Wow......

The messenger had one foot on the puddle that had just formed, and the water in the pit was splashing in all directions, and he had managed to get the attention of all the officials.

The rain came so fast and so hard that it had already drenched the bodies of most of the officials.

The officials who were still forcing the palace just now saw that someone behind them ran out to interfere with their plan to rescue Zhou Nai, and a Taoist official immediately stepped forward to reprimand: "This is the place of the early dynasty, and Hugh has to let ...... go."

It's just that the last word "wanton" didn't spit out, and through the rain curtain, it was clear that the messenger who appeared here was holding a Tang newspaper in his hand, so he swallowed the last word back.

Since Hongzhi's accession to the throne, the Ming court created the Tang newspaper system.

Now the officials of the Tang newspaper are in a hurry to send the Tang newspaper over at this time, either there is a major military situation in the border area, or there is a great event.

For a while, more than 1,000 civil and military officials present looked at the people who came together, wondering what kind of Tang newspaper actually allowed the Tang Bao officials to directly break into the scene of the early dynasty.

Hehe......

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, looked at this official in such a panic, but he knew that this time it must be a curse or a blessing, and he couldn't help but laugh secretly in his heart, but he looked at Zhu Youji gloatingly.

He knew that the biggest military action of the Ming Dynasty in the near future was to prepare to clear the Jianzhou Jurchens on the grounds of insufficient deer tendons.

As long as the emperor gave an order, the army stationed in Liaodong could invade the territory of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Obviously, this Tang newspaper is related to Liaodong, and now the war in Liaodong may have an accident, and it may have been taken by the Jianzhou Jurchens in turn.

Originally, the best way for the Ming Dynasty was to recuperate, use the Great Wall as a defensive line to understand the world, and then share the blessing of peace with the Shi Taifu to govern the world.

As a result, this emperor with great ambition and talent dared to provoke the Jurchens, which was simply a stupid move to ask for hardship, and now he was slapped in the face by the Jurchens.

Shame, shame, how did you teach such a stupid student?

Thump!

When he came closer, the official revealed the poor constitution of the scholar, and at this time he seemed out of breath, and the whole person suddenly fell to the ground.

It's just that the loyalty is still worthy of affirmation, and the Tang Bao in his hand didn't dare to delay for half a minute, but still held up towards Zhu Youji and said, "Your Majesty, no...... Oh no! ”

Not good?

Although Li Yu and other officials had already guessed, when they heard what the official said, their hearts couldn't help but sink directly to the bottom.

Obviously, Daming did not report a big victory, but a bad situation.

Bang!

There was another thunderclap in the sky, and the rain that fell on everyone seemed even colder, and the celestial phenomenon seemed to indicate that the dynasty was suffering a catastrophe.

Jin Yiwei commanded Wang Xiang to let the rain fall on him, quickly stepped forward to take the Tang report, and then turned around and handed the Tang newspaper to Zhu Youji.

"What's going on? God bless me! ”

Officials such as Li Si, the head of the household department, were attracted by the Tang newspaper, but they were curious about what kind of bad news the Tang newspaper had brought, and at the same time prayed silently.

Zhu Youzhu opened the Tang Bao in full view of everyone, but he only saw the content on the Tang Bao and broke the defense since he ascended the throne. First his eyes were red, and then a wave of anger surged up from his feet.

Hey?

Wan An and Liu Ji couldn't help but look at each other, they were the closest to Zhu Youji, so they could clearly feel the rare anger emanating from Zhu Youji's body.

This......

Li Yu and other officials also realized that Zhu Youzhu was like a lion who had woken up, and when they saw Zhu Youzhu looking around at all the officials present, they immediately silently surrendered to the emperor.

Zhu Youzhu finally suppressed his anger, but asked without a trace of emotion: "Who said just now that I wanted to order the Metropolitan Procuratorate to release Zhou Nai?" ”

"It's a minister! Zhou Nai's contribution to the control of water for so many years is indispensable, and he begs His Majesty to order the Metropolitan Procuratorate to release Zhou Nai! Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, faintly felt a trace of unease, but he had no way back to stand up and make a statement.

Zhu Youzhu knew that Liu Jian could be kicked, but he suppressed his anger and asked, "Who else?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there are nineteen people in total, and the minister has already written it down!" Li Yu, the secretary of the ministry, has the ability to never forget, and immediately stood up and responded.

