Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

These two things together are not a good thing.

Although the eldest prince and his stepfather announced to the outside world that they had won a great victory, the price they paid behind the scenes must have been heavy.

Two countries that were originally evenly matched, suddenly one of them becomes increasingly powerful, and then defeats the other as if opening up its Ren and Du meridians. It is easy to imagine that this kind of thing is unlikely to happen.

The bursting of the Yuan River’s dike is a matter of great importance and will certainly consume a great deal of manpower and material resources. If the envoys discover any signs of weakness in the Great Zhou during their visit, they may come back again after returning. By then, the Great Zhou will be in danger due to internal and external troubles.

This can be seen from the sudden change in the atmosphere in the palace.

Ever since Ye Shuo was born, the palace has never been so tense.

The palace servants, who had originally seemed relatively relaxed, were now in a hurry. Apart from their master’s orders, they refused to say a single word, fearing that saying the wrong thing would bring disaster upon themselves.

Especially the eunuch Wang Ziquan of the Qinzheng Palace. Even eunuch Wang doesn’t seem to smile now, let alone others.

Ever since the news of the Yuan River bursting its banks, my stepfather has never set foot in the harem again and has simply slept in the Qinzheng Hall at night.

The same goes for the prince, who is almost nowhere to be seen nowadays.

Prime Minister He and the Grand Tutor came and went, with a hint of worry on their faces. It was obvious that they also found the situation difficult.

Under such circumstances, the Grand Tutor didn’t even have time to take care of the Ninth Prince and the little princess, and directly gave them both a holiday.

Under normal circumstances, Ye Shuo would have been extremely happy, but now, he really couldn’t laugh.

Since he has become a prince of the Zhou Dynasty in this life, he will never be able to get rid of this identity for the rest of his life.

Now in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he has his mother, his grandfather’s family, and many other people he cares about, so Ye Shuo naturally cannot leave them.

Only when the Great Zhou is doing well can Ye Shuo live a good life.

In this situation, Ye Shuo couldn’t just sit there and do nothing, right?

Thinking about it, Ye Shuo sighed, then somersaulted and sat up from the gorgeous carved wooden bed.

Then Ye Shuo sent Xiao Luzi to deliver the several books that had been sorted out two days ago, as well as a letter, to his eldest cousin in the name of purchasing.

It is written very clearly in the letter, and my cousin will naturally understand it after reading it.

Because the envoy was about to arrive, everyone in the palace was not paying attention here, so no one noticed that Xiao Luzi, who was beside the Ninth Prince, had been away for almost an hour.

The other side.

Although the officials below had notified the people downstream before the water level surged, many people were still killed because the dam of the source river burst too suddenly. In some places, there was even an entire village with no one left.

Large areas of villages are now submerged by floods.

In order to prevent the concealment of the news, Emperor Jingwen promptly sent imperial envoys out of the capital. Now, news came one after another from various places downstream, the scope of the impact was getting wider and wider, the number of casualties was increasing, and Emperor Jingwen’s face was getting uglier and uglier.

From a few hundred at the beginning, it grew to a few thousand, and now it has reached tens of thousands.

Water sources are an indispensable part of people’s lives. In the absence of modern facilities, most people like to live near water. While this facilitates farmland irrigation, they also have to bear the risk of floods.

The casualties were increasing, and more and more people were being displaced. Emperor Jingwen did everything he could, and his eyes were red from staying up late. However, in the face of natural disasters, human power is always so powerless.

If this continues, the situation will be bad.

The most important thing at the moment is to curb the spread of the flood, as well as the resettlement of the victims, the reconstruction of villages and the repair of dams.

Each and every one of them requires a lot of effort and money.

Leaving aside the mind and money, the issues of containment, reconstruction and renovation alone are already quite tricky.

There are too few talented people in this area in the court.

Because of the geographical location of Da Zhou in the lower reaches of the source river, Da Zhou suffered far more flood disasters than the other two countries.

However, people who know how to manage water are always extremely scarce.

Just when Emperor Jingwen was suffering from a splitting headache, he suddenly thought of a person, and that person happened to be within the territory of the Great Zhou.

Emperor Jingwen made a prompt decision and “invited” Mr. Zeng Mohuai over.

