flstandardbreds Chapter 118 The sick prince is pampered on his bed 32
Chapter 118 The sick prince is pampered on his bed 32
The flood control team was much stronger than Suiheng's day, and everything went smoothly except for the muddy road which was not easy to walk on.
By the time the group arrived in Tongzhou, it was already night.
Tongzhou magistrate Pidianpidian came out to greet them, saying that he had prepared a banquet for them both.
Neither Sui Lin nor Fu Mingchen looked down upon him, and declined his banquet on the grounds that it was inconvenient to perform official duties.
The people of Tongzhou are still in dire straits. The prefect doesn't want to solve the problem, but he is still thinking of ways to avoid punishment.
There is simply no cure.
As for Suiheng, they spent the whole day fishing when the rain stopped, but not even half of his clothes were found.
After arranging the accompanying team, Suilin and Fu Mingchen unanimously decided to rest for one night before going to the most severely affected areas.
Before dawn the next day, the group quietly left the city and went to the county under its jurisdiction.
The county town is low-lying, and as soon as you enter it, you will see houses that have been flooded.
The horses everyone rode when they came were not in use, so they stayed in the city for the time being.
The original disaster relief personnel were waiting for everyone at the intersection in advance. When they saw the large group of people coming, they hurried over to greet them with a look of urgency on their faces.
"I have met His Highness the Third Highness, the Regent, and the villain Wang Zheng."
Sui Lin nodded: "No need to be polite, where are the people who were resettled now?"
The man wiped his face: "Your Highness and Prince, please come with me."
The two of them followed Wang Zheng and walked towards the mountain, finally stopping in front of a cave.
"Go back to your highness, some of them are here, and some are in other caves."
Suilin stood outside the cave and noticed that there was an orange fire inside, and many people crowded around the fire in silence.
From the shadows, moaning sounds could be heard from time to time, as if they were enduring great pain.
The soil at the entrance of the cave was wet and cold from the continuous rain, and it was very slippery. If someone came in and out, they would inevitably step in the wet mud outside the cave.
What's more, if the entrance of the cave is wide open like this, how much rainwater can it cover?
He lowered his face and asked, "How many days have the people been here on the mountain?"
Wang Zheng was stunned for a moment: "It has been seven days since I returned to Your Highness."
"Didn't Tongzhou Prefecture send anyone in the past seven days?"
"Yes, a few people came before the Second Highness came down and left soon after. We also asked the government office for help, but the people in the government office said that the government office was also in trouble and couldn't provide any relief."
As soon as these words came out, the Minister of Industry couldn't help it. It was simply nonsense. They stayed at the government office yesterday.
There is a bit more water accumulation, but not enough to affect normal life.
It is clear that he does not want to pay for relief himself, so he may just wait for the government to send people and money.
I don't think anyone in the Ministry of Industry would dare to be so arrogant. It is simply hateful for a mere prefect to deceive the superiors and conceal the truth from the subordinates.
"What do you eat during these times?"
"Before the water flooded the bottom of the mountain, we tried our best to bring out as much rice as possible, as well as sweet potatoes. These things are easy to feed and can last for a long time."
"Where is the second brother?" Sui Lin asked again, "Has the second brother been found?"
Wang Zheng's face turned pale, and he knelt down as he spoke: "Not yet."
Sui Lin quickly picked him up with quick eyes and hands: "Don't keep kneeling down. The natural disaster is not your fault."
After saying that, he looked up at the gray sky and saw that the rain had become much lighter.
Soon, the rain will stop.
In the original plot, there is also a plot of disaster relief.
Originally, Suiheng was not in a hurry to prove himself, so he always went through the motions, sitting in the background the whole time, enjoying the fruits of other people's work, and winning a large number of people's hearts.
This time, he was too anxious.
This is exactly what Sui Lin wants. The more anxious he is, the more panicked he will be.
It is also easier to make mistakes.
Looking away, Sui Lin asked people to find an open flat land, and then sent people to start setting up tents.
These were originally used for hunting.
But after the assassination, Sui Yunjing had a psychological shadow on hunting, and he gave up all these things without feeling any distress.
It not only showed his kindness and generosity, but also solved one of his heart problems.
The tent was very thick and could keep out wind and rain. Under Suilin's arrangements, everyone quickly moved out of the cold cave.
In the new temporary residence, everyone cried with joy.
Then there is the matter of eating.
Under such circumstances, some eating is already the best state.
They had food originally, but it was almost bottoming out.
Sui Lin maintained their original arrangement, boiling white porridge with sweet potatoes, adding the vegetables he brought, and pickling them into pickles to add a little more flavor to the bland white porridge.
