Chapter 34: The Lingchuan Disaster [Seeking Collection, Seeking Reading]

Zhao Yu glanced down and said lightly: "Speak." ”

Imperial Doctor Chu Ziwen bowed and saluted, and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the flood in Lingchuan Mansion has become more and more serious, and it has lasted for more than a month since the flood season began at the end of July. The embankments along the river have been in disrepair for a long time, washed away by heavy rains, and there is nothing they can do in the face of the river's swelling water. Now in Lingchuan Mansion, it has almost become an ocean, and the people have been wiped out. I also ask Your Majesty to make a quick decision to save the people from fire and water. ”

When the words fell, the entire Taiji Hall was in an uproar, and whispers came and went.

"We only know that Lingchuan Mansion has been raining heavily, but we don't want such a flood to happen!"

"The disaster is so serious, what is the prefect of Lingchuan Prefecture doing to eat, why is it concealed and not reported?"

"Also, if the levee hadn't been washed away by the flood, how could the flood be so bad? In disrepair? It seems that the Ministry of Industry also needs to take care of it! ”

Seeing that every word you said in the entire hall, the mess was about to turn into a vegetable market, Zhao Yu frowned slightly, and gestured to Gao Lishi with his eyes.

Colliers understood and threw the dust in his hand downward.

"Smack!"

Only an explosion was heard, which suppressed all the noise in the hall.

Gao Lishi looked at the people in the hall and said sharply:

"Silence!"

The Taiji Hall fell silent in an instant.

"Chu Qing, you continue."

When the imperial historian Chu Ziwen heard this, he continued to pray: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the top priority is to appease the victims and prevent civil changes. What's more, if any of the displaced people colludes with the Naqi state, the entire eastern coast may be plunged into turmoil. ”

When Zhao Yu heard this, he couldn't help but nodded.

Lingchuan Mansion is located in the southeast of Great Chu, adjacent to Jinghai and Ningjiang two prefectures, and across the two prefectures is the three prefectures of Jiangbei that were seized by the Qi State during the Ming Dynasty.

The civil uprising is not terrible, what is terrible is that the Qi State sent troops to cross the river, echoing the civil uprising in Lingchuan Prefecture.

If it really comes to that time, Jinghai Ningjiang Erfu will be in danger!

"Minister, I implore Your Majesty to open a warehouse to help the people, and at the same time let the neighboring provinces and counties do their best to accommodate the victims, and must not let the victims turn into a civil uprising."

Zhong Yi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also came out to play.

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold snort sounded in the hall.

"Humph! Zhong Shangshu, open the warehouse and release grain, but it is light! ”

Hubu Shangshu Ma Xinyi stood up and said with a gloomy face:

"Not to mention that it is tens of thousands of disaster victims, even if all the grain stored in the granaries of the surrounding prefectures and counties is transported to Lingchuan Mansion, it will be a drop in the bucket, and it will not be able to fill so many mouths at all!

What's more, you must not forget that although the first two years were bumper years, in recent years, the Dian Kingdom has been eyeing the southwest, and our army has to gather heavy troops here. The Empress Dowager once issued an edict ordering nearly one-third of the household department's grain stocks to be transferred to the southwest for military rations.

The remaining grain stocks in Kyoto Prefecture's major granaries are now barely enough to supply Kyoto Prefecture and the surrounding prefectures.

If it is really according to what Zhong Shangshu said, open a warehouse and release grain, then it is unknown whether those victims will starve to death, but the hundreds of thousands of people in Kyoto Prefecture, as well as you and my ministers, Your Majesty, are going to starve to death! ”

On the dragon chair, Zhao Yu looked at Ma Xinyi, the secretary of the household department, Zhong Yi, the secretary of the criminal department, and Chu Ziwen, the imperial historian, who were arguing with each other, and their eyes gradually narrowed.

The confrontation between these three people is actually the confrontation between the general of the auxiliary state and the Empress Dowager Xuande behind the scenes, even when Emperor Daxing was in power, such a scene was commonplace.

But today, Zhao Yu smelled something unusual.

In the past, it was just a simple verbal confrontation, but today, even Chu Ziwen of the royalist faction was involved, and after a few rounds, a trace of cold sweat broke out on Ma Shangshu's sideburns.

"Ma Shangshu, this official asks you, when Emperor Daxing was here, it was not that there were no droughts and floods in my Dachu, but at that time, the household department opened a warehouse to release grain, but it was said that it would be released, without a single discount. Why is it that in just a few years, the household department has not even had enough grain to open warehouses for disaster relief? ”

Imperial Doctor Chu Ziwen asked with a sneer.

