Before the night of the eighth day of the lunar month.

A new batch of envoys was sent to the Cabinet from the Department of General Affairs.

And the most important of them, has been made a special mark, there are involved in directly reporting to the emperor, the general political envoy Yuan Shouzhi did not dare to slack off, it seems that the general administration also knows that there must be a storm in the court the next day, the top two, naturally involved the earthquake in Xinye, Henan.

After Xie Qian got this batch of songs, he picked out the first two copies in advance according to the instructions of the visitor.

Among them, the performance of the Xinye place in Henan Province was made in duplicate, one was directly sent to the celebrant and the celebrant to the heavens, and the other was closed to the cabinet through the General Administration Department.

"Elder Liu Ge, it's still true."

Liu Jian didn't have to be on duty that night, and was about to leave, and after hearing the news, he hung the big coat back on the hanger.

Li Dongyang also leaned over.

A note by Shinno that states the contents of the earthquake is displayed in front of the three of them.

"Before the end of December, there was a land in Xinye, Henan Province that shook like a mountain, the sound was like a thunderstorm, the houses collapsed, and the disaster stretched for 50 miles in the county, although the public party had obtained the order, the people in the city collapsed more than 60 houses, no one was injured, but the situation outside the city was particularly serious, and the villagers or those who did not believe the rumors did not take precautions......

Approximately.

It was the Xinye local government that after receiving the emperor's special decree, he made some precautions in the city of Xinye, so that nothing happened to the residents in the city.

But when the news was sent to Xinye, it took about three days to the earthquake, and it was too late to convey it to every part of the county, and there were many people who didn't believe this, so the farmhouses outside the city were built more loosely and were more likely to collapse, and the damage outside the city would be heavier.

Now the local government is also busy rescuing.

It is estimated that in the next few days, more details will be reported to the Beijing Division.

After Liu Jian finished reading it, he exhaled, and his face showed a helpless sadness.

There was not the slightest joy because of the imperial court's early warning, but there was an indescribable worry because of it.

"Is the local report accurate?" Li Dongyang asked.

Xie Qian immediately took out the second one.

It is Henan local supervision of the imperial history of the report, forming a kind of corroboration, although the supervision of the imperial history of the newspaper is not as detailed as the local county government report, but in the major events there is no falsehood, all mention the occurrence of the earthquake, but also show that the earthquake in the occurrence, the voice is like thunder.

In addition to the earthquake, there are some not-so-good omens, which are equivalent to a warning from heaven in this year.

Liu Jian sighed faintly: "Tomorrow in the court, I don't know how to deal with it." Let's prepare a resignation note first. ”

Not to mention anything else, since once a disaster occurs, the imperial court will definitely feel that it is a punishment from heaven, and the three cabinet members have an unshirkable responsibility and must be responsible.

Although even the cabinet itself knows about this kind of thing, and they are not jointly and severally responsible for it.

But that's the rule.

Whether you believe it or not, it is mainly the people of the world who believe in this thing.

The emperor doesn't want to be scolded, so the minister will carry it.

Even after the fire in Qingning Palace, these ministers had to repent and resign because of this, and this earthquake happened so inappropriately, but it happened when someone warned and they didn't believe it.

This brings us to another issue.

The Emperor's trust.

If they don't say it in the court, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the emperor to rely on the cabinet and even the ministers in the future.

……

……

Night.

Zhu Youzhi took the silver mirror given to him by his son, went to Kunning Palace, borrowed flowers and offered Buddha, and gave them to his wife.

By the way, Zhu Youzhu also mentioned to Empress Zhang that Zhang Zhou accurately predicted the earthquake in Xinye, Henan.

Empress Zhang has a lot of resistance to Zhang Zhou, which Zhu Youzhu knows well.

So he came to tell his wife this time, just to tell his wife, don't think that Bingkuan is a nonsense god like Li Guang, Bingkuan has real skills.

I believe in him, not because I listen to him and believe him, but because I really have the "wisdom to know people".

Whether you believe me or not, I believe it myself.

Am I the kind of dumb king who likes to appoint traitorous villains?

Empress Zhang was also shocked when she heard this: "Your Majesty, are you talking about the earth moving and being calculated?" That...... Has anyone figured it out before? ”

When it comes to earthquakes, even Empress Zhang is a little nervous, because in the past, whenever there was a disaster, Yanguan was used to planting the source of the disaster on her Empress Zhang, which was a bit of a.

said that because the emperor only married one queen and did not have a concubine, God would warn Yunyun one after another.

So Empress Zhang is also quite afraid that these things will happen one after another.

Zhu Youzhu sighed: "Since ancient times, the official history has recorded, no one has such ability, even if some wild history has recorded, they are all chiseled and attached, like Bingkuan, who can accurately predict the time and place of the earth in advance, there is no one." ”

Empress Zhang was a little worried: "That'...... Could it be that he caused it? ”

Although Empress Zhang is favored by the emperor and thinks that she controls her husband in her hands, she is not the kind of woman who has too strong scheming and too many city mansions, and she is even very shallow in learning.

She was worried.

That Zhang Bingkuan won't feel the hostility of this queen to him, turn around and do some kind of witchcraft to kill me, right?

Care.

