Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1462 The wind and rain are like dark
In the Shenlong Temple not far away, Li Er Majesty's face was gloomy, as if he was soaked by the heavy rain outside the window to the point where water dripped out...

Li Junxian stood in front of the emperor with his hands folded, and presented several seals, along the way, describing the situation in Jingyang in detail.

At first, His Majesty Li Er was very pleased to hear that Lin Ruofu, the former head of the Ministry of Industry, broke his house and stood firm on the embankment.

Throughout the ages, the structure of the imperial court is that the central government controls the state capital, and the state capital leads the county towns and towns, while the most basic grassroots rule of the imperial court is in the hands of the gentry.

Aristocratic families, official officials, landlords and gentry, noble clan elders...these are all included in the country gentry.They are similar to officials but different from officials, similar to the people but above the people. It is through these gentry that the imperial court achieves the purpose of controlling the whole country.

When the flood hit, it was the squire who led the people to fight on the embankment. This perfectly demonstrated the role of the squire. If this was the case everywhere, why worry about the instability of the empire?

However, when he learned that Lin Ruofu led the people to guard the dam alone because the magistrate of Jingyang County ignored it and stayed out of it, His Majesty the Emperor could hardly hide his anger.

The honor of a county is the parent who protects the people. When the natural disaster suddenly falls, he can sit quietly and watch with his hands. Can he be expected to love the people like a son, be fair and honest?
After reading the secret book and Li Junxian finished speaking, His Majesty Li Er was already full of anger!

"Bastard! Is it possible that Wei Yifang doesn't know how to write the word "dead"? When natural disasters come, he refuses to go to the distress with the people of the county and join hands to fight floods. Taking out military rations to help the people? It is simply unreasonable."

His Majesty Li Er was furious, the power of the emperor's wrath frightened Li Junxian, and he stood aside obediently, not daring to say a word.

After losing his temper, His Majesty Li Er noticed something strange in it: "You know why Wei Yifang refused to open a warehouse to release grain?"

Li Junxian said: "The general doesn't know, it's just the reason Wei Yifang said, but it doesn't make sense in the general's view, it's quite suspected of prevarication."

His Majesty Li Er narrowed his eyes slightly: "Oh? What are you prevaricating and what are you covering up?"

Li Junxian said: "The last general has never been to Jingyang in person, so it is difficult to guess the details... But since Liu Ji and Liu Yushi have already released the words to impeach Wei Yifang, and led people to Jingyang City to investigate the situation of Yicang, it must not be long There will be definite news coming back.”

His Majesty Li Er nodded, pondered for a while, and asked, "Wei Yifang... why does this name sound familiar? Could it be from the Wei family?"

The emperor has the world in his heart, but it is impossible to remember every one of Webster's children.

"Your Majesty, Wei Yifang is indeed a member of the Wei clan, not only that, he is also a direct branch of the Wei clan, and his father is Wei Yuanzhao, the uncle of Concubine Wei."

Li Junxian replied.

His Majesty Li Er was slightly surprised: "Wei Yuanzhao's son?"

Speaking of Wei Yuanzhao, he actually has a lot of connections with His Majesty Li Er.This person is the former consort of the Sui Dynasty, and he can be regarded as "brother-in-law" with His Majesty Li Er, but his Majesty Li Er is much older, and he passed away when Wu De was six years old.

And he is Concubine Wei's clan brother, he can be regarded as his brother-in-law...

His Majesty Li Er's expression became more and more unkind. In the past two years, it seems that all the relatives who are related to the aristocratic family have no worries. Apart from swaggering through the market and doing whatever they want in the name of the royal relatives, they have not done much serious business. pieces.

This is also one of the reasons why His Majesty Li Er is becoming more and more disliked by the aristocratic family. At the beginning, when Li Jiancheng was cornered, he had to rely on the power of these aristocratic families. Impatiently jumped out to ask for interest...

If things go on like this, the aristocratic families will become more and more powerful, and the emperor will almost become a plaything in the hands of these aristocratic families. Once the emperor cannot satisfy his hard-to-fill desires one day, he may repeat the Xuanwumen incident again.

His Majesty Li Er had a sullen face and ordered: "Send someone to watch Liu Ji quickly to see what's going on in this Jingyang Yicang. If there is any news, come to the palace and report to me immediately."

"Here!"

Li Junxian agreed, and seeing that the emperor had no more orders, he bowed and left.

When he was about to walk to the door, he saw a graceful and graceful woman, surrounded by a group of maids, carrying two large oil-paper umbrellas to the door of the main hall, holding her skirt in one hand, moving lightly in lotus steps. Go up the white marble steps.

Li Junxian hurriedly put his hands aside to avoid it, and said respectfully: "The last general said about the imperial concubine."

