In the Palace of Qianqing, there was only the sound of Zhu Yuanzhang stepping on Zhongyuan Kanyu and moving his footsteps.
Zhu Yunxi and the prince's father sat aside, and they looked up from time to time to look at the old man hovering above Kanyu.
During this period, Zhu Yunxi cast a dull glance at Sun Gou'er, who was waiting on the side.
The dog slave immediately lowered his head.
Obviously, the old man knew everything he should know and shouldn't know.
Zhu Yunxi and the prince's father looked at each other, straightened their backs and looked at the old man: "Master..."
"My grandson."
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly called out.
Zhu Yunxi blinked and saw that the old man had turned around and stared at him.
He quickly stood up and said, "My grandson is here."
"Millions of people are trapped in the water. My family has to bear the responsibility to maintain the country. We must not take it lightly."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his grandson, the great grandson, who was growing up as vigorously as the Ming Dynasty, with sincere eyes and solemnity in his eyes.
He walked to Zhili Road and pointed to Fengyang, the ancestral land of Longxing in the Ming Dynasty and the central capital.
Then it went north along the mountains and rivers, crossing Xuzhou, passing Xuzhou, and even Guide and Kaifeng.
"The land of our ancestors must not be abandoned. However, our Ming Dynasty has millions of living people, but they are in dire straits."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, raised his head and looked at the sky of the hall.
Youyou said: "Ah... my ancestors forgive me, future generations can only protect the present person first, and then kneel down and confess their sins in the ancestral mausoleum."
Zhu Biao stood up from behind, walked to his son, and gently patted Zhu Yunxi on the shoulder.
Afterwards, the father and son knelt on the ground.
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was solemn and bleak: "My grandson, please go to Kaifeng Mansion. This year, we are going to patrol the west. Now there are heavy floods. This is God's warning, so go and see in advance. Save millions of people from the fire and water." , give the emperor an order to drive away evil spirits."
Zhu Biao's eyes moved slightly, and he lowered his head and said, "Praying for blessings for the Imperial Examination will be held soon... Moreover, the daughter of Taisun Mansion is currently expecting to give birth. My son, I can..."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes darkened: "Praying for the emperor's examination is also praying for the Ming Dynasty. Boss, please explain in detail. Only when the world is peaceful can the descendants of Taisun's Mansion be at peace. In ancient times, Dayu controlled floods and passed through the house three times without entering. Today I The great grandson of the Ming Dynasty went to the west to provide relief, but he is only a year old. Millions of subjects are all tied to my family. It is time for the great grandson to supervise the country."
Zhu Biao stopped talking. He knew very well that the reason why the old man chose the emperor's grandson to patrol the west was because of what happened during his western patrol. In order to prevent another accident, he was detained in Yingtian City.
The old man absolutely does not want to experience what happened two years ago again.
Zhu Yunxi knelt on the ground, clasped his hands in his fists, and said in a deep voice: "My grandson obeyed the order and will never let the people of the six prefectures change their plans again. After the court has decided on a countermeasure, my grandson will lead people to Kaifeng Mansion to take charge."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, walked from the Kanyu to his eldest son and his grandson, squatted down and stretched out his hands to support them.
"Get up, everyone, get up."
When the two stood up, Zhu Yuanzhang reached out and patted Zhu Yunxi on the shoulder: "Everything must be stable. There are floods in the Six Prefectures. I am afraid of chaos. You should put your own safety first."
After a major disaster, anything may happen in the local area, and no one can predict what kind of situation they may face.
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Even though Zhu Yuanzhang had a plan in mind, he still showed concern.
Zhu Yunxi smiled: "My grandson knows that this trip will not worry grandpa and father."
Zhu Yuanzhang, however, thought for a while before speaking: "In addition to the accompanying Jin Yiwei, we will also take Yulin Zuowei with us. Bring all the officials in the court who can be used."
