Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 102
After hearing this, Jin Fu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the other courtyard where the minister lives has been tidied up. If the Emperor's wife does not abandon it, it is enough to stay."

After hearing this, Shi Yi wanted to scold him.

The emperor nodded and said: "You first send someone to send your mother back to rest, and I will go to the river with you."

Chen Wenxin hurriedly said: "Why waste this time? The ministers and concubines go with the emperor, so that they can see the suffering of the people with their own eyes, and return to the palace to teach the palace people to be diligent and thrifty."

What he said was so general that even Jin Fu gave her a high look.

The emperor stopped talking, abandoned the carriage, got on his horse and went straight to the embankment.

There are many places along the way that horse-drawn carriages cannot pass, and the wheels may be directly stuck in muddy water.

The carriage was first transported to Jin Fu's other courtyard, and Chen Wenxin followed the emperor on horseback.

Chen Wenyi always followed her horse, fearing that she would fall if she was not proficient in riding a horse.

Bai Lu Baishuang didn't dare to go back to the other courtyard first, so she insisted on following her to serve her.Just like Li Dequan and Xiao Lizi, they sat on the back of the soldiers' horses.

Before reaching the embankment, I heard the sound of water rushing.

Also located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the water they saw in the Dezhou section was gentle and quiet.

As for the section of water in Suqian, the current is fast, and there are many tables, chairs, benches, and even live pigs rolled in the water.

Sandbags are tightly piled up at the breach of the embankment, and small streams of water flow out from the gaps in the sandbags.

Someone shouted: "That's a living person!"

I saw an old man wearing a cloth scarf wrapped in the rushing water of the Yellow River, who seemed to be a farmer.

He was washed down from the upper reaches, and when he saw that there were many soldiers on the shore, he waved vigorously to the shore and shouted: "Help, help!"

His voice was hoarse and weak, probably he had been drifting for a long time.

As if he was afraid that everyone would not see him, he took off the cloth scarf on his head and waved it in his hand.

A group of soldiers and officers saw that a person was swept up in the river, but there was nothing they could do.

With such water conditions, one will be swept away one by one.They could only watch from the shore and could not save the person in the water.

"Second brother, he is about 200 meters away from us."

Chen Wenxin came up with this sentence without thinking, only to see Chen Wenyi nodded knowingly.

She stared at the pocket watch in her hand and handed it to Chen Wenyi, "I will be under that bridge in about 2 minutes."

Chen Wenxin pointed to the arch bridge not far away, "Is that bridge still usable?"

Jin Fu hurriedly replied: "Yes, it can be used!"

Chen Wenyi picked up a bundle of hemp ropes on the ground and ran to the bridge, with Yu Jie and others following behind him.

I saw Chen Wenyi got on the bridge and fixed the hemp rope on the pier.He tugged hard, and said to Yu Jie, "Tighten the rope for me."

He clenched the hemp rope tightly with one hand, and leaned over to the river, making everyone jump with fear.

With hemp rope between his feet, he slid headfirst towards the river.The old man struggling in the river seemed to see hope, and tried to move towards his direction.

The place Chen Wenyi picked was almost directly in front of him, and he also considered the angle at which the river washed away the objects.The old man was caught by Chen Wenyi without any effort.

There was a burst of applause on the shore, and even the emperor clapped his hands and said, "Lan Xiang is really brave!"

People caught it, but it is still unknown whether they can get it up.

Chen Wenxin frowned and looked at him, his body was facing down, unable to use his strength.The old man had been drifting in the river for a long time, and he had no strength for a long time.

How to get him up there?

Jin Fu also shook his head and said: "Although General Chen is very brave, he will not be able to stop the force of the flood in the long run. It is not easy to hold two people with a rope."

If one rope is not enough, how about an extra one?
Chen Wen made up his mind, and hurriedly asked Xiao Lizi to bring another bundle of hemp rope, "Tell Yu Jie and the others to hang down the rope, and the second brother grabbed the old man and asked the old man to tie the rope around his waist."

"Send a few more soldiers to drag the old man up, so that the second brother doesn't have to drag him up a rope."

Xiao Lizi took the order and rushed over with a few soldiers.

Sure enough, the old man was smoothly dragged up by the soldiers with a rope tied around his waist.

Then Chen Wenyi turned over and quickly climbed up the rope.

A doctor rushed up to treat the old man. Jin Fu laughed and told the officers and soldiers: "Did you see it, did you see it? Just do it like this!"

"Lay ropes on the bridge along the river, and if any more people are washed into the water, rescue them like this!"

Jin Fu bowed his hands respectfully to Chen Wenxin again, "Your Majesty has a plan, how could this stupid minister not think of it!"

When he said this, not to mention the embarrassment of the other adults around him, even the emperor was a little awkward.

Chen Wenxin explained, "When I was young, I was by the river with my second brother, and saw a laundry woman's clothes washed away. That's how my second brother hung upside down in the water to pick her up."

She only thought of saving people just now, but now that everyone has been saved, she doesn't want to take credit for these officials.

It is inevitable that there is suspicion of showing off cleverness.

After everyone heard this, the emperor said to Jin Fu: "In Suqian alone, how many casualties are there now? How many are missing? How much are the houses damaged?"

