189. Give Zhao Guan's family a headache
Near dusk, the rain actually stopped, the clouds dispersed a lot, and the sunset shone through the gap on the west wall of Wujiang.
Zhao Mengqi sat alone on the wall, staring blankly at the endless lake in the west, with a faint sorrow on his face.
At this time, the shore of the lake was less than a mile away from the city wall, but in later generations, eight or nine miles west from here, it had become land, and the vicissitudes of the sea were like this.
There were thin footsteps behind him, there was no need to look back, Zhao Mengqi also knew who was coming, "Done?"
"Sister Gu has been buried, and Kochi Prefecture has invited Taoist priests and monks to do things." Wanwan walked up to him, her voice was a little hoarse, "Sister Gu sighed to herself before her death, and she believed in Buddhism and Taoism, in order to pray for salvation in this life, and also wish for liberation in the next life, I didn't know how to choose, so I let them together, but the scene was a little messy, and I came out."
"If the gods and Buddhas have spirits, everything in the world will be ......."
Zhao Mengqi's tone was neither salty nor light, but Wanwan heard his depression, looked up, and saw that he looked haggard, and worried, "Haven't you slept these nights?"
In front of Wanwan, Zhao Mengqi took off his disguise, and the corners of his mouth pulled up bitterness, "How can you sleep here?"
Wanwan's heart turned, understood the crux of the problem, raised her hand to take off the veil, also looked at the lake, took a deep breath, and said slowly, "In the first year of Yuanfeng, on the fourth day of July, there was a strong wind and rain, and the water of Taihu Lake was more than two feet high, floating on the shore of the pond...... In the fifth year of the main road, there was a big flood in July, and the people who operated the boat city were many months, and many people drowned, and in the following year, there was a big flood, and there were more people in the city of Jiangdong, drifting people's houses, flooding the fields, destroying the polders, and many people migrated...... Last year, the rain of Dalin, the landslide of Tianmu, the end of Anji, Wukang, the people are drowning is not counted, Taihu Lake overflows, the counties of Pingjiang Prefecture are deep, and the farmers are all paired with each other, going to Lin'an and Huainan to eat, and they are hungry and drowning......
Zhao Mengqi was terrified in his heart, and turned his head to look at Wanwan in surprise, "Ruochu, who are you?"
"I want to tell you that the flooding of Taihu Lake has always existed, especially after the country crosses to the south, there will be an average of once every seven or eight years, and the consequences are very tragic each time."
Wanwan turned her head and looked at Zhao Mengqi seriously, "This time, if you don't do anything, the disaster will be as usual, but you choose to do it, and the worst will not be worse than that."
"Well, what you say seems to be saying that I am a dead horse as a live horse doctor...... Zhao Mengqi laughed at himself, but his eyebrows were not so heavy, "Okay, it did succeed in comforting me,...... In fact, I understand the reason, just thinking that countless people have been displaced and even killed at the end of my order, I always feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."
"The fate of kings, isn't it?" Wanwan put her hand on the back of his hand and shook it softly, "After making a decision, don't think about it, there is no perfect strategy in the world, there must be sacrifice." …… You'd better go get some sleep, and you'll be busy tomorrow."
Zhao Mengqi smiled, "Speaking of which, most of the things are done by Old Man Wu, I just speak out, this old man has not slept for several nights, but he is very energetic, I suspect that he has secretly practiced some magic skills......
Wanwan raised her hand and slapped him, and said angrily, "How can you arrange the old ministers like this, Wu Xiangna has all the people in mind and is willing to do his best."
"Yes, yes, the lady is right." Zhao Mengqi said, then jumped down from the wall, and led Wanwan away, "Let's talk about sleeping later, let's go to the east of the city to have a look."
Wanwan wondered, "What's in the east of the city?"
"You'll know when you get there."
Zhao Mengqi said as he pulled Wanwan and went directly from the city wall to the east.
Wu Qiong and the others guarded the front and back, but kept a certain distance, giving the two a little privacy.
At this time, most of the squatters had been erected at the head of the city, which was to store food and materials and house people in case the water was too strong.
