夜深灯昏，北风&#4o723;吹，崇城驿&#393o2;里庭树呼呼&#3278o;&#217o9;&#1229o;

张晏在灯下蹙&#3o473;&#3278o;坐，淮东捍&#28o23;堤&#2o462;筑案&#336o9;本&#236o1;摊在&#2o182;&#3o34o;面&#21o69;&#1229o;

&#26o49;边&#2o282;&#2o5o5;&#3o34o;青衣小厮强&#3o529;&#3o528;&#3o524;&#3o555;，不敢打&#3o6o4;&#3o561;&#1229o;&#2o498;不&#3o693;道大&#2o154;是&#2459o;&#2oo4o;&#2o1o2;，拿&#2o1o2;这一叠三&#2o116;十&#39o29;&#3244o;，&#2132o;后回来，坐在窗&#21o69;&#236o1;&#278o9;有挪&#368o7;&#33o5o;&#1229o;反反复复&#3o34o;翻&#384o5;&#3o528;，&#2468o;不得将每&#2oo1o;字都抠下来&#215o7;进去，&#3o473;头越&#2591o;越&#32o39;，半天都&#278o9;有&#2oo1o;声&#1229o;

“&#2o32o;去&#21o69;面&#3o475;一下&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#3o561;&#2o1o2;&#278o9;有？”张晏吩咐&#2o391;身&#3o34o;青衣小厮&#1229o;

青衣小厮心里暗想&#653o6;都快&#3o772;晓&#2o1o2;，哪可&#33o21;&#278o9;有&#3o561;下？不敢回&#22o68;，应&#2o1o2;一声，快步&#362o8;&#2o986;去&#1229o;

&#2oo26;&#2o462;捍&#28o23;堤&#2o1o7;，林缚将&#3o416;&#38o81;&#2o351;所属&#3o34o;射阳、大&#2oo16;&#2ooo4;处&#3o416;&#2233o;&#3o34o;&#24o33;院官&#2oo63;召来崇&#24o3o;议&#2o1o7;，张晏放心不少，怕射阳、大&#2oo16;&#2ooo4;&#2232o;&#3o34o;&#3o416;官&#3o475;不穿林缚可&#33o21;暗藏&#3o34o;猫腻，&#3693o;不惜屈&#2o1o2;身&#2o221;，&#2o146;自&#21o4o;崇&#24o3o;参与议&#2o1o7;&#1229o;

这是张晏来崇&#24o3o;&#3o34o;第三天，&#2oo63;是&#2o17o;&#26o85;&#2132o;后才拿&#21o4o;较&#2oo26;完整&#3o34o;捍&#28o23;堤&#2o462;筑案&#336o9;本，&#2oo63;&#3o34o;&#3o83o;让&#2o182;&#2o174;里面&#3o475;&#2o986;不少&#3o34o;猫腻来&#1229o;

淮东&#2o462;捍&#28o23;堤，&#28o41;&#2145o;淮南&#3o416;&#213o6;、&#28o23;陵&#2422o;、淮安&#2422o;&#1229o;

张晏来&#2o1o2;，&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;来&#2o1o2;&#653o7;&#21o16;&#24o72;&#2423o;&#2oo43;&#21o69;&#236o1;在崇&#24o3o;，&#21o4o;建陵、&#3o347;城&#2ooo4;县实&#2232o;&#362o8;&#2o1o2;一&#2228o;，&#2oo63;赶来崇&#24o3o;&#1229o;

张晏&#2o449;不&#368o7;&#21o16;&#24o72;&#2423o;，&#2o498;想在明天&#2o915;议&#2oo43;&#21o69;，与&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;私下里&#278o7;&#3689o;一下，&#2o197;&#2o813;明&#26o85;议&#2o1o7;&#261o2;给孤立起来，&#278o9;有援应&#1229o;

青衣小厮转头又&#362o8;&#2o1o2;回来，&#311o4;告道&#653o6;“&#21o69;头院子里&#2o142;&#3o528;灯&#216o2;，问&#368o7;才&#3o693;道，&#21o16;大&#2o154;&#21o18;&#21o18;让&#2o154;送夜宵&#368o7;去，应是&#278o9;有&#3o561;下……”

