What are the common people happy about changing the emperor?

Because the new emperor ascended the throne, as usual, he had to grant amnesty to the world and reduce taxes. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Those children who had been conscripted in the past few years came back one after another. Although everyone knows, there are many who will never come back. But everybody's hopeful, isn't it?

Even the Gusu Academy, which had been abandoned for several years, was sent by the county to rest. It looks like it's going back to school.

Cheng Linghui's family was also excited day and night and couldn't sleep. I was looking forward to the day when my father would come back. It's best that Chang Jiwen can come back. And Xiuwen is concerned about when Su Tong is still alive and when she can come to find their mother and son. Cheng Su is five years old and has not yet seen his father.

Cheng Linghui was going to Shaxi County or Zhuanshui City the next day to listen to the news. The old and young of the Chang family, who were confiscated into the army, came back one after another. The houses that had been raided were also returned. However, there is no news from Chang Jiwen.

Cheng Linghui wanted to go to Chang's house to tell them the whereabouts of Master Chang. When I went, I found that although the Chang family had returned, there were officers and soldiers guarding outside, and ordinary people like myself couldn't get in at all.

However, the joy of the year did not last long. In July, the continuous rain soaked many newly built houses. The water level of Dasha Creek rose sharply, and finally broke the embankment on a dark and rainy night. The one-room-high flood peak instantly engulfed many villages in the lower reaches of Dasha Creek. Chengjiazhuang is in the upper reaches of Dasha River, and Cheng Linghui's newly built large courtyard of blue bricks and black tiles survived.

The government called on all the people to go up to the embankment to fight the flood. Cheng Linghui is of course among them. Looking east through the gap in the levee. I saw that the village that used to be peaceful and quiet is now flooded. As far as the eye can see, there is a vast expanse.

An old man sat on the remnants of the embankment and cried: "This is a man-made disaster. God, open your eyes and look at us innocent people......"

The Shaxi County Commander, who was about forty years old, stood beside the old man, at a loss.

The people who went to fight the flood asked one after another, what is going on?

The county order only sighed. However, the inside story is quietly circulated among people.

It turned out that the Kaizhou capital has always been full of disasters and difficulties. Either flooding or drought. Dasha Creek leads directly to the Haihe River and flows all the way to the sea. During the flood season, the amount of water is extremely high. Once the levee bursts, it will be a catastrophe for tens of thousands of people downstream. Even the county seat of Shaxi will be flooded. Therefore, the first thing that has always been the first thing in Shaxi County is to repair and fix embankments. Even if you don't eat, you don't dare to be sloppy in this matter.

And the opposite side of Kaizhou is different. The topography of Kaizhou is higher than that of Shaxi County. When the flood comes, unless Shaxi County is completely flooded, it can not reach the boundary of Kaizhou Capital. Therefore, they have always been so-so about the construction of embankments. This term of governor of Kaizhou is even more excessive. The money for the construction of the embankment was embezzled privately, and a beautiful annex was built in a beautiful place with rich scenery by the Dasha River.

Who knew that this year's rain was particularly heavy. The water in Dasha Creek rose to the edge of the embankment in a day and night. The embankment here in Shaxi County has been carefully maintained, heightened and strengthened over the years. The embankment was much higher than the one in Kaizhou on the other side, and I don't know how much stronger. Therefore, although the water level of Dashaxi is high, it is not enough to threaten Shaxi County.

It's not on the Kaizhou side. Seeing that the flood was about to overflow the embankment and flood to the Kaizhou capital, the prefect panicked at this time. He was not worried about the people suffering, but he felt sorry for his other courtyard. took advantage of the darkness and rain of the night to send people to blow up the embankment in Shaxi County with gunpowder. The flood is like a wild horse that has escaped, once it has an outlet, it will naturally drain thousands of miles along the gap, and it will be out of control. Hundreds of people in the lower reaches of poor Shaxi County were razed to the ground in their sleep, and the tragic result was that the whole family was buried in the belly of the fish.

