"Your Majesty, this diversion of the Yellow River is really a big trouble with our country!" At this time, Li Chui, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, suddenly stood up and said.

Zhao Huan was still thinking about how to deal with the victims, as soon as he ascended the throne, the Great Song Kingdom was really troubled by internal and external troubles, eventful, first besieged by the Jin State, and then attacked by the Western Xia, and then came to the Shu locust plague, and now there is finally a trace of improvement, but it is the Yellow River flood.

"After a catastrophe, we must prevent a pandemic, and this matter really has to be prevented." Zhao Huan nodded and said, he didn't have any impression of this Li Chui, mainly because this person usually rarely spoke in the court, and this matter suddenly came out to speak, which made Zhao Huan a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, the minister is not referring to the epidemic after this catastrophe, in fact, the Yellow River is diverted to the north, and in the future, the Jin Kingdom can go south through the Yellow River, and when the time comes, taking the waterway can also pose a threat to our dynasty." Li Trai said to Zhao Huan.

Zhao Huan heard this statement for the first time, frowned, and said, "What do you Aiqing think?" ”

To be honest, this statement was brought forward for the first time, and after all the courtiers heard it, they couldn't help but whisper.

"Your Majesty, although what Lord Li said has not happened yet, it has to be prevented." Li Gang took a step forward at this time and said to Zhao Huan.

"Your Majesty, it is a great advantage for our dynasty to resist the naval army of the Jin Kingdom, if the Jin Kingdom also has a naval army, then it will not be a fortunate thing for our dynasty." Zhao Ding also stood up and said.

Zhao Huan's fingers gently tapped on the armrest of the dragon chair, and his mind was rapidly analyzing the opinions of the ministers.

"If that's the case, then what are the opinions of the Qing family on the diversion of the Yellow River?" Zhao Huan continued to ask.

The courtiers didn't speak for a while.

"Li Chui, since you brought up this matter, you should have a good way, right?" Zhao Huan kicked the ball to Li Trai and said.

Li Chui took a step forward, as if he had indeed thought of a countermeasure, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better to let the Yellow River be diverted. ”

Redirect the Yellow River? This is the first time Zhao Huan has heard of this statement, he nodded and said: "What is the specific transformation method, you can tell it and let everyone hear it." ”

"It's better to dig the embankment on the east side and let the water of the Yellow River flow out from the east, so that we can prevent the Yellow River from flowing north." Li Trai said.

Zhao Huan frowned, digging the embankment? This is the first time he has heard of this statement, the Yellow River has already burst its embankment, but now it is still necessary to dig the embankment again, and now there are several prefectures and counties affected by the flood, if the embankment is dug again, then I am afraid that it is not only these states and counties that will be affected.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this law is impossible!" Sure enough, Zhu Shengfei, the head of the household department, was the first to stand up and object, saying: "If the east embankment is dug and the water of the Yellow River rushes to the east, then Anhui, Henan and other places will be threatened by floods. ”

Zhao Huan nodded, in the future, the Celestial Dynasty wants to build a hydropower station and move the local residents first, if the eastern river embankment is dug now, where should the people of the eastern prefecture and county move to at that time.

"Your Majesty, the Jin Kingdom is a big disaster, and as for the victims, it will not shake the foundation of the country." At this time, Li Chui continued.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Li said is reasonable, and the court can still find a way to solve the disaster of the victims, but this military disaster is beyond the control of our court." Xu Bensheng, the squire of the military department, said.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it must not be, if the disaster is not handled well, there will be a big chaos, the so-called people are the state, if I dig the eastern river embankment and displace the people, I am afraid that it will lose the hearts of the people!" Li Ruoshui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up and said at this time.

This Li Ruo is often pedantic, and attaches great importance to some red tape, to be honest, Zhao Huan didn't like him very much at first, but when he heard what he said, Zhao Huan was a little appreciative, although this person was a little stubborn, but he still pretended to be the people of Li in his heart.

Then everyone expressed their opinions, and there were really many ministers who supported Li Chui to dig the river embankment and let the Yellow River flow eastward.

"Okay, this eastward matter, the two sides summed up an opinion, and then reported it to me, now the top priority is to solve the problem of resettlement of the victims, Zhu Shengfei, how much surplus grain is in the treasury now that can be sent to the disaster area?" Zhao Huan stopped the argument between the two sides, and as for the matter of digging up the embankment, he disagreed with it in his heart, so he simply changed the topic.

Zhu Shengfei looked embarrassed and said: "Now there is not much surplus grain in the treasury that can be transferred to the disaster area. ”

Zhao Huan also knows his difficulties, in the Song Dynasty in the past six months, disasters have continued, and the army has to eat grain, but there is a locust plague in Shudi, and the grains have not been harvested in the past six months, and now the Yellow River has burst its embankment again, and the vast plains in northern Henan must have not been harvested.

Zhao Huan, a person who has lived in the face of this lack of food and clothing for more than 20 years, only then did he know that the Celestial Empire could do this at that time, which was really a miracle.

"Jiangnan is rich, and he ordered people to seize the time to mobilize Jiangnan to raise grain and transport it to the disaster area, in addition, send an edict to all places, so that they must do a good job in the resettlement of the disaster victims, and if there is surplus grain, they must immediately open a warehouse and release grain, and if there is no surplus grain, he does not have to do it, every year the imperial court has a clear requirement to prepare for the disaster grain in various places, if someone swallows the surplus grain at this time, I want his head." Zhao Huan said sharply, it may be okay in normal times, but at this critical moment, we must stabilize the people's hearts, otherwise there will be a big mess.

This court meeting was held until noon, but Zhao Huan was not easy at all, at this time he found that it was really not easy to be this emperor, there was really no free time at all, just like now, he had just returned to his imperial study, and Zhu Shengfei, the head of the household, had already followed.

When Cheng Dafu reported to Zhao Huan that Zhu Shengfei asked to see him, Zhao Huan was not much surprised.

"Your Majesty, now the treasury is empty, and now there are only three million quintals of grain left, and these grains are a drop in the bucket for those states and counties that have been affected by the disaster, and even if they are transported, it will be difficult to have any real effect." Zhu Shengfei said to Zhao Huan.

"As long as there is food for disaster relief, it can temporarily appease the people's hearts and prevent major chaos, and as for the vacant grain, it will be transferred from the southeast according to what I said in the court." Zhao Huan said to Zhu Shengfei.

Zhu Shengfei was embarrassed.