Sizhou, Hong County
Zhao Mo, a bachelor of the Cabinet and Minister of Punishment, and Du Jitong, Governor of Water Transport, brought 6,000 soldiers of the Caoliang Guard and rushed to Sizhou for reinforcements. At this moment, the two of them were standing on an overgrown and muddy hillock, staring at what had become Hong County, the county town of Zhiguo, looks as gloomy as the dark clouds covering the sky.
Zhao Mo frowned tightly, his heart gradually sank into his heart, he felt a chill all over his body, and his eyes condensed into a thin line.
At this time, Du Jitong, the governor of water transportation, came closer with an umbrella to block the rain falling from the sky. He sighed and said: "Mr. Ge, the Yellow River takes away the Huaihe River and floods Sizhou. The Yellow River and the Huaihe River flood together, completely If the canal is flooded, it will also hinder water transportation. I hope that the flood will recede and the river can return to the river. Otherwise, I don’t know how much time it will take to transport grain from the south to the north this year.”
At this moment, the entire Sizhou became a vast ocean. The flood from the Yellow River came from the east and poured into the Huaihe River. The entire canal was indistinguishable from the Yellow River.
Zhao Mo looked at the county seat in the distance and said urgently: "Governor Du, hurry up and send a boat to rescue people. We will discuss the water transportation later."
Human lives are at stake, so how can we have the time to pay attention to water transportation?
Du Jitong looked at Sizhou City where only the city wall was exposed, and said with relief: "Don't worry, Mr. Ge, I have sent Caoliang Guards to collect boats and wading into the water to rescue people. It's just that this time the flood has poured into the city, and our manpower is limited. I'm afraid The people in the city are in trouble."
The city was flooded. When he heard the news, he was shocked for a long time. He didn't know how many people were going to die in the water. No wonder the old man in front of him, Zhao Ge, immediately questioned the river governor.
Not to mention the river governor, if someone is not good enough, if the court investigates the crime, I am afraid that the elder will be affected to some extent.
Gein, if there are tens of thousands of casualties and such a big mistake, the emperor in Beijing will definitely be furious.
Just as the soldiers of Caoliang Guard were preparing boats to rescue the people of Sizhou, Kaifeng Fucheng hundreds of miles away -
On the embankment along the river at Liuyuankou, you can see the thatched huts built with wooden frames and thatch. The red and black brocade flags of the Beijing Camp were soaked in the heavy rain, and occasionally whined in the wind. Sound, and such flags stretch all the way downstream to Xiao County, Xuzhou and other places.
The 80,000 cavalrymen from the Beijing camp who had previously come to the Central Plains to quell the chaos were now mostly patrolling the river embankments, together with tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians guarding the river to guard against the arrival of river floods.
Jia Heng's camp has been stationed on the embankment for three days. Officials from the Fan and Zhen divisions in the entire province have been stationed along the river, and the people of Kaifeng City are also anxiously waiting for news on the embankment.
In just three days, Jia Heng called on the people in Kaifeng Mansion to survive five waves of floods. During one dangerous work, he even carried earth and rocks with his soldiers. According to the instructions of officials who were proficient in water conservancy in the river yamen, he raised the embankments and weirs to block them. Only in the seepage area can we survive a dangerous situation.
At this moment, Jia Heng looked up at the still gray sky, feeling worried in his heart. He turned to ask Guan Hetongzhi Guan Shoufang beside him, and said loudly: "How long will this rain flood last based on the rain period of the Longzhi period?" Can you stop?"
"Master Taiwan, it may take another half a month." The gatekeeper looked equally solemn and sighed.
Jia Heng frowned and said in a deep voice, "How about half a month? This flood must pass quickly, otherwise, it will not be a problem if it continues like this."
Song Xuan, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Jiao Jingxing, the magistrate of Weishi County, Feng Lian, the Chief Secretary of Henan Province, and Xu Kai, the Imperial Lecturer, all listened to the conversation between the two, and everyone's hearts were also filled with a layer of gloom. In the past half month, In time, if the river bank breaks, Kaifeng City will be in danger of being submerged.
