In the middle of summer in June, torrential rain was pouring in.

Li Zhi stood in front of the Qianyang Palace, looking at the drifting rain outside, his face was unusually solemn.

A slight footstep sounded behind him, and Li Zhi didn't look back, and asked directly: "Is there no news from Shaanzhou yet?" ”

"Not yet." Empress Wu walked up from behind and said in a low voice: "Why did you rush to Shaanzhou the day before yesterday, the river repair in the past half a year, and Shaanzhou because the terrain is too bad, you have to get it to the end, and there is only a little flaw in other places throughout the summer, only Shaanzhou, and the torrential rain is piled up all of a sudden......"

"If it is done, it is all done; If something happens, even if it's just one place, it's no different from a total collapse. Li Zhi turned around and looked at Empress Wu with a sharp gaze.

"Hmm!" Empress Wu nodded lightly, she knew that it was basically raining for half of the day this summer, and every time it rained, the rain was not small.

Li Xuan's judgment last year was not wrong at all, and the rain was even heavier than he originally expected.

Therefore, there is no news about the current situation in Shaanzhou, except that he knows why he has rushed over.

"Cui Ming, the county lieutenant of Wannian, if it is just a cover used by others to attack Cui Zhiwen or Cui Zhiyi, then I will know who did it." Li Zhi's face was slightly solemn.

"Although there is no evidence, you and I can also guess who is behind it, the Cui family, hmph, why don't they know, the queen and I can't move, let alone them." Li Zhi snorted coldly and said, "In the end, Cui Ming, the county lieutenant of Wannian County, will definitely not be able to do it, and he wants to keep his ......."

"King Peng." Li Zhi calmly said Li Xuan's name.

Empress Wu raised her eyebrows and said in a low voice, "He's digging a trap?" ”

"This matter is a game from beginning to end!" Li Zhi sighed softly that when many ostensibly unrelated people joined forces with each other, they already needed to be vigilant.

"The rest of the Cui family has to intervene and drag the two Cui Qing down step by step." Li Zhi looked up in the direction of Chang'an and said softly: "This is a long-term layout, and it is Cui Xiang who is so targeted...... No, it's the Cui family, he's suppressing the Cui family, it's Saburo's side. ”

After a slight pause, Li Zhi asked: "Who made the move, the people of the Cui family are the county lieutenants of Wannian, there shouldn't be so many people who dare to do it." ”

"Yes!" Empress Wu sat down on the side and said with some amusement: "In early May, someone turned over the cases of the disappearance of young children over the years, and carefully selected all the cases that were missing in Wannian County, and they have found people, and they only need people from Wannian County to find people." ”

"Something went wrong?" Li Zhi keenly smelled a different smell.

"Hmm!" Li Zhi's face became solemn, nodded, and said: "Cui Ming's Chang'an County Lieutenant, if he doesn't want to be driven down, he has to thoroughly investigate the child's disappearance case, Mei Niang, do you think he can find out?" ”

"Hmm!" Empress Wu nodded and said: "At first, it was okay, at least the child was found, and the prisoner who abducted the child was also caught, but later, when I arrived again, the prisoner and the child were gone." ”

"Why do you want to be the water supervisor?" Empress Wu released her own means in a blink of an eye.

"Who?" Empress Wu couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"What's going on over there in Songshan?" Li Zhi said, turned around and walked towards the couch.

"Yes, that's my secret guard, someone can put their hand into the secret guard." Li Zhi couldn't help but sneer twice, but then he calmed down and said with emotion: "We have used too many secret guards over the years. ”

Li Xuan is the most determined person among all people today.

"Your Majesty!" Empress Wu couldn't help but let out a low scream, she bowed slightly, looked at the emperor, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, promote the capital water supervisor to one up, and all the officials in it will be raised, so that the official salary will rise a lot, and it will rise every year." ”

"Whoa!" Empress Wu had just nodded, and at this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly came from the palace gate, and immediately, a Qianniu guard had already rushed into the hall in the heavy rain.

Li Zhi picked up a book of musicals, and then said as if he remembered something: "I heard that Wannian County has been so lively recently? ”

Empress Wu looked at the emperor in some surprise and asked, "Your Majesty guessed something?" ”

Of course, it is inevitable that some places will conceal the report, but this is enough to see the effect of water control this time.

The first intuitive impact of the overall Tige of the capital water supervisor is the increase in the salary of officials, and it has been increased every year, which has put a lot of pressure on the imperial court.

At the beginning, Huang Rensu, the secretary of the Ministry of Engineering, was promoted from the capital water supervisor to be a master craftsman, and later inspected the book of the Ministry of Engineering, and Li Xuan was recommended in the Ming office.

In particular, the Yellow River and the Wei River converge in the upper reaches, and the embankment that has been held for several months finally cannot be supported, and finally the flood directly breaks the embankment and rushes into the Lingbao.

