Mu Yan stretched out his hand and kneaded her slightly delicate face a few times, and said with a smile: "Since Madame insists, then I will listen to the respect, I will send Yuanqing to wait on the side when the porridge is served, and I will let Xiang Qing go with me to the source of the flood tomorrow to inspect it." ”

Everything needs to be traced from the source, Jizhou is low, and it is easy to produce waterlogging when it encounters strong rain, but the imperial court will allocate a certain amount of money to each state every year to build flood control dams, and the amount allocated to Jizhou is not low, but every time it rains, Jizhou is very vulnerable to waterlogging, and it is easy to cause disputes among the people because of food.

It stands to reason that Mu Yan had an in-depth understanding of the approximate amount of money allocated by the imperial court, although there was a difference between the front and back, and then the local officials looted, the actual amount of money used for disaster relief was very small, but it was not enough for a very small rainfall to wash away the solid embankment.

The only possibility is that the local government swallowed the money, but lied to the court that it would use the money to build the dam, and then asked the court to allocate a new amount of money for the construction of the dam every year because of the heavy rain.

After observation in recent days, Mu Yan learned the truth behind the floods in Jizhou from the vague words of many officials, and it was difficult to break the embezzlement one by one, so Mu Yan had to take precautions and report the corruption situation in Jizhou to Kyoto as soon as possible.

Mu Rufeng has been staring closely at the letters from Jizhou in Beijing, and today he happened to be a close confidant who hurriedly slammed the door in, holding a few letters in his hand, and said in a hurry: "Master, the letter from the second young master is urgent." ”

Mu Rufeng made a sound, only quickly took the letter and slowly flattened it, and after remembering all the contents on it, he put the letter away completely and stuffed it into his wide sleeves: "I already know the situation ahead, I need to enter the palace now, and prepare a sedan chair for me immediately." ”

From the moment he heard the urgent letter, Mu Rufeng had a faint bad premonition, and sure enough, in the urgent letter, Mu Yan bluntly said that someone might sabotage the disaster relief plan he was traveling all the way from, which greatly increased the difficulty of appeasing the local people.

Mu Rufeng quickly changed into a court uniform and hurriedly entered the palace, and when he arrived at the Chengqian Palace, the former head of the palace stopped the pace of the people, and said with a fair look: "Prime Minister Mu, the saint is discussing with others, and I am afraid that you need to wait outside for a while today." ”

Because he came in a hurry all the way, Mu Rufeng's forehead was sweating densely, and he didn't want to be stopped outside the Chengqian Palace, and even the holy face didn't have time to look at it for the first time, he was curious about who was discussing with the saint inside.

After he sorted out his thoughts clearly, he asked very politely: "Please ask my father-in-law to pass it on for me, and dare to ask which courtier is the Holy Lord discussing with now?" ”

"Naturally, it is the right prime minister, Prime Minister Mu must have heard of the principle of first come, first come, and the saint asked the slave family to wait outside, saying that he wanted to discuss things with the right prime minister, if the prime minister is not in a hurry to get a result, why don't you go back first? Hurry up tomorrow for now. ”

Mu Rufeng's hand hanging down at his side was clenched tightly under the cover of the wide sleeves, and he stood still as if he were not moving, looking like he couldn't wait for people to come out of this palace today.

The head of the imperial palace had been arguing with him silently outside for about two hours, he took the lead in defeat, shook the dust and entered the inner hall, Qin Zhi was originally discussing with Jiang Chen where to set up the palace in the summer season, and was suddenly interrupted by the abrupt footsteps of the head of the palace, with obvious displeasure on his face.

"Tell the Holy Lord, Lord Zuo Xiang has been waiting outside for nearly two hours, saying that there is an urgent matter to discuss with you, how should I deal with it?"

Jiang Chen casually played with a string of newly paid tribute Jin Chu'er in his hand, and was about to order someone to send it to the Yuqiu Palace after the discussion, but he never thought that the original interest was ruined by Mu Rufeng, he naturally didn't have any good eyes, and he didn't even bother to lift his eyelids: "Do you still need me to say this kind of thing personally?" ”

The head of the imperial palace trembled and bowed: "The little one understands, and the little one will tell Lord Zuo Xiang that the Holy Lord is discussing important matters, and let him come back another day." ”

Jiang Chen didn't reply this time, only a low "um" overflowed from his throat in response, and the head of the imperial palace immediately waved the dust and retreated, still flattering when he left.

The people walking in this deep palace all rely on the words of this master to decide to survive, the former head of the emperor served in front of the two generations of emperors, the first emperor Jiang Yi's temperament is still mild compared to the current emperor, but now if this master is a little unhappy in his heart, someone in the palace will suffer, and he will not be able to die because of an eight-pole can not hit the left minister, who has little weight in the court.

In the deep palace, he knew very well that the person who knew the times was Junjie, and when he re-entered the front of the palace, he had the same smile on his face as always, but his voice was unfathomable: "Zuo Xiang, please go back, the saint said that there is something to discuss, today is a big thing, please come back another day, adults don't have to bother waiting outside." ”

Mu Rufeng sighed in his heart, he already knew that Jiang Chen had not done anything, but he never thought that one day Jiang Chen would really treat state affairs as a joke and disobey everyone, such behavior would undoubtedly lose the hearts of the people.