She turned her hostility towards Zhang Zhou into fear of Zhang Zhou.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Bingkuan is just a thing that can deduce the heavenly machine, a mortal, do you think he has the ability to lead the sky to fire and the earth to shake the mountains?" If that's the case, what else is he going to do? I'm afraid that when I see him, I will bow down! ”

The emperor really didn't regard Zhang Zhou as a threat to the Ming Dynasty.

"Besides, don't forget, the queen, daughter Xiurong, and the imperial grandmother, all came forward to rescue, as a member of the royal family, you can't be ungrateful."

The emperor made it very clear that Zhang Zhou was a courtier of the Ming Dynasty, and if he made meritorious contributions, he should be rewarded.

If you are like this, after a disaster occurs, you should respond to Zhang Zhou's advice and go directly to guard against Zhang Zhou...... Are you sick?

Empress Zhang was obviously a little restless, she thought that Zhang Zhou was too terrible with the mind of a woman's family.

Or rather, it's their potential opponents who are too scary.

It's a bit of a dare not fight.

"Then how is Your Majesty going to reward him?" Empress Zhang asked nervously.

Zhu Youzhi also felt very strange.

I have good news for you, an earthquake was predicted by Bingkuan, and some precautions were made in advance to reduce the damage to people and animals.

Why is the queen not only happy for me, but still very frightened?

Zhu Youzhu said: "I don't plan to reward him for this one thing alone, I will use him in a lot of places in the future, and besides, he is busy preparing for the exam now, I hope he will be admitted to the Jinshi as soon as possible." After he enters the court, it will be much more convenient for me to use him. ”

"Qin Tianjian's ......"

Empress Zhang wanted to remind him that he should not arrange an errand for Qin Tianjian.

This can be regarded as her taking the initiative to lower her identity and speak for Zhang Zhou.

This thing really scared her.

I'm not fighting with people, those palace maids and eunuchs in the past, and even ministers or something, this palace can fight, how can I fight if I meet someone who is not human?

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile: "Even if I give him the supervisor of Qin Tianjian, I feel that I have insulted him, he has high ambitions, and he wants to be the top student in the Shi Examination." Besides, he is already Xie Yuan of the Jiangnan Township Test, and he is so good at learning, why should he only guard Qin Tianjian in the future? Don't think too much about it, the Ming Dynasty has such courtiers, and it is really the heavens that favor me. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhu took his wife into his arms.

I suddenly found that my wife was also much more well-behaved than usual.

Although the emperor doesn't know what happened in it, Zhu Youzhi still has a sense of male pride.

Think about the coming days...... I feel more comfortable.

Finally, I can pretend to be forced in front of the minister again.

……

……

The next day was the Great Pilgrimage.

Inside the Fengtian Temple.

Wenchen is listed in the eastern class, while Wuxun and Jilu officials are listed in the western class.

The ministers held their breath, because they all knew about the earthquake in Xinye, Henan, although from the report, the damage of this earthquake was not very large, but it was the first earthquake that was accurately predicted in advance in China since ancient times, and the imperial court also made detailed precautions.

Originally, the emperor might have to make another edict because of this.

But because of the early warning, the guilt turned into merit.

The imperial court could even make a big announcement, indicating that the emperor was favored by the heavens, and the heavens sent people to help the king save the dawn......

Scholars don't believe this, but Shengdou Xiaomin believes it very much.

In order to maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty, sometimes the imperial court also had to cooperate to talk about those unreliable metaphysical things.

The court meeting begins.

Naturally, it was an earthquake.

But the emperor did not say that he was very proud, nor did he pursue Liu Jian's previous provocation, and he did not even mention the unpleasantness in the court before.

“…… Your Majesty, last night there have been a number of urgent dispatch to the capital division, and now the disaster relief in Xinye is still continuing, there are cases of houses collapsing inside and outside the city, and the people are also praised because of the imperial court's order to take precautions, and there is no report of population damage at present......"

Dai Yi, on behalf of the celebrant supervisor, reported the local report to the ministers present.

All the ministers also knew that there was really a capable person by the emperor's side.

That ability...... It's not covered.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Let the Henan political envoy send people to assist the good place in disaster relief." ”

"Yes." Dai Yi responded.

The ministers listened awkwardly.

The emperor did not publicly declare victory, but what he said was no different from showing off his might.

None of the places reported a major disaster, which means that this earthquake was not that serious.

Your Majesty, you are so concerned, and you also ordered the Henan Domain Yamen to send people to disaster relief, is it necessary?

Don't you just want to tell us that you are very concerned about this disaster, but in fact, you are very proud?

At this moment, the British Duke Zhang Mao came out and said: "Your Majesty, there is someone in the court who can accurately report the time of the earth's movement, and this person should be rewarded to reflect Your Majesty's affection for the people." ”

Wenchen was glaring at Zhang Mao.

Old man Zhang, what's your business here?

Come to a big pilgrimage, you're going to have to get up, right?

"No need!" Zhu Youzhu replied very simply, "There is no need for a reward for such things, as I said before, this is a precautionary measure." As long as you remember that there will be such an early warning in the future, from the mouth of the same person, you can keep it in your heart. ”

It's the flaunting of the red fruit again.

The ministers' stomachs are about to explode.

(End of chapter)