The second year of Xinghua was a year full of malice for Li Ze. At least that's the beginning of the year.

As predicted a year ago, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and other places have suffered the biggest drought in the past decade, while at the other end, Henan, Shandong and other places have encountered major floods.

Although at the end of last year, there were some preparations, but the sudden outbreak of war still caused a great setback to Datang's preparations. At that time, the energy of the imperial court had to be turned to deal with this great war. By the time the battle was over, the golden time to prepare had been missed.

The drought came as scheduled.

It hasn't rained since the Chinese New Year, and the thin layer of snow last winter really fulfilled the saying. And these places, originally had to bear the logistics of the campaign against Tibet that the imperial court was preparing to launch, and the disaster situation was far beyond the original imagination and the preparations were not in place, and the current situation can be imagined.

The fighting had to come to a halt for a while.

Queen Liu Ruyan went to Gansu and sat in Hetao. On the one hand, it is to help deal with the drought, comfort the victims, and organize and coordinate various localities to fight disasters and seek drought, and on the other hand, it is also because Liu Ruyan is familiar with the army and can play a decisive role in the event of an incident. In order not to delay the time due to the untimely communication, and delay things.

Because the Tang Dynasty is temporarily unable to start a war against Tibet, it does not mean that the Tibetans will honestly stay still and wait for the Tang people to come back. For them, this is undoubtedly a godsend, if not now, when?

Intelligence from all quarters shows that Tubo has organized a coalition army of up to 100,000 people in China, preparing to launch a large-scale offensive against the Tang army in Qinghai, vowing to drive the Tang army out of Qinghai.

Before that, the first thing they had to remove were the two nails in Yushu and Qamdo. Those were the two serf rebel armies that the Tang Dynasty had painstakingly formed there. Compared with the Tang Army in Qinghai, these two serf rebel armies were undoubtedly much weaker.

Li Cunzhong's Zuo Wuwei had entered a state of war. However, due to logistical pressure, only 20,000 of the 40,000 troops of Zuo Wuwei have now entered Qinghai, and they are distributed at various strategic points. The 20,000 cavalry mobilized by the Western Regions Protectorate had just set foot on the road.

Before the logistical problem can be solved, the 20,000 troops in Qinghai will have to deal with the attack of Tibet independently, and the difficulty can be imagined. Li Ze had already ordered Li Cunzhong to allow him to choose a strategic retreat in case something went wrong.

Losing land and saving people is nothing at all for Li Ze, and when Datang relaxes his breath, it will be easy to get these places back.

As for the two serf rebel armies in Qamdo and Yushu, for a while, Li Ze couldn't take care of them. It's naturally better to be alive, and if you can't live, then find a way to support another one.

For Li Ze, the domestic situation is naturally the most important now.

And when the northwest was in turmoil, the floods in Henan, Shandong and other places gave him another blow.

Shandong and other places under the management of the rules and regulations, started early, the water conservancy facilities were basically perfect, the construction of large and small reservoirs played a certain role in flood control and storage, although the flood disaster was fierce, it was still within the controllable range, and in addition, Shandong's economy is no longer the Wuxia Ameng of the past, and it can basically solve the matter by itself, and there is no need to trouble the central court.

But Henan, not so far.

The Henan provinces, which had not been recovered for a long time, were far behind the rest of the north, whether it was transportation roads or water conservancy facilities. It's not that the local officials don't work hard, but in such a short period of time, they will complete the work of dividing the fields into households and re-registering the people, and they are already so busy that their feet do not touch the ground, and although large-scale infrastructure projects such as road traffic and water conservancy facilities are also being done, it is naturally impossible to form a scale in a short period of time.

Under the flooding, the whole of Henan was wailing.

Henan, as the core of the Central Plains, is now of self-evident importance to the Tang Dynasty, which makes Li Ze extremely annoyed. All of a sudden, his heart was full of fire, and several big cannons were set up on his mouth, and after rubbing the plaster prepared by Yan Jiu, the black looked extremely ridiculous.

Of course, Xu Xiang couldn't laugh.

Because he was more anxious than Li Ze, half of his cheeks were also covered with this medicine.

The two of them face each other, you don't say I'm numb, I don't say you have scars.

"Pei Ju is so tired that he is sick." Xu Xiang put a thick stack of materials on Li Ze's desk: "The rough statistics have come up, but it will take time to achieve accurate statistics." Now it is roughly known that a total of 17 counties in Henan have suffered floods, and the number of affected people has reached more than 500,000, among which the Kaifeng Yellow River burst, making Kaifeng the most seriously damaged, and the number of dead and injured is also the largest. ”

"More than 500,000 people suffered?" Li Ze gasped.

