Daming King of Punishment

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The common people were extremely happy to see the irrigation canal built under Abbot Song Wuya.

"Fellow folks, with the concerted efforts of our government and the people, this irrigation canal has finally been completed!"

Facing the irrigation canal he personally managed, Song Wuya was very excited.Although this is just a small irrigation canal, it is also a remarkable water conservancy project.

At least with these irrigation canals, the common people don't need to irrigate the fields so laboriously.

"Thanks to you, Prefect!"

The common people were very grateful when they heard Song Wuya's words.Speaking of which, they dug out all the channels themselves, but at this moment they are still willing to put all the credit on Song Wuya.

Song Wuya shook his head: "Folks, no matter what, having this irrigation canal now is convenient for everyone, and this prefect of Fengyang is not in vain! Today, I would like to explain to all the villagers After all, the construction of the irrigation canal and the compensation for the elder brother who was injured because of the Dingguo Cemetery all came from the donations of officials in the court. There is no such irrigation canal as we have today."

"So it is!"

It wasn't until Song Wuya told the story at this time that they knew the inside story.

And today, Song Wuya will also set up a stone tablet at this place, and write down the merits and virtues of everyone on it.

"This inscription is the testimony of this irrigation canal!" After Song Wuya announced loudly to everyone, he suddenly tore off the red cloth covering the stone tablet.

The eight big characters engraved on it caught everyone's eyes, and the emperor's grace and blessings were blessed by hundreds of officials.And on the back of this inscription, the names of all the officials who donated their salaries are engraved on it according to their rank.

After the monument is revealed, this matter is considered to be completely completed.

The construction of the irrigation canal lasted for half a month, and there were no accidents during this time, and the young master seemed to have disappeared so far. No news of him has been heard in this capital.

Ding Guogong also voluntarily gave up the field that was forcibly occupied as a cemetery because of this contest with Song Wuya.Now it has returned to the original owner's hands again, and Song Wuya also took out some of the money left over from the construction of the irrigation canal as compensation and handed it over to him.

In this way, this noisy matter will have the most perfect ending.

After Song Wuya released the young master for the first time, the common people's gossip about Song Wuya is no longer heard.

And what they said was all about Song Wuya's construction of irrigation canals, the execution of Shangguan Tai, and the inspection of Shangguan Feihong.

This is a big thing for them, and it is definitely a good thing.The common people relished talking about it, and returned to the original praise for Song Wuya in their hearts.

"Now you can rest assured?"

Seeing Song Wuya's return, Situ Wen immediately prepared some tea and said while beating Song Wuya's shoulder.

Song Wuya smiled slightly, and stretched out his hand to take Situ Wen's hand: "Wen'er, do you regard me as an uncle? I am young, do I need you to do this? Come and sit down."

After Song Wuya pulled Situ Wen to sit down, he smiled and said: "Nowadays in this capital, there must not be a single commoner who will say anything about me. With this matter, I can be regarded as prestigious in this court The way all the officials look at me has changed."

"Isn't that great? However, it's been two months since the New Year. But we are still in the capital, and it's really aggrieved to think about it." After Situ Wen nodded, she talked again This thing comes.

Song Wuya had already given up thinking about this matter, after all, the emperor had already told him about it, and he would wait until Bai Zhuo came back to discuss this matter.

"The Holy Majesty has already told me about this matter, and he will find a way after Bai Zhuo comes back. Even if there is no legitimate reason, he can completely demote us and let us go when the time comes." Song Wuya He said with a smile, saying that he was not very worried about this matter.

Having said that, demoting officials can only make them leave the capital, and it is really not easy to really give them rights.

After all, if they were to resume their positions as imperial envoys, they would have to have a good chance.

Situ Wen nodded after hearing this, and did not continue to discuss this matter.

"Isn't Bai Zhuo's injury better? Xiaohuan must be by his side to take care of him. He's almost recovered in the past half a month, right?"

Speaking of Bai Zhuo, the topic naturally shifted to Bai Zhuo again.

"We don't need to worry about Bai Zhuo's affairs, Xiaohuan will naturally take good care of him. But right now I have to find a way to continue to do some big things, so that the Holy Majesty can have a better chance to restore the imperial envoy between me and Bai Zhuo Position. It would be better to give us that gold medal again, so things will be much easier."

