"Your Majesty," Gao Lizhong thought for a long time, then bowed and suppressed his inner excitement and said, "If I can solve the flood problem in Hongcheng, would you really like Lord Wei to write an article for me?"
"How dare you!" Zheng Hongtao glared at him, "How dare you question His Majesty!"
Gao Lizhong said in fear, "Your Majesty, I acknowledge my guilt."
Doing it proactively and doing it passively may lead to two different results.
An Jingzhi said nothing else, but picked up the pen and wrote the imperial edict on the table.
When Gao Lizhong took the imperial edict from Eunuch Ding, his eyes instantly turned red.
If he could solve the flooding problem in Hongcheng, the Gao family could officially enter the literary circle and lay an important foundation for the development of the Gao family.
Your name will go down in history.
Looking at the envious and jealous eyes of the officials in the court, he carefully put away the imperial edict and immediately knelt down in worship.
He put away his usual flattery and said earnestly, "Your Majesty, please rest assured! Gao Lizhong will resolve the Hongcheng issue in his lifetime!"
"Okay," An Jingzhi said with a smile, "You will set off in a few days. I am in Wujiang, waiting for good news."
In the corner among the ministers, a few historians were writing furiously with excitement on their faces.
"Hurry, hurry, I'm running out of paper. Write quickly! Don't miss anything! Hahahaha! The Emperor ordered rain to fall, and the rainstorm drove back the enemy. The Emperor ordered Gao Lizhong to solve the century-old flood in Hongcheng, saying that if he succeeds, his name will be recorded in history. Today really deserves to be written into history..."
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Two days later, Ding Shangbiao came back and brought back another piece of good news.
An Shaolin was just as the original owner remembered, a man of great talent and quick wit. After the heavy rain, he calculated that the Qilin River would burst its banks, so he did not rush directly to Lucheng for rescue. Instead, he divided his troops, with a small half going to rescue and the other half returning to Tanhua City.
When the small force was halfway through their journey, they discovered that the Qilin River had burst its banks, so they turned back immediately. While they were defeated by the flood and had fled, and there were not many people in the city, they pretended to be soldiers who had fled back and took the opportunity to take back the Epiphyllum City.
After the group that captured Lucheng was defeated by the flood, they originally wanted to return to Tanhua City to rest.
They didn't notice that the personnel on the city wall had been replaced. After they entered the city, they were caught in a trap. At this time, all these people were captured and were on the way to be sent.
The crisis in Lucheng has been resolved, Tanhua City is back in the hands of their own people, and Ding Shangbiao also returned to Wujiang City to report.
Covered in dirt, he returned to Wujiang and went home first to clean himself up before returning to the palace to report.
Unexpectedly, he received a piece of news that shocked him beyond words.
I originally thought that Lucheng was able to be defended because of God's will, but it turned out that it was His Majesty who prayed for rain!
No, it should be to order God to rain!
So that's how it is. It's not God's will, but your Majesty's wisdom.
Although he changed into clean clothes, he could not hide his tired spirit.
An Jingzhi walked down from the dragon throne and helped Ding Shangbiao, who was kneeling on the ground, up.
"Shang Biao, thank you for your hard work."
Ding Shangbiao was also an old minister who had followed the original owner all the way. Since the original owner established the country, he never called the other party's name again.
Not only did he feel more and more distant from Ding Shangbiao, but he also felt more and more distant from the old brothers who had been with him along the way, and he no longer called their names so affectionately.
Two years ago, because some people broke the law, the original owner chopped off their heads without hesitation, which frightened these old ministers so much that they worried that they would not live to see the day when the world is at peace.
After praying for rain, they almost forgot about it.
Seeing His Majesty being so kind to Ding Shangbiao, they felt a little warm in their hearts.
Ding Shangbiao's eyes welled up when he thought of the dead soldiers. He knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I'm not tired. At least I still have my life. But if those brothers died on the battlefield, I wouldn't have much to say. But they all lost their lives because of the Crown Prince's incompetence!"
Zheng Hongtao and his group of generals all disliked the Crown Prince and were closer to the Second Prince. However, since this was a matter concerning the Crown Prince, it was better to be cautious. He quickly stepped forward and said,
"Your Majesty, please don't blame me. Shang Biao may be confused because of exhaustion."
As soon as the words came out, Ding Shangbiao himself was scared and broke out in a sweat. His Majesty was more majestic than before, but also more intimate.
Thinking that he had already said it, and seeing that An Jingzhi didn't look angry, he simply gave up and poured out all the blame for what the prince had done.
Spit at An Jingzhi.
"Epiphyllum City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, especially when it's well-prepared. Even with only 5,000 men, it can hold its own against a large army. Yet, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, with 150,000 men, managed to lose Epiphyllum City in just a few days!"
"It was all because of the Crown Prince's greed for merit and recklessness, and his love of grandeur, that those 50,000 soldiers died in vain..."
Ding Shangbiao had never spoken so elegantly in his life, using almost all the idioms he had learned.
In the original owner's memory, he knew that the prince was incompetent, but he didn't expect him to be so incompetent. The 50,000 soldiers were left behind to cover the prince's retreat.
I didn't expect that after the prince arrived in Lucheng, he actually ordered the city gates to be closed and not let those people in, and he even gave the excuse that he was afraid of spies sneaking in?
Seeing An Jingzhi's face growing colder, Zheng Hongtao pushed Ding Shangbiao, who was still criticizing the prince, and told him to curb his behavior. Everyone in the court, including the civil and military officials, knew that the prince was the most favored.
Everything that happened in the past has proved that what they said would only result in the prince suffering a little punishment.
The other party is still the crown prince. When he comes to power in the future, even if he can't deal with them, he will deal with their descendants.
"General Ding, you cannot speak carelessly in front of His Majesty. Do you have any evidence to support what you said? If not, you are slandering the crown prince. Even if you have made meritorious contributions in defending Lucheng, you will be punished!" Wei Wenhua reminded.
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