"'Ximen' stinks of wine and meat, and the road is frozen to death?! I have only heard of Zhumen's wine and meat stink, but I never imagined that there is a 'Ximen' in this enlightened Ning Kingdom!" Emperor Ning originally listened casually, but was caught Yu Chimo's words stimulated him, and he sat up straight suddenly.
"It's not just Ximen, the other three big families, which one is rich and powerful?!"
Yu Chimo paused, staring at Emperor Ning with scorching eyes, and continued, "Father, since the far water cannot save the near fire, we shouldn't raise money in Beijing. Since the four major families in Lingdong are so rich, They should spend some money to build the Jiangling Dam! Once the Jiangling Dam is built and Lingdong can be preserved, it will also preserve their own property, right?"
After hearing this, Emperor Ning nodded again and again, "The four big families in Lingdong are so fat, it's time for them to cut off their flesh!"
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!" Xia Qinglan frowned, "If Your Majesty makes an order, it will be a forced donation! My country of Daning has always advocated voluntary donations, and if I force donations at this time, I am afraid that it will trigger the Lingdong Four. The dissatisfaction of the family…”
"Master Xia, if you have other ideas, then say it. If not, what are you talking about?" Before Xia Qinglan could finish her sentence, Yu Chimo glared at her.
Emperor Ning frowned and said nothing.
Yu Chimo said again, "Father, is there any king in the world? If you order to force donations, if the four major families in Lingdong are unwilling, then they have the intention to fight against the imperial power. If this is the case, what are we going to do with their four families? It's better to take it all together... The wealth of the four major families, let alone rebuilding a Jiangling Dam, is more than enough to build dikes and dams in all the disaster-stricken areas in the Qinling Mountains!"
Listening to Yu Chimo's words, Emperor Ning vaguely felt that there was some truth, but since the founding of the Daning Kingdom, there has not been a precedent for forced donations.
Emperor Ning hesitated for a moment, then frowned and looked at Yu Chizhen, "Old Eleven, what do you think?"
"Father, Lingdong is the fiefdom of the goddesses, and my ministers are busy with disaster relief in Lingxi. They really don't know the distribution of power in Lingdong, so they dare not make rash remarks." Yu Chizhen still looked like that, and tried to ignore it as much as he could.
Emperor Ning was slightly displeased, sighed, and turned his head to look at Zongzheng Fusu, "Fusu, what do you think?"
"What His Royal Highness said is reasonable." Zongzheng Fusu was uncharacteristically, not only did not refute, but echoed, "Although there is no precedent for forced donations in Daning, disasters are serious. Your Majesty, in extraordinary times, extraordinary measures should be taken. Ruo Si If the big family doesn't follow, my 30,000 imperial troops are on standby at any time—"
After hearing this, Yu Chimo sneered from the bottom of his heart.
Zongzheng Fusu, Zongzheng Fusu, where is your usual cleverness? !
Very well, I was worried that you would object at first, but now that you second the proposal, I saved a lot of talking.
With Zongzheng Fusu's words, Emperor Ning's heart finally sank.
At this time, Li De'an reminded him that a lieutenant quickly rushed into the imperial study and knelt down on one knee.
The man was soaked, and his clothes were covered with yellow sand and mud.
"Your Majesty, because the Huai embankment was destroyed, the accumulated water in the mountains flowed down and flowed into the Chishui River. The water level of Jiangling Dam has increased by another ten centimeters. Seeing that it is approaching the highest water level! The hearts of the people are greatly moved, and the deputy commander of Jiangling Dam made Mr. Han stiff He was pushed into the reservoir... so far, his whereabouts are unknown!" The man burst into tears, "Your Majesty, Lingdong... Lingdong will soon be in chaos!"