The best county magistrate

Yang Xuanchen breathed a sigh of relief. He was not afraid of the test of poetry and poetry. Anyway, Tang poetry and Song poetry were easy to learn, and he only had to memorize a few poems.

There will be trouble when reciting poems. My own interpretation of these poems is not precise, and it will not work if I make them up in front of a great scholar.

Dual memorials are a good suggestion. This form is pragmatic. If you have countermeasures for the content of the memorials, the big guys here will be able to tell the difference between good and bad immediately.

I just don’t know what kind of questions Situ Wangran will give.

"Master Situ, please give me some questions."

Wang Ran glanced at Yang Xuanchen meaningfully. He was neither humble nor arrogant. Although he was a little arrogant and cunning, he was still a young leader.

He smiled and asked Emperor Jianwen: "Your Majesty, can you use the memorial about the flood in Jiangzhou three years ago as a topic?"

"Yes!"

Not long after, Wu Dahai brought several memorials and asked Wang Ran to read them. He randomly selected one and gave it to Yang Xuanchen.

"Three years ago, floods in Jiangzhou affected 16 counties, and the fertile farmland lost all harvests. If it hadn't been for the good weather in the past few years, there would have been a crisis of food shortages."

"However, flooding in Jiangzhou has been a problem since ancient times. If there is continuous spring rain after the beginning of the new year, more embankments will be built..."

Wang Ran's words are nothing more than a few questions, how to provide disaster relief, how to control floods and how to resettle the victims.

These questions are related to all aspects, and are easy to answer but also difficult to answer. How to implement countermeasures, how to prevent corruption, and how to comply with the public sentiment is the key.

The biggest problem in Jiangzhou is floods. Once floods occur, the court will provide disaster relief, allocate food and resettle victims to prevent epidemics.

Therefore, solving flood problems is the top priority.

In this era, there was no Sun Shuao, no Fan Zhongyan, and no Zheng Guo. From Qingshui County to the capital, Yang Xuanchen had hardly seen any decent water conservancy projects.

Thinking of this, Yang Xuanchen cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, can I take a look at the map?"

Emperor Jianwen waved his hand and asked Wu Dahai to get the map of the entire Dayan.

Yang Xuanchen sighed when he saw the complete Great Yan territory for the first time. It was not the 9.6 million square kilometers that he was familiar with.

After a moment, Yang Xuanchen approached the map, pointed to the territory of Jiangzhou and said: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, from the map, Jiangzhou is located on a low terrain, and there are two rivers irrigating the state."

"The Red Maple River in the north runs between three mountains. The terrain is not only high but also impacts the plains downstream."

"The lower reaches are too narrow to carry floods, so even building dykes is in vain."

"If we could give up the two counties on both sides of the three mountains and level these two mountains..."

"Absurd, Pingshan? Is it humanly possible? Are you telling a story here?" Lu Boyuan interrupted, and his words were unpleasant.

"Let's not talk about whether we can level the mountain. If we can really level the mountain, Jiangzhou, where the three peaks meet, plus Yao and Ping counties, can become a big lake."

"Firstly, it alleviates the frequent floods caused by poor terrain, and secondly, it can develop freshwater fisheries..."

"Stop, stop, stop talking. I still have the same opinion as before. It is impossible to level the mountain without manpower. Your hypothesis is not valid!" Lu Boyuan still insisted on his opinion.

At this moment, Emperor Jianwen's eyes were slightly suspicious, "Yang Xuanchen, I also think that Mr. Lu is right. Don't talk about Pingshan anymore!"

"What if I have a way?" Yang Xuanchen's abrupt words shocked everyone present.

The impatient Lu Boyuan patted the armrest of the chair and stood up, "If Mr. Xiao Yang really has a way to level these two mountains, I will give you Sikong's seat."

Yang Xuanchen just smiled and did not answer. He saluted Emperor Jianwen, "Your Majesty, spring is coming, and the matter in Jiangzhou must be resolved in March at the latest!"

"If not, if there is a war between the north and the south, and if there is another natural disaster inside, I, Great Yan, will probably..."

He didn't say anything else, but everyone present knew what he wanted to say.

