Hu Zongxian, as the feudal official of the imperial court, the excerpt he handed over had a very high priority, and soon, the heavy rain in Zhejiang sent the excerpt of the collapse of the embankment to Jiajing.

"Go, call me over to Lu Bing, the brocade guard! I have something to command him. ”

After Jiajing finished reading the content of the recital, he looked calm, put it aside, and then instructed Lu Fang behind him.

"Yes, the slave will go and inform you." Seeing Jiajing's calm look, Lu Fang secretly said in his heart that something was wrong, as the closest person to Jiajing, Lu Fang knew that it was okay for the emperor to be angry, if the emperor looked calm, then it meant that something big would happen.

After Lu Fang left, Jiajing stood up from the dragon chair and looked at the fold handed over by Hu Zongxian, his eyes were disillusioned.

"Minister, Lu Bing, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, has seen Your Majesty!"

"Excuse me, get up." Jiajing waved his hand and said lightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" Lu Bing got up and met Jiajing's gaze.

Jiajing didn't speak, just looked at his brother and the person who saved his life silently with his eyes, and after seeing the white hair growing on his head, he sighed: "Sit." ”

As soon as Jiajing's voice fell, a eunuch immediately prepared a seat for Lu Bing, and after Lu Bing sat down, Jiajing handed over the fold handed over by Hu Zongxian to him in person.

"Look at it."

"Hmm."

After Lu Bing responded, he opened the fold and carefully skimmed through the content on it.

"Your Majesty!" After Lu Bing finished browsing the recital, he said in a deep voice.

"Well, you ask your subordinate Zhu Qi and them to check on this matter, how could the embankment built by the imperial court with so much silver be collapsed by the heavy rain? After finding out the results, report them directly to me. ”

"Yes, I'll do it!" Lu Bing said that, and prepared to take the order to leave.

Who knew that he was stopped by Jiajing: "Wait, don't worry, we haven't chatted for a long time, let's chat with me." ”

Hearing Jiajing's words, Lu Bing's steps to leave stopped in place, turned around and responded, "Yes." ”

After a while, the entire Heart Cultivation Hall was overflowing with the fragrance of tea, and only Jiajing and Lu Bing sat opposite each other in the huge Heart Cultivation Palace.

……

The capital, Yuwang's Mansion.

"Our plan has worked! Now that the embankment in Zhejiang has been destroyed, presumably the progress of changing rice to mulberry will be greatly delayed this time, and we can use this gap to lay out other things! After receiving the letter from his subordinates, Xu Jie's face was full of joy.

"It's just that in this operation to destroy the embankment, there was no obstruction, and the whole plan was implemented very smoothly, could this be a trap for the Yan Party?" After a moment of rejoicing, Gao Gong proposed a possibility.

"This Yan Song is cunning and cunning, you must guard against it! Tell me to dispose of all those in charge of the matter, and remember that the beginning and the end must be clean, and no handles can be left behind. After listening to Gao Gong's words, Xu Jie frowned and commanded.

"I'll command them to go down and do it." After Gao Gong received the order, he left directly.

"This time can make Yan Dang deflated, it's really happy! Although it is not yet possible to uproot them for the time being, it can be regarded as a blow to their arrogance. When Yuwang Zhu Zaikun heard this, his expression was excited.

And Zhang Juzheng has become more and more silent since the last time he argued with Gao Gong, and he is sitting on the side at the moment, watching coldly.

……

At this time in the Yan Mansion, after Yan Shifan received the letters from Zheng Michang and He Maocai, he rushed to his father Yan Song's room to report.

"Knock knock! Knock knock! There was another hurried knock at the door.

"Come in, don't knock!" Yan Song's somewhat impatient voice came from the room.

"Father, what a great joy! As expected, the embankment in Zhejiang was destroyed by the Qing faction, are we ready to start the next step? As soon as he entered the door, Yan Shifan handed the letter sent by Zheng Michang and He Maocai to Yan Song.

