The second day.
The rain has stopped, but the water level has obviously risen a lot.
The full Yellow River water is rushing against the embankments along the bank.
Ren Jiadi, a gentleman standing in an attic in Qingjiangpu Town not far from the river embankment, also sneered at the corner of his mouth when he saw this scene, and at this time he ordered:
"Yang Yingbin, go and tell them immediately to destroy the embankment tonight!"
"Zhou Shan, you go to the Hedao Yamen immediately and let our people in the Hedao Yamen be ready to respond. Don't let the people who destroy the embankment be unable to carry gunpowder over!"
After Ren Jiadi gave his orders, the two soldiers behind him raised their hands and said yes.
Then, Ren Jiadi added: "This opportunity is rare, we can't make any mistakes! While Zhu Yijun and most of his team are in Huaiyang, if we can really take this opportunity to get rid of them, everything can be expected next."
Because Ren Jiadi was an extreme person who was dissatisfied with the New Deal, he directly called Zhu Yijun by his name in front of his younger brother.
"What my brother said is that once the situation breaks out, we can buy land to provide disaster relief for the court."
At this time, Ren Jiadeng, who was also here, coughed and said something.
Ren Jiadi smiled faintly: "Not only that, once there are millions of displaced people, there will always be a few among them who are willing to join the big families as slaves."
Ren Jiadeng continued to say to Ren Jiadi: "Will the factory guards also notice it?"
"It doesn't matter whether they notice it or not!"
"After all, we are not the only ones who want to destroy the embankment. How can the Jin Yiwei find everyone?"
"Don't worry, we won't be so unlucky, and there will really be guards hiding beside us."
Ren Jiadi frowned and said to Ren Jiadeng: "You should practice more and do less things in the house. You can't just fall into the water and get a cold like this. Look at Yu Sanlang, he is still fine. "
"It's all the fault of those unscrupulous people! I was not feeling well during this period, but in the end I was drowned by those unscrupulous people. It's disgusting to think about it. Now I really wish that the flood after the embankment burst would kill a few more of them."
Ren Jiadeng gritted his teeth and spoke.
At this time.
Yu Sanlang Yu Liangting, whom Ren Jiadi said, walked up to the attic quickly and said with a stern face: "I just got the news from the government office that Zhu Yijun has taken a boat to Nandu!"
"What?"
"Going to Nandu?"
Ahem!
Ahem!
Ren Jiadeng immediately looked at Ren Jiadi.
Ren Jiadi's expression suddenly became solemn: "Why didn't we take the boat earlier and later? When we were about to break the embankment, we had to take the boat again?!"
"wrong!"
"Did he know the news in advance?"
As he said this, Ren Jiadi suddenly realized something was wrong, and suddenly his face turned as pale as paint and said:
"We have to return home quickly. We can't stay here anymore. The Jin Yiwei is really scarier than we thought!"
"Otherwise, Zhu Yijun wouldn't have known about the breach of the dike so quickly."
So, Ren Jia's first team member immediately went downstairs.
However, as soon as Ren Jia's first team members came downstairs, they were surrounded by Jin Yiwei.
At this time, Yu Liangting stood on Jinyiwei's side and said in a deep voice: "You are so brave! You dare to plot against the emperor!"
"Brother Yu, what are you doing?"
Ren Jiadeng asked in astonishment.
"I am the chief flag officer of Fusi in Beizhen, and I have been lurking in the Yu family for many years."
Yu Liangting replied.
Ren Jiadeng said: "But we obviously grew up together?!"
Yes, Yu Liangting was the younger brother of the two brothers of the Ren family. Otherwise, they would not trust him so much and let him participate in such a conspiracy.
Yu Liangting then chuckled and said, "Is it possible that I was already the orphan of Jin Yiwei who was secretly raised by the Yu family?"
At this time, Ren Jiadi couldn't help but raise his head and close his eyes, saying: "Second brother, don't ask him, it's bad luck for us."
At this time, Yang Yingbin and Zhou Shan were also arrested, and they were both struggling.
Yang Yingbin shouted first: "Enfu, I just called the people who destroyed the embankment together, and they were arrested by the Jin Yiwei."
"Me too! I went to the Hedao Yamen, and as soon as I found our people, the Jin Yiwei rushed in and called me by name as an imperial prisoner!"
Zhou Shan said loudly and asked: "Why is this happening?"
Ren Jiadi did not answer Zhou Shan's question at this time, and only sneered at Yu Liangting: "You can stop us, but you can't stop others. Even if you can't do anything to the pro-military guards this time, you can still make many people homeless. , and it can also let the emperor who loves the people know that the anger of us scholars towards him who only values the army but not the soldiers cannot be ignored!"
"I might as well tell you that Mr. Wangge has been ordered to stop it. Even if the embankment breaks, it will not be as serious as you think."
Yu Liangting replied.
"quick!"
"quick!"
"quick!"
"There is an order from the Ministry, and all the river defense battalions are watching the embankment. No one is allowed to enter or leave within ten miles of the river embankment!"
"All the navy troops along the river boarded boats to patrol the river!"
It happened that at this moment, a group of officers and soldiers were running towards this side, and among them there was a military attache riding a horse and holding a whip and shouting.
Ren Jiadi's face became even more gloomy because of this, and he couldn't help but murmured to Yu Liangting: "Are you talking about Wang Taicang?"