The old man who was crying on the embankment was one of the people who spontaneously patrolled the embankment. Because they found out that the people who came to blow up the embankment in the Kaizhou capital were killed. Because of his old age, the old man stumbled and rolled into the reeds under the embankment when he fled, and only then did he save his life. But his wife and children's homes were all destroyed by the flood. Now I only feel that life is better than death, so I cry on the embankment.

There is a way that the official is crushing people to death, and the county commander standing next to him knows that this is against his boss. I'm afraid that I can't speak with a mouth, so I have to be a dumb person who eats Coptis chinensis. Looking at the devastation, I really have the heart to jump into Dasha Creek.

Cheng Linghui was very angry when she heard this, and said: "I went to sell goods a few days ago, and I heard that Banzai today sent an inspector to the imperial history. It is the current prince who opened the state capital to us. Let's go and file a lawsuit. "Cheng Linghui has been running around for the past two years, and some news is indeed more well-informed than the county order.

When the county order heard this, it was as if a drowning man had grasped a life-saving straw. grabbed Cheng Linghui: "Are you telling the truth?" ”

Cheng Linghui said: "It's true. ”

The county ordered: "That's good. Then he worried: "Then how can the prefect let us see the eldest prince?" Even if they do, who will tell them? The civil prosecutor is like a son who rebels against his father, the light one is exiled, and the heavy one is killed with a rod. Who will want to die? ”

The old man who was crying listened, stopped crying and said: "Master Zhixian, Xiaomin's family is dead, and there is no love left." The small people are willing to go. The county commander stretched out his hand to support the old man's shoulder, leaving two lines of tears: "It is my incompetence that has caused the people to suffer this unwarranted disaster." ”

And all the people wept. Everyone discussed, on the one hand, repairing embankments and dams, rescuing and fighting floods, and waiting for the arrival of the eldest prince.

After seven or eight days, the rain finally stopped. The water in Dasha Creek gradually calmed down. People from the opposite capital of Kaiju also came to build the embankment. For a time, there were many people on both sides of Dasha Creek, each of them working hard.

However, here in Shaxi County, there is resentment in his heart after all. Suddenly, I heard a man shouting, "Grab a big rice." "Throwing something high, it turned out to be a king. When the people here in Shaxi County saw it, they laughed one after another.

Although Kaizhou Mansion is separated from Shaxi County by a river, it is a good place with abundant fish and rice. Because Kaiju was once the old capital of a vassal state in ancient times. In ancient times, it was known as the spring capital, which is much higher than the spring city in Jinan. It is truly a land of fish and rice. In particular, it is rich in excellent rice.

The people on the other side of Kaizhou Mansion glared angrily at this side. Suddenly, someone in Kaizhou Mansion dug up an old turtle, and also threw it and shouted: "Catch a sorghum." ”

Of course, this sorghum refers to the people of Shaxi County. Although Shaxi County is also next to Dashaxi, because the territory is mostly hilly. There is not much land that can be irrigated with sand stream water. Most of them are dryland, mainly sorghum and soybeans.

When Shaxi County saw it, of course, it refused to show weakness. The project of repairing the embankment is carried out in the mutual insult and ridicule of your sentence of 'rice and rice' and my sentence of 'rice and sorghum'. From a distance, it is also in full swing.

It was nearly noon, and a team of honor guards came from afar in the direction of Kaizhou Mansion. The prefect of Kaizhou accompanied a young man in front of the guard of honor. Here in Shaxi County, I always keep an eye on it. How can I not understand the words of the last generation of the heavenly scannot ribbon on the honor guard? They all threw down the guys in their hands, and the river that was still a little turbulent poured over, knelt down in front of the guard of honor and shouted that they were wronged. For a time, the shouting of grievances was earth-shattering. The prefect shouted: "Escort, escort." It's no joke to disturb the prince. ”

The officers and soldiers rushed up with hula and showed their blades one after another.

