Chapter 160: Sweet springs coming from the ground may not be a good thing
Zhou Xing, who was doing the finishing work in Chang'an, was strangely angry.
He believed that the sixty-seven people who died were someone challenging the fairness of his law enforcement.
The guilty were beheaded, the innocent were released, and the implicated were expelled from the Yeting Palace. This was the law of the Tang Dynasty. Zhou Xing also tried his best to treat everyone equally, and made a relatively accurate punishment after careful consideration.
He felt that he had punished those people, and those people had accepted his punishment. After the thunder, it was time for the rain and dew to fall. The dead should die, and the living should accept the punishment and spend their time peacefully.
A life of punishment.
Now, some people think that he cast the spell unfairly and killed sixty-seven people who did not deserve to die. This was a challenge to the majesty of the Tang Dynasty's laws and to his own majesty.
Yunchu knew that Zhou Xing was now a hateful person, so he informed him of the news.
Yun Chu believed that there were definitely innocent people in Zhou Xing's first massacre, and there should be no innocent people this time.
The Imperial City is a lawless place in Chang'an. Many bad industries in Chang'an City are closely related to the Imperial City. Xiudefang is the largest human trafficking base in the Tang Dynasty. Ordinary human traffickers can only buy and sell Silla maids, or fake
The Silla maids can sell some precious Bodhisattva Man, or fake Bodhisattva Man, and some fake Kunlun slaves.
Of course, if the buyer has a big business, he can also wholesale buy some Japanese slaves here to work as laborers. This is in compliance with the laws of the Tang Dynasty.
If these people were buying and selling Tang people, it would be over. Anyone caught would die. Yunchu had been following this regulation for twenty years, causing the price of Tang slaves to skyrocket.
Yun Chu wanted to use severe punishments to prevent the vicious events of buying and selling Tang people. Unfortunately, no matter how ruthless Yun Chu was, the people in the imperial city were crazy about buying and selling Tang people. For a period of time, Ye Ting even
All the maids in the palace were brought out to sell them.
Yun Chu had reported this matter to the emperor a long time ago. Unfortunately, whether it was the emperor, the queen, or the civil and military ministers of the dynasty, they all thought that this was a normal thing, and told Yun Chu that there was nothing to do.
Yeting Palace has jurisdiction over tens of thousands of eunuchs and maids... Most of the people here are criminals who were sent in after their homes were confiscated and their clans were exterminated. On weekdays, if there are only a few, the death of a few is not a big deal at all.
The only reason why sixty-seven people died at once this time was because someone was willing to pay a very good price to kill these people. This price may exceed the selling price of these prisoners.
Yun Chu now wants to know who those people are. Even these people who have humbled themselves into dust are not willing to let go. Such people must be found, and they must stay away from and beware of them in the future.
In the afternoon, Yunchu was discussing with Wu Sansi how to deal with the Yongquan issue in several cities in Chang'an County, when he met Chen Zheng, the minister of Huangmen. This man was very fat and he was out of breath after walking a few steps.
, he looked very weak. In the cold weather, this guy wiped the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, and complained to Yunchu: "Junhou, you should take care of Zhou Xing after all. The imperial city just suffered a death.
If he enters the imperial city at this time, the people inside will be unstable."
Yun Chu smiled and said: "Old Chen, I don't object to you making money. Just like you have been making people's money for more than ten years before, I have never asked, but, can you consider human nature a little bit when making money?
.
If you make a lot of money like this, aren't you afraid of giving birth to a child without a butthole?"
Chen Zheng chuckled and said: "A certain family gave birth to eleven sons and seven daughters, each of whom has a valley, so I don't bother the princes. They buy and sell prisoners in Yeting Palace. This has been done since the founding of the country."
The money gained did not go into my pocket, Chen Zheng, and most of it went to the state. You should still remember the Great Ci'en Temple next to your home, right?"
Yun Chu said: "What's the matter with Guan Ci'en Temple? That national temple was built by people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, using old clothes donated by His Majesty and His Majesty's private property."
Chen Zheng looked at Yun Chu and said, "Do you believe it?"
Yun Chu nodded and said: "Your Majesty told me personally, of course I believe it."
Chen Zheng pointed to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda outside the window and said, "This is just a Buddhist scripture tower. Do you know how much it cost to build?"
Yun Chu looked at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the distance and said casually: "With some blue bricks and a little labor, the construction cost of Yonghui in three years will not exceed a thousand guan. I remember when we built the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.
, the government recruited civilians, so the cost will be even lower."
