Before Shen Shixing, he gave several comments to the emperor one after another, but even the chief minister could not protect Xu Zhenming, so he could know what kind of existence Xu Zhenming offended.

In the end, when Xu Zhenming fell, the project of water conservancy construction in the capital and reclaiming deserted fields was immediately stopped by the court.

Thinking of this, Lin Yanchao immediately wrote a letter to order his family to invite Xu Zhenming, who was already in Jingli, to his home.

It was already night when Xu Zhenming arrived.

He couldn't help but feel aroused when he saw Lin Yanchao turning his Lu Shuke talk to the table.

"The grass-roots Xu Zhenming has met the bachelor's degree!"

Lin Yanchao nodded, signaled to the other party to take a seat and said, "Brother Xu, have you heard from you? Your resignation memorial has been submitted?"

Xu Zhenming raised his head, but Lin Yanchao saw that his temples were frosty, and he was already at the age of knowing his destiny, but there was still a young stubbornness in his eyes. Xu Zhenming said in a deep voice: "The memorial for retiring and returning home is already on, and Your Majesty will approve it immediately."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Is it a foregone conclusion to say so?"

Xu Zhenming bowed and said, "Sir, Xu knows the reason why you came to Xu this time. Xu is very grateful for Yuan Fu's memorial to save him, but this kindness can only be repaid in the next life. If Xu changes his family and saves his career, he is guilty of Li Jiangdu's kindness. Please forgive Xu for not being able to do this."

Lin Yanchao laughed and said, "Your answer is indeed as expected. In fact, Yuan Fu did not mean to ask me to recruit you, but I cherish your talent."

Xu Zhenming shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The bachelor has read the following works. I am really the scholar's opinion, and it really makes the bachelor laugh."

"It is indeed the opinion of scholars, but the opinion of scholars is not without insight. It can be put into practice and is beneficial to the people. That is to do the best, not the opinion of scholars. If you settle in Beijing and the people praise you for your benefit, it means that your book is right, but..."

Xu Zhenming was surprised when he heard this, "Does the bachelor of Xu have any advice?"

Lin Yanchao said: "I don't dare to take it as the word "teacher", but do you know that I was dismissed from office this time?"

Xu Zhenming smiled bitterly and said, "Of course, Xu offended someone he shouldn't have offended. It's ridiculous that Xu was confident in banning the emperor before controlling the flood, and wanted to farm in the capital. He changed the situation where the imperial court relied on the southeast grain transportation. It would start one year, and achieve success in ten years, and benefit forever, but..."

Lin Yanchao made a bowl of tea ceremony for Xu Zhenming: "Brother Xu continues."

Xu Zhenming said: "...but I didn't expect that the implementation would take only one year, and it was dismissed from office by those who ate the people's mortals and eat the fat and ointment of the people. At the beginning of this year, I wanted to control the Hutuo River. This river was beneficial in Shanxi, but it was harmful in Zhili. The reason was that there were many tributaries in Shanxi and it was vast in Zhili, and this river was large in carving sand."

"I want to follow the example of the scholars' method of returning to virtue and merit, build rivers in Hebei, use embankments to bind water, divide rivers and canals, and then divert water to irrigate farmland, turning one harm into two benefits. However, those powerful people repair water conservancy areas where the rivers are convenient, and they accumulate their own fields. They will not be able to water them when they are flooded, and they will not be able to drought them when they are drought. However, once the rivers are changed, they will have no benefits at all."

Speaking of this, Lin Yanchao interrupted: "Please tell me carefully, how do those people harm the place for their own selfish interests?"

Xu Zhenming said: "The water conservancy they built is harmful to the circulation of rivers. I saw a river with hundreds of plates of water-milling pestles in the upper reaches of the Hutuo River. These powerful people deliberately built dams to cut off water, divert water to the mortar canal, pound rice with water and grind noodles. These people also boasted that their families were connected by a row, and they were better than being the magistrate."

