Chapter 675: Martyrs’ Shrine

"Therefore, it is the way of a king to teach and order first, and to punish him second. To fight without teaching is to abandon it."

Nowadays, these people who are used to being kept in captivity need to be trained before they can be released to adapt to a life of self-reliance.

When this group of people learned how to build roads and cities, and the Jinghu area developed, the demand for construction began again.

Although the Song Dynasty is now enjoying great benefits, the floods on the two Zhejiang roads are still worrying.

So Wang Anshi ordered Lu Huiqing to be the military equipment supervisor, and asked Shen Kuo to appoint officials to manage the water conservancy of the two Zhejiang provinces.

Zhao Xu asked Wang Anshi: "Will this matter definitely be accomplished?"

Wang Anshi said: "Shen Kuo is a scholar, he is familiar with the interests and dangers, and his nature is cautious, so he should not act rashly."

Zhao Xu still had lingering fears: "Let the matter be audited. Don't act rashly like Jia Quan and stop in the middle. It will cause great harm."

This statement is actually somewhat unfair to Jia Quan.

This man is a figure like Wang Shao, but the two of them focus on military affairs and farming.

Born in a farm family, he loved reading since childhood and had extraordinary knowledge. In the second year of Jiayou's reign, he passed the Jinshi examination and was awarded the rank of Muzhou regiment training and promotion officer. He learned about Hangzhou and Yu Qian County.

However, like Wang Shao, he did not take office. Instead, he trekked in the wilderness all day long, engaged in inspection and research of farmland water conservancy, and studied the traces of ancient water conservancy.

He conducted field research on the history of water control in the Taihu Lake area and more than 260 rivers around Taihu Lake. Combining his own experience and ideas of water control, he wrote four volumes of "Wumen Water Conservancy Book".

In the third year of Xining, the imperial court issued an edict to the world to collect good strategies for financial management, saving expenses, and promoting advantages and eliminating disadvantages.

At this time, Jia Quan had been appointed as Jiyi Wenzi in Guangdong and suggested managing Suzhou's paddy fields. He believed that "nothing in the world is more beneficial than paddy fields, and nothing is more beautiful than paddy fields in Suzhou."

He also pointed out that farmland management must be combined with water control, "distinguish the differences in terrain, and seek the traces of the ancients." He presented "Six Loss and Six Gains of Suzhou Water Conservancy" and "Seven Benefits and Disadvantages of Farmland Management" to the imperial court, analyzing "Suzhou's five benefits and disadvantages". The name of the county is Shuitian. In fact, the east of Kunshan is connected to the hills and mountains of the sea. Its land is high in the east and goes down to the west. To the north of Changshu, it is connected to the silt of the river. Its land is high in the north and goes down to the south."

"These two places are both called Gaotian. However, the west of the Kunshan Mountains reaches the border of Changzhou, which is only 150 miles away. The south of Changshu, which reaches the border of Huxiu, is only more than 200 miles away. The land is low. They are all called paddy fields." "It drives all the water from the low fields into the Songjiang River, making the river flow turbulent." It can not only wash out the river bed, but also accelerate drainage, and finally turn the swamp into fields.

It should be said that the analysis and discussion are quite incisive.

Wang Anshi appreciated him greatly and appointed him as the Prime Minister of Sinong Temple, where he promoted the construction of water conservancy projects in the two Zhejiang provinces.

As a result, the water conservancy project was not completed, but the floods had already occurred. Floods occurred on the two Zhejiang roads. The previous work service was wasted and Jia Quan was dismissed.

After Su You found out, he asked Sitong Company to take him to Kunshan to continue to practice his theory of water control, and equipped him with a professional geographical surveying and mapping team. In a word, if you want people to give people, if you want money, give money to create that valuable depression. .

Jia Gen was so grateful that he restarted the process in Taicang, named it "Da Siqian", opened up cliffs, ditches, and farms, and launched a large-scale water conservancy development.

Shen Kuo shook his head and sighed: "The weather is unfavorable, people are not harmonious, and Jia Yu is unlucky enough. In fact, his theory is not wrong, but the floods in the states in western Zhejiang have not been cleared for a long time, and most of the embankments and rivers have been abandoned."

"If it is all borne by increasing corvee labor, there will inevitably be complaints, the people will be exhausted, and it will be difficult to succeed."

After saying that, he handed over to Su You: "Mingrun, can you please ask Huangsong Bank to provide me with a loan? I will repay it with the land I gained from Xingli."

Su You said: "This matter is in charge of Sinong Temple. Instead of looking for my husband, you came to me instead?"

Shen Kuo sighed: "Don't coax me. Look at the current state of water conservancy. Hebei and Zhejiang rely on the Sinong Temple, the Capital Water Supervision, and the Yellow River Dredging Department; and Shaanxi, Jinghu, and Bianjing rely on the support of banks.

Which side is more reliable?”

"I'm not afraid of doing things. I'm afraid of being pulled down by others. It doesn't matter to me, but Zhejiang and Zhejiang are my hometown."

Su You handed him a letter: "If you don't tell me, I'll be embarrassed to take it out. This is a letter to Da Su. You go find him. Today's Hangzhou Shipping Department is too weak to collect shipping taxes."

Shen Kuo took it over happily and saluted Su Youchang: "Thank you very much. Before leaving, Your Majesty specially summoned me and asked me to visit Zizhan. I must treat him well."

