I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 184 Borrowing a Boat to Cross the River
The so-called emperor and scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together. Since ancient times, except when there are wars on the frontier, the status of military commanders has always been lower than that of civil servants, even eunuchs and eunuchs.

The same is true of the Guochao. Although the chief general of the forbidden army can be called unparalleled, he really dare not put on airs in front of Li Zhiliang, a civil servant.

The reason why Li Zhiliang showed his favor to the warriors with his shirt off was only because Zhu Di's five expeditions to Mongolia had been triumphant for less than two months, and the limelight of the generals had not yet passed.

Looking at Li Zhiliang, who was bare-chested, thin-skinned and tender-skinned, Zheng He pursed his lips indiscriminately, thinking that he was really a slippery man, and said with a deep smile:
"Li Langzhong, the city wall to the south of Chaoyang Gate has already been dug up, and the accumulated water in the city rushed out and went straight into the main channel of the canal. The flood will subside in at least half an hour, and there is no need for the soldiers to build dikes in the rain. "

Li Zhiliang was born as a Jinshi in the second list of Hongmiaozheng, and he looked down upon the generals and eunuchs from the bottom of his heart, but in the face of Zheng He, who had made great achievements, he didn't dare to underestimate him, so he nodded quickly after a little thought should be:
"Since that's the case, that's the best thing. This officer will let General Xu withdraw his troops."

Hearing Li Zhiliang's words, Zheng He's expression froze, he took a deep look at him, clasped his hands hidden in his sleeves, and nodded slightly with a smile.

The rain came and went, and it was pitch black.

Li Zhiliang only saw Zheng He nodding his head, but didn't realize that Zheng He's face was a little hesitant, and he didn't know that he had overstepped. He looked at Xu Jian in a deep voice and said:

"General Xu, withdraw your troops."

It was not an easy task to stop ten thousand soldiers in the heavy rain of catharsis. After Xu Jian got the order, he immediately ordered his own soldiers to go forward and back, and told the soldiers to assemble immediately.

"Li Langzhong, since the danger of the flood has been resolved, you should go back to the city and return to the emperor's order. Our family will stay here, so I won't let you talk."

Zheng He spoke calmly and forcefully, but Li Zhiliang shook his head, clasped his hands together and said loudly:

"General Zheng, the torrential rain shows no signs of stopping, and there may be another accident at any time. As the official of Dushui Qing, how can I let you stay here alone."

"Mr. Li is too worried." Signaling Xu Jian to bring Li Zhiliang's official uniform, Zheng He said with a humorous smile:

"There are [-] soldiers from Yanshan's four guards here, and our family sits in charge in person. Mr. Li has nothing to worry about."

Zheng He's words were thorny, no matter how stupid Li Zhiliang was, he could react at this moment. Hearing this, he hurriedly bowed his head and bowed deeply:

"General Zheng Da is broken, and I will return to the city immediately."

With Li Zhiliang being so knowledgeable, Zheng He's feeling of disgust suddenly eased a bit, he no longer entangled in the matter just now, and simply helped Li Zhiliang up with his own hands.

"Li Langzhong doesn't need to do this kind of vain gift to our family. Letting the emperor know the situation in the outer city is the most important thing right now. Li Langzhong should hurry up and go."

Zheng He had finished talking to this point, and Li Zhiliang naturally had nothing to say, so he clasped his hands together and rushed towards the city gate in a hurry.

Sitting in a carriage with less than half of the carriage soaked in water, Li Zhiliang had prepared a draft in his heart in advance, and as soon as he entered the small courtyard of Zhou Dahe's house, he brought his official robe and approached Li Tian, ​​and said with joy on his brows:
"Your Majesty, the earth embankment outside Chongwen Gate has been built, and General Manager Zheng opened an opening on the city wall. It won't take long for the accumulated water in the city to fade away."

Li Tian was about to speak when he heard the words, but he caught sight of two Dongchang fanboys, who rushed in after meeting, his expression straightened immediately, he coughed and signaled Li Zhiliang to step aside first, and said directly:

"What happened?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Commander Bai was knocked unconscious by a falling beam in Huanghuafang."

Knocked out by a beam?

Li Tian was slightly stunned, thinking that Bai Qiliang was really unlucky, so he asked a few casual questions, then looked at the anxious other person and said:

"What about you, what do you want to report?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Lord Sun asked the young man to report quickly, saying that all the food in the Taicang of Nanjuxian Square has been spoiled."

what!
With an exclamation, Li Tian's complexion suddenly changed, and he frowned and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone:
"Where are the treasurers in Taicang, why don't you transfer the grain earlier."

"Your Majesty, this little one doesn't know."

Through Dongchang Fanzi who went to and from various workshops, Li Tian knew the disaster situation in the city well, and knew that the southeast workshops suffered particularly heavy losses, and many people lost their homes.

But this is easy to handle. After all, a house that collapsed in the rain is not a good house. The imperial court allocates some silver taels to let the people rebuild it by themselves.

But what happened in Taicang made Li Tian's expression extremely ugly in an instant.

Taicang, as the Changping warehouse of the imperial court, stored life-saving food for the common people. There were at least 30 shi of grain in it. According to the current market price in the market, [-] taels of silver were lost all at once.

Wu Zhong and the others who had been accompanying Li Tian were obviously shocked by the news.

"Your Majesty, everyone knows that Taicang is important to the people's livelihood. The food in the entire Taicang has been soaked. It's unbelievable and unheard of. I request that the treasury official in charge of Taicang be arrested immediately to find out the real reason."

"Wu Shangshu's words are old-fashioned words, and I deeply agree with them."

Squinting his eyes slightly, Li Tian's eyes were full of cold light, he turned to look at Huang Yan and said coldly:

"Huang Yan, I remember that there is a West Taicang in Wanping County. You should immediately send someone to check whether the food in the West Taicang is the same as that in the East Taicang. It is also spoiled."

Hearing the emperor's gnashing of teeth, Huang Yan was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on the back of his head. He hurriedly responded and boldly asserted:
"Your Majesty, this old slave thinks there must be something strange about this matter."

"Nonsense, there are dozens of warehouses in Taicang, hundreds of thousands of shi of grain, and there is no reason why all of them will be soaked in a torrential rain."

Unceremoniously insulting Huang Yan, Li Tian stood facing the rain with his hands behind his back, only the rage of being deceived in his heart, took a few deep breaths, suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice:
"Huang Yan, you go to Renshoufang personally and bring Old Shangshu Xia to me."

"Old slave obeys the order."

It has to be said that digging up the city wall is an excellent idea. The stagnant water pouring into the southeast three lanes in the entire capital has a place to go because of the break in the city wall.

In just a quarter of an hour, Huanghuafang, the most serious backwater, stopped rising and dropped rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Noticing such a change, Han Tao, who temporarily replaced Bai Qiliang as the commander of Xicheng Bingma Si, was very excited. He hurriedly seized this opportunity and frantically urged his subordinates to dredge the drainage ditch.

Although the drainage ditch is easy to see, its waterway leads directly to the outside of the city. Taking advantage of such a good opportunity, hundreds of Marquis Wu's patrols worked hard and successfully dredged the largest part of the square in a short time. waterway.

In this way, there is an underground river channel to drain out of the city, and a breach in the city wall above for the accumulated water to rush in. Under the ebb and flow, the flood was finally contained.

(End of this chapter)