After Liu Jin left, Zheng De asked Wang Yue to find out the memorials of reporting disasters in various places and read them carefully. He found that all the places only mentioned the disaster situation. As for how serious the disaster was and how many people were affected, they were all vague.

"What's the disaster in Nanjing and Susong and other areas?" Seeing the three cabinet masters coming in, Zheng De subconsciously asked. However, looking at the three of them with awkward expressions, he knew that he was probably asking for nothing.

"Forget it!" Zheng De waved his hand. After all, when the local government reported the disaster, he did not specify how serious the disaster was. It is understandable that the three ministers were not aware of it. "Please sit down with the three ministers."

"Thank you for your seat." Since Zheng De said it sharply last time, the three of them are no longer pretentious. After sitting down, they looked at each other, and Liu Jian bowed, "Is Your Majesty summoning me to come here because of disasters in Nanjing and Su Song?"

"That's true! It's my fault, I didn't know about this until now." Zheng De nodded and said embarrassedly.

All three of them were surprised. After all, this incident was just a trivial matter to the eyes of several people, which actually led the emperor to admit his mistakes on his own initiative. This also shows that the emperor's attention to this matter.

"Your Majesty is so serious that this matter is an irresistible disaster. As long as your Majesty is alienated from villains, upholds the will of the late emperor, and works diligently and loves the people, God will not bring disasters."

After hearing what Liu Jian said, Zheng De looked at him helplessly, "What kind of disaster caused by heaven? Isn't it just taking the opportunity to curse me? I've just said it, why bother to go around the corner?" If Liu Jian could know what Zheng De was thinking at this moment, he would definitely be wronged. After all, an idealist and a materialist have different worldviews and different ways of looking at problems.

"Because Nanjing, the seven prefectures of Susong, and Tonghe two prefectures were affected by the earthquake, it is unknown what the current disaster situation is. So I decided to set up a disaster relief team to rush to the disaster area to provide disaster relief and investigate the disaster situation at will. What are the opinions of several cabinet masters?"

Xie Qian stood up directly after hearing this, "Your Majesty, the cabinet has asked the prefectures and prefectures in Nanzhili to organize relief to the victims. And six days have passed. I believe the victims have been properly resettled. The specific situation only needs to be reported by local officials. Why send an imperial envoy to come and make a big fight!"

Zheng De glanced at Xie Qian and looked at the other two, "Do you think it's a big fight?"

The two looked at each other, although they did not say it clearly, their eyes obviously had an answer. Zheng De shook his head helplessly, obviously a little disappointed with the three of them, "There is no right to speak without investigation. If the court does not send an imperial envoy to the disaster area for investigation, how can we know the specific situation in the disaster area? How can we know whether local officials will deceive their superiors and hide their subordinates and do our best to provide disaster relief? What should we do if the people are not properly resettled and stir up civil unrest?"

Every sentence that Zheng De said was heart-warming and deafening. For the first time, the three cabinet masters had the idea of ​​being ashamed. Liu Jian and Li Dongyang looked at each other, then stood up and bowed to Xie Qian, "What Your Majesty taught me is that the old minister is ashamed."

"Three dear friends, please sit down." This made him feel a little embarrassed. After seeing the three of them sitting down, he coughed and looked at Xie Qian, and continued, "Xie Aiqing will be the leader of the disaster relief team, and the deputy group leader will be Han Wen, the Minister of Revenue and Zeng Jian, and the Minister of Works, who are fully responsible for disaster relief matters."

"Why did you send three senior officials in the court to take charge of this matter at once? This is too much attention." Liu Jian suddenly felt something was wrong, "Your Majesty, the late emperor has just passed away, and the court still needs six ministers and nine ministers to take charge of the overall situation. And six days have passed at this time, and it is probably too late to go now. I think it is better to let Nanjing Minister Xiong Chong as an imperial envoy to organize disaster relief matters."

Zheng De thought about it and felt something was reasonable, but he insisted on saying, "This matter still requires the court to send Xie Aiqing to take charge of the overall situation and serve as the leader of the disaster relief team. As for the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, Xiong Chong, and the Minister of Works...uh... to assist him as the deputy leader, what do you think?"

"It seems that the emperor is determined to send Xie Qian out to be responsible for disaster relief. I don't know how this person offended the emperor. Is it because he is usually a shameful person?" Liu Jian looked at Xie Qian strangely, and after thinking about it, there was only one reason. He couldn't help but shake his head. In the heart of the cabinet chief, it was obvious that expatriation was not a good job.

Xie Qian put aside this problem of "talking about" when he was fine, and he was considered a very responsible official. He did not refuse to do anything about the public. Moreover, the earthquake was very close to his hometown Yuyao, so he agreed readily in his worry. However, Zheng De glanced at him strangely, "It seems that this person doesn't always like to 'talk about the mountains'."

"After Xie Qing arrived at the disaster area, he would first investigate the disaster situation in various places, how many people were injured and killed, and how many collapsed houses were. I will send a report to me. In addition, investigate the disaster relief situation in various places. If any officials fail to provide disaster relief or make a fortune due to corruption, you can take it down directly by the prefecture and county level officials. As for the prefect, they will be escorted back to Beijing and handed over to the Ministry of Justice for handling. Do you understand?"

