^_^ Half a month ago, the Great Peach River in Langxi was flooded, and a reinforced embankment that was completed only three years ago was washed away by the current, and immediately swept up more than a dozen women and children who were washing clothes on the embankment, and in the blink of an eye, the water of the Great Peach River spread to the shore, flooding hundreds of acres of fertile land by the river (stepwife chapter 63). (Yes)? (Meaning)? (Think)? (book)? (Hospital)

The local people were angry and blocked the yamen, and asked the local magistrate to give an explanation.

Not long after the local magistrate arrived, he didn't dare to conceal the disaster, so he could only send an 800-mile urgent document and ask for guilt.

After receiving this document, Yushitai carefully checked the original files of the construction of the Great Taojiang Dam in Langxi, drafted a chapter, and went up to the desk of Emperor Yuanwu.

It is clearly written in the recital that when the waterproof reinforcement embankment was built, the overseer sent by the imperial court was the eldest prince who had not yet become the crown prince at that time. Emperor Yuanwu sent him down to supervise the construction of the embankment, firstly, to let him experience the people's livelihood, and secondly, to save political achievements for him.

When the embankment was completed, the eldest prince wrote a recital, stating that there was no problem in the construction process of the embankment, which was a great tribute to virtue. Emperor Yuanwu also praised him for this, and even used this as one of the reasons to add weight to the crown prince to the eldest prince.

But now, the levee has burst.

Only three years after the completion of the project, the embankment broke.

This is clearly slapping Emperor Yuanwu in the face!

Except for a few ministers kneeling in the center of the main hall, the ministers all bowed their heads and did not dare to speak.

King Rui stood at the end of the five princes, and he was also silent.

Today is a small dynasty, unlike the big dynasty to discuss the state affairs of the Great Wei, relatively speaking, the atmosphere of the small dynasty is much more relaxed, and the princes are also willing to come to the small dynasty and show their faces in front of Emperor Yuanwu.

Liu Tong, the ninth prince, was also among the princes at this time, because he had a good relationship with King Rui, and he had always stood not far from King Rui.

Liu Tong raised his eyelids slightly and looked at the prince who was not daring to come out, kneeling on the main hall with his head bowed, with a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.

"It took only three years for the embankment to be reinforced, and it was broken by the Da Tao River!" Emperor Yuanwu's original benevolent face was a little hideous, and the power of the emperor emanated, and the idlers did not dare to look at it directly: "More than a dozen lives, 600 acres of fertile land, rebel!" How do you explain to the people of Langxi! ”

The prince propped his hands on the ground, silent, and his mind was rushing to think of a way to deal with it.

This incident happened suddenly, and he didn't expect that the Yushitai side would not be able to give him a breath in advance.

Even if he had known about this earlier, he could have thought of a way to ease this period of time first.

But now he had nothing to think about.

The prince gasped twice and said vaguely: "Erchen, Erchen don't know why the embankment will break......"

"You don't know?!" Emperor Yuanwu shouted angrily: "I ordered the household department to allocate 200,000 taels of silver, but it is just to strengthen a 500-zhang long embankment, and the local area can use stone, and this money is enough to build a thousand-year-old embankment!" But there is not a single piece of money left, and that's fine, and now the embankment has burst in only three years, but you can tell me how the embankment was built and reinforced! How did you overseer it! ”

The more Emperor Yuan Wu himself spoke, the more angry he felt, and he stood up suddenly, but it was a shake.

The ministers suddenly exclaimed: "Your Majesty! ”

The temple people held Emperor Yuanwu, and Emperor Yuanwu stroked his chest with an uncomfortable expression.

The people from the prince's faction hurriedly pushed someone out and said, "Your Majesty is angry!" The minister thought that when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first came to the people, he was not proficient in building and reinforcing the embankment, and he was also deceived by others. ”

As soon as the words came out, someone echoed them: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince supervised the construction of the embankment with the respect of the prince, and during this period, the prince Weifu visited the local people privately, focusing on understanding the people's livelihood. The prince only asked about the construction of the embankment, and he never imagined that someone would make a false report to conceal it, so that the embankment would burst now...... This was by no means the prince's intention, and the prince was also very sad when he heard this, and asked His Majesty to check it out. ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty to be clear!"

For a time, more than a dozen courtiers came out to second, shouting in unison for Emperor Yuanwu to see.

King Rui observed carefully and found that Emperor Yuanwu's face was much better.

He sighed.

No matter what role the prince plays in this matter, it is actually no longer important. Importantly, Emperor Yuanwu wanted to protect the crown prince.

That alone is enough.

It's just that the officials who had something to do with the construction of the dam must have been pushed out by the prince and made scapegoats.

King Rui was thinking like this, but suddenly saw King Qi coming out.

"Father." King Qi has a good demeanor and beautiful appearance, as the second son of Emperor Yuanwu and the first prince under the crown prince, he has been in charge of the ministry, and his role in the official assessment is not small.

King Qi's appearance made Emperor Yuanwu frown, and it also made the prince's originally relieved heart suddenly tense again.

"Father, the sons and daughters think that in order to prove the prince's innocence, this matter must be investigated, and it should be handed over to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the three divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate for trial, and the Imperial History Observatory will supervise and advertise the world, so as to return the prince's name and show the clarity of the court."

King Qi's words were unhurried, and he still looked leisurely.

Liu Tong couldn't help but smile secretly when he listened.

The words are high-sounding, and King Qi is just trying not to let the prince survive this catastrophe.

However, this move won his heart.

King Qi came out, and King Li, King Zhu, and King Cen also came out to echo him.

These four princes actually have their own thoughts, but when the prince is unlucky, they don't mind joining forces and beating the water dogs.

The words of the four sons made Emperor Yuanwu's originally good-looking face suddenly ugly again.

He glanced at the courtiers under the jade steps, and his eyes fell on King Rui, who was silent.

"King Rui, what do you think?" Emperor Yuanwu stared at King Rui and asked in a majestic voice.

He wanted to see if the last son who had been crowned king was like them, and he couldn't wait to take this opportunity to step on the prince.

King Rui hesitated for a moment, then stood up, bowed his waist and said, "Father, the son thinks ...... The top priority at the moment is not to investigate the events of the year, but to first introduce measures to deal with the aftermath, give preferential treatment to the families of the deceased people, subsidize the owners of the flooded fertile land, avoid the flood in Langxi, and stabilize the hearts of the people in Langxi. It is not too late to stabilize the people's hearts first, and then check the situation. ”

Emperor Yuanwu's eyes crossed with a hint of appreciation, and then looked at the other sons, the look of disappointment was difficult to hide.

He didn't talk nonsense, but said: "According to what King Rui said, the time limit is three days, and the six departments cooperate, and the edict is drafted in the Chinese book and submitted to me for review." ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent for a while.

Emperor Yuanwu paused and said, "King Rui, you plan a piece of information to deal with the aftermath and hand it over to me." ”

King Rui was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The son obeys the order." ”

"The prince is so happy that he is grounded for a month to see the results."

When Emperor Yuanwu said this, he was angry again, and he waved his sleeves and said: "Retreat from the dynasty!" ”

He walked away.