The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

After Zhang An sat down, he said with a smile: "That's all brother Ru Lin's false praise, it can't be true."

Yang Lin chuckled and said, "Zong Rulin is good at everything, but he doesn't know how to say polite words. With his mouth, how could he praise such clever words, otherwise he wouldn't be born as a Jinshi but did it in a ravine. A county magistrate for more than ten years. To be praised by him like that, Governor Zhang must have some skills."

Zhang An is not a person who likes to flatter, but it also depends on who praises you. Yang Shaozai is in the limelight, and everyone in the world knows that he has regained Youyan and asked to resign from the king. It is really beneficial to be praised by him.

Yang Lin said with a smile: "It is said that those who can do more work. Can you build a canal together with Youyan on the Bianhe River? Abandon Luoyang and take Yanjing City directly. In this way, it will run through the Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, and Qiantang River." , benefit the country and the people!"

The construction of the Grand Canal by the Han people actually started from the time of the First Emperor.An important river channel excavated by Qin Shihuang in Jiaxing also established the direction of the Jiangnan Canal in the future.According to the "Yuejueshu", Qin Shihuang "ruled the Lingling waterway from Jiaxing, went to Qiantang and crossed the land, and connected Zhejiang", and the canal and canal culture were derived from this.

The Grand Canal in the original time and space was excavated in the Spring and Autumn Period, completed in the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, was straightened out in the Yuan Dynasty, and dredged in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Now Yang Lin plans to take the straight ahead of time and go straight to Youyan.

Zhang An couldn't help but say: "This is a huge project, and I'm afraid it won't be completed in a year or so."

Yang Lin thought in his heart that when You Yan came back, he must integrate into the Central Plains dynasty as soon as possible, so that they could get rid of the alienation caused by being ruled by the foreign Khitan for a hundred years.

A canal is the best way. If this matter cannot be completed in a year or a half, it must be done.

"Even for three to five years, it is worth it. If Governor Zhang is interested, I will report to His Majesty, please preside over this matter."

When Zhang An heard this, he immediately became excited. This is a straight canal, I'm afraid it won't be famous forever.

The number one scholar of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 4 and Four

From the south of the Yangtze River to Luoyang, the canal turned a corner in the middle, straightened and then extended northward until it reached Youyan, which is the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal that we are familiar with in later generations.

The reason why the Yuan Dynasty took the straight canal was because his capital was in the land of Youyan.

All the centers of the Great Song Dynasty were Bianliang, Kaifeng Prefecture. Bianliang was the distribution center for all materials. Grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River even came to Bianliang to buy grain, and then shipped it back to sell.

This kind of pathological development has caused serious setbacks to the development of all parts of the Song Dynasty, and it is almost exhausting the power of the whole country to support a Kaifeng mansion.

This phenomenon is loved by all the literati, bureaucrats and ministers in Bianliang, and it is also caused by them. It is not easy to change.

Now Yang Lin, with the help of regaining Youyan, wants to straighten the canal, but now he can't think of any help.

This time, I seem to be breaking my wrists with Cai Jing. After all, Cai Jing's new policy is more inclined to support Bianliang with the power of the whole country. Many measures pay more attention to Bianliang and despise localities.For example, the salt and tea consultation system developed by Cai Jing reduced countless wealthy merchants in Lianghuai to beggars, and all the wealth belonged to Bianjing.

Thinking of this, Yang Lin didn't have the slightest thought of shrinking back, but smiled and said to Zhang An: "In short, you should be prepared, I will straighten this canal!"

Zhang An straightened his expression, stood up and clasped his fists and said: "If the young master can accomplish this, the subordinates dare to use all their loyalty and wisdom to get the canal straight for the Great Song Dynasty."

Yang Lin was a little surprised, how could this Zhang An still feel grateful, Zhang An saw his confusion, and said with a smile: "It's good to teach Shao Zai that the next official is from Qingzhou, Hebei East Road."

Yang Lin suddenly realized, looking at Zhang An, the two of them laughed together.

The civil official group of the Song Dynasty was immoral and bubbling, in order to prevent the Khitan from going south and preserve the wealth of Bianjing.So he sacrificed the entire Hebei East Road. He planted trees and afforestation for you on the official road that used to be good. He dug rivers and canals everywhere, which was muddy. .

Zhang An is from Hebei, so it's no wonder that he respects Yang Lin. At this time, people still have a strong sense of locality.

Zhang An stood up and took his leave. Yang Lin personally sent him off the boat and treated him with courtesy.Back on the top of the boat, seeing Zhe Huanxiang in a daze, Yang Lin walked over and said with a smile: "I'm tired from this journey, I will enter Bianliang soon, and then you can have a good rest. I have a big one in Bianliang. The courtyard, which I lived in before I came to Zhaodefang, has already ordered someone to clean it up, and I have also won the peony you like."