Jin Fu looked behind him, and an official wearing a colored glaze came forward and cupped his hands and said, "My minister Suqian county magistrate, please be safe with the emperor. There are 27 villages and towns under the local jurisdiction, with a total of more than [-] dead. The wounded are not counted. More than [-] people were missing, and the houses were damaged..."

The emperor frowned and stared at him.

The Suqian county magistrate shook his shoulders and quickly lowered his head, "Destroyed more than [-] households."

The magistrate of Suqian played a sloppy eye. He didn't say how many houses were damaged, but how many households.

There are always several rooms in a family, and the number of rooms is naturally less than that of rooms.

Wang Xi understood the mystery, but just glanced at him, but didn't point it out.

It is useless to say it clearly, it will only make the emperor even more angry.

The emperor sighed: "More than [-] people are missing, and it is unknown how many people are still dying in this river. The local officers and soldiers quickly set up defenses everywhere on the river."

"The river must be cured, and the people must be saved!"

The emperor's words that people must be saved shocked everyone present.

"If there is not enough manpower, we will transfer it from other state capitals that have not been affected by the disaster, and the disaster must be controlled."

A group of local officials repeatedly said yes.

Chen Wenyi came down from the bridge, "Your Majesty, that old man claims to be from Ligou Village, Wangji Town, Suqian. According to him, the entire village of more than [-] households in Ligou Village was washed away by the flood and razed to the ground."

When he came down, he didn't hear what the county magistrate said, but he did hear what the emperor said, more than five hundred people were missing.

According to the old man's words, this is impossible.

Chen Wenyi would rather trust that kind of old man than local officials.

There are 27 towns under the jurisdiction of Suqian, and more than 600 houses were destroyed in just one village.And the Suqian county magistrate said that more than [-] households were destroyed. Is it possible?
The county magistrate looked up at the emperor timidly, only to see the emperor's face was angry.

"Your Majesty, the flood has only occurred for three days, and everything must be done to control the river. I have neglected to count the disaster situation in various places, and I beg the emperor to forgive me!"

He quickly knelt in the muddy ground, not caring whether it was clean or not.

The muddy water was slightly splashed onto Jin Fu's robe corner by him. Jin Fu pursed his lips and swept the corner of his robe impatiently.

Chen Wenxin did not ignore his action.

Presumably this old man has long been dissatisfied with the local officials, right?
The emperor was so angry that he kicked him on the shoulder, "Jihe? I see that you are clean and tidy, do you look like Zhihe?"

The emperor's foot left a muddy footprint on his shoulder, other than that, his upper body was clean and there was not even a speck of dust on his clothes.

Shi Yizhi and the others hurriedly looked at their clothes from behind, wishing to smear some mud on their bodies when the emperor couldn't see him.

He looked at the dirty Jin Fu, and cursed in his heart, Jin's black face would really please the emperor!

The emperor said loudly: "Take this county magistrate down, and replace him with someone who knows the number temporarily. You should take this as a warning, and I will not tolerate anyone who lies or cheats!"

The county magistrate was at a loss, not knowing what the emperor meant by taking it down.

Do you think he hates him for a while, or do you want to remove him from office, or kill him?
He looked for help to Tian Wen, governor of Jiangsu, Shi Yizhi, governor of Liangjiang, and Sang E, governor of water transport.

Isn't this the rhetoric we discussed?My lords can't help me!

Several adults who were watched by him looked away one after another.

Jin Fu glared at them, and said: "Your Majesty is exhausted, why don't you take a rest first. There are ministers on the dam, so you must always pay attention."

The emperor nodded, "Although the method of taking people from the river in Lanxiang is good, it requires a lot of physical strength for the people hanging below. When arranging manpower, you must choose brave and strong people, otherwise you will suffer harm instead of saving people."

"Don't worry, your majesty, please remember."

The emperor walked and talked to Jin Fu, "I often read your flood control memorials in the palace, and discussed the feasible strategies with all the great scholars."

"Talking about war on paper is not a real survey of the water regime after all. The water regime I have seen today is dangerous. I am afraid that the dam will not be able to last for a long time."

Jin Fu said: "Everywhere along the river, there are levee breaks, dams, and densely populated places. There are soldiers working in shifts day and night to check. The people in the dangerous low-lying areas have also temporarily moved to high ground. I will definitely repair the broken dykes as soon as possible."

Chen Wenxin saw that only Jin Fu was in front of him, and the other officials were left behind by the emperor.Wang Xi and others came with her all the way to the south, and they are very familiar with her, so there is no need to avoid it.

She thought for a while and said, "Since there are so many destroyed houses, where are the displaced people living?"

The emperor subconsciously paid more attention to the fortification of the river embankment, and reducing the recurrence of disasters is the most important thing, but the people who have already been affected by the disaster cannot ignore it.

Jin Fu reported: "Nowadays, the government is responsible for placing them in spacious gentry mansions, or building temporary tents on hillside highlands."

"I'm afraid this is still the case in Suqian County. Will the government come forward to resettle people in remote villages?"

Chen Wenxin keenly grasped the crux of the problem, and the emperor frowned upon hearing this.

Jin Fu was speechless, and the emperor would not blame him for this matter.

His name is the governor of Henan Province, and he is responsible for the practical work of the governor of the river. It is a great good to be able to do the river regulation well.

The local officials are in charge of resettling the local disaster victims.

(End of this chapter)