Chapter 131                                                             

The Empress Dowager asked the left and right to help Princess Qingdu up and said, "The person who tied the bell is required to untie it. You can only ask the emperor to go to this matter, and it is useless to ask me."

Princess Qingdu immediately changed the road to the Ganqing Palace.

But when he arrived at the Ganqing Palace, he was stopped by Wang Zhen and said that the emperor was busy with business and asked the princess to wait.

Princess Qingdu can only wait.

However, Wang Zhen did not lie.

Zhu Qizhen is really busy with serious business, either, it is the problem of flooding in Beijing.

It was already dark at this moment. I don’t know if it was because it was evening or because it had never stopped heavy rain, so it kept falling again.

Yu Qian held up a candle and illuminated a picture of Beijing's city defense, introducing the situation of the various yards in Beijing.

Zhu Qizhen looked at the map and, under his command, painted blue wherever it had been flooded, and could have been flooded, and used blue dotted lines to circle it out.

As for the drainage channels that have already worked, use red to realize them. The drainage channels that are being constructed overnight are made of red dotted lines.

After reading it, Zhu Qizhen finally felt more at ease. Looking at the map, the red dotted lines changed from virtual to solid lines. For each additional drainage channel, the waterlogging situation in the city will be reduced a little.

As Yu Qian said before, this is just a flood.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is there any problem now?"

Yu Qian said, "Your Majesty captured the prince-consort Jiao Jing, and the nobles in the city were shocked and dared not ignore the orders anymore. However, the temples in the city were already full and the people had no place to go."

Zhu Qizhen said: "I know what you mean, immediately let the palace make empty houses and let the people move in."

First, there was an earthquake and then a flood, and a large number of houses could not hold on.

In such weather, people cannot be exposed to the rain in the open air.

Yu Qian said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "What is the water level of Lugou River?"

Yu Qian said: "The rise is so strong that I have sent someone to inspect. There should be no problem in the past few days. I have already ordered that if the Lugou River embankment really can't hold on, dig the south bank embankment."

Zhu Qizhen naturally understood that keeping the capital was the primary event of the court. The Lugou River was not far from the south of Beijing. If the dam on the north bank of the Lugou River broke, not to mention whether the Lugou River would rush straight into Beijing, but the south of Beijing turned into a vast ocean, and the accumulated water in Beijing would probably not be discharged.

Maybe there is a risk of backflow.

However, this is a disaster for the people on the south bank.

With Yu Qian's kindness, I don't know how to worry about it.

Zhu Qizhen said, "Mr. Yu has suffered."

Yu Qian said, "This is my duty."

Zhu Qizhen said: "After Emperor Taizong moved the capital to Beijing, Beijing was the foundation of the world, but there was such a foundation of the world. Not far from the city, there was wasteland. The water system in various places was not smooth, and the Lugou River flooded nine times in ten years."

"In this case, I will never be able to continue."

Yu Qian said: "This is a dereliction of duty."

After hearing this, Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said, "What do you have to do with you? It is always difficult to do something at the foot of the capital, and I know it."

Although Yu Qian was in office as the prefect of Shuntian, he was quite outstanding.

But if you count it carefully, Yu Qian didn't do anything big because he couldn't do it.

If Yu Qian felt that he could do many things, he would do it. Report a plan to the court and collect some food and money by himself.

But at the feet of the emperor, it's different.

Yu Qian mentioned the matter about Lugouhe, but the Ministry of Revenue transferred to the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Revenue. After a while, he finally agreed.

The only solution to river management is to strengthen the river embankment.

It's just a problem with Lugou River, just one is fine.

The fundamental problem of the Lugou River is nothing else, it is not smooth entering the sea. The water of the Lugou River does not enter the sea directly, but flows into the Triangle Lake with several rivers.

Triangle Lake is just west of Tianjin Wei, and is a quite large lake.

But no matter how big a lake is, how can it be compared with the sea? Once it encounters heavy rain, it will be suspected of being backflowed, and it is even more common to break it.

"However, after this time, I want a plan to let the Lugou River enter the sea." Zhu Qizhen said gritting his teeth.

Yu Qian said: "I obey the order."

