Chapter 631: The Word Traitor
The events of Tianjian Year 11, including the Wei Prefecture flood, were closely connected to Chen Chao.
It could be said that without that flood, Chen Chao's future might not have developed the way it did.
"In recent years, the Great Liang Dynasty has focused its efforts on the defense of the Northern Frontier, with more than half of the annual treasury income allocated to the North. However, this doesn't mean that the dynasty has neglected other regions within its borders."
Zhou Gouqi said calmly, "In the two hundred over years since the founding of Great Liang, the Wei River has flooded thirteen times. In the early years of the founding emperor's reign, it submerged a county downstream. Later, during Emperor Taizong's period, there were several floods, but none on such a scale. During the reign of Emperor Lingzong, the imperial court constructed five great levees, including the one at Xin'an, which completely resolved the Wei River's flooding issues. In the decades since, the Wei River never again flooded its banks."
Chen Chao waited for the answer.
Zhou Gouqi continued, "Those levees were built by the Ministry of Works and should have had no issues, capable of lasting at least another hundred years. Yet, during the heavy rains of Tianjian Year 11, they were destroyed."
Chen Chao picked up on the implication, frowning as he said, "Which means, someone deliberately sabotaged the levees?"
Zhou Gouqi nodded. His investigations over the years had uncovered the truth.
"But why?"