Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Qingjiang River Bursts

Yang Shen was working on documents in the study when he was suddenly informed that Wen Yingying was visiting. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

Hearing the news, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, feeling a little unsure of how to explain it to him.

Zhao Yiming was ordered to take Wen Yingying to the main hall of the Yang Mansion, and Yang Shen went to the main hall to wait first.

After a while, Wen Yingying came to the main hall under the leadership of Zhao Yiming.

As always, he has a little white face that is completely inconsistent with the traditional style of the old Wen family, wearing green clothes, looking like a jade tree in the wind, but that anxious look really makes him lose a lot of points.

Yang Shen waved his hand and motioned for Zhao Yiming to stay outside and not let others approach.

After Zhao Yiming stood away, Yang Shen asked Wen Yingying: "Do you know the news?" ”

Wen Yingying nodded: "I just received it, hey...!" He couldn't help but sigh.

Yang Shen smiled bitterly: "This time I didn't do things well, I'm sorry for you, brother." ”

Although Wen Yingying was not happy in his heart, he still waved his hand again and again when he heard this: "Brother Shen, I don't like to hear what you say, if you weren't willing to help, I wouldn't have seen any hope of stopping this marriage, even if this operation failed, I wouldn't blame you." Hey, who would have thought that the other party would actually hide a grandmaster master! ”

Although he seemed very irritable, his words were sincere, and Yang Shen's heart warmed slightly when he listened.

He couldn't bear to see this guy look depressed, and said softly, "Actually, it's not that there is no way to remedy it. ’

"What, really?" Wen Yingying was surprised and delighted, and even his voice unconsciously raised an octave.

"Shhhhh Yang Shen smiled bitterly, does this guy want to shout so that the entire Yang Mansion knows what they are talking about?

"Hehe, Brother Shen, don't blame me, aren't I overjoyed?" Wen Yingying smirked.

Yang Shen shook his head in his heart, the word love was really incomprehensible.

He quipped: "If you see you like this, you will probably break your legs." ”

Wen Yingying's face immediately turned pale and shouted, "Brother Shen, don't scare me, that old guy can't hear us." ’

Yang Shen couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"Brother Shen, tell me what else there is, I'm going to die in a hurry1" Wen Yingying couldn't help but say anxiously when he saw that Yang Shen had signs of selling Guanzi.

Yang Shen no longer hung on him, and told him exactly what he was going to do right and wrong.

"Haha" Wen Yingying laughed heartily: "Sure enough, Brother Shen, you have a way, I'll just say, how can you not even do this little thing." ’

"Oh?" Yang Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a bit of danger, and he seemed to smile and said, "It sounds like you have a bit of resentment in your heart, blame me for not killing Lu Tianpu before, right?"

"No, no..."Wen Yingying hurriedly denied it, he really wanted to smack himself a few big mouths, what to do with more mouths, he still had to rely on the person in front of him to help him.

Yang Shen snorted coldly, but he didn't chase after him.

After the matter was finished, Yang Shen saw that it was not too early to leave Wen Yingying for lunch, and then asked the hero to leave and leave.

.......

The Royal Palace, the Imperial Study.

"Rubbish!" Li Shimin slammed a piece of folding in his hand to the ground and roared angrily.

Liu Jin lightly picked up the fold and put it back on the bookcase.

When Li Shimin saw Liu Jin's movements, a faint look of disgust flashed in his eyes.

Liu Jin, who was unconscious, turned around, knelt down in front of Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, what makes you so angry?" The dragon body is important, please don't get angry. ”

"Hmm" Li Shimin replied vaguely, and then said to Liu Jin: "Send Li Huangshan, the first assistant of the cabinet, to see me." ”

Liu Jin bowed down and said yes, and then retreated.

Looking at his back, Li Shimin's eyes quickly flashed with murderous intent.

Liu Jin walked in the palace, and somehow, he always felt that there was a malicious gaze looking at him behind him.

I only looked back occasionally, but I didn't see anyone.

Probably my delusion, he thought to himself.

Today is not a day off, so Li Huangshan is working in the cabinet.

As the first assistant of Da Chu and the relatives of Li Tang, he not only has a great responsibility, but also has to work hard for the Jiangshan Society, and has no food and clothing.

Holding a copy of the fold in his hand, Li Huangshan couldn't help but sigh softly.

The second assistant Wang Yuanhua was puzzled: "What's the matter, what's the matter that even you feel embarrassed about?"

Li Huangshan didn't say anything, and handed the fold in his hand to Wang Yuanhua.

Wang Yuanhua looked at it carefully, and said without being shocked: 'The Qingjiang River bursts its embankment? ’

Qingjiang River is the largest river in Kyushu, originating in Youzhou, flowing through Youzhou, Gai, Hebei, Qing, Gui, Hua, Xu Qizhou, Hebei, Guizhou, Hua and Xu in the middle and lower reaches of the four continents for the plain area, the land is fertile, and a large amount of grain will be produced every year.

Because of this, each generation of emperors attached great importance to the condition of the Qingjiang River, and the management of the Qingjiang River became the first water conservancy project of the dynasty, which consumed countless amounts of money and grain every year.

This time, the Qingjiang River burst its banks, Jizhou and Guizhou were extremely badly affected, hundreds of thousands of people were displaced, and a large number of fertile fields were submerged, which will bring a huge burden to the imperial court, and will make the already unstable situation of the dynasty precarious.

