After sending off the Xiaoqi camp, Jia Ke returned to his normal life, arguing with the emperor every day in the military aircraft department.
What Jia Ke is most worried about now is the drought in Shaanxi, and news has been coming in continuously during this period. So far, there is still no rainfall in Shaanxi.
This makes Jia Ke very scared, in case something unexpected happens. After all, once the drought develops severely, several provinces around Shaanxi may not be immune.
Fortunately, Jia Ke's worries were unnecessary. News soon came from several provinces surrounding Shaanxi. Although the rainfall this year was less than in previous years, it would not cause a disaster.
Not only Jia Ke felt lucky, but even the emperor breathed a sigh of relief. He was under the greatest pressure during this period. Although he had prepared some food and grass, if a large-scale drought occurred, the things he prepared would be a drop in the bucket.
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Time flew by in June, and Jia Ke arrived at the military aircraft office early as usual.
As soon as Jia Ke entered the military aircraft, he saw Liu Yu. He was the first to arrive at the military aircraft as usual.
"Master Liu, you are so early. You are the most diligent among us." Jia Ke complimented Liu Yu a few times and sat down in his seat.
"Master Jia, you are ridiculous. We are all loyal to the emperor and contribute to the court, so we should be loyal to our duties." Liu Yu, you didn't take Jia Ke's ridicule to heart.
After a while, all the military and aircraft ministers arrived, and then the four military and aircraft ministers reviewed the provincial memorials, and then sent the reviewed memorials to Jia Ke, who read them over for the last time. Only when Jia Ke agreed to these memorials could they be sent to the emperor.
He will give the final instructions.
Just as the morning's work was about to end, a young eunuch suddenly ran in outside. He came directly to Jia Ke and said, "Master Jia, someone outside has sent an urgent memorial of eight hundred miles. I wonder who Master Jia is."
See you or not."
As soon as Jia Ke heard this, he stood up from his seat and said to the eunuch: "Lead the way. I will go and see what's going on."
Except for Jia Ke, everyone else in the military aircraft office also heard the news. They all stood up together and followed Jia Ke out of the military aircraft office.
The five people arrived at the gate of the palace city together, and saw a soldier with a dusty face and ragged clothes standing at the door.
Jia Ke hurriedly ran forward two steps, came to the soldier and asked, "Are you delivering eight hundred miles of urgent documents?"
The soldier glanced at Jia Ke and saw that he was only in his 20s. He didn't know how old he was, so he didn't dare to answer.
The little eunuch next to him quickly introduced: "This is the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department, Lord Wuyang Jia Kejia. If you have anything, report it to him immediately."
After hearing this, the soldier quickly knelt down and took out an urgent document from his arms. He gave Jia Ke his hands and said: "It rained heavily in the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River has overflowed. Many prefectures and counties have been flooded.
, on the order of the governor of Anhui, I sent him eight hundred miles to report to the imperial court."
Jia Ke looked carefully at the seal on the letter in his hand. Although the letter was a little dirty, the seal on it was intact.
Jia Ke took the letter and walked to the military aircraft. As for the soldier who delivered the letter, someone would naturally take care of him. On the way back to the military aircraft, Jia Ke and others felt a chill in their hearts.
The drought in Shaanxi is not over yet. Heavy rains have occurred in Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, and rivers are flooding. Why are there so many disasters this year?
On the way back to the military aircraft, Jia Ke thought of Fan Kang's words again. It seems that Fan Kang was right. The Huaihe River is not so easy to deal with this year, and the emperor's inner treasury is going to bleed this time.
When everyone returned to the military aircraft, 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 people are now considered the heads of the Military Aircraft Department. Needless to say, Jia Ke is the foreman of the military aircraft. Liu Yu represented the emperor in the arena with Jia Ke at the Military Aircraft Department. Therefore, even the emperor refuted the matters they decided.
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Jia Ke read carefully and read: On May 15th, heavy rain fell continuously near the Huaihe River, and it did not stop until May 20th. The water in the Huaihe River surged, and the governor of Anhui led migrant workers to go to the river to raise water in person. This ensured that the water in the river was guaranteed.
It did not overflow the dike. On May 26, it rained heavily again on both sides of the Huaihe River. The heavy rain fell for ten days in a row. The river water broke down the dike. This affected 15 states and millions of people were affected. Please ask the court to send food and grass, otherwise it will be
Cause catastrophe.
Jia Ke took a breath of air when he saw this. According to this policy, almost half of the prefectures and counties in Anhui have been affected by floods.
Liu Yu next to him felt that his legs were shaking now, because he knew that there was not so much food in the court to provide relief to the people in his arms.
After Jia Ke read it, he sent the eight-hundred-mile urgent document to several other military ministers for them to read one by one.
Several other people were frightened when they saw it. Such a major flood only happened in the last years of the previous dynasty.
At that time, the previous dynasty was unable to provide relief, so the victims rose up and the world was in chaos. Emperor Taizu of this dynasty had the opportunity to rise up in Jinling and conquer the world in one fell swoop. Could it be that the world is going to be in chaos again?
