Autumn is getting stronger, Shen Xihe estimated that the summer vacation in the palace should be coming to an end, and Xiao Huayong should come back soon, but he didn't expect that the heavy rain in Dengzhou has not stopped, since that night, it has been raining for five consecutive days, and the heavy rain is pouring, not only does not stop but even decreases.

The people of Dengzhou, who were originally ecstatic, gradually began to turn pale, and even the Dengzhou government government appeared gloomy one by one, and Xiao Changyan, the king of Jing, and Xiao Changgeng, the king of Yan, also did not evacuate Dengzhou because of the heavy rain.

Emperor Youning has not breathed a sigh of relief, Dengzhou has once again become his heart disease, in order to prevent it from happening, he ordered the Dengzhou government to keep an eye on the people close to the mountains and forests, Xiao Changyan and Xiao Changgeng have already acted separately before receiving the order, but they are still one step late.

The heavy rain for seven days caused many hillside slips and falls, and the nearby villagers suffered heavy casualties, but only the small mountain villages with rich experience and proper management suffered less losses.

Most of Dengzhou has just experienced drought in the hottest days, and without even taking a breath, it fell into torrential rain and mudslides.

On the coast of Dengzhou, if the heavy rain continues, it is definitely not only the villagers who are close to the mountains and the sea who will be implicated, once the coast bursts, most of Dengzhou will be plunged into flooding, and even neighboring prefectures and counties will be affected.

The landslide has not yet been resolved, and the water reports sent by the flood post stations in various parts of Dengzhou have been handed to the imperial case of Emperor Youning.

Compared with the drought, the current flood made Emperor Youning's face more solemn, and the court scratched his ears and cheeks, hoping to get through this pass as soon as possible.

The drought can at least provide support from all sides, and now that the Dengzhou flood is about to start, there are landslide accidents on all roads, and it is difficult to transport relief materials.

"Your Highness, Tao Gong went to Dengzhou." Pearl hurriedly sent a message to Shen Xihe.

Shen Xihe stood up suddenly, and took the news handed over, the news was from Xiao Huayong, and Tao Zhuanxian invited himself to go to Dengzhou with Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry to inspect the disaster.

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of water conservancy, the Ministry of Industry is still older than Tao Zhuanxian, in the past, he used to pretend to be deaf and dumb to the disputes of the imperial court, but when it comes to the critical juncture, he is never ambiguous, although he will not be long before he will be successful, but his experience in water control is rich, looking at the entire imperial court, only Tao Zhuanxian can be compared.

When Tao Zhuanxian was a magistrate ten years ago, there was a flood in Ganzhou, and he saved the lives of tens of thousands of people by himself.

After reading Xiao Huayong's letter, although Shen Xihe was worried, he was helpless, this was his grandfather's own will, she had a way to get Tao Zhuanxian back, but neither she nor Xiao Huayong did this, they all knew that this was Tao Zhuanxian's belief in his heart.

Apply what you have learned, and those who are officials should ask for the lives of the people and seek benefits for the weak.

"Go to the palace." Shen Xihe immediately made a decision.

She has almost dealt with the affairs in the palace, and now Dengzhou is facing floods again, at this time, Emperor Youning has no heart to return to the palace with people, and how much urgent news is delayed on the road for a day?

My grandfather went to Dengzhou, although in this matter, even if it is a political enemy, he does not dare to easily make a black hand at a critical moment, otherwise it will be a disaster of extermination, unless it is a rebel, if not, no matter how bad it is, he will hope that the disaster can be contained, and the people will be better, so that they will have the time and energy to climb up according to their abilities.

The people of Dengzhou let it go, they are fighting for more benefits, and in the end they are just the ones who stand at the top to clean up the mess, and Emperor Youning has accumulated power for a long time, and they dare not be selfish at this time.

Man-made disasters are unlikely, but natural disasters can strike at any time, Shen Xihe is worried about Tao Zhuanxian, Xiao Huayong will inevitably be distracted to pass the news to her at any time, and he has to find ways to appease her, if she goes to the palace and is in one place with Xiao Huayong, she can also have a discussion. Sometimes, you can know each other at the first time, so you don't need to be so troublesome.

"Is there any news from Qi Pei?" Shen Xihe sat in the carriage and suddenly asked.

As early as when the drought first appeared, Shen Xihe had already asked Qi Pei to put down everything in his hands, and Annan, Anbei and other places secretly collected grain, in order not to cause rice and grain to be coaxed, he had to go to a few more places.

Most of the grain in the treasury was invested in Dengzhou before, and this time I am afraid that His Majesty will not be able to get the grain.

"Qi Pei and Hua Taoyi have raised 300,000 stone grain, this is the news delivered five days ago." Jasper replied.

300,000 stone is a huge amount, but if there is a real flood and the flood lasts longer, these grains will be a drop in the bucket.

"A few days ago, there was a death in Jiangnan and other places, and His Majesty decreed that if there is a surge in rice and grain in various places, it will be executed in the same way." Jasper added.

There have always been many people who have made a fortune in the country, and natural disasters are helpless even for the rulers, and it is absolutely impossible for people to profit from it, but they cannot cross the boundary, otherwise they will feed the merchants and hurt the foundation of the country.

Shen Xihe was silent: "Send a message to Qi Pei and ask him to stop collecting grain." ”

It was not obvious before, but now His Majesty has issued an order, if you collect grain in a large area at this time, it will cause a fire, and 300,000 stone is no longer a small amount, even if Hua Fuhai is rich, if he continues to collect it, it will also cause the money to be stretched.

"You asked Hua Fuhai to stop harvesting grain?" As soon as Shen Xi and the front foot arrived at the palace, Xiao Huayong received the news, took the person back to the house, and personally handed over a cup of tea made by Ping Zhongye.

"Hmm." Shen Xihe moistened his lips and chin head, "In his position, you are not Your Majesty, this matter should not be in the limelight for you and me, if Hua Fuhai alone has a complete supply of food, Your Majesty is afraid that he will not be able to tolerate him, and such a large amount of food, you and I can't pay for it." ”

It's not that they can't afford it, but they can't do it.

"Yo Yo is planning to ......," Xiao Huayong had a smile on his lips.

"Although Your Majesty has decreed that all localities must not raise food prices, I am afraid that it will not be easy to completely control it." Shen Xihe said his plan, "Let's see if Dengzhou is really unfortunate to encounter a flood, it is really unfortunate, so let Hua Fuhai contact the household department and sell it to the imperial court at a low price for disaster relief, and he took the lead, and it is a huge amount of 300,000 stones, and others dare to hide it, or sell it to the imperial court at a high price?" ”

This is the best way, and the grain is not collected for the sake of making money, but for the sake of disaster. Hua Fuhai and the two worked hard, and they regarded it as accumulating merit.

"It's a wonderful method." Xiao Huayong touched his chin, and also prevented someone from borrowing the hands of merchants to secretly make trouble, "Let Hua Fuhai take a head, take some money, and then accept the court IOU, even if the treasury is not full, it can solve the disaster." ”

(End of chapter)