《明史·列传·卷一百九十四》
七年，骆马湖淤塞，维华向沿河的尚书刘荣嗣建议，请从宿迁到徐州开一条长二百余里的水渠，引黄河水来通漕运，期望得叙功复职。
七年，骆马湖淤，维华言于治河尚书刘荣嗣，请自宿迁抵徐州，穿渠二百余里，引黄河水通漕，冀叙功复职。
In the seventh year, when Luoma Lake was blocked, Wei Hua suggested to Liu Rongsi, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, who was along the river, to dig a canal of more than 200 miles from Suqian to Xuzhou, diverting the Yellow River water to facilitate the transportation of grain, in the hope of being rewarded and reinstated.
<s>[INST] I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 七年，骆马湖淤，维华言于治河尚书刘荣嗣，请自宿迁抵徐州，穿渠二百余里，引黄河水通漕，冀叙功复职。 [/INST] Contemporary: 七年，骆马湖淤塞，维华向沿河的尚书刘荣嗣建议，请从宿迁到徐州开一条长二百余里的水渠，引黄河水来通漕运，期望得叙功复职。 English version: In the seventh year, when Luoma Lake was blocked, Wei Hua suggested to Liu Rongsi, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, who was along the river, to dig a canal of more than 200 miles from Suqian to Xuzhou, diverting the Yellow River water to facilitate the transportation of grain, in the hope of being rewarded and reinstated.</s>
I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 七年，骆马湖淤，维华言于治河尚书刘荣嗣，请自宿迁抵徐州，穿渠二百余里，引黄河水通漕，冀叙功复职。
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Contemporary: 七年，骆马湖淤塞，维华向沿河的尚书刘荣嗣建议，请从宿迁到徐州开一条长二百余里的水渠，引黄河水来通漕运，期望得叙功复职。 English version: In the seventh year, when Luoma Lake was blocked, Wei Hua suggested to Liu Rongsi, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, who was along the river, to dig a canal of more than 200 miles from Suqian to Xuzhou, diverting the Yellow River water to facilitate the transportation of grain, in the hope of being rewarded and reinstated.
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