I won't be a courtier anymore

Chapter 18 Disaster Relief Specialist

Zhiping 18 years, spring.

Yellow and tender spring buds have already appeared on the tree, but the weather is still very cold. Xie Feng is going to go to court early in the morning. The court has not been peaceful in the past two years, and he does not know when this day will end.

Xie Feng got into the carriage, Fifteen waved his whip, and walked towards the palace with the carriage.

"I came back late yesterday and did not receive Shiliu's letter, how is Li Bai doing?" Xie Feng asked.

Sixteen is the bodyguard sent by Xie Feng to follow Cheng Jing and Li Bai. He learned ninjutsu in Dongying since he was a child, and he can get close to others without being noticed. It's two years with me.

"Everything is fine. Sixteen said that Cheng Jing had left the Western Regions with the young master. Looking at the direction, he was going back to Jincheng." Fifteen replied.

"Back to Jincheng?" Xie Feng was slightly touched when he heard the news.

Now at this time, it was the day when Zhao Zi ordered him to go to Huanhuaxi to invite Cheng Jing to Beijing in his previous life. If he didn't move, would Li Bai still come to the capital like in his previous life?

"Yes." Fifteen affirmed, "Sixteen Letters say so."

"Continue to follow." Xie Feng ordered.

Seeing this, Fifteen took it for granted and nodded. He had already reached the gate of the palace. Fifteen grabbed the reins and jumped down the carriageway: "My lord, we're here."

Xie Feng slowly jumped out of the carriage and went to the court early in the morning to listen to the two princes arguing with their respective factions. It was really annoying, but there was nothing to do.

"Thank you, sir!" The minister of the Ministry of Industry bowed to Xie Feng.

This servant of the Ministry of Industry is from Zhao Zi. He looks greasy and eats a big belly. He is more like a member of the Ministry of Households than the adults in the Ministry of Households. He knows money and money all day long.

"Master Hu." Xie Feng replied.

In the early morning court, the old emperor walked out slowly with the support of the eunuch, and the officials in the palace shouted long live.

The old emperor waved his hands with half-closed eyes, and sat down on the dragon chair.

Xie Feng straightened his cuffs, put his hands in front of his lower abdomen, and waited for today's good show to take place.

Sure enough, the two princes quarreled again because of the reconstruction of Shanglin Garden.

Zhao Zi was petty, quarreled and quarreled over trivial things, Zhao Nan was so disturbed by him that it was hard to escape, there were still two years left for the old emperor, Xie Feng was not busy standing in line, and sat on the side Watching tigers fight in the mountains.

Wonderful very.

"All right, all of you, stop talking." The old emperor waved his hands with half-closed eyes, with an impatient expression on his face, "Isn't it just money? If the treasury doesn't come out, I will pay by myself!"

"Father!" Zhao Nan frowned.

"What's the matter? I'm still sitting here, and you all just stare at my private treasury?" The old emperor was a little slurred.

Xie Feng looked at the situation, then looked at the faces of the ministers below, and wanted to cover his ears helplessly. Whenever the old emperor was confused, the ministers proposed to establish a reserve.

Sure enough, Zhongshu ordered Zhong Ming to step forward again and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is the foundation of a country. The East Palace should be established early, and the country will be settled in peace."

Zhongshu Ling Zhongming is from Xie Zhan's generation. He is older, senior and senior, and the old emperor has to respect him three points.

As soon as Zhao Zi heard Zhong Ming mentioning Li Chu again, a trace of displeasure flashed in his eyes. This old man knows what it means to establish a heir and establish a leader.

"I'm not dead yet, what are you in a hurry for?" The old emperor asked with a frown, but obviously he had lost the momentum he had two years ago, and he himself knew that his health was failing.

"..." Zhong Ming sighed and retreated silently.

Zhao Zi also breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Nan shook his head slightly towards Zhong Ming.

"All of you..." The old emperor had a look of resentment.

"Your Majesty, I have a book to play." Hu Feng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, stepped forward and said, his face was a little ugly.

"Say." The old emperor said.

"The Huai River...the Huai River has burst its embankment..." Hu Feng wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.

This year's flood season is approaching, and the Ministry of Industry is repairing the fortifications according to the usual practice in previous years. However, it did not expect that the Huaishui levee has slowly seeped water before construction began. When the pre-tide of the flood season arrived, the levee collapsed.

The Huai River is an extremely important river in the southeast of Daqi. It is extremely important to irrigate the crops along the coast and connect the north-south water transport.It's just that the dike broke, the crops were gone, the houses were gone, and the north-south trade routes were also greatly affected.

"You, tell me again!" Although the old emperor was a little confused, he still understood the importance of this point.

"The Huai River has burst its embankment." Hu Feng knelt down tremblingly, and the old emperor angrily smashed the inkstone off the dragon table, obviously confused by his anger.

