The main hall of the Forbidden City Ganqing Palace is magnificent.

The floor is paved with gold bricks, grinds the bricks to match the joints, and is coated with tung oil, which is as smooth and delicate as ink jade.

The caissons on the ceiling are intricately styled, depicting majestic dragon patterns, and there are plaques hanging from the well, with four vigorous characters "Respecting Virtue and Virtue" written on them.

Under the plaque, in front of the golden lacquer and carved dragon screen, Emperor Longqing wore a black gauze and a folded horn-shaped scarf, a red round-necked narrow-sleeved robe, and a jade belt around his waist. He sat on the dragon chaise in a desolate manner, looking out the hall door with a dazed eyes.

Under the seven-layer gold-painted throne, the ministers quarreled again. Every time he was deeply bored, why would he start to argue no matter what he was talking about?

These senior officials in the ministry who wear pythons and jade usually claim to be first-class in qi cultivation skills. They are not all very graceful in front of their subordinates in the yamen? Why do they like to quarrel in front of themselves? Do you regard the Ganqing Palace as a pressure-relieving room? Do you want me to laugh at the old man?

Well, if you give money, it is not unnegotiable.

I feel so annoying, I want to go back to read...

Fortunately, the emperor was distracted, which did not affect the ministers' quarrels. Oh no, their enthusiasm for speaking. Anyway, they were used to Emperor Longqing's distracted and napping at the court meeting, with a dull look on his face. There were even rumors that he suspected that His Majesty had a problem with his IQ...

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, my ministers of the Ming Dynasty have long been used to not relying on the emperor's decision-making. If they change to an emperor who likes to interrupt, everyone will feel uncomfortable. So this is great. The holy emperor sits upright and is his mascot. Let us be the most important ministers of the country.

Brackets only refer to civil officials who came from the right path, and military generals and eunuchs are not considered human beings.

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Today's imperial meeting discussed major issues - how to manage the Yellow River and restore the canal transportation?

To this end, three cabinet ministers, Liu Tigan, Minister of Revenue, Zhu Heng, Minister of Works, and two He ministers Pan Jixun, Weng Dali, Governor of the Grain Transport Zhao Kongzhao, and more than 20 court officials, including the Department of Works, the Department of Works, and the Department of Works, and the Department of Works, gathered in front of the imperial court to discuss countermeasures.

The food and grass on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty capital were all supplied by the Grand Canal, but the Grand Canal was north-south and the Yellow River was east-west, so the two must have intersections. Thousands of miles of the Yellow River rolled in with a huge amount of mud and sand, which naturally often caused a huge impact on the weak artificial canal.

This has caused an inevitable consequence - the court's standard for evaluating the effect of river management is not to see whether the river channel is smooth and flowing, but to see whether the canal transport is smooth and unimpeded. If the canal transport is not open, no matter how good the river management effect is, it is a crime. As long as the canal transport can be maintained, the Yellow River will be a great achievement.

Therefore, the responsibilities of the two yamen of Hebei and the canal transportation are entangled, the division of labor is unclear, and they shirke each other's responsibility. The conflict is very sharp. If there is a problem, they will shirke the responsibility from the other yamen.

Especially for the always arrogant canal transportation yamen, as long as the canal transportation is delayed or if there is a damage or a ship is damaged or sunk, it will make the excuse of inconvenience in the river channel and push all the blame to the river channel. This time is no exception.

Then he heard Zhao Kongzhao, the governor of the canal transportation, and accused the court of righteous words. How did the river yamen be perfunctory, cut corners, and had a headache, and lacked planning. As soon as the Yellow River broke the dam, all the river 600-mile was silted!

Therefore, it is the fault of the river yamen for cutting off the canal transportation. The court wants to punish the crime of river yamen for not having any melons for our canal transportation yamen.

The current river channel prime minister Weng Dali, of course, could not let his opponents go and put his shit basin on his head, and refuted it one by one. He said that he and his colleagues worked diligently and strictly followed the plan and never cut corners. The reason for the dam was that he encountered a rare peach blossom flood, and the other was that the Huai River, which was under the responsibility of the canal transport yamen, was negligent and silted at the harbor, which led to poor water flow in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, and eventually broke the dam in Pei County!

So it was not our river yamen’s fault, it was the slackness of your canal transportation yamen!

This is not a slander. In order to solve the disadvantages of overlapping the jurisdictions of the two yamen, I don’t know which genius stipulated that the north of the Tianfei Gate of Huai'an was the responsibility of the Hedao Yamen, and the south of the Tianfei Gate of Huai'an was the responsibility of the Caoyu Yamen. As a result, the Huaihe River was the management of the Caoyu Yamen.

Because of the capture of the Huai River and entering the sea, the Yellow River entrance is also under the control of the canal transportation yamen, and it is not under the control of the river and the yamen.

For the river yamen, this is simply a good excuse to shirk responsibility.

So the two sides went back and forth, and they became a quarrel in front of the emperor.

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Zhang Juzheng stood under the Jintai, looking at Zhao Kongzhao and Weng Dali, who were fighting cocks, and was furious because of the quarrel.

If this were the military and criminal meetings he was in charge, he would have stopped him. However, if the Ministry of Works was not under his jurisdiction, his rash interruption would only make the first assistant and second assistant unhappy.

But I saw Li Chunfang, the chief minister beside me, who was calm and kind, and there was no sign of boredom on his face. Maybe this was the demeanor of the chief minister in the heart of the top scholar...