Yan Song took the letter, and after carefully reading the contents on it, his brows became more and more furrowed.

"Idiot! What's the rush now? Now that the embankment in Zhejiang has been destroyed, the imperial court will inevitably investigate to the end, and let them all be a man with my tail between my legs recently! ”

"Yes, the boy will command it."

……

Today's cabinet is quite dull, and no one dares to speak, especially after the emperor brought Lu Fang into it.

The emperor just kept rubbing the dragon head carved on the dragon chair, and had no meaning to speak, and Lu Fang was also like a sculpture, standing beside Jiajing, motionless.

In this suffocating silence, I don't know how much time has passed, and finally Jiajing sighed, took the lead in speaking, and broke the silence: "Regarding the collapse of the embankment in Zhejiang, I think you should all know about it, right?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knew about the collapse of the embankment in Zhejiang before he came, and he is currently discussing countermeasures with his colleagues, and he will come up with a detailed disaster relief plan in the near future." When Yan Song heard Jiajing's words, he took the lead in getting up from his seat and spoke.

"Your Majesty, last year the imperial court spent four million taels of silver to build this embankment! Right now, a heavy rain has broken the embankment, and there must be something greasy in it, and the minister asks for a thorough investigation into the matter! After Yan Song spoke, Xu Jie also followed suit.

"Yes, Your Majesty, there must be something wrong with this, presumably someone was greedy for the project money in the process of building the embankment." Gao Gong also stood up and admonished Jiajing.

"When the imperial court built the Zhejiang dam last year, who was responsible for supervising it?" Jiajing turned his gaze to Lu Fang beside him and asked.

"Your Majesty, it is Li Xuan who is responsible for supervising the repair of the river embankment." Lu Fang replied in a deep voice with a respectful face.

"Okay, then send someone to Zhejiang, bring this Li Xuan and other people related to this matter back, and have a good trial! Don't let any of them go. After listening to Lu Fang's report, Jiajing waved his hand and ordered the order.

"The slave obeys." Lu Fang bowed slightly and responded.

"Next, let's talk about how to provide disaster relief, how much silver is expected to cost in Zhejiang? Xu Jie, you are the head of the household, you can talk about it. Jiajing said, turned his gaze to Xu Jie, and spoke.

"Your Majesty, according to Wei Chen's rough estimate, the collapse of the embankment will endanger the nine counties below, more than 100,000 people, and about three million taels!" After Xu Jie pondered for a moment, he gave the answer.

"Now that the treasury is full, it is not a problem to come up with three million taels of silver! Moreover, after a while, it will be time to collect the salt tax. After Xu Jie finished talking about the exact number, he added a sentence closely.

"Hu Zongxian's side will allocate as much silver as he wants, and in addition, let Zhao Zhenji, the supervising imperial historian, send someone down to investigate this matter thoroughly, and don't let anyone go!"

"Yes!" All the ministers are commanded.

……

At this time, Zhejiang, the governor's palace of Zhejiang.

Thanks to the efforts of everyone, the gap in the embankment was finally barely blocked, and the rain gradually stopped, and due to the timely response, the collapse of the embankment only endangered the two subordinate counties, Jiande and Chun'an.

At this time, in the study, Hu Zongxian was buried in his desk, writing a detailed report to the imperial court about the collapse of the embankment.

"My lord, since the last Chun'an Zhixian was impeached! The new Chun'an Zhi County has not yet arrived, and Wang Yonghe, who built Dezhi County, has occupied most of the share that originally belonged to Chun'an County. ”

In the hall, an official reported the matter to Zheng Michang.

"What? What does this Wang Yong and he want to do! Now it is an eventful time, let him hurry up and return the share of Chun'an County. When Zheng Michang heard this, he frowned and ordered.

"What is the name of the new magistrate of Chun'an County? Why haven't you taken office yet? ”

"Your Excellency, it seems to be Hai Rui."