All he could do seemed to be to wait for the rain to stop.
On the third day of the new year, the rain stopped as promised.
Fu Mingchen and the Minister of Industry set out to investigate the breach of the embankment, while at the end of the year he stayed among the people to do mobilization work.
On the third day after Fu Mingchen left, Suiheng was finally found and carried back, but he was still in a coma.
Sui Linxindao is truly worthy of being the protagonist, and his destiny is so great that he immediately sent someone to transport him back to the capital.
I hope he can face the world well and Sui Yunjing's anger when he wakes up.
The long-lost sunny day has arrived, and many people can't wait to return to their homes.
Although the rain has stopped, it will still take some time for the water to recede. There are countless bacteria in the flood, and Suilin will not let them go back now.
But the big truth doesn't make sense to ordinary people, especially those who have only been farming all their lives.
They only care about whether their belongings at home are still there and whether they can live a stable life.
In desperation, Suilin could only stop their idea by subsidizing money.
In order to prevent anyone from violating the rules openly and secretly, Suilin also proposed a reporting system.
If someone discovers that someone else wants to go home secretly, the person who reports it can get an extra reward, and is not allowed to commit fraud. If someone finds out, he or she will be sent to jail directly.
After some coercion and inducement, people's thoughts of sneaking home were completely eliminated.
A few days later, the water at the bottom of the mountain completely subsided.
There was no suitable sterilization method in ancient times. Daily clothes and bedding could be boiled in boiling water, but wooden houses soaked in floods could not.
Firstly, it is to prevent bacteria from breeding for too long and causing plague. Secondly, the wood has been soaked in water for too long. The quality may not be acceptable and it may collapse at any time.
So Suilin ordered all the houses to be burned down and then rebuilt.
Although the people were dissatisfied, they compromised under the temptation of money.
Most of their original houses were built by themselves, and it is now easy to rebuild them.
On the contrary, after a disaster, the people who had originally had disagreements resolved their conflicts through collective work and fell in love with each other all day long. They were completely different from the depression when they first came here.
In the hearts of many people, Sui Lin has become a god-like figure.
Fu Mingchen's side is also making rapid progress.
With the help of the Minister of Industry, it was quickly discovered that the dyke burst was definitely not a simple natural disaster.
It's a man-made disaster.
Since ancient times, water control has been more difficult than blocking. In order to save trouble, the parts on both sides of the river bank that were originally made of granite were replaced with ordinary stones.
Clay is also used in well-drained loam and sandy soil, which prevents water from being drained away in time and constantly impacts the dam.
If this goes on for a long time, something will happen.
After being confirmed by the Minister of Industry, Fu Mingchen took his people to arrest the person in charge.
Although the Tongzhou magistrate did not supervise the construction, he also benefited a lot from it.
When things come to pass, he will inevitably take responsibility.
After more than a month in Tongzhou, Sui Lin watched the people's lives get back on track, and it was time for him to return to Beijing.
Before leaving, he deliberately chose an early morning to leave, but he still saw the people guarding the road before leaving the county.
Under Sui Lin's surprised gaze, everyone knelt on the ground and kowtowed to him three times while still saying various words of thanks.
Everyone was talking to each other, and I didn’t know which one to listen to.
He turned over and dismounted, and bowed solemnly to everyone: "You don't have to do this. It is what we, the superiors, should do to benefit the people."
Everyone could not understand his elegant words, but they knew that no official they had ever seen was like Sui Lin.
As a prince, he gave up the fine clothes and food, regardless of his own hard work, and did not despise people like them who were covered in dust, and tried his best to help them.
Sui Lin has never experienced such a scene.
At first, he never expected other people's love. Later, he met Gu Mingchen.
Even if there is no memory, I will love him across different worlds.
But now, not only does he have Fu Mingchen by his side, he is also loved by so many people.
For a moment, he was a little confused.
He was born as a tool, does he really deserve to be admired like this?
He knew that everything he did was just to complete the task, and there was little sincerity in it.
But he never thought about it. Even if he didn't mean it, what he did could not be erased.
Seeing that Sui Lin was unnatural, Fu Mingchen looked at him a few steps away, and the tolerance in his eyes made him addicted.
It seems to say that you are worthy and should be admired by thousands of people.
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Because they did things well, Sui Yunjing specially welcomed them back at the city gate.
On both sides were people watching the excitement. They had also heard about the achievements of the third prince and the regent, and looked at the man on the horse with curious eyes.
The God of Feng is handsome and the jade tree is in the wind. He is worthy of being a legendary figure.
