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Chapter 155 Severe Disaster
Therefore, Li Jingsheng paid special attention to Zhu Yunyan's instructions, and climbed up the dam every day to check the flood situation.At the same time, we worked together with Xu Huaimin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to minimize the number of people affected by the disaster.

However, the natural disasters that should come will not be changed because of these preparations.

When this heavy rain, which has never been experienced since the beginning of the Chu and Qin Dynasties, lasted until No. 15, most of the streets in Xiyang City were covered with half a foot of rainwater, and many people had already evacuated to higher ground.

Not only did people have problems with housing, but what was even more terrible was that many people in Xiyang City had run out of food, and the people in the city were living in unspeakable misery.

The price of grain at the grain shop in the city has been rising again and again. Although the household department issued an official document in time to stabilize the price, the price of grain has always remained high under the circumstances of more people and less rice.

The situation outside the city is worse than that inside the city.

Although the Ministry of Industry has been consolidating the flood control dams during this period, the dredging of silted rivers and the expansion of urban and rural roads have prevented the roads from outside the city to the city from being washed away by rain, which has indeed relieved some of the disaster-stricken villages outside the city. Besieged, can only wait to die.

However, the influx of a large number of victims made Xiyang City even more stressed than usual.

Fortunately, as soon as the disaster happened, Shen Youxia led the people from Prince Rui's Mansion and Dingguohou's Mansion to set up soup kitchens in various parts of the city, and at the same time sent out doctors from the mansion and shop to provide free food for the people in the important nodes of the city. see a doctor.

At the same time, Zhu Yunyan was busy outside Xiyang City with the guards and household staff.

Enter the disaster-stricken villages, rescue the besieged victims, clear the roads, maintain order, give porridge to the victims, rectify the order of the victims, and avoid looting.Zhu Yunyan also transferred some imperial physicians from the imperial hospital to see the victims directly outside the city.This relieved the anxiety of the victims to a large extent, and avoided the occurrence of events such as the victims wanting to rush into the city, smashing, looting and burning.

After Prince Rui's Mansion and Dingguohou's Mansion took the lead, there were finally some families in Xiyang City who could not bear to look down on those who had accumulated good deeds, and they also joined the ranks of donating clothes and porridge.

This incident shocked everyone in Xiyang City.Even above the court, many officials specifically raised this matter to the emperor.

If such an unprecedented torrential rain is not handled properly and the response is slow, the impact and damage caused cannot be measured in silver.After listening to Doctor Yu Shi's impassioned praise to Prince Rui and Princess Rui, the emperor expressed his praise to Prince Rui in front of the civil and military officials of the court.

If Prince Rui did this, then the other princes and grandchildren would not be able to watch; if the royal family did this, the prominent families would not be able to watch.

Therefore, the imperial court and the government began to open granaries one after another to release grain, and the disaster-stricken places all over the country also provided porridge and clothing, which greatly eased the disaster situation across the country.

At the same time, the reputation and good deeds of Prince Rui's Mansion spread throughout Xiyang City.

And this kind of publicity is different from Zhu Yunyan's illustrious military achievements in the past, and the emperor will easily be jealous of his high achievements.

However, this kind of publicity is very popular with the emperor, because it shows that under his rule, some people are willing to spend their wealth to help alleviate the disasters caused by natural disasters, and the princes are willing to let go of their prejudices and help the victims.

(End of this chapter)