Zhu Youzhu was very satisfied with Li Yu's ability, so he lightly ordered: "After the next dynasty, you will immediately copy the list to me!" ”

"Your Majesty, Zhou Nai's contribution to the control of water for so many years is indispensable, if the Metropolitan Procuratorate arrests people without evidence, even if he signs and draws the charge, he will be suspected of being beaten into a trick!" Liu Jian knew that Zhou Nai was probably in trouble, but he still tried to get through the tunnel.

Other officials realized that Zhou Nai's situation might change, and they secretly admired Liu Jian's quick wit, so they echoed one after another: "Your Majesty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate arrested people without evidence, and this kind of practice is suspected of being beaten into a trick, please think twice!" ”

Zhu Youzhu looked at the group of officials who were ready to "torture and beat" them, but he raised the Tang newspaper in his hand: "Henan has just received news that the night before yesterday, Kaifeng Mansion broke its embankment several times, Kaifeng City was flooded, millions of hectares of fertile land were destroyed, and hundreds of people were lost. Last year, the imperial court ordered the river to strengthen the Kaifeng Mansion embankment, and a total of more than 300,000 taels were allocated before and after the household. This summer's flood has not yet reached the embankment, among which the newly built Jinglongkou embankment is actually an earthen dam, so who dares to protect the governor of the river? Stand up and let me take a good look! ”

A flash of white lightning flashed in the sky, as if it was looking for a target, and it seemed that it would split down at any moment, causing everyone to dare not breathe.

The new embankment has collapsed?

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and other officials thought that Zhou Nai had confessed the fact that he was greedy for ink, but when they heard that Kaifeng Mansion had burst the embankment and the entire Kaifeng City was flooded, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

After all, the main way for local officials to squeeze the local people is salt, but last year the salt policy was rectified, so now the biggest source of greed is the project money.

It's just that no one thought that the river officials were so bold this time, and the newly built Jinglongkou embankment was a river project that the imperial court focused on, but it turned out to cut corners to the point of outrageousness.

Who dares to protect such a river governor, who can protect it?

This......

Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, suddenly had a hot pain, originally he still wanted to create the image of a direct minister to get out of trouble, but he didn't expect that Zhou Nai, who he wanted to protect, would indirectly kill thousands of people.

When the east window of the new embankment was repaired last year, Zhou Nai was destined to be guillotined, and even a large number of officials and eunuchs were implicated.

The officials and other officials were very sad in their hearts, and immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please thoroughly investigate the river, and don't let innocent people die in vain!" ”

The voice was very loud, because it was a petition issued by more than a thousand civil and military people, the voice of Liu Jian and others saving Zhou Nai just now seemed insignificant.

Looking back in time, the disaster in Henan reappeared.

It was night, and the Yellow River was flooded.

The newly built Jinglongkou in Kaifeng Prefecture burst its embankment, and the Yellow River was suddenly diverted to the north, but the new river channel was blocked by the mountain, causing the river bank to rise sharply, and the Yellow River temporarily became a dammed lake.

This incident seems to have produced a domino effect, and there was something that shocked the world, and the north of Kaifeng burst the embankment.

With the collapse of the north embankment, the whole river enters the river, the river roars like thunder, the north gate rushes along in an instant, the men and women of the city wail, the palace Shishu, and the house wall is raised.

In the middle of the night, the water was several feet deep, and the floating corpses were like fish, which was unbearable to see.

Kaifeng, this is the capital of the Song Dynasty, and even once hoped to become the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In the first year of Hongwu, Kaifeng Mansion was upgraded to Beijing, which was equivalent to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang personally went to Kaifeng to inspect and had the idea of moving the capital to Kaifeng.

In the second year of Hongwu, in view of the fact that the city wall of Kaifeng Mansion and all aspects of the project have been broken, large-scale infrastructure construction around Kaifeng Mansion began.

It was only in the process of this construction that the Ming court discovered all kinds of shortcomings in Kaifeng City.

Because Kaifeng Mansion has convenient transportation and extends in all directions, but there is no danger to defend, the most important thing is that Kaifeng City is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, so there are often breaches and floods, inundating large areas of cultivated land and villages.

