back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 316 Eventful Autumn
Outside Chang'an City, the carriage stopped.Under everyone's accustomed gaze, Lu Chengqi slowly got out of the carriage.Those who know the goods, when they saw the carriage carved with dragons, immediately stopped in their tracks and exclaimed: "My lord!"

Then, naturally, the people around all bowed to the ground one by one, and Lu Chengqi was so frightened that he quickly said: "No need to be too polite, no need to be too polite..."

The imperial guards at the back also said what happened, so they hurriedly drove the carriage and rushed there, only to find out that someone recognized the emperor and was paying homage.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Lu Chengqi whispered in order not to show his face, "Hurry up, protect me and return to the palace!"

The imperial guards did not dare to neglect, they quickly surrounded Lu Chengqi and rushed out of the surrounding crowd.Traveling all the way in a hurry, half an hour passed, and finally arrived at Yujie.After a while, we will reach Xuande Gate.

Lu Chengqi was a little scared, the people nowadays are so enthusiastic about seeing the emperor.If there was an assassin who wanted to hide in the crowd to assassinate him like not long ago, there was no way to prevent him.Now that even Wang Yuanshi was wanted to be assassinated, Lu Chengqi had no choice but to increase his vigilance.

In front of Xuande Gate, the city defense department checked Lu Chengqi's token before letting him enter the palace.There is no way, this is the rule set by Taizu, even the emperor is no exception.

Enter from the Xuande Gate and go straight to the Chuigong Hall.It has been delayed for a day, and I don't know what those memorials have piled up.I hurried back to the Chuigong Hall to have a look. Fortunately, the cabinet system is still very powerful. It is estimated that all the papers submitted have been sent to the Wende Hall.

By the way, the old man Xu Chongguang is on duty today, so he probably has to complain in front of Lu Chengqi again.Lu Chengqi smiled wryly, and thought, "In that case, why not handle it myself!"

What he didn't know was that the little old man Xu Chongguang was being cheap and acting like a good boy, if not, he was afraid that Lu Chengqi would be worried.After finally grabbing a little bit of power from Lu Chengqi, if they hand it all back, wouldn't it be like crying without tears?
Lu Chengqi rushed back eagerly, but in the end he had nothing to do. Just as he was feeling that Dashun had many loyal ministers, a small yellow door said loudly outside the Chuigong Hall: "Your Majesty, the Supervision Department has sent a secret report."

Lu Chengqi's spirit was lifted immediately, and he thought: "Finally, I have something to do."

"Present!" Lu Chengqi said lightly, Xiao Huangmen hurriedly bowed into the Chuigong Hall, handed a box painted with wax to Lu Chengqi, and then bowed respectfully and retreated out.

Lu Chengqi deftly picked apart the wax, and took out an envelope from inside, which was still covered with wax.After picking away the wax again, a letter was poured out.

Just after reading two lines, Lu Chengqi's expression suddenly became serious.This is the secret report sent back from Henan Road by the Supervision Department through the fastest way.As mentioned above, since July, there has been too much rain, and the Yellow River is in danger of bursting.If it weren't for Li Jie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, who led a group of people to strengthen and raise the embankment, I am afraid that the section from Daming Mansion to Kaifeng would have been breached.The letter is written in very plain sentences, in order to avoid mistakes.From the lines, Lu Chengqi could tell that Li Jie put his heart into it.

You know, the year before Lu Chengqi ascended the throne, the Yellow River flooded.After finally plugging the gap, one month before his rebirth, the Yellow River burst its embankment again.If Grand Master Yang hadn't been in power, I'm afraid Lu Chengqi would have been forced to commit a crime against himself.

In this era when the illiteracy rate of the common people is as high as [-]%, once there are any famines, floods, locust plagues, etc., it is the emperor's improper governance. Pray to the Jade Emperor.

After reading the entire secret report, Lu Chengqi sighed in his heart: "This Li Jie is really capable! With his own strength, he insisted on blocking the Yellow River and preventing it from flooding Kaifeng."

Lu Chengqi remembered that he had read an article in his previous life, that the city of Kaifeng, since its establishment, had been the focus of Yellow River's care.In official history, it has been flooded six times in total.It can be said that Kaifeng of later generations was built on the ruins again and again.Otherwise, how could there be a landscape of hanging rivers on the ground!

After Lu Chengqi burned the letter, he stood up and thought: "This blockage is not a solution. If we can dig a canal to release the flood, then the matter will be much easier. I hope Li Jie can handle it!"

Lu Chengqi looked through the records of the former emperor and found that almost none of the officials who controlled the water had a good end.Although most of them committed suicide and embezzled the money for river control, some of them were relegated because their professional skills were not strong enough, the river control failed, and the flood became more serious.

Just as Lu Chengqi was thinking, the small yellow door outside the hall said loudly again: "Your Majesty, Director Xu of the Supervision Department is asking to see you."

Lu Chengqi thought: "At this point, Xu Jingchun came to see me, what's the matter?"

"Show him an audience!" After thinking about it, Lu Chengqi returned to the dragon chair and said calmly.

Not long after, Xu Jingchun walked into the Chuigong Hall in official uniform, bowed to Lu Chengqi and said, "I see Your Majesty."

Lu Chengqi looked at the intelligence leader whom he hadn't seen for a few days, and found that the gloom in him was getting stronger, and he felt a little unhappy.But this was also caused by him alone, so he had to say: "Xu Qing is not polite, and you are here to see me at this time, but you have something important to report?"

Xu Jingchun nodded, Lu Chengqi knew what he meant, waved his hand, and after dismissing the palace ladies and eunuchs, waited for Xu Jingchun's next words.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Goryeo." Xu Jingchun stepped forward and said softly.

"Oh, those clowns, what are they doing now?"

Xu Jingchun said: "My supervisory department secretly purchased the autumn grain of Goryeo. It seems that the whereabouts have been exposed. I have made my own opinion and told them to be careful. At this time, I have given up most of the purchases. I don't know if I did it correctly. I hope your majesty will point it out. "

Lu Chengqi looked at the gloomy intelligence chief in front of him when he talked about work, and he felt quite emotional, but he still said: "Xu Qing understands my intentions, and I am very relieved. Gao Li is not a vegetarian, and Wang Hui still has some skills. It was found out that I, Dashun, did the trick. My opinion is that they should be broken up into parts and hid first, and when there is a shortage of food in Korea, they will raise the price of food and sell food in limited quantities. If you don’t have any gold and silver, your supervision department will have a source of income, so you don’t have to ask for it from Huangzhuang every time you spend it.”

Xu Jingchun said: "I obey the order!"

"By the way, how about Jurchen?" Lu Chengqi never let down his vigilance against this potential powerful enemy.

"Your Majesty, our spies have already gained the initial trust of the Jurchens. They welcome us to barter. They are still very poor. They can only exchange for animal fur and ginseng." Xu Jingchun replied respectfully.

Lu Chengqi nodded, and said: "These things are sold at very high prices in Dashun, and you, the Supervision Department, are not losing money. Don't make too much money, try to set the price as high as possible, and support them first. Let’s talk about fighting the Liao Kingdom.”

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Is there anything else?"

"Back to Your Majesty, that's all for now." Xu Jingchun thought for a while and replied.

"Then go get busy, it's getting late." Lu Chengqi looked at the sky and said.

After Xu Jingchun exited the Chuigong Palace, Lu Chengqi looked at his back and sighed softly: "Oh, troublesome times!"

(End of this chapter)