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Yu Youyao sat in a daze, feeling a little dazed: "The wind never ends, and the rain never ends. There is a Dragon Boat Festival every year in Zhejiang. All the dams need to spend a lot of money on maintenance every year. They are as solid as gold. How can it be possible?" A flood will destroy six embankments, unless..."

The embankment is not as impenetrable as everyone thinks...

After that, Yu Youyao couldn't continue, she closed her eyes, got up and went to An Shoutang.

Old Madam Yu leaned on the couch, seeing her granddaughter's pale face, a look of shock, she sighed softly: "Scared?"

Yu Youyao's eyes were red: "Grandmother, the six embankments of the Xin'an River have all collapsed, how could all six embankments be destroyed at once? So many people... Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?!"

Her voice was choked in her throat, and she couldn't continue, tears rushed out of her eyes.

The construction of water conservancy benefits the country and the people. There is a lot of rain in the south and the Dragon Boat Festival floods have occurred over the years. The imperial court inspects and repairs dams every year to prevent floods.

Madam Yu held her granddaughter in her arms: "It's a natural disaster, but it's also a man-made disaster."

Yu Youyao asked in a hoarse voice: "Grandmother, will the imperial court allocate money for disaster relief?"

The severe drought in the north and the flood in the south all showed the fact that the imperial court was spending too much, the people were struggling to make ends meet, and the dynasty of the Great Zhou Dynasty was about to run out.

Madam Yu patted her head: "Flooding is not like drought. It can be delayed for a while. I think the court is already discussing disaster relief. Let's wait to hear the news!"

This waited until it was dark before Yu Zongzheng came back from the palace.

After meeting the old lady, the first sentence Yu Zongzheng said was: "The emergency report of the Dragon Boat Festival in Zhejiang was sent to the palace. The emperor immediately called the courtiers to discuss the matter. The Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry quarreled. The emperor was furious and questioned Qin Tianjian Jianzheng, why did Qin Tianjian not count the flood in the south, Qin Tianjian said that the flood in the south is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster."

Madam Yu gasped, and even Yu Youyao held her breath.

Yu Zongzheng took a sip of tea and continued: "The emperor asked, what is a man-made disaster? Qin Tianjian Jianzheng said that since Emperor Gaozu ordered the renovation of the Zhejiang dam for hundreds of years, the tide of Xin'an River has risen and risen. Falling again, the imperial court draws a large amount of white flowers and silver to overhaul the dam every year,

As a precautionary measure, the dams were set up to divert the flow. If one part of the embankment overflowed with water, another dam was opened to divert the flow. In the worst case, it rained heavily for ten days in a row, and some dams were overwhelmed and were washed away. A series of six dams all collapsed at once. "

In just three days, the levee collapsed.

Unless the dike repair funds allocated to the Ministry of Industry every year have not been truly implemented, the originally impregnable dikes have gradually become overwhelmed after years of erosion.

Qin Tianjian pointed the finger at the Ministry of Industry.

The Ministry of Industry is in charge of water, tree and soil conservancy, construction, farmland, bans on mountains, forests, rivers, embankments, roads and bridges, etc. If there is a problem with the embankment in Zhejiang, the Ministry of Industry will be the first to bear the brunt.

Yu Zongzheng continued: "The emperor was furious. All the officials of the Ministry of Industry who participated in the maintenance of Zhejiang dams and the eunuchs for river supervision were all ordered to be imprisoned, and they were sealed off as Zuoqian capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Investigate this matter, and give Shang Fang a sword, accompanied by a hundred feathered forest guards, whoever obstructs him, will be killed on the spot, and the emperor also gave an oracle to allow the river to inspect the censor and dispatch troops."

This is a large-scale attack, and kill first as a warning.

Yu Youyao lowered her eyes. In the past two years, the emperor's dissatisfaction with Jiangnan has intensified. The Dragon Boat Festival incident became the emperor's best excuse to rectify Jiangnan and further control Jiangnan.

So after the incident, the emperor's first reaction was not to go down to the holy land to fight the disaster, but to promote the prosperity of southern China, especially in Zhejiang. The dog emperor even cared about her money, so how could he let Zhejiang go?

Two years ago, the case of Song Xiuwen's embezzlement of Mo Junshang was full of thunder but little rain. Although the "dirty money" was confiscated, it did not satisfy the emperor's appetite.

Later, due to the "Japanese plague", it died down, but Song Xiuwen has not yet dealt with it.

Nowadays, the money for building river channels is even a huge sum of money.

Six of the dams collapsed at once, certainly not because of corruption in one or two years, but at least seven or eight years. The accumulation of so many years is a huge sum.

And this amount of money, neither the Ministry of Industry nor the eunuchs who supervise the river can swallow it, and the local officials must be involved.

The money they are greedy for is all the money of the treasury.

These corrupt officials are all blood-sucking worms. Whose blood are they sucking?

It is the blood of the emperor.

Right now, the treasury is empty, and the dog emperor is worried about where to exploit it.

Thinking about this time, Zhejiang is about to shed blood again.

Compared with the northern border, it is even worse.

Yu Youyao took a deep breath: "What's the current situation in Zhejiang?"

Yu Zongzheng sighed: "The six counties were all flooded, and far more than the six counties were affected, and the impact was extensive. They all took charge of the affairs and joined the general Ye Hanyuan, who led his navy to evacuate and salvage the people, and mobilized the people. Loading sandbags, trying to block dikes."

For some reason, when she heard the news, Yu Youyao's frightened mind suddenly calmed down a lot.

No matter how the court is, at least there are still people in Zhejiang who are willing to do their best for the people.

At this time, she was in a trance and startled.

Long before Ye Hanyuan went to Zhejiang, her cousin had mentioned to her that Zhejiang would be in chaos sooner or later, either because of the Japanese invaders or the rebellion of the people.

If the flood hits this time, the imperial court cannot implement benevolent government, relieve the victims, and calm the hearts of the people, and there will be riots in Zhejiang.

Cousin sent Ye Hanyuan to Zhejiang not just to make the muddy water in Zhejiang even more muddy, nor just to covet the prosperity of Zhejiang and want to control Zhejiang.

It also meant to stabilize Ye Hanyuan's chaos.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Yu clasped her hands together: "Amitabha!" Immediately afterwards, she frowned and asked again, "Did the imperial court mention disaster relief?"

A lot was said, but none of it was on point.

Yu Zongzheng shook his head: "Second brother mentioned this matter when he was in court, and asked the emperor to order all government offices in Zhejiang to resettle the victims of the disaster, open warehouses for food relief, and merchants should not take advantage of the disaster of the flood to raise the price of food and buy it at a low price for mergers. The people's land, making a lot of ill-gotten wealth, etc., the emperor asked the second brother to write a document, which will be distributed to all government offices across the country."

There is limited food in the government office, and it is impossible to relieve all the victims. Only when the imperial court allocates money to the government, the government will come forward to negotiate with merchants to buy food and help the people.

Yu Zongzheng sighed slightly: "The national treasury is empty, and the Ministry of Finance embezzled the military silver allocated to Zhejiang in the second half of the year, so as not to forcibly collect two million taels of silver, and the drought in the north cannot be unprepared..."