Two hours have passed since the earthquake, and reports have come up from all over the world. There was nothing wrong with all the houses in the capital, except for a slight sway.

However, for the sake of safety, the court still called on the people not to enter the house for the time being. Anyway, the weather is relatively hot, so let's build a shed outside and spend the night for the time being.

Unconditionally, I simply took a mat and found a slightly empty place to sleep. Every household stopped making a fire, but only took dry food and ate it with water.

Shuntianfu soon received the order of the palace to open a few ice caves for the people to drink some ice water. Otherwise, I would have to suffer from heat stroke on this day.

At last it was not until the next morning, when there was no sign of any further tremors, that the hearts of the people were calmed down and they went home to rest.

The people could rest, but the court couldn't. Da Ming still has a lot of abilities, and he quickly deduced where a major earthquake occurred, which affected the capital.

Where is it? Close or far? This is an important question. It is close to the capital, so it means that the earthquake is not very serious; But if it's far away...... That's serious! It must be a huge earthquake to make the capital feel it!

Immediately sent people to investigate, thanks to the more and more mature post station and the new road built in the past two years, the speed of the post station is now very fast. But ten and a half days and a half have passed, but the news from various newspapers is all right. It's just that with the newspapers in various places, Li Dongyang gradually saw some clues.

Hunan and other places have houses with bricks! What does this mean?! It shows that Hunan is closer to the earthquake center, so there is such a situation.

And when the report from Guizhou came up, before I had time to take a closer look, the news of the Yongsheng earthquake in Yunnan had already been reported.

After reading the excerpts, the Zhengde monarchs and ministers were all tired.

How unpleasant is this God? Why do you have to do something every year?

Although Yongsheng is in a remote area, but the city wall there is ordered by the old man Taizu to make it, the wall is surrounded by more than five miles, one zhang and six feet high, the foot of the city is five feet thick, the battlement mouth is one foot eight inches thick, surrounded by water, and each of the four gates builds a city tower! But just like that, the city wall was also collapsed this time, which shows how big this earthquake is!

In addition, according to the report, the sea of grass in the west mountain was also shaken and sunk, and the continuous rain after the earthquake turned it into a lake. Many crops were also flooded, and more than 1,500 were lost! How big is that place? This is a clear shock!

Zhengde felt a pang of heartache. How sad it should be to think that a group of people have lost their homes, may have lost their families, and now they have no food or shelter?

And in some ways, the Ming Dynasty must also pay attention to this matter. The reason is very simple, although Yunnan is the land of the Ming Dynasty, but it adopts the Tusi system.

Tusi, also known as Tuguan, is a local official appointed and subdivided by the central government of the feudal dynasty, and its hereditary political ruling power is its most important feature. To put it bluntly, it is a policy aimed at ethnic minorities, which has the flavor of using razing to control razing.

The toast in the southwest often rebelled, and when Zhengde's father was alive, there was a female leader of the toast who went back to her parents' house because she was unhappy with her husband, and then the husband was not convinced, so he called the door. The woman was also fierce, and she led her people to fight with her husband, and then not only pressed her husband to the ground and rubbed it, but finally even the defenders of the Ming Dynasty also beat it together.

Well, isn't this a rebellion? So the imperial court sent people to suppress it, but after many losses, the woman was not caught, and it took two years to put down the rebellion.

Therefore, for this toast, the Ming court has always been cautious. For fear that someone would take advantage of this incident to make another incident, he finally weighed the losses and planned to allocate a batch of grain and silver.

At this moment, Yunnan includes Vietnam (partially), Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and other places. Therefore, Zhengde attaches great importance to the disaster that occurred this time. Because he envisioned that these places would henceforth be granaries, he wanted to completely kill the tuasts, and turn the serfs attached to them into free people, ready for the great voyage.

Of course, he would not tell the courtiers about these thoughts for the time being. It is only proposed that money and food be distributed to every household, and that it should be explained that it was given by the court and the king.

This proposal was confusing, and Li Dongyang couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, why do you need to be so troublesome? If we appoint the toast, we will not interfere in their internal affairs, if ......"

"This is disaster relief."

Zheng Dexian was prepared for a long time and responded: "In order to prevent this natural disaster from being used by people, it is necessary to let ordinary natives also know the kindness of the imperial court." ”

Li Dongyang suddenly realized, and then he thought about it deeper, and suddenly became a little excited.

If the natives only know the good of the court, can they still be fooled by the toast into rebelling in the future?

Yang Tinghe was relieved: Their Majesty has finally grown up!

The money used to buy food and salt was used to buy the disaster. In addition, some of the cash was also brought with it, which was to be distributed to the victims of the disaster to tide over the difficulties. Fortunately, the climate over there is warm, and if you sow another seed, you will still have a harvest this year, and the silver will not only be used to buy rice seeds for the victims, but also to build the city wall. Of course, the toasts also got a part, the court is not wronged, and the days have just improved a little, there are many places to spend money everywhere, and there is not such a big financial resource to make an all-inclusive.

