Brother Jia Sheshu of the Red Chamber

Although Mo Ming knew that when Mo Han fled back then, he brought the Yellow River course map and engineering drawings with him, but he never expected that Mo Han would memorize the Yellow River course map and engineering drawings.

Mo Ming lost his voice: "You actually memorized it?"

Mo Gu and He's staff don't know, but Mo Ming, who participated in the management of the Yellow River with his grandfather, is very clear. Although the Yellow River course map and engineering drawings are called maps, they are actually not much different from this book, and they are better. The subtleties are drawn, not written.

It is easy to memorize memorization, but it is extremely difficult to memorize pictures and memorize every single stroke.

Mo Han nodded and sighed: "It took me three full years to memorize the Yellow River course map and engineering drawings. Han Shen was afraid of forgetting them. Over the years, I had memorized them day and night, so I could barely remember them."

Back then, he was deeply afraid that the Yellow River channel map and engineering drawings would be taken away by his enemies, even though they were stored in the Dragon King Temple, he was also afraid of accidents, so he simply wrote down all the Yellow River channel map and engineering drawings.

Mo Ming pondered slightly, "You first draw the river courses and projects in Yu County and Feng County."

The troubles of the Mo family began with the yellow disaster in Yu County. Mo Han remembered that the water conservancy area in Yu County was the one he was most familiar with. He asked for a pen and paper, and began to carefully draw the water conservancy in Yu County. This painting consisted of several In an hour, Mo Han had drawn a dozen or so sheets of paper on the water conservancy in Yu County alone.

Mo Gu secretly admired that there are so many rivers to be drawn in Yu County alone, let alone other places, and since Uncle Mo Han can memorize so many pictures, this ability is really impressive. rare.

The river in Yu County is not long, but it is too narrow, while the water in Feng County has a big bend. Although it is a neighboring county, the hydrology is quite different.

Mo Ming pointed to the river course across the center of Fengxian County: "Grandpa's river management is not limited to one set, nor to a certain place, but to connect the Yellow River and its tributaries together, or use the method of opening and blocking, Or use the method of releasing silt to strengthen the embankment. Cheng Hedu treats the head for headaches, and treats feet for foot pains.

He cut off the bends of the river in Fengxian County. Although the flood in Fengxian County was cured, the water flow was fast and fierce, and Yuxian County broke its embankment. silver, that the dikes were broken, that the waters were irresistible. "

Before Mo Gu came here, he also had a lot of knowledge about water conservancy projects, and he understood it immediately. Even if it is modern, he would not dare to use it indiscriminately. He has to see if the downstream river can be matched. Wanting to prevent the flooding in Fengxian County, but not considering the situation of the downstream river, this will cause disasters in the counties and cities downstream of Fengxian County.

Mo Ming sighed: "The river control plan that my grandfather designed back then was all destroyed by Cheng Hedu."

Staff member He can be said to be the person who knows the most about water conservancy under the hands of the fourth prince. Mo Ming understood the mystery of it after a brief explanation. He couldn't help shaking his head slightly, "This river control was not achieved overnight. Your Majesty..."

The Holy Majesty really shouldn't have changed his generals just because Du Mohe had spent too much on controlling the river, so that his success fell short.

As Mo Ming and Mo Han are courtiers, it's hard to say that the Holy One is wrong, but Mo Gu flattened his mouth unceremoniously, and said disdainfully: "It's a good face, but in my opinion, he is the most shameless."

If you really want to lose face, how dare you let the Mo family pay for his mistakes?And how dare you let the Jia family honor their son?In the final analysis, it is thick-skinned and can be compared with the beauty of the river embankment.

Mo Gu dared to bluntly say that the Holy Majesty was wrong, but other people did not dare, and the aides sighed secretly, so the prince also dared to disrespect the Holy Majesty because he was not in the palace. If he grew up in the palace, how dare he be disrespectful to the Holy Majesty? .

Mo Han's lips parted slightly, and he wanted to teach Mo Gu a lesson, it would be fine if he was the only one in the room right now, but there was another aide beside him, if this word got out, wouldn't it be a disaster for himself?But thinking about the inexplicable supernatural power, Mo Han silently took the words back.

Someone as capable as the old brother is indeed capable of pointing out the faults of the Holy Majesty.