Jia Ke thought for a moment and said to the others: "This matter cannot be delayed any longer. If you have any opinions, please tell us now. Let's discuss a countermeasure and then go to see the emperor."
After Jia Ke said this, he looked over like several other military ministers.
Liu Yu was deep in thought and silent, and the other people had nothing to say. They seemed to be at a loss.
Jia Ke thought for a while and said: "The most important thing now is disaster relief, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is the key. I don't know how much money and food Liu Wan still has."
Liu Yu knew about Jia Ke and asked himself, "If you don't know each other now, there are more than 1.5 million eggs of grain prepared for the drought in Shaanxi. Unexpectedly, something happened in the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River. This amount of grain is absolutely not enough."
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Tian Ye took over what he said at this time and said: "Why did I hear from my subordinates that the Ministry of Household Affairs imported more than 5 million yuan of grain some time ago? What's going on?"
"I know this. It seems that King Zhongshun saw that the court was short of food, so he donated 5 million tons of food for the use of the court." Liu Yu explained to everyone.
Jia Ke knew in his heart that King Zhongshun had vomited out all the money he had earned some time ago under the pressure of the emperor.
After hearing this, Lao Mengming finally showed a smile on his face, and he continued: "In this way, the matter between Lianghuai and Huaihe is finally solved."
Sun Yan, the new minister of the Military Aircraft Department and the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, was the last to speak: "I am afraid that even these grains are not enough. Not to mention the 1.5 million tons of grain in Shaanxi, it will not be able to sustain it for a long time. Just talk about the population of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River.
And the imperial court has to leave some food for him to use, so it will definitely not be enough."
Jia Ke was waiting for these words. Sun Yan seemed to be worried about the court, but in fact he had already put the words to Jia Ke's lips.
"Master Sun is right. I think the Ministry of Revenue has little money left. Why don't we ask the emperor to open the internal treasury and raise more money to buy another batch of grain from Jiangnan to rescue the Huaihe and Huaihe regions." Jia Ke seemed to be unconscious.
Said this sentence.
Liu Yu frowned after hearing this. He instinctively thought that Jia Ke had some conspiracy. But after running the idea through his mind, he didn't think it was right. After all, Jia Ke didn't dare to act recklessly on such a big matter.
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Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Jia Ke summed it up and said: "Now that we have talked about it, our Military Aircraft Department has reached a consensus. The first is that the emperor will open the inner treasury, purchase grain from the south of the Yangtze River, and rescue the two Huaihe Rivers. The second is,
Immediately allocate grain and fodder to transport 3 to 4 million grains to the Huaihe River."
After Jia Ke finished speaking, he saw that the others had no objections, so he said: "Well, let's go see the emperor now. After all, Lianghuai waits for no one, and if something goes wrong, it won't be good for anyone."
Liu Yu did not fight against Jia Ke this time, but was more anxious than him, "Without further delay, let's leave now."
The others had no objections, so the five of them left the military aircraft office together and walked quickly to the Yangxin Hall. The eunuch on duty in front of the Yangxin Hall saw the five of them coming together. He knew that something big had happened.
He quickly ran a few steps forward and came to the five of them.
"Five gentlemen, maybe something big has happened and you want to see the emperor."
Jia Ke said with a serious face: "Hurry in and report to the emperor. Just say that the five of us will meet with the emperor immediately, and ask the emperor to meet him immediately."
After listening to what Jia Ke said, the old lady immediately turned around and ran towards Dongnuang Pavilion. The speed was so fast that it was not at all like a person of his age.
The old eunuch came to Dongnuan Pavilion and said to the young eunuch guarding Dongnuan Pavilion: "Quickly go in and report to the emperor. Five military ministers are here to ask for an audience."
The little eunuch was favored by the emperor, and he looked down upon the old eunuch who was guarding the door. So he asked angrily: "Have the five of them said what happened? Otherwise, how could I go in and report to the emperor?"
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The old eunuch was also anxious. He saw the five military ministers trotting over, and even Old Meng Ming, an old man in his 70s, was not left behind.
"You little monkey, at what time do you dare to show off your authority? Go in and report to the emperor quickly, otherwise if something big happens, it won't be unjust to kill you." The old eunuch had long disliked the little eunuch.
Now is the time to give him some eye drops to let him know that ginger is still spicy.
While 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 start a quarrel in front of Dongnuan Pavilion.
Xia Shouzhong, who had been serving the emperor, was also a little frightened. These eunuchs under him were so ignorant of the rules. If the emperor blamed them, he would be embarrassed.
"Long live my lord, would you like me to go out and take a look?" Xia Shouzhong bowed and asked the emperor softly.
"Well, these people under your command should be rectified. They dare to make a noise in front of my Dongnuan Pavilion." The emperor did not mean to blame Xia Shouzhong, but was dissatisfied with the people under his command.
After Xia Shouzhong listened to the emperor's instructions, he bowed and exited Dongnuan Pavilion. After exiting the inner room of Dongnuan Pavilion, he dared to stand up and walk outside Dongnuan Pavilion.
As soon as Xia Shouzhong arrived outside Dongnuan Pavilion, he saw the steward guarding the gate of Yangxin Hall arguing with a young eunuch who was favored by the emperor.