Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Zhu Youxiao didn't believe that Cui Jingrong had the courage to send [-] imperial troops to the west for reinforcements. If the British government refused to take responsibility for this matter, no matter how much he wanted to do it, he would not be able to do it in the end.

Zhu Youxiao's jasmine flowers were sent out, and people also packed up beautifully to visit the sick Zhu Youjian in the East Sixth Palace.Zhu Youjian caught a cold because he refused to put on his cloak in time after his martial arts class.Even if he interceded for the little eunuchs who followed him and took all the faults on himself, Concubine Li Zhuang still beat the two eunuchs who followed him ten boards each.

Zhu Youxiao went to see him, and Concubine Li Zhuang said apologetically: "My lord, it's because Wulang caught a cold this time that I relaxed my discipline on the people around him, so I let them go according to Wulang's temper. Fortunately, there was no one this time." fever."

Zhu Youxiao immediately agreed that Concubine Li Zhuang was right.Zhu Youjian was basically healed, and his face was embarrassing and he didn't dare to look at anyone.It took a long time to hold back a word.

"Brother Huang, I have been going to court these days, but I don't understand anything."

Concubine Li Zhuang slapped him, "You don't understand? Then what did you do? Didn't you miss the emperor's important event!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled, and asked a baby who didn't graduate from elementary school to listen to military and state affairs. It's not bad to be able to sit still.Besides, he didn't expect Zhu Youjian to do anything.

So he said with a smile: "Goro has never been in touch with government affairs, so it's normal that he doesn't understand. Have you missed your homework these days?"

Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up immediately, "Brother Huang, I have studied hard, and my husband praised me, saying that I am better than my sister and sister."

Alas, this is still a child's heart.Fortunately, his three sisters were his classmates.

"Qilang and younger sister ten, do you often go to see them?"

"Yes, my sisters and I will go to see it the next day. Anyway, they are all on the side of the East Sixth Palace, which is convenient. Brother Huang, I will accompany you to see it now. I haven't seen them for a few days."

Zhu Youxiao held down the enthusiastic Zhu Youjian, "It's not bad for a few days. Let's wait until you are fully recovered. Otherwise, they are too young, and they will be cured if you get sick."

Zhu Youjian immediately froze like a frost.

"Take care of it well, and accompany the emperor to see Qilang when you are well."

Zhu Youxiao left the East Sixth Palace, wandered around the West Sixth Palace, and went in one by one to see the pearl treasures he had stolen from his home, which felt quite fulfilling.

"Wei Chao, do I have account books in this private treasury? Is it very detailed about all enthronements?"

Wei Chao wiped away the sweat that didn't exist on his forehead, and immediately replied: "My lord, Wang An brought his servants to tidy up these treasuries. If there is one thing missing, your servant's head will blame you."

Zhu Youxiao was satisfied.Looking back at Liu Shimin who was called to check the private treasury.

Liu Shimin hurriedly took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I have taken the time to take inventory from the A character library to the Xu characters. It will be counted once a month to ensure that there will be no missing or confusing things."

"Is the amount of silver right?"

"Yes. When I was handing over the accounts, I watched people check the boxes, and then watched people put the seals. All the utensils in those warehouses were counted in this way, and a few dirty hands and feet were caught and disposed of according to the law. .”

Liu Shimin finally got the chance to confess his love to his emperor, and since he took over as the supervisor of the ceremonial supervisor, what else has he done.Are you exhausted?

"Thank you for your hard work. You are the chief steward of the inner court of the imperial city. You need to think about these things on my behalf, and take inventory on a regular basis."

"I dare not say it's hard work. Don't worry, the emperor, I will manage the inner court well."

The current inner court is relatively easy to manage, and the number of court ladies and eunuchs is within a thousand.The imperial cities of Liudu and Zhongdu were also handed over to the Ministry of Households to take care of according to the emperor's wishes.It's just that there is no time to clean up Huangzhuang.

"My lord, I want to take advantage of my lord's free time in the capital, and I want to go to Huangzhuang to clean up all of Huangzhuang."

Liu Shimin knew that the proposal of the supervisor of ceremonies had little effect on the emperor. When the emperor was in Beijing, the supervisor of ceremonies was a procedure for dividing the content of the memorial.As long as the cabinet and ministries have urgent and important matters, with the tacit consent of the emperor, they will be sent to the emperor immediately without going through the supervisor of rituals.He used to worry about this, thinking that sooner or later the supervisor of ceremonies would be abandoned by the emperor.But before the emperor formally abolished the drafting of the supervisor of ceremonies, he still had to do a good job as his own eunuch and take care of the last hurdle.

