At the beginning of May of the fourth year of Jingtai.

With the advent of summer, Yanzhou and Qingzhou have been baptized by floods, and now everything is recovering, and hundreds of thousands of people stranded in various places have also returned to their hometowns one after another, and have begun to rebuild their homes with the settlement of local governments.

In the past two months, Xu Youzhen has also been conscientious, running between the capital city of Yanzhou and the Yellow River embankment, and now he has finally repaired several Yellow River embankments that have broken down.

The rest was for the officials of Yanzhou and Qingzhou, who, according to Xu's plan, needed to continue to reinforce the Yellow River embankment and start digging the ditch that would lead the Yellow River into the river (the Grand Canal).

At the same time, Emperor Jingtai heard that the floods in Shandong and other places had passed, and all places had begun to recover and rebuild smoothly.

Liu Juntao saw that the matter was basically over, and the rest was the aftermath, Xu Youzhen could be regarded as basically completing the mission, and would return to the DPRK at any time to resume his life.

So, Liu Juntao sent someone to inform Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief of Yanzhou Fucheng, and asked him to invite Xu Youzhen to return to Jinan Fucheng together, and prepare to sit down with Xu Youzhen on disaster relief matters.

After Hu Dexing received the order, he immediately went to the Yellow River embankment to find Xu Youzhen and explained his intention.

Xu Youzhen has made great contributions to disaster relief, the management of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal, but he is inevitably proud.

Regarding Liu Juntao's invitation, Xu Youzhen did not want to go to Jinan Fucheng, but was ready to return directly to the DPRK to resume his life, the reason for which was that he was worried about Liu Juntao's contribution!

However, Xu Youzhen didn't dare to refuse directly, after all, Liu Juntao's iron-fisted suppression of loafers and raids of black-hearted businessmen in various places a while ago made Xu Youzhen very frightened, and he also realized Liu Juntao's decision to kill.

So, Xu Youzhen thought about it for a while, then politely rejected Hu Dexing, and said: "Deputy General Hu is one step ahead, there are still some things that have not been taken care of here, and after the cooking is finished, I will go to Jinan Mansion City by myself." ”

Hu Dexing smiled when he heard this, and said, "Well, since that's the case, then Master Xu will go as soon as possible." ”

Then, Hu Dexing sent a letter to Liu Juntao, stating that Xu Youzhen had no plans to go to Jinan Fucheng.

At this time, Liu Juntao was discussing with Guo Yongzhong, Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhang Rui, Secretary of Tuntian, Xu Fa, Secretary of the Household Registration Department, and Guo Changjing, Secretary of the Department of Education.

After the baptism of this flood, most of Yanzhou and Qingzhou Mansions, and some areas of Xuzhou are in a mess, not only the Tunzhuang and industries in Shandong Town have been seriously washed away, but also countless people have been displaced, even if the local government is trying to settle down, there are tens of thousands of displaced people who are still homeless!

Therefore, Liu Juntao prepared to ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to come forward and recruit all the displaced people scattered in various places, and then use work for relief to let these displaced people rebuild the tunzhuang and industry in various places, and then settle these displaced people in various places, and turn these displaced people into tun people under the command of Shandong Town.

"General Town, this is a recruitment plan formulated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs is preparing to carry out it in Yanzhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture and Xuzhou at the same time, and plans to use three to five months to recruit displaced people scattered in various places."

As he spoke, Guo Yongzhong handed over a plan to Liu Juntao, and after Liu Juntao read it, he nodded and said, "Okay!" Let's do it! ”

At this moment, Liu Zi'an, the Minister of Intelligence, hurriedly came and said, "General Town, Deputy General Hu has sent news that Xu Youzhen refuses to come!" ”

Hearing this news, Guo Yongzhong and the others were taken aback, originally Liu Juntao invited Xu Youzhen to come over for official business, which was reasonable, but Xu Youzhen refused to come, which means that Xu Youzhen is probably planning something, and it is not good for Shandong Town!

Liu Juntao also frowned slightly, and then said coldly: "Now that the disaster has passed in various places, they are all rebuilding after the disaster, which is a great credit!" I think this Xu Youzhen is ready to swallow this credit alone! ”

Liu Zi'an snorted coldly and said, "Hmph! Although Xu Youzhen has made a lot of contributions this time, especially in the matter of dredging the Grand Canal and diverting water to the Yellow River, he can't leave our Shandong Town behind! If it weren't for our Shandong town to send people, money and food, he Xu Youzhen would still have achieved nothing! ”

Guo Yongzhong and others were also angry, and suggested that Liu Juntao immediately write to the court and fight for himself before Xu Youzhen.

