!
Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was born and raised in this land of great suffering.
Although this place left him with many painful memories, Zhu Yuanzhang did not change his deep attachment to his hometown. He upgraded Haozhou to a prefecture and built the central capital in the south of Fenghuang Mountain, 20 miles away from the prefecture.
The mountain is south of the river and the north is Yang, hence the name Fengyang Prefecture. Later, the government office moved to Zhongdu City, which was under construction. Fengyang County was newly established in the four western townships of Linhuai County, which was the same as Fucheng. p>
The reason why Linhuai County is not moved directly to Zhongdu is because Linhuai shoulders the important task of embankment. If the embankment in this section of the county collapses, it will be a trivial matter to flood the county. The key is that it will also flood the imperial mausoleum. p>
Therefore, Linhuai County’s top priority is to protect this section of the river embankment...
This job is not easy, because after the Yellow River took over the Huaihe River, the Huaihe River lost its main channel and flooded almost every year. Otherwise, Boss Zhu’s family would not be so miserable.
If you change to another county, it will be flooded, and you can still make some money, exempt from taxes and so on. But if the imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is flooded, all the heads of the government from the magistrate downwards will have to be moved.
Therefore, throughout the winter of last year, the newly appointed magistrate Han Yike led the people to build the river embankment. Before the first month of the next year, he led people to patrol along the river embankment inch by inch, checking for hidden dangers, and ensuring that the coming storm could be passed safely.
Spring flood.
His inspection of the embankment is not just a casual look, because he knows that the surface of the river embankment is generally of the best quality. It is hard to say what is inside that cannot be seen. When a flood comes, you can't care about the inner and outer layers, but the quality is not up to par.
Guan, all destroyed.
So he ordered his men to drill holes with iron cones at every section of the embankment to take samples. Then he personally checked the soil samples taken out to see whether the surface layer was solidly tamped and the deep layers were empty, or whether the surface layer was made of good soil and the lower layer was made of poor soil.
It’s clear at a glance.
He was squatting on the embankment, carefully checking the hardness of the soil with a small hammer, when he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves behind him.
The officials around him looked for prestige and couldn't help but gasp.
"The county magistrate is a high official!"
"Oh?" Han Yike then raised his head and saw a crimson-robed military attache, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers riding tall horses, leaving the road and coming towards him with great dignity.
These days, military affairs are valued over literature. Civil servants are worse than Sun Tzu in front of the founding heroes. Anyone who does not serve well will be beaten and scolded.
Han Yike was still demoted, so he had to be even more careful. He hurriedly asked someone to fetch water and wash his face clean. But there was nothing he could do about his official robes covered with mud and boots stained with yellow mud.
After straightening his clothes, he hurried down to the embankment to greet him, only to find that this third-grade official was very young, and he had seen him before.
"Hahaha! Is this the imperial censor who is personally appointed by the emperor?" The military attache dismounted gracefully and helped Han Yike up.
"My subordinate is Han Yike. I'm here to meet Commander Ping." Han Yike smiled bitterly. 'Kuaikou Shi' is not a good nickname.
"Oh, do you know me?" The military attache was Ping'an. After his resignation, he came to Fengyang Guard to take up his post.
"On New Year's Day the year before last, I had a glimpse of Commander Ping's style." Han Yike said with a sincere smile: "I had heard that Commander Ping was going to take over the new Fengyang Guard, so I missed the opportunity to meet him from afar. I hope I can forgive you.
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"You're welcome. We were just passing by. I saw you here from a distance and wanted to get acquainted with the daring Yushi Han!" Ping An said with a hearty smile: "It's enough to go through all the red tape in a formal setting. Let's do it more casually in private.
Okay. My name is Brother Han, how about you call me Brother Ping?"
"As ordered." Han Yike responded respectfully, but he didn't believe in the words of peace in his heart.
This river embankment is more than ten miles away from the official road. How can Ping An see himself? He must have come here specially.
But Shangguan didn't speak, so he couldn't ask, so he had to pretend to be confused and accompany Ping An, talking while walking along the river embankment.
Fortunately, warriors don't make so many twists and turns and prefer to go straight to the point.
After walking for a while, Ping An looked back and saw that his own soldiers had blocked the Linhuai County guards at a distance. He put away his smile and said, "Brother Han, I'm coming back to see you for something important." "Brother Ping, please give me your instructions." Han Yike bowed.
"It's not me who wants to give the order, it's His Majesty who wants to give the order." Ping An lowered his voice.
"Don't kneel!" As he said this, he supported Han Yike, who subconsciously wanted to kneel down to listen.
"The first oral instruction is that this matter can only be known to you and me, and never to a third party." Ping An explained.
"Understood." Han Yike nodded, as if he was all ears.
Ping An then told Han Yike that the five highnesses were going to return to their hometowns as immigrants to gain experience. Then he gave instructions in a deep voice:
"I am responsible for the safety and arrangements of the five Highnesses in their hometown. We must report on the situation of the five Highnesses every day..."
As he spoke, he thrust a booklet into Han Yike's hand. "This is a booklet of secret words. Mr. Han is so smart that he will definitely know how to use it. Someone will bring a carrier pigeon to you later, and the flying pigeon can pass the message directly to the palace."<
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"If there is an emergency and a more reliable communication method needs to be used, this booklet also contains a military survey. You can use eight hundred miles to rush it once. But it is only once, so you must use it with caution." Ping An ordered again.<
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Han Yike nodded. Once the eight-hundred-mile expedited trip was used, the commotion would be huge. There would also be Korean Duke in the mansion who would definitely get to the bottom of it, and it would be difficult for their highnesses to continue to hide their identities.
But he still felt ridiculous. "Brother Ping, why do I feel so confused? Why did the emperor let His Highness become a farmer?"
"The emperor said it was based on his experience before the feudal lordship, where he experienced the hardships of people's livelihood and learned farming." Ping An said, "We ministers don't dare to ask too many questions. We just follow the orders."
"Then it's not a bad thing." Han Yike smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that our relationship is serious."
"That's not true." Ping An nodded with deep understanding: "That's why I came here to talk to you in a hurry. We are a martial artist, rough, and we need the wisdom of you scholars."
"Let me think about it." Han Yike thought for a moment, then stopped and said, "First, as Brother Ping said, it must be kept secret. This matter can only be known to you and me. If it is leaked, the consequences will be disastrous."<
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"Of course." Ping An nodded.
"The Emperor also specifically ordered that His Highnesses must be kept absolutely secret. If they find out that we know their existence, the effect of our experience will be greatly reduced. If I come to live in your Yamen, will you throw me out or stay?"<
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"That's all a big trouble." Han Yike smiled bitterly, what the hell is going on?
He continued: "But we can't let it go. Without their knowledge, it's enough to give them some help so that they can experience the life of common people. We can't make it too difficult for them. Otherwise, in the future, hehe
Haha..."
"Yes, yes." Ping An took a breath and said: "It's still your brother Xi, we can't let them suffer too much, otherwise His Highness will hate us."
"I will arrange these things. As for safety, of course Brother Ping is responsible for it. But I will also pay attention here and provide immediate ventilation if there is any situation."
"Understood." Ping An nodded.
The two discussed it carefully and finalized the contact information and other matters before parting ways.
ps. This is basically the second update, and I will start adding more updates next.
