The sky is cloudy and the rain keeps falling. (《》)
It has been raining since the first day of May in the first year of Jiayou's reign, and it has been raining till today, with no sign of stopping. The embroidered flags and beaded curtains hung high in the post houses, restaurants and brothels outside Zhuque Gate swayed softly in the rain.
The wide streets lit up like jade belts in the rain. The evening drums and morning bells from the Daxiangguo Temple, the commotion of business in Quyuan Street, and the boatmen's chants from the Bianhe River water transport fleet were all lingering.
Soaked by the endless rain, it lost its former agility and brightness and became depressed and stagnant.
However, life still has to go on. Officials cannot rest for a day, otherwise the huge state machinery will not be able to operate; civilians cannot rest for a day, otherwise this city with a population of millions will be short of food and clothing; citizens cannot rest for a day.
, the rising prices due to the continuous rain made them feel the pressure of life. The Tai students who were going to participate in the competition this year naturally couldn't rest. They held oil umbrellas, wore wooden clogs, and waded to the school in all weathers.
Attend class.
Chen Ke still goes to the tea shed next to Yingxiang Pond to study at noon every day. He and a group of brothers will buy some food at the food shop on the road, come to the tea shed, ask for a pot of hot tea, and make up for lunch...
Many days of rain have an impact on life in all aspects. Not only does people's activity radius become smaller, but their requirements for life are also reduced.
At this moment, he was standing in the tea shed, looking at the Yingxiang Pond in the distance. The pavilions and pavilions were looming in the rain. He could no longer see the wild cattails and lotus flowers, only a few teal ducks shivering on the water.
"It's one foot taller than yesterday." The person who spoke was dark and thin, not tall, and had an unattractive appearance. If he hadn't been dressed as a university student, he wouldn't have looked like a scholar. His name was Jia Quan, and his courtesy name was Zhengfu.
A native of Kunshan, Suzhou, he is only nineteen years old this year and is the youngest among Chen Ke’s classmates.
On weekdays, when others pestered Chen Ke, they would always ask questions related to the "Dictionary". Jia Gan also liked to pester him with questions, but most of them were about water conservancy issues such as the Liuta River and the method of building weirs in layers.
In this year of great competition, talking about water conservancy issues seemed to others to be unprofessional, but Chen Ke discovered that this young man not only loved water conservancy, but was also very talented, so he took what he knew about water conservancy and put it into practice.
They imparted knowledge to each other. As time went by, the two became good friends, and Jia Quan also joined his gang.
Speaking of gangs, Chen Ke and Wu Lu from Fujian are getting closer and closer. Although they have five brothers and have their own small gangs, whenever the Chen family goes out for banquets or attends cultural gatherings, they just have to say something.
Hello, the Lu family brothers are never absent.
Coupled with Lin Xi, Jiang Zhiqi and others who joined during this period, the number of people in this gang headed by Chen Ke was close to 30. At a gathering, it was not known who initiated it, and everyone unanimously agreed to join the gang.
Take the trend and form a 'Jiayou Academy'. The president naturally recommends Chen Ke, I don't know if it's because of his charisma or because he has money to pay the bill...
This tea pavilion has become a regular activity place for Jiayou Academy at noon...
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After listening to Jia Gan's words, Chen Ke asked: "Where is the underground waterway?"
Although Jia Gan didn't know why Chen Ke cared so much about the underground waterway and asked this question every day, he still answered carefully: "It should be possible to row boats in the waterway."
"Is there no place to stand?"
"No, there is no problem at high places." Jia Gan said with emotion: "The underground waterway in Bianjing City is indeed a century-old construction. Didn't we go down to explore a section that day? The drainage is quite fast. Although it rained for a long time, it was not very heavy.
It's urgent, it doesn't pose a threat to it."
"Oh..." Chen Ke was a little disappointed. He also didn't think about it. If it rains, no one can live in the underground waterway. What qualifications does it have to be called a worry-free cave?
The so-called worry-free means that everything is worry-free...
But Jia Quan was a water conservancy genius. He was not paralyzed by the good performance of Kaifeng's underground sewers. Instead, he said calmly: "But where the water goes is a big problem. Kaifeng City is flat and depends entirely on the Bian River, Cai River, and Wuzhang River."
Drainage: Once the water levels in several rivers rise to a certain level, backflow is likely to occur... By then, not only will the underground sewers be full of water, but the city of Kaifeng will also be soaked in water. ("")"
"How high is it?"
"The water in Yingxiang Pond will rise another five feet." Jia Dan said with a worried look on his face: "The terrain of Kaifeng City is such that no one can do anything about it now but pray to God not to rain again... Otherwise, it will take five days at most.
It will flood Kaifeng."
"Five days, are you sure?" Chen Ke asked in a deep voice.
"Look at the intensity of the rain. If it's still this heavy, it will take five days. If it rains harder, it won't take five days."
While the two were talking, Lao Qian, who was ordered to secretly protect Chen Ke, came into the tea pavilion wearing a raincoat.
Chen Ke patted Jia Quan on the shoulder and greeted him.
"Third brother," Lao Qian said softly, "my young master is here."
"Where?" Chen Ke was slightly surprised.
Lao Qian pursed his lips, and Chen Ke saw a carriage without any logo parked on the side of the road.
After following Lao Qian into the car, he saw Zhao Zongji, whom he hadn't seen for many days, looking at the rain outside through the gauze curtain.
"Here we come." Hearing the car curtain lift, Zhao Zongji turned his head and scolded Chen Ke: "You are really cruel. You haven't come to see me for more than a month."
