These first few cabinet ministers seem to be fighting Zhao Yunfan's idea, and in the Heart Cultivation Palace, Xibao also helped Qi You to break this day, and the basic situation can be regarded as clear.

Qi You drank the sour plum soup and asked, "You know the situation here, let's talk about it." ”

Xibao was stunned and said, "What to say first?" ”

"The problem you see!" Qi You leaned back on the dragon chair and said.

Xibao hesitated for a moment before saying: "That's what the emperor asked the concubine to say, right or not, don't be angry." ”

Qi You smiled: "Okay, don't be angry, you can say it." ”

Xibao said slightly: "This thing seems to be the Yellow River flood, but there are some man-made reasons, the emperor has allocated funds every year to repair the embankment and improve the geology, it stands to reason that it has only been raining for more than half a month, and there is no human factor from this point of view. ”

Qi You nodded and said, "Go on." ”

Xibao sighed and said: "Then this matter should be analyzed from two aspects, one is to do everything possible to stop the flood, and the other is to do everything possible to find out the human trouble, and it must be at the same time, and it must be announced to the world, treat it solemnly, anyone who dares to make up his mind in this matter, no matter how the rank, power, and wealth is, they will be severely punished, this kind of major event related to the lives of the people cannot be coveted by others!" ”

Qi You sat up and said, "Okay, you can see farther than those old horsemen, can you first talk about how to deal with the flood?" ”

Xibao frowned and said: "The concubine has no experience, but I have read a few related books before, and the concubine still remembers that Jia Rang of the Western Han Dynasty once wrote "River Governance Policy", which mentioned three points, the best policy is artificial diversion, from the flood data over the years, most of the breaches are caused by the narrowness of the river, the bend of the embankment, and the poor discharge during the flood, so the artificial diversion makes the river wide, and achieves "wandering left and right, wide and not urgent"; The middle strategy is diversion. It is to build a diversion channel to relieve the pressure of the main river; The next strategy is to heighten and thicken the original embankment, but if the embankment distance is too narrow, and the embankment line is bent and changeable, and then on this basis. No matter how much it is heightened and thickened, the problem of poor flood drainage cannot be fundamentally solved, and it is the next policy. However, the ancients often said that the prevention of floods is far better than the cure, and these should be done on a daily basis. ”

Qi You nodded slightly and said: "That's the reason, the imperial court allocates funds every year to repair the embankment of the Yellow River in advance. In order to prevent trouble, but this year it has only been raining for more than half a month, and the annual transfer of tens of millions of taels is like a waste, which is one of the reasons why I am angry, those old horsemen know that they want silver, and they want people, but they have never thought about where the silver taels and manpower I allocated before have been wasted, which is really terrifying. ”

Xibao stroked Qi You's chest and said, "Your Majesty, people often say that it is not profitable to be early, as long as there is a place of interest." This is inevitable, and it cannot be eliminated or eliminated, as long as there are interests, many people are willing to take risks, and as for the common people, this is not a matter of concern to them. ”

Qi You said disdainfully: "Okay, it's not profitable, right, I'll see who dares to stretch out a black hand to this batch of life-saving materials with a clear conscience." Xibao, tell me how to solve this person's problem. ”

"There are two kinds of human suffering, one is the displaced people trapped by the flood, these people need to be channeled and pacified; The second type is those who profit from the floods. These people must be severely punished, and the light ones are to dismiss their family wealth to help the people, and the heavy ones are ??? Killing one to make an example of a hundred, killing ten to make an example of a thousand, not only the family wealth will be confiscated, but also the family wealth of the nine clans will be confiscated for disaster relief. And to treat others in the same way, especially officials, let them participate in the front line of disaster relief, when the flood stops, when they get free, they care so much about money, then let them get nothing! Xi Bao said that he was a little angry.

Qi You was stunned for a moment and said, "Why don't you kill?" ”

Xibao said with a smile: "Destroying hope is more terrible than death, not to mention that a life can be warned for a while, but if you put a few living cases on the scene, all kinds of torture, oh no, you don't need to torture the court in every way, just tell the people in the flooded places of the Yellow River, the situation of these people, hum, the people have a way to make them miserable, but they can't die, of course, this just needs a little hint, the emperor you don't have to touch your hands at all." ”

Qi You looked at Xibao for a long time before saying, "Girl, where did all these strange notices of yours come from?" ”

Xibao pouted and said: "As I read in the book, although the king's rules and regulations are very important, I have to occasionally conform to the will of the people." ”

Qi You pinched Xibao's little face and said, "Are you saying that the king's laws and regulations can't cure those people?" ”

Xibao raised his eyebrows and said: "That's not it, it's just that those people's desire for benefits is greater than the fear of the king's laws and regulations, this is called different from person to person, and if you can come with the rules, it is naturally best to use the rules, but if you can't do it, although this method is a little quirky, but it can stop people's hearts, isn't this everything in people's hearts, and it is really effective to be afraid in your heart, hehe, but this is all seen in the big books of the concubines, your emperor, listen to it." ”

Qi You hugged Xibao and smiled: "Chang Happy, although you are a good girl, but this is also a strange trick, I am very interested, you might as well give it a try." ”

Xibao muttered: "That's good or not, the emperor doesn't blame the concubines." ”

"How come, you have never been involved in politics, so why should you blame it?" Qi You raised his eyebrows.

