As expected, when going to court, a censor came out to ask if the palace gates were open last night.
Under the gaze of everyone, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to nod.
"What happened?"
"Is this..." Zhao Zhen said with a look of embarrassment on his face: "This is a family matter..."
"There is no selfish thing in heaven!"
Based on the conduct of the public officials in the Song Dynasty, it was unreasonable to argue for three points, not to mention being firmly grasped by them.
After being questioned by all the ministers, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to tell the story of the princess of the Kingdom of Gong who had gone to the palace in the middle of the night and the envoys at the gate to listen to the news, and then he ordered the door to be opened to accept her.
"I dare to ask the princess what important matter it is that your majesty should break this unusual situation?" the officials asked.
"This..." Zhao Zhen frowned and changed the subject: "You all have children. You might as well put yourself in your shoes and think about it. If your daughter knocked on the door late at night and wanted to see her father, would you have the heart to turn the door away?
Outside?"
"Your Majesty is a member of the state." The officials did not accept his words and shook their heads: "How can you generalize with the ministers?!" Then in the court hall, he talked about strict palace restrictions, the importance of eliminating extremes, and
The lessons of blood and tears throughout the ages.
Zhao Zhen knew that he was in the wrong, so he patiently listened to their chatter for a long time. When they had enough saliva, Fang Ruanyuan said: "This is just this time, I won't do it next time. Dear ladies, let's discuss business, shall we?"
Seeing that the emperor wanted to make peace with Xini again, the ministers were not willing to give in. They refused to give in and said: "The palace prohibition is not strict and the country is uneasy. This is the most important thing in the world. The princess is knocking at night, how can the eunuchs in charge of the gate distinguish the authenticity? It is so easy to pass on the report.
, without any precautions. If there are bandits who take the opportunity to cause trouble, can't they go straight into the forbidden area and endanger His Majesty?"
"Therefore, I would like to request Your Majesty to hand over the envoys and envoys inside and outside the palace where the princess passes through to a responsible department for investigation and investigation." The officials said righteously: "He will be held accountable in detail and severely punished!"
Zhao Zhen has been a good man over the years. The ministers were merciful and did not attack him and his daughter. They could only attack a few palace guards. But as the saying goes, punishing them is equivalent to giving
A warning from the Tianjia father and daughter!
However, Zhao Zhen did not have the habit of making people around him a scapegoat. He shook his head and answered clearly: "They acted under the emperor's orders. I should bear the responsibility for my mistakes myself."
"His Majesty's protection of his eunuch will definitely increase his contempt and arrogance. It will definitely cause serious trouble in the future!"
"At least, it was a crime of negligence and carelessness!"
The perseverance of the officials gave Zhao Zhen a huge headache. He had to resort to his special skill - Yuan Mo responded! No matter what you say, I won't say a word.
Chen Keke saw that in the so-called world of famous ministers, the precious early court time was actually used to argue about this kind of thing. However, officials also had experience in it, and they tenaciously withstood the offensive of the remonstrators. Finally, they were able to hold on until the princes.
Unable to stand it, he spoke to divert the topic.
In the second half of the court meeting, the most important event of the new year was discussed - river construction.
In fact, the issue of river construction has been fiercely debated since the second half of last year. The Yellow River has flowed as it pleased for three years. It must be repaired. But how to repair it? Should it be repaired along the naturally formed Ergu River, or should it block the north flow.
Efforts were made to build Dongliu, but hundreds of officials argued endlessly about it.
Seeing time passing by day by day, if we don't start work, we will have to wait until next year, so we discussed it at the beginning of the year. There were too many capable people in the Song Dynasty... at least they all thought they were knowledgeable and capable of everything, so naturally they had to show off their talents.
Let's have a lively debate.
This scene reminded Chen Ke of a Western joke from later generations, about two lawyers who walked into a restaurant during meal time, but ended up not ordering anything after closing time because they had a long-lasting argument over the menu over what to order.
.
There were no lawyers in the Song Dynasty, but every official was a quarrelsome one. With so many mouths to speak, the quarrels started with just one word or another.
However, there was no room for Chen Ke to speak here. He stood there like a wooden post, leaving only three-thirds of his mind in the court, and the remaining seven-tenths were used to think about who was so advanced in consciousness that he could actually use
Opera propaganda to discredit him.
And this should be what he is best at...Chen Ke built the "Du Qingshuang Grand Theater", of course, not only to solve the livelihood problem of a group of singing prostitutes, but more importantly, to create his own mouthpiece. In addition, it will also contribute to the future distribution of newspapers and books.
Monopoly, he believes that the world will more or less obey his own will.
Who knew that the future media empire was still in its infancy, but someone would use this method to attack him first.
Chen Ke was very interested in such an opponent. But his opponent was very cunning. After investigation, it was found that the script was also given to the mangy Asan by someone else, and that guy was a rogue who only recognized money but not people.
I have no idea who the owner is.
If this line is broken, there will be no clue to the investigation.
As for the impact of this drama, because it was discovered early, the harm was minimal. However, the provocation of his opponent aroused Chen Ke's competitive spirit. He ordered the team of the theater to write a drama based on his own marriage experience.
