255. Accountability
The people who went to the yamen did not call back Yao Chongming, but only brought back the little guy next to Yao Chongming, and the little guy said, "The master has not returned to the yamen since he went to the court in the morning, and at noon there was an inner servant who came to spread the word that 'the adults of the Ministry of Industry should stay in the imperial study to discuss matters', but no one came to report at night!"
Xiao Miao was shocked when he heard this, Yao Chongming had no news all day, and he was even more anxious at the moment, and after thinking about it, he said, "Go to my aunt's house and ask to see if Dai Shangshu has come back!"
If the person who went to the Dai family brought it back, it only made Xiao Miao's eyes dark, "Dai Shangshu has come back, but ......"
"But what? you're going to finish it in one breath!" Xiao Miao was so anxious that he stood up. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"But the slave maid failed to enter the door of the Dai family, and the fact that Dai Shangshu had returned to the house was also inquired about by the slave and maid asking the concierge of the Dai family!"
Xiao Miao staggered back, didn't he say that the people in the Ministry of Industry had been left behind? Why did Dai Shangshu come back?
"Go to Xu Shilang's mansion and ask, see if Xu Shilang has returned!" Xu Shilang is the left waiter of the Ministry of Works.
The mother-in-law who went to the Dai family said cautiously, "The slave went to Xu Shilang's house when she came back from the Dai family, and Xu Shilang was also in the house!"
Xiao Miao sat on the chair behind him, "Is it only the master who has been left behind?"
Cui Yao stepped forward and comforted, "Maybe the old man got the emperor's blue eyes, or the old man had a different opinion about this flood, so he was stayed!"
Xiao Miao didn't believe it when she heard this, she was always worried about whether Yao Chongming had an accident.
Cui Yao said again, "Say something that shouldn't be said, if the old man commits a crime, there will always be people from the government who come to the house to ask, and now that no one from the government has come, it means that it is not a bad thing!"
Xiao Miao felt that what Cui Yao said made some sense, so he was a little relieved, but when he thought of Yao Kerou, who was still outside the city gate, he became anxious again.
Sometimes the absence of news isn't necessarily a bad thing, but that doesn't mean it's a good thing.
Yao Chongming has been kneeling in front of the imperial study for two full hours, not a drop of water has entered, where has Yao Chongming, who has been pampered since childhood, suffered such a crime, he really wants to relax his stiff body, but the attendants around him will remind him "kindly" when his body is slightly crooked, "Lord Yao should pay attention to his appearance, if he lets the emperor see it, he will be unhappy!"
Yao Chongming knelt here precisely because he made the emperor unhappy, to be precise, Yao Chongming angered the emperor.
The former emperor received the news that the Zhangzhou embankment had burst, which caused the flood of the Yuliang River, which led to the tragic disaster of the families and children of the dignitaries who were vacationing in the other courtyard, and the emperor's only daughter, Princess Duanyuan, was also in the courtyard.
The disappearance of Princess Duanyuan and the fainting of the queen added a bit of anger to the emperor, and the emperor went to the court with a raging rage, which burned a large number of courtiers, and all the officials involved in the construction of the Zhangzhou embankment were left behind after the next dynasty.
This group of people was unexpectedly scolded by the emperor again, and all the ministers were trembling and pleading guilty, the emperor spilled his anger, and the matter still had to be resolved!
It has been more than ten years since the construction of the embankment in Zhangzhou, so it stands to reason that the embankment that was specially renovated and reinforced in the first two years should hold on for at least another ten years.
The embankment built more than ten years ago has not had problems for ten years, but it broke down after repairing, and everyone will think that there was a problem during the repair, and the official who supervised the construction at the time of the renovation was Yao Chongming, so if you want to ask for the guilt, Yao Chongming is the first to bear the brunt, and the others are at most linked, so except for Yao Chongming, everyone else has a tacit understanding to kowtow and ask for guilt.
Yao Chongming also wanted to kowtow like them and ask for guilt, "The minister is guilty!", but he couldn't, if he dared to ask for guilt, he would definitely become really guilty, because he was the damn overseer! In order to clear up their own involvement, the other ministers would definitely unanimously push Yao Chongming out.
So Yao Chongming racked his brains to come up with a reason to excuse himself, "It's just an accident, an accident!"
It is indeed an accident that the embankment was smashed by a rock, but not everyone agrees with this accident, if everything can be explained by an accident, then what is the Ministry of Punishment used for, and what is Dali Temple used for.
"Accident?" the emperor snorted coldly, "Then Lord Yao is talking about what kind of accident method it is!"
Yao Chongming said badly in his heart, and stammered, "The Zhangzhou embankment is extremely strong, and it will not be a problem if there is no accident to be used for the last ten or eight years, but this time it was the collapse of the ganshan mountain that caused the embankment to burst...... If it hadn't been for the collapse of the gangue mountain, the embankment would not have burst......"
The emperor was furious, slapped the table and said, "Why did the gangue mountain collapse when it was so good?" It's not that you were lazy when you built the dam, and you dug up the stones directly from the gangue mountain in order to save trouble, and the foot of the mountain was hollowed out for you, so can the stones on the mountain not fall?"
Yao Chongming's body leaned lower, the original site for the dam was built because of the strong mountain of Ganshan, so the embankment was built against the mountain, and when he repaired it two years ago, it was indeed to save trouble, and he dug up stones directly from the gangue mountain, and at this time he was said by the emperor, and he couldn't even say anything to refute.
Seeing Yao Chongming's trembling look, the emperor was even more angry, but at this time, the specific reason for the embankment burst had not yet been investigated, and he couldn't directly ask Yao Chongming for the crime, so he had to say, "You go outside and think about it for me, when will you think clearly that this is not an accident and then talk back!"
As for what to think, he naturally knelt down and thought about it, Yao Chongming didn't dare to say that it was an accident, but he couldn't admit that it was because of himself that caused this accident.
Yao Chongming was carried back in the middle of the night, and he was still asleep when he was carried back.
"Hou Ye's blood is not smooth, and he hasn't eaten for a long time, so he fainted!" Putting down Yao Chongming's wrist, Doctor Ma skillfully prescribed a prescription.
Xiao Miao dragged her tired body and anxious mood to boil medicine and feed it to Yao Chongming, she didn't even have time to inquire about what happened to Yao Chongming, she originally planned to let Yao Chongming get the waist card to take Yao Kerou into the city, but now Yao Chongming is only afraid that he will not be able to protect himself.
Thinking that if Yao Kerou spent the night in the wild, he was afraid that his reputation would be ruined, and then looked at Yao Chongming who was sleeping, Xiao Miao only felt a burst of despair.
She had never wanted to be so anxious and uneasy now, when she was forced to share a husband with others, she accepted it very calmly, in the face of a fierce rival like the Fang family, she never flinched, when Yao Kerou's marriage was calculated, she also cleverly avoided it, but now, at this moment, she has never been powerless, she doesn't know what happened to Yao Chongming, and she doesn't know how to take her daughter into the city.
Just when Xiao Miao was helpless, someone suddenly came to report, "The old lady is back!"
Xiao Miao's spirit was excited, and immediately ran to the second gate, "Sister Rou'er......"