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhang was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood. He risked his infamy and finally sent off a group of gentle teachers Xu, but then he came up with an old lady Li who was still as moving as a mountain.

Li Chunfang is not a matter of ability, but she understands it too much and cherishes her feathers. It is really not possible to be the prime minister like this, but he and Chen Yiqin are good at hindering Gao Suqing from coming out of the mountain. Zhang Juzheng said intently that if he had known this, it would be better to let Mr. Xu continue to do it...

Chen Yiqin, the second assistant to the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works, looked impatient at this time. However, he knew nothing about the Hegong and was unable to judge the matter several times, which intensified the quarrel.

Bugu's body floated without wind, and finally couldn't help but cough and glanced coldly at Weng Dali who was spitting out fragrance.

"Where is this? Do you dare to speak dirty words?" Zhang Juzheng's majestic voice sounded.

"It's because the Lord Xiaguan lost his etiquette." Premier Weng suddenly lost his temper and quickly apologized, but couldn't help but mutter: "Zhao Butang also swears..."

‘Dan!’ Zhao Kongzhao cursed in his heart, so he had to apologize.

"Don't argue anymore, there is no new thing after arguing." Zhang Juzheng said coldly: "The responsibility for the breaking of the dam is investigated and dealt with by our own scientists. I'd better put aside the shiver and talk about how to deal with it first?"

"No," Chen Yiqin nodded, quickly took over the conversation, and said to Pan Jixun, who had never spoken, "Pan Zhongcheng has personally visited the river embankment and has conducted on-site inspections. Please say a few words.

Hearing that the quarrel ended, Emperor Longqing calmed down and finally set his eyes on Pan Jixun.

Pan Jixun reported the results of the on-site survey in detail, and finally concluded: "After the Yellow River broke its dike in Pei County, more than ten counties in the lower reaches were harmed. Because the river water came out, the canal north of Xuzhou was blocked by 600 miles. Qingou and the turbid river estuary were silted, floods flowed across the ground, and the water in the flat ground was about a meter deep."

After a pause, he ignored Zhao Kongzhao and Weng Dali's horrified eyes and reported in a deep voice: "As the descendants of Huai'an, the entire Huanghuai water system has completely collapsed and has almost no ability to get out of water. It must be thoroughly rectified and dredged, otherwise any flood situation in the future will cause serious floods, and the transportation of canals will be almost impossible."

Pan Zhongcheng's plain tone made the emperor and the ministers shudder.

Zhao Kongzhao and Weng Dali were even more angry and scolded Pan Jixun for not following the rules and destroying his own platform!

Oh, you have been in charge for three years and have received the order in the face of danger, but there is no responsibility at all. We have been in office for a long time! When you lift the lid at this time, do you want us to get rid of the black hat on the spot?

Sure enough, when he heard that the canal transportation might be completely cut off, Longqing didn't care about his silence, so he hurriedly sat upright and asked, "Will the canal transportation be cut off for several years?"

"Your Majesty, don't panic, Pan Zhongcheng is a little over-concerned," Weng Dali hurriedly said: "The congestion is not available, mainly because the Yellow River overflows, causing the canal to lose water supply and the water level drops, so that the canal has to go north. You only need to block the broken mouth, pick up and dredge the canal to restore water supply, and solve the current urgent problem first. Then the canal can be transported in the next step, and the gates along the river embankment can be repaired slowly, and the overall situation is not enough to worry about."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhao Kongzhao also quickly agreed: "We have worked with Anyuan Hou to come up with an emergency plan. While doing our best to clear the canal, we temporarily transfer it to a smaller canal ship to a north of half a load. The canal can be resumed soon!"

The two men who had just gotten brains, and now they have a united front again.

"When is it, you still have the idea of ​​luck?" Pan Jixun stomped his feet anxiously. He pointed at the two of them and said angrily: "There is a problem at the root, what's the use of just treating the surface? This year, the small peach blossom water poisoned Huanghuai to such a thing. It has shown that the situation in Hegong has been extremely corrupt, and it can't be cured!"

As he said that, he couldn't help but asserted loudly: "You have barely resumed the canal transportation. Can you withstand the wheat yellow water in April, the melon water in May, and the even stronger summer flood?"

Weng Dali stopped talking. His wishful thinking was to take over this battle first, and then throw the burden to Pan Jixun. In the future, no matter what wheat and yellow water or melon water it has nothing to do with him.

Unexpectedly, Old Pan was so arrogant and would not accept the blame if he broke the rules.

"How can I know if I don't try?" Zhao Kongzhao was less responsible after all, and he was still stubborn.

"Do you dare to issue a military order?!" Pan Jixun's hair was wide open, his eyes widened, and glared at the second-rank governor of the Cao Transportation.

Zhao Kongzhao was actually suppressed by him and did not dare to say anything.

The officials in the hall couldn't help but look at each other and said in a striking manner. Why did this old Pan become so fierce after three years of re-installing? Who gave him the courage and confidence?

Now Zhu Heng, the Minister of Works, can no longer sit firmly on Diaoyutai. Although he and Weng Dali were not in the way, he did not agree with Pan Jixun's style. If the emperor really followed Old Pan's style, Zhu Butang would be so angry that he could die of anger.

So he went out to work and said in a deep voice: "Pan Zhongcheng likes to exaggerate, and he still can't change this problem after many years."

When Zhang Juzheng heard this, he lamented in his heart. Okay, it’s about to start again...
Chapter completed!