"South County Flood!"

After receiving the urgent information from Nanjun, Ying Zheng and Mo Jun, who had just returned to Xianyang Palace, changed their faces at the same time.

Located on a tributary of the Yangtze River, Nanjun is rich in water resources, but it is also more vulnerable to flooding. It's just that the residents there have already developed skilled coping skills, and it stands to reason that it will not cause much consequence.

When Mo Jun was in charge of Nanjun before, he experienced a rainy period when the water level rose, but it did not cause much damage at that time.

"What about the losses?"

Ying Zheng and Mo Jun glanced at each other, and then asked in a deep voice towards the herald in front of him.

The herald said: "The flood in Nanjun happened half a month ago, when the crops were ripe, and many Li people did not have time to harvest grain, resulting in serious damage to the crops. ”

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's face changed again.

Food shortage.

This is definitely the last word that the successive monarchs of the Qin State want to hear.

After all, it has been 500 years since the founding of the Qin State, but the shortage of food has always been the biggest problem of the Qin State.

Ying Zheng's face was a little gloomy, he obviously didn't expect that he had just come back from Bashu in a good mood, and in a blink of an eye, this natural disaster gave him a blow to the head.

"Xuanzhi Su Nei History."

"Yes!"

The guards below responded, and then quickly retreated.

The civil officials of the Qin State are divided into three princes and nine secretaries, and the internal history of the ruler is one of the nine secretaries, who is in charge of the grain tax of the Qin State.

The Qin State has already suffered many famines hundreds of years ago, and it has long been proficient in dealing with it.

What's more, there is no other solution to such a thing as a famine, it is nothing more than disaster relief, food shortage and grain relief.

However, there is a problem that the current Zhisu Neishi is not an official of Yingzheng, but a person of Lü Buwei.

Therefore, when Zhisu Neishi, who had had a relationship with Mo Jun before, entered Xianyang Palace, he directly refused in the face of Ying Zheng's order: "Qi Xiang Wang, I am afraid that the minister can not do anything about the relief, because there is not so much food in the treasury now." ”

Ying Zheng's eyes sank, and he said in a shocking voice: "No food? Where did all the food taxes collected by the widows go? ”

Although the Son of Heaven was angry, millions of corpses were ambushed.

However, in the face of the angry Ying Zheng, Zhisu Neishi, who was already close to knowing the age of the Mandate of Heaven, still did not change in the slightest, but responded calmly: "In recent years, the king has repeatedly started wars with foreign countries, and the treasury has already been completely consumed. ”

Faced with Zhisu Neishi's unceremonious rebuttal, and even opened his mouth to throw the pot back to himself, Ying Zheng naturally became more and more angry in his heart, but the more angry he was, the more rational Ying Zheng became, just watching Zhisu Neishi's eyes gradually turn cold.

"I don't know what the food strategy for the flood in Nanjun is in the history of Su Nei?"

Zhisu Neishi seemed to bow respectfully, and replied: "The ministers are incompetent, and now the treasury is unable to provide food, if you want to seek a good solution, I am afraid that the king can only have a chance to survive if he invites the minister again." ”

Speaking of which, the internal history of Zhisu is also a dagger, completely exposing his true purpose.

The goal is obvious.

He just wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of this flood in Nanjun to threaten Yingzheng to release Lü Buwei.

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's eyes became more and more indifferent, and said: "The dignified ruler of the internal history of the Su, but in the face of the food shortage, he was helpless, but asked for the help of the prime minister, what is the use of the widow asking you to govern the internal history of the Su?" ”

In the face of Ying Zheng's questioning, Zhisu Neishi still had that calm expression, but bent down and said respectfully: "The minister is incompetent." ”

Things have come to this point.

The attitude of Zhi Su Neishi is already obvious, if you want to relieve the disaster, there is no food.

Unless Lü Buwei is allowed to return to the court, he can find a way to "raise" food.

And the reason why Zhisu Neishi dared to face Yingzheng with this attitude is naturally not without confidence. He has two confidences:

One is the remnants of Lü Buwei's forces,

These forces are now entrenched in various parts of the government and the opposition, and it is difficult to solve them even if they win the government for a while. Just like the Zhisu Neishi in front of him, he is also one of them.

The second is the law of the Qin State.

As the saying goes, big things are done, and small things are careful.

In fact, people who really reach high positions are often not afraid of the so-called catastrophe. The reason is simple: when these catastrophes occur, they are often natural disasters.

And in the face of natural disasters, even if there is nothing that can be done, it is reasonable.

It is not possible to attribute the calamities caused by natural disasters to human beings, which would be too unfair to officials.

Moreover, even if a catastrophe is caused by a man-made disaster, it is often not one or two people who are behind it, and in this case, it is also very difficult to deal with the investigation.

So at this time, in the face of the flood in Nanjun, even if Zhi Su Neishi didn't do anything, it would be difficult for Yingzheng to use the law to condemn him.

Unless there is clear evidence that he is slacking off in his duties, or someone else has done this, but Zhisu Neishi has not done it, then Yingzheng can have a reason to attack him.

"Stand down!"

Ying Zheng, who was behind the throne, clenched his fists and finally said indifferently.

"The minister retired."

A hint of sarcasm flashed at the corner of Zhisu Neishi's drooping mouth, and then he bowed his head and bent down and withdrew from Zhangtai Palace.

Until Zhisu Neishi left, the atmosphere in Zhangtai Palace was still solemn and silent. Ying Zheng's eyes behind the throne were lowered, and under the dim candlelight, he revealed a bit of gloom.

