Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

After asking about Kou Zhun's condition from Lu Ci's mouth, Zhao Heng pondered for a long time, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable.

No matter how much Kou Xier's temper made him dislike him, no one can erase the great contributions he made.

And after he paid homage to the prime minister again, although he was suspected of not paying much attention to and respecting him as the emperor, he was completely conscientious and did everything by himself.

Even the "frequent banquets and extravagance" that was always pointed out by Taiwan officials for impeachment has improved a lot...

Lu Ci didn't miss the subtle changes in the official's expressions, and when he saw that they were getting more relaxed and gradually showing a few traces of worry, he was completely relieved.

Kou Zhun used this hand to tell his illness that he would not go to court, and he cooperated with it, and it became a wonderful retreat to advance.

Otherwise, the strong smell of gunpowder between the two of them that day, if Kou Zhun forcibly suppressed the fire, he would come back to court the next day...

I'm afraid it will give Zhao Heng, who was still uncertain about right and wrong, a bad impression of him as "extremely attached to power, even the body of a minister can be given up", and it will be more difficult to reconcile from now on.

Now it's far away and near smelly, successfully arousing the old feelings in the calm officials' hearts, and even giving birth to a little care, it is naturally completely different.

Especially for someone like Kou Zhun who has been straight all his life and has a blunt tone of voice, showing weakness once for the first time, the effect is extraordinary.

The situation in the next few days was just as Lu Ci had guessed.

When Kou Zhun returned to the court, Zhao Heng changed his usual style of openly dozing off in the morning, but stared at him for a long time.

Kou Zhun was very uncomfortable being stared at, so he could not ask, but endured silently.

It wasn't until the court was about to leave that Zhao Heng coughed lightly, and asked in a very casual tone: "Is Xiang Kou feeling better?"

"Thanks to His Majesty's concern," Kou Zhun took a while to realize, still a little unbelievable in his heart, and replied cautiously: "I have recovered."

After Zhao Heng gave a dry 'hmm', he thought for a while, but couldn't think of what to say, so he awkwardly announced the dispersal of the court in advance.

Kou Zhun breathed a sigh of relief. Among the courtiers, he was the first to evacuate, and it was completely different from before. When he returned to Sanchao, he had to go to the palace where the emperor lived to report again.

This strange interaction between the king and the king naturally made a group of courtiers bewildered and looked at each other in blank dismay.

Lin Te and the others were even more heartbroken, and their intuition was not good.

After finally persuading His Majesty, who had a long-standing grudge against Kou Zhun, to agree to recall Wang Qinruo to Beijing, after Kou Zhun was reprimanded face-to-face that day, and after he fell ill, I don’t know if it was true or not, but His Majesty felt somewhat guilty. up?

Lu Ci's intervention in the turbulent undercurrent in the court quietly stopped at this step.

During the time when Wang Qinruo was anxiously rushing to the capital, besides giving lectures to the prince every day, he also planned to apply for one more ministry.

Regarding this ministry, it wasn't that he had a temporary idea, but that he had had this idea long ago, but he just didn't find the right time.

The current product level is sufficient, and there is free space, which is a good space for the proposal.

So early the next morning, since he came to Beijing in the eyes of the officials, he changed his high-profile style of frequent letters and proposals when he was serving in the local government. Except for his neighbor Yan Shu, he didn't visit anyone else.

It was unbelievably low-key.

Gradually, Lu Ci's eye-catching promotion speed, under the subtle confrontation between Kou Zhun and His Majesty, became less and less attractive, and was even quickly forgotten.

At this time, Lu Ci presented a memorial that had been carefully prepared for a long time.

——During the half day when he was not teaching the scriptures to the prince, he wanted to ask himself to treat Caihe water.

When Kou Zhun saw this memorabilia written by Lu Ci in the political affairs hall, but the content seemed inexplicable to him, his first reaction was to call Lu Ci over and ask him directly why he had such a whim .

The Cai River flows through the city of Bianjing, and it is the main source of living water for the residents. It is doing well at the moment, so what can be done?

Lu Ci has a good reason: "At the turn of summer and autumn, there will be thunderbolts and heavy rain in Beijing. Once the rain lasts for several days, the Cai River is the most likely to collapse. Once the river flows back, the gate is easily broken , but how many government houses and private houses are there in the city? None of them have the strength to withstand the water, but they are allowed to be flooded..."

