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Chapter 34 Lingchuan Disaster [Please collect and read]

Zhao Yu glanced down and said lightly: "Talk."

Chu Ziwen, the imperial censor, bowed and saluted, and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the floods in Lingchuan Mansion have become more and more serious. The flood season started in late July and has lasted for more than a month. The dams along the river are in disrepair and have been washed away by heavy rains. There is absolutely nothing we can do in the face of the surge in river water. Now Lingchuan Mansion has almost become a vast ocean, and the people have been destroyed. Please make a quick decision to save the people from the fire and water."

As soon as the words fell, the entire Taiji Hall was in an uproar, with whispers one after another.

"I only knew that Lingchuan Mansion was raining again and again, but I didn't expect such a flood to happen!"

"The disaster is so serious, what does the magistrate of Lingchuan Prefecture do to eat, and why does he hide it and not report it?"

"Also, if the dam hadn't been washed away by the flood, how could the flood be so serious? It's been in disrepair for a long time? It seems that the Ministry of Industry also needs to rectify it!"

Seeing that the whole hall was in a mess and almost turned into a vegetable market, Zhao Yu frowned slightly and gestured to Gao Lishi with his eyes.

Gao Lishi understood, and flicked down the whisk in his hand.

"Snapped!"

There was only an explosion, which suppressed all the noise in the hall.

Gao Lishi looked at the people in the hall and said sharply:

"quiet!"

There was an instant silence in the Tai Chi Hall.

"Chu Qing, continue talking."

Chu Ziwen, the official censor, heard the words and continued to report: "Your Majesty, I believe that the most urgent task is to appease the victims and prevent civil uprisings. What's more, if some of the refugees link up with the Qi State, the entire eastern coast may be plunged into chaos. In turmoil."

Zhao Yu couldn't help but nodded when he heard this.

Lingchuan Mansion is located in the southeast of Great Chu, adjacent to the Jinghai and Ningjiang prefectures, and across the river from these two prefectures are the three Jiangbei prefectures captured by Qi during the Mingzong period.

The civil uprising is not terrible, what is terrible is that the Qi State sent troops to cross the river, echoing the Lingchuan Mansion civil uprising.

If that time really comes, Jinghai and Ningjiang Second Mansion will be in danger!

"Minister, I implore Your Majesty to open warehouses to help the people, and at the same time let the neighboring prefectures and counties do their best to accommodate the victims, and we must not let the victims turn into civil uprisings."

Zhong Yi, Shangshu of the Ministry of punishment, also came out to play.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a cold snort in the hall.

"Hmph! Zhong Shangshu, opening the warehouse to put food in is easy to say!"

Hubu Shangshu Ma Xinyi stood up and said with a gloomy face:

"Not to mention the tens of thousands of victims, even if all the grain stored in the granaries of surrounding counties were transported to Lingchuan Prefecture, it would still be a drop in the bucket and there would be no way to fill so many mouths!
What's more, everyone, don't forget that although the past two years were good years, in recent years, the Dian Kingdom has been eyeing the southwest, and our army has to gather here. These tens of thousands of soldiers eat horses, and the frontier army has insufficient food and grass. .The Empress Dowager once issued a decree, ordering nearly one-third of the grain stored in the household department to be transported to the southwest to be used as military rations.

The remaining grain in several large granaries in Kyoto Prefecture can barely supply the operation of Kyoto Prefecture and the surrounding counties.

If it is true according to Zhong Shangshu's words, open warehouses to release grain, then it is unknown whether those victims will starve to death, but the hundreds of thousands of people in the capital, as well as you and my officials, Your Majesty, will starve to death! "

On the dragon chair, Zhao Yu looked at the quarrel between Ma Xinyi, the Minister of Revenue, Zhong Yi, the Minister of Punishment, and Chu Ziwen, the imperial censor, and his eyes gradually narrowed.

The confrontation between these three people was actually a confrontation between the General Fuguo and the Empress Dowager Xuande, even when Emperor Daxing was in power, such scenes were commonplace.

But today, Zhao Yu smelled something unusual.

In the past, it was just a simple verbal confrontation, but today, even the royalist Chu Ziwen participated in it. After a few rounds, Ma Shangshu's temples were covered with cold sweat.

"Ma Shangshu, I would like to ask you a question. During the reign of Emperor Daxing, droughts and floods occurred in our country. However, at that time, the Ministry of Revenue opened warehouses to release grain, but it was released without any discount. . How come in just a few years, the Ministry of Household Affairs doesn’t even have enough grain to open a warehouse for disaster relief?”

