After the Duanyang Festival, the prince of Beirong and his entourage returned to Beirong, and the king of Zhennan, Nanshen, also set off for the south, and the palace of the king of Zhennan was jointly managed by Concubine Jiang and the second lady Zhao.

As soon as the summer rains rained for days, the rivers in Hengshui, Huaishui and other places surged and washed away thousands of acres of fertile land, causing thousands of refugees to be displaced.

"Report! Your Majesty, Yongzhou 600 miles to expedite the report! The internal supervisor hurriedly handed the report to Yun Tianfeng's case, and Yun Tianfeng opened it and dropped the teacup in his hand directly.

The anger here has not yet dissipated, and there is an urgent performance of the Gyeonggi camp outside the door, Yun Tianfeng pressed to hold back his anger, opened it and looked, his face changed drastically, and Lian Sheng ordered: "Quickly summon the left and right ministers, the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Household and Industry, the Imperial Hospital sentenced Doctor Li, and the general of the Gyeonggi battalion, Lin Yan and others to come and see me quickly!" ”

After two teas, everyone gathered in the imperial study.

"See Your Majesty." As soon as everyone entered the imperial study, they felt that the air pressure in the imperial study was low, and everyone held their breath and did not dare to speak, waiting there quietly for Yun Tianfeng to open the golden mouth.

Yun Tianfeng waved his hand, threw the two urgent reports that had just arrived for Sanbao to circulate to everyone, and then asked gloomily, "Have all Aiqing seen the recital?" What do you think? ”

Everyone looked down at each other and did not dare to speak. Yun Tianfeng looked at everyone like partridges, and he was even more angry, and slapped the rosewood shore with a "bang, bang", and sounded. The ministers were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt on the ground, and shouted in their mouths, "Your Majesty is angry, Your Majesty is angry!" ”

"Calm your anger, how can I stop my anger!" Yun Tianfeng said angrily, "You group of people Shi Jun Zhilu should be loyal to the king, don't you usually praise each other and raise the bar one by one? Why is this happening now, you are all dumb! What do I want you to do with all this waste?! ”

"Your Majesty, this flood is a matter for the Ministry of Industry, and post-disaster reconstruction is a matter under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, why don't you listen to the opinions of the two ministries first?" Zuo Xiang Xie Tian's mind turned quickly, and he hurriedly said.

"Your Majesty, this ...... Every year, the Ministry of Household has a certain budget for natural disasters, and the specific number of households affected by the disaster and how much the amount is are being counted by the Ministry of Households, and the minister originally planned to present it to His Majesty for approval tomorrow morning...... However, the post-disaster reconstruction and the repair of the embankment still need to be counted in detail by the Ministry of Industry, and the minister dares to report it. ”

"Your Majesty, the silver needed for post-disaster reconstruction and dam construction is also being counted, and it is estimated that ten million taels of silver will be needed."

"What?! 10,000,000 taels !! Li Linzuo, the head of the household, was taken aback: "Huai'an Hou, Zhao Shangshu, you are not wrong!" Ten million taels of silver is equivalent to a quarter of the revenue of the state treasury! ”

"How could this official miscalculate, to tell you the truth, this amount is only a lot more! This year, there have been many cases of river embankments being destroyed in Hengshui, Luoshui, Huaishui and other places, and the number of people affected by the disaster Li Shangshu should know in his heart that after repairing the river embankment, I am afraid that the six million taels of silver will not be enough at all! Not to mention the need to open a warehouse to release grain. ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister is worried about more than that," Feng Youxiang said, "The heavy rain has been continuous for nearly a month, and many refugees have emerged in the suburbs of Beijing, but I am afraid that there will be chaos in the capital after that." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers will definitely protect the safety of the Gyeonggi Stronghold, please rest assured." Lin Yan suddenly said loudly.

"Your Majesty, the amount of silver required by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household is still being counted, but after the catastrophe is a major epidemic, it is better to let the hospital be fully prepared, so as not to break out of the plague in the suburbs of Beijing and other places." Wind continued.

"Imperial Doctor Li, as the head of the Imperial Hospital, you have gone through two dynasties, and you also have quite a lot of experience in treating the epidemic, what do you think?" Yun Tianfeng asked.

"Your Majesty, the Tai Hospital has found out the prescription for the epidemic caused by the floods over the years, and the prescription for preventing the epidemic has been prepared, and it will only be sent to the affected prefectures and counties together after the household statistics are completed." Imperial Physician Li replied, "But it can only be prevention, the epidemic is different every year, and the specific prescription will have to wait for the affected state government to report the epidemic to the minister." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the refugees who appeared in the suburbs of Beijing and the refugees who appeared in the counties of Jingcheng should be sent by the household department to open porridge fields and tents to temporarily comfort the victims." Zuo Xiang said.

