As one of the top founding martial arts families in the capital, the Liu family of Duke Li's Mansion has produced many heroes in the past hundred years, as well as too many dandy wastes.
The common people are quite interested in aristocratic figures, and they are even more interested in a nobleman like this who punishes his tribesmen on the street.
Not to mention that this young talent is well-known in the capital. Liu Erlang is known as the "cold-faced gentleman". Liu Xianglian, who goes to the stage to perform when he has nothing to do, is a down-to-earth and good young man in the eyes of the elders in the capital.
In contrast, the certain loser Dim Sum from the Liu family who had just made a fuss was a little disgusted.
If you dare to shout in front of Liu Erlang, it would be appropriate to break a mouth full of teeth!
Liu Xianglian's succession to the title was recommended by most of the court officials and appointed by the emperor.
Half of the rooms in the Liu family are looking forward to Liu Xianglian taking the helm, like Liu Yu from the sixth room. This old boy sees it more clearly and knows that only Liu Xianglian can lead the family out of the predicament at this time.
But there are also people who are so stupid that they still think that once Liu Fang dies, their own lineage will have the opportunity to control the Liu family.
Liu Yu and other clansmen had long warned their descendants that they would do whatever the emperor said. Whoever the emperor chooses to be in charge of the Liu family will be loyal to him without hesitation.
You would choose to fight against the imperial power only if you have a flaw in your brain!
Therefore, when Liu Xianglian coldly threw out the sentence of who is in favor and who is against, almost half of the Liu family members bowed and promised on the spot, lined up obediently, and began to receive the "Daxia Law" from the soldiers under Liu Xianglian's command. 》.
As for the remaining half, almost all of them were angry and angry, their faces flushed and they didn't know whether they should step forward or not.
I originally thought that no one in the Liu family would accept a young boy as their clan leader, but I didn't expect that Liu Yu from the sixth bedroom and those from the second and third bedrooms would betray them and choose to be loyal to Liu Xianglian.
This put them in a bit of a dilemma. They wanted to walk away, but they were frightened by the sound of boards snapping and the dude's screams, so they didn't dare to move their legs.
I want to give in, but I feel embarrassed. He screamed so fiercely just now, but now he has given in. The people who gathered around to watch the show and even ate melon seeds still had to laugh to death...
As the elder of the clan, Liu Yu also abandoned the so-called face, personally took a brand new "Da Xia Lv" that smelled of ink, and came to Liu Xianglian.
"Clan leader, what should we do about the funeral of Liu Fang and others?"
Liu Xianglian glanced at the sixth uncle in front of her and asked thoughtfully: "What does the sixth uncle think we should do?"
Liu Yu should have been prepared, and after the new clan leader asked, she felt happy.
"Although he has committed a serious crime, he has been the patriarch of our clan for decades, and it is related to the face of our Liu family. We can choose a place to bury him lightly, which can be regarded as saving the face of our clan. As for the crimes he committed, he will be punished by national law during his lifetime and after death. From now on, it will be up to the ancestors to hold themselves accountable, and it has nothing to do with us and other living people.”
There was another thing he didn't say, thinking that the new clan leader should be able to hear the words.
Power can only be suppressed for a while.
Giving both kindness and power is the way a qualified clan leader should run his family.
Liu Xianglian nodded: "Sixth uncle is worthy of being mature and prudent. His grandnephew has recently returned, and the clan affairs still require his attention. The funeral affairs of Liu Fang and others will be handled by you and several clan elders in five days. , I will hold a banquet at Duke Liguo’s Mansion, and invite Uncle Sixth and other clan elders to come, and let’s discuss important matters in the clan together!”
He emphasized the word "big event". Liu Yu understood and immediately agreed.
After Liu Yu retreated, Liu Xianglian ignored the tribesmen who were hesitant about whether to give in or not, and left directly.
There was still nearly half of the "Da Xia Law" in the wooden box left here. Liu Yu and other clan elders watched Liu Xianglian leave, then turned around and discussed a few words softly with the elders who were close to him.
Then the most senior person among them, Liu Zhen, the concubine of the first acting Duke Liu Biao, came forward and forced this group of tribesmen who could not see the actual situation to take away a copy of "Da Xia Lv".
As for whether they will follow Liu Xianglian's order to memorize it by heart, that is their own business.
However, Liu Yu and others knew one thing very well. Liu Xianglian did not come here just to light some fire. I am afraid that on the day of the assessment, many people will leave the Liu family and completely lose the big tree of Li Guogong Mansion. 's blessing.
He glanced at the dozens of tribesmen who left angrily, and sneered to himself: "Sure enough, people are as stupid as pigs. That is the existence of the sky. Do you really think that they are weak and weak? Haha~"
After Liu Yu laughed at the ignorance of these people, he then loyally followed Liu Xianglian's orders and personally directed the younger members of his clan to collect the bodies of Liu Fang and others.