The matter has come to this point, the ins and outs of the floods have become clear, and some knowledgeable people should have seen it back then, but because of Chenghe's reputation as an upright official, they dare not speak for the Mo family, but now it may be even more difficult, after all Most of the people in the court who understand water conservancy come from Cheng Hedu's lineage, so they will directly denounce their faults.

Staff Officer He sighed, and said: "At present, most of the people in the court who understand water conservancy come from Cheng Hedu's lineage, I'm afraid...the officials will protect each other."

Even He's staff said the words "officials and officials protect each other". It can be seen that it is really not easy to reverse the case for the Mo family.

Hearing this, Mo Han and Mo Ming both looked worried. They thought that only having the Yellow River course map and engineering drawings would prove the Mo family's innocence, but now hearing what He's staff and old brother said, I'm afraid there is nothing These two certificates are still not enough.

Thinking of the past, Mo Han almost wanted to thump the ground and cry. He has memorized the pictures for three full years. Could it be that all of them have been memorized in vain?

Mo Gu pondered for a moment, then smiled: "We don't want to prove whether the Mo family's method of water control is better or Chenghe's method of controlling the river is better. The crime of Mo's back then was that Chenghe's governor said that he swallowed up the river control funds. We just need to prove It’s enough that the Mo family didn’t swallow up the funds for river control.”

Mo Gu said that everyone realized that they had entered a misunderstanding earlier. The crime of the Mo family was corruption. As long as it is proved that the Mo family is not corrupt, the Mo family is not a sinner, but...

Mo Ming looked troubled, "Even though my grandfather had the ledger back then, it was difficult for him to prove his innocence. Now that the river control ledger has been lost, how can he prove it?"

It was impossible to prove it back then, but after 20 years, how can we prove it now?

Mo Ming regretted secretly. If he had known this before, he should have let Brother Han take the account book away. Now that there is no account book, how can he prove the Mo family's innocence?

Staff He took out a wooden box from the cage and said, "This is the account book of the Mo family copied by the Fourth Prince from the Ministry of Punishment."

The fourth prince had intended to reverse the case for the Mo family very early on. The first thing he did after he was on duty was to copy all the materials in the case of the Mo family. He had also analyzed it in detail. The cost of governing the river was less, but the society had already reached a conclusion at that time, and the Mo family was sacrificed after all.

Mo Gu looked through it a little, and the account book made by the great-grandfather of the Mo family is also considered meticulous, and the amount of silver used in each section of the river is clearly recorded.

For example, it indicates the length of a certain embankment, the amount of silver used to resettle the people, the amount of labor, and the number of days of the project... In this way, if some places use more silver, add the reason why it uses more silver, and return it to the account book. Being able to be convicted of corruption, can only be said to be a crime, there is no reason to worry about it.

Mo Gu pondered for a long time, "This account book is already detailed, but we can add some things to prove that my great-grandfather did not take money for water control."

Mo Gu pointed to the manpower and said: "This item alone can add about a few pennies a day to each worker. Is there a meal package when the embankment is repaired? You can add silver to the meal. As for the embankment, How much more stone can be added? How much glutinous rice is used, and how much plaster? Well, stucco doesn’t cost money to buy, so I don’t need to remember it for now, but glutinous rice is the big part of it, so I should remember it clearly.”

Mo Ming and Mo Han looked at each other, and finally said with a wry smile: "My old brother, your thinking is too simple, how can you remember this kind of thing clearly?"

Based on the situation back then, we used whatever was brought in, so how could we remember it clearly when we had the time?

Mo Gu said indifferently: "Others can't do it, but with my uncle's ability, I should be able to do it."

Mo Han's face immediately turned pale when he heard the words. Don't look at him as if he had memorized the Yellow River course map and engineering drawings, but he knew in his heart how much effort it took him to memorize the thick second copy. Come down, to memorize the account book to this point, I'm afraid it will take another three years to say the least.

Mo Han smiled wryly, "Bro, actually...it's not that easy to endorse."

He and Mo Ming, who had also memorized books, nodded silently. Don't think that scholars will definitely memorize books!

Mo couldn't help laughing, "It's not that Uncle Han memorized the ledger, but that Uncle Ming was working with his grandfather to manage the river. He should know how much the river worker's daily wages were at that time? How many meals a day, what did you eat for each meal? How much glutinous rice should be used to build a river embankment that is one foot long and one foot wide?"

