My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 836 The Year of Disaster

"Cough cough~"

In the Wuying Palace of the Imperial City of Beijing, Zhu Zhanji covered his mouth and coughed several times. On a whim a few days ago, he put on casual clothes and left the Imperial City. He had some fun in Beijing, but somehow he contracted the cold. Therefore, these days I also have a constant cough.

"Your Majesty is ill, why don't you go back and rest early, and let me take care of the rest?"

Hu Xi saw Zhu Zhanji's face flushed, so he stepped forward worriedly to persuade him.

"Don't worry, it's just a little cold. I'm still young and will be fine soon. How was the previous locust plague?"

Zhu Zhanji waved his hand and said.

This year is definitely a year of disaster for the Ming Dynasty. Especially in the summer, a major locust plague swept across the entire north and central China, causing a major loss of food in Beijing, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and other places. In many places there is even no harvest.

Such a large locust plague was rare even in history, involving one-third of the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Zhu Zhanji attached great importance to this matter and would personally intervene even if he was sick.

"This one……"

Hu Hui hesitated for a moment, and then replied: "Your Majesty, this disaster has spread too widely, tens of millions of people have been affected, and even though the local governments have tried their best to resettle these many victims, they are still unable to do anything. Even the capital city is full of disaster victims, so..."

"So what?"

Hearing Hu Xi suddenly stop mid-sentence, Zhu Zhanji immediately asked with a dark expression.

The last time he paid a private visit incognito, he did see a lot of victims in the capital, and some even starved to death on the streets. This was one of the reasons why he paid attention to the locust plague.

Hu Xi was a little hesitant at this time, but when faced with Zhu Zhanji's questioning, he had to report truthfully.

So Hu Hui took a deep breath and then continued: "So many victims went to the ports along the coast."

"They go to the port..."

Zhu Zhanji didn't react at first, but halfway through his words, he suddenly understood what these victims were thinking. They probably went to the port to go to sea, just like the refugees from Shandong who migrated to Dahan.

"It's them again!"

Zhu Zhanji gritted his teeth and said with hatred. He knew without asking that the destinations of those disaster victims after going to sea were mostly big men, because only big men could eat so many disaster victims.

"Your Majesty, this is actually a good thing. After all, there are too many people affected by this disaster. Seeing refugees everywhere, if we don't provide guidance, it will definitely turn into a big chaos. But if these victims go to sea, the pressure on the place will be much lighter. "

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was angry, Hu Xi hurriedly persuaded him again.

He knew that Zhu Zhanji disliked big men, but now for the sake of the stability of Ming Dynasty, personal preferences could only be put aside.

Zhu Zhanji certainly understood this truth and wanted to prevent the victims from going to sea. However, he was worried that this decree might really trigger a civil uprising. After all, for the victims, going to sea was their only way to survive. The court would not It's enough to encourage them. If they stop it, it will definitely lead to conflicts between the victims and the government.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji frowned, thought for a long time, and finally waved his hand and said: "Let your cabinet handle the resettlement of the victims on its own!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take my leave!"

Hu Hui was also very happy when he heard this. Zhu Zhanji let them watch and deal with it by themselves, which actually meant that he acquiesced to the disaster victims going to sea. After all, it was harmful and useless for these victims to stay in the Ming Dynasty. It was good for everyone to let them leave.

After Hu Xi and others retreated, Zhu Zhanji rubbed his swollen temples to relieve the headache. Then he coughed a few more times and then told the people around him: "Call Xu Gong in. palace!"

The people below agreed, and someone immediately rushed to Beizhen Fusi. Xu Gong was the newly promoted commander of the Jinyi Guards after Zhu Zhanji took office.

After a while, Xu Gong was seen walking quickly into the palace. He immediately saluted Zhu Zhanji and said, "My lord Xu Gong, long live my emperor!"

"What's going on over there, big man?"

Zhu Zhanji asked Xu Gong in a low voice. Although he hated the Han Dynasty, he had been sending people to collect information on all aspects of the Han Dynasty, because for Zhu Zhanji, the only people who could threaten his throne were Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhan of the Han Dynasty. He and his son.

"Your Majesty, the biggest thing that has happened to the Han Dynasty recently is that they suddenly sent troops to seize the northern section of the Suez Canal controlled by the Ottomans. This canal has been opened, allowing the Han Dynasty to have ships directly enter a sea area called the Mediterranean..."

Xu Gong immediately explained the recently collected information in detail.

In fact, this information is not confidential at all. Many of them are officially reported by Dahan Daily. In order to facilitate collection, Xu Gong and other Jinyiwei even specially ordered newspapers from Dahan Daily and had them delivered to Ming Dynasty every other month.

"I remember Osman was not their ally, why did he suddenly fall out?"

After Zhu Zhanji listened to Xu Gong's report, he thought for a moment and then asked.

"In fact, the cooperation between the two countries is entirely out of interest, especially the canal. The Han seems to attach great importance to it. Therefore, as soon as the canal was opened, the conflict between the two countries broke out. But no one expected that the Ottomans sent to Egypt The governor actually defected to the Han Dynasty, so the Han Dynasty took over the entire Egypt very easily."

Xu Gong replied again.

"Humph, as expected, what else can these big men do besides engaging in these conspiracies?"

Zhu Zhanji snorted coldly when he heard this, because he thought that when Zhu Gaoxu entered Beijing, it was because Zhu Yong suddenly switched sides and opened the city gate to let the opponent enter the city. Otherwise, with the thousands of people under Zhu Gaoxu, it would be impossible to break through the city gate. Harder than reaching the sky.

"Your Majesty is absolutely right. The Han Dynasty's Jin Yiwei has been very active recently, especially in our Ming Dynasty. They are moving around. We have found many traces of each other in the capital alone."

Xu Gong immediately responded according to Zhu Zhanji's words.

"What are their imperial guards doing?"

Zhu Zhanji's face darkened when he heard this. The other party's royal guards had followed him to the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which made him feel like there was a thief in his family.

"This one……"

Xu Gong hesitated for a moment, and finally reported the truth: "The Han Dynasty's Jinyiwei spies moved secretly. Although we got some clues, we only know that they may have been in contact with some powerful people. As for who they were in contact with, we also said a few details. What? We don’t know.”

"Trash! The other party has already reached the foot of my imperial city, and you still don't know what the other party has done and who he has met? They are all Jin Yiwei, do you only know how to make a living?"

When Zhu Zhanji heard Xu Gong's answer, his anger surged, and he immediately pointed at the other person and cursed.

(End of this chapter)