Three hundred and thirtieth chapters heart to heart
The water level of the Han River surged, and all the states along the coast were affected. Only Anlu Prefecture organized manpower to protect the embankment, but this was a job that could not tolerate any sloppiness.
In the next few days, any problem on any section of the river may lead to devastating disasters such as embankment collapse.
Although the state and county yamen ignored this, Prince Xing's palace called for it, and Prince Xing's government had won the hearts of the people by wiping out the bandits at the beginning of the year. This time, the palace responded quickly and disregarded its own interests, sticking to all dangerous river sections. All the local gentry and people wholeheartedly supported it.
Even if the government does not come forward, flood relief work is proceeding in an orderly manner.
The third day after the flood.
The floods are still raging, but the water level of the river has begun to drop, and some river embankments on the verge of bursting have been saved after emergency sandbags were thrown and repairs and reinforcements were made.
This morning, Zhu Hao, on behalf of local merchants, went up the river embankment to distribute condolences to the people participating in flood relief. Finally, he went to the embankment headquarters, which was a thatched shed, and met Tang Yin, who was exhausted after several days of persistence.
"so far so good……"
Tang Yin had a serious lack of sleep time and his speech was somewhat incoherent.
Zhu Hao asked: "Mr. Tang didn't go back to rest in the past two days?"
Tang Yin shook his head: "I went back to the city to sleep for two hours yesterday afternoon. I felt really uneasy and came back in the evening."
To be so responsible...
This was a situation Zhu Hao had never thought of before.
To rekindle an old Confucian scholar who had been disappointed with his official career for half his life and to rekindle his sense of responsibility for the country and the people. Zhu Hao felt that he had done something more awesome than changing history, which was to reshape a poor man who faced life negatively.
A scholar's world view.
Tang Yin took Zhu Hao out of the shed and went to check several nearby dams that were in danger.
Whenever the two passed by, everyone greeted them with smiles, clasped their fists, or bowed to show their high respect. Wherever Tang Yin appeared, no one was lazy, whether it was the palace guards, craftsmen or ordinary people.
"The water level has finally gone down a bit..."
Tang Yin had a bit of comfort on his face.
Zhu Hao looked at the surging river and said with a smile: "How is it? Sir, do you feel full of accomplishment? Under your leadership, there has been no problem with the dams in Anlu for dozens of miles. On the contrary, there have been problems both in the upper and lower reaches of the Han River.
A lot of property, people and animals were lost, and this is all Mr.’s fault.”
Tang Yin waved his hand and casually found a big rock on the river embankment to sit down on: "I don't dare to take credit. This credit should belong to you."
Zhu Hao shook his head, and then said softly: "I heard that today King Xing will take the crown prince to the river embankment for inspection. You should make preparations."
"Prince Xing? Are you saying that the Crown Prince will also come with you?" Tang Yin was surprised.
When the bandits were annihilated, King Xing also came to the city in person, but that was after the victory was certain, and he did not bring his son with him.
Now that King Xing actually brought Zhu Si to the river embankment for inspection, he was not afraid of danger?
Zhu Hao said: "I learned from the doctor who treated King Xing that King Xing was in poor health recently and was often bedridden. Maybe he felt that his time was running out, so he thought about training the prince to be a talented person earlier. Many times, even if he was tired,
It was hard work and he would take some risks, but he still did it without hesitation."
Tang Yin nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
As he was talking, there was a noise coming from behind the embankment.
Tang Yin stood up in a hurry, thinking that it was someone from Prince Xing's Mansion, but only after Lu Song came over to inform him did he learn that it was someone from the state government.
"It was Zhang Zhizhou who brought people here. He said he wanted to take a walk on the embankment and express his condolences to the people involved in flood fighting and disaster relief." Lu Song spoke with a bit of disdain.
Tang Yin said: "What does this mean? Taking credit for it later?"
Lu Song asked for instructions: "Sir, are you here or not?"
