Chapter 645: The Disaster of Linjiang City
After a period of discussion and discussion, most of the people believed King Wu's words, after all, it is difficult to cure the disease of rock disease, and it is understandable that King Wu stood up to preside over the court at this time.
Moreover, King Wu has already said that he has instructed the imperial doctor to cure the emperor's illness, which shows the deep brotherhood.
Even the most tricky Ministry of Rites Shangshu changed his eyes on King Wu at this time, and no longer fought-for-tat, but stood up and said: "King Wu, the minister has something to play." ”
"Say." King Wu didn't expect that some of his words would turn the situation around, and the corners of his mouth brought a smile, looking like a very approachable person.
"Last night, there was a sudden flood in Linjiang City, which flooded countless farms and towns, and at this moment there are countless refugees, and Weichen and others dare not make a decision, please make a decision to King Wu." Originally, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu did not intend to tell King Wu about this, but after hearing what King Wu had just said, he felt that the country could not be without a king for a day.
Since Cang Rinchen is not there, someone must preside over the overall situation, no matter whether it is true or false to appoint King Wu to preside over the government, the country is in great trouble, and someone must take responsibility.
"How many people suffered?" King Wu nervously asked, this was the first time he had dealt with national affairs while sitting on the dragon chair, and he had to be cautious and cautious.
"A rough estimate, about tens of thousands." The incident happened too suddenly, Linjiang City is near the capital, only two miles apart, last night and this morning the lead clouds were dense but did not fall a drop of rain, but Linjiang City poured down, overnight Linjiang City was drowned in floods.
King Wu was silent, he didn't know what Cang Rinchen should do when dealing with this kind of thing, he only remembered that once when there was a drought, Cang Rinchen Xue took the lead in helping refugees.
Thinking of this, he said: "First move the refugees to the capital, open a porridge workshop, so that the victims of the disaster can be fed and clothed, and the Ministry of Rites will allocate 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury for disaster relief. He thought that even if Cang Linchen was sitting here, he would say that.
After all, the lives of refugees are the most important thing, and if she wants to sit on the throne, she must have the support of the common people.
This is an opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he is kind to the Li people, and when he ascends the throne, the Li people will inevitably vassal him.
The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was silent, usually he had the best relationship with Lord Zhang, but at this time he subconsciously glanced at Lord Zhang, but saw that the person shook his head.
He understood what Zhang Da and the others meant, and asked him not to say anything more about doing what King Wu wanted, so he had no choice but to give up his hand and say: "If Weichen obeys the order, he can allocate 100,000 taels of silver for disaster relief." ”
"Good, good!" Seeing that the Manchu Dynasty had no objections, King Wu couldn't help but draw a smug smile on the corner of his mouth, as long as he did this, it would prove that he was qualified for the position of monarch and paved a broad road for his ascension to the throne.
"Do you have anything to do with the ministers?" King Wu is on the rise, and he can't wait for a lot of things to be pushed in front of him, and he has to use his wisdom and wisdom to handle one thing after another.
But how can there be so many things to deal with in the world, and the bureaucrats have already dealt with the small things, and they will only be presented to the emperor for the sake of the big things, and the emperor will be in charge of the major matters.
But now Cang Linchen is not there, so this is why King Wu will make a decision.
Seeing that the civil and military officials were silent, King Wu waited and had nothing to do, so he had to wave his sleeves and say: "Since there is nothing to do, let's retreat!" ”
The hundred officials did not salute, but retreated according to the original formation.
King Wu sat on the dragon chair, watched the hundred officials withdraw from the hall, and secretly made up his mind that one day he would make these people kneel at his feet and shout long live!
King Wu gave an order, and the hundred officials did so, and on the same day, the treasury allocated 100,000 thousand disaster silver to set up a porridge workshop in the capital, and all the refugees who escaped from Linjiang City crowded into the capital.
For a time, the capital was overcrowded, and people were usually rubbing shoulders when they traveled, and the original residents of the capital were full of complaints, and even the street vendors could not survive.
Because there is no extra place to set up stalls on the street, this is equivalent to cutting off their way of life alive, and some people reacted to the yamen, but they all said that it was an order from King Wu, and the people in the capital had to endure it.
The wind of the news and memory of Cang Rinchen lying sick in bed spread all over the capital, and many people went to Ganlu Temple to pray for Cang Rinchen.
Everyone hoped that Cang Linchen would come back to preside over the overall situation safely, and more people cursed King Wu in their hearts, feeling that he was completely a scourge.
Although the people of Linjiang City were saved, the people of the capital were persecuted because of this, in fact, the refugees of Linjiang City did not need to be introduced into the capital at all, and they could settle outside the capital.
Linjiang City is not a small city, and the refugees are equivalent to half of the number of people in the capital, which is originally a place where the population gathers and there are many people.
It was originally a busy situation, but now the refugees from Linjiang City have been added, which has increased the burden on the capital and made the capital a mess.
When Xia Yinhuan and Cang Rinchen heard the news, it was already the second day, and they had been locked up in the East Palace for two days, and it was difficult for them to understand the situation outside.
It was Xia Yinhuan who overheard the guards outside the door talking to each other, and then he heard about the disaster of Linjiang City.
That morning, Xia Yinhuan, as usual, leaned against the door tightly and poked a hole in the paper window to observe the situation outside.
