Day 2.

The rain has stopped, but the water level has risen significantly.

The water of the Yellow River is frantically pounding the embankments along the river.

And Ren Jiadi, a gentleman standing in an attic in Qingjiangpu Town, not far from the river embankment, also saw this scene, and the corners of his mouth sneered, and at this time he ordered:

"Yang Yingbin, you immediately go and order them to destroy the embankment tonight!"

"Zhou Shan, you go to the river yamen immediately, let our people in the river yamen be prepared, don't let the people who destroy the embankment not be able to carry gunpowder over!"

After Ren Jiadi gave the order, the two scholars behind him said yes.

Then, Ren Jiadi said: "The opportunity is rare, there can't be any mistakes!" Taking advantage of the fact that most of Zhu Yijun and his team are in Huaiyang, if they can really take this opportunity to get rid of them, then everything can be expected next. ”

Because Ren Jiadi belonged to the extreme people who were dissatisfied with the new policy, he directly called Zhu Yijun by his name in front of his younger brother.

"What my brother said is that once the break is made, it will be just the way to buy land for the imperial court to provide disaster relief."

At this time, Ren Jiadeng, who was also here, coughed and said.

Ren Jiadi smiled faintly: "Not only that, once there are millions of displaced people, there will always be a few of these who are willing to join the big families as slaves." ”

And Ren Jiadeng continued to Ren Jiadi: "It's just that the people in the factory guard will also be aware of it? ”

"It doesn't matter if they notice it or not!"

"After all, it's not just us who want to destroy the embankment, where can he find everyone?"

"Don't worry, we won't be so unlucky, and there will really be a brocade guard hiding by our side."

Ren Jiadi frowned and said to Ren Jiadeng: "You should practice more and do less things in the room, you can't just fall into the water, and you will catch a cold like this, look at Yu Sanlang, who is still fine." ”

"It's all to blame on those Diao people! Originally, I was not feeling well during this time, but I was also thrown into the water by those Diao people, it is hateful to think about, and now I really wish that the flood after the embankment broke can kill them a few more. ”

Ren Jiadeng gritted his teeth and said.

Then.

Yu Sanlang Yu Liangting, who was in Ren Jiadi's mouth, hurriedly walked up to the attic, and said with a calm face: "I just got the news from the official office that Zhu Yijun has gone to Nandu by boat!" ”

"What?"

"Went to Nandu?"

Ahem!

Ahem!

Ren Jiadeng immediately looked at Ren Jiadi.

Ren Jiadi's expression suddenly became solemn: "Why don't you take a boat early and a boat late, and when we want to break the embankment instead, we have to take a boat again?!" ”

"That's not right!"

"Did he know the news in advance?"

Saying that, Ren Jiadi suddenly realized that something was wrong, and suddenly his face was as pale as paint, and said:

"We have to hurry back to our hometown, we can't stay here, Jinyiwei is really more terrible than we imagined!"

"Otherwise, he Zhu Yijun wouldn't have known about the embankment so quickly."

So, Ren Jia's first cadre immediately went downstairs.

It's just that as soon as Ren Jia's first cadre went downstairs, he was surrounded by Jinyi Guards.

Yu Liangting stood on the side of Jinyiwei at this time, and said in a deep voice: "You are so bold! Dare to murder the Son of Heaven! ”

"Brother Yu, who are you?"

Ren Jiadeng asked in amazement.

"I am the chief flag officer of the Fusi Division of Beizhen, and I have been lurking in the Yu family for many years."

Yu Liangting replied.

Ren Jiaden said: "But we obviously grew up together since childhood?!" ”

That's right, Yu Liangting is the youngest of the two brothers of the Ren family, otherwise, they wouldn't trust him so much and let him participate in such a scheme.

Yu Liangting smiled at this time: "Is it possible that I was already an orphan of the Jinyi Wei secretly raised by the Yu family at that time?" ”

Ren Jiadi couldn't help but raise his head and close his eyes at this time, and said, "Second brother, don't ask him, count us unlucky." ”

At this time, Yang Yingbin and Zhou Shan were also arrested, and they were both struggling.

Yang Yingbin shouted first: "Enfu, I just called the people who destroyed the embankment together, and I was arrested by Jinyiwei." ”

"Me too! I went to the river yamen, and as soon as I found our people, Jinyiwei rushed in and called me a prisoner! ”

Zhou Shan asked loudly as he spoke, "Why is this happening!" ”

Ren Jiadi didn't answer Zhou Shan's question at this time, and only sneered at Yu Liangting: "You can stop us, but you can't stop others, even if you really can't do anything about the pro-army guard this time, it can also displace many people, and let the Son of Heaven who loves the people know that our scholars' anger against him is not a noble soldier can not be ignored!" ”

"I might as well tell you, Elder Wang Ge has been ordered to stop it, even if the embankment bursts, it will not be as serious as you imagined."

Yu Liangting replied.

"Quick!"

"Quick!"

"Quick!"

"There is an order from the ministry that all the soldiers of the river defense battalion will watch the embankment, and no one is allowed to enter or leave within ten miles of the embankment!"

"All the sailors along the river are on board to patrol the river!"

At this moment, a group of officers and soldiers were running towards this side, and among them were military attachés on horseback and shouting with whips.

