After Liu Jin left, Zheng De asked Wang Yue to turn out the recitals of reporting the disaster situation in various places and read it carefully. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info found that all localities only mentioned the damage situation, and it was not clear how severe the damage was and how many people were affected.

"What happened to the disaster in Nanjing, Susong and other areas?" Seeing the three pavilion elders coming in, Zheng De subconsciously asked. However, looking at the embarrassed expressions on the faces of the three of them, they knew that they were probably asking in vain.

"Forget it!" Zheng De waved his hand, after all, when the local government reported the disaster, it did not explain in detail how serious the disaster was, and it was understandable that the three pavilion elders did not know, "The three pavilion elders, please take a seat." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your seat." Since the last time Zheng De said it in sharp words, the three of them are no longer hypocritical. After sitting down, they glanced at each other, and Liu Jian bowed, "Your Majesty summoned the ministers and others to come because of the disaster in Nanjing, Susong and other places?" ”

"That's true! It's my fault, and I didn't know about it until now. Zheng De nodded and said with embarrassment.

The attitude of the three of them was surprised, after all, this matter was just a trivial matter in the eyes of several people, and it was able to cause the emperor to take the initiative to admit his mistake, which also showed the emperor's interest in this matter.

"Your Majesty's words are serious, this matter is an irresistible natural disaster. As long as Your Majesty alienates the villain, adheres to the will of the first emperor, is diligent and loves the people, and the heavens will not send disasters. ”

Listening to Liu Jian's words, Zheng De glanced at him helplessly, "What kind of disaster is sent from heaven, isn't it just an opportunity to train me!" Let's put it bluntly, why bother around the bend. If Liu Jian could know what Zheng De was thinking at this moment, he would definitely be wronged. After all, an idealist, a materialist, has a different worldview and a different way of looking at problems.

"Because Nanjing and Susong Qifu and Tonghe Erzhou were affected by the earthquake, and it is not known what the current disaster situation is, so I decided to set up a disaster relief team to rush to the disaster area for disaster relief and casually investigate the disaster situation.

Hearing this, Xie Qian stood up directly, "Your Majesty, the cabinet has asked the prefectures and prefectures and counties of Nanzhili to organize relief for the victims, and it has been six days, presumably the victims have been properly settled." The specific situation only needs to be reported by the local officials, so why send a messenger to make a big move! ”

Zheng De glanced at Xie Qian when he heard this, and then looked at the other two, "Do you also think it's a big move?" ”

The two glanced at each other, and although they didn't say it explicitly, their eyes obviously gave the answer. Zheng De shook his head helplessly, obviously a little disappointed with the three of them, "If you don't investigate, you won't have the right to speak." If the imperial court did not send a messenger to the disaster area to investigate, how would it know what the specific situation of the disaster area was? And how do you know if local officials will deceive their superiors and subordinates and do their best to provide disaster relief? What if the people are not properly resettled, and the people are provoked? ”

Zheng De's words went to the bottom of his heart, and he was deafening. For the first time, the three pavilion elders had the idea of being ashamed, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang glanced at each other, then stood up, and bowed to Xie Qian, "Your Majesty's lesson is that the old minister is ashamed. ”

"Three Aiqing, please take a seat." Seeing the three of them sit down, he coughed, looked at Xie Qian, and continued, "Xie Aiqing will serve as the leader of the disaster relief team, and the deputy team leader will be Hanwen of the Ministry of Household Affairs and Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, who will be fully responsible for disaster relief matters." ”

"Why did you send three senior officials from the DPRK and China to take charge of this matter at once, this is too much attention." Liu Jian suddenly felt that something was wrong, "Your Majesty, the emperor has just passed away, and the ministers of the six ministries and nine secretaries are still needed in the court to preside over the overall situation, and six days have passed at this time, and I am afraid it is too late to dare to go now." I think it's better to let Xiong Chong, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, organize disaster relief as a messenger. ”

Zheng De thought about it and felt that there was some truth, but he still insisted on saying, "This matter still needs to be sent by the imperial court Xie Aiqing to preside over the overall situation and serve as the leader of the disaster relief team." As for Xiong Chong, the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry... Belch... As the deputy team leader, what do you think? ”

"It seems that the emperor is determined to send Xie Qian out to take charge of disaster relief, and I don't know how this offended the emperor, is it because of his usual cheapness?" Liu Jian glanced at Xie Qian strangely, and after thinking about it, there was only one reason for going. I couldn't help but shake my head. In the heart of the cabinet chief, it is clear that an expatriate business trip is not a very good job.

Xie Qian put aside this problem of liking "Kankan" when he has nothing to do, but he can be regarded as a good official with a very sense of responsibility. He did not shirk the matter of being sent on business, and the earthquake site was also very close to his hometown Yuyao, so he readily agreed to come down under worry. It made Zheng De look at him strangely, "It seems that this person doesn't always like 'Kan Dashan'." ”

"After Xie Qing arrived in the disaster area, he first investigated the disaster situation in various places, how many people were killed or injured due to the disaster, how many houses collapsed, and sent me a report on the matter. In addition, if there are officials who are ineffective in disaster relief or who have made a lot of money through corruption, you can directly take down the officials at the state and county levels, and the prefect will escort them back to Beijing and hand them over to the Criminal Department for handling, understand? ”

"Obey." Hearing the emperor say this, Xie Qian also knew that the responsibility on his shoulders was not easy. But the more this is the case, driven by his strong sense of responsibility, his heart is even more energetic.

