On the sixth day of April, the weather was half cloudy and half sunny.

Jiang Shu and Yu Zheng responded to the appointment and went to Yu Lan's princess's mansion.

When they arrived, Yu Lan and Zhou Boxu had already arrived. After waiting for a while, Sun Yijun and Yu Yuan also came.

The fortifications in the house have been completed, and the subordinates are doing the final cleaning and ordering.

The six of them walked from the vestibule to the backyard in detail.

"Sister, this mansion is really beautifully decorated." Jiang Shu's eyes were full of amazement.

Although the princess's mansion is not as big as the palace, the garden lotus lake rockery has everything, one step at a time, very exquisite and beautiful.

Yu Lan smiled: "If you like it, you can come often in the future." ”

The princess's mansion was drawn by the Ministry of Engineering for her to choose, and it was repaired according to her preferences, which was very much in line with Yu Lan's heart.

"It's so close, I'm going to come often." Jiang Shu was tired of walking, and several people went to the pavilion in the back garden to sit down.

The princess's mansion is only two streets away from the Jingwang mansion, and it only takes about a quarter of an hour to walk, which is very convenient.

Hearing their words, Sun Yijun pouted and said, "Have you forgotten me?" ”

King Rong's Mansion is in the opposite direction of Princess Mansion Jingwang's Mansion, and it takes half an hour to take a carriage.

"How can I open the door of my house for you at any time." Yu Lan smiled and picked up the teacup.

"Really? Won't Lord Zhou be unhappy? Sun Yijun looked at Zhou Boxu.

Zhou Boxu said: "Welcome. ”

He is busy with official business during the day, rarely in the house, Zhuang Yun also has to go to school, someone can accompany Yu Lan to gossip to relieve his boredom, he can't ask for it.

"Hey, what about you guys when I don't exist?" Yu Yuan spoke out dissatisfied.

Sun Yijun glanced at him and snorted lightly, "Don't you have something to do?" You don't care about Cuiyun Tower? ”

Yu Yuan stopped talking.

Cuiyunlou's business is booming, and he can earn a lot of money every month, and now that he has married a wife, he will have to raise children in the future, so he has to manage well and make more money.

It's been a long time since I've been delayed these days, and I'll have to go and see tomorrow.

A few people rested for a while and continued to visit the main courtyard.

When I entered the inner room of the main house, I saw the carved bed.

Jiang Shu looked at it a few times and quipped: "Sister, why didn't this bed give us as big?" Is it enough? ”

"Enough...... Use. Yu Lan's face was pale, and he didn't dare to look at Zhou Boxu beside him.

Zhou Boxu's face remained unchanged, but the roots of his ears were almost imperceptibly red.

Fortunately, the conversation stopped, and Jiang Shu walked around the room.

The tables, chairs, and utensils in the house are all new, and everything is available, and nothing is missing.

Jiang Shu made a difficulty, and he didn't know what wedding gift to give Yu Lan.

There are only two months left before Yu Lan and Zhou Boxu's wedding.

In April, the weather can change, with a few rays of sunshine in the morning and suddenly rain in the afternoon.

Jiang Shu woke up after taking a nap and looked at the rain curtain in a daze.

This year's rain is really good. Faintly, Jiang Shu had a bad premonition.

At dinner, Yu Zheng entered the house with a slight smile.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that his expression was wrong, Jiang Shu asked.

Yu Zheng sat down at the table and said while cleaning his hands: "I just received the news that heavy rain has fallen in Duanzhou, which has flooded several villages and towns, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and killed and injured unknown. ”

With such a big flood, tomorrow morning there will be another debate.

After listening to this, Jiang Shu looked at the fine and dense rain outside the house, and frowned lightly.

She knew that it was not only in Beijing that it was rainy.

"What then?" Jiang Shu asked worriedly.

Yu Zheng put down the handkerchief, looked at Jiang Shu's slightly wrinkled little face and said, "Disaster relief and people, prevention and control of epidemics." ”

After a pause, Yu Zheng said again: "You don't have to worry about these things, don't think about it." ”

That's right, the national economy and the people's livelihood have their own kings and officials to worry about, and she is a woman in the house, and it is useless to think about anything.

