The world does not explode

Rong Yunjian enjoyed watching the play, and a month passed before she knew it.

The time was almost up, and Zuo Xiang and Liu's house were all set up, so they found a suitable opportunity to make a move together.

Their strategy is very simple and rude, basically using a common method to deal with rumors - to divert attention.The method is simple, but it works really well.

The best way to deal with rumors is to use another, more explosive rumor to attract everyone's attention. If this trick is used well, it will also be very useful in the crisis of the Liu family.For example, a large-scale protest movement suddenly broke out in the south. It turned out that corrupt officials in the Jiangnan area stretched their hands into the academies, and absurdly began to collect the so-called "study tax" from the academies.

Since ancient times, Jiangnan has been a place that rulers love and hate.

Here is a prosperous economy, outstanding people, not only beautiful scenery, but also a good place sought after by literati, poets and merchants.However, various big and small incidents often occur here, which makes the ruler very headache.

There will be troubles in Jiangnan's exams in every dynasty. After all, such things as cheating in imperial examinations are not uncommon.These scholars are not good at anything else, they are the top leaders in making troubles.He is very good at parades, public demonstrations, satirical writing and so on.

Another one is the depth of officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River.Officials are flocking here because of the abundance of oil and water.Good officials who are upright and honest have no way to survive here. If there is a problem with the water in the pond, even the best fish will die if they enter.If they do not collude with other officials, they will only be overwhelmed by their colleagues and Shangfeng, so corruption and bribery are also hardest hit here.

Coupled with the fact that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the geographical location is good, too many earth emperors have developed.The network of relationships is intricate, and any inconspicuous small official may be behind a behemoth. Either the whole Jiangnan officialdom is in the pot, or it will not move.There are many emperors who want to rectify, but very few have achieved results.

In addition, there are floods and droughts in the south of the Yangtze River, etc., which are very troublesome once they happen.Jiangnan is the granary of the world. If something goes wrong, the country's grain output will drop by a quarter. This is no joke.In times of peace and prosperity, people would starve to death, not to mention famine.What's even more frightening is that it is normal for a city to die at once due to the epidemics that accompany natural disasters.

Of course it is not nonsense to say so much, because protesting is just the beginning.

The hidden guards also had things they couldn't take care of. They kept a close eye on Liu Shangshu, but they still couldn't guarantee that everything could be detected.For example, they didn't find out about the follow-up of the Juzi incident. Liu Shangshu hid it so well that only he and Prime Minister Zuo knew about it. Although the others acted according to their wishes, they didn't understand the meaning at all, let alone understand it. Why did the situation develop like that later.

Scholars broke out because of corrupt officials, and the emperor planned to take the opportunity to punish Jiangnan officials, so he didn't stop them, and even added fuel to the flames.Although I know that it is impossible to really wipe out the corrupt officials by relying on this little thing, but I can force them to launch a group of more greedy scapegoats, which can be regarded as a big gain, and the rest can be done slowly in the future.

So with such a mood, the emperor was happy to see it succeed.Unfortunately, he underestimated the courage of these two old foxes, Zuo Xiang and Liu Shangshu.

They felt that the incident in Jiangnan was not enough, so they added fuel to the fire, leading to several subsequent incidents.

Someone cheated in the previous imperial examinations and paid off the chief examiner. This incident was first exposed.

This is nothing surprising. In fact, there are people cheating in almost every session. The only difference is that there are many people and few people.Generally, there are not many people. Even if other people suspect those who are on the list, they can only blame them for being lucky enough to encounter a problem they are good at, or to perform exceptionally well. But if there are too many people, a fool can see that there is a problem.

The Zuoxiang people exposed the cheating in the previous sessions. Anyway, those cheating candidates and the examiners who covered up were all political enemies. If Zuoxiang and the Liu family could not be involved, they would naturally be willing to drag others into the water.

Scholars don't know the twists and turns here, and only see what they want to see, so the trouble is even worse.

This time, just introducing a few corrupt officials can no longer appease the anger of scholars.

Then, with a change in the style of painting, it was revealed that some unscrupulous businessmen in the Jiangnan area were shoddy, including a century-old pharmacy.

I thought it had nothing to do with what happened before, but I didn't expect that those unscrupulous businessmen were evidence of collusion with corrupt officials and businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River.

The emperor felt bad at first, but he was in the capital, so he couldn't get the news immediately, and he couldn't deal with it immediately.Although he has a lot of confidantes in the Jiangnan area, they are still too few for the officials, common people and scholars in the entire Jiangnan area, and the positions are not enough.

With such a delay, the last link of the strategy was also detonated-the flood in the south of the Yangtze River.

His Majesty the Emperor didn't deal with the Liu family very vigorously, especially during the Chinese New Year period when he stopped for two months, he didn't want these people to disturb his New Year's fun.Therefore, when Liu Shangshu started to fight back, it was already March.

Spring is an important moment for the recovery of all things and the planting of a new season of grain. If there is any problem in agriculture at this time, it will be very troublesome.

Liu Shangshu and Zuo Xiang had the audacity to let people quietly destroy the dam.

Due to the geographical location, the upstream dike is very critical.Although the topography of this dynasty is similar to the ancient Hua kingdoms in some other worlds, there are still some differences. For example, although the Jiangnan area is a plain and fertile soil, the altitude difference between the upstream and downstream of some major rivers is very large.The imperial court repaired the dams and allocated a large amount of money for repairs and maintenance every year, because once the dams were damaged, even in winter when there was little rain, the large amount of river water blocked by the upstream dams rushing straight down could cause terrible floods.

