"That's great......"

When Zhao Zheng walked out of the Heart Cultivation Hall in a daze, he subconsciously glanced at the talisman and holy decree in his hand, but he still felt a little like in a dream.

It's just that today's surprise came too suddenly and violently!

"20,000 Gyeonggi troops...... There is also a holy decree written by the father and the emperor, you can go to the Ministry of Industry to pick people at will...... What else is there that has no upper limit on the garrison......"

Zhao Zheng at this moment is really a little flattered.

Originally, it was just a very ordinary greeting, but I didn't expect my father to be so generous and reward such a rich reward!

There are 20,000 well-trained Gyeonggi troops defending the capital!

You can also go to the Great Cadre Department to choose skilled craftsmen at will!

This is really far beyond expectations, and there was no expectation at all!!

At this moment, Zhao Zheng, who was immersed in the sudden joy, didn't expect it at all.

In fact, the emperor's reward today is of the most significant significance, and even the one that will have a huge impact on the pattern of Kyushu is the upper limit of the garrison that he does not have in mind at the moment!

This reward casually said out of protection for him was something that even the Taiji Holy Emperor himself had never expected to set off in the future!

After all, at the moment, the so-called garrison ceiling is almost as useless as chicken ribs.

You must know that Qinchuan is located in a border county, which is the poorest place in Daqian, and it is already extremely difficult to even feed the existing basic garrison, and it still has to rely on the allocation and support of the central government.

Even if the upper limit is lifted and the Qin State is allowed to recruit troops at will, the problem is ......

Can the Qin State afford to raise so many soldiers and horses?

So many soldiers eat horses and chew and don't produce, how can they be so easy to feed?

Not to mention raising more soldiers and horses, but even the 20,000 Gyeonggi army, if you want to feed it with the current national strength of the Qin State, I am afraid you will have to tighten your belts to live.

Therefore, after the Taiji Holy Emperor personally released the upper limit of the Qin State garrison, no one could have imagined how much turmoil this would cause in the future......

……

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Jin wants to meet you."

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, the Taiji Holy Emperor, who had been happy since the Nine Emperors Zhao Zheng left, suddenly heard the name of the Eighth Emperor Zhao Sheng, but his face changed slightly, and he immediately waved his hand in displeasure.

"Huh? King Jin? …… Let him in! ”

The eunuch immediately received the order, bowed down and retreated to announce the meeting.

After a while, Zhao Sheng, the king of Jin, wore a colorful royal robe, strode into the hall, and saluted respectfully towards his father, who was sitting in the middle, as if he was closing his eyes and raising his spirit.

"Son-in-law, see father!"

Hearing this, the Taiji Holy Emperor raised his eyelids lightly, and after glancing at the figure kneeling on the ground in the hall, he couldn't help but say casually.

"Flatten......"

"My son thanked my father!"

Zhao Sheng immediately got up when he heard this, and after thanking him, he stood in the hall respectfully, waiting for his father's inquiry.

"Sheng'er...... In the past two years, you have been promoted to the middle school of the country, how are you governed? ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor pulled the tone and asked casually as if unintentionally.

Hearing these words in Zhao Sheng's ears, his heart jumped, although he was a little apprehensive, but he still had the courage to answer on the spot.

"Well, back to my father, you can still ...... Also ......"

"Oh?"

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor suddenly opened his eyes and looked directly at Zhao Sheng, the king of the Eight Emperors.

"How did the widow hear that...... Is there a flood in thy land, and there are many dead and wounded? ”

"This ......"

Zhao Sheng suddenly panicked, but he still managed to stabilize his mind and said reluctantly.

"Peishui is...... It was an occasional flood, but no more casualties...... It's just a few dozen people, and it's still there, it's still under control......"

Even if you want to hide it in your heart, you can't cover up such a major disaster as the flood of Peishui.

Therefore, even if he knew that his father would be angry because of this, Zhao Sheng did not dare to forcibly cover up this matter no matter what.

In fact, he didn't want to meet his father in the first place, after all, he only poked out such a big basket in his county this year, isn't this a rush to be trained?

But there is really no way, he must come to the wedding of the five emperor brothers.

And as long as you return to Beijing, the first thing you must do must be to ask your father for peace.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant he was in his heart today, after Zhao Sheng returned to Beijing, he still had to honestly and obediently enter the palace to ask to see him.

"Oh? Occasional flooding? No more than ...... dead and wounded Dozens of people only?? ”

When the Taiji Holy Emperor heard this, he laughed angrily on the spot, and suddenly there was a burst of anger in his chest!

"How did the widow hear that in the Jin Kingdom! The flood is overflowing, and the downstream is completely devastated by the water! Countless fertile fields have been destroyed, people have been displaced, and there have been heavy casualties!! ”

As he spoke, the Taiji Holy Emperor became more and more annoyed, and pointed at his Eighth Emperor Zhao Sheng on the spot and shouted angrily!