"Prime Minister Xie, what do you mean by this? If everything had been allocated by our household department, the treasury would have been empty long ago! "The beard of Li Lin Zuoqi, the head of the household, was raised, "The previous three years were small floods and droughts, and the silver required was only two or three million a year, which is very different from this year." Moreover, when the first emperor was fighting everywhere, the treasury was not full enough, and it was not easy to recover a little in the past few years, and let us get the silver, where did we get so much silver? ! Li Linzuo's eyes were red, as if he was about to take money out of his pocket.

"This is your household's business, where can you get money if you don't take money from your household!"

"That's it! Don't make any noise! Yun Tianfeng shouted, "Shut up!" The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household will calculate how much silver is needed this time before tomorrow morning, and order the several prefectures that have been affected by the disaster to open warehouses and release 500 stone of grain first, and the imperial court will allocate 2,000 stone of grain first. ”

"Yes, the ministers are leaving." Seeing Yun Tianfeng speak, the ministers hurriedly pushed out the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, the little Fuzi in the Imperial Concubine Niangniang's palace is here, please go to dinner!" Sanbao came in to report against Yun Tianfeng's anger.

Yun Tianfeng said with a burst of boredom: "Eat, eat, eat, she knows how to eat!" Now it's all burning eyebrows, and I'm still eating! Don't go! ”

Sanbao looked at Yun Tianfeng's irritable appearance, and didn't dare to reply, and stood still again. Yun Tianfeng felt strange and asked, "What else is going on?" ”

"The concubine said that the harem should be cut after continuous heavy rain, and the specific method has been preliminarily decided, but you still need your approval. I wonder if Your Majesty will have time to see the concubine? Sanbao said tremblingly, "The concubine also said that if Your Majesty doesn't have time to see the concubine, she will leave a bowl of white fungus soup for Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty must take care of yourself." ”

"Huh?" Yun Tianfeng said unexpectedly, "Where is the concubine?" ”

"The concubine is waiting in the side hall outside the imperial study!"

"Invite the concubine in!"

"The concubine greets Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Concubine Sima Jingjing carried a food box and a simple updo, and walked into the imperial study in a lotus-colored palace dress.

"Aifei, hurry up!" Yun Tianfeng looked at her dress, and the anger in her heart seemed to calm down a lot at once, and she couldn't help beckoning and saying with a pleasant face: "Concubine Ai, come and sit." ”

Sima Jingjing, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yong'an, has been kind and thrifty since she was named a noble concubine in February and entered the palace. From the queen mother and the palace concubines, to the palace people, they all liked her very much, and she successfully divided the authority of the imperial concubine Xie Wanru to govern the six palaces in less than a month after entering the palace; Yun Tianfeng also likes her gentle atmosphere, and often beats the impatient Xie Wanru with her demeanor, and Xie Wanru can't find fault, and the root of her hatred is itchy.

"Your Majesty, the weather is getting hotter, so don't be angry and hurt yourself. The concubine brought a bowl of white fungus soup, Your Majesty will drink it first! Sima Jingjing said with a smile in her eyes.

Yun Tianfeng turned out to be white fungus soup, slowly drank the white fungus soup, and listened to the concubine continue: "Your Majesty, as soon as you pass Duanyang Capital, it has been raining heavily for dozens of days. The day before yesterday, the concubine's mother entered the palace to ask for peace, saying that the concubine's second brother was released to Chen Liuzuo as a magistrate last year, and now Chen Liu's upstream of Surabaya, but it has been raining for 20 days in a row. The concubine thought that there were few people in the harem, and it always cost a lot. Since the concubines have been co-managing the six palaces, they have felt too extravagant, and they have thought of a few ways to reduce the use of the harem, although it is a drop in the bucket, but it is regarded as the concubines working together to share the worries of His Majesty! ”

Sima Jingjing said as she took out a few pieces of paper from her sleeve and handed them to Yun Tianfeng, who looked at them while drinking. After a while, he laughed and said, "Aifei, you are really my virtuous helper!" This method is good, just do it according to your wishes, the harem concubines will be reduced by three percent, and I will issue a holy decree tomorrow. In addition, there is no need to reduce the amount of money in the palace of the Queen Mother, as for the palace banquet or something, if you can avoid it, you can avoid it, and if you can't avoid it, you can keep it simple. ”

The concubine was overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty is indeed the monarch of Shengming, and the concubine thinks that in two days, the first day of the sixth month, the concubine will fasting vegetarian for a month to pray for the blessing of my Dayan country, praying that this natural disaster will pass as soon as possible, and the displaced refugees will be able to settle down as soon as possible, and also for the people who died in this natural disaster." ”

Yun Tianfeng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Concubine Ai is really virtuous, but I have worked hard for you." After this natural disaster passes, I will go to your palace to accompany you more. ”

"Your Majesty has already used white fungus soup, so the concubine will retire." After Sima Jingjing finished speaking, she saluted and left.