Ren Jiadi's face became even more gloomy because of this, and he couldn't help but murmur to Yu Liangting: "You mean Wang Taicang?" ”

"That's right!"

"The old man has been ordered to supervise this matter, and he has long asked Cao Governor Song Butang not to transport the grain north for the time being, and only stay in Cui Town, which is not far from here, in case of trouble."

"Now, the old man has already ordered him to transfer the grain directly to the south first, so even if you succeed in breaking the embankment, the people above you will not be able to take advantage of the aggravation of the flood to lower the price of the land; In addition, Song Butang last year, according to the old man's wishes, mobilized the people to dig a dry ditch in the form of work-for-relief, and now he is waiting for the flood to be distributed when the embankment is broken. ”

"Although the embankment is solid, it is difficult to really make the embankment solid due to the different hearts of the people in this world. Especially those of you who have made a name for yourself, although you claim to be a gentleman, you are always self-righteous, and you also love to make your own opinions, and you forget the great righteousness when you see small profits. ”

"Sure enough, you guys are still nonsense, don't say anything about killing the king, and you still want to harm the people!"

"It's just, what kind of climate can you achieve by doing such a thing? If you are not responsible for the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and you can't support the small people, even if you can occupy the land and keep slaves and maids, you can be evergreen in time? ! ”

Wang Xijue happened to be riding by here at this time, so he stopped and listened for a while, and educated them a few words with hatred.

Seeing this, Ren Jiadi immediately changed color, and said sharply: "Wang Taicang! You old treacherous and cunning person, for your own black yarn hat, do not hesitate to use this to harm your fellow villagers, and even just want to step on the bones of your fellow villagers to collect money and seize power, you will end up like this sooner or later! ”

"The old man understands why Taishi Zhang knelt down and forced me to kill him, because it really doesn't make sense with you."

"However, the old man didn't ignore even the basic righteousness like you back then, so that he let himself fall into an isolated and helpless place."

Wang Xijue said and rode away.

Next, Ren Jia and the others were escorted down by Jinyiwei.

Wang Xijue continued to go north, and soon met Song Yingchang, the governor of Caoyun, and asked, "How is it, has there been a breach of the embankment?" ”

"Fortunately, Jinyiwei told me in time, and I caught several people who were about to break the embankment last night."

"I got the report this morning, only Taoyuan and Liupu Bay broke down, and the death squad recruited by the army has been asked to block it, so that even if someone dies, it can give the people an explanation, knowing that the imperial court is trying its best to prevent the embankment from bursting."

"In addition, the dry ditch has been dug to the place where the breach is broken, and it is estimated that it will be dug in two days, and Huai'an and Yangzhou can be saved."

Song Yingchang said at this time.

Wang Xijue nodded: "In this way, at most, one or two counties will suffer?" ”

"Yes!"

"The grain has been transferred, and in addition, Liu Bulang has gone to Taoyuan County to urge local officials to evacuate the people, and I don't think the situation of the embankment will become too serious."

Song Yingchang replied.

Wang Xijue breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's good!" ”

Taoyuan County.

Liu Yukui had already sat on the main seat of the main hall of Taoyuan County, looked at Zhang Yunce and other officials of Taoyuan County and said: "Zhang Zhixian, your emergency relief food is seriously insufficient, and there are not enough disaster relief personnel. ”

"Please give your subordinates a chance to make meritorious contributions, and the subordinates will donate all their family funds to make up for the shortfall of the emergency relief center, and immediately go to recruit people to buy ships and sell grain!"

Zhang Yunce hurriedly replied.

Liu Yukui said: "Then hurry up!" At most, the flood will enter the county seat, and if you don't hurry up, it will be too late to make meritorious contributions! ”

"Yes!"

"Let's go! It's just that it's dangerous here, why don't you get out of here first? ”

"When you do it, this official will leave."

Liu Yukui said.

Zhang Yunce heard Liu Yukui say this, so he had to say yes, and it was not good to delay any longer, so he had to pay out of his own pocket, bought grain and boats, recruited people, and then began to organize people to drive boats to search and rescue the people in the Yellow Flood Area.

Because Liu Yukui and other bureaucrats were very serious in their supervision, the entire levee burst incident did not cause a large number of people to be displaced.

Although only Taoyuan and Liupu Bay broke the embankment, the opening of the embankment was blocked in time, the local people were evacuated and rescued in time, and the price of grain did not fluctuate because of the large amount of grain.

This made some wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou who were still waiting in Yangzhou for the news of the sharp rise in grain prices, the sharp drop in field prices, and the emperor's death.

"Your Majesty went directly to Nandu?"

"Only Taoyuan and Liupu Bay broke the embankment, and they were blocked?"

"A large number of boats loaded with grain suddenly appeared in Taoyuan and Liupu Bay?"

On this day, in the garden of a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou, Lu Mingguang, a wealthy businessman, was asking in disappointment about Liu Zuoxuan, a wealthy businessman who had come to inform him of the news.

Liu Zuoxuan spread his hands and said: "Exactly! I have hoarded so much grain for nothing, and I have bought off those officials in vain. ”

"It's over! Offended His Majesty in vain, and as a result, he got nothing. ”

……

Nandu.

After Zhu Yijun arrived here, he reported the situation of the embankment burst through the clipper, so he said: "Very good! Summons all the ministers to see me! ”

(End of chapter)