The search team at Prince Chang's Mansion is still continuing.
However, under Tan Mingyuan's instructions, the soldiers first focused on flood fighting and disaster relief, providing rescue and rescue work for the disaster-stricken villages along the way.
When Tan Mingyuan was arranging the rescue work, his original sad and decadent expression gradually faded away. As Zuo Qian reported the disaster situation, in order to divert his attention, he devoted all his energy to the disaster situation.
Just like using busy work as an escape from reality.
In order to temporarily forget the reality that his wife and children were in danger, Tan Mingyuan devoted himself to this disaster relief operation almost sleeplessly.
Of course, after all, his main duty is to guard Tianmen Pass. As the chief guard, it would be a dereliction of duty for him to go to flood rescue without leading troops to guard Tianmen Pass.
Therefore, two days after he participated in the rescue, his brother Tan Mingqing fished him out of the disaster site.
At this time, he had been working on the rescue for two days without rest!
The overdraft of energy and emotional anxiety made him look several years older.
When Tan Mingqing pulled him out, he almost couldn't recognize his brother.
His sister-in-law, niece and nephew were killed, and he was actually extremely sad in his heart.
However, after seeing Tan Mingyuan's devastated look, it was obvious that he could no longer take charge of the overall situation, and Prince Chang's Mansion had to be guarded by someone, so besides Tan Mingyuan, he was the only one.
Tan Mingyuan went to provide disaster relief, so he could only deal with military affairs.
While handling military affairs, he also kept asking his men to follow up on Tan Wanjun's and the others' route of action to see if they could uncover any new clues.
Not to mention, as the scope and intensity of the investigation increased, he actually found some new clues!
"What?! What did you say? The bodies of Dawan people were found in the flash flood?!"
When Tan Mingyuan heard this news, he became furious and his red eyes seemed to bite people.
In fact, when he first heard that something had happened to his wife and child, he might not have thought of this reason.
Zuo Qian had previously asked the soldier who was seriously injured and came to report, and the soldier's reply was that he did not find anyone ambushing him along the way, which was that the death occurred due to a flash flood.
When we later searched for the bodies of the dead guards, we also checked and found that their deaths were basically caused by drowning or accidental collisions. There were no stab wounds or arrow injuries, so we didn't think too much about it.
After all, he was still under a major attack at that time. Even if it was really caused by an ambush, he would not send troops to identify who it was from the beginning, and would arrange search and rescue as soon as possible.
It's important to find your enemy, but it's more important to find your wife and children, isn't it?
Only when you are truly sure that your wife and children can no longer come back, then the suppressed anger and emotions will completely explode, burning all the enemies involved.
It just so happened that at this time, Tan Mingyuan had gone through two days of search and rescue. As more and more bodies were found, his hope that his wife and children had survived became weaker and weaker.
But at this time, he suddenly learned that there was another opponent who caused the death of his wife and children, and his original emotions exploded in an instant!
Seeing his brother's crazy appearance in front of him, Tan Mingqing was heartbroken.
Looking at his current state like a madman, his emotions are completely out of control, where is the calm and mountain-like posture he had before.
But even if he was his biological brother, he couldn't truly empathize with the pain of his wife's death and his son's death.
What's more, he is also a stupid person and can't say anything to comfort him. All he can do is to do what he can for his brother when he is unable to make a correct judgment now.
Tan Mingqing recounted the information collected during this period to his brother.
After venting his emotions, Tan Mingyuan calmed down a little and finally restored some of his previous posture as the head of the family.
However, as the conversation progressed, the anger in his eyes gradually subsided. However, this subsidence was not the end. After it subsided, his eyes gradually darkened, and the coldness in his black eyes almost eroded his bones.
The original conversation between the two turned into a three-person conversation after Li Wei joined later.
No one knows what the three of them talked about that night.
It was only the next day that Tan Mingyuan returned to his previous posture and sat at Tianmen Pass again.
Li Wei continued to lead people to rescue and fight floods.
Tan Mingqing, the Jianwei general of the Chu State, disappeared quietly into the palace, along with nearly three thousand soldiers.
Although Tan Mingyuan no longer went to the front line to provide disaster relief, his deeds slowly spread.
Anyone who knows the inside story knows that Tan Mingyuan wanted to keep himself busy to get rid of anxiety, and wanted to try his luck again to see if he could find the whereabouts of his wife and children.
However, the people and soldiers who did not know the inside story saw that the general of Prince Chang's Mansion went to the front line and personally participated in the front-line rescue work, working tirelessly to fight the flood and provide disaster relief.
With this performance, the entire Xichuan, and even the entire Chenghuai County, praised Prince Chang's love for the people.
As the disaster relief work in Xichuan progressed, the news of the distress of Princess Qingyun and Prince Chang was also sent to the court in Kyoto with the speed of the courier.
