Zhu Xu stayed here for three days before the rain weakened and the strong wind gradually became weaker.

The weather was still cloudy. Zhu Xu covered his mouth with a fist, coughed, looked up at the sky, and said, "How is the water feeling now?"

Cao Huachun stood behind Zhu Xu and said, "Shangshu Xu of the Ministry of Works has been opening and closing. The cabinet mobilized provincial soldiers, government soldiers and county soldiers from various provinces to respond with all their strength. There is no news of the dam breaking down yet."

Zhu Xu held his hands behind his back, his throat was uncomfortable and his heart was not at ease.

These heavy rains are concentrated at one time. Even though he has been building water conservancy and clearing river channels over the years, he still cannot ensure that the dam will not break or there will be major floods.

"How long will it take to get on the road?" Zhu Xu frowned. He couldn't wait any longer, he had to go and see it with his own eyes.

Cao Huachun said, "The place has been cleaned up, and I don't know how long it will take."

"Don't wait, take a detour. Don't go to Wuchang, go directly to Xiangyang, find a way to cross the river as soon as possible, order the imperial guards and Shenji camp to prepare, and start immediately!" Zhu Xu said with his hands behind his back.

Cao Huachun knew that Zhu Xu was anxious and responded: "Yes."

With Zhu Xu's order, the army quickly moved and prepared in full swing.

"Master, someone is staring at us!"

When Zhu Xu was about to get on the carriage, Wang Yizhou, the deputy commander of the Imperial Army, came over and whispered.

Zhu Xu's expression remained unchanged, and he turned to look at him and said, "Have you found out who he is?"

Wang Yizhou said: "Not yet, the Jinyiwei is already investigating. There are not many people. I can lead the troops to touch them and arrest them for interrogation."

Zhu Xu thought about it and waved his hand, "No matter what they are, let the Jinyiwei check, you should pay attention, it's important to hurry up."

"Yes!" Wang Yizhou responded. The imperial guards he led and the Shenji Camp were all elite among the elites. If you want to threaten the emperor, you will need at least an army of 20,000!

Zhu Xu's carriage was in the middle of the imperial guards and decided to take a detour to Xiangyang directly.

After Zhu Xu's army set off, three figures in thick straw raincoats walked out in a mountain forest in the distance, with a telescope hanging on their chests, a sword on their waists, and an iron mask on their faces.

The Ming Dynasty had long been no longer allowed to cast weapons such as swords, bows and other weapons in private, and telescopes were even more of military control, which was difficult for ordinary people to contact.

This group of people is not simple!

Standing in the middle, the leader said, "The Dog Emperor is going to take a detour, his destination should be Shaanxi and Xi."

The voice was crisp and cold, and it was clearly a woman, but it was not loud in terms of the sound.

A tall man next to him said in a urn, "Miss, what should we do now?"

The woman looked at the group of people leaving quickly and said coldly: "The dog emperor is very afraid of death and hardly leaves the army. Let's continue to follow and find his weakness!"

The man on the other side of him looked young and sneered: "Men are nothing more than wine, sex, wealth, and the dog emperor must be a lustful person. I heard that he was preparing to get married, and there were thousands of beautiful girls selected!"

The woman snorted coldly and said, "Let's go to Shaanxi and West to wait first, make some preparations, and kill him with one knife when you find an opportunity, and eliminate harm for the country and the people!"

"Yeah, go!"

The three of them turned around and entered the forest again. Not long after, the three of them changed their clothes, rode their horses and took a detour, and were about to enter Shaanxi and West before Zhu Xu.

In the carriage, Zhu Xu coughed from time to time and pretended to sleep with half-squinted eyes.

After leaving for a while, Zhu Xu suddenly spoke: "Issuing an order to Qian Longxi, and asking him to take the governor of Huguang and the prefects of various prefectures to Xiangyang to see me, so you must not be too late!"

Cao Wenzhao was slightly stunned, and quickly woke up and said, "Abide by the order."

After saying this, Zhu Xu closed his eyes and rested, rushing in the carriage, rushed to Xiangyang.

The heavy rain in the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and even in the West An area seemed to have not stopped. It has been nearly a month since Taihu Lake, Panyang Lake and other places have surged. All dams are in danger and can break the dam at any time!

Xu Dahua, the Minister of Works, inspected the river water conditions as an "angel", and has not fallen asleep for several days.

The river water has just subsided, and strong winds and heavy rains have arrived unexpectedly.

The provinces and counties along the river were also anxious. If the levee was broken, no one along the river could escape. I don’t know how many people would drown and how many prefectures and counties would be!

The cabinet had realized the seriousness of the situation, and Sun Chengzong even left Beijing in person and rushed to Henan.

The current water situation has caused the entire Ming Dynasty official to notice the heavy rain, and it has also made them examine the disaster in front of them again and wake up. This is not ordinary, but occasionally natural disasters. This is a disaster that has lasted for decades, and is gradually becoming more serious, without any signs of weakening or stopping.

The court newspapers and newspapers in various places acted more quickly, and the floods this year were published continuously, especially every step of the court response, were written in great detail.

At the same time, it also made the entire Ming Dynasty gradually understand what the entire country was experiencing.

Two days later, Zhu Xu's cold was slightly healed. In the carriage, Zhu Xu looked at the memorial sent by the cabinet.

Some of these are requests, some are routine notices, some are just suggestions, and many are impeachment memorials.

