33. Disaster prediction

On the day when Prince Qi left Beijing, the emperor ordered King Hengyang to lead hundreds of civil and military officials to send him off, and the scene was very spectacular.

Feng Baobao relied on Dingxue Garden to eat fruits, staring at Xilinglang with bony eyes, watching him tear up the secret letter left by Prince Qi without hesitation.

"This is a secret letter left to you by Prince Qi with a lot of effort, you can take a look at it."

Xiling Lang raised his eyebrows and sneered: "If Jiang Min is a waste and has a trace of manufacturable materials, your imperial uncle will not let him return to Jiankang neatly." ”

Therefore, Zong Quan intercepted this secret letter and submitted it directly to the county lord's mansion, saying that it was at the disposal of the county lord.

Doesn't it mean, let her come and find out Xilinglang's thoughts.

Feng Baobao clapped his hands and sighed: "I heard that the Emperor of Southern Qi has many sons, but there is only one son-in-law, Prince Qi, and I think I have high hopes. ”

Xiling Lang smiled contemptuously: "Although the Emperor of Southern Qi is unkind, he still has a bit of brains. This waste prince is unkind and brainless. After speaking, he shook his head, as if he had seen the tragic fate of the people of Nanqi in the future.

Feng Baobao leaned closer and looked at Xilinglang's mouth carefully, such a poisonous mouth could not be the reason why he was used as a live target.

"Wrong, the Emperor of Southern Qi has no brains. If he had a brain, he would not have chosen three cities and abandoned you. You're worth a lot more than three cities. ”

If Xilinglang is still in Southern Qi, within five years, thirty cities can be earned for Southern Qi, but unfortunately the Emperor of Southern Qi is a stupid person, he is not worthy.

Xiling Lang paused for a moment and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Heh, three cities." General Ben was arrogant, and he was only replaced by three cities. ”

When he said this, his eyes suddenly lit up, flickering abnormally, the breeze outside the curtain blew, and there seemed to be a blade flying out of his eyes, it was - killing intent!

Feng Baobao was stunned, and the sound of his heartbeat stopped for a moment.

Since he was captured and came to Great Wei, he has never called himself a general. He is such a proud person, he never allows himself to fail, even if that failure is designed by others and pushed to a desperate situation, but he still shows it to be a great shame.

Therefore, in Xilinglang's heart, whether it is the young god of war or General Yunlu, he has already died, and he is sleeping in the Luoshui Wilderness with the blood and bones of the 30,000 soldiers.

There is no more General Xiling in the world.

Feng Baobao had been yawning forty-nine times in a row while soaking in the cool water, and when she was drowsy, Twilight Chu hurriedly ran in from outside, bringing a message that shattered all her sleepiness.

"Earthquake?" Feng Baobao clasped the edge of the bath with both hands and asked in a daze.

"Yes, there was a major earthquake in Shattered Leaf City yesterday evening, and the people were killed and injured countless times. After His Majesty got the news, he hurriedly summoned the six ministries to the palace to discuss the ....."

What happened in July of the sixth year of Xin'an.....

In addition to the earthquake, there were also floods in the western capital, post-disaster influenza and epidemic outbreaks, famine throughout the country, peasant uprisings, and civil wars among vassal kings....

In the previous life, because no one paid attention to this disaster at the beginning, it became more and more serious later, and the people did not have enough to eat, bandits were rampant, and they revolted one after another.

The imperial court sent troops to suppress it, spending food, soldiers, and time, and the treasury and materials plummeted, and the national strength gradually declined, which also laid a crisis for the big war in the seventh year of Xin'an.

Therefore, in this life, we must take precautions in advance, and we must not watch the people of Dawei in dire straits.

"County Lord, where are you going? Your gown is still wet, and you haven't changed it yet......"

Twilight Chu looked up to the sky and shouted, it was another day of running hard behind the county lord.

At the beginning of July in the sixth year of Xin'an of the Great Wei Dynasty, there was an earthquake in Broken Leaf City, and the casualties were not counted, and the emperor was very worried.

Broken Leaf City is just a small border city in the north, but since thirty years ago, the Jin Dynasty fell to the country, and the first emperor moved all the Cheng clan to Broken Leaf City under the advice of Taifu Xie Ju'an.