The people who were working along the way found that King Yan was passing by, and they should have retreated to the side to give a salute, but they could see that he was holding Wanwan, who was even more beautiful than a fairy, and they were all stunned by this stunning face, and most of them stood there, their mouths open and stunned like a piece of wood.
Wanwan remembered that she had taken off the veil, and she couldn't help but be ashamed, and hurriedly wanted to put the veil on, but was stopped by Zhao Mengqi, "Don't wear it, do you also have to wear the veil when you are in the world?" Aren't you ugly, and you're afraid of people looking at you?"
"What a mother, you are talking crazy again!" Wanwan was coquettish, although she knew that Zhao Mengqi was coaxing her, she was still very happy.
When King Yan walked away, these people and soldiers woke up.
"Kuroko, you pinch me."
"What? Lin Ba, are you stupid?"
"Am I dreaming...... It seems that I saw the heavenly immortals descending to earth just now, you quickly pinch me!"
"It's not a dream, I see it."
"Tsk, it's so good-looking, it's worth it for a lifetime to see it......
"If I can marry a mother-in-law, if I have that one-ten-thousandth good, it will be a blessing."
"You're just dreaming, wake up and wipe the hara from your mouth......
"Hey, His Royal Highness King Yan is really bold, seeing that the flood is coming, not only did he stay here to lead us to fight the disaster, but also brought such a beautiful daughter-in-law."
"So, no matter how strong the flood is this time, don't be afraid, King Yan will definitely be able to keep us safe."
"Work hard, work hard! What did His Royal Highness King Yan say...... Let's unite to overcome the flood!"
After following Zhao Mengqi to the east city wall, he looked out, and on the canal outside, the densely packed boats gathered into a long dragon according to their size.
The long dragon is composed of more than a dozen or twenty ships, which are linked from end to end, and it is vaguely seen that they are tightly connected by cables.
"What is this?" Wanwan was surprised.
"Hehe, this is learning from Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and Suozhou becomes a city." Zhao Mengqi was a little proud, "If the water level rises sharply, then connect them together and turn them into a water city, and it will be no problem to house 100,000 people."
Wanwan thought for a while and said, "Although Wujiang County is higher than the surrounding area, it didn't take precautions last year, and it was also irrigated with more than six feet of water, and there is water in the house like a flowing spring, not only can it not live in people, but it also soaks a lot of food, your method can solve many problems."
"Many of these are boats, and food is basically not a problem, even if the head of Wujiang City is flooded, relying on this floating city, we can get through the difficulties."
After reading his masterpiece, Zhao Mengqi took Wanwan around the city before walking to the county office.
In the past few days, he has shown his face in front of the people so intentionally or unintentionally, so although the people in the city are nervous, they are not flustered, and they are more obedient to the command and arrangement of the government.
Lin'an City, Ouchi Funing Palace.
Zhao Yun sat with one hand on the desk, pinching his stinging forehead.
The culprit that caused his headache was Wu Jiang's urgent performance on the table.
This urgent letter arrived in the morning, so that Zhao Yun, who had been lazy for more than ten days and had not been to the court, had to hold a court meeting temporarily.
It's just enough to disturb the leisurely life of Zhao Guan's family, and when the content of the recital has been announced, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will blow up the pot and criticize King Yan one by one.
This one should be investigated for the crime of leaving Lin'an without authorization, and the other should punish King Yan for abusing power and interfering in local affairs, and the criminal department shouted that King Yan interfered in the criminal case and hastily convicted the crime and punishment, which did not conform to the law and must be retried.
Xu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites jumped to his feet, and kept saying that his grandson was pure and good-natured, and he would never do anything rude and illegal, and he must have been framed by someone, and asked the official family to issue an order to immediately stop King Yan's misdeeds.
The Ministry of War also expressed dissatisfaction with King Yan's private transfer of the Xiang Army, because this was originally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
As for the household department, it was even more angry because the Cao Yun was intercepted, not only the supply of Cao grain would have a huge impact on Lin'an, but also the Yulu of the hundred officials and the three armies were also waiting for the taxes of the various roads to be paid.
In short, Zhao Mengqi became a street rat in the court, and everyone shouted and beat him.
