Flooding Six Cities and Eighteen Towns
Li Shiming was not happy for long in the palace when an urgent letter from Jiangnan Road made his face turn black again.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
Seeing Second Emperor Li's expression change after opening the envelope, Fang Xuanling immediately felt that something was wrong.
"The Yangtze River was flooded. The six cities and eighteen towns of Jiangnan were all flooded, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.”
Li Shi Min put down the letter heavily and sighed.
"What is it? Six cities and eighteen towns have all been flooded."
Fang Xuanling exclaimed in disbelief.
Three days ago, Fang Xuanling had already started to provide disaster relief. At that time, only three towns had been flooded. He had never expected that in just three days, all six cities and eighteen towns in Jiangnan had been flooded.
"A flood is a natural disaster. We can't avoid it with our human strength.”
Zhangsun Wuji sighed and said helplessly.
They could send troops to resist the Turkic army, but the flood was a problem that no amount of troops could deal with.
"Your Majesty, the only way now is to prepare the disaster relief materials and start the disaster relief. We can't let the displaced people become a hidden danger.”
Fang Xuanling immediately suggested.
The flood had already happened, so there was no point in talking about it. The most important thing now was to make arrangements for these displaced people as soon as possible.
"Yes, since the flood has stopped, it's more important to quickly provide disaster relief.”
Wei Zheng quickly echoed.
"Who said that the flood has stopped!"
Li Shi Min suddenly said in a deep voice, causing all the ministers to be stunned.
"The flood hasn't stopped? The Yangtze River is still flooded."
Fang Xuanling immediately asked.
"That's right! Moreover, the current was rapid and there was no way to guard against it. According to the governor of Jiangnan Province, the entire Jiangnan Province would probably be submerged.”
Li Shi Min's eyes were devoid of color. He was obviously very frustrated.
The ministers below were also silent at this time, not daring to say anything else.
The entire Jiangnan would be drowned!
This was a fatal blow to the Great Tang!
Although Jiangnan was very far from the Guanlong region, these officials knew how important Jiangnan was to the Great Tang.
During the previous dynasty, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had gone south several times to check on the people.
Although Emperor Yang was suspected of going to Jiangnan to plunder beautiful women, Emperor Yang wanted to stabilize the situation in Jiangnan and establish the prestige of the emperor in Jiangnan.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty knew this, so Li Shimin naturally knew it too.
"Your Majesty, Jiangnan cannot be lost, but how can the flood be removed?”
Fang Xuanling said helplessly.
As the Prime Minister, he should share the Emperor's worries, but there was nothing he could do now.
Natural disasters were different from man-made disasters. Natural disasters were the will of the heavens. How could ordinary people like them defy it?
"Your Majesty, I have a plan."
Suddenly, Cheng Yaojin, who had been silent all this while, said.
"Bite the gold, tell me what you have in mind.”
Li Shimin knew that Cheng Yaojin was a lucky general of the Tang Empire and had some knowledge of crooked ways, so when he saw that Cheng Yaojin had thought of a way, he didn't ask if it was feasible and directly told him.
"I think the Taoist priest from Spirit Peak Temple is very capable. Why don't we let him try?”
Cheng Yaojin thought of Gao Xuan, the Taoist priest of Lingfeng Temple.
When Cheng Yaojin said this, all the ministers nodded.
"That's right! The Taoist priest of Lingfeng Temple was known as a little immortal. He should have a way.”
"Daoist Priest Gao Xuan's Peaches of Immortality can cure illnesses, so it shouldn't be difficult to get rid of floods.”
"Do you really think that Taoist priest is a god? Omnipotent, able to catch demons and ward off evil?”
"That's right, this is simply nonsense. Letting a Daoist do whatever he wants is not something that the Great Tang Imperial Court can do.”
Since the ministers agreed, there were naturally many who disagreed.
No matter how one looked at it, it was extremely unreliable to ask a Taoist priest to remove the flood.
However, Li Shiming knew that it was impossible for the Empress and the Crown Prince to be cured, but Gao Xuan did it.
After Li Shiming learned about the situation in Jiangnan Road, he was very anxious and anxious. He wanted to find an idea.
And now, asking Gao Xuan to help seemed to be the best idea.
As the Taoist priest of Lingfeng Temple, even if Gao Xuan couldn't get rid of the flood, it should be good for him to go to Jiangnan Road to comfort the people.
"Alright, tomorrow I will go to Lingfeng Temple and invite Gao Xuan to come out.”
Li Shi Min stood up and said as if he had made a very important decision.
"Your Majesty, you definitely can't go. I'll go with Lord Zhangsun.”
Fang Xuanling saw that Li Shiming wanted to go there personally, so he quickly stopped him.
After all, Li Shimin was the Emperor of Tang, how could he show his face in the Taoist temple?
"No! This matter concerns the life and death of hundreds of thousands of people. I have to go personally.”
Li Shi Min said firmly.
All the civil and military officials couldn't persuade Li Shi Min, so they could only lower their heads and agree.
Inside Spirit Peak Temple, Li Shimin was looking at Gao Xuan with a submissive expression.
"You want me to go to Jiangnan to suppress the flood?”
Gao Xuan looked at Second Emperor Li in front of him with a puzzled expression.
Actually, Gao Xuan had originally planned to go to Liao City to fight Li Chunfeng. He was preparing to set off tomorrow, but he hadn't expected Second Emperor Li to personally come looking for him.
"Taoist priest."
Second Emperor Li patted Gao Xuan's shoulder kindly." The six cities and eighteen towns of Jiangnan have been flooded, and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. It's an evil scene. I really have no choice.”
Looking at Second Emperor Li's sincere expression, Gao Xuan also felt a little compassion.
However, the most important thing was that the people of Jiangnan were suffering. In his previous life, Gao Xuan was a child of Jiangnan Water Village. Although it was far from the Yangtze River, he had more or less heard of the horror of the Yangtze River flooding.
"Dao Sect will work for the well-being of the people of the world. I promise you.”
Gao Xuan nodded and said to Second Emperor Li.
Hearing Gao Xuan agree, Second Emperor Li was also very satisfied.
He originally thought that Gao Xuan was so cold and aloof that it would take some effort to persuade him, but he did not expect it to be so easy.
When Fang Xuanling, Zhangsun Wuji, and the others saw Second Emperor Li treat Gao Xuan with such respect, they were also amazed by the way the ancient emperors treated wise men.
Li Shimin wanted to record today's incident in the history books and praise him for being able to bow down to his subordinates as an emperor.
"I wonder how you plan to deal with the Yangtze River flood?”
Li Shi Min thought for a moment and asked softly.
"One Finger Breaks the Yangtze River!"
Gao Xuan glanced at Second Emperor Li and spat out five words in a deep voice.
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