He didn't even think about going to the clan to withdraw money. He directly used his own money to hire a corpse stitcher, bought a fairly thick coffin, and finally took it to a yizhuang outside the city for temporary storage...
Liu Xianglian, who had returned home, received the news from the spies. Looking at Liu Yu's actions, he smiled and said: "After all, this is the founding government, and there are still a few people with brains. Ah Qi, go ahead. Send a thousand taels of silver to Liufang and let him buy a piece of wasteland outside the city and bury Liu Fang and others."
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As Liu Fang and others were beheaded, the people in the capital discovered that the Liu family in Duke Li's mansion was obviously divided into two factions.
One group, young and old, stayed at home and desperately endorsed it. The other faction continued to live and drink as usual, and even held a grand banquet on the Mid-Autumn Festival. They never thought that the Liu family had just beheaded a clan leader and several nephews of the Liu family.
Liu Xianglian ignored the loser in the clan and took over the management of the Duke's Mansion step by step. She sent Liu Fang's family members to live in Zhuangzi outside the city and tidied up the family home.
And in Yingchun, who was raising her baby with peace of mind in Rongguo Mansion, her life was so comfortable.
Thanks to the help of her sister-in-law Wang Xifeng, Yingchun enjoys meals prepared by the royal chef in the palace. With her younger siblings by her side and less worries, she looked better than before these days.
After being trained by Lin Ruhai, Jia Cong became energetic again.
Early on the morning of August 15th, when he was standing in the Qinzheng Hall holding a thick booklet, the emperor felt a slight toothache.
"Your Majesty Jia Cong has a plan to report..."
"Jia Cong, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival! If you don't celebrate the festival, I still want to rest!"
The emperor was originally in Yikun Palace, enjoying a comfortable leisure time with Concubine Yang, but when he was told that Jia Cong came to the palace early in the morning to see him, he almost thought that he had failed to obey.
It was less than a quarter of a second before Tatsuki, and he hadn't even had time to have his breakfast. This kid was so distraught, why did he come so early?
Jia Cong solemnly sent the memorial he had written after staying up all night to the emperor's desk, and then solemnly said: "Your Majesty, these are the "River Regulation Strategy" and "Natural Disaster Relief Law" drafted by me..."
"you……"
The emperor almost felt that he was hearing hallucinations. After making trouble for a long time, he actually came to give him advice.
This is a good thing, but at this time, it is really outrageous.
However, he considered himself a wise master, so he held back his complaints and opened the thick memorial in his hand.
"The water of the Yellow River is turbid and indivisible. However, in the autumn, when the lust is still there, it is bound to surge. The two banks are solidified by embankments, and the water cannot be discharged, so the risk of collapse is inevitable..."
"...the soil must be real and not mixed with floating sand. It must be high and thick without hesitation on living expenses. Explore the earth embankments one by one..."
"If the canal is connected to the river, then the river can be controlled to control the canal. If the river meets the Huaihe River, then the Huaihe River can be controlled to control the river. If the river and Huaihe River are connected to the sea, then the river and the Huaihe River can be controlled to control the sea."
“Conquer rivers with rivers and conquer sand with water!”
The emperor's eyes shone brightly, and he suddenly looked up at Jia Cong standing aside.
"Is this possible?"
Floods in the Yellow River are a big problem!
If this method is really feasible, if this method is used to solve the problem of flooding in the Yellow River, its contribution will be no less than the contribution of destroying the country.
Jia Cong nodded: "Calculating carefully, the success rate is over 70%."
He wanted to say 100%, but he had to be more modest. In case God doesn't give you face, it's better to be cautious.
In fact, the method of constricting water and attacking sand has been proven feasible in previous lives. Pan Jixun of the Ming Dynasty used this method to control rivers four times with remarkable results.
Later, the Kang Mazi Dynasty of the Manchu Qing Dynasty also used Pan Ji's method of restraining water and attacking sand, which led to great control of the Yellow River.
Even the previous dynasties used Pan's method more than 300 years ago to control floods in the Yellow River, which shows the wonder of this method.
As for the constraints of this method, such as the safety and stability of the dam structure, Jia Cong also made detailed additions.
The use of cement and steel bars is indeed a bit expensive, but Daxia's steel forging technology is constantly improving and its national power is booming, so the money can still be spent.
While Jia Cong had breakfast with the emperor, he explained in detail the functions of concentrating water to attack sand and planting trees to control soil erosion, which made the emperor pay more attention to the memorial in his hand.
If it weren't for the fact that today's Mid-Autumn Festival was not the right time to disturb the court, he would have wanted people to ring the Jingyang Bell and summon the ministers to discuss politics.
River management is a lasting achievement!