Zhu Xu looked at it one by one. He always stayed away from the impeachment memorials and handed them directly to the Youshi Department for investigation. The routine notice only needs to be known. He suggested that he should stay before the night to read it so that he could record it.

The most important thing is to ask for instructions. These involve government affairs, personnel, money, and food, etc. Each item is extremely important and cannot be careless.

The previous one is about government affairs, especially the "New Policy", which contains too many details, so complicated that Bi Ziyan and others have no idea and need Zhu Xu to take care of it.

Next is about money and grain. The treasury has bottomed out. The cabinet hopes to take over Huitong Trading Bank, the top ten granaries, etc. in advance to supplement the treasury.

Finally, there are personnel and affairs together, including the governor of Fujian, the political senator of various places, the Governor of the Government, the Dali Temple, the Criminal Prison Division, etc., hundreds of people were appointed and removed at one go, plus the year-end assessment, and they needed to be appointed and removed. I don’t know how many people were transferred to the left and right.

Of course, there is also the candidate for the assistant minister, but the time is too tight and has not been sent yet. I believe this is an extremely headache for the cabinet.

Zhu Xu reviewed one by one, criticizing what was criticized, leaving what was kept, and processing it neatly.

Relying on the wing, Zhu Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What else is there?"

The booklet in Cao Huachun opened and looked at it, "Chahar has been much more stable recently, and is more active in matters such as trading. The Japanese envoys wrote a letter, hoping to continue to join the court to pay tribute, and want to derivate the ranks of the government to study, and also want to buy firearms and join the joint fleet. There is some dissatisfaction in the capital, and some people jumped out to compete for the position of auxiliary minister. Qian Qianyi... resigned and has returned to Nanjing."

Zhu Xu's lips moved slightly and he snorted. It was okay for Chahar. Japan just refused to obey and had to teach a lesson. The capital didn't need to pay attention to it and let them jump around. However, Qian Qianyi actually resigned. What is going to cause trouble?

With his eyes closed, Zhu Xu thought for a while and said, "If you leave it there, you should not deny it. Japan will raise the tribute, three times that of Myanmar. If you disagree, block Japan immediately and ban the sails from entering the sea! Keep an eye on the matters in the capital, don't worry about it. As for Qian Qianyi, since he has resigned, he will not come back in the future. Any recommended memorial will be returned!"

"Abide by the order." Cao Huachun said.

Zhu Xu closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. He was already accustomed to the bumps of the carriage. In addition, he had been catching a cold recently, and he was always a little sleepy unconsciously.

However, he still held back and thought that he was about to arrive in Shaanxi. He opened his eyes and looked at Cao Huachun and said, "The emperor is in Shaanxi. How is it now?"

Zhu Xu now has only one emperor’s brother, namely, King Xin Zhu Youjian!

Cao Huachun knew that this person was a bit special to the emperor. The emperor always showed mercy when dealing with him. Although he was not sure why, he still said cautiously: "The prince lived in seclusion and rarely walked outside. He would occasionally donate some money and food."

Zhu Youjian was a very rigid person with no interest, or it was a lot worse than the cultural cultivation of the emperors of the dynasty. From Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Xu, no painters, calligraphers, poets, etc. were much worse than those of the emperors of the Song Dynasty.

Zhu Xu always had sympathy for Zhu Youjian, and did not want to treat him too harshly. This is also why Zhu Youjian was able to leave the capital and become a vassal.

The current royal family has no land and no business, only a little salary, which is quite "depressed" than what they have lived in the past.

Zhu Xu put his right hand on his leg and started to knock it in habit. After a long time, he suddenly said, "I informed you that I want to be in the west, so I will see him."

Cao Huachun looked up at Zhu Xu and said, "Yes."

After saying this, Zhu Xu closed his eyes and was really ready to have a sleep.

Zhu Xu's road was quite far away. After October, the typhoon finally stopped coming, and the water conditions in various places were controlled. After several collapses of the dike, it was still stabilized. The water level was falling, and all parts of the coast had survived a disaster.

This disaster was also from the Ming Dynasty. I don’t know how much money and food it saved for the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, localities were more concerned about the construction of rivers, and they wrote letters, asking to allocate money, continue digging rivers, build water conservancy, and carry out large-scale expansion of some important places to prevent floods from coming again.

However, at this time, the treasury was already very nervous. The mainstream opinion of the court was to tighten the money and significantly reduce expenditures. It would no longer continue to continue such projects on a large scale.

Xiang. Yangfu.

This city is also considered a top-notch prefecture in Huguang. Due to the disaster, its income has also dropped sharply and it has not been a good life.

The prefect Tang Yize stood on Zhu Xu's left with some fear.

This is the backyard of the government office. Zhu Xu took a sip of strong tea and looked at him with a smile and said, "No need to be reserved, I know you are doing well in Xiangyang."

Now the officialdoms of the Ming Dynasty regard Zhu Xu as a beast and avoid it. Now that Zhu Xu has arrived in Xiangyang, the prefect naturally dare not be careless.

Tang Yize is 38 years old this year and is a Jinshi in the 44th year of Wanli. Liu Zongzhou's apprentice, official reputation, and famous scholars. He looked at Zhu Xu and said with a tight expression: "Your Majesty, Lord Qian and others will be here tomorrow. Do you want to summon him first?"
Chapter completed!