I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 181 Three-pronged approach
Zheng He and Huang Yan basically came forward and stepped into the courtyard. Zheng He's face was extremely solemn, and he bowed slightly with his hands clasped:

"Zheng He sees Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Huang Yan hurriedly followed Zheng He and bent down, but he didn't dare to just give his name like Zheng He, and respectfully called out his official title:
"Old Slave East Factory Admiral Huang Yan, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Bao, Zhou Zhen and others would also say hello, but now that Li Tian is here, everyone has also avoided the customary etiquette and just nodded.

Helping Zheng He up with his own hands, Li Tian looked at Huang Yan with a smile on his face and said:
"There's no need to be formal, get flat quickly."

Zhou Dahe's family is not a big family, so naturally they don't have so many stools for them to sit on. Jiang Bao didn't do anything, and simply lifted the table inside.

Li Tian knew that civil servants valued etiquette and it was impossible to sit on the table, so he took the initiative to drag Zheng He to his seat.

Knowing that Zheng He has been in the yamen of the temporary resettlement office recently, Li Tian didn't ask any further questions, and looked directly at Huang Yan and said in a deep voice:

"Huang Yan, did you bring someone here?"

The rain almost flooded the capital, how could Huang Yan not know that the emperor summoned him for an important matter, so he came in a hurry after ordering [-] orders.

Upon hearing the question, Huang Yan hurriedly cupped his hands:
"Returning to His Majesty, the old slave didn't know what the situation was, so he only brought three hundred children and grandchildren here."

"Enough."

Nodding his head and pursing his lips, Li Tian didn't talk nonsense, and said directly:

"Immediately divide your people into 36 groups, and each group is in charge of a workshop. I want to know the progress of each workshop without interruption."

"The old slave complies."

As soon as Li Tian said a word, Huang Yan hurriedly received the order, with his toes flying like flying, he stepped on the beams and pillars beside him and rushed up to the roof.

Although Dongchang and Jinyiwei are both royal spy agencies, in terms of strength, Dongchang is still stronger than Jinyiwei.

After all, Dongchang fanzi who doesn't have a basket, his favorite thing every day is to train himself well in other parts of his body to comfort himself that he is missing something.

Dongchang has its own secret way of communication. Huang Yan held a whistle made of bones and put it near his mouth, and blew it long or short.

Under the dark night, the Dongchang fans immediately formed a team and jumped in all directions.

Tapping his toes back under the eaves, Huang Yan bowed honestly and said respectfully:
"Your Majesty, the old slave has made arrangements."

Slightly nodding his head to express his affirmation, Li Tian patted the table, signaling Huang Yan to sit casually, and then looked at Zheng He:
"Uncle Bao, I have sent a lot of people to dredge the drainage ditches in various workshops. In a short time, the rainwater from the whole city will pour into Mingshifang, and there will be floods in Mingshifang. What can you do? "

Zheng He knew that the emperor had called him here, and he must have made a plan in his heart. Hearing this, his face showed no panic, and he touched his bare chin and said:
"Exchanging one square of Mingshifang for half of Beijing Wuyou, our family thinks this deal is worthwhile.

Moreover, the southeast corner of Mingshifang is the East Bianmen, which is connected to the main road of the canal. Our family thought that we only need to gather people to dig out the city wall and let the rainwater flow directly into the canal. "

After hearing Zheng He's method, Li Tian's eyes lit up immediately, and he kept nodding his head and said:

"Uncle Bao's method is very good. It not only allows the rainwater to have a place to go, but also won't harm any people. However, the method of digging the city wall must be criticized by the court."

As soon as Li Tian finished speaking, the criticism came.

Wu Zhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, walked up to the two of them with a solemn face, took a deep look at Zheng He, and turned to Li Tiandao:
"Your Majesty, I think what General Manager Zheng said is very inappropriate. A city wall was built to defend against enemies in battle, and to protect the people in the city from being attacked by swords and soldiers. How can we plan to tear it open just because it's raining?"

Li Tian heard that Wu Zhong had finished speaking, spread his hands together, looked at Zheng He helplessly, snorted noncommittally and said:

"Look, Wu Shangshu is not happy if this is not above the court."

"Your Majesty, how can you joke about this matter? The city wall is the soul of a city. Destroying the city wall will definitely lead to the imbalance of the five elements and a great change in feng shui. If there is an accident at that time, it will be regrettable."

After finishing the words in rapid succession, Wu Zhong seemed to be afraid that Li Tian would not be able to make up his mind, so he added:
"Anyway, destroying the city and draining the water, I will never agree. Your Majesty, you can figure it out."

Alas, Li Tian sighed, a little dumbfounded.

The ancients were good at everything, but they didn't understand science and were too superstitious about ghosts and gods. When it came to this kind of thing, they would pull out a lot of reasons, lest they offend God.

Taking a deep breath, Li Tian curled his lips noncommittally, and said with a dumb smile:
"Wu Shangshu, take a look at you. Earlier you said that Li Langzhong is here, but now you look like this."

"Your Majesty, there are gods standing three feet above your head, and this is what I have to do."

"Then tell me, if Zhou Zhen produces cement products in the past few days, should I tear down the city wall and renovate it?"

Wu Zhong's expression froze when he heard the words, he didn't expect this.

Seeing that Wu Zhong had nothing to say, Li Tian struck while the iron was hot and continued:

"It only takes a section of the city wall to save hundreds of thousands of people in the three squares outside the city from being flooded. Wu Shangshu himself said that the lives of the people are more important than the invisible gods on the city walls. "

"This is naturally important to the people."

"That's it, Jiang Bao, bring me my soldier talisman."

Reaching out to pat Wu Zhong's shoulder, Li Tian looked straight at Zheng He and said, regardless of his hesitation on his face:
"Zheng He accepts the order."

"Our house is here."

"I order you to immediately transfer the four guards of Yanshan Mountain to the southeast of Mingshifang to dig through the city wall to drain water, so as to relieve the danger of flooding for hundreds of thousands of people outside the city, without delay."

"Our family leads the order."

After finishing the serious speech, Li Tian handed over the military talisman to Zheng He, and said in a less serious tone:

"Uncle Bao, you won't be able to use so many people to dig the city wall. At that time, you will allocate half of your troops to guard the Zhengdong outside Chongwenmen, and the two squares in Chongbei. First, use sandbags to build a temporary earth embankment to avoid accidents."

Zheng He was also puzzled earlier, there are 2 people in the four guards of Yanshan Mountain, and it takes so many people to dig a city wall. When he heard that an embankment was going to be built between the outer city and the inner city, he understood it and hurriedly responded. Down.

Time was running out, Li Tian stopped dragging Zheng He to chat and talk, and sent Zheng He out of the courtyard quickly.

Li Zhiliang saw the emperor returning quickly, stepped forward hurriedly, pretending to be a deep obeisance, his tone was filled with joy:

"Dragging the drainage ditches, building temporary dams, and digging the city walls to drain the water, Your Majesty, by doing all three things together, the danger of flooding can be solved. My minister has been taught today."

"You will be able to conclude, okay, I don't have anything for you to see here, you can help Zheng He go to Chongwen Gate to build."

Li Zhiliang was overjoyed when he heard the words, the emperor was blatantly wanting to give him some credit, regardless of the wetness on the ground, Natou bowed to the ground:
"Thanks a lot, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)