Emperor Cheng Yuan soon arrived at the Tingzheng Palace, walking in a hurry, the dark lines of gold and sea water on the corner of his robe surging with the wind, and seeing Lu Yan standing outside the palace, he said, "I'm so anxious to see me, but is there something wrong?"
Lu Yan followed in the footsteps of Emperor Cheng Yuan into the Hall of Tingzheng, bowed and said, "This minister is here to announce the good news to His Majesty."
"Why are you so happy?" Emperor Cheng Yuan sat down with his robe up, and Eunuch Sheng stepped forward to serve tea with a wink, took a proper amount of salt, weighed it, and poured it into a cup.
Emperor Cheng Yuan took a sip of tea, motioned to Eunuch Sheng to pour another cup, and then said: "There are no outsiders here today, sit down and say."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Yan sat down and then handed over the secret letter in his sleeve to Emperor Cheng Yuan.
Emperor Cheng Yuan opened it, raised his eyebrows, and chuckled. He had received the contents of the secret letter early in the morning.
It has to be said that Shen Wenqi has indeed made a great contribution this time, and it is a great contribution that will be remembered in history.
According to reports from the front, this flood is far more serious than the initial news in Beijing. The river embankment was 500 paces wide, and the midstream was about 40 feet deep. The waves were turbulent and unstoppable. When the officials in eastern Henan looked at each other and were speechless, Shen Wenqi boldly proposed that the top of the breach should go straight through the river instead of the original meandering river. As a result, the difficulty of blocking the opening is greatly reduced.
Immediately afterwards, he ordered people to build a thorn water embankment and a stone boat sloping embankment, which consisted of forty boats filled with stones, sank them in the mouth of the river, and poured the river water directly to the opposite side. blocked the river.
After the river embankment was reinforced, the strategy of "attacking the sand with water" was proposed. In order to strengthen the sand attacking intensity, 30,000 troops built a grid embankment between the two embankments day and night, and the effect was very good.
This terrifying flood has finally come to an end.
As for those projects that need to be prepared for a rainy day, the construction can be started in the spring of next year.
The officials in eastern Henan were filled with tears.
Not to mention the officials in eastern Yudong, after reading the news, Emperor Cheng Yuan himself could not help but sigh, fortunately last year when he ordered people to raid the Marquis of Yunyang mansion, he issued an order not to allow anyone to visit Shen Wenqi. Otherwise, with his old bones, he still doesn't know if he can survive to this day.
It is true that based on these political achievements and the two books that can be passed down for centuries, Shen Wenqi is destined to be a minister whose merits outweigh his demerits, so some of the things he has committed are in the heart of Emperor Cheng Yuan. , it's over.
Emperor Cheng Yuan shook the secret letter in his hand, and looked at Lu Yan with a serious face, "Is Lu Jingzhao too busy recently? If you don't take care of your Kyoto affairs, it's time to take care of Yudong's affairs?"
Lu Yan pressed his fist to his lips and said softly, "Uncle."
As soon as the voice fell, Emperor Cheng Yuan's tense mouth twitched.
However, he said that Lu Yan was very close to him when he was a child, and his uncles and uncles called him a lot, but since he was kicked out of the imperial examination and became an official, the whole person adhered to the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, and never exceeded half a point.
Today's uncle, tsk, it's really been a long time.
Emperor Cheng Yuan glanced sideways at the sky outside, and said sarcastically, "I thought I was going out to the west today."
Lu Yan got up and walked to Emperor Cheng Yuan's side, bowed and said: "I came here today to ask Your Majesty to marry him."
Emperor Cheng Yuan tapped on the table unhurriedly, and asked knowingly, "I don't know who got into your Lu Saburo's eyes?"
Lu Yan replied seriously: "Shen Sanniang fell into the water at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet that day, and was rescued by the minister. This woman's reputation was damaged, and the minister can't blame her."
Hearing this, Emperor Cheng Yuan narrowed his eyes, glanced at his mouth, and his chin was covered with layers of flesh, "Speak human words."
