Chapter 541: Ember
Although Zhu Houxi was out of danger, the fire in the palace was still spreading, and there would be explosions from time to time. The troops guarding the Son of Heaven have been mobilized, and the men and horses stationed outside the city have entered the city to participate in the firefighting. Different from the rush in the direction of the palace, these people were already prepared when they entered the city, whether it was a waterwheel or a sand bag. However, this palace is all wooden structures, and it has been deliberately piled with firewood, grass and oil, so it is very difficult to rescue it.
By the time the sky dawned, the fire was basically extinguished, and only a few slight embers were still in some places. The huge palace and the surrounding ancillary buildings were reduced to rubble, and green smoke rose from the gaps in the broken bricks and tiles, drifted into the air, and was blown away by the wind. Many people rushed to the ruins like crazy, trying to snatch some of their belongings, but were ruthlessly knocked to the ground by the soldiers in charge of guarding.
Those shops attached to the palace originally wanted to take this opportunity to make a lot of money, but they didn't expect that a fire would turn all this into vain. There were also some Ji families who flowed from all over the place, and there were also a few who didn't run out last night and turned into a cluster of ashes in the flames.
The work of counting casualties and losses and treating the injured was in full swing under the coordination of several bigwigs. There are three divisions of the yamen and Liang Chu and other bigwigs in Beijing, Henan's head gentry are also here, even Shaolin Temple has monks come to worship the wharf, these people's magical powers, together with the force, these work progress very quickly.
Zhu Houxi went all the way to Beijing, although he did not have much contact with the locality, but whether it was a big man or a gentry in the locality, there was no shortage of filial piety for everyone, and the gift would not necessarily be remembered by the future emperor, but if he did not give a gift, he would definitely not be remembered by the future emperor.
Everyone is not a fool, the heir is busy succeeding to the throne, and he does not contact with the locality, and his own hearts have to be fulfilled. It was the team that collected a lot of goods, and the accompanying personnel even hoarded a large amount of private goods, and in this fire, these goods and goods were greatly damaged. Considering that the new monarch succeeded to the throne, there must be a large-scale celebration in Beijing, and some people even brought a lot of firecrackers, which also played a role in aiding and abetting the abuse in the fire last night.
In order to suppress the entrainment of firecrackers, those people had to go up and down, and the entire fire investigation could only see who it was more appropriate to throw the pot on.
The guards included the eunuchs and palace maids, and there were more than 20 dead, and if the wounded were counted, it would be more than 100. This does not include the casualties of the Beijing camp and the local personnel in Henan, whether it is property or personnel, the losses are huge. Before Xinjun entered Beijing, he made such a fuss, which was equivalent to a slap in the face of the future Son of Heaven, not only Zhu Houxi, but also the faces of Liang Chu and others, all of which were difficult to look at.
After Zhu Youji, the king of Ru, heard the news of the burning of the palace, he fell ill all of a sudden, and only the chief of the palace came over, greeted the heir, and put on the petition paper. If Zhu Houxi really has a mistake, King Ru will definitely not be able to get rid of the charge of plotting to assassinate the Son of Heaven. At that time, he is afraid that he will follow in the footsteps of Queen Ning, and he will also ask for a decision.
Although the kings of Zhou, Tang, and Yi did not arrive, the palace sent subordinate officials to take over, and these people were like busy bees, looking for all the relationships they could find, defending the innocence of their palace, and avoiding being associated with such things.
Most of these palaces have a very good relationship with Yang Chengzu, and they have a little friendship with Yang Chengzu in the Henan grain frying incident, and the relationship between these people is entrusted here. Although the influence of the royal palace in the local area is weak, it has been a vassal for many years, and the palace has accumulated a large amount of money. The cooperation between the two parties is good news for the party that suffered from the fire. At the same time, the martial artists and guardians under the palace gate, as well as the fellow disciples and teachers of these guardians, can form a huge net, although this big net is not enough to really net the White Lotus Sect and create some trouble for them, it is still enough.
In this accident, the biggest pot was naturally buckled on the head of the local government in Henan. However, the governor of Henan is still Shen Dongkui, he and Yang Chengzu are old friends, and he got out of it as soon as possible, and he didn't suffer anything. Zhu Houxi also treated him quite favorably, not only did he not feel surprised, but also comforted him, and specially ordered him to participate in the investigation, which can be regarded as an expression of his attitude towards him.
Liang Chu, Mao Cheng and Shen Dongkui also had dealings, and since Heijun also wanted to let him go, these people didn't plan to chase after him. So Luo Gongran, who specially prepared a vegetarian diet for the prince, naturally became the culprit. He originally learned the method of bed battle with a foreign name, but before he could tell the winner, he caught up with the fire, hurriedly handed over hundreds of millions of descendants, and rushed to command.
Among the shops that caught fire, there were his dry stocks, and some were run by his own family, and this fire caused him great pain in his heart. But before he could come out of the blow of the damage to his property, a brocade guard was ordered to come over, except for the crown and belt, and went to prison to be investigated.
Wei Hui's concubine was handed over to the original second official Mao Bowen for the time being, and Mao Tuiguan also caught fire last night to save the car, which was witnessed by many people. It's just that he was unlucky, he was attacked by the assassins of the White Lotus Sect hiding in the mansion, fell down, and after struggling, he didn't save the holy driver.
However, in the following firefighting work, Mao Bowen performed outstandingly, commanded well, and rescued more than 100 people. And judging from his preparation of the waterwheel and the subsequent disposal, he can indeed play a role in general affairs, and the temporary prefect deserves his real name, and when the formalities are completed, he can change from temporary to take over.
The original master Liu Wannian disappeared, and many of the missing people in the palace were arranged by Master Liu. The staff of the dignified prefect's cronies are the White Lotus demons, and Luo Gongran's official is naturally the end, and the university scholar Liang Chu and others drafted an excerpt to exile Yunnan Chongjun and sent it up, just waiting for the approval before they can go on the road.
Zhu Houxi attaches more importance to the problem of thousands of households in Jinyi, Henan, Cao Ying is not at fault in this matter, although he is a thousand households in Jinyi, Henan, but he does not work in Weihui. The problem here is not to blame on him. But Zhu Houxi still insisted that he should be used as an army.
The opinion of the heir may not necessarily be implemented, but no one can be guilty of disobeying the future emperor for the sake of a brocade-clothed warrior, so Cao Ying's fate was decided. As for the position of Henan Jinyi Thousand Households, it was temporarily replaced by Duan Biao, the original 100 households in Nanyang Mansion.
If this kind of thing happens, Henan can't stay for a long time, and after hastily disposing of it, the team immediately got on the boat and set off to Beijing. In the dragon boat, Zhu Houxi said to Yang Chengzu: "Big brother, Duan Biao is your friend, it seems that you are also sworn brothers?" Let him be a thousand households in Henan this time, he should know who to thank. ”
"Long live the emperor's grace, Second Brother Duan will naturally read long live. Investigating the affairs of the White Lotus Sect, he will also take it as the first priority, and he will not dare to slack off. ”
"No, no, it doesn't matter if he thanks me or not, he should thank the imperial brother. Zhao Jiuxiong is comfortable on the ship? If there is any need, let him say it, and do not see it. Huang Jin, it's none of your business here, go down and ask Zhao Jiuxiong what you don't use, I'm here, I don't need you to serve. ”