Although there were a lot of troubles in Qingtian, Zhejiang, Jiang Yao, the envoy to the left of Zhejiang, was not punished and was instead promoted to censor of the right capital by Wang Yuan.
Because Hangzhou Port is very important, Jiang Yao has been managing the Qiantang River. He ordered the destruction of the new polder fields of West Lake and Xianghu Lake, and turned the polder fields into lakes again. He was scolded bloody by the gentry of Hangzhou. Then.
Recruit 200,000 laborers to strengthen the seawall at the mouth of the Qiantang River, and carry out large-scale management of the middle and lower reaches of the Qiantang River.
Jiang Yao only spent one year and four months on such a large project, and did not request any funding from the central government. He relied entirely on the Hangzhou Shipping Department to fund the project and also raised private funds from merchants.
It only takes a few words to talk about it, but it is impossible to get the shipping company to give money honestly and to get many merchants to raise funds voluntarily without some clever means.
After Jiang Yao returned to Beijing to report on her duties, she was immediately invited to Wenyuan Pavilion by Wang Yuan.
"Meet the Prime Minister!" Jiang Yao said with a long bow.
Wang Yuan got straight to the point: "I want to greatly control the Yellow River. Do you have any strategies?"
Jiang Yao replied: "I once knew that Huai'an Prefecture should not use the old methods if it wants to greatly control the Yellow River."
"What can you do?" Wang Yuan asked.
Jiang Yao said: "In the past, the way to control the Yellow River was to build embankments and divert the flow. The more diversions the Yellow River has, the slower the water will be and the more serious the sedimentation will be. Not only should the flow not be diverted, but the river channel should also be restrained to make the flow more turbulent."
"Conduct water to attack sand?" Wang Yuan is a civil engineering dog. Although he is not a professional in water control, he still knows the general method.
Jiang Yao's eyes lit up and she praised: "This is the method!"
Confining water to attack sand was proposed by a scholar in history. This man did not even leave his name.
This method was adopted by Wan Gong, the governor of the river, who was dismissed from office due to political strife, so Pan Jixun continued, and received strong support from Zhang Juzheng.
Unfortunately, one year after Zhang Juzheng's death, he was counterattacked by his political opponents.
Pan Jixun was labeled as "Zhang Dang" and his position was reduced to the people. No one dared to touch the Yellow River Project anymore. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that the water-reinforcement sand attack was rediscovered. This thing is still very effective in modern times.
Wang Yuan asked: "It's just an idea to confine water and attack sand. How should we do it specifically?"
Jiang Yao said: "When the river is dry and the water is shallow, we build embankments on the silt, thus making the river narrower and making the river flow faster. But in this way, when the water rises, it is easier to break the embankment. When you think about it,
Ways to strengthen the dikes. Just in case, one or two more dikes should be built farther away. Even if the inner dike breaks, the outer dike can still block the flood. This is just an idea. Please forgive me for the specific how to do it.
It’s difficult to answer. We must make an on-site investigation before we can say anything else.”
"Very good," Wang Yuan praised, "as the censor of Youdu, you will serve as the governor of the river to solve the serious flooding problem of the Yellow River!"
Jiang Yao immediately clasped her fists: "This matter will benefit the country and the people, and I will not hesitate to die!"
Wang Yuan said with a smile: "I won't let you die. I will give you enough money and manpower, so just do it. Brother Wei Xian (Gu Yingxiang) often mentions you, saying that you are upright and honest and capable of doing things. He asked you to be Zuobu of Zhejiang Province before.
The political envoy was recommended by Brother Weixian."
"Weixian has been praised too much, I'm really ashamed of myself." Jiang Yao said.
Gu Yingxiang was an early disciple of Wang Yangming. He had a close personal relationship with Wang Yuan in the capital and helped Wang Yuan build his first laboratory at home.
Today, Gu Yingxiang is a member of the Physics Society, a part-time mathematician, and his official position is Fujian Zuobu Envoy, leading the Qingtian reform work in Fujian Province.
Jiang Yao and Gu Yingxiang are from the same hometown and have known each other since they were young.
