The spring pool also adopts the natural style of Jicui Palace. The interior is rugged with rocks, luxuriant flowers and trees, and naturally piled with stones. If it weren't for the roof above, it would almost make people think that it is a pool formed by heaven and earth.

This building covering the pool is strange and weird. The entire right wall is covered with slanted windows. The light coming through the window can shine on the flowers and trees inside all day long. On the other side is a large skylight. When the skylight is opened,

The plants inside can not only receive sufficient light, but also allow rainwater to pour down. Directly above the spring pool is a dome decorated like a cave. When you are inside, it feels like an open-air pool, but with absolute privacy.

In the middle of the bathing pool, a rockery covered with strange flowers divides the pool into two. There are several white jade sculptures of beautiful ladies on the mountain. The female statues carry a vase-like water bottle around their waists, and streams of hot springs pour from the steamer.

When you enter the pool, you will hear the sound of water splashing beads and splashing jade. Before taking a bath, you will feel fresh and clean, and all the mundane things have disappeared.

By the pool, not only peonies and exotic flowers and herbs were planted in full bloom, but there were also two tall and strong osmanthus trees. Perhaps they were grown in a greenhouse, which caused them to mutate, so they were still blooming, and the fragrant fragrance was refreshing.

Some petals floated to the water, and the gently rippling water was like a carpet made of sweet-scented osmanthus.

On the carpet of osmanthus stamens, there are many petals of yellow, red, purple and other colors falling from other flower trees and wisterias.

On the other side, in addition to grapes and cucumber trellises, and deadwood covered with mushrooms and fungus, there were rows of vegetable fields. In addition to the leeks that Yang Tong knew, there were also some weird wild vegetables.

He had seen the more luxurious and eccentric royal garden Xiyuan, and Yang Tong was not surprised by this. Da Qicai was lying on a couch carved from white marble, with a stone pillow on his head, his eyes slightly closed, and he was enjoying the bath very much.

In the spring pool.

Carefully combing through the emergency report sent by Yin Hongzhi, Uncle Yin did a very good job in the incident of grain theft. First, he determined that there was a problem in the Baima warehouse based on Shi Yu's anomalies, and then he investigated to the end and exposed the secrets under the grain cellar.

The hidden truth, but with the evidence in hand, he did not use the power of the 'special envoy' to arrest people immediately, nor did he alert the snake, creating an opportunity for the court to arrest the 'traitor' lurking in the officialdom. This series of performances was extremely sophisticated.

, lived up to expectations.

Fang Xuanling's response method is nothing to say. According to his assumptions, the lost grain will most likely be stored in the warehouse. Yang Tong agrees with this very much, because he has decided to promote Shi Yu to the prefect of Xingyang. This is

The big leap from being the magistrate of Shang County at the sixth level to the prefect of Shang County at the third level, and being promoted to twelve levels in a row, made Shi Yu of immeasurable value to the Zheng family, and Xingyang was the fundamental place of the Zheng family. They

Although their influence there is profound, if it does not operate for a long time, the Zheng family in Xingyang will be lost in the long history sooner or later, so they are eager to return.

In order to protect Shi Yu, who had a promising future and could be an important chess piece for the Zheng family to return to Xingyang and the court, the Zheng family would definitely find ways to supplement the more than two million shi of grain in a short period of time.

Although the five surnames and seven sects and other aristocratic families have far-reaching influence, long-lasting inheritance, and luxuriant branches, with the promotion of cheap paper books, three studies, imperial examinations, and ban on examinations by aristocratic families, their advantages in educational resources will slowly disappear.

Now they can influence the world and the imperial court by using their accumulated economic strength for thousands of years to push the imperial court to make choices that are beneficial to them. This process is extremely slow, ranging from three to five years at the fastest, to ten to a hundred years at the slowest.

Therefore, the aristocratic families need someone in the court. They will use all means to push the chess pieces who have already become officials to high positions, or they will spare no financial resources to cultivate promising officials. When they become officials, they will reciprocate the favor of the aristocratic families.

With the support of these people in the officialdom, decrees and decisions that are beneficial to the family can be passed.

The same goes for the opposite. If the imperial court wants to attack aristocratic families, the best way is to go to war and fight with open swords and guns. But anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Sui Dynasty was at its peak and could only be controlled by the barely surviving Li and Tang dynasties. They would never do it.

The forces and strength hidden under the water will be invested in the hopeless Li Tang court. Therefore, if the Sui Dynasty destroyed the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, only those people on the surface could be killed; this also meant that the imperial power and the aristocratic families

The battle has turned from overt to dark. On this basis, the best methods are nothing more than three. One is to find the chess pieces of each faction and promote them to be the spokespersons of the interests of each family, thereby attracting the forces behind them and further

Annihilate the secret forces of the aristocratic families; the second is to use public opinion to demonize the aristocratic families as much as possible, so that poor scholars and common people stay away from them, thereby isolating them; the third is to reduce the actions of people who are closely related to the aristocratic families.

