Floods are easily followed by major droughts.

In this cold winter, the fields in the northern region should be full of turquoise wheat seedlings, and even if they are covered with ice and snow, it is difficult to hide the turquoise color that represents hope. However, due to the severe drought in North China since the autumn, and the lack of sufficient irrigation facilities to ensure agricultural water during this era, the fields have been withered and decayed.

The flood burst only affected some prefectures and counties in the Yellow River, but the drought affected the livelihood of the entire North China and the Central Plains.

The drought began in the autumn, and now the drought has spread, and it is still unknown how harmful it is, so that the magistrates have the opportunity to conceal the report, and the imperial court has not yet had a clear understanding of the drought.

In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, the Ming Dynasty actually had a strict time limit for local disaster reporting, "the summer disaster shall not be the end of June, and the autumn disaster shall not be the end of September." If the report is not timely, the official will favor the city, and if there is any untruth, the household department will participate in the investigation. ”

However, this order was not strictly enforced. Because in this era, the news of the place has to reach the emperor, and there are too many levels.

The people first have to report the matter to the Lizheng or the secretary of the sixth room of the county government, and then these people will report the matter to the history, the main book or the county, and then the prefect will report to the prefect, and the prefect will report to the political envoy or the governor's yamen, and finally to the cabinet. After verification by the cabinet, the emperor will be played, and the emperor will issue an order for disaster relief.

Tax exemption and disaster relief will affect the treasury revenue, no one knows whether the emperor will be unhappy, the officials responsible for reporting the famine often have to bear a certain responsibility, so each level will cover up the disaster, the people's mouth, etc., and so on to the emperor's ears, or just a small disaster, and with the cooperation of local departments, the disaster has subsided, and some officials even in the disaster relief outstanding achievements.

The emperor had no idea about this, so he could only issue a reward, but the disaster was not resolved, but a basket of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Emperor Hongzhi did not pay much attention to the management of disasters along the Yellow River, but even so, he still let Gao Mingcheng, the governor of Henan, cover the sky with one hand in the locality, which is enough to show that the imperial court's supervision system is flawed. But the more peaceful the year, the more officials seek to be promoted, and exaggerate their political achievements, but they are not as good as embezzling money to dredge and use.

The imperial court has sent inspectors to inspect the imperial history in the local area, but these Fengxian officials often do not dare to play according to the facts, and most of them stay in the prefecture or provincial capital to supervise the officials, which is in vain.

In this case, Shen Xi had two options, one was to continue to the south and ignore it, and the other was to play immediately and let the imperial court know that the local drought was serious.

But not in his position, Shen Xi is a Hanlin official, he has no power to supervise and hear, according to the process, even if he wants to play on local government affairs and disasters, he should also contact the imperial historian and let these people ghostwrite, but in fact, no one will help him.

There is no disaster in the local area, so why should I report it? The gun shoots the first bird, and no one else plays it, but I play it, and the emperor will think that I am making trouble out of nothing and making waves for my political achievements. My colleagues would suppress me, and the local officials I played would unite to slander me.

No matter what the court officials do, they do not first take the legal system and justice first, but consider human feelings and their own safety first, which is probably the sorrow of being born in a feudal dynasty.

Shen Xi didn't plan to do this forest bird, because he knew that doing it was useless, but he would make himself the target of others' attacks.

However, Shen Xi still seriously wrote a letter to Xie Qian, telling the drought in the Central Plains according to the truth.

Aren't you Xie Qian claiming to be a loyal minister, I'm telling you now, there is a drought in North China and the Central Plains, you can not believe it, you can not send someone out to check and verify, or even report to the emperor, see that your conscience can not pass, how can you show off your power in front of me when you turn back.

Didn't you Xie Lao'er always make trouble for me, and now I'll make trouble for you too!

Although Shen Xi made a small calculation in this letter, it was very sincere in terms of wording.

Shen Xi first described what he saw and heard along the way, without any exaggeration, and then Shen Xi expressed his opinion with feeling, and finally let Xie Qian look at it himself.

When Shen Xi wrote this letter, it was like writing a four-book essay during the imperial examination, striving to be stable and tepid. He checked it from the beginning, reviewed all the words one by one, and finally felt that this was a book full of worries about the country and the people with a pure heart, so he asked the people from the official post station to send it to Xie Qianfu in the capital.

If you ignore the unspoken rules of officialdom with those stereotypes and bad habits, Shen Xi can't find any fault with this letter, and Shen Xi is not afraid of being scolded by Xie Qian afterwards, after a period of getting along, he basically understands Xie Qian's character, people are more cunning, but they are still responsible for the people of Limin, but they can't understand the people's sufferings after living in the temple for a long time.

Shen Xi was afraid of being criticized, but Xie Qian, as a cabinet scholar, was already a very popular minister, and he was not afraid of the wind and waves. Shen Xi told Xie Qian about the matter, and asked Xie Qian to find someone or he could make a disaster himself, so that the imperial court could make plans as soon as possible and minimize losses, after all, no matter what time it is, people are the most valuable wealth.

Shen Xi sighed secretly: "Xie Lao'er, I have fulfilled you by doing this, and I am also worthy of the people of Limin." ”

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Shen Xi went all the way south, and on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone else was reunited with his family, but he spent time with Lin Dai in the official post station between Jinan and Yanzhou in Shandong.

Think of your relatives every festive season!

Shen Xi misses many things in his previous life, for him, although the life in his previous life is a passing thing, it is a place he yearns for, unrestrained, free, and able to speak freely. And today's Ming Dynasty has been suppressed everywhere, from the family to the court, which seriously restricts people's hands and feet, making people feel helpless.

