Chapter 266 Who will win? (Twenty-nine)

After the heavy rain, God immediately changed his face. The continuous high temperature caused the tens of thousands of people who built the river bank to suffer. They hoped for sunshine on rainy days, but they looked forward to rain for a long time. In such a contradictory mood, the bank of the river bank that broke the river bank gradually closed.

Hou Dayong was bare-armed and carried a basket of mud onto the river bank. Although he was strong, he rarely did such physical work. Carrying a burden was far less comfortable than ordinary people. He had been working hard all morning, covered in sweat, and large amounts of sweat kept flowing down his strong back.

This was his third day on the river bank.

The main reason for the breaking of the Yellow River section of the Chanzhou section was that the continuous heavy rainstorm quickly raised the water level, which just rushed across the Chanzhou section of the river bank. After the flood receded, people discovered that the river water that caused huge casualties was just pouring out from a not very wide gap.

Looking at this gap, people sighed:

If you add a few more stones and build a few more piles when building a dam in spring, the embankment may be able to withstand the rising river water;

If someone had inspected the river embankment at that time, he could find the slight changes in the river embankment in time and strengthen it in time, the embankment might be able to withstand the surging river water;

If someone could call the police in time when the flood broke out, and the Chanzhou government did not occupy the south gate, perhaps more people would be able to escape from the Chanzhou city;

It is precisely because of so many "ifs" that Hou Dayong feels even more hateful of Wang Decheng and Zheng Youlin. Their malfeasance caused tens of thousands of Hanzhou people to suffer a catastrophe.

Xiao Qing, the director of the military officer, was not implicated. At this time, he was the highest official of the Chanzhou yamen and was responsible for organizing the people of Chanzhou to fight against disasters and rescue themselves.

When Hou Dayong got up the river embankment, Xiao Qing naturally couldn't fall behind. He was sweating profusely. Seeing that Hou Xiang had gone up the river embankment again, he rushed forward and said respectfully: "Master Hou, the embankment has been basically restored, and the stone tablet has also been transported. Everyone is waiting for you to add the first shovel of soil to the stone tablet."

Hou Dayong raised his neck, took a sip of water, waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Seeing Hou Dayong standing high on the river bank and covering the first shovel of soil towards the stone tablet without words, the recording officer Xiao Qing unknowingly burst into tears. He looked at the strong and energetic Hou Dayong and knelt down involuntarily.

The yamen officials beside Xiao Qing also knelt down, just like a dorsalodonote, tens of thousands of people distributed along the river bank to the stone tablet at the highest point of the river bank.

Tens of thousands of people knelt in a dark place, and only the sound of the river slashing the bank was heard.

Hou Dayong stood at the highest point of the river embankment with a shovel. After tens of thousands of people knelt down, Hou Dayong threw the shovel aside and walked to the front of the stone tablet without words. He knelt on the rules and gave a grand ceremony solemnly. After Hou Dayong stood up, he said to Xiao Qing: "This river embankment still needs to be rectified, you all get up."

There was a shout of "Qingtian" from somewhere, and soon, tens of thousands of people heard the shouts of "Qingtian", "Hou Qingtian", "Live for a hundred years" and "Great and Great Richness" everywhere. These shouts were blown by the river wind and floated downstream along the river from afar.

Hou Dayong was working along the riverside with the people, and he was quite like a show. But tens of thousands of people knelt down against the stone tablet, this scene deeply shocked Hou Dayong.

In this world, in addition to the intrigues and fraud in the officialdom, there is still passion and true love. As long as your conscience is not completely destroyed, you can also experience this kind of emotion.

After getting off the river bank, Hou Dayong walked past the crowd like a hero. When the river bank and the crowd finally left, Hou Dayong calmed down.

Hou Dayong said secretly: "The river channel breaks, and local officials in Chanzhou cannot escape the crime of dereliction of duty. He comes from Daliang, brings food for disaster relief, cleans up the corpses in the city, and organizes the people to repair the river embankment. These three things are essentially just the central government handles the funeral for the local government. But the people regard themselves as the great blue sky that saves suffering and lives." When Hou Dayong thought of this, his thinking suddenly turned back to another world. "Not to mention now, even in the 21st century of science and democracy, China still has a strong sense of honest officials, and many officials like to play the role of honest officials who save the people from water, fire and land."

In Chanzhou City, after a major disaster, people were looking forward to the appearance of a clean official from the bottom of their hearts. As a result, Hou Dayong appeared in time and did what the people most hoped for. Therefore, Hou Dayong naturally became a master of the sky.

Hou Dayong did not expect that his reputation as "The Master of the Blue Sky" spread so quickly, just like the water of the Yellow River, it quickly spread across the country. Wherever the rumors went, people couldn't help but show their admiration when they mentioned Hou Dayong. After the incident in Chanzhou, Hou Dayong, like Song Jiang in another world, became a "timely rain" that everyone worshiped. Of course, Hou Dayong did not predict the impact of the Chanzhou incident on the political situation in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

When Hou Dayong used a prison car to escort Wang Decheng and Zheng Youlin back to Daliang, it was already September. The disciples of the Zhongshu had already received a detailed report on the disaster in Chanzhou. In the Daliang Tianzhu, a suitable position had been left for Wang Decheng and Zheng Youlin.

