Pan Deshan hesitated for a moment, closed his mouth tightly, but his eyes kept flickering.

When dams and dams are destroyed, countless rivers rush down from the upper reaches and sweep themselves into the water.

Pan Deshan knew that what happened on the river must be explained to the court and the world.

He is the governor of the river under the command of the imperial court, and if he wants to be responsible, he is the best choice.

And those river officials in the yamen of the governor of the river.

They are still very young, still very immature, and there is even greater hope.

As long as he bears this responsibility and lets the court fall, he can protect these young river officials. As long as they are still there, and continue to stay in the position of governing the river, one day, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be able to make the Yellow River, which has been roaring and venting for countless years, become peaceful.

Zhu Yunxi glanced at Pan Deshan lightly, sighed and shook his head slightly.

Then he turned and continued walking upstream along the embankment.

Gao Yangzhi, who was beside Pan Deshan, also sighed, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of please.

Pan Deshan glanced at it and nodded silently.

The two walked side by side.

Gao Yangzhi said in a low voice: "Pan Shangshu is a person who does things, and he is also a responsible person. If it were someone else, I am afraid that at the moment of the accident in the river, the responsibility would be shifted to the officials and subordinates who supervised the construction of dams and dams.

Not to mention, like Pan Shangshu, he has been on the river almost every day since he became the governor of the river. When the water came down that day, Pan Shangshu was even more in danger and was injured by the flood. ”

These are words of consolation.

However, Pan Deshan just shook his head calmly and said in a low voice: "This is the duty of the criminal minister. ”

Gao Yangzhi sighed and said in a deep voice: "Pan Shangshu wants to resist all the sins with his own body, and the starting point is good." But did Pan Shangshu ever think that after you resisted the guilt, there would really be no more disputes in the court? ”

Pan Deshan turned his head with doubts in his eyes.

With the title of Minister of the Governor of the River and the Secretary of the Ministry of Processing, he can bear the disaster that happened on the river with all his might, can't the court be satisfied?

Gao Yangzhi looked at Pan Deshan's puzzled eyes, and shook his head: "How did Pan Shangshu get to his current position?" ”

Pan Deshan immediately replied: "Since His Royal Highness the Emperor is fortunate, the criminal minister can get this high position and hold the authority in his hands." ”

Gao Yangzhi sneered: "Since Pan Shangshu also knows that it was His Highness who promoted you, then you have to resist all the guilt now, what do others think?" Is His Highness unclear, or is he being deceived by others? If Pan Shangshu is guilty, is His Highness also guilty? ”

His voice was not loud, but every word was deeply chiseled into Pan Deshan's ears, making Pan Deshan's eyes widen and his face showed a panicked look.

Pan Deshan would never have thought that even if he took all the responsibility, this incident on the river would still implicate His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun.

Gao Yangzhi sighed helplessly.

He whispered helplessly, "You guys...... Pan Shangshu, you are like this, and so is Zhang Ergong, the waiter of the Ministry of Works. You are all capable people, but you don't know how to be an official. Young Master Yuan, the only one who knows how to be an official, is still focused on staying in Shanglin Yuanjian, which can be said to be deaf to what is going on outside the window, and only thinking about farming and raising cattle. ”

Pan Deshan hesitated a little, and after hesitating for a while, he said in a low voice: "Your Highness has the grace of Your Majesty, even if you want to attack, it will be okay......

"Pan Shangshu should also know that the imperial court is now implementing the Hongwu New Deal." Gao Yangzhi stared at Pan Deshan with expectations in front of him, and felt that in the future, he should add another assessment of the way of officials as officials, and he explained: "Your Highness is the person who mainly promotes the new policy, and he has always taken innovation as the leader in the court. The governance of the river started from the hands of His Royal Highness, and Pan Shangshu was also the hand of His Royal Highness.

If Pan Shangshu has to bear this accident alone, His Royal Highness will inevitably be attacked, and at that time, Hongwu's new policy will also be attacked together, and even finally blocked and interrupted. ”

Pan Deshan's eyes showed panic, and he said nervously: "Not really, right?" ”

"Not really?" Gao Yangzhi sneered and mocked: "Pan Shangshu really thinks that it will be smooth sailing in the court? Do you really think that everyone in the world is yearning for the New Deal? Or will those who occupy more land and pay less taxes willingly take out the benefits that have already been put in their pockets? ”

Pan Deshan lowered his head, muttered silently, and finally said in a low voice: "It is impossible for people to turn their backs and pursue profits." ”

That's the reason, so there is no room for a mistake now. And this accident on the river must not involve Pan Shangshu, an official in the yamen of the governor of the river, and must not be implicated! ”

He raised his head and made a loud noise, and his eyes were resolute.

