Xie Qian's opinion was to allocate grain from local government treasuries to disaster areas, and basically no silver was allocated from the imperial treasury.

Although there were different opinions on the scene, Xie Qian was the chief minister of the cabinet. After experiencing Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties, the emperor now ignored the matter, which made Xie Qian actually become an uncrowned prime minister. In addition, the emperor was not in the capital, Xie Qian was nominal governor, and it was beyond reproach to others for making such a decision.

The disaster relief measures set by Xie Qian, together with local disaster reports, were quickly sent to Linqingzhou during the night.

Zhu Houzhao was sleeping soundly in the middle of the night. Zhang Yuan came to look for him anxiously. Xiao Tuozi asked about the situation and did not dare to delay, so he could only call someone with a tough bullet. After Zhu Houzhao got up, he got angry and then rubbed his sleepy eyes and came out to meet him.

"What's the matter going to be said at night? Can't you wait for tomorrow? Where is the war going again?" Zhu Houzhao asked with a dark face, but he got angry when he didn't come. He knew that the eunuchs under him would not be aimless. Perhaps there was a place where civil unrest, or that there were barbarians knocking on the border, so he needed to get up in the middle of the night to ask about things.

Zhang Yuan took out the Henan local area to submit a memorial and the disaster relief measures set by the left-behind court, and saluted respectfully: "Your Majesty, great things are not good, and there will be another major disaster in the Central Plains."

Zhu Houzhao reacted a little before frowned and asked, "Are you kidding me? A major disaster in the Central Plains? Isn't Linqing under my feet the Central Plains land?"

Zhang Yuan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, in the central Henan region, the Yellow River broke its mouth in Taoshen, and countless people were displaced... Originally, the Central Plains had not been peaceful in the past few years, and disasters and wars were constantly coming, which is even worse now. If the disaster is not rescued as soon as possible, it may lead to great trouble!"

"oh."

Zhu Houzhao nodded relievedly, her expression softened, she frowned and pondered. After a long time, she asked, "Gei Master Xie should have a solution, right?"

Zhang Yuan said: "It is... that is... in the intention of Xie Ge Lao, he allocated grain from the local government treasury to transport it to the disaster area. However, due to the instability of the Ming Dynasty in the past few years, he still fought a few battles in the northwest. Now there is not much grain stored in the treasury."

Zhu Houzhao shook her head: "No, why do I remember that the treasury is full of silver? It seems that it is several times more than the best year of the late emperor? It's used up in this year? Isn't it?

Zhang Yuan was a little stunned. Obviously, before coming to see Zhu Houzhao, he did not know much about the situation of the imperial treasury. He was very incompetent as a "internal minister", which was related to his extreme vision and governance ability.

"this……"

Zhang Yuan had the urge to read Xie Qian’s memorial again.

Zhu Houzhao frowned: "Why, don't you know this?"

Zhang Yuan secretly complained: "I am not an official from the Ministry of Revenue. How do you know how much money and grain are in the treasury? This time, Mr. Xie did not mention allocating silver from the capital, so the treasury might be empty."

Zhang Yuan often likes to be smart and clever, so he quickly defended himself: "Your Majesty, there have been too many wars in the past two years. There have been three wars between last year and this year. This is the civilian rebellion of the Central Plains and the sea border in the southeast. In addition, you led the troops to Pingning King Rebellion. In addition, Lord Shen built a new city and built a ship, the treasury expenses are too high, so... there may not be much left."

"Yeah?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and thought it made sense.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know what his situation was now. If he had been paying attention to the memorials of the Ministry of Revenue, there would definitely be no such big mistakes. Unfortunately, he was too lazy to read these things at all, so he was convinced by Zhang Yuan that the Ming Dynasty treasury was really poor again.

Zhu Houzhao sighed: "Folangjiren is insatiable. We should have done a good job and make profits from each other, but we insist on colluding with the bandits. Now, we will break up in one stroke, so we will have less money in this way... Previously, Shangshu Chen proposed to grab all the silver mines overseas by Foolangjiren, which seems very necessary."

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, that disaster relief matter..."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said, "Since Mr. Xie has made a decision, let's follow what he said, but I still have to listen to the opinions of Shangshu Chen... Otherwise, Zhang Yuan, you go south and meet with Shangshu Chen, and have a good talk about disaster relief. I will handle the disaster relief matters in Central Plains before returning to Beijing."

"His Majesty……"

Zhang Yuan was displeased when he heard this.

Whether Zhu Houzhao decided to stay in the Central Plains for the time being or asked him to go south to find Chenxi, it was not in his vital interests. Just as he was about to fight, Zhang Yuan looked up and saw Zhu Houzhao's unkind eyes, and his momentum instantly weakened.

Zhu Houzhao said with a stern face: "If this disaster relief is not possible, let Shangshu Chen be the imperial envoy, and you are the deputy envoy. You two will go to quell the disaster."