"What?!
What did you say?! Tell me again!
!”
After Emperor Chu heard Qianli's urgent report, he was still sitting peacefully on the throne. The next moment he suddenly stood up and spoke to the messenger in a tone full of disbelief.
The messenger was already kneeling on the ground. After being shouted at by Emperor Chu, now he fell to the ground, trembling with fear, wishing he could merge with the carpet in the palace.
Then he said tremblingly.
"Urgent report from Xixi Liang, Princess Qingqingyun and Crown Prince Chang encountered flash floods in Xichuan on their way to Kyoto, and their whereabouts are unknown."
At this moment, the messenger only felt the edge on his back.
When he received this tip, he kept saying it was over in his mind.
But now, seeing Emperor Chu being so angry, he was even more frightened out of his mind.
After Emperor Chu confirmed that he heard correctly, he stretched out his hand and pinched the armrest of the dragon chair, his face extremely gloomy.
How could something happen?
How could something happen?!
This flash flood didn't happen sooner or later, but it happened just when the people from Prince Chang's Mansion were heading to the capital!
And, is it really a flash flood?
Xiliang, Dawan Wangting, Dongyi County.
Unlike Tan Mingyuan, who was a fan of the authorities, as a bystander, Emperor Chu immediately linked up the previous invasion of Xiliang Dawan into Dongyi County.
Xiliang Dawan has always been ready to make a move recently. Will they do something this time?
The reason for this must start with the matter of staying up late on New Year's Eve.
The people of Chu State, and even some of the courtiers, thought that it was a great favor for the Emperor of Chu to ask Prince Chang's Mansion to send his legitimate son and legitimate daughter to the capital to stay with him every year.
But both he and Prince Chang's Mansion knew very well.
This was just a check and test by the Emperor of Chu on King Chang.
The so-called staying up late on the New Year's Eve is just a pretext.
The real meaning is just to use King Chang's legitimate son and daughter as a hostage.
There was no way, because King Chang's achievements at that time were too great.
He almost single-handedly lifted Chu State up from the abyss and directly pushed it onto a high seat.
In order to lower his prestige, the Emperor of Chu had to "pretend" to claim the credit of King Chang when publicizing to the outside world.
The merit of defeating Liang and Kang was placed on his head.
However, at that time, he was indeed the commander of the army, and he could barely claim to be his meritorious deeds.
But many people actually know the truth, but they dare not say it and cannot say it.
Perhaps because of this, King Chang at that time had already understood that Emperor Chu at that time had begun to be afraid of him.
The relationship between brothers who originally worked together from humble beginnings will always change after one becomes the emperor and the other becomes a minister.
But King Chang did not have other thoughts at that time, and he also understood the concerns of Emperor Chu. Therefore, he did not enter the capital, but stayed at the border directly, handed over his military power, and then sent all the soldiers and generals who had formed
It was handed over to Emperor Chu.
This is just a way to preserve the friendship of the past.
It was precisely because of King Chang's move that Chu State truly entered a peaceful era.
Moreover, because the prestige of King Chang was so high, in the next ten years, the first generation of Chu emperors worked hard to govern and implemented their own good strategies. He did have some means. Within more than ten years of his reign, Chu State was almost
Same thing every year.
Ten years later, the overall national power had surpassed that of Liang and Kang. At that time, even without King Chang, the Chu Emperor had the confidence to resist the two countries.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Among the people, because of Emperor Chu's massive publicity, he exposed himself crazily, lowered taxes today, built a road tomorrow, and everyone was praising Emperor Chu as a saintly and virtuous king.
With this publicity, and the fact that King Chang kept a low profile, more than ten years later, the prestige of King Chang finally dropped, and the phenomenon of people who only knew King Chang but not the Emperor of Chu no longer appeared.
Only then did Emperor Chu truly secure his throne.
Then, when he was about to abdicate to the crown prince, he secretly went to Xichuan alone and met with Tan Yuanchang.
The monarch and his ministers have not seen each other for more than ten years. One is already in his sixties, but the other still looks like a middle-aged Confucian general.
The two held candles and talked at night.
After Emperor Chu returned to Beijing again, on the occasion of the first year of the second Emperor Chu's accession to the throne, Tan Zicheng took the young Tan Mingyuan and the three of them to Kyoto for the first time to pay homage to the Supreme Emperor.
Then, with the Emperor in tears, he made an appointment to go to Kyoto every year to accompany the royal family to stay up late.
This must have lasted for nearly a month.
Until now, the Chu State has been under the rule of Zhengde for one hundred and twelve years.
After nearly a hundred years have passed, no one knows about Tan Yuanchang's deeds except for some people who know the inside story.
Even Tan Wanjun and the others don't know much about their great-grandfather.
This was decided by Tan Yuanchang.