The smile slowly disappeared from Chen Zheng's fat face, and he said in a cold tone: "It is whatever you say, I just hope you will not forget what you said today.
The government and the government are integrated, and it is a common practice for officials to protect each other. Now, if a certain family does not act excessively, but the monarch here refuses to save them, then it will be difficult for the monarch to get our help next time when he is in trouble."
After hearing Chen Zheng's words, Wu Sansi immediately thought about a question: could this fat man, who seemed to weigh a full three hundred pounds, be kicked up by Yun Chu and then fly out of the room by smashing the window?
After all, when the two brothers were kicked to achieve this effect, Yun Chu used part of his skillful energy, and it took even more effort to do so.
Yun Chu did not kick Chen Zheng out of the window as Wu Sansi thought. Instead, he helped Chen Zheng, who was as fat as a pig, tidy up his official uniform, looked him up and down and said: "The Imperial City was so angry that eight thousand people died."
One hundred... no, there are now more than 8,200 people. Although these people were killed by Ruichun and Zhou Xing on the emperor's orders, do you think that after doing this, your majesty, you don't have to give it to the world?
Can one person explain it?
It's not appropriate to take Chief Ruichun out to give an explanation. Zhou Xing's head is not too big or too small and looks very good. Now, I suddenly found that you, a fourth-grade Huangmen servant, seem to be more suitable to be given an explanation. Let's calm down.
mouth."
Chen Zheng was just about to get angry when Wu Sansi, who was standing aside, said quietly: "Your Majesty, the family members of Chen Shilang will also be taken into the Yeting Palace. When I first arrived in Chang'an, my house was empty and I didn't prepare a few servants.
It’s better to…”
Yun Chu waved his hand and said, "Just go to Zhou Xing for this small matter."
The furious Chen Zheng grabbed Yun Chu's arm and said, "Yun Chu, you are looking for death."
Yun Chu smiled calmly and said: "It's none of my business. Could it be that my subordinates want to buy a few prisoners as slaves, but you, the Huangmen servant, are not even willing to give them this face?"
Chen Zheng was also a military commander. He was famous for his cruel temperament back then. Now he has not fought for many years. Others just have a sudden spleen. He is full of flesh. The military commander's courage has long been exhausted in the gentle countryside of Yeting Palace.
Nothing left.
He wouldn't even think about fighting with someone like Yun Chu. He grabbed Yun Chu's arm. It was just his instinctive reaction out of anger. He let go of Yun Chu's arm angrily and walked away angrily.
Once he walked very fast.
"I thought the prince would beat him up." Wu Sansi said with some resentment.
Yun Chu put his hands in his sleeves and said, "I might not be able to kick this guy who weighs over three hundred pounds."
Wu Sansi said: "Are you afraid of being kicked to death? My chest muscles are strong. Even if I am kicked by you, you can control the force without hurting my muscles and bones. This guy is as fat as a pig. If you give me a heavy kick, the force will be able to penetrate it."
The fat goes straight to the muscles, bones and internal organs..."
Yunchu ignored Wu Sansi's nonsense, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do you know why your brothers can escape from a certain family many times?"
Wu Sansi quickly said: "Because our brothers are still of use to the king?"
Yun Chu said with a smile: "That's wrong, because although you brothers use your power to bully others, the ones you bully are nobles, officials, and rich people. When it comes to ordinary people, you brothers not only do not bully, but also tolerate them many times.
I like this kind of behavior very much. It is instinct for officials to compete with each other. The higher you go, the fewer positions you have. How can you achieve your goal without fighting for it?
Dealing with those who threaten you is a matter of course, and no matter what the method is, everyone is using all possible means now. When it comes down to it, you brothers are actually taking a very righteous path."
Being praised by Yun Chu for no reason, Wu Sansi suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart. Before this pride could take over his mind, he immediately shook his head to get rid of this inappropriate thought.
He felt that he should talk more to Yun Chu about work and less about personal things. He was worried that if he talked too much about personal things to Yun Chu, sooner or later he would regard Yun Chu as the most important person in his life.
This is no joke. He has long since discovered that he doesn't care at all about Yun Chu beating them up just now. Normally, this kind of situation would only happen to parents and husbands, even if his brother beat them so fiercely.
You may not be able to achieve the point where you are completely careless.
"On a cold winter day, eleven springs suddenly appeared in the city of Chang'an County. This is obviously something very wrong. Have you checked where the springs appear?"
"After checking, Xianguan checked the location of each underground spring and recorded the daily changes in water volume after the underground spring began to spray water. At first, Xianguan thought it was caused by the rupture and diversion of underground water veins, but
Then, I checked the water output of other existing Diyong springs and found that the water output of other Diyong springs has also increased."