As long as the Yellow River can be managed successfully during the Yuanyou Dynasty, it will definitely leave his name forever, and it will be recorded in the history books: On August 15, the tenth year of Yuanyou, Cong Shang Shu presented the river management strategy, and the emperor showed pity to the people on both sides of the river. We are suffering from natural disasters, and if we allow it... it will be a success, the rivers thousands of miles away will no longer be troubled by water, and all the people will be safe!
The emperor had once again made a great contribution to Jia Cong in his heart. The initial irritation of being disturbed had long since disappeared. He was so impressed that he kept asking the palace maiden to feed his beloved minister.
After the monarch and his ministers finished their breakfast, the emperor was too lazy to go back to the harem, opened the thick memorial book again, and started to read the second half.
The first part of the memorial is a river control plan, and the second half is a simply drafted disaster relief plan.
The two are somewhat related, but the latter is obviously the product of Jia Cong's divergent thinking.
From the beginning of flood relief measures, he gradually developed into how the court should respond when various natural disasters occurred. He even wrote about the people's self-rescue methods when various natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, floods, locust plagues, etc. occurred. .
"What you wrote is a bit simplistic. Do you have a detailed method in mind?"
The emperor quickly read through the nearly 10,000-word disaster relief plan. The second half was obviously just an outline strategy and did not formulate a detailed disaster relief method.
Jia Cong scratched his head: "I just wanted to write out the river management plan last night. I couldn't sleep later, so I just wrote this part. The detailed disaster relief minister still has only a vague idea in his mind. , the specific minister needs time."
"It doesn't matter, I can wait."
The emperor could indeed afford to wait, and he could see that Jia Cong was obviously different today from the past.
With this sudden energy, something must have happened.
He asked curiously: "Tell me, why did you suddenly think of river control and disaster relief? There have been no major disasters in the country recently. If you come here so suddenly, something must have happened."
There was nothing to hide, and Jia Cong didn't think it was embarrassing for his father-in-law to discipline him.
So he told everything about what Lin Ruhai had reprimanded and taught him, as well as the letters and notes that Mr. Wei had left for him.
When Jia Cong talked about what the old man said in the letter and the thick pile of "people's livelihood is so difficult", he couldn't help but get red eyes.
He was silent for a long time, and then he let out a long sigh and said with emotion: "Master Wei has spent his whole life fighting for the country and the people, fighting with people and heaven, and he is the holy man I worship!"
During the reign of Wei Qinghe, he eased the relationship between the two saints at the upper level, reconciled the yin and yang at the lower level, rectified the political agenda, and promoted talents.
In the early days of the Yuanyou Dynasty, Daxia was able to gradually stabilize from the chaos in the late Zhaowu period and burst into vitality. Wei Qinghe made a great contribution.
He has been gone for such a long time, but he can still awaken the innocent heart of Jia Cong, a "talent of Su Hui" in the letter he left behind. The emperor thinks that the most appropriate description is to use the word "saint of the day".
It's a pity that the old man worked hard all his life, and when he left, he didn't see the most powerful side of Daxia.
Daxia now dominates all directions, the country is strong and the people are prosperous, and the people are so rich that they no longer suffer from hunger. The huge fleet of sea-going ships is constantly exploring new roads into the depths of the sea, and railways are beginning to be laid between the capital and the docks in Tongzhou...
"Oh, I miss Master Wei!"
"I also miss the old man. It was the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet back then. After I was drunk, the old man used a preserved melon to 'cheat' me into writing a Mid-Autumn poem..."
Both the monarch and the minister missed this lovely old man. They sighed for a long time. It was not until the chamberlain reported that the saint invited the emperor to come over that they suppressed their sadness and walked out of the Qinzheng Hall.
"Your father-in-law is a pure man, and his temperament is actually not suitable for scheming with others. Fortunately, I am here and you, an idiot like me, take care of you, so I dare to transfer him to the capital."
The emperor stood at the door of the hall, looked at the blue sky, and suddenly said to Jia Cong: "Mr. Zhou Ge is already very old. In another year or two, I am afraid it will be difficult to support the heavy government affairs of the cabinet. Master Xia and Zhou Ge There is not much difference in age. If you support me for at most one term, I will let your father-in-law join the cabinet. Then you can go to the Ministry of Household Affairs."
ah?
In Jia Cong's stunned expression, the emperor patted him hard on the shoulder.
"The two consecutive Gods of Wealth in Daxia were reincarnations of Pixiu, so the country could survive the most difficult times. Now you have brought me 'surprises' again and again, and every 'surprise' requires huge financial support. I need you to be our home, otherwise even if I support you, the civil and military forces of the entire dynasty will refuse to spend such huge sums of money to realize your dream of a prosperous age!"
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I’ll stop here today and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
