3. Officials show common feelings (3)
When the handsome man and the white-faced Confucian scholar rushed to the entrance of Chengguo Canal outside the city, there were already many soldiers carrying soldiers on the periphery near the canal, and idle people could not approach it at will.
It seems that the General of the Cavalry who was patrolling the river canal arrived in advance and had already gone down to the river canal to patrol.
The handsome man spent a lot of effort to find the chief clerk of Mei County and then brought them in, but the cavalry slave and the child servant could only stay outside.
When they entered, they could not see the General of Cavalry immediately. They could only stay honestly among the officials and scholars in Ji County and wait patiently for the General of Cavalry to receive him.
The handsome man had already calculated everything on the road when he came, but when he stood in the crowd and waited, he couldn't help but feel a little ups and downs. On the other hand, the white-faced Confucian scholar looked at everything around him with interest.
Standing in the crowd and waiting for more than half an hour, suddenly there was a new reaction among the crowd. The officials from the county temple took the lead in bowing down, and the handsome man and white-faced Confucian scholar hurriedly followed the others to bow down.
They also noticed that the General of the Cavalry had returned after inspecting the canal entrance. The two of them quietly raised their heads and secretly looked at the crowd slowly walking.
To their surprise, although there were many people wearing official robes among the crowd, the old and the young people living in coarse cloth and gauze clothes were living in the middle.
The handsome man had sharp eyes and quickly looked at the old and young man.
The old man had a hat on his head, his clothes were covered with mud, and he was wearing straw sandals, his gray temples and his old face showed that he was already in aging age.
The young man was also covered with mud, and a pair of calves were covered with bloated pants on his lower body. He was barefoot, and in addition to mud, there were also tiny bloody mouths on his two sperm-skinned calves. He had a straw rope tied around his waist, and a broken hat on his head drooped, making him unable to see his appearance clearly.
Is this the General of the Cavalry who occupies the Three Rivers and is terrifying at Guanzhong?
When the handsome man looked at him secretly, the crowd had already walked over, and the salutes also stood up one after another. He looked at his glamorous robe, and recalled the old and young just now, and a hint of miscalculation became faintly uneasy.
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The crowd passing by did not stop, but turned to a river embankment.
Du Ji, dressed in official uniform, looked at the old and young people in the middle, and a faint bitterness appeared on his lips.
After the Hedong army defeated Han Sui, Yan Xing quickly turned to the stable political affairs of Guanzhong.
The key to governing is to hire people. In addition to a group of three auxiliary talents such as Zhang Ji, Su Ze, Yan Gan, Li Yi, You Chu, etc., Yan Xing quickly submitted a letter to appoint a new group of three auxiliary prefects.
Wei Ji got what he wanted and successfully served as the prefect of Fengyi. The prefect of Jingzhao was appointed by Yan Su, the chief of the Shi Shi, who came from Anyi, Hedong. Yan Xing promoted the title of Fufeng Prefect Duan Wei, who recaptured Guanzhong and made great contributions to the Western Expedition General Duan Wei, but this was just a false title. After Duan Wei himself handed over the military power of the army, he lived in Chang'an City. All Fufeng's government affairs were handed over to Du Ji, the Fufeng County Magistrate.
The county magistrate of 600 stones seems to be of low rank, but when the prefect is in a remote position, he is actually the prefect of the county. Du Ji himself has outstanding talents, and he is a scholar from the Sanfu clan, so he can get this popular position.
Even compared with the same group of exiled people and promoted to the General of the Cavalry, Du Ji's official position was not low.
Zheng Hun, who was born in a famous family and also a famous scholar, was about to take up his post as the prefect of Hedong and go to Hedong to fill the vacancy left by Yan Su's departure in Hedong County Government.
Zhongsu and Hongliang, Yang Jun, who was highly respected by Yan Xingxin, was promoted and took over the position of Sizhi that Jia Kui had vacant, and was in power, and was punished for illegal acts and inspected officials.
Sima Lang was simple and concise, and was appointed by the Chang'an Order, which governed Chang'an City. Although Chang'an City was no longer the Xijing of the past, with Yan Xing's vigorous management of Guanzhong, Sima Lang's position as Chang'an Order will become more and more prominent.
Only Sima Zhi, who is equally talented and virtuous, was for some reason but was released into a small county magistrate. The official history of the mansion was circulated privately, saying that Sima Zhi offended a big man.
This incident also made Du Ji work harder after taking office.
However, no matter how diligent Du Ji worked, he could not stop the huge political pressure from Fengyi and Jingzhao counties.
Fengyi County's vitality was not damaged. After taking office, the prefect guard Ji took office, in addition to issuing laws from Hedong, measuring the land, liquidating the population, assessing officials, setting up schools, recruiting fugitives, and promoting military farming, he also summoned and mobilized the powerful men in the county to prepare to rebuild the Zhengguo Canal and Baiqu Canal.
The Guanzhong people in the former Han Dynasty were rich and densely populated, and they depended on the hard work of several generations of people to build and manage agricultural water conservancy.
Among them, Zheng Guo Canal and Baiqu Second Canal are the most famous. Zheng Guo Canal is the heritage of Qin, and Baiqu is the Guanzhong irrigation river canal built by the official Bai Gong of Zhao during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.