After Liu Jian prepared the decree to cover the jade seal, Zheng De handed it over to Xie Qian, "The matter is urgent, please ask Xie Ge Lao to set off immediately, and everything will get rid of Aiqing." ”

"The minister understands, retire." Xie Qian received the holy decree and did not dare to delay and leave quickly.

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"Chaling, what do you think of what the emperor is doing today?" On the way back, Liu Jian couldn't understand what the emperor had done today, so he had to ask Li Dongyang for help. After all, among the three, he is the only one who is known as "good strategy".

Li Dongyang looked at him with a smile, "What the elder is puzzled about is why His Majesty would make a big fuss because of a matter that had been resolved six days ago. ”

"Those who know my heart, Chaling also!" Liu Jian was not annoyed by Li Dongyang guessing his thoughts, but sighed with emotion.

"Your Majesty, this is worrying about the country and the people!" Li Dongyang said lightly, and then there was no follow-up.

"You, you...... Until now, I still can't get rid of the problem of buying Guanzi. Liu Jian pointed at him and couldn't help but shake his head, and said with some worry, "If Your Majesty is really worried about the country and the people, you shouldn't let Liu Jin interfere in politics and be directly deposed." ”

Liu Jian obviously disagreed with Li Dongyang's point of view, and the latter didn't care, "If Your Majesty really let Liu Jin interfere in politics, this month's recital will not almost all be approved according to the results of the cabinet vote." ”

Liu Jian heard the words and thought about it carefully, it seemed that this was really the case. In the past month, Liu Jian and the three of them have relied on the gold-lettered signboard of the minister of Gu Ming, and used the will of the former emperor as an excuse, but they have done a lot of things that Hongzhi wanted to do but could not do. If Liu Jin was really able to interfere in the government, many things might not have been done so smoothly and properly. Now that you think about it, the emperor must have played an important role in it.

"It's still clear to Chaling!" Liu Jian sighed lightly, but he still said worriedly, "Maybe Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and you and I need to rely on you and me to do everything according to my intentions." If you and I are all gone, Your Majesty is young and easy to be bewitched, wouldn't Liu Jin be lawless? ”

"The elder of the pavilion is far-sighted, and Dongyang is ashamed of himself." Li Dongyang bowed his hand, he really didn't think too much about what would happen to the court after he gave his office. After all, "if you are not in your position, you can't seek your own government", even if you think about it so much, what is the use.

Liu Jian stroked his beard lightly and glanced at Li Dongyang, "Unless Liu Jin is removed before you and I go to Shi, otherwise it will become a big disaster in the future!" ”

Li Dongyang looked at him speechless when he heard this, except for what Liu Jin said, it was easy, but it was not a simple matter. Moreover, people are only approving the red on behalf of the emperor now, and they have not caused any anger and resentment, so what reason is there to do this. If you accidentally annoy the emperor, won't you be able to eat and walk around.

"The elder said cautiously that Liu Jin's interference in the government is indeed against the ancestral system, but it has not reached the point where he must be killed, and he can be deposed. Why annoy the emperor because of this. ”

Liu Jian glanced at Li Dongyang when he heard this, and shook his head helplessly, "Chaling, your temperament of seeking good fortune and avoiding harm still needs to be changed, and the old man, the first assistant, will not be able to be a few years old." If this is the case again, how can the old man rest assured that he will hand over this position to you at that time! ”

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly, but he was not ashamed of Liu Jian's words, "Ge Lao, you also know that Dongyang has long had the heart to become a leader, if it wasn't for the death of the first emperor, I'm afraid I would have already returned to my hometown." In my opinion, Yu Qiao is more suitable for this position. After more than 40 years of experience in officialdom, he was tired of all this. So it is obviously impossible to make him the head of the cabinet, and now he just wants to return to his hometown and spend the rest of his life in peace.

"Hey!" Liu Jian couldn't help but sigh, pointed at him and couldn't help but shake his head again, "You, you, you, you are less than sixty, but your heart is older than me." and Yuyao, everything is good, but this temperament is too upright. However, this is also related to his experience, his career has risen smoothly in his life, and he has not suffered any setbacks or suffered any big losses. If it's okay to have you and me, I can shelter one or two. If you let it stand alone, I'm afraid it won't work, and it will inevitably suffer a big loss. ”

Li Dongyang naturally knows Xie Qian's character. If it weren't for the identity of the emperor, with his character, I am afraid it would be difficult to sit in this high position. However, he still said in an enlightening manner, "Why should Elder Ge worry about what is behind him? After all, there are also many rising stars in the DPRK, such as Wang Wei, who has returned to his hometown, and Yang Tinghe, a scholar from Zuochunfang University. As the emperor's teacher, it's not bad for the sake of it. In addition, there are also Liang Chu, the servant of the ministry, Ma Zhongxi, who has recovered, and others. ”

"Yes." Liu Jian glanced at him when he heard this, and bowed slightly, "Descendants have their own blessings, it seems that I should also learn from Chaling's temperament, and I should look at everything a little bit." ”

"The elder of the pavilion praised it." Li Dongyang smiled, but he didn't care about Liu Jian's ridicule.

"Let's go! Yuyao is gone, and there are still many things waiting for you and me to deal with in the duty room. After Liu Jian finished speaking, he left first.

Li Dongyang looked at his departing back, chuckled, and left after him.