Can I get to the other side?

Weiyang Palace, Zhaoyang Temple.

The matter of the Yellow River was quite annoyed by Liu Xie, so after letting Fa Zheng and others check the situation, he came to Zhen Yan's residence for dinner.

At the same time, it is to relieve the boring mood.

But looking at the rich meal of a table prepared for him, Liu Xie had no appetite.

"What happened to your Majesty? Is the meal not appetizing?"

"Would you like to let Yushanfang do it again?"

When Zhen Huan saw Liu Xie, he didn't move his chopsticks, so he asked, and the beauty of the beautiful eyes was inquiring.

Liu Xie converged his mind and shook his head: "Nothing, I just think about something, I can't eat it."

"What are your Majesty thinking?"

Zhen Huan was curious about the more hearing the words. She rarely saw Liu Xie so worried, and she didn't know what happened.

Liu Xie did not conceal her, and said frankly: "This year, the water of the Yellow River becomes clear, which is likely to be caused by the exhaustion of the upper river."

"If this is the case, then thousands of miles along the Yellow River will suffer a large drought this year, and countless people on both sides of the strait will be affected."

"I am worried."

Zhen Huan couldn't help but feel that water suffering from drought, which was a headache for any dynasty.

The people eat in the land. Once the natural disasters such as water suffering from drought occur, it is easy to make the people unparalleled.

If the imperial disaster relief is not effective, it is inevitable that a large number of people die and corpses are across the wild, which will then shake the country.

And all disasters are the most drought, and thousands of miles after the drought, which means that the people will have no harvest throughout the year. This has tremendous pressure for the court and it is easy to cause chaos.

In addition, there are many people living along the Yellow River. Once there is a problem with the Yellow River, the impact will be greatly affected. No wonder Liu Xiehui is so worried.

Zhen Huan continued to ask: "Can Her Majesty have a solid strategy?"

Liu Xie nodded slightly and said, "I have ordered people to go to the source of the Yellow River to inquire, and prepare for food regulation."

"I hope this is just a lot of care."

After hearing this, Zhen Yan reached out and held Liu Xie's hand and comforted: "Her Majesty does not have to worry too much, it will be fine."

Liu Xie smiled and said nothing, but the anxiety in his heart did not reduce half a point because of Zhen Yan's words.

He did order food regulation, but if there was a big drought this year, the affected people would be a huge number.

It is a great test for the court that has just experienced the war.

"Okay, now worrying is useless. I hope the results of the investigation can be presented quickly, it is best to guess wrong."

Liu Xie's heart secretly said, then converged these thoughts, and set his eyes to Zhen Huan, and asked, "Love Concubine, will it be your birthday in a few days?"

Zhen Yan blinked and said, "I didn't expect His Majesty to remember, the ministers thought His Majesty forgot."

Today, she wanted to mention the birthday with Liu Xie. She wanted Liu Xie to take out for a day to accompany her to the suburbs and throw the child to Lu Lingqi.

Just after hearing the drought, she didn't mention it again, and she didn't want to let Liu Xie distinguish it because of this.

"I can forget?"

Liu Xie smiled, then took a roll of paper from the sleeve, handed it to Zhen Huan and said, "The gifts for the concubine are ready."

Seeing that Liu Xie had prepared a gift, Zhen Yan was very surprised, and he reached out and took the gift.

Open it, this is actually a painting, which is drawn by sketching, and the painter is extremely fine.

As for the person in the painting, isn't she who will be? Essence

In addition to this painting, there is a piece of paper.

The book "Luo Shen Fu" three characters.

"In the five years of Jian'an, I returned to Chang'an in the west, and passed by Luochuan. The ancients said that the god of Sishui, the name of the concubine. I feel like Song Yu's affairs to King Chu, so she is a Fu ..."

"... Its shape is also, Pian Ruo is shocked, Wan Ruo swims the dragon. Rongyu Qiuju, Huamao Chunsong. It seems like the light clouds are covered with the moon, the fluttering wind returns to the snow. Looking at it from a distance If the sun rises to the glowing;

"... So Luo was inspired, migrated to rely on hesitation, the light was separated, and the yin was shining.

The whole article "Luo Shen Fu", nearly a thousand words, the words of the words and gorgeousness, and the compliance with the praise of the beauty of the goddess of Luo Shui.

Zhen Huan was deeply attracted after reading a few paragraphs, especially when I read "as if the moon is like the clouds, and the fluttering of the wind will return to the snow." Involuntarily accelerated.