In order to ensure that everything was safe for his eldest grandson when he went to Kaifeng Mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang directly took out Yiwei Yulin and opened the court to use it at will.
Zhu Yunxi nodded and comforted softly: "Grandpa, don't worry, my grandson will definitely deal with the disaster caused by the levee breach in Liufu."
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"The imperial court must handle the affairs of the Six Prefectures steadily and properly."
Zhu Yunxi, who rushed back to Wenyuan Pavilion from the Palace of Qianqing, faced the courtiers who had been discussing for a while and shouted in a deep voice.
Zhai Shan, the official minister, stood up first and glanced at the calm-faced emperor's grandson. He was a little unsure about what he had said and what conclusions he had reached when he went to see your majesty and the prince.
Zhai Shan said cautiously: "Back to Your Highness, I have just had some preliminary discussions, but now I am still a little unsure, and I need Your Highness to make a decision."
Zhu Yunxi's eyelids sank and he nodded slightly: "Tell me about it."
Zhai Shan cupped his hands, looked back at the colleagues around him, and then said: "I believe that the first priority for the disaster in the Six Prefectures is to transport food. Spring has just begun, and the people's homes may not have much leftover food. , the most important thing for the court now is to keep the people from going hungry, so as to prevent some bad things from happening."
Zhai Shan answered carefully word for word, so as to avoid arguments in the court.
It is as if the imperial court is now trying to keep the people from going hungry, rather than making the people full. There is a huge difference between the two.
It can ensure that the people are not hungry, and the court can calmly transport food. But if every common person can have a full stomach, the Ministry of Household Affairs will be the first to refuse to agree.
Zhu Yunxi said softly: "Didn't the Ministry of Revenue already say that 300,000 dans of grain can be sent from Yingtian today. Within ten days, another 500,000 dans of grain can be sent to the disaster area."
Zhai Shan nodded: "That's the truth. Even if the imperial court does not pay salary this year, the ministers can still send the eight hundred thousand tons of grain to the six prefectures. But if it goes further, it will occupy other areas of the imperial court. The money has been spent. This year, the imperial court has sent troops to Liaodong and Peiping. A few days ago, Duke Liang also sent a memorial. The Duke wants to lead troops to visit his hometown in Anxi to test and test, and the imperial court will take it into consideration. "
Zhu Yunxi waved his sleeves and looked at Yu Xin: "In addition to the current 800,000 dans of grain, how much more can the Ministry of Household Affairs provide to deal with the disaster in Liufu?"
"Two hundred thousand loads."
Yu Xin stood up and reported a number, his face a little nervous.
"One million dans..." Zhu Yunxi tapped his fingers lightly on the armrest, and glanced at the dozen or so ministers in front of him. A smile suddenly appeared on his face: "The imperial court can provide one million dans of grain." , I will give you enough to the Six Prefectures, I will not cause you any trouble again."
Hearing this, Yu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhai Shan said again: "Your Highness, I believe that the blame for the collapse of Lankao County lies entirely with the county magistrate Cao Zhisheng. This person did not check the river course, and blew up the embankment without warning, which aggravated the flood. The blame cannot be escaped. The officials thought that he should be arrested This criminal will return to Beijing to question his crime."
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Zhu Yunxi looked at Zhai Shan blankly: "I have been ordered to go to Kaifeng with Jin Yiwei and Yulin Zuowei to receive the emperor's order. Regarding the disaster in the six prefectures, we will respond to the subjects first, and we will discuss it later when I arrive in Kaifeng."
As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of noise in Wenyuan Pavilion.
Zhu Gaochi carefully moved his steps to close the distance with his brother.
Then, he asked in a low voice: "You want to patrol the west in advance and take troops and horses to sit in Kaifeng?"
Zhu Yunxi nodded, then stood up and looked at everyone: "Everyone, we will set off tomorrow. If there is anything else to discuss, you might as well come up with it and discuss it together."