"I obey the order." After hearing what the emperor said, Xie Qian knew that the responsibility on his shoulders was not easy. However, the more this happened, driven by his strong sense of responsibility, he was more motivated and energetic.

After Liu Jian drafted an order to build the jade seal, Zheng De handed it over to Xie Qian, "The matter is urgent, please ask Master Xie to set off immediately and get rid of his beloved minister."

"I understand, I will leave." Xie Qian received the imperial edict and did not dare to delay and leave quickly.

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"Chaling, what do you think of what the emperor did today?" On the way back, Liu Jian was puzzled by what the emperor did today, so he had to ask Li Dongyang for help. After all, among the three, he was the only one who was known as "good planner".

Li Dongyang looked at him with a smile, "What the Master is wondering about is why His Majesty made a big fight because of something that had been resolved six days ago."

"Those who know my heart are Chaling!" Liu Jian was not angry because Li Dongyang guessed his thoughts, but instead sighed quite emotionally.

"Your Majesty is worried about the country and the people!" Li Dongyang said lightly, and then there was no further information.

"You...you still can't change the problem of keeping in business." Liu Jian pointed at him and shook his head, and said with some concern, "If Your Majesty is really worried about the country and the people, you shouldn't let Liu Jin interfere in politics, and it's better to be demoted directly."

Liu Jian obviously disagreed with Li Dongyang's point of view, and the latter did not care. "If Your Majesty really let Liu Jin interfere in politics, the memorials this month would not have been almost all awarded according to the results proposed by the cabinet vote."

When Liu Jian recalled it carefully, it seemed that it was true. Over the past month, Liu Jian and the other two have done a lot of things that Hongzhi wanted to do but failed to do in the past year with the golden signboard of the minister of the Resident and the excuse of the emperor. If Liu Jin could really interfere in the affairs of the court, many things might not have been done so smoothly. Now that I think about it carefully, the emperor must have played an important role in it.

"You can see clearly in Chaling!" Liu Jian sighed lightly, but said with concern, "Maybe because Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, you and me need to rely on you and me to do everything according to our wishes. If you and I have retired, Your Majesty will be easily bewitched at the age of young people. Wouldn't Liu Jin be lawless?"

"The master of the cabinet is far-sighted, and Dongyang feels inferior." Li Dongyang bowed. He did not think too much about what would happen to the court after he retired. After all, "not in his position or not to do his own affairs", what's the use of thinking about so much?

Liu Jian stroked his beard lightly and glanced at Li Dongyang, "Unless you and I will remove Liu Jin before you and I retire, you will definitely suffer from great trouble in the future!"

Li Dongyang looked at him speechlessly. Apart from what Liu Jin said, it was not a simple matter. Besides, he is just criticizing the emperor for his reputation and has not caused any resentment. What reason does he have to do this? If he accidentally angers the emperor, wouldn't he be able to take it away?

"The Master of the Pavilion is careful. Liu Jin's interference in the government affairs is indeed contrary to the ancestral system, but he is not as strong as killing, so he can be dismissed. Why bother to annoy the emperor because of this?"

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang after hearing this, and shook his head helplessly, "Chaling, your nature to seek good fortune and avoid harm still needs to be changed. I can't be the assistant for a few years. If this happens again, how can I give you this position at that time?"

Li Dongyang smiled bitterly, but he was not ashamed of Liu Jian's words. "Ge Master, you also know that Dongyang had the desire to retire. If the late emperor had not passed away, I would have retired and returned to my hometown. In my opinion, Yu Qiao would be more suitable for this position." He has been working hard in the officialdom for more than 40 years, so it is obviously impossible to make him the prime minister of the cabinet. Now he only wants to retire and return to his hometown to spend the rest of his life.

"Hey!" Liu Jian couldn't help sighing, pointing at him and shook his head again, "You, you are less than 60 years old, but your character is older than me. And Yuyao, everything is good, but this is too straightforward. But this is also related to his experience. His career has been smooth and straightforward, and he has never suffered any setbacks and suffered any major losses. It would be fine if you and I were there, I can protect you. If you let him stand alone, it would be impossible, and he would inevitably suffer a big loss."

Li Dongyang naturally knew about Xie Qian's personality. If it weren't for the identity of the emperor, it would be difficult for him to sit at this high position with his personality. However, he still said enlightenedly, "Why should the master of the cabinet worry about what happened behind him? After all, there are many rising stars in the court, such as Wang Yang, who has returned to his hometown to Dingyou, and Yang Tinghe, the Grand Secretary of Zuo Chunfang. As the emperor's teacher, it's pretty good to do it. In addition, there are Liang Chu, the Minister of Personnel, and Ma Zhongxi, who has recovered."

"Yes." Liu Jian glanced at him and nodded slightly, "The descendants will have their own blessings. It seems that I should learn the temperament of Chaling, and I should be more open to everything."

"Gei Lao praised me." Li Dongyang smiled, not caring about Liu Jian's joke.

"Let's go! Yuyao is gone, there are still many things waiting for you and I to deal with in the room." Liu Jian said, leaving first.
Chapter completed!