Several people read the text and chatted and laughed from time to time.

Lin Yanchao met his old friend again. It was a joy to watch young people like Xu Huobo and Yuan Zhongdao chat and laugh.

There is no more joy to have a drink and chat with like-minded friends.

A few days later, Lin Yanchao received a letter in the Hanlin Academy. The letter was handed over by Zhang Yuanwei, his former friend in the Hanlin Academy.

Zhang Yuanqi was the top scholar in the fifth year of Longqing. He was in the Hanlin Academy and had a good relationship with Lin Yanchao. Lin Yanchao submitted an admonition to issue an edict to imprison him, and he tried his best to rescue him.

Later, when Lin Yanchao was demoted to Guide, he saw that his ambitions could not be expressed, so he resigned from his post and returned to his hometown in Zhejiang to serve his parents.

In the letter, Zhang Yuanqiu asked Lin Yanchao two things.

One thing was to entrust his eldest son Zhang Rulin to his colleagues in Beijing to take care of Lin Yanchao and other colleagues in Beijing. Zhang Rulin had already married the daughter of Zhu Geng, the Minister of Personnel, and became in-laws on both sides.

Then in the letter, Zhang Yuanqi said that he was sick and that he would not have returned to an official position. I am afraid that he would not have much time left in his life. The only thing he was worried about now is this son.

Zhang Yuanqiu said that Zhang Rulin "likes to read ancient books and does not govern current literature." He still said in his letter, "Only Zong Hai's colleagues in Beijing have the most practical knowledge." So he asked Lin Yanchao to give advice on his knowledge.

When Lin Yanchao saw the letter, he couldn't help but sigh. In the letter, Zhang Yuanqiu vaguely explained his funeral. This was to entrust his orphan. Thinking about this old friend, Lin Yanchao couldn't help feeling uncomfortable.

Taking care of Zhang Rulin is of course an obligation to Lin Yanchao.

Another thing in the letter is to ask Lin Yanchao to overturn Xu Zhenming's case.

Seeing Xu Zhenming, Lin Yanchao couldn't help but get angry. This person had been very close to Li Zhi, Jiangdongzhi and others before.

Xu Zhenming once submitted a memorial to the emperor to farm in the suburbs of Beijing, but the emperor agreed. Then this person built water conservancy and irrigated 39,000 acres of farmland. After this matter was successful, this person made great contributions under the instruction of Li Zhi, which was very meaningful to raise his achievements and suppress Lin Yanchao's political achievements in Guide.

But with the fall of Li Zhi, Jiang Dongzhi and others, the protective umbrella behind Xu Zhenming was gone.

The fact that he built water conservancy and reclaimed wasteland in the suburbs of Beijing violated the interests of eunuchs and relatives led by Zhang Jing and Wuqing Marquis Li Wei, who had a large amount of land in the suburbs of Beijing.

Xu Zhenming's affairs benefited the people and did not benefit them, so he offended the two of them.

Then Xu Zhenming was impeached by the imperial envoy. The emperor wanted to dismiss Xu Zhenming's official position, but Shen Shixing wrote to the letter to protect him.

Although Shen Shixing defeated Li Zhi, Jiangdong and others, he did not intend to pursue the remaining party. Moreover, the construction of water conservancy was a major policy just decided by the court. The cabinet agreed before, and the government orders were changed every day, and how much manpower and material resources was wasted. What a taboo.

It is even more impossible to involve the party disputes on the heads of officials just because Li Zhi fell. It is not everyone's own risk to make a settlement. In any case, Xu Zhenming has political achievements, and Shen Shixing disagreed with the other party's dismissal.

However, although Shen Shixing wrote letters to defend Xu Zhenming several times, the emperor still issued an order to Xu Zhenming's official position.

Xu Zhenming and Zhang Yuanqi have always had a good relationship. After Zhang Yuanqi learned about this, he was upset.

Zhang Yuanqi was far away in Zhejiang and did not know the situation in Beijing. He also thought that Xu Zhenming was dismissed from office because of Li Zhi's fall. So as long as Lin Yanchao passed Shen Shixing's words, he could save Xu Zhenming's career.

But I don’t know that Xu Zhenming’s dismissal from office had nothing to do with Shen Shixing.

Faced with Zhang Yuanqiu's request, Lin Yanchao also hesitated. He could help his old friend take care of his son, but it did not mean that he had to help his political enemies because of Zhang Yuanqiu.

Lin Yanchao didn't know when his measurement could be so large.

But Lin Yanchao read the earnest words written by Zhang Yuanqiu, and praised Xu Zhenming's talent several times, as well as the book "Lu Shui Ke Tan" he wrote.

So Lin Yanchao thought about it carefully and immediately instructed his servants to go outside to buy the book "Lu Shui Ke Tan".

After receiving this book, Lin Yanchao immediately opened the book to read it.

Before he had read the book halfway, he reported that Zhang Rulin had arrived. Lin Yanchao immediately put down the book, informed Lin Qianqian, and then met the other party in the study room after changing clothes.

