I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 178 is a foregone conclusion
Since ancient times, all dynasties have been plagued by floods, and the Ming Dynasty was no exception. Every time the Yellow River and Yangtze River flooded and burst their embankments, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people would die.

Although the capital city is located in the north, it is not as densely covered with water networks as the south of the Yangtze River, but because of the deep-seated fear of floods, the Ming Dynasty has established the Dushui Yamen in the capital city since the founding of the country.

Dushui Yamen is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, and it is one of the four divisions under the Ministry of Industry.

Usually, the most important job of the Dushui Yamen is to cooperate with the household department to go to the south where floods are most prone to flood prevention and relief.

During the rainy season in the south in August, Yuanwailang, a member of Dushuiqing's official department, had already led all his subordinates to the south. There were only five doctors who were still sitting in Beijing.

The torrential rain was pouring down, and among the five men on duty at the yamen of the Qianbulang Industry Department, they all smelled danger from it, and before their own department hall reported to the emperor, they spontaneously divided into five groups and went to various squares in the city to prepare emergency.

Mingshifang is located in the southeast of the inner city of the capital, and it is the most low-lying one in the inner city, so it is naturally the most prone to accidents.

For such a hot potato, several doctors were afraid of taking responsibility, so they were unwilling to touch their hands. Only Li Zhiliang, the youngest of the five doctors, knew that there were tigers in the mountains, but he preferred to go to the mountains.

Li Zhiliang was born in Yongle's 13th year as a Jinshi in Yiwei Division. He just turned [-] this year. In the same year, the speed of promotion can be called a rocket.

However, Li Zhiliang was not a well-connected household. He was able to take up the position of a fifth-rank doctor in the Ministry of Industry at such a young age because he dared to risk his life.

His greatest achievement was that in the Taihu Lake flood two years ago, he withstood all the pressure and forcibly evacuated 30 people from Wujiang County, which directly reduced the number of people who died in the flood. in half.

Passing through the city to Mingshifang, Li Zhiliang didn't say much, and directly sent someone to call for Mingshifang's orders, and then arranged a series of more than a dozen arrangements.

Li Zhiliang's doctor in the Ministry of Industry was promoted by saving hundreds of thousands of people in Suzhou. Although he is not well known in Beijing, he has a certain reputation.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

In the Ming Dynasty, Fangfang Ling knew that Li Zhiliang was not easy to mess with, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense when he got the deployment, so he hurriedly issued orders according to the scriptures.

Although Yifang Fangling is only a ninth-grade sesame official, in this workshop, he can be said to be one-sided. Even if the county comes to work in the workshop, he has to inform the Fangling.

In the Ming Dynasty, Fang Ling was a man who knew how to behave. After learning that the emperor and a group of important ministers were in Caochang Hutong, he hurried back to Fang Ling's small hall:

"Li Langzhong, the emperor is in Caochang Hutong right now. If you go, I will arrange a carriage for you."

"The emperor is planning the overall situation. What's the use of me going there? You can send someone to deliver a letter to let the emperor know that I am in Mingshifang."

As soon as Li Zhiliang finished speaking, a clerk covered in rain broke into the small hall on his back.

The little official was wearing a coir raincoat, a bamboo hat on his head, and his green official robe was already soaked. Regardless of the rain dripping from his face, he looked directly at Li Zhiliang and said quickly:

"Li Langzhong, the emperor has summoned you to meet him in Caochang Hutong right now."

Li Zhiliang was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help but smile a little, the old brothers in the yamen didn't want to come to Mingshifang to sit in town, maybe they didn't expect such a good thing as a face saint.

Quickly got up, Li Zhiliang put on the coir raincoat and bamboo hat, and explained a few words to the order of Mingshifang, then walked quickly to the little official:
"It's called by the saint, so what are you waiting for, hurry up and take me there."

The little official seemed a little surprised that Li Zhiliang would act so vigorously, he was a little dazed, and then he came to his senses, nodded again and again, and hurriedly led Li Zhiliang into the rain.

At the entrance of Fangling Xiaotang, a carriage with iron wheels was waiting quietly.

Without waiting for the little official to lift the curtain for himself, Li Zhiliang rushed into the carriage with a stride, and instead came over dissatisfied and urged:
"The rain is so urgent, what are you still doing, why don't you come up quickly."

The little official couldn't keep up with Li Zhiliang's rhythm, so he hurriedly climbed up with his hands and feet.

The rain was turbulent, the boards of the carriage were high and slippery, and the little official was climbing ridiculously. Seeing this, Li Zhiliang immediately dragged him into the carriage, looked at the groom and said urgently:
"Come on."

The groom saw that this lord was impatient, and hurriedly nodded his head and raised the whip in his hand, driving the carriage at high speed, all the way to Caochang alley.

The iron-clad wheels rolled out afterimages, and the entire carriage was terribly shaken. The scenery on both sides of the street was receding rapidly, and the splash of water was as high as half a person.

The crackling raindrops fell on the roof of the carriage, and Li Zhiliang was upset when he heard it, so he lifted the curtain of the car and looked out.

Seeing the stagnant water that could cover his feet, Li Zhiliang was secretly startled. The heavy rain had no intention of stopping at all. The flooding of Mingshifang was already inevitable.

When they arrived at Caochang Hutong, Li Zhiliang jumped off before the carriage stopped, and with his robe in both hands, he rushed towards the courtyard where Jin Yiwei was stationed at the gate.

"Li Zhiliang, Li Zhiliang, the official secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Du Shuiqing, has met His Majesty, the Ministry Hall, and the Minister."

Under the eaves of Zhou Dahe's house, Li Tianzheng was discussing closely with Wu Zhonghe and a group of ministers of the Ministry of Industry. He glanced at Li Zhiliang saluting, waved his hands casually and said:
"Li Aiqing doesn't need to be formal, just get up and speak."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Wei Chen."

After a simple salute, Li Zhiliang jumped up from the ground, directly joined the discussion with an anxious face, and quickly said:

"Your Majesty, on the way here, I found that the water on the street has covered my feet. Please send a bodyguard here immediately to prepare for disaster relief."

Seeing that Li Zhiliang was genuinely eager, not just pretending, Li Tian nodded slightly, motioning for the little official beside him to move a stool, and said in a deep voice:
"Li Aiqing, don't worry. I have ordered all the government officials in the prefectures and counties to go to all the squares in the city to stop the flood. I called you here mainly because I heard that the official of Dushuiqing is in Mingshifang. You are in charge. I want to ask What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the torrential rain is getting worse and worse, and there is no intention of stopping it. According to my experience, it is inevitable that the rain will cause flooding in the capital. In my opinion, Your Majesty should immediately issue an order to evacuate the people outside the city. In order to avoid irreparable consequences."

Li Tian had heard the proposal of evacuating the people no less than five times, and now he heard Li Zhiliang say the same, and suddenly fell into deep thought.

The situation is so urgent, the emperor is still worried, Li Zhiliang is puzzled, he ponders for a moment, then hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, there is no need to evacuate all the people in the outer city. It is only necessary to let the people of Chongnan, Chongbei and Zhengdong enter the city to avoid disaster. May I ask what your Majesty is still worried about?"

(End of this chapter)