The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

Cui Youwang was talking about Lin Jue and his subordinates, and Lin Jue was also talking about Cui Youwang.

"Master Cui has a selfless look on his face, but Shaanxi has been irrigated by the Yellow River in the past few years and has produced a lot of grain. It doesn't look like he can't afford money and grain. It seems that Master Cui has hidden It's very deep!"

Li Yibai opened his mouth and looked at Lin Jue for a long time, Lin Jue twitched his mouth, "You think I don't know what you are doing if you don't tell me? You don't even think about it, what is the relationship between my Lin family and the Xie family? I went to visit Lord Xie on purpose, and Lord Xie has already reminded me."

Li Yibai did not forget this, but he did not expect that Xie Guang would tell Lin Jue such an important matter related to state affairs.He didn't intend to hide Lin Jue, but this matter involved a lot, and he didn't want to involve Lin Jue.Using Lin Jue to test Cui Youwang, first of all, as long as the relationship between the two of them is interested, they will be able to find out. Who can guarantee that there will be no eyeliner on the other side.Secondly, he did this with the intention of confusing Cui Youwang. If things accidentally took a dangerous path, there would be a big difference between an exposed favorite and a hidden favorite.

After all, Cui Youwang will also weigh how much weight Lin Jue holds in Li Yibai's heart, and how valuable he is to use.

When the first day came, it was mainly for rest. On the second day, I met with various officials and attended the banquet invited by "Lord Snake" Cui Youwang. On the third day, I started to get down to business.

The officials below reported that the dam was in danger of bursting. People from the Ministry of Industry came here mainly to evaluate the danger of the dam and see whether it should be strengthened or rebuilt.Lin Jue didn't know much about these things, and Yan Ziyu was mainly responsible for them, and he just assisted them.

Don't look at Yan Ziyu's conflict with the masters of the other two films, and the struggle has been going on for a long time, but being able to sit on the position of the master of one is naturally not a joke.Lin Jue admired Yan Ziyu's familiarity with the fortifications of the Ministry of Water. "Then according to Lord Yan, there is no need to repair this dam?"

"Exactly, I have been familiar with historical materials. When the last emperor built this dike to shorten the construction period, he often drove the craftsmen to work day and night, and countless people were injured and died. In addition, corruption among officials is prevalent, and cutting corners often occurs. It is not easy to be able to persist for a hundred years. These years, the dynasty has been strengthening and repairing, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. Now the danger of bursting the embankment is in sight. Unless it is rebuilt, it can only support one or two years if it continues to repair Years."

Lin Jue pondered for a moment, "Since that's the case, what does Master Yan mean?"

After all, he is not specialized in this, Lin Jue will not point fingers, on the contrary, he respects the meaning of the Department of Words and Waters.While Yan Ziyu was satisfied, he didn't hide his secrets. After all, it was a reconstruction, and the Ministry of Water and the Ministry of Works cooperated. It was impossible for the Ministry of Water to complete such a large project.His Majesty also expected this, so he made the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Water go together.

"This embankment is repaired every year, but it can't last long. It is a waste of money and people. It is better to let it burst or repair it once and for all."

Lin Jue said: "No matter which one we can't decide after all, why don't we ask Prince Yonghe what he thinks?"

Yan Ziyu naturally agreed.

The two talked to Li Yibai, and Li Yibai said: "After all, this embankment was built in the previous dynasty. Although our dynasty has reinforced it, it is a drop in the bucket for the entire embankment. In this case, according to what the Ministry of Yanshui said, we I will write a memorial to report these two situations to my father, and it will not be too late to make a decision after my father has made a decision."

If the dyke is to be blown up, the people downstream may need to move out in advance. This is not a trivial matter, and His Majesty the Emperor must make up his mind.If it is a reconstruction, it will also involve the allocation of funds from the Ministry of Households, the choice of people who build the embankment, and the deployment of labor, which is not a matter of simple lip service.

With Li Yibai in the lead, Lin Yan and Lin Yan felt relaxed, and even took the time to taste Shaanxi folk snacks. The two of them went deep into the market wearing thick clothes, causing pedestrians to look at them frequently.Yan Ziyu couldn't let go, but Lin Jue dragged Yan Ziyu around from stall to stall, tasting all the snacks on the street.

Yan Ziyu admired Lin Jue's belly. He was not as tall or as big as himself, and he didn't know how his belly grew, such as mutton steamed buns, glutinous rice balls, soup dumplings, cold skin, oil cakes, simmered noodles, fried white Intestines and Roujiamo, there are only those that can’t be named, and there is nothing he doesn’t eat.

He not only eats by himself, but he also packs a portion when he sees something that suits his appetite. After shopping for a whole street, all the attendants behind him are busy.This is really too much to eat, if Yan Ziyu can eat it, seeing Lin Jue staring at the dumpling feast, he might have to wait.

Although eating and drinking with him for a long time, Yan Ziyu was not without gains, at least when he went back, King Yonghe looked at him with extremely gentle eyes.This made him have to think, could it be that the rumors that were raging in Beijing were actually true?

