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Zhu Qizhen’s lament in the twelfth year of Zhengtong is still applicable in the thirteenth year of Zhengtong.

In the twelve years of Orthodoxy, many things have happened.

For example, Wu Dinghou Guo Xuan passed away, Ding Guo Gong passed away. Cabinet scholar Ma Yu also passed away. Zhu Qizhen was caught off guard.

A new generation replaces the old.

The new generation of Duke of Guizhou has entered martial arts. It seems that he will be crowned Duke of Guizhou within a few years.

But these are all small things.

The real big deal is the weather.

At the end of the twelfth year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen and Zhou Chen asked for money and grain calculations. Just last year, the total number of grain exemptions was more than five million dan. In Jiangnan and Huguang alone, the grain tax exemptions in Jiangnan and Huguang were more than 2 million dan.

If not, although Hebei was affected by the disaster, due to the complete water conservancy project, in normal years, grain from Hebei would continue to enter the granaries of Beijing and Tianjin. Otherwise, the granary system established by Zhuqi Town, which can store 20 million stones of grain and grass, would

It's almost half empty.

For Beijing, it is extremely dangerous.

Zhu Qizhen survived the entire twelve years of orthodoxy.

Because when there was a severe drought in Hebei, Zhu Qizhen could still feel the same. After all, Shuntian Prefecture was also in Hebei. Zhu Qizhen could see the changes in the drought as long as he went out of the city incognito, or even without incognito, went to Tianshou Mountain to worship his ancestors and went to Nanhaizi to hunt.

He has direct knowledge of this.

But things are different now. Henan, Shandong, Lianghuai, Huguang, and even Jiangnan and Taihu Lake are all too far away from him.

Just looking at the memorials from various places, Zhu Qizhen fell into deep doubts.

He suspected that every memorial was not telling the truth.

He not only suspected that the people below were whitewashing the peace, but also suspected that the people below were using the disaster as an excuse to open their mouths against the imperial lion. In short, he was worried that the disaster relief would not be timely, making it difficult for the local people to survive. He was also worried that the people below were corrupt and perverting the law.

He squandered all the money he had saved.

He has been restraining and restraining.

Because he has always wanted to send out Jin Yiwei on a large scale to investigate the case and check whether there are any problems in various places.

But his reason told him that this was not the time to investigate the case.

After all, there are actually thousands of households in various places in Jinyiwei. As another source of information for Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Qizhen also compared it with the memorials of local officials.

Most of them are different.

Some discrepancies are normal.

After all, even if it is the same thing, viewed from different angles, sometimes the things written down may not match up. If they are exactly the same, Zhu Qizhen will have to worry that the local Jin Yiwei and local officials have colluded.

But some situations are obviously abnormal.

Zhu Qizhen could only suppress it and let Cao Nai deal with it.

Because once Zhu Qizhen sends out the Jin Yiwei, these Jin Yiwei will definitely speculate on his intentions. They are determined not to fail without success. How many officials must be captured?

Otherwise, they felt that they would not be able to report to Zhu Qizhen.

But in the current situation, the most important thing is disaster relief.

Local officials are the hub of the imperial court's communication. It is easy to cut them off, but it will take time to rebuild them. But under today's disaster, the people are crying for food.

When it’s not about right or wrong, the priority is to let the people live.

As for Zhu Qizhen's money, Zhu Qizhen would naturally not let them go, but settling accounts after the fall was the only method used by the emperor.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen understood more and more what an old man said. Even though he was a great leader, he could only govern the city of Beijing.

As for other places, it is basically smoke and mirrors and can only be managed through a rigid bureaucratic system. To shake this rigid and rotten bureaucratic system easily is to give yourself a knife.

It’s just that the twelve years of orthodoxy have been so difficult.

Thirteen years after entering Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen still has not seen a good day.

As soon as the first month of the lunar month entered, there was a spring drought in the north, and locusts reappeared in Shandong. Zhu Qizhen immediately sent ministers to Shandong to urge the Shandong governor to exterminate the locusts at all costs and prevent them from spreading.

They even used troops from various guards in Shandong.

In the end, the locusts in Shandong were restricted to Shandong and did not spread.

The food supply in the north in May has been preserved. I can't say that there will be a bumper harvest, at least there will be no harvest.

