Since the pre-Song Dynasty, it has almost become a common practice for the Yellow River to burst its banks, and Henan and Shandong provinces have suffered greatly.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, every year the Shandong Political Department had to go to the disaster recital, and none of them were absent. In recent years, the floods have become more and more serious year by year, and last year millions of displaced people were almost interrupted.

The most deadly thing is that the sediment of the Yellow River is so serious that no matter how much the embankment is built to prevent waterproofing, it can only be watched as the floods of the flood season every year are wantonly flooded, and the land of a province becomes a thousand miles of Zeguo.

Shen Yichen was ordered to control the water in danger, in fact, to put it bluntly, it was not that the ministers of the government and the opposition had high expectations for him, it was purely that Wang Zhen wanted to use this matter to find a back-handed man to ask for the guilt, and Shen Yichen happened to take the initiative to jump out as an "unjust seed".

Even Emperor Zhu Qizhen did not have much confidence in Shen Yichen's ability to control the floods of the Yellow River.

Zhu Qizhen's idea is actually very simple, as long as Shen Yichen can block Zhang Qiuzhen's breach, the flood of the Yellow River in this year's flood season will not be as serious as the orthodox ten years, it is enough!

As a result, it is a bit surprising that Shandong has become an isolated island like a "paradise" during the flood season when disasters are frequent in various provinces.

"Shen Xiangbei seems to be really a capable minister, and the chronic disease of the Yellow River in Shandong can be resolved in his hands!"

The good news of the Shandong Political Department can be said to be in the haze of disaster news, projecting a ray of sunshine, which makes Zhu Qizhen happy.

But this scene was in Wang Zhen's eyes, and his face was extremely difficult to see!

You must know that no matter which dynasty controls the water, as long as it can succeed and benefit the people, it can be called an immortal achievement, and it can be enjoyed for a hundred generations!

The flood of the Yellow River in Shandong is a century-old disaster, and countless ministers and sages have managed it, but they cannot tame this evil dragon.

Wang Zhen never thought that such a situation would occur, he originally only waited for the arrival of this year's flood season, and the disaster situation of the Shandong Buzheng Division was reported to the imperial court, so he immediately organized the Taoist officials to impeach Shen Yichen.

Coupled with this kid's unscrupulous evil deeds in the local area before, once he does not have the ability to control the water to protect himself, even the emperor will no longer be able to help, and he will definitely be able to dismiss the official and ask for the guilt.

When Shen Yichen enters the prison of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, with Wang Zhen's growing power, he will most likely not be able to wait for the day when he is released from prison alive.

Wang You, the waiter of the Ministry of Works in the palace, looked at Wang Zhen's expression and immediately said: "Your Majesty, Shandong Daodu Shuiqing Officials Department submitted an urgent official document, and the embankment has burst in Shawan, Dong'e County, Liaocheng, and the current water is surging and has become a breakthrough!" ”

When Wang You's words came out, the civil and military officials of the imperial court all subconsciously looked at Li Cheng, who was "co-appointed" with the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Many people in later generations knew that there were two Shangshu in the Qing Dynasty, but they didn't know that in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, there was also a scene of multiple Shangshu.

The main reason is that the Ming Dynasty officials and dispatches were separated, and the six Shangshu and the official titles of the squire were regarded as "narrative ranks". For example, the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty actually had an official rank of only a five-grade bachelor, no matter how lofty the status was, no matter how solemn the real power was, the five-rank official title was obviously not enough.

The solution is to take the title of Shangshu and Shilang as the rank of the cabinet minister, and the cabinet scholar plus the title of six Shangshu, so as to solve the disadvantage of too low official rank. This has also led to the emergence of two Shangshu, or even multiple Shangshu.

In addition to the role of "descriptive rank", there is also the difference in work dispatch, and it is necessary to add a Shangshu to oversee all work, and the Ministry of Industry belongs to the second situation.

For example, when encountering a large-scale construction at the national level, the Ministry of Industry needs to visit the site to supervise and inspect in person, and the transportation in ancient times is not as convenient as in modern times, and it is often calculated in years as soon as it goes. For such a long time, it is impossible for the position of the chief official of the imperial court to be vacant, so there are two ministers of the Ministry of Industry.

Li Cheng was originally the eldest son of the king of the Chen Dynasty in Annam, and was captured by the Ming army of the Southern Expedition during the Yongle period, and was proficient in firearms, so he served in the Ministry of Industry.

Originally, it was not Li Cheng's turn to co-serve the position of secretary of the Ministry of Industry, but in March of the 11th year of orthodoxy, Xu Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, died, and Kuang Yu, the former right attendant of the Ministry of War, took over the post of secretary of the Ministry of War.

You must know that Xu Xi is a hardcore eunuch, and he flattered Wang Zhen in every way before he got to the top. In comparison, Kuang Wei belongs to the standard civilian-official group, and has no special friendship with Wang Zhen, and can even be said to be on the opposite side.

In the past two years of the Orthodox Dynasty, Wang Zhen's power was rapidly expanding, and even the precedent of hereditary eunuch children was made by him.