Kou Zhun frowned.

At the turn of summer and autumn, there is a lot of rain in central Beijing. He has lived in central Beijing for a long time, so he naturally knows better than Lu Ci.

But the severity of the "Caihe collapse" that Lu Ci said was unprecedented.

It is only true that Kaifeng Governor mentioned every year that dozens of houses built on the lower ground in the city were flooded, and some streets were also flooded with white water, making it impossible for pedestrians to pass through.

But neither houses collapsed, nor were there any casualties, nor did it affect the main part of the Royal Road, and it was easy to repair, so it has not been paid attention to.

Now that Lu Ci mentioned it solemnly, Kou Zhun was strangely shaken.

After realizing this, Kou Zhun couldn't help but shudder, frowned, and looked at Lu Ci seriously.

However, Lu Ci was not intimidated by his sharp gaze at all. On the contrary, the corners of his lips were slightly curved, and a very beautiful faint smile bloomed, and he looked back at him gently without fear.

Kou Zhun: "..."

It can't be blamed that he is so sensitive and cautious, but Lu Ci is a little mysterious.

When Lu Ci was an official in the pavilion for the first year, he saw that the passages of the third pavilion were blocked, the bookshelves were bulky, and it was far away from the water source, so there was a danger of water leakage, so he took measures spontaneously.

Then, after half a year, the fire in Rongwang's mansion broke out without warning, and unfortunately spread to the pavilion.

Because of Lu Ci's precautions, the tens of thousands of rare books stored in the pavilion escaped disaster.

Let's wait until Lu resigns from the local government. Even if he eats a fat duck in winter, he can be keenly connected with the fact that there are locust eggs hidden in the field. poultry.

So, at the beginning of this summer, as Lu Ci said, locust plagues broke out everywhere.

It is thanks to Lu Ci that he created a "Habayashi Guard" that made people laugh and cry, but was invincible in dealing with locusts. Under the conquest of the imperial court, they fought in the four fields, and quickly eliminated the locust plague, and also prevented the locust plague from going to the granary in the south. Spreading bad luck.

Now Lu Ci is unwilling to sit idle again, and has brought up the matter that Cai He is in danger of collapse...

However, Kou Zhun still thinks this is superfluous intellectually.

When the momentum is not obvious, relying on the evidence proposed by Lu Ci, the Ministry of Finance, chaired by Lin Te, agrees to allocate funds to cure Cai He, who has nothing to do at present and has never hindered Jingmin in the past... Then he obviously has to work hard.

Just because of Lu Ci's worries, in the eyes of others, is nothing but illusory worry, which is really not worth it.

Not worth it!

Moreover, lecturing scriptures to the prince of the Eastern Palace is a noble position that many people can only dream of. If they don't want to make money in the Eastern Palace, it's all right. How can they go out and rule the river for no reason?

The mere Cai River is not the Yellow River!

With just a thought, he can easily find dozens of reasons for not agreeing.

However, facing Lu Ci's beautiful eyes full of mischievous light, he was at a loss for words.

The words that were about to come out, after a few rolls in the throat, suddenly became: "...how about the specific regulations, I wrote it and submitted it earlier."

Although Kou Zhun refused to give an accurate number at all, it was completely different from Wang Dan's straightforward acceptance and full push for his request when he was prime minister... But for Lu Ci, who is more and more familiar with Kou Zhun's temperament, it is enough to understand .

This means that even though Kou Zhun strongly disagreed, he still agreed.

Lu Ci smiled and bowed his hands, and said, "First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Xianggong on behalf of the ordinary people in the middle of the capital."

Kou Zhun watched him leave briskly with a blank face, and couldn't help rubbing the center of his brows, his head was as big as a bucket.

He comforted himself: It's really no wonder that he is too soft-hearted towards Lu Ci, but Lu Ci is too mysterious.If it wasn't so, how could it be that Lu Ci was so concerned about it, and where would it really be that Lu Ci was right, and something would happen soon?

What Kou Zhun didn't know was that when Lu Ci submitted this memorial, he was fully prepared to be rejected by him.

