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The surname Wumeng may be a descendant of King Wumeng of the Song Dynasty.

Even a daughter like Lu Tianxiang, a small native, was once rich in her ancestors, and the surname "Lu" was bestowed by Zhu Yuanzhang.Most of the Yu surnames in the Yi nationality were changed after the Lu surname migrated.

The common people of the Yi nationality, in the late Ming Dynasty, generally had only first names but no surnames.

The one named Azhu means fox; the one named Ahai means mouse; the one named Kere means puppy... There is also a name like Ergu, which means craftsman, obviously taller than kittens and puppies .

This time, Zhao Han ordered that civilians and slaves must give themselves a surname when they settled down.

Then there was a ridiculous picture——

Clerk: Do you have a Chinese name?

People: None.

Clerk: Take one.

People: No.

Clerk: What's your name?

People: Ah Zhang (crow).

Clerk: What's your last name?

People: None.

Clerk: Take one.

People: What is your surname, Mr. Guan?

Clerk: The surname is Wang.

People: Then my surname is also Wang, and my name is Wang Azhang (Wang Crow).

Due to the language barrier, there is a translator throughout the process.

Basically, whatever the surname of the official who registered the household registration, the surname of the Yi civilians was whatever, which caused Zhang Wang Li Zhao to bloom everywhere in Shuixi.

"Let's go!" shouted the Han official leading the team.

Meng Tai patted his buttocks to stand up, quickened his pace, and ran to Lu Tianxiang to strike up a conversation: "I'm Meng Tai from Mu Xishan, what's your name?"

"Lu Tianxiang." The girl strode forward.

Meng Tai said: "We also have a surnamed Lu. Don't you Ada have a son? You are the only woman on this trip to Nanjing."

Lu Tianxiang said: "My two elder brothers are both over 16 years old."

Mengtai said: "Those Han officials said that those who went to Nanjing to study this time can return to Shuixi to become an official. If your elder brother doesn't go, will you be asked to return to Shuixi to be an official?"

Lu Tianxiang held her head high and said, "I want to be a female general."

Montai glanced at the bow and arrow on her back: "Can you shoot?"

Lu Tianxiang asked back: "Mu Kui of Huajiao Zexi, his head was beheaded this time. Do you know?"

"Yes, his whole family was killed by Han soldiers." Meng Tai nodded.

Lu Tianxiang said proudly: "I caught An Long."

Meng Tai was shocked and praised sincerely: "You are really amazing!"

Travel for another half day to Longchang Station.

All stopped to rest and continue on their way tomorrow.

The officials who led the team bowed to Longchang Station, and were still doing the disciple salute.

Fang Zeyu asked, "Who is Mr. worshiping?"

The official replied: "This is the place where Lord Yangming got enlightened."

"Who is Lord Yangming?" Fang Zeyu's whole family was killed. At a young age, he had only been educated for two years, and had never heard of Wang Yangming's name.

The official didn't explain, but said: "You will know when you go to Nanjing to study."

In fact, there is no wife in the wife cake, and the enlightenment of Longchang is not in the Longchang post, but in the nearby Longgang Mountain where the Miao people live.

The next day resumed, and soon arrived in Guiyang.

"The city wall here is so high, how can it be conquered in a war?" Meng Tai was inexplicably shocked.

Sheqi also said, "Yes, it's so tall."

These teenagers were ignorant, they felt very high when they saw Shuixi City, and their knowledge was refreshed when they saw Guiyang City.

They were brought into the city, and everything they saw was strange.

Moreover, there are a lot of Han people here, countless times more than that in Shuixi—the Han people account for [-] to [-]% of the population inside and outside Guiyang City.

The boys and girls were arranged in Xingui County Yamen, where there was already a group of teenagers waiting, but they came from northeast Guizhou.After the two groups of people merged, the team grew to more than 50 people, and then went east along the post road, plunged into the mountains in western Hunan, and took a boat.

Traveling to Chenzhou Fucheng (Yuanling), the prosperity here is comparable to that of Guiyang City.

Then take a boat to Changde Mansion, and Fucheng once again looked at the young people in Guizhou as stupid.

Taking a boat across Dongting Lake was also a novelty for them. They did not expect such a big lake to exist in the world.

Immediately, passing Yuezhou Fucheng.

If the goods of the whole Hunan want to enter the Yangtze River by water, they must pass through this place.

"So... so many people... so many boats..." Lu Tianxiang was dumbfounded, she didn't go into the city at all, she only saw the port and the wharf.

Fang Zeyu grew up in Shuixi, and it was the first time he saw such prosperity.But while being shocked, he said to those Yi teenagers in a proud tone: "This is the rich land of my Han family. You will return to Shuixi to be officials in the future. If you still want to rebel, just think about what you saw today." smell."

