This white lotus didn't expect it, and was very surprised. Then he listened to Gu Yan www.biquge.info say: "When there was a flood in Liulijiang at the beginning, I let people go to see it. Just now he replied that the embankment there was made of red clay mixed with clay and gravel, and it was the most sturdy. Such a levee, let alone a year, is ten years, and it will not appear as it is now, the only possibility is man-made! ”

Bai Lian was speechless in surprise after listening to Gu Yan's words.

The thousand-mile causeway of the Liuli River was actually destroyed by man!

Bai Lian subconsciously wanted to ask who would do it, but then she thought about it, the people who can do such things are not ordinary people, and the people who can destroy such a causeway will not be just a few people!

Bai Lian couldn't help frowning when she thought of the emperor's slander of Gu Yan, they wouldn't be so brain-dead as to use such things to slander Gu Yan, these things cost the people and money, and harmed the people of the Zhou Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Bai Lian suddenly thought of a possibility, she opened her eyes wide, looked at Gu Yan and said in a lost voice, "Could it be Nanzhao?" ”

After Gu Yan finished saying just now, he saw Bai Lian bowing his head in contemplation, his eyes narrowing slightly, which reminded him of the first time he met her in Pengcheng, like a cunning little fox, and with Bai Lian's words, Gu Yan's face showed appreciation.

"Yes, it's Nanzhao!" Gu Yan nodded yes.

Bai Lian frowned, and couldn't help asking, "What are they going to do, take advantage of the chaos to rob?" ”

There was something that Gu Yan hadn't mentioned to Bai Lian, because at the beginning, he himself was very clear, and now that he figured out the ins and outs of the matter, he said to Bai Lian: "He is not taking advantage of the chaos, but creating chaos, and it's not just this one thing." ”

Looking at Bai Lian puzzled, Gu Yan then said: "The young emperor's death was man-made, at first I always thought it was done by someone in the clan, and then I never saw the person behind the scenes make any moves, and now I want to understand that what they want is not the life of the young emperor, what he wants is the discord between the monarchs and ministers of the Zhou Dynasty, after the death of the young emperor, no one will be allowed to take the throne." After that, the monarch and the ministers were not in harmony, and the court was unstable, so they had a chance. I thought about it, the most suspicious one is King Ning, and the big fish he is plotting is this world! ”

Bai Lian sat on the stool behind her, digesting what Gu Yan said.

Today's Ning King Zhou Xingkai is also ambitious, and his ability is also good, in his previous life, he shared the world equally with Gu Yan, one in the south and one in the north.

In his previous life, he used the plague of Pengcheng that year to spread rumors in the southern cities, thus shaking people's hearts, and now he is even more reckless of the common people and discharging floods to create chaos, not to mention anything else, it is this kind of person's mind and methods that are 108,000 miles worse than Gu Yanlai.

Bai Lian said: "Since they have done this, they must be fully prepared, last year the north and south of the imperial court were affected, you exempted the people from taxes, and built a dam to fight floods and provide relief, and the north disaster relief and grain, the current treasury is not very sufficient, if there is a war, I am afraid that there will be many difficulties in money and food." ”

Gu Yan nodded, and then said: "It was also last year's natural disaster that advanced their plan, the time and place are favorable, if this flood is not dealt with well, people and them will also take advantage of it." ”

Bai Lian also understands these truths, but things are different from last year, the person in charge is Zhou Hongren, and how to deal with it depends on Zhou Hongren's decision.

And, at this time in Beijing, Zhou Hongren was also anxious.

Although Gu Yan was slandered once by the matter of the embankment, the problem came later.

Disaster relief, flood fighting, and rebuilding dikes.

These are not just words, they all ask for money, and they all ask for money everywhere!

Zhou Hongren only knew the hardships of being an emperor at this time, and it was not as leisurely as when he was an idle prince.

It's the authority, but it's good when it's fine, but now that something like this happens, it's a real headache.

First of all, I was in a dilemma about who to send to the disaster relief.

The people left by Gu Yan, even if they were not cleaned up, they didn't want to use them at this time, but with his own manpower, he didn't know who to send to him.

There are not many people who understand water conservancy, and even fewer who can do great things.

When talking to Empress Zhao in the evening, Empress Zhao was extremely thoughtful and recommended several people to Zhou Hongren in a row.

Empress Zhao recommended people, naturally most of them were from the Zhao family, and when Zhou Hongren was in Wudi, most of them relied on the Zhao family, at this time Empress Zhao recommended them, Zhou Hongren didn't think much about it, and appointed Empress Zhao's brother to relieve the disaster on the second day, and then supervised the construction of the embankment.

After this incident, the problem came again.

There is no money in the treasury!

Because of this matter, the court discussed it for a few days, but no regulations were discussed.

