It turned out that when the ugly hour was halfway through, the guards on night duty at Jingzhao Yin Yamen ran to Yao Xuan's mansion with a rolling belt, saying that the embankment of the Yongji Canal had been opened, and the west side of the city was flooded. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yao Xuan woke up from his dream, and when he heard the words of his subordinates, he sighed in his heart.

I was so anxious that while getting out of bed and dressing, I asked my subordinates, how is the situation?

The guard was also frightened enough, and hurriedly told Yao Xuan the truth about what he saw.

Yao Xuan said secretly in his heart after hearing this, fortunately, the people in the west of the city were moved out, otherwise the embankment would be destroyed at this time, and the people would still be asleep, if something really happened, he would not be able to cut off a few heads!

At the moment, his hands and feet did not stop, he quickly put on his court clothes, and hurried to the palace to report this matter to Emperor Qiyang, which was serious.

Yao Xuan hurried to the palace gate, it was Meng Zhong who was on duty today, and when he heard his subordinates say that Yao Xuan had come to see Emperor Qiyang, his heart suddenly tightened.

Hurriedly called to let people in first, turned around and hurried to Emperor Qiyang's bedroom to ask for instructions.

Because the palace is far away from the west of the city, Yi Meng Zhong doesn't know what happened for the time being.

However, thinking that Yao Xuan came at this hour, it must not be a trivial matter, so he didn't dare to delay, and hurried to the Taiji Hall.

When he arrived at the gate of the Taiji Palace, Meng Zhong made his intentions clear to Gong Xu.

Gonggong Xu is not the little eunuch who has no knowledge, and besides, he also knows what Emperor Qiyang is worried about these days.

At the moment, he didn't embarrass Meng Zhong, let him wait outside, and turned around and went in to return to Emperor Qiyang.

Emperor Qiyang has been sleeping lightly these days, and he has actually opened his eyes when he heard the movement outside, but he has not fully woken up.

When Gonggong Xu entered Emperor Qiyang's bedroom, he saw that the palace people had turned on the lamp, knowing that Emperor Qiyang must have woken up, and hurriedly walked to the inner hall.

As soon as I entered, I saw Emperor Qiyang sitting on the edge of the bed, rinsing his mouth.

Gonggong Xu walked forward quickly, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Commander Meng said that Lord Yin Yaoxuan of Jingzhao Yin Mansion is here, and he has something important to report to you." ”

Emperor Qiyang's eyebrows jumped, and he waved his hand at Father-in-law Xu, "Let him come in." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Gonggong Xu replied respectfully, and then hurried out of the inner hall.

"Grandpa Xu, how is it, is Your Majesty awake?" As soon as Meng Zhong saw Gonggong Xu coming out, he hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty has woken up, summoning Lord Yao to come and talk back."

"There is Lao Xu's father-in-law, then Weichen will go and call Master Yao over." Meng Zhong nodded to Father-in-law Xu, then turned around and left.

Not long after, he came with Yao Xuan again.

When Gonggong Xu saw the two of them, he welcomed them into the inner hall.

As soon as Yao Xuan entered, he couldn't even breathe, knelt in front of Emperor Qiyang with a plop, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty, the Yongji Canal has opened along the embankment in the west of the city, and the west of the city has been flooded!" ”

"What!" Emperor Qiyang was shocked when he heard this.

Meng Zhong and Gonggong Xu were also taken aback, but in front of Emperor Qiyang, neither of them dared to make a sound, for fear that they would lose their dignity in front of the king.

"The guards in the west of the city arranged by the minister came to report in person, and the west of the city was all flooded!" Yao Xuan replied affirmatively.

"It's true, it's true......," Emperor Qiyang sat on his chair and muttered to himself.

When he came back to his senses, he asked Yao Xuan again, "Only the west of the city is flooded?" What about somewhere else? And where the people on the west side of the city dwelt temporarily? ”

Yao Xuan hurriedly replied: "There is only the west of the city, which is strange to say, the water has accumulated in the west of the city, and it has not gone to other places, and the places where the people in the west of the city live temporarily are fine. ”

"That's good, that's good." When Emperor Qiyang heard Yao Xuan say this, he was also relieved in his heart.

After thinking about it, he pointed to Yao Xuan and instructed: "Hurry up and arrange for someone to sound the gong, even if the flood only floods the west of the city, don't be careless, let the people be vigilant." ”

After that, he went to look at Meng Zhong again, "Meng Zhong, you hurry up and take three thousand Praetorian Guards to maintain order with Yao Xuan." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Yao Xuan and Meng Zhong should be in unison.

Emperor Qiyang waved his hand and told them to hurry up.

The two did not delay at the moment, and hurriedly obeyed the orders and left.

After the two of them left, Emperor Qiyang said to Xu Gong again: "Hurry up and call someone to tell your lords, this morning is in advance, tell them to enter the palace quickly!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the slave will go." Father-in-law Xu nodded in response, and turned around to go out to make arrangements.

At the end of the day, all the officials of the court and the central government arrived at the Zhaode Palace.

Emperor Qiyang sat on the dragon chair and released his coercion.

He looked at the ministers below, and said in a deep voice: "Presumably, Zhong Aiqing also knows about the flooding in the west of the city, this matter is thanks to Zuo Xiang, Luo Aiqing and the Marquis of Jinyang who were vigilant and reminded me in advance, so that a catastrophe was avoided, but now that the matter has come out, it is useless to say more, and now we should discuss how to settle the people in the west of the city, I don't know what you Aiqing thinks?" ”

Meng Quan, the head of the household, rolled his eyes, received the look handed over by the right minister, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a foolish opinion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not?" ”

"Oh, if Meng Aiqing has any opinions, you might as well talk about it." Emperor Qiyang was very satisfied when he saw that the head of the household was the first to speak.

I listened to Meng Quan, the secretary of the household department, pretending to reply: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now the people in the west of the city have a place to settle down temporarily, but their houses were washed away by the flood, and they will definitely need to be rebuilt in the future, which is a big problem, but the most important thing at the moment is that there are so many people, how to eat, as the saying goes, the people take food as the sky, and eat this above, and they must not save it." ”

"What Meng Aiqing said is very true, I actually thought of going to the same place with me, yes, yes, I also think the same, now that the houses of the people in the west of the city have been destroyed, I, as the son of Daqi, must think about the people's future lives." After listening to Meng Quan's words, Emperor Qiyang was even more satisfied, and nodded incessantly.

After listening to Emperor Qiyang's words, all the ministers echoed their words, saying that Emperor Qiyang's heart was about the world, which was the blessing of his subjects.

Emperor Qiyang listened to a bunch of compliments, and his heart was naturally useful, and his face became more and more relaxed.

After the ministers finished speaking, he pointed to the Hubu Shangshu and ordered: "You can't make the people in the west of the city think that the court doesn't care about their life or death, and no matter how cold your heart is, you take people and go to the merchants below to collect more grain, at least before the water in the west of the city recedes, you must ensure that the people in the west of the city are not short of food." ”

Emperor Qiyang asked himself, he is still a Ming monarch who is very considerate of the people.

But what he didn't know was that his order was right in the hands of some people.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hubu Shangshu and Youxiang secretly exchanged tacit glances, and Hubu Shangshu bowed his head and respectfully agreed to Emperor Qiyang's orders.

"Your Majesty, the minister will do it immediately, and I want those merchants to know about His Majesty's good deeds, and they will also give their full support!"

"Well, that's good, that's it." Emperor Qiyang stroked his beard proudly.

He also felt more and more that he was a wise man who loved the people! (To be continued.) )