Lu Tianxiang glared at him: "Who wants to rebel? I want to be the female general of the Datong Army!"

Fang Zeyu stood on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, pretending to be full of pomp: "You are a woman, so I won't tell you these things."

Lu Tianxiang asked: "Do you dare to compare archery with me?"

"I...will talk about it later." Fang Zeyu felt ashamed. He hid in the blacksmith's house and had never learned archery.

They didn't know that the Hunan border they crossed had just experienced a severe drought in the whole province last year.There are only eight words in the history books: thousands of miles of red land, hunger and plague.

On the contrary, literati poems describe the severe drought in Hunan: "In June, the grass withered, and the millet and money were a hundred. If you can't follow it, you will close the house. You have no money and silk, and you are hesitating and mourning. Artemisia dies and does not breed. Bringing children to the market is powerless, and the desire to feed children is unbearable. The rich do not cherish each other, thinking that it is safe to get it?"

Last year, the entire province of Hunan was exempted from food and taxes, and food was transferred across provinces to provide work relief, and some hungry people were relocated to Henan.

The agricultural society is so fragile. Hunan was retaken by the Datong Army very early, and the whole province has been governed for several years. Farmers in some prefectures and counties can eat three meals a day.However, in the last four years, three years of severe drought in Hunan have rapidly depleted farmers' grain reserves.

Compared with Hunan, which was "thousands of miles away and plagued by famine" in history, Zhao Han can at least say proudly: "Under my rule, no one died of starvation in Hunan last year!"

This year, the weather in Hunan has finally been smooth, and only some areas are still drought.

Last year, it was all supported by grain from Sichuan and Hubei. Although Sichuan still has corner areas that have not been recovered, its grain production has leapt to the top of all provinces. Only Hunan, which is not dry, can compare.

In addition, despite the catastrophic disaster in Hunan last year, the water conservancy facilities in the Dongting Lake Plain were finally improved through labor relief, and the official roads in the province that had been in disrepair for a long time were also leveled.After the catastrophe, business has become more prosperous, and this year's grain output is higher than before.

Guizhou teenagers passed through the Dongting Lake Plain, and all they saw were lush rice fields.

The rice has begun to head, and there will be a bumper harvest in autumn!

A few days later, the ship sailed to Nanjing.

The already numb perception of the teenagers was once again awakened by the Nanjing City Wall.

Montai, who was moaning and complaining in the mountains, walked across the pier to the city, looked up at the towering city wall, and knelt down as soon as his knees softened: "Long live Your Majesty!"

The officials led them into the city, and none of these rebellious little guys dared to speak.

They feel a deep sense of inferiority. They are just bumpkins who come to the city. When they see ordinary citizens buying things, they feel that others seem to be very tall.

When I arrived at Jinling University, most of the teachers and students wore Confucian shirts.

But Confucian shirts have been improved. Young people like to wear belts, and they are very energetic when tied up, not as loose as traditional scholars.

You can also see a few female students. The ratio of male to female students in Jinling University can reach 80:1.

As long as it is a woman, no matter how good or bad she looks, she belongs to the existence of stars and moons.

Female students also like to wear Confucian shirts, not only with belts, but also with small crowns.They disguised themselves as men, and were often called "female sons" and "female husbands." From the day they entered school, the threshold of the family was broken by the matchmaker.

There are many stubborn people among the people who often criticize "the hen who wakes up the morning", saying that women should not go to college, let alone be an official.But their son, if he can marry a female college student, everyone will be so happy, and they will brag about it wherever they go.

"What a spirit!"

Lu Tianxiang looked at a female husband-in-law passing by in front of her, and the more she looked at it, the more imposing she felt.Thinking that I can also wear it like this, I immediately became happy, and the female general was left behind.

The people were taken to a small four-story building, and the official said, "This is where you will live. Tuition, board and lodging are free, but only for two years. After two years, if you still fail the exam, you can stay at your own expense." Come down to study, or go back to Guizhou by boat!"

The two-year course is a basic course, which is equivalent to the enlightenment for Han students.Can speak Chinese, can read and write simple articles, generally can pass the exam.

"Sir, do I live here too?" Lu Tianxiang asked suddenly.

The official said: "You live in the women's building, and more than half of the rooms over there are empty. You can share with others, or you can live alone."

Of course, boys do not have the treatment of living alone, and they must live in a room with four people.

Sheqi couldn't help but asked: "Sir, can you not go back to Shuixi? I ​​want to stay in Nanjing. This place is much better than Shuixi."

The official laughed and said, "It's okay if you don't go back, as long as you have money, you can buy a house and settle down in Nanjing."

She cheered happily in her heart and decided to study well and stay in Nanjing in the future.At that time, if you marry a Han woman, you will be a Han yourself, and it is best to be an official in Nanjing.