Now, Bai Zhuo will return to Beijing soon, Song Wuya should think about how to restore their official positions during this time.

Hearing this, Situ Wen smiled angrily and said, "You! You know how to do big things all the time. This capital city is just a place the size of a palm. How can you do so many big things? After the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, after experiencing these two things, who doesn't restrain themselves? I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything big here."

"That's true, but you can't just sit there!" Song Wuya said helplessly.

Restoring the position of imperial envoy was something he had always thought about. Now that the irrigation canal was settled, he suddenly had nothing else to do in his hands.

"Forget it, I don't want to worry about this, let's go to rest first." Seeing that it was getting late, Song Wuya immediately got up and said.

"What time is it? Besides, you haven't eaten yet." Seeing that Song Wuya got up and was about to go back to his room, Situ Wen said angrily, "The food is ready, go to bed after eating."

"Don't eat. Recently, I've been guarding the irrigation canal every day. It's hard to finish. I feel very tired all of a sudden." Song Wuya has been staring at the irrigation canal during this time, wanting to complete the irrigation canal as soon as possible.I didn't feel much at that time, but now after the work is done, I suddenly feel weak all over, which shows that I have been really tired these few days.

But Situ Wen was not used to him, she said angrily, "You don't even listen to me? I'll let you eat, go quickly."

Song Wuya, who was walking towards the room, suddenly heard Situ Wen talking to him in such a tone, and smiled helplessly.

There is no way, he really has to listen to these words, otherwise Situ Wen will get into trouble if he loses his temper.He stopped immediately, turned around and walked back.

As soon as he came back, the anger on Situ Wen's face dissipated immediately, and he burst out laughing.

"You have to eat as much as you want. You haven't eaten well these days, and sometimes you don't come back at noon. You said you ate outside, and the devil would believe it!" Situ Wen then scolded him angrily. .

Song Wuya could only nod his head in agreement, not daring to make any more sophistry.

After dinner, Song Wuya went to rest early.

Early the next morning, in the court hall, what Song Wuya did not expect was that something that shocked him happened.

"Report to the Holy Majesty, I have a book to play."

After the morning court started, Zhu Yuanlong was the first to speak, just like the emperor playing.

"Oh? Zhu Aiqing, what do you want to play?"

It has been some time, and I haven't heard Zhu Yuanlong playing in this court hall.Today he suddenly said that, let alone the emperor, even Song Wuya felt strange.

"Half a month ago, Your Majesty Qiming, the capital was full of sundries after the Chinese New Year. And His Majesty also sent Mr. Song to deal with it. But now that half a month has passed, I have not found that Mr. Song has completed the matter."

As soon as Zhu Yuanlong said this, Song Wuya suddenly became distressed.

It's really like what Zhu Yuanlong said, he really didn't finish this matter, because after the incident with the young master, he put all his heart on it, and after that, he also took care of the irrigation canal every day. It happened to leave this matter behind.

"Song Aiqing, is this absolutely true?" The emperor looked at Song Wuya suspiciously.

Song Wuya said helplessly: "Reporting to the Holy Majesty, it is as Master Zhu said. Because not long ago, when I was busy irrigating the canal, I delayed this matter."

"Then what's going on with the irrigation canal now?" Hearing this, the emperor felt helpless, obviously Zhu Yuanlong was going to hold on to this matter.

"The irrigation canal has been completed, and the people are all grateful to the emperor's kindness and the care of the ministers. The minister has erected a stone tablet in front of the irrigation canal, on which the eight characters of the emperor's grace and blessings are engraved. The names of hundreds of officials are engraved on it." Song Wuya immediately explained to the emperor about the irrigation canal.

The emperor nodded: "I didn't expect you to complete this matter in just half a month. Not only that, but I have also erected a monument of merit and virtue, which is indeed something worthy of commendation. However, what I wish you to say just now, You failed to complete it as scheduled, so the merits and demerits will be offset, and I will not reward you for the irrigation of the canal this time."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for not punishing me!" Song Wuya knew that the emperor was looking for a step for him to step down, so he immediately knelt down to thank him.