Zhang Anshi nodded, expressing satisfaction.

This Lu Qian's rules are relatively conservative, not the kind of rush to achieve results.

In fact, this can also be understood, the real sailor combat, everyone has no special experience. Although it has been decades since the water battle at Poyang Lake at this time, it may not be impossible to find a little method of water warfare, but it is a battle at Shushui Lake, which is different from a sea battle.

As for the pursuit of the water invaders when they first went to the West, they were not inexperienced.

Obviously, however, the sailors did not bear the responsibility of only arresting the ocean thieves like the Maritime Inspection Division, and this kind of water warfare to maintain law and order at sea really had nothing to do with real naval warfare.

Therefore, the most important thing now is to slowly explore a set of methods, but no matter how to explore, creating a well-disciplined naval division of officers and soldiers is also the top priority, after laying a solid foundation, and then let everyone master the warship, and then slowly formulate the tactics of war.

Everything, step by step.

Zhang Anshi was noncommittal to Lu Qian's words, but said: "Since I opened the sea trade in the Ming Dynasty, this sea trade is very important, with a sailor, it can not only consolidate the coastal defense, but also help the various vassal states in the land of the four seas, so ...... This water master is the most important thing, and the future ...... Its role will not be under the model battalion. ”

Lu Qian listened carefully, the upper and lower official schools of this sailor master all came out of the model camp or the official academy, not to mention the identity of Zhang Anshi, the king of the county, for Lu Qian, Zhang Anshi is also the spiritual leader of the sailor.

Zhang Anshi chewed the food and held the fast son, but he didn't fall down easily, and then said: "But everything is difficult at the beginning." Nowadays, the sailor is ready to be built, and in the future, the sailor school will be built, as well as a special port for the sailor, as well as a large number of water villages, to provide supplies, to maintain, and also need a special medical hall for the sailor. Of course, this is the business of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, and what you have to do is to first train a team of elite soldiers and strong generals, and only when you show your skills and teach people to see the actual results, can these be realized. ”

Lu Qian listened to it and said busily: "Yes, the humble understands, the humble will never give up." ”

Zhang Anshi said: "You are from the model camp, how to practice, I am not worried." There is actually nothing to say about the fact that the water master should be strict, but the most important thing for the water master is ...... It is to let the court see your usefulness. ”

"Now on the four seas and oceans, there is no real external trouble, and the country has no external troubles, it will inevitably breed the heart of peace, and everyone will think, since there is no enemy who can be comparable to my Ming Sailor, why spend so much silver to raise the Sailor? These thoughts, now that the king is here, of course they can be suppressed, but after a long time, there will be people to mention, there will be people seconding the proposal, and there will be people calling together, don't underestimate these, don't think that people are just moving their mouths, but many things in the world are bad in the two mouths that move up and down. ”

Lu Qian frowned, Zhang Anshi's words, he was convinced, he hesitated and said: "Then what His Highness means ......"

Zhang Anshi said: "In addition to training, the sailor will come from to defend against foreign thieves, but sometimes ...... It is also necessary to show some usefulness to open the eyes of the Gongons in this temple. ”

Lu Qian said: "It's just ...... His Highness thought ...... How should it be ......?"

Zhang Anshi smiled, but he planned to stop at the point, so he said: "Oh, you see that this meal is cold, eat first, eat." ”

All of a sudden, it was Lu Qian's turn to be uneasy.

He didn't understand the affairs of the court. But he doesn't understand, His Highness does.

He is His Highness's own person, and His Highness will not lie to himself.

He, the commander of the water division, although it is hard work, the involvement is not small, but after all, it took countless efforts to pounce on it, if this is really moved by someone and directly dismissed, then it is really all the hard work in vain.

But he also knows very well that such a thing may not be impossible.

Haven't there been many such movements in the DPRK and China since they first went to the West? It was only later that His Royal Highness turned the tide, coupled with the migration of kings and feudal domains, which stopped this trend.

Hiding something in his heart, he ate something hastily and uneasily, which tasted like chewing wax.