Only Prime Minister Dong Huai still remembers the matter, but he also opposes Zhao Mengqi's move to open the floodgates and ask Zhao Guanjia to stop immediately.
But how can this be stopped, not to mention that the time is not in time, just with Zhao Guanjia's understanding of this son, what he decides, I am afraid that even if he sends eighteen gold medals in a row, he will not be able to pull it back.
Originally, Zhao Guanjia was counting on these people to discuss a suitable way to deal with the aftermath, but after tossing for most of the day, none of the results of the fart were given, so he was so angry that he had to rest
Towards it, when he returned to the harem, he sulked in a life.
At this time, Lin Zhuban walked in leisurely, dragged a chair by himself, sat down opposite Zhao Guan's house, and leisurely crossed Erlang's legs.
Zhao Guanjia was disturbed by the sound of dragging chairs, looked up at Old Man Lin, and said angrily, "Can't you let me be quiet?"
"Yo, angry?" Old man Lin said sly.
"Didn't you knowingly ask? Is there anything you don't know about the things in the palace?"
"Well, actually, in my opinion, you don't have to be angry, can the sky still fall? The matter of discharging the flood, since it is Chongguo Gong's idea, it naturally makes sense, even if you think that kid is unreliable, you should believe Wu Qian."
"I'm not mad at this!"
"Oh...... So you're angry that the kid kidnapped your daughter away?"
"You're not ashamed, you can't speak, what do you mean by abducting my daughter and making people ambiguous!"
"Well, you just feel sorry for your daughter anyway."
"This bastard thing, it's okay to run away blindly, what are you doing with Bao Niang, there were bandits on the road, and now I'm still in the flood discharge area, if there is a mistake, then won't I lose all my children and become a widow again?"
"Hehe, I see you, it's no different from those big turbans, shouldn't you, the king of the country, bother with floods?"
Zhao Guanjia shook his head slightly, "What's so bothered about this, didn't you say that Wu Qian is reliable, ninety percent of the disposal plan on this piece was made by him, and that bastard thing was just used as a gun by him, and later according to the above plan, if there is no better way for those big turbans, they can only pass, they are all a bunch of human spirits, but they don't want to take responsibility for this unpredictable consequence, so they all take care of the left and right."
Seeing that the Zhao Guanjia had already had an idea, Lin Zhuban didn't need to persuade him anymore, "Then let's talk to you about the secret music."
"What tantra?" Zhao Yun frowned.
"That kid said that the Liu family in Wujiang, that is, the family of Liu Xiuyi, a member of the household department, has a lot of lawlessness, accumulating private troops, merging land, fornicating with Japanese merchants, and controlling the military and government, so he plans to pick this abscess."
As he spoke, Lin Zhuban handed the secret music to Zhao Guan's family.
Zhao Yun suddenly became nervous, and after a quick browsing, his face darkened, "This bastard thing, it's really bold, I don't have a few pounds and taels!?" If everything is true, the Liu family can mobilize nearly 10,000 troops, and the hundreds of people around him are not enough to stuff people's teeth! Send him a message quickly, so that he must not act rashly!"
"How can the Liu family have so many soldiers? There are two or three thousand rabbles in the Taihu Lake, and as for the forbidden army in Anji Prefecture, Liu Xiuli can at most use Xiongjie 11 to command a part."
"I remember, the full command of Xiongjie Eleven is more than four thousand, right?"
"Four thousand eight hundred and forty posts."
"Is this different from nearly 10,000?"
"No matter what excuse Liu Xiuli uses to move troops, Anji Prefecture allows him to bring out a maximum of two thousand."
Zhao Guanjia's brows did not loosen at all, "That's a full five thousand!" Even if Dongwei's hairy boys arrived in time, it would be impossible to beat ......."
"Isn't it still written on the secret music that the kid has other arrangements to ensure that nothing goes wrong?"
"If you say it so vaguely, it feels unreliable, no, you can't let him come nonsense, immediately send a secret envoy to order him to stop his actions, and in addition, mobilize reinforcements to meet him!"
Lin Zhiban nodded slowly, "I'll go and ask Sanya to make arrangements, but in order to avoid startling the snakes, I can only send 10,000 in the name of assisting in disaster relief."