The system forced me to eat soft rice [Quick Transmigration]

In the [-]th year of Wenchang, there was a sudden flood in the Gunzhou area, and the situation was severe. Floods along the Hengjiang River flooded tens of thousands of hectares of fields, and food shortages caused famines and plagues in many areas.

In a fit of rage, the emperor dismissed the two ministers who had been dispatched to prevent floods, demoted them to common people, and distributed them to the frontier.

On the Wenhua Hall that day, the Chief Assistant Xie Jun took the lead in expressing his willingness to lead the ministers and unite with the Six Ministries to distribute food for disaster relief and control floods as soon as possible.

The emperor readily agreed, and immediately helped Xie Jun up, saying in front of him that it was a great fortune for Wei to have such a mainstay like Mr. when the country was in crisis.

However, that night, he sent a secret edict to the newly appointed Yushi of the capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the imperial study...

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"I have seen Your Majesty," Qin Hezhou bowed to the emperor, slowly got up, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty has not rested so late, and is still worrying about state affairs?"

The emperor turned around and waved his hands at him, "Ai Qing is the one who has been disturbed in her sleep at such a late hour, so she has summoned you to the imperial study."

Speaking of this, he changed the subject, his eyes were full of meaning, "But Ai Qing, do you know why I called you here?"

Qin Hezhou didn't reply immediately, he glanced at the notebooks piled up on the desk.

The floods in the lower reaches of the Hengjiang River are now serious, and the government has been discussing this matter in recent days. The emperor is either discussing with the six ministries how to distribute food for disaster relief, or discussing with the cabinet how to control the flood.

It's just that tonight he suddenly called him, the censor of the capital, to come over...

"Is it because of the flood in Dagon Prefecture, Your Majesty?" Qin Hezhou asked.

"Aiqing is a smart person." The emperor smiled at him, "But do you know why I called you here alone?"

Qin Hezhou blurted out: "Is there something else hidden in this matter?"

"The Hengjiang flood didn't happen on a whim. Since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, it has often occurred every few years. Therefore, every rainy season, the late emperor and I attach great importance to the prevention and control of the Hengjiang flood. Hydrological stations have been set up in various parts of Gunzhou. Officials along the river must take turns to "keep the rise", and cabinet ministers will be sent to supervise."

As the emperor spoke, he took out a bright yellow booklet and threw it in front of the desk.

Qin Hezhou reached out to open the booklet, which recorded the status of the water level of the Hengjiang River reported by the local officials in Gunzhou. The booklet said "the water level is normal", and the report was only a week ago.

Seeing this, Qin Hezhou frowned, and only heard the emperor continue: "Every seven days, local officials in Gunzhou need to report to the imperial court the water level of the Hengjiang River, the conditions on both banks, and the measures taken to prevent floods."

"However, as you can see, the papers reported in the past month are all normal, and the local officials claim that the pre-flood measures have been implemented and perfected. But just three days ago, news of the Hengjiang flood broke out suddenly. When the news reached me, the situation along the Hengjiang River was extremely dangerous, and tens of thousands of people were forced by the famine, displaced and starved of food."

Speaking of this, the emperor's face showed a sullen look, while Qin Hezhou just stood quietly in front of the palace waiting for his next words,

"I naturally dismissed the two cabinet ministers who were in charge of flood prevention and control. However, they insisted that everything they reported before was true. It was only because of the natural climate change and abnormal disaster this year that the flood came without warning. He also pulled out some time ago when a comet swept the moon in the Minzhou area, there was a strange phase in the sky, which was an ominous omen given by the heavens."

"Do you believe it?!"

The emperor turned up the volume, flicked his sleeves vigorously, put his hands behind his back, and said word by word:

"Anyway, I don't believe it!"

Qin Hezhou raised his head and looked at the emperor, "I agree with Your Majesty's opinion, I'm afraid this is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster."

