Millions of canal workers

Author: Science and Technology Innovation Board

Millions of canal workers

"The food and clothing of millions of canal workers seem to be about the people who survived by canal transportation, but in fact, the tens of thousands of canal officials behind it, and..."

On the banks of the Jinshui River, Sun Gong said the second half in a chatty tone. With a bit of love for talent, he couldn't bear to let Li Mian say it.

The illegitimate government involved many cliques. It would have no effect on him, an old man who was idle at home, and he would no longer be an official in the court. When the cabin bureaucrats heard this, they would only treat it as an old man's complaint.

It was different if Li Mian said it. He was originally a poor scholar and said slandering the bureaucrats of the canal transport.

The memorial of impeachment flew into the palace like snowflakes.

"Sun Gong is careful of his words."

Yuan Gong had a straight face and stopped what Sun Gong had not finished in time. He was not afraid of the canal transport bureaucrats and said the person who really made a profit behind him, and he was suspected of being disrespectful.

"Haha." Sun Gong beat him up, and knew that he was too quick to speak, so he almost said disrespectful words.

Mr. Sun waved and signaled a young man with red lips and white teeth behind Mr. Yuan to brew a pot of new tea.

Before the young man could win, he wore a soft scarf on his head, a silk cloth shirt on his body, and a piece of Tianhuangshi hung around his waist.

No one who saw this handsome young man would think that Mr. Yuan had the preference of raising children.

It's the soft scarf on Xiaolangjun's head.

Li Mian exclaimed in surprise when he saw the soft scarf, and looked at it carefully: "This young man is only as old as a dance elephant. He has passed the provincial examination and won the reputation of a juren. It is not an exaggeration to say a child prodigy. Unexpectedly, he is just a tea-making boy next to Mr. Yuan. Even though he is lucky enough to benefit from it."

At his age, he barely passed the provincial examination and won the reputation of a juren.

If he had not been fortunate to receive grace, Duke Jie Yuan's name would not have fallen on him. In terms of knowledge, he would be worse than the handsome young man next to Duke Yuan.

The little husband probably is Yuan Gong’s junior, and he is very skilled in making tea. This is not the first time he has done this.

I found the owner of the Lengtao stall and borrowed a stove and a copper pot. It took me a while to cook a pot of new tea.

The little man came over with a pine flower glaze teapot, poured one cup for Mr. Yuan and Mr. Sun in turn, and also for Li Mian.

However, when the young man poured tea for Li Mian, he looked at him curiously and had a more complicated emotion about Li Mian who was talking.

I was curious how he knew the detailed bad policies in the canal transportation, and he was incisive, but just stood by and listened, which made people feel uncomfortable.

I was more envious, thinking when he could be like Li Mian, and he could chat and laugh with Sun and Yuan Gong.

"Xiao Chuanting." Sun Gong took a sip of the new tea and immediately felt dissatisfied with the little husband: "Are you my husband's grandson or Yuan Gong's grandson? You poured the brewed new tea to me first."

The first dish I brewed after checking is often not used for drinking, but for soaking tea cups and nourishing tea sets.

The second dish that is brewed is the most suitable tea soup.

Mr. Yuan was much more rigid and serious than Mr. Sun. When he mentioned Mr. Sun's grandson, he smiled a little more on his face: "As Sun Chuanting's teacher, according to relationships, I am naturally closer than your grandfather. Of course, I have to pour a second dish of tea for me."

Mr. Sun complained, but only satisfaction was on his face. It is of course a happy thing for his family to be valued by Mr. Yuan.

He said what he said just now, not to scold Sun Chuanting, but to explain something to Mr. Yuan.

Look, my grandson is closer to you, so why don’t you teach your knowledge to Sun Chuanting without reservation.

Mr. Sun smiled and drank a few sips of tea, but still couldn't stop his interest in abolishing the grain and changing the sea. He continued to ask: "What you said about abolishing the grain and changing the sea should be to change the grain transport from all over the country, and transporting grain from all over the country to the capital."

When mentioning the four words "abolishing the canal and changing the sea", Mr. Yuan put down the pine-glazed bowl in his hand and placed his eyes on Li Mian.

Sun Chuanting, who was carrying the teapot, put down the pine-glazed teapot in his hand and stopped pouring tea for his grandparents and grandfathers.

I drank too fast, and I usually felt like I had no tea, and I wanted to finish a whole pot of new tea alone.

Sun Chuanting's little face was a little serious. When he met the so-called talented man Qian Dongjian in the past, he was too lazy to pay attention to him. He recited a few sour poems and really regarded himself as a character.

Only Li Mian, a scholar from a poor family, even married into the royal family and looked down upon by officials and gentry, paid more attention to Li Mian.

Li Mian nodded first and shook his head: "Through the chat just now, Mr. Sun should know that abandoning the canal transport and escorting grain by sea can solve the problem of a sharp reduction in grain. Unfortunately, the real problem of abolishing the canal and changing the sea is not in which way to transport grain, but in the tens of thousands of bureaucrats attached to the canal river."

Li Mian knew the benefits of abolishing the grain and changing the sea better than anyone else, and knew the difficulty, but still couldn't help but say it: "As long as the grain and changing the sea can be abolished, it will save all kinds of exploitation from all sizes, and achieve the short and fast way of direct handover between the treasury and the people."

Short, flat and fast?

When Mr. Sun and Mr. Yuan heard the new words in this sentence, he paused for a moment. He knew each of these three words, but he would not recognize them when he put them together.

After careful consideration, it has a deep meaning.

Just like the abandonment of the grain and the sea, it saves a lot of cumbersome and complicated words, and summarizes a lot of words.

Sun Gong thought about it, then laughed: "I suddenly like to chat with you very much. I am a talented person and listen to you."

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he looked at Li Mian in surprise again, and had the idea of ​​visiting him when he had nothing to do.

What the court lacks the most is talents. Scholars pass the imperial examination and a large number of talents emerge every year.

There are very few talents who can reach Sun Gong's eye, almost none of them.

Not to mention talent, some capable ministers and officials in the court still did not get the praise of Sun Gong. When they met, they were often scolded by Sun Gong.

Sun Chuanting has been with Sun Gong and Yuan for so many years. For the first time, he heard Sun Gong admire a young man who had not yet become an official, and even said that he was a talent.

Qian Dongjian claimed to be the three talented men in Jiangzuo, and wanted to get a thumbs up in front of Sun Gong, but he didn't even enter the door of the house and was turned away.

But today, at a cold pavilion stall on the side of the road, Sun Chuanting heard a thumbs up from Sun Gong.

Yuan Gong also had a little more appreciation in his eyes when he looked like Li Mian, but he sighed: "The food and clothing of millions of canal workers are bound to be divided into food and clothing, and the abolition of canals and seas are definitely not allowed."
Chapter completed!