Things are different now. Emperor Jingwen no longer cares about using any conciliatory tactics. At such a critical moment, he will tie Zeng Mohuai up even if he has to.

In addition to improving various tools and designing mechanisms, this man is also very capable in controlling floods and building dams, otherwise he would not be so respected.

Zeng Mohuai had served as an official in the Great Zhou for half a year. Although Emperor Jingwen knew his character and was even more aware that he was stubborn and never considered himself a subject of any of the Three Kingdoms, people like him would be less willing to work the more they were forced to do so.

Emperor Jingwen was even prepared to massacre all the disciples around Zeng Mohuai in order to force him to submit. However, as soon as he made the decision and before he could tell the secret guards to do it immediately, Zeng Mohuai took the initiative to send a message saying that he was willing to come forward and do his best.

People with ill intentions would rather watch the joke of Da Zhou, so it is unlikely that someone with bad intentions would take action at this time.

Zeng Mohuai had three thousand disciples, and the breach of the Yuan River caused such a big commotion, so it was not difficult to understand that he knew about it so quickly.

Therefore, when Emperor Jingwen learned the news, he was not surprised, but happy.

Several years ago, the Yuanqing Canal, which Zeng Mohuai participated in building when he was young, is still standing today. After more than 20 years of wind and rain, the surrounding embankments have collapsed countless times, but the Yuanqing Canal is still strong. Zeng Mohuai’s ability is evident.

However, while he was happy, Emperor Jingwen was also a little puzzled. Normally, he wouldn’t worry about such things. Why did he suddenly become so kind-hearted this time?

However, being puzzled does not mean that Emperor Jingwen doubted him. After all, Zeng Mohuai was used to doing whatever he wanted. He had never had any rules in doing things, so it was not strange for him to act on impulse occasionally.

When Zeng Mohuai arrived at the lower reaches of Yuan River in a carriage, Emperor Jingwen sent secret guards to investigate. They found out that it was not for any other reason, but that Zeng Mohuai had accepted a large number of new disciples in recent years. Zeng Mohuai felt that it was not a good idea to let them study all the time, so he brought them out this time to practise.

Of course, Zeng Mohuai has high standards and he doesn’t want everyone. This time, he only picked out seven or eight students from thousands of them.

Although the number of people is small, they are the most outstanding among my teaching achievements in the past three years and can be called masterpieces.

Zeng Mohuai is worthy of being Zeng Mohuai. He has always been so rebellious. The disciples he brought out this time include both male and female disciples. Most of them are teenagers. What’s more, there are even children who are twelve or thirteen years old.

Emperor Jingwen felt overwhelmed at the thought of asking these young boys and girls, especially the girls, to participate in the flood control.

The flood is a serious matter, and it can cost the lives of countless people. Zeng Mohuai’s actions are somewhat disregarding human life.

If Zeng Mohuai was just leading them, it would be fine and Emperor Jingwen would have tolerated it reluctantly. However, two days later, news came from the imperial envoy that Zeng Mohuai actually planned to let these children do it himself, and Emperor Jingwen could no longer sit still.

Is he crazy?

But there was nothing that could be done about it. It was not that Zeng Mohuai did not take his fate seriously, but after he arrived he found that the flood had affected too wide a range, and that even with himself and his eldest disciple, they were far from enough.

No matter how capable Zeng Mohuai is, he is just one person. He can only take care of the areas most affected by the disaster, and other places are out of his reach.

Although this group of young boys and girls are still young, they have learned it after all, and they are the best ones. They are better than those who know nothing about water control.

And these good things are equivalent to many lives.

Zeng Mohuai’s actions may seem absurd, but he is actually acting according to the actual situation.

Appearances are not important to him, what matters is the results.

In order to curb the current flooding of the source river, different analyses should be conducted based on different situations. Some require strengthening of embankments, while others require adjustment of flood diversion channels. If the river is silted up, the river channel needs to be narrowed, etc. Dredging and blocking require specific analyses of specific situations. People without a basic understanding simply cannot do this job.

Besides, if it really doesn’t work, isn’t there someone who can give me guidance remotely?

This was that person’s idea. He asked me to bring my students to help, so he naturally had to help finish it. Besides, with his ability, it shouldn’t be difficult for him to provide some effective suggestions.

