Rebirth of the noble daughter

Chapter 399
Emperor Qi looked at this scene, his face suddenly turned cold.

Duke Wei wanted to say something, but Mr. Xu Ge, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, preempted him.

"Your Majesty, let the old minister report a few words."

"Master, please tell me."

"This is a series of natural disasters, not to mention the southwest border, if it happened in other places, I'm afraid that officials may not be able to do better than Mr. Wen!"

"How do you say that?"

"The news spread to the Eastern Capital, and it was stated that it happened nearly a month ago, but during this period, did your Majesty hear that the people of Shuzhou fled abroad? Did you hear the reports of officials from other places? Did the people petition to report on Mr. Wen? Nothing at all. , This shows that Mr. Wen must have done something in the territory of Shuzhou, apart from other things, at least he has stabilized the hearts of the people."

As he spoke, he looked at the few people who had just yelled, those people did not dare to confront Mr. Xu Ge head-on, they had tasted the power of this one, and they would not be able to eat the fruit, but it would make them feel fishy.

Seeing how one or two of them avoided them, Mr. Xu Ge snorted coldly.

"The old minister was full of anger when he saw the adults complaining. I don't know if they can do better than Lord Wen if they are relocated!"

Sure enough, he didn't show any affection when he spoke, which was much more powerful than Feng Hai's soft knife.

Bai Chao'an secretly smiled in his heart, "Ge Boss is just Ge Boss, so don't mess with your father."

Hearing this, Emperor Qi also felt that there was some truth.

It's just that such natural disasters are always regarded as ominous in the dynasty. During the Lantern Festival, Denglong predicted that this year's southwest will have a bumper harvest, but now let alone a bumper harvest, it is good to appease the refugees.

On this point, Emperor Qi was very taboo.

Xu Ge's old Linglong thought, how could he not know what he was thinking, so he said intentionally or unintentionally.

"At the beginning of the year when the kingdoms of all nations congratulated each other, Jiao Ren's third prince came to the court. The old minister had heard some rumors that they had long admired Nanyue and they repeatedly provoked each other across the Xishui River. This time the flood would happen. It is because the gates of the Xishui River and the Luo River were blown up, and then an earthquake was triggered, causing the people in the southwest to live in poverty. Your Majesty, veteran, beware of fraud!"

His words immediately elevated the ordinary natural disasters to the man-made disasters of neighboring countries.

Emperor Qi's eyes lit up, and he exploded immediately.

He is not afraid of going to war with Nanyue or Jiaoren, because this crime can be blamed on them for provoking the prestige of the Jin Dynasty, which is much better than warning from heaven to bring down natural disasters.

"Elder Ge's words are serious? If that's the case, then the successive disasters in the Southwest are the enemy country's provocation to our court's majesty."

They have just experienced the attack of Beidi's army, and now Jiaoren and Nanyue are coming again. Dajin is really under the attack of the enemy!
Elder Xu Ge had a serious face. He glanced at Bai Chaoan, and then saw him take out a memorial from his sleeve, and immediately went to the memorial.

"Your Majesty, these are the dams built in various states and counties in the past 30 years compiled by Wei Chen after he came to the Ministry of Industry. The records are very clear. There are many mountains and rivers in the southwest, so the rivers are fast-moving, so they are vulnerable to floods. However, since Mr. Wen took office, the situation of frequent floods has improved a lot, and the number of memorials submitted by Shuzhou to the Ministry of Industry for repairing dams is also the largest and thickest, so I also feel that the floods this time are a bit unusual. Perhaps, as Master Ge said, it's not a natural disaster, but someone did it deliberately!"

Since Bai Chao'an went to the Ministry of Industry and became a doctor of the Ministry of Water, he has become familiar with the notes and records of the Ministry of Industry. When Mr. Xu Ge got the news a few days ago and came to him, he was talking about this matter.

So he read all the records of repairing the dam overnight, and then he summed up this detailed memorial.

One is to clean up Mr. Wen's grievances.

The second is to pave the way for your own future.

He is now an official of the third grade, but since he has the intention to go up, he can't make a mistake in his guess about the holy will.

There are Bai Xiang and Xu Ge Lao two good people to advise him, if he still can't climb up, he will go to hell.

Emperor Qi unfolded the memorial and looked at it. It was well-founded, detailed and careful. In addition, Bai Chaoan often copied some articles when he was in the cabinet, so he practiced a good handwriting, which made Emperor Qi feel happy physically and mentally.

Believe his words more and more.

"Okay, this Nanyue is really wicked. He was beaten by the emperor ten years ago and he still can't recover. He didn't expect that he would be swept up again this time. There is also Jiao Ren. On the surface, he seems to bow his head and bow his head, but in fact he is a wolfish ambition. It's really abominable! "

When Emperor Qi said this, if anyone dared to put their sins on the head of the crane in the text, they might meet Emperor Qi's rebellion, so they both shut their mouths knowingly.

Seeing that the situation had changed, Feng Hai took a step forward and continued talking.

"Your Majesty, when we went to the west last time, the Ministry of Households filled a large amount of official rations into the army. Now we need to allocate some more to the southwest for disaster relief. I am afraid that it will be difficult. Let alone whether the rations are enough, even the journey will be much farther away. , The consumption in the middle cannot be ignored. Weichen thinks that it is better to let the water transportation department transport the official grain that should be handed in this year to the southwest first, which can not only reduce the loss of official grain, but also help the victims faster. Benevolence!"

What he said was discussed with Bai Xiang and Mr. Xu Ge early in the morning.

In other words, King Ding had a deep mind, and he had already calculated everything when he set off for Jinling City.

If there were no floods and earthquakes, they would have to find an excuse to make everyone aware of the corruption of the Water Transportation Department.

Now that there is this reason, it is justified.

Emperor Qi thought about it for a while, and felt that this method was feasible, so he immediately agreed.

And Wei Guogong, who was silent all the time, looked at the three Xu Fengbai who were singing together with a livid face.

It was really a good plan, and he reversed Wen Zhonghe's negligence in a few words, and then wanted to involve the Water Transportation Department.

Why didn't he see in the past that these people were already of one mind.

Thinking of Feng Jinlin who is already in Jinling City now, I'm afraid they have a wrong idea about the Water Transportation Department.

So his face returned to calm, and he began to calculate in his heart.

Compared with bringing down a prefect of Shuzhou in Wenzhonghe district, it would be more troublesome to move the Water Transport Department.

Originally, he intended to send the official food and ink that the Water Transportation Department paid tribute to Qianzhou, but now the abacus can't be dialed, but there are other ways.

Anyway, the food he has greedily robbed over the years is enough to feed the private soldiers for two or three years, and now that refugees are everywhere, I have to say that even God is helping him and sending people here for him.

Thinking of this, I was already very complacent, but my face still had a look of wanting nothing.

Emperor Qi didn't realize what he was thinking, but put his mind on the Southwest issue, thought for a while before speaking.

(End of this chapter)