Xu Kai raised his head and looked at the mud on the young man's face. The python robe was full of mud. It was clearly caused by carrying earth and rocks during a dangerous job yesterday, and he felt waves of inexplicable emotions in his heart.
Such a young man does not shy away from hardships and dangers, and goes to the front line of floods in person, and sincerely serves as the gatekeeper of the country.
Due to his human nature, he will not keep his secrets against his will.
Jia Heng said: "Maybe this river embankment is subject to floods?"
The gatekeeper sighed: "Sir, no one can say this, but judging from the previous times, the river embankment is still strong, and the subsequent rains and floods will not be severe, so it may be better."
After thinking about it for a while, he finally said it with relief.
Jia Heng thought for a while and asked
Liu Jixian, who was standing next to him, asked, "How is the situation over there in Guide Mansion? Is there anyone who has come to report the danger?"
Liu Jixian said: "Captain, the prefect of Guide came to report yesterday that the prefecture of Guide encountered danger three times, and they all passed smoothly. The river embankment is safe and sound."
Jia Heng nodded and warned: "Send someone to report to the magistrate of Guide Prefecture with a fast horse. If there is any danger, come and report at any time. There is no need to be stingy with the relevant materials, earth and stone. Use them as needed, and make plans and estimate them later." "
Of course, post-event audits are indispensable, but needless to say at this time, ugly words always come to the fore, which often easily breeds the mentality of laziness and idleness in government.
Just as a few people were discussing, suddenly, a figure appeared along the river embankment where the willows were lush and smoky. He seemed to be running wildly, walking through the mud and stepping over the wormwood that grew wildly after the rain. Wearing a coir raincoat, the young man stood tall in front of everyone. His flying fish suit was clearly visible from his loose cloak. He cupped his hands and said, "Captain, Huai'an Prefecture is reporting urgently!"
Jia Heng looked silent and turned to look at Liu Jixian.
Liu Jixian stepped forward and took a brown paper bag, opened it, took out a volume of official documents, turned around and handed it over with both hands, "Captain."
Jia Heng took the official document and looked at it intently. As time passed, his expression changed suddenly and his brows furrowed.
In the eyes of everyone's doubts, Jia Heng's face turned pale and he said in a deep voice: "The Yellow River poured into the Huaihe River, the Huaihe River burst its banks, Sizhou was flooded, and its prefecture ruled Hong County, which became Zeguo. I don't know how many people died in the belly of the fish, this Gao Bin! "
Jia Heng said angrily and passed the yellow paper in his hand to several officials present for circulation.
If a county is flooded, how many people will die?
When several people heard this, their hearts were shaken, and they hurriedly took the memorial and circulated it, their pupils shrank, and they felt cold all over.
Xu Kai handed the report in his hand to the magistrate of Xiangfu County. Song Xuan, who was in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture at the moment, said: "The Huaihe River embankment is repaired and strengthened every year by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It seems that it was repaired only once last year." , how could it be? Is it more dangerous than ours? "
The north and south embankments of Kaifeng Prefecture have also just been reinforced. However, in the past few days, they have remained unmoved in the face of the yellow dragon that is about to swallow everything. However, the river embankments that have been built for several years collapsed at the first impact. How can this be reasonable?
"Because the earth and stone materials were of inferior quality and the officials took care of them, although the river embankment was repaired, it was just like a pile of mud." Guan Shou Fang frowned and said angrily.
Jia Heng said coldly: "I'm afraid this is just the beginning of the collapse. Once the Huai-Xu River breaks out, Gao Bin will not be able to atone for his sins even if he dies! After my general's order, the Beijing camp immediately mobilized eight thousand cavalry troops. Cai Quan, the commander of Guoyong camp, headed to Sizhou with fast horses to provide disaster relief. The Caoliang Guards did not have enough manpower and needed reinforcements from Henan."
