Bai Tu came all the way from Jiangxia to Nanjun. After staying in Jiangling for a few days, he came to Zigui County.
The government affairs of Zigui County, especially the construction of water conservancy, really impressed the officials of the Six Ministries and Bai Tu - almost catching up with the average level of Yangzhou during the Jiangjun Mansion!
Zigui County is on the side of the Yangtze River and has a rich water system. It is surrounded by Wushan to the west, and there are some remnants of Wushan in the county. It is separated from the mountains and rivers of Bajun. Sitting where the river flows out of Wushan, it is indeed a good place for water conservancy projects.
However... you must know that during Liu Biao's period, Jingzhou Prefecture did not attach great importance to people's livelihood water conservancy projects in various counties, and there were no sharp tools such as cement.
Under such circumstances, the fact that Zigui can reach the average level of Yangzhou already shows its talent as a county magistrate...
Although the officials of the six ministries were surprised by this, Bai Tu had already expected it. After all, the county magistrate of Zigui was none other than the famous Li Yan - okay, he wasn't actually a Ding Ding.
As an internal affairs civil servant, Li Yan obviously has great flaws in government affairs. He is considered to be Zhuge Liang's... half political enemy?
The Battle of Yiling in history, or the war with Soochow, can be said to be Liu Bei's biggest mistake in his life, but he had to make this mistake.
After defeating the White Emperor, Liu Bei had no chance to correct his mistakes and could only make final arrangements for his funeral. "The White Emperor Tuogu" can be said to be Liu Bei's final success. Zhuge Liang did not betray Liu Bei's trust in him, even if the Northern Expedition was not completed in the end.
It's not a fault of war.
But in fact, when "The White Emperor entrusted the orphan", Liu Bei entrusted two people, and the other one was Li Yan!
If Fa Zheng was still there at that time, there might be a better choice, but there is no if...
Historically, Li Yan first served as an official in Jingzhou and served as the magistrate of Zigui County. Later, when Cao Cao took control of Jingzhou, he defected to Xichuan and became the county magistrate of Chengdu. When Liu Bei and Liu Zhang turned against each other, he surrendered to Liu Bei during the confrontation between the two armies in Mianzhu.
Therefore, Li Yan, like Fei Yi and Dong Yun, can be regarded as a Jingzhou native with a Xichuan background. During Liu Bei's lifetime, he was basically among the top five in Xichuan, especially after the deaths of Fazheng and Liu Ba, Li Yan seemed to be second to Zhuge Liang.
However, after being entrusted as an orphan, Li Yan not only often disagreed with Zhuge Liang, but also... was not popular and had such a bad temper that "Fei Guan and Li Yan had a good relationship" was even written down in the history books.
Moreover, Liu Chan became closer to Zhuge Liang and soon alienated Li Yan, so Li Yan immediately changed his tactics and treated Zhuge Liang with respect on the surface, and even tempted Zhuge Liang to teach Jiuxi...
Later, when Zhuge Liang went out to Qishan for the fourth time, Li Yan failed to supervise the supply of grain and fodder, so Zhuge Liang had to withdraw his troops. Later, he bit back in front of Liu Chan and reported Zhuge Liang's evil situation. As a result, Zhuge Liang acted like the protagonist and directly took out Li Yan and gave him
He passed the letter, exposed his lies, and slapped him in the face like crazy. So far... Li Yan was dismissed from office and never used again.
The reason why he is "half a political enemy" is that Li Yan does not even appear in Zhuge Liang's list of opponents.
After Li Yan was dismissed from office, although he was no longer employed, Zhuge Liang promoted his son Li Feng to the position of Chief Shi of the Prime Minister's Office - that is, his deputy, who was still responsible for supervising the management of grain and grass.
Probably Zhuge Liang didn't regard him as his opponent, it was just his wishful thinking...
"Your Majesty, Li Yan, pays homage to the King of Chu. I have met all of you." At this time, Li Yan was still a little excited when Bai Tu summoned him.
After all, he knew that his political achievements in Zigui were very good!
Although during Liu Biao's time, Jingzhou Prefecture did not care about this, but... judging from the current situation, Chu State should pay attention to his merits.
