On May 20, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Disaster Relief and Embankment Guards eliminated the public opinion to withstand the pressure, dug the lake embankment on the west side of Jinming Pond, flooded Qionglin Yuan and the surrounding dozens of manors in a radius of more than ten miles, and on the morning of the 21st, the weather suddenly took a sharp turn, the clouds and rain stopped, and the sun was shining! The heavy rain, which had been raging for half a month, suddenly stopped!

Although this made many people breathe a sigh of relief, it also put great pressure on the Ministry of Industry, after all, as long as they persisted for one more night, the disaster would be completely improved, and the large manor and fertile land, especially the Qionglin Garden, which was a royal garden, would not be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Of course, as the current ruler, it is impossible for Sun Tu to blame the officials of the Ministry of Industry for this, especially Xu Hui, who is bedridden because of fatigue and guilt, and even when the latter came to ask for guilt with his sick body, he also made some kind words of relief: "Xu Shangshu doesn't have to feel guilty, you also said it, judging from the water conditions at that time, maybe it won't last in other directions of Tianming Jinmingchi, and it will be dangerous at that time." In comparison, the flooding of Qionglin Yuan and those manors was the best result, at least there were no casualties and no suffering for the people. ”

Listening to Sun Tu's comfort, Xu Huo was moved, but the guilt in his heart did not dissipate: "But after all, Xia Guan is the culprit who has submerged hundreds of acres of fertile land and countless manors, as well as Qionglin Villa, and he is really shameless to face his colleagues in the DPRK and China, many of them have family businesses in it, if I can hold on a little longer, maybe ......."

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Sun Tu put on a straight face and said: "Xu Shangshu, I don't like to listen to what you say, what does it mean to hold on for a while, if you always have such a fluke mentality, I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster." Since you are in charge of water conservancy, you should know the truth that the slightest difference is a thousand miles away, and you should understand how terrible it is for a thousand miles of embankments to collapse in an anthill, and your decision is completely correct, and there is no mistake at all. After a pause, he looked at the other party again: "What's more, if you really talk about it, it was the official who made the decision to dig up the embankment of Jinmingchi Lake, are you questioning my judgment?" ”

Xu Hui then remembered that he had indeed asked Sun Tu first, and only with his approval did he have the confidence to act with the soldiers and horses, which made him really bad to take the fault on his head again: "No, don't dare, the subordinate is by no means to blame the captain, the captain has the overall situation first, and the fault is also mine." ”

"Since I'm not wrong, then you are not wrong." Sun Tu immediately waved his hand domineeringly and said: "As for those criticisms in the court, you don't have to pay attention to them, the official will help you suppress them." You don't have to worry about being punished by the imperial court because of this, you are the first person to be rewarded for quelling this flood. ”

After saying this, Xu Huo was not good at drilling the horns again, and immediately thanked him again with gratitude, and then left a little staggeringly. And after Sun Tu saw him leave, he shook his head unconsciously, and smiled at Tong Mu on the side: "This Xu Shangshu is good for everything else, but sometimes it's too old-fashioned and brainless." And I've heard that this time the incident was originally caused by those guys' greed, dragging and refusing to nod, otherwise it wouldn't make the water situation in Jinmingchi so dangerous, and when this section passes, this matter will be investigated! ”

"What the captain said is that those people are really hateful, completely ignoring the overall situation and only focusing on their own interests." Tong Mu nodded in response at first, but soon, he thought a little again: "Do you think there is a deeper reason for this?" "Did you think of it too?" The smile on Sun Tu's face had already retracted, but there was a cold glint in his eyes: "I have checked, the masters of those Zhuangzi are all officials above the fourth rank in the court and a few nobles, and they have acted quite upright before, and they really have never acted as unreasonable as this time." Moreover, dozens of Zhuangzi actually have surprisingly consistent attitudes, which is strange in itself. ”

"Yes, their initial resistance to refusing to relocate is enough to be interesting, and then secretly moving all the people and goods together, leaving only two or three people to drag it is even more obvious, it is clear that they are deliberately dragging it, wanting to make a mistake in Jinmingchi and flood the Jingshi." Tong Mu is also good at conspiracy, and he is not afraid to speculate on others with the worst malice, and he grasps the key point of the problem at once.

And Sun Tu's face became more and more ugly: "Since you have seen it this way, there are indeed too many inside facts about this matter, and those people are clearly coming for us, in order to disturb the imperial court." Speaking of this, he suddenly raised his voice and shouted outside: "Come on, go and invite Tang Sizheng to come." "If you want to dig out all the details of these guys, there is no more reliable person than the Imperial City Division.

The current Imperial City Division is located near the Privy Council, so it didn't take time for a meal before Tang Feng rushed over: "I don't know what the Taiwei commands?" ”

"What have your men been checking lately?"

"If it's just in the capital, it will fall on that person, and I've been following the clues from two years ago to track down the mastermind behind the hiding." Tang Feng hurriedly replied.

