Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 246
Above the court hall, hundreds of officials talked about it.The emperor sat on the dragon chair, looking impatiently at the old men below.If it weren't for the stubbornness of these guys, they were still loyal to him, and now he really had the urge to push out and chop.Fortunately, the emperor was not that stupid king, so he held back his anger and listened to what these people said.

"Lord Hu, Lord Du, since the two of you said that God punished you, why did Zhendong County, which is also in the north, suffer from the same heavy rain, but it was not damaged at all? Is there any god in Zhendong that can't protect you? This is purely It's nonsense." Pengcheng directly confronted these two old stubborn.

"The east of the town was not affected by the disaster because all the dikes and dams in the county were rebuilt during the Spring Festival in Zhendong County. At that time, Linzhi County had a memorial, saying that it was a warning from the local old farmers that this year was prone to disasters. At that time, didn’t you all believe it? Didn’t the prefect of Longzhou still play the impeachment of the magistrate Lin? What about now? The prefect of Longzhou belongs to him who called Huan, and three memorials came in five days, asking the court for assistance Humph, why did you go early? If he could build water conservancy projects in advance like Linzhi County, even if it is heavy rain this time, at least there will be protection from various dams, and there will be no serious casualties. Why did the emperor write at this time? What kind of crime?" Peng Cheng didn't care about that, these old guys can find trouble every day if they don't do serious business.This time, I had to let it out well.So regardless of his low official position, he just argued with these people in the court.

Pengcheng's words hit the point, and Hu Yushi and Mr. Du didn't know how to refute for a while.The two popular blushes had thick necks, and they just stood there looking at Peng Cheng with their necks stuck.

"Your Majesty, this Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Water has no respect for his eyes. He should be punished for confronting the superior in court. Please also give justice to the old minister." This Hu Yushi knelt down on the ground and began to cry.

Lu Shaojin will not let him go. You must know that what Pengcheng said just now can be said to be very satisfying. How could he let others bully Pengcheng? "Hu Yushi, you don't have to rely on the old to sell the old here. Why are you confronting the superior? Are you the superior? The minister of the Ministry of Industry hasn't spoken yet? What are you? Besides, what he said is right. Let’s talk about their own reasons, so why contradict? Mr. Hu, let’s get up quickly. We’re arguing about these meaningless things here. Why don’t we think about how to deal with the disaster? So many disaster victims in the north are displaced. I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat at the moment. If I have the time to argue with you here, it's better to quickly raise food and send it to the north. "

"Lu Qing's family and Yue Qing's family are right. This incident is a natural disaster as well as a man-made disaster. As the parents and officials of one party, you can't take a long-term view and be indifferent to major issues such as farmland and water conservancy. This has caused heavy losses in this flood. As for Lin Zixuan, the magistrate of Zhendong County, it is rare to be able to think of the severe flood during the severe drought. This is not the time to pursue responsibility, but to arrange disaster relief first. When everything is settled properly, those who deserve the award should I won’t miss any of them. Alright, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry will quickly draw up a regulation, and disaster relief is the most important thing.” The emperor really didn’t want to listen to these old stubborn people talking nonsense, so he decided to retire. towards.

When the emperor retired from the court, he also quietly called Pengcheng, Yunfei and Mingyu to the imperial study room, and everyone discussed things together.Wen Han has been sent to other places to be the county magistrate, but now Wen Chang is by the emperor's side as a living man.The emperor also saw that Wenchang was too young, and wanted to take him with him to practice for a while.

"Mingyu, Yunfei, see if you can bring some people and hurry to the north to see what's going on?" the emperor asked.

"This is possible, although there are some places where the roads are impassable. However, it is not a problem to bring more soldiers, open roads in the mountains, and build bridges in the water. I will go for this. Yunfei is responsible for the safety of the emperor, or It's better not to leave Beijing easily." Ming Yu replied.

Yun Fei is now the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, the safety of the entire imperial palace rests entirely on him, and he cannot easily leave the capital.

"Alright, I will trouble Yudi with this matter. I can rest assured if you go. Others, I really don't know how truthful they can be when they come back. Yunfei also follows. He is good at martial arts and can protect you. Zhen There is nothing wrong here." The emperor nodded in satisfaction, and then said, "There is also this matter of disaster relief, please share your thoughts, since I have been enthroned, I have never encountered such a disaster."

