- The surging river flooded the territory of the five states of Daimyo, En, De, Cang, and Yongjing, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

After the breach, the water level dropped sharply, and the tyrannical Yellow River calmed down. Hundreds of ships of all kinds...... There are both official and civilian ships...... Driving in the turbid and boundless yellow flood area, searching and rescuing the trapped people.

This was an unprecedented search and rescue operation. Prior to this, the government's various post-disaster missions did not include search and rescue, and the affected people were always left to fend for themselves.

The catalyst for this joint search and rescue was the "Keju Daily", which specializes in reporting on the ball. Since the beginning of autumn, it has rained continuously, so that the much-anticipated autumn tournament has to be postponed again and again. But the "Keju Daily" is still rain or shine, although it still talks about football matters, but it begins to secretly carry private goods...... For example, in the 'Dúlì Ball Commentary' section, some well-known people criticize the people with righteous words, only care about the teams they support, and don't care about whether the Yellow River is broken or not!

This incident of the embankment bursting of the Ergu River was the headline on the front page of the "Keju Daily". The title is 'The Yellow River Bursts, the Event Postponed Again'!

However, in the text, it devotes most of the space to describe the seriousness of the disaster of the Ergu River, although it does not directly condemn the person responsible, but it is unmistakably mentioned that the project costs tens of millions of dollars, and the power of the whole country is called to withstand the flood of a hundred years......

In this era of information blockage, this is the first time that there is a media that allows the general public to receive a message at the same time. For ordinary people, at most, they sigh a few words of 'evil', 'I don't know how much they have been greedy'.

But in Bianjing, there are still a large number of readers. Especially those young students who have not been deeply involved in the world, after learning the news, they immediately ignited their enthusiasm for taking the world as their own responsibility, and expressed their hearts for disaster relief to the imperial court through various channels. But also willing to let the common people intervene.

Annoyed by the noise, someone came up with an idea to let them search and rescue the trapped people. This not only satisfies their needs, but also makes Bianjing City quiet.

The ministers felt that this discussion was very good, so they issued a convening notice, and sent ten official ships as the leader, with the volunteer civilian boats, to sail to the Yellow Flood Area.

However, before them, dozens of boats had been searching and rescuing. These ships belong to merchants from all over the world, and they have rescued thousands of trapped people over the years, but they still have no intention of stopping.

On the ship at the head, stood Chen Ke, who was supposed to be recuperating at home. I saw that he looked haggard, his eyes were red, and his face was full of messy stubble, and he looked like he had lost his eyes.

The autumn wind struck, and Chen Yi picked up a big one. wanted to put it on him, but was rejected by Chen Ke, and he hissed and asked, "No news yet?" ”

Chen Yi hugged Dayu and said softly: "It's been four days, and the hope of Jia Da's survival is very slim......

"......" Chen Ke was deeply gloomy. Then he said in a deep voice: "Look for it again, you have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death!" ”

"Yes." Chen Yi had no choice but to pass the order.

For several years, Chen Ke has been immersed in deep self-blame, because in order to stay out of the matter, he forced Jia Kang to deal with the tiger and wolf, but the embankment was also broken, and the people were gone......

But it's hard for him. At this critical moment, his every move will cause all kinds of unpredictable reactions. It's this kind of thing that is directly related to Zhao Zongshi, how can others allow him to interfere?

As for what Chen Ke has been waiting for, it is not this flood, but another incident...... People are not as good as the sky, no one can count, and this autumn will be like this.

But he still can't forgive himself, because if he were replaced by Chen Ke five years ago, he would definitely fight side by side with Jia Kang desperately!

In any case, he inevitably fell......

>" A tall young man walked out of the cabin, it was Chen Yu, who had become the general manager of the northern branch of the Four Seas Firm, after several years of experience, he had taken off the impetuousness of the year, and the whole person calmed down: "Brother Jia's matter is purely accidental. ”

"If I wasn't selfish at the beginning, why did he go to Zhao Conggu," Chen Ke sighed deeply, and said bitterly: "If it weren't for Zhao Conggu's deception too much, how could he run to the river embankment......" said with a sour nose and hissed: "It's all my fault......"

