Life is like this, when you think you are smooth sailing and you can face it calmly, it will fill you with a basin of ice water from the sky and pour it on your head, and after you have suffered, you will drive you behind with a whip. He ran forward without hesitation, not daring to take a step too slowly.
Such is the life of Zhou Man and Bai Shan.
The two were transferred back to the capital from Qingzhou, and they had already spent several years nestling in the capital safely and steadily.
It turned out that it was because of a tea stall in Longzhou, and because they sat down and said a few more words, so Bai Shan urged Bai Erlang to write a letter about dredging the river and managing water transportation, and another letter about opening more granaries to stabilize prices. Zhezi, from then on, their lives were unknowingly tied to a mule. The emperor and the prince held whips in their hands and flicked them hard, and they were pulled around by the mule.
Bai Shan went to Bingzhou to meet Tang He, and the two began to urge local officials to build more granaries and purchase grain, and by the way, investigated the situation of local grain merchants and officials.
In addition, it is also necessary to search the local county annals, find the river map and send it back to the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Academy.
Zhou Man, on the other hand, brought students from the Imperial Medical Office to station in Fenhe River for the purpose of dredging the river in the Fenhe River area. After researching two prescriptions for preventing cold and epidemics and one prescription for antifreeze ointment, he also ran up and down to watch people repair the embankment. Dredge the river.
There is no way, the emperor seems to like to keep their family together, and Liu Huan, as an official of the Ministry of Industry, was also sent this time.
The salted fish Liu Huan, who had a fight with Bai Erlang, was suddenly thrown over to dredge the river, and his tears were about to dry up.
In fact, his grandfather was the Minister of the Household Department. If he was lazy and didn't work, the officials in charge of the matter and the local officials would not say anything. As long as he didn't make trouble, he could be a mascot. .
But Zhou Man is here.
As a veritable "elder", Liu Huan didn't dare to be lazy just by sweeping her gaze over her, so he could only roll up his trouser legs and follow the river down to see the situation tremblingly.
Most of the Fen River is connected, but some places are blocked due to sediment accumulation, or diverted, or diffused.
What they have to do is to dredge these places, or simply design a more reasonable river channel along the improved road, and dig to form a new river channel.
When they finally came back from Fenhe, Liu Huan was not only darkened, but also lost a lot of weight. He lost a lot of the flesh he raised in the pampered place over the years, and he was a lot thinner than when he was studying.
She was much more energetic, but her hands, feet and ears had frostbite marks, which made Mrs. Liu Shangshu feel distressed for a while, but she was still happy to see her grandson so capable.
At that time, the Fen River was not dredged, and it was not opened until June of the following year, along with the Wei River.
When the navigation was open, the Zhou family not only went to the Weihe River to join in the fun, but Zhou Zhoulang also prepared a large amount of goods and took Fenshui from the capital to Daizhou. Since then, their family's business route has opened again.
But the emperor seemed to have discovered another use for Zhou Man and Bai Shan, and since then he has been keen to send them abroad.
Zhouman was sent to inspect medical offices in various places, and Baishan was sent to inspect the government affairs of food and roads in various places, and collected river maps by the way. Therefore, Baishan made specific policies for segmental governance...
The comfortable life in the capital is gone forever.
The husband and wife occasionally meet in other places, and occasionally meet in the capital.
When they are lucky, they can stay in the capital for a year and a half. When they are unlucky, they have to run outside for a year and a half.
Fortunately, the rivers are being dredged one by one. The river maps produced by the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Academy are becoming more and more detailed. The maps held by Bai Shan are more and more lit up. It is much more convenient for them to travel, sometimes from the capital to Jiangling. It can be reached in three days.
The construction of water transport is not a one-day effort, and the busy farming season must also be considered during the period. The imperial court only issued labor orders during the slack season to recruit migrant workers. Except for the garrisons who did not farm in various places, they spent no more than two months on the river every year. .
Therefore, it took twelve years from the proposal of the water transport to the completion of the court, and this became one of Gaozong's many achievements in his life.
This time, the dredging of the river is mainly to dredge and build the wharf, and the second is to dig the river, so that the two sections of the river that do not seem so far away can communicate with each other, so that the boat can pass.