After being silent for a moment, the emperor slowly said again: "However, on this matter, those civil servants in the cabinet are all colluding, and they are surprisingly unanimous. They all persuade me that the matter has already happened, and the focus should be on disaster relief, poverty relief, On the rescue of floods, but I don't, I want to investigate this matter thoroughly."

"Your Majesty is wise." Qin Hezhou took his words and said, "The flood is indeed an emergency, but this is an external worry. If this matter is as expected by Your Majesty, there must be internal troubles in the court. External troubles can be cured, but internal troubles are hard to prevent. Only by thoroughly investigating this matter and clearing up internal troubles can we ensure future stability and safety."

The emperor nodded slightly at him, "However, you know, Ai Qing, the papers submitted by the magistrate of this place to the imperial court will go through many procedures, and before they are passed on to me, I don't know how many people have passed through them? In addition, the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies are involved. , The interests involved in this are not clear for a while, so I want you to investigate, I need you to find out which link is wrong, and find out all the people involved. "

"The minister takes orders." Hearing this, Qin Hezhou leaned over and bowed. At this moment, he understood that the emperor would not leave this matter to Fu Wenhe, the imperial censor, and dismissed everyone in the cabinet. Everyone became suspicious,

Even Xie Jun is no exception.

The emperor selected him as the number one scholar, and he was promoted several times in a row. It was a third force that was called out under unavoidable circumstances, which showed that he had high hopes for him.

So no matter how difficult or easy it is, he has to do it well.

A person from a poor family like him will never have a second chance to do anything.

Every moment is to let go and fight to the death, and you can never pin your hopes on the next time.

Seeing this, the emperor's previous annoyance faded away, and he waved his hand at Qin Hezhou again, signaling that he doesn't need to be polite, "I granted your request a few days ago, and now you have your own manpower in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so I hope You can thoroughly investigate this matter for me, and if there is any progress, you don't need to go to the court, you can see it directly."

As he spoke, he placed a token with a strange beast rune inlaid with red tassels on the table.

Qin Hezhou took the token and said solemnly: "I will start to thoroughly investigate this matter from now on, and I will definitely live up to your majesty's high expectations."

"It's getting late, Ai Qing should go back and rest early." After finishing speaking, the emperor showed him a gratified smile, and then waved his hand to signal that he could step back.

After Qin Hezhou exited the imperial study, he walked in the long corridor. It was already the third watch, the night in the palace was heavy with dew, and the surroundings were pitch black. A little eunuch beside the emperor followed him cautiously, arched his back, raised his hand A small oil lamp illuminates the way ahead for him.

The glowing lights illuminated Qin Hezhou's face, and he pursed his lips, his handsome face was expressionless.

It is not easy to thoroughly investigate the six ministries and the cabinet. Now that Xie Jun is covering the sky with his hands and eyes, the most difficult part is how not to startle the snake...

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In the early morning of the second day, in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Xu Ziling stood in front of Qin Hezhou's office and knocked on the door a few times.

"Please come in." Qin Hezhou's voice came from inside the room.

Xu Ziling went in and closed the heavy door, and then saw that Qin Hezhou's desk was full of messy scrolls, and he himself was sitting in front of the desk at this moment, with his eyes closed, rubbing the bridge of his nose tiredly, obviously Have read all these scrolls.

"This is?" Xu Ziling walked up to him and looked down at the pile of scrolls, puzzled.

"The flood control materials over the years transferred from Wenshu Pavilion." Qin Hezhou threw a scroll in front of him, "All the materials since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty."

A few days ago, with the approval of the emperor, Qin Hezhou, with the help of the supervisor of ceremonies, immediately selected a dozen people from the list given by Lu Lingchuan, and appointed them as the new supervisory censors.

Qin Hezhou asked Lu Lingchuan to give him the list for two reasons:

One is because Lu Lingchuan was born in the fourth generation and third son, and as the son of the Taifu, he has indeed extensive contacts in Beijing.

The second is that it is more convenient to deceive people. Since the list was given to him by others, and Qin Hezhou just made a choice from it, in the eyes of others, his choice is very random. At most, others will think that he has to consider the pros and cons of Jinshi.