Jiang Yao, as Gu Yingxiang said, is upright, honest and capable of doing things.
Historically, when Zhengde was touring Yangzhou in the south, Jiang Yao forced himself to cross Jiangbin and was handcuffed by the eunuchs with iron shackles. He was illegally arrested until Linqing before he was released. During the Jiajing period, he served as Minister of the Ministry of Works and was responsible for all various projects in the capital.
Jiajing, which was undergoing a lot of construction projects, was extremely comfortable because Jiang Yao could do the projects quickly, well and save money.
The political struggle in the Jiajing Dynasty was so fierce, but no one dared to attack Jiang Yao. In order to reduce the cost of the project, Jiang Yao even rounded up all the private sergeants of the powerful to work as laborers. He offended countless powerful people without any harm, and even impeached him.
Never encountered it once.
The reason is very simple. He does not get involved in political disputes and works wholeheartedly. Jiajing trusts him to the extreme.
There was a banquet in Xiyuan. When Jiajing saw Jiang Yao sitting outside the palace, he moved the emperor's relatives out and invited Jiang Yao in to sit at the front, ranking second only to the chief minister.
This kind of person is very comfortable for superiors to use.
Jiang Yao said goodbye and left, and Wang Yuan had a meal in Wenyuan Pavilion. It was a standard work meal sent by Honglu Temple.
After Wang Yuan's reforms, the working meals of all yamen in the capital are all of the same standard. Officials have one meat dish, one vegetable dish and one soup dish, all served in small bowls, and a cup of rice wine for grades four or above. Officials also have meat and vegetable dishes, but the meat is obviously more
Infrequently, this difference is considered normal.
If you have a big appetite, you can bring your own snacks, since working meals are only limited.
After lunch, Wang Yuan went to Xiyuan. The little emperor was going to hold a sutra feast today.
A young eunuch in charge of rituals bowed and led Wang Yuan the way, and soon arrived at the small hall near the leopard room. There were still leopards in the leopard room, but there were not many warriors left in the leopard room, most of them had entered
The small part of the army that was no longer useful was thrown into building railways.
Before the emperor came, dozens of people from the cabinet, six ministries and Hanlin Academy officials were already present.
Seeing Wang Yuan on the stage, all the officials immediately stood up to greet him.
Even Wang Yuan's dressing preferences are eagerly imitated by civil servants. In the past, everyone wore loose belts, but now, like Wang Yuan, they tighten their belts very tightly to look more energetic.
In the past few months, the emperor has been receiving compliments every day, praising the emperor, praising the chief minister, and praising Shao Fengshi.
With financial reserves of more than 20 million taels of silver in Taicang, there was stability in all directions and the people were prosperous. At the same time as the Qingtian Reform, the capital city was being expanded, the dictionary was compiled, the map was compiled, and the Yellow River water conservancy was overhauled. What an exciting event this was!
Soon, the emperor came and all the ministers paid their respects.
At the end of last year, the lecture on "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" began, and Yao Lai, Yao Lai's son, the number one scholar, came forward to read the relevant passages to the emperor.
Unfortunately, during this period, when we talked about the New Dynasty, the great virtuous minister Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and established itself. When the ministers were giving lectures, they were all cautious, fearing that mistakes would be revealed and Wang Yuan would feel that they were making insinuations.
Today's content is about the Battle of Kunyang. Liu Xiu used thousands of troops to defeat the 420,000 New Army. The Son of the Plane finally defeated the time traveler.
Zhu Zaiyi obviously knew about this battle for the first time, and he was surprised: "Is it really destiny? A meteorite fell into the enemy camp, and a violent storm destroyed the enemy army?"
Mao Ji said: "Those who usurp the Han Dynasty to establish themselves are traitors and will be punished by heaven. Guangwu has his own destiny."
Zhu Zaiyi asked Wang Yuan: "What do you think, teacher?"
Wang Yuan asked back: "Your Majesty, I don't know whether it is destiny or not. Even the meteors and storms may be exaggerated. But if there are no meteors falling into the camp and no violent storms, who do you think can win?"
