Little Cardamom - Chapter 96

The disaster of sea overflow is different from other disasters. It cannot be prevented. No matter how strong the Lingzhou embankment is built, it is only used to resist the influx of ordinary and visible sea tides. For the current plan, the only way is to evacuate the people as soon as possible to avoid inestimable and heavy casualties.

It’s just that Lingzhou is now completely controlled by Su’s family. If Su’s family doesn’t move, it will be difficult to move forward. But Jiangshan Sheji has never been easy, even if it is difficult, a king has to go forward bravely.

In the early morning of the next day, Qin Tianjian was raising the matter of astrology at the behest of Emperor Chengkang, and Prime Minister Zuo also brought up Mr. Yinchuan’s prophecy in the court hall.

“The prophecy of Yinchuan pointed directly at Lingzhou, and the birth of the Sea Dragon King was very suspected of Haiyi, and then combined with the astrology… I think that Lingzhou Port should be closed immediately and the people of Lingzhou should be evacuated, so as to avoid the sudden arrival of Haiyi. All over the place.”

Some officials from the Su family lined up to refute: “The alchemists are alarmist, how can we believe it? The closure of Lingzhou Port is tantamount to cutting off our road to Daxian’s maritime trade. It must not be done.”

“How can Yinchuan be an ordinary alchemist? Is Mr. Liu saying that Emperor Gaozong doesn’t know people clearly?” Prime Minister Zuo asked urgently.

The two were about to fight when someone else came forward and said: “Mr. Yinchuan is a master of the world, but this prophecy may not refer to Lingzhou. There are eight cities and towns in the south with “Ling” in their names. There has never been a sea overflow in the state before, but Linghui County in Ruzhou once had a sea overflow.

“Furthermore, whether the ‘sea dragon king’s birth’ is a sign of Hai Yi is still unknown. I think this matter needs to be discussed in the long run. After all, Lingzhou Port is extremely urgent. If nothing happens, the people of Lingzhou will complain. .”

“Exactly what I said to my lord.”

The Sujia faction responded one after another.

“What is the extreme? Hai Yi will wait for the adults to make a long-term plan.” Jiang Xu suddenly said.

He never went to the court on weekdays, but it was rare for him to stand above the court today because of the prophecy.

Without him, looking at the Daxian court, the **** of killing that everyone fears is only His Royal Highness Ding Beiwang. The matter is of great importance, and the ministers are fighting. Specifically asked him to go to court today.

Sure enough, when Jiang Xu said this, no one refuted it for a long time.

He also said: “Hundred officials entering the court, soldiers and soldiers killing the enemy are all for the country and the people. Now that the people may be in trouble, they should take precautions in time regardless of the cost. His Majesty has this intention, even if the prophecy is false. His majesty will only bear the responsibility for this crime, saying that your majesty listened to the slander of alchemists and evacuated the people of a state, so what does that have to do with you adults?”

Cheng Kangdi: “…”

Don’t worry, the historian will not let you off, His Royal Highness Dingbei Wang.

Jiang Xu swept down the circle indifferently: “On the contrary, the adults are obstructing the evacuation of the people in Hong Kong today. If the sea overflows and the corpses lie thousands of miles away, will you say again that the disaster of heaven is due to the injustice of the ruler? Not benevolent or diligent, forcing His Majesty to issue an imperial edict to bear the blame?”

It went down in silence.

That’s right, the Su family really thinks so.

There has always been a difference between heaven and earth, and it is because the emperor has lost his virtue and is not worthy of his position. If Lingzhou Haiyi is irreversible, he can also instigate many actions among the people at that time, forcing Emperor Kang to issue an imperial edict to punish himself. Buckle it firmly on his body, and take out Su Jia cleanly.

As for the Su family and the Queen Mother, I thought more deeply.

If Lingzhou is really overflowing, it will be a crisis and a turning point for them. If the emperor does not match, it will lead to disaster, and it is only logical to change the emperor with both virtues and virtues.

This was also what Jiang Xu discussed with Emperor Chengkang last night. If Lingzhou is lost, the Su family will have nothing to rely on and nothing to fear, and it is very likely that they will fight to the death. Now I’m not afraid of the Su family’s last fight, but if they really come to such a field, people’s grievances are everywhere, people are struggling to live, and they blame the monarch, Chengkang Emperor can’t avoid it.

That’s why Jiang Xu brought this matter up in the court – today the king wants to save the people, but the officials refuse to allow it, but in the future, the officials will be willing to bear the accusations of thousands of people?

The hall was silent.

After a long time, Emperor Chengkang said in a deep voice: “Decree, Lingzhou will close the port immediately, and all the people in the thirteen coastal cities will retreat to the Lingxi area. Yuzhou will not close the city for ten days, and the people of Nalingzhou will avoid disasters. There must be no mistakes!”

Emperor Chengkang’s imperial decree was issued, but how to implement it depends on Su’s family. If they don’t want to close the port and retreat, they can find all kinds of excuses to delay each other, so Emperor Chengkang and Jiang Xu thought of another way.

The Dingbei Army dispatched an urgent message at 800 miles last night, and the storyteller was spreading the supernatural powers of Mr. Yinchuan in Lingzhou, and led to the prophecy of the birth of the Dragon King of the Sea. The Su family is trying to stop these storytellers from spreading alarmist words. Several nursery rhymes about Haiyi’s prophecy were played, and for a while Haiyi’s prophecy was heard in the streets and alleys, causing people to panic.