Although Mo Ming didn't know why Mo asked about this, he thought about it for a while and said: "Because the river workers are hard-working, although most of them are laborers, my grandfather still gave me five yuan a day as wages, and two meals a day. , There are two whole grain steamed buns to eat for every meal, compared with other river governors, my grandfather is considered lenient."

Staff member He nodded again and again, and also praised: "Mr. Mo is indeed benevolent and righteous."

For no reason, there is a dark line. Even in the capital, a steamed bun with miscellaneous grains is only a penny. Henan is a large agricultural province, so it would be cheaper if you think about it. If you calculate it this way, the daily salary of a river worker is less than ten pennies. ... Well, he can only say that if there are such cheap workers, please give him a dozen, and he wants it too.

Mo Gu suggested: "First estimate how much glutinous rice is needed for each foot of embankment, how much silver is needed for each catty of glutinous rice, then multiply by the length of the embankment, and add the working hours and wages of the workers at that time to calculate the cost of each embankment. As long as the approximate amount of silver used is similar to the record in the account book, it can prove that the Mo family did not embezzle Zhihe silver."

An account book, each transaction is tens of thousands of taels of silver, which naturally looks like a lot, but if you take each part apart and analyze it, these are actually reasonable expenses, and after deducting the fire consumption, you can see Chu Mo's family did not attack Zhihe Yinzi.

Mo Gu paused and said again: "It happens that we have the Yellow River channel map and engineering drawings in hand, so we can calculate how many miles each section of the project is, and then we can know how much money was spent in building the embankment."

Mo Ming's eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately understood what Mogu meant, but he was still worried: "Even so, I'm afraid there are still some inaccuracies in this account book..."

In this way, it can naturally prove that the Mo family has not been corrupted, but I am afraid that this account will not be right...

Of course, if the accounting is done so carefully, there must be some inconsistencies. Mogu coughed lightly and pointed out: "Uncle can add the freight for transporting the glutinous rice, the money for the firewood for cooking the glutinous rice porridge, and the money for the pot. The cost of wastage..., try to be as detailed as possible, and spread the money as evenly as possible, roughly the same."

Everyone was stunned, if the account was dismantled before, what the old brother said now is a fake account!

Everyone couldn't help looking at Mo Gu with strange eyes, it turned out that the old brother was such a old brother! ! !

Mo Gu calmly sipped tea. Although he paid taxes according to the law, he also legally evaded taxes. Mo Er started to help him with this kind of account books as early as when he knew how to do math.

Staff member He murmured: "Thus, although this method is good, my lord, it is impossible to say that others will think that Mo Gong cut corners on the materials of the river embankment."

Personnel costs are easy to calculate. Anyway, there are records of the number of people serving in conscripts in each county and city, and they can’t escape. However, the embankment has been built and the materials used to build the embankment have been used. Is there any cut corners? , I am afraid it is difficult to prove.

"The real one can't be fake, and the fake one can't be real." Mo Gu laughed and said, "After 20 years of wind and rain, the Mojia River embankment is still standing. This is the best proof."

Although time makes it difficult to trace the truth back then, time is also the fairest judge. After 20 years, the embankment of the Mo family is still standing. This is the best proof that the Mo family was not on the embankment. Cut corners.

Along the way, he also saw many embankments or ditches built by his great-grandfather in those years. The Mo family really put a lot of effort into building the embankments. The embankment that the family worked so hard to build at the beginning.

Most of the embankments are well preserved. If it is really corruption, it is absolutely impossible to build an unshakable embankment for 20 years.

Mo Ming nodded again and again, and even Mo Han showed a hint of complacency, but Mo Ming sighed slightly, "It's a pity that the Holy Majesty can't see the embankment built by the Mo family with his own eyes."

No matter how much other people say, it is as good as seeing it with their own eyes.

"Just ask the saint to go on a southern tour." Mo Gu narrowed his eyes slightly. Didn't Emperor Pingkang like to walk around very much? He likes to leave the palace and go to his Jinjiang Tower to drink tea from time to time. If you love to run, why not come to the Southern Tour and do something human.

(Ping Kangdi: No! I love nerds!)