The conversation between Zhao Chen and Huang Qianshan was relayed to Tong Mu word for word by the little chamberlain who served, and the little chamberlain said: "This yellow eel is really a traitor, and he wants to kill so many people, the queen mother knows about it, and she will not spare him." ”

"Nonsense." Tong Mu shouted, "Huang Zuocheng is a ruler, how can you be allowed to call nicknames indiscriminately, if you call it like this again, our family will pull out your tongue." ”

Seeing that the little waiter was frightened, Tong Mu said: "Sage, our family has its own measure, and you are not allowed to say a word about what you hear." ”

The little waiter retreated, Tong Mu took a long breath, he patted his head, and said to himself: "It's difficult, it's only fourteen years old, and it's already a matter of life." ”

Tong Mu thought to himself, "Should I ask the saint to come forward to stop it?" Will the emperor resent me. What will he do to me, if he does not treat the people as human beings? I risked my life to stop him once, and I can't stop him again and again. ”

After thinking about it: "If you don't stop him this time and flood the people, the emperor's reputation will be ruined, and you Tong Mu is worthy of the concubine's trust...... No, if you don't have a concubine, that's easy to do. but the people ......"

Thinking of this, Tong Mu said loudly, "Prepare a sedan chair." ”

Li Gang's visit to Tong Mu was very unexpected, firstly, he was unwilling to hand over the ministers, and secondly, in this era, he had to hand over the post first. But he is still Tong Mu who he received.

After some polite words, Tong Mu asked, "Tong Mu is here today for the Yellow River." ”

"Didn't you say during the day, the book is not intended to be written, and the river is not broken?"

"We don't want to break the river ourselves, but what about the gold thief? The gold thief has also hit the Yellow River, and if the gold thief releases water to flood the people. ”

"The gold thief wouldn't be so mad, would he?"

"Even the dignified Hebei West Road pacification envoy can bear to dig the river, the gold thief is even more inhumane, how can he not do it?"

"On both sides of the river, the people are afraid that there will be millions of households, if the gold thief digs the river?"

"Li Xianggong, the people who don't come out can't control it, but Bianliang has a way?"

"You mean the old road of the Guangji River?"

"Xianggong Gao sees that the old road of the Guangji River and the old road of the Linghe River must be dug wide and deep, and then dig more diversion ditches."

The Ling River is a small river ditch in Huazhou, in the early Northern Song Dynasty several times the Yellow River burst, the Yellow River water poured into the Ling River to the south, sediment deposits, the river channel was silted.

The Guangji River is a waterway that flows out of Bianliang, which is part of the canal, and it is also the diversion of the Yellow River many times before, and the water of the Yellow River pours into the Guangji River, silting up the river. Later, a new channel was dug in the southeast direction of the Guangji River, and the old road was abandoned

Tong Mu's suggestion was to re-excavate the two dry waterways north of Huazhou and Bianliang, and dig diversion ditches around them. The water of the Yellow River comes, and after withstanding the first torrent, it pours the water into the waterway.

Li Gang groaned: "The cost of this material is not small. ”

Tong Mu said: "This matter must be presided over by Kaifeng Mansion, as long as Li Xianggong talks to Governor Liu, the little one will go and discuss with Governor Liu." The meaning of this sentence is that the workers and materials consumed do not have to worry about Li Gang.

Li Gang thought about it, he was not afraid of 10,000, just in case, Tong Mu had already reminded himself that if Jin Bing really dug the river to flood Kaifeng, and he did not take precautions, he would be infamy. And now you only need to talk to Liu Ju, and then you will divide more than half of the responsibility.

Li Gang wrote a letter to Liu Ju and asked Tong Mu to bring it to Liu Ju, no matter what happens in the future, this letter is the evidence.

Tong Mu took the letter and left Li Gang's mansion, it was getting late, Tong Mu went straight to Liu Ju's mansion.

He sent a letter to the prime minister, and Liu Ju took Liu Ziyu to meet Tong Mu.

