"Qiu Gongzi," Mu Shaoxuan turned around, looked at him face to face, and said with a very formal attitude, "Sister She's young and soft-hearted, if you have anything important, please tell me directly as a brother." ”

Be careful of your bowels at an age?

Mu Xiaofeng lowered the corners of her eyes beside her, if it weren't for the wrong occasion, she almost couldn't help but laugh out loud on the spot. When did her brother learn to talk nonsense with his eyes open?

Well, you can tell nonsense seriously, it's even more like truth than true, and people can't even doubt it.

Qiu Tianshu was also a little annoyed when he saw her calm and indifferent sneering appearance, but he looked around, and the other people seemed to be looking at them with a good look.

Probably worried about something, and no one will come to coax or anything for a while.

Qiu Tianshu suppressed the resentment in his heart and endured it again and again, but in the end, he lowered his voice and couldn't help but say, "Xiaofeng, no matter what happened before, it's enough." We are still young, and we have to look forward. ”

Directly when he is transparent?

Mu Shaoxuan looked at it coldly, and he was vaguely angry in his heart.

Fortunately, Qiu Tianshu, who was crazy, seemed to see that Mu Shaoxuan was trying his best to forbear, and after dropping this specious preaching, he obediently fell silent.

For a moment, the hall was silent, only the faint sound of grinding ink rustled.

In this way, Mu Xiaofeng's brother and sister were locked up in the Imperial Dome Palace, and they lived a life of copying scriptures for nine days and nights, one meal a day and two hours. At this time, she didn't seem to know that the open and empty Temple of Heaven outside was tightly guarded by the forbidden army.

In terms of the level of strict guards, it is about the same as the emperor living in it, not to mention a person, even a mosquito will be found by the forbidden army.

Outside the Temple of Heaven, in the Forbidden Palace with thick red walls, there is another scene.

After returning to the palace, Emperor Chu returned to Taihe Hall to rest for a while, and then continued to deal with government affairs in the Qinzheng Palace.

Fortunately, on this extremely tiring day, there was finally good news: that is, the most seriously flooded place in the south of the Yangtze River has finally brought the disaster under control. In addition, the people affected by the disaster were also resettled in time.

"Yes, indeed good." Emperor Chu put the fold aside, and the lines of his grim face finally softened.

"Today's festival song is finally in vain." The mood improved, and Emperor Chu sighed with a rare sigh of relief. The waiter standing next to him listened, rolled his eyes, and happily agreed, "It is Your Majesty who can bless the people of Nanchu." ”

Emperor Chu was in a good mood, and when he heard his compliment, he scolded with a smile, "You old boy." ”

After laughing, he lowered his head again and continued to read the recital intently.

Putting aside the fact that the pillar behind the sacrificial ceremony smashed and injured people, today's good news did ease Emperor Chu's secretly anxious mood a lot.

After two days of calming down like this, good news came up every day, and Emperor Chu's serious and cold face gradually smiled.

"It seems that the matter of the Heavenly Sacrifice Ceremony is really good."

He is the Son of Heaven who has been ordained by God, and his people should be loved by God. When the flood disaster in Jiangnan was brought under control, he subconsciously ignored the officials who fought with the people on the front line against the disaster, and he could not hide his pride in his heart that this was the result of his sacrifice to the sky.

However, his good mood did not last long, but in just two days, he was broken by an urgent report.

On this day, an urgent report of 800 miles arrived in front of the emperor.

"Lack of embankment? Thousands of acres of fertile land flooded, tens of thousands of people displaced and homeless? And the precursor of the outbreak of the epidemic? Want money, doctors, medicine? ”

Every string of words came into his eyes, and Emperor Chu felt as if someone had stuffed a ball of ice into his heart, which was so hard that his heart was cold and painful.

It's only been a few days since the Sacrifice to the Heavens? There is such a danger again, and it is even worse than before, isn't this Chi Guoguo slapping him in the face?

His eyes were coldly fixed on the word "lack of embankment", and the ice in Emperor Chu's heart seemed to have been suddenly and rudely stabbed into a fire.

"Someone, send me a message to Mu Shangshu to see me in the imperial study."

Almost immediately, as his shouts fell, someone shrank back in awe and said "yes".

When Mu Tianda received Emperor Chu's holy words, he was discussing the emergency plan with his colleagues.

When he saw the eunuch, his heart tightened unconsciously. Looking back at his colleagues who looked anxious and panicked, he opened his mouth, and could only say, "Everyone continue to discuss, Your Majesty is in a hurry to summon me, probably to ask about something related to the flooding in Jiangnan." ”

The lack of a dam on the Wangjiang River has flooded thousands of hectares of fertile land downstream, leaving tens of thousands of people displaced and homeless. This is such a serious matter, and it is reasonable for Emperor Chu to be anxious to find someone to hold him accountable.

The colleagues could only nod with a heavy heart, "Mu Shangshu, don't worry, we will definitely come up with a feasible plan as soon as possible." ”

Although their Ministry of Engineering is responsible for the construction and maintenance of these water conservancy projects, they do not have the final say on how effective they are.