Cai Quan, who had been promoted to the rank of general due to the suppression of the rebellion in the Central Plains, accepted the offer and then called several of his subordinates to order troops.
After Jia Heng finished his instructions, he said: "I will write a memorial to the court immediately to clarify this matter." Needless to say, the entire Shenjing will probably be in chaos after knowing that the Huanghuai River is flooding.
Dahan, Godly Capital City
Just two days after Sizhou was flooded, official documents from various prefectures and counties in Huaiyang reporting the flood disaster of the Huanghuai River were successively delivered to the capital by 600-mile express and delivered to the cabinet via the General Affairs Department. Jing naturally caused an uproar.
In the Daming Palace, Emperor Chongping sat on the golden chair in the main hall of Hanyuan Hall. The middle-aged emperor glanced coldly at the cabinet, military aircraft, five government offices, six ministries, and the Hanlin Branch below with his thin, pine-browed eyes. The clear and cold sounds of Taoist and temple supervisors, civil and military officials, sounded like ice and iron in the entire hall, as if a biting cold wind was blowing through, making the civil and military officials standing in the hall holding scepters feel awe-inspiring.
"I allocate two to three million taels of silver to Nanhe every year. All requests from Nanhe will be paid. I don't want to receive this pile of river reports today. The Huaihe River bursts its banks and Sizhou is flooded!" Emperor Chongping's face was as frosty and cold. Said loudly.
Suddenly he stood up from the golden chair, looked at the ministers below, and said in a cold voice: "Who said that the river embankment is as solid as gold and can withstand a flood that will not happen in thirty years?!"
The entire Hanyuan Hall was silent, and you could hear a needle drop. There was only the crisp sound of rain falling on Danbi from outside the hall, "tick-tock", "tick-tock", but it made the officials in the hall feel that the time was extremely long, and they were all frightened. They all lowered their heads on the wat board, not daring to raise their heads and look directly at the furious emperor.
"According to the memorial, nearly ten thousand people may have suffered from the flood, and women, children, old and young, drowned in the water... The Central Plains was in chaos, bandits were raging, and the casualties of the officers and soldiers were not so heavy!" Emperor Chongping said angrily, and put his hands in his hands. He was holding a memorandum delivered by the cabinet minister Zhao Mo and threw it on the ground. This move undoubtedly shocked the hearts of all the officials.
"I am terrified." As Emperor Chongping became furious, all the officials in the court knelt down one after another, and the sound of "panic" sounded in the palace.
"Afraid?" Emperor Chongping glanced at the kneeling civil and military officials and said coldly: "I am afraid!"
When the ministers heard this, they buried their heads on the ground.
"At that time, during the Civil War in the Central Plains, the bandits raised their voices and the people responded. If Yong Ningbo had not led the capital camp to quell the rebellion in time, would this chaos have been delayed until today?" Emperor Chongping looked deeply and said, "Now Huanghuai Flooding, cutting off the north and south, and cutting off water transportation, I am afraid that I will lose the country and country of my ancestors in this Daming Palace!"
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers in the palace paused and kowtowed, "I am guilty."
"Mr. Yang Ge, as the chief minister of the cabinet, what should you do about the troubles in the Huaihe River?" Emperor Chongping's face was as cold as iron, and he seemed to have suppressed his anger in an instant.
Yang Guochang's bright head, which was originally hanging down to apologize, was slightly shaken. He held an ivory jade wat in his hand and said in a clear voice: "Your Majesty, I believe that there are three urgent tasks now, disaster relief, flood prevention, and flood fighting! And we will investigate corruption and wait until the river flood incident is over. Important officials were sent to investigate. According to the old minister’s knowledge, the corruption situation in the Nanhe Hetai Yamen was investigated by the left deputy imperial censor Peng Ye. Yong Ningbo also repeatedly reminded Nanhe Hetai to be vigilant about the river floods, and the Holy Emperor even issued warnings many times. The imperial edict rebukes them, but they are still negligent and slack, which has caused this difficulty. We should investigate thoroughly and determine the crimes of the relevant people to set the record straight!"