In front of Liu Ju, Tong Mu's rhetoric changed, saying that the queen mother and the prime minister were very worried about the Jin people digging the river and releasing water, so they asked Kaifeng Mansion to prepare early.

"Then why isn't there a uniformity?"

"The emperor didn't expect this, and the saint didn't want to refute the emperor's face."

Liu Ju said with a smile: "The Queen Mother is Shengming, and the people are blessed." He looked at his son, "Da Lang, it's up to you to contact Shan Chan and do this with him." "Shan Cha, that is, the holy water general Shan Tingju.

When Tong Mu walked to the palace, the stars had already come out, and Huang Qianshan had not yet sent the handwritten letter out of the city.

Liyang, Zhang Chengbo stood at the gate of the Yamen of Liyang County, pressing his sword in his hand: "I am raising the imperial envoy of the river, Shangshu Zuocheng, whoever dares to stop me, cut it down." "He was stubborn, not angry, and the guard at the door had to go in and report.

After Du Chong traveled east from Xiangzhou, he was stationed in Liyang County, and now he was arranging the order to dig the river according to Zhao Chen's handwriting, Yue Feibai fell to the ground and refused to accept the order.

Du Chong was reproaching Yue Fei: "You are from Xiangzhou, and now that Liyang is digging the river, it is no longer possible to flood Xiangzhou, why do you still want to shirk the blame, when my military order is not strict?" When he was angry, the guards informed Zhang Chengbo to come, and Du Chong had no choice but to invite.

Zhang Chengbo entered the lobby, and Du Chong sat still on the main seat, and did not get up to greet him. Zhang Chengbo stood in the center of the hall, pressed his sword in his hand, and shouted: "When you arrive in the capital of Gyeonggi, do you still want to dig a river to appease the flooding of Jingshi?" ”

"Zhang Youcheng, attacking the enemy with water is a holy order, does Youcheng want to resist the decree?" As Du Chong spoke, he took out Zhao Chen's handwritten book and unfolded it for Zhang Chengbo to come forward to watch.

Zhang Chengbo walked up a few steps, glanced at the handwritten letter, and smiled instead of being angry: "There is no Chinese book to seal, and there is no countersignature, this is a false order." ”

"It's obviously the emperor's handwriting, do you dare to say it's a false order?" Du Chong suddenly became calm, "Yue Fei, you haven't seen Your Majesty's handwritten letter, and now that you see the handwritten letter, you won't immediately receive the order, this is a good opportunity for you to repay Jun's grace." ”

"Fly and don't dare to take orders."

"I don't know how to lift." Du Chong handed the handwritten letter to another general, "Qi Fang, you go and do it." ”

Qi Fang received the order and wanted to go out, Zhang Chengbo shouted: "I am in power, who wants to dig the river and try my sword." With the respect of the ruling party, he drew his sword to stop Qi Fang, and Qi Fang really didn't dare to go out.

At this time, Chen Cui said: "The Jin soldiers are not approaching yet, it is better for the prime minister to send someone back to Beijing to inquire clearly, if His Majesty really has this order, or if the Jin soldiers are approaching, it is not too late to dig the river." ”

Du Chong glared at Chen Cui and said, "That's it, Ben Shuai is tired, let's disperse." ”

On the one hand, Zhang Chengbo sent his relatives to send a letter back to Bianliang, and on the other hand, he discussed with Du Chong that even if he really wanted to dig the river, he should first move the people on both sides of the river.

Although Du Chong had already torn his face with Zhang Chengbo, he was also afraid that the people would die too much and be settled by the Autumn Queen, so he asked Qi Fang to drive the people on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Chen Cuiyue Fei to drive the people on the south bank of the Yellow River.

At this time, it was already March of the third year of the inspection, and it was already past Qingming, and it was about to be the rain in the valley, and the farmers on both sides of the Yellow River were busy sowing seeds, but they did not expect that a cadre of soldiers would break into their homes and order them to move out.