Many of the things in the new policy were put forward by themselves, and they were discussed in the cabinet for His Majesty's permission, and finally announced to the world.

There are many things in it, which I have already started to practice and have been tested when I was in Jiaozhidao.

As long as the imperial court clarifies the local resistance step by step and truly implements every article of the new policy, the world will inevitably undergo earth-shaking changes.

Pan Deshan finally woke up at this time.

He looked up at the imperial grandson, who had already walked out a long way in front, and looked at the somewhat thin back. Pan Deshan's eyes kept flashing with streamers, and he immediately picked up his robe and quickened his pace to catch up.

waited for Pan Deshan to finally rush behind Zhu Yunxi.

He had already spoken in a deep voice: "Your Highness! ”

Zhu Yunxi stopped when he heard the sound, slowly turned around, and looked at Pan Deshan, who was pulled by himself to the position of the governor of the river in front of him.

He smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Do you have any intention of apologizing for your sins with death?" ”

Poof.

As soon as Zhu Yunxi's words fell, Pan Deshan had already given up his hands and knelt on the embankment.

"Minister...... His Royal Highness's kindness to the minister, the minister has nothing to repay! ”

Pan Deshan opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know what to say.

Zhu Yunxi smiled: "Gu doesn't want you to have anything to repay, as long as you can manage the river well and make the Yellow River truly peaceful, it will be the greatest reward for Lone, and it will not be in vain for Lone's trust in you." ”

Pan Deshan's eyes turned red in an instant.

Throughout the ages, many capable ministers and officials hope to meet a monarch who gives trust.

The soldier dies for his confidant, and the good bird chooses the tree to perch on.

From ancient times to the present, how many heroes and heroes have fallen in the tide of that era because they have never met confidants and fallen into Jianmu.

Pan Deshan's forehead slammed heavily on the riverbank.

"The Yellow River is uneasy for a day, and the ministers will not go down the embankment for a day, so that Huang An will be peaceful and will no longer cause trouble in the Central Plains!"

Zhu Yunxi took a step forward, bent over, and gently patted Pan Deshan's shoulder.

"Govern the river with peace of mind, and the rest of the things are all lonely."

……

Five days later.

Zhu Yunxi, who was just wearing a brocade robe, under the escort of Tian Mai and a few other secret guards, took Wang Xinling and Niu Dafu from Lanyang County all the way west along the Yellow River embankment, and arrived under the embankment near the northeast of Mengjin County in Henan Prefecture.

Gao Yangzhi and Pan Deshan, under the escort of the soldiers and horses led by Ma Hongqing, led a group of officials on the northern patrol, and they fell behind, and it would take about two or three days to arrive in Mengjin County.

The reason why Zhu Yunxi chose to rush to Mengjin County immediately after seeing Pan Deshan in Lanyang County was because one of the dams and dams built by the Governor of the River, Yamen, in the Yellow River, was in the rivers in Mengjin County.

In the other place, the dam and dam were built to continue westward, into the territory of Shaanzhou Prefecture, in the river north of Shaanzhou City.

In order to find out why dams and dams were destroyed, it is necessary to go to the scene and see for yourself what it looks like.

And in secret, Fusi Town, Fusi Town, Jinyi Weibei Town, has already sneaked into Mengjin County with people to secretly investigate whether there is a cover-up.

Sun Cheng all the way, Zhu Yunxi all the way, Gao Yangzhi all the way, the soldiers are divided into three ways, virtual and real, making it difficult to distinguish the true meaning.

Zhu Yunxi, who rushed to the embankment of the Yellow River in Mengjin County, looked a little solemn.

Compared with the situation in Lanyang County, Mengjin County, as the first place to bear the brunt of the impact of the river after the dam and dam reduction, is obviously much more serious than Lanyang County.

To this day, the embankment is still a mess, and a thick layer of river sand and mud has accumulated under the embankment.

It was supposed to be a place where the materials used to build the river were stacked, but it was even more chaotic, and countless materials were scattered everywhere under the impact of the water.

On the river embankment, at this time, there was already a branch of the Henan Prefecture of the Yamen, the governor of the river, who organized the river workers to carry out dredging, first aid, and reorganization.

I can't see any officials whipping and supervising the workers, even those officials of the river governor's yamen who are dressed in official robes are also covered in muddy water, and they look extremely dazzling among the river workers, but they never have a sense of disobedience.

Wang Xinling rarely had the opportunity to accompany the emperor's grandson alone, and it can be said that he was excited and nervous along the way.

