Tang Wang is the unexpected son of the emperor and an ordinary palace maid Spring Festival, because of his biological mother's low status, so he has not been favored, and this person knows how to hide his edge, never show his ambition in front of the emperor, but look prodigal all day long, so that the emperor's suspicious mind did not suspect him.

And Chu Linghui had already found out before that King Tang had been indulging in close relations with the ministers of the court since he was moved out of the palace by the king of the palace, and the talents he secretly revealed made Chu Linghui secretly frightened.

The emperor has a total of five sons, the eldest son Yongwang is also the son of the queen, as the eldest son of the noble status, he was made the crown prince at birth, but his body is too weak to climb the treasure.

The second son, King Yu, his biological mother is the emperor's favorite concubine, and it is precisely because of this that he has been arrogant since he was a child, but he has not learned much. The third son is the king of Jin, his maternal grandfather is from the general, and the king of Jin is also quite talented, and he was sent by the emperor to garrison the border pass to lead the troops to fight.

Tang Wang is the fourth son, and there is also King Xia under him, his mother is the daughter of Taifu, and he is very talented, and King Xia is also deeply affected, regarding fame and fortune as a passing cloud, and he is willing to be an idle prince, so when King Yu and King Jin confronted him, so urgently, it still did not affect King Xia.

Because of the painstaking management of the Tang King and the assistance of the ministers of the court, the image of the Tang King in the hearts of the people is very good, although the palace is forced this time, on the surface of the Yu Wang dominant, but this matter is secretly the Tang King is making plans, the people are kept in the dark, all of them are regarded as the flood beast of the King of Yu, but they are willing to keep the secret for the Tang King, and the whereabouts of the Tang King are silent.

Chu Linghui had already understood this in the previous investigation, and there were a large number of people, if he wanted to rely on a simple search, finding Tang Wang was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

So Chu Linghui changed his thinking, if he was the King of Tang, where should he flee to the safest place at this moment, he didn't say his conjecture directly, but asked Yu An again.

Yu An fell into deep thought when he heard this, and after a while, he spoke again: "Luodu." ”

The thoughts of the two coincide, Luodu is the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, where commerce is prosperous, the economy is rich, and the loyal and brave general has an army of 300,000 stationed in Luodu, if the Tang King has the ability to take this military power into his hands, then he really has the capital to compete with the emperor.

Therefore, if the Tang King still wants to be the emperor, he must rise in Luodu.

"Then I'll leave for Luodu at once." As soon as Yu An's voice fell, Chu Linghui nodded in agreement.

"Then please ask the helmsman to go first, and when I arrange the affairs in the capital, I will also go to Luodu immediately."

Yu An nodded, and then cautiously looked around the first floor from the window of the private room to make sure that he didn't see any suspicious people before leaving.

Chu Linghui sat in the private room and drank a cup of tea alone, then got up slowly and returned to the Shilang Mansion.

Previously, the King of Jin had already explained that this matter needed to be concealed and concealed, so the King of Jin did not even use the power of the Xichang left by the emperor, and Chu Lincheng was a servant under the door, and if he wanted to leave Kyoto, he had to have a suitable reason.

But what Chu Linghui didn't expect was that he couldn't think of a reason after thinking about it for a long time, and a letter sent by Luo Du Assassin Shi on the second day helped him succeed.

This day is the first day after the King of Jin ascended the throne, and the ministers presented the twists and turns after all kinds of considerations, and all those bad things were omitted, and they all picked up some good things to report.

And this Luodu assassin is very upright. Although the layout of the city of Luodu is regular, but the roads are paved with sand, and the terrain is low-lying, if you catch up with the heavy rain, the city is muddy and difficult to walk, and even the people's transportation is a problem, and this situation will happen once a year, the first two days Luoyang has begun to rain rainably, the city has gradually accumulated water.

Every year at this time, the emperor is very headache, Luodu is a vast area, if the road is renovated is too expensive, the treasury can not afford it, so he can only order someone to go to Luodu to transport grain to every household, in order to survive the rainy season.

However, the first thing the new emperor faced when he ascended the throne was that if he did not make some political achievements, it would be difficult to convince the public, so the waterlogging of the city of Luodu must be solved.

