Chapter 410: Flooding
After Jia Ke sent off the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, he returned to his life and fought with the emperor in the military aircraft department every day.
Jia Ke is most worried about the drought in Shaanxi now, and during this time, news has been coming in a steady stream, and so far, there is still no rain in Shaanxi.
This scared Jia Ke in case something unforeseen happened. After all, once the drought hits and the development is severe, several provinces around Shaanxi may not be spared.
Fortunately, Jia Ke's worries were unnecessary, and news soon came from several provinces around Shaanxi that although this year's rain was less than in previous years, it would not cause disasters.
This time not only Jia Ke felt lucky, but even the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. During this time, he was under the most pressure, although he prepared some food and grass, but if there was a large-scale drought, the things he prepared were simply a drop in the bucket.
The time came to June in a flash, and Jia Ke still came to the military aircraft early this day as usual.
As soon as Jia Ke entered the military aircraft, he saw Liu Yu, and he was the first to arrive at the military aircraft as usual.
"Lord Liu, you are really early, you are the most diligent of our numbers." Jia Ke complimented Liu Yu a few words and did it in his seat.
"Lord Jia praised it falsely, we are all loyal to the emperor and contribute to the court, and we should be loyal to our duties." Liu Yu, you didn't take Jia Ke's ridicule to heart.
After a while, all the ministers of military aircraft arrived, and then the four ministers of military aircraft reviewed the excerpts of the provinces, and then sent the approved excerpts to Jia Ke for him to go through them for the last time. Only when Jia Ke agreed to these folds could they be sent to the emperor for his final instructions.
It's a morning's work, and it's about to end. Suddenly, a little eunuch ran in outside, and he came directly to Jia Ke and said, "Master Jia, someone outside has sent an urgent twist of eight hundred miles." I don't know if Master Jia can't see it. ”
As soon as Jia Ke heard this, he immediately got up from his seat. He said to the eunuch, "Lead the way, and I'll go and see what is going on." ”
In addition to Jia Ke, other people in the Military Aircraft Department also heard the news. They all stood up together and followed Jia Ke out of the military plane.
The five of them came together, at the gate of Miyagi, and saw a dusty and ragged soldier standing at the door.
Jia Ke hurriedly ran two steps forward, came to the soldier's side and asked, "Are you sending an eight-hundred-mile urgent paperwork?" ”
The soldier glanced at Jia Ke and saw that he was only in his 20s, and he didn't know how old an official he was, so he didn't dare to answer.
The little eunuch next to him hurriedly introduced: "This is the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, Lord Jia Kejia, Marquis of Wuyang, if you have anything, report to him quickly." ”
When the soldier heard this, he quickly fell to his knees and took out an urgent paperwork from his bosom. Both hands once said to Jia Ke: "Heavy rain has fallen in the two Huai rivers, and the Huai River has flooded. Many prefectures and counties have been submerged, and I was ordered by the governor of Anhui to send 800 li to the imperial court urgently. ”
Jia Ke took a closer look at the seal on the letter in his hand, although the letter was already a little dirty. But the sealing mud on it is intact.
Jia Ke took the letter and walked to the military plane, and as for the soldier who delivered the letter, he naturally had someone to take care of. On the way back to the military plane, Jia Ke and the others all felt a chill in their hearts.
The drought in Shaanxi has not yet ended, and heavy rains have occurred in Lianghuai, and the rivers have flooded. Why are there so many disasters this year?
On the way back to the military plane, Jia Ke remembered Fan Kang's words again. It seems that Fan Kang is really right, this year's Huaihe River is not so easy to clean up, and the emperor's inner library is going to bleed heavily this time.
When everyone returned to the military aircraft, Jia Ke immediately opened the paperwork, and Liu Yu next to him also came over to watch it with Jia Ke.
These two are now the heads of the Military Aircraft Department, and Jia Ke naturally needless to say, he is the rightful foreman of the military aircraft. Liu Yu represented the emperor in the ring with Jia Ke at the military aircraft. Therefore, even the emperor could not refute what the two of them decided.
Jia Ke opened his mind and watched carefully, only to see that it was written: Heavy rain fell near the Huai River on May 15 and did not stop until May 20. The water of the Huai River swelled, and the governor of Anhui led the migrant workers to go up to the river to lift it in person, which ensured that the river did not overflow the embankment. On 26 May, heavy rain fell again on both sides of the Huai River, and the heavy rain fell for 10 consecutive days, and the river broke the embankment, which affected 15 prefectures and millions of people. Ask the court to send food and grass, otherwise it will cause a catastrophe.
Jia Ke gasped when he saw this, if according to this policy, almost half of the prefectures and counties in Anhui have been flooded.
And Liu Yu, who was next to him, felt that his legs were trembling now, because he knew that there was not so much food in the court to relieve the people of Lianghuai.
After Jia Ke read it, he sent this eight-hundred-mile urgent document to the hands of several other ministers of military aircraft, so that they could see them one by one.
Several other people were also terrified when they saw it, such a major flood had only occurred in the last years of the previous dynasty.
At that time, the former dynasty was also unable to provide disaster relief, so the victims rose up, so the world was in chaos. Emperor Taizu of this dynasty had the opportunity to rise up in Jinling and seize the world in one fell swoop. Could it be that the world is going to be chaotic again?
