The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 411 Floods
After Jia Ke sent off the Xiaoqi Camp, she returned to her normal life, arguing with the emperor every day in the military plane.

What Jia Ke is most worried about now is the drought in Shaanxi. During this period of time, news has been coming in continuously. So far, there is still no rainfall in Shaanxi.

This made Jia Ke very scared, in case something unexpected happened.After all, once the drought hits, the development will be severe, and the surrounding provinces of Shaanxi may not be spared.

Fortunately, Jia Ke's worries were unfounded. News came from several provinces around Shaanxi soon. Although the rainfall this year was less than in previous years, it would not cause disasters.

This time, not only Jia Ke felt lucky, but even the emperor breathed a sigh of relief.During this period of time, he was under the greatest pressure. Although he had prepared some food and grass, if a large-scale drought occurred, the things he had prepared would be a drop in the bucket.

It was June in a flash, and Jia Ke arrived at the military plane early as usual.

As soon as Jia Ke entered the military plane, he saw Liu Yu, and he was the first to arrive at the military plane as usual.

"Lord Liu, it's really early. You are the most diligent among us." Jia Ke complimented Liu Yu and sat down in his seat.

"Your Majesty Jia praised you absurdly. We are all loyal to the emperor and contribute to the imperial court. We should be dedicated to our duties." Liu Yu, you didn't take Jia Ke's ridicule to heart.

After a while, all the military ministers arrived, and then the four military ministers reviewed the memorials from various provinces, and then sent the reviewed memorials to Jia Ke for him to go through them for the last time.Only when Jia Ke agreed to these memorials could they be sent to the emperor for final instructions.

I was working all morning and was about to end.Suddenly, a young eunuch ran outside, and he came directly to Jia Ke and said, "Master Jia, someone sent an urgent memorial for [-] miles outside. I don't know if Master Jia has seen it or not."

As soon as Jia Ke heard this, she immediately stood up from her seat.He said to the eunuch, "Lead the way ahead, I'll go and see what's going on in person."

Apart from Jia Ke, everyone else in the Military Aircraft Department also heard the news.They all stood up together and followed Jia Ke out of the military plane.

These five people came together, at the gate of Miyagi, there was a soldier in ragged clothes standing at the gate with a dusty face.

Jia Ke quickly ran two steps forward, came to the soldier and asked, "Are you sending the urgent documents for eight hundred miles?"

The soldier glanced at Jia Ke, seeing that he was only in his 20s, and he didn't know how old an officer he was, so he didn't dare to answer.

The little eunuch next to him hurriedly introduced: "This is the head minister of the Military Aircraft Department, Mr. Jia Kejia, Marquis of Wuyang. If you have anything to do, report to him immediately."

After hearing this, the soldier quickly fell to his knees and took out an urgent document from his arms.Both hands once said to Jia Ke: "Heavy rains have been falling in Huaihe River and Huaihe River, and the Huaihe River has flooded. Many counties and counties have been flooded. I was ordered by the governor of Anhui to send [-] miles to the imperial court for emergency."

Jia Ke looked carefully at the seal on the letter in his hand, although the letter was already somewhat dirty.But the sealing mud on it was intact.

Jia Ke took the letter and walked to the military plane. As for the soldier who delivered the letter, he was naturally taken care of.On the way back to the military plane, Jia Ke and the others felt chills in their hearts.

The drought in Shaanxi is not over yet, and heavy rains occurred in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River again, causing the river to flood.Why are there so many disasters this year?
On the way back to the Military Aircraft Department, Jia Ke remembered Fan Kang's words again.It seems that Fan Kang was right. This year's Huaihe River is not so easy to clean up. The emperor's internal treasury is going to bleed a lot this time.

When everyone returned to the military plane, Jia Ke immediately opened the document, and Liu Yu, who was next to him, also came over to watch it with Jia Ke.

These two are now the heads of the Military Aircraft Division, so it goes without saying that Jia Ke is a legitimate military aircraft leader.Liu Yu was fighting Jia Ke at the military plane on behalf of the emperor.Therefore, even the emperor could not refute what the two of them decided.

Jia Ke opened his mind and looked carefully, and saw that it read: On May 26th, it rained continuously near the Huaihe River, and it didn't stop until May [-]th.The Huaihe River swelled sharply, and the governor of Anhui led migrant workers to lift it up the river in person, which ensured that the river did not overflow the embankment.On May [-], there was another heavy rain on both sides of the Huaihe River. The heavy rain fell for ten days in a row, and the river broke down the embankments. This was [-] prefectures, and millions of people were affected.Ask the imperial court to bundle food and grass, otherwise it will lead to catastrophe.

Jia Ke gasped when he saw this. According to this policy, almost half of the counties in Anhui were flooded.

And Liu Yu next to him felt his legs trembling now, because he knew that the court didn't have so much food to relieve the people in Lianghuai.

After Jia Ke read it, he sent the eight-hundred-mile urgent document to several other ministers of military affairs for them to read it one by one.

Several other people were also terrified when they saw it. Such a big flood only happened in the last years of the previous dynasty.

At that time, the previous dynasty was also unable to provide disaster relief, so the victims rose up, and the world was in chaos.Only then did the emperor Taizu of this dynasty have the opportunity to seize the world in one fell swoop in Jinling.Could it be that the world is going to be in chaos again?
Jia Ke pondered for a while, and said to the others: "This matter cannot be delayed, if you have any opinions, please speak up now, let's discuss a countermeasure, and then go to see the emperor."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, he looked over like several other military ministers.