Zhe Huanxiang sighed, "I like being by your side, but I'm so bored when you're dealing with official business, and I don't have much to say to others. I don't know if you still have time to accompany me when I go back to Bianliang."

Yang Lin put his arms around her and talked sweetly, coaxing the beauty into a smile. At this time, the boat had already entered the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion.

After all, Zhe Huanxiang still had widows who lived alone. Yang Lin sent people to send them to his other courtyard, and then landed with Lu Qian and others, ready to ride into the city.

The great victory of Youyan caused a great shock to Kaifeng Mansion. Everyone was beaming with joy along the way, and most of the people's chatter was about the night battle in Zhuolu Mountain.

What they said became more and more mysterious. Even Yang Lin himself was startled after hearing their descriptions. It turned out that I was so fierce.

When it was more than a dozen miles away from Bianliang, a group of white-clothed scholars had been waiting for a long time on the official road, and the leader was Yang Lin's eldest disciple Wu Min.

Although Yang Lin has been away from Beijing for a year, he knows everything about Bianliang clearly, so many people should be his disciples and grandchildren now

Wu Min and others gave lectures under the Yanqing Temple, and recruited many disciples. Yang Lin supported them, and secretly asked Yin Muhong to give them more gold, silver and copper coins, and made suggestions to build momentum for them.

Otherwise, Wu Min and others alone would not be able to achieve today's situation.Yin Muhong has sufficient experience in building momentum and is a good hand.The planning is also watertight, but it is a pity that the character is a little bit bad.

"The student has met his teacher." Wu Min ran over from a distance, and saluted with his juniors and apprentices.

When Yang Lin saw his disciple, his back straightened unconsciously, and his expression became kind.

The dignity of the teacher, after dismounting, Yang Lin walked with a group of people. Along the way, there were many new students who asked all kinds of difficult doubts, and Yang Lin answered them one by one.

My own course is very simple, that is, to pay attention to applying what you have learned, not to fake knowledge, but to have a target.

Choose a direction according to your own interests and talents, and delve into the laws of it.Insights into the world are all knowledge, which is very attractive to these young students, because Yang Lin's theory is indeed more interesting.

Of course, in the process of studying things to gain knowledge, the traditional classics and Shi Ziyi must also be learned. After all, in this era, if you leave these things aside, you are not a literati.

In Yang Lin's mind are the research results of countless generations of sages in the world after thousands of years. These things are common sense in the eyes of later generations, and they are all great cognitions in this era.

Yang Lin could almost answer the questions of disciples and grandchildren, which further enhanced his status in the hearts of the students of the Yang family.

In their view, Yang Lin could have become a saint like Confucius and Mencius long ago.

A group of people talked, walked, and finally arrived at the outskirts of Bianliang.Yang Lin didn't feel tired at all. The journey of more than ten miles was very easy for him.

In the outskirts of the city, someone had already set up a colorful platform, waiting to welcome him into the city, and those who took back Youyan, no matter how grand the welcome was, it would not be too much.

Yang Lin just wants to keep a low profile now, after all, he will bring up the straightening of the canal in the near future.

At that time, most of the officials and gentry here will become their own resistance. They are the actual beneficiaries of the Bianliang central system, controlling the economy, culture and power of the entire Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty made strong trunks and weak branches, and made the main trunk too thick, while the surrounding branches and leaves were sparse. If things go on like this, it has become a kind of sickness.

There are many stubborn illnesses in the Song Dynasty, and this one needs to be solved especially, so Yang Lin faced the difficulties.

Cai Jing may not be unable to see the harm of this point, but there is no way, he, the prime minister, is also the spokesperson of the Bianliang class and the biggest beneficiary.

The crowd is full of familiar faces. I have been away from Beijing for a year, and the situation in the world has changed dramatically, but Bianliang has hardly changed.

It's still the same group of familiar people, doing familiar things, dawdling in the heavy and corrupt officialdom system, hanging out with prostitutes, drinking and having fun in Bianliang's flowery streets and willow lanes.

Looking around, Yang Lin shook his head and sighed: These Lords are all his enemies in the next stage, and they are much more terrifying than the Jurchens.

Chapter 4 Chiyang Daoist has many believers

Thunder bursts, dark clouds piled up.

It has been raining in Bianliang for three days in early summer. In the inner courtyard of Zhaodefang and outside the pavilion in the center of the garden, rain and waterfalls flowed down, making the artificial lake in the courtyard steamy with clouds, as if pulling a curtain hanging from the mist out of thin air. , Dividing the inside and outside of the pavilion into two worlds.

Amidst the pattering sound, Yang Lin's mood was a little impetuous. It had been more than ten days since he returned to Bianliang, and he didn't have the high-spirited atmosphere of Border Gate at all.In the land of Youyan, even the small people who are transporting are also contributing to the border defense of the Song Dynasty.Most of the officials knew in their hearts to defend Youyan and prepare for the battle against Jurchen.