Only fools go back to the countryside!

Chapter 513 [Huanghuai flood]

This year, only some areas of the provinces suffered from drought, but after the beginning of summer, Shanxi, Shandong, Henan, and Jiangsu were rainy, and the water levels of the Yellow River and Huaihe River rose sharply.

Zhang Guowei, who had been promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, was appointed governor of flood control.

Now that the flood has receded, Zhang Guowei returned to Nanjing urgently.

Zhao Han checked the disaster memorials in various places, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "More than 2000 people were drowned in Sizhou, but the local officials were negligent?"

Zhang Guowei replied: "Your Majesty, the power of heaven is unpredictable, and it is not human fault. Sizhou City is low-lying. Once the flood overflows the dam, it will flow back into the city."

"Is the embankment not high enough?" Zhao Han asked.

Zhang Guowei said: "It can't be built higher, but the river bed is getting higher and higher, and the water level of Hongze Lake is getting higher and higher. If there is another flood that never happens in a century, once the embankment breaks, the entire Sizhou city will be submerged, and Sizhou will be destroyed." Become part of Hongze Lake."

"So serious?" Zhao Han felt that this matter was quite serious.

The area of ​​Hongze Lake in the late Ming Dynasty was relatively small, but it grew larger every year, constantly turning the surrounding land into a lake bed.

Zhang Guowei explained in detail:

"During the reign of Hongzhi, Liu Daxia was ordered to control the river. In order to ensure the smooth flow of the Grand Canal, Huanglinggang had to be blocked, and the Taihang embankment was built to cut off the river flooding in the north of the Yellow River, forcing the Yellow River to flood southward, going to Biansi, Suisi, and so on. The Guohe River flows into the Huaihe River, and the Yellow River sediment is becoming more and more silted up in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River."

"During the Jialong period, Pan Jixun was ordered to control the river, and he also had to ensure the smooth flow of the Grand Canal. After 18 years, Pan Jixun built a thousand-mile river embankment. The Huaibei flood channel of the Yellow River was also blocked, and all the sediment was taken away. Downstream. In the Qingkou area where the Yellow River, the Canal, and the Huaihe River meet, the riverbed is constantly rising. The combined riverbed of the Yellow River is already much higher than that of the Huaihe River."

"As a result, the water of the Huaihe River was blocked at Qingkou, unable to drain, and flowed into Hongze Lake in large quantities. As a result, Hongze Lake became bigger and bigger, encroaching on the land around the lake every year."

"This situation was discovered by Pan Jixun during the third river control. After the water was used to attack the sand, he proposed to store the clear water to clean up the yellow. Build an embankment in Hongze Lake, raise the water level of Hongze Lake, and use the lake water to wash away the sediment. , so as to achieve the goal of the Huaihe-Huanghe River flowing into the sea."

"But today, a large amount of sediment has accumulated in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the river bed has continued to rise. The water in Hongze Lake has been washed away. Not only can't be washed, but it is also flooded by the river. The height of the lake is getting wider and wider. If this continues, according to my speculation, within three to fifty years, the area around Sizhou will be swallowed up by Hongze Lake!"

Zhao Han asked: "How to govern?"

Zhang Guowei said: "There are two ways."

"Speak." Zhao Han said.

Zhang Guowei said: "The first way is to build dozens of dams in various river sections, continue to collect water to attack sand, store clear water and clean up yellow. All the people in Sizhou City and the surrounding areas will be moved to other places, and Hongze Lake will be left alone. Expand and let Sizhou sink to the bottom of the lake. This method may guarantee 200 years of worry-free maintenance, and it will be repaired and maintained every year during the period."

Zhao Han couldn't help but said: "This is not a cure for the root cause, it's purely a matter of making mistakes!"

The Ming and Qing dynasties governed the Yellow River, their tactics were right, but their strategy was wrong from the very beginning.

And it must be wrong, and if it is not good, it will lose the official position.

No matter who is the governor of the river, how many people are drowned, how much land is flooded, it is not their real duty.Their first priority is to ensure the smooth flow of the Grand Canal and ensure that grain can be transported to the capital by water transport.

Keeping water transport is politically correct.

Governance of the Yellow River is based on politics. How can it be managed?

Therefore, Pan Jixun knew that he was wrong, but he could only let it go.The Qing Dynasty knew that the Ming Dynasty was wrong, so it could only make mistakes, which eventually caused the Yellow River to divert again.

Explaining these reasons, Zhang Guowei got up and cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the new dynasty of Datong does not need to consider water transportation. It is a great opportunity to control the Yellow River. The second method is to artificially divert the Yellow River, so that the water of the Yellow River flows from Shandong to the sea!"

Zhao Han asked: "How to force the Yellow River to flow from Shandong to the sea?"