Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Zhu Xuan left the hall and no longer cared about the palace examination.

Zhang Xun and Jinyi are there, and they are still inside the palace. I don't believe those scholars dare to mess around here. I will just wait and see the final result.

When they arrived at Wenhua Pavilion, Zhu Xuan was reading memorials.

"What's going on with Henan's flood control?"

When Zhu Xuan saw a memorial about flood control in Henan, he immediately called Xia Yuanji over to ask for clarification.

If he remembered correctly, at the beginning of this year when the imperial examination was still being discussed, a memorial regarding flood control was submitted. It was approved at that time and money was sent over.

After a while, he said he wanted to control the flood and continued to ask the court for money.

So what about the money that was sent before?

Xia Yuanji took the memorial that Zhu Xuan asked Hou Xian to send to him. After reading it for a while, he found that it was really asking the court for money. You should know that it was he who signed and approved the allocation at that time.

Not long after that, they were about to ask for the second installment of money for water control, which seemed a little abnormal.

"What do you think of it?"

Zhu Xuan asked again.

Xia Yuanji came back to his senses, bowed and said, "Your Highness, I sent a sum of money before, but asking for money again so soon is indeed not right, but it seems a bit reasonable."

"How is it reasonable?"

Zhu Xuan stared at Xia Yuanji and asked.

Do you think this guy is going to help those officials who are asking for money for flood control?
Xia Yuanji was frightened by the fierce gaze and quickly explained, "The Yellow River basin is very long and passes through many farmlands along the way. If we want to control the water, this investment is essential."

Hearing him say this, Zhu Xuan thought about the local environment and felt that there was some truth in it, so he nodded slightly.

The problem of Yellow River floods has always been the biggest problem in the Central Plains region.

In addition to the Yellow River, there are also the Huai River, Wei River, and some canals. Water control has never been interrupted throughout history. In all dynasties, as long as there was a normal emperor in power, the annual investment in water control was a huge sum of money.

Either it is reinforcing the river embankment or dredging the river channel, etc.

You have to know that in ancient times, any heavy rain could cause a flood.

Not to mention ancient times, even in modern society hundreds of years later, the issue of water control has always been a very serious problem.

The Yellow River bursting its banks is a basic operation.

Therefore, diversions are frequent.

"You're right!"

Zhu Xuan somewhat agreed with this explanation. He had just overlooked the existence of the Yellow River in the Central Plains.

You have to know that in ancient times, there was no concept of environment.

In fact, there are still many places in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River where trees are cut down, fields are reclaimed, etc., which can easily lead to soil erosion and thus cause floods.

Xia Yuanji was relieved and added: "Water control is a bottomless pit. I know that Your Highness has also controlled water in Guangzhou, but the environment in the south and the north is completely different."

Zhu Xuan still agrees with this point.

The north and south are so far apart that the difference must be huge. It can be said that the hydrological environment is different.

"only!"

Xia Yuanji thought for a moment and said, "Henan region asks the court for money every year to control floods. I am not sure whether they really want to control floods. I just think that controlling floods requires a lot of money."

Zhu Xuan's brows furrowed slightly.

What Xia Yuanji said actually makes sense.

They were not in Henan, so many things could not be judged. Moreover, that place was the fief of his fifth uncle Zhu Su. One had to know that King Zhou was not a good guy among the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's because of Uncle Wu that I can't believe it."

"Even if King Zhou wants to rebel against me, I can't trust him."

"However, we cannot relax on the issue of water management. If they really lack money to manage water and do not do a good job, and there is another heavy rain in the second half of the year, there is a possibility that there will be another flood."

Zhu Xuan thought a lot in his mind, and he also thought that he could not trust those officials casually.

Grandpa Huang is right. We can’t trust anyone easily.

"How about this!"

"I have approved the funding, and you can send the money over from the Ministry of Revenue." "As for whether it is really necessary to spend so much money on flood control, I will investigate this matter, and you can just give the money."

Zhu Xuan said.

"My lord, take your orders!"

Xia Yuanji was relieved. Their Ministry of Revenue was only responsible for paying the money, and the rest had nothing to do with him.

Even if there is a problem and the Jinyiwei really finds out something, that is other people's business and has nothing to do with their Ministry of Revenue.

"Okay, you go down first!"

Zhu Xuan waved his hand and continued.

Xia Yuanji quickly left Wenhua Pavilion and went back to work with the officials from the Ministry of Revenue to prepare the allocation of funds for flood control.

Zhu Xuan thought for a while and said, "Let Jiang Li come to see me."

After a while, Jiang Li came.

Zhu Xuan told Jiang Li what had just happened. Jiang Li understood what he should do and immediately sent people to Henan. He did not dare to use the Jinyiwei there, so the Jinyiwei in the capital had to take action and conduct open and secret investigations in the north.

If any problems are found, the Jinyiwei can be awarded merit and take credit.

If there is no problem, water control will proceed as usual.

It is not the rainy season yet, so if we do everything well at this time, we can take precautions and recover some of the losses if the water flow in the rainy season is really too large.

After dealing with this matter, Zhu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the time outside. The sun was already setting. He muttered to himself that the palace examination should be over. While he was thinking this, Zhang Gong came outside asking for a meeting.

Zhu Xuan let him in.

"Your Highness, the palace examination is over."

Zhang Xun bowed and said.

Zhu Xuan nodded slightly and said, "You guys grade the papers as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Zhang Xun nodded.

Next, all he had to do was mark the papers. There was nothing else to do for the time being, so Zhang Xun quickly left.

Zhu Xuan quickly dealt with the remaining memorials, then asked Hou Xian who he should accompany tonight, and then went directly to Tie Xiuying.

"Rongrong, do you miss me?"

Zhu Xuan walked into the house and saw his little girl lying quietly in the cradle. Her big eyes were so bright and she looked so cute.

Tie Xiuying smiled and said, "Rongrong is still young, how can she miss His Highness?"

Zhu Xuan smiled and said, "Then it's okay for Xiuying to help Rongrong miss me."

Tie Xiuying listened and her face turned red. She really missed Zhu Xuan.

In fact, the concubines in the deep palace could not see Zhu Xuan every day. Otherwise, the officials outside would impeach them if they knew about it, and it would also destroy the harmony of the harem.

Zhu Xuan picked up the little girl, and the little girl happily raised her hands, as if she wanted to touch Zhu Xuan's face.

Seeing this, Zhu Xuan lowered his head.

The little girl smiled cutely as she let Rongrong touch her.

"So good!"

Zhu Xuan said happily: "Rongrong is so cute too."

Tie Xiuying smiled and said, "When he doesn't cry or make a fuss, he is indeed very well behaved, but if he starts to cry and make a fuss, His Highness will definitely be scared."

"What are you afraid of?"

Zhu Xuan said indifferently: "My little girl is not afraid of anything."

Tie Xiuying was very pleased to see that His Highness really loved his daughter.

This is really good.

The prince is good, but a daughter is better. Like Zhu Xuan, she prefers daughters. (End of this chapter)