Red Mansion Soldiers

Chapter 255 There seems to be something wrong with Mingtang’s Feng Shui

At the end of June in the third year of Qingtai, a piece of news spread from Jianghuai to the capital city. In just a few days, it spread throughout all yamen and government offices, shocking both the government and the public!

Sitting in a side room of the Zuojun Governor's Mansion, Jia Huizai carefully studied the memorial from Jianghuai in his hand.

Since this memorial was introduced to the General Administration Department a few days ago and submitted to the emperor for review, the emperor ordered many copies to be copied and distributed to the heads of various ministries.

Therefore, as the Grand Governor of Zuojun Governor's Mansion, Jia Hui naturally received a copy of the memorial.

"Is the exploration over?" Jia Hui sighed with surprise.

In his hand, naturally, was the memorial of Wan Chengxun, the imperial envoy to explore the Yellow River, the minister of the Yellow River who was promoted to the fifth rank and was awarded the title of Fengzheng doctor, the Ministry of Industry Yuanwai Lang Wan Chengxun, who was ranked sixth in the second class of Enke in the seventh year of Tiansheng six years ago.

After he was passed on, he did not either enter the Hanlin Academy to study books, join the Six Ministries to observe politics, or be sent to the local government like his predecessors. Instead, after a short rest, he was assigned by the emperor to go to Shanxi to regulate the river channels.

From the unnamed canal in the countryside to the overall overhaul of the Hongdong-Hejin section of Fenhe River, Wan Chengxun accomplished all the water conservancy tasks outstandingly under the emperor's meticulous cultivation. He was different from Jia Zheng, who could make mistakes even when building plain rivers. What a sharp contrast!

Finally, in the first lunar month of the 10th year of Tiansheng's reign, the emperor formally appointed Wan Chengxun as the imperial envoy to explore the Yellow River. This began the most comprehensive process since the Yellow River burst its banks in the previous dynasty and captured the Huaihe River into the sea. It ended in the centenary of the founding of the Qi Dynasty. Yellow River exploration operation.

After four years, Wan Chengxun traveled upstream along the Yellow River to the source of the Yellow River in the west, the Tuotuo River at the foot of Bayan Har Mountain in Qinghai, and then turned back down the river to the entrance of Yunti Pass in Huai'an. Wan Chengxun used While inspecting, he rushed on the road, covering more than 11,000 miles, and finally compiled all the valid reports into the "Imperial Envoy's Exploration of the Yellow River" and presented it to the imperial court.

"After this dredging, regardless of whether the Yellow River is repaired or not, Wan Chengxun will leave his name in history!" Sitting opposite Jia Hui, Yun Yu also read "The Imperial Envoy's Exploration of the Yellow River" word for word, praising it non-stop, with eyes in his eyes. Exuding unstoppable excitement!

Although he didn't grow up in Jianghuai, his wife is a serious old water worker's son!

He has experienced floods with his own eyes! That year, my mother-in-law passed away, and I and my wife went to Huai'an for the funeral. Unluckily, they encountered a heavy rain that lasted for seven or eight days. As expected, the Yellow River burst its banks.

Fortunately, my father-in-law's house was built on a mountain and the flood did not rush up. I and my father-in-law's family were able to save their lives.

The tragic scene after the Yellow River burst its banks, even a piece of flesh crawling out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, couldn't bear to look directly at it.

The brutality of the two is completely different!

Floods hit the southeast, and the mausoleum valley changed rapidly.

Thousands of families gather in the morning, and there is a moraine in the evening.

It is not only a disaster for the people, but also a disaster for the poet.

The stork crows and looks into the fields, the frog jumps around the house.

A child's clothes are exposed, while a virgin's mud is knee-deep.

Wherever the flood passes there is chaos and destruction.

Houses were submerged under water and became dilapidated. Trees were uprooted, collapsed houses could be seen everywhere, and a family that had managed to survive huddled in a bathtub was everywhere.

However, even after the floods receded, the consequences remained.

The air was filled with the smell of mud and moisture, and even a stench that was gradually getting stronger. Floating objects and garbage were piled up on the streets. There were corpses soaked in water and bulging into balls everywhere, including those of humans, pigs, and horses. There is no shortage of animals, rats, cats, dogs, cattle and sheep. Yun Yu even saw tigers!

terrible!

"Even without this memorial, Wan Chengxun would still be famous in history!

Mr. Yun, please don’t forget that when the Fen River was built a few years ago, this boy built it beautifully and tightly. Ever since the Mongol invaders destroyed Shanxi’s landscape, Shanxi has never been able to recover. This time, it was repaired by this boy. , there are hundreds of thousands of acres of more fertile farmland on both sides of the Fen River and its tributaries, and the number is increasing every year!

Based on this alone, anyone who lives on Fenhe River water should say hello to him! "

"Indeed," Yun Yu nodded in agreement, "Did you know that Wan Chengxun returned to Beijing yesterday?"

Jia Hui rubbed the beard on his chin: "I know it. After hearing about the noisy court meeting tomorrow, the Holy One is going to officially appoint Wan Chengxun as the imperial envoy to control the Yellow River."