Zhu Zaiyi thought for a while and said: "With thousands against 420,000, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Emperor Guangwu to win."
"No."
Wang Yuan shook his head: "Guangwu will win."
Zhu Zaiyi asked: "Why?"
Wang Yuan said: "Let's just talk about this battle. The commander of the new army made many foolish moves, and the general who defended the city was willing to surrender. He could have captured the city without any bloodshed, but he refused to accept the surrender. He even did not do anything to encircle three missing people, and was blocked on all sides.
Let a group of ragtag people in the city unite and have the determination to die. How can there be such a war? "
Zhu Zaiyi nodded and said: "The commander-in-chief of the new army is indeed fatuous."
Wang Yuan said: "The composition of the New Army is complex and they were temporarily tied together. They are neither convinced by the commander nor may they be conflicted with each other. It may seem that the 420,000-strong army is invincible, but in fact it is just a piece of loose sand.
The new army besieged the city for many days and could not attack it for a long time, so their morale naturally plummeted. But they were outnumbered and did not take the enemy seriously, so they must have lost their morale."
"Emperor Guangwu was not like that. He also brought a bunch of makeshift troops and was well aware of the weaknesses of his troops. Therefore, he did not attack with all his strength as soon as he came up. Instead, he only brought a thousand cavalry to harass and give full play to the speed advantage of the cavalry.
If there were too many enemies, he would definitely run away. If the enemies came only a few thousand, he would kill them immediately. Although he could only kill dozens of enemies at a time, he would continue to win battles, making his rabble more enthusiastic about his new appointment.
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"In this way, the morale of Guangwu's army became stronger as the battle continued, but the morale of the 420,000-strong New Army army was low."
"Guangwu spread rumors again, saying that Wancheng has been destroyed and friendly troops are about to come to help. Guangwu's morale became stronger, and the new army troops became more frightened."
"Not everyone can Han Xin command troops, the more the better. The commander of the new army can command tens of thousands of people at most. At the time of the decisive battle, the commander of the new army may not be able to restrain the troops and can only lead more than 10,000 people to fight. Order
The remaining 400,000 troops formed formations to defend themselves, and were not allowed to leave their respective camps without military orders. The two sides in this decisive battle were only a few thousand against more than 10,000. The 400,000 troops of the New Army and the city defenders of the rebels were all watching the excitement.
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"The morale of Emperor Guangwu's thousands of men was high, but the morale of the tens of thousands of new troops who went to war was sluggish. How could Guangwu be victorious?"
Zhu Zaiyi suddenly realized: "So that's it, the real battle is just thousands versus tens of thousands, not thousands versus 420,000."
Wang Yuan changed the topic: "Wang Mang's defeat was actually a reform. The Western Han Dynasty had long-standing shortcomings and had to change, but Wang Mang became too powerful and out of date. Let's just talk about currency reform. It changed five times in seven years.
Small things make things big every time.”
Zhu Zaiyi asked: "How to use small things to make big things easy?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "It can be compared like this, replacing good coins with bad coins, and then declaring the good coins invalid. In the end, the bad coins are invalid, which is equivalent to printing treasure banknotes. They are not real treasure banknotes, they are still copper coins.
But one of his coins would be used as money. In this way, all the wealth in the world was exploited by the five currency reforms, and all went into the pockets of the reform officials and the court. The people had no way of living, and the world was in rebellion. Even without Guangwu, there would be no
Other sons of destiny will come out."
Wang Mang's approach is somewhat similar to that of President Chang of the Republic of China, who used silver yuan coupons to replace legal tender and gold yuan coupons to replace silver yuan coupons, causing the wealth in the hands of the people to evaporate out of thin air.
Wang Yuan solemnly said: "Your Majesty, you must remember to repeat the reform and reform. You cannot change the order overnight, otherwise it will be of no benefit to the country and the people. After I leave the court, someone will definitely counterattack. Please persist in the reform and do not waver."
As soon as this statement came out, all the officials were shocked, and many people quickly lowered their heads and pretended not to hear.
Zhu Zaiyi nodded and said: "I have written it down."
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