Mu Tianda hurried into the palace with the attendant under the worried eyes of his colleagues.

The Imperial Study.

As soon as Mu Tianda entered, he saw the majestic figure behind the royal case out of the corner of his eye, and immediately knelt down in fear, "Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Chu glanced at him, snorted coldly, and threw his hand in his direction without warning, "Look at the good things you have done." ”

The fold hit Mu Tianda's forehead, but it didn't swell, but it turned red.

Emperor Chu wanted to smash it, but he didn't dare to hide. Even if it hurts, he can't show it.

Only he knelt on the ground in fear, bowing his head to look at the clouds that fell in front of him.

Not surprisingly, what he and his colleagues had just received at the Yamen was the message he and his colleagues had just received.

"Your Majesty," Mu Tianda's mood was also extremely heavy, "the minister and other colleagues are discussing a plan to repair the embankment. ”

"Patch up!" Emperor Chu snorted coldly, glared at him coldly, stood up angrily, and leaned forward with both hands to support the imperial case and stared at him fiercely, "When I first proposed to build this embankment, who promised me that it would definitely save the people of dozens of miles downstream of the Wangjiang River from the suffering of floods?" ”

"It's only been three years since the dam was built now, and every year I send people to inspect the site at your request," Emperor Chu became more and more angry the more he spoke, staring at him with deep eyes, there were already violent flames faintly flickering, "All the money I let the household pull out every year is lost?" Where are those certain guarantees you have now? ”

Mu Tianda silently lowered his head, and let him scold angrily with a heavy heart, but there were some things that he could not control as a secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

The plan to build the embankment was proposed by their Ministry of Industry, and even the person who supervised the construction was personally sent by their Ministry of Industry, and he himself had actually visited the Wangjiang area.

However, the construction of the Wangjiang dam was so time-consuming and costly, and he or someone else could supervise the construction site for three or two months, but it was too easy to do something about the project that took more than three years to complete.

Moreover, when the embankment was completed and accepted, His Majesty only randomly assigned a novice from their Ministry of Engineering who had never been in contact with the Wangjiang embankment project to .......

And the person in charge at that time was still .......

Thinking of this, Mu Tianda secretly sighed in his heart.

Now that something happens, what if you go back to Shuo and be held responsible? Tens of thousands of people have been displaced and homeless, and more devastating outbreaks ...... are at risk.

Thinking of this, Mu Tianda's mood was even more uncomfortable.

Silently listened to Emperor Chu's scolding for a long time, until Emperor Chu's scolding stopped with a dry mouth, and then he said with a ashamed face, "It is the minister who has betrayed His Majesty's trust, and the minister implores His Majesty to give the minister a chance to make up for his mistakes." ”

If the missing parts of the dam are not repaired as soon as possible, we are afraid that when a bigger flood comes, more people will be affected. At that time, in addition to causing social unrest, what is even more terrifying is the epidemic that may lurk at any time.

"A chance to make amends?" Emperor Chu looked down at him with a lofty attitude, and after sneering ruthlessly, he said very decisively, "I will give you another chance to covet the silver from building the embankment into your own pocket?" Putting more people in dire straits? ”

Mu Tianda was startled, and in addition to being shocked, his whole body trembled with excitement.

He asked himself that he had been in the Ministry of Industry for all these years, even if he didn't really have the same breeze on his sleeves as the fearless Emperor of the Imperial History, he was also worthy of his conscience.

Ask yourself, he had never been greedy for the money used to build the dike.

If he really took the money, which was related to the lives of the people, he would feel hot and uneasy.

What's more, over the years, because of the rich dowry of his beloved wife, there has never been a shortage of silver in the house.

Mu Tianda was very excited, and when his heart was heavy, he was sad and uncomfortable.

After being silent for a long time, he did not try to argue that he was honest and honest with words, but lowered his head heavily to cover his worries and sadness, and asked, "I wonder what Your Majesty plans to do with your ministers?" ”

No matter how sluggish he is, he can now see that the lack of embankments in the Wangjiang embankment is just a fuse. A fuse that dragged him into some black vortex in an unclear direction, and it was useless for him to say anything now.

Moreover, after today, I am afraid that there will be countless pieces of evidence against him that will fly to the royal case like snowflakes.

He suddenly thought of his children who were trapped in the Temple of Heaven and punished copying scriptures, his heart was heavy, but his body inexplicably trembled slightly.

Emperor Chu squinted at him coldly, and the full of violence and coercion in his anger just now seemed to fade a little, but some inexplicable emotions seemed to be heavier, "As a secretary of the Ministry of Works, you were not effective in supervising in the early stage and ineffective in the later stage, which led to such a serious and uncontrollable consequence now, how do you think I should deal with you?" ”

Mu Tianda sighed in his heart, such a rhetorical attitude had already made the problem clear.

He suddenly knocked his head deeply, and then pleaded in a deep voice, "The minister is guilty, I beg Your Majesty to hand over the minister to Dali Temple." ”