However, they still didn't believe that Yang Xuanchen could level the mountain.

"Yang Xuanchen, do you dare to issue a military order in front of me?" Emperor Jianwen decided to take a gamble, because the boy in front of him has had too many miracles.

Although he himself didn't quite believe what Yang Xuanchen said, if his bet was right and Jiangzhou's flood problem was solved, he could concentrate on dealing with Nanman and Beiliao.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem in solving the flood problem, but...what reward can I get?"

Oh my god, this kid really dares to speak and negotiate terms with His Majesty. He is so brave as a tiger with his beard on his lips.

When everyone thought he would be severely scolded, unexpectedly, Emperor Jianwen burst into laughter instead of being angry.

"What a boy, with great courage!"

"You have brought an income of more than ten million taels of silver to the Great Yan treasury every year. I have already made you a man of Qingshui County."

"If you can solve the floods in Qingzhou, then I will make you a viscount, and you can choose from gold, silver, farmland and beauties."

This was the first time such a reward had been given since the founding of Dayan, and even great scholars like Liu Qingshan and Li Changliu were a little jealous.

The other three gentlemen also narrowed their eyes, waiting for Yang Xuanchen's reply.

"Okay! This deal is real, let's do it!" Yang Xuanchen shouted excitedly, causing everyone to shake their heads.

Are you an official? Why do you feel like you are doing business with us?

"Haha, you kid! It's settled then. If you can't do it, it will be the crime of deceiving the emperor. I will kill your head then."

Emperor Jianwen began to scare Yang Xuanchen, but he was not frightened. His whole face was obsessed with the dream of beautiful women and money.

At this time, Wang Ran reminded: "Master Xiao Yang, solving the flood problem is only one of them. This is not the only countermeasure, right?"

After coming back to his senses, Yang Xuanchen nodded heavily.

He is worthy of being Situ Gong, if he had not been diligent in political affairs for a long time and had a heart for the country and the people.

He absolutely couldn't see that Yang Xuanchen had any other countermeasures to deal with the flood.

"Master Wang is right. Floods in Jiangzhou are just a type of natural disaster. What I want to talk about next is how to implement disaster relief!"

"Let's put aside the Pingshan incident first, let's assume that this is the time when the Jiangzhou flood occurred more than three years ago..."

"Sir Wang, at this moment, the sixteen counties of Jiangzhou are in chaos, and when the people are displaced and starving to death, what will the court usually choose to do?"

Wang Ran didn't expect that he, the examiner, would still be questioned. Although he was unhappy, he didn't show it on his face.

"In order to keep the people alive and able to return home as soon as possible, the imperial court usually distributes disaster relief food, and the Ministry of Industry will divert water to other places as soon as possible..."

He talked a lot about disaster relief methods, almost all the methods that could be used in this era.

It is equivalent to blocking out some of Yang Xuanchen's good ideas in different ways.

Wang Ran's eyes were sharp, and he glanced at Yang Xuanchen, as if to say: I asked you to test me instead, you must have miscalculated, hehe.

Yang Xuanchen was not angry about this, but the smile on his face bloomed even wider.

You old thing, you are too weak to show off your backward methods. Watch me show off later.

"Master Wang is right, these methods are all feasible."

"But have you ever thought about the following questions?"

"First, there is the issue of timeliness. How long will it take to complete the water diversion project?"

"Second, the issue of corruption in disaster relief food..."

Speaking of this, Yang Xuanchen looked at Emperor Jianwen behind the case, looked around again, and decided to continue talking.

"The corruption of ink will happen no matter which dynasty it is, and it cannot be avoided!"

"Perhaps nine out of ten of the government's disaster relief grains that actually reach the hands of the victims have been embezzled. It would be nice if they can just drink a sip of rice soup."

After saying that, he saw what Wang Ran wanted to say and waved his hand to let him finish.

"I took in the victims of the Jiangzhou disaster more than three years ago. They were really suffering. No official would give them food wherever they went!"

"Not even rice soup!"

"When they arrived in Qingshui County, they were so hungry that they were skinny and weak. Almost half of the victims had malaria..."