"His Majesty, this Fu ... Are you writing a Chen concubine?"

Zhen Huan looked at Liu Xie with both expectations and shy eyes.

Without him, it was too beautiful because this article was really beautiful.

She is also a woman who reads poems, but no one can be compared with this "Luo Shen Fu" among all the funds she has read to this day!

When I read this song, it was simply intoxicating that even if she wrote the word "concubine" even if she started, she couldn't be sure that this was written to her by Liu Xie.

"Isn't it written to Ai Fei, who did you write it to?"

Liu Xie asked, at the same time looked at Zhen Huan affectionately, saying, "Under the general heaven, only the beauty of the concubine can afford the name of the" Goddess of Luo Shui "."

Hearing Liu Xie's straightforward and bold words, Zhen Mi's pretty face immediately turned red, her beautiful eyes were full of love, she looked up at Liu Xie and spat softly: "Your Majesty really embarrassed me, I... how can I deserve such a title."

"If it gets out, I'm sure people in the world will laugh at me, even women in the future will laugh at me."

This fu is too talented, once it is spread to the world, it will surely be famous and passed down through the ages.

By then, everyone in the world will know that this is a love fu written by the emperor for her.

So how can she not feel shy?

Liu Xie pretended to say: "If my beloved concubine doesn't like it, then give it back to me, and I will give it to the queen later."

As he said that, he was about to reach out to take back both the painting and the fu.

"I, I didn't say no!"

Zhen Mi was instantly anxious, and even changed to self-proclaimed.

She quickly put away the painting and the poem, then glared at Liu Xie and said angrily: "You gave them to me, how can you give them to the queen? Your Majesty wants two paintings and one cake."

"But you really can't favor one over the other. Your Majesty should write a poem for the queen when you go back, otherwise it will be spread out and people will think that your Majesty neglects the queen."

Liu Xie couldn't help laughing when he heard it.

When Lu Lingqi's birthday comes, he will naturally prepare a gift. He just said this to tease Zhen Mi.

Zhen Mi carefully put away the painting and the poem, and her heart was full of happiness, because in her opinion, Liu Xie's gift was better than any treasure!

"Your Majesty, you should eat quickly. The food is getting cold. Just think of it as celebrating your birthday with me in advance."

"Okay, as you say."

The two began to eat, talking and laughing, as warm as ever.

Even after going through so many things, their feelings have not changed, but have become deeper.

…

Liu Xie sent people to investigate the source of the Yellow River and soon came to the conclusion.

Everything was as he expected. The rivers in the upper reaches of the Yellow River dried up this year, and the water level dropped a lot.

After learning the news, Liu Xie immediately issued an order that all government offices along the Yellow River began to prepare for drought.

In this way, two months passed in a flash.

The severe drought along the Yellow River came as expected. Not only was the temperature extremely hot, but there was no rainfall for two consecutive months. Some small rivers were directly cut off and thousands of miles were barren.

Most of the crops planted by the people died in the fields due to lack of water, and even the water level of the Yellow River dropped to a record low!

This drought is a rare drought in decades!

If such a drought is not prepared in advance, it will inevitably cause great turmoil in the country, and then cause a great famine, which will be the beginning of the nightmare.

No mistakes in one poem, one post, one content, one content, one book, one forum, one 6, one 9, one book, one forum, one look!

The famine was something that the local prefectures and counties could not cope with. When the victims began to flee, it would have an impact on cities and counties everywhere. Just the resettlement of the victims would make the court very busy.

If grain was transferred from other places for disaster relief at this time, it would definitely be heavily extorted by merchants and aristocratic families, who would maliciously raise the price of grain and make profits from it.

During the famine, the victims exchanged their children for food, gnawed trees and ate the soil. It was just written down in the pen and a few words in the book.

But behind the words was blood!

And this preparation for disaster relief also proved how wise Liu Xie's decision was, because he predicted the drought in advance and asked Fa Zheng to invest millions of taels of silver to prepare for the drought, so all places made preparations in advance to deal with the drought.

Zhuge Liang completed the grain transfer as early as a month ago, and now the grain reserves of local prefectures and counties are more than 40% more than before.

Not only that, the State Administration of Taxation also sent people to Yizhou and Jingzhou to purchase a large amount of grain for storage in advance. Once there is a shortage of grain, it will be immediately transferred to the disaster area to supplement it.

