In the study hall, the fragrance of tea rose up.

Wang Shiqiao still played a miserable role, and said bitterly: "This bunch of water rinsing sand is quite big, and it is expected to be used for 500,000 taels, but... the court always dared not allocate it, let's talk about it...

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Speaking of this, he stopped again and raised his eyes to observe Lin Weiran's reaction.

Lin Weiran looked as usual, picked up the teacup and looked up at Wang Shiqiao, waiting for his answer.

"After Master Yan stepped down, if it weren't for Wubutang's care, the officials would have been removed from office by the court and returned home. Now... hey, I heard that the court is going to replace people!" Wang Shiqiao put his hands heavily on his back and his hands were heavy.

He hit the other hand and said with a painful expression on his face.

Lin Qingran picked up the teacup and drank a small sip, but there was a hint of bitterness on his mouth.

Although Wang Shiqiao is indeed a stern party, Xu Jie has been cleaned up twice and is now in a stable power. What is more likely is that the court cannot give the 500,000 taels to the river yamen.

As for the court's decision to transfer him from the position of governor of the river, this is actually the court's convention, and no one can continue to work in the position of governor forever. Usually, whether it is good or bad, or promotion or demotion.

However, there is indeed a problem with the court's choice. The method of shaving water and sand has been waiting for the Nanliujiang River to prove it, but the court refused to squeeze out the money to solve the major hidden danger of silt in the Yellow River.

After Lin Xuran learned about these things, he made some polite mistakes and stopped exploring them.

After all, he was neither a cabinet minister nor an official from the Ministry of Works, and he had no right to interfere in the governance of the Yellow River, nor was he able to get the court finance to allocate 500,000 taels to the River Governor's Office.

Wang Shiqiao's old face felt embarrassed at first, but he was a man in the officialdom after all. He took out the books and said in great desire: "This is the clumsy work of the Xiaguan. Please give me a comment. If you can get the eye, please

Let me give you a preface!”

Unlike later generations where a peasant could publish books, in this era, officials and scholars usually published books, especially some officials or scholars who had no hope of career were extremely keen on this.

Asking celebrities to write prefaces is a more popular way nowadays.

Although he, the governor of the River, is considered a well-known figure, if he could obtain Lin Yanran's preface, with Lin Yanran's celebrity effect, publication would inevitably be popular among scholars, and his books would be spread more widely and passed down from generation to generation.

Lin Weiran nodded without comment. After taking the book called "Xiguan Zhi", he found that there were a large number of illustrations on it, which was already a rare local chronicle.

"This is the clumsy work of the Xiaguan when he was inspecting Xiguan. Please give me advice from the young master!" Wang Shiqiao faced the great man in front of him, Lin Wenkui, who had a great reputation in the literary world, and put his posture very low and authentic.

During his tenure as the Censor of the Xiguan, he inspected the four gates of Juyong, Zijing, Daoma, and Guguan. Because the Censor of the Censor of the Censor of the "Previous One Year, He replied to the orders for the whole day, made albums, drawings, and posted them to present them", hence

During his tenure, he collected extensive information and conducted careful inspections. Finally, he compiled the local chronicle "Xiguan Zhi", which records important barriers in the Great Wall.

This book records in detail the history, territory, beauty, hoshinori, mountains, rivers, passes and territory of Xiguan.

Lin Qingran looked carefully and found that this book could indeed increase the scholar's horizons. He had already thought of writing prefaces in his heart. He just looked up at Wang Shiqiao who was staring at him nervously, but couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

The dignified River Governor was not worried about his future and did not want to keep the position of River Governor, but he was nervous about the publication of this book. He really didn't know what to blame him.

However, he also understood that no matter what era he was in, there would always be a group of people who "do not do their jobs".

Li Shizhen gave up the imperial examination and went to practice medicine, Jiajing gave up governing the country and went to practice Taoism, and King Zhu Su of Zhou gave up rebellion and studied science behind closed doors, and compiled "Benzhe Materia Medica" and "General Prescriptions".

Wang Shiqiao seemed not addicted to the officialdom, but was keen on creation and wanted to publish the "Xiguan Zhi" he compiled.

Lin Weiran did not express his thoughts. Facing Wang Shiqiao's nervous gaze, he put down the book and said, "It's not bad, it's a masterpiece!"

"Mr. Lin, I wonder if I can tie the bridge and line up for the Xiaguan, and Shuyazhai will publish it?" Wang Shiqiao's eyes flashed with a greedy look, and he asked with great expectations.

In the current Ming Dynasty, the largest bookseller already belonged to Shuyazhai. Many people published books through Shuyazhai, which not only earned a lot of money, but also won great reputation, becoming the most desirable of officials and scholars. partner of

Once a gardener asked a scholar to help write a flower planting experience, which was valued by the shopkeeper of Shuyazhai Li Yunhu, but ended up becoming a hit in Shuyazhai's channels.

The gardener not only became the most famous gardener in the Ming Dynasty, but also bought a house and a concubine in the capital with the "manuscript fee". He also bought hundreds of acres of land in his hometown, creating a legend.

Lin Weiran held the teacup, but sat there for a while.

He originally wanted to discuss the issue of Yellow River governance with this Lord Wang, but he didn't expect that the other party wanted to follow him to discuss the trivial matter of selling books. It was really lonely in life!

Although [Biqu Island] has power in the capital, many affairs are in the local area. From the north of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, he also observes the local area with his eyes open. Even if he cannot change anything now, he is preparing to participate in government affairs in the future.

I spent one night in Jining and set off again on the north the next day.

When you reach the intersection of the Yellow River and the Canal, the water quality here seems very yellow because the river water carries a lot of mud and sand. Because the amount of water in autumn is small, large areas of sand beds are exposed in many places on the banks of the Yellow River.

Seeing the Yellow River siltation was so severe, even Lin Weiran, who was prepared in his heart, sighed inwardly, and wanted to pull all the big men of the court over to take a look and ask them how could they bear it?

The Yellow River not only brought mud and sand, but also brought official ships and merchant ships from Shaanxi, Henan and other places, causing the number of ships heading north to suddenly increase, making the river more crowded.

Not only is the Yellow River severely silted, but the canal also has a lot of silt. Especially when it reaches the Liaocheng area, due to the drought in autumn, the water flow from the canal to the north has been significantly reduced.

In order to maintain water volume, the canal has set up river gates in many places. One gate officer and thirty gate servants are set up. Facing the ships traveling from south to north, they are orderly and orderly, so that they can continue to order in turn. pass.
Chapter completed!