The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 863
Ding Ye has seen it live and studied it, so he naturally knows how to do it.

His method is similar to Jin Fu's. First, dig out the mud at Qingkou, divert the river four ways, dredge the river from Qingjiangpu to Yuntiguan, build Shushui dams of 16 feet, and block [-] major breaches in Wangjiagang and Wujiadun. .

And if you want to completely cure the downstream, you must cure the root cause, which is the upstream.According to this theory, in order to prevent the downstream of the Yellow River from bursting, he built a discharge dam on the upper stream. Each dam has 7 holes, each hole is 1 Zhang 8 feet wide, and can discharge floods of 12 Zhang 6 feet. .

The estimated construction period is half a year. (Man Qing worked for a year)
Ding Ye's estimate is about [-].Because the big work is to pay the wages to the civilian husband.And food and housing included.

The second question is to control the breach of Qingshuitan, because the dike here often bursts during heavy rains, which affects the people.

Once there is a flood, the downstream will inevitably lose its harvest, and the people will be unlucky.

Ding Ye also went to the scene to see it. There was only one way, which was to build a dam on the Caodi in Jiangdu to block the breach of Qingshuitan. When he went to inspect the site, he found that Qingshuitan was close to Gaoyou Lake. A crescent-shaped embankment was built in a certain place, and a west dike was built, which was 840 feet long. It was also stretched around the Xiyue River, which was [-] feet long. The project was huge.

The original historical budget of the Manchu and Qing courts was 57 taels, but Jin Fu spent 9 taels. The project was completed in the second year, and the quality was very good.

And Ding Ye's budget is 20.

The first two questions are very professional, and can stop almost [-]% of people. The latter questions are not so professional, mainly about some basic knowledge of water conservancy.

And common sense about the big dry waterways.

There are often hidden dangers and disasters in waterways.

After the exam, Ding Ye is still very confident that as long as he is in the top three, he can become He Daosi Langzhong (the fifth rank), or two Yuanwai Lang (the fifth rank).

After the exam, when they came out, there was a lot of wailing outside. Many people did not expect the officials of the River Department to be so professional.

You make the former Ming Dynasty and even Jin Fu of the original history (who didn’t go to the scene to watch it) not know it.

This kind of exam is called a carrot and a hole in later generations. Ding Yi made it clear that he prepared it for his son.

Song Changlin, who had better grades than Ding Ye in school, cursed even more: "Who did this question, it's just crazy."

"We went to Qingkou together last time, and we only got an impression after seeing it on the spot."

"But I didn't go to Qingshuitan."

Ding Ye suppressed his smile, and said calmly: "The last time I asked you to go to Qingshuitan, you refused to go, so you can't blame me."

Three days later, Ruan Zheng ranked first with a high score of 86 points.

Song Changlin No.2, No.3 is an official of the Water Conservancy Department of the former Dagan Ministry of Agriculture. This person went from the seventh rank to the fifth rank in one step.

On the second day after the public announcement, Ding Ye reported to the official department, and an official from the official department took him to meet all the colleagues who passed the exam.

The river repairs before Dagan were all carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture. This time, it was designated separately. According to the intention of the imperial court, where the repairs are made, whoever manages them.

Now it is starting to be built in Jiangsu, so it is under the control of the governor of Jiangsu, who is also the governor of the river.

If Jiangsu is finished, go to Hunan to get it, it will be under the management of Hunan, the governor of Hunan and the governor of the river.

The governors have a name, but they are actually independent.

The local governor's yamen is responsible for providing all logistical support, because the imperial court's appropriation of money and grain and rice all go to the local yamen first, and then the local government gives them.

Daqian is not like Daming, where 10 taels is pulled out, and when the local government deducts it layer by layer, it becomes [-] or something.

If the 10 taels are pulled out, Ding Ye will get 10 taels, and all the officials who dealt with it will be guilty of the crime.

After Ding Ye met his colleagues, he first gave each other addresses and waited for him to call.

Then, according to the rules of the imperial court, the chief official level above the seventh rank can choose two documents, and two documents are selected from the new candidates.

One is Chang Jin, who is also a colleague of their university. He is 20 years old. He used to be a scholar of the Ming Dynasty and was admitted to the Imperial University.

They didn't know each other very well at school, they only met a few times, and they didn't say much, but Ding Ye saw that his grades in school were not bad, and he was quite lively.

The other is Xu Shengfeng, his classmate and good friend.

The positions of both of them are from the seventh rank, there is no way, this time they did not pass the exam, and they are ranked at the bottom.

Then he went to the Department of Water Conservancy of the Ministry of Agriculture with two documents. The Department of Water Conservancy gave them a lot of information, all of which were to be repaired and reconstructed in Jiangsu. Let’s find out the water pool first, the imperial court has prepared an official house for you in Yangzhou Mansion, and when you arrive there, prepare materials, report them, and contact the local government if you have anything to do.”

He also issued several receipts to Ding Ye, with the seal of the Water Conservancy Department printed on them.

Ding Ye agreed one by one, and then went to the Ministry of Communications and Construction. Qian Fuhai, the secretary of the infrastructure department, also said solemnly: "There are [-] troops in Yangzhou Prefecture, which are available for use, but you can choose whether to use them or not."

He also issued some receipts to Ding Ye and gave some information.

Ding Ye took the two of them to the Ministry of Finance again. There is a payment department here, which is very awesome. Money from all provinces and places in the country is paid out from here.