In fact, Qin Hezhou's selection criteria are not random, and it has nothing to do with rankings. The people he selected appear to be from well-known families and have excellent grades, but the biggest common point behind them is that the power in their families is at odds with Xie Jun.

For example, Xu Ziling, whose father Xu Ze was a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, played in the eighth year of Wenchang, Xie Jun, the emperor's first assistant, and was promoted to an official. This matter should not be tolerated. Later, Xu Ze was punished for two months for rashly playing. salary.

"Have you finished reading all of these?" Xu Ziling was dumbfounded looking at the mountain of scrolls.

"Yeah." Qin Hezhou nodded, "But I only picked up the key points to read."

Speaking of this, Qin Hezhou seemed to think of something, pointed to a chair beside Xu Ziling and said, "Sit."

Xu Ziling took the opportunity to sit down, "Then Master Qin, tell me, what kind of tricks do you see?"

"Since the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the flooding of the Hengjiang River has been a headache, but after comparing the data recorded in these historical materials, I discovered one thing." Qin Hezhou put several stacks of scrolls in front of Xu Ziling one by one set out.

Xu Ziling: "What's the matter?"

"Before His Majesty ascended the throne, floods on the Hengjiang River broke out almost every three years, but since His Majesty ascended the throne, the number has increased to four to five. What does this mean?" Qin Hezhou looked up at him.

Xu Ziling didn't even think about it: "This shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to the prevention of floods in the Hengjiang River, and manages it well."

"That's right." Qin Hezhou hooked the corners of his mouth, pointed to one of the scrolls and said, "Since the Great Wei Dynasty was changed to 'Wenchang', there has been no flood in the Hengjiang River in the past ten years. During this period, they promulgated the "River Defense Order" and invented the "Water Measurement Method", and proposed a radical cure method from the upper reaches of the Hengjiang River." [1]

Xu Ziling carefully read the space marked out by Qin Hezhou, and said: "According to the logic, under this kind of management, the Ganges flood should be mitigated, even if it broke out, it should have been prevented early, and it shouldn't cause everyone to be caught off guard like this today. The scene is right."

Qin Hezhou nodded, "You are right, so I think this change should have occurred three years ago."

Xu Ziling frowned, "Three years ago?"

"Well, three years ago, the two river governors resigned and returned to their hometowns when they were old. At that time, the cabinet was in turmoil, so His Majesty sent two cabinet ministers there in a hurry, which led to the current situation. situation, so I need you to do one thing for me."

"Find out all the officials who have had close contacts with those two people, from three years ago to now."

"Okay." Xu Ziling just agreed, then heard Qin Hezhou's tone become serious, and continued:

"However, this matter can only be investigated secretly, and no one who knows it, especially those cabinet officials, even..."

In the middle of his speech, he was suddenly interrupted by the attendant who announced at the door,

The attendant hurried in and said, "Master Fu is waiting at the door and said he has something important to discuss with you."

"Isn't that what you say?" Qin Hezhou sneered, stood up, and said to the attendant and Xu Ziling, "Put these away."

They swept the scrolls on the table to the back of the screen, and saw Qin Hezhou pull out some other scrolls from the shelf behind him, so fast that Xu Ziling could not even read the contents clearly.

Fu Wenhe pushed the door open and walked in. He walked up to Qin Hezhou with a smile, "It seems that I came at the wrong time, and I'm afraid I'll disturb you all."

"How can Master Fu's visit be called an interruption?" Qin Hezhou bowed to him, "I don't know why Master Fu came here?"

"It's nothing serious." Although Fu Wenhe was talking to Qin Hezhou, his eyes frequently glanced at the pile of official documents on his desk. "What case is Mr. Qin investigating?"

Seeing this, Qin Hezhou put away the scrolls hastily, and said with a smile, "Master Fu laughed, but it was just a few small cases a while ago. In addition, Master Fu let Shaoyou familiarize himself with those official duties a few days ago. You have seen it all."