"Oh, is it really that easy?" Yun Yu asked with a sneer before Jia Hui finished speaking.

"How is that possible! Just to build a small river, nearly 50% of the project cost would be oil and water, let alone building the Yellow River!

Before Wan Chengxun repaired the Fen River, it was because the Holy Emperor sent Xiu Yi to keep an eye on this amount, and he would chop off the claws of anyone who reached out! Those officials from the Ministry of Industry and localities did not blame the Holy Emperor for half of the Fen River.

But this time it’s different, this time it’s the Yellow River! "Jia Hui also sneered sarcastically.

Although those who presided over the construction of the Yellow River have had no good endings over the years, whenever the embankments burst or the river workers rebelled, the group of people who presided over the construction of the river were the natural Chao Cuo and grain inspectors. They were very useful when they pushed out and killed the common people!

But this time is different. This time, professionals have already written a very feasible plan, and the project funds may exceed 100 million taels of silver!

Whether you are pursuing fame or profit, building the Yellow River is an excellent choice. If you don't seize this opportunity, I'm afraid you will regret giving yourself a slap every time you think about it for the rest of your life!

"There's going to be a lot of fun tomorrow!" Yun Yu suddenly grinned.

"No, anyway, this matter has nothing to do with us. Let's see how those self-proclaimed civil servants bite dogs tomorrow!" Hearing this, Jia Hui also laughed, but his smile was so gloating.

. . . . . .

"I am reporting to you, Your Majesty! It has been nearly three hundred years since the previous dynasty Du Chong dug the Yellow River out of control and seized the Huai River into the sea in order to resist the Jurchen and Mongolian allied forces.

Over the past three hundred years, the river has continuously burst its banks, and once it bursts its banks, it will rot for hundreds or even thousands of miles! The loss was more than hundreds of millions?

Your Majesty, your Majesty, Wan Chengxun, presents the "Request for Dredging of the Yellow River" written with great pains by Your Majesty. I hope that Your Majesty will have mercy on you, so that the people in the lower reaches of the river will not suffer the hardships of the Qianli Zeguo! "

Wan Chengxun, who was wearing a court uniform and whose face had been tanned by the sun from Pian Pianjia to a Huns, suppressed the excitement in his heart that his long-cherished wish was about to come true, and bowed to the emperor with all his might!

Last month, I revised the draft countless times and practiced the 5,000-word speech countless times, but I forgot all about it when I arrived in the hall!

I had no choice but to stumble, holding the memorial that contained my own hard work, and began to speak loudly, intending to impress the emperor with my great determination and perseverance, and to implement the three hundred years of revision and improvement in Lao Wan's family. River repair plan!

"What? Xiuhe? Quickly, quickly, bring it up quickly!" When Wan Chengxun finished the whole set of actions, the emperor jumped up from the cushion with an exaggerated expression, shook off Xia Shouzhong with a look of ecstasy, and got off the throne. He walked up the stairs, grabbed the memorial Wan Chengxun was holding, stood there and started reading.

Completely ignoring Wan Chengxun, who was still in a posture of prostrating himself on the ground.

Too exaggerated!

The courtiers of the civil and military classes closed their eyes helplessly.

Yes, the emperor's governance has indeed improved a lot in recent years, but the emperor's mental skills, especially his acting skills,

What it was like in the first year of Tiansheng, it will still be the same in the third year of Qingtai!

No progress has been made in thirteen years!

Forget it

Although the emperor's acting skills are unbearable, everyone is more willing to hang out with such a person. At least this kind of person is easy to understand, and his emotions are all written on his face, unlike Taizong, who can't express his emotions and anger in his speech. He's also very convoluted and can be called the Riddler of Daqi, but he's still a little narrow-minded.

He didn’t inherit at all the joy and magnanimity passed down from his ancestors as the Emperor of Da Qi!

"Ahem!" Seeing that the emperor was too deeply involved in the drama and Wan Chengxun was still lying on the ground pitifully, Jia Hui couldn't stand it anymore and coughed quickly.

He coughed several times in a row, until Jia Hunfei was about to cough up. The emperor was interrupted by the cough, and looked at Jia Hun with Taizu's sword hanging on his waist, patting his chest and gasping for breath. Taiwei.

"Tuberculosis?" The emperor seemed to suddenly think of something, and quickly took two steps back. He didn't care about his anger, and quickly covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves, his eyes showing disgust mixed with fear.

The emperor's eyes were so direct that Jia Hui was so angry that he stopped caring about the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers and rolled his eyes at the emperor.

But there was still something to be said. Faced with the emperor's slightly wary gaze, Jia Hui took the initiative to meet it, and then immediately looked at Wan Chengxun lying on the ground, trying to draw the emperor's eyes over.

"Huh?" The emperor saw Jia Hui looking at him and then slowly shifted his gaze. This made the emperor unable to react for a while. It was not until Jia Hui repeated it many times that he gave up and spoke directly. Finally understanding what Jia Hui wanted to express, his face turned red and he quickly asked Wan Chengxun, who was still lying on the ground, to stand up.

