- "What nonsense are you talking about?" Before Jia Kang's words fell, an angry voice suddenly came from behind him.

When everyone looked back, it was Han Gang, the squire of the Shangshu Ministry of Labor, who came in surrounded by a group of entourage. also came in the rain, and he was embarrassed, but Han Gang only had a few muddy spots on the corners of his clothes.

When the Ergu River project was repaired, this Han Daren was the assistant manager, and when he heard that the river was at risk of bursting, he was terrified. Hurriedly went to the palace of Anling County to ask for a plan, and Zhao Zong ordered him to immediately go to the river embankment to keep an eye on it. So Lord Han, who had been promoted to a squire, hurried over, and as soon as he arrived at the ground, he heard Jia Yan's astonishing words.

After Han Gang came in, he first glared at Jia Kang fiercely, and then hugged Zhao Conggu and punched him, which was regarded as a salute.

"What's the reaction?" Zhao Conggu was displeased, and it depended on the owner to beat the dog, and Jia Yan was also his subordinate no matter what he said.

"The prince is angry, and he blames this person for talking nonsense and confusing people's hearts first!" Han Gang pointed at Jia Kang and said, "The embankment of the Ergu River can hold up!" There won't be a problem! ”

"Are you up to the task?" Zhao Conggu said coldly.

"Uh......" Han Gang choked. He has his own ideas, as the person who really presided over the construction, Han Gang knows very well that the root cause of the water level rising too fast is that the entire river is too narrow. He insisted that the burst of the embankment and the release of water may not reduce much pressure on the Ergu River, and if it is self-defeating, the embankment will overflow in both places, and the consequences will be even worse.

When he stabilized his emotions and expressed his opinion, Zhao Conggu felt that it was also reasonable, so he looked at Jia Jian with an inquiring gaze.

I don't know if it's because it's cold, or if I'm anxious. Jia Yan's face was very ugly, and he couldn't help but explain: "The river is narrow, and it has the effect of bunching embankments and rushing sand. The river embankment is strengthened and heightened, and the river channel is clamped, the water potential must be enhanced, the flow rate is accelerated, and the new sand will not settle. Old sand can also be rolled into the sea. In this way, the riverbed will get deeper and deeper, and there will be no danger of bursting the embankment. Therefore, the pass is still a flood diversion as long as the water potential is not so large. There will be no problem with the Ergu River. ”

Saying that, Zhao Conggu hugged his fists and said: "Lord Wang, release the flood at this time, if you can't keep the Ergu River." Please ask the second prince to be punished by the official to thank the people! ”

"Can you afford it?" Han Gang also learned from Zhao Conggu and came to such a sentence.

The scene was at an impasse, and Zhao Conggu was just about to speak, when he saw Han Gang handing over his face, and whispered: "The prince borrowed a step to speak." ”

Zhao Conggu waved his hand and ordered the rest to withdraw.

Without others, it is naturally a different truth. Han Gang took a step forward and lowered his voice and said, "In the previous recital, the prince also has a signature. Said that this new construction project can withstand a hundred years of floods, and now it has only been half a year and suddenly has to be picked up by itself? How to explain to the official family and the people of the world? ”

"But I also said in the transcript that once something happens to the Ergu River, it should immediately open the north flow to divert the flood!" Zhao Conggu frowned.

"Before the next official comes." Han Gang replied to the question and hugged his fists deeply and said, "My Royal Highness let the prince take the message." In times of crisis, we will be in the same boat, and there will be a good reward when you come! ”

"Don't I know the truth of being in the same boat?!" Zhao Conggu snorted in displeasure: "Do you know, why haven't I notified the downstream people to migrate until now?" Aren't you just afraid of causing trouble for your prince? ”

"But if you decide to open your mouth and make it flow north, won't it also cause controversy for your Highness?"

"Who told you to blow the cowhide into the sky at that time!" Zhao Conggu sneered: "I'm wiping your buttocks, you know." But you still want to save face! It depends on the time to die to save face! ”

"It's not just a matter of dying to save face...... Han Gang saw sweat on his forehead, and said in a low voice: "Does the prince know that the Beiliu River has become ten thousand hectares of fertile land?" How can it also be used to discharge floodwater? ”

"Ahh Zhao Conggu was shocked, he had heard that after the Beiliu was abandoned, tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land were silted out, which really caused a scramble: "It's only been less than a year, and the river won't be vicissitudes, right?" ”

"The unusability of the river is only one aspect, the key is that those landlords can't afford to mess with it." Han Gang smiled bitterly.

"Jokes." Zhao Conggu smiled and said: "Lonely prince, how many rich people will you be afraid of?" ”

"It's not a rich man, there is Uncle Cao's family, Marshal Li's family, Han Xianggong's family, and ......" Han Gang shook his head and said.

"I'm afraid there's still your Lord Han's family." Zhao Conggu sneered.

"The Han family's land is not much...... Han Gang smiled embarrassedly: "In any case, those landlords can't afford to mess with them, and they can't let the land they just bought with a lot of money be destroyed like this!" ”

"There are priorities." Zhao Conggu said expressionlessly: "If there is something to do, this king will naturally try his best to preserve it." But when it is really a time of crisis, this king can only offend the powerful for the people! ”

"Or try not to, try not to." Han Gang waved his hand again and again.

At the insistence of Han Gang, or under the pressure of Zhao Zongshi, Zhao Conggu did not break the embankment, but ordered the people to raise and strengthen the embankment of the Ergu River at night, hoping to survive the flood peak.