The two are also collectively called "Zhengbaiqu", which are diverted from the Jingshui River into the Luoshui River and Weishui River. The land where the rivers and canals pass into all become fertile fertile fields nourished by the Jingshui River mud.
For this reason, there are also folk songs in Guanzhong that sing Zheng Bai Erqu’s achievements.
"Where is the land at the mouth of Chiyang Valley? Zheng State is in front. After the Bai Canal rises, it raises the trunk into clouds, and breaks the canal into rain. A stone of Jing River, and several buckets of mud. It will irrigate and manure, and grow my wheat and millet. It will feed and clothing, and the mouths of billions of dollars."
These two important rivers and canals are now within Fengyi County under the rule of Wei Ji.
Last winter, in order to clear and repair the silted and damaged rivers and canals before the spring flood this year, Zuo Fengyi mobilized 20,000 to 30,000 Hedong to serve civil servants. This move was strongly supported by General Cavalry. Yan Xing personally took the battle and led the soldiers who unloaded their armor and dug dredge and carried soil.
With the efforts of the wholehearted efforts, the Zhengbai Canal Project was completed in advance before the arrival of this year's spring flood.
It is said that General Husband and his soldiers spent the entire winter on the construction site of the canal.
As for the agricultural water conservancy and irrigation canals in Jingzhao County, they have completely obtained the legacy of the former Han Dynasty, including Lingjia Canal, Fanhui Canal, Menglong Canal, and Fengshui Canal, all water conservancy projects that can benefit thousands of people after repair and clearance.
There were Yan Shi, who was in charge of farming for General Cavalry in Hedong and built dams and canals, and the Jingzhao area was prominent and the number of refugees was resettled. These political affairs have been carried out one after another while labor-for-relief.
Only the broken Fufeng County has severe population escaped and its farmland was abandoned. Although it improved slightly after Du Ji took over, it was obviously suppressed compared to Fengyi County and Jingzhao County.
However, at this time, the coarse guryi, Yan Xing, the general of the cavalry who had just inspected the canal entrance, and Yan Su, the chief of the Guanzhong River, who was also in charge of the canal affairs, did not find the difficult look on Du Ji's face.
"Fufeng's water conservancy progress is still too slow. Not only has the Chengguo Canal been unblocked, but the canal entrance cannot be repaired firmly. If it weren't for the insufficient amount of water in this year's Wei River, I'm afraid that this canal entrance would be washed away by the Wei River in the spring flood!"
Although Yan Xing turned his back to Du Ji and others, the pressure in these serious words was pressing on Fufeng County Magistrate Du Ji and the newly appointed Magistrate of Mei County.
The magistrate of the Mei County was trembling and immediately complained:
"The general is not lazy in his administration, but rather that the Ji County is broken and the population is severely fled. It was not until the Chengguo Canal and the entrance of the Canal was repaired last winter."
Yan Xing turned to the magistrate of Mei County when he heard the sound, with a sharp look.
"Insufficient manpower? Didn't the state have ordered that the counties and counties use labor instead of relief and recruit labor and land? Why are there still insufficient manpower? If the officials are unable to bear the responsibility, they can hang their seals and resign. I wonder how many of these three servants want this 600-stone copper seal black ribbon!"
River work is a hard and tiring labor. In order to mobilize enough manpower, Yan Xing not only set an example and led the army to work, but also asked the counties and counties to use labor for relief. He also ordered the officials of the county and county to mobilize the children of powerful families of the great families to repair and clear the river canals where they are located, and promised that after the river canals were built, they would grant them fertile fields along the canals in return.
Yan Xing's questioning was already in a severe tone of reproach. The county magistrate of the Ji County was also placed in the place from the General's Mansion. Knowing the General's temper, he was so scared that he could no longer stand and quickly gave apologies.
Du Ji saw it, frowned, and said warmly to Yan Xing:
"The general doesn't know that what the magistrate of the Mei County Magistrate refers to the lack of manpower, which means that except for the children of the powerful and powerful surnames, there are very few households who can provide food and clothing for themselves. Although there is no flood flow in winter, the weather is severely cold. If the river workers in the canal do not have enough medicine, wine, clothing, and food to drive away the cold, they will be worried about their lives when soaking in the river water. Moreover, this year, the cold weather is very cold, and even some parts of the canal are frozen, making ice breaking construction even more difficult."
"Short after Fufeng Xinding, even the food for relief was transported from Sanhe, and the remaining medicine, wine and other supplies were often scarce. The magistrate of the Mei County was powerless. However, the Ji Xingchun had already inspected it. There were few poor households under the jurisdiction of Mei County. Obviously, although the magistrate of Mei County was useless in the management of the canal, he still made some efforts to implement the government orders issued by the prefectures and counties."
After hearing Du Ji's words, Yan Xing was relieved. He intended to increase the pressure and urge Du Ji, the Magistrate of the Magistrate of the Magistrate and others to avoid the life and death of the river workers in order to rush to work. Then he waved his hand to make the Magistrate of the Magistrate who had kneeled up. He turned to the Chief Shi Yanshu and said:
Chapter completed!