Jiangmen Tianjiao: Reborn with funny ancestors

This is the magistrate of Tianshui County. His surname is Wu and his name is Shiyi.

He has been a county magistrate in Tianshui for four years.

As for why the magistrates of other counties pursed their lips and did not dare to say a word, but he was the only one who dared to jump out and confront Chu Tianjiao, it was actually because he had a background.

Wu Shiyi's sister was married to the eldest son of Prince Kang of Shangjing as a concubine. The position of magistrate of Tianshui was planned for him by the eldest son of Prince Kang of Shangjing.

Prince Kang's Mansion is a royal clan.

Wu Shiyi thought to himself that he was also related to the royal family. Even when Zhang Tianhe was the state pastor, he had to give him some favors.

Wu Shiyi usually made a lot of money when he was in office and didn't do much in business. Since Chu Tianjiao took office, he used work to build roads as soon as he came. In Wu Shiyi's view, Chu Tianjiao is just a stupid person who has too much money and wastes money. Lord.

In addition to the Tianshui County Magistrate, although some of the other county magistrates in more than a dozen counties did not agree with the further recruitment of labor, they all wisely chose to keep silent.

Since Chu Tianjiao arrived in Ganzhou, various political orders have shown her strength. She also has military power. These people would rather wait and see than come out to confront her.

But after leaving the state pastoral office, the situation was different.

Wu Shiyi took the county magistrates from Pingliang, Dingxi, Qingyang and other places and invited them to teahouses in the city.

The only one left behind was Wang Ting, the magistrate of Wusheng County.

These people gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

The Tianshui County Magistrate complained: "It's not that I have to go against Mr. Zhou Mu, but the terrain of Tianshui is complicated. It is not only mountainous and hilly, but also has ravines, beams, and ravines. I really don't know how to build this canal!"

As soon as these words came out, the magistrates of several other counties nodded.

Ganzhou's terrain is indeed complex. Many farmlands are cultivated in high areas, but rivers are in low areas. This water diversion problem is really difficult to solve.

"This Lord Chu is from Shangjing. The terrain of Shangjing is flat and completely different from the situation in Ganzhou. We should have raised this matter with Lord Zhou Mu just now."

"Who dares to say what happened just now? Have you forgotten what happened to Zhang Tianhe and Guo Shun?"

"The weather is not as serious as Mr. Zhou Mu said. It might rain in a few days."

"It's better to write a note. We need to mention the difficulties, so as not to say that we didn't do our best."

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Several county magistrates talked a lot.

They didn't say anything at the Prefectural Shepherd's Office, but after leaving the Prefectural Shepherd's Office, they all felt that it was very difficult to repair the canals.

At this time, Chu Tianjiao was discussing with Chu Qingyan about diverting water.

"Grandma, luckily you reminded me that the places to open up wasteland are mostly in river valleys and tidal flats. It is relatively easy to divert water from these places.

But it turns out that it is difficult to divert water to farmland located on hilly highlands.

In the past, it relied on rain from the sky, and farmers carried water on their shoulders and on their backs to irrigate.

In the event of a severe drought, these farmlands will basically lose their harvest.

How to divert water to higher places is the key. "

Chu Qingyan thought for a while and said: "When I was in power, I saw a booklet. Someone in Shu invented a barrel cart that can lead water to high places one barrel at a time.

However, the cart was very labor intensive and troublesome to make, so it was not popularized. "

Chu Tianjiao was overjoyed when he heard this and asked Chu Qingyan if he still remembered the structure of the cart.

Chu Qingyan shook his head: "It's been too long, I don't remember."

Chu Tianjiao immediately called Feng Jia and asked her to take people to Sichuan to look for this cart. If there is a real thing, bring one back.

It would be best to find a few craftsmen who can make this cart back to Ganzhou.

At the same time, Chu Tianjiao asked the caravan steward Qiao Xing to set off with Feng Jia to purchase as much food as possible from Shu.

Feng Jia and Qiao Xing took over their errands and set off immediately.

Chu Tianjiao was still worried, so she wrote a note to the court to remind the court to prevent drought and possible floods after the drought.

This document was delivered to Prime Minister Wang.

Prime Minister Wang initially took it seriously.

He asked people to search for memorials from various state capitals and found that no disaster had been reported anywhere.

“After all, I am a child, and without any incident, if it doesn’t rain for a few days, I think of drought.

However, being willing to pay so much attention to political affairs is worthy of encouragement. "

When Prime Minister Wang met Marquis Liyang, he regarded Chu Tianjiao's memorial to warn the disaster as an interesting thing, told Marquis Liyang, and also praised Chu Tianjiao.

Hearing that Prime Minister Wang did not take his daughter's story seriously, Marquis Liyang frowned.

Marquis Liyang patted Prime Minister Wang on the shoulder with his big hand, making him stagger and said dissatisfied: "Old Wang, don't believe what my daughter said, you'd better serve some snacks!

I told you before that Xirong will most likely invade this winter. If we suffer a disaster here, we will be besieged internally and externally. "

Prime Minister Wang became more cautious now: "You, you always treat your daughter's words as an imperial edict. This is only the first year that a child has been serving in a local government. How can he be so casual about what he says?

But since you said so, I will send someone to Guanzhong to take a look.

See if there is any disaster. "

The sixth prince, Lu Yuanqing, has been established as the prince. Although Prime Minister Wang was sad for a while due to the death of Queen Wang, he has been in a relaxed mood recently.

Sure enough, he sent his subordinates to various places to observe.

Half a month later, these officials came back to report that there was no drought, and it had rained in Guanzhong two days ago.

It also rained in Ganzhou.

Although the rain only lasted for less than an hour, Chu Tianjiao's prediction of drought seemed to have turned into a joke.

The county magistrates sent people to the prefectural government offices one after another to ask, are the ditches still being dug?

Chu Tianjiao ordered, dig!

Not only did she demand that canals be dug, she also sent water conservancy officials to each county to monitor the start of construction in each county.

These county magistrates had no choice but to put up notices to collect labor to dig ditches.

The people didn't have much opinion, but they all asked if they would get paid.

Although I was disappointed when I learned that there would be no wages, since the laborers in previous years were not paid, they still obeyed and sent people to the construction site to report.

Twenty-five thousand soldiers from the Ganzhou camp, except for the heavy armor battalion, were sent to various places to help dig local canals.

In this way, with people from the army watching, it would be impossible for the counties to obey the orders.

In places where water cannot be diverted from high places, according to Chu Tianjiao's instructions, water canals must be dug at least to the foot of the farmland of each village.

In this way, the people carrying water up the mountain can save a lot of distance.

In addition to the canals, Chu Tianjiao also ordered each county to send well-drilling teams to dig wells in each village.

"There is no such thing as a drought, it's just that Mr. Zhou Mu has to show his performance to the court.

Such greed for power and provocation, wasting money and wasting the people, is nothing more than the Chu family! "

The Tianshui County Magistrate said this to people in the county government secretly.

Soon after, there were rumors in Ganzhou that Chu Tianjiao implemented a harsh regime in Ganzhou and worked hard for the people, so he was very happy with his success.

Some people who did not know the truth were gradually incited.

Especially the wealthy households and officials were all waiting to see Chu Tianjiao's jokes.