"Therefore, they wish that the water will be as fast as possible. The water mill can only move. But if water is diverted to irrigate the fields, then where does the water come from? The river water irrigates the farmland. How can their water mills run? Not to mention that if the dam they built collapses during the flood season, the prefectures and counties will all become marshals... However, they do not care about it, because they live in Beijing, and the water cannot flood him. Some even say that it is better if the water is flooded, so the fields will be cheap and fat in the coming year."

Speaking of this, Xu Zhenming couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

Lin Yanchao thought about the water mill, which was quite common in ancient and modern times. During the Tang Dynasty, the powerful and powerful built water mills on rivers, which hindered the river water from irrigating farmland. In the end, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty became popular. He first asked the woman Princess Shengping and the son-in-law Guo Yan to demolish the water mill, and then demolish all the water mills along the river.

And this happened in the Ming Dynasty. Lin Yanchao couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.

Xu Zhenming said indignantly: "Bachelor, they only need to circle a river to build a few water mills. Money falls from the sky. They have never had to worry about food and clothing for their whole lives. But the people are in the ground all their lives, and they have to dig food from the ground with their hands but not enough to wear and without warm clothes. Is this fair? Not only that, they are not allowed to build water conservancy."

"Who do high officials in the court raise high-ranking officials? Do they take the people seriously after eating the fat and ointment of the people? I'm dismissed from office and I just think of the court after Zhang Wenzhong's grandson... the world is really unsuccessful!"

Lin Yanchao was silent and Xu Zhenming's promotion of water conservancy was a violation of the interests of those who had vested interests. This is the difficulty of reform.

Take the two Zhang Wenzhong as an example. During the Jiajing period, the chief assistant Zhang Cong implemented reforms and reforms, which touched the interests of the powerful and nobles. The impeachment memorials piled up like mountains every day, but fortunately the emperor supported him.

So what if he arrived at Zhang Juzheng? When he promoted the clearance of land, how many officials did he stop and how many royal relatives he had, what was the final result?

In contrast, because of the previous new policy, the current rule has become more conservative, otherwise Xu Zhenming would not have been dismissed from office.

It's right.

With Xu Zhenming's lessons, Lin Yanchao also gave a tangible example. After changing his position as Xu Zhenming and his farmland in the capital, can he stand still?

Can reform work without the support of power?

Xu Zhenming said: "Therefore, my defeat was due to these powerful people. It was not my learning that could not be achieved through me, but rather it was not at the right time. It would be great if Mr. Zhang Wenzhong was there, but who is the minister in the court now willing to be Mr. Zhang Wenzhong?"

"I'm afraid that there will be no second Duke Zhang Wenzhong in the court. Even if there are, your Majesty can't tolerate such a person."

Lin Yanchao glanced at Xu Zhenming and thought, why did this person say exactly what Wang Xijue said?

Lin Yanchao said immediately: "Brother Xu, Brother Xu..."

Xu Zhenming and Lin Yanchao expressed their thoughts, and they were dismissed from office by their wholehearted efforts for the country and the people. After these complaints, Lin Yanchao was immersed in it. After several calls, he called out to his senses.

"Bachelor call me?"

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Brother Xu, would you like to listen to my suggestions?"

"Of course Xu is willing to listen carefully."

Lin Yanchao said: "I have seen your Lushui Guest talks, which are true insightful words, but there is a disadvantage. Brother Xu has developed water conservancy in the north, but the north lacks water, so of course water is the most important. Resources such as water conservancy are of course in the hands of the powerful. It is really difficult for you to get them from the powerful. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to change paddy fields to dry fields than to cultivate them. This is the long-term way."

‘Dry fields?’ Xu Zhenming waved his hands repeatedly, “Only acre of dry land produces a few buckets of grain. If you plant and harvest it widely, ten acres of dry land are not as good as one acre of paddy fields! Unless Brother Lin has the ability to make rice grow in the dry land!”
Chapter completed!