"Is it Huang Huai's business?" Ji Zengjun asked directly.

Wu Shenyu was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that he had just asked him to enter the capital, Ji Zengyun guessed that it was Huanghuai.

"What's hard to guess?" Ji Zengjun smiled: "Hebei's decision to protect Henan has long been spread to Jiangnan. Although Jian Wangchuan did this, it was a helpless move, and if he didn't do it, the consequences would be far more serious than today. However, as the governor of the river, Jian Wangchuan's resignation is inevitable. Looking at it today, there are very few people who can replace Jian Wangchuan to control water, and I, Ji Zengjun, are one of them."

At the end, Ji Zengyun showed a proud look, but he had to admit that Ji Zengyun did have this pride. As a water conservancy expert, Ji Zengyun was a spire in the Ming Dynasty, and he was very familiar with the situation in the Huanghuai River, otherwise Jian Wangchuan would not have recommended him specifically.

"Brother Song You is beyond my reach. Since Brother Song You has guessed it, I won't hide it from you. This time, Your Majesty recruited Brother Song You to Beijing, and it was the matter of Huanghuai." Wu Shenyu did not hide it at this time, and said his intention directly, and then looked at Ji Zengyun with a little nervousness.

Ji Zengjun thought for a while and asked, "When will you leave?"

His words made Wu Shenyu stunned. Originally, Wu Shenyu thought this matter was not easy to deal with. Although he and Ji Zengyun were both fellow villagers and classmates, they still knew Ji Zengyun's character very well.

Compared to himself, Ji Zengyun's talent is much better, and this person is proud. After being captured in the Central Plains, if he had directly voted for the Ming Dynasty, he would have been reused long ago. However, Ji Zengyun did not vote for the Ming Dynasty, and even voluntarily gave up the opportunity given to him by the court to return to the countryside to teach and educate, becoming such a master.

From this point of view, Ji Zengyun still had some feelings for the Qing Dynasty. After all, he became an official in the Qing Dynasty and became an official in the Qing Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty has replaced the Qing Dynasty and the world has changed, Ji Zengyun, who was a scholar, did not want everyone in the world to think that he was a recurring person, so he made such a decision.

It is precisely because of this that after learning about Ji Zengyun's character and personality, Jiang Jin specially asked Wu Shenyu to visit Suzhou Prefecture. He originally planned to use the relationship between the two parties to persuade Ji Zengyun, but as for whether Ji Zengyun could finally agree not to mention Jiang Jin, even Wu Shenyu himself was not sure.

But who would have thought that when Wu Shenyu told him calmly, Ji Zengjun actually asked him what he had left. Doesn’t this mean that Ji Zengjun agreed?

Seeing Wu Shenyu's slightly surprised look, Ji Zengjun smiled faintly and said, "Why does Brother Zhizheng look like this?"

"Brother Songyou, I originally thought you..."

"What? I thought I would refuse and then drive you out?" Ji Zengjun suddenly laughed, then he stood up and took a few steps, shook his head and said, "I did reject the arrangements of the court and took the initiative to return to my hometown to be a master. But now the matter of the Huanghuai River is not my personal matter. It is a matter of the world, and it is a major event for millions of people on both sides of the Huanghuai River."

Ji Zengjun sighed, "I, Ji Zengjun, studied in a young age. I have been in a hard life for decades. I am not a name for myself, but a matter for the world. I won't mention the past. Now the Ming Dynasty court in the world is doing really well. Not only Jiangnan, but also not comparable to the past. Although I am a master, I still know a little about it. A scholar like me just want to see this peaceful and prosperous era?"

Ji Zengyun's feelings are not unreasonable. Jiangnan is well-off and wealthy, which was the main source of wealth during the Qing Dynasty.

From this point of view, it seems that Jiangnan was very important during the Qing Dynasty, and the facts were the same. However, for the local people, the lives of the Jiangnan people were not easy, and it was much more difficult than other provinces.

The reason for this is very simple. First, after the Qing Dynasty won the world, it would be necessary to appease the local area. However, not many provinces in the world are truly rich, especially in the northwest, southwest and other places, which is very small in fiscal revenue, and it will be even more deficit if encountering natural disasters.

As for Jiangnan, it is different. Lilai Jiangnan is very rich, with developed agriculture and sericulture, and it is the main source of taxation in the imperial court. Therefore, in order to calm people, the taxes on Jiangnan during the Qing Dynasty were extremely heavy. Jiangnan taxes accounted for more than half of the country. In addition to meeting the needs of the Qing Dynasty, the money collected was subsidized for other provinces.

In addition to this reason, Jiangnan's resistance to the Qing Dynasty was the most intense during the Southern Ming Dynasty, which made the Qing Dynasty beware of Jiangnan, so it also deliberately increased its tax ratio. It is precisely for these reasons that the people in Jiangnan did not have a good life, and even some wealthy businessmen were often extorted by the Qing class.

The reason why Yuan Qi and Zhu Yicheng were able to revolt in Jiangnan was also one of the reasons. Ji Zengyun himself was from Jiangnan and naturally knew the situation in Jiangnan. Since the revival of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan has been changing with each passing day. Although the amount of taxes paid every year is higher than before, these taxes are not based on exploiting the people.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty court encouraged industry and commerce and opened up commerce, which made the people of Jiangnan much better. As time went by, other provinces also continued to develop, and the court's tax pressure in Jiangnan was much lessened, and the court's feedback on Jiangnan was also increasing.

Ji Zengjun has a deep understanding of these. Although he still has some feelings for the Qing Dynasty before, he has to admit that the Ming Dynasty is much better than before, both the court and the place of the Ming Dynasty. In some aspects, it is even more difficult to compare with the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, the whole world has an unprecedented prosperity, which is much more prosperous than the so-called Kangxi prosperous era.

Under such circumstances, Ji Zengyun, who had been in the countryside, gradually changed his mentality. From the beginning to the resistance to the Ming Dynasty, he became curious and even close. Over the years, in addition to teaching and educating people, Ji Zengyun has also been observing the Ming Dynasty's governance situation. In the end, he had to admit that the Ming Dynasty was indeed much better than the Qing Dynasty.

This time Wu Shenyu came to visit, and Ji Zengyun quickly guessed the other party's purpose in his happiness.

As Ji Zengyun said, he already knew about the matter on the north bank of the Yellow River. Such a big thing was spread to Jiangnan quickly with the current information spread of the Ming Dynasty. Although Ji Zengyun was not present at the scene, he could infer some of them through just a few words.

In Ji Zengjun's view, Jian Wangchuan was a qualified river governor, but Jian Wangchuan was not lucky. Although his active dam breaking caused him to be passive politically, there was no fault in the management of the river itself.
Chapter completed!