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Chapter 156, Section 038

038 Waterlogging Disaster, Private Visit by the Son of Heaven

When Zhou Wenzheng heard that An Xiu was afraid that he would not be able to endure hardship, he immediately patted his chest and assured him: "Sister An, don't worry, I am not afraid of hardship!"

Anxiu felt annoyed in her heart, this child was too innocent, she couldn't see her embarrassment.It's not just a matter of his suffering.After traveling a long distance to the East China Sea, Anxiu herself couldn't guarantee whether she would come back safely.If something happened to Zhou Wenzheng along the way, how would he explain it to the Zhou family?

Natural disasters and man-made disasters, none of them are under my control!

Looking into Zhou Wenzheng's earnest eyes, An Xiu really couldn't say no to it, and finally said: "Wenzheng, when is it convenient for Master Zhou, I want to meet him. I still want to hear what Master Zhou thinks about your going to Donghai! "

As long as Mr. Zhou personally agrees that Zhou Wenzheng will go with An Xiu, An Xiu's responsibilities will be reduced.

Only then did Zhou Wenzheng know what An Xiu was thinking, and hurriedly got up and smiled, "Sister An, why don't you go now! My father is fine today!"

Anxiu smiled helplessly, and pulled him to sit down: "Wenzheng, listen to what my sister said. You go home first and ask Master Zhou when you are free to see me. I will go to see Master Zhou again when the time is set. Ask Master Zhou about it personally. What do you think?"

When Zhou Wenzheng went home and told Mr. Zhou what An Xiu meant, if Mr. Zhou agreed with Zhou Wenzheng and An Xiu, he would naturally come to the door in person.Zhou Wenzheng didn't understand what An Xiu meant, so Mr. Zhou must have understood.Anxiu went to the door by herself, what's the matter?

It was the Zhou family who begged him to take their second young master out to see the world, so naturally their family put down their airs and begged Anxiu.If Mr. Zhou didn't come to the door to talk about this matter in person, Anxiu's responsibility would be even less.

Zhou Wenzheng was so innocent that he couldn't see the causal relationship between them.He thought An Xiu was resigning, and went back a little disappointed.

When I got home, I was bumped into by Master Zhou, who immediately shouted: "Blue sky and white sun, you look like a ghost, are you dead father or mother?" After finally saying that he wanted to go out and venture into the world, his heroic spirit suddenly disappeared.

Zhou Wenzheng was taken aback, and called daddy embarrassingly, not daring to speak out loudly.

"Tell me, why are you downcast?" Mr. Zhou roared again.

Zhou Wenzheng had no choice but to tell Mr. Zhou what Anxiu had said, and finally said: "Father, I think An Dong's family doesn't want to take me there."

Mr. Zhou would not let Zhou Wenzheng be so stupid, he would naturally understand the meaning of Anxiu's words, and he said to Zhou Wenzheng after a long while: "Ask the servants to prepare the presents. We will go to An Dong's house in the afternoon. Father will personally ask her to take you there. !"

Zhou Wenzheng was flattered, and hurriedly said: "Father, there is no need..."

Mr. Zhou was angry and distressed at the second son, and said angrily on purpose: "Silly boy, why won't she take you there? She wants our family to beg her personally, so as not to make mistakes on the road and blame her. This It is indeed not easy for a woman to support such a large family business!"

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Kyoto, Imperial Study Room.

It was already late at night, and the emperor gathered a large group of pillars of the country in the imperial study, and angrily threw a batch of memorials on the ground: "The bureaucrats in the southeast are so corrupt, you really reassure me!"

The severe flood in the southeast drowned tens of thousands of people, and the two main rivers burst their embankments. Residents on both sides of the river had no time to escape and were swept away by the water in the middle of the night.

However, the local bureaucrats were afraid that the court would blame them, so they took off their black hats and concealed them.People were drowned, houses were flooded, and tens of thousands of people lived without a fixed place, without food and clothing. Finally, they couldn't bear it anymore and launched a riot.Smashed the state government office, killed the state magistrate, and robbed the government's granary.

After such a commotion, the prefect of Ningnan reported it to the court.It took ten days for the memorial to arrive in Kyoto.

When the emperor saw it, he almost fainted from anger.Since he came to the throne, he has been diligent in government affairs, thinking that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, but unexpectedly such a big incident happened in the southeast, so he immediately called the ministers to discuss how to deal with it.

Seeing that the emperor was angry, civil servants and military generals did not dare to hide it, and they all offered suggestions, which were nothing more than allocating food and money to appease the refugees.

Finally, the imperial envoy was selected, and the matter was settled.The censor Shen Yang was selected. He was the magistrate in southern Ningnan earlier and was more familiar with the local conditions.

After the ministers resigned, the emperor specifically retained the imperial envoys, the grand master Shangguan Chengzhou, and the household secretary Huo Dongran.

"I want to go to Ningnan with the censor!" Huo Jue suddenly said after a while, "Go to Ningnan to see the specific customs. The censor has gone, and I'm afraid I won't be able to suppress the local snakes."

Shangguan Cheng Zhou immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, absolutely no! The Son of Heaven cannot leave the capital without authorization, otherwise there will be chaos in the court!"