Pengcheng stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the usual practice in the past is to first investigate the extent of the disaster, and then the court organizes disaster relief. The most common method is of course to distribute food to the people, and then reduce or exempt taxes. But, Sometimes, for the sake of their political achievements, local officials will often collect taxes first, regardless of the life and death of the victims. When the imperial court's decree goes down, the taxes and taxes will be paid long ago, so the people are just empty-handed. The first half didn’t get any benefits. In some places, the imperial court clearly set aside food for disaster relief and set up porridge sheds for distributing porridge. However, those corrupt officials withdrew from it, resulting in no porridge to be given, so that the people starved to death in the porridge shed Therefore, if the imperial court wants to provide disaster relief, it must select people who can truly consider the common people, so that the common people can truly benefit from it, so as to live up to the painstaking efforts of the emperor."

Pengcheng had stayed by the emperor's side before, so he knew the emperor's temper best.Knowing that the young emperor in front of him could hear the truth, that's why he said it so bluntly.If it was replaced by that narrow-minded person, I am afraid that what Peng Cheng said would cause disaster.

The emperor nodded after listening, "You still understand my thoughts best. In this way, I will immediately transfer Wenhan back, plus Wenchang, and Mingyu, and you will go to the north together. I believe that you will definitely do things for the people. Yes." Mingyu was sent there because Mingyu, the prince of Fu, was in charge and could persuade those local officials.In addition, these people are all from the same family, and the emperor also understands their character, so he can't do that kind of corruption.

In fact, in the imperial court, it is not necessary to have only these few talents, some are good ministers who can be loyal to the emperor and serve the country.The emperor just wanted them to make meritorious deeds. After all, if these things are done well, it will be easy to see the merits, so that these people can be promoted in a legitimate way.

When Pengcheng heard this, he became happy.They haven't been able to get together for a long time. It would be great if they could do something together this time. "Thank you, Your Majesty, we will definitely do our best to share your majesty's worries and problems."

"Okay, as long as you have a family, a country, a country, and the people in the court, I believe you will be able to do a good job. You guys should discuss this matter carefully and come up with a charter. You must know exactly what to do. That's all right. Well, I'm a little tired, you all go back." These days, the emperor was worried all day long, so he really couldn't cheer up.

A group of people hurriedly retreated, and then came out of the palace.Naturally, everyone went to Mingyu's palace to discuss what to do.

And at this moment, on the banks of the Nuoni River in the north, Zixuan looked at the raging river, wishing he didn't even blink his eyes.For fear of a moment's negligence, the flood flooded the embankment.

After the efforts of thousands of people, a second flood embankment was finally built on top of the embankment.Due to limited conditions, the second flood embankment was only filled with sand and soil in sacks, and then piled up. Of course, wooden piles were also indispensable.But this kind of temporary flood control embankment is naturally not as effective as the kind of embankment below.

"Master, the rain has stopped." The person next to him shouted happily.

Zixuan looked up, sure enough, the rain had stopped.Zixuan heaved a sigh of relief, the breath that was suffocated in his heart finally came out. "Well, it's God's mercy that the rain stopped at this time. We have to pay attention all the time. If the rain stops here, then we will be considered a success."

Zixuan looked at the water of the river, it was not even half a foot away from the top of the embankment, thinking to himself that he was lucky.Thanks to the timely stop of the rain, if it takes another half an hour, the flood may have to overflow the embankment.

"Leave some people here to watch, and the rest go to the village to rest. We have been guarding here for three days and three nights, and everyone is very tired. Mr. Zhao, you take people to rest first , I'll watch here." Zixuan arranged for people to take shifts to rest.

"My lord, I'm still here, my lord, let's go rest first." Zhao Xiancheng said.

"It's okay, I'm young, and I'm in good spirits. I'll be fine if I persist for another day. After all, Mr. Zhao, you are already there, so let's go and rest first. You can replace me when you recover. The rain has stopped now." If you can rest, take the time to rest, who knows if the rain will continue?" Zixuan did not agree, but persuaded Zhao Xiancheng to go back and rest quickly.

This county magistrate Zhao is now in his forties, so he is naturally inferior to a young man of Zixuan's age mentally.At this moment, his mind is really a mess, and he feels a little shaky when he walks.So he didn't insist, but after thanking Zixuan, he took the people away.

Zixuan stood on the temporary flood embankment, looked at the river in front of him, and prayed secretly in his heart, hoping that the rain would stop here and stop falling.Otherwise, I am afraid that this place will really become a water town.

Those who stayed on the embankment took off their capes and threw them directly on the ground.Then everyone just sat on top of the coir raincoat and talked loudly.After a long period of mental tension, everyone felt that there was not a single spot on their bodies that did not hurt.

"Everyone can talk, but don't fall asleep, hold on for a while. When those people rest well, they will come to replace us." Zixuan said quickly.

(End of this chapter)