Emperor Chongping's eyes calmed down, he glanced at Han Huang and said, "Han Qing."
Han Huang raised his head and also put his head on the ivory jade wat, and said: "Reporting to the Holy Sage, I also think that the most important thing now is to repair the river and provide relief to the victims. In addition, I think it is possible to write to Yongning Bo, the governor of Henan, If there is spare power, troops from the Beijing camp can be dispatched to assist Huaisi and rescue Nanhe."
"Ministry of Works!" Emperor Chongping looked at Zhao Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Works again.
Zhao Yi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think the Ministry of Industry should send a group of water supervisory officials to Huainan to inspect the dikes and weirs and supervise the rescue work."
"Yun Zhao." Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice.
Just as he was about to call the ministers to stand up, suddenly, at this moment, the sharp voice of the prisoner outside the palace came to the palace, "Your Majesty, Uncle Yongning is playing six hundred miles urgently!"
All the ministers in the palace were startled. They turned their heads to look at the person who came. Seeing the middle official holding a memorial, many civil servants frowned. Then the eunuch wearing a red robe entered the palace and handed the memorial to Dai. right.
Dai Quan opened the brocade box, took out the memorial and respectfully handed it over with both hands.
When the ministers saw this scene, they were confused and thought to themselves, is this a secret message from the Military Aircraft Department?
The Military Aircraft Department started with Jia Heng. Because he was also the commander-in-chief, he often made secret reports involving military and state secrets. Emperor Chongping planned to try this method of reporting to the governors of all provinces. In this way, without going to the general affairs department, there would be no People know what is said in it.
At this moment, Emperor Chongping took the memorial, lowered his eyes to read the words on the memorial, his face softened slightly, and he pondered for a moment, and said: "There are also dangerous works in Henan, but the north and south embankments of Kaifeng Fucheng are not hindered for the time being. General Yongning will be stationed at the river embankment. We have crossed the flood peak five times in these days, and said that we have received urgent reports of floods in Sizhou, and have urgently mobilized nearly 10,000 cavalry troops from the Beijing camp to assist Huaisi. We also recommended that our Ministry of Industry immediately send personnel south to inspect and supervise repairs. If there are dangerous places on the river embankment, we should plan early to avoid the tragedy of Sizhou happening again!"
As the middle-aged emperor spoke, a trace of anxiety in his heart gradually dissipated.
The ministers below heard this voice, almost as if they were seeing a ghost. The memorial written by Uncle Yongning was clearly the same as the one discussed just now.
Is this the military minister? Unparalleled national scholar?
Below, the crimson-robed official kneeling behind Cheng Xin, the general envoy, had a look of joy on his face, and the beard under his chin was trembling slightly. With Ziyu in charge of Henan, Henan is indeed safe.
And Qin Ye, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was kneeling behind Zhao Yi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, originally
The frowned brows slowly relaxed, and there was a strange color in his eyes.
Han Huang's face was expressionless, his eyes were somewhat dark, and he was a little shocked. Was this a prediction of the court's reaction, or was it just that the heroes had the same view?
"Yong Ningbo said in his memorial that the Huaihe River is flooding and may annihilate the water transportation. The Ministry of Industry should make an overall plan for the control of the Yellow River. The river transportation should be integrated into one, either dredged or diverted. Otherwise, even if the disaster caused by the river is gone, there will still be endless troubles. At the same time, officials should be sent to investigate the corruption situation in the river affairs. "Emperor Chongping had no expression on his face and quoted what the memorial said.
Gradually, I began to feel a little amazed. As I saw at first, Ziyu indeed has the talent of a king!
