Chapter 368 The Yellow River is here, canvassing!)
The sky is cloudy and gloomy.
The raindrops are falling, and outside the palace gate, there is already a pool of water.[..com]
All civil and military officials were soaked all over, and there was a long queue, still waiting in line in this gloomy rainy day.
The heavy rain falling from the sky splashed thick mist in the stagnant water like a bright mirror.
In the mist, the courtiers looked calm. They looked at Qian Niuwei in front who was also soaked in the rain, and the father-in-law who shouted hoarsely the name of the official who entered.
The sound was mixed with the sound of falling rain, and disappeared after a short distance.
Looking from a distance, the entire sky is dark.
The solemn and solemn palace was shrouded in thick heavy rain. The wind blew, and the heavy rain fogged up, sweeping away like wind and dust.
In the palace, there are also rivers and lakes everywhere.
The soaked imperial guards lined up neatly on both sides of the road leading to the main hall. The rain fell down their faces, but these warriors did not move at all.
In the imperial study, the fire was blazing. The fire leaked out from the cracks in the stove, making the entire imperial study flicker in brightness and darkness.
The atmosphere was very depressing, with only the heavy breathing of a few people.
The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, raised his head and looked at Lu Heng and Hong Quan sitting next to him, with a heavy expression on his face.
Lu Heng held the memorial in his hand, glanced at it, frowned, and handed the memorial to Hong Quan beside him.
Hong Quan opened it and just took a look, then his expression changed drastically.
"Has the Yellow River burst?" Hong's face turned pale. He raised his head in surprise and looked at the emperor.
The memorial clearly stated: The north bank of the Yellow River burst, and the ocean was vast. Thousands of people's land was submerged, and the people were displaced.
Outside the window, the rapid sound of wind and rain beat on the window lattice, making a crackling sound. In the imperial study, the cold wind blew in, making people shiver involuntarily.
The emperor nodded with a serious face. He raised his head and frowned: "The news I just received!"
"It's time to break..." Hong Quan heard this, his body trembled, and he murmured: "Could it be..."
"What do you mean?" The emperor's eyes flashed coldly and he asked in a deep voice.
"Is it a **?" Hong Quan, as the Minister of Punishment and a high official of the imperial court, naturally knew some confidential things. Huang He chose this stall to break, so no one would believe it if there was no **.
"Yongzheng, what do you think?" The emperor frowned and thought for a moment after hearing this. He turned his head and looked at Lu Heng beside him, who was staring at the memorial and thinking.
Lu Heng put down the memorial. After thinking about it, he did not answer directly. Instead, he looked at the emperor and asked, "Do you have a map?"
"Yes, come with me!" The emperor nodded, stood up immediately, and walked towards the back hall.
"Hong Aiqing is coming too!"
Lu Heng and Hong Quan nodded, stood up and followed the emperor towards the back hall.
"Yongzheng, tell me, could this be an affair?" Fatty Hong, who was standing behind him, asked Lu Heng beside him with worries in his eyes.
"So far, we only know that the matter has been resolved. There is no other news, so it is too early to draw conclusions now!" Lu Heng smiled slightly and said lightly.
"Can you still laugh?" Seeing Lu Heng's calm expression, Hong Quan turned his head with a smile on his face and asked with a wry smile.
"What else can you do if you don't laugh? Cry?" Lu Heng rolled his eyes and shook his head: "If crying can solve the problem, then everyone should stop doing anything and cry together!"
"That's unreasonable!" Fatty Hong rolled his eyes because he was choked. After muttering for a long time, he looked at the smile on Lu Heng's face and said speechlessly.
After following the emperor, he walked to the side hall next to the royal study. The emperor stopped beside a wall covered with yellow cloth.
"Pull open!" the emperor said calmly to his father-in-law.
"Yes!" The father-in-law responded respectfully, raised his hand, grabbed the rope, and with the movement of the father-in-law's hand, a vast map of the Zhou Dynasty appeared in front of his eyes.
"Go down, stay outside, and don't let anyone get close!" The emperor glanced at the father-in-law, waved his hand, and let him go out.
When there was no one in the hall, the emperor walked to the map. Pointing to the bend of the Yellow River in western Henan, he turned his head, looked at Lu Heng and said, "The place where the breach occurred is right here!"
"This is probably the most dangerous section of the nine bends of the Yellow River..." Lu Heng walked forward, raised his head, and looked at the bend. He frowned and muttered to himself.
After staring at that place for a long time, combined with the experience of later generations, Lu Heng turned his head, with a hint of doubt or confusion in his eyes, and asked the emperor: "Isn't there a place to discharge floods in this place?"
After listening to Lu Heng's words, the emperor's eyes flickered for a moment. Suddenly he turned his head and shouted towards the outside of the palace: "Come here, the Minister of Propaganda and Work, Mr. Lu Zhi, has come to the Imperial Study Room!"
"Yes!" The eunuch guarding outside the palace accepted the order and left.
There was silence in the room. Only Lu Heng spoke lightly, as if talking to himself.
"There should be a place for flood discharge here!"
Beside him, the emperor looked gloomy. He raised his head and looked at the Yellow River that traversed the Zhou Dynasty, frowning.
