Shangjing, the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Hall.

The main hall is simple and majestic, carved railings and jade masonry, colorful through the cloud eaves, all of them are fine.

"Something to start, nothing to retreat." The chief eunuch on the side shouted loudly.

At the bottom of the steps stood several rows of courtiers, dressed in different colors.

"The minister has his own music."

The emperor sat on the top, his face expressionless, but his eyes were vivid. He was already forty-six years old and "high-lived", and his majestic voice covered a hint of hoarseness: "What happened to Gu Aiqing?"

Gu Xianyan kowtowed to the emperor with his wat board, and then got up and bowed: "From April to July this year, there was a great drought in Jinzhou and Hengzhou, I thought it would continue to be dry, who would have thought?" During the Midyear Festival, heavy rain fell in the two prefectures for more than ten days, resulting in flooding, displacement of the people, and unspeakable suffering. ”

"Why is this matter only being reported now? I didn't even receive any news about such a big thing, what are you doing eating? When the emperor heard this, he was immediately furious.

"Your Majesty, as early as June, I was ready for a major drought, but I didn't expect that in July and a half, Jinzhou and Hengzhou suddenly rained, resulting in the flooding of the Ning River, flooding, plus Jinzhou and Hengzhou are located in a remote area, the news quickly spread to Shangjing, and more than ten days have passed, and when our people arrived, I am afraid that it has been more than a month, Your Majesty's matter can no longer be delayed."

"Order to go down, order the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry to immediately prepare, allocate food and medicinal materials to disaster relief, and must negotiate with the local people, and there must be no unrest among the victims."

"Obey." The book of the Ministry of Household and the book of the Ministry of Industry are worshipped.

"What else matters? Don't hurry up yet. The emperor frowned, for fear that something would go wrong.

The ministers below looked at each other for a while, their lips squirmed, but they refused to speak to the emperor, and the emperor could only say that there was nothing wrong.

At the end of the early dynasty, Prime Minister Gu Zhenyan, Li Tao, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Shen Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, were left alone by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this is an excerpt from Jinzhou, this flood is different from previous years, this heavy rain is really strange, directly flooded most of the counties and villages in Jinzhou and Hengzhou, plus Jinzhou is poor and bad, located in a remote area, our food and resources may be difficult to reach." Li Tao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, arched his hand.

"If you can't get there, you have to get it to me, and you have to hurry up. These are two big states, my Tianqi suddenly suffered this catastrophe, if it can't be solved well, wouldn't it chill the hearts of the world. The Emperor put down his fold heavily.

"Your Majesty, it's not easy to walk by land, in fact, we can take the waterway, Jinzhou has Zhanjiang River crossing, the big river is netting, we can go straight to Zhanjiang from the Jinghua Canal, and transport all kinds of materials by water." Gu Xianyan said.

"I don't think the people in the household department and the ministry are stupid enough to know that I have opened two canals." The Emperor almost rolled his eyes, but he still had a serious expression due to his good upbringing.

"Beware of the plague, we must take protective measures, and don't be like twenty years ago, the whole country used the strength of the whole country to extinguish the plague, I can't imagine it."

"Yes." As soon as they heard the word plague, the three people below immediately looked serious.

The emperor reached out and stroked the wrinkles on his forehead, then waved his hand, and the three ministers automatically withdrew.

"I wonder which capable officer Master Li is going to send?" Shen Yan, the head of the household, asked.

"You also know that Jinzhou and Hengzhou are both half a catty and eight taels of goods, one is not easy to enter, and the other is too difficult to get in and out. If you want to say that you can go to Jinzhou by water, it's okay, but how did you get into Hengzhou and the mountains? Li Tao's brows are furrowed, and he can kill flies. If you want to talk about this faction, you know. ”

Shen Yan said: "......" I don't understand.

Gu Xianyan listened with a cold face on the side, didn't say a word, and got out of the palace gate and got into his own sedan chair and returned to Gu's mansion.

Three days later, a large number of supplies set off from Shangjing, Suzhou, and Muzhou to Jinzhou.

"Lord Gu, Lord Liang." The Ministry of Works' squire came out of the cabin first, shouting as he walked.

There were two people standing on the deck, both wearing official uniforms, namely Liang Yizhou, the head of the household department, and Gu Xiangwan, the eldest son of Gu Xianyan, the current head of the Tai Hospital.

"Lord Bong."

"Eh, what are you two doing? Why don't you come in and have a drink or two? Bong Xian smiled and pointed to the food and drinks that had been laid out in the cabin.

"Let's enjoy these delicacies! Master Gu and I were fascinated by the beauty of the mountains and rivers, and I wanted to see more, how could the matter of Yaxing disturb the wine and food? Liang Yizhou said.

"Eh, Lord Liang's words are wrong, beautiful scenery with delicacies, landscapes with beauties, wouldn't it be more wonderful?" Feng Xian smiled, he spread his arms and took a deep breath facing the green mountains on both sides of the river.

"Lord Gu, look at the mountains on both sides of the river, we have been traveling for the past few days, this mountain is getting higher and higher, after walking through that fork in the morning, I found that the water is getting more and more turbulent, and it should be about to enter the boundary of Jinzhou." Gu Xiangwan nodded.

Gu Xiangwan is the eldest son of the prime minister, who has been diligent and studious since he was a child, and has never been lazy. Originally, Gu Xianyan intended to let him participate in the scientific examination, but he didn't, and finally found a famous doctor, worshiped him as a teacher, and studied medicine for more than 20 years.

In the end, with his excellent medical skills, he became the head of the hospital. He has always been responsible for saving the people from the sick, although it is too hospital, but he only sees the emperor, in addition to this, because the common people see a doctor.

In these years, those who know medical skills are a little arrogant, and even the emperor can't help him. Who made him a skilled doctor, and the emperor needed it?

This time there were floods in Jinzhou and Hengzhou, and Gu Xiangwan said that he would follow him.

"I'll be able to help the victims soon, and some of them will be busy." Gu Xiangwan glanced at Feng Xian, turned around and entered the cabin, picked up the chopsticks and began to eat. He doesn't drink either, he just eats.

Seeing this scene, Liang Yizhou no longer cared about what wine and food to enjoy, and sat down to eat. Bong first saw that his goal had been achieved, but he felt that he had not achieved it.

Let's say that Li Qing went to Shangjing to get medicine, and many children took it for the first time. But sadly, one or two elderly people and babies didn't make it through.

In the past few days, the mood of the villagers has become more and more depressed, and the water level of the flood is gradually decreasing, but their hearts are also getting heavier and heavier.

Soon I will be able to see my home, but I don't know what kind of home it has become.

Why the sudden flooding? Why flooded their homes? After the flood, if there is no food and no money, will it be difficult to starve to death?

Many people have only woven a piece of cloth at home, and the summer silkworms have already formed cocoons and spun silk, and this flood has deeply destroyed their hopes and destroyed their hopes for a better life.

Is it something that offends God, and God will do this to them?