"I want to marry her."
After a short while, Cheng Yuandi said without hesitation: "I ordered you to be Jingzhao Yin, and gave you great power, but you use this to bend the law for personal gain. I see that your courage is getting bigger and bigger." belongs to the majesty of the emperor.
If it was a different person, I'm afraid the sweat would be left behind.
Lu Yan knew exactly what Emperor Cheng Yuan was referring to, and Tie Tou continued: "I know myself guilty."
Emperor Cheng Yuan patted the table with his palm, "Convicted? You have the slightest convicted look on your face. I always thought that you have been an official for so many years, and you have never made any mistakes. The eldest grandson of the family was beaten and maimed!"
Lu Yan nodded, paused, and said, "Fortunately, His Majesty is willing to protect the minister."
Look at this is what people say? It is simply in the heart of the emperor! This is tantamount to telling the emperor that I can bend the law for my own sake, thanks to you.
The sunlight outside hit Lu Yan's iron head, shining brightly, and the stabbed Emperor Cheng Yuan didn't speak for a long time.
The day after Xu Wei's accident, Xu Xiang stood outside the hall to beg for an explanation for his son. He choked up, and those who heard it were heartbroken, but Princess Jing'an dragged him and did not let him go.
For a while, he said he wanted to play chess, and then he said that he was not feeling well.
At that time, he knew that Empress Xu was right. The three daughters of the Shen family were really better than the other.
Emperor Cheng Yuan sighed and said solemnly: "I ask you, you took the lead in speaking for Shen Wenqi that morning, but you are selfish?" The emperor picked up the cup and took another sip.
As soon as these words came out, Eunuch Sheng on the side couldn't help shrinking his head.
Lu Yan straightened his back and said dignifiedly, "This minister is absolutely selfless."
Emperor Cheng Yuan smiled, "Not at all?"
Lu Yan added: "Family and state affairs must not be confused."
Emperor Cheng Yuan hummed "um" from the tip of his nose and nodded casually.
It is true that when Emperor Cheng Yuan asked this question, he was deliberately embarrassing, and any answer would be wrong.
Admit being selfish. Even if the emperor said a sentence of his sincerity, he couldn't help but feel pricked in his ears. This is what he said today. Who knows if he thinks about it another day, will it change its meaning
On the other hand, if you solemnly say that you have no two hearts, it will sound hypocritical.
But Lu Yan is so clever, how can he be like Emperor Cheng Yuan! Although what he said was too beautiful, but his decisive tone, wasn't he trying to make the emperor happy
Emperor Cheng Yuan whispered to Duke Sheng, "Research ink for me."
Just as Eunuch Sheng bowed his waist, Lu Yan stepped forward, "Come on, minister."
Emperor Cheng Yuan glanced at him, dipped in the ink, and slowly started to write. After a while, he threw the two volumes of imperial edicts to Eunuch Sheng together, "When Shen Wenqi returns to Beijing, send it to the Shen residence."
Sheng Gong said: "The slave will definitely get things done."
Lu Yan whispered, "Thank you, uncle."
After Lu Yan left, Eunuch Sheng, who always accompanied Jun's side, couldn't help but slandered: When it comes to holy grace, if the Lord Zhou from Dali Temple ranks second, then the prince of the Duke of Zhenguo is undoubtedly the first.
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On the evening of September 29, Shen Wenqi returned to Beijing. However, as soon as he entered the gate of the Shen residence, Shen Yan, Shen Zhen, and Shen Hong on the side had red eyes.
Sure enough, there is no merit in the world that falls in vain.
Shen Wen's left arm was injured. As the disease has been delayed again and again, the situation is not optimistic, and it is impossible to recover as before. I can only be glad that he injured his left arm, not his right arm like Su Heng.
If Wenchen can't pick up a pen, what kind of career will he pursue
Moreover, Shen Hao asked carefully and realized that if Su Heng had not blocked him that day, Shen Wenqi would have injured more than one arm.
