At the right time, the rain stopped, the long-lost starlight broke through the clouds, and Huang Fu Yin and Wu Tuiguan, who were busy from midnight to midnight, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then checked everywhere, the houses in the city were flooded a lot, and the north city was low, and the lowest lying place had accumulated more than one person.

Bai Qiao took people, and Huangfu Yin was east and west, and he didn't sleep all night, Luo Zhongsheng slept for an hour in front of the early court, and met Bai Qiao and the exhausted Huangfu Yin, so he hurriedly went to the morning court.

As soon as Wei Xiang's car turned onto the royal street, he bumped into the scholars who rushed to Xuande Gate to hand over the fold head-on, and someone recognized Wei Xiang's car, and the scholars surrounded him and gave the fold to Wei Xiang.

The water in the palace has receded, the main hall is fine, inside the palace gate, you can see the traces of flooding everywhere, and occasionally, you can see one or two emerald green frogs jumping happily, for them, just finished a carnival.

In the early days, from the emperor to the officials standing at the very end, they were all embarrassed and unlucky.

Luo Zhongsheng took a step forward first, and found out the data that had just been sorted out on the road, saying that the flood situation from yesterday until the early hours of this morning, as well as the disaster situation in the city.

The chaotic appearance of the water supervisor and the Chang family are almost nowhere to be seen, Luo Zhongsheng did not mention a word, he has been an official so far, what he pursues is never to take the initiative to make enemies with others, the appearance of the water supervisor and the Chang family, not a day or two, the officials of the DPRK and China, and even the emperor, I am afraid that they all know it well and know it clearly.

The two terms of the Chang family are supervisors of the water supervision, before and after decades, Yushitai did not say a word, Shangshumen did not say a word, he has been a foreign officer for many years, and he has returned to the capital to serve a term of not yet a full term of the Ministry of Works, and he can't know so much.

Luo Zhongsheng has checked the situation since he received the order yesterday to the early hours of this morning, just after speaking, Wei Xiang took a step forward and presented the excerpt of the scholar who was picked up on the road to the emperor.

After Wei Xiang's excerpt, several imperial histories came out of the queue, each handing over his own impeachment excerpt.

The emperor's face was gloomy, and he looked at Jin Xiang, who bowed and said: "The minister remembers that the emperor has said many times that the matter of water conservancy must be managed and led by those who know water and understand water. The minister thought that His Majesty should summon Chang Jiagui to inquire about this matter. ”

"Hmm." The emperor very much agreed with Jin Xiang's suggestion, and he couldn't agree with Jin Xiang's words.

Chang Jiagui is also tired for a day, the rain stopped after dark, Chang Jiagui was at ease, but also a little stupid, he just released the words, the rain stopped, the rain stopped, the disaster is gone, what else can the whole family do?

When I returned home, I drank wine and talked with my two sons for a while, and when I returned to my own courtyard, I was picked up by Xinna's concubine.

The edict was so urgent that Chang Jiagui didn't bother to wash his face, and he didn't ride a horse, so he got into the car with his clothes, and then waited by the little maid to dress neatly.

Chang Jiagui entered the palace often, and when he entered the main hall of the early dynasty, he seemed to be the first time, under the unfriendly gaze of the court officials standing one by one in the left and right columns, from the palace gate to the place where he knelt and kowtowed, Chang Jiagui was nervous and sweated.

"Show him." The emperor who saw a swimming fish on the steps of the palace, saw that Chang Jiagui was not in a good mood, and calmly ordered the inner servants.

The excerpts of the inner attendants, along with a few copies of the imperial history, were handed to Chang Jiagui.

Chang Jiagui sweated on his forehead, looked through it in front of him, looked at it again, handed the fold to the waiter, and kowtowed to the ground.

"What the excerpt says, but the truth?" The emperor looked at Chang Jiagui, who kept kowtowing, and his heart softened, alas, this is a natural disaster, and he can't be blamed entirely.

"Back to the emperor, no, the minister has always fulfilled his duties and never dared to neglect half a point, the emperor knows that the minister never dared to neglect half a point......"

Chang Jiagui was hurriedly pushed awake by the little girl, and when he heard that he was rumored to enter the palace immediately, he was a little shocked, and rushed all the way over, and the unfriendly eyes of the hall in the early morning, and the coercion of the hall, suppressed the fear in his heart, and then looked at those folds, at this time it was said that he was full of heart and gall, and it was not too much.

Chang Jiagui, who was too frightened, had the only thought of pushing out the mistake, it was not his fault that the river was silted up, it was not his fault that the river was flooded, and it was not his fault that the whole city was flooded......

“…… The emperor knows his subordinates best, who is...... It was nothing, and it should have been dredged early yesterday morning, yes...... Luo Shangshu, it's Luo Shangshu, first lost the river map, and then ......"

Luo Zhongsheng stared at Chang Jiagui in amazement, is he crazy? Want to put this pot of on his head? In front of him? How dare he talk nonsense to this?

"Back to the emperor," speaking of Luo Shangshu, Chang Jiagui had a backbone in his heart, "Luo Shangshu doesn't understand water affairs, and he didn't listen to the minister's words...... It was his people who drowned the river map and a room map, and the emperor saw it. ”

Luo Zhongsheng glared at Chang Jiagui, and his eyes were about to fall.

Jin Xiang stood upright with an expressionless face, Wei Xiang's face, I can't tell if it was speechless, or expressionless, Wang Xiang was the oldest, looking at Chang Jiagui, the wrinkles on his face were all moved, and for a moment, the wrinkles returned to his position and looked at the emperor.

The crown prince stood between the emperor and the courtiers with his hands down, and stretched the expression on his face hard, but the two eyebrows still couldn't be controlled and raised upward, and he was planted on this, he could be regarded as having opened his eyes.

