Chapter 8 The Great Drought

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At this time, Guan Guan was still leaning on the small pavilion by the lake to soak up the sun, looking at the "palace rules" leisurely, but he didn't know that Tong'an Hall had triggered a war without gunpowder because of her. Look at her plain face again, there is still a trace of pockmarks. I didn't go to the moon banquet, but I just took advantage of the fact that there was still a legitimate reason to clean up for a few more days.

Fang Rou waited for the moon banquet to end, and did not return to her Ling Xuezhai, so she rushed to Qiwuyuan first.

Seeing Fang Rou coming at this time, Guan Guan wondered, "Why did my sister come back so early, and the banquet is over?"

"The emperor left early, and the queen mother was not in the mood, so she let us all go back. This month's banquet began with a dialogue between the emperor and the queen mother, and ended with Wen Baolin's stunning piano skills. ”

Fang Rou told Guan Guan about the moon banquet. Guan Guan said worriedly: "It seems that the relationship between the emperor and the queen mother is not very good, and I am afraid that our life will be sad in the future." ”

"What's the point? That situation really scared me, good sister, you can't do this next time. Fang Rou patted her chest with palpitations.

"My sister is too worried, I am recuperating at the behest of the Queen Mother, everyone knows it. Guan Guan said with relief.

"But you're all well, how can you still look sick, if you are known by the outside......" Fang Rou complained.

"Sister, don't worry, isn't this all over? Besides, I am so good that they say it is all there. ”

"You, you're really a child!"

Guan Guan stuck out his tongue at her, and Fang Rou shook her head helplessly.

Guan Guan sighed secretly in his heart, yes, how long has it been since he has been so childish and freewheeling, and since when has it become a luxury......

"Brother Huang, you don't want to stay longer, what are you doing by calling me out, I don't want to offend the Queen Mother and her old man. Chu Tianyou followed behind and complained.

"It's still loaded. Chu Tianze ruthlessly exposed his careful thoughts, "Shouldn't you thank me for saving you from the sea of suffering?"

"Hehe, the emperor who knows me. However, it stands to reason that Brother Huang, shouldn't you have been like what is written in the book recently, 'The Furong tent is warm**, and the king will not be early in the dynasty from now on', why did you abandon all the beauties and be busy dealing with the government?"

"That's the faint monarch you're talking about!" Chu Tianze said coldly.

Chu Tianyou's face was full of black lines, he was really a ruthless guy. didn't give up and teased: "Wen Baolin, who is both beautiful and artistic, is very good, Brother Huang, you ......"

"Do you like it?" Chu Tianze glanced at him.

Chu Tianyou hurriedly waved his hand.

"You should also start a family! You can't do without a woman!" Chu Tianze couldn't stand it.

Chu Tianyou wanted to cry without tears, every time he talked to this imperial brother, he didn't have good fruit to eat, and finally retorted: "Imperial brother, if you don't want to talk, forget it, you can't slander my 'character', how can I have a mouth full of women, you say yes, Ah Xuan." ”

Fu Xuan couldn't help laughing, and replied respectfully: "Your Royal Highness King Ning, you just said a total of four sentences, the first sentence mentions 'Queen Mother', the second sentence mentions 'beautiful woman', the third sentence mentions 'Wen Baolin', and the fourth sentence mentions 'Ah Xuan', which is indeed a woman with a mouthful of mouths. ”

Chu Tianyou pretended to be angry, glared at Fu Xuan, and secretly complained in his heart, but he had nothing to say......

"His Royal Highness King Ning, don't make fun of the emperor. The emperor has always been like this, and you don't know that you haven't returned for many years. The emperor is looking for you for a serious matter. Fu Xuan saw that the two of them deviated from the topic, and couldn't help but say.

Yes, he was crowned king at the age of six, and he was sent to the north to be the king of the domain in the same year. As everyone knows, this is the first time Chu Tianyou has returned to Beijing in 14 years, and it is also the first time to visit his biological mother, Concubine Xu.

Chu Tianyou looked at Fu Xuan and sighed: "Our Xuan girl has really grown up, when we first met, we were still a little slug who followed the imperial brother and Fu Che all day long, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye." As he spoke, he looked up and down, "It's really getting more and more peugeot, look at this figure......"

"Ayou, not everyone you can laugh at!" Chu Tianze said coldly, "Let's go!"

Chu Tianyou had to shut up, not understanding why the imperial brother was so strict. Suddenly thought of something, suddenly realized, looked at Fu Xuan meaningfully, and grinned.

Fu Xuan was a little embarrassed by Chu Tianyou, and hurriedly lowered his head, but there was a smile in his eyes that could not be hidden.

As soon as the three of them arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Luo Lu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the two adults are already waiting in the inner hall. ”

"Hmm. Chu Tianze walked straight inside.

"Now that you know about the drought in the Northland, what do the two Qing family think?" Chu Tianze got straight to the point.

"Our Great Chu has always been rich, and although the north is located in the inland of the Central Plains, it is also rich in rain. However, since the beginning of spring this year, there has not been a single rain in the north, and this severe drought has caused the people to live in poverty. If the drought is not resolved as soon as possible, I am afraid that it will soon attract locust plagues, and it will be even more difficult to cause ****** at that time. Prime Minister Wen Peihuan said worriedly.

"What the prime minister said is very true, it is rumored that there are merchants in the north who arbitrarily raise the price of water and grain, and take the opportunity to make money in this country. If the situation is not brought under control in time, I am afraid that it will cause public anger and riots!" Xu Wanfeng, the secretary of the household department, was also very worried.

Chu Tianze's face was dark, and he seemed to be extremely angry: "Such a big thing didn't come up, what is Lian Hongyuan doing!"