Some people suggested that they should learn from last year's regent when the princess was there, and cut down on the amount of money spent at home, and the harem was so large that it could be emulated.

Zhou Hongren didn't say anything on his face, and even the inkstone he usually liked to use was broken after he got off the court.

Thinking in his heart that he couldn't be compared to Gu Yan, but he wanted to follow his old path, he felt very uncomfortable, thought about it, and thought about it for a long time before he felt that this was also a good way.

Gu Yan will win people's hearts, why can't he be.

Then he went to the harem to discuss with the queen.

It's just that this decision was vetoed by the queen as soon as she opened her mouth.

Empress Zhao is used to enjoying it, this reduction in use, first of all, it must start with the queen, where can she stand it, but Queen Zhao has always been able to coax people, thinking so in her heart, she didn't say it directly, but said:

"Your Majesty, why bother so much. Last year, the whole country reduced taxes, but because of the serious disaster, and then the court released grain relief to get through the difficulties, and now there are difficulties in the court, and the taxes will rise again, you are Your Majesty, the most noble person in the world, the country has difficulties, where can you use your tight grievances in your harem, where is there the majesty of the emperor. ”

Zhou Hongren thought about it, Gu Yan was also generous to others, and the tax was reduced in one sentence, and now the flood in the south is just an opportunity to collect taxes again.

So, he hugged Queen Zhao and praised her a few times, and happily decided to use this method.

The progress of these things in the court, because of the destruction of the Liulijiang embankment, was all out of Gu Yan's expectations.

He didn't expect that Zhou Hongren's method of raising money was to increase taxes, and after the disaster last year, the people had just passed the difficulties, and they had not yet stabilized, so they would increase taxes, which was undoubtedly the most stupid.

However, Gu Yan couldn't go back at this time.

If you go back at this time, it will only aggravate the contradictions, and the situation will be even more chaotic at that time.

In July, Zhou Hongren sent Uncle Zhao to Jiangcheng, Bai Lian knew very little about this Uncle Zhao, but Gu Yan did.

Sure enough, as he expected, that Uncle Zhao Guo had a great deal of pomp, which was very different from He Qian's personal efforts last year, and all the things were left to the people below.

The rice for disaster relief was the worst kind of rice, and it was mostly sand and gravel, and the victims dared not speak out, their homes were destroyed, and the adult men were arrested to build the embankment, because the embankment was so badly damaged that it was extremely difficult to repair.

Uncle Zhao Guo only said that it would be built within two months, but within three months, it was difficult to complete the embankment, even if it was a hundred miles.

If the people below are not good, they will embarrass their subordinates.

Those people were urged to work day and night, some of them did not sleep for more than ten hours, their legs were soaked in mud, and some of them had abscesses in the hot summer and under the scorching sun.

Many lack rest and fall from exhaustion.

The construction period was very urgent, and where someone carried it down to treat it, it either sank into the silt and built the embankment, or was scolded by the foreman a few times and thrown into the river.

However, in January, there were already many lamentations, countless deaths and injuries, and more folk songs, which were sung on both sides of the Liuli River not long after:

Liulijiang, Liulijiang,

Thousands of miles of causeway burial children.

Mother's eyes are cloudy with tears,

I can't hope that my son will return to his hometown.

Liulijiang, Liulijiang,

Thousands of miles long causeway burial husband.

The bowels of the wife and the young child are broken,

How can Nev have entered the ocean.

Liulijiang, Liulijiang,

The thousand-mile causeway is soul-provoking.

Weeping everywhere in the wilderness,

The sound of grievances on the embankment is long.

......

In the matter of Liulijiang, the first person who couldn't sit still was Gu Yan.

He thought that there would be chaos, but it was limited to the court, the Zhao family died by themselves, and it was difficult for Zhou Hongren to end, but he didn't expect things to evolve to the point where they are now.

Folk songs may have been spread by people with intentions, but what happened on the Liuli River is indeed a fact.

Bai Lian watched Gu Yan become more and more preoccupied, and at dusk one day, Bai Lian thought about it for a long time before saying:

"Lord Wang, you can go."

Gu Yan looked at her, his eyes were deep and dark, and he didn't speak.

Bai Lian looked at him, with some tears in her eyes, she felt very sorry for this man.

This is a man with a hard chest, but inside his hard chest is a soft heart.

If he doesn't care about everything in the outside world now, waiting for Zhou Hongren and the Zhao family to cut off the dynasty, he will only be admired by thousands of people and praised by future generations.

However, he felt compassion for the suffering people of Liulijiang.

Gu Yan looked down at Bai Lian's tears, and said softly, "Silly girl, what are you crying about?" ”

Bai Lian wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his rough hand, snorted and said, "I'm not crying, I'm proud of my man, and I'm happy that I can marry such a man." ”

Gu Yan looked at her, only feeling that tenderness and pride rose in her heart.

