Chapter 142: The Night Rain Is Like a Waterfall

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Qizhen sat stunned. Look at the sky outside.

The sky was extremely dark, the night was full, and the rain poured down, crackling on the bricks and stones on the floor, and the dense sound of the rain had a deafening tranquility.

Zhu Qizhen's ears seemed to automatically ignore all kinds of rain sounds. All he could hear was the wailing of hundreds of people. Suddenly, he had read a passage a long time ago, and it came to him.

It is the beginning of "The Complete Biography of Yue", the Yellow River is flooded, and Yue Fei's mother sits in the barrel with Yue Fei in her arms, so as to save her life. Isn't it the same thing now as it was then?

The Yellow River bursts, and it is not far from Tangyin, whether it can rush to Tangyin, Zhu Qizhen does not know.

But the remorse and self-blame in his heart almost overwhelmed him.

Zhu Qizhen claims to be the savior of the Ming Dynasty, and has been on the throne as the emperor for more than 14 years, and he has been in power for a small decade. Although there may be some unpleasant places in the court, Zhu Qizhen cannot say that he has no real power.

But what did he do?

The problem of the Yellow River embankment, Yang Pu and Cao Nai have all said. But for the sake of the tile spur strategy, he suppressed them all.

It's just that he never imagined that there would be today's situation, and now the Yellow River breach has been determined. But how harmful is the rupture this time, Zhu Qizhen still has no bottom.

But after all, he has ruled the country for many years, even if no one below reports it. He can also have his own judgment.

The damage must be enormous, I wonder how many people died in the flood, who is to blame? It's him Zhu Qizhen.

As soon as he thought of this, his heart was like a thousand arrows piercing his heart, and he couldn't bear to die. He even had a strong feeling that he had come to this era to make trouble.

All kinds of incidents seem to be done very well, but he can't even do the most basic things, so that the people of Daming can't do it without dying.

Zhu Qizhen whispered in a voice that he couldn't even hear clearly, and said, "Big companion, what should I do?" ”

"Your Majesty, what did you say?" After Fan Hong sent Song Shu in the middle of the night, he has been accompanying Zhu Qizhen. Zhu Qizhen didn't feel sleepy, and was in a daze on the side. He has been standing on the side, as calm as a piece of wood.

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen seemed to speak, he immediately stepped forward.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly remembered that Wang Zhen had been executed by him personally. An indescribable feeling came over him, and he said, "What time is it?" ”

Fan Hong said: "It's almost five watches. ”

Zhu Qizhen looked outside, although it was pitch black, but it was mostly because of the heavy rain, and even then, between the clouds, it gradually turned from black to gray.

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's about to go to court? ”

Fan Hong said: "Your Majesty, you have been exempted from the court. ”

Only then did Zhu Qizhen remember that the early dynasty was becoming more and more ritualistic. Zhu Qizhen also paid less and less attention to it. He naturally didn't want to go to court in the wind and snow.

Not to mention, in the early dynasty, it was also known as the imperial gate to listen to the government, and many officials were standing in the square outside, so hundreds of officials couldn't kneel in the rain.

But in any rainy and snowy weather, Zhu Qizhen is customary to avoid court.

At this moment, because of the incident of the Yellow River, Zhu Qizhen's heart was too agitated, and he forgot about this matter.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Pass the order, all the situation related to the Yellow River will go straight to the Qianqing Palace, and no one can stop it." ”

Fan Hong said: "Yes." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "After the cabinet gentlemen come, let them come to the Qianqing Palace immediately. ”

Fan Hong said: "Yes." He paused slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, it is raining heavily today, gentlemen are coming, there is still a period of time, Your Majesty should rest for a while, although the matter of the Yellow River is big, but it is not as big as Your Majesty's dragon body." Your Majesty is going to take care of the dragon's body. ”

Zhu Qizhen strolled among the bookshelves, walked to the bookshelf marked Henan, motioned to the little eunuch, moved all the twists and turns about the purpose of the Yellow River, and said casually: "Got it"

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen looked extremely calm, but his heart couldn't be at peace for a long time, and all kinds of thoughts were tangled in his brain, how could he sleep.

You can't even close your eyes and recuperate.

He would rather watch more twists and turns, as long as he does more things, in order to soothe it, he is agitated, self-blamed, ashamed, and irritable in his heart.