The Central Plains is the most important land of the country. It is also where the granary of the Great Zhou Dynasty is located. Once a flood disaster occurs, the disaster will be great. In addition, the Turks in the north are eyeing it, and the country is unstable. At this time, the mouth of the Yellow River is extremely dangerous.
Not long after, rapid footsteps were heard outside the hall.
"Your Majesty, Lord Wang Ting and Yu Shi Lu are already waiting outside the palace!" The father-in-law's voice was very urgent, and it looked like he was running all the way.
"Come in!" the emperor said lightly without turning around.
There was a creak, and the wooden door, which was wet from the rain, made a heavy sound.
A cool breeze, carrying moist water vapor, came towards me. In the hall, silk fluttered and swayed randomly.
"I, Lu Zhi (Wang Ting), see Your Majesty!" After the two ministers came in, they all knelt down on the ground and kowtowed to the emperor.
"You two beloved ministers, you don't need to be polite, just stand up!" The emperor raised his hand and waved, calling the two ministers over.
After glancing at Lu Zhi and Wang Ting, the emperor didn't talk nonsense. He walked to the map, raised his finger and pointed at the breach, and asked Wang Ting directly: "Wang Ting, you are the minister of the Ministry of Industry. I am responsible for managing river embankments and dams.
Let me ask you, is there any place for flood discharge in this area?"
Wang Ting took a look at the place, nodded and said: "Your Majesty, this is the place where the Yellow River discharges and discharges floods in all dynasties!"
After saying that, Wang Ting lowered his head and said no more.
In fact, when he first entered, he felt the solemn atmosphere in the hall. When he heard the emperor's question, he immediately understood that there should be a problem with the Yellow River.
"Why, does Wang Aiqing only have these two sentences?" When the emperor saw Wang Ting lowering his head and saying nothing, he gasped in anger. He suppressed his emotions and asked with cold eyes.
Wang Ting swallowed his saliva, raised his sleeves, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He groaned and made a sound for a long time.
"Okay, since you don't want to say it, let me tell it for you. Since there is a place to drain floods here, why is there a breach here?" The emperor asked with a sneer, but seeing the trembling corners of his eyebrows, it was enough to show that he now has
How angry.
"Tell me, why is there a breach here?" The emperor strode up to the royal court and stared at him coldly.
"Say!" The emperor saw Wang Ting's body trembling like chaff and big beads of sweat dripping down his forehead. He felt even more impatient and scolded him coldly.
"I dare not say that, Your Majesty!" Wang Ting's expression suddenly changed, he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and cried bitterly.
"Don't you dare to say?" The emperor glanced at him coldly, turned around, and asked Hong Quan, who was also trembling on the side: "Hong Aiqing neglected his duties and deceived the emperor. How should the punishment be punished by the laws of the Zhou Dynasty?"
Hong Quan wiped his cold sweat, took a step forward, clasped his fists and said: "According to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, the officials involved in the case will be beheaded in public, and the three tribes will be punished!"
Hong Quan's words were like a hammer, hitting Wang Ting's fragile nerves heavily. Hong Quan didn't say a word, and Wang Ting even trembled.
By the time he finished speaking, Wang Ting's face was ashen and he collapsed to the ground.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Ting's eyes were dull and his face was stiff for a moment. He took a deep breath and said feebly.
After reluctantly getting up, he walked to the map. Wang Ting bit the tip of his tongue to make himself clearer. Then, he pointed at the south bank on the map and said: "Just now, I said, this is the place where all the dynasties were drawn.
The Yellow River has been designated as a place to discharge floods! Therefore, over the years, whenever the water in the Yellow River surged, local officials would breach the embankments and release the floods.
However, last year, this place became a paradise for many people in the DPRK. Therefore, officials here continued to strengthen the river embankment. In the end, the south was strong and the north was weak. Encountered a rare rainstorm in the past ten years, beware of vulnerability
The north bank of the river naturally became the breach!"
Listening to Wang Ting's narration, the emperor felt awe-inspiring.
No wonder the royal court didn't dare to say it. There must be countless officials crawling on these tens of thousands of hectares of land. Once he said it, he would offend more than half of the court officials.
After taking a deep breath, the emperor looked at Wang Ting and said, "Whose fields are there here?"
"I made a rough estimate, there are probably more than a hundred people!" Wang Ting said with a wry smile: "I don't know the specifics!"
After the emperor glanced at him coldly, he turned his head and asked Lu Yushi: "Say!"
Lu Yushi still had an expressionless face. After hearing the emperor's words, he thought for a moment, raised his head, looked at the emperor, and stopped talking.
"Wang Aiqing, please step aside first!" The emperor waved his hand and said in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Wang Ting responded decadently, bowed and exited the hall.
After the royal court exited and the door was closed, the emperor turned his head, looked at Lu Yushi and said, "Say it!"
Lu Yushi nodded, then took out a memorial from his sleeve and respectfully presented it to the emperor: "Here are the names of the officials involved in the case, as well as the number of acres of land they occupy!"
Looking at Lu Yushi, the intelligence spy, he looked prepared. Standing aside, Fatty Hong couldn't help but feel a chill coming over him.
Damn it, this guy is simply a poisonous snake. Anyone caught by him will be finished.!