Kaifeng City also did not escape the catastrophe, although the water was not high enough to submerge the city wall, but the pervasive flood poured into the city from all the cracks, part of the city wall was also washed away by the flood, countless people in the city were wiped out in their sleep, many people ran to the roof of their homes in despair, but still could not escape this catastrophe.

At noon, after the water became calm, Jia Minghe stood at the head of Kaifeng and looked blankly at the whole city and the countless soldiers of the Bianjun army on the city wall looked in the direction of the disappeared home, and fell to the ground and wept bitterly. Now there are only a few buildings on the surface of the water, such as the palace of the king of Zhou and the governor's yamen, and the king of Zhou himself stays on the roof of the palace under the entourage of his entourage.

At this time, the sound of gongs and drums suddenly came from afar, and a pair of ships with the flag of the Ming army sailed from far and near, heading to the city head of Kaifeng, and these ships sailed straight into the city from the gap in the city wall that was washed away by the great water, and went straight to the direction of the Zhou Palace. Several officers of the Ming army jumped off the boat, kowtowed to the handrail of the frightened King of Zhou, and shouted in their mouths, "The king is not surprised, General Mo is on the order of the Hou Governor, to take the king out of danger." ”

At the same time as this group of ships went to pick up the king of Zhou, another pair of boats sailed to the yamen of the governor of Henan. However, when the water was sent last night, Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan, did not stay in his governor's yamen, but ran to the tower of Kaifeng City. The pair failed to find the man they were looking for at the Yamen of the Henan governor, and then turned around and sailed towards the city.

At this time, Liu Gang was lying on the battlements of the city wall in a daze, when he looked into the city this morning, the direction of his home was now a country, and when he looked outside, the camp had disappeared, the whole morning, and noon, Liu Gang did not say a word, just looked blankly outside the city or inside the city.

What woke Liu Gang from this state was the hearty laughter from behind him, the owner of this laughter was Gao Mingheng, the governor of Henan, and the officers and soldiers of Hou Xunbiao's battalion who drove the boat to greet him, after the flood, Hou Xun immediately sent a boat to Kaifeng City to pick up people. After listening to these officers and soldiers explain their intentions, Gao Mingheng was full of joy, King Zhou had escaped safely, and Kaifeng had obviously ensured safety, and the army outside the city that had been surrounding Kaifeng City for more than a year was all swept away by the flood.

Gao Mingheng laughed and said to the officers and soldiers of the capital battalion: "Inspector Hou swept away the millions of thieves outside the city in this conversation, and the old man admired the five-body throwing to the ground, there is really nothing to say, I can only congratulate the Son of Heaven, the great life, and the Inspector Hou." ”

The officers of the standard battalion who came to pick up Gao Mingheng also smiled: "It's not that Lord Gao insisted on Kaifeng, so that the thieves could not advance or retreat, if there was no Lord Gao in Kaifeng this time, the Inspector would not be able to wipe out these hundreds of thousands of rebels." ”

"Inspector Hou has been promoted to a lower official." Gao Mingheng smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth, and said to the guards of the standard camp: "I have received the intention of the Inspector, but the subordinate officials are responsible for guarding the land, and now they really can't leave the seal without permission, and I also asked a few generals to go back and tell the Inspector that the lower officials can't go to see the Inspector, so I'm terrified." ”

Hearing this, several officers laughed and said, "Before the Governor sent us to pick up the Governor, I had already explained that if the Governor insisted on not leaving, we must not force it. The Governor has explained that he will come to Kaifeng in the near future to talk to the Governor. ”

On another city tower in Kaifeng, Jia Minghe has been staring blankly at the big water in the city since today, and after he drove away the standard camp military boat that came to pick him up for a similar reason, Jia Minghe looked at Kaifeng that no longer existed and fell silent, and several officers around him came over to comfort Jia Minghe: "My lord, it's not your fault. ”

"If I'm not mistaken, you're twenty-eight this year." Jia Minghe suddenly asked Wei Landu without a head.

"Yes." Wei Landu didn't know why Jia Minghe asked this question, but he still answered immediately.

"I joined the army at the age of eighteen, followed the Hou Ye at the age of twenty, and was appreciated by the Hou Ye and was exceptionally promoted to the head of a battalion." Jia Minghe still looked at the bottomless water, and naturally muttered to himself, Wei Landu and the others didn't know why Jia Minghe suddenly said this, and they could only listen quietly.

