Da Ming started to ascend the throne

After the problem was solved, Zhu Cihong was in a good mood, and suddenly remembered the letter his father had given Wang Zhu Cijiong, and hurriedly took out the letter and handed it to Zhu Cijiong.

"This letter was given to you by my father when my elder brother was about to leave."

Zhu Cijiong took the letter from his father and immediately opened it to read:

"Your Majesty, Father knows that you are capable and confident in governing Nanhai Province, but you are still young and inexperienced in many aspects.

Although Zhang Han is loyal, he has no official experience, Mao Wenlong is only in charge of coastal defense, and Zhang Jiexu on Anbo Island is very capable and can be your deputy.

In Lu Song, after Zhu Cihong left, Zhu Youjian also started to act. As an emperor with a system, he was not as laborious as Zhu Cihong in transporting grain.

In the blink of an eye, Zhu Youjian moved most of the grain and gold and silver in the warehouse to the system warehouse, ready to take them back to help the victims.

As for letting the crown prince transport food, the main reason is to train the future successor of Daming. He doesn't need to let an incompetent person be the future emperor of Ming.

Chapter 598

Chapter 597

Daming Shan sago fat.

In a piece of scorched farmland, there stood two figures, the man was handsome and unrestrained, and the woman was heroic.

But when the two looked at the withered crops, they both showed anxiety in their eyes and their faces were full of sadness.

These two people are none other than Li Yan, Governor of Shaanxi, and Yipin Gaoming's wife Hong Niangzi.

No harvest, another season of no harvest, because of the severe drought, this is the second season of no harvest this year.

It can be said that there is almost no harvest in the northwest of Daming this year, all rivers have dried up, and people rely on the wells dug in the river for drinking water.

Even if there is a little water, we must first solve the problem of drinking water for the people to eat, and it is impossible to waste water in the crop fields.

During the Chinese New Year, ice and snow are everywhere, and the climate is almost extremely cold.

However, after the ice and snow melted a year later, there has been no rain for ten months, and the temperature is still extremely high.

A large amount of water resources have been evaporated, and neither corn, rice nor sweet potato can survive this year.

The entire Shaanxi-Gansu region first ate up its own food stocks, and then ate up food from local grain depots.

Fortunately, the policy of Ming Dynasty is good now, and disaster relief food is continuously shipped from all over the country, so the people don't go hungry.

In the past six months, all have to rely on relief from the southern region, otherwise the ration problem would have been impossible to solve.

The people have all come from hard times, and they can understand the actual situation now.

Everyone worked together to understand and help each other, and few people complained about their dissatisfaction with the court.

You know, the food they ate for more than half a year was almost free, and the court did not ask them for a penny.

The rapid population growth also makes disaster relief more difficult. After all, transportation is not as developed as it will be in later generations.

After the waterway was out of service, it was all transported by a railway and horse-drawn carriage. It can be said that if it were not for a small railway that runs through all provinces, it would be more difficult to transport grain from the south to the northwest.

Thinking of the fact that many people died of starvation in Mizhi in the past, which eventually led to refugees everywhere, Li Zicheng almost overthrew the Ming Dynasty.

Li Yan, governor of Shaanxi, looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh:

"God! You open your eyes and take a good look, feel your conscience and think about it, is it fair for you to treat Daming like this?

Now the emperor of Ming Dynasty loves the people like his own son, and finally rescued the rotten Ming Dynasty, was it easy for him?

Look at these people in the northwest, they are all kind human beings, why do you freeze people to death in winter with violent storms and snow, and in other seasons, there is no rain, how can you bear it..."

"Husband, the Holy Majesty is expected to come back soon. We must believe that His Majesty will find a way to save the people here. Don't be too sad."

Seeing her husband like this, the red lady had tears in her eyes, she quietly stepped forward and took Li Yan's arm to comfort him

For several months, Li Yan hadn't had a good night's sleep, and almost every day he ran around the Northwest directing the people to dig wells to fight the disaster.

The 30 troops are not idle either, they are all helping the people transport food and water for disaster relief.

Sun Chuanting, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and important ministers of the court and central government all came to Shaanxi in person. They checked the disaster situation and supervised whether the relief materials were in place on time.

Even the three princesses came to Shaanxi in person a few days ago and brought a lot of food.

It can be said that the officials and nobles of the entire Ming Dynasty took action to rescue the Shaanxi-Gansu region.

But even if God does not see any action, and there is still not a drop of rain, as the official of the parents of Shaanxi people, can Li Yan not be in a hurry?

Li Yan looked back at his wife, and reached out to touch her pretty face:

"My wife has suffered with Li Yan. Look at your haggard face. It's because Li Yan is incompetent. Not only can't solve the drought problem, but he can't even take care of his wife..."

The red lady smiled sweetly:

"Husband, don't say that. Compared with those generals back then, we are very happy. The red lady has no complaints or regrets! Let's go to the river to see if there is any well again."

"Okay, let's go..."

It was rare for Li Yan to hold the hand of the red lady in front of everyone, and they walked towards the dry river bed together.

The red lady blushed, turned her head to look at the guards and some common people not far away, and followed Li Yan happily.

"Look, my lord has lost a lot of weight, and my wife has become even more emaciated. Both the golden boy and the jade girl have been harmed by God."

Not far away, the common people laughed happily when they saw the lord and his wife holding hands.

On the dry river bed, many people were sweating profusely digging wells, more precisely, a deep ditch was dug at the bottom of the river.

There is still some water in the thick sand layer at the bottom of the river. This kind of water is generally called sand soaking.

The sand is very thick and difficult to dig. Once it is dug deep, it will collapse immediately, and everything just now was in vain.

Now both the people and the soldiers have experience, and they can make walls with wooden boards with holes.

In this way, it will not collapse, and the water in the sand can also flow out of the holes in the plank.

Li Yan and his wife walked behind the workers and saw that water had appeared in the deep ditch they had dug.

In the deep ditch of about two meters, the slowly leached water gathered together, and the depth was almost half a foot deep.

Surprise appeared in everyone's eyes. Judging from the current situation, it was enough to eat for the time being.

Yang Zheng is the leader here, and he followed Zhu Cijiong into the Pingkou Army before, and Zhu Cihong brothers led troops to the expedition, but did not take him there to protect Yang Zheng.

Seeing the governor and his wife coming, Yang Zheng immediately scooped up a bowl of water and handed it over: