Chapter 166: The Great Flood of the Four Years of Orthodoxy

Zhu Qizhen inspected the whole city again, and killed the horses, and he appointed Yu Qian to unify the city of Beijing.

He did all this, and the final result was nothing more than the preservation of the city of Beijing.

Even in the matter of preserving the city of Beijing, there is a question mark.

Because Zhu Qizhen understands that when Beijing City was selected, it had already paid attention to the flood control problem, and the place where Beijing City was located was on the high ground between the Chaobai River and the Lugou River.

The terrain is naturally not flooded.

Even if Zhu Qizhen hid in the palace and did nothing, the city of Beijing would not be flooded, at most the waterlogging at the root of the city wall would be a little more serious.

But outside the city of Beijing, especially the Lugou River.

In order to prevent flooding of the Jingshi, the embankment on the south side of the Lugou River was opened a big gap. Naturally, the flood went south.

There is no problem with Beijing. But don't expect that the Ministry of Industry in Beijing has a perfect flood discharge plan. How many people have been submerged in the flood?

It was a question that Zhu Qizhen didn't dare to ask, couldn't bear to ask, and couldn't even ask.

How can the bureaucrats below be accurate to the single digits, the number of people drowned in Beijing does not have this statistical level, let alone the officials outside.

There was a flood, and the summer crops were naturally gone. The planting of winter wheat in autumn is not very smooth, and there are still various problems in the flooded land.

First, the boundaries were submerged.

It's hard to say whose place this place is.

Even many families died and were naturally quietly swallowed up by the people. There have never been a few lawsuits and even murders for the issue of acres of land.

Secondly, the sand content of the Lugou River is not a lot, and these sand have silted up the land, and many fertile fields cannot be planted, so they need to be cleaned up.

In addition, many people were affected.

It also takes time to clean up the aftermath.

It is estimated that many people will not be able to grow winter wheat.

The so-called people are wrong for a while, and people are wrong for a year. Today, the scale of cash-for-work in Beijing is not too large, but it is just taking into account the people near Beijing.

Many people still eat their own at home.

After all, now the Ming Dynasty is still prosperous, and the people's homes also have some grain in stock, and for a while, it has not yet reached the day of the end of cooking.

But no matter how much food is stored in the people's homes, after this winter, there will never be much left.

Next spring, when there will be no greenery, that will be when famine breaks out.

Zhu Qizhen also had no choice.

And at that time, the city of Beijing was under the threat of flooding, so there was not much to do. But now that we have summed it up, we find that the four years of orthodoxy were a big water year.

Beijing is not the only one that has really suffered from the disaster.

There are water conditions in Hebei and Henan, and the Huaihe Canal is also restless. There are also many places up and down the Yangtze River

Break, but the real big problem is still on the canal.

A section of the canal burst its embankment, and the Grand Canal was suspended.

There is no need for Zhu Qizhen to say this matter, Yang Shiqi reprimanded Li Xian, the Marquis of Fengcheng, the town guard of Nanjing.

Li Xian was also introduced earlier. He is also an important minister. The military is a heavy general, and he is famous, but Yang Shiqi doesn't care about these, which shows the crisis of the situation.

After all, the Grand Canal is the main artery of Jingshi.

As soon as the Grand Canal was broken, the situation on the Jingshi side was worrying.

Not to mention, it is the time when the disaster near Beijing is severe, and supplies from all sides continue.

Even Zhu Qizhen issued an order to let Li Xian do everything possible to plug the gap and let the canal resume operation.

Under strong political pressure, Li Xian mobilized tens of thousands of troops and worked together to finally close the gap, but this gap has been flowing for more than a month.

The city of Beijing, at the foot of the Son of Heaven.

A flood, and that's it.

Not to mention the rest of the world.

These things, Yang Shiqi in Beijing has strictly blocked the news, and the matter of Luchuan has become the focus of current affairs, so the news of these floods has not been noticed.

Otherwise, when the news of the Grand Canal is cut off, prices in Beijing will have to increase several times.

Zhu Qizhen himself did not want to raise this issue.

Fortunately, most of the officials in Daming are quite effective, and Daming's family background is quite substantial, at least in spending on disaster relief, Zhu Qizhen is not distressed. Don't dare to feel distressed.

This catastrophe is over.

