Chapter 358: Solar Eclipse (Part II)
- In fact, Shao Yong also invested a lot of money, and he used his reputation for half his life as his back, and once again messed up the other party's plan. If he unfortunately loses the gamble, he will even have to ruin his job......
So Shao Yong's gaffe is understandable.
But Sima Guang was not very excited, he knew very well that this time he only destroyed the other party's momentum, but it did not affect the overall situation......
Everything is just a delay, once the other party stops twisting and pinching, and changes to play the overlord and makes a hard bow, he really can't do anything.
"If we don't move Han Qi away, we will never be at peace." Wang Yan is also soberly aware of this.
Sima Guang glanced at him, this sentence really lost Wang Yuanze's level. The Great Song Dynasty has been established for a hundred years, and the way of checks and balances has been in the bone marrow. From top to bottom, no single dominant power will be tolerated, especially for the prime minister under one person.
Before the two centers were in and two out, the official family may have the intention of promoting Zhao Zongji, but the more important reason was that he saw that the center was unbalanced, and Zongshi's party was too arrogant, so he replaced it with two ministers who were close to Chen Ke but were loyal.
And Fu Bi is the only minister in the Great Song Dynasty who can entrust the state affairs and will not form a party for personal gain, of course the official family will not let him go, so Han Qi's position is as stable as Mount Tai...... Han Xianggong's tenacity is unparalleled in the world, and despite the successive setbacks, it has not affected his determination in the slightest.
In mid-June, Zuo Si first admonished Li Liang to dredge. In the fourth year of Jiayou, His Majesty promised to establish a reserve within two years, and now it is June of the sixth year of Jiayou, and the two-year period is about to expire, so it is advisable to prepare as soon as possible.
Zhao Zhen knew that this was throwing stones to ask for directions, and more than a dozen copies would pop up when he pressed down on it. Therefore, he replied in time: 'There is still half a year to go, and you can think about it in the long run...... 'There is still half a year, what is the hurry?'
Zhao Zongshi's officials took a look. The Emperor is trying to stall for time. But after all, Jiayou's six years have not yet passed, and he has already made an appointment before, so if he rushes him. If it is found that the contract is broken and the canonization is postponed, it will be a loss to the wife and a soldier.
This is also the reason why Han Xianggong saw the unicorn and rì food, just like seeing a life-saving straw, because only in that way can he take advantage of the situation to rise up and ask the emperor to canonize in advance!
He has always had a bad premonition recently, and he is really worried about the long nights and dreams, and he wants to decide the overall situation early.
The most important thing Han Xianggong lacks is a way, and there is no way to create it. There is no king butcher. Can't you just eat hairy pigs?
Since you can't use auspicious rui and rì food to create momentum, then create momentum artificially! The last thing Han Xianggong lacks is a method......
After a few rì, the Ministry of Industry Shilang said that in view of the imminent period of the establishment of the reserve, the division inspected the East Palace. It was found that it had not been used for a long time, and it was dilapidated, and it was in urgent need of funds to repair it, otherwise it would delay the canonization ceremony.
This is reasonable, and according to experience, if the palace is overhauled. No matter how fast it is, it will take a year, the official family thought about it, and there was really no reason not to allow it, so they complied.
But if he goes to the East Palace to inspect it, he will find that the situation there is far better than the description of the Ministry of Industry, and with the full support of the three divisions, it can be repaired in more than a month!
When the East Palace was repaired, the ministers congratulated the prince and asked for the prince, and Zhao Zhen would be out of quality if he pushed it back...... Those two or three months late didn't make any sense, but it seemed that the emperor was obsessed with power.
In the meantime, Sima Guang and Wang Yan had insight into the matter, but they couldn't do anything about it. After all, the foundation is still shallow, and if you want to affect the project in the palace, you can't reach it, so you can only sit and wait day by day.
In July, Chen Ke returned.
The two of them suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't need to top the cylinder anymore. It's not easy to be the protagonist in the monk......
But then, I heard that because of the hot weather and overwork, Chen Ke fell ill and asked the court for leave to recuperate at home.
Definitely an excuse! Can Chen Sanlang, who is as strong as an ox, get sick? This made Wang Gongzi, who was thinner than peach blossoms, extremely angry, and directly blocked Chen Ke at home.
Chen Ke couldn't do anything, he looked at the hazy sky, and said to Wang Yan: "Fortunately, His Royal Highness will come back soon, and I'll talk about it when the time comes." β
Wang Yan was crazy, please brother, didn't you have the idea for Your Highness to come back?
Anyway, the sky is falling on top of it, since Chen Ke is not in a hurry, why should he be in a hurry?
So in this originally tense summer, all the important people hid at home to escape the heat, allowing time to pass day by day.
At the end of July, the weather turned cooler, and the construction of the East Palace had come to an end.
Many officials in Bianjing City began to brew congratulatory letters again. But this time it's relatively easy, just change the notebook that you didn't hand in the first few times.
Everything is in full swing, and the streets and alleys are talking about the soon-to-be-completed Prince Mansion and the lucky ones who will move there...... It seems that there is an invisible hand that pushes the atmosphere of Bianjing City to the rhythm of Lichu.
Who would have thought that there was a discordant murmur......
On the West Corner Tower Street, a majestic mansion hangs the hot stamping plaque of 'Qinci Nankang County Palace'.