Since the minister of the Ministry of Industry resigned and the main department of the Ministry of Industry became an official, because of the position of the minister of industry, the other three ministries were in dire straits.Later, Lin Jue parachuted into the main department of the engineering department, and the other three main departments twisted into a ball to guard him strictly.Later, when Lin Jue was summoned by His Majesty, the three of them saw the situation clearly at that time. How could they not know that Lin Jue's backer was actually the current Holy Majesty, and the three of them began to want to make friends again.

If Lin Jue was really favored by His Majesty the Emperor, not to mention a small position of servant, even the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry after he became an official, the position of Minister is also at his fingertips.The transfer to the Ministry of Industry probably didn't annoy the emperor, but the emperor deliberately tempered him.Such a person, how can we not let them all win over.

Now that he and Lin Jue have come to Shaanxi together, they have supported each other along the way, and they have become friends anyway.Now that he has won the favor of King Yonghe, the position of servant may not be far away.

Not to mention how the Ministry of Water made friends with Lin Jue after that, at this stage, they travel through the Ming Road every day, and even Cui Youwang is a little confused. Could it be that these Beijing officials really just came to inspect the dam of?

Even so, he still didn't dare to take it lightly.After all, the spies came to report in the past few days because of the Ministry of Forestry and the Department of Yanshui. Going out so often, not doing chores like other accompanying officials, just hiding in the room every day, this is very suspicious.

Cui Youwang originally thought that the prince of the county might be hiding in the room in name, but in fact he went out secretly to make an unannounced visit, and the servants broke in twice at the risk of being found and punished, but they were all in the room well. reading a book.Besides, when Lin Jue came back every day, he must bring him something to eat and play, and seeing him go out to greet him, it didn't seem like he went out often.

Cui Youwang was really confused by these people.

Even so, the defense of his subordinates did not dare to make any changes.Especially the spies sent out to watch these people, only the ones who watched more closely did not dare to relax at all.

More than half a month had passed since Kuai Ma passed on the letter, and the news of Emperor Hongzheng came from the imperial capital.Now that the DPRK and China are arguing endlessly over this matter, most people tend to blow up the embankment. After all, rebuilding the embankment is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and expensive.Due to the previous heavy snowstorm in the southern suburbs of Beijing, Emperor Hongzheng repeatedly reduced and exempted taxes, and now the national treasury is not very rich.

Especially when foreign tribes invaded the frontier, Xie Guang obeyed the emperor's order to conscript soldiers and food in Shaanxi and Gansu.Especially in one area in Shaanxi, Cui Youwang excused that there was a severe drought in Shaanxi for years and the government had no food left to raise. How could they raise military rations?Now the treasury has no spare money to build dams.

According to Emperor Hongzheng's order, let them find a way to strengthen the dam first, at least not to burst the levee suddenly in the short term, and then issue the decree after Beijing and China discuss a solution.

To strengthen the embankment, it was nothing more than labor and bricks, mud and earth, which Cui Youwang could afford.Yan Ziyu was used to doing this, so he didn't need Lin Jue's help, and started to arrange the layout directly. Lin Jue was happy to be at leisure, and only helped Yan Ziyu when he needed it.

Now that Yan Ziyu wants to go further, he naturally has to perform. Lin Jue doesn't want to compete with him.But because he didn't have someone to accompany him, it was hard for him to move around, so he stayed in the post house with Li Yibai honestly.

Even so, Cui Youwang still sent people to watch closely, not daring to relax at all.

Lin Jue glanced at the young man standing outside the window through the crack of the window, "It seems that Cui Youwang is cautious enough. You sit in the post house every day, and he has to stare at you with such a good step."

Li Yibai leaned on the couch and picked up a grape, "If he didn't stare like this, we would have to worry about whether he found something. Such a close staring shows that the manpower sent by the emperor is very secretive. It's a good thing he hasn't noticed yet."

However, Li Yibai's hair will grow after staying in the post house every day, "Let's go out for a stroll tomorrow. Although you brought back a lot of things, it was cold when you came back, and it didn't taste much to eat. Tomorrow I will go out with you You go out together, see which one has authentic snacks, I'll try it."

"You go out so carelessly, don't spoil the prince's affairs."

Li Yibai smiled, "No, how long has it been, the letter from Brother Huang is coming soon. Just watch, Brother Huang will send me a message before tonight, and I'm ready to go out tomorrow."

Lin Jue has nothing to do, and it's almost enough to hang around him.This is the inconvenience in ancient times. If you want to eat authentic Roujiamo, you still have to come to the local area. Otherwise, the taste in other places will always feel that the taste is not pure enough.It's just that the ancient times are not as good as the modern ones, and it's hard work to get out.

Li Yibai beckoned Lin Jue to lie down on the couch as well, and fed him a grape, "Try this grape, it tastes much better than ours in Beijing."

There is nothing to do during the day, and it is not easy to go to the theater to listen to plays, it is really boring, Li Yibai is confined in the room, and can only pass the time by eating and reading travel notes.