When Zhu Youxiao heard that Liu Shimin was going to Huangzhuang, he immediately nodded and added a few words.

"Looking at the weather, it's time to sow. Look at the moisture in Huangzhuang? If you haven't sown, you can grow the sweet potatoes you prepared last year. The weather seems to be getting colder and longer. , I am afraid that when the crops are harvested in autumn, they will be frozen before they are ripe. Let those old farmers who are proficient in farming choose some seeds that mature quickly and can fill their stomachs."

It is a general consensus that the weather has been getting colder and colder in the past few years. The fact that the weather has affected the harvest has gradually been recognized by more courtiers.Variety of things that can fill the stomach, as long as the people have something to eat, they will not rebel/rebel.

"Don't worry, the emperor, I will let Huangzhuang grow more sweet potatoes. I will also find people who are good at farming, and plant sweet potatoes that mature quickly and fill my stomach according to the emperor's requirements."

Zhu Youxiao wandered around the inner court for a long time, and went back to sleep at noon.For this body, only he himself knows the depth of the hard work of this trip to the north.If he hadn't practiced this small body day and night since he came here, he might not be able to sit still before Shanhaiguan.

He slept so dimly that he didn't know what night it was until Wei Chao anxiously came to wake him up.

"My lord, my lord is about to wake up, Hangzhou is urgently reporting to Beijing. The cabinet is waiting for my lord to discuss matters."

Zhu Youxiao was woken up by him, and he lay down in the tent for a few seconds before jumping up.Wei Chao and Cao Huachun stretched out their hands to help him get dressed, and Fang Zhenghua held a warm face towel and waited for him to wipe his face.

In a hurry, Zhu Youxiao was helped by several eunuchs to take care of his appearance, and he also went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation neatly without any mistakes.Seeing that the four cabinet ministers and Wang Yingjiao from the household department are already waiting for him.

Zhu Youxiao sat down and asked, "What's the matter in Hangzhou? Huojia rioted again?"

Fang Congzhe, who was about to speak, opened his mouth and looked at the emperor in surprise, Ye Xianggao and others were also stunned by the abrupt question of the emperor.

Wei Chao walked over and got the urgent report from Hangzhou from Fang Congzhe's hand with the action of "grabbing", and then unfolded it and read it to the emperor.

The main content is that a fire broke out in Hangzhou Mansion on the fifth day of March. The fire burned for a whole day and night before it was extinguished. There were more than 35 households in the fire, and a total of [-] people died, including men and women. Others were burnt. The number is close to a thousand.Behind the urgent report are the specific disaster relief measures carried out by the prefect of Hangzhou Prefecture, and the apology notes.

If there is a disaster, the court will provide relief, but Fang Congzhe can't speak out about the allocation of funds.When the imperial court made the annual budget in the twelfth lunar month last year, the emperor proposed that a certain amount of money must be set aside in proportion every year as a special fund for temporary and unpredictable military disasters, fires, droughts, etc., and that it should be used when there is something to do, and it should be kept if there is nothing to do. , he was the leading opponent.Because he was afraid that the money would be received by the emperor in the inner treasury and eventually disappear without a trace.

But the slap in the face came too fast, it's only March.

Wang Yingjiao participated in the annual budget of the twelfth lunar month last year, so he had no choice but to speak out at this time.

"Your Majesty, the imperial court must first allocate funds for disaster relief."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, "Where will the money come from?"

Wang Yingjiao was stunned for a moment, "We can only embezzle it first."

"It's misappropriating the money from Shanxi merchants again. What if it doesn't pay in the future!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned.

Fang Congzhe immediately said: "Your Majesty, after the tax relief is released this autumn, we will first make up for the embezzled funds, and then establish a system of setting aside an emergency relief fund for special purposes. We will follow this system every year in the future."

He blushed as he said, "Your Majesty, last year, the old minister didn't think too much. It would have been better if he had set aside the money for disaster relief."

"Fang Shoufu doesn't need to be harsh on himself, it's because my emperor's grandfather valued silver so much that you dare not keep it in reserve."

Zhu Youxiao saw that the money for disaster relief had a source, and the monarchs and ministers calculated the amount according to the disaster situation, and the rest was for the imperial court to send imperial envoys to bring the money.

"What I mean is that the Ministry of Households will send someone to be the chief envoy, and the Ministry of Punishment will send someone to be the deputy envoy."

"Which one of the ceremonial supervisors will your Majesty send to be the supervisor?" Ye Xianggao asked the officials who were going to be imperial envoys.