"That's right!"
"I have been ordered to supervise this matter, and I have already asked Song Butang, the governor of the state of Cao, not to transport the grain to the north for the time being, but to stay in Cui Town, not far from here, in case of any trouble."
"Now, I have already ordered the grain to be diverted directly to the south, so even if you succeed in breaching the dike, the people above you will not be able to take advantage of the worsening floods to lower the land price; in addition, Song Budang followed my instructions last year. I mean, we used the work-for-relief method to mobilize the people to dig dry ditches and prepare them, and now we are waiting to divert the flood when the embankments burst."
"Although the river embankment has been built to be impregnable, it is difficult to make the river embankment impregnable due to different people's hearts in the world. Especially you fellow countrymen who have achieved fame, although you claim to be gentlemen, you are always self-righteous and always like to make your own decisions. , Seeing small profits and forgetting the great righteousness, although I have to say a few words for you in the court, I also have to guard against you doing random things."
"Sure enough, you are still doing this nonsense. Not to mention killing the king, you also want to harm the people!"
"But, what kind of situation can you achieve by doing such a thing? You have betrayed the righteousness of the emperor and his ministers, and you are not supported by the common people. Even if you occupy the land and keep slaves, how can you stay green in time?!"
Wang Xijue happened to be passing by on horseback at this time, so he stopped and listened for a while, and gave them a few words of education.
When Ren Jiadi saw this, he immediately changed his color and said sternly: "Wang Taicang! You are an old and cunning person. For the sake of your own black hat, you will not hesitate to use this to kill your fellow villagers. You even just want to step on the corpses of your fellow villagers to make money and gain power. Sooner or later, you will It won’t end well!”
"I finally understand why Master Zhang forced me to kill him on his knees, because it really doesn't make sense to you."
"However, I did not disregard basic justice like you, so that I fell into an isolated and helpless place."
After Wang Xijue said that, he rode away.
Next, Ren Jiadi and others were taken away by the Jin Yiwei.
Wang Xijue continued to go north, and soon met Song Yingchang, the governor of water transportation, and asked: "How is it? Is there any dyke breach?"
"Fortunately, Jin Yiwei told us in time. We caught several people trying to breach the embankment last night."
"I have to report this morning that the dyke broke out between Taoyuan and Liupu Bay. We have sent death squads recruited from the army to stop it. This way, even if people die, we can give an explanation to the people and know that the imperial court is doing its best to prevent the dyke from breaching."
"In addition, dry ditches are already being dug towards the breach. It is expected that they will be dug out in the next two days, and both Huai'an and Yangzhou can be saved."
Song Yingchang reported at this time.
Wang Xijue nodded: "So, at most one or two counties will suffer?"
"Yes!"
"Food has been transferred. In addition, Liu Bulang has gone to Taoyuan County to urge local officials to evacuate people. I don't think the situation will become too serious when the embankment breaks."
Song Yingchang replied.
Wang Xijue breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's good!"
Taoyuan County.
Liu Yukui was already sitting in the main seat of Taoyuan County. He looked at Taoyuan County Magistrate Zhang Yunce and other officials and said: "Zhang County Magistrate, your emergency relief food is seriously insufficient, and the number of disaster relief personnel is also insufficient. If this matter is not resolved, we will wait until After Mr. Ge comes, I'm afraid I can only invite your heads to see His Majesty."
"Please give your subordinates a chance to make meritorious service. They will donate all their family assets to make up for the shortfall of the emergency relief center, and immediately recruit people to buy boats and sell food!"
Zhang Yunche hurriedly replied with his hands bowed.
Liu Yukui said: "Then go quickly! In an hour at most, the flood will enter the county. If you don't hurry up, it will be too late to make meritorious deeds!"
"yes!"
"Let's go now! It's just that it's dangerous here. Why don't you leave here first?"
"When you finish it, I will leave."
Liu Yukui said.
Zhang Yunche had no choice but to say yes after hearing Liu Yukui's words. He couldn't delay any longer, so he had to spend his own money to buy food and boats, recruit people, and then began to organize people to sail boats to search and rescue people in the Yellow River area.
Because Liu Yukui and other bureaucrats were very serious in supervising, the entire embankment breach incident did not cause a large number of people to be displaced.
Although only Taoyuan and Liupu Bay broke their dykes, the breaches were blocked in time, local people were evacuated and rescued in time, and grain prices did not fluctuate because of the large amounts of grain shipped.
This disappointed some wealthy Yangzhou businessmen who were still waiting in Yangzhou city for news of a sharp rise in grain prices, a sharp fall in land prices, and the emperor's demise.
"Your Majesty went directly to Nandu?"
"Only Taoyuan and Liupu Bay have broken their embankments, and they are still blocked?"
"A large number of ships loaded with grain suddenly appeared in Taoyuan and Liupu Bay?"
On this day, in the garden of a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, wealthy businessman Lu Mingguang was disappointed to ask about the wealthy businessman Liu Zuoxuan who came to tell him the news.
Liu Zuoxuan spread his hands and said, "That's right! I hoarded so much food in vain, and bribed those officials Lijia in vain."
"It's over now! I offended His Majesty in vain, and got nothing in the end."
…
Nandu.
After Zhu Yijun arrived here, he reported the situation of the break of the embankment by speedboat, so he said: "Very good! Summon all the ministers to see me!"
(End of chapter)