Although he was helpless in his heart, Mu Rufeng had no choice but to give up, and then retreated, preparing to go back to Mu Mansion to discuss the method with Mu Jing, until he got on the sedan curtain and isolated himself from the outside world, Mu Rufeng dared to shake his head one after another.

After a few steps to the west, Mu Rufeng had an idea, lifted the curtain and said to the sedan chair man who was walking outside: "Let's go to Duanwangfu first." ”

Now that the situation is complicated, Mu Rufeng might as well first reveal all the inside story of the Jizhou incident to Duanwang and Panhe, with Duanwang's assistance, this difficult matter can be much easier.

The palace is not far from Duanwang's Mansion, only half of the incense foot, the sedan chair will stop at the door of Duanwang's Mansion steadily, Mu Rufeng lifted the curtain and got off the sedan chair, and the family guarding outside the Duanwang's Mansion recognized Mu Rufeng at once, and immediately stepped forward and saluted: "The Prime Minister is looking for the prince?" “

Mu Rufeng bowed his head slightly, and said with a straight face: "I have an urgent matter to find your master today, can he be in the house?" ”

The family could clearly distinguish the priorities of the matter, coupled with Mu Rufeng's anxious look, he immediately stretched out his hand and made a gesture of right guidance, and said while leading the way in front: "The Prime Minister is in a hurry today, the prince has just returned from the martial arts training ground with the eldest prince, and is now resting in the front hall." ”

Mu Rufeng followed closely behind to the front hall with steady steps, and sure enough, he saw King Duan and Jiang and Xiu Zheng drinking tea together, and the family members bowed their hands in front: "Prince, eldest prince, the prime minister rushed to the mansion in a hurry, and I first brought the prime minister in accordance with the previous order of the prince." ”

Duanwangfu and Prime Minister Mu Cheng's Mansion had a close personal relationship before they got married, because Mu Rufeng and Jiang Mo are both people who are not valued now, and they should support each other, since Jiang Liyue married into Mu Mansion, Jiang Mo has made such a will.

Mu Rufeng bowed dignifiedly, Jiang Hexiu hurriedly stepped forward to welcome the person into his seat, and asked with a nervous expression: "The Prime Minister is in such a hurry today, but what happened to the sister?" ”

After Mu Rufeng sat down, he shook his head: "It's okay, the county lord is staying in my mansion now, and Mu came today to discuss with the prince on other important matters." ”

Seeing that what Mu Rufeng did when he came here was not Jiang Liyue, Jiang Mo breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face: "That's it, but what happened in Jizhou ahead?" ”

"Exactly, the prince's discernment." Mu Rufeng paused for a long time, took out the letter from Mu Yan's expedited delivery from his wide sleeve and handed it to Jiang Mo, and sighed: "The prince might as well take a look at the situation in Jizhou first." ”

Jizhou is the border between the Xiongnu and Daliang, the geographical location is particularly important, since the first emperor has been particularly concerned about the situation in Jizhou, now Jiang Chen is in power, but forgot the original lesson, Jiang Mo sighed deeply, unfolded the letter and glanced at it roughly, closed his eyes again, and rubbed his eyebrows that were a little painful: "I already know the situation ahead, but you have gone to the palace to ask for a saint?" ”

Mu Rufeng nodded thoughtfully, and asked again: "I did go there, but I didn't even have time to see the holy face, so I was sent out, saying that I was asked to go again tomorrow, I can wait, can this Jizhou really wait like me?" What is the prince's plan? ”

Jiang Mo thought seriously for a while, and then said straight to the point: "Since you have come here recently, I should help you and bring Mu Yan through this difficulty." Jiang Mo paused, and turned his head to look at Jiang Hexiu: "Hexiu, you know what I said to Prime Minister Mu just now, it is better to pack up your baggage and set off at this moment, personally look forward to Jizhou, and calm the dispute in Jizhou with Mu Yan, if there is a new situation, remember to contact the government in time." ”

Jiang and Xiu roughly heard the ins and outs, and naturally they were willing to step forward to help, he packed up some proper things from the bedroom, paced back to the front hall, and arched his hand towards Jiang Mo and Mu Rufeng: "I'll set off now, and I will definitely report the new situation in time." ”

Jiang Mo nodded in response, seeing Jiang and Xiu's figures disappear in front of him, he slowly retracted his gaze, Mu Rufeng probed the worry in his eyebrows, and said with some emotion: "Now you and I are struggling in the court, and the saint is getting closer and closer to the right, so I really don't know what to do in this situation." ”

Jiang Mo looked up at the sky outside the window that was gradually sinking in the west: "That's it, it's not the first day, I just hope that this time Xiu'er can help Mu Yan, otherwise I really don't know how to deal with this follow-up dispute, since we have tried our best, the rest depends on the creation of these children, the two of us are old after all, and we are becoming more and more speechless in the court." ”

Mu Rufeng and Jiang Mo have always been suppressed by Jiang Chen, and now although one of them has the name of the prime minister and the other has the name of the king of Duan, in fact, they are almost out of real power, Jiang Chen is thinking of the friendship of the first emperor so that he did not cut off the name of the auxiliary government on their faces, but in fact, he pays special attention to the matter of the right minister, which is already a matter known to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.