Changing into a gorgeous palace attire, lightly painted eyebrows and indifferent lip balm, Concubine Wei Gui, who looked more and more glamorous and graceful, smiled at the corner of her lips, and slightly retracted her skirt to return the gift: "It turns out that it is General Li... but I don't know that it is raining heavily, Did the general inform His Majesty about something?"

The corner of Li Junxian's mouth twitched slightly, and said respectfully: "Exactly, the last general still has the emperor's life, so I will retire for the time being."

After saying that, he bowed and saluted, and left in a hurry.

This Concubine Wei is really beyond gold and jade, but inside of it, I have something to report to Your Majesty... But can you ask this?
It's no wonder that she bears the title of the head of the "Four Wives", yet she is not favored by His Majesty...

Concubine Wei stared bitterly at Li Junxian's back as he disappeared into the rain, gritted her silver teeth, and almost cursed.

what!
It's just the emperor's eagle and dog minions, do you really think you are a character?

How dare you even shake Ben Gong's face!
She knew that Li Junxian was the eyes and ears of His Majesty who had mastered the "Hundred Riders", and she could not tell that the news from Jingyang was still reaching the palace at this moment, so she deliberately inquired about the news, so she knew it well, so as not to beg for mercy in front of the emperor later Time made a mistake.

Unexpectedly, Li Junxian didn't give her face at all...

He stomped his feet angrily, cursing Li Junxian in his heart, then put on a bright and charming smile, swayed his waist lightly, and walked gracefully into the Dragon Palace.

*****
The wind and rain on the embankment of the Jinghe River were like darkness, but thousands of people and soldiers braved the wind and rain and the heat was in full swing. Countless earth and rocks were brought up from under the dam and filled into the gaps washed away by the flood.The water was rushing, and the fallen earth and rocks were washed away by the flood in the blink of an eye, but no one felt depressed, and continued to work with determination...

"This is not the way to go!"

Fang Jun looked at the gap that was getting bigger and bigger in front of him, with a worried expression on his face.

The turbulent river swirls at the gap to swallow the fallen earth and rocks, and carries them to the deep water in the middle of the river. bigger.

Cheng Yaojin stood by Fang Jun's side with his hands behind his back, looked at the turbid river water with worry in his eyes, and said in a loud voice, "I'm afraid this gap can't be blocked. Once this gap is opened, the whole embankment will be destroyed." Cut off at the middle, then the flood will vent from here, it will be unstoppable... Erlang, if you don't give an order to retreat now and abandon the embankment, you may not be able to retreat even if you want to retreat after a while..."

It's not that Cheng Yaojin is afraid of death, but that he knows what he can't do, so he should avoid it.

Once the embankment here is broken down and the flood water engulfs it, the entire embankment will collapse instantly. At that time, the flood will be surging, and everyone on the embankment will become the target of fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs foraging...

He didn't want his sons who followed him to die in the belly of fish instead of dying on the battlefield.

Lin Ruofu who was on the side was very anxious when he heard the words, his red eyes widened, and he said in a hoarse voice: "My lord, absolutely not! If we give up, the embankment will collapse, Jingyang will suffer from floods, and our home will be destroyed , Life is in charcoal..."

"fart!"

Cheng Yaojin's eyes were bigger than his, and he said angrily: "Could it be possible to prevent the collapse of the dam by continuing to transport rocks and fill it so stupidly? You Wuwei is not afraid of death, but such a futile death is not here. It's meaningless, you love your Jingyang, and so does Erlang, your subordinate!"

The two immediately argued endlessly, and Nuo Da's voice made the people on the embankment look at each other in blank dismay, each with a heavy heart, not knowing what to do.

Lin Ruofu was naturally unwilling to retreat, but he would not retreat if there was even a glimmer of hope, because once he retreated, it would mean that the whole of Jingyang would be abandoned, and tens of thousands of people in Jingyang would become homeless refugees.

And in this era of living on the land, without land and without a home, the final result is nothing more than becoming a servant of a rich family, or a lowly slave...

This is what Lin Ruofu and all Jingyang people would rather die than face.

Cheng Yaojin is responsible for the soldiers under his command. Since there is nothing to be done, why do these soldiers suffer from the flood?
Junzhong Erlang is not afraid of death, but he can't die so meaninglessly!

The five thousand soldiers of the right military guards slowed down, their faces were heavy and hesitant.

They hoped to evacuate from such a dangerous place as soon as possible, but they couldn't bear the fact that the Jingyang people who fought side by side lost their homes in this way. Since then, they have been displaced and become refugees.

Guanzhong people have been famous all over the world for their unity and fear of death since ancient times. How can they see such a tragedy befalling the villagers and elders at this moment?

For a while, it seemed that the enthusiasm just now was drowned by the heavy rain, and there was silence on the embankment, only the ruthless playfulness of the storm remained.

Fang Jun glanced around, and wondered: "I just said that filling the gap in this way is not enough. When did you say that the gap can't be filled, and when did you say that the embankment can't be defended?"

(End of this chapter)