"It's useless, lord." Jia Yan had not closed his eyes for a few days, his expression was haggard, his eyes were red and red, and he hissed: "The water is so big that it is beyond imagination, if it weren't for the cement used in this river, the embankment would have burst a long time ago." But Rao is like this, there are also more than a dozen places of water and sand, if the flood is not divided, the embankment will inevitably burst! ”

Zhao Conggu never doubted Jia Kang's professional ability, and immediately ordered: "Immediately order the forbidden army to go downstream to inform you, and the people of the prefecture and county must leave the village without missing a single miss!" ”

Jia Kang waited for a while, but he didn't wait for the next step, and his heart was half cold: "Lord Wang, have you made up your mind not to divide the flood?" ”

"Look at it!" Zhao Conggu grimaced, pointed to the opposite side and said, "Han Gang took so many people, and he was there at night, saying that he was patrolling and clearing dangers, but in fact, he was guarding the berm!" How to open this decision! ”

"I know what he's going to do!" Now, Jia Kang can't take care of it anymore and says: "He just wants the flood to overflow the embankment of Ergu." In this way, the flood can be discharged, and the thousands of acres of fertile land of the powerful will not be flooded. More importantly, in the future, it can be said that the water is too big, not the problem of the levee itself! ”

"Shut up!" Zhao Conggu Deng's face was green, and he shouted angrily: "Hugh wants to slander Shangguan!" ”

"Could it be that His Highness also thinks so?" Jia Yakou said without hesitation: "Don't be delusional, it's impossible to succeed, the embankment must be before the overflow!" ”

Zhao Conggu was told that he was in his heart, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he waved his hand heavily: "Blast him out!" ”

The guards threw Jia Ya out, and Jia Ya's body was thin, and they threw him out of the door in three or two strokes, and he fell on the muddy ground.

Colleagues have relatives in their hearts, and some of them are bold and hurried forward to help.

Jia Kang violently broke away from them, suddenly cried loudly and threw himself on the embankment, knelt down facing the Yellow River, waved his hands and howled: "God! God! Thou hast eyes and no beads, and what sin hast thou committed against the people, and why hast thou sinned against them! but spare the real sinners! ”

"Drag him down!" Seeing that the more he spoke, the more unspeakable he became, Zhao Conggu viciously said.

The guards hurriedly climbed up the embankment and pulled him down. Jia Yan naturally struggled back, but as soon as he exerted his strength, the other party let go imperceptibly.

Caught off guard, his body leaned back suddenly, his feet slipped, and with a face full of disbelief, he fell into the rolling torrent......

There was a dead silence on the embankment, as if the sound of the wind and rain and the sound of the river had all disappeared.

After a while, the officials of the capital water supervisor came back to their senses, shouted and rushed up the river embankment, only to see the waves like anger, but where did they still see people?

Zhao Conggu also followed, and said with a smile: "Arrest these beasts for me!" ”

The few guards who had just been entangled with Jia Kang were taken down expressionlessly.

Looking at the grief-stricken officials, Zhao Conggu just wanted to say something, but he felt a slight tremor under his feet, and looked up along the voice, he seemed to be able to hear the sound of the sky falling apart, coming from a distance.

"It's over, it's over......" There is an experienced old river minister in the capital water supervisor, and he cried bitterly: "The embankment has burst......

Zhao Conggu's intuition darkened his eyes, and he sat on the ground with his ass.

Three days later, Bianjing finally figured out the loss...... After the Ergu River burst its embankment, seven out of 10 of the embankments built last year were damaged. The flood broke the embankment from the south bank and flooded 15 prefectures and counties downstream, affecting hundreds of thousands of people and causing countless losses......

Zhao Zhen was extremely angry, and said angrily at the court meeting: "I spent a million taels of silver, known as a hundred-year project, but I didn't hold on to it for even a year!" You still have the face to come back! ”

He scolded Zhao Conggu and Han Gang, who were kneeling in the court.

The burst of the embankment was so unexpected that neither of them expected it. Fortunately, the section of the levee was a few miles downstream, so it didn't sweep them away.

The two of them were depressed at the moment, no matter how the official scolded, they should not have heard it.

"And you!" Zhao Zhen turned to the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory and opened fire: "How did you accept the project last year?" How can the embankment be broken! ”

The imperial history involved hurriedly came out, took off the black yarn, and untied his belt to ask for guilt.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Zongshi couldn't stay out of the matter anymore, and went out to ask for guilt: "Ergu River is cultivated by the son, and there are thousands of crimes, all of which are the crimes of the son, please punish the officials severely!" ”

Seeing that he could take the initiative to ask for guilt, Zhao Zhen was slightly surprised, when did this thirteen turn around? The face said slightly: "You don't have to worry, the widow will send a messenger to investigate the case thoroughly, and if you are guilty, you will be punished severely." ”

"The retainers obeyed." Zhao Zongshi retreated calmly.

"Fu Xianggong, you will try this case with Tang Zhongcheng," Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Be sure to find out!" ”

"Minister...... "Fu Bi seems to have aged ten years all of a sudden, and this is not the first time he has experienced this kind ......of pain. When the Liuta River broke, it left a mark of shame on him. Unexpectedly, during his tenure, he broke down again.

How does this make Fu Xianggong have face, goodbye Jiangdong father ......-

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