The kings broke up unhappily, Zhu Di has not raised troops for a long time, he is indeed worried, first of all, King Ning's attitude, this is very important, if King Ning can't follow him with an iron heart, the certainty of winning this battle is only fifty percent.

"Lord Wang."

King Yan turned around, walked out of an old monk from behind, King Yan hurriedly got up, it can be seen that King Yan has great respect for this old monk, explained in the book, this person is named Dao Yan, originally thought it was just a crazy monk, and gave a white hat to King Yan for no reason, until the next few encounters, King Yan did not know that this is a master of the world, not only knows how to arrange troops, but also proficient in foreign arts.

"Master, please."

Dao Yan was not polite, and sat down directly beside King Yan, at that moment, Dao Yan also looked up at the sky, such a move was strikingly similar to King Yan's actions just now, could there really be any heavenly opportunity.

"Master, how?"

Dao Yan frowned deeply, pinched his fingers and calculated, and King Yan on the side stroked his beard, "Lord Wang, something big will come true." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"According to the monk's calculations, in a few days, the flood will come, and then the south will become an ocean." This is Daoyan's so-called heavenly opportunity, and by calculating that there will be a big flood in the south.

Floods happen almost every year, and although Zhu Yuanzhang has made great efforts to dredge rivers and establish perfect flood control measures, this time the floods should be more than before.

Zhu Di nodded, "Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people of the Ming Dynasty will live in dire straits." Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh after speaking.

Dao Yan said with joy, "This is the mandate of heaven, if the prince does not become the emperor, the Ming Dynasty will continue to have natural disasters, plagues are rampant, and there is no false word in what the poor monk said, and those who try to hinder the great cause of the prince will get the retribution they deserve." ”

"What's next?"

"The prince has already done it."

"Grain?"

Dao Yan nodded, "Yes, it's grain." ”

The food supply of the Ming Dynasty was mostly in the south, and the north was bitterly cold, which was not suitable for the cultivation of crops.

There are granaries built in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, after the grain harvest, the grain handed over from all over the country is sent to the granary for preservation, once a natural disaster or flood occurs, the imperial court issued a decree, and the granary is opened to put grain in various places, the purpose is to worry that the price of grain on the market is too high because of the flood, which affects the lives of the people.

In these years, no one can live hungry, it is such a stable supply policy, the people of the Ming Dynasty hoarded very little food at home, and the imperial court strictly forbade grain merchants to raise the price of grain, once found, immediately arrested.

At this time, large and small caravans are seizing the time to collect grain, because some people collect grain at a price 2 percent higher than the market, and no matter how much, the old grain and new grain are the same price.

Because the price control of the imperial court is very strict, so such a good thing should not last long, even if you take out the grain in the warehouse and sell it, and wait for the autumn grain to be delivered, you only need to charge more according to the original price, so that the difference in the middle is tens of thousands of taels or even more.

In these years, no one is stupid, looking at the white flowers, who is not red-eyed, if it is an ordinary chamber of commerce, there is no such great ability at all, not only in one place, but almost all over the country There are people in the whole country who are collecting grain with all their might.

This matter quickly attracted the attention of the officials, and immediately someone wrote a song to send someone to the capital urgently, this matter is a little weird, the strength of those caravans is very strong, the officials took people to check, and those people guarding outside were very fierce, saying that they would turn their faces, and there was no way but to ask the court to send people over, and it was really not possible to mobilize the defenders.

No matter how fast it is, it will take more than ten days to travel from here to the capital, plus the excerpt will be sent up, and it will be sent down after approval, and it will take more than a month to go back and forth.

Not only that, but at this time, there was a person lying on the official road, blood kept flowing from under his body, and an arrow entered his chest, and the tip of the arrow pierced through the back of his body.

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and two horses came running on the official road, judging from the clothes of the people on the horses, it should be the messenger of the government responsible for delivering the letter, and kept waving the whip in his hand.

"There seems to be someone over there."

One of them had sharp eyes, and at a glance he saw the man who fell in the middle of the road, and the whole person was lying on the ground motionless, and both of them drew their sabers at their waists to slow down the speed of their horses.

Whoosh, the sound of arrows breaking through the air came out, although the two were on guard, but unfortunately, the number of arrows was too much, two screams, the two fell from the horse, and the war horse under the crotch made a few sounds and ran away quickly.

All the official roads leading to the capital are blocked, this kind of play is also common, even if it is the Ming Dynasty, the transmission of information mainly depends on horses, once the news is blocked, what happened outside, the capital does not know at all.

This is the fatal place of the concentration of power, even if the people outside know that something is going to happen, without the approval and will of the imperial court, no one dares to move, let alone mobilize troops and horses, otherwise it is a capital crime.

Boom, boom, dark clouds in the sky, black pressure hit, and at that moment, the people in the villages and towns couldn't help but walk out of the house, "Look, black dragon." ”

A huge black cloud was formed in the whole sky, terrifyingly black, looking from a distance, it looked like a black dragon with a big mouth open, and with a flash of lightning, dense raindrops fell instantly.

"My lord, run, the embankment in front of you can't be saved."

"Hold on."

