In the Henan Prefecture Office, Sun Mian looked at Li Ruogu with his mouth open and after a while, he said: "Dugong, what does Ducao really say? The Transportation Office will take charge of the rectification of rivers in Xijing City?"

Li Ruogu sighed: "That's true, can you even lie to you!"

"What do you need Henan Prefecture and Xijing Left-behind Office? It's all right to be managed by the Transport Authority! Xu Ping is bullying us now inadequate staff, so he wants to invade the power of prefectures and counties?"

Li Ruo shook his head, sighed, and sat in his seat without saying a word.

Sun Mian followed him and said for a while, "This matter is absolutely not feasible! The matter of repairing the river is presided over by the Transportation Commission. If this case is opened, how will the remaining department and Henan Prefecture do things in the future? Xijing is not as good as other states. If the normal state transfer commander is in charge, it will be in charge. We can't stay there all the time. But our Henan Prefecture and Transportation Commission are in the same city. As long as we have the first time, there will be a second time. Gradually, we can only rely on the transfer commander's breath and become a minor official in his yamen!"

Li Ruogu said: "How can I not know? But how should I refuse Xupingdu Cao? The opening of the river is imperative. Whether it is left behind or Henan Prefecture, I have to ask for money, no money, no grain, no grain."

Sun Mian said decisively: "Since you want to open a river, the Duke of the Palace will give you money and food! Xijing is not another place. It is necessary to provide and repair the Xijing Royal Palace and protect the imperial tomb. It has always been a waste of money and food. If the court does not allocate money and food, what should we use to sort out the river? If the Transport Department has money and food, then let Xu Ping transfer it to us!"

Li Ruogu smiled bitterly: "You forgot what Xu Ping did before coming to Jingxi Road? Even if the memorial is submitted, how could the Sansi allocate money and food? Alas, Xu Ping was determined to seize our power! Besides, with money and food, we don't have manpower."

"There is no need to worry about manpower! The good or bad Xijing is also a royal city, and there are many garrisons. As long as you talk to Xuzhou, the Duke of the Mansion can call it in the name of the remaining department. Now the imperial guards in Henan Province have a commander in the city, Gongxian command, and Baibo has a commander. In addition to the imperial guards, the Fang army also has Caifa, Zhuangcheng, Shufuqiao, Huitongqiao, Kaishan, etc. These are all under the jurisdiction of the Duke of the Mansion. After a rough calculation, there are three or four thousand people. If you use it properly, you will have enough manpower!"

"The Yuan rules cannot be calculated like this. The imperial guards in Baibo cannot move. Needless to say, even the imperial guards in Qiaodao in Beijing and Gong County are not easy to dispatch. Those Guanzhong people are honest, but they are the most silly. Who can do it? As for the Xiang army, they can be used, but most of them are the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and they are laboring in autumn and winter, I'm afraid they can't do it."

The imperial guards in Henan Prefecture are for example used by Shaanxi people, which is the same as those of the imperial guards on Shaanxi Road using Hedong and Hebei people. These soldiers have been in the army for a lifetime. If they are stationed in their hometowns, it will be difficult for local officials to control them, so they are all used in other places. The bridge and road command in the imperial guards is built and paved for bridges and roads during wars. It is impossible for them to use local construction projects. Xuzhou Shuaisi agreed and they still disagreed. After the three yamen, they would not allow local prefectures and counties to seize their own management rights over the army. Sun Mian said that it was just thinking about it, but it was impossible to do it.

As for the Xiang Army, they did not dare to mobilize the maintenance tasks of the imperial palace and the imperial tombs they undertake, but they could be transferred, even if they could be transferred, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled are not able to withstand the service. Don’t let the river channel be untied by then, and a few lives will be caused first. How can Li Ruogu explain?

Xu Ping saw that Henan Prefecture could not undertake a major project, so he had to coordinate the operation of the Transportation Office, mainly the Transportation Office. Moreover, Xu Ping could not have asked Li Ruogu to ask for money and grain from the capital, and the Three Divisions were still effective.

Seeing that Sun Mian stopped talking, Li Ruogu sighed. He knew his current situation in his heart, that is, it would be a day to delay, and hoped that there would be some turning point in these days.

Sun Mian was silent for a while and suddenly said, "If there is no money, no food, no people, then don't build the river channel! The water diversion entrance is in Shakou Town, Gong County, and it is still more than a hundred miles away from us. Can it be delayed? If the river channel in Luoyang is not built, it can also be diverted from the Luo River. Why should the Transportation Command suppress us?"

Li Ruogu was shocked and hurriedly said, "Don't say these angry words in Yuangui! If the city does not renovate the river channel and drought and flood are unpredictable, the water volume of the Luo River will be more and less frequently. How can Caohe bear such trouble? At that time, I am afraid that the Luo River channel will be directly built from the upper reaches of the city, so that the river will not leave Luoyang City!"

"But the city is just a city, so what can we do? The water walks outside the city, which also saves the flooding of the Luo River, destroys the bridges, and floods the people in the city. What's the matter? In my opinion, we just don't let go of the Transportation Office and they will do whatever they want!"

Li Ruogu was startled when he heard this and instinctively wanted to refute it, but when he saw Sun Mian's serious look, he didn't seem to be talking angry, he couldn't help but feel silent.

Yes, I don’t build the river channel, and let the Transport Authority lead the Luo River water away from the outside of the city. What else is missing? Without the Luo River water city, what will happen? It was just Xu Ping made it out to scare people casually. Can you take it seriously? If there are too many cities without rivers in the city, the people in the city will not survive? Besides, if something really happens, you can also put the blame on Xu Ping, the Transport Authority. The random diversion of water will lead to bad consequences. What does it have to do with me?

Li Ruogu became more and more reasonable and secretly thought about the feasibility of the matter. However, in this way, he offended Xu Ping, the new high-ranking court. Having said that, shouldn't Xu Ping offend him first?

Seeing Li Ruogu's appearance, Sun Mian knew there was a chance and was secretly happy. The most annoying thing about him, the left-behind magistrate, was that the Transportation Commander's Office was interfering in the affairs under his control. The Left-behind corps and the Transportation Commander were independent of each other, so why should they be under their control? Two years ago, the Imperial College of Xijing was rebuilt. After the renovation, the Transportation Commander was lenient. The affairs of the Imperial College were all reported to the Transportation Commander, and they had to obtain the consent of the Transportation Commander. What was this? The government-owned corps were originally under the management of the Left-behind corps.

It can be imagined that if Xu Ping's wishes were fulfilled this time, the left-behind department would not think about independence anymore. The Transshipment Office became a yamen riding on Henan Prefecture and the Left-behind Department. Sun Mian felt very uncomfortable when he thought of this. The qualifications of the magistrate in Xijing are not far from those of the Transshipment Office. How could he tolerate someone who is similar to his official qualifications to manage him?

Because there was a funeral at the Tongzong's family in Henan Prefecture, the official was released from home and went to mourn. Now Sun Mian takes two positions in one person. In such a large mansion, there are not many such opportunities, which is a great benefit to his future career. Sun Mian is in a state of success.

(Note: The first time I built the Luo River into Bian Waterway was to divert water from the river built outside Luoyang City, which had a great impact on Luoyang City. The river channel was abandoned before it was used for a long time. Later, after Luoyang sorted out the river channel, he dug the Luo River into Bian Waterway again, and finally persisted.
Chapter completed!