Fu Wenhe nodded to him, returned a false and condescending smile, twisted his beard and said, "Very good, very good, then I won't bother you anymore."

What he thought in his mind was that even though he hid the things on the table quickly enough, he still saw clearly just now. The content that Qin Hezhou, a little bastard, clearly saw was that some time ago, everyone in the Imperial Academy discussed Xie Jun's random promotion to officials. There is too much interference in political affairs, and a joint letter to impeach him.

As soon as Fu Wenhe left, Xu Ziling picked up the rice papers with great interest, looked up at Qin Hezhou, and teased: "Master Qin, what a good way, it reminds me of those few days when I was still in the Imperial College, teaching. The old gentleman is very strict and makes us recite the Four Books and Five Classics all day long, so there are always a few "Spring Night Secret Opera Pictures" hidden in our Four Books and Five Classics."

Qin Hezhou raised his eyebrows: "Doesn't that mean that this trick works?"

Xu Ziling smiled after seeing it, and left after receiving the task.

After Xu Ziling left, Qin Hezhou looked at the attendant again and said, "Come with me to find Liangsi."

The attendant was puzzled: "Master, are you still short of manpower?"

"Lack, if we want to thoroughly investigate the flood disaster, we must go to Gunzhou to inquire about the local situation." Qin Hezhou tidied up the official documents on the table hastily, and then walked to the door, "Do you expect those hands not to be able to mention the situation?" , Weak scholar who can't carry it on his shoulders? Besides, "

Qin Hezhou lowered his voice suddenly, "I need a few people who can handle affairs in private and inquire about news."

·

The moment the beaded curtain of Liang Si's bedroom was lifted, a pungent fragrance rushed over his face, Qin Hezhou frowned subconsciously, raised his sleeve to cover his nose.

The last time he came here, although the hall was also incensed, it was by no means as strong as today. He was curious about what Liang Si was up to.

In the next second, several beautiful maidservants wearing tulle and revealing large shoulders were dancing in the hall, singing and singing. Liang Si was lying on the couch, holding the exquisite carved cup, and his eyes were on them.

Liang Si is not ugly, and his appearance is definitely worthy of the word "Zhou Zheng". His chin is clean and beardless, and there are no wrinkles on his skin. People can't tell his age, but his figure is also pleasing. Maybe it's because he can quickly One of the reasons why he was appreciated by the emperor was that he was wearing a black gown with a reckless posture at this time.

However, Qin Hezhou didn't expect to see such a scene of singing and dancing, and his expression froze at the scene.

He came to discuss matters with Liang Si, but the other party was drinking and having fun here, obviously disrespecting him, but after all, he had something to ask of others, thinking of this, Qin Hezhou had no choice but to suppress the displeasure in his heart.

Liang Si, on the other hand, had a panoramic view of Qin Hezhou's subtle expressions, and raised the corners of his mouth.

Only when the other party is not interested in women.

After Qin Hezhou sat down, the servant beside Liang Si immediately brought him tea.

"Master Qin has been very diligent in the past few days." Liang Si leaned halfway on the table, his tone was a little casual, and he gave Qin Hezhou a sideways glance, "But our family knows that Master Qin has always been in the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Is there something important?"

"It's really important." Qin Hezhou held up his teacup and smiled, "Shaoyou came here this time to borrow the help of his father-in-law's secret guards."

"Isn't this what our family told you?" Liang Si looked up at the attendant standing beside him, then suddenly changed the subject and raised his tone, "Master Qin, tell me, why should I borrow your secret guard?" ?”

There is a bit of a joke in it.

Qin Hezhou thought to himself, how could Liang Si not know that he was thoroughly investigating the flood in the past few days, and how could he not know that this was an excellent opportunity to overthrow Xie Jun and overthrow the cabinet?

But there was no expression on his face, he just raised his eyebrows, "Shaoyou just thinks that my father-in-law and I are on the same boat."

Liang Si chuckled, took a sip from his wine glass, "Master Qin is right, but there is another reason why I can cooperate with Master Qin so straightforwardly."