The prefect shouted: "Where is the order of Shaxi County? ”

The county order was squeezed out of the common people. Rolled up in the trouser legs, muddy heads. 'Plop' knelt in front of the young man and kowtowed: "Shaxi County Ling Cao Bin has seen the eldest prince and the lord of Futai. ”

The prefect looked at him with disgust: "You ...... What does it look like? There is no official etiquette at all. ”

The county order kowtowed again and again: "The lower officials are incompetent." The embankment in Shaxi County burst, and tens of thousands of people were wiped out overnight. Xiaguan ...... Xia Guan ...... "C county order said, and he actually lay on the ground and whimpered and cried. The county ordered this cry, and the people were all moved, and the mourning on the embankment shook the sky for a while.

The young man's face was calm, and he said, "Get up and speak." ”

The county commander cried: "The lower officials are guilty, ashamed of the court, ashamed of the people, and dare not get up." ”

The prefect said, "What are you doing here?" This is a natural disaster, and it cannot be undone by one person. ”

The county magistrate ignored him and continued to cry: "The disaster of Shaxi County is a real man-made disaster. I also hope that His Royal Highness the Prince can give us the people of a county to call the shots. ”

The prefect suddenly changed color: "Bold Cao Bin, what crime should you be guilty of talking nonsense?" ”

The prefectural order just cried. The old man who had been guarding the berm before squeezed forward and knelt down in front of the young man, and told him how he and several people from the same village patrolled the embankment, how he found that the people sent by the Kaizhou government had blown up the embankment, how the people in the same village had been wiped out, and how he had survived.

Looking at the young man again, there was still no fluctuation on his face. Just looking at the prefect of Kaizhou. The prefect of Kaizhou was trembling by him, and his legs fell to his knees and shouted that he was wronged.

The young man stretched out his hand to help him up and said with a smile, "Lord He doesn't have to be like this. The merits are not determined by one-sided words alone. Let's all walk to the other side. ”

The prefect has a ghost in his heart, so he naturally pushes it in every possible way. The young man smiled: "Lord He is like this, but it is very confusing. ”

The prefect had no choice but to accompany him across the river to the embankment of Shaxi County. I have to say that the embankment in Shaxi County is well repaired. After so many days of wind and rain, the remaining embankments upstream are as good as ever. The flood water receded, revealing the bottom of the embankment, and the sand was washed away, creating a large crater. There is still water in the pit, and I don't know how deep this pit is. However, it is easy to see the foundation on the side of the pit against the side of the embankment.

The foundations were all strips of bluestone four or five feet long and two or three feet wide. I don't know how big it is. Stone strips are grappled with mortar. The surface of the mortar was washed clean by the flood, revealing its original white. There's a reason for that. Shaxi County produces limestone, which is commonly known as bluestone. The stone strips and white ash are made entirely of local materials.

Beads of sweat came out of the prefect's forehead. I looked at the young man a few times, but he didn't dare to speak.

The young man walked unhurriedly up the embankment for a while, stopping in front of the big hole at the breach. Beckoning behind him: "Go down and see how deep this pit is." ”

Immediately, a young man who looked like a guard came out and slid down the embankment. I tried it by the puddle, and suddenly I got into it. A moment came to the fore. He said loudly to the top: "Your Highness, this pit is more than a zhang deep. ”

The young man said, "What is the foundation of the embankment?" ”

The guard said: "Below the puddle is the berm, which is similar to the stone strips on the embankment, extending to the bottom of the river, I don't know how far. Presumably in the end. ”

The young man said, "Come up." ”

The guard took the order and climbed back to the embankment. The young man looked back at the prefect with a smile: "Lord He, this is strange. It is rare for a dam in Shaxi County to be built like this. Why did the levee burst? ”

The prefect sweated on the top of his head, and his eyes were dripping: "Maybe...... That ......"