Xi Baosong smiled happily: "Emperor Xie, it's not too early at this time, the emperor has eaten almost, and those people should also rest, so shouldn't the concubines retire?" ”

Qi You hugged Xibao and said with a sip of incense on her lips: "I haven't seen you for a few days, hey?" I'm afraid we're going to have a fierce battle again???"

Xibao couldn't understand Qi You's reluctance, so she smiled and kissed back: "The flood is a top priority, the emperor must go all out, the concubine will always be waiting for you in the palace if you don't go anywhere, the concubine is on call, the emperor can rest assured, but there is one point, you have to eat on time when you are busy, the concubine will ask the people in the palace to send you meals regularly, Xue Gongguild will stare at you and use it well, and then say, the emperor, as long as you are here, it is the best deterrent for those people, Xibao I, I will wait for you to come back with peace of mind." ”

Qi You looked at Xibao who disappeared at the door, holding the refreshing sachet in his hand and sniffing lightly, and a smile bloomed in his heart.

Soon after Xibao left, several cabinet ministers returned to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and Qi You also lifted his spirits and continued with them??????

Three days later, the court finally responded, Qi You sent the second prince Qi Huanwei to lead the order of the superintendent to the Yellow River Basin to control the flood, together with dozens of ministers and hundreds of royal forest troops from the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Crime, and Zhao Yunfan, who was discussed by several cabinet ministers, was not among them.

But in Xibao's ears, there is a kind of design meaning, and I always feel that the emperor is putting a long-term line.

But now that Qi You has made a decision, Xibao naturally has nothing to say, she teases her son in the palace as usual, from the day the second prince set off, it began to rain again in the capital, it has been raining for a few days, Xibao is faintly worried, and always feels that the flood is going to be a big thing.

However, it has been safe and sound for several days, and there is no bad news, and there is even news that several embankments of the Yellow River have been blocked, and the heavy rain has also decreased, and even some river basins have stopped raining, and even Qi You's mood has brightened a lot these days.

However, it was a special period for disaster relief, and Qi You had been resting in the Heart Cultivation Palace, just to deal with the news from the flood scene as soon as possible, Xibao also sent someone to deliver food to Qi You on time, and the rest of the time he waited quietly in the palace.

It was raining outside, and Xibao didn't want to go out, so he hugged Huanyue and leaned on the kang to lie on the window to watch the rain, the little guy had never seen such a heavy rain, he was very excited, leaning on Xibao's arms and dancing his teeth and claws, slapping his arms, kicking his legs and wanting to go out, Xibao almost couldn't hold it,

was coaxing, Huan Yan jumped in and said, "Mother! What about uncle? ”

Xibao looked at Huan Yan's body of moisture, and complained in a startled manner: "Look, what's wrong, it's raining, Wenqin, come to the dry towel quickly." ”

Wen Qin immediately went down to get a towel, and Huan Yan shook the water beads on his sleeve and said, "If it's not in the way, it's just that you are in a hurry." ”

Xibao hugged Huanyue and said, "What's the matter, I'm so anxious that I can't even hit the umbrella?" ”

Huan Yan took the towel and wiped the moisture on his body and said: "No, it's that the uncle hasn't returned for a day and a night since he entered the palace, and Brother Min's child asked someone to find his daughter to inquire, and the daughter thought that the uncle was here." ”

Xi Baoqi said: "Brother Min is here, your uncle has entered the palace, this, my mother doesn't know about your uncle's entry into the palace??" Ay??? Where are you going? ”

As soon as Xibao said that he didn't know, Huanyan was about to go out, and Xibao hurriedly shouted: "Come back, you are covered with water vapor, not afraid of the wind and cold!" ”

Huan Yan said: "Isn't this Brother Min still waiting outside!" The daughter didn't want him to wait and look elsewhere. ”

Xibao blamed distressedly: "Where are you going, your uncle will naturally be in your father's place when he enters the palace, it is a place to talk about court politics, how do you go, besides, your body is important, you go to the house first to change clothes, your uncle's news, my mother sent someone to inquire, Brother Min, my mother asked someone to come to the palace, go quickly, what does a girl's wet family look like." ”

Huan Yan stuck out his tongue and followed Wen Qin into the back room to change clothes, Xibao told Wen Qi to take the sign and go outside to pick up Zhao Min into the palace.

Xibao's heart was suddenly a little abrupt, she knew that her eldest brother Zhao Yunfan entered the palace naturally by Qi Youxuan, but after staying for a day and a night, I am afraid that something will happen again, with Jane's steadiness If she didn't sense something in her heart, she wouldn't let Min'er brave such a heavy rain to come to the palace to find Huanyan to inquire about the news, it seems that this matter will not be small.

Looking at the rain outside, Xibao's mood suddenly sank, she was afraid that this matter was related to the flood, and there were two princes at the scene, oh my God, don't have an accident. (To be continued.) )