After the meal, someone Zhang Luo poured tea, Zhang Anshi took a sip of tea, and asked about the situation in the water village.

Lu Qian answered them one by one.

When Zhang Anshi stood up, Lu Qian also got up, and Zhang Anshi said: "Okay, go back and do a good job." ”

"Your Highness......"

Zhang Anshi said: "How to do it, I will naturally give you another explanation, and go with peace of mind." ”

Lu Qian had no choice but to bite the bullet.

He left the palace, and when he was leaving, a book from the Changshi Mansion came to him, and he handed him a letter with a smile, and said: "This is the explanation of His Royal Highness, this matter is ...... Don't leak it, just do it, and don't ask too much about the rest. ”

Lu Qian took the letter, without the slightest hesitation, and saluted immediately.

The whole Zhili is still calm, in response to the disaster in Zhili, on the railways everywhere, a car of grain and people sent by Qixia to inspect hurried to the destination.

In addition, on the cobweb-like Jiangnan water web, many grain ships shuttle back and forth.

Zhili has silver, food, and even a large number of jobs, and all the strong men who have been affected by the disaster will receive a share of money and food, directly recruited, and work for relief.

The women and children were also resettled, and a small amount of money and food was given, although it was less, but it was enough to tide over the difficulties temporarily.

On the other side, Hu Guang, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, set off on orders and arrived at Kaifeng and other prefectures to personally inspect the disaster.

The disaster at this time was beyond Hu Guang's expectations.

Or rather...... The current situation of thousands of miles away from the ground is by no means the result of a catastrophe.

Ten rooms and nine emptiness, no food can grow in the ground, ragged people, occasionally appear on the roadside, help the old and the young, occasionally see corpses and bones on the roadside, and wild dogs come in groups, take away something, but whistling away.

The dry trees on the roadside have long since become bare poles, and even the bark is gone.

Many of the men, who were naked, had no clothes to wear, or had pawned for food, or had no clothes to wear, and they were skinny, and their complexion was like that of an old elm, and they were clearly young and strong in their twenties and thirties, but when they walked, they were staggering, like old men in their fifties and sixties, and their dark bellies, most of them were swollen, but their hands and feet were as dry as dry wood, because they were not clothed, and the utensils under their crotches fell like scales.

Once they saw an official sedan chair or a person on horseback, if in the past, most of the people avoided it.

But at this time, wherever there were people, Hu Guang saw along the way, but many people flocked to it, they were slow and staggering, but they got closer, stretched out their hands, and wanted to grasp something in the void.

The mouth is unclear, as if he is muttering some kind of prince Wandai, or the praise of a long life.

So much so that the accompanying guards, fearing that they would be lost, had to be dispersed with all their might.

Only then did Hu Guang know that he was here to beg for food.

When people reach a certain level, they are fearless, but if they have the slightest chance to fill their stomachs, even if they are about to lose their heads, they will strive for it.

Sitting in the sedan chair, Hu Guang was silent.

Seeing the devastation all over the ground, the cracked land everywhere, and the scorching sun in the sky, he felt hot, as if this weather taught himself to breathe.

can think of such a tragic scene, but it makes him sleepless.

By the time of Kaifeng, the local parents and officials, as well as the gentry who had come down from the countryside to escape the disaster in the city, came to greet them.

The gentry came to the capital or provincial capital to take refuge, not because there was no food to eat, but once there was a disaster, it was inevitable that there would be chaos, so they often chose some loyal and reliable people to guard their granaries and mansions, and they themselves took the female scroll and came to live in the city for some days.

Hu Guangnai is a well-known figure in the world and a university scholar, which is extraordinary, so his arrival seems to make people see opportunities.

The prefect of Kaifeng saluted and welcomed Hu Guang into the city.

After inquiring about the disaster, the prefect Liu Jin said: "This year's grain harvest has been lost, and so far, there has been no rain. The grain in the treasury today ...... It's long gone, Hu Gong...... There are too many things to solve at the moment, one is food, the second is the displaced people, and the third is banditry, and in addition to that...... And ......"

"What else?"

