Liu Chun came to the Fengtian Palace, this is his second time, although he has entered the palace a lot of times, but as the first hall of the three major halls, only in the early dynasty, will be open to the public, the old Zhu Yumen listens to the government, dealing with all kinds of cumbersome state affairs. Big and small, big and small.

Liu Chun's grade is too low, and he is not qualified to go to the early dynasty, except for the longevity ceremony, he is not blessed to ascend to the Fengtian Hall at all.

In fact, Liu Chun would rather not have this blessing.

Today's Fengtian Palace, the atmosphere is particularly depressing, it is not the official early dynasty, but there are many civil officials, including the crown prince Zhu Biao, who are accompanied by Lao Zhu, he frowned slightly, looking worried.

On the Xungui side, in addition to Liang Guogong Lan Yu and Ying Guogong Fu Youde, including Xinguo Gong Tang He, Song Guogong Feng Sheng, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, all present, the atmosphere was dignified!

On the side of civil officials, Liu Chun didn't know much, but the people from the Six Shangshu, Shilang, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Tongzheng Department and the Dali Temple all arrived, and it was not complicated to judge, Liu Sanwu was a bachelor of Hanlin, one of the little Jiuqing, and in front of him were these high-ranking officials. In addition, the old man Ru Taisu is also listed, there are six people in front of him, that is, six Shangshu, behind him, is the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Palace, and then there is the general political envoy, Dali Siqing......

The longevity ceremony is grand and pleasant, and all the vassal kings are present, but today's atmosphere is very different, dignified and depressing, making people a little breathless.

Liu Chun is honest, if something goes wrong on such an occasion, Lao Zhu can't protect him. After Liu Chun entered the door, he hurriedly saluted, and then stood at the end of the line, sticking to the door to eat the wind.

When Zhu Yuanzhang saw him, he coughed.

"Liu Chun, did you go to Xuanwu Gate? Have you seen the scene of the subsidence? ”

Liu Chun hurriedly said: "The minister did go." ”

"Then why didn't you enter the palace immediately to talk to me about this matter?" Lao Zhu said reproachfully: "Could it be that as some people say, do you despise this matter?" ”

Liu Chunmo felt that Lao Zhu called himself to the palace, wouldn't he just scold himself for two sentences? If it is to go to the dormitory, it may be possible, but in the Fengtian Palace, in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Lao Zhu should not be so boring.

"Your Majesty, the minister did not dare to despise the major events that alarmed the Dragon Court, after the minister checked, he immediately went back, consulted the Fang Zhi of Jinling, looked for the manuscripts of the elders of the sect, and studied them carefully...... Chen, he is looking for the cause of this incident. ”

"Oh!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "So, you have gained?" ”

"Yes, the minister thinks that this incident is not unexpected, the key is the geographical location of the palace."

"To be specific, I'd love to hear about it."

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The two monarchs and ministers, one question and one answer, quickly entered the topic, the officials present, especially the civil officials, knew that Liu Chun had a lot of people, but not many had dealt with him, they observed this young man at close range for the first time, and found that he talked eloquently, without any stage fright, and between his words, he was full of strong confidence.

"Your Majesty, Jinling is south of the Yangtze River, and the water flows to a low place, which is the same truth through the ages, the northern city of Jinling, because it is close to the Yangtze River, the terrain is low, the soil is soft, and it is very easy to sink. At that time, His Majesty chose a site to build the palace, and he reclaimed the earth on Yanque Lake to build the city, although many stones were placed to strive for a stable foundation. But after more than 20 years, it is inevitable that there will be a problem of sagging. Moreover, since the beginning of winter last year, the precipitation has been low, the water level of the Yangtze River has been declining, there is a shortage of water underground, and the part north of the palace has collapsed downward, which is not surprising. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang patiently listened to Liu Chun's explanation, and he suddenly chuckled and said, "Liu Chun, according to what you said, the collapse of the palace has nothing to do with the heavens?" ”

Liu Chun blinked, "The precipitation is too low, does it count?" ”

"Hahaha, why is there less precipitation?" Lao Zhu asked.

"This ...... It is related to the cold winter of last year, the precipitation line moves south, although there is not much precipitation in the Yangtze River, but there is still a lot of rain in Lingnan, the minister heard the tea merchants in Fujian say that a lot of their inventory has been soaked in the rain, and they are shouting to increase the price! When it comes to the price of tea, Liu Chun is very interested, and he thinks that he should sign a long-term supply contract to avoid the impact of price fluctuations.

If it weren't for the Fengtian Temple, he would definitely have to talk about it. Not surprisingly, Lao Zhu will also ask, after all, this person cherishes his wallet too much, and can fool for an hour or half an hour, Liu Chun can get out safely, he has not done this kind of thing once or twice, and he is familiar with the road.

It's just that it can't be used today, because someone has already made trouble.

"Liu experience, celestial events, how can you listen to the words of the traders? They talk nonsense, and you also take it to the Golden Palace to talk about it? It's insulting! Wang Rui taught a lesson.

Liu Sanwu, who was standing in front of Wang Rui, lamented for a while, it was true that he liked Liu Chun, but he had no way to let his friends like Liu Chun too.

Lao Wang, you have to call this kid out, what the result is, you can only depend on your own ability, obviously, Liu Sanwu is not optimistic about Wang Rui.

