Big Song Xiaohou Ye

Chapter 47 The Yellow River Floods
Li Ce was anxiously considering how to refuse, when there was a sound of hurried footsteps, "Report!" A messenger came running panting.

"My lord, the flood in Yizhou has been investigated clearly." The messenger ordered the soldier to wipe off his sweat and said urgently.

"speak!"

"The flood here is caused by heavy rain. The embankment burst and a large number of farmlands were flooded. The people..." The soldier who sent the order hesitated, and looked up at Chen Yaozuo carefully.

"Speak!" Chen Yaozuo frowned.

"Yes! According to preliminary estimates, there have been more than 3 casualties..."

"Bang!" Chen Yaozuo shouted, "What?! Thirty thousand civilian casualties?!"

"My lord... this is the number calculated by the county magistrate of Yizhou. According to the investigation of my subordinates, I'm afraid... it is more than that." The soldier answered bravely.

Chen Yaozuo stood there dumbfounded as if he had been cast a spell on his body. After a long time, he sat down slumped, and said in a deep voice, "How much is it, tell me."

"There are corpses all over the place, children and old people are horrible, at least fifty thousand... and there are still many people whose whereabouts are unknown, I'm afraid it's too bad or bad..."

This time the flood was so severe that it has seriously exceeded Chen Yaozuo's estimation. According to his experience, the casualties were so heavy at the beginning of the flood. After a while, the number may double.At the beginning, Li Ce didn't think the flooding of the Yellow River was a big deal. He used to study history, and often saw text descriptions of the flooding and diversion of the Yellow River. Today, he listened to the soldiers' report on the spot, especially when he heard the number of "corpses everywhere, fifty thousand" , was even more shocked, more than 5 lives were gone in an instant, the shock it brought him was a little hard to accept, thinking of his selfish thoughts just now, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed.

"Come here, pass on the order, and the heads of the chambers will come quickly to discuss matters!" Chen Yaozuo quickly calmed down, the most important thing at the moment is disaster relief, time is life, and any delay will result in more casualties.

After a while, the generals of the various armies hurried over one after another.Standing behind Chen Yaozuo, Li Ce took a look secretly, there were four people who came, Guan Yiqi was among them, and He Jianjun.

After all the lords and generals arrived, Chen Yaozuo began to speak, "I am calling everyone here urgently today. I think everyone has heard that the Yellow River in Yizhou has burst, and there are floods. The people are in dire straits and urgently need rescue. The forbidden army guards the chamber, and the rest of the chambers go with me to rescue the disaster, what do you think?"

Several commanders listened and looked at each other in blank dismay. Is the flood in Yizhou so serious?Want to mobilize most of the troops to rescue the disaster?What if the Liao people come to knock on the pass?
Sure enough, generals soon objected.

"My lord, my subordinates think that our primary task is to guard the border, and disaster relief is not our job." The person who spoke was named Sun Du, who was also the commander of the capital.

Li Ce saw that the words were so ruthless, he couldn't help but looked up at Sun Zhi, and saw that he had a narrow forehead, high cheekbones, and he really looked bitter and mean.

As soon as Sun Zhi finished speaking, another general named Wang Youcai objected on the spot: "General Sun's words are wrong, if we just sit back and watch, I am afraid that when this matter is brought up in the future, the officials in the court will not let it go." Let me wait, when the time comes, I will inevitably be dismissed from office and ransacked the house!"

"Hmph, those rotten scholars know nothing, and they will show off their tongues. As the saying goes, the king's orders will not be accepted. If this matter is brought up in the future, we will say that it is the time when the Liao people are invading, and there is no manpower available. We can delay it." In the past." He Jianjun said with a displeased expression.

Chen Yaozuo frowned, his face seemed displeased, seeing that Guan Yiqi remained silent, he asked, "What do you think, old officer?"

"Rescue!" Guan Yiqi answered clearly and simply.

Chen Yaozuo frowned tightly, a little troubled, although he was the economic envoy of West Hebei Road, in charge of the affairs of West Hebei Road, but the mobilization of the army was not entirely up to him. The general guarding the frontier, and the Privy Council, if the superintendent and a few lieutenants insist on not sending troops, Chen Yaozuo can't force the troops to be transferred, otherwise the Privy Council will investigate in the future, and the charges of privately transferring troops will be counted as conspiracy!But if it is played lightly to the court, it will take at least half a month to go back and forth, how can the people of Yizhou wait for half a month.

A few people headed by He Jianjun were not in favor of sending troops to rescue the disaster, Chen Yaozuo and Guan Yiqi naturally agreed, and Wang Youcai had no opinion, so the two sides fell into a stalemate.

"Ahem... that... I was not qualified to speak in front of all the adults, but I, Li Ce, had to say it." Li Ce coughed twice to break the silence.

Seeing that it was this kid again, He Jianjun gave a cold snort of disdain.

Chen Yaozuo nodded to signal Li Ce to continue.

Li Ce took a deep breath and said, "Dare to ask, my lords, what do we mean when we wait for the army to station at the border?"

"It's a joke, of course it's about protecting the environment and the people." Sun Zhi sneered, this kid is neither big nor young, there is no room for him to intervene in the military's discussion, but because of Chen Yaozuo's face, he didn't ridicule too much.

"Okay, I think the other generals think so too?" Li Ce looked at the others with a smile and asked.Naturally, no one would object to his asking this way, and they all nodded their heads slightly, and no one knew what kind of medicine this kid was selling in his gourd.

"Okay, that's good. Your lords are really good officials who love the people like their sons." Li Ce suddenly put on a high hat, but the face full of smiles on this guy made people feel a little treacherous...

"My lords, why did you give up your easy life and stay here for a long time in this bitter and cold place? It's for the people on West Hebei Road, and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment." After hearing such blatant flattery from this guy, everyone felt a little thin-skinned. Start to blush.

Li Ce ignored their blushes, and suddenly made a heartbroken expression and said, "But the adults seem to have overlooked one thing."

Sun Zhi hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?" He was immersed in the great image Li Ce had created for himself, and was waiting for Li Ce to continue to praise him, but he didn't want this kid to change the subject, so he asked a question naturally in a hurry.

"The army stationed here is to protect the country and the people, but if the people are gone, why should we protect them? Who will provide us with taxes and supplies in the future? Cutting off the people is equivalent to cutting off our own rear supplies. !" Li Ce gradually put away his joking expression, and said seriously.

"Protecting the environment and the people is not just about resisting foreign aggression. Li Ce is right. I think everyone understands now. If we let the refugees in Yizhou rise up, I'm afraid no one will be able to bear this responsibility at that time! My decision has been made, He Jianjun, you leave a forbidden army to guard the Zhending Mansion, and the others will follow me to help Yizhou!" Chen Yaozuo was so angry that he quickly completed the order.

Li Ce's words cleverly occupied the commanding heights of morality. Sun Zhi and others wanted to object but couldn't open their mouths, so they had no choice but to agree. No more objections.

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