The royal daily newspaper reported on the imperial court's measures this time, and Zhengde's behavior of subsidizing the state with the inner treasury was admired by the people, and soon someone organized to donate money and materials for disaster relief.

Zhengde looked at the report in front of him and couldn't help but burst into tears.

It's the first time he's grown up to be so embraced. He was very touched by the sincerity of these people, and at the same time felt how reasonable Jian Ning's words were.

The people are very simple, and as long as the Superior is good to them, he can create miracles!

In a short period of time, the people of the capital donated nearly 10,000 taels of silver, and some rich people also joined in. The number of donations is increasing, and those officials and gentlemen can't sit still, so they have to be "forced to donate" by the people, and then, in the sound of singing the kindness of the Son of Heaven, they went back to their own homes, only to feel that these people have a hole in their brains.

If you have a hard time on weekdays, do you still learn to donate money?

Zhengde saw that the people's hearts were available, and paid more attention to the people's livelihood. And Wang Shouren, who always said that it was strange and new, was also noticed by him, and he began to frequently invite Wang Shouren into the palace and ask him some things about Xinxue.

Wang Shouren has not really achieved success at the moment, and his mind is still only a new one, but in terms of his skills and what he has realized in the dragon field, Zhengde has already admired it.

Everything he doubted was answered by Mr. Wang, which made him very happy.

It turns out that you have to have a conscience before you can unite knowledge and action!

Without empathy, how can you know and how can you do it?

He excitedly told Jian Ning about this, and Jian Ning pursed his lips and smiled: "With such a great talent, Your Majesty is important." ”

After getting his wife's affirmation, Zhengde became more and more confident, "You are right, Wang Shouren is indeed talented, and it is a pity to only do that work in the ministry." I'm going to ......"

"Your Majesty, he has just returned to Beijing, and his rash promotion will definitely be opposed. And Wang Shouren is so talented, someone will definitely promote him. His Majesty is learning from him, and it is not too late to promote him when the time is ripe. ”

Zhengde frowned, it makes sense to think about it. He didn't want to get too stiff with the courtiers, there were too many things to deal with at the moment, and many people in the court were very wary of Wang Shouren's new learning, and his promotion at this time might hurt him.

Think about it this way, you can't summon it frequently in the future, talent, you have to protect it first! When the time is right, let him make contributions, which is justified.

Jian Ning didn't want the future Mind Sage to be destroyed, so he stopped Zhengde. Zhengde has a very magical ability, which can lead a good person to crooked, so let's wait for Mr. Wang to settle down and then give Uncle Zhengde a good service. Anyway, he has no virtue, and he rises very quickly.

After revealing this, Jian Ning said, "Did you find what I asked you to seek?" ”

"What sweet potato, potato, you mean?"

Zhengde frowned, "I have sent people south, and according to what you said, I have set up quarantine stations at various coastal crossings and hired local famous doctors." Anyone who is found to have red sores on his body and ulcerated skin is not allowed to get off the boat. Residents of our country can talk to them, but they must not do anything with them, and these people are not allowed to enter the green buildings and kilns. ”

Janine nodded, "Those people are actually very savage and dirty. ”

Zhengde nodded, "Listening to Jinyiwei's report, I really don't want to make friends with him." said that he dressed like a flower child, had no etiquette at all, was dirty, didn't like to take a bath, and was full of fleas. So I decreed that if there is a barbarian on the shore, if you want to enter the city, you can shave your hair and come in again, and you must wash it with the newly listed sulfur soap several times......"

"Poof!"

Jian Ning was immediately happy, and said with a smile: "This is a bit barbaric. But fleas or something is really scary, they came all the way to the sea, who knows what kind of disease they will bring? Plague! It's more terrible than a natural disaster! It's better to be cautious! If you want to, come, if you don't want to, get out! However, those who were able to cross the sea were probably also people who only sought wealth. As soon as the barbarian parents say that they don't have a body, they probably won't care about our rules. ”

"Uh-huh."

Zhengde nodded again and again, paused and said, "Yun Shu, you said that there is really food like you said in the world?" Can you produce so many stones? ”

"I don't know. In fact, I only heard it from someone when I was in the countryside, and that person also heard from a big seafood merchant. ”

Jian Ning said, "I don't know if it's true or not, I heard that the potato is suitable for growing in cold places, and it can also be used as a staple food." If we have this, we can grow food in many places that are not suitable for planting, especially in the area of Liaodong. You can even plant the desert, and then let the little prince be a toast, use it if you are obedient, and slaughter it if you are disobedient. ”

Zhengde was happy to hear this, and laughed, "You are reasonable, don't say more than a dozen stones, it is 2 or 3 stones, it is worth the effort!" Those Portuguese are really strange, they have to send someone over, but Jinyiwei reported that Portugal seems to be still unable to get along with people from a country called something, and he put the news out, maybe the Portuguese don't have potatoes and sweet potatoes there, and the other one has? Those two are not good things, they actually occupied Manraga (Malacca), is this to kill my Ming fleet? Can you still put me in my eyes?! That's my Ming vassal country! Hmph, when I get everything I want, I'll figure out how to clean them up! ”