He looked up and down the river embankment in front of him and whispered: "Your Highness, with the documents handed over by the Yamen of the Governor of the River." If it weren't for the Huanglu Mountain in the upper reaches as a screen in Mengjin County on the north side, and the Phoenix Mountain and Bishan Mountain as the Yanshi as barriers in the downstream, the situation in Henan Province might have been even more serious.

Nowadays, these mountains run from east to west, blocking the large water washed out by the river. The damage has been contained within a small range on both sides of the river.

The governor of the river, Yamen, is also urgently transferring all kinds of materials from Kaifeng Prefecture, and at the same time going to Yanshi County, Henan Prefecture, so that the production of bluestone, lime and other materials can be increased there. We will strive to rebuild the dams and dams in Mengjin County before the autumn of next year. ”

"Do you think there is a dragon lord of the Yellow River, or the dam and dam that Pan Deshan painstakingly built, why was it destroyed?"

Zhu Yunxi glanced at the situation up and down the river embankment, retracted his gaze, and suddenly looked sideways at the young prefect behind him.

Wang Xinling was stunned for a moment, and then said in a low voice: "Weichen doesn't know, but Weichen thinks that the so-called Yellow River Dragon Lord in the mouths of the people must not exist." Even if there is, there must be thieves who are deceitful and clever in the name of the Dragon Lord to commit rebellion! ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Go to the river embankment and have a look." ”

After that, he stopped talking.

Originally, he was in Lanyang County, and he couldn't see with his own eyes what the situation was in Mengjin County, and there were still various speculations in his heart.

But today I saw with my own eyes the current status of the river embankment in Mengjin County.

The officials of the government have never been harsh, and the people of the river workers have done their best.

The big stove under the river embankment was full of smoke at noon.

Everything was in order, and there was no chaos.

Undoubtedly, the destruction of dams and dams in rivers can first eliminate the resentment of river workers because of the government's harsh river work, and quietly destroy the dams and dams.

Since it was not done by the river workers, there is no Yellow River Dragon Lord in this world, so naturally only those thieves and traitors who are still lurking in the dark are left.

It's just that at the moment, Zhu Yunxi still doesn't know whether what happened here is related to the White Lotus Sect and the Jin Shang.

But if these people were really involved, he would have to reconsider the power that these people had accumulated over the years.

Soon.

Zhu Yunxi and the others had already walked from under the embankment to the top of the embankment.

Although they have already changed the government, they are dressed in brocade clothes, and there are guys like Tian Mai who are not easy to mess with at first glance.

They soon attracted the attention of river workers and government officials.

The river workers only paid a little attention, and they didn't know where this noble person came from.

However, the officials who supervised, directed, and personally participated in the construction of the river embankment rushed over.

Under Zhu Yunxi's gaze.

A burly, fleshy-faced, muddy-covered soap officer with a dark face rushed over with a few river soldiers.

"Where did the sons come from, and what do they want to do on this embankment? This place is the construction site of the Yamen River Governor, and there was an accident a few days ago, so several people still don't want to stay here. ”

The soap official stared at Zhu Yunxi and the others with scrutinizing eyes.

When the dam and dam were destroyed, the authorities immediately sent people to check it, but they found out that it was not their people who caused the disaster, so they did not punish them in any way.

It's just that the main responsible officials were transferred back to the Yamen, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, in the name of transfer, but in fact, they were temporarily guarded.

Beyond that, there is nothing else.

But the people on the embankment did not dare to relax for half a minute.

Who in the entire Henan Province doesn't know if something happened on the river, or if it was a big deal, who would be idle and panicked at this time to run to the river embankment.

Zhu Yunxi smiled and pointed to the location of the remaining dams and dams in the river ahead: "We are from Xiangyang Mansion, and the elders in the family have the ability to control water. When I heard that something was going on on in Henan Road, I wanted to come and take a look. In the coming year, the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court will take the public law examination, and we will know in advance what is going on here. ”

At present, the selection of officials by various ministries and departments of the imperial court is to be tested for public law. The Ministry of Officials will also organize separate assessments to select officials for the local government.

Zhu Yunxi used the excuse that he was born in Xiangyang Mansion, because the elders in the family were good at water control, and he came to Mengjin County to see the situation in advance, which can be regarded as a justification.

After all, no one knows whether the next time the Ministry of Industry will take the public law examination and select officials, it will be the Yellow River accident that will be used as a question.

The soapman nodded, but he still did not forget his duty.

"Bring your wayfinders, tooth tags, or farewells."

………………

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