King Qin stood opposite Jin, his eyes moved from Luo Zhongsheng to the emperor, the emperor frowned, looking a little angry, but this anger, whether it was anger at Chang Jiagui's nonsense, or anger at Luo Zhongsheng, or both, it was a little indescribable.

Ji Xiang Zhao Changhai tightened his face, holding back a smile and speechlessness, Luo Zhongsheng reached out and touched the.

Su Guangyi, the secretary of the ministry, had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, only staring at the emperor, how the emperor would lose his temper, but he was a little uncertain.

Zheng Zhiyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looked at the emperor from Luo Zhongsheng, then to the crown prince, and then to King Qin, as well as the second prince and the third prince standing next to King Qin.

Tang Chengyi, the secretary of the criminal department, was calm, Yan Kuan, the secretary of the household department, was expressionless, and Jiang Zhou, the secretary of the military department, was known for being unkempt and informal, and at this time, the two eyebrows raised a forehead wrinkle, looking like that, I don't know whether to endure the smile desperately or endure the anger.

Luo Zhongsheng looked at the emperor from Chang Jiagui, he held back the blood of indignation in his chest, but the emperor didn't speak, he didn't dare to speak, it was not a trivial matter for the monarch to lose his manners.

The emperor frowned and looked at Luo Zhongsheng, Luo Zhongsheng hurriedly came out of the queue, "The minister still has a fold, originally thought that after the dispersal of the dynasty, he would hand it to a few ministers first." ”

Luo Zhongsheng said, took out a fold from his sleeve, and held his head with both hands, "In this fold, it was only made by the minister in the Yamen of the Dushui Supervisor yesterday. The five warehouses where the Yamen of the Metropolitan Water Supervisor stored the river map documents were almost collapsed, and the wooden shelves and atlases in the warehouses were moth-eaten and rotten, and it was almost impossible for people to enter, and there were three officials in charge of the warehouse, and they were already guarded.

According to the laws of the imperial court, the water supervisor should update and remake the river map every three years, save a copy, send a copy to the Ministry of Works, and send a copy to the palace for archiving, the Ministry of Industry has never received the river map sent by the water supervisor since 40 years ago, and the palace gave a reply yesterday evening, and it has been 40 years since the river map sent by the water supervisor ......"

Luo Zhongsheng got the opportunity, one sentence after another said that yesterday Senator Yao and Senator Zhu found out about the incredible status quo of the water supervisor, from the river map, all the way to the more than 30 small officials of the water supervisor, from the last term of the old permanent supervisor, the household department allocated the river work silver, is directly pulled into the Chang family, the water supervisor's treasury and account room, never seen what the river water silver is like, as for the annual routine dredging and repair, the existing officials, no one knows what dredging is called, what is repair......

Luo Zhongsheng talked endlessly, only for half an hour, and then summed up with a long sentence: "...... Please ask the emperor to take a clear look. ”

Chang Jiagui was stupid, Luo Zhongsheng said, more than half of it, he didn't know, for example, he had to send the river map to the Ministry of Industry and the palace, for example, the river workers' silver had to enter the account of the capital water supervisor, such as ...... The river is not a house, how can it be repaired?

The emperor was dumbfounded, what happened to the water supervisor when he was his father, he was like that, for decades, the water supervisor has never had anything, the water affairs of the capital has never happened anything, and Jin Xiang has never said anything wrong with the water supervisor......

King Qin's eyelids drooped slightly, the capital water supervisor was gone as early as forty years ago, and the household department allocated every year was the Chang family's breadwinner's silver......

The emperor was stunned for a long time and looked at Jin Xiang.

Jin Xiang lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is important, and it is advisable to discuss it first." ”

"Well, it's just Jin Xiang presiding, Wei Xiang Wang Xiang, Liubu Shangshu, Luo Zhongsheng avoided, a few of you can discuss. Let's disperse. The emperor stood up and motioned to the golden minister, "You stay for a while." ”

Jin Xiang followed the emperor to the apse, and the emperor stood in the hall with his hands behind his back, bowing his head, for a while, before looking at Jin Xiang and asking in a low voice: "What will happen to the matter of the capital water supervisor, according to Mr.?" ”

"Luo Zhongsheng is cautious, and he has always been well-founded, and what he said is only confirmed by evidence." Jin Xiang sighed lowly, "The first emperor was wise and wise in his life, but he didn't expect ......"

"It's been verified, Chang Jiagui?" The emperor was a little distracted, and it took a long time before he asked in a low voice.

"It's really going to be verified, Guanghe Gongyin is not only expensive for the Chang family, but also for the entire Chang family...... This is the sin of destroying the family. Jin Xiang sighed again.

The emperor's face showed sadness a little bit, he moved a few steps forward, and sat on the couch, "Mr. also knows that A-Niang has been sick since she gave birth to me, Qiu's ...... The Qiu family only has Chang Jiagui's child, and when Chang Jiagui was a child, he was often by my side, which is full of ......"

The emperor looked at Jin Xiang, "Is there any other way?" ”

"The water supervisor has caused such a catastrophe, the Chang family's noble crime is unforgivable, but the ministers, and the emperor do not notice this, it is also a big mistake, if the emperor can make up for the crime has been edicted, and then open the inner treasury to make up for the damage of the small people in the capital, that is, the emperor has taken on this great responsibility for the Chang family, and the Chang family will be able to preserve." Jin Xiang bowed slightly.

The emperor stayed for a long time, lowered his eyelids, and said in a low voice: "The country has national laws, and I can't be outside the law. ”

Jin Xiang was a little surprised, and he agreed, and a piercing chill rushed up from the bottom of his heart.