"These two things don't seem to be so easy to figure out, so let's put them aside. Now, I have something more important for you to investigate......" As he spoke, Sun Tu revealed his previous doubts, and asked Tang Feng to secretly find out all the movements of the masters of those Zhuangzi during this time, especially their contacts with the officials and nobles of the DPRK and China, and so on.

When Tang Feng heard this, his expression tightened, and his spirit was even more uplifted: "Aren't these guys honest even today?" When the captain seals the letter, his subordinates will definitely find out their every move, so that they have nothing to hide. ”

"Well, let's go. Remember, this matter should not be made of fanfare, and the investigation should also be investigated in secret, especially not to let them find out the clues. ”

"Humble duty understands." Tang Feng clenched his fists clearly, and then retreated. The matter is important, and he is not willing to delay it for the slightest.

"Captain is worried about more problems from them?" Tong Mu asked with some concern.

Sun Tu nodded after a slight sigh and said: "Yes, in the past two years, in fact, there are still many officials in the DPRK and China who refuse to accept the reality and always want to say goodbye to me." Even if they don't have the courage to openly make enemies of me, they are not less troublesome behind their backs. And one by one, they all decided that I didn't want to mess up the situation between the DPRK and China, and now they are acting more and more presumptuous.

"In the past, they used to spread some strange words, or argue with me about some trivial matters, but since this year, they have become more and more emboldened, and today, they have even used such important matters related to the safety of Tokyo and the life and death of hundreds of people against me."

After a pause, he suddenly looked at Tong Mu: "You say, am I too kind to them?" In addition to killing Cai Jing and others at the beginning, I have hardly opened anyone in the past two years, even if someone always makes small moves in secret, I will beat it a little at most, and there is no further punishment. ”

Tong Mu was stunned, thinking about it carefully, his situation was actually similar to Sun Tu. Although on the surface he is in charge of the overall situation and does have great power, in some details, those subordinates do have actions that violate the yang and the yin, and it is even more obvious since this year.

After a while, he smiled bitterly: "This thing does exist, after all, you and I can't compare to them in age and seniority, and many old ministers are naturally impossible to be convinced." In addition, the policy of de-archaicism that we have been trying to pursue has clearly infringed on their interests, and these people are even less likely to be of the same mind as us. If it weren't for the fact that the military power is in our hands now, I'm afraid the situation will be even worse.

"And the most important thing is that they see that we're not going to really go out of our way and go down against them. Because now that we are in power, what we need is a stable imperial court......"

Sun Tu's eyes flashed, and he muttered: "Yes, if you don't sit in this position, you can't understand how important stability is to a country, only stability is the foundation of everything, whether it is people's livelihood or military affairs, there must be a stable environment!" But then, his tone became calm again: "It seems that they really saw my mentality, so they will be so unscrupulous and intensified, treating my forbearance as a good bully, thinking that they are absolutely safe!" Since they are so ignorant of what to do and have to be my enemy, it is time for them to think back to what happened two years ago. ”

It is said that two years ago, these so-called court officials were like quails one by one, and no matter what Sun Tu asked, they were all the only ones. Why is this, isn't it because the corpses and heads of Cai Jing and others were scattered there at that time, and their blood was still flowing in the city, giving everyone enough deterrence? And now, they have healed their scars and forgotten the pain, and they are ready to move again!

Let's start with this incident, I have to give them some faces, no matter how I say it, I have to see blood, and kill their prestige. This is not only for his own prestige, but also for the government of abolishing ancient texts with many obstacles, otherwise the resistance behind will only get bigger and bigger.

"Taiwei, aren't you afraid that this will cause turmoil in the court again, and even those civil officials will gather together to force the palace to make trouble?" Tong Mu was a little worried.

"What's there to be afraid of? I just had too many concerns before I gave them a chance. It's funny to think about it now, two years ago we braved the world's condemnation, what did they say, is it different today? It's a big deal, and a new group of people will come to serve in the imperial court. In this world, six-legged toads are not easy to find, but there are two-legged people, and there are even more people who are waiting for an opportunity to cross the river! At this moment, Sun Tu's temperament is very different from before, and there is no longer gloomy, like a sharp sword that has finally been pulled out of the scabbard, so that Tong Mu does not dare to force his eyes.

At the same time, this also made Tong Muhao angry: "Okay, let's fight with these guys again." Two years ago, we were able to suppress them so that they didn't even dare to fart half a fart, and today we can do it! ”

As soon as he said this, a person outside suddenly hurried over, and shouted urgently: "Taiwei, it's not good, Xu Shangshu, Xu Shangshu was suddenly surrounded and beaten and fainted after he just left the imperial city......"

"What?" Rao is Sun Tu has the bearing that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his color, and his color suddenly changed at a moment, and he bounced up from his seat suddenly: "What kind of person, did you really eat the bear's heart and leopard gall?" ”