Zhang Yuan felt bitter from his heart, and he was so heartless that he was just about to show his ability to govern, but the emperor really felt that he had "great skills" and arranged for him to do such a big thing?

Zhu Houzhao didn't want to listen to Zhang Yuan's defense anymore, so he stood up and yawned. It seemed that the disaster relief was not a big deal for him. Before leaving, he suddenly thought of something and said, "When I was watching the show, I always said that corrupt officials were rampant during the disaster. This time, you and Shangshu Chen were careful to check it out. There is a way to do one... Go, hurry up and implement the disaster relief matters, don't delay my date of returning to the capital."

Zhang Yuan thought to himself: "As far as Your Majesty says, disaster relief can be handled within three to five days? Is it that easy?"

He had objections in his heart, but he could only honestly reply: "Yes, Your Majesty."

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Zhu Houzhao arranged for Zhang Yuan to find Chen Xi, discuss disaster relief matters, and accompanied Chen Xi to the disaster area for disaster relief. Zhang Yuan was very angry about this, and after returning, he got angry with his subordinates.

But he really had no choice but to pack his luggage and prepare to take a boat south the next morning.

All of this fell into the sight of Xiao Tiaozi and Zhang Yong.

After the incident, Xiao Taozi found Zhang Yong overnight and told Zhang Yongyi about the situation. Zhang Yongxing gloated and said: "Your Majesty must be bored with Zhang Yuan, so he took the opportunity to transfer him away."

Xiao Zhuozi said worriedly: "But the problem is that Zhang Yuan is going to find Lord Shen this time... If he follows Lord Shen and makes contributions to disaster relief, he will not only be commended by His Majesty, but also be valued, but also have a further relationship with Lord Shen, wouldn't it be a bad thing?"

Zhang Yongdao: "You don't have to worry so much... Daddy, think about it, Zhang Yuan has a weird temper and is greedy. When he arrives, he will definitely rely on his identity as the supervisor of the seal and embezzle and accept bribes. How could he be honest in front of Lord Shen? Don't be impeached by Lord Shen in the end, and regret it for life."

"It's too dangerous, it's too dangerous."

Xiao Guozi really couldn't agree with Zhang Yong on this issue and shook his head repeatedly.

Zhang Yong asked, "Then, father-in-law, you said, what should we do now?"

Xiao Tiaozi said, "It's better you go with me too... Well, our family will fight for you to get one more person to provide disaster relief, so that there will be some checks and balances for Zhang Yuan."

Speaking of this, Xiao Tiaozi looked at Zhang Yong with a long eye, as if he had high hopes for Zhang Yong.

But Zhang Yong didn't want to accept this proposal, thinking: "I finally got through until Zhang Yuan left, and you asked me to follow him to provide disaster relief. Then, will you be the one who will manage the affairs of the cabinet and the Silijian in the future? What is my status as the former chief eunuch Bingbi?"

Zhang Yong hurriedly said, "Your Majesty did not issue an order, I am afraid that it will not be done."

Xiao Guozi thought for a while and sighed, "This is also a problem... try your best to fight! You must never let that old guy Zhang Yuan get along with Lord Shen alone, let alone make contributions... Now Jiang Bin and Xu Tai are coming back soon, the situation is really messy and it is difficult to understand."

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The recurrence of floods in the Central Plains was spread to Chen Xi in the shortest time. To be precise, Chen Xi knew that this news was earlier than the big bosses in the capital, but he could not make a rash decision without the emperor's instructions. No matter how powerful he is, the Minister of Personnel and Minister of War, cannot control the affairs of the world.

However, with the issuance of Zhu Houzhao's imperial decree, Zhang Yuan asked him to cooperate in disaster relief, the news reached Chen Xi within four hours. It was dawn now, and Zhang Yuan had not even set off.

"Sir, your Majesty asked you to go to Henan to provide disaster relief, and you should go deep into the disaster area... The flood has not yet receded, so it is too dangerous if you go."

Xier was very worried when she learned about the situation. She didn't want Chen Xi to go to a place where the disaster had just happened. There would be a major epidemic after the disaster. For her, there would be similar to the Shura Field.

Chen Xidao: "Can I refuse the errands that Your Majesty has given? Zhang Yuan will arrive in three or four days, and I may not be able to wait for him... I will immediately prepare a book in the capital and ask the Ministry of Revenue to provide assistance."

Xier asked, "Sir, I heard that the Ministry of Revenue did not allocate silver for this disaster relief."

Chen Xi sighed: "Master Xie Ge's wife has always been cautious when using the national treasury silver. He has no idea about market rules and thinks that more money is definitely a bad thing on the market. In fact, even in the disaster area, wealthy families do not lack food... Because of floods along the Yellow River all year round, rich families often repair houses on the mountain, and granaries are even built on high places. If the government has silver, they can invest in buying it. The better the silver, the easier it is to do things."

