Zhu Xu stayed here for three days before the rain weakened and the wind gradually decreased.

The weather was still cloudy, Zhu Xu covered his mouth with a fist, coughed and walked out, looked up at the sky, and said, "How is the water situation now?" ”

Cao Huachun stood behind Zhu Xu and said, "Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry has been open. Feng, the cabinet mobilized provincial soldiers, government soldiers, and county soldiers from all provinces to deal with it with all their might, and there is no news of the levee breaking yet. ”

Zhu Xu put his hands behind his back, his throat was uncomfortable, and his heart was not peaceful.

These heavy rains are concentrated at one time, even if he has been building water conservancy and dredging rivers for many years, but there is still no guarantee that the embankment will not burst and there will be no major floods.

"How long do you have to get on the road?" Zhu Xu said with a frown. You can't wait any longer, you have to see for yourself.

Cao Huachun said, "The place is already being cleaned up, and I don't know how long it will take." ”

"Don't wait, let's take a detour, don't go to Wu. Chang, go directly to Xiang. Yang, find a way to cross the river as soon as possible, order the forbidden army, prepare the Shenji battalion, and start immediately! Zhu Xu put his hands behind his back and said categorically.

Cao Huachun knew that Zhu Xu was anxious, and responded: "Yes." ”

Zhu Xu gave an order, and the army quickly moved and prepared in a strict manner.

"Your Majesty, someone is staring at us!"

Just as Zhu Xu was about to get into the carriage, Wang Yizhou, the deputy commander of the forbidden army, came over and said in a low voice.

Zhu Xu's expression remained unchanged, turned his head to look at him, and said, "Have you found out who it is?" ”

Wang Yizhou said: "Not yet, Jinyiwei is already investigating, there are not many people, the minister can lead the troops to touch them and arrest them for interrogation." ”

Zhu Xu thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "Regardless of them, let Jinyi Wei check, you pay attention, it's important to hurry." ”

"Yes!" Wang Yizhou responded. The forbidden army he led and the Shenji Battalion are all the elite of the elite, and if they want to threaten the emperor, they need at least 20,000 troops!

Zhu Xu's carriage was in the middle of the forbidden army, and he decided to make a detour and go directly to Xiang. Yang.

After Zhu Xu's army marched out, in a mountain forest in the distance, three figures wearing thick robes walked out, with binoculars hanging on their chests, swords on their waists, and iron masks on their faces.

The Ming Dynasty has long allowed the casting of swords, bows and other weapons in private, and the telescope is a military product, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get in touch.

This group of people is not simple!

Standing in the middle, the leader said: "The Dog Emperor is going to take a detour, and his destination should be Shaanxi. West. ”

The voice was crisp, cold, and clearly a woman, and it was not loud judging from the voice.

A tall man next to him said in an urn voice, "Miss, what should we do now?" ”

The woman watched the team leave quickly, and said coldly: "The dog emperor is very afraid of death, and he almost never leaves the army, let's continue to follow and find his weakness!" ”

The man on the other side of him, his voice looked young, and sneered: "A man is nothing more than wine and wealth, the dog emperor must be a lustful person, I heard that he is preparing to get married, and there are thousands of show girls selected!" ”

The woman suddenly snorted coldly and said, "Let's go to Shaanxi first. Xi waited, made some preparations, and killed him with one knife when he found an opportunity, and eliminated harm for the country and the people! ”

"Well, let's go!"

The three of them turned around and entered the mountains and forests again, and not long after, the three of them, who had changed their costumes, rode horses and made a detour to enter Shaanxi before Zhu Xu. West.

Inside the carriage, Zhu Xu coughed from time to time, half-squinting and pretending to sleep.

After walking for I don't know how long, Zhu Xu suddenly spoke: "Send a decree to Qian Longxi, and ask him to bring the governor of Huguang to the yamen and the prefects of various prefectures to Xiang. The sun is coming to see me, and it must not be delayed! ”

Cao Wenzhao was slightly stunned, quickly sobered up, and said, "Obey." ”

After saying this, Zhu Xu closed his eyes again, tossed in the carriage, and rushed to Xiang. Yang.

The entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and even to the west. The heavy rain in the An area seems to have not stopped, and it has been intermittent for nearly a month, Taihu Lake, Panyang Lake, etc. have skyrocketed, and all the dikes are in a dangerous state, and they can burst at any time!

Xu Dahua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was inspecting the water situation of the river as an 'angel', and he had not fallen asleep for several days.

The river had just subsided, and the wind and rain came unexpectedly.

The provincial capitals and counties along the river are also in a hurry, if the embankment breaks, the people along the river will not be able to escape, I don't know how many people will be drowned, how many prefectures and counties!

The cabinet has realized the seriousness of the situation, and Sun Chengzong personally went out of Beijing and rushed to the river. South.

The current water situation has made the entire Ming officialdom pay attention to this heavy rain, and it has also made them re-examine the disaster in front of them, and wake up to the fact that this is not an ordinary, occasional natural disaster, this is a disaster that has lasted for decades, and it is gradually becoming more serious, and there is no sign of weakening or stopping.

The court newspapers and newspapers in various places acted more quickly, and continued to publish this year's floods, especially every step of the imperial court's response, in great detail.

At the same time, it also makes the entire Ming Dynasty gradually understand what kind of situation the whole country is experiencing.

Two days later, Zhu Xu's cold was slightly better, and in the carriage, Zhu Xu looked at the notebook sent by the cabinet.

Some of these are requests for instructions, some are routine notices, some are just suggestions, and many are impeachment notes.