"Yes, more than 500,000 people have broken their homes, and now even eating has become a big problem." Xu Xiang said: "Henan Province and the central ministries have launched the most urgent plan, and a large amount of grain is now being transported to where. The first batch of grain transferred from Wuyi has arrived, although Zhang Xun in Shandong himself is also very difficult, but he still raised a batch of grain, and sent it to Kaifeng and other places as soon as possible. ”

"Zhang Xun has a very big picture!" Li Ze stood up, paced a few steps, and looked at You Yong on the side: "Eight hundred miles to urgently order the right Jin Wuwei stationed in Tianping, Henan, and the entire right Jin Wuwei should participate in the disaster relief in Henan. Second, the military needs to be involved in the reconstruction of the region. Third, all the grain, grass, clothing, military tents and other materials stored in the barracks must be taken out to deal with this crisis. ”

"Yes!" You Yong waved down Li Ze's order, turned around and walked to the place where the military committee on the east side of the Taiji Palace was located, preparing to carry out Li Ze's order immediately.

"Tell Pei Ju that we must avoid the formation of a large number of displaced people. If this can be achieved, the 500,000 people will be in 18 points, and if a large number of displaced people are formed and these people flock to the big cities, the trouble will be even greater, and it will bring more trouble to the post-disaster reconstruction. ”

Xu Xiang nodded and said: "Pei Ju has already thought of this, he has ordered the establishment of checkpoints on the main roads of each county, although the action is very tough, but I have to say that at such a time, there is no other better way." ”

"The important thing is that the materials for disaster relief, food and so on can be in place as soon as possible." Li Zedao: "Tough measures can last for a while, but they can't last long, and once the victims can't survive, it will cause great changes." ”

Xu Xiang nodded wordlessly: "Your Majesty, I am going to Henan in person." ”

"You are in Chang'an!" Li Ze categorically vetoed: "Wu Jin, you go to Henan, under such a catastrophe, all kinds of ghosts and ghosts may jump out, what corruption, hoarding, speculation will definitely come out to make a profit, you go to Henan to sit in the town, but anyone who finds such a thing, such a person, no matter who is involved, what position is involved, will give me a thunderous blow." Let the common people see the determination of the imperial court to rescue the disaster and the decisiveness of fighting these rats! ”

"Yes, the minister will leave tonight." Wu Jin answered loudly.

"Yang Kai, you also go to Henan, the local Yixing members should all be mobilized, now, it is the time for them to show their skills, appease the people, disaster relief and reconstruction, maintain order, and the Yixing members will rush to the forefront for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Xu Xiang, you sit in Chang'an, mobilize resources from all sides, ensure that food, money, and materials are quickly concentrated in Henan, and use the fastest speed to ensure the lives of the affected people." Li Ze's face was grim: "The first thing is to ensure that you can eat, as long as you can eat, other things will be solved." ”

After the order was given, all the dignitaries left Beijing one after another and headed towards Henan, but Li Ze of Xingqing Palace had no other way than to wait at this time.

The next news will come, at least ten days or even more later, what kind of situation Henan is, it is difficult to get a glimpse of the whole picture from the twists and turns. But such a catastrophe can be imagined what kind of chaos is now in the local area. Not to mention now, even in the world where he lived in his previous life, even though the abundance of materials has reached an extremely high level, it is still a great social problem to encounter such a situation.

The problem now is that there is not no material to deal with the problem of feeding hundreds of thousands of people, Datang has been stockpiling emergency food for three years, and this year in order to raise money, a year's worth of grain and grass has been released for winemaking, etc., but the rest is enough to deal with this disaster, but transportation has become a pain in the heart.

It is not easy to get these supplies to the affected areas. In the northwest, a major drought has caused a big problem in this year's spring ploughing, and Henan and Shandong have suffered this time, and spring ploughing will definitely not be able to catch up.

Xia He brought a bowl of soup and put it in front of Li Ze: "Clear your heart, drink it while it's hot!" ”

Li Ze nodded, and while looking at the folding, he picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all.

Xia He picked up a piece of sugar cube, fed it to Li Ze's mouth, and said, "I also want to go to Henan." ”

Li Ze looked up in amazement: "What are you doing in Henan?" I heard that Pei Ju was so busy that he fell ill, where can I have time to receive you? ”

"I'm here to do things, not to make things happen." Xia He pursed his mouth and said.

"Doing things? Where are you needed now for food, clothing, tents, aren't you now working on the promotion of banknotes? Where did you go and what could you do? ”

"Childe, I think this is a good opportunity!"