Li Yan was in his early thirties at this time. He had a middle-aged appearance and although his temperament was not greasy, there was something unpleasantly "high-spirited" about him - a kind of person who didn't recognize his talents and had a high self-esteem.
For example, as soon as Li Yan came in, he looked straight at Bai Tu.
Bai Tu is not particular about not letting his subordinates look at him. Otherwise, without eye contact, the effect of Rainbow Source will not be good!
only……
Except for Bai Tu, Li Yan seemed to have no one else in his eyes, and when he mentioned "my lords", he didn't even have the peripheral vision to respond.
Probably in Li Yan's mind, these tool men can praise him now, and then watch him become minister in three years, join the cabinet in five years, and reach the pinnacle of his life...
"Fang is from Nanyang, right? Yes, I have seen your resume and you have made quite a lot of political achievements during your tenure as Zigui Order... Well, in terms of the construction of water conservancy and people's livelihood, when Liu Biao was still there, you were as good as my ruler.
He has made most of the county magistrates." Bai Tu said in a complimentary tone, but... he was not too flattering.
Li Yan's temperament is similar to that of Wei Yan. Chen Shou, who compiled "Three Kingdoms", was from Shu and had a clearer understanding of Shu ministers. His evaluation of Wei Yan was that he was "elegant and dignified", while he evaluated Li Yan as "
Self-proclaimed”…
However, in front of Wei Yan's "you", at least he was "good at raising soldiers", that is, when leading troops, his subordinates all admired him, and... Wei Yan is still less than 20 years old, and he is still very malleable.
In contrast, Li Yan and Bai Tu wanted to use it, but they were worried about its "characteristics" and it was not easy to use it. Even the source of the rainbow did not dare to try its best.
"The king's wise policy lasts for eternity, and naturally Liu Jingzhou cannot match it." Li Yan seemed to understand something, and promptly flattered Bai Tu, but unfortunately... he didn't know the source of the rainbow.
This is not what Bai Tu wants to hear...
"No, it's not just the merit of my king, but the result of the joint efforts of six ministries and one hospital. No matter whether it was a county or a county in Yangzhou, the credit was not mine, not a prefect or a county magistrate...
Fang Zheng was able to develop water conservancy in Zigui County a few years ago, which is a real contribution. If you can adapt to the new system of Chu State, I am looking forward to you." Bai Tu affirmed Li Yan's contribution and actively guided him.
, which is also heartbreaking.
It is true that Li Yan had a very high standard in governing the local area, especially in terms of water conservancy. In the early days of Liu Bei's pacification of Xichuan, Li Yan repaired water conservancy, and his reputation among the people was once flourishing.
Even in the later Song Dynasty, some water conservancy projects that were not built by Li Yan were mistakenly thought to have been built by him by later generations, which shows his impression in the eyes of the people.
So Bai Tu didn't want to give up on Li Yan just because he was one of the "Six Pits of Shuhan" chosen by Chen Shou...
"Your Majesty, I am very complimentary, but... if it comes to water conservancy, I also have confidence in myself!" Li Yan stressed.
Without Bai Tu asking, Li Yan said: "Although Xiaguan is from Nanyang, his ancestor is Li Luhai, the prefect of Qin Shu County in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Moreover, Xiaguan started studying literature when he was seven years old, so he was very impressed by his family education in this area.
Interested." The pride in his tone remained.
When they heard the words "Li Luhai", Bai Tu and the other six officials were surprised, but at the same time they didn't feel that his pride at this time was excessive.
Lu Hai is an honorific title, referring to Li Bing who built Dujiangyan!
Li Bing and his son, who laid the foundation of Shu's "Land of Abundance", have been highly respected by officials and people in all dynasties for more than two thousand years.
It's a pity that due to the rudimentary history of the Qin State and subsequent loss, not only is Li Bing's origin unknown, but even the name of the "son" among Li Bing's father and son has not been left.
Bai Tu didn't expect that Li Yan had such a family background?
As a result, Bai Tu became more interested in Li Yan. There were many example diagrams, structural diagrams, and white diagrams of water conservancy projects, but...excellent engineers are not productive with diagrams, of course in this aspect.
Only if you have talent and foundation can you further improve!
"In that case... Li Yan, I have an important task to entrust to you, can you do it?"
Bai Tu thought for a while and talked to Li Yan about the water conservancy project planned by Wugong County...