Huo Jue stepped down from the throne and helped Shangguan Chengzhou, who was kneeling on the ground, "Don't worry, Grand Master, I will go for four months at most. Along the way, I will inspect the officials, familiarize myself with my country, and see how the officials are doing. How is the people's livelihood? In fact, I have planned this for a long time, but I didn't have the right opportunity. When I was not in the capital, I was called a serious illness to the outside world.

Shangguan Chengzhou has gone through two dynasties and has always been loyal. When Huo Jue was the prince, he was the prince's tutor, and he had a profound friendship with Huo Jue as a teacher and student.Not only that, the emperor's former empress Shangguan Xiu'an was the eldest daughter of Shangguan Chengzhou, and now the only concubine is Shangguan Chengzhou's second daughter.

The Shangguan family can be described as mighty by the emperor's grace, standing for many years without falling, and it is one of the two powerful forces in Kyoto.The other one is the Huo family. The Huo family, which has the same surname as the royal family, has always been a powerful force in Kyoto.

Although the emperor is young, he has accomplished a lot. He understands a truth: the greatest achievement outweighs the master.If the Huo family or the Shangguan family dominates, it will threaten their throne.So he supported the two families, and deliberately provoked the conflict between the two families, making them fight fiercely with each other.When a family is about to be defeated, the emperor will help it immediately.

So these years, the Huo family and the Shangguan family have been co-existing, and no one has won against the other.Although they all knew it was the emperor's trick, they couldn't stop fighting.

Now that the emperor left Beijing, he refused to tell others, and only left the important matter to Shangguan Chengzhou and Huo Dongran, expressing that the emperor believed in these two people, but he was not completely at ease, so he had to let them restrain each other.

Huo Dongran knew the emperor's temper, and he usually would not say unreliable words.Since he said he was going to Ningnan for a private visit, he must have planned it long ago.This flood in southern Ningxia is just an opportunity.So it was just a persuasion as usual.

Huo Jue was very persistent, Shangguan Chengzhou and Huo Dongran couldn't persuade him, so they had to help arrange the emperor's travel.

The identities cannot be made public, so Huo Jue had to be disguised as the entourage of the imperial envoy Shen Yang, and then 28 people were selected from the hands of the senior officials to pretend to be Shen Yang's bodyguards.

Things were secretly arranged, and Huo Jue left the capital with Shen Yang the next day.Suddenly there were rumors in the court that the emperor was seriously ill.Many ministers were very worried, fearing that the emperor would be ill again.During the six months when the empress died, the emperor stayed in bed for six months, ignoring government affairs.The imperial court is full of smog, and now the situation is finally getting better, and the emperor is sick again!

Many loyal ministers and good generals suddenly became worried.

The Shangguan family and the Huo family intend to fight while the emperor is not in the capital.But the emperor issued a death order and let the two families live in peace.If anyone in the family had a problem, Huo Jue would still have to make it up when he returned to Beijing.In other words, it is useless to win a fight, and you still have to pay it back after four months.

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Mr. Zhou came to the door in person and asked Anxiu to take Zhou Wenzheng to the East China Sea. There was no need to take special care of him along the way, as long as he understood the hardships of life.Anxiu had no choice but to respond one by one.Now that Mr. Zhou has spoken in person, Anxiu doesn't have to worry about Zhou Wenzheng's personal safety.

Anyway, I won't hurt him!
Nangong used this time to inquire about news.But there were all kinds of things, which made Anxiu and Nangong confused: Some people said that tens of thousands of people died in several counties in the east, and riots broke out, causing great chaos.The imperial court has already sent imperial envoys over, and the magistrate has been transferred from Linzhou to appease; some people say that there is no such thing at all, and there is no major flood in the counties to the east.

Nangong himself was not sure which news was correct, so he had to ask Anxiu what he meant.Anxiu thought for a while, and said: "The worst thing is that there is real turmoil in the east. But it is impossible for the nearby officers and soldiers not to suppress it, so things should be considered stable. As long as the official path can still go, we will not There will be danger, if the official path fails, then go back!"

"Boss, is it too risky?" Nangong asked worriedly.

An Xiudao: "If I knew that there was indeed a flood in the east, I would definitely not go. But now the news we have inquired about is all guesswork, and there is no one who is sure. Just because of these guesses, we gave up our plan." The plan is too bad."

Nangong couldn't say no to Anxiu, so he had to start preparing.In the early morning of April [-]th, Anxiu took Nangong, Zhou Wenzheng and a group of people from the escort agency to the East China Sea.

He Youbao, Zhang Zhenzhen, Sister-in-law Cheng, Ling Erhu, Zhou Wenxuan, Sun Quan and others all came to see them off.He Youbao was particularly worried about her, even more sad than when He Shusheng left.Anxiu had no choice but to comfort them.

"Boss, have a good trip, go early and return early..." Ling Erhu and Sun Quan shouted loudly.

Anxiu sat in the carriage, full of hope for the prospect of going east.

Watching the carriage drift away, Zhou Wenxuan couldn't help laughing in his heart: This time, I'm afraid that neither of them will come back.Sooner or later, my father will know about the flood in the east. When the second brother dies in the east, my father will not be able to blame him.Zhou Wenxuan thought, God help those who help themselves, right?

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Finally meeting the emperor, huh~~
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