Seven hundred and seventieth chapters Wei water flow
The Yellow River flooded, and this incident did not cause panic among the emperor.
Who can stop the river that makes people love and hate for thousands of years?
But King Fu of Zhou broke the dike and protected the fields to arouse the emperor's excitement.
Yes, it's shocking.
King Fu Zhu Houfeng was a direct descendant of Emperor Chunduan's brother from Taizong's lineage. This group was originally named King Huai. Later, because Emperor Yongle succeeded to the throne, Zhu Biao and his group took the initiative to give up the wise. Zhu Yunwen's son Zhu Wenkui and Zhu Wengui were both named kings and stayed in the capital because they were young.
When Emperor Chunduan ascended the throne, the Zhu Biao-Yi clan, who had been "forgotten" for decades, finally had the opportunity to become a vassal, but at that time there was no fiefdom suitable for that branch in the world. In desperation, Emperor Chunduan had to turn Taizong's lineage, his brother's direct king Huai into King Fu. At least two kings were replaced with one. Even if the fiefdom of Luoyang was too good, the court officials at that time didn't say anything.
But the territory of King Huai was given up was so annoying. Zhenjiang was a good place, but later Emperor Chengzhi ascended the throne and appointed his younger brother as King Yue. Therefore, King Huai is now competing with King Fu for the land in Luoyang, making trouble all day long.
This Fu King is also a strange thing. This person often says that his branch represents the heroes of Taizong's lineage to comfort Prince Yiwen's lineage. In addition, this branch has no characteristics except for eating, which is arrogant and domineering, and has no shortcomings in the eyes of the emperor. Now it is getting worse, I am afraid that the entire land of Luoyang City will be involved in their hands.
"Things are going to be bad." The old emperor almost ran away with a numb scalp.
The Yellow River is flooding, and King Fu broke his dam to protect the fields. Whose fields will he protect?
Of course it's your own.
This will inevitably arouse public anger. When it comes to the post-disaster famine, it is probably...
"Ministry Rebellion!" Several court officials looked at each other quickly, and there was a light in some people's eyes.
The Central Plains people changed, so the court naturally had to send people to quell it, so...
"Don't even think about it. If the Western Army arrives, no king of the Central Plains will be left behind!" The old emperor scolded with a sharp voice, "Don't think about these many, quickly decide how to relieve the disaster!"
If this was the case, the first idea that the old emperor had in his mind was to send troops to suppress it first, and then give some money but no money to issue an imperial edict to exempt local taxes for half a year - the tax still has to be paid, and corvee still has to be done.
You should know that those who pay taxes are generally not the poor, and the poor are not qualified to pay taxes.
But now with the Western Army's pearls and jade, and the killing god who regards the poor as heavier than the emperor, is in Guanzhong. If he dares not issue an order to rescue disasters, he will be afraid that the Central Plains will change immediately, and then the Western Army will enter the Central Plains.
It's not time yet!
"Your Majesty, the Western Army has arrived in Longdong, why not ask them to use military rations to provide disaster relief first?" Li Dongyang made a plan, "As for how to repay it later, the palaces of the princes..."
He really had no bad intentions this time, just wanted to use the Western Army to kill the stupid pig-like kings of the Central Plains.
Li Dongyang had long disliked these bastards who were harmful to public and private affairs. Moreover, if he could kill the kings in advance at this critical moment, the prince would have more hope of inheriting the throne in the future.
Therefore, "I am willing to discuss this matter with the Duke of Qin in person, and I will never let the Western Army suffer a loss this time--" Li Dongyang asked for an order.
The old emperor nodded slightly and said, "Don't I know what Li Qing said?"
But they didn't know about some things and could only mess around.
"Transfer the order, the six ministries discuss matters, and in addition, prepare for the prince's funeral." The old emperor turned around and ordered, "I asked the pedestrian to prepare, King Fu is domineering, King Zhou, Humph, the lineage of King Zhou is really a big deal. Now he dares to break the dam. It's really damn. I need to investigate."