Before traveling through time, Lin Yanchao roughly read "Night Ship" and "Dreams of Tao'an", and his name is well known for Zhang Rulin's grandson Zhang Dai.

Although Zhang Rulin is only twenty years old, he is already the father of three children. He and his wife and three sons all pay homage to Lin Yanchao in the study.

When Zhang Rulin and his wife saw Lin Yanchao's name as Shibo, their three sons were named Zhang Yaofang, Zhang Lianfang and Zhang Bingfang respectively.

Lin Yanchao is not much older than Zhang Rulin, but he is both colleagues with Zhu Geng and Zhang Yuanqi, so this title is still fine.

After visiting Lin Yanchao, Zhang Rulin gave Lin Yanchao a jade Buddha's hand. The entire hand was carved by mutton fat jade, which was very precious.

Lin Yanchao was surprised. Zhang Yuan was poor and a Hanlin man, and his daily life was very frugal. Why was his son so generous? What's more, giving this gift for the first time is not the right amount of gift.

Lin Yanchao glanced at him, but saw Zhang Rulin's expression was a little uneasy, but his wife Zhu gave him a wink, and then suddenly realized. After Zhang Rulin came to Beijing, he now lives in the home of his father-in-law Zhu Geng in Beijing. Zhu Geng valued this son-in-law very much. He gave a lot of dowry when he first married his daughter. This time, he probably heard that his son-in-law was coming to see him, for fear of being weakened. Well, Zhu Geng has never been a dissatisfied with him.

"I'm missing something like this in my study, just right."

Lin Yanchao accepted the gift with a smile. Lin Qianqian smiled and gave Zhang Rulin three sons each the same jade pendants. The jade pendants were also mutton fat jade, so there was no shortage of etiquette. However, the Buddha's hand was used to move the servant away by Lin Qianqian. It seemed that it was impossible to put them in his study.

Lin Yanchao immediately asked Lin Qianqian to take Zhu and a few children to visit his house.

Only two people were left in the study, and Zhang Rulin smiled and complimented: "The scenery in this garden of Uncle Shi was so beautiful. My nephew thought he was in Gusu when he was in it."

Lin Yanchao smiled and asked, "How is Brother Yang and his health?"

Zhang Rulin's expression darkened and then replied.

During the conversation, Lin Yanchao saw that Zhang Rulin had the confidence and spirit of a young man. His father was the top scholar and appointed Hanlin. His father-in-law was the current assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

Zhang Yuanqi was frugal and self-suppressed as an official, and his son must have taught him very well, but he did not expect that Zhang Rulin would be disappointed in his career and had nowhere to display his talents. He could only sing songs and songs every day.

Later, the Zhang family was generally indifferent to the sound and color, but if it weren't for such a life experience, Zhang Dai might not have left so many articles passed down from generation to generation.

Lin Yanchao asked, "Brother Yanghe wrote to you and said that you like to read ancient Chinese and do not learn the art of time. I wonder if there is any?"

Zhang Rulin said embarrassedly: "When I return to the Uncle Shi, my nephew really doesn't like the writings of time. He only likes the articles of ancient people. He also likes to read the Uncle Shi's "On the Discussion on the Disadvantages of the Grain" and "Commentary on the Two Things of Advice".

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "What about historical records?"

Zhang Rulin smiled and said, "When I was seven years old, I read "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Book of Han", I dare not say that I recited it like a stream, but I also know a little about it."

Zhang Rulin was very confident in saying this, obviously his skill is not just a little bit.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's good. In the future, the court will no longer focus on the current texts, but will be compatible with classics and history. If you like historical books, you can work hard on it, understand the changes of ancient and modern times, and seek practical and practical learning. But if you want to be an official, you still have to govern the classics."

After Lin Yanchao finished speaking, he saw that Zhang Rulin didn't say anything and asked, "Is there any difficulty?"

Zhang Rulin said: "When Uncle returned to Shishi, my father was taught by Mr. Longxi (Wang Ji). I have inherited my father's teachings since I was a child and learned from my heart..."

Lin Yanchao laughed and said, "You want to say that you read historical books according to your heart. Isn't it for the sake of your achievements?"

Zhang Rulin lowered his head and said, "The knowledge of Shiwang can be compared with Mr. Longxi, but my nephew has never been involved in it on weekdays, for fear of not being able to get it."

Zhang Rulin was afraid that Lin Yanchao would be unhappy when he said this, but Wang Ji's knowledge was close to Buddhism, and the emphasis was on enlightenment, not on learning.

Lin Yanchao called himself learning merit, and he must have been hard work. Zhang Rulin had a good background and was talented, but he did not have the determination to work hard on learning, so he first gave up on it.

But when Lin Yanchao laughed, he said, "Don't worry, Brother Yang and I wrote a letter to me to urge you to learn. Without his consent, I dare not let you rashly pull you under the wall of the meritorious service."