On the surface, the king gave the land, and the honor was extreme, but in fact, 30,000 elite soldiers were stationed and imprisoned day and night.

If the Great Wei Emperor wants to be benevolent, he needs to treat the Cheng family as much as possible in front of the people of the world. This earthquake in Broken Leaf City, the emperor will definitely make a big show of his heart and send important ministers to Broken Leaf City to pacify.

The officials of the six ministries knelt in Chang'an Palace, and when the emperor couldn't think about it, it was Xiao Junbai who came up, and Mao recommended himself to go to Broken Leaf City for disaster relief.

The emperor pondered for a moment and gave Xiao Jun the post of governor of the northern land, inspecting the people of the northern land for the Son of Heaven.

"Uncle Huang, I heard that Xiao Junbai automatically asked for help and went to Broken Leaf City for disaster relief?" Feng Baobao was dressed in a simple turquoise palace costume and held a food box in his hand, which was specially sent to the emperor.

Worried about the safety of the people of Shattered Leaf City, the emperor had not had a good rest and food for several days.

"Yes, I didn't know who to send to rest assured, the old fritters in the court, all the old treacherous and cunning, tending to good fortune and avoiding disasters, who cares about the life and death of the people."

"Although Xiao Junbai has a cold temperament, he is upright, impartial, and a material for being a pure minister. Broken Leaf City and his party, with him, I can rest assured. ”

Feng Baobao nodded, Xiao Junbai is also known to her, from childhood to adulthood, in addition to the sages and sages, it is a great plan for the people. Moreover, he has been brilliant since he was a child, known as a prodigy, and studied under Taifu Xie Ju'an, and is a first-class virtuous minister in the future of the Great Wei.

"I heard that Uncle Huang prepared 100,000 loads of grain and hundreds of medical officers to accompany Xiao Junbai." Feng Baobao scooped a bowl of white fungus lotus seed soup for the emperor and brought it to his palm.

The emperor took it and chuckled, "The situation in Broken Leaf City is special, and there is no delay. ”

Feng Baobao secretly thought to himself, I'm afraid it's not that Broken Leaf City is special, but that the people sealed in the city are special.

"Uncle Huang is blessed with great grace and a benevolent heart."

However, because Broken Leaf City is heavily garrisoned, there are not many ordinary people, and 100,000 loads of grain can supply the people of the entire Broken Leaf City for three years.

Hundreds of medical officers, that's half of Jinghua's medical force.

However, Feng Baobao clearly remembered that the earthquake in Broken Leaf City was not very serious, far less serious than the emperor and courtiers imagined.

Jinghua is thousands of miles away from Broken Leaf City, and ancient communications and transportation are not developed, and the emperor can't quickly grasp comprehensive information, so he is in such a hurry and sends a large number of food and medical officers.

As a result, in mid-July, when the flood broke out in the western capital, and when the people really needed money, food and medical officials, Jinghua was overwhelmed.

And Feng Baobao wants to cut off such a situation and happen again.

"Uncle Huang, when I entered the palace, I heard the palace people say that it has been raining heavily in the western capital for several days recently, or I am afraid that the water level of the Ganges River will move up, and the embankment will be in disrepair, which is really worrying."

The emperor's action of drinking porridge stopped for a moment and asked, "Why don't I know?" ”

Feng Baobao's expression cooperated with the movements, frowned, folded his hands, and said uneasily: "Recently, Uncle Huang has been worried about the affairs of Broken Leaf City every day, and he hasn't been to Taiye Pool for a long time. ”

"I also passed by the Taiye Pool today, and I heard the palace people sighing, as if their hometown is from the Western Capital, and it was also a letter from the family, so they knew that the Western Capital had been raining heavily for more than half a month, and the people of the Western Capital were very panicked."

In fact, there are no palace people who sigh, it's just that Feng Baobao needs a source to make the emperor believe and know about the impending disaster in the Western Capital.

The emperor put down the porridge bowl and said, "Cangjun Taishou didn't even hand over a single fold, it's really a bastard." ”

Feng Baobao pretended to smile briskly and said, "Maybe Shang Shutai's recent folds have been pressed too much, and he hasn't had time to present them to the imperial uncle." "After all, the eyes of the entire court are focused on Broken Leaf City right now, who cares about a place too much, and expounds at length the weather and the rain every day.

