Governor Yang didn't understand Li You, and because Li You didn't have the information about the disaster, he couldn't understand Governor Yang's urgency, so he wondered why Governor Yang didn't care about his status and competed with him for the merit of the ancestral tomb.

It can be said that Governor Yang is in a bad situation now.

During this year's flood season, the whole Huanghuai basin was flooded, and the initial period was fine, and the embankments that were overhauled the year before last were very powerful. However, in mid-September, the amount of water suddenly increased, and the sections gradually became strained.

At this time, Governor Yang hesitated and hesitated, not knowing whether to dig a levee in a secondary area to discharge the flood. As a result, after a few days of hesitation, the water volume soared to the highest peak in 20 years, causing the lower reaches of the Yellow River to burst three times in a row, and the flooding washed away countless salt pans in the two Huai... Without waiting for Lord Yang to react, on the morning of September 15, there was another embankment breach in the southern section of Gaojiayan. Fortunately, at this time, Li You was ordered to guard the ancestral tomb and did not need to take care of Gaojiayan, otherwise his responsibility would not be able to escape.

After the Gaojiayan burst, the water of Hongze Lake directly hit Gaoyou Lake along several waterways, and Gaoyou Lake and the canal were almost separated by a levee. So far, the water level in other places has gradually fallen, but the Gaoyou Lake embankment is still carrying the flood, and the Gaoyou section of the canal is still under the threat of flooding... With the above catastrophic accidents, can Governor Yang, who made a mistake in decision-making, not be anxious. Although he did not consider natural disasters to be his responsibility, the imperial court did not necessarily think so. Once the court found him guilty, what awaited him was self-evident.

At this moment, the manuscript of Li Youzu's rescue was sent to the governor's yamen, claiming that the rescue of the ancestral tomb was successful on September 15, and the water level began to drop, which happened to be the same day as the Gaojiayan breach.

Governor Yang seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and immediately waved his pen to change it to the fact that in order to protect the ancestral tomb, he wisely took the initiative to discharge the flood to the east in the southern section of Gaojiayan, and played an indelible contribution to the decline of the water level of the ancestral tomb.

This gives him the best of both worlds, covering up his mistakes. First, the Gaojiayan embankment burst became an active embankment burst, and this sin was gently erased. Second, at the last moment, the ancestral tomb was rescued from the ravages of the flood peak, which was enough to overwhelm everything. If the great work is done, all other mistakes can be ignored, and the court probably will not hold him responsible.

However, if you want to grab the credit, you must exclude Li You, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and there is no reason to share such credit with others. But Li You will definitely refuse to give up, and Governor Yang's biggest concern is also this.

As for the eunuchs guarding the tomb, don't care. The eunuch's recital is only for reference and circumstantial evidence, and it is clear at a glance which is more important than the recital of the feudal officials.

If he was replaced by another subordinate, Governor Yang would not be worried, and if he moved his hands and feet a little, or threatened to hint at it, everything would be fine.

But Li You is different from others, he is not so easy to handle, which makes Governor Yang have a little headache. First of all, Li You's backstage is too hard, Governor Yang, as a feudal official, is one of the heaviest governors in the world, although he is not in the court, he is also qualified to win the cabinet, but he is still afraid of Li You's backstage.

Secondly, Li You himself is also a very well-known figure in the DPRK, known as a supernumerary spokesman, even if there is no backstage, his recital is also the attention of the DPRK, and he will not be as unknown as others, and his right to speak is not small.

From the bottom of his heart, Governor Yang really didn't want to have a bad relationship with Li You, but now that he was forced to do this, he really had no other way but to grab food from Li You's mouth.

But how to say that he is also a dignified governor, and Li You is his subordinate. Seeing Li You in Xuyi this time was already a very low profile for the governor, and he wanted to appease him with both hard and soft measures, and coax him to transfer the credit to himself. But Li You's toughness and difficulty exceeded his imagination, and even gave him the illusion that in front of Li You, he didn't look like a high-ranking governor.

A six-rank magistrate can also have the aura to compete with the governor? Yang Dazhong has been an official for nearly 30 years, and he has only seen such momentum in the imperial history of the patrol and the refutation of the edict on behalf of the heavens.

In the county mansion, Governor Yang continued to worry, and on the other hand, Li You returned to the county Yabinshe, and he was also worried. It's still quite difficult for a governor to pull down the shelf and grab credit from him.

I'm not afraid of the right to speak, but this time I was accidentally detained by the governor, so I can send it directly to Beijing next time. It's a big deal to go to the court to play the book and talk about it, who is he afraid of when Li You quarrels? The last time the Great War Yushi Group did not fall behind.

