New Dream of Red Mansions

The emperor's eyes sank slightly, he pondered for a moment, and asked: "What do you love dears think?"

The ministers on both sides looked at each other and started talking in low voices.

An evil fire rose in the emperor's heart. It was his idea to use the Zhang River. In the past few years, countless money had been used on the river, but all had little effect. Almost every other year, there was a flood. The people were displaced, and countless fields and houses were washed away. Even if the people returned to their hometowns after the disaster relief, only three or four out of ten of the land could be cultivated with peace of mind. Does he want to watch those lands go barren bit by bit, and watch the people die bit by bit? ?

The father handed over the country to him, and the world only knew that it was a prosperous age, and the outside world almost praised the father as a wise king through the ages, but only he and a few close officials knew that the world had reached a critical moment, and the inside had been ripped out. Kong, if there is another flood this year, let alone disaster relief food, even the palace's expenses will be a problem.

He just wanted to use the Zhang River to control the water. Wei Zhi objected to him. He had expected it, and he never took this person seriously, but he didn't expect that no one in the court would dare to stand up. This is because he has not yet been regarded as the emperor!It's just a trial.

Standing among a group of old ministers with white beards and black beards and wrinkled faces, Xia Yuntian raised his head, stepped out with a straight face, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think Zhang He is useful!"

The emperor on the dragon chair breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little relieved in his heart, nodded and asked, "How can you see that?"

Standing among the officials, Zhang Shicheng rolled his eyes in private, really, he obviously thought the same way in his heart, it is so boring to ask someone to explain the reason before he refuses!

Xia Yuntian said in a deep voice: "Although Zhang He is guilty, the crime is not greedy for money for disaster relief. At that time, he embezzled money for disaster relief as a way of profit, but none of them fell into his pocket. I think that his crime is not so serious, he Since he is good at governing the river, it is better to let him go and make meritorious deeds, which can benefit the people and count his crimes."

The emperor looked at the other senior ministers, and immediately several people stood up and agreed with what Xia Yuntian said.The emperor's people also stood up and agreed, so half of them agreed.The emperor nodded in satisfaction.

Except for those who do not express their views, those who oppose it are in the minority.

Wei Zhi's face was ugly. You must know that the Jiangsu incident was his proud work, but it also caused him a lot of criticism. If it was not necessary, he didn't want to mention it at all. Xia Yuntian's words were just mocking his unfairness ?

Zhang Shicheng came out beside Xia Yuntian, and said in a low voice: "The emperor wants to test the Supreme Emperor, so why do you join the war? The Emperor is here to miss your kindness, but with the Supreme Emperor here..."

Xia Yuntian smiled and said: "Why do you blame me when you see the Supreme Emperor?"

Zhang Shicheng was surprised, and Xia Yuntian said: "Although the Supreme Emperor is a little narrow-minded, he is very magnanimous in some things. He will not blame me. Back then, Zhang He was forced to do justice. No matter what the reason was, it seemed unacceptable at the time. Forgive me. The Supreme Emperor didn’t kill him, it’s a pity that he’s talented.” But there was also some anger in it.Xia Yuntian hid the last sentence without saying a word.

When Zhang Shicheng saw Wei Zhi walking out with a straight face, he snorted coldly and said, "This person was the one who made a big fuss back then, but he arrested a corrupt official and escorted him all the way back to Beijing. If it wasn't for the uproar ..."

Xia Yuntian also saw Wei Zhi, and said to the point: "This person is too stubborn, but he is indeed an upright official." But he is not an upright official that makes people feel comfortable.

Wei Zhi does not seek profit, but seeks fame, and he is stubborn. Once a decision is made, he doesn't care about right or wrong, and doesn't care about gains and losses. Seven or eight troubles are known to everyone, from which we can know this person's temper.However, his position in the hearts of the people is not low, even the Supreme Emperor is not convenient to do anything to him.

This person is not restrained, but even more arrogant.

If those people deserve to be paid for their crimes, I am afraid that once there are unjust, false and wrongly convicted cases, it may be difficult to turn over.Zhang He is an example.

Zhang He is a very capable man, and he is fairly clean as an official. Although he has been on the river for nearly ten years, he has hardly embezzled anything and knows how to be flexible. The river he stayed on almost every year can avoid serious disasters, even when the floods come down. , he also has a way to divert or block the river, but he didn't expect that the money allocated to the river in Beijing would be embezzled by the deposed prince, and only one or two tenths of it was sent to him. He took over the Jiangsu river again, and found that the dam was different. He wanted to make amends, but he didn't have enough money, so he had to embezzle disaster relief money under the crisis.

If someone else was in office at that time, if they were corrupt officials, they could just bribe a sum of money to repair the river first, and then fill it up later. If they were honest officials, they could also be persuaded. Be urgent.