Yunchu had not seen it in person, so he naturally could not draw any conclusions, so he thought to Wu San: "It's really weird that something like this happened in a year of severe drought. What did the Capital Water Supervisor say?"
Wu Sansi said: "The people from the Capital Water Supervision Bureau thought there was a problem with Qujiang Pool. They started to monitor the water level changes in Qujiang Pool. It will take some time, but their words are not accurate. Qujiang Pool is closer to Wannian County.
As opposed to Chang'an County, there has been no change in Wannian County, so the official felt that this matter probably had nothing to do with the water seepage in Qujiang Pool."
Yun Chu glanced at Wu Sansi and said, "Go and check it yourself. I really want to know the answer."
Wu Sansi nodded and prepared to leave with the document in his arms. He walked to the door and turned around and asked, "Is the Lord really not interested in kicking that disgusting guy?"
Yun Chu said without raising his head: "I usually use a knife to kill people like this."
After hearing this, Wu Sansi left Yunchu's official residence with satisfaction.
After Wu Sansi left, Yunchu began to look at the topographic map of Chang'an.
Chang'an City itself is located on a huge gentle slope, with Longshouyuan in the north being the highest and Qujiang Pool in the south being the lowest. Zhuque Street divides Chang'an City into Chang'an County and Wannian County. The terrain of Chang'an County is obviously higher than that of Wannian County.
It needs to be higher. If there are changes in the groundwater in Chang'an County, which is higher up, then the problem must lie with Longshouyuan, which is higher up, and the Imperial City built on Longshouyuan.
Yunchu tried to connect the locations of the new Diyongquan reported by Wu Sansi into a line on the map. As a result, the line did not have a complete direction. The lines were messy and had no rules to follow.
Chang'an City has a very good drainage system. The emergence of underground springs may harm some houses. As long as a water diversion canal is built, these spring water can be introduced into the ditch, and finally flow to the moat, and finally enter the Yellow River along with the Wei River.
Disasters should be controllable, but things are just too abnormal.
Yunchu thought about it for a long time but couldn't get any inspiration, so he prepared to go to the imperial city to meet with the Supervisory Committee of the Capital Water Supervisor to talk about this matter.
The Capital Water Supervision Bureau was originally an agency under the Ministry of Industry and was mainly responsible for water conservancy affairs across the country.
The former chief of the Du Shui Supervisor was the Du Shui Envoy, a member of the fifth rank.
In the first year of Linde's reign, the position of the Du Shui Supervisor was changed. The Supervisory Supervisor changed his order and was promoted to the third rank;
An important department independent of the Ministry of Industry.
Although Yun Chu's current official position and rank are also from the third rank, and the lord is far higher than the Du Shui Ling of the Du Water Supervisor, he is still prepared to give the Du Shui Ling face and pay a personal visit.
Yun Chu rode into the imperial city, and there was a faint rancid smell lingering in his mouth and nose. Yun Chu was still familiar with this smell. He thought that back then, his official residence in Dahang City had always had this smell, and it had been there all year round.
Not scattered.
Because of the cold winter, the houses that suffered fires have not started to renovate, but some broken bricks and rotten wood have been transported out. The once bustling Tianjie is now empty, with only a few officials walking on it.
Above, and in a hurry.
When the imperial city is in trouble, how can the Capital Water Prison be an exception?
Yunchu met Li Chunfeng, the commander of the Du Shui Supervisor, in a side hall of the Du Shui Supervisor.
In Yun Chu's memory, this guy should be dead, but now he is standing at the door of the side hall to greet him with a spring breeze. Looking at his white beard and white hair, Yun Chu thinks he can still survive.
Live ten or twenty years.
"I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm glad that you are as handsome as ever."
Yun Chu raised his hands and cupped his fists and returned the greeting: "The Louguantai Bible Debate Conference is right in front of me. The Taoist Priest is not busy running for the Taoist sect, but he is quietly changing his official position to the third rank. It seems that the Taoist Priest is abandoning Taoism and joining politics.
Already?"
Yun Chu's words were harsh, but Li Chunfeng smiled without changing his expression: "I think that no one in the world of Yin-Yang can master it, but it is Yin-Yang that makes me so embarrassed. I have repeatedly made mistakes, and once my reputation is ruined, I can no longer face it."
All the sages of the Taoist sect had no choice but to take off their Taoist robes and return to the world."
Yun Chu looked at Li Chunfeng and said, "Spring water suddenly surged in Chang'an County in the past few days. Is this a good sign or bad news?"