This year was supposed to be smooth and rainy, with several spring rains.The people are looking forward to a good harvest this season, but they never thought that disaster would come from the sky, and the dam was destroyed!

The turbulent river rushed into the flat farmland, flooded the good fields and houses, and drowned too many people.

The prosperous city along the river was not spared, and the Zuo Xiang and Liu's family members in the city quietly moved away, leaving some political enemies who had nowhere to escape and were trapped to death in the city.

As soon as the flood happened, the whole country was shocked.

That morning, the emperor was so angry that he almost flipped the table.

It took a long time for the news of the urgent need to spread across thousands of miles. At this moment, the Jiangnan area may already be full of corpses, and even epidemics are rampant.

"I have really raised a group of good officials." Yun Lei smiled angrily, "Very good."

For his own selfishness, how could he not be angry if he ignored the food and clothing problems of millions of people in the south of the Yangtze River and the people of the whole country?

Liu Shangshu and Zuo Xiang really worked hard to divert the emperor's attention, but they didn't know that what they did was discovered by the emperor long ago.Knowing that they caused these things, how could the emperor bear it?Even though the urgent Jiangnan matter must be dealt with first, after the deal is over, don't you want to settle accounts with them after autumn?Moreover, the crime is added to the list.

When the first emperor was in power, there was an accident that the embankment was broken.Therefore, Yun Lei attached great importance to this point, and even sent troops to guard the dam, ordering his cronies to check the condition of the dam every day.Who would have thought that even with such strict defenses, the embankment would still be destroyed.

Either his cronies were bribed, or the cronies were lazy and kept lying about the situation of the dam.

No matter which point it is, that confidant has already touched Yun Lei's scales.It would be fine if he died in the flood, but if he didn't die, Yun Lei would never let him go.

"Zhang Deli!" Yun Lei called out with a cold face.

The person who was named immediately stepped forward: "My minister is here."

"Now I accept that you are the imperial envoy, and you are fully responsible for the Jiangnan affairs. You must handle it beautifully! Otherwise, come and see me!" After finishing speaking, he ordered many ministers to go to the disaster relief together.

While calculating how much money was left in the national treasury, the newly appointed Minister of the Household Department accepted the order to purchase relief supplies with a sullen face, but his heart kept bleeding.How can there be so much liquidity in the treasury, and a part of it has to be set aside for emergencies. I don’t know how many disaster relief materials can actually be distributed to the people.

Yun Lei obviously thought of this, he was silent for a while, and took the lead in expressing his opinion, donating a batch of things from his private treasury to the national treasury.

Seeing this, the civil and military officials couldn't pretend to be quail anymore, and they all expressed their willingness to do their part for the country. After returning home, they made a list to send things to the treasury.

With these, the money problem is solved, but how to prevent the materials from being corrupted in the middle is another big problem.

When Rong Yunjian saw him carrying the memorial to make corrections with a sad face, it was rare for Rong Yunjian to feel distressed.

He wanted to be a good emperor, but God didn't fulfill his wish, because his short-term mistake caused countless people to suffer, Yun Lei felt very uncomfortable.

Even the first time Rong Yunjian took the initiative to come to him, it didn't make him any happier.

"This incident was caused by 'corrupt officials'." Rong Yunjian walked up to him, put his hands on his shoulders, and exerted a little force, "So you just put all Jiangnan officials in jail and slowly investigate who has corrupted how much Lock them up for dozens of days, don't be too anxious. Send hundreds of imperial guards to accompany Mr. Zhang for protection, and give him Shang Fang's sword. Anyone who refuses to be detained obediently will be chopped down as a traitor. It just so happens that you still have some The newcomers who have less experience have no suitable vacancies, and they are sent to fill the empty Jiangnan officialdom after those people were detained."

Corrupt officials are willing to spare their lives. When the imperial envoys cannot be suppressed by force, they will definitely choose to give in.Then, it's easy to clean up.

The main reason is that the flood not only harmed the people, but also harmed many Zuo Xiang and Liu Shangshu's political enemies.However, their political enemies are numerous, and not all of them are political enemies, so all parties have suffered heavy losses.Several military camps stationed in the Jiangnan area were also implicated, but the chiefs of these military camps were members of the party, and they had raised the soldiers to the point where they only knew the generals but not the emperor, and it would be beneficial for Yun Lei to die.

Without the protection of the army, what is the use of the servants in those corrupt officials' homes who are used to rob civilian women by pretending to be powerful?The imperial envoys only need to take the Imperial Forest Army around once, and they will be ghosts if they dare to resist.

After hearing Rong Yunjian's suggestion, Yun Lei's eyes lit up.

After all, this is a fictional world, and the logic in many places is not strict, and things are not as complicated as the real world.Rong Yunjian's method may be taken for granted, but under such a background, it is very feasible.After listening to Yun Lei, it was like enlightenment, and the problem that had troubled him for a long time was easily solved.

Worried about corrupt officials corrupting ink for disaster relief supplies, then clean up all corrupt officials.It just so happens that so many corrupt officials have been pointed at recently, and it is definitely what the people want to arrest all corrupt officials at this time.

Yun Lei looked back at Rong Yunjian with burning eyes, his eyes were full of tenderness, and the corners of his mouth could not help but twitch when he looked at Rong Yunjian.

Why does he look so awkward when he clearly has an affectionate expression?Sure enough, Yun Lei is too stupid to be suitable for this kind of expression.

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