"How could it be your fault?" Chen Yuda disagreed: "Even if you promised Brother Jia at that time, with your current situation in Beijing, what can you do?!" This river worker is related to the honor and disgrace of Zhao Zongshi and Zhao Conggu, how can they let you interfere? ”

"After all......, it will be different," Chen Ke said gloomily: "This levee burst is said to be a natural disaster, and the selfishness of all parties is entangled, which forced a solid and hard-working minister like Zhengfu to a dead end." Said with a self-deprecating smile: "There is no shortage of talented people and famous ministers in my Great Song Dynasty, but there are very few people like Zhengfu who are honest and worried about the country and forget about themselves, such talents are real national treasures, but now they are dying young!" ”

"Speaking of which," Chen Yu wanted to divert his brother's attention, and he couldn't figure it out, "How did things get to this point?" ”

"It's nothing more than selfishness." Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "You didn't care about political affairs before, and you don't know how much effort it took to make the plan for this river project. To put it simply, there are mainly two factions that are-for-tat, our Highness supports one faction, and Zhao Zongshi supports the other faction, and as a result, who wins and who loses, there is no need to say more. ”

Chen Yu nodded, and listened to his brother's continued: "After His Highness's plan was rejected, he still wrote a letter, asking the project to slow down and use three to five years to gradually block the north flow and deepen the second river. As a result, his proposal was again rejected. ”

In order to show his ability, Zhao Zongshi completed the work within a year in order to fulfill his promise to Jiangmen. At that time, Jia Zhengfu strongly objected, but was easily suppressed. Chen Ke said in a low voice: "Therefore, the Ergu River project, from the plan to the quality, must be responsible for all by Zhao Zongshi." ”

"And Zhao Conggu is only a supervisor, so the right or wrong of the project plan has nothing to do with him," Chen Yu said with some understanding: "But if it turns out in the end that it is a problem with the quality of the project, he will not be able to run either." ”

"Hmm." Chen Ke nodded and said, "Zhao Conggu should have thought that he was not responsible for it at first. Because the two most likely situations at that time, one was that the flood overflowed the embankment, indicating that there was no problem with the construction of the project itself, but there was a problem with the design, which naturally had nothing to do with him. The two open the Beiliu channel, which also shows that there is a problem with the design, or it has nothing to do with him. ”

"In this case, even if Han Gang leads people to guard the river embankment, why can't Zhao Conggu's tens of thousands of soldiers be invited away and dig up the Beiliu River?" Chen Yu was puzzled.

"That's selfishness." Chen Ke said lightly: "First, he is worried that once he excavates the flood discharge and keeps the river, Zhao Zongshi is likely to hit a rake, saying that the Ergu River project itself is fine, and it is he Zhao Conggu who was frightened and dug the north stream without authorization." In this way, Zhao Zongshi pushed two, five or six, but he sat on wax. ”

"Two, the Beiliu River has now become ten thousand hectares of fertile land, and the magnates in Beijing have spent a lot of money to get out these fields, and he doesn't want to be this wicked person until he has no choice." Chen Ke continued: "So Han Gang's side guarding the embankment and preventing the northward flow of the flood is also in line with his wishes...... You see, it's not that I don't want to divide the flood, it's this guy who is blocking it, so he let the flood flood overflow the levee. In this case, he bears the least responsibility. ”

"Then why did Han Gang guard the embankment, doesn't the flood overflow the embankment also indicate that there is a problem with the design?" Chen Yu asked puzzled.

"Digging up the North Stream means admitting our mistakes and proving that our claims were correct in the first place. This is unacceptable to Zhao Zongshi. Chen Ke sighed lightly and said: "So they want to see the flood overflowing the embankment, so it can be said that it is just that the river design is a bit narrow, not a matter of general strategy, so it can't be said that Zhao Zongshi is wrong." It can also be blamed on natural disasters, after all, this autumn's flood has not been encountered for many years, and the lesser of the two evils will be resolutely prevented from opening the north stream. ”

"But no one thought that the embankment would burst...... Chen Yu also sighed: "This project has cost so much money, and it is known as impregnable, and everyone is too relieved." Listening to the people in the water superintendent, Brother Jia didn't find out about the danger of bursting the embankment until the end, and he didn't expect it to happen so soon. ”

"Yes, no one expected that the embankment would burst...... Chen Ke nodded, seeing a clipper speeding up. After a while, Chen Xin climbed the cable from the clipper to the big boat, and saluted Chen Ke: "Yu Shi Zhong Cheng issued a summons to your lord, ordering you to go to the Yu Shi Tai immediately to be examined!" ”

"What's the matter?" Chen Yu was shocked.

"It should be a matter of the Ergu River Project......

"Joke, what does it have to do with my brother!" Chen Yu said angrily: "Why did they climb my third brother!" ”

"My subordinates don't know." According to the regulations of the national dynasty, officials below the fourth rank must report to the imperial history station without delay when they receive a summons from the imperial history Zhongcheng, otherwise they will be demerited. So Chen Xin rushed to report the news as soon as possible, where did he know the reason.

Chen Wei was about to speak, but was stopped by Chen Ke and said, "I'll know when I go back." You keep searching, or the same sentence......"

"To live to see people, to die to see corpses."

"Yes." Chen Ke nodded.

"Third brother, you'll be fine, right?"

"Hehe," Chen Ke shook his head and smiled: "You look down on my brother too much, am I so good-looking?" ”

"Take care, brother!"

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