Chapter 632 Emperor Chongping: The civil and military forces of the entire dynasty are not as good as a Jia Zi
Sizhou, Hong County
Zhao Mo, cabinet minister and Minister of Punishment, and Du Jitong, governor of Water Transport, brought six thousand soldiers of the Caoliang Guard and rushed to Sizhou to rush for reinforcements. At this moment, the two of them were standing on a weedy and muddy hillock, staring at what had become
Hong County, the county town of Zhizhi, a vast country, looks as gloomy as the dark clouds covering the sky.
Zhao Mo frowned, and his heart gradually sank to the bottom of his heart. He felt cold 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 no longer distinguishable 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 the Sizhou City with only the city wall 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 the flood has poured into the city this time. We have limited manpower. 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 asked the river governor for questioning.
Not to mention the river governor, if he is not good enough, if the court investigates the crime, I am afraid that this elder will be affected to some extent.
Gein, if there are tens of thousands of casualties and such a big mistake, the emperor in the capital will 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, a number of straw huts built with wooden frames and thatched grass can be seen on the embankment. The red and black brocade flags of the Beijing Camp were soaked in the heavy rain, and occasionally they whined in the wind.
Sound, and such flags continue to stretch 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 the five flood peaks. During one dangerous work, he even carried earth and rocks with his soldiers, and following 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 He and Tongzhi Guan Shoufang at the side, and said loudly: "How long will this rain flood last based on the rain period of the Longzhi period?"
Can I 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 of 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 haze. In the past half month,
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 speak 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 is reporting the danger?"
Liu Jixian said: "Captain, the prefect of Guide came to report yesterday that the prefecture of Guide encountered dangers 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, report it 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 estimates later."
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Of course, post-event audits are indispensable, but needless to say at this time, ugly things always come to the forefront, which often easily breeds the mentality of laziness and slacking off in government.
Just as a few people were discussing, suddenly, a figure appeared along the river embankment where the willows were lush and smokey, almost running wildly, walking in the mud, stepping over the wormwood that grew wildly after the rain, with his head
Wearing a coir raincoat, the young man stood upright in front of everyone. His unfurled cloak revealed a flying fish suit, and 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.
Under everyone's doubtful gazes, 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!
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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 chills everywhere.
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 reinforced every year with the Ministry of Household Affairs allocation. 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 repaired for several years have collapsed at the first impact. How can this be reasonable?
"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." The gatekeeper frowned and said angrily.
Jia Heng said coldly: "I'm afraid that this is just the beginning of the collapse. Once the Huai and Xu rivers burst, 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, led the troops to Sizhou with their 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 explain this matter." Needless to say, the entire Shenjing will probably be in chaos after knowing that the Huanghuai River is flooding.
Dahan, Shenjing City
Just two days after Sizhou was flooded, official documents from various prefectures and counties in Huaiyang reporting the flooding disaster of the Huanghuai River were successively delivered to the capital by 600-mile express and delivered to the cabinet via the Department of General Affairs.
Beijing 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 and six ministries, and the Hanlin Branch below with his thin, pine-browed eyes.
Tao, the civil and military officials of the temple supervisor, the clear and cold sound like the sound of ice and iron echoing in the entire hall, as if a biting cold wind was blowing, making the civil and military officials standing in the hall holding the scepter 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 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 has not happened 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 to 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, holding a gun in his hand.
The memorial delivered by Zhao Mo, the cabinet minister, was thrown to 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 all the ministers heard this, they buried their heads on the ground.
"At the time of the civil uprising in the Central Plains, the bandits raised their voices and the people responded in large numbers. 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
It floods, cuts off the north and south, and cuts 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 white 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 reported. Peng Ye, the left deputy capital censor, had participated in the impeachment. 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, saying: "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 we can send a message 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."
"Yes." 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 and 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 secretly thought, 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 out this method of reporting to the governors of all provinces. In this way, if he did not go to the general affairs department, there would be no one.
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 emergency 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 auxiliary minister of military aircraft? The unparalleled national scholar?
Below, the officials in scarlet robes kneeling behind Cheng Xin, the general envoy, had a look of joy on their faces, and the beards under their chins were trembling slightly. With Ziyu in charge of Henan, Henan was 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 views?
"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, either dredged or diverted. Otherwise, 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 wrote the "Chen He Shi Shu", which I deeply believed and sent it to all provinces through the official newspaper.
The governors of the provinces were strictly ordered to prioritize the construction of water conservancy projects. If Gao Bin and others had even the slightest bit of loyalty to the king, how could they be in the miserable situation of Sizhou today?"
"I have been stationed at the river embankment for the past few months, and people have been 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 you willing to take the risk and go to the embankment to garrison?
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 was clever and shrewd, and he had already understood Emperor Chongping's hidden heart without making it clear.
There is a minister like Yong Ning Bo who is regarded as a confidant by the emperor and 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 should we put 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 then I 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 worrying about the world and disturbing others!
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, with the minister of military aircraft, Jia Heng, the governor of Jinyi, the power to photograph the river governor of Nanhe, and the 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. Since Zhao Mo was a cabinet minister after all, the imperial envoy still had the right to speak, so it was considered more of a auxiliary job.
"Old minister, I obey the order." Yang Guochang responded to the edict first, 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, and we would make further calculations at that time.
Nor can the Qi Party and Zhejiang Party continue to be targeted by Xiao'er, while the Zhejiang Party is immune. Now all the 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, the undercurrent of fighting between the two parties is surging. Whoever is used to rectify the river affairs has their own private interests and neglects the public. To eliminate the worries of dissidents, they can only use Ziyu to take the lead for a while. Some may slander or make enemies. Anyway, they
There is no need to pay attention to these things between father-in-law and 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.
