Soon, the water level in Chang'an City increased little by little.
Not long after, it was submerged almost to the knees.
At this time, all the people were panicked.
The common people dragged their families with them, ran out of their homes, and stood on the street.
At this time, Li Min sent a team of officers and soldiers to guide the people to move to high ground.
Then, the officers and soldiers were ordered to set up tents on open highlands to protect the people from wind and rain.
Build a fire and let them warm themselves up and get rid of the moisture.
That night, almost no one slept in the entire Chang'an City.
At dawn the next day, the weather finally cleared up.
The water level in the river shows no sign of lowering.
However, as long as the rain stops, I believe the water surface will fall soon.
At this time, Li Shimin, who had already gone to escape the summer heat, had returned overnight.
It turned out that Li Shimin started to return when he got the information that there had been heavy rains near Chang'an for several days and that the river was about to burst its banks.
Finally today, I returned to Chang'an City.
Entering the city, Li Shimin saw water that could submerge his calf, and Li Shimin's face became extremely ugly.
That night, because he left in a hurry, he didn't get any news.
And now, even the water in Chang'an City has submerged the calf. So what about the people outside the city?
Li Shimin no longer dared to think about it.
Soon, Li Shimin rushed to the palace.
After receiving the news, Prince Li Chengqian quickly led his officials to welcome him out.
Li Shimin couldn't help but ask, "Prince, how is the river embankment doing now? How is the damage?"
Li Chengqian quickly replied, "To inform my father, my sixth brother Li Min was responsible for reinforcing the river embankment and ordered the soldiers to open the canals, which caused water accumulation in Chang'an City. However, the river embankment was saved due to the diversion of water. As for the damage, it is currently being repaired."
statistics."
Hearing Li Chengqian's answer, Li Shimin couldn't help but look at him coldly and asked, "Is your sixth brother doing all of this? Then what did Li Tai and Li Ke do?"
Li Chengqian quickly replied, "To inform my father, the third brother Li Ke contracted typhoid fever before the embankment burst and is bedridden to this day. The fourth brother Li Tai accidentally fell off his horse and was trampled by the horse on his way to reinforce the river embankment.
He injured his thigh and is now recovering from his injury."
Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian coldly and asked, "Then what are you doing?"
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Chengqian couldn't help but sweat broke out on his forehead, and then he couldn't help but kneel on the ground.
Li Shimin snorted coldly and strode into the palace, ignoring the prince.
In the end, the prince was helped up by Changsun Wuji, and they walked into the palace together.
Not long after, the losses in Chang'an City were tallied up.
This flood caused a total of 120 houses to collapse in Chang'an City due to stagnant water, killing 37 people and injuring 156 others.
Property damage is expected to reach more than three million.
At this time, Wang Xin stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am impeaching Li Min, the king of Liang, for not caring about the life and death of the people in Chang'an City and the safety of our Imperial City of the Tang Dynasty. He insisted on going his own way and opened the canals, causing the water in Chang'an City to be knee-high, causing hundreds of casualties to the people.
The dragon spirit of Chang'an City has been damaged. I believe that King Liang must be severely punished!"
After Wang Xin, officials from the Five Surnames and Qiwang faction, who accounted for more than half of the court, came forward to impeach Li Min.
Cheng Yaojin angrily pointed at Wang Xin's nose and cursed, "You bastard, if King Liang hadn't opened the canal, all the tens of thousands of people outside the city would have died! Tens of thousands of people, and Chang'an City
You've been involved in the deaths and injuries of ordinary people, and you can't tell the difference between the lighter ones and the heavier ones? Are you a pig?"
After Cheng Yaojin, other generals also agreed.
Li Shimin's face darkened and he said sternly, "Okay, that's enough! This is the court, do you think this is a vegetable market?"
After everything calmed down, Li Shimin couldn't help but ask Changsun Wuji, "Auxiliary machine, what do you think about this matter?"
Changsun Wuji came out and said, "Your Majesty, King Liang is dedicated to serving the public good, and I admire him very much. However, Chang'an City is the imperial city, where the dragon spirit of the Tang Dynasty lies. But when King Liang opened the canal, he didn't consider it at all.
However, if the accumulated water collides with the Dragon Qi, it will damage the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. Even now, I don’t know if it has damaged the Dragon Qi of the Tang Dynasty. Although King Liang has good intentions, in his opinion, he is evil.
If something serious happens, you must be punished!"
If yesterday, Changsun Wuji admired Li Min and devoted himself to the Tang Dynasty, then now, he has selfish motives.
This Li Min dares to plot against me, so be prepared to be hit.
Li Shimin thought for a moment, and then asked Fang Xuanling, "Xuanling, what do you think about this matter?"
Fang Xuanling came out and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that King Liang has both merits and demerits, but his merits outweigh his faults, so he should be rewarded."
Du Ruhui's opinion was consistent with Fang Xuanling's.
However, at this time, Changsun Wuji and officials from the Five Surnames and Qiwang faction secretly joined forces and gained an absolute advantage. The situation was extremely unfavorable for Li Min.
Li Shimin couldn't help but said, "King Xuan Liang has an audience!"
Soon, the chamberlain went down to look for King Liang.
Not long after, Li Min, the king of Liang, walked into the hall covered in mud.
It turned out that since arriving at the diba yesterday, Li Min had been running from the diba to Chang'an City without rest all night.
Now people are standing in the main hall, with water still dripping from their clothes. Wherever they stand, everything is shaky and crumbling.
Seeing this scene, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel distressed, and couldn't help but said, "Come here, show King Liang his seat and serve him a bowl of ginseng soup."
Soon, a waiter brought up a Zhenguan chair. After thanking him for his kindness, Li Min sat down on the chair and leaned his head on the backrest, almost falling asleep instantly.
When the ginseng soup was served and Li Min drank it while it was still hot, he felt a trace of heat in his body and felt a little relieved.
Next, there was the impeachment of Li Min by the Qiwang faction of the Five Surnames headed by Wang Xin.
The focus of the impeachment is that Li Min dug canals and released water into Chang'an City, destroying the dragon spirit of Chang'an City.
This is completely nonsense, but ancient people believed this. If there is no way to distinguish, it must be a serious crime.
However, there was no proof at all as to whether the Dragon Qi was damaged or not, and it was very difficult for Li Min to distinguish.
However, after listening to their impeachment, Li Min couldn't help but smile and asked, "I find your remarks very strange. The so-called eight waters of Chang'an City, Long from Water, because there is so much water around Chang'an City, can Chang'an City be guaranteed
The dragon energy is strong here."
"And now, if Chang'an City passes through the water, it will actually destroy the dragon energy? What is the reason for this? Long Congshui, there is enough water energy, the dragon energy will only become stronger, which will definitely make our country of Tang Dynasty stronger and stronger in the future.
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"Wang Yushi, let me ask you, do you think this is true? Will our country, the Tang Dynasty, become more stable? Will it become more prosperous and powerful?"
