Suddenly, autumn rain also swept across the capital.
The sound of falling rain hit the bluestone slabs, and the gaps between the slabs turned into a gurgling stream. When it hit the garden, the delicate petals became dilapidated. The rain was also windy, and the scattered petals had no time to display their final beauty, so they were blown away by the rain.
Blows away and turns into running water.
One autumn rain and another cold, the biting ice is bone-chilling.
In the Fengtian Palace, the palace officials added several charcoal pots and hung curtains at the door to protect them from wind and rain. Everyone moved gently, even timidly, for fear of offending the ministers who were summoning them.
His Majesty and the Emperor’s Grandson.
Since the beginning of autumn, there have been heavy rains in Henan for several days. In Gong County, there have been continuous rains in June. In Lushan, black clouds cover the sky and it pours rain. In Huaiyang, there are strong winds and rains in the middle of the month, and there is no hope of pulling out trees. In northern Henan, it is the beginning of summer rains.
July doesn't stop with heavy rains, and none of the 39 counties in Henan Province has no rain!
While boating in the city, the seedlings outside the city were submerged. If that was all, the Pianma Ferry suddenly burst its banks near Zheng County, and the water from the Yellow River poured in, wreaking havoc for thousands of miles. Kaifeng, Zhoukou, Xuchang and other places were completely reduced to floods
land.
If the bursting of the embankments cannot be controlled and it is the rainy season, Anhui and Jiangsu will also be in danger. More than 60 counties along the line, half of the country will...
Fu Youwen, the Minister of Household Affairs, who was reporting the disaster to Zhu Yunxi, suddenly choked up and cried, "If this is the case, the accumulation of the 30 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed in one day. Now in Henan, hundreds of thousands of victims are displaced and waiting for food!"
Henan, Henan again.
Zhu Yunxi listened to the courtiers' memorials and read the memorials delivered by the horse. From the words of the local officials, he could feel the heartbreaking pain.
Henan has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It has thousands of miles of fertile land in the Central Plains and is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.
However, it is full of disasters!
Take Kaifeng as an example. Kaifeng is known as a city with many cities hidden underground. Under the current city are Bianjing City of Jin Dynasty, Tokyo City of Song Dynasty, Bianzhou City of Tang Dynasty and Daliang City of Wei Dynasty. These cities were not destroyed by war, but
Destroyed by natural disasters and man-made disasters.
The words on the memorial were spoken in the mouths of the ministers, and every word was stained with blood.
The scene of the bursting of the Fuhe River in Jiangxi is still vivid in my mind, and the Yellow River is several times worse than the Fuhe River. Imagine how many people were soaking in the cold and bitter water this time in the cold wind and rain, desperate and helpless. How many families were broken up, and how many families were broken up.
Separation of human flesh and blood.
Once the flood passed, the hard work of generations was turned into ruins. Countless people died, and diseases became rampant and lasted for several years.
Suddenly, Zhu Yunxi thought of a movie he had seen before, 1942!
That vivid and chilling picture, the frightening image, is full of the blood and tears of Henan people, and even more of the blood and tears of the Chinese people.
We always say that man can conquer nature! History always praises that after fighting against nature, the Chinese people rebuilt the Central Plains. But only by being there, can we feel how helpless the people were at this time.
The heavens will not respond, the earth will not respond!
During the Yuan Dynasty of the previous dynasty, the Yellow River breached a total of more than 80 times. The dynasty was only thirty years old, and it breached several times again!
The old man stood up with his hands on his knees, walked to the door of the palace, and looked at the autumn rain outside. There was a trace of resentment in his old eyes, and the resentment seemed to pass through the dark clouds and reach to the sky.
We already had people regulating the river at the beginning of the year, so why did we start to break the dike? The old man asked in a low voice, are the millions of people in the Central Plains not the people of heaven? Just a few years of peace, why do we have to suffer such a disaster again? What do you want to say?
It's so sad, so many people have been buried in the water, and so many fields have lost their harvest. In the year of the disaster, the people sold their sons and daughters, and even exchanged their children for food, and the plague was rampant. God, you are trying to force people to death.
ah!
Seeing the old man like this, all the ministers remained silent, except for the clear tears that fell silently.
We have been repairing the river every year and taking precautions every year, but we still haven’t taken precautions! The old man sighed.
Zhu Yunxi walked down the imperial steps and helped the old man sit down. Grandpa Huang, since ancient times, the Yellow River has burst every two years, reversed its flow every ten years, and changed its course every hundred years. Who could have predicted such natural disasters! After saying that, he also sighed, King Zhou also
Fortunately, the city of Kaifeng has not been directly flooded. He is organizing officials, garrison and civilians to strengthen the city wall to ensure the safety of Kaifeng!
What's the use of keeping a place safe? The old man rubbed his head, he realized that the breach of the embankment was uneven, and the three provinces of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu could not be protected! Then, the old man asked again, how big was the breach of the Yellow River?