When it is put on the stage, the effect will naturally be hundreds of times better than that of the grass stage troupe.
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While I was thinking wildly, I suddenly heard the official's voice: "Chen Ke, you are half a river engineering expert, why are you pretending to be a mouth-piercing gourd?"
"Oh..." Chen Ke quickly put away his errands and went out with a wat board in hand: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I don't actually understand river engineering. I only know some crude principles. Is it better to have two rivers or to flow eastward?
, It is not for me to jump to conclusions. However, I know that the reason why the Yellow River is often repaired is because there is too much sediment."
"It is now known that the sediment was washed down from the loess plains in Gansu and Shaanxi. However, in the Gansu and Shaanxi areas, the Yellow River did not burst its banks because the drop was too large. The Yellow River was surging, naturally carrying the rolling sediment.
And down. However, when we arrived in Kaifeng and entered the plains, the water slowed down and the sediment deposited, causing the height of the river bed to increase day by day, so the terrifying scene of a river hanging above the ground appeared." Chen Ke continued: "It can be seen that the speed of the river is really fast.
An important factor in whether the Yellow River is in danger is that the water flow is fast. Not only does the new sand not sink, but the old sand can also be carried into the sea. The river bed must be getting deeper and deeper, and the river channel must be getting lower and lower, so there will be no danger of the bank bursting...
…”
The simplicity and easy-to-understand explanation of his reasoning made many ministers look deep in thought, but some simply disliked him. For example, Zuo Si Jianzhou, who had already impeached him for seven or eight books, interrupted: "Your Majesty.
I’m asking you which plan is better, but I don’t want to listen to your long speech.”
"Xiaguan's words have made it very clear. To cure the Yellow River's problems, one is to reduce the sediment in the upper reaches, and the other is to keep the water in the middle and lower reaches strong. The Ergu River divides the river water into two. In the short term, the
The river has two channels, which is naturally conducive to flood discharge. However, this also means that the water potential is also divided into two, the flow speed is naturally greatly reduced, and the amount of sediment deposition is bound to increase dramatically... Therefore, the method of diverting water and reducing water seems to have endless consequences.
.”
"You mean, you support Dongliu?" Zhou Toutiao asked.
Chen Ke shook his head and said: "As far as the official knows, this eastward flow is not actually a different route. It is actually an old route when the Yellow River was rerouted in the Western Han Dynasty. It has long been abandoned after dynasties changed. If this is used as a river course, it will definitely
It’s more harmful than the old ways.”
"This won't work, that won't work either, but tell me, how can I believe it?"
"Xiaguan said from the beginning that I don't understand river engineering, I only know some superficial principles." Chen Ke said lightly: "It's okay to use it to find faults, but I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with a correct idea."
"What's the use of this?"
"At least mistakes can be avoided!" Chen Ke smiled coldly and said in a deep voice: "What's more, when it comes to regulating the Yellow River, the first thing is not to rush for quick success. Since the time of the Three Sovereigns and the Five Emperors, the river has been overflowing and causing havoc for thousands of years. It's impossible.
Once you get to us, you can do it in one go." After that, he turned to the emperor and said, "I have asked your majesty to issue an edict to all the officials and people in the world. Anyone who knows about water conservancy can come to the capital water supervisor and submit his name. After passing the inspection,
, granted him a low-level official position, ordered him to inspect along the river bank, draw up a draft of opinions, and submit it to the Minister of Finance and the various departments along the river for discussion. I believe this decision should be more reliable."
Zhao Zhen thought for a while, nodded and said, "That makes sense." Then he asked Chen Ke to step back.
The faces of all the gentlemen changed from full of expectations to disappointment. This idea is certainly a sound one, but who has the patience?
Chen Ke silently returned to his original position. He had known this result for a long time.
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When he went to court, Zhao Zongji was waiting for Chen Ke at the palace gate. With their relationship, there was no need to avoid suspicion by riding in the same car together.
After sitting down in the carriage, Zhao Zongji smiled and said, "You've offended everyone this time."
"It's better to offend me than to offend you." Chen Ke said with a smile.
"I know, thank you for taking it for me." With Chen Ke speaking first, Zhao Zongji would not be hated if he held the same attitude.
"This is what I should do." Chen Ke said calmly: "It's just that it won't help. It's just picking ourselves out."
"We still need to try our best to remedy it." Zhao Zongji looked at Chen Ke and said, "I am going to present the cement and concrete recipe to His Majesty."
"Oh..." Chen Ke was slightly surprised. It was the secret weapon he had prepared for Zhao Zongji. If he took it out now, wouldn't he make a wedding dress for someone else?
"I have thought about it carefully. No matter which plan is adopted in the end, we must mobilize the troops and mobilize the people's strength." Zhao Zongji said softly: "How can we cherish our own interests and ignore the people for the sake of our own selfish interests?"
After listening to Zhao Zongji's words, Chen Ke smiled.
"Why, are you laughing at me?"
"No." Chen Ke shook his head and said, "I'm glad that I chose the right person..."
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