If you quarrel and don't lose the battle, you must first have a standing truth, and I have come up with a few truths that are true and false. One is what Fang just told the governor, how can there be a reason that the water level drops rapidly 100 miles away as soon as the east coast breaks? This association is also too fake, and it is suggested that the imperial court needs to think about it carefully.

The other is what he thought of on the road, whether the Gaojiayan flood discharge is useful or not, it must be said that at the beginning of this month, the official decided to flood the Sizhou embankment, which laid the basic pattern of the ancestral tomb to survive the flood season in one fell swoop. If there is no such premise, I am afraid that the ancestral tomb will not be guaranteed if it is not available for fifteen days. We should not just look at the danger of the 15th Five-Year Plan and ignore the important significance of the flood discharge in the Decisive Sizhou, at least it is equivalent to the significance of the 15th Five-Year Plan for the forced retreat of the flood.

If this can be recognized by the imperial court, he will be invincible, and then he will go all out to compete with Governor Yang for the credit of the fifteenth Hongfeng.

So what else is he worried about? It's nothing else, it's the identity and status of Governor Yang, no matter how Governor Fengyang is, it's much more important than the general judgment of Yangzhou Mansion, a real feudal official, a six-grade petty official, the gap in the system is too big.

Under the constraints of the system, the imperial court may sacrifice the general judgment for the governor and ask the general judgment to make concessions, but it will definitely not sacrifice the governor for the general judgment, this is the biggest difference in each other's identities, an extremely unequal difference, no matter how famous Li You is, there is a gap that cannot be made up.

What worries Li You even more is that his backstage are all very qualified and rational bureaucrats, if they all think like this, then it will be completely over.

That's why I said that a governor who was a few days ahead of the sky pulled down the shelf and grabbed credit from him, and it was difficult to deal with it!

After thinking about it repeatedly, Li You first thought of an idea, now it is the two of them competing for merit, to put it bluntly, it is to grab interests, there is nothing decent or unseemly, and it doesn't matter if the court is naked and biased.

So can he transform the form, make up some black materials to impeach the governor, and change the matter into a surname? In this way, in order to maintain the external decency of unimpeded speech and the principle of checks and balances, the imperial court cannot be too openly biased in favor of the governor.

But then Li You snuffed out this idea again, because it is easy to get out of control when he moves the real character, and it is too taboo for non-officials to impeach others, especially the boss, and it is easier for the governor to find his black materials, and it is not good to play with fire [***].

Continuing to think about it, Li You didn't have any other ideas for a while. Where do you start? Master Li, who is rarely full of opportunities, also made a difficulty.

Yes, he has rules in his heart and has favors, but he has no rules, so he can often win by surprise.

But Qi is also built on a positive foundation, and now it is in Xuyi Sizhou, the surrounding environment is not familiar, there is no solid foundation underneath, and the opponent is a big role like the governor who is close to the top level of civil officials, and it is a little difficult to surprise out of thin air.

When it was nearly evening, someone from the county government came to invite Li You to a banquet and drink.

It turned out that the county government had prepared a dust washing banquet for the governor, but the governor was in a bad mood and dismissed the banquet tonight. Shang Lao Zhixian felt that it was a pity to waste, so he changed it to a banquet for Li You, after all, he still counted on Lord Li to help him in his future, and he should also invite him to eat and drink.

Master Li is a young man, and he can't let go like Governor Yang, so he put aside his worries and went happily. It's a lot of boredom to stay at the Bencher at night, and it would be nice to have a little fun.

The banquet venue was set up in a restaurant in Xuyi Xiguan, Li You was late, and Xuyi Shangzhi County and several local celebrities were waiting. The rest is nothing more than musicians playing music, remembering that the family accompanies the wine.

Of course, the Ji Jia who accompanied Li You was the best one, Li You looked slightly, her appearance was indeed beautiful and outstanding, and her dress was also very elegant, but the most outstanding thing was that her skin was really like snow, and she was very white and translucent.

Li You couldn't help but reach out and gently touch a few handfuls on her body, the feel was extremely soft and smooth, like the finest silk satin. I am very satisfied, and I will not be lonely tonight. praised it: "I don't want to see such a stunner!" ”

A local literati looked at it a few times and said with a smile: "The eyes are very good, it seems that she is new to the local area, but she was taken the lead by Master Li, which is also her blessing." ”

Li You turned his head and asked, "Really?" Dare to ask my sister's name? ”

"The slave's surname is Ma, and the cheap name is not enough to worry about." The writer bowed his head and replied a little shyly.

Li You has participated in many banquets, and tonight is really lackluster except for the enthusiasm of Shangzhi County, and his main interest is in the beauties around him.