Wang Jun, Minister of Industry, stood up.
"Your Majesty, the most important thing left for food transportation is to recruit corvees, dredge the silted rivers in the six prefectures, and block the two exits of the Taihang Dike in Lankao County. I believe that the corvee collection cannot be less than 300,000 , otherwise there is no hope of spring plowing and summer taxation in the six prefectures, and even autumn crops may be delayed."
"Do you have any regulations? Where will these 300,000 corvees be collected from? How will the imperial court arrange the corvees?"
Zhu Yunxi looked at Wang Jun calmly with dark eyes.
The collection of corvee services has always been the most life-threatening matter.
It seems that Chen Sheng originally took the corvee expedition of the former Qin Dynasty, and then encountered heavy rain and then revolted.
Wang Jun did not notice the slightest change in Zhu Yunxi. Instead, he followed what everyone had discussed in Wenyuan Pavilion and said, "I thought that we should conquer Henan Road."
Guangzhou Prefecture, Runing Prefecture, Nanyang Prefecture, Ruzhou Prefecture, Henan Prefecture, Huaiqing Prefecture, and Weihui Prefecture each have 30,000 people, and then transfer 30,000 people each to Yanzhou Prefecture and Dongchang Prefecture of Shandong Province, supplementing the 30,000 people from Huai'an Prefecture in Zhili Province. Ten thousand people is enough. "
"Each prefecture provides half of the people's rations, and the people bring half of their own rations, which are sent to the six prefectures and are under the control of the six prefectures and counties. Before six months, the local rivers are dredged, floods and siltation are cleared, and the occurrence of epidemics is prevented. After six months, everyone returns to their original places. Don’t delay this summer’s plowing.”
Zhu Yunxi stared at Wang Jun blankly and shook his head slightly: "This article is rejected."
Wang Jun's expression changed slightly.
Zhu Yunxi had already continued: "Requisitioning 300,000 people will cost the court and the people countless more money and food, and delay the summer harvest of the ten prefectures. The disaster in the six prefectures this time must be contained within the six prefectures."
Zhai Shan spoke again at this time and whispered: "Your Highness, if this is the case, the aftermath of the disaster in the Six Prefectures will probably last until the end of the year."
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly: "Since the Ministry of Works is preparing to recruit 300,000 people to help the six prefectures, the imperial court will pay ordinary rations. Then the Ministry of Household Affairs must have agreed to this ration."
Yu Xin didn't know why his grandson asked such a question. He glanced at Wang Jun, who had been rejected, and replied in a low voice: "Your Highness, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry have jointly agreed to provide another 200,000 dans of grain for use. levy corvee service.”
"Then the household department will also give these two hundred thousand dans of grain to the orphans."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes flickered: "Since the matter happened in the Six Prefectures, in order to prevent the people of the Six Prefectures from changing, the imperial court recruited corvees at the site of the Six Prefectures, paid full rations, and ordered the people to serve in various places to clean up the rivers and block the breaches."
He is trying to do a work-for-relief approach.
Moreover, this method is not new, it has been used in many dynasties.
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Pre-Qin Dynasty "Hongyan": The son of Yuan built hundreds of blocks.
Yanzi also recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period: Jinggong was hungry at the time, and Yanzi asked him to provide grain for the people, but the prince refused, so he used it as a sleeping platform on the road. Yanzi ordered the officials to pay attention to his lease, stay away from the signs, slow down the sun, and not follow. In three years, the platform was completed and the people were revitalized. Therefore, it is said that if you travel, the people will have enough food. The gentleman said: "In terms of government, Yan Zi only wants to distribute millet to the people. If it cannot be obtained, he will depend on things and rely on government."
This is the earliest recorded record of work-for-relief.
It is said that when a disaster occurred, Yan Zi planned to directly distribute food to help the people, but Duke Jing of Qi State did not agree with Yan Zi's plan. Therefore, Yanzi recruited these victims to build terraces, and the state of Qi paid them grain. This solved the problem of the hungry victims.