Hu Feng trembled all over, knelt on the ground and did not dare to move, the inkstone fell in front of Hu Feng's eyes, and the ink splashed all over the ground.

The adults who were still arguing just now calmed down.

"Please tell me clearly, what is going on here? Tell me clearly!" The old emperor glared at Hu Feng angrily, "The Huai River embankment has been repaired every year, and the money has been allocated every year, so it collapsed? The Yellow River embankment has been closed this year. It didn't collapse!"

Hu Feng said in a trembling voice: "The Huaishui levee has been around for nearly ten years, and the foundation has long been washed and corroded by the water body. The foundation has been scattered, and it will be useless to repair it. Your Majesty, this is really not...not..." Hu Feng choked.

"Not what? It's not your fault?" The old emperor said angrily, "It's not your fault but my fault?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Hu Feng was too frightened to speak, and knelt down to apologize.

When the Huai River broke its embankment, it was necessary to control the water and relieve disasters. There were many natural disasters, and the old emperor was also afraid.

"Hasn't Huaiyin handed in the paper yet?" The old emperor turned to Zhong Ming, who hurried forward and said, "I just handed it in this morning."

"If such a major event is put on hold, you just remember to set up a reserve! Hand over the paperwork!" The old emperor scolded.

Huaiyin is the fiefdom of the Marquis of Huaiyin, but it is not under the control of the Marquis of Huaiyin. Only one-tenth of the annual tax money goes to the Marquis of Huaiyin, so the booklet was handed over by Suxie, Tai Suxie of Huaiyin Mansion.

Su Xie reported the disaster in Huaiyin in detail, and the tide just came, and there was still a flood behind.Su Xie urgently begged the imperial court to send reinforcements to support Huaishui.

Yep, we're going to fight again.

Liu Xuan took a look at Xie Feng, the superior and subordinates have become more and more comfortable getting along with each other in the past two years.

Xie Feng has already understood what Liu Xuan meant, maybe he will go to Huaiyin again.

"Boss, second child, what do you think at this time?" The old emperor pondered.

"Huaiyin is an important town, and the court must send people to help the disaster. Since Lord Su begged the court to send troops to help, I think that the servant of the Ministry of War, Mr. Xie, is a very suitable candidate for this disaster relief." Zhao Zi said first, "and then assist the Ministry of Industry , the household department, and the three departments will send people to the disaster relief, so nothing will go wrong."

"My son is willing to host this disaster relief." Zhao Nan said directly.

Zhao Nan is two years older than Zhao Zi, and he presided over the snow disaster across the country two years ago. This time, when the embankment burst again, Zhao Nan didn't want to stay in the court and quarrel with Zhao Zi every day, so he simply looked for an errand Avoid it.

Xie Feng pondered slightly, this is the beginning of the Huai River bursting the embankment, and there will be floods in most of the south of the Yangtze River.Originally, it was not appropriate for the eldest prince to leave Beijing at this time, but it was a good deal to have a big errand in the future.

Xie Feng didn't stop it.

The old emperor glanced at all the adults in the Ministry of War, and said to Xie Feng: "Xie Qing, go to the disaster relief. You are young and promising, and I think you are better than these few old men."

Liu Xuan smiled and didn't say a word.

There are only a limited number of civil servants in the Ministry of War. When encountering these matters, Xie Feng went to deal with them. When the other military officers wanted to deal with the various ministries, they immediately shrank.

"The minister obeys the order." Xie Feng said.

"Father, my son also wants to go together." Xie Nan begged again, "The Huai River is thousands of miles away, and Xie Qing alone can take care of it."

"That's all right, let's go together." The old emperor looked at his eldest son and sighed.This boy is a good boy, but honest and honest, he is not a good material to be an emperor.

Zhao Zi took a deep look at Xie Feng. For the past two years, he has been trying to win Xie Feng over, but Xie Feng has been unwilling to reply to him directly. Now that the trend of seizing the heir apparent has been achieved, who can avoid it?He still didn't believe that Xie Feng didn't accept his love.

Xie Feng pretended not to see Zhao Zi's eyes, and then discussed with the First Prince about disaster relief in Huaiyin.

June to September is the rainy season along the Huai River, and the precipitation is extremely heavy. It is already the beginning of June.The matter of disaster relief is under the control of the Eldest Prince, and the three adults are involved. Xie Feng has nothing to worry about, but when he goes to Huaiyin, he must see the Marquis of Huaiyin and his little aunt.

The disaster relief was urgent, Xie Feng led the vanguard and left a few days ago, and the first prince was in charge of the rear.

The author has something to say: #Suddenly found that the manuscript storage set in the manuscript box has been completed... Sorry, it has been interrupted for a day.