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When Yue Xin learned what had happened, he couldn't help but be so angry that he almost vomited blood. can be angry, even if he kills his son with a knife now, he can't turn into money to pay off his debts.

The money he owes was borrowed from Yue Zeng, although the chief eunuch of the palace would not cut off relations with him without paying back. But it will definitely be difficult to rely on this cousin to operate in the DPRK for himself in the future. When he was in Wu'an, he also accepted many financial gifts from business gentry and did several things that were martyrdom and bent the law. Someone has long complained to the Imperial Observatory. It's just that he was stopped by Yue Zengxing. If in this matter, because the money has not yet come out to offend the cousin. If he no longer cares about his own life or death, then his fate will be unimaginable.

In desperation, Yue Xin had no choice but to embezzle the money and grain collected by the government to fill this hole. Originally, he wanted to wait for the autumn harvest and then slowly make up for it. But who would have expected that after the beginning of summer, there would be heavy rainstorms and floods, and the dams of the Fen River, which were originally quite strong, also burst, causing such a big disaster that he almost showed his feet.

"If there is a flood, presumably the imperial court will announce that the taxes in the affected areas will be exempted, and I am afraid that I will not have to pay them again! But in this way, these merchants and gentry and peasants will no longer pay taxes, and how will this hole be filled? Yue Xin only felt that his head hurt again.

"Forget it, let's wait until the matter is in front of us." Yue Xin shook his head, trying not to think about it.

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Just as Yuming was heading towards Wu'an County, Chen Ling was sulking in the left-behind mansion in Liaodong City.

Although he made concessions and no longer interfered in the management of Liaodong Prefecture. And Red Sleeves, Hu Sizheng, Du Ruhui and others also gave him enough faces, ensuring that he could have a good evaluation after two years, and he would be smoothly transferred out of Liaodong Prefecture and go to a better place to work. But Chen Ling couldn't help but feel resentful in his heart, after all, it was uncomfortable to lose power and be at the mercy of others.

On this day, when he was sitting on a bench in the small courtyard of the left-behind mansion, looking at the blue sky and sighing, a deep voice sounded: "Why is Lord Chen sighing? ”

After Chen Ling heard this, he turned around and saw a middle-aged soldier appear behind him, this person was none other than his staff member Li Qin.

"Mr. Li, how can you not sigh?" Chen Ling couldn't help but sigh again and said: "Although I stayed behind for Liaodong and nominally held the military and political power of the six counties in Liaodong, I was actually just a puppet, and without the consent of a group of people under Yuming, I couldn't use a single copper coin, and a team of soldiers couldn't be mobilized." If you stay here every day, you can only close your eyes and recuperate, and the days will be boring! ”

After Li Qin heard this, he smiled and said, "Does Lord Chen want to change this situation?" What about becoming the real master of Liaodong Prefecture? ”

Chen Ling's eyes suddenly lit up, if he could really regain power in Liaodong, then he would naturally be very happy.

"Mr. Li, the official thinks, but can those people agree? And with the strength I currently have in my hands, I can't compete with them at all, right? Chen Ling said with a puzzled expression.

Li Qin said with a smile at this time: "Lord Chen, although in Liaodong, we can't compete with them with our strength, but what if the imperial court comes forward? Could it be that the upper and lower officials in Liaodong still have to compete with the Great Sui Imperial Court? ”

"What? What do you mean......" After hearing this, Chen Ling seemed to have some understanding.

"Lord Chen, we've been here in Liaodong for a month or two, I wonder what your lordship thinks of Liaodong?" Li Qin didn't explain immediately, but asked rhetorically first.

Chen Ling said at this time: "Liaodong Prefecture is currently surnamed to live and work in peace and contentment, with low taxes, every family has land to cultivate, and there is no need for food and clothing. Although there was occasional harassment from other races, it did not cause much damage under the defense of the city guards. The conquered Koreans were all controlled by the armor protection system created by Yuming, and they couldn't make any big waves. Although these subordinates of Yuming are not at odds with me. However, this official has to admit that he has indeed governed Liaodong well, and in time, Liaodong will become a solid territory of our Great Sui. ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid that Liaodong will not be the territory of the Great Sui by then, but the private territory of Yuming or the Yu family!" Li Qin sneered and said.

"Mr. Li, what do you mean by that?" When Chen Ling heard this, his face suddenly changed.

"The tax rate of the imperial court is promulgated by His Majesty, and unless ordered by the Ministry of Households, how can the tax rate be changed easily? But in order to attract Guannei surnames to settle down, Liaodong cut the tax rate of the Great Sui by half? Doesn't this mean that the imperial court is controlled by nothing? Li Qin smiled and said.

"Mr. Li, please continue!" Chen Ling's heart was already a little agitated at this time.

Not only that, but according to Li, Silla and Ji were also beaten down by Yuming. But he didn't report this to the court at all. His Majesty's original order was to let him break off the queen, at most he could attack Goryeo. But he was never allowed to attack Silla and Ji. But he destroyed both countries quietly. Do you want to expand your power for yourself? Turn these two countries into your own private fiefdoms? Li Qin added another fire.