The ministers looked so strange.
King Zhu Mushen of Zhou was quite normal among a group of kings, but his experience was abnormal. When he was twelve years old, his father died. The key was that his father was not the King of Zhou when he was alive, so he inherited the title and seized the country. When he inherited the title, his eighteen uncles, all his old ones were capable of killing him.
Now it's great. For the sake of the title of King Zhou, his second and third uncles almost killed the child. When he finally grew up a little, his third uncle had some "communication" with his mother, Zhu Mushen's biological mother, Prince Zhou Dao. Seeing that the title was not guaranteed, Zhu Mushen became anxious and took the initiative to kill Princess Zhou Dao first - it was probably his move.
Then his third uncle became anxious and immediately sued Zhu Mushen for killing his father and mother. This was simply worse than a pig or a dog.
This incident inevitably alarmed Emperor Chengzhi, who was "unaware of it". Emperor Chengzhi stroked his pen and Zhu Mushen was about ten years old. Where did you let him go to kill someone? As for Princess Zhou Dao who died of illness, what does it have to do with the King of Zhou?
In this way, with the help of Emperor Chengzhi, Zhu Mushen firmly took up the position of King of Zhou. His second uncle was named King of Yining, his third uncle was named King of Pingle, and his father was posthumously named King of Zhou Dao, and he also gave him some fiefs and rewards.
Zhu Mushen was happy after doing this, but which of his eighteen uncles could be satisfied? We are all princes and you are the princes, that's fine, but you have to hand over the money to your uncle for safekeeping.
For this reason, Kaifeng has become a small world where the King of Zhou does everything. Today, the Zhou palace collected a dou of rice for the people, while the other eighteen princes had to collect a pig, and the people were in great pain.
For this reason, the cabinet repeatedly requested the emperor to send someone to rectify the territory of the King of Zhou, but part of the money collected by the King of Zhou flowed into the Zongzheng Mansion and indirectly fell into the emperor's treasury. Can the emperor rectify it?
What's more, the internal strife of King Zhou was the most in line with the emperor's interests. He wanted all the kings in the world to become King Zhou Fu. How could he let them "work diligently and love the people" be the Eight Wise Kings?
"Now the disaster is happening - breaking the dike and protecting the fields. This is what the Western Army, especially the devil hates the most. This Zhou King's Group may have to..." The ministers didn't know what it should feel.
The old emperor was obviously very clear, but he knew that if Wei Yang intervened, he would definitely put the people first.
The King of Zhou is the same, so it’s better to wait until he will settle his son when he ascends the throne in the future.
After all, the money and food accumulated by the Prince of Zhou Fu's Mansion is enough to fight a war against the world in the future.
"The prince's death will be handled according to the rules, and there is no need to say much," when he arrived in the hall, the old emperor issued an order, "I asked the cabinet, the six ministries, and the generals to handle the matter fully, and the tombs will go to the capital."
Liu Jian's heart moved: "I don't know the princess..."
"I'm afraid I can't wait until the emperor's grandson grows up. Therefore, the Crown Princess lives in Xi'an Prefecture for a long time. As for where to live, let her choose to go by herself. Let's talk about the matter of the crown prince in a few years." The old emperor said seriously, "However, the floods in the Yellow River have to be dealt with as soon as possible. If the Central Plains are in chaos, I will decide to use the ministers as the imperial envoy, to ensure peace and suppress the kings. The most important thing is to never cause civil unrest, otherwise half of the rivers and mountains will be owned by the Western Army."
The ministers praised him together. If Wei Yang took the opportunity to interfere in Zhongyuan and the others, they would really have to consider whether to assist the Ming Dynasty or seek the Western Frontier to follow the dragon.
"Who is suitable?" the old emperor asked.
Xie Qian looked at Liu Jian, but Liu Jian was hesitant.
Liu Jian is resourceful, but not good at making decisions.
Chapter completed!