Qin Hezhou showed doubts for the first time.

As soon as Liang Si raised his eyes, his eyes turned to Qin Hezhou, and he said slowly: "Our family thinks Mr. Qin looks handsome, somewhat resembling our childhood playmate, and it kind of feels like old friends at first sight."

Uncomfortable being stared at by Liang Si, the smile on Qin Hezhou's face froze in an instant. His hand holding the teacup looked steady, but he secretly exerted a lot of strength. If he added more, the teacup would probably be broken up.

"Elder-in-law was joking, there are countless people who look alike in the world, it's just a coincidence." His tone became a bit colder.

"It's not the same," Liang Si smiled and shook his head, "How many people are there in this world who can live as well as Mr. Qin?"

Qin Hezhou looked at him silently, his eyes were stern, and his already sharp facial features became colder.

Liang Si was not annoyed when he looked at it, but he felt a little more joyful in his heart, thinking that even if Qin Hezhou had a calm face, he still looked good, and his tone softened a bit, "Master Qin just took office, and in this capital There are not many people who care about themselves, why don't our family let a few maidservants serve Master Qin?"

As soon as he said this, those beautiful maidservants moved closer to Qin Hezhou, with smiles on their lips and a strong fragrance of flowers on their bodies.

Qin Hezhou stretched out a hand to block them, and moved to the other side of the chair. The water in the teacup was about to spill out. He said in a cold tone, "No need."

If he didn't really need the hidden guards under Liang Si, he would have rushed out the door when the other party said those few words.

"Oh, these maidservants were all handpicked by our family. Mr. Qin is not satisfied with this. Could it be that he wants our family to serve them in person?" Seeing this, Liang Si smiled even more.

In the next second, there was a crisp sound of "pop", and the porcelain cup fell into pieces on the ground, blood dripped down Qin Hezhou's tiger's mouth continuously, and a few pieces of broken porcelain were embedded in his wound, boiling hot. The tea was spilled all over the floor.

The porcelain cup was not broken, it was crushed by him,

After hearing the loud noise, the maidservants around him all hurriedly avoided.

Qin Hezhou picked out a few fragments from the wound without changing his expression, and the blood dripped down his wrist. His eyes were gloomy, and he got up from the chair under the surprised eyes of everyone and said: "It seems that the father-in-law is still alive today. If you don't want to discuss business matters, then it's inconvenient for me to bother you here, so I'll just leave."

Saying that, turn around and leave,

"Master Qin, the wound on your hand?" Seeing that he was really angry, Liang Si put away his previous teasing tone.

"No problem." Qin Hezhou lifted the bead curtain and was about to leave without turning his head.

"The hidden guard you want," the other party's voice suddenly came from behind again, with a completely changed tone, sounding very serious without any emotion.

Hearing this, Qin Hezhou paused, and then he continued to say:

"It's not a problem, but you have to know that Xie Jun is as scheming as he is. It's impossible for him to ignore any troubles. Don't blame our family for not reminding you."

To be able to sit in the current position, Liang Si must be a person who knows the general situation and can tell which is more important. As long as he concentrates on the cooperation, Qin Hezhou can put down the unhappiness just now.

Seeing this, he put down the bead curtain, turned around and said, "My father-in-law reminded me that Xie Jun's power is all over the court, so why would I treat Xie Jun as a fool? It's impossible for him not to mention something, but What if he is wary of something else? Human minds are limited, since Xie Jun is bound to be suspicious, why don't we let him be suspicious openly."

Liang Si raised his eyebrows: "Oh, it seems that Mr. Qin has a good plan?"

Qin Hezhou's eyes darkened: "Elder-in-law, can you hear that 'the plank road is built in the bright, and the warehouse is kept in the dark'?"

"Just find a way to distract him."

·

When Qin Hezhou came out of Liang Si's bedroom, the attendant caught a glimpse of the glaring blood red on his hands, and turned pale with shock, "Master, what's going on with you?"

How can we go in and talk about something, and still have a fight?