But Zhu Qizhen never expected that this was just an appetizer. The real meal was coming later. The Yellow River, which seemed to continue to have infinite power, began to declare its power to the world.

The Ningxia River flows out in March.

This is something Zhu Qizhen never expected.

As the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Ningxia has a small sediment content. Zhu Qizhen did not expect that the Yellow River in Ningxia would be restless. Moreover, Ningxia Dusi is an important grain producing area in the northwest.

As soon as there is a flood here, Zhu Qizhen will find a way to allocate grain from Shaanxi to Ningxia.

Although Ningxia is said to be bordering Jiangnan, it is not Jiangnan. Ningxia's grain output is not high, but the problem is that Ningxia is under the border wall. The grain it produces does not need to be transported. I don't know how much it saves.

The freight cost will be much higher if more grain is brought from the south, but it only takes a few kilo to transport one kilo.

But this is an important border defense area, so no matter how much it costs, we cannot give up.

After Zhu Qizhen received detailed information, he learned that the Ningxia River was actually the so-called Ling Flood, also known as the Ice Flood. The Yellow River formed a several-digit shape here in Ningxia.

Because of the latitude problem, the upper reaches of the Yellow River have melted, but the lower reaches have not yet melted. It is still a glacier. The water from the upper reaches flows down because the glaciers block the river channel and naturally break out in all directions.

Even now, people still blow up the ice in the Yellow River every year, just to prevent this. Just when Zhu Qizhen breathed a sigh of relief, other news came, and Zhu Qizhen knew that the Ningxia River Judgment was only caused by the Yellow River.

He said hello in advance, and the rest is the beginning of the real test.

During the Peach Blossom Flood in May, the whole of Henan is in a state of busyness, because the rain in the upper reaches of the Yellow River has relieved the drought in the north, but both sides of the Yellow River have to face waves of floods.

In May, the Nan'an River breaks out.

Zhao Xin, the governor of Henan, personally inspected the gap by boat, sank dozens of boats, and mobilized several county people to finally block the gap in the Yellow River.

But even so, Kaifeng is surrounded by vast oceans.

Zhu Qizhen urgently allocated one million taels in Beijing to reward the military and civilians for river management, and to use it as funds for river management. He reiterated that no matter what happens, the safety of the people on both sides of the strait must be protected.

Facing the Yellow River, everyone feels that manpower is sometimes scarce. From May to June, Zhu Qizhen faced several dangers. Each time was very dangerous. Zhu Qizhen has appointed Wang Yonghe, the newly appointed minister of the Ministry of Industry, to inspect the river affairs.

, manages all river affairs, and Shandong, Hebei, Henan, and Fengyang counties are all at his disposal.

Zhu Qizhen also had no choice.

All he can do is appoint talented people and then delegate power.

He originally wanted to use it for Qian, but Yu Qian was worried again, leaving Zhu Qizhen helpless. He had already stolen love once last year, and it would be a bit too impersonal if he tried to steal love again this time.

Fortunately, this was not the late Ming Dynasty. If it had been the late Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen had to cause a disturbance in the court if he wanted to win his love. Generally speaking, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Ding You system was not that perfect.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen gave him three months of leave and asked him to go home to attend the funeral. He also named Yu Qian's parents as a posthumous honor.

In a hurry, Yu Qian was far away in Qiantang, and Zhu Qizhen could only throw Wang Yonghe proposed by Cao Nai over. To be recommended by the chief minister, one must have some ability.

Moreover, the Ministry of Industry has mobilized the manpower and material resources of the four provinces to rebuild the Yellow River. It should be possible to just protect the embankment.

This is today's situation, and it also made Zhu Qizhen understand one thing.

That is the Yellow River embankment built in the 28th year of Hongwu's reign. Now, it is really unsustainable. If the Yellow River flows to Zhu Qi Town every year, Zhu Qi Town will not have to do anything else.

"The Yellow River should be rebuilt." Zhu Qizhen thought to himself.

Just thinking about the huge expense of repairing the Yellow River, and looking at it with eager eyes, Zhu Qizhen felt that he had given a banquet, but two guests came.

I really don't know how to make this choice.

After entering June, the lights in Qianqing Palace are often turned off very late. Zhu Qizhen stipulates that the water conditions of the Yellow River should be reported once a day. This is analogous to military intelligence. Zhu Qizhen can only fall asleep after reading it.
Chapter completed!