Lin Yanchao stood up, pulled up the bamboo curtain by the window, and looked out the scenery of the garden from outside.

Lin Yanchao pointed to the bamboo forest and asked, "I'll ask you if this bamboo forest looks good?"

The forests are dense, just covering the autumn day when the sun is drying. At this time, the autumn wind blows, and the bamboo forests in the garden scatter.

Zhang Rulin pressed his knees and said happily: "Everyone is sitting in a row, and they love the wind all over the forest. The bamboo forest is really good."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "No, it's a good view, you'll have a good view, so why bother with him or not?"

When Zhang Rulin heard this, he immediately realized what Lin Yanchao said.

Lin Yanchao continued: "Zhu Zi (Zhu Xi), who represented Neo-Confucianism, and Lu Zi (Lu Jiuyuan), who represented Neo-Confucianism, debated by Ehu Lake. Zhu Zi advocated that everyone could study the articles of sages and sages diligently, and explore the principles and even reach sages. Lu Zi opposed it. He said that annotating the articles of sages is confusing, seeking the essence of the most, and pedantic. Reading is to understand the mind and see the nature, and then to become sages. The two debated for five or six days, and they could not convince each other."

"At that time, there was another person next to the two. This talent was not inferior to Zhu Lu and his friends. The Ehu meeting was also caused by him. This person is Mr. Donglai (Lu Zuqian). Mr. Donglai did not make any flirting with the two debates, nor did he argue with the two. He just recorded the story, learned it more carefully, and then thought carefully to see if one or two things could be applied. My learning was taken from Mr. Donglai."

"Looking at my opinion, Neo-Confucianism, Mind Learning, or Mechanics, and Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, Legalism, and even the Chinese studies, Diyi studies are just names and names. As long as you think it is useful, you can use it, just as this forest is beautiful, what does it have to do with it? Being attached to names and names is undoubtedly self-confidence, how can your knowledge improve? Therefore, I always say to students that reading hundreds of books and making a single word, and knowledge should be applied to it."

After listening to Lin Yanchao's words, Zhang Rulin was enlightened. Now he finally understood why when he left home, his father repeatedly told him that he would listen to his father-in-law's words in his future after coming to Beijing, but to listen to Lin Yanchao's words in terms of knowledge.

Zhang Rulin was convinced and was willing to learn from Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "I am plagued by official duties, but there are a few unscrupulous disciples. If you are interested, it is good to follow them on weekdays to read and practice the scriptures and verify their length."

Zhang Rulin readily obeyed.

After Zhang Rulin left, Lin Yanchao picked up Xu Zhenming's "Lu Shui Ke Tan" and started reading it.

After reading this book, Lin Yanchao learned that Xu Zhenming's father was named Xu Jiusi, and the other party was also an honest official all his life and an outstanding official. When he passed away, tens of thousands of people went to worship.

As for this Lushui guest talk, Lin Yanchao was still very satisfied. Although there were some disadvantages of the ancients being restricted by the times, the flaws did not conceal the merits.

In fact, he has been very good at this book critic in history. Tan Qian praised this book several times in his Mingtong Jian.

The Qing people evaluated that the best strategies of the Ming Dynasty could not exceed this.

Moreover, the settlement of the capital was a policy that had been implemented in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was basically based on Xu Zhenming's approach, but every time the governance was always intermittent.

Let’s talk about this book as a preface written by Zhang Yuanqi himself, which shows the relationship between Xu Zhenming and Zhang Yuanqi.

The proposition in the book is generally consistent with Lin Yanchao's development of water conservancy in Guide.

Lin Yanchao's idea of ​​promoting water conservancy was from the modern times. Under his rule, Kaocheng County was similar to that in Lankao County later.

In later generations, when treating orchids, the method of diuresis was used to induce yellow and irrigate.

Xu Zhenming conducted on-site inspections of the terrain from the capital to the west to the north, pointing out that there were a large amount of wasteland and balsamic land, which was deserted due to the lack of water conservancy irrigation.

It also pointed out that the transportation of grain in the south and north depends entirely on the transportation of grain, and this canal is like a person's throat. Once it cannot eat, it will be in danger of choking. Therefore, instead of using the grain and rice that the people of Jiangnan have worked hard to supply it to the capital, it is better to implement settlement in Beijing to relieve the lack of transportation of grain.

Later, Xu Zhenming's political views were appreciated by Li Zhi and others, so he was elected as the military farmland envoy by the court. Last year, he achieved great results in the settlement of Beijing, and only expanded 39,000 acres of land in Yongping Prefecture. Then other prefectures also made progress and had a very good development momentum.

But this move was like Lin Yanchao when he was conquering the waters of Guide, and later violated the interests of the official group.

When Lin Yanchao was in Guide, he pinched the Zhao family that jumped out as if he had ants. However, Guide was different from the capital. As a native of Guide, the Zhao family was simply the difference between ant and an elephant from the royal relatives at the feet of the emperor.
To be continued...