Cold comes and summer, spring goes and autumn comes. Two years have passed in a flash, and now it is the early summer of the tenth year of the Great Song Xuanhe.

Since the Dragon Boat Festival, a heavy rain has hit the Gyeonggi area, and for seven or eight days, the heavy rain has hardly stopped, which has made the water level of the river in various places urgent, especially the section of the Yellow River near Tokyo and the water level of the Bianhe River is as much as three or five feet higher than in previous years, and it is about to overflow from the top of the river embankment.

Heavy rains over the past few days have caused massive waterlogging in the city, and even though there are dense drainage ditches like cobwebs under the city, it is still impossible to drain the large amount of rainwater. In this way, not only the outer city, but also the inner city, and even the imperial city are flooded, and it is almost feasible.

This is naturally a huge challenge for Sun Tu and his party, who have now completely grasped the overall situation of the DPRK and politics, and in the past few days, countless officials have been trying their best to take care of the overall situation, and Sun Tu has stayed in the Privy Council for three consecutive days to command, and has never seen half of his family.

On May 17, at noon, an official who had servants to help him wear an umbrella but was still doused by the heavy rain hurriedly waded into the Privy Council and asked to see Sun Tu: "Xu Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, is seeing the Taiwei." ”

Sun Tu, the prince of Yueguo, who was talking to his scribes, quickly replied: "Xu Shangshu doesn't have to be polite, if you have anything to say, let's talk first." ”

"Yes." Xu Huo was not polite, and quickly strode in, and after seeing Sun Tu and bowing slightly, he said: "Taiwei, there has just been news from the side of the Yellow River that there is a gap in a small section of the river, but fortunately it was found in time, so it was blocked back, but the sandbags in front are insufficient, and they need to be transferred from the city." ”

"You don't have to come to the official for such matters, you can just decide for yourself." Sun Tu smiled and said: "You tell the soldiers and officials there again, as long as you can hold the Yellow River this time, they will all have merit, and the officials and the court will not forget them." ”

"Yes, the lower official wrote it down."

"And you." Sun Tu glanced at the Ministry of Works, who was only in his early forties: "Xu Shangshu, you were specially promoted from the official position of Langzhong by me, don't let Your Majesty and the people of the world be disappointed." Not only on the side of the Yellow River, but also on the Bianhe River outside the city, there is no room for mistakes, and if you do it well, it will be a great achievement, and no one will say that your position as a scholar is a fluke. As for what support you want, whether it is money, people, or goods, the official will be open to supply, and there is no need to have any burden. In the past two years, the income of my Great Song Dynasty has been increasing day by day, aren't these rice grains and goods just in case? ”

Xu Hui's heart was even more relieved when he heard this, and at the same time, he hugged his fists with gratitude: "Xiaguan understands, I will do my best not to disappoint the Taiwei." But there is one more thing, the lower officials really don't dare to make this determination......"

Sun Tu glanced at him with a smile, and quickly understood that his previous words were just foreshadowing, and this was really to the point: "If there is anything to say, everything should be based on the overall situation." ”

"That's right, according to the estimation of several officials of our Ministry of Industry who are good at controlling water, this rain will fall again, and my Tokyo City will definitely not be able to bear it, especially the water level of Jinming Pond in the west is constantly rising, and it has become a big water tank hanging in Xicheng, once something goes wrong, it will be a disaster of collapse. Now the only way is to take the initiative to open the corner of Jinmingchi and introduce water into Qionglin Yuan and the nearby manor, but both Jinmingchi and Qionglin Yuan are owned by the royal family, and the dozens of Zhuangzi over there are the property of officials in the DPRK and China, so ......"

Hearing his embarrassment, Sun Tuhe laughed: "It turns out that you are here for this." It's true that this Jinmingchi and Qionglin Yuan are owned by the royal family, but isn't this Tokyo City the residence of the Son of Heaven? How can we ignore the safety of millions of people in Tokyo because of a small loss? As for those Zhuangzi, don't even pay attention to them, you just take my warrant, transfer all the forbidden army to Jinmingchi, and act according to the advice of your Ministry of Industry, don't have any worries! I have only one request, and that is not to let the flood worsen, and not to let the people of the city suffer any more disasters! Can you do it? ”

This kind of performance of complete letting go and trust made Xu Hui's whole person excited. As a technocrat who only devoted himself to construction works, his mind was much simpler than that of the vast majority of courtiers, and he immediately surrendered his hand at this time: "The lower official will not live up to the trust of the captain, if something really goes wrong, I am willing to pay with my life!" ”

"Well, go ahead, good life has done things well, keep your life to serve the country." Sun Tu smiled at him again and waved his hand. When the Ministry of Industry Shangshu turned around and went out, the two of them found that there was another slightly embarrassed official outside the door, and it was Tong Mu, the governor of the Political Affairs Hall!

