Emperor Wanli served as an emperor for 48 years. In the half century he was in power, it was actually a half century of disasters and difficulties.

According to incomplete statistics, in the dynasty of Emperor Wanli alone, there were 156 floods of all sizes, 85 droughts, 183 earthquakes, 45 hail disasters, 42 plagues and other natural disasters.

During this period, the three major battles of Wanli were fought, as well as the Ming-Myanmar War and the Battle of Sarhu that lasted for decades. In this way, it was actually not easy for Emperor Wanli to maintain for forty-eight years without a fall.

The reason for this drought in Henan is so serious is because of the previous Yellow River flood. In ancient society, due to the limited grain output and zero industrial level, each flood would inevitably come with famine.

Due to the impact of the flood, a large number of ordinary people lost their homes to survive, and the food in the land was washed away by the flood. After the flood ended, a period of drought would be encountered. If this drought was released in other years, it would be fine. If you tightly wear a belt, you would eat less and wait for the crops in the area to collect more or less, you would be considered a barely able to survive.

However, at this time, God did not seem to give this compromised way of life. It seemed to be trying to force people to death. So, in this case, the victims without food and food could only live like wild animals. In order to eat in one bite, they could do anything that normal people could not imagine.

At first, they sell their land at a low price, then they sell their children at a low price, and later, when they are extremely hungry, they will secretly cut people's flesh to fill their hunger, but in the end they have no choice. They will turn their attention to the weak, and they will kill the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled to fill their hunger.

At this time, they are no longer humans, but just a group of animals who are eager to live and fill their stomachs. Anyone who sees such a scene will be shocking and frightened.

Emperor Wanli, who was far away in Beijing, closed his eyes and remembered the content of Yang Dongming's memorial and the "Picture of the Hungry People" he drew. It seemed that thousands of disaster victims had already stood in front of Emperor Wanli, which made Emperor Wanli's mental pressure extremely huge.

He is now anxious and urging the cabinet at all times. He is really anxious. The disaster in Henan is really big enough to threaten the stability of the empire!

Since ancient times, Henan is close to the capital, which is the safety of the world. If serious social unrest occurs in the Central Plains, it will inevitably affect the capital! At that time, thousands of victims will have nowhere to survive, and when they riot, they will even directly cut off the lifeline of the dynasty - the canal transport! It will then evolve into a peasant movement that is enough to destroy the rule of the Ming Dynasty!

Therefore, disaster relief is urgent!

Under the repeated urging of Emperor Wanli, the cabinet finally launched a person who rushed to Henan to rescue the disaster.

According to the principle of modern national disaster relief command, in the face of such a huge disaster, there will definitely be a cabinet prime minister or deputy commander to serve as commander-in-chief to come to the front line.

However, this situation was impossible to happen in a feudal bureaucratic system like the Ming Dynasty. Finally, with the recommendation of the cabinet, a censor with a not-too-high rank was ordered to take this task.

The censor's name is Zhong Huamin.

Zhong Huamin was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli. He was from Renhe Bolu (now Yuhang District). He was not tall. In the "History of Ming Dynasty", he was "short, concise, wise and scheming. He was diligent and powerful in his official position, and he was very famous."

He was honest and upright as an official. When he was a magistrate in Hui'an County, Fujian, he found that wealthy families and powerful people infringed on the interests of the people and rented the government, and they would be brought to justice. Moreover, he also measured the land, reviewed the labor service, obtained several hectares of fertile land, and reduced the number of people by 20,000. After the Luoyang Bridge was broken, people often drowned because of crossing the river, so he tried his best to build the bridge and tried every means to make the people benefit.

Later, a censor named Anjiuyu was ordered to inspect Fujian by the emperor. Wherever he went, the scenes he saw were the people withering land and poor harvests. After arriving in Hui'an, it was another scene. Hui'an was rich in food. Anjiuyu was very strange, so he visited the people to investigate the reasons. As a result, even the people in the neighboring county envied that Zhong Huamin was a good official. So Anjiuyu recommended Zhong Huamin to the court. Therefore, before the term of office in Hui'an was over, he was transferred to Leping County by the court. Tens of thousands of people in Hui'an County asked Fujian Fu to stay Zhong Huamin, but failed.

Leping County is also a place where poor mountains and rivers come from troubled people. However, after Zhong Huamin arrived in Leping County, he carefully investigated when encountering problems. After a long time, he could quickly find out the case. For a time, the people of Leping County were afraid of obeying him. As a result, the wronged people from other counties often traveled thousands of miles to file a lawsuit. Even if the case was complicated, Zhong Huamin would be resolved after accepting it, so Zhong Huamin was recognized by the people and called him "Zhong Qingtian". The people of Leping also compiled the cases handled by Zhong Huamin into the "Xiwen Lu" and passed down from generation to generation, praising Zhong Huamin as the "three no" county magistrate who did not want officials, lives, and money.

