Imperial County Magistrate

Chapter 20 Natural Disaster
"Zhao Kang, who suffered a thousand blows, not only coerced me to conceal the true situation in Yuanjiang County for him, but also coerced me to accept bribes. He would give me 1 taels of silver every year. If I didn't accept it, I would be punished in the name of rape. sin."

"In addition, he will also give specialties from Yuanjiang County to me. Over the years, I have been coerced by him all the time. Your Majesty, I feel so miserable!"

Xiao Linglong was numb. Listening to Zhou Baichuan's story about Zhao Kang, Her Majesty's anger level was rising.

Sure enough, I shouldn't deal with a dog official who runs a brothel!
Have illusions!

I actually wanted to summon such a person to the capital to serve the country before!Her Majesty the Empress felt that her brain must have been filled with water.

His Highness Xuance felt that his horizons had been opened today. There are actually such top talents in our Daqian Kingdom!I wish I could see him!

"I understand, you have been wronged."

Xiao Linglong personally helped up Zhou Baichuan who was kneeling on the ground. At this moment, the prefect was moved to tears, and the humiliation of these years turned into sincere tears.

Finally got through it!

"Come on, pass on my word of mouth!"

Xiao Linglong shouted loudly, causing His Highness Xuance and Zhou Baichuan to tremble. It was really strange that such majesty of the emperor could appear on a woman.

The eunuch in charge who was waiting outside the garden trotted over quickly: "Your Majesty."

Xiao Linglong said angrily: "I have ordered the officials to immediately conduct a thorough investigation of Yuanjiang County Magistrate Zhao Kang and arrest him, and he will be executed after Qiu!"

"My slave, I obey." The eunuch in charge swallowed.

Zhou Baichuan was horrified, would he kill him now?
What he didn't know was that just by opening a brothel and paying bribes, Zhao Kang had touched the bottom line of Her Majesty the Empress. This alone was enough for Xiao Linglong to kill Zhao Kang a hundred times.

Not to mention that for so many years, he has been lying to his superiors and concealed from his subordinates, and he has not paid any taxes at all!
If Zhao Kang appeared in front of Her Majesty the Empress now, Xiao Linglong might just draw his sword and chop off his head.

The eunuch in charge was about to deliver the order when Zhang Qianshan, the Minister of Household Affairs, rushed into the imperial garden holding his official robe.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

"What's the noise!"

Xiao Linglong suppressed her anger and yelled.

Zhang Qianshan knelt down with a plop and said quickly: "Your Majesty, Jiangzhou is in emergency! The dam burst and flooded hundreds of counties, destroying fertile farmland and leaving countless people homeless!"

Xiao Linglong's body swayed and she lost her balance, almost falling backwards and startling everyone.

Xiao Xuance hurriedly helped his sister, his eyes full of concern: "Sister!"

Her Majesty the Empress was indeed in a panic at this moment and said quickly: "Summon the officials immediately for discussion!"

Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Xiao Linglong walked up to the dragon chair with the support of Lu Yuan. There was no need to say more greetings. Looking at the Jiangzhou envoy kneeling under the stage, Xiao Linglong said sternly: "Report the disaster in Jiangzhou quickly!"

The envoy did not dare to raise his head and said quickly: "Back to Your Majesty, since June, there have been sudden heavy rains in various places in Jiangzhou that lasted for 23 days. The heavy rain caused the water in the Guangling River to surge and the Jiangzhou Dam collapsed. The floods came from Jiangzhou Prefecture. It began to spread unstoppably through Mo County, Jinchuan, Guiyun and other counties with developed water systems, and it was out of control."

"Up to now, all parts of Jiangzhou have been affected by floods. Fertile farmland has been destroyed and people have lost their harvest. And it is getting worse..."

The expressions of all the ministers changed.Jiangzhou is the state capital with the most developed water system in the Qian Kingdom. Once a flood occurs here, it will even affect other state capitals.

Grand Master Yang, who immediately ranked as one of the three princes, stood up quickly: "Your Majesty, the natural disaster is serious and the people are suffering, so disaster relief is urgent!"

"What the old master said is right, Your Majesty! Please send me to Jiangzhou!"

A group of big guys from the Ministry of War stepped forward. This is when soldiers are needed.

Looking at the united ministers in the audience, Xiao Linglong felt a little comforted in her heart, and ordered repeatedly: "Order Li Yong, Minister of the Ministry of War, to mobilize 30 troops to rush to Jiangzhou to aid Jiangzhou. The Ministry of Revenue immediately allocated [-] taels from the treasury for disaster relief. In addition, notify the prefects of the state animal husbandry in each state to immediately prepare grain and send it to Jiangzhou!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers were flattering each other, but Xiao Linglong's heart was filled with worry instead of happiness.

The preliminary strategy has been formulated, but what’s next?
Flood disasters are no different than other disasters. If the floods cannot be controlled, the disaster will only continue to spread. Thinking of this, Xiao Linglong immediately convened a meeting, and all officials above the third rank participated, hoping to gather everyone's strength to come up with a solution.

The result was a huge quarrel.

You say yours and I say mine.

I think your method is stupid, and you think my idea is stupid, and we almost got into a fight in the end.

However, one person stared blankly at the map and suddenly said: "It would be great if the flood could be diverted from Hongyun County."

Everyone looked over and saw that what was happening was Xiao Xuance. They didn't even pause for a second before turning their heads and continuing the quarrel.

What if this guy could come up with something?That's really strange.

Thinking back when this guy sneaked out of the palace and came back begging for food, everyone originally thought that His Highness Xuance had experienced the sufferings of the people and should have grown up.

Maybe you can learn something from this ordeal.

As a result, after a period of observation, everyone discovered that Xiao Xuance only learned how to beg for food when he left the palace this time.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Xiao Xuance immediately pointed at the map and said angrily: "You don't know how to see it for yourselves! Now the floods are pouring into Hongyun County, and Dama County and other places behind are all low-lying terrain. If If the floods are not diverted, the disaster will spread even faster."

Master Yang looked at the map and nodded lightly, oh, the sun has risen in the west. This guy is really right. The old man murmured: "But it is not easy to divert the flood. There are no high mountains around Hongyun County. Is it possible to rely on it?" Can’t we stop it with manpower?”

Xiao Xuance looked confident: "Maybe there is a way."

This time everyone was really surprised and looked at His Highness blankly. Xiao Linglong immediately said: "Xuan Ce, if you have any ideas, please tell me!"

Xiao Xuance nodded and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, please take us to pray to heaven for seven days and seven nights. I believe that God will be moved by our sincerity... As the saying goes, sincerity can make gold and stone open, and our father's spirit in heaven will definitely bless us. …”

"That's enough!" Xiao Linglong said with a gloomy face.

Just a little bit, she couldn't help but throw Xiao Xuance out.

I'm really out of my mind to listen to this guy talking nonsense!

Her Majesty the Empress is tired and no longer loves me.

(End of this chapter)