Chapter 1565: Want to go on tour

Seeing Su You's eyebrows rising, Zhe Jizu hurriedly said: "Re-establish the Jiangmen New Army in Luzhou, order Xiong Ben to lead it, and use Luo Shizhong as the township leader. We can win the battle in one battle."

Su You said: "Xiong Benchen, you can do logistics well, who will lead the new army?"

Zhe Jizu didn't care about this. He pointed at Wang Shao and said, "You have to ask the Privy Councilor about this."

Zhe Jizu was a Tibetan, and he had some of Cheng Yaojin's way of survival. Sometimes he was deliberately vulgar, but others couldn't do anything about him.

Wang Shao rolled his eyes at him and then said: "There are many talented people among the younger generation, but to fight in the south, you need to be familiar with the mountains and forests. It is best to be those who have worked in the south. Jiangmen Junjie Town, Luzhou, Tian Yu or Fan Ru can do it.

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Fan Ru is the eldest son of Fan Longshan, and Fan Longshan is an old man from Luzhou. This appointment is quite suitable.

Speaking of which, the name Fan Ru was given by Su You. Fan Longshan was vulgar and illiterate, and could not have given him such a good name.

Ru now actually has the same sound as "肉".

Fan Longshan was given the surname Fan. He thought that "Fan" was the "food" for eating, and applied to the court, but Su You forcibly changed it.

Lao Fan thought that since the little wizard could be called Su You, then his own child would be called Fan Rou. It would be nice to have both rice and meat!

Su You was so angry that his head almost exploded, so he forcibly changed the child's name to Fan Ru.

Being a great witch for the Yi people, to be honest, sometimes I feel quite tired...

Su You put aside these unpleasant past events in his mind: "Tian Yu can't live without her in Hebei, and Fan Ru is a bit young too."

All the big guys rolled their eyes. How old were you when Tian Chengbao was wiped out? Do you have the right to say that others are too young?!

After receiving it with a roll of his eyes, Su Youcai followed suit and said, "Then let's vote by a show of hands."

In the end, the imperial court decided that Fan Ru would be the capital guard of the Jiangmen army and Luo Shizhong would be the vanguard. They would all be under the control of Kumamoto and quell the barbarian rebellion.

Other than that, there were no other major events. Although it was almost September, the imperial court was operating in an orderly manner. Su You simply asked Gao Taotao to inspect the Luobian Canal!

Except for the Caotai team at the founding of the People's Republic of China, the prime minister's tour was almost never happened in the Song Dynasty!

When the prime minister is in office, almost half of his energy is spent on monopolizing power, and the other half is spent on guarding against cold arrows. He wants to stay with the emperor every day and cut off all small reports. How can he leave the capital?

Now that Su You is pouring well, he is enjoying being the shopkeeper and even wants to run away!

However, Su You's reason was very good, because this was the first year that the imperial court implemented the reformed service exemption law. The implementation of the exemption law does not mean that national service will disappear.

Last winter, Suyou adjusted its water transportation and transferred water ships to support Hebei. The connection between Luoyang and Bianjing was mainly supported by railways.

Speaking of which, after he left Kaifeng Mansion, several generations of officials were happy to reap the dividends from his political achievements, but they did not pay much attention to the regular service he had set to clean up the canal congestion, and they were all happy to "save money and love the people."

good reputation.

After the beginning of spring, Su You took the opportunity to renovate the Luobian Canal and requested that the canal be dug back to the depth of the stone horse's ear that he had buried. Then he made a list of annual maintenance requirements for the canal, and wrote to Gao Taotao that it would be "permanent" and no one could go there again.

The government is over.

Gao Taotao checked Su You's chart and found that if there was no dredging, the canal would be completely blocked in less than ten years, so he panicked and agreed to Su You's petition.

It took the River Canal Department half a year and a lot of manpower and material resources to dredge the Luobian Canal again before the autumn harvest.

This year, except for a heavy snowfall in early spring, God finally stopped acting like a monster. After four consecutive years of minor disasters, the world ushered in another good year.

The railway's capacity to handle daily freight has reached its limit, and the Luobian Canal will eventually be used.