"not see."
Tang Yin immediately refused, then glanced at Zhu Hao, "What do you think?"
Zhu Hao smiled: "It's up to you to decide whether to see him or not. Even if Prince Xing's Mansion expresses goodwill to the state government, he will still treat Prince Xing's Mansion as an enemy... There is no need to look good on this kind of person."
Tang Yin and Lu Song listened and nodded in agreement with Zhu Hao's statement.
The prefecture government chose to stand aside during this disaster prevention. On the one hand, it was because Zhang Yezheng, the new governor, wanted to provide disaster relief afterwards, gain political achievements, and facilitate the disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction funds allocated by the imperial court. Another important reason was that he came to Anlu.
The original intention was to confront Prince Xing's Mansion, but Zhang Yezheng did not want to join hands with Prince Xing's Mansion in disaster relief to prevent his backers from having opinions about him.
I asked you to go to Anlu to monitor Prince Xing's Mansion, and you went to fight the flood with Prince Xing's Mansion? Do you still want to be an official?
No matter what the attitude of Prince Xing's Mansion towards Zhang Yezheng is at the moment, it can't change Zhang Yezheng's attitude of choosing to be at odds with Prince Xing's Mansion. So why would Prince Xing's Mansion want to stick to his cold butt?
You, Zhang Yezheng, are capable of confronting Prince Xing's Mansion openly, but do you dare?
So much so that local officials went to the river embankment to inspect and deliberately selected the section of the river where Tang Yin's disaster relief headquarters was located. However, Tang Yin and the people from Prince Xing's Mansion ignored Zhang Yezheng at all.
Although the people did not dare to neglect the government and the gentry came forward to receive him warmly, the Xingwang Palace did not take Zhang Yezheng seriously at all.
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Zhu Hao and Tang Yin continued to talk on the river bank.
Tang Yin said: "I heard that the ferry area was almost completely flooded. You didn't have any losses, right? Anyway, you could predict the floods in advance, so you won't suffer any losses..."
Zhu Hao took the maza from Lu Song, sat down and said, "You've already said it, what else can I say?"
"Okay, you are really brave and knowledgeable, and you care about the safety of the local people. It seems that I wrongly blamed you before, thinking that you are too scheming... But from the two things of eradicating bandits and disaster relief, it can be seen that
Your intentions are very upright, and you are not inferior to me at all in serving the country and the people."
Tang Yin was full of praise, but Zhu Hao felt very awkward when he heard it.
He would rather argue with Tang Yin and play nice, but now that Tang Yin is saying nice things and complimenting him, he feels that he is not the arrogant Tang Yin in front of him.
"I didn't expect that I would be able to do something practical for the people when I get old. The hard work these days has been worth it." Tang Yin had a huge sense of satisfaction on his face.
Zhu Hao said: "Sir, if you have the opportunity to serve as an official in the court in the future, will you accept it happily?"
"Of course I have to accept it, why not?"
In front of Zhu Hao, Tang Yin stopped being coy and said whatever he thought.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "This is really not like the you I know... In the past, you would have said that you had no intention of having an official career, or you would have made a lot of excuses to say that being an official is not suitable for you."
Tang Yin stood up and saw Zhu Hao sitting on the horse. He was a little envious. Seeing this, Lu Song quickly got up and handed his horse to Tang Yin.
Tang Yin happily took the maza and sat side by side with Zhu Hao, with a bit of satisfaction on his face.
"Don't say those hypocritical words, who doesn't want to gain fame and wealth? I also participated in the imperial examination back then, but I was disappointed with my official career because I was treated unfairly... Everyone wants to live a comfortable life, and everyone wants to be admired by the world.
There is no need to rely on others anywhere... But it is easy to say it, but difficult to realize it."
According to Tang Yin's intention, this official position is not something I can take if I want to.
Who will be responsible for me?
