Murong Ju was not a slow responder, he listened to Zhao Junsheng's question, and immediately thought that could it be that the embankment of the Hanoi section of the Yellow River was promoted and burst because of the poor quality? If so, it's too much.

He was shocked: "Your Majesty, the imperial court allocates more than half of the total amount of money to the counties along the Yellow River every year for flood control, how can the Yellow River embankment burst because the quality of the embankment is not up to standard?" If that's the case······"

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Murong Ju: "What's the matter?" ”

Murong Ju said in a trembling tone: "There are definitely people who are greedy for money for the flood control project, and this kind of greed for ink is not a small fight, but a large area, from top to bottom, it will involve a lot of officials, a lot, once the radish is pulled out and the mud is ······"

Zhao Junsheng asked: "How do you know that it is a large-scale, top-to-bottom large-scale ink greed?" ”

Murong Ju's face was pale, he was frightened, he took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, the flood control of the Yellow River and the rivers in the territory of our Daqian has never been interrupted since the founding of our Daqian, and it has been nearly 20 years, but so far there has been no rumor of officials embezzling money for the flood control project. You must know that there is no impermeable wall in the world, and when this happens, either there is really no greasy at all, or someone has done everything up and down, but everyone who handles it is dragged into the water. The minister is in charge of money, grain and grain, and the way in this is still clear, saying that the funds for flood control have not been embezzled or misappropriated for other purposes in the process of allocation, not to mention that the minister does not believe it, His Majesty will definitely not believe it! ”

Zhao Junsheng walked back and forth in the main hall twice, and said to Murong Ju: "One day after I returned to Chang'an, someone secretly wrote that the embankment broke because of the problem of the embankment, otherwise why did the embankment of the Hanoi section and the Xingyang section have problems, and not other sections of the embankment?" I don't care if this matter is true or not, but since someone is secretly playing it, and it is not a person, this means that this matter is not groundless, and I must investigate it clearly to reassure me! I summoned these prime ministers to discuss this matter, they all recommended candidates to preside over the investigation, someone recommended you, and your official position is still the lowest among the recommended people, but I want you, the person with the lowest official position, to investigate this case, do you have the courage and confidence to investigate this matter clearly? ”

Murong Ju's face changed, and the first thought in his mind was not to refuse, but to think about who recommended him? What is the purpose of the other party? Do you want to use him, or do you want to frame him? Or is there some other ulterior motive? Why didn't the emperor say who the recommender was? The person who recommended him must have been among the ministers on the scene.

The eunuch Kang Yide saw that Murong Ju did not answer Zhao Junsheng's question for a long time, and scolded in a low voice: "Murong Ju, Your Majesty asked you, why didn't you answer?" ”

Murong Ju woke up when he was reprimanded, and he groaned and said: "Your Majesty has a life, and the minister will naturally die, but the minister's official rank is too low, I am afraid that he will not be able to serve the public, and the minister's personal honor and disgrace are secondary, and the minister is worried about ruining His Majesty's affairs!" ”

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "Low official rank is not a problem, since I have chosen you to investigate this case, I will consider it carefully for you, I only ask you if you have the courage and confidence to investigate this case?" ”

Murong Ju bowed down and said: "Your Majesty trusts the ministers, and it is within the minister's duty to share the worries of Your Majesty, even if they are broken!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's choice to let Murong Ju investigate the case was also carefully considered, and the candidates recommended by other ministers all had backgrounds, only this Murong Ju had no background.

This person had been an official in the previous dynasty, and had served in the center for many years, and he had rich experience in managing the government, and if there was really a problem with the matter of breaking the embankment, this person did not lack experience in struggle, and he should be able to deal with it.

Another point, according to the records of the pending lawsuit, Murong Ju is really honest, not like many other officials who are fake and honest, and this person is determined and treats himself and his family harshly to an outrageous degree, this is a person of faith, such a person is not easy to be bribed, not easy to be pulled into the water.

Zhao Junsheng immediately said: "Okay, I order you to be fully responsible for investigating the breach of the embankment in the Hanoi and Xingyang sections of the Yellow River!" In order to facilitate your investigation of the case, you will be appointed as a minister and a senior official; A gold medal is given, and seeing the gold medal is like seeing me! Give you the right to make decisions on the spot, you can cut first and then play! ”

All the ministers suddenly gasped collectively, seeing that the officials were at the top level, the royal gold medal, the right to make decisions on the spot, and the ability to cut first and then play, any of them were the right to live and kill, even if they were prime ministers who had to kneel in front of Murong Ju. Not only them, even the queen, the crown prince, and the prince had to kneel when they saw Murong Ju holding the gold medal in his hand.

That is to say, from now on, apart from the emperor, Murong Ju is the most powerful person in the world, but he is also the most dangerous person!

Murong Ju only felt that the pressure on his shoulders suddenly increased, and his heart gradually became cold, the power in his hands was too terrifying and too dangerous, and he could be exterminated by the Nine Clans if he was not careful.

"It's not easy to do this errand!" Murong Ju felt bitter in his heart for a while, but he could only go and bow down and say, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

"Flat!"