Officials from many provinces came to Kyoto to bring some cheap specialties.

Corruption is only considered when the court is more than ten taels, so officials find loopholes and will bring some worthless specialties.

For example, fruits that should not be damaged, chickens that have been killed, dried vegetables, etc., will be accepted by Beijing officials, because they are worthless and do not violate regulations.

The three of them were shocked when they first arrived at the payment department.

There were more than a dozen people lined up from the entrance to the inside of the payment department, all of whom were officials from various provinces who had come to Beijing.

An official held a live chicken in his hand. The chicken was not killed and was still crowing.

There are also officials with a basket of eggs in their hands.

More than half of the people are holding things, which are not valuable anyway.

"This, this—" Ding Ye saw it for the first time, and he was dumbfounded and speechless.

Chang Jin saw it, lowered his head and said, "Master Ruan, let me go outside and buy some gadgets?"

Ding Ye blushed: "No, the imperial court is not allowed to collect things indiscriminately, and they don't take everyone with them. We are aboveboard, will he give it?"

Chang Jin was noncommittal, and suddenly felt that following Ding Ye seemed to have no future.

Xu Shengfeng also said: "If you pissed us off, report them."

"If it's less than ten taels of silver, it's useless to report it." Chang Jin smiled wryly.

"Over the years, there are more than ten taels."

Chang Jin thought for a while: "Great work on the law code, didn't you say that years and months can be counted?"

Xu Shengfeng stared: "Then if I come to give nine taels of silver every day, it's not considered a bribe?"

Ding Ye kept it in mind, and told his father later that this was a loophole.

Because there were people queuing up ahead, it took them half an hour to get their turn.

The three of them entered the office of the payment secretary doctor.

Langzhong is a middle-aged man in his 40s, who looks like a former Ming official.

Seeing the three youths coming in, he subconsciously looked at the hands of the three, all of them were holding something, but it seemed that there was nothing good.

"Hello, my lord. I'm Ruan Zheng, the doctor of Jiangsu Hedao Department." Ding Ye greeted first.

Only then did the other party's surface slowly unfold: "So it's Lang Zhong Ruan, do you have a letter seal?"

Ding Ye took out the brand-new official seal he had just obtained from the Ministry of Officials. Under the official seal, there were his name and position, as well as a waist badge, a document appointed by the Ministry of Officials, and his own ID card of the Dagan Dynasty. (Of course the name is Ruan Zheng on the ID card)
After Langzhong checked everything, he rummaged through the pile of materials on the right.

"Ah." He suddenly said, "Your Hedao Division's share may have been accidentally left at home by the officer, why don't you come back tomorrow."

Chang Jin smiled wryly.

Xu Shengfeng was furious: "Ms. Nit's dog officer, did it do it on purpose? We didn't send anything, did we?"

The doctor didn't change his face, nor was he angry, he said flatly: "I'm really sorry, I must have been careless, I'll go home tomorrow and look for it."

"I don't believe it anymore." Xu Shengfeng was about to rush up, when there was a bang outside, the gate was pushed open, and two guards from the Beijing camp came in.

There are guards in all ministries in the capital, and there are many guards in the Ministry of Finance.

The three of Ding Ye were taken aback for a moment.

Chang Jin hurriedly grabbed Xu Changfeng, forget it, come back tomorrow.

Ding Ye was annoyed in his heart, but he felt that the doctor was very cunning. He was not angry when Xu Changfeng scolded him, and he was still smiling.

"Then, come back tomorrow." Ding Ye gritted his teeth and led the two out of the gate.

When he got outside, he was also very upset, and almost wanted to find his grandfather, Minister of Finance Ruan Wenlong.

But looking back, I just came out to work, and I went to ask my grandfather on the first day, it was extremely embarrassing.

He didn't enter the palace that day, and had dinner with a few classmates at night. He was still in a good mood, and almost forgot about the day's affairs.

Early the next morning, he took the two of them to the payment department again.

After queuing for another half day, I saw the doctor, who smiled and said, "Show me your letter."

Ding Ye was taken aback. Yesterday he received it from the official department and brought it with him, but of course he didn't bring it today.

"Didn't your lord read it yesterday?" Ding Ye asked strangely.

The doctor said solemnly: "I see countless people every day, how can I remember what happened yesterday? Besides, according to the rules of the Ministry of Finance, payment can only be made after seeing the letter stamp. This is clearly recorded in the Dagan Code. Has Mr. Ruan learned it?" ?”

Xu Shengfeng was so angry that he rushed to beat him, but Chang Jin stopped him and kept persuading him.

You are crazy, you finally passed the exam, and you are finished as soon as you make a move.

Ding Ye's residence was not close to the Ministry of Finance. After the three of them came out, they took their things and ran away. Everyone else was going to get off work.

So Ding Ye had no choice but to go again on the third day.

On the third day, we waited in line for half a day before going in.

The doctor pointed to a large pile of documents as tall as a man on the ground in the west: "Master Ruan's things are inside, you can find them yourself, next one."

Then ignore them.

The three of them swallowed their anger, squatted on the ground and turned over for a long time, and finally turned over before leaving get off work.

This is the first batch of funds allocated by the Ministry of Finance, 10 taels of silver.

After Ding Ye signed, he took the bill and left.

After the three of them came out, Xu Shengfeng was still cursing, but Chang Jin looked troubled.

It's so difficult for the capital to get something, isn't it even more difficult to go down to do business?
(End of this chapter)