What's next?

Several questions quickly flashed through Yang Zhen's mind-

Without Zhong Yu's words, it would have been inevitable that the Ministry of Industry would have sent someone to open the sluice gate and release the water this time, even if there are any more officials who raise objections now, it will be too late in terms of time. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn the case that the water potential of the Yongding River is higher and higher day by day, and the danger is more than one day, the Ministry of Industry will definitely open the gate as soon as possible, and at this moment, maybe the officials sent to preside over the opening of the gate have already gone out of Beijing.

And once it is really as Yang Chen deduced, opening the sluice gate and discharging the water will cause the river to backflow, then the water situation in the capital will be even more critical, and even those who are guarding the embankment are likely to be in danger because of this.

Compared with these two things, the last question is less important - what danger did Zhong Yu encounter? But he was invited by Yang Zhen to help speak, and now that the situation is wrong, Yang Zhen naturally has the responsibility to find him and ensure his safety.

These questions came up one after another, and Yang Zhen suddenly didn't know how to deal with it. After all, he only has one head and one person, and these things are so urgent, none of them are easy to deal with!

After standing at the door of the Zhenfu Division and pondering for a while, Yang Zhen's eyes flashed, and he suddenly raised his head, he had made up his mind. Since no matter how hard you try, you can't change the fact that the gate is opened, so you simply don't do useless work. And it's better to use this for some benefit than to do nothing.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhen turned around and jumped on the horse again, while instructing: "Tell people to look for Lord Zhong everywhere in the city, a sedan chair, more than ten people can't just disappear like this." At the sound of his men's answer, he had already galloped away on his horse and stepped on the stagnant water that had not reached his calves.

Yang Zhen's target this time was still his own home, and after seeing him come back, the servants at home were very surprised, and they didn't understand why their master just said that he was going to stay in the Zhenfu Division for a while, and he came back after only one night.

Yang Zhen didn't explain to them, but hurriedly came to his brother Yang Chen's courtyard, and saw Yang Chen, who was wearing an official uniform, walking out with some confusion. After seeing Yang Zhen come back suddenly, Yang Chen was also stunned, and immediately stepped forward and asked, "How about Erlang, is the matter done?" ”

"Big brother, listen to me...... Yang Zhen grabbed his brother and said with a serious expression: "Things are going wrong, and we can't stop them from opening the floodgates today." ”

"Huh? How good is that? How good is that? At this time, there will inevitably be a flood in the capital, and when the time comes, the people will be displaced, and even countless deaths and injuries will be said......" Yang Chen's expression changed greatly when he heard this, and he stood on the spot, chanting words from time to time.

"Big brother!" Yang Zhen didn't have the heart or time to listen to him at this time, so he quickly drank loudly, and after calling Yang Chen back to his senses, he continued to ask: "Let me ask you, how sure are you that once the floodgates are opened, the river water will inevitably pour back into the city?" ”

"What do you ask for, and what's the use?" Yang Chen only thought about the situation of the people under the flood in his heart, and didn't think about anything else at all, so he naturally had no interest in it.

"I'm just asking you, how sure are you about this?" Yang Zhen was anxious, pressed his brother's shoulder, made it meet his own eyes, and said urgently.

After being drunk like this by his brother, Yang Chen finally recovered from his uneasy mood: "According to my previous judgment, there is a chance that more than eighty percent of the time will occur!" The rocks there are very easy to be washed away by the water, and then the river is blocked ......"

"That's fine, let's bet on this!" Yang Zhen didn't wait for the other party to finish speaking, and said viciously: "In the case of minimizing casualties, we will seek the greatest benefit for you and me." ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Yang Chen asked with some doubts, "What other good can this matter be?" ”

"Big brother, haven't you been unpopular in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, why haven't you come out yet? Now's your chance, and as long as everything goes as you expected, you'll be able to outpower them all! Yang Zhen stared at his brother with blazing eyes: "The opportunity is rare, whether you can turn over or not, big brother, is here to go." ”

"What do you want to do?" Yang Chen, who felt something, suddenly shuddered in his heart, and his eyes seemed to shrink a little.

"Big brother, you go to the palace gate now, and make a message to the Son of Heaven, saying that the floodgates can't be opened!" Yang Zhen said in a low voice.

"Huh? I'm just a little seven-grade master, how can I see the Son of Heaven and speak to him? And even if the Son of Heaven accepts my advice, won't it be too late? ”

"What I want is not for the Son of Heaven or the Pavilion Elder to accept your advice, but to let the government and the opposition know that you have this insistence. When the time comes, if there is really a river backflow, your reputation will naturally start, big brother. Of course, you will inevitably suffer a little bit and may be arrested and imprisoned for trespassing or something like that. But don't worry, as long as it happens, you'll be fine. Yang Zhen briefly said what he thought.