When it comes to Su Heng, the quiet inside the house can smell the needle falling.
Shen Wenqi looked at his little daughter and sighed. Last time he left in a hurry, and he didn't have time to ask her about many things.
It was too late to ask her where the yard with three entrances and three exits came from; it was too late to ask her, no one helped her, how could she easily establish so many businesses in the East and West markets, and it was too late to ask her if anyone had wronged her.
"Zhen Er, Aye asks you..."
However, before Shen Wenqi finished speaking, Shen Qi interrupted: "It's getting dark outside, you better rest early. If you want to ask anything, I'll talk about it tomorrow."
At this moment, Shen Zhen only had Shen Wenqi's arm in her eyes. Right now, she was thinking about how to invite the genius doctor of the Bai family to treat her father.
"Zhen'er." Shen Yan tugged at Shen Zhen, who seemed to have froze her buttocks, "Come here with your sister."
Shen Wenqi glanced at Shen Yan and knew that their sisters had something to say, so he nodded and said to Shen Zhen, "Okay, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
Shen Hao dragged Shen Zhen back to the house, the two of them looked at each other and said together:
Shen Yan said: "Tomorrow Aye wants to ask you something, do you know?"
Shen Zhen said: "Sister, I want to ask Miss Bai to see a doctor for Aye tomorrow."
Shen Yan looked at her red eyes and said, "Don't worry, the prince will naturally send a famous doctor here."
Hearing this, Shen Zhen let out a sigh of relief.
Shen Yan said, "What do you think about your relationship with Lu Yan?"
Shen Zhen pinched her finger belly and whispered, "It must be impossible to tell the truth." As long as she had done the outer room for Lu Yan, she could not speak to her father no matter what.
"You can say whatever you want, but according to me, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion is about to come to the door to propose a marriage. Aye has doubts in his heart, but once he is engaged, he can't say anything more." Shen Hao rubbed her hair and hinted, "Zhen Er, over the Marquis of Changping, my sister will come to thank you in person."
Shen Zhen was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood what Sister A meant—since it was a miss, don't get involved any further.
"I understand."
Shen Yan nodded.
Shen Zhen was still thinking about the rhetoric before going to bed. Who would have guessed that Qingxi would pull her up early the next morning, "Get up, girl, Eunuch Sheng from the big family has arrived with the edict."
Shen Zhenmei's eyes widened, she turned over and sat up, after tidying herself up, she hurried to the main courtyard.
Eunuch Sheng finished the reading, and handed over the imperial edict and book in his hand to Shen Wenqi, "Congratulations to Shen Shangshu."
Shen Wenqi made a great contribution and jumped back to his position a year ago from the commander-in-chief of the river defense.
"Your Majesty also said that since Shen Shangshu was seriously injured, he won't have to go to court for a few days, just rest at home for a while."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Wenqi said.
Just as Shen Wenqi was about to get up, Eunuch Sheng shouted again in a low voice, "Hold on, we still have an edict that we haven't read yet."
Shen Wenqi frowned suddenly. He had been an official for several years, and the decree in his hand was within his expectations, but if there was another decree... he couldn't guess.
Eunuch Sheng coughed lightly, and said in a hurry, "Sanniang of the Shen family listens to the order."
Shen Zhen bowed to etiquette, "The minister is here."
I hereby hear that Shen Zhen, the daughter of Shen Wenqi, Minister of Industry, is gentle and honest, with outstanding appearance, prudence and integrity, and the beauty of peace and integrity. I and Princess Jing'an are very pleased to hear this. Lu Yan, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhen's government, is about twenty-four in his twenties. When it is time to get married, he should choose a worthy daughter to match. It is in the boudoir of Shen Sanniang, Shen Zhenwai, and Lu Sanlang and Lu Yan. They are the beauty of adults. They will give you to Lu Yan as their wife and choose an auspicious day to get married.
Who said that the autumn wind is slightly cool, and it is obviously warmer than the midsummer.