Lingzhou is rich and comfortable, and there are people who don’t believe the rumors that the wind and rain don’t change, but there are also many people who are timid and fearful, especially those who don’t have much money. They come and go to avoid disasters, but they just stay in another place, and the loss is not big. However, they couldn’t resist the common people’s eagerness to leave the city.

Two days later, at the beginning of Shenchu, the spring city of Lingzhou suddenly shook! The ground was cracked with vertical and horizontal gullies, accompanied by thunderous rumbles, countless houses collapsed and collapsed. In less than a moment, the prosperous spring city in the past became completely unrecognizable, with terrified and crying endlessly.

However, this was just the beginning of a nightmare. It was night, when Lingzhou Harbor overflowed, the wind suddenly blew up, and the waves rolled up to two feet high. .

Most of the thirteen coastal cities in Lingzhou were destroyed overnight, and countless civilians were killed or injured.

But this is not the worst result. Before Haiyi, hundreds of thousands of people had evacuated to the Lingxi area or fled to Yuzhou, and escaped.

“Lingzhou Haiyi?” Ming Tan was stunned when he heard the news.

In the past few days, she has devoted all her attention to Zhou Jingwan’s marriage. Seeing that her husband leaves early and returns late every day, she just thinks that she is trying to plan for the affairs of Rongzhou, but she doesn’t know that Lingzhou is actually overflowing!

That was the place she had been to, and now it was turned into a large area of ​​ruins due to the earthquake and sea overflow, she couldn’t believe it.

Don’t say she can’t believe it, the people in Beijing are talking about it, they all think it’s unbelievable, this Haiyi is a rare thing, and most of the historical records are in remote places, Lingzhou Port Haiyi, put it in the past, it is simply unthinkable Dare to think.

The future troubles brought about here are also endless. Lingzhou closed the port, the sea trade was temporarily closed, and the imperial court lost a large sum of tax revenue. The people were displaced, refugees fled everywhere, and occasional riots broke out, causing many troubles.

Due to the numerous deaths and injuries in Lingzhou, and the difficulty in dealing with dead bodies in a timely manner, the weather warmed up in spring, and a new epidemic spread in Lingzhou, which had just been hit by the disaster. This epidemic even spread to Shanghai with the refugees fleeing everywhere.

During the eventful autumn, Jiang Xu even had to temporarily put aside the affairs of Rongzhou. He never touched the ground all day long, and saw few people for several months.

Ming Tan didn’t dare to trouble him at this time, so he could only control the Dingbei Palace, and never let the Dingbei Palace have the possibility of being infected with the epidemic.

At the same time, she also tried her best without telling Jiang Xulue, and set up a medicine shop outside the city, invited doctors to come to see her, provided a large amount of medicinal materials, and provided assistance to those infected with the epidemic in central Beijing.

If there is any benefit brought by this Haiyi, it is probably that Emperor Chengkang took back Lingzhou from Su’s family without spending any soldiers.

It’s just that today’s Lingzhou is riddled with holes, and there is a lot of waste waiting to be built. There has been a case of overflowing seas. There must be no maritime trade here. The former Lingzhou Port can only be slowly transferred to Tonggang, which is currently under construction. .

Cheng Kangdi couldn’t help but sigh with emotion when he was busy. Fortunately, he chose Tonggang to open another port after hearing Jiang Qizhi’s words. Otherwise, he would not know when the sea trade would be restored.

The aftermath of this sea overflowing disaster thousands of miles away stretched from the first month of the seventh year of Chengkang to the late autumn of the seventh year of Chengkang.

When the epidemic was over, Lingzhou was steadily rebuilt. The imperial court devoted all its efforts to building Tonggang, trying to build it into a second port to replace Lingzhou in the shortest possible time.

For more than half a year, Emperor Chengkang was almost out of breath due to the affairs of Lingzhou. During this period, under Jiang Xu’s layout, he invisible suppressed Su’s family’s dying counterattack.

Su’s family is also desperate, God knows how something so good will really happen! Lingzhou, which was entrenched and rooted, was destroyed in an instant, and it was not destroyed in the hands of Emperor Chengkang. It is very aggrieved to think about it.

Without Lingzhou, without Haimao, Sujia is nothing to fear, and Cheng Kangdi wants to deal with it, it is simply as easy as pie.

The Su family is very self-aware, knowing that they have reached a desperate situation, and when Emperor Chengkang solves the aftermath of Haiyi, he will use them to sacrifice the souls of the people of Lingzhou. So instead of waiting for this one to shrink his neck and make a knife, he thought of a pre-emptive move, cooperating inside and outside to make a sudden change.

For this reason, they also secretly contacted Ping Wang and others who were sent back to Yuncheng by Emperor Chengkang and had been demoted to Pingjun Wang. As a child, the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind the curtain, and then used Prince Kang, who was born by the Empress Dowager Su, as the auxiliary minister, so that the imperial power could be firmly held in the hands.

They dared to think about it, and the plan for the palace change was also carefully planned. If they think about it carefully, it is not completely impossible for them to succeed.

But the defeat was that the opponent they met was Jiang Qizhi.

Jiang Qizhi’s layout turned their tense planning of the last stand into a joke that ended just after the beginning, and even gave Lu Ting a great credit for escorting him for nothing. Lu Ting was not polite, so he used it This credit earned the newly married wife a royal order.

He has been busy with Haiyi affairs for the past half year, and Emperor Chengkang has done nothing. He was still suffering from the intense summer heat in the palace, and finally he was able to take a breather in late autumn. Come for a fall hunt.