He spent a month on the embankment with a group of pro-soldiers, civilian servants, and eunuchs, and except for a few middle-aged peasant women who delivered food, he never saw a woman. I just hope that the banquet will end early, and pull the people around me to enjoy the joy of fish and water.

Someone asked playfully: "Master Li has been in Sizhou for a month, do you have any good works for me to enjoy?" ”

Li Yourong sighed and entered the poet mode, "This official can't stand the father of Sizhou, and his heart hurts. ”

He casually chanted: "The willow smoke contains the sorrow of the past dynasties, and the poet is afraid of seeing the autumn of Huaihu Lake." The ruthless painting shook and fell, and the west wind searched for Sizhou overnight. ”

One night the west wind searched for Sizhou, but I was afraid that I would never find it again, and everyone sighed together during the banquet, the so-called vicissitudes of life are nothing more than that.

"Good poetry! Drinking! Shang Zhixian greeted. is so famous that Li You is here, as long as whatever you write conforms to the format rhyme, I am afraid that it will be praised as a good poem, and there is no need to plagiarize the first piece of the brand.

The beauty next to him poured wine into the cup with a wine jug, and the Qianqian Su hand held the cup to Li You's mouth, wanting to feed him wine. Li You was accustomed to this kind of romantic method during the banquet, so he raised his head and opened his mouth and let the beauty do it.

However, this beauty is a newcomer, and her movements are not skilled, so she choked Li You. He couldn't hold it back, and suddenly turned to the side to cough a few times, but at this moment, suddenly a cold light flashed in front of him, and he didn't know what was crossing his face, and he felt a slight pain.

What's going on? When Li You was stunned, he saw a white and tender fist clenching the golden hairpin, and the tip was stabbing towards him, he was so frightened that he woke up from the wine, and quickly jumped up and brought down the seat, which was able to avoid the tip of the golden hairpin that stabbed again.

The beauty beside him, I don't know when, held a golden hairpin with a very sharp tip, and turned from a delicate beauty into a very unprofessional female killer, looking at herself viciously.

Everyone at the banquet was stunned in the face of the change, and some of them reacted quickly and shouted: "People from outside come in to catch the assassin!" ”

Immediately, several pro-soldiers rushed in and held down the beauty of the family surnamed Ma.

Li You raised his hand and touched the scratches on his face, feeling a little afraid. If she hadn't suddenly choked on wine and coughed sideways, she was afraid that she would be stabbed by this beauty, and her target would probably be her throat... What kind of Tai Sui did I hit today, it is annoying enough to be forced into the palace by the governor, and I can also encounter assassination when I come out to eat flowers and wine!

Shang Zhixian was frightened, and if Li You got bad here, he would be even more unlucky. He yelled at the female assassin, "Who are you! Dare to assassinate the court officials! ”

The beauty surnamed Ma looked at Li You with hatred: "It was you who killed the slave husband!" The slave family of the victim is a lowly family! ”

Li Youqi said: "Do I know you?" Who is your husband? ”

"Originally, it was the eldest master of Sizhou, but he was captured by you, and the father and younger brother of the slave family!"

Li You suddenly realized, it turned out that this beauty was the favored concubine of Wang Zhizhou of Sizhou, no wonder he hated himself to death. At the beginning, Li You arrested Wang Zhizhou, but did not continue to arrest his family, first, there was no manpower, second, it was unnecessary, third, he didn't want to end up with a reputation of killing everything, and fourth, he didn't have the right to judge after arresting Wang Zhizhou, so he couldn't sit with his family.

Looking at the situation of this woman in front of him, Li You can guess without asking. Eighty percent of the Wang family fled to Xuyi, because there was no man, it was the lady of the main house who was in charge, and then took revenge with hatred and sold this favored concubine directly to the old bustard, which is the sadness of the partial house in the hands of the master's family.

Facing the resentment of the beauty, Li You shouted angrily: "Although you don't know how to do it, the official still wants to tell you that Lord Wang has violated the law of the country, and it is not the fault of the official that the law of heaven will not tolerate him!" ”

After saying that, Li You really felt that he was bored, and he taught an ignorant woman and child what was true. It's a pity that my proud face is broken, and I don't know if it will leave a scar.

In fact, he was careless, knowing that he was hated among the people of Sizhou, and he casually came out without beware. There is this today, and there may be someone else tomorrow, for personal safety, it is good to leave the Huaisi area as soon as possible.

However, it seemed that an inspiration flashed through Li You's mind, and the specifics were unpredictable. Li You stood in place and thought hard, and finally an idea gradually took shape.

The people are like water, they can carry a boat or capsize a boat... Positive prestige and negative prestige are all prestige, it all depends on whether it will be used.

(To be continued)