It was Wei Zhi who happened to meet.

Zhang He and several officials on the river channel invited this person to dinner several times, hinted several times, Wei Zhidu justly refused, Zhang He had no choice but to embezzle it privately.Halfway through the project, he was arrested by Wei Zhi.

At that time, Zhang He was still full of dams, so he asked his subordinates to continue to preside over the project. Unexpectedly, Zhang He was escorted to Beijing. Along the way, some victims heard that this person was a corrupt official arrested by Wei Zhi.

Based on this statement, Wei Zhi resolutely intervened in the affairs of the river, and because several of Zhang He's subordinates also participated in the embezzlement of money, they were all escorted one by one.

Wei Zhi didn't know anything about the river course, but he just built the embankment according to the old house, but the diversion that Zhanghe had prepared was useless. When the flood came, the embankment collapsed after blocking it for only five days. However, a small half of the territory was involved in this disaster, resulting in countless casualties.

However, Wei Zhi was transferred back to the capital to serve as the censor.

Xia Yuntian was still a young man back then, when he heard about it, he only felt that the Supreme Emperor was stupid, and even complained to his father that the Supreme Emperor was unfair.At that time, Lord Hou said that the Supreme Emperor just followed the public opinion and used Wei Zhi to suppress the people's grievances.

This matter is basically settled, but it is not yet determined which river course Zhang He will go to.But I didn't expect that the court would quarrel again the next day. It turned out that Mo Youyong, the governor of Hubei, heard about Zhang He, wrote a memorial and handed it over.

Almost a small part of the book is to insinuate that someone is flashy, and then the small part is to express loyalty to the emperor, saying that he is willing to share his worries for the emperor, and the remaining small part is to say that the water situation in Hubei has not been stable in recent years. Put them in Hubei, and those people under Zhang He's original subordinates, just let them out together.

In addition, Mo Youyong also wrote a letter to Wei Zhi, which was included in the memorial to the emperor, almost handed over to Wei Zhi by the emperor.

In the letter, Mo Youyong scolded Wei Zhigu for his reputation, his posture was as if he had met his father and enemy, and he did not hide his dislike for him at all.

The emperor squinted his eyes to see that Wei Zhi's face was a bit ugly, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

Wei Zhi stood up with a sullen face and said: "Your Majesty, Mo Youyong actually delivered the letter privately by using the post road to deliver the booklet. This is against the court's law."

The ministers in the hall couldn't help curling their lips when they heard it, and delivered letters through the post road. Most of the officials in the court would do it, right?Even officials with a clean sleeve are used to it, right?Wei Zhi, don't say you haven't used it.

Wei Zhi really didn't use it.

He is determined to be the most upright official in the world, so his demands on himself are almost abnormal, and even the demands on others are unreasonable.

The emperor waved his hand indifferently and said: "Mo Aiqing asked me in the previous book, asking if I could send a reply letter to several courtiers in the court through the post road, and I agreed, so this time he will give you a letter." The delivery of the letter was approved by me."

Many people breathed a sigh of relief. If Wei Zhi really grasped this point, most of the officials in the court would be pulled out.Although they are not afraid, they are also very troublesome, aren't they?And it was still bitten by Wei Zhi.

Wei Zhi blushed, he didn't expect Mo Youyong to say hello in advance, although he didn't believe it.

Mo Youyong didn't say hello in advance, he just handed over two papers to the emperor, one of which was regarded as the last time he handed over.

The emperor chuckled, "This Mo Youyong is quite interesting, he can guess that I want to see Wei Zhi's jokes, but he also knows that I plan to reuse Wei Zhi."

Eunuch Su bowed and smiled, "Maybe it's just his luck."

The emperor smiled and threw the notebook aside, how can there be luck in this world?But he just doesn't dislike Mo Youyong's thoughts.

"Let's go to Zhenxiu Restaurant for dinner." Zhang Shicheng rubbed his belly and said, "I have something to tell you."

Xia Yuntian nodded, the military department is fine now.

A few people arrived at the Zhenxiu Building, and saw that the gate was lively. The two of them looked at each other, and when they went over, they saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old nobleman wearing a beautiful blue silk forged robe kicking a twelve or thirteen-year-old The little girl said angrily: "You are so courageous, come here, and pull him down for me to beat him! Come back after hitting twenty boards."

There were two young men behind him who agreed to arrest him.

The little girl was terrified, kowtowed and said: "I know I'm wrong, I beg you to spare my life."

When Zhang Shicheng saw the red stain on the man's clothes, he immediately understood that the little girl had accidentally bumped into the young man.

Seeing all kinds of snacks in the small basket on the ground, it seems to be a folk girl who came out to sell small things.

Xia Yuntian frowned slightly. He couldn't understand such things. For him who was fighting on the battlefield, he especially valued human life. He would not take human life unless he had to. It was enough to kill a little girl.