Thinking like this, Jiang Shu relaxed and concentrated on eating.

In the evening, the two sat on the couch and read a book as usual after bathing, and the sound of chasing clouds before going to bed sounded from outside the house.

"Master, there is an urgent report."

Yu Zheng got up and walked to the outer room, opened the door and listened to the report of chasing clouds.

"Li Xu committed suicide in fear of sin."

After hearing this, Yu Zheng sneered on his lips: "It's so impatient, it seems that Li Xu knows a lot." ”

After thinking for a moment, Yu Zheng said: "After dealing with it, treat the person first, and in addition, protect his family." ”

The Duanzhou disaster, there will be no time to withdraw these days. And Li Xu 'committed suicide in fear of crime', and his injuries were not light, and he needed to be raised.

"Yes." Chasing the clouds responded, turned around and went.

The rain was falling heavily.

Yu Zheng closed the door and entered the inner room, and went to bed with Jiang Shu to rest.

In court affairs, Jiang Shu couldn't help, so he didn't ask, and fell asleep quietly in Yu Zheng's arms.

The next morning, the atmosphere in the court was low and cold.

Zhang Ting, the secretary of Dali Temple, first reported Li Xu's suicide in prison.

This matter should have caused a sensation, but it was suppressed by the Duanzhou disaster, and the emperor and the hundred officials had no intention of investigating it in detail.

In this way, it is in Cao Qian's arms.

Everyone's thoughts are on Duanzhou.

"Last time the ground moved, the household department had allocated 500,000 taels of silver. This time the Duanzhou flood is very extensive, and it may cost millions of silver. ”

Million silver, that's just the lowest estimate.

Historically, catastrophes have been followed by pandemics, and if not properly prevented, they can be catastrophic.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty expressed their opinions, but no one scrambled for this disaster relief errand.

It's not that I don't want to fight, it's that I don't dare to fight.

First, this disaster is very large, and there are too many people affected by the disaster, and it is difficult to be good. Second, the epidemic is so fierce that no one wants to take this risk.

The emperor listened for a long time, and his brows tightened.

These courtiers, when they encounter good errands for promotion and meritorious service on weekdays, compete for the size of the bloodstream, and when they encounter difficulties, they are all timid.

The emperor swept away his cold eyes, did not want to listen to nonsense anymore, and ordered the ministers to go back and think about good policies, and discuss them again tomorrow.

After retiring from the court, the emperor called Xie Cheng, the head of the household, Yu Zheng Yu Cheng and others to discuss matters in the imperial house.

It wasn't until nearly noon that Yu Zheng left the palace and returned home.

After accompanying Jiang Shu for lunch, Yu Zheng left the house. I came back in the evening and had dinner, and then went to the study to be busy until late at night.

Jiang Shu had never seen Yu Zheng so busy, and he knew that this matter was very difficult.

On the morning of the second day, the emperor and his ministers agreed on preliminary matters.

"Money and grain relief is urgent, and we immediately started to raise money and grain and send them to Duanzhou in batches." The emperor ordered in a deep voice.

"Yes." Interested people and so on.

There was a moment of silence, and Mrs. Zhou said: "Escorting money and food is very important, and credible people must be sent there." ”

"If such a huge amount of silver grain goes wrong and falls into the hands of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the affected people will not be able to receive relief, which will cause a large number of famine deaths and cause public resentment and resentment."

"And once the people flood into other towns and areas, the impact is very great, and it is easy to spread the epidemic. As a result, the situation will become more serious and out of control. ”

Zhou Taifu's words reminded the ministers that such a disaster had happened when the first emperor was in power.

Corrupt officials scattered the victims, and the epidemic spread to all parts of the Jokhang, and even Kyoto was not spared, and all the doctors of the Tai Hospital were dispatched, and it took three years to stabilize the situation.

Although the corrupt officials involved were severely punished, they suffered heavy casualties, and Dazhao suffered a great blow. The treasury was empty, the people were struggling, the people were complaining, many places rebelled, and the Jokhang almost changed the dynasty.