These days, she is looking for an opportunity to see if she can escape from the palace, basically most of the day he will lie on the door, observing the Imperial Forest Army waiting outside the East Palace.
After looking at it for a while, those guards were like sculptures, motionless and silent, which made her a little annoyed and was about to retract her head, but she saw two guards standing behind the pillars whispering something.
Driven by curiosity, she turned her steps to the pillar and listened through a window to hear what the two guards had to say at this time.
But I heard a guard say: "Can you please do me a favor, I want to bring my wife and daughter to the palace to live for a while, but the capital really can't survive." ”
"What's going on?" The taller guards obviously didn't hear about the current situation in the capital, and they violated the palace rules by bringing people from outside the palace into the palace without permission, and if they were discovered, they would be beheaded.
Generally, people in the palace have family members in the capital, and they don't dare to bring people from outside the palace into the palace, he can't help but be curious, and Xia Yinhuan is also curious.
What does it mean that the capital really can't survive anymore, she secretly thought that something terrible must have happened, otherwise the sharp-beaked monkey cheek would definitely not propose to let his wife and daughter enter the palace.
"Haven't you heard?" The guards with sharp-beaked monkey cheeks were obviously surprised, and the bitter water in their stomachs spit out: "There was a flood in Linjiang City, and the refugees of King Wu were crowded into the capital, and now the capital is in chaos. ”
"Aren't I worried about the victims of my wife and daughter, the aunt next to our house was robbed of the family's money, not to mention the murder, and the murderer can't be found!" Speaking of the recent tragic situation in the capital, the guards with sharp beaks and monkey cheeks shuddered.
When Xia Yinhuan heard this, a hand suddenly reached out from behind her back and grabbed her waist, Xia Yinhuan was startled, and turned her head to see that it was Cang Linchen.
"What are you doing?" Xia Yinhuan glared at him angrily, then made a silent gesture, pointed to the two guards outside the window, and whispered, "Didn't you hear them just now?" There was a big flood in Linjiang City, and King Wu only let the victims into the capital. ”
"Oh, there's such a thing!" As soon as he heard that the country was in danger, Cang Linchen became serious, and from a hole poked by Xia Yinhuan, it seemed that there were indeed two guards there to connect and talk.
"I heard from them that now the capital has become a mess, and there are many complaints, what do you think of this matter?" Xia Yinhuan looked at Cang Linchen for a moment and asked five.
This is not a good sign that this happened to the administration of King Wu.
"He has never handled government affairs, and it is natural that he can't handle it well." Cang Linchen frowned tightly, the flood disaster should not be handled like this.
At this time, it is absolutely impossible to bring the victims into the capital, and it will be even more difficult to maintain order when the capital is overcrowded.
King Wu was afraid that he only wanted to save the refugees, but he did not take into account the feelings of the people of the capital, and the most important thing at this time was not to rescue the refugees, but to find a way to solve the flood when helping the refugees.
If it is dusty, the victims will be settled outside the capital at this time, and if there is a flood disaster, it means that there is a problem with the water conservancy, and it is necessary to investigate the situation clearly, where the embankment is broken, or the river is opened to divert water.
Linjiang City was originally close to the Yangtze River, and it was normal for Cang Linchen to think that the dam had not been repaired for more than three years, and it was normal for the river embankment to be washed away by heavy downpours.
At this time, the river embankment should be repaired first, and then the river should be opened to divert water, so that Linjiang City can be restored to its original appearance as soon as possible.
Bringing the people of Linjiang City to the capital is just a solution to the urgent need, and cannot solve the root cause, if the sky is not beautiful, in the next downpour, then Linjiang City will be over!
"Since you all know that he mishandled the matter, why is he still so indifferent, don't you want to think about how many people are in dire straits just because of you like this?" Xia Yin Huanxiu's eyebrows tightened, she suddenly felt a little selfish, and she still wanted to go away to the end of the world with Cang Rinchen and live a carefree and unrestrained life.
But right now, there are countless victims starving and cold, and she only thinks about herself, but ignores how much people in the world need the dust.
Cang Rin is silent, you have made up your mind not to care about national affairs, and you have already told King Wu to do it, but I didn't expect him to mess up this matter.
If Yasukuni is really handed over to him, he will also be a short-lived emperor, and sooner or later he will be seized by others.
"Cang, I think we still have to take into account the feelings of others, no matter what, you have the responsibility to protect Yasukuni, and you can't give up halfway if you have already protected Yasukuni today." Xia Yinhuan was trying hard to persuade him to restore his confidence and stop evading responsibility.
One day is the monarch of Yasukuni, he should be responsible for the people of Yasukuni, if she only abandons the people for herself and is at ease, Xia Yinhuan thinks that she will not be at ease for the rest of her life.
No matter how well you live, you won't feel good when you see others suffering.
Cang Linchen was still silent, he finally persuaded himself to give up the throne and let King Wu be the emperor according to Concubine Yu's wishes, but he was really in a dilemma at the moment.
Xia Yinhuan saw that he hesitated, and continued to persuade: "You know that he doesn't have the talent of an emperor, you can't let him come nonsense anymore, how can a person who is neither virtuous nor talented be worthy of being an emperor!" ”
"If you are truly merciful, you should be merciful to the people, not to those who are wolf-like!" Xia Yinhuan felt that she had become a professional lobbyist, and she said that this was enough!
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