However, Kou Zhun deserved it so happily that Lu Ci regretted that he had wasted effort and prepared the second and third memorials in vain, and he also simply wrote it before going to the East Palace to give lectures to the prince that afternoon. The specific regulations were sent to Zhongshu Province, so that Kou Zhun could read them as soon as possible.

When Kou Zhun took it, he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and said in dissatisfaction, "You're sure I'll agree?"

Lu Ci said with a smile: "My lord has always loved the people like his own son, and he will never bear to let Ximin suffer from the destruction of the house every year."

Kou Zhun's mouth twitched when a tall hat was put on his head, and he waved his hand impatiently, sending Lu Ci away.

After Lu Ci left, Kou Zhun threw the stack of documents on the table as if venting, attracting the attention of the surrounding officials.

But at the next moment, he couldn't hold back, picked up the charter again, and opened it impatiently.

After flipping through it a few times, his reading speed quickly slowed down, and the expression on his face never took it seriously, and gradually turned serious...

How could Lu Ci not know Kou Zhun's difficulty, how could he be too embarrassed?

Inexplicably proposed water control, if you want to apply for a large sum of money, it is tantamount to nonsense.

Even if Lin Te is not the head of the province, it is absolutely impossible to approve it.

However, in Lu Ci's plan, it does not require a large sum of money to eliminate the hidden danger of flooding in the capital.

The most urgent task at the moment is naturally to hire people temporarily to clean up the canals.

The repair and repair of the embankment outside the city, in the eyes of many caring people, is an out-and-out fat job. If Lu Ci doesn't want to ask for trouble and drag Kou Zhun into the water, it is impossible for Lu Ci to do it.

From the beginning to the end, Lu Ci only focused on the problems in the city.

The cleanliness of the streets is maintained by the street department, but the drainage channels excavated underneath have been clogged with firewood and dirt for many years.

It's okay if it's light rain, and it can barely pass through the hole.

If one is unlucky and encounters continuous heavy rain, the consequences can be imagined.

Of course, in addition to this, there are other small places for him to manipulate...

As Lu Ci walked slowly towards the East Palace, he was thinking about the possibility that Kou Zhun would approve the budget he reported.

After entering the East Palace and walking to the Zishan Hall, Lu Ci took his mind off the water treatment, and was surprised to see a limp young man lying on the desk, his whole body seemed to be black with frustration. Prince.

After the questioning, Lu Ci, who was still full of worries, could only cry and laugh.

——Zhao Zhen was depressed about the Sinan little turtle that was taken away by his father who came suddenly before he studied it for a long time.

The author has something to say: Notes:

Flooding in the capital: Kaifeng’s serious flood situation is often mentioned in memorials and Fu.In the first year of Jiayou's reign (1056), Su Shi, who first arrived in the capital, had a taste of the vast ocean situation where the capital was flooded with rain.Put on clothes and look around, Feilu sprinkles my clothes.The mountains and rivers are the same color, and they are as vast as if they were involved in the wilderness.You can't sleep, looking around alone.Suddenly recalling the year of Bingshen, it was raining heavily in Beijing.The night of Caihe's decisive battle flooded the south of the country.The chariots and horses never see each other again, so they fuck one after another?Farang.The new autumn is suddenly clear, and Jiumo is still boundless.Longjinguan Night Market is also brightly lit.The new moon is as bright as the day, and the sparse stars make it cold.I don't know that Jingguo is noisy, it is called Jianghu Township.

It describes the situation in which the torrential rain caused the Cai River flowing through the capital to burst, resulting in prolonged flooding and the city becoming a water town.

According to historical records, in April of this year, the capital city did encounter "heavy rain, water flooded the gate, the gate was closed, and tens of thousands of bad officials and private houses lived in the area." In June, even Taishe and Taiji Altar were flooded. broken.

Mei Yaochen also described his own experience of being trapped in floods in "Heavy Rain on July 96th, 97nd Year of Jiayou, Sending Yongshu Nehan".Also this time, Ouyang Xiu was going to take his slaves and his family to seek refuge, not to mention officials and eunuchs, ordinary people are even more miserable. ("Research on Disaster Literature in the Song Dynasty" p[-]-[-])