Now that Yang Pu, who is the fifth minister of the first emperor, has retired from illness, and the British public is not good at interfering too much in court politics as a relative, Hu Hu has always been scheming and likes to protect himself, which means that there are no important ministers in the court who can wrestle with him.

In this situation, none of the six Shangshu books are his own people, so how can Wang Zhen endure it?

As a result, the center of the imperial court in the eleventh year of orthodoxy was extremely unpeaceful, and Wang Zhen began to sweep away political opponents.

first let his cronies be Lang Naiheng of the household department, to frame Zhao Min in Langzhong, and then involved the official Shangshu Wang Zhi, and the party was interrogated and imprisoned by the three law divisions.

Immediately afterwards, he took advantage of the Anxiangbo Zhang An Zhenglu incident to trigger the prevarication between Jin Lian, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Wang Zuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Wang Zhen took the opportunity to trigger the official to impeach these two people, so they were both questioned and imprisoned.

At this point, three of the six Shangshu of the Ming Dynasty had already been put in prison to eat in prison, and Wang Zhen naturally put his eyes on the next step on Wang Wei, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

After all, Wang You, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry, is the iron of the irons, how can his godson not be promoted and sit on the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry?

In this way, Wang Wei suffered all kinds of difficulties and insults from Wang Zhen, and from time to time there were officials who impeached him for embezzlement and embezzlement, in order to prove his innocence and wait for the results of the review, Wang Wei complained of illness and recuperated in the house, and the affairs of the Ministry of Industry were all managed by Li Cheng.

That is why, before the change of Tumubao in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the Minister of Chinese and Military Affairs of the DPRK allowed Wang Zhen to play all kinds of nonsense, but few people dared to stand up for impeachment and opposition.

The reason is that those who dare to oppose have been questioned by Wang Zhen by various means in the past few years, and the remaining ministers of civil and military affairs are naturally honest.

Li Cheng is a native of Annam, and he is still a prisoner, even if he is a scholar, he still has no status in the court. It's just that Wang You doesn't give face like this, and it is relatively rare to say in front of the emperor that there is an official document from the Shandong Dushui Qing Division.

Not to mention the courtiers, even Li Cheng himself at this time, his face was blue and white.

In addition to being humiliated by Wang You, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, what is more important is that he has never read this Shandong Provincial official document, let alone knows that it exists.

This also means that he, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was actually vacated by Wang You in the Ministry of Industry!

"Wang Qingjia, when did Shandong Dao send the official letter?"

Zhu Qizhen's expression became serious, last year, Zhang Qiuzhen's breach caused millions of displaced people, and the tax paid by the Shandong Political Secretary was reduced by sixty percent.

If we include the allocation for disaster relief and flood control, it can be said that the fiscal revenue of Shandong Province was negative last year. Today's floods are obviously more serious than last year's, and if Shandong Province reproduces last year's scene, the Ming treasury may really not be able to afford it!

"Back to Your Majesty, it will be delivered urgently for 600 miles this morning, and according to the time, the embankment will burst three days ago."

Hearing Wang You's answer, many ministers in the palace subconsciously took a breath of cool air, now the flood season is fierce, based on the situation in Shandong over the years, it is impossible to block the break.

Maybe the current situation in Shandong is another country!

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, who was in the first place among the relatives, also had a solemn expression. Yu Qian's matter made Shen Yichen and Wang Zhen completely break up, since Yang Pu was bedridden and recuperated, the situation in the DPRK and China looked at the eunuch party to one side.

was not caught by Wang Zhen, and with his own identity and status, he could still fight against it, so that he could not use a trick behind his back.

This is why Shen Yichen was in Shandong to control the water, and he did not suffer from the obstruction of Wang Zhen in the court.

It's not that Wang Zhen is tolerant and doesn't want to trouble Shen Yichen, but the Xunqi group helped him block it.

But if Wang Zhen catches the handle of the failure of water control, even if he is a national prince, he will not be able to resist the power of the eunuch party that covers the sky with one hand, and Shen Yichen is afraid that he will be more auspicious!

Zhu Qizhen, who was on the throne, heard that Shandong had broken the embankment again, and a wave of anger hit his heart, and he slapped the royal eucalyptus and scolded angrily.

"Shen Yichen spent a lot of money to control the water, killed the officials of the imperial court with a cane in the local area, and took over the Yanguan salt field unscrupulously, all of which I tolerated for the sake of the great cause of water control."

"In the face of my kindness and high hopes, Shen Yichen repaid Shandong for breaking the embankment again? And the news is still submitted by the official document of the Shuiqing Officials Division of Shandong Province, how long will this son have to be concealed! ”

Zhu Qizhen was really angry this time, and even the title changed from Shen Xiangbei at the beginning, to calling his name Shen Yichen, and finally becoming "this son".

Shandong's embankment burst again is one thing, and what makes Zhu Qizhen feel even more unacceptable is that he trusts and supports Shen Yichen so much, and now that there is a problem in Shandong, he also plans to deceive the saint.

It stands to reason that when such a disaster occurs, shouldn't you directly report yourself?