In the eighth year of Hongwu, the river broke the embankment of Taihuang Temple, and Zhao Henan participated in politics and sent 30,000 people to plug it.

In the seventeenth year of Hongwu, it was decided to open the Dongyue embankment, and it flowed for dozens of miles from Chenqiao to Chenliu.

In the thirtieth year of Hongwu, the city was opened in August, and the city was flooded on three sides.

It's just that in the second year of Hongzhi, the imperial court was worried that the river section of Kaifeng City would burst the embankment, after all, the Yellow River is now known as the "Heavenly River", so it specially allocated funds for the berm.

No one thought that the corruption of the Daming River was so serious, and the newly built Jinglongkou embankment not only did not better perform the duty of protecting the river, but became the biggest culprit of the failure of the north embankment of Kaifeng City.

The north of Kaifeng City bursts the embankment, the whole Yellow River is diverted to the south, the Yellow River water directly breaks down the embankment outside Kaifeng City, and a large amount of river water pours into the streets of Kaifeng City from the north gate.

The time happened in the middle of the night, and countless people were still asleep and were overwhelmed by this sudden flood and became dead souls.

This is not only a natural disaster, but also a man-made disaster. Even if Zhou Nai, the governor of the river, did not take a penny, the poor performance of Xindi alone was enough to execute Zhou Nai.

Due to the diversion of the Yellow River into Kaifeng City, not only the lives of a large number of people were threatened, but also the crops that were waiting for the harvest were flooded, and even the land could not be found.

According to preliminary estimates, the economic losses this time have reached several million taels, and it is likely that there will be millions of victims in the whole of Henan.

When the news reached the capital, Zhu Youzhi was eager to kill all the river officials, but the top priority was how to provide disaster relief and seek a way out for the affected people.

The early dynasty ended in the anger of Zhu Youji, and officials such as Liu Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, left in a state of discouragement.

Liu Jian knew that even if His Majesty could continue to tolerate him, just by virtue of his position of protecting Zhou Nai, the governor of the river, it would be impossible for those Daoist officials to let him go.

It's just that Huaxia's giant ship is rolling forward under Zhu Youji's helm, but it is impossible to stagnate for half a minute because of Liu Jian.

The Imperial Study, the highest meeting.

The officials of the six departments and the two elders gathered together, and Emperor Hongzhi was sipping fragrant tea in the attic.

In this kind of agrarian society, although it is a human factor, natural disasters cannot be avoided, so a strong imperial court is needed to solve the disaster situation in each place through resource allocation.

Like the Shandong flood the year before last, the imperial court allocated rice and grain for disaster relief, so there was already a set of effective disaster relief systems.

It's just that the area affected by the disaster this time is too extensive, not to mention that it is difficult for the surrounding prefectures and counties to mobilize enough rice and grain, and the cost of disaster relief for the imperial court will be a huge expense.

In addition, there is no guarantee that the officials in charge of disaster relief will not be able to fill their pockets, and how much food or money will reach the victims.

Of course, even with all kinds of concerns, there are many places where officials can take advantage of loopholes, but human lives are at stake, and the imperial court still has to distribute disaster relief food and disaster relief silver as soon as possible.

After finalizing the decision to provide disaster relief to Henan, Zhu Youzhu proposed that this disaster relief should have innovative thinking, better relief for millions of victims, and even consideration of how to better settle the victims.

After careful consideration, Li Si, the head of the household department, proposed an innovative plan: "Now it is the summer flood season in Henan, and the territory is not only rainy, but also muddy and difficult to walk. If it is a lot of money to escort silver and grain, this time the imperial court will issue food stamps for disaster relief, right? ”

"What is a food stamp?" Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, listened very carefully and immediately asked suspiciously.

Li Yu and other officials vaguely felt that this was a big innovation, and couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Li Si.

Zhu Youzhu was drinking tea in the pavilion, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

He found that his hard work was not in vain, and now the important ministers are more and more willing to use their brains, rather than following the rules when they encounter everything.