The route from Bianjing to Luoyang has become more prosperous now, and thieves no longer have to worry about it. Su You asked the transshipment department to purchase several steam ships, one of which can pull ten canal ships.

Although the speed is slower than the train, it can transport tens of thousands of goods at a time. The advantages of water transportation are still irreplaceable.

In addition, Su You also needs to investigate the new technology of the canal, especially the steam boiler camel machine, which has greatly improved production efficiency. Su You cannot rest assured if he does not carefully understand this new type of labor.

This is related to the plan to open another canal. The Sui and Tang Grand Canal was mainly to take care of Luoyang and Chang'an. It ran from Hangzhou to Luoyang through Bianjing, and then from Luoyang to Hebei through Bianjing.

The real Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal was excavated only after the Yuan Dynasty established its capital in Beijing at the end of the 13th century in order to connect the north and the south without detouring through Luoyang and transport grain from the south to the north.

The Yuan Dynasty spent ten years excavating the Luozhou River and the Huitong River successively to connect the natural rivers and lakes between Tianjin and Qingjiang, Jiangsu. The south of the Qingjiang River was connected to Hangou and the Jiangnan Canal, leading directly to Hangzhou.

Between Beijing and Tianjin, the original canal was abandoned, so a new canal was built, the Tonghui River.

As a result, the new Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is nearly two thousand miles shorter than the Sui-Tang Grand Canal that bypassed Luoyang. There is no doubt that it will promote the economy.

The project focuses on two areas, one is the section from Sishui to Weihe in Shandong, and the other is the section from Dadu to Tongzhou.

Then it mainly includes three sections. The first section is the Jeju River, from Rencheng, which is Jining in later generations, to Xucheng, which is Anshan, Dongping County in later generations, with a total length of 150 miles;

The second section connects to the river, opening a canal from the southwest of Anshan, from the northwest of Shouzhang to Linqing, with a total length of 250 miles;

The third section is connected to the Hui River, which leads water from Changping in the west of Beijing to Dadu City, and goes out to Tongzhou in the east and joins the Baihe River, which is fifty miles long.

Don't worry about the third paragraph now, Beijing is still in the hands of the Liao people.

The first section was built using the characteristics of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty for seven years.

However, I also gained a lot of experience. When it came time to practice the second and third sections, although the length had doubled, the time had been reduced by half, taking only three years.

The Yuan Dynasty was able to carry out projects for a hundred miles a year. Suyou is planning to double the efficiency and conduct surveys and construction at the same time. It should be initially completed within two years.

By then, Hebei will have two canals, a railway, and a sea route, and four major arteries, which will have undisputed huge benefits for the imperial court to control the north.

The New Army relies on logistics. As long as logistics can be guaranteed, the entire Liao Kingdom will be covered by the iron fire of the New Army.

There was no such precedent in the imperial court, and officials discussed the two systems in a eloquent manner.

Su You explained the necessity of this inspection at the joint meeting of the capital and provinces, and now that there are trains and telegraphs, if there is an emergency, it can be reached from Luoyang to Bianjing in a few hours, and from Chang'an to Bianjing in only a day.

It's coming soon.

Moreover, there are still two Dukes Wen and Lu in charge of the court, and Fan Chunren, Liu Zhi, Wang Cun, Su Zhe, Su Yuanzhen, Wang Shao, and Chao Buzhi are all in charge of the court. There is no need to worry about the general affairs. Just implement them step by step according to the budget and schedule made at the beginning of the year.

Already.

It made sense, and the DPRK was indeed clean now. In the end, everyone agreed.

Su You also had another purpose for this trip, which was to see if the court was operating as it was when he was not in control.

This is also a preview for my departure a few years later.

In Bingxu, the imperial court promulgated a new law on the official examination, which included eight regulations on official training, criminal names, Qiangu, Changping, labor service, warehouse, culture and education, and military training.

Two years of study time are left for local officials. Starting from the third year, all county-level officials must take eight-subject examinations, which are invigilated by the prefectural governor. Each state-level department also has to take exams, which are invigilated by the road-level governor.

Various ministries and levels of the imperial court also have corresponding examinations.
Chapter completed!