"The general launched an attack on other countries without authorization, but it is a taboo for the emperor! Whoever becomes the emperor will not tolerate this situation! Chen Ling nodded. He was already somewhat sure of bringing down Yuming.

In addition, when Yuming defeated Goryeo, he also rescued more than 200,000 soldiers of the Sui army and more than 100,000 people. He was supposed to let these people return to their hometowns and return to the Central Plains. But Yuming not only did not do this, but asked these people to bring their relatives in their hometown to Liaodong, in the name of reuniting their families. But isn't this a disguised way to turn these soldiers into your own private soldiers? Enhance the strength of Liaodong? According to Li, Yuming is probably going to rebel! Li Qin said loudly.

Chen Ling had already crawled up at this time, and asked in a trembling voice, "Mr. Li, what should we do?" According to this official, it is better to leave Liaodong first. Otherwise, they will rebel and be the first to cut off our heads! ”

Li Qin secretly scolded this guy for really not being able to support Adou, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord Chen don't need to panic, even if Yuming wants to rebel, it won't be now, now that everyone else has gone back to the Central Plains, let his subordinates rebel in Liaodong, wouldn't it be just right for His Majesty to catch him and kill him?" According to the subordinates, it is better to repair the book immediately, report the matter to the court in eight miles, and ask Your Majesty to decide. At that time, I believe that Yuming will be removed from office even if he is not killed! ”

After Chen Ling heard this, he was overjoyed and said: "If you can really bring down Yuming, Mr. Li should be credited!" This is a ...... of writing a fold."

Li Qin immediately took over the conversation and said with a sinister smile: "Then hand it over to your subordinates!" This must be done properly! ”

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Five days later, Yuming had rushed to Wu'an County, and in addition to Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanzao was also brought with him, and the official of the Criminal Department and his five relatives and soldiers would definitely not be able to pull it down. As soon as he got up, he passed through several county towns under Wu'an County. I feel that the disaster relief work in these places is quite good. Many county commanders and county officials took the lead and climbed on the river embankment, driving the broad masses of people to spontaneously go to the embankment to protect the dam. And accumulate to organize the production of surnames to help themselves.

If you perform well in this disaster relief operation, it is a good thing to gain both fame and political achievements, and it is very likely to be promoted and reused. In addition, the imperial court allocated enough money this time, so most officials were able to do their best to help the people.

For those officials in Wu'an who tried their best to provide disaster relief, Yuming did not point fingers and overstep the charges. After all, when it comes to people's livelihood, he knows that he is really not as proficient as these local officials. I am not very familiar with the situation in various parts of Hedong. The main thing he did was to listen carefully to the difficulties reported by officials in various places, and then find ways to help them solve some things that were difficult for them to solve.

For example, they hope to mobilize local garrisons to help strengthen the river embankment, lack of tents to resettle the victims, and hope to increase money and food. These situations were recorded one by one, and then reported to the imperial court to study how to solve them.

In addition, for profiteers who hoard, raise prices, and want to make money in the catastrophe; Taking advantage of the chaos in the disaster area, those criminals who cheat, kidnap, deceive, plunder and steal will be severely punished. Although many of them are Hedong lords, they have backstage backgrounds in the local area, and the local government feels a little difficult to deal with. But Yuming has no such concerns at all.

And this kind of thing often can't wait for him to deal with it himself, so Fang Xuanling will take a step ahead of him. All of them are handled from the top of the pack to the fastest. Let the local surnames applaud.

Yu Ming stayed in several county towns along the way for about five days, and in addition to condolences to the victims, he spent a lot of time meeting with local officials, gentry, and celebrities. These people saw that Yuming had an extraordinary temperament, behaved decently, and cared for the people of Hedong from the bottom of their hearts. They all have a good impression of him.

On September 17, Yuming arrived at Wu'an City. Judging from the disaster situation in Wu'an County that I learned from Li Xiuning before, the disaster situation around the county is not as serious as that of neighboring counties. This is basically in line with Fang Xuanling's judgment, because the most severe flood disaster is in the northern part of Wu'an County, and it also affects the downstream areas located in the eastern part of the county. Therefore, these two places are the most severe.

However, the rainfall in the area of Muan Castle is not very heavy, and although there are cases of levee bursts, it is not as serious as in the north and east.

Wu'an Shouyue Xin is a veteran of officialdom, and he is very handy about how to deal with the inspection of his superiors, and it is not the first time that the flood in Wu'an County has happened. How to make superiors satisfied with the disaster relief situation. He had already arranged it.

Now that the flood has basically receded, Yue Xin first ordered people to repair the broken embankment, and then drove all the people begging inside and outside Wu'an City to the county seat of each county for centralized control. According to the previous practice, higher-level officials, especially those from the imperial court, could at most go to Wu'an City to have a look, and it was impossible for them to go to the subordinate counties. So, rest assured.

Then, Yue Xin ordered the officials in Wu'an City to organize the people to dig a big pit outside the city, and bury all the bodies that had starved to death and drowned inside and outside the city.

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