"Wei Chao. He doesn't dare to reach out to the disaster relief money, and he can suppress the situation even if something happens."

Wei Chao is now the acting director of the Qianqing Palace and one of the chief eunuchs of the Supervisor of Rituals, which is sufficient in terms of status.

Ye Xianggao thought that the amount of money for disaster relief was not small, and said worriedly: "Your Majesty, there were frequent fires in Hangzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty. The veteran remembers that there were 21 fires, and the five largest fires among them made the city burn." It's empty'. In addition to disaster relief this time, we have to find ways to prevent future troubles. The imperial court has limited silver income and is stretched, so it can't bear such fires several times."

Liu Yixiu then said: "Your Majesty, I agree with Ye Ge's words. Hangzhou is densely populated, and the houses are lined up one after another. Once a fire breaks out, it will spread quickly. Not only will it affect a wide range, but the disaster will also spread. There are a lot of people, and the loss is also very large. I suggest that when rebuilding Hangzhou by taking advantage of the fire, we should either adopt the market system in the Tang Dynasty or adopt the fire ban in the Song Dynasty."

Han Yu felt that Liu Yixiu's proposal was too strange, so he pressed Liu Yixiu.

"Hangzhou is known as the city that never sleeps. How likely is it that Ji Hui thinks there is a 'fire ban'?"

Liu Yixiu said with a smile: "Yuchen, for a city like Hangzhou, it is impossible to ban fire, and the division of the market system is even less feasible. Then let those who do not agree with the fire ban and the market system It was divided, and the money was used to rebuild Hangzhou. The money from the imperial court for disaster relief was only used to build the city squares that agreed to ban fires, and the people who agreed to live in those squares.”

Oops, Zhu Youxiao laughed at the case, but he didn't expect Liu Yixiu to be a black-hearted sesame ball under the surface of his informal smile.That's great, he needs such a courtier to do things now, especially in such a sensual city that never sleeps like Hangzhou.

He immediately expressed his praise: "I think Liu Jihui's formulation is good. If Hangzhou is still built according to the original appearance, there will inevitably be another fire.

Let's first divide Hangzhou according to the city square, and the buildings must be separated by sufficient fire distances to rebuild Hangzhou City.Those who don't move will pay those who move, and if there is not enough in the city, they will expand to the outer periphery.They all huddled together and waited for Zhu Rong to come. The imperial court didn't have so much money for disaster relief. "

Fang Congzhe looked at Liu Yixiu who made the bad suggestion with worry, and felt that he didn't know this person anymore.Looking at the very happy emperor again, he said embarrassingly: "If there are people who are unwilling to move or pay money, they have a land deed in Hangzhou, and the government can't force them."

Zhu Youxiao immediately sullenly said, "It's not that his land deed was confiscated or that he was not given a place to live. It's just that the households on the fire passage were replaced with houses. Those who refuse to cooperate will submit submissions for future urban fires." security deposit.

For example, if the imperial government will spend a million taels of silver for this disaster relief, then please ask him to pay a million taels as a deposit first.Once such a family fire affects thousands of households or tens of thousands of households like this again, the money will be paid out of their security deposits. "

He still doesn't believe that ordinary people in China can survive the government's forced demolition order.

Ye Xianggao looked at the Son of Heaven, and then at Liu Yixiu, thinking that both the monarch and his subjects were black-hearted.When others can't understand, is the security deposit a thing of no return?It can be said that those salt merchants and merchants in Hangzhou, depending on the guarantee that they will never return, will choose to take the initiative to spend money to eliminate disasters and spend millions of dollars to build Hangzhou City.

Liu Yixiu stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I request you to go to Hangzhou as an imperial envoy to preside over the reconstruction of Hangzhou Mansion."

Seeing that the emperor had a tendency to acquiesce, Wang Yingjiao immediately asked, "Is Ji Hui the person who should be dispatched by the Ministry of Household Affairs or the Ministry of Punishment when he goes to Hangzhou?"

All eyes were on Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Yixiu and said, "I'm glad that Ji Hui is willing to go. Then use Ji Hui as your envoy and Wei Chao as your deputy, and go to Hangzhou tomorrow."

Liu Yixiu bowed to the end, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust. I will definitely complete the reconstruction of Hangzhou."

The author has something to say: The fire in Hangzhou is related to the weather, humidity, etc.

This is a relatively partial subject, interested parents can

——West Lake is the reason for many fires in Hangzhou—the climate law affecting the fires in ancient cities;

——Looking at the fire in the ancient city of Dukezong.

——Why China Fire Protection does not allow the common people to participate

These articles have well explained the causes of fires in ancient Chinese cities.