Thanks to Dajin's high grain yield, prosperous commerce, and continuous tax revenue every year, this can support such a large consumption.
In addition, the new emperor is quite benevolent, he is not in a hurry to see the effect, and allows various places to slowly repair, so except for Bai Shan who is always on business trips and the officials of the Ministry of Industry, who are more hardworking, the others are ignorant and unaware. It was discovered that water transportation is so convenient from south to north and from west to east.
When the rivers across the country were connected, Zhou Man, who had already made an order from the Imperial Medical Administration, happily signed up for his resignation.
It took ten years for the new emperor to get up to speed easily, and he just glanced at it and threw the notebook aside, ignoring it.
Zhou Man didn't give up, and went up again, saying that although she resigned from office, she was devoted to Da Jin, and what she did was still beneficial to Da Jin and the emperor. She wanted to go out and study her medical skills in depth, and collect questions from all over the world Miscellaneous diseases, make more contributions to the people of Jin Dynasty.
The emperor only glanced at her, "I see that you want to go out and dig those flowers, plants, and catch those birds and beasts, right? You have used the name of inspection to search for those rare flowers and plants, birds and animals all these years. As if you didn't see it with one eye, you still dare to resign because of this without doing your job properly?"
Zhou Man insisted that she was not doing nothing. If you don't believe me, see if she has improved her medical skills over the years
The emperor pretended not to hear it, and turned his head to ask Bai Shan, who was in the same court, "It is also the way for a husband to teach his wife, you should take good care of your wife."
Bai Shan said helplessly: "Your Majesty, is there anyone in the world who doesn't know that ministers are afraid of guilt?"
emperor:…
Other ministers: …
Zhou Man turned his head and glared at him, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister is sincere. Really, there are so many diseases in the world, only in Beijing, and the improvement of medical skills is limited. You wait for the minister to come back from your studies, and then you can help your majesty." effective."
If it was before, the emperor would have believed it, but he is no longer the cute new emperor, but the old emperor who has been in office for ten years, so he would not have been deceived by Zhou Man long ago.
It is said that she has returned from her studies, who knows when she will return
When the time comes, he will issue a recruitment order. If she doesn't accept it, can he kill her
So the emperor refused to agree, and at most allowed her to go out and inspect medical offices in various places.
Zhou Man: ... patrol, the main job is to check the situation of medical offices in various places, how much time can you spare to see a doctor, and find some flowers, plants, birds and animals
The emperor was such a rascal, Zhou Man was so angry that he went home and walked around the yard three times, and couldn't help shouting up to the sky, "I wish I could hang up my seal and leave—"
She just yelled like that, who knew it was too loud, and spread to the street, so the emperor ordered the city gate to pay attention to screening, and Zhou Man was not allowed to go out of the city, making her want to go to the racecourse to watch people playing polo in the spring. .
In the end, she had to go to the palace to show her loyalty to the emperor, swearing that she would never leave without saying goodbye and leave with a seal, so that she could go out of the city for activities.
After leaving the city, Zhou Man went to the horse farm in the eastern suburbs. Looking at the Wei River not far away, she almost burst into tears, "You have worked hard for twelve years for the water transportation of this river, and my medical office has also been opened along the river. Now we I just want to take a boat and go around and have a look.”
Bai Shan was very calm, "What's the matter, you routinely submit a letter of resignation every year, concentrate on training your subordinates, and His Majesty will agree in three to five years."
"real?"
"Really," Bai Shan said with a slight smile, "I will resign with you at that time."
Zhou Man did not expect this, raised his eyebrows and asked, "President Bai wants to resign?"
Bai Shan said with a slight smile: "If I have been in this position for a long time, His Majesty will definitely hate me, and when I resign with you, he will definitely be willing."
This prime minister is just like a dish, always looking at him is the same as always eating a dish, he will not tire of it for two years, and after another four or five years, he will be bored to death, when he wants to change the prime minister, he will naturally The two resolutely promised to resign.
Looking at the sparkling Weishui in front of him, Zhou Man became happy again, and shook his hand, "You promised me."
Bai Shan nodded: "I promise you, first of all, I will take you to sit on the rivers I have drawn one by one, and see that they are unimpeded, and you can go where you want to go."