But Zhu Qizhen really felt struggling, on the one hand, he was relieving the disaster, and on the other hand, he supported four wars, Luchuan, Guangxi, Songpan, and Wuliangha, although only Luchuan was a big war, mobilizing more than 100,000 people. In the rest of the places, there are more than 10,000 at the least, and at most 350,000, and it will not last long.

But Zhu Qizhen still felt anxious.

Now we have just caught our breath and face the famine next spring.

Not even one place.

Zhu Qizhen said: "What do you think Mr. should do? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "Isn't Your Majesty preparing to repair the Lugou River? It happens to be a work-for-relief, but the household department does not raise money for a while, after all, it is not to open the inner treasury, and it should be supported. ”

Zhu Qizhen knew that it was not necessarily because the household department did not have enough money and food.

It's just that Yang Shiqi doesn't want to touch Taicang money and grain anymore.

After all, it is impossible for the imperial court to be exhausted. What should I do if something big happens? Not to mention anything else, if the tile spur suddenly goes south and fights the Ming army.

The cost of this war, the reward, Yang Shiqi has to take it out.

If he can't come up with the money, Yang Shiqi will be much more passive.

And whether there is money in the inner treasury, Yang Shiqi also knows, and Yang Shiqi can't figure out how much money there is, but it is estimated that it is more than 20 million taels.

What did the emperor do with so much money in his hands?

Use it when you need it.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, since you knock first."

Dinglugou River management plan, let's talk about the issue of money, if the household department really does not raise money and grain, the inner treasury can be shared with the household. ”

Zhu Qizhen's accent bites on the apportionment.

The implication is that it is impossible to let the inner treasury pay alone.

Because the three major hall projects have been undertaken by the inner library.

The total consumption of the three major halls is more than 700,000 taels of silver, which still turns the golden silk nanmu into pine wood. It has reduced a lot of burden, otherwise the cost is estimated to be more than one million taels.

It is said that it took nearly three million taels to build the three major halls at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, there is a large influx of silver inflation, and there is also the division of profits between eunuchs and civil officials, which is naturally innumerable.

Zhu Qizhen wanted to finalize the Lugou River governance plan, so the imperial meeting to decide the Lugou River governance plan was held soon.

I also determined the number of people who participated.

The five members of the Cabinet will never be absent.

As the chief engineer and technical representative, Ruan An could not be absent. Wang Zhen is also in charge of the inner treasury, and Liu Zhongfu is in charge of the money bag of the imperial court, so naturally he must also be there.

In addition, Yu Qian is also here.

After all, in Zhu Qizhen's heart, it should be Yu Qian who really organizes the project.

However, before this meeting, Zhu Qizhen still had to summon one person, that is, Liu Dingzhi.

After receiving the order, Liu Dingzhi finally came back from the northwest.

This champion is the first champion of Zhu Qizhen, although in the past few years, Zhu Qizhen has also ordered a champion, called Yang Ding, but Zhu Qizhen's attention to Yang Ding is far less than Liu Dingzhi.

When Liu Dingyi arrived in Beijing, Zhu Qizhen summoned Liu Dingzhi.

The young man who was high-spirited at the beginning has a little more wind and frost on his face at this moment.

Liu Dingzhi saw Zhu Qizhen in the Wenhua Palace, his heart trembled, and he said secretly: "Your Majesty, there is already the power of the emperor at this moment." His heart was nervous, and even his body trembled slightly, and he said: "The minister greets Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't feel it himself.

In fact, Zhu Qizhen is very different from a few years.

Zhu Qizhen had a straight face and pretended to be majestic, but in fact, in the eyes of outsiders, he was just pretending to be cute and cute.

But now, Zhu Qizhen has grown up a lot. already has the shape of an adult, Zhu Qizhen's temperament is very mature, although the fluff at the corners of his mouth still has a childish color. But above the demeanor, it has already shown the majesty of an adult emperor.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Liu Qing." You have worked hard for me in the northwest. Wang Daban, go down and prepare some gifts for Liu Qing to take back, which can be regarded as a consolation hero. ”

Wang Zhen said: "Thank you, Your Majesty. ”

Zhu Qizhen stretched out his hand and said, "Sit, Liu Qing has been in the northwest for a long time, what do you do to Ma Zheng?" ”

Liu Dingzhi said: "Your Majesty, the northwest war horse supply for the whole army is not enough, if Your Majesty wants to fight a decisive battle with the tile spur in Mobei, on the war horse, you have to think more." ”