Liu Jin said: "Let's just say that some time ago, someone came to report that there was a meat market in many markets. ”

After hearing this, Hu Guang understood something in an instant, only felt that his hairs stood up, and he said angrily: "How can things be so bad? Didn't the government do anything? ”

"Xiaguan...... Xiaguan ......"

"This is a big Henan, as well as that Guanzhong, and that Huguang...... The old man didn't believe it, and he didn't have any emergency food. ”

Liu Jin listened to it and kept silent.

Hu Guang said with a calm face: "What's going on with the bandits?" ”

"They...... They rob the grain! ”

"The old man passed along the way, and the people were hungry here, where did they grab the food?"

"This ...... This...... Mostly ...... These barns ......"

Hu Guangdao: "There is grain in the barn, do you have to teach people to grab it and eat it?" ”

"Hu Gong is angry, in this barn, it is also the people's grain, and it is not the government's decision."

Hu Guang sneered: "Then if someone grabs grain, the government has to go to take care of their home?" ”

Liu Jin couldn't make a sound.

Hu Guang only felt angry and sad, but he also knew that the most important thing now was to solve the problem, so he said: "The grain donated by the imperial court can be reached in a day, find a way to borrow some grain from the people who have food, and set up porridge sheds in the house, and always teach people to live, and when the relief food arrives, it will naturally be returned." ”

Liu Jin said: "Xiaguan...... Already went to the initiative. ”

"How?" Hu Guangdao.

"The gentry and the village sages were eager to try it, and they all said that this was good government, and that it should be done now......

Hu Guang's face softened a little, and he said: "At this moment, we need to work together to get through the difficulties first, the old man has passed along the way, and what he has seen is really miserable, if it continues like this, I don't know how many people will starve to death." You and I are officials in the same dynasty, and those words that make a life for the common people do not need to be repeated, just say that they are loyal to their duties, and this must always be done. ”

Liu Jin said: "Hu Gong rest assured, as long as this disaster continues, the people's lives will be better." ”

"Are you better?" Hu Guangdao: "According to the old man's view, not necessarily, as far as I can see, the people are almost unclothed, is this also caused by the disaster?" The hut where they live can't even shelter from the wind and rain, is this also due to the disaster? The plague had only been around for a long time, and before the end of the year, the food had run out. If there is already a little surplus food at home, how can it be like this? This...... Could it be the result of today's great drought? ”

With a bit of mockery on his face, he continued: "You don't want to say these words, the old man listens to it, and he only feels dirty!" Naturally, now is not the time to worry about this, now...... If people can't live, everything will be over, and other things will be discussed later!"

Liu Jin's face was blue and red for a while, and he opened his mouth to speak.

Hu Guang said surgingly: "What else do you have to say?" ”

Liu Jin said: "The lower officials are not trying to defend themselves, but they are just ...... Freezing three feet, not a day's cold. The lower official came to Kaifeng, and it was only two years, and Kaifeng was in such a withered state in the countryside, but it was not caused by an overnight day. According to many reports, in the final analysis, it is because of the new policy, which has caused many people to have fluctuating hearts and delusions, and many people are unwilling to work in a down-to-earth manner, and even more ...... the people."

"Alright, alright." If he was in the court, Hu Guang would be willing to talk about these things, but now he only feels bored when he listens to these clichés.

What's the point of talking about this at this time?

"Could it be that Naoli is also such a tragic scene? Instead of finding fault with these, let's think about how to save the people from fire and water. ”

Hu Guang did not continue to stay in Kaifeng, but continued to go north.

The scope of the disaster is so large that most of what you have seen is shocking.

Droughts are often followed by locust plagues, which can even breed pestilences.

It can be said that ......... If this kind of situation is allowed to continue, I don't know how long it will take.

He played overnight, asking the court to allocate more food, and he played a book about what he saw and heard at the moment.

When these reports were delivered to the capital, it was more than half a month later.

Before the report was opened, Yang Rong frowned first.

Jin Youzi, who was sitting on the side, said, "Yang Gong, what's the matter?" ”

Yang Rong sighed and said, "The situation of the Henan Political Envoy may be far more difficult than we imagined. ”

"Hu Gong's recital, I haven't read it yet...... This ......"