Dozens of wrist-thick candles, burning high.

Shining on Zhu Qizhen's hand from dozens of angles, leaving a faint shadow. And this faint shadow dissipated little by little. 、

I don't know when.

Zhu Qizhen watched all the twists and turns about the Yellow River in front of him, and the burning candle was blown out at some point.

The soup in front of Zhu Qizhen's eyes was also cold.

From the fifth watch day to the dawn of the day, even if it was raining heavily outside, the skylight still illuminated the Qianqing Palace through layers of clouds.

Zhu Qizhen didn't eat a mouthful of breakfast, just used a few snacks and drank a few sips of strong tea.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen have arrived." Fan Hong whispered.

Zhu Qizhen raised his head, put aside the music he had just watched, and said, "Please." Then he made a gesture to the little eunuch who was waiting on the side.

The little eunuch immediately understood and brought down the soup and dim sum that Zhu Qizhen had not touched.

"Your Majesty." The cabinet team led by Cao Nai knelt down and saluted together, and not all the cabinet people arrived, Cao Nai, Wang Zhi, Hu Hui, Zhou Chen, and Gao Gu arrived.

Under normal circumstances, Zhang Fu will not interfere in the internal affairs of the imperial court, so he, a cabinet minister, often skips work. The cabinet is on duty, Zhang

Auxiliary is often not gone.

This is also because Zhang Fu is getting older, and his health has become poor, and he is on duty in the cabinet on time every day and holidays, which is a burden to Zhang Fu himself.

And even if Zhang Fu came, when there was no military problem, he was just drinking tea in Wenyuan Pavilion.

Zhang Fu naturally didn't want to come every day.

And Zhang Fu also has this qualification, he can come if he wants to, and he won't come if he can't think of it.

Anyway, sometimes, if there are military problems, even if Zhang Fu is at home, he will be invited by Zhu Qizhen.

As for Ma Yu, as mentioned earlier, this scholar has been unfortunate for thousands of years.

This made Zhu Qizhen really feel a little impermanent, although he didn't have a good impression of Ma Yu, but he was also the successor cultivated by Yang Pu.

At the beginning, Yang Pu was determined to replace Cao Nai with Ma Yu, and after Yang Pu retired, Ma Yu served as the first assistant of the cabinet. It's just that I can't pass the level of Zhu Qizhen, so I give up.

Otherwise, today's cabinet chief assistant may not be anyone.

Such a minister who passed by the first assistant of the cabinet, Zhu Qizhen will also have a heart of reuse in the future. But I don't want to, I haven't waited for reuse, I'm only thirty or forty years old, and no one is there, but in the cabinet, there are two people over sixty years old, Zhang Fu and Hu Hui.

It really surprised Zhu Qizhen.

However, after Ma Yu, the cabinet minister, became vacant, it has not been filled, but it is another difference between Zhu Qizhen and Cao Nai.

Cao Nai's meaning is to select one from the Hanlin Academy to enter the cabinet. The candidate he recommended was none other than Liu Dingzhi.

Without him, Liu Dingzhi is also the champion, but the champion of the first year of orthodoxy.

is only one less than Cao Nai.

Cao Nai and Ma Yu were both champions before.

Zhu Qizhen was reluctant, because Liu Dingzhi did a good job in Shaofu, and within a year or two, Liu Dingzhi traveled all over the country and inspected almost all mines.

Establish a mine management system.

How good it is, Zhu Qizhen still can't say it's good, but Zhu Qizhen can see that Liu Dingzhi manages the mine in a military management way, and every miner has a salary.

On the whole, it is similar to the health system.

Whether it's good or bad Zhu Qizhen doesn't know for the time being, but he is willing to let Liu Dingzhi try it. However, from the perspective of effect, Shaofu's income from gold and silver mines has increased significantly, and it has recovered to the previous hundreds of thousands of taels, which is definitely not a problem.

At this time, how could Zhu Qizhen be willing to let Liu Dingzhi enter the cabinet.

No, Zhu Qizhen didn't want Liu Dingzhi to go further. And it's not the time.

Cao Nai pushed another minister, that is, Chen Xun. It's an old minister, and I've been with him several times in the position of cabinet minister, and it's pitiful to say.

But Zhu Qizhen was no longer willing. Because Chen Xun is an old Hanlin. Inexperience in the local area.