The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 412
After the eldest princess forced Empress Cao and Concubine Meng to take out the money, she said to the other concubines: "Everyone has their own tasks according to their ranks, so you just have to give out the corresponding money."

As she spoke, the eldest princess waved her hand at the female officer beside her. The female officer took out a piece of paper from her sleeve pocket, and read out the silver taels that each of them needed to donate according to the rank of concubines. Even Empress Cao and Concubine Meng were incompetent. For disobeying the eldest princess, the other concubines did not have the courage and ability. The eldest princess raised more than 2000 million taels of silver from the harem in one night.

The Emperor Ming also ordered all wealthy families to donate silver taels to defend against the enemy. If there is a country, there is a family.There are many wealthy families in Beijing, after the emperor's order was issued, another 2000 million taels of silver were raised within a few days.

Among them, the Zhen Guo government donated the most. The old lady, Xu Wanning and Pingyang almost all contributed half of their net worth, while Jing Shu gave all of her and Li Ling's private property.

The government of Zhen Guo alone donated 1000 million taels of silver.

Relying on the silver raised by the eldest princess, Emperor Ming finally had the strength to fight against the powerful enemy. In the autumn of this year, Li Ling, who had just pacified the strong enemy of the Gaoshan Kingdom in Beijing for less than half a year, was ordered to go to the north to fight against the Xiongnu.

The war in the north has just begun to take shape. Not long after Li Ling led his army out of Beijing, bad news came from the south. The dam, which was a huge project to control the flood, suddenly burst, and the flood flooded out, destroying all the villages, towns and cities in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It was washed away, and more than [-] people died in the flood.

The Yellow River has been flooding year after year, and the imperial court has been reluctant to spend money to cure it. Now the national treasury has been emptied for this project. Such a huge costly project would have such flaws.

After such a big accident happened, all the officials, big and small, who were entrusted with disaster relief in the south this time, were panicked.

As the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, Li Xian was ordered to supervise the construction of water control projects, so naturally he couldn't escape his involvement.

After the accident happened, Li Xian came to the scene in person. He did not close his eyes for several days and nights to investigate the scene carefully before he realized that the accident was caused by unqualified construction materials.

Li Xian went back to the posthouse, found Feng Sheng, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry who was in charge of this matter, and said angrily: "When the dam was built, I clearly remembered that stones and blue bricks were used in the blueprints, but I did it on the damaged dam." In the end, many thunder woods were found, tell me, what is going on here?"

Feng Sheng closed the door, pulled Li Xian and whispered: "You have been in the officialdom for so many years, do you really not understand what's going on here?"

Li Xian's eyes moved slightly, he looked at Feng Sheng and asked, "Is this done on purpose?"

Feng Sheng nodded secretly.

Li Xian frowned, and said the guess in his heart: "Is it King Jin?"

Feng Sheng nodded secretly again, and quietly said to Li Xian: "To tell you the truth, I belong to the King of Jin. If something like this happens, the crown prince will definitely fall this time. As the saying goes, 'a man who knows the current affairs is a hero'. Brother Zidu, I don’t need to say more about what to do.”

The Yellow River floods every year during the rainy season, and disasters continue in the south. The ministers repeatedly reported that Emperor Ming did not hesitate to spend all his treasury on water conservancy projects, intending to completely solve the problem of the Yellow River.

If this project is completed, the troubles of the Yellow River will be completely eradicated.

This is a project that benefits the country and the people, and it is also a major event that can accumulate the most reputation, so the crown prince and King Jin will not hesitate to squeeze their heads to take on this job.

Emperor Ming originally wanted to give this opportunity to make meritorious service to his favored Prince Jin, but Empress Cao took great pains to resort to a bitter trick, which made the soft-hearted Emperor Ming change his mind and gave the job to the prince.

How could the insidious and cunning King Jin give up, he tried every means to insert his own people among the officials in charge of the construction project, this big move was made by King Jin, and the purpose was to pull the prince down from the horse.

After hearing Feng Sheng's words, Li Xian slapped the table angrily, and said angrily, "This is a huge project built by the state, how can it be a joke? There are more than [-] people who died in vain."

Li Xian nodded Feng Sheng angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "You are really a disaster for the country and the people!"

Feng Sheng sneered twice, and said disdainfully: "Brother Zidu is like this, but he is ignorant of current affairs. Hehe, this world belongs to the Zhao family. Brothers are against the wall. How can I worry about these royal affairs? Is it? I advise you to be smarter."

Li Xian glared at Feng Sheng and said, "Sooner or later, Da Qi will be destroyed by you Xiao Xiao."

When Feng Sheng saw that Li Xian refused to enter, he also turned cold and asked Li Xian: "Then what do you want? To be honest, since His Royal Highness Jin Wang dared to make this plan, he has already made it The perfect strategy, if you can understand current affairs and stand on the side of the King of Jin, and we will pour dirty water on the prince with us, and we will agree that we are ordered by the prince to use second-hand materials for the purpose of greedy for construction funds. Well, that led to the accident."

Li Xian snorted coldly and said, "That's it. Brother Feng thinks we can get rid of the responsibility and get away with it? Your Majesty has already ordered the cabinet to investigate this matter thoroughly, hmph! I'm afraid this matter is not so easy to fool around. .”

After hearing Li Xian's words, Feng Sheng laughed, and replied, "You, you! You are so naive. King Jin has the courage to do such a big thing, so naturally he has the ability to be foolproof."

As he spoke, he patted Li Xian on the shoulder and replied, "Don't worry, the cabinet minister who came to transfer this matter is also a member of His Royal Highness Prince Jin. The king will also deal with it, even if it is to ask for a crime, it is just a fine of some salary, after the crown prince is removed and the king of Jin gains power, we will all follow the merits of the dragon, so why worry about having no future."

Hearing this, especially Li Xian, who has been in the ups and downs of the officialdom for many years, was also shocked, he shook his head with a sad face and muttered: "Unexpectedly, the party struggle between the court and China has infiltrated into the cabinet, what hope can I expect from Daqi. "

Feng Sheng echoed him and said: "Your Majesty is well aware of this matter, even His Majesty turns a blind eye to it, and turns a blind eye, so why should we ministers worry about it?"

As he spoke, he persuaded Li Xian again: "Your Zhenguo government has been hesitating between the crown prince and the king of Jin. Let me advise you, follow the king of Jin to be sure. You haven't understood yet, your majesty is determined." To support the King of Jin, he has been helping the King of Jin to secretly suppress the Crown Prince, although Empress Cao has used tricks to ease the relationship with His Majesty, but this is only a flash in the pan, and His Majesty still prefers the King of Jin in his heart."

"Continuing this matter right now is a great opportunity to surrender to King Jin. I advise you to think twice."

Li Xian was filled with anger. He stared at Feng Sheng and asked, "You want me to surrender to King Jin? Use those [-] innocent lives as a vote?"

He pointed at Feng Sheng and said loudly: "I can't do it! Even if I, Li Xian, risked my life, I must seek justice for those souls who died tragically under the flood."

(End of this chapter)