"You...... surnamed Chu, you are a bloody spewing person, slandering your colleagues! ”

When Ma Xinyi heard the other party say this, he was so angry that he trembled.

"Hmph, Ma Shangshu, whether this official is a bloody spurt, you know very well in your heart!"

Chu Ziwen snorted coldly, flicked his robe, turned around and saluted Zhao Yu who was sitting on the dragon chair, and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister and the imperial historian Chu Ziwen, impeached Ma Xinyi, the secretary of the household department, accepted bribes, and embezzled the grain storage of the household department, the amount is very large! Impeachment of the Ministry of Works, Shang Shu Ma Xian, dereliction of duty, shoddy, so that in the face of floods, the embankment built by Lingchuan Mansion was softened and collapsed as soon as it was flushed, otherwise, how could this flood be like this, so that the lives were destroyed and the people were displaced! ”

When the officials in the hall heard this, they all subconsciously raised their eyes to look at the figure sitting on the dragon chair.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings!

Ma Xinyi looked at the silent figure on the dragon chair, and his heart fell straight down.

Also, as the leader of the Queen Mother's party, how could the new emperor look at him pleasing to the eye, and even wish that he would disappear from the court as soon as possible.

After hearing the two arguing with each other, Zhao Yu secretly couldn't stop talking.

Good guy, this Chu Ziwen is worthy of being the number two person in the Supervision Yuan, and if he disagrees, he will impeach the two Shangshu, this combat effectiveness is simply off the charts.

"Two Ma Qing, what do you two have to say?"

A moment later, Zhao Yu's deep voice sounded in the Taiji Hall.

"Back to Your Majesty, the old minister is very old, and most of the affairs in the Ministry of Industry are in charge of Zuo Shilang. The old minister's remarks are not prevarication, and colleagues in the ministry can testify. ”

The Ministry of Works, Shangshu Ma Xian, trembled and stood out of the ranks, and said slowly.

As soon as these words came out, Liang Zhuo didn't need to look up, he could feel that a murderous gaze was thrown straight at him from the throne.

Damn old man horse!

Liang Zhuo cursed in his heart, and was about to come out to defend himself, but he saw a figure flash in the corner of his eye, and then a voice that he was familiar with and could no longer be familiar sounded.

"Minister, Liu Bo, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, is willing to guarantee with his life, Ma Shangshu has never said a word. Since last year, Ma Shangshu has often complained of illness at home, and the affairs of the Ministry of Work are all handled by Liang Zhuo, the left waiter. ”

You, you, you...... Liu Laosan, if you fall into the well, you will not die well!

As soon as Liu Bo said this, Liang Zhuo only felt dizzy and cold.

On the throne, Zhao Yu nodded, indicating that he already knew, and then looked at the other party, Ma Xinyi, the head of the household.

Sensing the gaze without the slightest emotion, the heart of Tobe Shangshu Ma Xinyi sank suddenly.

He is a member of the Queen Mother's party, and now the Queen Mother does not seem to have a good relationship with His Majesty.

Even for the most important enthronement ceremony, the Empress Dowager Xuande did not show up.

Now, in the face of such a situation, what should I do?

As the saying goes, ants are still greedy for life, let alone humans?

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and he settled down, and now, he can only bite the bullet and say:

"Your Majesty, the grain stored in the many granaries of the household department is all registered, whether the micro-minister is greedy for ink, Your Majesty will know it at a check! Weichen has been an official for decades, has been conscientious, has never accepted bribes, and has never been greedy for half a penny of food! Dr. Chu's impeachment is completely bloody, and it is made out of nothing! It's a blatant slander! ”

Hearing this pale and weak explanation, Zhao Yu secretly sneered in his heart.

Oh, since ancient times, every corrupt official has said so......

Imperial Doctor Chu Ziwen snorted coldly and said:

"Ma Shangshu, whether this is greedy for ink or not, it's not that you said it. Although His Majesty has just ascended the throne, he has inherited the wisdom of the previous emperors. Your Majesty, I implore Your Majesty to hand it over to the Supervision Yuan for investigation, and we will definitely be able to find out the evidence of Ma Shangshu's greed for money and food! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu almost couldn't help laughing.

Good guy, it turns out that not only are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, but the crows and royal historians of this Yushitai have also been the same from ancient times to the present.

As long as the above gives an order, they can pick out the bones for you in the eggs.

However, you can't say that these imperial histories have no evidence and are proper false accusations.

After all, they have the right to hear the wind, and it is the instinct of these crows to listen to the wind and rain.