As soon as April entered, Caozhou rained heavily for several days, the Wei River swelled, and the embankment burst. The floods affected the three counties of Dongqiu, Zhangtai and Pushan, and hundreds of households were affected by the disaster, and thousands of people were killed and injured.

In mid-April, the disaster spread to six nearby counties, thousands of houses collapsed, thousands of hectares of fertile land were flooded, and the number of homeless people increased day by day. At the same time, the county order of Dongqiu County embezzled the silver of the embankment, which caused the embankment to burst and flood, and the people's resentment boiled for a while.

Inside the Cabinet of Diligence.

Jun Yi was furious and swept the music on the table all over the ground. "Those old thieves!" He said fiercely: "It's a clean shirk!" ”

Guo An, who was beside him, picked up the pieces one by one, put them on the table, and whispered in relief: "Your Majesty is angry." "After the spring festival, although most of the dark lines have been pulled out, we still need to be careful in handling things."

The old eunuch's voice made Jun Yi's heart immediately calm down a lot, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "I know, there is no point in being angry at the moment, the top priority is to find a way to make the people of the two parties relax." ”

Guo An nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, "It's good that Your Majesty knows." Later, Lord Min will come to discuss with His Majesty, and His Majesty should not be too impatient. As soon as the words fell, the little eunuch outside the door came forward to report, Yu Shi Zhongcheng, Min Shuo and Lord Min came to see him.

"Xuan."

"Weichen see His Majesty, may my emperor"

"Okay, Min Qing doesn't have to act anymore, all the people in the Qinzheng Pavilion are ours." Jun Yi waved his hand and said, "How is the Western Party doing now?" ”

Min Shuo smiled, got up and said, "Although I have the intention to protect Chen Yangshou, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but the East Party seems to be following a little closely this time, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to run away." ”

When the words fell, Jun Yi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "So, as long as I add a little bit to the fire?" ”

"Yes." Min Shuo bowed and said, "The minister has already arranged for the officials to be replaced, and then His Majesty only needs to be promoted according to the personnel on this list." As he spoke, he took out a piece of music from his sleeve and handed it to Guo An on the side.

Guo An handed the chapter to Jun Yi, he opened it and read it roughly, and said: "Min Qing, a few years ago, you mentioned to me a female official named Hang Yue, is she useful?" ”

Min Shuo was stunned, he didn't expect the emperor to still think about her.

"What? But no? Seeing that Min Shuo didn't reply, he raised his eyes.

"I'm afraid it won't work right now." Thinking of the letter at the beginning of the month, Min Shuo couldn't help but sigh lightly, "After a while, Weichen will explore her again." "Although the likelihood that she is willing to help is not high.

Jun Yi didn't know that he had already refused at the beginning of the month, thinking that Min Shuo hadn't spoken yet, so he could only nod and say, "Okay." ”

After thinking about it, he said again: "It would be a good thing if the Western Party could get rid of a Ministry of Industry Shangshu this time, but it would be uprooted little by little, and I don't know when the great cause will be completed." While talking, he was about to discuss disaster relief with Min Shuo, but he saw Min Shuo standing in place, frowning slightly, as if he remembered something, "Min Qing? What's wrong? ”

Min Shuo was shocked, and suddenly came back to his senses, "There was a time in the Ministry of Industry that Chen Yangshou had been giving gifts to Xiao Ao for a period of time last year, and the minister didn't take it to heart at that time, but now he wants to come."

Jun Yi was slightly stunned, his eyes flashed, and he continued: "Min Qing is saying that Xiao Ao may also be involved in this corruption case?" ”

Nodding, Min Shuo's expression was extremely strict, "It's the minister's negligence, he only let the twelve squares check Chen Yangshou at that time, and he didn't think about starting with Xiao Ao." After all, it is normal for Xiao Ao to take bribes, and he didn't worry too much, "Your Majesty, Rong Chen will retire first, if Xiao Ao is really involved, this is a good opportunity to remove him." "I've been waiting for it before, and if it's really like what he thinks, this time things should be re-planned. With a thought in his heart, he hurriedly bowed and said.

Only he had some ideas, and Jun Yi didn't stay any longer, so he let him go down and make arrangements.

As soon as he got out of the palace gate, Min Shuo hurriedly got into the carriage and said to Qin Sheng: "Inform the Twelve Fangs to re-investigate the matter of repairing the embankment." ”

"Re-investigation? But what went wrong? Qin Sheng asked in a daze.

"Yes." His eyes darkened and said, "We may have missed someone, Shang Shufu, Xiao Ao." ”

On the other hand, the East Party is also discussing the details on this matter.

As soon as Xu Shu returned home, he invited Xu Shiheng to the study to inquire about the matter.

"Father, how did Su Xiang discuss the matter of the Dongqiu County Order?" In the winter of last year, someone went to Yushitai to beat the drum to complain about the corruption of the county order of Dongqiu County, and he took over the case and erased it.

"The emperor has just taken over the government, and it should not be able to be as forcefully suppressed as in previous years, and someone in the palace has already thoroughly investigated this matter." Xu Shu frowned and said.

Xu Shiheng was stunned for a moment, "What happened to the winter last year." ”

Shaking his head, Xu Shu said, "No one has noticed your affairs yet, so don't bother yourself too much." After a moment of silence, he said: "Today's discussion, as far as the current situation is concerned, the Western Party should not have discovered the change of household registration of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. ”

"But if you want to investigate the county order of Dongqiu County, the matter of household registration will be turned out sooner or later." Gritting his teeth secretly, Xu Shiheng said.

"If you want to suppress this matter, you can only divert attention, the embankment burst must have something to do with the Ministry of Industry, and now as long as we bite the Ministry of Industry, who will pay attention to such small things as household registration." With a sneer, Xu Shu said nonchalantly: "What did you gain when you went to His Royal Highness King Qing today?" ”

Xu Shiheng was stunned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Father's guess is right, His Royal Highness King Qing really wants to seek the throne." The last time the staff killed the palace people, they had already spread the name of the emperor's cruelty and viciousness among the people. After the disaster spread, he began to arrange people to spread the word that the emperor was incompetent and incompetent, resulting in a catastrophe from the sky. ”

"Your Highness's move is really wonderful."

"Father, what are we going to do next?" Xu Shiheng said respectfully.

"Wait and see." Xu Shu raised his eyes and said: "You continue to keep in touch with His Royal Highness King Qing, if there is really one day, this emperor will be replaced, and it will also be beneficial to us." ”

"Yes."

In late April, the disaster had spread to the neighboring state capitals, and the state also reported to the DPRK and China for funding for disaster relief.

Although Emperor Ming had ordered the appropriation of funds, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, under the instruction of Xiao Ruchang, delayed the disaster relief again and again, and the people's anger became more and more intense.

At the end of the month, a decree came down, and the disaster relief finally came to fruition.

In order to compensate the victims, the DPRK and China sent three inspectors to various places for disaster relief, and the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the medical officer of the Imperial Medical Department accompanied them.

The inspectors who were sent to inspect the imperial history were Hang Yue, the former priest Xu Shiheng, and the inspector Liao Changping.

When I received the order in the court, I was really stunned at the beginning of the month. After facing down, he didn't take a few steps when he heard someone behind him calling: "Lord Hang!" Please stay. ”

Looking back, it was a little eunuch in Tsing Yi. At the beginning of the month, his brows furrowed slightly, and he was confused, only to see the eunuch in Tsing Yi step forward and salute and say, "Lord Hang, please be on the sage." ”