As Emperor Chongping finished speaking, he looked down at the stunned civil and military officials, with a sad expression on his face, and said: "At that time, Zi Yu published the "Chen He Shi Shu", which I deeply agreed with and circulated it to all provinces through the official newspaper. The governors of all provinces were strictly ordered to make the construction of water conservancy projects a priority. If Gao Bin and others had even the slightest bit of loyalty to the king, how could the tragic situation in Sizhou be like today?"
"Standing at the river embankment for the past few months, people are on the embankment! Where was Gao Bin at that time?" Seeing the ministers stunned and speechless, Emperor Chongping gave a deep shout, and a sudden sadness surged in his heart. This was his great Han Dynasty. The ministers and servants are high in the temple, but they are like clay and wood sculptures, with their corpses eating nothing.
Ignorant and mediocre, they either only know how to fight in the party, or they are wise enough to protect themselves. Are any of these people in front of them willing to take risks and garrison on the embankment?
All the civil and military officials in the entire dynasty were inferior to Jia Ziyu!
If Jia Ziyu had not put an end to the civil unrest in the Central Plains in advance, the civil unrest would have been delayed until today. The civil unrest in the Central Plains plus the Huainan flood, no, it is impossible to say that there will be a flood in the Central Plains. At that time, water transportation was cut off, the north and the south were in chaos, and the country and the country were in danger. Not alarmist!
The ministers below were momentarily speechless after being questioned.
Han Huang's lips twitched and he clenched the wat board tightly in his hand. His eyes were deep and deep worries arose in his heart.
This cabinet minister had a shrewd mind and had already understood Emperor Chongping's hidden heart without making it clear.
A minister like Yong Ningbo is regarded as a confidant by the emperor, and he is extremely talented. He knows everything about military affairs, civil affairs, water conservancy, culture, Taoism and military strategy. If this continues, what will happen in the future? Where to place the cabinet?
It is almost foreseeable that in another twenty years, Uncle Yongning, who has combined military and political power, will have gangsters all over the government and the public, and the Han Dynasty will be in danger of changing hands!
But when he thought about it, this cabinet minister felt a wry smile in his heart. If he told others about his worries, he would be ridiculed for being unfounded and worrying!
He is just a young man who is not as young as the weak crown. Even if he is like Ning Guogong, he is only a martial artist. How can he become a reckless person?
Emperor Chongping was silent for a while, as if he was weighing something, and said in deep thought: "The cabinet has drafted a decree, and Jia Heng, the military minister and the governor of Jinyi, has the power to take over the Nanhe river governor, and has full power to deal with flood prevention and river affairs. The cabinet bachelor, Zhao Mo, the Minister of Justice, coordinated the civil affairs supplies in Jiangnan, Huaiyang and other places to prepare for disaster relief."
Although Zhao Moxiang did not directly say that he praised Jiaheng, he basically confirmed his leadership in river affairs. After all, Zhao Mo was a cabinet minister, so the imperial envoy still had the right to speak, so it was regarded as more of a auxiliary job.
"Old minister, I obey the order." Yang Guochang was the first to respond to the edict, bowed his head and bowed, a bright light appeared in his drooping old eyes.
As expected, the Holy Emperor used Xiao'er to clean up the river, but Xiao'er was bound to not be able to stay in the river for a long time. Then... we would make further calculations.
Nor can the Qi Party and Zhejiang Party continue to be targeted by Xiao'er, while the Zhejiang Party is immune. Now all scholars know the harm caused by Xiao'er's "fortunate access to power", so that the Qi and Zhejiang parties can work together to expel the Jia Party.
Emperor Chongping looked at Yang Guochang who seemed to be "happy to accept the order", his eyes flashed and his heart moved slightly.
Now in the court, there is an undercurrent of fighting between the two parties. Whoever is used to rectify the river affairs has worries about abolishing public affairs and excluding dissidents for private purposes. Ziyu can only be used to take the lead for a while, either slandering or making enemies... ..Anyway, they don’t need to pay attention to these things between their father-in-law and their son-in-law.
Xianning was promised to him, and it was reasonable to offend some people if he had the courage to do his job.