It was thirty feet at first, but by the time the memorial was sent, it had become three hundred feet wide. The mighty river water rushed towards the sky and covered the sun, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to break apart. No one could do it! Fu Youwen said in tears.
At this time, the Yellow River was originally an above-ground river. It was higher than the cities along the coast, and the tragic scene was evident from its condescending breach.
The top priority is the people of Henan! Zhu Yunxi said, the water will always slow down, but if the people are not properly settled, it will be easy for them to starve to death. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people must be taken care of and managed.
Not only do we need to take care of their lives, we also need to prevent diseases after the flood, and we also need to prevent hungry people from being deceived and gathering in crowds during disaster years!
In disaster years, more than just people die. If it is not handled properly, half of the Ming Dynasty will be in turmoil.
Your Majesty, please issue an order, and I will allocate money and food immediately! The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue said to the old man.
When the Ministry of Household Affairs sent money and food, it was too late! Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth, it was a thousand miles away, and if there was a flood in the Yellow River, it would not be able to send it across! After saying that, he thought for a moment, then continued to speak, opened the official warehouse in Luoyang, and let the local officials first
Relieve the people.
Fu Youwen looked at Zhu Yunxi, gritted his teeth and said, Your Highness, there is not much food left in Luoyang!
Where's the food? Zhu Yunxi said angrily.
In the twenty-sixth year, the Luoyang magistrate and the storekeeper took embezzlement, colluded with grain merchants, and resold nearly half of the grain in the warehouse!
Zhu Yunxi knew this. Such a major case occurred not long after he came to this world. At that time, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Jiang Yu, handled it personally. In Henan, there were many corrupt officials.
The rest! Fu Youwen looked at Zhu Yunxi and lowered his hands and said, the rations used by His Highness to conquer Goryeo and more than 100,000 civilians with an army of 200,000 and more than 100,000 civilians were all official grain from Henan and Shandong. He originally planned to make up for it with this autumn harvest, but now...
....
Zhu Yunxi's head buzzed and he sat slumped on the throne.
In the face of disaster, his so-called illustrious martial arts skills were simply not worth mentioning, and even a bit... gnashing of teeth.
No wonder the old man, a battle-experienced emperor, did not agree with his conquest of Goryeo at the beginning. War was never a private matter of the king, but a matter of the whole world and all the people. Moreover, when disaster strikes, it is the people who sacrifice.
At this moment, Zhu Yunxi really wanted to slap himself twice.
Then use the food in the army warehouse! Zhu Yunxi gritted his teeth and said, the food from Hubei, Shandong and Hebei should be quickly transferred to Henan. Then he sent an order to the Chief Secretary of Goryeo and Fu Youde to quickly transfer the food from Goryeo and go to Shandong by sea!
In addition, those who control food prices and raise prices without mercy will be killed without mercy!
Send a message to various local officials, and you can borrow grain from wealthy gentry families!
Do extraordinary things in extraordinary times, and be sure to protect the people.
Food is not in vain. After the old and weak people are resettled, the young and strong are recruited to dredge rivers or build somewhere else, and use work as relief!
Your Highness, there is another place with food!
Suddenly, a voice sounded from the corner of the hall.
Zhu Yunxi looked around and saw that the person speaking was none other than the emperor's grandson, Zhu Gaochi.
Where? Zhu Yunxi asked.
Peiping! Zhu Gaochi said loudly in the astonished eyes of the second and third eldest son of his family, the big warehouse in Peiping is full every year, and there is enough food in the warehouse to feed 100,000 people for three years!
Boss, you are crazy! Zhu Gaoxu winked hard.
But Zhu Gaochi turned a blind eye and continued to say that since his father became a vassal, Beiping has been supplied with grain and grass from Henan and Hebei for many years. Now that there is a disaster in Henan, it is the time for Beiping to feed the people of the Central Plains.
Moreover, there are thousands of hectares of fertile farmland in Beiping, not counting military camps, and the autumn harvest is imminent, which can ensure that Beiping will not have any worries about food shortages!
Zhu Yunxi stood up and looked at the little fat man. He had a public heart for the country and was the most loyal among the princes and grandsons of Prince Yan!
The prince of Jin and the eldest son of King Qin also stood up and said, Your Highness, I and other ministers also have food in their father's army warehouse, which can be transferred to Henan!
Zhu Youdun, the crown prince of Zhou Dynasty, also said loudly, "I was in the fiefdom and inspected the warehouse in Kaifeng. Over the years, there were countless grains in the Zhou vassal fiefdom. I ignored His Highness's order and opened the warehouse to release grain!"
Good! Zhu Yunxi was moved and said loudly, if one side is in trouble, support from all sides, only then can we become the pillar of the country!
It should be noted that the warehouses mentioned by these princes, emperors and grandsons are their family's private warehouses.
Good! The old man also praised, looking at his grandchildren, if there are difficulties in the Central Plains, our Zhu family and the people of the world will bear them together!