Another example is recorded in the Han Dynasty, Jia Rang's proposal to the court: If you spend a few years to control the river, use the people who follow the industry to follow the ancient sage's law, determine the position of the mountains and rivers, and let the gods and men be in their own places. No**.
There are records of work-for-relief efforts everywhere.
This made Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but think of later generations. A certain group of people who may have read history but ignored it, or maybe haven't read a few books, would praise a certain politician on the other side of the ocean every time they encountered trouble. method.
Zhu Yunxi just said the eight words in "Hongyan", and Wang Jun silently lowered his head and sat back down.
At this time, Zhu Yunxi looked at the crowd again and saw that these people no longer had any objections, so he changed his mouth and said, "Since you have no further objections, let me talk about it."
Everyone raised their chests and raised their heads slightly, as if they were all ears.
Zhu Yunxi said: "The six prefectures are the cultural land of our Central Plains, so we should not wait too long. The court pays for food, and the people go to work to receive food. This is the trend. However, in years of great disasters, villains have always caused trouble and diseases have threatened us.
Tomorrow I will go to Kaifeng to supervise the affairs, and I will order the imperial hospital to dispatch 300 imperial physicians, doctors, and apprentices to accompany Kaifeng Mansion. From the Ministry of Works, those who will be responsible for supervising the good water will follow them; from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Punishments, and the Dali Temple will each send those who are responsible for examinations of meritorious service, and those who will be responsible for the punishment of officials.
He was ordered to leave Beijing in the winter to help the soldiers and soldiers of Beijing due to the snowy conditions on the north bank of the Yangtze River. He mobilized 30,000 troops and horses to assemble in Taikang County, Chenzhou Prefecture. He ordered the Henan Dao Du Si Yu Ma to rectify the army and horses of the Henan Dao Du Si's garrison. "
Earlier, Zhu Yunxi wanted to use the imperial hospital, the Ministry of Industry, the generals as supervisors, the Ministry of Personnel and the three departments of law. Everyone can understand the purpose.
But in the end, Zhu Yunxi actually wanted to use the Beijing army that had been scheduled to return to Yingtian one after another, transferred 30,000 troops to Taikang County, and asked Yu Ma, who had just been promoted from Yu Linwei to Henan Dusi this year, to rectify the Henan Dao army.
This made everyone slightly stunned.
Afterwards, Zhai Shan and others couldn't help but think of His Highness the Emperor's behavior in the past two years whenever the country encountered trouble.
Your Highness wants to use the knife!
For a moment, everyone's minds were tense.
Zhu Gaochi, who was standing aside, blinked and tried hard to recall what his brother had just said.
After thinking about it several times, Xiaopang finally confirmed that he was not among the accompanying people this time, and couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
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"I won't take you out to Lida this time."
Zhu Yunxi put his hands in his sleeves, and after coming out of Wenyuan Pavilion, he shouted at the person beside him.
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Zhu Gaochi raised his head, looked at the Meridian Gate in front, and curled his lips.
This guy is the best at deceiving people in the entire clan.
It was obvious that he was going to Kaifeng Mansion to provide relief for the disaster, but when it came to his mouth, it became that he was going out for a walk.
Zhu Gaochi tilted his head and looked at Zhu Yunxi: "What do you have to explain?"
Zhu Yunxi turned his head and looked at Xiaopang with a frown: "Why do you feel something is wrong with what you said?"
Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment, and they all said quietly: "No~"
snort!
Zhu Yunxi hummed twice: "You stay in Beijing, the tax office is the top priority this year. I am in Henan and will probably stay for a long time. This time is both a disaster and an opportunity. Just wait for my letter and be ready to respond." The old man from the tax office here in Tianfu."