"When I was still under Hou Ye," Jia Minghe continued, "I once had an opponent - General Li Chengfeng Li, General Li and I have been on bad terms for a long time, and when Hou Ye appointed me to be the head of the Feng battalion, General Li was very dissatisfied, because he also wanted to take charge of this battalion. Our relationship is very poor, and it is always open and hidden. A few years later, I was fortunate enough to follow Hou Ye out of Liaodong for Fujian, and since then I have risen to prominence, while General Li stayed in Liaodong and was martyred there......"

Jia Minghe was immersed in the memories, and his voice became softer and softer, but the few people around him could still hear it.

“…… Until now, I still remember General Li's promise to Hou Ye before leaving, saying that he would protect the people of Liaodong until his death. ”

For Wei Landu and the others, this past is something they have never heard of, so they don't know why. Jia Minghe had no intention of going on, he still remembered the day he received the news of Li Chengfeng's death, Zhendonghou's regret and his own shock. When the people of southern Liaoning died one after another, Li Chengfeng fulfilled his oath with self-determination.

Jia Minghe suddenly jumped forward without warning, and in the exclamation of everyone, Jia Minghe's figure disappeared behind the city wall.

"Lord Jia! Jia Dashuai! Wei Landu shouted and ran to the city wall, but they could no longer find the figure of Jia Minghe except for a stirred water wave, they searched in vain for the figure of Jia Minghe, but only saw a water wave gradually disperse in front of their eyes.

The next day, Hou Sui came as promised, when the blow and blow through the stop at the head of Kaifeng City, the governor Gao Mingheng dressed up to greet him, the two people just began to greet each other, they heard a loud roar from the side, Liu Gang held a single knife, without warning and pounced on Hou Xun who had just boarded the head of Kaifeng City, but before Liu Gang pounced on Hou Qun's side, he had been caught by the guards of the Bushi Standard Battalion around him. The frightened Hou Sui retreated a few steps in a row, and glared angrily at Liu Gang: "Are you going to kill the official *** this thief?" ”

"It's to kill the official." Five or six people grabbed Liu Gang, but he still struggled bravely, and while he roared, his tears also gushed out at the same time: "My whole family died at the hands of you, a dog official, and I just want to be able to eat your flesh and sleep your skin!" In the middle of his words, Liu Gang received a blow on his head, and he was immediately knocked unconscious.

Looking at Liu Gang who was dragged down, Hou Sui's eyes were full of contempt and perseverance, and he said to Gao Mingheng beside him: "This kind of Diao people don't understand the country's righteousness at all. ”

"That's what the Overseer said!" Gao Mingheng also had a look of disdain on his face, and his eyes were full of disgust when he looked at Liu Gang, "These Diao people have not been taught by the saints at all, and they don't understand the righteousness of the country at all. ”

After the flood, the people in the world discussed one after another, and someone made a poem called "Bianliang Xing" to ridicule Hou Sui: the embroidered messenger made a strange calculation, and the embankment broke in the middle of the night to make the south irrigated. The city must be made of fish and turtles, and the people are all dead and thieves are scattered.

Those scholars and officials who were originally from Henan wrote to the Ming court, asking Chongzhen to punish Hou Sui severely. The officials of other provinces also have *** Hou Sui, Gao Mingheng.

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Soon after the news that most of the army had been swept away by the flood reached Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen convened a cabinet for urgent deliberations—not a military issue, not a disaster relief issue, not a question of accountability.

Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ming Dynasty's military department, was the first person in the Ming court to propose that Kaifeng could not sit idly by and watch Kaifeng be flooded: "Shengshang, there are hundreds of thousands of families in Kaifeng City, among which there are thousands of rich families, and now their family wealth is ownerless. ”

was reminded by Zhang Jinyan, and Emperor Chongzhen suddenly moved his index finger: "Hurry up and draft the cabinet vote." ”

And Chen Yan saw that Emperor Chongzhen had no intention of helping the victims or salvaging the floating corpses, but first thought that the flooded property should be salvaged up, and he was shocked in his heart: "This is too sensational, since ancient times, the world has suffered a catastrophe, and the Son of Heaven should avoid the court and reduce his meals to show his condolences, and now the emperor is ignoring the flood, and the first thought is to salvage the property of the dead, in case it is spread out, I am afraid that it will damage the imperial court." ”

Thinking of this, Chen Yan hurriedly dissuaded: "Holy Lord, the top priority is to reprimand the thieves for exterminating the world, and even digging embankments to irrigate the city!" Weichen thought that the matter of fishing for silver might as well be slowed down. ”

"How can this be slowed down?" Thinking that the belongings of the victims in Kaifeng City were soaked in water, Emperor Chongzhen's heart was as anxious as a fire: "What if the bubble is broken?" ”

"Gold and silver can't be soaked." Chen Yan felt that the emperor was too anxious.