Today, two years later, Tong Mu's official position is still only the second-in-command in the political hall, and there is still a first-in-command Prime Minister Li Gang above. But in fact, everyone in the world knows that he is the one who really has the final say in the political affairs hall, as for the elderly and virtuous Li Xianggong, it is just a decoration, eight out of ten days said that he was sick at home, and the remaining two days were almost not to ask about business when he arrived in the political affairs hall, just drinking tea and chatting.

After the bloodbath of the imperial court two years ago, Sun Tu and his subordinates almost held all the military, political and financial powers of the imperial court in their hands, and as for important ministers like Li Gang, it was almost like clay wood carving.

"I've seen Da Shen." Xu Huo came to Tong Mu and bowed his hand very politely, and the latter also smiled and saluted him back, and then asked: "How is it, these days have been very hard, my net worth and life are all in Xu Shangshu's thoughts." ”

"Don't dare, Da Shen laughed. However, you can rest assured that at least for a short time, the lower officials can ensure that the water in Tokyo will not rise again. ”

"That's good, please leave everything to Xu Shangshu." After a little greeting with the other party, Tong Mucai stepped into the door, and after a little salute with Sun Tu, he spoke: "There is definite news in the Jiangnan area, although the implementation of the ancient literature in the past two years has achieved some results, but it has still encountered a lot of resistance, especially many local celebrities, and they have repeatedly opposed it in public, saying that this is a big mistake to insult Sven and subvert the thousand-year-old Taoist system." ”

Sun Tumian replied without changing his face: "What else?" If you can run this trip yourself, it should be a lot of trouble there, right? ”

Sun Tu was still a little too optimistic about the series of policies of abandoning ancient texts and using vernacular liberal arts to take examinations and implementing them into official correspondence with the government. In fact, since this decision was made, it has been frantically resisted by the bureaucratic gentry in various places, and now after two years, it is still full of difficulties, and even the situation in the Jiangnan region, which Sun Tu has high hopes for, is not optimistic.

Tong Mu smiled bitterly: "There are other things, you can take a look at this newly sent music sheet." As he spoke, he handed over a sheet that had been hidden in his bosom and had not been wet by the rain.

Sun Tu took it and opened it, and the two eyebrows were quickly twisted together, and his face became gloomy: "It's really bold, they all started to use force to enter the yamen, who gave them the guts?" Is it true that after two years, my grandson will become a good person who eats fasting and recites Buddha? ”

Tong Mu smiled bitterly again: "After all, this matter will cause them a lot of damage, and these local gentry, especially those from scholarly families, naturally refuse to give up." ”

"Yes, they have relied on this monopoly for generations to rule the land, keeping the people as their own slaves. And once the so-called Taoist system is gone, what will their children rely on to be masters in the future? Sun Tu said coldly: "But I can't let them control everything like this, since they have done it, there is no reason to give up halfway." I've said all the good things I've said for two years, and it's time to kill their prestige and let them know what it means to be my enemy. ”

"Captain, are you going to use force? Aren't you afraid of another local chaos? ”

"Hmph, a group of scholars are just sour and sour, what can they do? Isn't there a good saying, Xiucai has failed to rebel for three years, and with them, it can be regarded as an extraordinary performance if they can pull up a team of 10,000 people. In the past two years, the life of the people in the world has become better and better, how can they say that they can get up against? ”

After a pause, Sun Tu said again: "In this way, you send a letter to Lin Chong, who is stationed in Jiangnan, and ask him to secretly send someone to contact those guys who dance the most fiercely and encourage them to cause trouble, and then what to do, he should be able to understand." ”

Hearing this countermeasure, Tong Mu's eyelids suddenly jumped: "Tai Wei, in this way, there are too many people involved......

"Kill a hundred people, after two years, I can see that it is useless to get along with these people and say good things, you have to use thunderbolt means to kill them, and they will naturally obey their orders. If you want me to say, they are spinning tops, that is, they are underdrawn! When Sun Tu said this, the murderous aura in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

Tong Mu saw that he had made up his mind, and he no longer persuaded him, but sighed lightly: "It seems that we still can't get rid of the use of force." In this way, the future history books will be ......"

"You don't have to worry about this at all, if it happens, the right to speak will no longer be in their hands. Why do they desperately want to oppose my Fei Guwen, isn't it because they write history books and everything? But as long as the rules we have set are implemented, how can they still slander me when the people of the world can write books and history? So you just have to be bold and let it go, and the victory will be ours after all. ”

"Okay, hey, I just hope that the chaos in Jiangnan can be smaller." Tong Mu nodded, and was about to say goodbye, when another person walked in quickly, and it was Tang Feng.

It's just that Tang Feng's whole person's spirit is very different from two years ago, and he has become extremely restrained and gloomy, just like a sharp sword hidden deep in the sheath, ordinary people don't feel any pressure when they look at it, but those who are familiar with him can clearly feel a different trace of yin owl qi.