Jia Ke pondered for a while, and said to the others: "This matter can't be delayed, if you have any opinions, hurry up now, let's discuss a countermeasure, and then go to see the emperor." ”
After Jia Ke finished saying this, he looked at it like several other military ministers.
Liu Yu was silent there, and the other people didn't have anything to say, and it seemed that they were already a little at a loss.
Jia Ke thought for a while and said: "The most important thing now is disaster relief, and the household department is the key. I don't know how much silver and grain and grass Liu Wan still has. ”
Liu Yu knew about Jia Ke and asked himself, "Mutual no, that is, there are more than 1.5 million eggs of grain ready for the drought in Shaanxi." Unexpectedly, something happened to Lianghuai now, and this bit of food is absolutely not enough. ”
Tian Ye took his words at this time and said: "How can I listen to my subordinates say that some time ago, the household department bought more than 5 million grains, what is going on?" ”
"I know this, it seems that King Zhongshun saw that the court was short of food, so he donated 5 million quintals of grain for the use of the court." Liu Yu explained to everyone.
Jia Ke was like a mirror in his heart, this was King Zhongshun who spit out all the money he earned some time ago under the persecution of the emperor.
Old Meng Ming finally showed a smile on his face when he heard this, and he continued: "In this way, there is a solution to the matter of Lianghuai. ”
The new Minister of Military Aircraft, Sun Yan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was the last to speak: "I'm afraid it's not enough to have this grain, not to mention the 1.5 million quintals of grain in Shaanxi, it won't last long, just say how many people there are in Lianghuai, and the imperial court can't help but leave some food that has been used by him, so it will definitely not be enough." ”
Jia Ke was waiting for this sentence, Sun Yan seemed to be worried about the court, but in fact, he had already handed the words to Jia Ke's mouth.
"Lord Sun is right, I don't think there is any silver in the household department, so let's let the emperor open the inner treasury and raise some silver to buy another batch of grain from Jiangnan, so as to rescue the Lianghuai region." Jia Ke seemed to say this unconsciously.
Liu Yu frowned after hearing this, he instinctively thought that Jia Ke had some conspiracy. But after going through this idea in my head, I didn't feel like it. After all, in such a big matter, Jia Ke didn't dare to act recklessly.
Jia Ke saw that everyone had nothing to say, so he summed it up and said: "Since we have all said this, then our Military Aircraft Department will have a unified opinion." First, the emperor opened the inner treasury, purchased grain from Jiangnan, and rescued Lianghuai. Second, immediately allocate grain and grass to transport 300~4 million large grains to Lianghuai. ”
After Jia Ke finished speaking, he saw that the others had no opinions, so he said: "In this way, let's hurry up and see the emperor now, after all, there is no one on the Lianghuai side, and if there is a mess, it will not be good for anyone." ”
Liu Yu didn't go against Jia Ke this time, but was more anxious than him, "Without further ado, let's leave now." ”
The others also had no opinions, so the five of them went out of the military aircraft office together, and walked quickly to the front of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and the eunuch on duty in front of the Heart Cultivation Hall saw the five of them coming together. I knew something big was going on. Hurriedly ran a few steps forward to the five of them.
"Five adults, something big has happened and asked to see the emperor."
Jia Ke said with a serious face: "Hurry up and go in and report to the emperor." Let's just say that the five of us want to meet the emperor immediately, and ask the emperor to meet immediately. ”
After hearing what Jia Ke said, the old lady immediately turned around and ran towards Dongnuan Pavilion, the speed was so fast, it didn't look like a person of his age at all.
The old eunuch came to the Dongnuan Pavilion and said to the little eunuch guarding outside the Dongnuan Pavilion: "Go in and report to the emperor, and the five military ministers will come together to ask for a meeting." ”
The little eunuch was favored by the emperor in front of him, and he looked down on this old eunuch who was guarding the door. So Yin and Yang asked angrily, "Did the five of them say what happened?" Otherwise, how can I go in and report to the emperor? ”
The old eunuch was also in a hurry, but he saw that the five ministers of military aircraft were all trotting over, and even the old man in his 70s was not left behind.
"You little monkey cub, when do you dare to be prestigious? Hurry up and go in and report to the emperor, otherwise something big will happen, and you won't be wronged if you are scraped. "This old eunuch has long seen that this little eunuch is not pleasing to his eyes, and now it is time to give him an eye medicine. Let him know that ginger is still old and spicy.
When they were arguing, the emperor who was reviewing the folds in the Dongnuan Pavilion had already heard it. The emperor frowned now, what happened to these eunuchs outside? Dare to quarrel in front of the East Warm Pavilion.
And Xia Shouzhong, who has been serving by the emperor's side, is also a little frightened. These eunuchs under him are so ignorant of the rules, if the emperor blames him, he will also eat the nagging.
"Long live the lord, why don't you go out and have a look?" Xia Shouzhong bowed and asked the emperor gently.
"Okay, these people under your command should also be rectified, and they dare to make noise in front of my Dongnuan Pavilion." The emperor did not blame Xia Shouzhong, but was just dissatisfied with those under him.
Xia Shouzhong listened to the emperor's orders and bowed down and withdrew from the Dongnuan Pavilion. After exiting the inner room of the East Warm Pavilion, he dared to straighten up and walk towards the outside of the East Warm Pavilion.
Xia Shouzhong came to the outside of the East Warm Pavilion. I saw that the steward of the Palace of Nourishing Hearts was arguing with a little eunuch who was favored in front of the emperor.
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