"Your kingdom! Don't say that it has become a country! It is even more a disaster for the land of the two counties, causing the downstream counties to also be flooded! ”

Speaking of this, the Taiji Holy Emperor suddenly got up and asked rhetorically on the spot!

"Such a flood! How dare you say it...... Is it just an occasional flood?! ”

All of a sudden, the Holy Emperor's angry voice resounded throughout the hall!

But it was a group of frightened inner prison maids who hurriedly bowed their heads and didn't say anything, and they were even more frightened that Zhao Zheng, the king of Jin, immediately knelt on the ground and hurriedly kowtowed.

"The son is guilty! The son is guilty! Please also ask your father to punish her! ”

Now, how dare he argue in the slightest?

As soon as he heard his father's angry words, how could he not know that the specific situation of this flood had already been clearly grasped by his father, so how could he have half a room to hide it?

Therefore, he was very wise, and he prostrated and confessed on the spot, not daring to have the slightest quibble.

After all, this flood is so involved, if it is put on the ordinary county guard, the removal and investigation will be considered light, maybe the court will investigate it, and it will be convicted of dereliction of duty!

In fact, after this incident, he dealt with it in this way, putting all the blame on the county guard of Jinyang County, removing him from his post and investigating and investigating the crime.

But even so, as the supreme administrator of Jinyang County, he coordinates all the affairs of the middle and upper levels of the county, and after such a catastrophe, he can't escape!

Even if he is a prince, he is actually the son of the Holy Emperor, and now he is the king of a country in the Jin Kingdom, no one can do anything to him.

But in the eyes of the Taiji Holy Emperor, he would be disappointed in him, and even reprimanded and punished!

"Humph! Can a sentence of guilt be exchanged for the recovery of the flood? Can it be exchanged for national peace and security?! ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor snorted angrily, looking at the appearance of the Eighth Emperor who could only kowtow and confess his sins, he couldn't help but be even more annoyed, but he immediately reprimanded angrily!

"Peiqi, Peiqi! At the beginning, I gave you the word Peiqi, hoping that you could manage Peishui well and help our people live and work in peace and contentment! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Sheng's face showed a little shame.

Just because when he was crowned king, his father specially told himself that he must be good at managing Peishui, and even gave himself the word Peiqi, that is, he must always be vigilant!

At that time, he naturally agreed, and vowed to control Peishui well, so that his father would be impressed by him.

But it didn't come to pass, maybe it was because of this that he was a little anxious for quick success, and he tried in vain to achieve results within a year or two.

Under such hastily rectification, and coincided with a heavy rain that was rare in a century, it failed to collapse in one day, and the newly built dam completely burst, causing a far more ferocious and severe flood than before!

Now, in the face of his father's face-to-face questioning, Zhao Sheng only felt speechless and unable to argue......

"But you're good! The more it is rectified, the more it will become more and more flooded! It even caused an even more serious flood, ravaging my three counties!! ”

Speaking of this, the Tai Chi Holy Emperor is really getting angrier and angrier the more he talks!

When I think of the emperor who has high hopes for him, he will do things more and more, which is really infuriating!!

What kind of human thing is this?!

Even if you put a pig in the position of King Jin, it won't make things worse, right??

Thinking of this, it is even more infuriating when I compare the stupid and stupid Eight Emperors with the sensible and capable Nine Emperors!

Thinking about the Nine Emperors being sent to such border counties by themselves, not only did they not complain, but they worked hard to innovate and innovate!

However, after only a few months in the Qin Kingdom, a lot of movement was made, which made the entire Qin State rejuvenate and began to continue to develop in a better direction!

And between words and deeds, mature and steady, careful and decisive, although young and young, but as if there is already a style of governing the world!

But what about his own Eight Emperors?

Peiqi, the son of the Eighth Emperor, who had high hopes for himself, was sealed as the number one county in the entire Great Qianguo, Fu County!

With such a good situation in hand, this Peiqi Emperor has not only not made any achievements in the two years since he entered the Jin Kingdom, but also stabbed such a great disaster!

In the end, it was the imperial court that sent people to intervene to stabilize the flood situation.

The fact that his Jin Kingdom is in the upper reaches of Peishui has little impact, but for the two counties in the lower reaches, what a huge loss and disaster has been caused?!

Let's ask how the Tai Chi Holy Emperor is not angry, how can he not be annoyed?

And at this moment, seeing that his father was really angry, Zhao Sheng hurriedly raised his head suddenly, and pleaded with grievances.

"Father...... This flood is not a man-made disaster! What a natural disaster! If it weren't for that once-in-a-century heavy rain, how could it ......?"