"The exam is about to begin. I have to study." Chen Ke put himself on the seat, adjusted himself to a comfortable position and said, "How can you not be like you? You are born rich."
"I would rather trade with you..." The Liuta River broke its banks, which not only changed Chen Ke, but also changed Zhao Zongji. After that, he became much deeper. Only the occasional flash of anger between his eyebrows could reveal his heart.
Zhengrong: "The result of the Liuhe Pagoda case is here."
"..." Chen Ke said nothing.
"There were many people punished. Li Zhang was sent to Xiuhe to know Caozhou, and he was the deputy envoy to Hebei. He was also in charge of Gouxiuhe, and Yandu was aware of Caizhou. He was promoted to the official affairs of the counties and towns in Kaifeng Prefecture. He was also in charge of Gouxiuhe.
The foreign minister Cai Ting knew Chuzhou and had jurisdiction over Xiuhedu. The inner servant, King Congshan, was appointed the governor of Puzhou. The deputy envoy for the preparation of the treasury, Zhang Huaien, undertook the commissioning of the inner palace and raised the Yellow River bank. The chief minister of the palace, Li Zhongchang, was appointed as the chief minister of Dali Temple..."
"Fuck..." Although he didn't plan to ask any more about these bullshit, after hearing this, Chen Ke was still furious: "Why didn't they get promoted to two levels?" This kind of painless demotion was almost like no punishment.
: "Do you, the old Zhao family, treat civil servants as your ancestors? Thousands of lives, millions of losses, and people from five states displaced, just in exchange for a few demotions and punishments?"
"Don't worry, things are not that simple." Zhao Zongji shook his head and said: "This punishment was decided by the two Prime Ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, and they have a basis for handling it this way... Before the punishment decision was announced, Prime Minister Wen specially arranged for someone to submit a letter , the results of the treatment of officials who were unfavorable or made mistakes in river management over the years were published in the Di Bao."
"In May of the third year of Xianping, the Yellow River broke through Wanglingxiang of Yunzhou. Ma Xiang, the magistrate of Yunzhou, had neglected his duty. Kong was dismissed from office and patrolled the river embankment. Li Jiyuan, the envoy of Zuozangku, was assigned to Xuzhou; in the third year of Jingde In the middle of the night of Jiawu in June, the Yellow River overflowed to the west of Kaifeng City, destroying the outer embankment and destroying the houses. The superintendent Qian Zhaosheng and others blocked Biankou, but Zhao Sheng and others were still impeached and demoted to their rank; in the ninth month of the seventh year of Tiansheng, Wuchen , the officials of Chanzhou sat together and Wang Chuxun decided to demote them to one rank; in October of the third year of Jingyou, there was a fire in the material yard on the west bank of Henglongshuikou in Chanzhou, and more than 1.9 million yuan of firewood and custard were burned. The transfer department was ordered to impeach the officials in charge to hear about it... …”
Zhao Zongji read the residence newspaper no less than ten times, and he could recite it from scratch: "It can be seen that in the past, officials who failed to perform their duties were punished by removal from office, demoted from office, impeachment, etc., which was the most serious punishment."
"I can't blame Li Zhongchang and the others for daring to act recklessly," Chen Ke sneered: "Even if they fail, it's just a demotion. If they succeed, they will rise to great heights and become a good story. Why not?"
"But this time, Mr. Wen made a wrong calculation." Zhao Zongji said with a smile: "The situation is different, because from the beginning, Li Zhongchang relied on his power to suppress public opinion and forcibly promoted the opening of the Liuta River. Moreover, Although they insist that they did not receive the imperial edict on the day when Shang and Hu closed, the Xianggong of Zhengshitang should have ordered them to suspend the project long ago and wait for our measurement results to come out. However, the work on Liuta River has not been stopped, and the relevant officials The reckless behavior also made the government and the opposition very angry."
"So after the defeat, although there was criticism, the government and the public were obviously not satisfied with fulfilling the routine, and even floods occurred in Heshuo, and the people of Bin, Di, De, and Bo four states were all blamed on Li Zhongchang, Zhang Huaien, and Cai Ting Others, beg to kill these three people to thank Hebei!"
"Needless to say, this is the trick made by Mr. Jia." Chen Ke sneered: "How could he not take advantage of such a good opportunity?"
"Yes, people from the Jia Chang Dynasty wrote letters one after another, saying that Li Zhongchang and others were treacherous and conspired to make excuses, falsely accuse the court, and seek quick success. Their crimes were serious and they had already exposed many things. It is indeed appropriate to carry out the punishment of escaping and killing, so how can they receive a leniency edict? ? Request that several people be removed from public deliberation and replaced by strict discipline. To express gratitude to the resentful people of Liecheng and show the severity of the punishments of the country." Zhao Zongji said: "I request to go beyond the political hall and decide the punishment of several people through joint discussion."
"Not only that, they also pointed the finger at the two ministers, saying, 'No one in power has personally seen the depth of the river's terrain. Although there are discussions, it is only from a distance and has no solid evidence.'" Zhao Zongji continued. : "It was also said that when the prime minister chose the river control plan, he did not base it on its own feasibility, but on monopolizing the credit and attacking political opponents. Naturally, such childish mistakes would occur, and the officials were asked to punish the two prime ministers. ."
"What's the result?" Chen Kexin said, it's pretty much the same.
"The officials are still weighing the matter, but they have summoned Xianggong Jia back to Beijing." Zhao Zongji also sneered and said, "I'm afraid life will become even more difficult for the two prime ministers."
