Chapter 135: Explosion

After Rong Zhi recovered his body, he quickly took people to the southland. And Li Shengxi, in the name of having something to do in her hometown, closed the hospital first, and this time she changed the face of "Ning Rushuang" and went all the way south.

It takes more than half a month to go from Wangjing to the north bank of the Li River, and even Gu Lingxu, who set off first, did not go to the south at this time.

It was another rainy day, and Li Shengxing and Liujin were planning to leave the city. Just listen to the rainy official road horses galloping, and the horses' hooves splashing mud spots on the road. The lieutenant officer led by him said in a loud voice:

"Zhenyuan Emergency—"

"Pedestrians avoid—"

Liujin hurriedly turned the horse's head and quickly avoided a road, and then she looked at Li Shengxun again, only to see that the cold face of "Ning Rushuang" was already covered with frost at this moment.

Zhenyuan, one of the six cities in Jiangbei, borders Xichang, and is also the place where Gu Ling took people in the first place. Zhenyuan Mansion Yin is a member of the eunuch family, and the urgent report from Zhenyuan will definitely not be good news.

"The news from Zhenyuan is actually slower than that of the officials of the Northern Qi Imperial Court, are the people in the south too comfortable these days?" Li Sheng scolded angrily, and after speaking, he turned over and got on his horse, ignoring the heavy rain, and hurried outside the city.

"There was a sudden thunderstorm in Zhenyuan, and several major estuaries burst their embankments, and the four counties of Xichang, eight counties of Zhenyuan, six counties of Tongjiang and three counties of Zeyu were not spared. In particular, the two counties of Anxia and Zecheng in Zhenyuan were all submerged, with countless casualties. There was even a riot of displaced people in these four prefectures, and the Zhou Mansion Yin of Tongjiang was prepared in time to temporarily stabilize the situation and the people's hearts, but the situation in other state capitals is not optimistic." The official who delivered the letter had entered the Taiji Palace, and he explained the ins and outs of the matter with trepidation.

"How could Zhenyuan burst the levee on such a large scale? Where is the Ministry of Industry, and where is the Yin of Zhenyuan Mansion? Who was responsible for building the embankment in Zhenyuan last year? Where did the Jiangbei Jiedu envoy go? It can even provoke a riot!" Emperor Yuan Jia couldn't help but get up, and his vain steps became heavy from anger.

He was pointed, but the officials knelt down and pleaded guilty. For a moment, the entire Taiji Hall was silent.

"What about the dead and wounded? How many homes were inundated. Can the granaries of these four provinces be flooded, but can there be enough medicinal materials? The other two prefectures in the southwest may have transferred grain and troops to the past. And whether the tents for disaster relief are sufficient. Rong Yushi has already brought a batch of supplies south, such a dangerous situation must be insufficient, you can report it quickly, so that the household department can make calculations." Unlike Emperor Yuanjia's Xingshi who asked for guilt, Meng Songyan was old, he suppressed the sorrow and consternation in his heart, the matter has come to this point, no matter how much he says, it will not help, and the top priority is to rush the disaster. As for those officials who neglect their duties, there is a time to deal with them.

The messenger who delivered the letter lowered his head even more, "The incident happened suddenly, only Zhou Fu Yin drew up a booklet, and the other state capitals are still counting, and it will take some time before it can be sent to Wangjing."

Meng Songyan's face sank, and he turned his head to look at Emperor Yuan Jia, "Holy Lord, Wei Chen thinks that if you let the household department count the materials needed by Tongjiang first, and then speculate on the materials needed by the rest of the state capitals, and then send them together, and then order Rong Yushi to hurry up, he has already brought a lot of materials, and he will definitely be able to support one or two." The Holy Majesty issued another decree to temporarily transfer military supplies from other nearby state capitals in case of emergency. Let the state governments open the granaries, comfort and rescue the victims, and try their best to minimize casualties. Then organize the soldiers and men to go and strengthen the embankment."

"Don't do what Taifu says." Emperor Yuan Jia scolded angrily.

This matter is too big, and no one dares to come forward at this time. Except for Emperor Yuan Jia, no one dared to impeach Guan Zhixing at this time.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Meng Songyan did not return to his home, but went to the inner hall with King Wu.

"The world in the south, although it is roughly decided, the specific regulations still need to be drawn up by Taifu and Uncle Wang." Emperor Yuan Jia held his forehead, full of worry.

I don't know if it's Mrs. Meng's illusion, he always feels that the current Son of Heaven seems to have lost some weight, his eye sockets are slightly sunken, and he is tired. For a while, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, the Son of Heaven was working the one hand, and he favored the female rebel on the other.

Meng Songyan nodded, "This matter will be drawn up by Weichen and King Wu together with the prime ministers of the three provinces and the Shangshu of the six ministries. When the time comes, the Holy One will have to judge, and please take care of yourself and don't work too hard."

Emperor Yuan Jia's heart was weak for a moment, and then he nodded with emotion.

"Having said that, it's just that the position of the provincial servant has been vacant for a long time, and such a big matter can't be decided without the servant, and the matter of the imperial examination has not yet passed, and I am afraid that there will not be enough manpower." King Wu sighed.

"At this time, the matter of scientific research should be put aside for the time being." Meng Songyan shook his head, although it is important for the country to take scholars, but the lives of the people are even more important.

Emperor Yuan Jia was indignant in his heart, he had not done a major event since he ascended the throne, although he had not heard of it, but he also knew that there would be rumors that he was a virtuous and unkind king, saying that he was not right.

King Wu nodded, "Weichen also thinks so, the ...... of that sect in the lower province."

"I can only go and invite Zhou Fa." Meng Songyan's face was slightly gloomy.

Although he didn't know what the situation was, it could be seen from the messenger who had just sent the message that the Zhou family was fully prepared for this matter, and only the people of the Zhou family succeeded in stabilizing the situation in the south.

And now those squires in Menxia Province are not as good as Zhou Fa in terms of reputation and ability.

What's more, the Zhou family has many protégés in the south, although they are all courtiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty on the surface, and they should all serve the Northern Qi Dynasty, but these words are just nice words on the surface, and everyone understands what the actual situation is. For those people, Zhou Fa's face may be more effective than the Holy Edict.

Asking Zhou Fa to go out of the mountain and reinstate Zhou Faguan was to allow Zhou to help, and it was also to reward Zhou's actions in the south. After all, they have to deal with the disaster better than others.

King Wu was stunned, he couldn't believe that Taifu Meng would actually make such a suggestion, the young Son of Heaven may not know, but he knew very well, a few decades ago, when he was still very young, the court of Northern Qi was almost a hall of words of the Zhou family.

At that time, Zhou Fa was not a servant, but the head of the Zhou family at that time also served as a servant. At that time, the Zhou family was so powerful, if the head of the Zhou family did not nod, the holy decree of the saint would not even be able to leave the palace.

The decline of the Zhou family is the result of the royal family spending a huge price, and they do not want to invite the people of the Zhou family to the court unless they have to.

King Wu understands, and Taifu Meng naturally understands, but at this time, where can he scruple so much