When he arrived in Daliang City, Hou Dayong became detached. The dereliction of duty in Chanzhou was a line, and many thick or thin arms must be held behind the line. Therefore, he left the officials, took the account book and confession, and quietly brought his guards back to the mansion with his personal guards.

As soon as he turned to Nancheng District, he saw more than a dozen cavalry coming out of his mansion. The dozen cavalry were all selected and vigorous horses, and the riders were all in the paper armor, looking energetic and extremely mighty. Hou Dayong was quite familiar with the imperial guards. When he saw the paper armor, he knew that it was not an imperial guards or a black eagle army. He was most likely his father-in-law, Fu Yanqing, the King of Wei.

Sure enough, Fu Yanqing's loud voice was heard from a distance: "Houlang, you are back." Fu Yanqing is a senior general, and was named King of Wei. He has been in charge of Daming Mansion for more than ten years. He has a reputation in the military of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Moreover, Fu Yanqing's two daughters married Chai Rong, and a young grandson became His Majesty today. His honorable status in the Great Zhou Dynasty is rare.

Hou Dayong had already turned over and got off the horse and came to Fu Yanqing's horse.

Fu Yanqing held Hou Dayong's arm, and the father-in-law and son-in-law returned to the Hou's mansion intimately. After drinking for three rounds, Fu Yanqing said to the people standing aside to serve the underground: "You all go down."

Fu Yanqing's eyebrows were a little gray and his face was flushed. He said with relief: "This time Hou Lang went to Chanzhou to rescue the disaster, and the things were done well. The people of Daming Prefecture were circulating about Hou Qingtian."

Fu Yanqing was a governor of the country and could not leave the base easily without obtaining the saint's order. After a few words, Hou Dayong had already vaguely known his purpose in his heart.

Hou Dayong gritted his teeth and said, "This time the Yellow River breaks, three parts are natural disasters and seven parts are man-made disasters. Tens of thousands of people died unjustly in Chanzhou City. Even if Wang Decheng and Zheng Youlin are cut alive, it will be difficult to relieve my hatred."

Seeing that Hou Dayong mentioned the two of them so much, Fu Yanqing put down his wine glass and said, "Wang Decheng is the governor of Chanzhou. The Yellow River flooded Chanzhou City. He was unable to escape his death penalty. As for Sima Zheng Youlin, everyone understands that he is just a retirement official. If he doesn't die this time, he will be punished for his position."

"It turns out that he is a lobbyist for Zheng Youlin." Hou Dayong had already understood the purpose of his father-in-law. Fu Yanqing had not handed over his trump card yet, so he had to do his job. He smiled and said, "Zheng Youlin is not an ordinary Sima. I heard that many things in Chanzhou were up to him, and this time he might not be able to do anything."

Fu Yanqing has been through several dynasties and has seen countless people. How could he not understand the son-in-law’s thoughts? He smiled and said, “This Zheng Youlin was a resident of the city. He was able to become Sima of Chanzhou based on two relationships: one is that his mother was a local wet nurse in the Fan family, and the other is that the relationship between the ten old people in Luoyang. When Zheng Youlin was in Luoyang, he was mingled with the ten old people in Luoyang every day, and the relationship was extraordinary. This time I came to Daliang and was entrusted by the ten old people in Luoyang to save Zheng Youlin’s life.”

"What is Fan Xiang's attitude?"

Fu Yanqing laughed and said, "It is said that Fan Xiang wants to punish Zheng Youlin according to the law."

Fan Zhi is the chief prime minister and one of the obstacles to Hou Dayong's seizure of power. How to overcome Fan Zhi is a question that Hou Dayong has been thinking about. The Chanzhou incident gave him a huge opportunity.

"I have written a detailed report before and after the breaking of the dam in Chanzhou, and all the cabinet masters should have seen this report. I am not easy to say about Zheng Youlin alone."

Seeing that Hou Dayong was still talking, Fu Yanqing said, "The Ten Olds in Luoyang can be said to be of great power. If Fan Xiang and Hou Lang were both determined to save Zheng Youlin's life, I believe others would make the same decision."

Hou Dayong suddenly raised his head and stared at Fu Yanqing and said, "What benefits can King Wei have to plead for Zheng Youlin like this?"

"What benefits can I do? Let's do my old friend's affection." Fu Yanqing curled his smile and said, "Kill Zheng Youlin Ru to kill an ant, just kill him, and maybe you will have to form countless enemies, either openly or secretly, for you. This is not worth it."

"Let me think about it."

After seeing Fu Yanqing away, Hou Dayong locked himself in the study alone.

"Let Zheng Youlin be spared and the account book will be ruined, and Wang Decheng becomes a scapegoat. This is a happy ending for all the powerful."

"Kill Zheng Youlin, follow the clues and lead the disaster to Fan Zhi. However, Fan Zhi has not much involvement with Zheng Youlin. How to defeat Fan Zhi is a difficult problem."
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