In the midst of the heavy rain, an official stood at one end of the embankment, and at this time, dozens of people stood below, with shovels and tools in their hands, but unfortunately, in the face of the ferocious flood, even if everyone pounced, it was useless, and the rain was so great that it hardly stopped.

The common people began to spread in private, this is the punishment of God, the black dragon in the sky is a warning from God, heaven and earth are unkind, killing the prince, causing damage to the dragon vein. This kind of thing became more and more ferocious, and those people who didn't know why immediately fell all their anger on the little emperor in the capital, and of course there was one person, Qi Tai.

Qi Tai is a powerful minister next to Zhu Yunwen, this is clear to everyone, almost, the orders issued by Zhu Yunwen are related to this person, some are beneficial to the people, and some are completely persecuted, especially the order to forcibly cut the domain.

With a loud bang, the strong embankment collapsed in an instant under the impact of the flood, and at that moment, the official standing on it waved his hand, "Run." ”

"Your Excellency."

At that moment, his face revealed endless sadness and exhaustion, more than ten days of fighting, but he didn't expect the final result to be the collapse of the embankment, everyone knew that the result of the destruction of the embankment, the flood would swallow all the villages below like a tiger.

"Run."

The flood stirred up huge waves several feet high, and the trees along the way were swallowed up by the flood, and in the next moment, the official standing on it disappeared in the flood, he had done everything possible, but unfortunately, man still could not compete with nature.

In the aftermath of the floods, the corpses were littered with corpses, a catastrophe that was so small that the north was so unaffected, not only by the people, but also by the defenders of the southern towns, and even by the granaries of the government that were destroyed by the floods.

At this time, Zhu Yunwen looked at the heavy rain outside the window and frowned deeply, and there were only a handful of twists and turns on the table, and there were almost no twists and turns about the flood sent to the capital from other places.

What the hell is going on, the heavy rain in the capital has been falling for a few days and nights, and other places have not been affected in any way, if so, it would be fine.

"Your Majesty."

Qi Tai quickened his pace and walked in, Lin Feng went out to train the army, at this time, Zhu Yunwen could only rely on the three advisers around him, Qi Tai was the leader, in charge of the cabinet and the military department, which was equivalent to holding great power, and the rest were the great Confucian Fang Xiaoru and Huang Zicheng.

Huang Zicheng has the ability and ambition, so he joined Qi Tai's disciple and quickly became famous, relying on Qi Tai's loyalty, Qi Tai also needs such a person, people are soft-spoken, Fang Xiaoru is sometimes too upright, so he always talks against himself, with Huang Zicheng is different, no matter what, it is two to one, and he has the upper hand steadily.

"Lord Qi, do you have any news to send back?"

Qi Tai shook his head, "The emperor doesn't need to worry, it should be too much wind and rain, and the road will be affected." ”

Zhu Yunwen frowned, "I hope so, I've been scared lately, and I've been having trouble sleeping." Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but sigh after speaking, if you look carefully, the corners of the eyes of this little emperor who is just in his early twenties have wrinkles, don't think that being an emperor is a good thing, you can play with women every day to eat and dress well.

Zhu Yunwen is diligent, he has to deal with a lot of twists and turns every day, and then he has to drag his tired body to satisfy the young women in the harem, and every day he goes down, as if he is carrying a huge responsibility.

"Your Majesty."

A eunuch hurriedly ran inside, and Zhu Yunwen and Qi Tai looked in the direction where the eunuch ran at the same time, "What's going on?" ”

"The people of the water guard in the capital sent news that a large number of corpses were found at the embankment above."

"Corpses!"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, there was a lot of water around the capital, because of the heavy rain for several days, the water level rose rapidly, and the soldiers and horses responsible for the defense of the entire capital were mobilized, including the water guard who was responsible for the embankment.

"Let the messenger in."

"Yes."

A person covered in water ran in from outside, and knelt on the ground with a puff, "Your Majesty." That person may have fainted all of a sudden because of excitement, and Qi Tai was also startled and rolled his eyes all of a sudden.

Fortunately, the eunuchs around him were experienced, and they pinched and pounded, and it took a long time to relieve their breath, and that person said, "Your Majesty, floods have plagued various places, and the people have been killed and injured countless times, and the embankment upstream has been filled with corpses, which is unbearable." ”

"What!"

Zhu Yunwen let out an exclamation, Qi Tai's face was also not good-looking, after all, he was in charge of these things, he didn't expect such a big thing to come out, and he didn't know it at all.

"Don't rush, speak slowly."

Qi Tai squatted down and glanced at that person, who might have been anxious, so he didn't pay attention to Qi Tai's meaning, but continued: "All parts of the south are in an emergency, please give an order to disaster relief immediately." ”

Qi Tai means that he wants to deal with the past, and then wait for himself to understand and then find a way to remedy it, I didn't expect this person to be so unhuman, of course, it is very likely that he has not seen Qi Tai, and he does not know this Ming minister.

"Lord Qi."

Zhu Yunwen clenched his fists, and Qi Tai hurriedly stepped forward, "Your Majesty, Weichen will immediately send someone to investigate, and if the situation is true, immediately order the six ministries to issue an order for disaster relief." ”