"There's a problem in Wannian County." After a slight pause, Li Zhi shook his head a little funny, and said: "That place in Wannian County has been in that place for so many years, I don't know how many people have inserted how many people have inserted how many people have inserted into it, and now at this time, someone is secretly communicating with the outside world, I am not surprised, so what about later?" ”

Li Zhi took a deep breath and said, "I know that King Peng tried to make the Dushui Supervisor rise by one level, and I was still hesitant before, but now, if I can really deal with the matter of the Lingbao at the lowest cost, what if I let him, the Dushui Supervisor, be raised by one level." ”

Li Zhi paused slightly, then sat down on the imperial couch, and then said: "Stop, stop, just don't have an accident." ”

Li Zhi raised his eyes, looked at the torrential rain outside, and said softly: "Look at the Weishui, Luoshui and canal rivers after this time, I don't know how much better than before, even if we continue to govern every year, the income will definitely exceed the salary expenditure of a water supervisor, and the court is still earning, not to mention the hearts of the people." ”

Li Zhi took a deep breath and said: "This matter is left to its own devices, but after the flood, it is inevitable that some people will sell their sons and daughters, and send a message to the states to assassinate them, so that they can take proper care of the affected people, and there will be no abduction and trafficking. ”

But with Li Xian's temperament, it is obvious that he can't do this, although those people in the East Palace also have the means and their eyes are sharp enough, but they have no determination.

"Yes!" Wu Hou nodded solemnly.

In this case, how could the Empress be relieved if he didn't put a personal martial artist inside.

"Yes!" Wu Hou's face is solemn, this year's rain is really heavy.

Empress Wu shook her head calmly and affirmatively, and said: "This case, the secret guards themselves are investigating, but many things can't be investigated later, and the people who investigate are either bought, threatened, or killed. ”

But only in Shaanzhou, especially in Lingbao, the river is tortuous, and the terrain happens to be in the low-lying place where the terrain is round.

Empress Wu was slightly stunned, and then frowned: "No, King Peng is now in Fanzhou, isn't this kind of thing a little beyond the reach of a whip?" ”

Over the years, in places that others can't see, I don't know how much the fight between the secret guards and the family clan has experienced.

At least for now, then in the future, this burden will fall on Li Xian.

In many places, even houses were washed away by the floods, but thanks to the initiative of the local government, not a single person died from the floods.

"If that's him, that's the only motive." Empress Wu nodded in agreement.

"It's okay, it's not a big deal against the Cui family anyway, as long as Chang'an doesn't make a big mess." Li Zhi nodded, and then said: "What's behind this matter, you can also guess who is behind it when you look at the follow-up." ”

Li Zhi smiled, shook his head and said: "You are wrong, Mei Niang, if it is directly against Cui Shangshu and Cui Xiang, then it is natural that Twenty-Seven Lang needs to come forward in person, but if it is just a Cui Ming, where does he need to come forward in person, when the matter involves the two Cui Qing, he will jump out." ”

"It's not clear yet." Empress Wu shook her head slightly, and said with a cautious face: "Because of the sudden rainstorm, the inspection of the secret guards is a little difficult and delayed. ”

"Whoa!" Empress Wu breathed a sigh of relief, the water supervisor has always had a relationship with Li Xuan.

"In the future, every ten years, there will be such a flood, it is not too much, and with this year's experience, there will be less and less investment in the future."

She didn't see it at all, and behind this incident, there was even a blow to the prime minister's monk, which was really amazing.

The salary is directly controlled by the Empress Wu.

Looking at the rain outside, Li Zhi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this rain won't stop for a while." ”

Especially in this kind of heavy rain and snow, it becomes difficult to intervene.

As for the rest of the money, they have to lean back.

……

Li Zhi's face calmed down, this is the disadvantage of leaving Chang'an, many things have become untimely.

"Parents who don't find their children are naturally reluctant to give up." Empress Wu subconsciously glanced in the direction of Chang'an, and then said: "In a place like Chang'an, who doesn't know three or five powerful people, after a long time, some people will exert pressure on Wannian County, especially Cui Ming, the county governor of Wannian." ”

Fortunately, there is also Liu Renliang, who has been actively dredging the canals and repairing the roads since the New Year, which has led to the fact that now, although there have been floods in many places, the relevant disposal is very fast, and the people are safe and sound.

"Of course." Li Zhi turned around and glanced at Empress Wu, instantly knew what she was thinking, shook his head, and said: "Why do you want to be the capital water supervisor unchanged, the capital water young supervisor will transfer one, and the vacant position will be arranged by the queen." ”

Wu Hou followed by his side, shook his head and said: "It's not ideal, the rain is together, it is difficult to work, not to mention, even the wood will be wet, affecting the use, so I can only stop work." ”

There is always a way to find a gap, and if a gap is torn open, then many gaps can be found by them later.

Suppressing the family is the common thought of the emperor and the empress.

People's hearts, Empress Wu knew in her heart that people's hearts were what the emperor really cared about the most.

Due to the special topography, the embankment was destroyed, and other roads were impassable except for boats.

Empress Wu was silent, she had to nod, this year's flood control can be so smooth, and it is inseparable from the efforts of the people in the capital water supervisor.

"Yes!" Empress Wu nodded slightly.

Why did the current water supervisor ask for it, it was recommended by Li Xuan personally, and then he encountered a flood, and now he is going to be upgraded, and it looks like it is full of Li Xuan's calculations.

Li Zhi shook his head slightly, and said: "Mei Niang, the account is not calculated like this, let's just say that this year, the DPRK and the central government have indeed invested a lot, but without these inputs, under the flood, the loss may exceed the investment dozens of times, and there must be follow-up grain and grass relief, just this one thing, within ten years, the court will not lose." ”

"Your Majesty, the Queen of Heaven, Lingbao is urgent." Qianniuwei knelt in the hall, and handed over the tantric music wrapped in cowhide.

Li Zhi took it calmly, opened it, and then, a smile appeared on his face, and while handing the secret music to the Empress Wu, he said: "The flood has passed the Lingbao, but the people have been withdrawn and are not injured. ”

(End of chapter)