"Your Majesty is angry, it may be that the matter is urgent, and Shen Yixian's superiors have not yet been delivered to the Jingshi."

Qian Xili, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the head of the Hanlin Academy, first came out to help Shen Yichen explain. As Shen Yichen's teacher, he has to stand up and speak in public and private, and in affection and reason.

"Shen Youxian is in good order to help the people in disaster relief, and he should not be negligent in controlling the water on the river embankment, and please wait and see what happens."

Cabinet minister Gao Gu also stood up to help Shen Yichen speak, at the end of the orthodox decade, he added the title of right waiter of the Ministry of Industry, in a sense, in addition to the old boss of the East Cabinet, there is also the status of the "competent unit" of the river control worker.

In the three provinces and eight prefectures that were affected by the disaster last year, Gao Gu was the focus of Shen Yichen's time out of the town of Shandong to control the water.

He wanted to know the changes in the disaster-stricken place, and see if Shen Yichen could really achieve the three immortals of the literati, making words, making meritorious contributions, and establishing virtues!

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It can be learned from the recitals in various localities that the millions of displaced people who were affected by the disaster last year have been properly resettled after Shen Yichen left Shandong. And Yanggu County, the most severely affected Yanzhou Prefecture, has completed the reconstruction, and Zhangqiu Town, which was once in ruins, has once again become one of the five major commercial ports of the canal, and it is more prosperous than ever!

Just like when Shen Yichen left the East Pavilion, Gao Gu endured his dislike and still said goodbye to him.

To really look at a person is not to look at what he says, but to look at what he does. Shen Yichen is a person who does practical things, and will never negligently conceal it on the river embankment, Gao Gu believes that there is another hidden secret.

Zhu Qizhen was angry, and Qian Xili's explanation to Gao Gu did not make him angry, but instead added fuel to the fire.

"The official documents of the Shandong Daodu Shuiqing Officials Division have been submitted to the Ministry of Industry, Shen Yichen, as the imperial history of the capital, has the power to go directly to the heavens, can his upward sparseness be slower?"

Out of the town, the imperial history of the capital is sparse, and it can be directly presented to the emperor's imperial eucalyptus without going through the six cabinets. And it also has the highest level of transmission, which is comparable to the emergency military situation, and no checkpoint yamen can stop it, and all will be allowed to pass.

Therefore, as long as Shen Yichen is sparse, there is no possibility that it will be slower than the local capital Shui Qing Officials, and Qian Xili and Gao Qian's explanations are obviously untenable.

Looking at Zhu Qizhen's angry appearance, Wang Zhen, who was standing next to the throne, showed an imperceptible smile on the corner of his mouth.

This is the difference between Shen Yichen and himself, this son can enjoy a temporary imperial grace, but once there is any mistake, he will understand what it means to be ruthless. Only he has the relationship of being a master and a father with the emperor, and there will be no rupture and estrangement no matter what.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Zhen glanced at His Royal Highness's Imperial History Wang Wen, if you don't fall into the well at this time, when will you stay?

"Your Majesty, as the imperial history of the capital, the minister should assume the responsibility of supervision."

"According to the provisions of the "Daming Law", the construction limit of the canal shall be set within three years, and the construction officer shall be involved; After three years, he served as a defensive officer; If you don't protect it, you will have a rush to break it and deal with it together. ”

"Yudu Yushi Shen Xiangbei did not report it, and he was derelict in controlling the water, so he should be ordered to return to Beijing to review and ask for the crime!"

The Ming Dynasty's water control was not that after returning to Beijing after building the river embankment, he could be left alone. If the embankment fails within three years, the original construction officer will be held accountable, and if the embankment fails after three years, the subsequent maintenance officer will be held accountable.

Shen Yichen controlled the water and repaired the embankment, let alone three years, the embankment collapsed in less than a year, and he dared to conceal the truth and not report it, he must be held responsible!

Wang Wen's words can be regarded as talking about Zhu Qizhen's heart, the previous wanton impeachment can still be endured, and this time there must be no favoritism!

Just when Zhu Qizhen was about to give an order to call Shen Yichen to return to Beijing, an official of the General Administration Department came to the middle of the Fengtian Hall and knelt down to Zhu Qizhen and said: "Yushi Shen of the capital is urgent to the north, and please ask Your Majesty to take a look!" ”

really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, no one in the Manchu Dynasty expected that Shen Yichen's recital would come so timely.

"Bring it up!"

Zhu Qizhen did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the officials of the General Administration Department to present Shen Yichen's recital to the imperial eucalyptus.

In the curious eyes of the civil and military officials, Zhu Qizhen opened the Imperial Chapter, and it didn't take long to see an excited smile on his face, and he couldn't wait to praise.

"Okay, worthy of being my minister, Shen Xiangbei still lived up to my expectations after all!"

Zhu Qizhen's flip-book-like change of face made the officials of the DPRK and China even more wonderful, what Shen Yichen wrote, which could make the emperor change his attitude in an instant, it was impossible to block the gap.

But the problem is that since ancient times, no one has ever been able to block the embankment of the Yellow River during the flood season, where did Shen Yichen get this ability to reach the sky?