Officials, high-ranking officials, when the court attacks with force and suppresses a generation with decrees, then the humble scholars will grow up quickly, while it often takes more than ten or even decades to train high-ranking officials, and it will take dozens or nearly a hundred years to reach that point.

By that time, the number of people was far less than that of the poor people, and the aristocratic family that everyone wanted to fight had lost its advantage and competitiveness.

But this granary is really a bit of a headache.

In this era, the main forms of taxes paid by the people were grain and money. Taxes were almost always collected by the village head. The people handed the grain to the village head. The village head then concentrated in the township, and the township went to the county, and then the county captain, the county emperor, and the county

After counting, the numbers are sent to the county warehouse, and then according to the number approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they are either retained in the county, or transported to the joint warehouse, or stored in several top official warehouses.

Counties all over the world use this method. If you want to check the accounts, you only need to check from the Lianhe warehouse down, along the five links of county, county, township, village and people's food payment. If the Lianhe warehouse is on the account books,

The hands and feet are so seamless that you can see the clues through the details below.

As for the tunnel, it is easy to solve it. Just open a wide and deep moat outside Cangcheng. If someone digs a tunnel underground, the water in the moat will kill the rats. So the key to the problem is to guard and steal; as for Yang Gongren,

The unspoken rules of the official warehouse are not unreasonable. The warehouse official uses the country's old grain to earn the price difference, but what he gets back is new grain. The court, the warehouse official, and the people seem to have benefited. If this unspoken rule is made into a system, then the incoming and outgoing grain will

There will be a clear supervision system, which seems to prevent food from being lost.

But if the ban is lifted, these officials will definitely use the huge amount of national grain to start a price war, and then destroy all local grain merchants and monopolize the local grain market. In the end, the unlucky people will definitely be the common people. This is a big tiger.

, absolutely cannot let it go.

Based on this one-to-one comparison, unspoken rules are easier to control than explicit laws. It seems good to turn a blind eye and wait until these people get fat before killing them.

This sense of recognition made Yang Tong feel very uncomfortable. He felt that he was indulging criminals. However, he had no way to get the best of both worlds for a while. The only thing he could do now was to prevent warehouse officials and local officials from collaborating and guarding themselves against theft.

"Husband, are you asleep?" At this time, a gentle voice came.

Yang Tong was greatly surprised. He thought it would be the brave Jiang Fengyi or Shui Tianji who came to bathe with him, but what he expected was that it was Yin Mingyue who was on guard. He opened his eyes slightly and saw that she was wrapped in a

A large white bath towel, with her fragrant shoulders exposed on the top, and a pair of bare and delicate legs underneath, with her pretty face flushed, looking very cute.

Yin Mingyue had already taken a bath in the hot spring when Yang Tong was talking to the three ministers. No matter how brave she was, she didn't want to come to serve her husband under the teasing eyes of the sisters, but who asked her to draw the longest bamboo chip?

Woolen cloth?

Like a thief, she approached softly, and saw white mist rising from the spring water. There was a layer of soft petals on the water. The petals flowed away with the running water, but there were new petals falling gently and beautifully from the trees, like poetry.

picturesque.

Her husband was lying on the couch by the pool, enjoying the hot spring water with his eyes slightly closed. He seemed to have fallen asleep, so he breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up on tiptoes carefully, trying to slip into the water.

Yang Tong pretended to have just woken up from a dream, like a playboy who has been coveting a personal maid for a long time and now finally caught the opportunity to steal food. He said in a lustful tone: "Mr. Mingyue, come here..."

Yin Mingyue was tutored at a young age, and she was an absolute typical example of putting her husband first. Even though she knew her husband meant to joke with her, she would not make her husband angry even if she refused, but she still walked over obediently with a blushing face.

Although Mingyue County's tom walked like a cat, no matter how long the journey was, she had to finish walking. When she came to her husband, she naturally pressed the hem of the bath towel to prevent her beauty from leaking out.

As soon as he carefully put a snow foot into the water, Yang Tong suddenly stood up and stretched out his hand to pull it. Xiao Yuexian fell into his arms with a whoop, causing a splash of water.

The swinging "flower carpet" flicked outwards and quickly covered her back, covering her beautiful body.

"Husband!"

Following Yin Mingyue's coquettish call, Yang Tong tore off the towel wrapping her and threw it onto the edge of the stone.

When Yang Tong saw her cute eyes like a frightened deer, he couldn't wait to kiss her lips before he even had time to answer.

Before Yin Mingyue could react, Lilac's uvula had already lost its hold, and her pair of soft and bright eyes became increasingly moist. She was drunk and slumped on her husband's body.