In the backyard of the palace, Zhao Conggu, who was dressed in a decent Xishu brocade robe, with a burly figure and a cool face, stood in front of a 'tiger entering the mountain' with a somber face, and said in a deep voice: "Why is the summer flood fine, but the autumn flood is worrying?" β
Behind him stood a thin man with a swarthy face, who was Chen Ke's friend of the same year, the Dushui Supervisor Cheng Jia. He replied softly: "This is normal, the summer rise is not worrying, or because of the sudden onset of the mountains and rivers, or because of the heavy rain, the river will inevitably increase." However, the summer weather is high, with the rise and fall, and those who can be worried about it are also in the autumn flood. β
"The autumn rise cannot be retreated immediately, and it is most likely to cause danger." After a pause, Jia Yan said again: "The rain has been continuous near rΓ¬yΔ«n, and the Yellow River has risen steeply, isn't it worrying?" β
"This king doesn't care about the river anymore." Zhao Conggu turned his face away and said in a deep voice: "You can directly tell your boss." β
"The lower officials have written several times, but there is no news." Jia Yan said with a bitter face: "Therefore, I have to ask the prince here." β
"Why don't you go to Chen Zhongfang." Zhao Conggu said coldly: "With your relationship, why bother to seek the near and far? β
"Chen Zhongfang has already said that he is sick for more than a month." Jia Yan sighed and said, "Xiaguan has looked for him several times. After all the good things he said, he refused to help me with this. β
"Hmph, my true colors are revealed." Zhao sat down after turning from Gu to the big case, and folded his arms and pondered. Today, he came to visit, and the news he brought really scared him - the autumn flood is raging, and the Ergu River project, which was newly repaired last year, may be in danger of bursting the embankment!
If the Ergu River, which cost a lot of money last year, really broke its embankment. He, the project supervisor, will never escape his responsibility.
Of course, it is only a secondary responsibility. After all, the project was built by Zhao Zong, and he didn't listen to dissuasion. insisted on rushing after the winter solstice, which buried hidden dangers for the project, and this was the main responsible person. There is no escape!
Thinking of this, Zhao Conggu really wanted to greet Zhao Zongshi's eighteenth generation ancestor, but when he thought that everyone was an ancestor, he couldn't help it.
He also understood why Jia Kang would eat behind closed doors with Chen Ke, because people expected it, and he didn't dare to ignore this matter!
The face has changed for a long time, and Zhao Conggu only found that Jia Jian was still standing there. He exhaled a deep breath and said, "You go back first!" β
"Then this recital......"
"You put it here first, and you have to make a decision." Zhao Conggu waved his hand impatiently.
"Yes." Jia Kang retreated with trepidation...... When Jia Yan came out of the palace, two of his subordinate officials greeted him and asked, "Your Excellency." Should the prince be down? β
Jia Yan nodded, but shook his head silently.
During that time, Zhao Conggu pondered for two days, and finally made up his mind and handed over Jia Ling's recital to the emperor.
He's figured it out. Even if the embankment bursts in the end, it does not mean that there is a problem with the project. But ιδΊΆ came to report jΗng, and he definitely couldn't escape the eyes of people with a heart, and if he really didn't report it, he would sit on wax.
What's more, even if the embankment really breaks in the end, he can be regarded as atoning for his sins. At least you don't have to be unlucky with Zhao Zongshi!
Zhao Zhen attached great importance to it and immediately ordered Prime Minister Fu Bi to be called. When Fu Xianggong looked at this recital, his face changed and said: "This year's autumn flood is destined to be dangerous. Along Shaanxi, Henan, Gyeonggi, and Hebei Road, the Yellow River Basin is covered with dark clouds and continuous autumn rains. Today, I just received an urgent report, and the water level of the iron pillar at the upstream Kaifengkou has risen by three inches, and it has reached more than three feet......"
"This means that all the newly built embankments in Hebei Road will have to withstand the flood peak three zhang away?" Zhao Zhen's heart shrunk, and he asked with a hint of luck: "Can Erguhe withstand it?" β
"The Ergu River should be able to withstand the water level of five zhang." Zhao Conggu hurriedly replied.
"There are still two zhang ......," Zhao Zhen muttered: "When will the autumn flood reach the peak of the flood?" β
"There are more than ten rì." Fu Bi replied.
"Isn't that dangerous?!" Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Put everything aside first, and make every effort to prevent floods and rescue people!" β
"Yes." The two answered together.
"Fu Aiqing, you come to control the overall situation," Fu Bi said and looked at Zhao Conggudao: "At that time, you were the river supervisor and you were familiar with the situation of the Ergu River, so you were in charge of the front line, are you willing?" β
"It is incumbent upon the sons and daughters!" Zhao Conggu dared to send the music book into the palace, and he had the consciousness of being caught, and he was dead both horizontally and vertically, so why not be heroic?
"Good!" Zhao Zhen excitedly said: "This is a good man from my heavenly family!" β
Without further ado, Fu Bi immediately mobilized manpower and materials, and Zhao Conggu took the lead and went to Ergu River to inspect the danger. He took Jia Kang and other officials of the Gandu Water Supervision to move all the atlases and instruments in the prison to the bifurcation of the Ergu River and set up a temporary command post.
Standing under the felt shed, looking up, it was full of dense rain, raising his eyes and level, in front of him was the violent Yellow Dragon, the fishy waves rushed to the sky, the white foam rolled, wrapped in the big trees rolled down upstream, the corpses of people and animals, roared in front of him.
Zhao Conggu couldn't help but feel a little dizzy, if it weren't for the cement embankment that was newly built last year, which gave him a strange solid feeling, he doubted whether he had the courage to stand on the cusp of the storm.
Seeing Jia Kang wearing a lily coat and a hat on his head, coming in from outside in the wind and rain with difficulty, he split his head and asked, "How is it?" β
"Lord Wang, in two days, the water level has risen by another eight feet, and if this momentum continues, at most three days, you will have to release water and discharge the flood at the opposite side." Jia Yan's lips turned purple from the cold, and while taking off his coat, his teeth chattered and said-
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