Yang Rong pointed to the fire paint on the newspaper and said: "This fire paint is played on the seventeenth of last month, but it was delivered on the ninth day of this month. ”

"Jin Gong...... This means...... The various express shops and post stations under the Henan Political Envoy Department must have also had an accident together, either someone fled from the post office, or there must be a large number of thieves along the way, all in all, this shows that the situation has reached a time of 100,000 urgency. ”

After hearing this, Jin Youzi's expression became solemn, and he immediately looked at the fire paint, which was indeed the same as what Yang Rong said.

It takes such a long time to arrive, and only a place like Yungui can be so delayed.

Even many of the government's facilities are no longer able to operate effectively, and the situation is indeed very bad.

Sure enough, when he opened the recital, Yang Rong couldn't help but sigh at this look.

Then he didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly took the song to meet Zhu Di.

The next day, the palace invented an edict to provide additional relief money and food.

There is almost no objection from the DPRK and China to this.

Java.

Shi Jiejin, the governor of the Zhao Palace, has always been the most concerned about the report sent by the mail ship.

The situation in Java was worse than in Annam and Luzon, on the one hand, there were not many Han Chinese people living there, and secondly, the guards and households brought by King Zhao were also limited.

Although they have tried every means to contain Hermes-Epitek, it is still a drop in the bucket.

So in addition to encouraging childbirth, then it is to keep an eye on the movements of the Ming Dynasty at any time, for Zhao Guo, they are more dependent on the Ming Dynasty, and any change may have an impact on Zhao Guo.

"The Great Disaster ......" Xie Jin looked at the report at this time, his brows furrowed deeply.

Then, he directly pinched the report and hurried to see Zhu Gaosui.

"Your Highness."

"Xie Gong...... What's the matter? Zhu Gaosui looked at Xie Jin's solemn face in surprise.

"Your Highness, please, take a look at it first."

Zhu Gaosui read the report and couldn't help sighing: "Why is there a general shortage of food every three or five times, and my father and emperor also let some people from Henan, Zhili, and Guanzhong migrate over, so that there will be food to eat!" Ay...... What a pity...... The good people starved to death like this. ”

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Zhu Gaosui showed regret.

If it was King Zhao in the past, he didn't care about this, but after coming to Java, he cherished manpower very much.

For him, no amount of victory in Java is more affordable than giving him a small population, after all, there is a lot of land here, and the land is fertile, the rain is abundant, and there is no shortage of food.

What is missing is people.

Xie Jin said, "Your Highness...... Now is not the time to worry about this......"

Xie Jin's expression looked a little anxious.

Zhu Gaosui said: "Then what should I care about?" ”

Xie Jin said: "Such a big famine, in my opinion...... This can lead to disputes in the temple. ”

"Dispute?" Zhu Gaosui looked at him puzzled.

Xie Jin said: "It's not easy for the minister to explain too much, but with the minister's many years of experience as an official in the court...... This Zhili and the 18 provinces are separately relieved of the disaster, and there may be some controversy. And His Royal Highness the King of Wuhu County has always taken precautions, and if it is not surprising, the Taiping Mansion may have to stock up on grain. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Gaosui smiled: "Okay, we have food here, just right...... Wait until the price of food rises, sell some ...... like this."

Xie Jin shook his head and said, "You can't do this, Your Highness, how much silver can you earn by selling grain?" His Royal Highness is the lord of the country, and he must think long-term, not care about immediate gains and losses. Now is the time to show His Highness's value. ”

The smile on Zhu Gaosui's face swept away, and then he stared at Xie Jin: "What should I do now?" ”

Xie Jin paused, and then said: "Immediately prepare the grain, pile it up in the port, if there is a grain ship in the Taiping Mansion at this time, load it immediately and board the ship, don't let the grain ship berth for too long!" As for the price, it will be the same as in previous years. Your Royal Highness, it is better to sell grain than to sell people's favors, the price of grain is limited, and favors are priceless. ”