Su You looked at a new tall square building built next to the pier: "Go ahead. Next time you come back to Bianjing, you will see a huge bell tower here! Your blood and sweat are also in it!"

After Shen Kuo arrived in Zhejiang, he went to Hangzhou to visit Da Su and sent Su You a letter.

Dasu summoned Zhang Zao, the head of Huangsong Bank in Hangzhou, and loaned Shen Kuo 1 million yuan in special funds.

With this money, Shen Kuo opened warehouses to provide relief for the famine in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Huaihe, and at the same time used work for relief to raise money for the people.

In Lazhong, on the site of the original Dong Kiln Office, a stately building complex covering an area of ​​dozens of acres and extending several miles in and out was first completed.

The two giant cypresses outside the door are still old trees from Dongyao Wu. Su You spent a lot of effort to move the two trees to where they are now in front of the door.

In front of the giant cypress, there is a tall white stone archway, on which are the four characters written by Zhao Xu personally - Eternal Fragrance.

There is a stone tablet next to the archway, also written by Zhao Xu himself: "Luan Yi is in charge of the battle, and he is walking here."

On the plaque at the front of the door, there are eight characters written by Wang Anshi personally - Emperor Song Zhaozhong Bao Lie Ancestral Hall.

Today, Zhao Xu, Wang Anshi, officials from the two governments and above, came here under the escort of the Japanese Army and the Shenji Squadron Three.

Zhaozhong Temple has a traditional three-hall structure. Above the main hall, two statues sit.

The most famous contemporary painters Wen Tong and Li Gonglin personally drafted and presided over the creation of the statue. Different from today's ordinary portraits and statues, these two statues strive to be realistic, with texture, hair, skin color... just like two real people sitting there.

The two men looked majestic, upright, and both civilized and military.

The martial art is Jie Zitui, and the martial art is Wanquan.

The two sides and behind the statue, from the roof to the two sides, are densely packed with shrines for famous officials who died in the past dynasties.

In the middle of the spiritual tablets on the walls on both sides, there are two larger sides, located in the middle. One side has the words "Unknown God of Loyalty and Martyrdom in the Past Dynasties", and the other side reads "The Unknown God of Loyalty and Martyrdom in the Emperor and Song Dynasty".

Below the shrine, there are rows of cabinets with a chronology written on them, which is a list of martyrs who died since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Zhong Yi knelt down, pulled out the book of Xining's three years, and turned to the column where his brother Zhong Yong was recorded. He couldn't help but burst into tears. No matter how hard he endured his swallowing, he couldn't hold back his sobs.

The personnel in the ancestral hall are all veterans of the war that Su You has found from various places. Many of them, like Guo Long, fought from Qingli to Xining. And they all have outstanding achievements.

The status of soldiers in the Song Dynasty was really low. Many soldiers who retired due to injuries and illnesses were in a miserable situation.

There are many such veteran soldiers in Kaifeng alone. Su You found a few typical representatives and placed them here.

Zhao Xu read the interview record of the veteran soldiers sent by Su You, and for a moment he became enthusiastic again. With a stroke of his pen, he said, "The veterans of the Martyrs' Shrine have outstanding meritorious deeds. They serve the heroes of all generations. They must imitate the customs of Yizhou, even in front of the emperor."

Just be polite.

The old army brought the copper basin, asked Zhao Xu to clean his hands, and then took three sticks of incense.

Zhao Xu put the incense on the incense burner in front of the statues of Jie Zitui and Huanquan. When he turned around again, the three hundred Yulin orphans were already crying.

Zhao Xu looked grave: "Your father and brother have abandoned you since you were young, so that you have not been able to experience your father's love and your brother's care."

"Today, I will take you here to see them, and I will say sorry for them and everyone in front of their spirits."

"I'm not asking for your forgiveness, I'm just asking for your understanding. They abandoned you not for their own selfish reasons, but for the sake of China's order and the safety of the Emperor and Song Dynasty, just like the loyal martyrs of all dynasties!"

"They defended the dignity of the Song Dynasty with their lives, so of course they are qualified to sit here and accept the respect of everyone in the Song Dynasty."

"You should be proud, because your father and brother are one of them."

"I called you into the army in the hope that you can inherit the blood, will and footprints of your father and brother, Keshao Jiqiu, and one day complete their unfinished business and show off their unfulfilled glory!"

"Go kill the enemies who made them sacrifice, and conquer the lands that made them fall! Use the sword in your hand to tell those people-'Can the ninth generation still take revenge?"

Zhong Yi and others beat their chests with their hands: "'It will take a hundred lifetimes!'"

Zhao Xu asked sharply: "How dare you take this oath?"

The three hundred guardsmen of the Shenji class clenched their fists on their right chests and declared generously: "The enemies of our family and country will not be betrayed; if we offend a strong man openly, he will be punished no matter how far away he is!"

Zhao Xu asked sharply: "Who can be appointed here?"

Zhong Yi and others frowned and said: "Hang your head in the street to show that you are thousands of miles away! If you are destined to drive forward, I will give you the first hint!"

Zhao Xu had tears in his eyes: "Although you are only three hundred people now, you will soon become three thousand or thirty thousand people! I am waiting for you to make contributions to the Song Dynasty! Thousands of miles will be rampant!"
Chapter completed!