I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 377: Severe drought in Shaanxi, check the remaining grain!
The surrender of Beiyuan was indeed a big event.

But after Zhu Yunzhen returned to the palace, before he could be happy for a while, another piece of news suddenly came.

Shaanxi is experiencing another severe drought this year!

The food harvest failed, and the people were hit by disaster again. They asked the court for disaster relief!

"Great drought! Great drought! Great drought!"

"It's another drought!"

In Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yunxuan frowned. Why is it like this? Could it be that God is really so unfair to Ming Dynasty?

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was because of three consecutive years of severe drought in Shaanxi that there were widespread refugees in Shaanxi.

As a result, the banditry that destroyed the Ming Dynasty started!

But now, it was just the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, so why are we encountering severe droughts one after another?
Could it be that God really did not favor Ming Dynasty?
Although it is said that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was his own fault, speaking of it, this extreme weather gave a lot of assists, but at this time, it was not like the sweet potatoes coming from the Qing Dynasty.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunxuan found sweet potatoes, and with the construction of water conservancy projects, he was not worried about food problems.

But the severe drought in Shaanxi, and the successive severe droughts, was also a burden to the court. After all, it was not easy to mobilize food from other places for disaster relief.

Especially in remote places like Shaanxi, the construction of national highways has not started at all.

We still followed the original official road, and the loss of food was not small.

However, Zhu Yunxuan was not worried about these losses, he just felt that it was not an option to continue like this. The drought problem in Shaanxi must be solved by a solution.

The construction of reservoirs is almost inevitable in Shaanxi.

We must not delay it. Even the current disaster in Shaanxi cannot delay it. In the worst case, we can use work-for-relief and let the people of Shaanxi build reservoirs and national roads.

At worst, Zhu Yunxu will go back to plunder some overseas grain next year.

Just transfer it to the Shaanxi Chief Envoy. In short, we still have to find a way to solve this problem.

Think here.

Zhu Yunxuan immediately said: "The drought in Shaanxi cannot be delayed."

"Immediately send an imperial envoy to check the remaining grain, and at the same time find out how this year's autumn grain harvest is and how much is missing, so that the imperial court can make unified arrangements."

"Furthermore, send a group of craftsmen there. Shaanxi must have at least three reservoirs by next summer."

Zhu Yunzhen wanted to say more.

But at this moment, he was interrupted by a head of the household department.

"Your Majesty."

"There is no need to send an imperial envoy down. The Ministry of Revenue has detailed damage information."

"The memorial written by the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi Province is also very detailed. I think that we can just transfer grain from the nearby granary."

"After all, disaster waits for no one!"

Zhu Yunzhen couldn't help but frown.

He was a grandson, and he was interrupted before he could speak. This official was too bold!

But Zhu Yunzhen is not someone who cares about these things.

He was only slightly unhappy and then said: "Shaanxi has been suffering from drought for many years. Local officials must have many cover-ups in order to get promoted."

"We must send people down to investigate the actual damage situation in detail."

"To avoid the problem that local officials knew about the actual disaster and did not report it even more seriously."

"As for food preparation, it is most appropriate to get it from the capital."

"Yang Shiqi, leave this matter to your People's Supervision Department!"

"Xia Yuanji, I'll leave it to you to handle the food distribution for disaster relief!"

Nowadays, the capital of the Ming Dynasty has almost become the distribution center for the grain of the Ming Dynasty. Food from all over the country is piled up in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the capital of the Ming Dynasty has the most developed transportation in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Wherever you want, it's the most convenient.

At the same time, food from overseas was also transported to the capital, and some of it was in the magic city.

"This……"

The official still wanted to object, but Zhu Yunzhen had already given the order and there was no chance.

He had no choice but to step back, with a hint of panic in his eyes.

But this trace of panic was concealed so well that Zhu Yunxian did not notice it. After all, Zhu Yunxian's thoughts were on the two major events of the drought in Shaanxi and the surrender of Beiyuan.

He had no intention of paying attention to the expression of an ordinary courtier. "Are there other places affected by the disaster this year? How is the autumn grain harvest?"

Zhu Yunzhen asked.

Soon, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, stood up.

Said: "Your Highness, this year's autumn grain harvest has increased compared with last year."

"It's just that part of the increase is due to sweet potatoes. In fact, the amount of ordinary grain this year has actually dropped compared to last year."

Later, other courtiers stood up.

Said: "Your Highness, in addition to the severe drought in Shaanxi this year, there are also some places affected by disasters, such as Qiantang, Changzhou..."

"But generally speaking, the situation is quite stable."

"I think the reason for the decline in grain production this year is mostly due to the construction of national highways and the fact that there are many more workers working in factories."

"It leads to fewer farmers, which leads to this."

Zhu Yunzhen nodded in agreement.

This analysis should be correct. After all, Ming Dynasty had limited manpower and wanted to increase the number of workers and laborers as much as possible without reducing food production.

It's simply unrealistic.

Zhu Yunxuan's solution can only be to use crops such as sweet potatoes that increase food production.

"Your Highness, according to current estimates, as long as sweet potatoes continue to be promoted and food is continuously sent back from overseas energy sources."

"It won't be a problem for the current grain production to drop by another [-]%."

Zhu Yunzhen's face became better.

The decline in grain production means that more farmers can enter the city to work, and can also help Daming build reservoirs or national highways.

Manpower will be more abundant.

This is a good thing. After all, the total amount of food in the Ming Dynasty has not declined, but the structure has become diversified.

We no longer rely solely on farmers for production.

Instead, some of it was shipped from overseas, freeing farmers who originally needed to farm from the land and turning them into workers to produce more goods and continue to harvest overseas food, raw materials, etc.

"It's a happy event."

"The promotion of sweet potatoes needs to continue, and other matters cannot be delayed."

"Winter is coming soon."

"If things go well and Gu is in charge, this year's annual leave will be much longer than usual!"

All the courtiers were immediately overjoyed!
I’m so excited that I don’t even know what to say!They finally see the light!
Zhu Yunzhen is not a workaholic like Lao Zhu!
However... while all the courtiers were gearing up, some officials still felt uncomfortable.

There was a faint sweat on his forehead.

……

After going down to court, in a secret room.

There was a faint quarrel.

"What to do... His Highness wants to check the surplus grain in Shaanxi!"

"We also need to check the damage!"

"If we really let the imperial envoy go, our secrets will be exposed! What will we do then?"

"Alas, there is no other way now."

"No matter what, we must not allow the imperial envoy the opportunity to come back to the capital to tell His Highness the actual situation in Shaanxi!"

"What? You want to kill the imperial envoy?!"

"You're crazy!"

"Shh! Shut up! Are you so loud, do you want to kill us?!"

"There's nothing I can do about it!"

"No matter what, find someone from below to take the blame first!"

"We must not let this matter involve us!"

(End of this chapter)