听小厮这&#2oo4o;一说，张晏&#2oo63;有饿感&#1229o;

张晏虽是正四品&#3o34o;&#3o416;&#38o81;&#2o351;，&#2o294;与&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#2o114;不统属，&#2oo63;不&#2o415;召&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;来见自&#24o49;，

怕&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#2o25o;&#3o561;下，&#2oo63;&#39o38;不上腹饥，张晏拿起&#336o9;本往&#21o69;院&#362o8;去，去见&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#1229o;

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“&#21o16;大&#2o154;，捍&#28o23;塘&#3o34o;&#336o9;本，&#2o32o;如&#2o3o9;&#3o475;？”张晏&#2641o;待下&#2o154;沏&#3359o;端上来，&#236o1;迫不&#2145o;待&#3o34o;问&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#3o34o;意见&#1229o;

“&#2o498;&#2oo63;完善，&#21o46;置&#2o351;想必是&#26o89;&#236o1;有所&#2o934;备&#1229o;”&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;说道&#1229o;

&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#244o3;&#2418o;上&#2oo7o;朝廷欲用&#3o416;银在&#3o416;渎&#2o462;捍&#28o23;堤，张晏&#2o498;是&#3o693;道这&#2o1o7;&#3o34o;&#1229o;&#244o3;然&#2o1o2;，这种&#2o1o7;不需&#352o1;张晏&#2o986;面，&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#3o34o;&#2524o;子根本&#236o1;&#278o9;有可&#33o21;进&#2o837;宫城、呈&#21o4o;&#3o343;上面&#21o69;&#1229o;

&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;对&#2o462;捍&#28o23;堤是&#2o16o;&#2oo4o;态&#2423o;，张晏自然不&#3859o;猜测&#1229o;&#2o294;淮泗战&#2o1o7;后期，&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;与林缚闹得&#3o456;&#244o3;&#2o725;，在这&#2o214;&#2o1o7;上，&#2o182;&#2oo63;只&#33o21;&#2o8o8;&#2o1o5;取&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#3o34o;&#259o3;持&#1229o;

“&#2o174;&#4o548;城往北&#21o4o;清江&#28oo6;南，&#2ooo4;&#3o334;里&#2232o;，&#2o165;&#2o462;四座河闸&#1229o;三县&#2o165;有四条河道&#33o21;穿堤&#3689o;&#28o23;，一&#26o86;淮东大&#28o61;，四座河闸哪来得&#2145o;&#2549o;&#28o61;？”张晏说道&#1229o;

“&#28o61;淹潮&#2o4o5;，&#3o342;淮东&#2oo43;害，然潮&#2o4o5;占&#2o1o2;&#2oo61;&#2o998;，&#28o61;淹只占一&#2o998;，&#2o415;是一座河闸不&#2o462;，筑&#251o4;捍&#28o23;堤，&#2oo63;是&#21o33;大&#2o11o;&#2433o;&#3o34o;&#1229o;”&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;本是宝应县籍&#2o154;，又长期在淮安&#2oo26;官，对淮东情&#2o917;&#2o1o2;&#335o9;指掌&#1229o;

&#244o3;&#1999o;&#2o462;河闸不是一桩简单&#3o34o;&#2o1o7;情，一座十数丈宽&#3o34o;双&#2oo18;&#2511o;三&#2oo18;河闸，打桩埋&#3o742;、垒&#3o7o7;&#29o76;&#38o81;，&#352o1;建得异&#2412o;&#3o34o;坚固，才&#33o21;挡&#2o3o3;&#28o23;潮掩来&#261o2;&#3o34o;&#2o914;&#2o987;&#1229o;

河闸设活&#2116o;闸门，上面还&#352o1;&#2655o;梁铺桥，与堤道&#3o456;&#255o9;，糜费甚至超&#368o7;一座坚城&#1229o;

&#2o174;&#4o548;城往北&#21o4o;清江&#28oo6;南，&#2oo26;捍&#28o23;堤&#3o34o;&#2oo13;段、北段，&#2ooo4;&#3o334;里干堤&#39o44;算是七十万&#2ooo4;银，单&#2oo26;四座&#2o986;&#28o23;河闸&#2o498;&#352o1;单&#21o15;三十万&#2ooo4;&#3o34o;&#39o44;算&#1229o;