The emperor's eyes roamed around the faces of everyone in the hall, and asked in a deep voice, "What can Aiqing do about this matter?" ”

Everyone was silent, or Taifu Sishi took a step forward, "The minister thinks that Kyoto is now empty, so according to the practice of previous years, it is better to urgently send grain and grass from all over the country to Luodu to help the people survive the rainy season." ”

The emperor did not respond directly, but looked at the others: "But there are other suggestions?" ”

Chu Linghui thought about it and took a step, stood on the left side of Si Shi, bowed to the emperor and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister thinks that the method of bringing grain into the city is a symptom rather than a cure, and the main reason for the waterlogging in Luodu City is that the drainage system in the city is not perfect enough, and the drainage system should be repaired first. ”

After Chu Linghui said this, the ministers in the palace fell into a deeper silence, and everyone could naturally think of what he said, but the main reason was that Taifu had already said just now, the treasury had no money, how could this project be implemented. "Emperor Qiqi, if it is a large-scale construction of underground water engineering, not only will it cost a lot, but it will take a long time, this year's rainy season is coming, it is impossible to build it before that, the minister has an idea."

He paused, and seeing that the emperor did not interrupt, Chu Lingxuan continued: "We can build drainage ditches along the streets, which can not only save money but also speed up construction, and there are more than 300,000 garrisons in Luocheng alone, and we only need to mobilize officers and soldiers to complete the ditch excavation project within half a month." ”

After listening to Chu Linghui's words, the emperor and the ministers all nodded in their hearts, thinking that this plan was very good, but if they agreed, they would be standing on the opposite side of Taifu, so no one spoke out for a long time.

After a short silence in the hall, Taifu Sishi spoke first: "Chu Shilang's idea is very good, but according to the experience of previous years, it will not be more than 10 days before the most serious waterlogging occurs in Luodu City, and there are farmland outside Luodu City, if all the water in the city is discharged outside the city, then these farmlands will also be damaged, and then the farmers will have no harvest, wouldn't it be a greater loss?" ”

Chu Linghui also thought of this, he nodded and said: "What Lord Taifu said is that since time is pressing, then our main purpose is to reduce the degree of waterlogging in Luodu, and so while digging ditches in the city, arrange some people, and at the same time dig drainage ditches outside the city to divert the stagnant water into Weishui, Weishui has never had a record of flooding over the years, so it will not cause damage to farmland." ”

After hearing this, the emperor smiled: "What Chu Aiqing said is very true, then the matter of digging a ditch in Luodu will be handed over to you, and the time is urgent, you will leave today." ”

Chu Linghui had already told the emperor in the morning that King Yu and King Tang might be in Luodu, and the plan he proposed to dig a ditch in the court today was not only to solve problems for the emperor, but also a double reed sung by the two.

After receiving the emperor's personal decree in front of the palace, Chu Linghui was justified in his visit, and he set off for Luodu that night.

Because the waterlogging situation in the city of Luodu is too serious every year, Si Shi and other ministers still suggested that some grain and grass should be hoarded in the city to alleviate the crisis that may arise in the future.

Chu Linghui did not refuse this matter, Chu Linchen led his subordinates to rush from Kyoto to Luodu, it only took one night, and after yesterday's court, the emperor had already sent out the news and ordered General Zhongyong to fully cooperate.

When he arrived in Luodu, General Zhongyong was leading people to greet him at the gate of the city, because the time was urgent, the two did not say much to each other, and after General Zhongyong took Chu Linghui for a simple wash, he didn't even have time to rest, so he began to arrange the task of digging a ditch in full swing.

After the discussion of the two, the 300,000 army was divided into three parts, leaving 60,000 to defend the city, 70,000 to dig the ditch leading to Weishui outside the city, and the rest of the soldiers to be divided into the streets of the city to be responsible for digging.

The general did not have any objections to this plan, and in order to boost morale, he also took it personally, personally led the soldiers into battle, and came to the royal street in front of Miyagi to start digging a ditch.

The project here is starting to push fast. Entered, but the torrential rain has not stopped, and although the people's homes have been prepared, there is still less and less surplus food.

It just so happened that Taifu Sishi had ordered that the grain and grass that had been mobilized from the surrounding cities had gradually arrived, so Chu Linghui decided to distribute the grain and grass to each household according to the quota when digging the ditch.