Zhu Hao looked at the turbulent waves in front of him and said: "I think that you will definitely have the opportunity to be an official in the future. Prince Xing's Mansion will never remain so silent forever. If you have the opportunity, you can soar into the sky."
"Did you calculate this through divination again?"
Tang Yin looked at Zhu Hao with great interest.
Regarding the flood, Tang Yin discovered that Zhu Hao not only had the ability to figure out people's hearts, but also had the ability to divine secrets. Since it was mentioned, he naturally had to ask.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "That's right. If I say this, sir, are you expecting a little more?"
Tang Yin quickly glanced at Lu Song, who was monitoring the movements of the state government officials on the other side of the river embankment. After making sure that the other party did not hear, he nodded with satisfaction: "If it is true as you said, then today's hard work will be worth it!
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The young and old are now considered close friends and can talk about anything. They actually sat together to discuss the possibility of working for Prince Xing's Mansion and becoming a Conglong in the future.
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As noon passed, the water level of the Han River dropped further.
Zhang Yezheng left early after discovering that he was asking for trouble on the embankment. Moreover, the officials of the state government were afraid that there would be flaws in the embankment, so they allowed him to stay here. After all, the height of any embankment is far higher than the surrounding terrain. Nowadays,
The swollen Han River is like a hanging river on land.
If the dam breaks and water rushes in, even if the people on the dam are not washed away by the flood, they will not be able to return to the city.
Half an hour after the people from the state government left, the driver from Prince Xing's Mansion finally arrived.
Zhu Youqian and Zhu Si's father and son, accompanied by Yuan Zonggao, Zhang Zuo and other royal officials, came to the river embankment. Zhu Hao also saw Zhu Hao, who was dressed in men's clothing, with a pair of dark eyes rolling around, and Zhu Hao, who was jumping happily.
three.
"Zhu Hao, you are here too."
When Zhu San saw Zhu Hao, his eyes lit up, and he shouted loudly without caring about any etiquette.
Zhu Yougao glared at his daughter before stepping forward to accept the salutes of Tang Yin and Zhu Hao.
"Excuse me, you two. The embankment will be fine today, right?"
Zhu Youqiao asked with concern.
When they heard that King Xing was coming, the people who participated in flood relief were very excited.
No one came to watch, they just consciously moved the sandbags faster.
Tang Yin said: "There has been no report of danger yet, but since the water level remains at a high level, the danger still exists... Yesterday, several sections of the river embankment were almost destroyed by floods. Fortunately, the palace urgently dispatched more than 400 people to go there. In addition,
More than 6,000 local people used sandbags to block the area and were able to control the danger."
Yuan Zonggao smiled and said: "I didn't expect you, Bohu, to be so good at controlling water."
Tang Yin hurriedly waved his hand: "Mr. Yuan, thank you for your praise. I don't understand these things at all. Fortunately, Zhu Hao gave me some advice, and the royal family helped me, and tens of thousands of local people obeyed my orders and accepted the dispatch, so I was lucky enough to succeed..."
"Ha ha."
Zhu Youqian didn't expect that Tang Yin, who had always been unruly, would be so humble. He immediately patted his son on the shoulder, faced Zhu Si's doubtful eyes, and taught him earnestly: "Your Majesty, you have to remember one thing. Mr. Tang is a great talent in the world. You
We should not only learn from his full range of strategies, but also learn from his humility in his conduct."
Zhu Si's little face was full of admiration: "My child, I remember."
"Zhu Hao, you have worked hard too."
While Zhu Youqi praised Tang Yin, he also did not forget to praise Zhu Hao.
Others can't see Zhu Hao's contribution, but Zhu Youqi can see it clearly.
Yuan Zonggao said: "Prince Xing, why not let Brother Bohu personally take you to inspect the river embankment, so that the people can receive the blessings of Prince Xing's mansion."
Zhu Youqi came to Jiangdi just to gain political chips. After hearing this, he nodded happily: "Okay, by the way, let me know that the prince is here too."