When the other two auxiliary ministers, Yang Xizhi and Xue Hua, heard about this, their faces were also grim.

Li Huangshan took the fold and said to the two of them: "The four of us will go to Your Majesty immediately to discuss this matter." ”

Wang Yuanhua nodded: "It should be so." ”

Originally, Ye An'an was also one of the cabinet ministers, but he took sick leave today, so he was not here.

Just as the four of them were about to go to the imperial study to ask for a meeting, Liu Jin walked in, and when he saw Li Huangshan, he said, "Lord Shoufu, Your Majesty has summoned you to meet you." ”

"Oh?" Li Huangshan said to Liu Jin: "That's a coincidence, it just so happens that the four of us also have important things to tell Your Majesty, so let's go." ”

Although Li Shimin only summoned Li Huangshan alone, Liu Jin did not prevent the other three from going with him, and these auxiliary ministers had this status, and Li Shimin would not blame them for this.

Soon, Liu Jin took the four of them outside the imperial study.

When he went in and saw Li Shimin standing with his hands in his hands, he seemed to be contemplating and thinking, not caring if it would disturb him, Liu Jin bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Shoufu is here, and several other cabinet ministers have also arrived, it seems that there is something urgent." ’

"Oh?" Li Shimin frowned and said lightly: "Pass them all in." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Liu Jin responded.

He walked out of the door and said to the four people waiting outside: "My Majesty, Your Majesty has summoned you to meet you. ”

Li Huangshan nodded, and walked in first, and the other three followed him into the imperial study.

Even though Li Huangshan and the four of them were very anxious, they still bowed to Li Shimin and said, "The ministers have seen Your Majesty. ”

Li Shimin raised his hand and said, "A few Aiqing don't need to be polite. Then he asked suspiciously, "Why did the four of you get up to see me?" But what's going on?"

On the contrary, he was not in a hurry about the affairs of the envoys, and he knew that if it were not for a big matter, several cabinet ministers would never come together to ask for him.

Li Huangshan's tone was a little heavy and said, "Your Majesty, the Qingjiang River has burst its embankment. ”

"What?" Li Shimin's heart was shocked: "How is the disaster? ”

Li Huangshan said: "A total of more than ten large and small river embankments have been washed down, and there are more than 100,000 people affected by the disaster. As he spoke, he handed the fold he was holding to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin slammed the fold in his hand to the ground, and said with a hideous face: "I also allocated three million taels to repair the Qingjiang embankment the year before last, how can I repair the embankment in three years, but now there are more than ten roads that have been washed away, what about the money, those corrupt officials who kill a thousand knives, the silverfish of the country, and the bastard!" ”

Under the anger of the heart, this generation of emperors couldn't help but burst out.

The four of them were all silent, and they all knew that those bastards were not without their family.

"Kill, kill them all...""Ahem" Seeing that Li Shimin became more and more unreliable, Li Huangshan couldn't help but cough lightly. He is from the Li family, and doing so will not be regarded as a great rebellion by Li Shimin.

Awakened by Li Huangshan's coughing, Li Shimin reined in and remained silent, and the hall fell into an awkward silence.

After a long time, Li Shimin spoke: "How do you think this matter should be resolved?" ”

Li Huangshan opened his mouth and said: "Naturally, we need to give charity. ’

Li Shimin asked, "Where does the grain and grass come from?"

The second assistant Wang Yuanhua said: "There is no surplus grain in the granary of the capital, and the only ones cannot be used,"

Several people, including Li Shimin, nodded slightly, this is Lao Cheng's words.

The grain in the granary of Kyoto is supplied to the outside of the capital, and some of the surplus must be kept for emergency use, and no matter how difficult it is in the local area, this part of the grain and grass cannot be used. The stability of the capital is the most important.

Yang Xizhi said: "There are many wealthy families in Beijing, and most of them, whether they are families or gate lords, have the habit of hoarding grain and grass, and the imperial court can come out to buy grain from them. ’

Li Huangshan nodded and said, "This is indeed a good way, what does Your Majesty think?"

Li Shimin sighed, nodded and said, "That's it." ”

He could completely imagine the faces of those gate lords and families when they learned that the imperial court was going to buy grain from them, these guys would never let go of this opportunity to make a fortune, and they would not bleed much, and the imperial court would not want to buy a grain from them.

The more he thought about it, the more irritated Li Shimin's heart became, and he handed over the letter of request for help from the county guard of Xinhua County to Li Huangshan and said: "Aiqing look at this, I think that 500 soldiers and horses are not guaranteed to be foolproof, so it is better to send 1,000 soldiers, right?" ’

It turned out that this excerpt had already been handled by the cabinet, but Li Shimin was obviously not satisfied with the cabinet's opinion, and just now he deliberately wanted to call Li Huangshan over for discussion.

Li Huangshan smiled bitterly in his heart, His Majesty couldn't help but take the Tuhun envoy too seriously, but he quickly replied: "Just follow what Your Majesty said." ”

The matter of Qingjianghe is enough to keep him awake at night, where can he have the time to argue with the emperor for such a trivial matter.

"Hmm" Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction and said, "If it's okay, you Aiqing will go and do what you just discussed." ”

"The ministers are leaving." Several cabinet ministers bowed to Li Shimin and then stepped back together.