"What are you thinking, are you thinking about your mother? I also miss my mother a little bit, and I miss my own mother......"

Lin Dai saw Shen Xi sitting at the window, looking at the withered mountains in the distance, she didn't say anything, she couldn't help but walk over, wanting to comfort Shen Xi, but she didn't know where to start, so she could only say her thoughts.

In Lin Dai's opinion, no matter how bad Zhou's treatment is, but in the end, she was fed and clothed, and gave her a home, the little girl knows how to be grateful after all!

Lin Dai misses Zhou even more than her biological mother, because she knows that it is impossible to see her biological parents again in this life, but it is Zhou, who is her mother-in-law after she marries Shen Xi, and she will get along day and night in the future, it is better to think about how to have a good relationship with her mother-in-law.

Shen Xi asked, "I'll help you find your mother-in-law, will you follow her?" ”

Lin Dai was stunned, and finally shook her head tangledly: "I don't know either." ”

Lin Dai didn't lie, she didn't say to stay, and she didn't say she wanted to leave, because she knew that it was an impossible wish to be realized, even if she saw her mother, could her mother give her a home, give her a beloved, and let her have a place for the rest of her life?

But if her biological mother wants her to follow, she doesn't want to lose her blood relatives.

Shen Xi couldn't help but smile when he saw Lin Dai's little face, "Looking at you like this, it seems like you have really found your mother, doesn't it make me feel uncomfortable?" ”

"Bad people, they like to give people problems, but I've never seen you help me find my mother!" Lin Dai huffed back to the bed, sat for a while, and then came to the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the room, picked up the steaming dumpling bowl, and then feasted.

After Shen Xi laughed, he was also thinking about this question in his heart.

In the past, he didn't have much ability, so he still asked Hui Niang to help Lin Dai find her mother through the channel of the Chamber of Commerce, but in the end, it didn't work, because no matter how powerful the Chamber of Commerce is, after all, the Lin family is a big case involving Jinyiwei, and it is not something that ordinary businessmen can ask about at all. Time has passed, and the life and death of Lin Dai's parents and brother are unknown.

But now it's different, Shen Xi is already an official of the imperial court, and after returning to Tingzhou, he may be able to use the power of the government to help Lin Dai find it, even if he can't find Lin Dai's father, Lin Dai's mother was lost in Tingzhou, although it happened a long time ago, but it has only been eight years now, and it can't erase the traces of a person's existence.

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After the Spring Festival, Shen Xi and his entourage finally arrived in Xuzhou, Nanzhili.

At this time, the Yellow River passed through Xuzhou, and the group took a look, and with the help of the local government, they quickly got on the southbound boat.

It was much smoother on a boat than in a horse-drawn carriage, and the canal was a relatively safe transport route between the north and the south, and even the old thieves rarely dared to fight the idea of ships going back and forth on the canal.

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the ship arrived at Yangzhou Mansion, and after another three days, it arrived in Nanjing. Because he arrived two days earlier than expected, Shen Xi had time to visit Xie Duo in the city.

As early as when Shenyang was temporarily resting in Yangzhou, he inquired about it, Xie Duo returned to his hometown of Taoxi, Taiping, Zhejiang last spring, and stayed until the end of autumn.

This time, in addition to preparing a large number of rare books for Xie Duo as gifts, Shen Xi also prepared another generous gift, that is, he wanted to send a sum of silver to Xie Duo to fulfill Xie Duo's hope of buying a house in Nanjing.

Others bribe to get benefits, but Shen Xi's bribes are to repay the kindness of his acquaintance, although he knows that it is not appropriate to do so, it is okay to give gifts between court officials, for example, Li Dongyang gave Xie Qian, who is also a cabinet scholar, "ancient paintings", but if he directly gives silver, it will attract criticism.

Shen Xi thought simply, he went to Xie Duo's mansion to "ask for words", and then used this money as a "bundle", although he also knew that in the end, Xie Duo would probably not accept his kindness.

A person who doesn't even want to be an official, why should he accept bribes from others to achieve his own selfish desires?

Others may be dignified and refuse on the surface, but in their hearts, they are actually uncomfortable, but with Xie Duo's character, he is not the kind of person who is inconsistent with what he seems, Xie Duo is a rare object of admiration for Shen Xi in this era.

The high wind and bright festival is most obvious in Xie Duo. When Xie Duo went to Lingnan to investigate the plague, when he arrived in Ninghua, he did not put any official shelves in front of Hui Niang and Shen Xi, who were in the market, and Shen Xi took the initiative to invite him to Beijing for the exam more than a year ago, but when it was the turn of the imperial court to summon, Xie Duo pushed back.

I have no interest in power, no interest in official positions, and even less interest in money, and I have a huge collection of books at home, and it is enough to buy a house and land by taking out a few treasures and selling them, but now I don't even have a place to live.

Xie Duo can be said to be a rare perfect person in the world, and the only thing he is not very good about is that he is unwilling to contribute to the country and the people and help the court cultivate talents. But in fact, Xie Duo is full of peach and plums all over the world, and he has not dropped out of teaching and educating people in Nanjing City all these years.

This is the second time Shen Xi has been to Nanjing, as the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Nanjing is still a little more prosperous than the capital.

After Shen Xi entered the city, he was not busy with personal affairs, but first went to Nanjing to report to the Ministry of Officials.

Because the officials in all areas south of the Yangtze River are theoretically under the jurisdiction of the imperial court left behind in Nanjing, but in fact, the imperial court in Nanjing is simply an ornament, and many official vacancies are dissatisfied all the year round, and the imperial court does not plan to fill these vacancies, because many official positions are redundant, and staying is also eating imperial grain in vain.

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