But now it's different, with Feng Baobao's casual reminder, the emperor specially ordered someone to go to Shangshutai and asked about the excerpt of Cangjun Taishou.

The description was exactly the same as Feng Baobao said, and he immediately sent someone to the Western Capital to investigate, and adjusted Xiao Junbai's travel plan.

If there is a change in the western capital, the materials in the treasury will still be reserved for the people of the western capital.

On the fifth day of Xiao Junbai's departure for Broken Leaf City, the news of the dam breaking in the lower reaches of the Ganges River came, and the people of the five counties in the western capital still did not escape the flood.

It is said that the emperor sent the minister to the western capital, because of drunkenness, delayed the trip for a day, and during the heavy rain, he was trapped in the post station, resulting in the breach of the embankment not having time to be repaired.

If it is a day late, it will pay for the lives of tens of thousands of people in the five counties of the Western Capital.

The emperor was furious, and immediately issued a holy decree to death the official who had made a mistake. He also ordered the household servant and the Ministry of Works to rush to the western capital overnight to relieve the disaster.

And Zong Quan is in charge of supervising the imperial history and going together.

"County Lord, do you really want to go to the Western Capital with Master Zong?" Twilight Chu followed Feng Baobao closely, for fear of being left behind.

"Yes, Uncle Huang agreed." After all, Feng Baobao's reason is that among the five counties in the Western Capital, three counties are the fiefs of her Baohua County Lord, and the people in the fiefdom have been affected, and she, as the feudal lord, wants to share weal and woe in the past, which makes sense.

"This time, I will go first with Lord Zongquan, you and Chaoqin will sort it out, and we will escort the supplies to the Western Capital before we set off." Feng Baobao quickly changed into his regular clothes, used a silver hairpin, coiled all his hair on the top of his head, and walked away.

"County Lord, Chaoqin and I are both staying, how can there be no one around you to serve you?"

"Yes, yes, the county lord will take us." Chaoqin was also anxious.

Feng Baobao said with a smile: "Xiling Jun is walking with the county lord, and it is enough to have him." Besides, you're only a day later than the lord of the county, and you'll be able to see me soon. ”

When she walked out of the mansion, Xilinglang had already packed herself up and was waiting for her, and Fan Yuanning was standing next to her.

"Junma, everything in the house will be handed over to you." Feng Baobao once again felt the importance of the main room.

Fan Yuanning smiled inexplicably: "Please rest assured, the county lord will live up to his trust." The minister wished the county lord all the best on this trip. "After that, bow down, very pious.

Feng Baobao nodded and got into the carriage.

In the Star Picking Palace, Chaoqin and Dusk Chu discussed in a low voice while sorting out the materials on the list: "The county lord only brought Xiling Jun with him when he traveled this time. ”

Twilight Chu glanced around and said, "Yes, the servant of the Manchu Mansion only brought Xilinglang alone." It seems that Xiling Jun still has a lot of weight in the heart of the county lord. ”

Chaoqin frowned and thought: "But it's also strange, the county lord has never interfered in court politics before, and he has never asked about civil affairs." Mo said that the western capital was far south of Jinghua, and that was the disaster in Jinghua that year, and the county lord should also eat and drink, so he never asked more. ”

"Now..... what's going on?"

Jinghua was in the hot season, but the western capital was rainy and rainy, and as soon as Feng Baobao's carriage entered the boundary of the western capital, she felt a thick damp atmosphere.

The major discomfort made her sneeze loudly, and she couldn't help but tighten the emerald feather brocade cloak on her body.

"The climate in the western capital is humid, so be careful." Xilinglang put down the curtain in his hand and glanced at Feng Baobao.

"How long do we have to get to Cangjun?" Feng Baobao covered his nose and asked.

"Half a day."

There are a total of five counties in the western capital, Cangjun is the head, and the rest of the four counties of Runing, Pingchuan, Hui'an, and Juyong are all built around the Ganges River, and the people take the Ganges River as the mother river, and the south and north go back and forth, and the water transportation is developed, which is the most important way to make a living.

But now the Ganges River has not only destroyed their homes, but also brought disaster to them. Fortunately, the emperor informed the Taishou of Cangjun in advance, and promptly dispatched troops to various parts of the Ganges embankment and rescued most of the people.