In an instant, the fragrant spring pool was filled with the sound of rushing water from time to time.

The petals on the water surface sometimes gather and sometimes disperse, loomingly showing two entangled bodies.

…

"The water has receded! The water has receded!"

The Jicui Palace was rippling, but the White Horse Embankment was climaxing one after another. I don’t know who shouted at the top of their lungs first, and then, there were thunderous cheers on the embankment!

Yin Hongzhi was thinking about the problem of Baima Cang when he suddenly heard everyone's cheers. His body trembled and his spirit was shaken. He looked up and saw Xie Yingdeng, Xue Wanbei, Li Zhi and others running over.

"General Xie, has the flood receded?" Yin Hongzhi asked excitedly.

"Back off! Back off!" Xie Yingden pointed to his feet: "Look, Mr. Yin, the water level has dropped!"

Although the soldiers and civilians blocked the gaps one after another and stacked layers of sandbags, the rain continued in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and its tributaries, and the swollen river water overflowed the embankment again and again, but there is still water under the feet.

, but the usual smooth flow has disappeared.

Yin Hongzhi had been thinking about the stolen grain in Baima Granary, Shi Yu and the Zheng family in Xingyang, so he did not notice this.

Now that the water level has dropped, firstly, it means that the rainfall in the upper reaches has weakened, or it has stopped in some places; secondly, the flood peak has become a thing of the past. Although we don’t know whether there will still be a flood peak, at least it is safe for now, and the danger is developing for the better.

Even so, Yin Hongzhi still did not dare to be careless: "Everyone must not be careless. Although the water level has dropped and the water volume in the river has been reduced a lot, if a larger flood peak suddenly hits, it will be in the empty river."

The power generated by the water will be greater than before. While the water level drops, everyone should quickly take people to inspect it and repair the dangerous areas as soon as possible."

"Follow your orders!" Xue Wanbei, Li Zhi, Zhang Jin, Wang Sen and others also knew the principle of one ebb and flow, and their hearts suddenly tightened.

Their tense hearts suddenly relaxed due to the drop in water level, but they did not realize that the danger was far from gone. They also temporarily forgot what Yin Hongzhi said. At this time, they received the order and hurriedly dispatched manpower to patrol the embankment.

Xie Yingdeng admired Yin Hongzhi's rigorous style and praised: "Shilang Yin is prepared for danger in times of peace and has the style of a general."

Unexpectedly, Yin Hongzhi waited until everyone had gone away, but he smiled happily and said: "For God's sake, the White Horse Embankment has been saved, and our mission has been completed more than half! Hahaha..."

Xie Yingdeng had a dark look on his face and said helplessly: "You literati... just like to do one thing before others and another after others!"

Yin Hongzhi shook his head repeatedly: "What General Xie said is wrong. What do you mean by doing one thing in front of others and another in front of others? I am here to strengthen your resolve and sound the alarm. This is just like you marching to fight and failing to penetrate the tiger's den.

Before capturing and killing the enemy chief, who can guarantee that he will win? The danger of floods often lurks in calm waters. Once you are careless, your good situation will fall short."

"When fighting, soldiers must always be vigilant, and as a commander, they must also have an insight into the battle situation and have full control of the situation... Fighting floods is like fighting a war, and the principle is the same..."

Xie Yingden nodded in agreement, and suddenly his eyes caught sight of Shi Yu, who was dragging his sick body to command the people in the distance, and said bitterly: "Shi Yu, this bastard, makes himself more like a loyal minister than a loyal minister. It's extremely disgusting and shameless.

.I really want to kick him into the Yellow River."

"You can't mess around." Yin Hongzhi's heart skipped a beat.

"I know this, but I just feel that this person is disgusting." Xie Yingden said angrily: "The Holy Emperor was ambitious and worked hard to govern, and the civil and military forces of the DPRK and China were also united and united in their efforts to build the Sui Dynasty into an invincible empire that looked proud of the world. However, Shi Yu

These two bastards, Zeng Zhong, actually stole more than two million shi of grain. This amount of grain was enough to feed the people of the Sui Dynasty for more than a month."

"Hateful is hateful, but you can't ignore his usefulness to the court just because he is hateful." In front of Xie Yingdeng, who had already participated in the whole process, Yin Hongzhi did not have to shy away from anything, "We cannot treat a person as either a friend or an enemy. On the surface,

He stole so much food, but once these bastards are caught one by one, their ill-gotten gains will still belong to the imperial court."

Xie Yingden nodded and said, "That's right."

"Recovering the money is secondary. The key is the Zheng family and other family members. The family members used to be a group of wolves that eat people without spitting out bones. Now they are poisonous snakes no matter how bad they are. As the saying goes, rabbits bite people when they are anxious, not to mention they have a body.
To be continued...