In his instructions, he specifically warned not to tell too much about his deeds to the next generation, just treat him as an ordinary old man.
Tan Mingyuan understands this very well.
My grandfather just didn't want future generations to have any unnecessary thoughts after knowing that there was such an invincible ancestor in the family.
He also had to sigh that his grandfather was truly unparalleled in his loyalty to the Chu State.
And only Tan Yuanchang himself knew that he actually didn't want future generations to start another war because of his unnecessary ambition.
"The title of Marquis is not my intention, I hope the sea will be peaceful"
For Tan Yuanchang, perhaps this sentence can only describe his psychology at that time.
Return to the court.
Chu Zhi, the fourth Emperor of Chu, pondered for a long time.
While he was meditating, all the courtiers were silent under the throne.
"Where is the Minister of Household Affairs?"
After pondering for a long time, Emperor Chu sat back on the throne and said in a deep voice.
"I'm here!"
"Wei Chen is here!"
Two voices came out one after another from the courtiers below.
Then the two men walked out of the court column, came to the front of the hall, bowed to Yu Gui, and knelt down before the Emperor of Chu.
These are the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Finance, Duan Qi, the left minister, and Huang Ping, the right minister.
Originally, these two people were not eligible to go to court in the morning.
But because Liang Yi "asked for leave", the two of them were qualified to attend court meetings.
However, they are usually very transparent. They know that they are quiet and talkative. They have always been taciturn in the court, and they can just be a scarecrow.
However, when they heard that the locust plague was raging in Chenghuai County and flash floods broke out, the two of them felt a thump in their hearts and secretly complained.
When it comes to locust plagues, flash floods, etc., the victims must be treated.
The Ministry of Accounts has always taken the lead in this matter.
In the past, the prince took charge of the drought. Now, wouldn't it be necessary for two people to shoulder the responsibility?
After Duan Qi, the left minister, knelt down and bowed, he secretly glanced at the prince.
At this moment, Prince Longcheng was seen standing aside with a straight eye, nose and heart, without the slightest intention to step forward.
Duan Qi was secretly anxious.
He knows the current situation of the household department best.
After Liang Yi offended a bunch of big bosses, he walked away, leaving them in the Ministry of Household Affairs being squeezed and oppressed by other departments every day.
Just before, the prince sent someone to contact Duan Qi, and Duan Qi followed him without hesitation, stood next to the prince, and explained the situation in the household department.
At this time, after Emperor Chu called out the two of them, Duan Qi felt a little uneasy and couldn't help but glance at the prince.
Emperor Chu, informed by the eunuch Fei Ping, knew the names of the two people and said in a deep voice.
"Duan Qing, Huang Qing, locusts and flash floods are now raging in Chenghuai County. You two must uphold Liang Sima's responsibilities. I order you to make arrangements for disaster relief and submit a countermeasures report within three days. You can listen
Is it clear?"
When Emperor Chu faced these two people, he said that there was no discussion at all. His tone was calm, but there was no room for doubt.
Duan Qi and Huang Ping secretly glanced at each other, both of them could see the bitterness on each other's faces.
Duan Qi looked up at the prince again.
But the prince still stood there peacefully, not stepping forward like last time.
Come on~
Long Cheng had long noticed Duan Qi's secret glance at him.
It's just that he didn't pay attention.
He has completely figured out the situation in the household department.
Now Hubu is a mine pit, how could he jump into it?
He had already achieved his goal during the last drought, so he won't stand out again this time.
Sometimes, as a prince, you cannot be too positive.
After all, his father is still watching.
Anyway, the household department has almost touched upon it now.
Long Cheng had already decided that this time, he would let Duan Qi and Huang Ping do the work.
The two of them were not successful in their affairs. The thunder exploded and they could not reach him. However, he was able to smoothly bring the entire household into the East Palace.
If the two of them can do things well, it means that the two of them are potential talents and can be roped in later.
As for now?
The two of them were not of enough value for him to take action at the risk of getting in the eyes of Emperor Chu.
Seeing that the prince didn't make any move, Duan Qi immediately understood the meaning.
They are all in the workplace, and they can still be the assistant minister on the left. They are definitely smart enough.
He knew that he had not fallen in the prince's eyes yet, so how could the prince stand up for him.
As a result, the two of them could only cheer up their voices dejectedly and answer bravely.
"Wei Chen accepts the order!"
"I accept the decree!"
The two spoke in unison again, but the rhetoric of their sentences was different from each other. It could be seen that the two of them tried very hard to unify their sentences, but the tacit understanding between the two in the past failed to show up in this court meeting.
Emperor Chu frowned as he listened to the rising and falling sounds, but still didn't say anything more. He just waved his hand and asked him to go back.
Then, Emperor Chu ordered the remaining five ministries to cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue to complete relevant work, then hurriedly ended the court meeting and returned to the Yangxin Hall.