Time flies, and January flies by in a blink of an eye.

The late summer is slowly receding, the west wind is gradually blowing, and the early autumn is already coming.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to deal with the government in this month, and even Li Jin's affairs were left behind by him.

On this day, Zhu Yuanzhang was in the upper study as usual to deal with the twists, and suddenly Liu Bowen hurriedly walked in from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, Gangnam Province has suffered a typhoon disaster, and countless houses have collapsed."

"The autumn flood is rising, and there are countless people who don't drown in Yiwu and other places."

"Now tens of thousands of acres of fertile land have been destroyed, the people of Yiwu have been displaced, and hundreds of thousands of people are waiting to be fed, so please send people to the disaster relief as soon as possible."

"Smack!"

The fold in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand fell to the table at once, and it was obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked by Liu Bowen's news.

"Is only Yiwu County in the Jiangnan region the most affected now?"

In previous years, there were no typhoons, but most of them were more severe in coastal areas.

But I didn't expect that this year's typhoon would cause the river water in the interior to rise, flooding the fertile land in the Jiangnan area.

Now that the autumn harvest is imminent, most of the surplus grain of the people's families is almost eaten, if it is really like what Liu Bowen said, then I am afraid that the people in Jiangnan will really starve all over the wilderness.

"Your Majesty, the river broke its embankment in Yiwu County, and now Yiwu County has become an ocean."

"Although other prefectures and counties were also affected by the typhoon, many houses collapsed, but the local prefectures and counties were able to deal with it."

"But the disaster in Yiwu is too serious, if the court does not rescue, I am afraid that Yiwu County will starve to death this year."

Liu Bowen was heartbroken at the moment, and his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally knew the seriousness of the matter and was about to speak, but outside the door, Li Shanchang asked to see him.

"Let him in."

After Li Shanchang came in, he saw that Liu Bowen was also there, and knew that he was a step late, but he still bowed down and said:

"Superior, Yiwu County was affected, please provide relief to the victims."

"Shanchang, why are you here so late? Liu Bowen told us all about it just now. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also had a calm face and said:

"Let's see that you might as well do it for Liu Bowen."

Li Shanchang's heart suddenly changed, and he didn't know if what Zhu Yuanzhang said was true, but no matter what, Li Shanchang still bowed down and confessed:

"The minister is guilty, he should not be so lazy, he is indeed not as attentive as Berwyn."

After speaking, he glanced at Liu Bowen absently.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants this effect, he just wants the two to keep fighting, so that he can control the overall situation as the emperor.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, hurry up and call the household secretary over, let's discuss the disaster relief as soon as possible."

"Superior, the head of the household has been questioned by you, and now the position of the household secretary is still undecided."

Li Shanchang hurriedly brought up Fan Min's matter at this time, hoping that Zhu Yuanzhang would be extrajudicial and spare Fan Min's life.

But Zhu Yuanzhang said directly:

"Then call us Lu Chang, the head of the household department, and ask him to temporarily serve as the secretary of the household department and come to discuss."

Then Zhu Yuanzhang asked the guards in front of the palace to call the new head of the household department, Lu Chang, over.

Lu Chang was originally an official of the Yuan Dynasty, and he was also outstanding.

was sent to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to return to the Yuan Dynasty, but he was moved by Zhu Yuanzhang's words, and he was never Zhu Yuanzhang's household official.

Lu Chang himself does not belong to any faction, and he is also diligent in his work, so he was promoted quickly.

But because he didn't belong to any faction, even if Lu Chang was capable, he couldn't sit in the position of the head of the household.

Now that Fan Min, the head of the household, has fallen, Zhu Yuanzhang has promoted a person who is not from the Huaixi Group, and the signal is intriguing.

I'm afraid that after Li Shanchang goes home tonight, he won't be able to sleep again.

At the urging of the guards, Lu Chang soon came to the upper study.

After seeing the arrival of everyone, Zhu Yuanzhang went straight to the point:

"Lu Chang, Yiwu County in Jiangnan was affected, do you know?"

"Weichen knows that he has discussed it in the household department, and plans to take out 300,000 taels of silver to give disaster relief to Yiwu County."

It was the first time for Lu Chang to participate in such a high-level meeting, but the whole person seemed calm, as if he had been prepared.

Seeing Lu Chang's performance, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, feeling that Lu Chang did not disappoint him.

However, when he heard the 300,000 taels of silver, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly.

Lu Chang thought that Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the money spent was too much, so he hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, this is already the minimum budget. The fertile fields in Nayiwu County were basically all submerged. ”

"People have lost their lives and have to be displaced."

"In order for the people to survive, the imperial court must be prepared for a long period of relief, at least three months."

"Yiwu County belongs to the upper counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are at least more than 100,000 people, so 300,000 taels is barely supported."

"You misunderstood what we meant, of course we know about the situation of the people."

"The reason why we are worried is because we feel that 300,000 taels of silver may be far from enough, in this case, wouldn't the people of Yiwu County starve to death?"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw Lu Chang constantly explaining, and knew that he had misunderstood himself.

"We think we should add another 300,000 taels, so that it is possible to let Yiwu County survive this disaster without starving to death."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Li Shanchang jumped out and objected:

"The upper position is absolutely impossible, now the imperial court's finances are already stretched, not to mention the extra 300,000 taels, even the 300,000 taels have to be moved from other budgets."

"If you add these 300,000 taels, I'm afraid that many things this year will be delayed."

"Even the plan to conquer Yunnan and other places in the south will be in vain."

Liu Bowen frowned slightly, and objected:

"If you can't go south this year, then you'll go back next year."

"The army can wait, but can the people of Yiwu wait? They are now in dire straits, waiting for the imperial court to come to their rescue. ”

"How can the imperial court give up disaster relief because it has no money?"

"Lord Liu, you also have to be considerate of the difficulties of the imperial court."

Li Shanchang looked at Liu Bowen with a blaming face, as if he thought Liu Bowen was ignorant.

Liu Bowen was-for-tat and said loudly:

"I can understand the imperial court, but does Li Xiang think that those victims who are about to starve to death can understand the imperial court?"

Seeing that the two were arguing, although Zhu Yuanzhang was happy to see this, this was not the time to watch the excitement, so he immediately interrupted:

"Alright, don't make any noise."

"At this time, we naturally have a way, just according to what Lu Chang said, the household department immediately allocated 300,000 taels of silver and rushed to Yiwu."

"The rest of the silver, let's figure it out."

When Li Shanchang and the three of them heard this, they were a little surprised, could it be that the emperor wanted to pay out of his own pocket to provide disaster relief for the people?

Thinking of this, the three of them bowed down together, bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Yes."

Liu Bowen continued to speak:

"Your Majesty, the minister will immediately arrange for the imperial historian to supervise this matter, and will never let this silver be coveted."

These are all life-saving silver, and Liu Bowen will never allow anyone to dare to stretch out his hand.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said:

"We've already got a candidate, so let's all step down."

"He's not going to let us down, and he's got silver."

The three of them left the study for unknown reasons, not knowing who he was in the emperor's mouth, who had such ability and made the emperor trust him so much.