Sure enough, Liu Chun smiled indifferently, "Lord Wang, I want to ask, you receive a monthly salary, has Your Majesty given you less?" ”

Wang Rui snorted and said angrily: "Liu Experience, are you becoming more and more unreasonable in your words? Do you want to say that the old man's corpse is a vegetarian meal, and he has failed the grace of God? ”

"Definitely!"

Liu Chun said with a smile: "Tea farmers rely on the sky to eat, and what they say is naturally credible, because no one will have trouble with their own jobs." But Lord Wang, no matter what time you are, you have Lu rice to eat, and you are neither hungry nor cold, so naturally you don't care...... By the way, I also heard that it was raining heavily, and the people were worried about their crops. Poets like to go boating on the river, just to see the willows in the rain, poetic and picturesque, after coming back, good to write a masterpiece, they only hate that the rain is not big enough! ”

"Yoo Chun!"

Wang Rui is really angry, this little rabbit cub, he is too bad to speak.

Not only him, but all the literati were brought in by Liu Chun.

The four bodies are not diligent and the grains are not distinguished, they do not know the suffering of the world, and the corpses are vegetarian...... This is the strongest accusation against civil officials, even worse than scolding their ancestors.

Wang Rui knew that he couldn't tell Liu Chun anything, so he hurriedly turned around and cried to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, Liu Chun is young, he is untrustworthy, and above the Golden Palace, he talks nonsense and talks a lot about business. Completely forgetting that the palace had fallen, Long Ting was shocked. Such a traitorous villain should be expelled from the palace, how can he listen to the words of Huangkou Xiaoer for major events in the court! ”

The old gentleman made a high-pitched argument and made a loud noise.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't listen at all, "Liu Chun is not an ordinary child, he advised to set up a royal bank, and he just came back from Suzhou to rectify the money bank, and he has made a lot of contributions." And what he talked about is not unreasonable,"

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "Liu Chun, Fang Cai Qin Tianjian, and Master Wang, they suggested that I issue an edict to punish myself, what do you think?" ”

On the way here, Liu Chun had already asked the old eunuch about it, and he knew it in his heart, at this moment Zhu Yuanzhang deliberately led the words to this side, Liu Chun knew more clearly, Lao Zhu was angry, he didn't want to sin himself! And it is true that it has nothing to do with Lao Zhu, if you want to say that you need to reflect, it is also that the palace was chosen on Yanque Lake back then, and it has nothing to do with whether he is immoral or not.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what Your Majesty is wrong, why do you want to sin yourself?"

Zhu Yuanzhang coughed lightly: "The officials of Qin Tianjian said that the palace has fallen, but it is a crime from heaven, and it is necessary for the government and the opposition to reflect behind closed doors. ”

Liu Chun immediately shook his head and said puzzledly: "Your Majesty, this minister doesn't understand, Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, blessed by God, for more than 20 years, he has been eating and closing, and he has worked hard to save all his life, for the sake of the people of the world." The minister doesn't know what His Majesty is wrong, can you ask your lords to give the minister a clear indication "Liu Chun looks down on the ministers, who dares to jump into the pit!" Liu Chun was slightly disappointed, and could only say: "If it's just a matter of the ground sinking, the minister has a suggestion." ”

"What advice?"

"Dig!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "What are you digging for?" ”

"It is to dig down at the location of the subsidence to see if the original foundation has subsided, causing the ground to collapse. If that's the case, then it has nothing to do with providence. ”

Liu Chun turned to Wang Rui, "Lord Wang, you must have heard that Xiaguan is a member of the Guo family, and the knowledge of our faction pays attention to the fact that there is no investigation and no right to speak." How about making a bet? If the lower official is right, please ask the boss to kowtow to Guo Shoujing's seniors and admit that he is talking nonsense, and from now on, he will be cautious in his words and deeds. If the lower official is wrong, then I would rather be sent to Liaodong by the army and never be allowed to return to Beijing, how about it? ”

"You!"

Wang Rui is very face-saving, can he be squeezed by a junior?

The old man had difficulty riding a tiger, so he had to agree and bet with Liu Chun.

At this time, Liu Sanwu suddenly stood up and coughed: "Liu Chun, the top priority is to figure out the reason for the incident, and I think what you said is reasonable." ”

Liu Sanwu said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the old minister implores me to immediately dig up the place where the ground has subsided, and verify whether what Liu Chun said is true!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, when the incident happened just now, these people forced themselves to issue an edict against themselves, the reason why he called Liu Chun over was that he didn't hope that Liu Chun would change anything, Lao Zhu only thought about a plan to delay the army.

didn't expect that Liu Chun was stunned to get his face back.

In that case, don't blame me for being polite!

"Okay, Liu Chun, don't make a bet with Master Wang, I will give each of you a shovel and go to dig a pit outside the Xuanwu Gate!"

Liu Chun was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, is it me and Master Wang, or is it ......?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "How can the two of you be enough!" There are not a few officials who have just admonished, especially Qin Tianjian, who have gone to dig pits, and when they have the results, they will tell me again! ”

After Lao Zhu finished speaking, he threw his sleeves and left, Zhu Biao quickly followed, and stretched out his thumb to Liu Chun before leaving.

When the two of them disappeared, Lan Yu on the side covered his stomach and almost laughed, he suddenly said loudly: "Give me a shovel, I'm going to dig a pit!" ”

Feng Sheng and Tang He looked at each other and smiled, "You old thing, can you still move?" ”

Tang He shook his big belly, "Why not!" Isn't the old man as good as a powerless scholar? ”

Li Jinglong lost no time in saying: "Then compare with your lords, how about it?" ”