"This Xu Youzhen is complacent and a little light, hum! I got carried away with a little effort, and I expected that Xu Youzhen would not be able to achieve anything big! ”

So, Liu Juntao said: "Notify the Central Department and immediately send a letter to the court in the name of Shandong Town!" Since he, Xu Youzhen, is ready to take the credit alone, then let's show the credit to the court ourselves! ”

"That's right! That's it! ”

Guo Yongzhong and the others all agreed, and Liu Zian also said with a smile: "I think that we have to be prepared to confront Xu Youzhen!" ”

Liu Juntao also nodded in agreement.

A few days later, Xu Youzhen finished taking care of the affairs in Shandong, and then set off to leave, and at the same time sent a piece of music to the capital.

In Xu Youzhen's recital, all kinds of credits to Shandong Town are only passing by, and even the credits of the officials in Shandong are only briefly mentioned in a few sentences, and the whole recital is to describe Xu Youzhen's own merits in a large paragraph!

After sending it out, Xu Youzhen did not return to the capital immediately, but went to Henan, Hebei, Nanzhili and other places to inspect.

The reason why Xu Youzhen is not in a hurry to return to Beijing is to let her play cause public opinion in the capital, and then go back in style.

Xu Youzhen crackled his wishful thinking, and he was already looking forward to the picture of being rewarded and praised by Emperor Jingtai when he returned to Beijing.

However, Xu Youzhen received a message from Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, on the way: Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, also wrote to the imperial court to fight for the merits of Shandong Town and Shandong Bu Political Envoy!

Hearing this news, Xu Youzhen was stunned, she didn't expect Liu Juntao to come to such a hand, and in a blink of an eye, she disrupted all her plans.

At this time, Xu Youzhen was not in the mood to inspect the disaster areas in Hebei, Henan, Nanzhili and other places, so he hastily ended the inspection, and then went north to return to Beijing non-stop.

When Xu Youzhen returned to the capital, the DPRK and China had already quarreled over the issue of disaster relief and river control.

Emperor Jingtai looked at Xu Youzhen and Liu Juntao's plays, and he was also in a dilemma, obviously unable to make a decision for a while.

Xu Youzhen was also helpless when she saw this, and she couldn't jump out and argue, otherwise it would be a snake in the eyes of others.

Seeing this, Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, also frowned, and said to Xu Youzhen, who came to complain: "I think you are just smart but you are mistaken by cleverness!" So who is Liu Juntao? From the day Pontus knew him, this man had never suffered a loss! With such a big thing and such a big contribution to disaster relief and river control, you still want to swallow it yourself? Lord Xu, you don't want to think about it, is this possible! ”

Xu Youzhen had a bitter face and said: "What the governor said is reasonable, but at that time, I was also confused, I didn't expect this layer, just thinking that I could make progress with this credit!" ”

Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, sighed and said, "In my opinion, Lord Xu should write another letter, mention the merits of Shandong Town and the government offices in various parts of Shandong, and end the dispute between the court and China as soon as possible." ”

"What!"

Xu Youzhen was still a little unwilling, and sat there hesitating.

Seeing this, Shi Heng sneered and said, "Lord Xu, don't be confused anymore, if the dispute between the court and China continues, what will Your Majesty think in his heart?" At that time, I'm afraid that Lord Xu's hard work will be gone! ”

Hearing this, Xu Youzhen suddenly woke up, thanked Shi Heng again and again, and rushed out a letter on the same day, asking for credit for Shandong Town and Shandong Political Envoy, and even the Shandong Governor Yamen and Shandong Inspector Yamen mentioned a few words.

A few days later, Emperor Jingtai issued an order: promote Xu Youzhen to the imperial history of the left capital, and at the same time reward Shandong Town, as well as the three divisions of Shandong political envoy, Shandong governor, and Shandong inspection envoy.

After Liu Juntao learned the news, he immediately laughed and said to Liu Zi'an, who came to report the news: "This Xu Youzhen, I knew why I had to do it today!" ”

Liu Zi'an also said: "This kind of person deserves to be like this!" ”