The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 979 What's the point!

"How many people are there? How did you find out? How long has it been?"

The emperor sat up straight and motioned to De'an while asking.

De'an immediately understood, and stepped forward to make a gesture of invitation to Taoist Master Tianji.

Daoist Tianji knew that they were going to discuss politics, and it was absolutely impossible for the emperor to let him participate, so he hurriedly resigned.

Before he left, he took a deep look at Gu Chengyu. Gu Chengyu seemed to have sensed something, and immediately turned to look back.

This one glance deeply engraved the opponent's appearance in his mind, and Gu Chengyu took a serious look at the ambition in the opponent's eyes that was too late to recede.

Gu Chengyu frowned, and put the matter down first.

"It was Weichen's mother who sent a steward to Yingtian Mansion to check the accounts. They used Feige to pass on the letter, and the writing was very simple. Weichen has brought the note, and please the emperor to read it!"

Fortunately, Gu Chengyu was prepared. Anyway, there was nothing written on the note, and he had asked a steward in the mansion to re-copy it.

After all, Ding Shiliu and the others are hiding in the dark, and their handwriting should not be known to others.

And the most important point, the note had to be painted with a special potion to reveal the traces.

"There is no specific date written on it, but Wei Chen speculates that the pigeons will have to fly for at least three days to reach the capital. Even if the steward passed the letter immediately after the embankment broke, three days have passed by now."

"It really shouldn't be that the imperial court didn't get any news about such a big event. Even if the prefect of Changtian Mansion dared to conceal it, what about the other prefectures near the river? And the officials I sent before? Why didn't they make any move? "

The emperor is skeptical about this matter, he is not sure whether Gu Chengyu's source of information is accurate.

"Your Majesty! My minister will never take this matter as a trifle. This matter is no small matter. The Emperor only needs to send people to Changtian Mansion to investigate and find out the truth!"

Gu Chengyu frowned, he knew that the emperor would not trust him easily.

But he couldn't tell about the fact that he sent people to several state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River to investigate. After all, it was like hoping for something to happen in the south of the Yangtze River, and it would inevitably make people feel that he was eager to make contributions in the future.

Suddenly, De'an hurried into the hall.

"Your Majesty! There are flying pigeons in Yingnan Mansion to send letters!" De'an was still holding a small bamboo tube in his hand, and he handed it to the emperor.

Gu Chengyu's eyes were burning, this must have been to report the dangerous situation in Changtian Mansion, it seems that Feige sent the letter only two hours later than his own!
This is normal, after all, it is to go straight to the sky, so why not organize the language?
The emperor's face froze, he found that the bamboo tube was painted red, and immediately knew what Gu Chengyu said was true.

Letters colored red indicate urgent mail, which must be dealt with immediately.

The emperor pulled out the note, and the words on it were very short, but for the emperor, it was enough.

"Hmph! It's really unreasonable!"

The emperor was so angry that he immediately stood up from the armchair, slapped the imperial case, and with great strength, both Gu Chengyu and the crown prince were startled, it can be seen that he was very angry.

"These officials, who are sitting on a vegetarian diet, take the salary of the imperial court. They are supposed to eat the king's salary and share the worries of the king! But they are so good, they always ask me to clean up the mess for them. What a bunch of idiots!"

Gu Chengyu and the prince looked at each other and could only remain silent.

Now those who caused the trouble are not here, they stand in front of the emperor, and they will bear the anger of the emperor if they say a word of nonsense.

"De'an! You go and invite the six ministers, Deng Chenghong, the censor of the left capital, Hu Maoshen, the censor of the right capital, Kuang Zhaoying, the Minister of Dali Temple, and Xia Qing, the chief assistant, to discuss matters."

The emperor suppressed the anger in his heart, since the flood had already occurred, he had to find a way to remedy it.

His eyes flicked over Gu Chengyu, Gu Chengyu seemed to have some experience in water conservancy.

"Prince! What's your opinion on this matter, you might as well tell me!"

The waiting time is long, the emperor is now in a state of mind, eager to know the solution.

He glanced at Gu Chengyu meaningfully, but he didn't expect the two of them to come together.

When did Gu Chengyu get so close to the prince, and even report such a big matter to the prince first?

"Father! Leaving aside the flood in Changtian Mansion, I would like to ask which servant is guarding Chengqian Palace today?"

The prince didn't answer the emperor's question, but started the trouble first.

He knew that his father was seriously suspicious, if he was dissatisfied with Gu Chengyu, then Gu Chengyu would be wronged.

He has a good sense of Gu Chengyu now, and thinks that the other party is not only a capable minister, but also a person with too low a heart.

Such a courtier is exactly what he wants to win over, and this is a good opportunity for him to win Gu Chengyu's favor.

The emperor was a little puzzled, but he still asked patiently, "What's going on?"

"Back to Father! Lord Gu handed over the sign, wanting to report the news to Father. The guard guarding the palace gate came in to report, but he was intercepted. The servant didn't even report to Director Chen, and finally Gu My lord has no choice but to come and find my son!"

"What? There is such a thing? These servants are so bold, Xiao Quanzi!"

The emperor was furious, and if a minister came to hand over the sign, he had to report it.

To see or not to see, should be decided by the emperor, this is the rule of the palace.

"I don't even know that when the rules in the palace are changed, these eunuchs are almost climbing on top of me."

Gu Chengyu was a little surprised that the prince spoke for him.

However, he originally planned to report this matter to the emperor, after all, he can't suffer from being dumb, can he?
An official handed a sign, whether to see or not, it was indeed up to the emperor to decide.

But in fact, there is a convention here, those servants are all watching people order dishes.

If you are a high-ranking official in the court, those people will become scuds.Not only to inform you, but also very fast.

Then there is silver, as long as there is silver to clear the way, few people will not be tempted.

They know everything in their hearts and are very shrewd.What important things can low-level officials do?
Important matters can only be reported to Shangfeng first, and then reported to higher levels. Leapfrog reporting is absolutely not allowed.

But they didn't expect that there was an anomaly in the court, and that was Gu Chengyu.

Xiao Quanzi's heart shuddered, knowing that the emperor was very upset now.

Regarding the eunuch that the emperor said, he didn't even dare to have a trace of dissatisfaction in his heart.

He led the order out tremblingly, with a sneer in his heart.

Relying on their face in front of Mr. Chen, these people thought they had a lucrative job, and they swaggered all day long.

Don't even look at who is handing the sign?This is Master Gu!

The officials that the emperor will summon from time to time, even if they are of low rank, are people that even Chief Manager Chen dare not easily offend!

"Father! Since the Changtian Mansion has been flooded, other prefectural capitals must hurry up and strengthen their embankments, so as not to repeat the same mistakes!"

The emperor nodded, what the prince said was indeed the most important thing to pay attention to now.

"Your Majesty, the adults have arrived!"

"Quickly pass them in!"

(End of this chapter)