Liu Yu was meditating there without saying a word, and the others didn't have anything to say. It seemed that they were already at a loss.

Jia Ke thought for a while and said, "The most important thing now is disaster relief, and the household department is the key. I don't know how much money and grain Liu Wan still has."

Knowing about Jia Ke, Liu Yu asked himself, "Not now, that is, there are more than 150 million eggs of food prepared for the drought in Shaanxi. I didn't expect that something happened in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River now. This amount of food is definitely not enough. "

At this time, Tian Ye took his words and said, "Why do I hear from my subordinates that the household department has imported more than 500 million grains a while ago, what's going on?"

"I know about this. It seems that King Zhongshun donated 500 million dans of grain for the court's use when he saw the court's lack of food." Liu Yu explained to everyone.

Jia Ke's heart is clear, this is King Zhongshun, under the persecution of the emperor, vomited out all the money he earned a while ago.

Old Meng Ming finally smiled when he heard this, and he continued: "In this way, there is a solution to the Lianghuai issue."

Sun Yan, the new Minister of the Military Aircraft Department, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, was the last to speak: "I am afraid that these grains are not enough. Not to mention the 150 million dans of grain in Shaanxi, it will not last long. Just say how many people there are in Lianghuai, and the court is also It is necessary to leave some food for him to use, so it is definitely not enough."

Jia Ke was waiting for this sentence. Sun Yan seemed to be worried about the court, but in fact he had already put the words to Jia Ke's mouth.

"Master Sun is right. I don't think the Ministry of Households has much money. Why don't we ask the emperor to open the internal treasury and raise some money to buy another batch of grain from Jiangnan in order to rescue the Lianghuai area." Jia Ke seemed to be unconscious. Said this sentence.

Liu Yu frowned after listening, he instinctively thought that Jia Ke had some conspiracy.But after passing this idea in my mind again, it didn't feel like it.After all, Jia Ke didn't dare to act recklessly on such a big matter.

Seeing that no one had anything to say, Jia Ke concluded, "Now that we have reached this point, our Military Aircraft Department has agreed. One is that the emperor opened the internal warehouse, purchased grain from Jiangnan, and rescued the two Huaihe Rivers. Second, Immediately allocate grain and grass to deliver 300 to 400 million large grains to Lianghuai."

After Jia Ke finished speaking, seeing that no one else had any objections, he said, "So, let's go to see the emperor as soon as possible. After all, there is no waiting for anyone in Lianghuai. If something goes wrong, it will not be good for anyone."

Liu Yu didn't oppose Jia Ke this time, but was more anxious than him, "It's not too late, let's go now."

The others also had no objection, so these five people went out of the Military Aircraft Office together, and walked quickly to the front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. The eunuch on duty in front of the Hall of Mental Cultivation saw the five of them coming together.I knew something big was going to happen.Quickly ran a few steps forward and came to the side of the five of them.

"My lords, could it be that something important happened and they asked to see the emperor."

Jia Ke said with a serious face: "Hurry up and report to the emperor. Just say that the five of us want to meet the emperor immediately, please meet the emperor immediately."

After hearing what Jia Ke said, the old lady immediately turned around and ran towards Dongnuange. The speed was not at all like a person of his age.

The old eunuch came to the Dongnuan Pavilion and said to the young eunuch guarding outside the Dongnuan Pavilion: "Go in and report to the emperor, the five military ministers are here to ask for an audience."

The little eunuch was favored by the emperor, so he looked down upon the old eunuch who was the gatekeeper.So yin and yang asked strangely: "Did the five of them say what's the matter? Otherwise, how can I go in and report to the emperor?"

The old eunuch was also in a hurry, but he saw that the five military ministers were all jogging over, and even the 70-year-old old man Meng Ming was not behind.

"You little monkey boy, what time is it now that you dare to act prestige? Hurry up and report to the emperor, otherwise if something serious happens, you won't be wronged if you are blown off." The old eunuch had long since disliked this little eunuch, Now it's time to give him eye drops.Let him know that ginger is still old and spicy.

When they were arguing, the emperor who was reviewing the memorial in Dongnuan Pavilion had already heard it.The emperor frowned now, what happened to the eunuchs outside?How dare they quarrel in front of Dongnuan Pavilion.

And Xia Shouzhong, who had been serving the emperor all the time, was also a little frightened.These eunuchs under him are so ignorant of the rules, if the emperor blames him, he will have to eat and chat.

"Long Live Lord, why don't you go out and take a look?" Xia Shouzhong asked the emperor softly, bowing his body.

"Well, these people under your command should be cleaned up, and they dare to make noise in front of my Dongnuan Pavilion." The emperor didn't mean to blame Xia Shouzhong, but was dissatisfied with those people under him.

After listening to the emperor's instructions, Xia Shouzhong bowed and left the East Nuan Pavilion.After exiting the inner room of Dongnuan Pavilion, he dared to straighten up and walk outside Dongnuang Pavilion.

Xia Shouzhong arrived outside Dongnuan Pavilion.I saw the gate steward of the Hall of Mental Cultivation arguing with a young eunuch who was favored by the emperor.

(End of this chapter)