Kaifeng.

River Governor's Office.

Jian Wangchuan's luggage has been packed, and he is not wearing an official uniform now. In fact, since he dug the North Dike, Jian Wangchuan knew that his career had reached its end. While writing a letter to apologize and resign, Jian Wangchuan was ready to be locked in the capital.

Jian Wangchuan is a capable official and a very courageous official. The River Governor is already at the second rank. For example, Jian Wangchuan, who is only in his early forties, has been steadily in this position for a few years according to his qualifications and abilities. Then, it will be enough to be transferred back to Beijing as a minister or a place in charge. It is very likely that he will even become the next Minister of Military Affairs.

Jian Wangchuan has only been in the position of river governor for two years. In the past two years, Jian Wangchuan has been busy with river management and has made many preparations on both sides of the Yellow River. On weekdays, even food and accommodation are by the river.

But he was not lucky. The heavy rain in Henan this year is rare in a century. With the arrival of the heavy rain, the water level of the Yellow River rose sharply. Although Jian Wangchuan strengthened the embankments on both sides of the river after taking office, and flood control projects were set up in many river channels.

Unfortunately, many projects have not been completed, and the river water has been rising fiercely, and problems have occurred in many river embankments. If they are not solved immediately, not only will Kaifeng be lost after the river embankment is destroyed, but even most of Henan and Jiangsu will become a country of marshland.

Faced with this situation, Jian Wangchuan had no choice but to make a painful decision, which was to actively dig the river embankment on the north bank, divert water and diversion to minimize the losses. Many people opposed this decision at the beginning, but in the end, Jian Wangchuan still beat the public opinion and made a decision.

Because he knew very well that if he didn't do this, the next loss would be greater. Compared with possible losses, this choice is the most appropriate choice.

It is precisely because of this that nearly a thousand people were killed and countless fertile land was flooded after the digging of the north bank of the Yellow River. It is also because of this that he finally saved Kaifeng City, including most of Henan and Jiangsu in the lower reaches.

After the flood receded, everyone was glad that the losses were minimized because of Jian Wangchuan's decision. But his decision also led to the tragic situation on the North Bank. Merit is merit and demerit. Jian Wangchuan knew very well that when he made this decision, he had no way out.

As expected, when Jian Wangchuan's memorial was not delivered to the capital, the impeachment of him was already overwhelming, so Jian Wangchuan's resignation was inevitable, and even his political life would be completely interrupted because of this incident.

"Master, Mr. Zhou and Lord Tang are here."

"Come in quickly and ask two of you." Jian Wangchuan stood up and said.

After a while, Jane Wangchuan's aide Zhou Rui and Tang Haoyuan, the assistant to the Governor's Office, stepped in and saluted him after seeing Jane Wangchuan, and called him the Governor General.

"No need to do so, I am no longer the governor of the river." Jian Wangchuan waved his hand and smiled and asked them to take their seats.

Although the order to formally resign, it is probably too soon. And now Jian Wangchuan can be said to be guilty and no longer handled the official business, and Tang Haoyuan was reborn.

Zhou Rui and Tang Haoyuan sat down, and looked at the luggage piled up next to the corner of the house. Although Jian Wangchuan was the governor of the river and a second-rank official, he had no savings. Logically speaking, the Ming Dynasty now has a lot of salaries for officials. The monthly salary of officials of an official level like Jian Wangchuan is not a small amount. If you are greedy and try to make some efforts on the project, it would be no problem to make hundreds of thousands or even millions in two years.

However, Jian Wangchuan has always been in a clean manner, and even uses his salary to subsidize his subordinates who are busy working in river management. Even some migrant workers have received a lot of favors from him.

Therefore, Jian Wangchuan's luggage is extremely simple, except that the most books are books, there is no finesse at all.

After looking at each other, Tang Haoyuan took out a piece of stuff from his arms and said, "Sir, this breaking of the dam is a helpless act of the dam. Moreover, the Yellow River embankment has been disrepair for many years, and there was no good governance during the Qing Dynasty. We see everything that the lord did after taking office. This is not the lord's crime, but the fault of God! Now, the lord asks for his crimes for the North Bank. We are complaining to the lord in our hearts. This is a letter to the people of Henan and the tens of thousands of people in Kaifeng. In addition, we also write to the court to defend the lord!"

"Yes, sir, it's so difficult to govern the river. Everyone in the world sees what he does. What is his fault? If he hadn't been decisive at the time, how could he have suffered such a small loss now? But sir, he has to be resigned from his post. Where is the reason in the world?" Zhou Rui said excitedly. Compared to Tang Haoyuan, Zhou Rui did not have a formal official position, but was just a staff member of Jian Wangchuan. However, he has done much more in the Governor's Office in recent years than ordinary officials, and he is the most familiar with the matter of breaking the dam.

Listening to the two of them, after taking the thick Wanmin Book and reading it, Jian Wangchuan was also moved.

As an official and an aspiring official, Jian Wangchuan was so proud of his life. This book of Wanmin not only contains dense signatures, but also has finger marks from countless people. This represents the love that the people of Henan have cherished him, and at the same time proves that he has not let down the trust and reuse of the court in his position as the governor of the river.

However, Jian Wangchuan finally shook his head and said, "I appreciate your kindness. No matter what, it is a fact that the North Bank bursts, and this decision was also made by me. The deaths of nearly a thousand people were also taken by me, not to mention other losses on the North Bank..."

"But sir!" Tang Haoyuan was excited to defend Jian Wangchuan.

Jian Wangchuan waved his hand and continued, "Merit is merit, and mistake is wrong! As an official of the court, I am in charge of the river governor. Managing rivers was originally my job, but now there is a problem in managing rivers and causing such consequences. How is this not my responsibility? I appreciate the kindness of both of you, but the matter of resigning to work is irreversible. In order to manage rivers and for the people of the world, I would like to take care of myself and continue to govern the Yellow River for the world with useful bodies!"

Jian Wangchuan's words made Zhou Rui and Tang Haoyuan sigh. They did not think that Jian Wangchuan was still concerned about the matter of governing the river, not his own career.

"But sir, who will the court send to replace you after you leave? What if..."

Jian Wangchuan smiled and said, "I have already made plans for this matter. I have written to the court to recommend two people, one is Chen Yi and the other is Ji Zengyun. Both of them are great talents in river management. No matter who takes over the position of governor of the river, it is excellent. Besides, the Emperor Shengming is in power now, don't worry."
Chapter completed!