Chu Ziwen, the imperial historian, asked with a sneer.

"You...surnamed Chu, you are slandering others and slandering your colleagues!"

Hearing what the other party said, Ma Xinyi trembled with anger.

"Hmph, Master Ma, you know very well whether I am a slanderer or not!"

Chu Ziwen snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and robe, turned around and saluted Zhao Yu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said:
"Your Majesty, Chu Ziwen, the imperial censor, impeached Ma Xinyi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, for accepting bribes and embezzling the grain reserves of the Ministry of Finance. The amount was very large! He impeached Ma Xian, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, for neglecting his duties, substituting inferior products, and even facing floods. The dams built by Lingchuan Prefecture will become soft as soon as they are soaked, and they will collapse as soon as they are washed away, otherwise, why would the floods be so severe that the lives of the people will be lost and the people will be displaced!"

Hearing the words, all the officials in the palace subconsciously raised their eyes to look at the figure sitting on the dragon chair.

The rain is coming from the wind!
Ma Xinyi looked at the silent figure on the dragon chair, and his heart fell straight down.

Also, as the leader of the Queen Mother's Party, how could the new emperor find him so pleasing to the eye that he wished he could disappear from the court as soon as possible.

After listening to the verbal battle between the two, Zhao Yu couldn't help but be speechless in secret.

Good fellow, this Chu Ziwen deserves to be the No. [-] figure in the Overwatch Council. If he disagrees with him, he will impeach the two ministers. His combat effectiveness is simply beyond the charts.

"You two Ma Qings, what do you two have to say?"

A moment later, Zhao Yu's deep voice sounded in the Tai Chi Hall.

"Your Majesty, I am very old. Most of the matters in the Ministry of Industry are handled by Zuo Shilang. What I said is not to shirk responsibility. All my colleagues in the ministry can testify."

Ma Xian, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, walked out of the queue tremblingly and said slowly.

As soon as these words came out, Liang Zhuo didn't need to raise his head, he could feel a murderous gaze cast directly on him from above the throne.

Damn old man Ma!

Liang Zhuo cursed secretly in his heart, and was about to stand up and defend himself, but he saw a figure flashing in the corner of his eyes, and then a voice that he was familiar with and could no longer be familiar with.

"My lord, Liu Bo, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, is willing to guarantee with his life that Ma Shangshu will never say anything false. Since last year, Ma Shangshu often complained that he was ill at home, and all affairs in the Ministry of Industry have been handled by Liang Zhuo, the left minister."

You, you, you...Liu Laosan, you have made trouble, you will die!

As soon as Liu Bo said this, Liang Zhuo felt dizzy and cold.

On the throne, Zhao Yu nodded, indicating that he was aware of it, and then looked at the other party involved, Ma Xinyi, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue.

Sensing the emotionless gaze, Hubu Shangshu Ma Xinyi's heart sank suddenly.

I am a member of the Queen Mother's Party, but the relationship between the Queen Mother and His Majesty does not seem to be harmonious.

Even the most important coronation ceremony, Queen Mother Xuande did not show up.

Now, faced with such a situation, what should I do?
As the saying goes, ants are greedy for life, let alone humans?

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and he calmed down. Until now, he could only bite the bullet and said:

"Your Majesty, all the grain stored in the many granaries of the Ministry of Households are registered in the register. Your Majesty will find out if you are greedy for ink! I have been an official for decades and have been working hard. I have never accepted bribes, let alone a penny of money or food ! Doctor Chu’s impeachment is completely outrageous, fabricated out of nothing! It’s a blatant slander!”

After hearing this feeble explanation, Zhao Yu secretly sneered in his heart.

Heh, since ancient times, every corrupt official has said this...

Chu Ziwen, the official censor, snorted coldly and said:
"Ma Shangshu, whether this is corruption or not does not mean that you have said otherwise. Although your Majesty has just ascended the throne, he has inherited the wisdom of the previous emperors and knows every detail at a glance! Your Majesty, I sincerely ask you to hand it over to the Supervisory Yuan for investigation, and we will surely find out Prove evidence that the Minister of Ma is greedy for money and food!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yu almost couldn't help laughing.

Good guy, it turns out that they are not only corrupt officials, but the crow censors at Yushitai have been the same since ancient times.

As long as they give an order from above, they can pick out the bones from the eggs for you.

However, you can't say that these censors have no evidence and are completely false accusations.

After all, they have the right to hear rumors and report things. It is the instinct of these crows to listen to wind and rain.

(End of this chapter)