In fact, Chen Yan was not thoughtful enough, Emperor Chongzhen was not afraid that the gold and silver would be damaged, but that someone would rush ahead of him or be washed away by the water: "Calligraphy, paintings, and antiques, of course, may be damaged, and if it is delayed for a long time, it is inevitable that there will be people who will take the lead and steal the property of the dead." ”

"Holy Heaven." Zhang Jinyan snorted.

Chen Yan knew that Emperor Chongzhen had made up his mind, and it was not good to persuade him again, but this matter was not a fair and honest matter after all, so he suggested: "Holy Lord, the flood has just passed, and Weichen thinks that he might as well inform the imperial court of the world to rebuild the river embankment and salvage the corpses so that they can be buried in the ground. If...... If the Holy One wants to take the sinking silver, you may wish to do it together. ”

"Hmm," Emperor Chongzhen thought for a moment that it was indeed more appropriate to do this, but then thought that the cabinet wanted to get this trick, and the other Diao people may not have thought of it: "It is strictly forbidden for the people to give relief and salvage the dead without authorization, in case someone takes advantage of the chaos to steal the silver, and this matter will be handed over to the unified command of the Henan Governor Yamen." ”

"Obey," Chen Yan reminded again, "It's better not to leak it." ”

In the original world of the Marquis of Zhendong, Emperor Chongzhen readily agreed: "The matter of collecting money in Biancheng should be done secretly by a special official." Emperor Chongzhen took precautions to block the way for the people and him to rob the dead people's money, and he was worried that the civil officials would be involved in the salvage of Shen Yin, so he immediately decided to send eunuchs with secret decrees to Kaifeng under the guise of relief and disaster relief.

"There is also the matter of digging the embankment," Chen Yan felt that this matter had damaged the prestige of the imperial court, and it had never been the style of the imperial court to dare to act, so he immediately proposed: "It is also necessary to quickly tell the world that this embankment was dug by thieves." ”

Zhang Jinyan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, felt that this was somewhat unreasonable from a military point of view, the remnants of the Ming army were on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the army was on the south bank. ”

Chen Yan also felt that this was more difficult, and he made a suggestion: "It can also be said that the officers and soldiers dug first, but Li Chuang found out, so they dug together." Chen Yan believes that this statement has two advantages: first, it adds some credibility, and acknowledges that the Ming army also participated in the digging of the embankment to show that the imperial court is more honest; Second, it implies that if Li Chuang had not dug the embankment, the small-scale breach operation of the Ming army would not have caused such a big loss.

But Zhang Jinyan felt that there was still something wrong: "Why do thieves dig up? Don't think the water is big enough? ”

"That's right," Chen Yan explained: "Hou Xun was digging downstream, and after being discovered by the thieves, he ran upstream to dig, trying to lead the water to Hou Xun's standard camp first, but the two of them collapsed together, so they were also drowned, and the water potential was even greater, which made people not as good as heaven." ”

"This ......" Zhang Jinyan still has some concerns, because Hou Xun's standard camp is far upstream of Kaifeng, and if Li Zicheng wants to dig an embankment, he will not break near Kaifeng: "A discerning person knows that this is unreliable when he looks at the map." ”

"How many people will look at the map?" Chen Yan didn't think so, many gentlemen hated Li Zicheng to the core, they didn't want to believe that Li Zicheng was a kinder person than the Ming Court, as long as they were given an excuse to attack Li Zicheng, no matter how ridiculous it was, they would sincerely believe it, and that was enough: "Li Chuang is a peasant, what does he know about water potential?" What do you know about flooding the Seventh Army? He's just that stupid! ”

"Let's just say that Li Chuangsan can't attack Kaifeng, dig the embankment in anger, and don't do Hou Xun's business." Emperor Chongzhen was upset when he heard this, and planned to make a decision to say the truth.

Zhang Jinyan is still a little uneasy, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, he always can't help but think from other angles, or military, or reasonable: "Li Chuang didn't dig the first two times, how could he dig this time when he saw that the city was about to be broken?" Last time he was shot blind, he didn't even dig out an eye. Besides, if it was all dug by him, why didn't he withdraw from the army in advance. ”

"Who knows how a thief can be so stupid? If they were reasonable, they wouldn't be thieves. Emperor Chongzhen became impatient, and now his heart was all about how to get silver from Kaifeng City, and how much money he could make from this flood.

"The saint said very much," Chen Yan echoed, and now I don't know if the general who broke into the camp was drowned, and if there were, it would be the best, then it can be said that Li Zicheng started digging the embankment in order to drown a general he didn't like, and as for the fact that he was also flooded afterwards, of course, it was the reason of Emperor Chongzhen - this peasant was too stupid.

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