"Shut up!!"

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor was finally furious!

Hearing such rebuttals made the anger in his chest even more turbulent!

Thinking about the Nine Emperors in the Qinchuan border county, facing such a life-threatening situation, he had never faced even half a point in front of him!

Governing such erosive border counties, there has never been the slightest grievance!

But you are dignified King Peiqi!

Your ninth brother is two years old!

But all of this catastrophe is blamed on that natural disaster?!

It's really disgraceful to do this!!

"Good for you, Peiqi! But even now he still dares to shirk responsibility! ”

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor stood in front of the case, stretched out his right hand and pointed at the Eight Emperors Pei Qi who was trying to quibble, and he was so angry that his right hand trembled!

"You, you...... You're stupid as a pig! The widow really regrets sealing you in that Jinyang County!! ”

When Zhao Sheng heard this, how could he dare to say more than half a sentence?

But he hurriedly kowtowed again, kowtowed to the sky, and shouted in a hurry!

"Father! Erchen knows his mistake! Erchen knows that he is wrong! ”

Such a scene, in the eyes of the inner eunuchs on the side, everyone shook their heads slightly, sighing wordlessly.

Thinking about the time when His Royal Highness King Qin came to greet him, His Majesty the Holy Emperor was laughing happily from beginning to end, and even laughed out loud several times!

You must know that it has been a long time since I have seen His Majesty the Holy Emperor laugh so heartily!

But now His Royal Highness the King of Jin followed closely behind him to greet him, and His Majesty the Holy Emperor frowned and looked unhappy from the beginning.

At present, he was even more furious, angrily reprimanded on the spot, and even scolded such remarks as stupid as a pig!

This is really infuriating!

You must know that in recent years, His Majesty the Holy Emperor's Qi cultivation kung fu has become more and more profound, but when did he ever have such a gaffe?

In this comparison, His Majesty the Holy Emperor's attitude towards His Royal Highness the King of Qin and His Royal Highness the King of Jin is really a world of difference......

"Humph! Knowing what to do? If I don't teach you some lessons, how can you grow up to remember?! ”

When the Taiji Holy Emperor heard the Eighth Emperor's confession, he immediately snorted coldly, obviously not impressed.

"The son begs his father to punish him! I beg my father to punish her!! ”

Zhao Sheng didn't dare to say anything more at this time, even if he kowtowed again and again, he took the initiative to ask for punishment!

"Come on, the will!"

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor shook off his dragon robe as he spoke, and turned around and sat down on the couch.

When Zhao Sheng heard this, he couldn't help but tremble, knowing that his father was really angry this time, and he wanted to inform the country to set an example!

"Zhao Sheng, the king of Jin, failed to supervise the work, resulting in the flooding of Peishui and the land of the three counties! Civilians have been displaced and casualties have been enormous! Now punish the king of Jin for staying on the shore of Peishui, when to govern properly, when to return to the palace! ”

After speaking, he glanced at the Eighth Prince Zhao Sheng, then slowly closed his eyes and added.

"In addition, the tribute of the Jin Kingdom has doubled in three years, and it cannot be given or collected! The amount of tribute increased is all from the private treasury of the Jin King's Palace! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Sheng's face suddenly showed bitterness, although he felt a lot of pain in his heart, he didn't dare to be displeased at all, and immediately bowed down and kowtowed, and responded respectfully.

"Erchen...... Be willing to be punished! Thank you for your misdemeanor! ”

"Peiqi!"

Suddenly—

The Tai Chi Holy Emperor, who was still closing his eyes and recuperating, didn't listen at all, but just shouted arrogantly to himself.

Zhao Sheng was stunned at first, and then hurriedly saluted.

"Father, the son is here!"

"If you do it again! I'm afraid you, His Royal Highness the King of Jin......"

Speaking of this, the Taiji Holy Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, and his eyes pierced the Eighth Emperor Zhao Sheng like arrows!

"That's the end of it!"

As soon as this statement came out!

Zhao Sheng was shocked, and suddenly changed color!

……

"In the twelfth year of Shenwu, Jinyang experienced a rare rainstorm in a hundred years, and the water was overflowing.

Lonely day and night, fighting on the front line, and finally the flood will stop.

After returning to Beijing and entering the palace, he faced his father and the emperor, only talking about his own mistakes, not mentioning the disasters of natural disasters!

My father knew the righteousness, and knew that this was a natural disaster rather than a human act, and he couldn't bear to sin it.

Lonely and thinking of thousands of people affected by the disaster, his heart is like a knife, he can't sleep all night, he is willing to ask for punishment, and he accepts his own crimes!

Later, it was spread in the country, and the people all wept, and the lonely heart had no pride, only shame. ”

- "The Book of the King of Jin" Zhao Sheng