Zhu Gaochi immediately stopped and said, "You want to take advantage of the flood in Liufu to promote the integration of the tax office and the second uncle into the family, and the integration of officials and gentry?"
Zhu Yunxi nodded.
Then he opened his arms and drew a circle in front of him.
"The Ming Dynasty is like a pond. How deep do you think this pond is?"
"The water in the upper layer of the pond is clear and you can see swimming fish. The government and the public, inside and outside, will say that the officials will govern the Qingming Festival and the country will be peaceful. But under the clear water in the upper layer, there is still turbid water, and under the turbid water there is silt, and walking shrimps and old turtles lurk in the silt. middle."
Zhu Gaochi frowned and responded in a slow voice: "If the water is clear, the upper water can be seen at the bottom of the pond. Now the flood in Liufu has muddied the water in the pond, and you can catch fish in muddy water."
"That's the truth." Zhu Yunxi nodded and smiled: "The world can never be crystal clear, but we have to ensure that the silt at the bottom of the pond can be dug out a little from time to time, which will also enrich the fields beside the pond, right? "
Zhu Gaochi showed a thoughtful expression.
He felt that Zhu Yunxi's use of a pond to compare the Ming Dynasty was a very appropriate metaphor.
People are like water, and the female cadre Ni Xiaoxiao will always hide herself in the deepest and deepest place.
In the countryside, ponds are desilted every winter so that they can hold more rainwater and nourish the surrounding fields next year. This is especially true when the imperial court governs the world.
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The next morning.
Before dawn, the ground was flat and dark, and candles were already lighting up in Taisun's Mansion beside the Jiuqu Qingxi River outside Xi'an Gate.
Hundreds of guards from Taisun's Mansion, as well as a thousand Jinyi Guards from Nanzhen Fusiti Cavalry, have already lined up outside the gate of the Mansion.
Another 5,200 Yulin Left Guards troops and horses have boarded a boat at Longwan Wharf outside Xicheng City to cross the river, disembarked in Jiangpu County, and took the land route via Chuzhou, Fengyang, and Chenzhou to Chenliu County in Kaifeng Prefecture, controlling Lankao in the east and Lankao in the west. Coming to Kaifeng.
There was a sound of footsteps in Taisun's Mansion.
Entered the front door and arrived in front of the front yard.
Zhu Yunxi had already put on a light suit and was surrounded by people from the house.
In the middle of the crowd, to the left and right of Zhu Yunxi were the concubine Tang Queqing and the concubine Mu Caiyun, who were already showing signs of pregnancy.
The two of them joined hands, one on the left and the other on the right, to accompany Zhu Yunxi out.
"Your Highness, when you go here, you must take your time to do things, take care of yourself, and do everything steadily. It's okay to come back slower, but
It's not too late. When there is a new baby in the house, the whole family will always have a reunion dinner together. "
Tang Queqing muttered in a low voice.
Mu Caiyun was on the other side, with his head lowered and holding two peace charms and sachets in his hands, which were strung on Zhu Yunxi's belt.
She never spoke, but her face lowered, a little nervous and worried.
Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand to pat Mu Caiyun's head, and stroked the concubine's gradually bulging belly with his palms, with a smile on his face: "It's not like we are going to fight, we are just going to rescue the victims. I can always come back within the year."
A group of people finally walked out of the house.
The guards and imperial guards who had been arrayed outside for a long time immediately stamped their feet and looked silently at the emperor's grandson who was standing in front of the mansion.
now.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi, on the other hand, looked sideways at Shenlie Mountain to the east.
Finally, a gleam of light rose in the sky.
Another early morning dawned in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu.
The sunlight at dawn rises from the east and slowly spreads on the ground, tilting people's shadows.
"gone."
Zhu Yunxi got on his horse and said something to the crowd in front of the mansion.
Then he raised his whip lightly.
The team of more than a thousand people slowly moved.
Under the mist and dim light of dawn, we drove forward.
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