Yang Chen is not a fool, on the contrary, his mind is also very smart, and after being stunned for a while, he understood his brother's intentions. This is clearly the face of those adults in the part-time department, but with their foil, their talents will be known to the world.

Although this has the intention of making a fortune, Yang Chen is not moved when he has tried all his best but still cannot change the status quo. After all, only when you have a certain status and a certain right to speak, can your talents be truly displayed and brought into play.

After thinking about it for a while, Yang Chen nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the palace, while it's still the early dynasty, and all the officials are there, things can be even bigger." ”

Seeing that his brother not only accepted his suggestion, but also thought more deeply, a smile appeared on Yang Zhen's face: "In this case, then big brother, you should hurry over." And I have other important things to do. After dropping these words, Yang Zhen ran out like another gust of wind, then turned over and rode towards the Yongding River.

After Yang Chen stood still for a while, he also gritted his teeth, and walked out after his brother, and his destination was the most majestic, sacred and solemn place in Beijing - the Forbidden City!

Half an hour later, Yang Zhen finally rode his horse to the Yongding River. From a distance, you can see the river rushing along the edge of the embankment, and from time to time some debris washed down from the upstream turns over on the surface of the water, and is swept to the bottom by the swirling sockets formed.

And above the embankment, every few feet stood a highly concentrated errand or soldier. In fact, if you want to prevent accidents on the embankment, you don't need to send so many people to guard it day and night, but this Yongding River is too critical, and the capital does not allow for a little difference, so neither Shuntianfu nor the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division dare to have the slightest slackness, and would rather throw all the manpower on the embankment and waste it, rather than cause problems on the embankment because of the lack of manpower, then their sin will be great.

Not only were the officers guarding the embankment, but even the officials of the two major yamen were all stationed by the river in case of emergency. And Yang Zhen directly found the temporary headquarters of Shuntian Mansion here, and went straight to find Yin Sun Yizheng.

When Sun Yizheng saw Yang Zhen, he was also stunned: "Could it be that something happened in the city, did he come to ask for help?" Even if he comes to ask me for help, with our current staffing, I'm afraid I won't be able to help him. Although he knew that Yang Zhen was maintaining law and order in the capital on behalf of his family, Sun Fuyin still made up his mind.

But although he thought so in his heart, he still greeted him with a smile on his face: "Yang Zhenfu, I don't know what you want to do when you suddenly come?" ”

"Governor Sun, I won't say much nonsense, I came here today to save you and your brothers." Yang Zhen didn't know when the downstream gate would open, so he didn't have time to go around in circles, and said straight to the point.

Sun Yizheng was shocked when he heard this: "What does Yang Zhenfu mean by this?" Why can't the lower officials understand at all? ”

"As far as my Jinyi Wei secret spy reported, this Yongding River will soon burst the embankment, if you want to live, please hurry up and remove all the people on the embankment."

"Huh?" Sun Yizheng was startled again, and then looked at Yang Zhen with a ghost-like expression, not knowing what nonsense he was talking about, how could this kind of matter of heaven and earth be inquired about by secret agents.

"Lord Sun, you can't hesitate any longer, now send someone to clean up everyone by the river, there is still room for redemption, otherwise I'm afraid everything will be irreparable!" Yang Zhen said, eagerly pressing forward.

Sun Yizheng shook his head categorically: "Yang Zhenfu doesn't care where you got this news from, although the lower officials are grateful for your kindness, they can't accept your arrangement, and the people on this embankment, the lower officials won't and don't dare to withdraw." And it's not just the people of our Shuntianfu, but also the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division and the Jingying, even if the lower officials give an order, they will not obey. ”

Yang Zhen was also stunned when he heard this, he really ignored this, the people and horses on the embankment were from three different yamen, how could this be good?

At the same time, at the gate of the lower reaches of the Yongding River, Weng Ruda, the squire of the Ministry of Works, was commanding a group of soldiers to make the final preparations before opening the gate.

Although as soon as this floodgate is opened, the downstream states and counties will inevitably be seriously damaged, but for the sake of the stability of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, they can only be sacrificed. After glancing over there, Weng Shilang exhaled, raised his hand and said, "If there is no problem, open the gate!" ”

"Boom ......" as the soldiers stirred the sluice, which had been kept ajar, slowly rose, which made the water flow of the Yongding River downstream suddenly become larger and more rapid, and with the continuous rise of the river sluice, the water flow was even more turbulent, and even there were several waves jumping high......

What's that... In fact, there doesn't seem to be another five hundred and one chapters in this book。。。。。。。