Ugh.

Suddenly there were many sighs in the hall.

"Ahem!" This time it was the emperor who coughed. At this moment, he had returned to His Majesty Dan in three steps and two steps at a time, and sat upright.

"My fellow ministers, I want to repair the Yellow River!"

"No, Your Majesty!" According to the usual practice, when the emperor wants to implement the decree, someone will always jump out to refute it and state the pros and cons!

After many rounds of push and pull, a policy will not be officially announced and implemented until 70% of the people in both civil and military classes agree to support it.

I saw a minister wearing a five-beam crown rush out of the literature class, jog a few steps to the center of the hall and quickly kneel down to show his determination: "Your Majesty, you must never build a river!"

First, he set the tone of his painful statement of interests, and then turned his head to look at Wan Chengxun, who was staring at him with evil eyes: "Wan Yuanwailang, have you forgotten how Qianliang died? Taizu Why did you raise the army again?"

In addition to the increasingly heavy military expenditures, the heavy burden brought by long-term river construction is also one of the important reasons for Liang's death.

"Fuck your mother!" Wan Chengxun, an honest man who didn't listen to what was going on outside the window and only focused on building the Yellow River, suffered the consequences of not staying in court for long. He had no idea that there was such a procedure for monarchs and ministers to fight each other, so he believed it. I felt that my hard work over the past four years had been completely let down, and I was instantly furious!

"Huh?" The civil servant who left work looked at Wan Chengxun, who looked angry but didn't seem to be fake, with a suspicious look on his face, and felt timid in his heart.

What's going on with this guy? Didn't your teacher tell you about the rules in the court?

In the literature class, Wan Chengxun's teacher, Gan Xu, who has now been promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry, secretly said that he was going to be in trouble.

This kid didn't come to me yesterday, and I thought he knew these rules and didn't summon him to come to my place for special instructions!

He was thinking wildly in his heart, and at the same time as his traitor was getting angry, Ganxu suddenly felt several teasing eyes falling on him.

In the middle of the hall, the furious Wan Chengxun did not feel the almost pleading look of his master at all. Instead, he strode up to the civil servant and looked at him angrily!

"You mean Qianliang died in repairing the river?" Wan Chengxun asked directly without any honorific or courtesy.

Seeing that Wan Chengxun was so rude and disrespectful of his seniors, the civil servant also became angry: "Excessive taxation is the root cause of Qianliang's demise, but it is also inseparable from the perennial river repair!"

"Fart! The Yellow River burst its banks and changed its course in the middle of the previous dynasty! Compared with the floods at that time, the current flooding of the Yellow River is like not having enough food. If the river was not repaired, the previous dynasty would have perished even faster! You Do you know anything about water conservancy?" Wan Chengxun scolded, completely unaware of the official's increasingly livid face.

"Concubine is rude!" Although they were both fifth-rank officials, the huge gap in qualifications, both as seniors in the imperial examination and in actual age, as well as the most fatal industry boss's doubts about those who did not pretend to understand politics, made the civil officials angry. In an instant, he punched Wan Chengxun in the eye with a fist!

He simply still retained the last bit of sanity and didn't use the wat board to open the gourd for him!

"Ah! I hate your mother!" The civil servant almost broke his face with a punch. The severe pain completely aroused Wan Chengxun's honest man's ferocity buried deep in his bones. He threw away the wat board and raised the large casserole. The calloused iron fist went to kill him!

"Quickly stop them! Zeng Yushi will be beaten to death by Shoudao!" Seeing that the two of them got really angry and started fighting as expected, Gan Xu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was sitting in the literary class, immediately jumped up and rushed towards the center of the hall. Fight!

"Shou Dao" is Wan Chengxun's word.

Others don't know Wan Chengxun's combat prowess. Don't you, who is both his mentor and immediate boss, know that?

That's a lot of crazy tendon meat from a whole day of high-intensity training carrying big bags on the embankment!

In the opposite martial arts class, probably less than 10% of those in the opposite martial arts class have Wan Chengxun's beautiful and strong tendons!

Coupled with his dull and honest personality and taciturn temperament, he is a typical honest person who will be beaten to death when angry. If he didn't stop the fight, it wouldn't be surprising that Zeng Yushi would be beaten to death!

The civil and military officials who were stunned by the quick and clean fight between the two men were finally awakened by Gan Xu's loud shouting and hurriedly ran to start a fight!

It’s no wonder that the experienced civil and military personnel were in a daze. According to the usual practice, the fight should start when one of them can’t quarrel with the other, but these two people skipped the middle process and started fighting directly!

"The fucking fight started again." Jia Hui, who was ranked first in the martial arts class, covered his face with his sleeves in pain for the first time.

Is there anything wrong with the feng shui of this Mingtang? Why are people fighting every now and then? He, a general, can hardly stand it anymore!

Why can't you talk calmly and calmly?

(End of this chapter)