"It's nothing, just find a medical officer to sew it up." Qin Hezhou couldn't bear his fussy look, and he didn't stop for a moment, so fast that the attendant almost couldn't keep up.

"Then Mr. Lu, are you still seeing us today?" The attendant quickened his pace, thinking that he had such a big cut in his hand, he should seek medical attention immediately, and the appointment with Lu Lingchuan might not be in time.

Qin Hezhou: "See you, why don't you see me?"

"Ah, well, can you make it in time?" The attendant was a little puzzled that Qin Hezhou was clearly as busy as a spinning top these days, yet he had to find time to see Lu Lingchuan every day.

With such an eager look, those who didn't know thought he was celebrating Qixi every day?

"Walk faster before it's too late?" As soon as Qin Hezhou finished speaking, he saw that the attendant was already out of breath. Seeing this, he shook his head helplessly and said, "Forget it, you don't have to follow me, go back, I go by my own."

After finishing speaking, he walked away briskly, leaving the attendant alone in a daze.

·

Lu Lingchuan leaned against the low wall behind him, staring at the busy street in front of him, looking back and forth, wondering which direction Qin Hezhou would come from.

As a result, in the next second, there was a "whoosh".

A figure turned out from the low wall, Qin Hezhou supported the eaves of the wall with one hand, his clothes and hair were raised in the air, and he turned out quickly.

The moment he landed, Lu Lingchuan was stunned: "Why do you..."

"Hush!" Qin Hezhou gestured to him, and said with a smile, "Don't shout, if I am found by the security guards on Chang'an Street, I will be arrested."

Lu Lingchuan laughed a little: "Then you still turn over?"

"Didn't you get caught?" Qin Hezhou leaned towards him naturally, "Besides, they are not capable enough, let them try again next time?"

"Next time." Lu Lingchuan looked at him and curled his lips, "Why are you in such a hurry? Don't go on the right path, but climb over the wall. Don't tell me it's just to look cool?"

Qin Hezhou thought in his heart that he really wronged him this time. If he wasn't about to be late, he didn't want to make such a move, but he smiled and said nothing, just reached out and took Lu Lingchuan's hand,

As a result, I forgot that hand had just been stitched,

After Lu Lingchuan noticed the abnormality, he immediately grabbed his wrist and lifted it up to check. After seeing the thick gauze, he frowned slightly and asked, "Why did you hurt your hand? Is there any case in the Metropolitan Procuratorate like this?" Dangerous? Can such a serious wound be drawn?"

Qin Hezhou subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but Lu Lingchuan grabbed it even tighter.

His fingertips lightly traced Qin Hezhou's gauze-wrapped palm and back of his hand, his long eyelashes trembled slightly, and his distressed expression was obvious.

Qin Hezhou's hands were beautiful, with slender and strong fingers, well-defined joints, and slightly cool to the touch, but at this time they were wrapped with thick gauze, and there were faint traces of blood.

"I..." Qin Hezhou didn't know how to explain it, but he couldn't say that it was scratched by the straw paper while reading.

Seeing that the other party was silent, Lu Lingchuan raised his eyes and looked straight at him.

For some reason, looking at the pair of peach blossom pupils in Lu Lingchuan's eyes, Qin Hezhou felt a little guilty inexplicably.

So, with a sudden heart, he gritted his teeth and said, "I was bitten by a dog."

"Oh?" Lu Lingchuan leaned closer to him, "When did the procuratorate raise a vicious dog?"

After getting closer, Lu Lingchuan noticed that Qin Hezhou had an obvious smell of powder on his body. Seeing this, he grabbed the other's wrist, leaned forward, sniffed at the tip of his nose, raised his eyes and said:

"Then what's the matter with the smell on your body? It's also from the dog?"

The author has something to say: [1] The "River Defense Order" was promulgated by Jin Zhangzong of the Jin Dynasty, and the "Water Measurement Law" and the upper reaches of the Yellow River were proposed by Chen Huang, a water conservancy expert in the Ming Dynasty.

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