Thinking of this, Zeng Mohuai no longer felt worried.

No matter how precocious the boys and girls in ancient times were, they were only in their teens after all. When such an important task was handed to them, they would naturally feel panic-stricken and at a loss.

Even if a genius is selected from thousands of people, before he has gone through the hardships, he is nothing more than a useless bud.

But when Master Zeng mentioned the person who would deliver news to them on time every month, the people’s originally tense hearts suddenly became less panicked.

Yes, if all else fails, they can seek help from that mysterious and powerful teacher.

Because there are many orphans who are unattended at the southwestern border, and there are many people watching, the news might leak out. Until now, only Zeng Mohuai knows that the person who has been sending the message is the ninth prince of the current dynasty.

For other people, including this group of students, the situation is what it appears to be to outsiders.

Even this group of new students thought that Zeng Mohuai stopped teaching when he passed by here during his travels through the Three Kingdoms period.

Zeng Mohuai only cared about the knowledge given by the Ninth Prince, and did not care about the Ninth Prince’s age and purpose. As long as there was new knowledge, Zeng Mohuai didn’t care about that.

Perhaps in the near future, only after all these more than a thousand people have been screened out, Zeng Mohuai will tell them the identity of the other teacher.

We should proceed step by step. Now it is time to allow them to contact the people of the eldest son of the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion individually.

Over the past three years, no matter how tricky the questions they asked, they were never stumped by the mysterious teacher. As time went on, the impression Ye Shuo left on them became more and more profound.

Sometimes, problems that even Master Zeng could not solve were explained clearly by him in just a few words. The eight students in front of him already regarded the owners of those letters as gods.

When Master Zeng mentioned that the man would cover for them, the eight people in front of them were not so worried at all.

In these few days, they have seen so many disaster victims that even a heart of stone would be moved. Young boys and girls are at the age of great ambition, so how could they not want to save the people from the disaster?

It’s just that the cost of failure is too heavy that makes them dare not speak out easily.

But in fact, no matter how old you are, everyone has gone through this, and after getting familiar with it, you will gradually become proficient.

Zeng Mohuai did not hesitate for long and immediately assigned them.

At this juncture, Emperor Jingwen didn’t want to offend Zeng Mohuai, so he didn’t stop him. He just wanted people to really listen to the eight of them. In Emperor Jingwen’s opinion, forget it!

Zeng Mohuai wanted to use this to train his disciples, but Emperor Jingwen was unwilling to play with so many people’s lives.

Emperor Jingwen’s meaning was very clear, but soon, the imperial envoy who served as his eyes and ears also brought news that although these people were still young, they still had some abilities, and more than half of the eight were actually better than the local officials.

Emperor Jingwen was stunned.

After pondering for a long time, Emperor Jingwen suddenly changed his expression, and when he asked someone to deliver a message to the imperial envoy, he used a different tone.

“Keep an eye on them. If any of them stand out, report to me once this matter is resolved.”

It would be difficult to get Zeng Mohuai to pledge allegiance, but his students have great potential.

Young people who are only in their teens!

If they are like this now, what will happen in the years to come?

After confirming that they had real ability, Emperor Jingwen’s heart suddenly became hot.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Ever since his younger cousin sent a letter asking Zeng Mohuai to come out of retirement, the number of letters coming to him suddenly began to increase dramatically.

Fortunately, Wei Wen had ordered someone to leave the letter at a remote farm outside the city early in the morning. Otherwise, with pigeons flying several times a day, it would be strange if the emperor did not become suspicious.

After all, Wei Wen was a special messenger, so he naturally had the right to read these letters.

I opened one at random, and as expected, all of them were asking my little cousin how to deal with floods. There were all kinds of situations, each more tricky than the other.

After all, if it is a simple situation, a few students can handle it on their own, and there is no need to spend so much effort to come and ask.

Wei Wen was silent for a moment. He knew that time was running out, so after receiving the message, he immediately tried to find a way to send it to the palace.

About half an hour later, Ye Shuo received a thick stack of letters.

Among the eight students, the mysterious and powerful one, but in fact, Ye Shuo is only a few months away from turning eleven: “………………”

Help, help…