It's just that he and Zhang Shicheng didn't say anything, they didn't recognize the man, but they presumably belonged to a family in the capital.

This is a common thing in the capital. Although nobles cannot take the lives of poor people at will, but the girl soiled the young man's clothes, and just paying for the clothes is enough to kill her.

Seeing Xia Yuntian frown, Zhang Shicheng knew that Xia Yuntian couldn't bear it, so he pulled his sleeve and said, "Let's go, this is not our business."

Xia Yuntian nodded, turned around and was about to go upstairs with Zhang Shicheng, when he heard a clear voice: "Wait."

Xia Yuntian and Zhang Shicheng looked back, and saw a pink and jade-carved nobleman standing behind the nobleman, he said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, just let someone go back and get another piece of clothing."

That person is Baoyu. He went out to drink with friends today, but the one who lost his temper was his good friend Feng Ziying.

Baoyu laughed and said, "It's just a little girl. When you get angry with her, you are the one who gets angry at last. Why bother? Just send her away. Let's go. I'm treating you today. You can play whatever you want."

"Yes, yes, it's rare for Baoyu to treat guests. Let's have a good time today. Why do you have to be idle here?"

Several people persuaded him at the same time, Feng Ziying felt a little better, and raised her chin to the kneeling little girl and said: "Get out of here, it won't be so easy for the master to see you next time."

The little girl hurriedly kowtowed to thank her, picked up the basket on the ground and ran away.

Baoyu breathed a sigh of relief, and took Feng Ziying upstairs.

Jia Baoyu's thoughtfulness could be deceived by Feng Ziying and others who were in the same company, but he could not be deceived by Xia Yuntian and Zhang Shicheng.

Zhang Shicheng stroked his chin and said, "This guy is pretty good, he is worth a friend."

Xia Yuntian nodded, but said indifferently: "Let's go."

The two of them went upstairs, halfway there, Zhang Shicheng suddenly held his fan and said, "I remembered who he was, and I said why he looked familiar. It turned out to be Jia Baoyu, the second son of Jia's mansion, who was said to be born of Hanyu." son."

Only then did Xia Yuntian pay attention, but last time she heard Miss Wang say that her cousin was so naive...

Zhang Shicheng's expression was a little weird, is a 14-year-old boy still innocent?

Xia Yuntian laughed and said: "He has the heart of a child, why are you so surprised?"

Seeing the smile on his face, Zhang Shicheng rolled his eyes and said, "You are already a hot filial piety, so the old lady never thought of going on a blind date with you?"

Xia Yuntian's face turned cold, and Zhang Shicheng sneered, "It's fine, it's fine, I don't want to mention it, but I'm here to ask you for something."

"what's up?"

Zhang Shicheng straightened his face, and said: "The emperor chooses a concubine, my cousin has been reported, please help the queen to remove her."

Xia Yuntian was surprised, "She doesn't want to enter the palace?"

Zhang Shicheng nodded helplessly, "That girl was right on her mind. She begged my elder brother earlier, but my elder brother couldn't do anything after walking a few ways, so she caught me and stopped me. Isn't it difficult? Let the queen sister help me I will."

Xia Yuntian nodded, "I'll pass the sign and enter the palace when I turn around."

Only then did Zhang Shicheng smile in satisfaction.

Within a few days, Miss Zhang's name was dropped. No matter what the rest of the Zhang family thought, Uncle Zhang, Miss Zhang and Zhang Shicheng were happier.

After the selection of concubines, it is to choose companions for the princesses and select female officials. The queen does not need to do these things herself. She only selects a few important families, and the rest is handed over to the concubines below. Among them, the noble concubine is the main one. Concubine Ou's rank is lower than that of the empress.

She flipped through the roster and picked out the families who had greeted her. Just as she was about to hand the roster to the female officer, she saw a name. Concubine Ou frowned slightly and asked, "Which family is this Xue family?"

The female officer next to her replied: "It's Concubine Xiande's natal relative, and the one who should be chosen is Concubine Xiande's aunt and cousin."

Concubine Ou heard the words, picked up a pen and crossed out Xue Baochai's name, and said, "That's it."

The female officer held down the roster respectfully.

Seeing that the person had left, Concubine Ou smiled softly and said: "One ally is enough, if there is one more, I'm afraid that one will have some bad thoughts."

Concubine Ou's close female officer smiled and said: "Your Majesty said that, I heard that Concubine Xian De is also very confident in this cousin of hers."

Concubine Au curled her lips.

The author has something to say: It seems that everyone is very resentful of the country name "Dashui". I read the comments just now and found that the "Dahan" mentioned by Fireworks is not bad, and Qianye Linlang's children's shoes "Daluo" (at least it sounds better than Dashui) (why I didn't think of it at the beginning) What do you love?

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