Therefore, after encountering such a difficult disaster in the cabinet this time, they immediately thought of Zhong Huamin and immediately appointed Zhong Huamin, the current Minister of Guanglu Temple Temple, as the Henan Road Censor, and asked him to rush to the disaster area in Henan to organize disaster relief work.

According to the "Brief Relief of Henan":

"The official went to Yi and followed him, chose a cavalry, and was patrolling in plain clothes, sleeping day and night, eating saddles and horses, and followed him to stop the energy of six clerks. Within two months, he visited various prefectures and counties, and stopped eating porridge wherever he arrived, and was not allowed to provide it. He did not sit in the office. He asked about the suffering of the people everywhere."

He only brought six capable clerks and stabilized the disaster in Henan after more than two months. It shows how amazing this person is. The people of Henan should remember him forever.

If he hadn't died in the 24th year of Wanli due to labor, his reputation would not be inferior to Hai Rui Haigangfeng of the Jiajing Dynasty!

However, now that Zhu Changluo has come, although Zhong Huamin's responsibilities have not changed much, his fate has still rippled.

When Zhu Changluo learned that Zhong Huamin was about to set out to the disaster area in Henan, Zhu Changluo specially asked Emperor Wanli to personally send the Zhong Huamin, who "traveled through the eight prefectures and asked about his elders about his sufferings and was exhausted and officials."

After Zhu Changluo saw Zhong Huamin who was not tall but tall, Zhu Changluo bowed deeply to Zhong Huamin and said, "The road to this day is difficult, so I will help the people of Henan to work hard. I am here to thank Zhong Jingshi Zhong for taking care of his health. I hope that Zhong Jingshi will take care of himself and do not work hard to harm his body."

Zhong Huamin, who had only brought six people on the road, was already in fear when he saw the Crown Prince coming in person. Unexpectedly, the Crown Prince even bowed deeply to him, which moved Zhong Huamin very much.

After hearing Zhu Changluo's words, Zhong Huamin was moved and burst into tears. He knelt heavily on the ground and kowtowed heavily in the direction of the palace, then stood up and fisted and said, "Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to the holy grace when I go to Henan and save thousands of people from water and fire."

Then, Zhong Huamin knelt heavily at Zhu Changluo, "I dare not be the crown prince and bow to him."

Zhu Changluo quickly stepped forward and helped Zhong Huamin up and said, "Censor Zhong deserves a prayer from this palace. 40 million victims in Henan are waiting for Censor Zhong to save him. Censor Zhong's trip is no less than the ancient gods who restore the sky. This prayer from this palace is worshipping for 40 million victims, so Censor Zhong doesn't have to be rude, you deserve it!"

Zhong Huamin was moved and tears couldn't stop flowing. He really didn't expect that the emperor and the prince would value the people of the world so much. This made Zhong Huamin feel that the burden on his body was a little heavier.

Zhong Huamin said: "I will do my best to provide relief to the emperor and the court to the disaster victims, and live up to the trust of the emperor and the crown prince."

Zhu Changluo said: "Chief Zhong, this trip will definitely be difficult and dangerous. I was born in the deep palace and had no director of Chief Zhong. The only one who can help Chief Zhong now is the only food stored in Xishan Imperial Village that has saved over the years. After Chief Zhong was on the way, I sent a grain transport team from Xishan Imperial Village to deliver food to Chief Zhong to help Chief Zhong. This is also a little effort that the palace can do."

When Zhong Huamin heard that Zhu Changluo wanted to take out the stored grain from Xishan Huangzhuang and go to the disaster area in Henan with him, Zhong Huamin was even more touched for a moment and couldn't describe it.

Zhong Huamin finally had to bow deeply to Zhu Changluo: "I will definitely live up to my mission!"

Zhu Changluo looked at Zhong Huamin and said, "Take good care of your health. This time I will arrange a helper for you. I will send a letter to Liu Wenzhen, a former imperial physician in Qizhou, Hubei, and ask him to set off from Hubei to Henan to help you together. In this way, the epidemic will be alleviated after the disaster."

Zhong Huamin was even more excited when he heard that Zhu Changluo arranged another imperial physician to help him. This was a timely help! The disaster area needed such a doctor with excellent medical skills. With a doctor with excellent medical skills, many people would definitely die in the disaster area.

Zhong Huamin bowed to Zhu Changluo again: "I thank His Highness the Prince for the people in the disaster area."
Chapter completed!