Xier blinked and didn't quite understand what Chen Xi said,

Chen Xi continued: "For the rich, they would rather store silver and copper coins than store grains, because grains are prone to rot and deterioration, and they need to spend a lot of energy to move their positions every year, use new grains to store warehouses, and then sell them on the market with old grains."

"But the problem is that the quality of silver and copper coins in the Ming Dynasty is too bad, far less cost-effective than the accumulation of grain, so that the grain is in the hands of large households. As long as there are silver and copper coins with good quality, you will not have to worry about not being able to exchange for food, and the people will be saved."

"Now, we have to let local officials bring old grains from the northwest and south of the Yangtze River, and transport them thousands of miles to the Central Plains to provide disaster relief. The consumption of civilians and men on the way accounts for at least half of the money... This thankless thing is only reasonable for some stubborn old guys."

"If there is a misalignment of money, you have to send food. If it is transported in time, it would be fine. But the problem is that now we have to temporarily recruit people from various places, and the government will definitely impose a false imprisonment. With the time of message transmission and the time of transporting food, it is simply far-reaching and near-thirst."

Xier said, "Sir, what should I do? You are asking the court for money, so I'm afraid you won't get it back?"

Chen Xi shook his head: "Who said that the money for disaster relief must be transferred from the capital? It can also be allocated from Jiangnan."

Xier said astonished: "But sir, we almost paid for the new city. Now we have to pay for the disaster relief. The court..."

Xier wanted to say, since everything depends on herself, what should the court do?

Chen Xi interrupted Xier and sighed: "Born at that time, don't worry about temporary gains and losses. All this is for the Ming Dynasty. As long as we can eat and wear well, what should we do to care about so many benefits? Is it because we are angry with the court and even the people don't care about their lives or death?"

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Chenxi is about to go to the disaster area, and this news is not surprising to all parties in the court.

In recent years, Chen Xi has done a lot of work for the imperial court, and it is basically a practical matter. Chen Xi also managed disasters when he was the governor of the local government. In addition, the first year of the Central Plains, Chen Xi led his troops to pacify the chaos. This time the emperor sent him to the fore, which was regarded as a way to prevent local rebellion from aggression.

No one was willing to wade into muddy waters, but at this time someone in Linqingzhou was concerned about this matter and even wanted to take the initiative to ask for help from Chenxi.

This is Tang Yin, who has been in front of the emperor but cannot be used seriously.

Tang Yin thought that the disaster had happened and he finally had a place to use his skills, but unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao didn't remember him as a counselor at all.

Tang Yin wanted to meet the saint but could not do it. In desperation, he had to go to Su Tong to check the situation, thinking that the other party might have a way to talk to the emperor.

When Su Tong faced Tang Yin who was sincerely begging, he felt helpless in his tone: "Mr. Tang, please forgive me. I have never seen Your Majesty again after I passed by Xuzhou. I am afraid I can't pass the words on your behalf. Otherwise... you will submit your own request?"

Tang Yin shook his head and said, "How can I submit a memorial for no reason? If there are other channels for Your Majesty to know, it will be lowered to the disaster area in the form of an oral order, which is best."

Su Tong: "Mr. Tang is knowledgeable and has extraordinary wisdom. His Majesty usually values ​​his husband. How could he easily transfer his husband? Besides, there should be no problem with him in the disaster area, right?"

Su Tong gave a compliment here, but Tang Yin sounded particularly harsh. He had experienced too many ups and downs and always wanted to save face. He felt that Su Tong's words were insincere and contained irony, and his face suddenly became dark.

Su Tong was clever and noticed that the atmosphere was wrong, so he quickly said tentatively: "Sir, have you ever seen Master Treasure, or Eunuch Zhang," he said.

When Su Tong found that neither of them had a way to speak to Zhu Houzhao, he naturally remembered the way to have Xiao Tiaozi and Zhang Yong.

Tang Yin said in embarrassment: "My dear brother-in-law and Eunuch Zhang are now both etiquette supervisors. How brilliant is it? It is probably not easy to talk to the two father-in-laws now."

Su Tong: "It's much easier than facing the sage directly... When Zhang Yuan and Eunuch Zhang were there before, we still had some taboos in doing things, but earlier today he had already left on a boat. The two left-behind father-in-laws have always been kind and should be easily seen."

Tang Yin nodded: "Then I will try my luck, and I hope Your Majesty knows the heart of serving the country and the people."

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Tang Yin could not see Xiao Tuozi directly, so he could only ask to see Zhang Yong.

But in fact, Zhang Yong was unable to meet the saint. He had to ask Xiao Tiaozi if he had anything to do. Tang Yin came to see him on his own initiative, and he gave him enough face and went out to greet him in person.
To be continued...