Hanoi County, Ha Duong County.

Dark clouds shrouded the sky above Heyang City, and it was not yet dark, but the light was obscured by the clouds, and the lower part became gloomy, and the rain was pouring down, as if the whole world was soaked by rain.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning cracked from high in the sky, illuminating the clouds, as if it had slashed down from the nine heavens, connecting the heavens and the earth.

"Boom!"

The light of the lightning converged, and only then did the thunder roll, and the explosion did not stop,

The torrential rain has watered Heyang City, and the Yellow River, which is not far from Heyang City, is even more choppy, and there are already small gaps in the embankment, and the water flow is sweeping downward.

On the embankment of the Yellow River, there was a crowd of people who were already drenched, and they were now busy working on the river like ants, using stones, mud and sand, straw bags, and even wooden boats to load heavy objects to fill the gap, fearing that the embankment would crack completely.

"Quick, quick, the embankment won't hold up."

At this time, a large ship loaded with sacks and sand wanted to come and fill the breach in the embankment, and if the bottom of the ship was cut open and the big ship sank here, it might be able to stop it.

The river worker in charge of the boat is an old boatman, full of vicissitudes of life, but fifty years old, but he looks like a seventy-year-old man, wrinkles are piled up on his cheeks, and his arms are like dead trees and old vines.

The original precarious breach of the river embankment was blocked at this moment, and the water flow was reduced, but everyone did not breathe a sigh of relief, only to see a larger mud flow coming from the upstream, which may be a landslide, and the flash flood poured into the main river, increasing the flow of water, and flooding the sea.

"Oh no, there's a flash flood upstream, and the river is surging!"

"Run—"

"Click!" The gap in the Yellow River dam continued to widen, and a large area of sand and soil collapsed, and the turbid water of the Yellow River tore through the breach and rolled down with great momentum.

The crowd below the embankment, which was still busy just now, ran away in terror, but the speed of the people could not be compared with the flood, and soon they were mercilessly swallowed up by the flood in the cry and wail.

Immediately afterwards, fertile fields, villages, and towns were submerged, trees were destroyed, houses collapsed, and even Heyang City was flooded, just like Zeguo.

"Quick, eight hundred miles to step up, report to the imperial court-"

..........

The Imperial Palace Qiande Hall.

Today is the period of the early dynasty, the black and oppressive figures of the hall, and the civil and military officials above the fourth rank in Beijing are gathered here.

Luo Zhaoyun sat calmly on the Jinluan Palace, looking down at everyone, although he was just about thirty years old in this life, the real soul age had passed forty-five years, his mind was mature, after the combination of ancient and modern, he had experienced so many years of training, experienced so many major events personally, tempered his character steadily, and had the majesty and bearing of the Ninety-Five Lord.

"What are the things to be played today, and the secretaries of various ministries and departments can be played."

Hearing His Majesty's speech, Du Ruhui of the Ministry of Officials stood up first and proposed the use of the Xu Officials system, which was discussed before, how to expand the proportion of the official class, as well as how to select and hire the officials of the local and capital cities.

Those who intended to oppose it had not chewed it thoroughly for a while, and found shortcomings and deficiencies to pick on them, and Luo Zhaoyun approved it.

"The system is good, well-organized, and in line with the current situation. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the institutions should operate, especially the local counties, states and counties, after the war, the former officials fled and died, and all parts of the country are currently in a chaotic period, and the institutions can not operate effectively, and there is an urgent shortage of local officials to take office, pacify, and important positions, which need to be appointed by the imperial court, and select people who are capable and good at governing government affairs to be sent to the locality, and then rush to raise people, show talents, etc., and conduct the examination of Xu officials, and then those who pass, draw up the quota, report it for approval at all levels, and then publicize it, and select the best! ”

Dugu Jixun, Dou Rail, Pei Yong, Yang Sijian, Feng Yandao, Liu Huaien and others glanced at each other, although they came up with some problems and blocked them, but Du Ruhui was obviously ready to repeat, and his status was extremely high, the Ministry of Rites, these four or five officials, could not refute it for a while, and the weight was not enough.

"Is there anything urgent that is missing? It can be put forward for discussion first, and there is always a priority for major national events! Luo Zhaoyun asked.

Wei Zheng glanced at Xu Jingzong, who understood and immediately stood up to report: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do." ”

Luo Zhaoyun smiled with a hint of nonchalance: "Oh, it's the supervisor of the Imperial History Tower, Xu Yushi, do you want to impeach officials again?"

Xu Jingzong took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, the minister did impeach two local officials this time, respectively, Huayin County ordered Pei Chang to embezzle the money of the river workers, dereliction of duty, causing the border between Weishui and the Yellow River, and the river embankment collapsed, which has an unshirkable responsibility. The other one, Feng Yi, the county guard who impeached Feng Yi County, bent the law for personal gain, sheltered his brothers-in-law, concealed the flood in Feng Yi County and did not report it, and the rescue was unfavorable, causing a large number of displaced people to flee, and countless people died of starvation and disease. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a commotion in the court, and there was a private discussion, obviously shocked by the news.

Luo Zhaoyun's face sank and asked, "Is there any evidence?" ”

Xu Jingzong arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, my imperial historian in Chunhefang, found a group of displaced people living in Chang'an City, after interrogation, only to learn about these situations, yesterday has done a careful investigation and visit, asked about the household registration of these displaced people, etc., confirmed that it is the people under the rule of Huayin County, because the flood also fled westward, there is no doubt that the minister here also sued Huayin County Order, as well as hundreds of people's handprints to confirm that this matter is true. ”

This Xu Jingzong is the son of Xu Shanxin, a servant of the Sui Dynasty Rite Department, a descendant of Xu Xun, a famous scholar of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, born in Gaoyang Xu, and rarely has a literary name. During the great cause of the Sui Dynasty, he was admitted to Xiucai and awarded Huaiyang Shuzuo. After his father was killed in Jiangdu Yu Wenhua, he defected to the Wagang Army in a fit of anger and became Li Miji's room.

Later, Luo Zhaoyun led the army to fight in Luoyang, defeated Li Mi and Wang Shichong's army, and defected to Dahua in Li Mi, at that time Xu Jingzong stayed in Luoyang to do things, last year, the imperial court gradually teamed, lack of available officials, he was transferred back to the capital, first from the Yushitai to do the dispatch, accumulate experience.

"Bring it on!" Luo Zhaoyun took this opportunity to play on the topic and asked the eunuch to hand him the fold and see it in person.

After a while, he had read the content of the excerpt, the content in it was detailed, there were blood and tears, and there was evidence to follow, and he couldn't help but be satisfied with the affairs of Yushitai and Xu Jingzong, paused, vigorously patted the dragon case, and shouted: "It's really unreasonable, bastard things, ignoring the court order and law as nothing, harming one party, it's really an unforgivable sin!" ”