Zhu Xu looked at the past one by one, he has always been respectful of the impeachment transcript, and he directly handed it over to Yousi for investigation, and the routine notice only needs to be known, and he is advised to stay at night before resting to read it, so that he can make a record.

The most important thing is to ask for instructions, which involve government affairs, personnel, money and food, etc., each of which is extremely important and cannot be careless.

The front is about government affairs, especially the 'New Deal', there are too many details, and it is so complicated that Bi Ziyan and others have no idea, and Zhu Xu needs to handle it.

Then there is the money and grain, the treasury has bottomed out, and the cabinet hopes to take over the Huitong Commercial Bank in advance, the ten major granaries, etc., to replenish the treasury.

Finally, it's a matter of personnel. The establishment of governors, local political participation, the Governor's Yuan, Dali Temple, Criminal Prison Division, etc., there are hundreds of appointments and dismissals in one breath, plus year-end assessments, which need to be appointed and dismissed, and I don't know how many people have moved left and right.

Of course, there is also the candidate for the auxiliary minister, but the time is too tight and it has not yet been sent, so it must be an extremely headache for the cabinet.

Zhu Xu reviewed them one by one, approved them, kept them, and handled them cleanly.

Leaning on the chamber, Zhu Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What else is the news?" ”

Cao Huachun opened the booklet in his hand, looked at it and said, "Chahar has been a lot of peace recently, and he is more active in things like mutual markets. The envoys of the Wa Kingdom wrote to them, hoping to continue to pay tribute to the court, and wanted to send the descendants to Beijing to study, and at the same time wanted to buy firearms and join the combined fleet. In the capital, some people are not peaceful, and some people jump out to compete for the position of auxiliary minister. Qian Qianyi...... Resigned, has returned to the south. Kyoto. ”

The corners of Zhu Xu's mouth moved slightly, and he laughed, Chahar is okay, the country just refuses to be obedient, and must be taught a good lesson, the capital doesn't need to care, let them jump, but Qian Qianyi, he really resigned, which one is going to make trouble?

Slightly closing his eyes, Zhu Xu thought for a while, and said, "Chahar, put it first, it shouldn't be denied." If you don't agree, immediately block the Wa Kingdom and prohibit the sails from entering the sea! The affairs of the capital, keep an eye on it, and don't care about it for now. As for Qian Qianyi, since he has resigned, he will not come back in the future, and any recommended scripts will be returned! ”

"Yes." Cao Huachun said.

Zhu Xu closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, he was used to the bumps of the carriage, and he had been catching a cold recently, so he was always a little sleepy unconsciously.

However, he still endured it, thinking that he was about to arrive in Shaanxi. West, he opened his eyes and looked at Cao Huachun, and said, "Brother Huang is in Shaanxi. West, how is it now? ”

There is only one person in the current Zhu Xu's imperial brother, and that is Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters!

Cao Huachun knew that this person was a little special to the emperor, and the emperor had always been merciful in his treatment, although he didn't know why, he still said cautiously: "The prince lives in a simple place, rarely walks around outside, and occasionally donates some money and food." ”

Zhu Youzhen is a very rigid person, there is no interest, or the cultural accomplishment of the Ming Dynasty emperor is much worse, from Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Xu, there are no painters, calligraphers, poets, etc., which are much worse than those emperors of the Song Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen is a person, Zhu Xu has always had sympathy in his heart, and he doesn't want to treat him too harshly, which is why Zhu Youzhen was able to go out of Beijing to become a vassal.

The current clan has no land and no business, only a little money, and it is quite 'aggrieved' than before.

Zhu Xu put his right hand on his lap, and after a long time, he suddenly said, "Inform the imperial brother, I want to see him in the west." ”

Cao Huachun looked up at Zhu Xu and said. "Yes."

After saying this, Zhu Xu closed his eyes and was really ready to sleep.

Zhu Xu's road is relatively far, after entering October, the typhoon finally stopped coming, and the water situation in various places has been controlled, after several bursts of embankments, it is still stable, the water level is falling, and all parts along the coast can be regarded as surviving a catastrophe.

This catastrophe is also Daming's, and I don't know how much food has been saved for Daming.

At this time, all localities were more concerned about the construction of rivers, and they wrote letters one after another, asking for money, continuing to dig rivers, building water conservancy, and carrying out large-scale expansion of some important areas to prevent the recurrence of floods.

However, at this time, the treasury was already very tight, and the mainstream opinion of the imperial court was to tighten the monetary system and greatly reduce expenditures, and it would no longer continue such a project on a large scale.

Assist. Yangfu.

This city is also considered a high-class government in Huguang, but due to the disaster, the income has also dropped sharply, and life is not good.

The prefect, Tang Yize, stood on Zhu Xu's left side with some trepidation.

This is the backyard of the mansion, Zhu Xu took a sip of strong tea, looked at him with a smile and said, "No need to be restrained, I know that you are in Xiang. Yang is doing well. ”

Now the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty regards Zhu Xu, the emperor, as a beast of the flood and avoids it. Yang, this prefect naturally did not dare to be careless.

Tang Yize is now Chinese New Year's Eve eight, he is a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, Liu Zongzhou's apprentice, his official reputation, and Shilin's reputation are very good, he looked at Zhu Xu, and said with a somewhat tense expression: "Your Majesty, Lord Qian and others will all arrive tomorrow, do you want to summon them first?" ”

Zhu Xu thought for a moment and said, "Don't be in a hurry first, let them get ready, and I will summon them in two days." ”