Li Si, the head of the household, met everyone's eyes and said his idea: "The grain stamp is similar to the cloth stamp, except that instead of cloth, a stone of grain is written on it. This ticket is printed by our household department, and the household department will also collect it, just to stimulate the enthusiasm of grain merchants, one stone of grain can be exchanged for five coins of silver. In addition, this ticket can be used to offset the grain tax levied by local officials, and can also be exchanged for rice and grain at the standing position of the capital or local government, and can also be exchanged for silver directly at the household department or the royal bank. In this way, the imperial court no longer needed to escort the silver taels and rice grain to Kaifeng, and the people who got the grain stamps could go to the surrounding places to exchange grain to survive the famine. ”

"This is a strategy for the country!"

"If that's the case, we can save more people!"

"This law is good, but what if the local officials don't recognize it?"

"Let's issue food stamps to local officials, so that they can be easily identified!"

"This method is very good, as long as we can work together, we will definitely be able to help millions of victims survive the disaster!"

……

After hearing Li Si's idea and then refining it, officials such as Li Yu and other officials unanimously recognized Li Si's innovative plan and felt that the way of food stamps for disaster relief was more convenient.

The Kaifeng Prefecture was mainly a man-made flood, and the area affected was not thousands of miles of terracotta, but mainly concentrated in the flooded area.

Tongzhou has 20 million stone of grain, which is more than enough for disaster relief.

It's just that there is a problem here, half of the 20 million stone grain in Tongzhou will be transported to Kaifeng, not to mention that it will take time?

If the flooded people get food stamps and then order the government to set up porridge shacks along the way, then the affected people can scatter and find a glimmer of life with the help of the granaries of the local area or the capital.

It is precisely in this way that the food stamp disaster relief method proposed by Li Si, although one tael per person is a huge expense, is undoubtedly more efficient than the traditional disaster relief method.

Zhu Youzhu was impressed by the white-looking Li Si, so he made a final decision: "Since you ministers have no objections, then this time it will be decided!" The Ministry of Household will take the lead, with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War assisting, and the Ministry of Officials must also make efforts to urge local officials to carry out the decrees! ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order!" A full twelve officials from the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War expressed their positions in unison, and they seemed to have high fighting spirits.

They like the way they handle government affairs now, and they discuss problems together, but now the various yamen cooperate with each other to do things beautifully.

Now they are facing millions of victims, and if they can get things done, they will go down in history, not a mediocre official who eats a dead body.

However, everyone did not rejoice for long, and another more difficult question followed: "How to resettle the millions of affected residents after the disaster?" ”

"This matter has long been decided, what still needs to be asked? Naturally, they were allowed to return to their respective places of residence and continue their production! "He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, has high qualifications, and it seems natural and authentic.

Wu Yu, the right attendant of the household department, looked at the criminal department Shangshu who was promoted back from Nanjing, but shook his head gently: "He Shangshu's words are inappropriate!" Yellow water and sandy water is the consensus of the world. In the aftermath of the floods, many of the victims returned to their hometowns, but their crops were inevitably buried by the sand of the Yellow River. If this is done, hundreds of thousands of people will not be able to continue farming, or even become displaced people and die in the mountains! ”

In the end, it seems that he remembered a past incident, and a thin tear appeared in his eyes.

Seeing this, He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, cast a disdainful gaze, this kind of young official who moved up did not understand that this was the era of cannibalism, and immediately said disapprerovingly: "This is something they should consider, it has been handled like this from ancient times to the present, and it is really not okay for them to be tenants!" As long as you're not a lazy person, you can always have a bite to eat! ”

"Tenants, tenants, you just think that the people will have to sell themselves to your gentry as slaves, right?" Wu Yu seemed to be stimulated, and asked with teary eyes.

He Qiaoxin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, had a gloomy face, but he responded loudly: "This is the practice of all dynasties, what are you doing as a murderer?" If you are really so capable, you come up with a feasible plan, then the old man will not mention it again! ”

"I ...... I can't think of a good way, but I ...... I believe Your Majesty must have a way to crack it! Your Majesty, the minister is incompetent, please come up with the charter! Wu Yu had a mysterious trust in Zhu Youji, but he suddenly knelt down and said.

This......

Li Yu and other officials glanced at the bold Wu Yu with complicated eyes, but they didn't expect that this little household servant would dare to kick the ball at the emperor, but the current saint is really the only one who can solve this thousand-year-old problem.

For a while, all the officials present looked at the attic in unison, looking at the emperor who was on it.

(End of chapter)