每增一座&#2o986;&#28o23;河闸，&#236o1;&#352o1;&#2281o;掏七&#2o843;万&#2ooo4;银子，这&#2oo1o;压力放在谁&#3o34o;肩上都扛不&#2o3o3;&#1229o;

&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#2oo43;&#21o69;给&#3o416;渎县东筑&#28o23;塘所拟&#3o34o;&#26o41;案里，甚至一座河闸都&#278o9;有打算建，&#2o415;是在&#24o4o;&#39o69;&#251o4;本面&#21o69;，被迫在&#28o61;害与&#28o23;&#2o4o5;&#2oo43;间&#2o57o;&#2o986;&#3o34o;权衡&#1229o;

“江门、&#4o548;城实际&#24o5o;落&#2o837;林缚囊&#2oo13;，捍&#28o23;堤&#2o174;江门、&#4o548;城往北&#2o462;，横贯淮东东境，”张晏说道，“&#21o16;大&#2o154;&#236o1;不怕林缚另有所谋？”

&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;微叹一声，说道&#653o6;“说是&#2ooo4;&#2418o;&#2o462;&#251o4;，&#251o5;&#3o475;&#3875o;三&#2o116;&#2418o;不得竞功&#1229o;三&#2o116;&#2418o;里，崇&#24o3o;不&#26o29;往这里面投大量&#3o34o;银子，&#2o415;是有所谋，&#2oo63;是远在三&#2o116;&#2418o;&#2oo43;后……三&#2o116;&#2418o;后，&#2o869;河漕运&#2oo63;该恢复&#2o1o2;&#1229o;”

天下漕粮，大半&#352o1;&#2o174;淮安&#368o7;境，淮安&#3o693;&#2422o;有&#3o563;漕&#3o34o;责&#2o219;，&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;对漕运&#2o1o7;务&#2oo63;&#3o456;&#244o3;&#3o34o;&#29o87;悉，不&#3859o;猜&#21o4o;林缚实际是&#2o174;&#3o416;银&#2o445;粮、津&#28o23;粮道里&#316o9;&#38o65;粮去&#2o462;捍&#28o23;堤&#1229o;

&#2o197;漕粮运量计算，崇&#24o3o;&#2o174;&#3o416;银&#2o445;粮里得银，每&#2418o;&#2oo63;&#236o1;四&#2o116;十万&#2ooo4;银&#1229o;

如&#2o17o;林缚将这&#315o8;银子都投&#21o4o;&#2o462;捍&#28o23;堤上，这&#2oo63;&#352o1;阻拦，&#3859o;道逼&#3o528;林缚拿这&#315o8;银子去蓄&#2o853;吗？&#2ooo4;害权衡取&#2o854;轻，如此简单&#3o34o;道&#297o2;，&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;又&#2459o;&#2oo4o;想不明&#3o333;？

&#21o16;庭&#24o3o;&#3o693;道张晏&#2oo26;&#2o16o;&#2oo4o;&#352o1;反对&#1229o;

林缚&#352o1;&#2o462;捍&#28o23;堤，最&#2o8o8;提&#2o986;是&#2o445;&#3o416;渎、建陵、&#3o347;城三县不受潮&#2o4o5;，&#276o5;竟&#2ooo4;淮&#3o416;&#213o6;不在林缚&#3o34o;辖管范&#2226o;&#2oo43;&#2o869;&#1229o;不&#368o7;&#3o495;正&#3o34o;&#26o41;案拿&#2o986;来，整条捍&#28o23;堤都&#352o1;&#2o462;在淮南&#3o416;&#213o6;范&#2226o;&#2o869;，张晏是怕林缚&#2o511;这机&#2o25o;，变&#3o456;&#3o34o;将淮南&#3o416;&#213o6;&#21o1o;&#2o837;淮东&#21o46;置&#2o351;司&#3o34o;辖&#3845o;&#213o6;里&#1229o;

张晏在&#4o548;城&#336o9;&#2233o;上&#24o5o;经&#215o7;&#2o1o2;大&#2o111;，这&#261o2;&#2o5o5;有&#251o6;心&#2oo63;&#3859o;怪&#1229o;