The House of Residence

"The two Shangshu of the Ministry of Household and Industry have calculated the amount required and the amount of grain to be opened and released?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I received another urgent report last night. According to the situation, the minister and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu worked out a specific disaster relief silver of 12 million taels of silver, the number of grain that needs to be opened and released is 6,000 stone of grain, the prefectures and counties bear 500 stone of grain, and the rest is borne by the imperial court, which will be distributed in three months. ”

Yun Tianfeng took the fold and looked at it, and his two good-looking eyebrows wrinkled together: "This amount is not small." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if it is all sent according to such an amount, the ministers and other Shangshu will have budgets, and the border will not be peaceful, and the military salary cannot be short, and it must not be deducted from it!" The military department Shangshu jumped out first and said.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that in the past, he used to directly allocate silver taels, and there were many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and in the end, less than one-tenth of them went to the hands of the victims. Zhongshu Ling jumped out and said, "The imperial court still needs to allocate 3,500 stone of grain uniformly, if the grain is insufficient, the minister thinks that it is better for the imperial court to buy from the local rich merchants at a slightly higher price than the market price, and can clearly stipulate who has contributed greater, the imperial court will give them a false title, and the minister thinks that many rich merchants and squires are willing to do this." In this way, it will not occupy too much of the imperial court's grain reserves, nor will it affect the military grain and grass. ”

Yun Tianfeng nodded and said, "That's what Zhongshu Ling said. Yesterday, my concubine also proposed to reduce the use of the harem, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs counted the objects that were discarded in the past and could be auctioned at the capital market, which reduced the unnecessary preservation costs in the air and raised some funds. ”

"Your Majesty, since the harem ladies have taken the lead in reducing the consumption, the minister will also donate two million taels of silver." The alcohol king suddenly spoke.

"Your Majesty, as a member of the royal family of my Dayan Kingdom, I naturally have an unshirkable responsibility in the event of a disaster. The younger brother's wealth is not as good as the second brother, so naturally he doesn't dare to surpass the second brother, so donate one million taels of silver, and the sixth brother can also donate one million taels. Yun Tianhong smiled evilly, "By the way, the fourth brother also knows about this, saying that he has always been poor, but he can also take out 500,000 taels of silver to help our Dayan Kingdom tide over the difficulties." ”

Yun Tianfeng was very satisfied with his brothers' cooperation, although the brothers seemed to be brothers and sisters on the surface, but in fact he knew that among the brothers, he could not get help at all. If it weren't for the unparalleled Empress Li Yunqing's wisdom and help him ascend to the throne, this throne would really fall into the hands of the fifth child. But fortunately, my father taught me well, and when there was a disaster in Dayan, all the royal brothers and brothers should pay for the silver, and they should contribute to the effort, without perfunctory.

The courtiers saw that the two princes expressed their positions one after another, and it was not easy to shirk it, as many as 200,000 taels, and as little as tens of thousands of taels, they all added up to two or three million taels. In this way, the pressure on the household department was greatly reduced, and the face of Li Linzuo, the head of the household department, looked much better.

"What do you think of the refugees on the outskirts of Beijing?" Yun Tianfeng's face looked much better, and his tone softened.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the refugees who appear in the suburbs of Beijing can temporarily borrow the tents of the Gyeonggi camp for the refugees in the suburbs of Beijing, and they can be recycled when they are used up, and they can also open a porridge factory to give porridge." Lin Yan suddenly said, "Then the Gyeonggi battalion can dispatch 3,000 people to maintain order." ”

Yun Tianfeng nodded: "This time there is an indispensable person to appease people's hearts, seventh brother, you were in the army in the past, although you ignored the government after being injured, but now I am in trouble in the country, and I hope that the seventh brother can sit in the refugee camp on the outskirts of Beijing to appease the people." ”

"Commandment." Yun Tianhong didn't care about what Yun Tianfeng's purpose was for letting him go, but the current matter was urgent, if there was chaos in the suburbs of Beijing, the capital would not be safe.

Soon, a series of relief decrees were issued one after another, and the courtiers were busy.