With so many preparations, there is no fear even if there is a great famine!

Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi.

Now droughts have occurred in various parts of the Han Dynasty. Everything is just as Liu Xie expected. There is a severe drought.

But although the drought is urgent, the faces of the officials in the hall are not nervous, but look very relaxed.

"Your Majesty is right. The clear water of the Yellow River is a sign of a severe drought."

Fa Zheng couldn't help but sigh.

"Now the Guanzhong area is thousands of miles barren, all the crops have died of drought, and even the main rivers have been cut off. This kind of drought is unprecedented.

Zhuge Liang also nodded and sighed: "If it weren't for your majesty's foresight and preparations for drought resistance in advance, I'm afraid that the Guanzhong area would be in dire straits now. Your Majesty is wise! "

The other ministers in the hall also praised him.

This compliment was indeed from the heart, and there was no element of flattery, because if the emperor had not insisted on transferring grain to prepare for drought, the consequences would be disastrous!

Hearing the compliments of the ministers in the hall, Liu Xie did not look complacent at all. He knew that although he had made sufficient preparations, the people's lives were still difficult.

"How is the disaster relief going now? Have notices been issued in various places?"

Liu Xie looked at Fa Zheng and said at the same time: "We must not let the people panic, and we must show the confidence of the court."

Fa Zheng smiled confidently and said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the counties have sufficient grain and grass. As long as the official warehouses are opened for the people to see, they will be relieved. This time, we have made sufficient preparations and will not let famine occur!"

Fa Zheng knew how sufficient his preparations were, so he had the confidence to make this guarantee.

"Very good, the drought has been overcome, and you should be the first to make the contribution!"

Liu Xie smiled. Fa Zheng had spent a lot of effort to prepare for drought and his contribution was not small.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Fa Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to express his gratitude. For him, the emperor's recognition was more meaningful than his contribution.

Liu Xie also said to Jia Xu and Yuan Xi: "Send more people to keep an eye on them. If grain merchants from all over the country dare to take the opportunity to raise grain prices, there is no need to report to the emperor, just deal with them severely!"

"In the face of disasters, we must not allow the scoundrels to do evil, and we cannot tolerate those who make money from national disasters!"

Liu Xie's tone was quite tough.

Why do so many people die every time there is a natural disaster? This is inseparable from the grain merchants from all over the country who drive up grain prices. They don't care how many people die, they only care whether they can make a lot of money.

Liu Xie will not tolerate such a thing. Whoever dares to make money from national disasters at this juncture, he will kill him with a knife. It just so happens that there is a shortage of food now, so it's better to kill one or two.

Yuan Xi and Jia Xu said respectfully: "I obey your order!"

After discussing the drought and following up on the follow-up arrangements, Liu Xie finally felt relieved and asked the maid to serve iced plum soup to reward the ministers.

Fa Zheng and others thanked him one after another without being polite, because the weather was too hot recently, and this kind of delicacy could only be enjoyed in the palace.

Only Guo Jia looked at Liu Xie with a bowl in his hand, as if he was hesitant to speak.

Seeing this, Liu Xie smiled and asked: "What's wrong, Fengxiao, this plum soup doesn't suit your taste?"

Guo Jia hesitated for a moment, put down the bowl, and then bowed his hands and said: "That's not the case... Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Guo Jia's opening immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Liu Xie raised his eyebrows slightly, puzzled, but he still nodded and said: "What does Fengxiao want to report?"

Zhuge Liang stood up and left the table, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, there have been rumors circulating in various places recently, saying that this drought is a disaster from heaven, all because Your Majesty founded the Imperial Academy and violated the laws of the ancestors and the teachings of the saints."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall fell silent.

The maid who was about to serve plum soup to Liu Xie was so frightened that her hand trembled, and the fine porcelain bowl worth a thousand coins in her hand fell directly to the ground and broke into pieces.

"I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"

The maid was so frightened that she knelt down with a plop, kowtowed and trembled all over.

It is a serious crime to be beaten to death for being disrespectful in front of the emperor!

"You are blind!"

The eunuch on the side was furious and was about to step forward to scold and beat her.

But Liu Xie raised his hand to stop her, saying calmly: "It's okay, you all should leave first, and don't blame her."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The eunuchs naturally did not dare to disobey the emperor's words, and bowed and left, and the maid also left.

Only Liu Xie and the cabinet ministers were left in the hall.