In the next few days, Zhao Junsheng had to deal with the issue of rewarding the soldiers of the Northern Expedition, compensating the fallen soldiers, and relocating the Rouran people who surrendered and surrendered, and also had to deal with the related problems encountered in disaster relief and relief in a timely manner.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng comforted a group of soldiers who were wounded during the Northern Expedition, this group of wounded soldiers was one half of all the wounded soldiers, and the remaining half of the wounded soldiers were unable to survive because of wound infection.

The medical level of the cadres and soldiers was much better than that of the previous dynasty, and many medical masters were organized to develop several kinds of healing ointments for battlefield first aid, and the distribution was also very comprehensive, and there were two medical nurses in one tooth establishment.

Even so, half of the wounded soldiers died from wound infections.

When returning to the palace from the recuperation place of the wounded soldiers, the eunuch Kang Yide ushered in a report: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a secret performance!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately said, "What about the secret performance?" ”

According to the Daqian system, all the recitals must be sent to the General Administration Department first, and then sent to the emperor to read after being reviewed and classified by the General Administration Department, but the secret music is an exception, and the secret music is directly sent to the eunuchs around the emperor without going through the General Administration Department, but there are few people who have the right to perform the secret, and their identities are unknown to no one except the emperor.

Conifer took out a piece of music and handed it over.

Zhao Junsheng took the piece and looked at it, the piece was sealed with fire paint, and there was no trace of damage, the outside of the piece looked no different from the ordinary piece, but there was a secret mark on it, and ordinary people couldn't see it, only those who knew its mystery could see it.

This is really a secret recital, not the kind that Zhao Junsheng used a few blank recitals to fool the ministers a few days ago.

He walked to the throne with the tantric music and sat down, used a paper cutter to remove the fire paint seal, opened the music book and read it.

This secret letter was sent by the crown prince Zhao Dong, Zhao Dong was a county commander in Xingyang at this time, and through three years from a small official to a county magistrate, his talent is very good.

Zhao Dong said in the secret recital that there is a major hidden story about the bursting of the Yellow River's embankment, which may involve major corruption cases, and he has only touched the tip of the iceberg.

"Sure enough, there is a problem!" Zhao Junsheng's face was solemn after watching the secret recital.

There is no news from Murong Ju's side, he has not been gone for a long time, it has only been a month, and it is impossible to find out what problems there are, and Zhao Junsheng is not easy to urge, so as not to be self-defeating.

After thinking about it, Zhao Junsheng picked up the pen and blacked out all the relevant titles and inscriptions on the secret music, so that people couldn't see who wrote this recital.

"Conyder!"

Consort stepped forward and promised: "The old slave is here!" ”

Zhao Junsheng closed the altered secret music and handed it over, and ordered: "Send someone to send this to Murong Ju, I believe it should be of some help to him!" ”

"No!"

Murong Ju's situation in Xingyang was similar to Zhao Junsheng's speculation, and the investigation encountered great resistance, with local officials often citing the flood disaster as an excuse to say that the accounts of the flood control over the years had been washed away by the flood and refused to hand it over, or they did not know anything, and some even hid under the pretext of disaster relief.

Zhao Junsheng believes that as long as this case is investigated diligently and with determination to the end, it will definitely be investigated, and he does not believe that all the local governments along the entire Yellow River have rotted on a large scale, and even a corrupt dynasty will never have this situation, and there will always be one or two honest and loyal officials who are still doing their duty.

As long as these people have any evidence, they will never hesitate when they think it is time to show it.

Zhao Junsheng actually wants to go to the front line of the disaster to visit the affected people and understand the actual situation, but the emperor's travel is a major event that shakes the world, unlike the planes and trains in later generations, it is very convenient for the heads of state to go out, at this time they can only rely on horses and legs, and the safety of the emperor is a matter related to the country, once the emperor has any accidents, it is even possible to change the dynasty, so for the safety of the emperor, the ministers have always opposed the emperor to easily walk out of the palace, let alone inspect the place.

Even if the emperor wants to travel, at least he has to prepare for a long time, and he has to take into account all aspects, and the manpower, material and financial resources consumed are innumerable, so every time the emperor inspects the place, it will bring huge pressure on the financial aspect.

Since he could not go to the affected area to understand the actual situation, Zhao Junsheng could only secretly investigate through his own eyes and ears, and at the same time learn about the progress of Murong Ju's investigation of the Yellow River embankment breaking case.

Zhao Junsheng looked at a report sent by Lin Jinghui, the commander of the black-clothed guards, it turned out that Murong Ju was struggling at first after arriving in Xingyang, and he couldn't find an entry point at all, and then he thought of a way to send people to announce to the officials and people of the counties that the officials and people who had grievances could go to his mobile line to avenge their grievances, even if it was a civil prosecutor, they would be exempted from the punishment of beating the thirty boards in advance, but they could not be framed and falsely accused, and the person who complained would be protected, and they would stay in the line before the case was investigated.

At the beginning, Murong Ju only dealt with a few cases against bullies, and he quickly cut through the mess and soon punished those bullies who deserved it.

Through these small cases, the people finally believed that Murong Ju was a messenger who dared to challenge the powerful, so the first case of the civil prosecution of the official appeared.