After Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the harem, Queen Ma happened to be discussing disaster relief with Zhu Biao.

As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Biao also felt particularly guilty about the victims who poured into Beijing, and the household department couldn't come up with money for disaster relief, so he also wanted to do his part.

So, he said to Queen Ma.

"There are a lot of antiques in the East Palace of Erchen, which were also rewarded by my father before, if I sell these things, I can probably exchange them for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which can solve the urgent need."

Queen Ma was a little helpless, she told the prince Zhu Biao directly.

"The emperor can have this thought, and he can be regarded as a benevolent prince, but he can't do this, if the royal family relies on pawning things in exchange for silver for disaster relief, where does the power exist that day, and where does the imperial power exist?"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had already come to the harem, and said to the mother and son with a happy face.

"Sister, Biao'er, you don't have to worry about it anymore, this disaster relief has been completely solved."

Zhu Biao was completely stunned in an instant, how could this be possible?

As the prince of the East Palace, he has no way to make money, who has such a great ability to solve things so quickly.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao with a smile.

"We also just received the news, it turned out that Zi'an took out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to help the imperial court with disaster relief, since the day before yesterday, no one has starved to death."

So, Zhu Yuanzhang told the queen and Zhu Biao all the things that had gone through 1510.

After hearing this, the queen and the crown prince were very surprised, after all, although Lu Ning was the viscount of the imperial court, he did not have the obligation to provide disaster relief.

Even if he can make more money, the consumption of hundreds of thousands of taels a day is very much, and he can't bear it after a long time.

The queen was even more teary-eyed, and she said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, this Zi'an is really a good boy, he doesn't know your true identity, but he cares more about the people of the world than those royal clans, and is more like the descendants of our Zhu family, so this child must be knighted."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, and then he told Queen Ma.

"Not only is it to be knighted, but in the future, we will add him to the royal jade, so that he can become a real Ming clan, enjoy the respect of the prince, and rest with the country."

Zhu Biao has no opinion on this, after all, Lu Ning's contribution is too great.

Even if it is income into the royal family, this is the treatment he should have, and even for the royal family, this may be a blessing.

However, Zhu Biao also had his own ideas, and he said directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Father, don't say that Jiafeng Zi'an is an earl, even if it is a marquis and a duke, it is reasonable, but at this time, your identity is revealed, I am afraid it will backfire and hurt this feeling."

Zhu Biao actually didn't mean to stop it, but Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully, and suddenly his heart was clear.

He was also worried that his relationship with Lu Ning would change due to the disclosure of the emperor's identity, and he couldn't help but be entangled a lot.

So, after thinking about it by himself, he came to Changning again as the director of the domestic goods department.

When I saw Lu Ning this time, he was no longer the high-spirited teenager, and his body looked full of exhaustion.

In the past few days, Lu Ning has been busy with disaster relief, and he has been dry and thin, and his face is a little bad.

Seeing him like this, Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally very distressed, and immediately said.

"Zi'an, how can you keep yourself busy like this, you have done a lot for the people and the court, and now you can't let yourself be in it."

Of course, Lu Ning knew that this was his uncle caring about him, and he naturally had a lot of warmth in his heart.

He immediately replied to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"I'm just a little businessman, Your Majesty values me so much, he even named me a viscount, of course I have to do my part for the court, I usually have nothing to do, I just want to be a gentleman to eat, drink and have fun, but when the country has trouble, I must stand up."

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite moved, and he said directly to Lu Ning.

"But I know that your family has a lot of money, but you consume more than 100,000 taels of silver every day to provide disaster relief for the imperial court, how long can you delay it, a month? I don't think you can take it anymore. ”

Lu Ning also smiled, and he said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Of course, if this continues, even if the court does not collapse, I should collapse, but I still have a way to solve the current urgent need."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it for a while, he actually wanted to ask Lu Ning what strategy he had to change the status quo.

"Zi'an, if you have any ideas, just put them forward, although your uncle is only a small head of the Domestic Products Division now, I can still speak above the court."

Lu Ning thought about it carefully, and then said to Zhu Yuanzhang very solemnly.

"Actually, this thing is also very simple, and the ancients often did this, that is, work for relief."

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang knew what this meant, that is, the imperial court came to build some infrastructure projects, and then recruited these victims as workers.

Let them go to work and give them wages and rations, so as to avoid the financial constraints brought by pure relief to the imperial court, and at the same time solve the problem of food and clothing for the victims.

At the same time, it can also build some basic facilities for the imperial court, which is a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone.

However, there is also a problem here, even if it is a cash-for-work, the workers must be given corresponding money and food, and this money is really not so much for the time being.

Zhu Yuanzhang scratched his head very much, and he no longer hid anything, so he directly raised the most acute question.

"But even if the imperial court wants to work for relief, it can't come up with so much food, how should this be?"