People are not as good as the sky, and plans can't catch up with changes.

The flood in Nanjun is undoubtedly an unexpected thing, no one would have thought that Nanjun would suffer from a food shortage at this time, but whenever the flood comes two years late, with the new rice seeds created by Mo Jun, Yingzheng is sure to solve the famine.

But now, in the face of natural disasters, even if Yingzheng is the king of a country, there is no way to speak of it.

It is impossible for Yingzheng to release Lü Buwei at this time, this is a very obvious thing.

Now that the general trend has been completely in the hands of Ying Zheng, he only needs to wait another year, and when 100,000 mu of new rice seeds mature, Ying Zheng can crush all the hostile forces in one fell swoop with the general trend and take the power of the Qin State into his hands.

Ying Zheng succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, and it was not until Lü Buwei was placed under house arrest last year that he really began to personally manage the government. So there is no way he will fall short at this time.

Even if it is to sacrifice Nanjun for this, it will not hesitate.

The resolute and cruel look flashed in his eyes, and just as Ying Zheng was about to make his decision indifferently, suddenly, he only heard Mo Jun take the first step and say: "Your Majesty, the matter of Nanjun, it is better to leave it to the ministers to deal with!" ”

Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, his original gloomy expression suddenly disappeared, he looked at Mo Jun in amazement, and said, "Mo Qing, is it possible that you even know about disaster relief and famine relief?" ”

Mo Jun shook his head and said, "I just understand a little." ”

Ying Zheng nodded and said: "The widow understands, and the widow has also heard that in addition to being slightly proficient in agricultural and plant matters, Mo Qing also knows a little about the way of business, medicine, and all kinds of tricks. ”

Mo Jun was speechless for a moment.

Seeing this, Ying Zheng continued: "Since Mo Qing has this request, then the matter of Nanjun will be handed over to Mo Qing to deal with." If something happens halfway, the widow has the right to act cheaply. ”

With Mo Jun offering the 'first generation of improved rice seeds', Yingzheng's trust in him has also increased significantly, and now the rights given to him are becoming more and more relaxed.

Before going to Bashu, Yingzheng gave Mojun the right to "cut first and then play".

And now going to South County for disaster relief has given the right to 'act cheaply'.

These two seemingly simple sentences, for Mo Jun, they are completely different styles of acting.

Mo Jun bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

That's it.

Mo Jun led Hei Yu out of Zhangtai Palace.

And after Mo Jun left, calm returned to the Zhangtai Palace again.

A moment later.

Only then did he hear Gai Nie speak: "The king is thinking about the reward given to Lord Mo. ”

Ying Zheng glanced at Gai Nie and said, "Not bad! Mo Qing is dedicated to Qin, and the widow naturally does not hesitate to reward him. However, now that Qin's domestic troubles have not been eliminated, if Mo Qing is given a high-profile reward at this time, it may not be a good thing for Mo Qing! ”

"But before that, Mo Qing has made many great achievements, and the widow has not had a decent reward so far, if he continues to suppress it this time, the widow is a little worried······"

Although Ying Zheng's words were not finished, the meaning was already obvious. If you want a horse to run, you can't keep it from grazing!

After thinking for a moment, Gai Nie said, "Why don't you write a volume of letters to the king and hand it over to Lü Buwei." ”

When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately frowned and said: "What's the use of handing over a volume of widow's letter to this person?" ”

Gai Nie said: "Although Lü Buwei is greedy for fame and power, he is also dedicated to Qin, and I think that he should have nothing to do with Chang Yu's rebellion." ”

Hearing this, Ying Zheng's brows furrowed even deeper, and he looked at Gai Nie with a deep gaze, and said, "What does Mr. Gai Nie mean, is he interceding for Lu Buwei?" ”

Gai Nie shook his head and said, "I just think that between Lü Buwei and the king, there may not be no third way to go. ”

After listening to Gai Nie's story, Ying Zheng also fell into deep thought slightly.

Even Yingzheng had to admit that Gai Nie's words did have some truth. Lü Buwei did cultivate a large force in the government and the opposition, and even recruited 3,000 guests to compile "Lü's Spring and Autumn" in order to seek fame.

However, for the throne, Lü Buwei never showed ambition.

Maybe he hid it too well and didn't see it, but at present, Chang Yu's conspiracy against him has little to do with Lu Buwei.

Even if Lü Buwei is now under house arrest, it is only in the name of continuing the 'investigation'.

That's it.

Ying Zheng also had some thoughts in his heart: "Perhaps, the widow should really have a good talk with him." ”

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The other side.

Mo Jun didn't know that Ying Zheng actually planned to negotiate with Lü Buwei.

At this time, he was riding a carriage with Hei Yu and the two, and hurried to Nanyang.

Since Mo Jun dared to take over the task of controlling the flood disaster in Nanjun from Ying Zheng, it was naturally impossible for him not to be prepared at all.

In fact.

Even if there was no such thing as this flood, Mo Jun originally planned to return to Nanjun during this time.

The purpose is twofold:

One is to move, after all, after this food sacrifice, with the merits of Mo Jun, unless another figure like Lu Buwei emerges, it is basically impossible for him to continue to stay in the remote place of Nanjun.

Second, since they are all ready to leave Nanjun, they naturally have to eradicate some small troubles left by Nanjun. After all, Mo Jun is very resentful, and he has never forgotten some small grudges and grudges he encountered in Nanjun before.

It just so happened that this time, taking advantage of the flood problem in Nanjun, Mo Jun planned to take the opportunity of controlling the flood and simply do the two things together······

Tomorrow will continue the update

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