"The emperor is angry, Dingyuan has only been in office for half a year, and he is not very familiar with the affairs of the north. His Royal Highness King Ning has lived in the north for a long time, and Xu still knows a little about the situation. ”

Chu Tianze asked this younger brother to come just because he wanted him to talk about his thoughts, and asked, "King Ning, what do you think?"

Chu Tianyou has not taken care of official business since he returned to Beijing, most of the time he has been accompanying his mother Concubine Xu, and occasionally he only walks around when he goes out of the palace, and he doesn't want such a big thing to happen in the north, so he rarely said: "The minister's brother returned to Beijing three months ago, and the drought had not yet begun, so the minister didn't know much about the specific situation. However, as the prime minister said, there is very little water shortage in the north, and occasional small droughts in previous years will not have a big impact. However, the scope of the drought is so large and the duration is so long, I am afraid that many people have never seen it, and it is to cause panic among the people. ”

Chu Tianze nodded, his face was a little pale, and he said, "Is there a good solution?"

"Back to the emperor, the solution to the small droughts in the north in previous years was to divert water from nearby areas with sufficient water sources, plus a small amount of water stored in the rainy season for emergencies. The drought is severe, and I have heard that there is no water storage in each household, so I am afraid that the amount of water diversion work will be much larger, and manpower and material resources will have to be transferred from all over the country to the north in order to bring a large amount of water to the drought area in a short time. Relying only on water diversion can only solve the immediate need, and the need for sufficient water storage in the future is the guarantee, at least leaving time to think of a solution. ”

Chu Tianze nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"The younger brother had nothing to do a few days ago, so he went to the library and sat down. An ancient book records a small town called 'Panlin County' in Dijon Kingdom, where there is also a perennial drought and little rain, but there has never been a serious drought. After a closer look, it turned out that every household there dug culverts several feet deep underground to store water, and used the water stored during the rainy season to meet the emergency during the dry season. The younger brother thought that if this method could be promoted on a large scale in the north, it would definitely be able to alleviate the drought and make a difference. ”

Wen Peihuan and Xu Wanfeng were shocked. In the past, I always thought that King Ning was in the north, that is, he was only responsible for the name of a vassal king, and he was handed over to his subordinates to manage, and he was a prince who only wanted to enjoy himself.

Chu Tianze was very satisfied when he saw the shocked reaction of the two ministers, looked at Chu Tianyou and said, "Okay, tomorrow morning, I will implement King Ning's policy, as for who will go to the Northland to coordinate governance, do you have a suitable candidate in your heart?"

"Brother/Minister, willing to go. Chu Tianyou and Xu Wanfeng said in unison.

"It's exactly what I want!" Chu Tianze raised his eyebrows and said, "King Ning is now appointed to deal with the great drought in the north, and Xu Wanfeng, the head of the household department, will go with him and assist King Ning with full authority." ”

"Your Majesty. ”

Wen Peihuan and Xu Wanfeng went back first, and only Chu Tianze and Chu Tianyou were left in the hall at this time.

"Ayou, you have to go back and enlighten the concubine in this matter. ”

"Brother Huang, rest assured, the mother concubine is a sensible person, and the major affairs of the court are more important than personal affairs. Besides, more than ten years have passed, and with these three months of companionship, my mother and I also have a thought about each other. The courtier's brother persuaded her, and it should have been done. ”

"When you come back from the drought in the Northland, those ministers should have no reason to object to my summoning you back to Beijing. You let go and go to the governance, and when you come back, you can stay in Shangjing with peace of mind!"

Only then did Chu Tianyou understand Chu Tianze's intentions. Three months ago, the imperial brother summoned himself back to Beijing, although the ministers failed to stop him, but he did not agree with it in his heart, and the imperial brother saw it in his eyes. This time, he sent himself to the Northland, on the one hand, to deal with the drought, and on the other hand, to take the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to the ministers, so as to convince the ministers. Chu Tianyou was extremely moved, and hurriedly stepped forward to kneel down and thank: "Thank you for your good intentions." ”

Chu Tianze shook his head: "I'm not about you, but also for the people I can trust around me." ”

Chu Tianyou said seriously: "The younger brother should do his best to serve the imperial brother. ”

"Ayou, do you hate your father?" Chu Tianze looked at Chu Tianyou and suddenly asked.

Chu Tianyou was obviously stunned, and after a long time, he slowly spoke: "Say you don't hate, that's fake." Especially in the first few years, I gritted my teeth with hatred, and I didn't understand why my father was so ruthless, letting me go so far away at such a young age, leaving my mother and concubine, and not letting me come back to visit. I even hated my mother, why I couldn't bear to let my six-year-old son leave without fighting my father and the emperor, and I hated you brothers and friends, why can you still live your own comfortable life in style, while I have to spend my life in a strange foreign land...... I thought I would live in resentment all the time, but that's not the case. Maybe time can really dilute a qiē, in the north every day to watch the sun rise in the east and set in the west, the people sunrise and sunset, looking at the simple enthusiasm of the people there, and the same peace and contentment as Shangjing, their minds seem to be a lot broader, gradually, I am relieved, and the hatred is slowly gone. Chu Tianyou laughed at himself, "I even doubt that my father deliberately let me go to the Northland, I have been irritable since I was a child, and I don't listen to anyone except the third brother, and I am perfunctory to my father." Maybe my father wants to sharpen my anger. ”

Chu Tianze was very emotional and relieved to hear Chu Tianyou's words, and patted the shoulder of this younger brother who seemed to be reborn: "Go early and return early, the third brother is waiting for you to return in the capital." ”

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