Zhu Qizhen's eyes were flushed when he saw Yu Qian's eyes flushed. He knew that Yu Qian was exhausted, so he stopped him and said, "Mr. Yu, let's go back and rest first. The flood may not be able to retreat for a while."

Zhu Qizhen sent Yu Qian away.

Wang Zhen then came to report and said, "The Grand Princess Qingdu has been waiting for a long time."

Zhu Qizhen did not want to see Princess Qingdu because the treatment of Jiao Jing had been decided, which was to hinder the control of water. He punished multiple crimes and performed an extraordinary method. He kept his entire body in mind when he was given an imperial wine.

However, Jiao Jing was the son-in-law after all, so Zhu Qizhen first passed this incident to the cabinet.

But I think the cabinet will not refuse, and the imperial edict has been drafted.

It is inevitable that it is a little slow if you just follow the formal procedures.

Things have come to this point and cannot be changed, nor can they be changed.

Although Princess Qingdu is Xuanzong's sister, Zhu Qizhen is not very close to her, and even Xuanzong is not very close to her.

First, they are not brothers and sisters, and second, Xuanzong has been raised by Taizong since childhood, and his relationship with his sisters is a little distant.

Since Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, he has not seen this eldest princess for much time.

It's hard to say anything about feelings.

But after all, it was my aunt.

But no see.

Zhu Qizhen hesitated for a while and said, "Please come over."

Princess Qingdu came in quickly under the leadership of Wang Zhen. As soon as she came in, she knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, no matter what the prince consort is, I only ask Your Majesty to save him one life."

In an instant, Zhu Qizhen caught him off guard.

The true nature of a woman is to cry, make a fuss, and hang herself. It is the same as in ancient times and the present. It also makes Zhu Qizhen unable to do anything about it.

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly said, "Wang Daban, help the eldest princess get up quickly."

Wang Zhen hurriedly brought a few eunuchs to help Princess Qingdu up. No, it should be said that she was erected. Princess Qingdu had no strength at all, she was erected onto a chair.

Then he burst into tears.

For a moment, Zhu Qizhen didn't know what to do. Zhu Qizhen refused to let him go.

After all, this matter is not just about the palace, but has already been attached to the cabinet. Even if Zhu Qizhen wants to take it back, it will take a while.

The Empress Dowager was right. Zhu Qizhen might not have the idea of ​​establishing his authority when he attacked Jiao Jing. At this moment, the embarrassing knife was hard to sheath, and he was definitely not able to cry for one or two women, so he could take his life back.

This is the situation, but it makes Zhu Qizhen unbearable.

Jiao Jing can do whatever he wants, after all, he is an outsider compared to the royal family, but no matter how Zhu Qizhen does, he will never be able to do anything to Princess Qingdu.

After all, it was her Zhu Yuantong or her surname was Zhu.

Princess Qingdu is not a shrew. Princess Qingdu is not a shrew in front of the Empress Dowager. But she did not dare to be presumptuous at all. But she thought deeply that the truth was no longer clear. She knew too well her son-in-law, and was not a calm master.

As long as you look carefully, there are countless places that have violated the king's laws.

So, she could only use a method that was not a solution.

Sure enough, Zhu Qizhen couldn't stand it for a while.

"What's wrong with sister?" A voice came. Zhu Qizhen looked back and saw that it was not Sun's family?

But when Sun saw two female officials signaling him, they immediately stepped forward and helped Princess Qingdu.

Sun said slowly: "It's too late, so it's so inconvenient for you to be in the Ganqing Palace. You just happened to talk to your sister-in-law about the past. How about it?"

What Sun said was, but in his tone, he could not hesitate at all, and he almost dragged the eldest princess down.

Seeing this, Zhu Qizhen hurriedly said, "My mother?"

Sun smiled softly and said, "Mom can't help you with the matter outside, but Mom has dealt with this woman's affairs."

Zhu Qizhen said: "After all, she is my aunt?"

Sun said, "Don't worry, I don't know the importance? If there is such a thing, Wang Zhen will come to me."

Only then did Zhu Qizhen understand why Sun came so timely.

It turned out that Sun's Duan Shu was nothing in front of Empress Dowager Zhang, but when dealing with other women, he was very good at it.
Chapter completed!