Especially the people near Liyang on the north bank of the Yellow River, Qi Fang's department took the initiative to help the people move, and before the people reacted, their homes were emptied. Pranayama and extortion of property happen from time to time. Fortunately, Zhang Chengbo sent his relatives to inspect everywhere, picketing from time to time, and no one was killed.

A small part of the residents on the north bank of the Yellow River crossed the Yellow River, and most of them ran to the northeast, and the legend has reached the East Hebei Road, near Cangzhou between the rivers, there were officials and soldiers to contain the displaced people, and in the troubled times, there was finally a place to go. Although Texas, the only way to go, is controlled by gold thieves, but on the west and north sides, where are there no gold thieves?

The people of Zheng County and Huaxian County on the south bank ran to Bianliang, and Xijing Road and Jingbei Road were occupied by gold thieves.

Yue Fei was responsible for driving out the residents of Huaxian County, and he could only restrain his cronies and subordinates from looting. The homeless people dragged their children and daughters all the way, crying and shouting, Yue Fei couldn't bear it, so he led the army to escort them to Bianliang.

Almost overnight, tens of thousands of displaced people and more than 100,000 people are coming one after another.

It was inconvenient for Yue Fei to enter the city, so he set up some sheds outside Bianliang City for the displaced people to rest.

These tens of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people, hundreds of thousands of people were stranded under Bianliang City, it is said that Yue Fei has overfulfilled the task, but he can't bear it in his heart, and he has not led his troops back.

The Song Dynasty also did not have any basic regulations for the relief of displaced people, and in the past, when disasters occurred, power generation and relief were provided, so everyone was allowed to stand up, and when the famine passed, the survivors returned to their homes. If there were more men among the exiles, the court would recruit them as soldiers to prevent them from rebelling. The government and large families will build some porridge shacks, but it is only a drop in the bucket, and it is better than nothing.

Fortunately, the weather is getting warmer, and the displaced people are not at risk of freezing to death.

It was almost late March, and Yue Fei was aimlessly patrolling among the homeless people, and at a glance, there might be 200,000 people. He didn't know what the use of staying here was for him, and the rice balls he brought with him had already been distributed to children. Yesterday, the Kaifeng Mansion specially allocated some millet rice for these soldiers to return to the Liyang garrison, but Yue Fei had already cooked all the porridge and ate it with the displaced people.

Yue Fei heard a conversation between two homeless people:

"We are starving here, do you think the Zhao official family knows?"

Yue Fei thought to himself, Kaifeng Mansion had already known about it, and had set up a few porridge sheds outside the city, which seemed to be able to make everyone last until summer. It's just this time, it's not because of natural disasters, it can barely be said to be a military disaster, Xiangzhou, Weizhou to Kaifeng Mansion, can't spring ploughing, I don't know what to do with food in autumn?

At this time, he heard another person say: "The Zhao official family has known for a long time, you know, this time it is the Zhao official family's clever plan to flood the gold thief." ”

"Really, the gold thief hasn't drowned yet, but has starved the people to death."

One of them saw Yue Fei standing not far away, and hurriedly stopped his companion from continuing. Yue Fei walked away with interest.

At this time, the gate of Bianliang City opened, and a small cart was pushed out, and the cart was full of porridge buckets. Some family members set up the porridge bucket smoothly, and a person who looked like a housekeeper stood on the cart and shouted: "People, King Kang and the noble clan in the city, give everyone porridge, one bowl per person, line up to receive it." ”

The people flocked to the place, and the family members took water and fire sticks, driving the people and making them line up.

At this time, I saw a young man dressed in rich clothes, walking out of the city, and the butler saw it, and hurried over to pay respects: "King, why are you here, there are some mud legs outside, don't dirty your shoes." ”

Yue Fei looked at the prince and felt that he was handsome and extraordinary. He couldn't help but sigh softly: "True benevolence." ”