She is proud of herself, why is she not happy because of her, if she has a wife like this, what more can her husband ask for?

"If I go, there will be waves in the DPRK and China. Nanzhao is eyeing the tiger, the court wants to clean up the Zhao family, the doppelganger is flawless, you stay in Yongzhou. ”

Bai Lian knew his worries, and he didn't know what had happened when he went back. No matter what chaos happens outside, Yongzhou is fine, it is far away from Liulijiang and Nanzhao, and it is also some distance from the capital, no matter what happens, it will not affect this side.

This is also the reason why Gu Yan wants to keep her in Yongzhou.

Bai Lian didn't go against him, nodded in his arms, and mumbled.

Gu Yan listened to her response, sighed, tightened his arms, and whispered: "Wait for me, when I come to pick you up, you will be the most noble woman in the world, standing side by side with me." ”

With a solemn promise and a deep word, Bai Lian wrapped his arms around his waist, the corners of his mouth curled, and he nodded.

On the fifteenth of August, the regent returned to power.

Because of the calamity in the south, because of the people in the north who are persecuted by taxes.

With the return of the regent, the courtiers seemed to have found their backbone.

Along with Gu Yan's entry into Beijing, there was also an urgent letter of eight hundred miles.

In an instant, it set off an uproar in the DPRK and China.

The south summoned troops, quickly occupied several cities, and grew stronger and stronger to wave the army north.

In the name of driving out the faint king for the people, and in the name of teaching the descendants of the ancestors unscrupulous.

King Ning of Nanzhao is in the same vein as the Zhou royal family, so it is understandable.

In particular, the southern cities were in dire straits at this time, and the officers and men could not control the people's revolt at all, and in the end they surrendered without a fight.

Uncle Zhao was in Jiangcheng, and knew that Nanzhao Ningwang's army was coming, so he originally wanted to intervene in the affairs of the army as a messenger, but he didn't expect Nanzhao's army to come so quickly, and he crossed the river in just a few days.

The originally oppressed people all rose up at this time and threw themselves to Nanzhao's side.

When Uncle Zhao saw this situation, he immediately didn't care about anything else, so he left Jiangcheng at night and went all the way back to Beijing.

Gu Yan also didn't expect the Southern Church to come so quickly, the DPRK and China were still in a mess, and the Southern Church was already urgent.

Nanzhao is like a bamboo, and it is the army of King Ning, who is in charge of the army, and he selects generals in the court, but no one asks Ying to fight for a while.

Zhou Hongren looked around, the brothers of the Zhao family really can't count on it, a Liulijiang has forced many people to rebel, and now he doesn't want to cut off the country.

However, there is a scarcity of military generals in the DPRK and China, and those who can use them are Gu Yan's people.

Watching the news from the south come little by little, Zhou Hongren finally couldn't sit still, and proposed to take Gu Yan as the commander and lead the three armies to recover the lost territory when he was in the court.

Zhou Hongren felt that he was already very generous, but he didn't expect Gu Yan to refuse.

He had a mouthful of old blood resting in his chest, and he was swept away, not to mention, Gu Yan was really embarrassed if he didn't go.

Not only did Gu Yan not go, but all the generals he could think of were shirked because they couldn't take on the big responsibility.

He knew that this must be Gu Yan's idea, and he gritted his teeth with hatred in his heart, but he was forced to have no way.

Finally, after the news of the loss of Jiangcheng came, Zhou Hongren once again proposed to make Gu Yan the commander in the court, and even left the throne, bowed down on the steps, and bowed to Gu Yan in the posture that Liu Bang had worshiped Han Xin.

Gu Yan stood indifferent, and only after receiving a salute from him did he bow and said:

"Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers don't want to go on the expedition, but the matter of Nanzhao this time is very tricky, Nanzhao has taken advantage of the right time, place and people, even if the ministers go, they are not sure, they will only work the people and lose money."

How did Zhou Hongren not know that this was his Tuo Qiao Nada, so he said patiently: "The regent Yongguan three armies, at the beginning, leveled the northwest, and now Nanzhao is definitely not a problem. ”

"Definitely." Gu Yan said in a deep voice: "The northwest is different from the south, the northwest has been invaded by foreign races, and I hate it in my heart, and the army and the people are united in fighting a war. At this time, because of the Liulijiang incident, the people's hearts have been lost, and the time and place are favorable, and the people are not occupied, and the suppression by force can only force the people to throw themselves to Nanzhao faster. ”

"What does the Lord Regent say?" Zhou Hongren had to lower his profile.

"If Your Majesty does three things, Weichen may be able to fight." Gu Yan said:

ps: The two-in-one chapter, the war has begun, and our brother Gu is getting closer and closer.

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