The absurd reputation of His Highness the Third Prince has faded away at some point. At this moment, he is just a hero.
One month after leaving Beijing, I saw familiar scenes again, and only then did Sui Lin break away from the dreamlike mood.
Returning to the somewhat luxurious mansion, the trip to Tongzhou is more like a dream, far away, but making people feel happy.
But what follows is all kinds of annoying government affairs.
During these days when he was away, Shangshu Hube lived a much more comfortable life, and his whole body became plump.
Seeing that the New Year was coming back, he became unhappy again.
Sui Lin just looked at him meaningfully, which made the old man panic.
The things that make him unhappy are still to come, and he will be the one to suffer.
When things are over, it's time for reckoning.
When he went to court the next day, meritorious people, such as Suilin Fu Mingchen, received many rewards.
Fu Mingchen even received a bigger reward than Sui Lin. The reason was that Fu Mingchen was on the front line and was more dangerous.
A strange feeling came to Suilin's mind again.
Although the ministers were dissatisfied, they could not say anything against it in the face of the actual achievements.
They all acted as if they were used to it and let it go.
Anyway, it wouldn't be their turn if it weren't for Fu Mingchen.
On the other hand, His Highness the Third Highness has done a great job in providing disaster relief. It is hard to say what will happen in the future.
It's a pity that my health is a little bad, and I don't know how long I can survive.
That’s it, let’s wait and see.
After the rewards are given, the reckoning begins.
After Suiheng was carried back to the capital, he regained consciousness within a few days under the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial physician.
But I haven't been to court so far, and I stay in the house all day and don't know what I'm doing.
But he had good intentions after all, and even if he didn't succeed, Sui Yunjing couldn't scold him.
Even because he was injured, he still had to be cared for with rewards.
As for the prefect of Tongzhou and those responsible for building embankments and strengthening them, after careful questioning, it was discovered that they had secretly embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in just a few years.
In anger, Sui Yunjing threw all of them into prison, waiting for the Queen to be executed.
The magistrate of Tongzhou knelt down in the Jinluan Hall, crying with runny noses and tears, and confessed to the Minister of Hubu.
One is a capital official and the other is a local official. On the surface, they seem to have nothing to do with each other.
However, the two were classmates when they were studying, and they have maintained money exchanges even after taking office.
The prefect of Tongzhou had no ability in studying and could only rely on bribing his former classmates to get promoted.
From the first county magistrate to the current prefect, he secretly sent a lot of money to the Minister of Household Affairs.
When the Minister of the Ministry of Finance heard this, his eyes darkened and he almost fell down.
But he held on his body and started to argue, and the two of them started arguing in the main hall.
It was not until Sui Yunjing became impatient that he suspended his post as Minister of Household Affairs and handed it over to Dali Temple for investigation.
If the matter is confirmed, I will follow Qiu Hou to inquire about it.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance was wronged one by one, and was eventually taken away.
At this point, the Tongzhou flood issue is finally settled.
The positions of the Minister of Hubu and the Magistrate of Tongzhou were vacant for a while, and it was easy to solve the problem of Hubu, so he was replaced by the original minister.
As for the Tongzhou Magistrate, there were no good candidates for the time being.
It was said that Tanhua wanted to go to another place to experience something, but the prime minister could not bear his daughter leaving the capital and did not agree.
Sui Lin thought of a good candidate, Zhao Hongxuan.
During the month since he left Beijing, Zhao Hongxuan offended many people at Yushitai because of his outspokenness.
After listening to Zhao Hongxuan's bitter words, Sui Lin only felt funny.
Sui Yunjing said he didn't mind being criticized by officials, but his excessive self-esteem prevented him from accepting harsh words.
Those old vixens at Yushitai have long figured out Sui Yunjing's temper. Even if they find fault, they try to say something nice.
But Zhao Hongxuan is different.
Because he couldn't stand Sui Yunjing's style, he always talked about him every time he saw him. Even Sui Yunjing began to find him annoying and was worried about how to punish him.
After hearing Fu Mingchen's suggestion, Sui Yunjing agreed without thinking at all.
Zhao Hongxuan himself didn't have any big objections. After receiving the transfer, he didn't think that Sui Yunjing was bothering him, so he packed his things and left.
Being far away from the capital, at least in a short period of time, I have an extra life insurance.
Before leaving, Sui Lin took him and gave him a lot of instructions, asking him to speak less and listen more, and he would understand if he listened at the same time.
The forces in Tongzhou are intertwined. Without the prefect, there are still other local snakes. If Zhao Hongxuan is gone and he insists on being tough, he may not get good results.
Whether he can listen to it or not is his own business.