The courtiers stood up one after another and knelt on the ground.

"Please Your Majesty condemn the eldest princess and settle the grievances of 400,000 people in Xin'an County."

"Shut up—" Emperor Nanxing was furious again.

"Your Majesty!" The courtiers fell to their knees.

"Zhang Dequan, read the excerpts from Xin'an County in the past few days."

Zhang Dequan held a stack of folds and walked to the hall with his knees bent, his calves kept trembling, and the hem of his clothes kept shaking, but he still stood steadily.

The courtiers couldn't help but be stunned, Hangzhou had an urgent report to Beijing every day to report the disaster, and they all knew about it.

Why did Your Majesty still order Gonggong Zhang to read it in court?

What's going on?

From the eighth day of the sixth month of June, when Jiang Fuguang arrived in Hangzhou, he sent an urgent report every day to June 14, a total of six reports.

"Your Majesty knows, the princess of the protector plays the ......"

As soon as he started, Cheng Anhou's eyelids jumped heavily, this was a secret report from the eldest princess to His Majesty.

His Majesty has been keeping it secret and concealing it.

The deep meaning behind this is chilling.

“…… Occasionally, a thief boat was assassinated by water bandits, and local bandits were rampant, often robbing and killing passing boat passengers in the Huai'an area, and throwing corpses into the river......"

“…… More than 76 people in a village, all of whom were harmed by illegal salt, died of more than 40 years, children were stunted and sluggish, and the hands and feet of the middle-aged people were numb and stiff, and the ministers were both shocked and frightened, if the middle-aged people were harmed by the harm of private salt, the labor efficiency would be reduced, the productivity would be greatly reduced, and the average life expectancy would be reduced, and the southern dynasty would lose a lot of strong laborers every year, and the grain output would inevitably decrease......

"On the eighth day of June, on the day I arrived in Hangzhou, I salute ......"

On the ninth day of the sixth month, the minister braved the rain to go to Xin'an County, and was assassinated on the way...... The minister was afraid that the situation of the disaster would change, so he showed his military talisman and transferred the garrison into the city to assist ......"

"On the tenth day of the first month of June, the minister discussed the donation of materials with Yue, Zhu, Qin, Zhang, etc., and the Hangzhou family, and asked the family to come forward to communicate with the local gentry and borrow grain and medicine in the name of the government......"

On June 11, the minister discussed with Chuzhuang Building, the richest man in Zhejiang, about the preparation of disaster relief materials...... Chen arrived in Xin'an County by horse, and in the evening, heavy rain poured, and the water level of the dam rose sharply......"

"On June 12th, the heavy rain did not stop, and the weir mouth could not be blocked, so Lord Wen persuaded the ministers to order the diversion, but how to divide this stream? There are more than 400,000 people in Xin'an County, after the diversion, there will be more than 400,000 disaster victims in the Southern Dynasty, and perhaps there will be more 400,000 anti-people in the future. ”

"On the thirteenth of June, the ministers were ready for a great divergence, and the rain ceased that afternoon...... At present, post-disaster resettlement, epidemic prevention and control, and homeland reconstruction are the top priorities. ”

“……”

The court was so quiet that you could hear the needles falling.

Emperor Nanxing sneered: "Not long ago, Huang Jingzhou of your Imperial History Observatory also presented a report, so read it to them together!" ”

"Respectfully, Huang Jingzhou, the minister of the minister, hopes that His Majesty will know that the minister arrived in Xin'an County on June 12, and the disaster situation on the dam is urgent at this time...... The river is monstrous, the eldest princess has been sleepless for a day and two nights, standing on the dam, becoming the backbone of everyone, many people are so tired that they can't afford to fall to the ground, but when they see the figure standing in the heavy rain, they roar and get up, and continue to carry the bag......"

"One day and two nights, the eldest princess supported the people with her body, built a fearless and unyielding backbone, the flood can be leveled, the merit lies in the eldest princess to unite the hearts of the people, the eldest princess has meritorious deeds, with a virtuous heart, to help the people, it is really the luck of my Southern Dynasty."

"The minister wants to complain, the government of Hangzhou County delays the disaster and expands the disaster, the county government has food, but does not release it to the victims, one meal a day, the porridge is so clear that you can see the shadow of the people, dozens of disaster victims are crowded in a camp, the contradictions and conflicts in the resettlement sites are frequent, causing countless disasters, some people are pushed to the ground, their heads are broken, they die of blood, some people die because of despair, they throw themselves into the river, and some people die because of epidemics......

Many of the ministers of the Imperial Historical Observatory have retreated to their original places.

Dr. Liu still stubbornly stood in place: "But the eldest princess rejected the payment for the maintenance of the river, which caused the river to fall into disrepair, and it is still the culprit of the flood......"

"So what?" Emperor Nanxing seemed to smile, "Should I immediately summon the eldest princess who controlled the water and saved the people in Xin'an County to return to Beijing, and let her bow her head and confess?" ”

Dr. Liu's heart was suffocated.

"What about you?" Emperor Nanxing swept away the ministers, "Do you think so too?" ”

Gu Xiang took a step forward: "The minister thinks that it is not appropriate to discuss this matter again at this time, the eldest princess has gathered people's hearts and calmed the flood, and now the resettlement of the disaster victims, the prevention and control of epidemics, everything is complicated, and the eldest princess cannot be peaceful." ”

The eldest princess has become the backbone of the victims, as long as she is in Xin'an County, Xin'an County will not be chaotic.

Old General Qi stood up: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

"The minister also seconded the proposal."

“……”

The courtiers seconded the proposal, the general trend of Cheng'anhou and his family had gone, Cheng'anhou walked out of the hall top-heavy, and Doctor Liu shouted him several times in a row, but he didn't get a response, so he hurriedly chased after him.

"Cheng'an Hou."

Cheng Anhou was in a trance, stopped to look at him, and a spirit came to his senses: "What did Doctor Liu call me?" ”

Doctor Liu hurriedly said: "The old man wants to discuss with Cheng Anhou about the eldest princess misleading the country and the people. ”

Cheng'an Hou sighed: "Doctor Liu, you and I have been officials in the same dynasty for decades, I have always known that you are upright and upright, and you are a rare direct minister, who in the Manchu Dynasty does not admire Doctor Liu's integrity?" ”

Those who are direct ministers are guilty of attacking the king;

the second attack on the palace;

Attack the emperor, attack the queen, and attack the favor.

Jumping up and down all day long, seeing who is not pleasing to the eye, arresting who is a traitor, saying that it sounds good is 'direct minister', and saying that it is ugly is old-fashioned and pedantic, and does not know how to be flexible.

Doctor Liu hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be Cheng'an Hou's praise." ”

"It's just that," Cheng'an Hou continued, "the current disaster situation in Xin'an County is the top priority, and whether the eldest princess will bring disaster to the country and the people will be discussed later." ”

Doctor Liu thinks that women are in power, and they are suspected of overthrowing yin and yang, and they are particularly taboo about the eldest princess's dictatorship, so he seized the opportunity to impeach the eldest princess.

Doctor Liu also said: "The old man also knows that at present, the priority should be to calm the disaster and help the people, and it is not appropriate to mention the rejection of the previous river at this time, but the old man only thinks of the fact that more than 100,000 victims in Xin'an County are affected by the disrepair of the river, and his heart is heartbroken. ”

"The eldest princess can take the initiative to go to the disaster relief and make up for the merits, the old man really admires it in his heart, and he also respects the character of the eldest princess, but so many people in Xin'an County have been affected by disasters and so many lives, how can it be revealed that the merits can be made up in four words?"

(End of chapter)