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"The minister is Murong Ju, the right minister of the Shangshu!"

Zhao Junsheng stared at him: "What do you want to say?"

Murong Ju said: "What I want to say is that although the triumphant entry ceremony does not cost much, it is still a considerable expense. This time the large army has cost countless expenses. Before the triumphant return, His Majesty ordered to build a city in Mobei, and the expenses increased. Doubled! Of course, this is not the most important thing. No matter how poor the imperial court is, this money can still be paid out. It is only because the two-month Yellow River embankment burst caused serious floods. The imperial court called on the army and the people to fight the disaster together. Decided not to hold the triumphant entry ceremony!"

Zhao Junsheng asked with a cold face: "The Yellow River burst its embankment? Why didn't I know about it? Even if the Yellow River burst its embankment, this matter has nothing to do with the triumphant return of the army. Could it be that just because of disaster relief, you don't even bother to hold a triumphant entry ceremony?"

"Ahem!" Hua Mulan coughed twice, and said aloud, "Your Majesty, I agree with this matter, and Pei Jin and others cannot be held accountable! Two months ago, it rained heavily for half a month and caused the river to flood. The rise exceeded the previous historical water level. Due to the erosion of rainwater and the immersion of the river, the embankment broke due to unresponsibility. 30 people on both sides of Henan and Hebei were buried in fish belly, and millions of people were displaced. There are still mourners in Henan, and the whole country is mourning during this period, it is really inappropriate to celebrate, so..."

Zhao Junsheng's face became even more ugly, "Why didn't I receive any news about such a big matter? You...huh..." After speaking, he got up and left angrily.

The ministers looked at each other and shouted in unison: "Respectfully send off Your Majesty!"

Chapter 925: Natural Disaster or Man-made Disaster?

"Brother Junsheng, wait for me!" Hua Mulan shouted after Zhao Junsheng.

Zhao Junsheng turned a deaf ear and still walked quickly towards the inner palace.

"Zhao Junsheng, stop for me!"

A soft shout came from Hua Mulan's mouth, and Zhao Junsheng, who was walking briskly ahead, stopped and turned to look at her.

Hua Mulan walked quickly holding the hem of the skirt, but she stepped on the hem of the skirt one after another, causing her to stagger several times in a row, causing her to lose her temper, and in a fit of rage, she "chucked" the whole skirt. The hem was torn off and thrown aside, exposing the calf outside.

The eunuchs and maids felt distressed for a while, this phoenix robe is very valuable.

Zhao Junsheng saw that the muscles on his face trembled.

Hua Mulan walked up to Zhao Junsheng and said, "Brother Junsheng, the ministers originally wanted to tell you about the disaster, but I stopped them. This matter is too big. I am worried that if you find out, it will distract you." The two armies are fighting, and the danger is extremely dangerous. If I lose this battle, I may shake the country's foundation. If you want to blame it, blame me!"

Zhao Junsheng was having a fierce ideological struggle in his heart. For a long time, he said: "Before the class teacher returned to the court, I wrote to you, and the minister accompanying the army also wrote to the court about them. Why didn't you write about the disaster at that time?"

Hua Mulan said: "The ministers consider that you and the soldiers are very tired after the battle, so you want them to rest more on the way. If you tell you the news, you will definitely march faster. By then, the disaster has already happened for more than one month This month, the imperial court is carrying out disaster relief and relief work, even if you and the soldiers come back early, it will not be of much use, so why make you bother for nothing?"

Zhao Junsheng calmed down, and stretched out his hand to hold Hua Mulan's hand, "Look at you, how grown-up you are, you still have such a fiery temper, and you are not afraid of being laughed at!"

Hua Mulan looked down and stomped her feet: "Oh, it's you, why are you walking so fast? I couldn't catch up with you, so I tore off my clothes in a hurry."

Zhao Ping chased him up from behind, "Greetings, father and mother!"

Hua Mulan's coquettish expression just now immediately became kind, "Ping, you see that you have lost weight, did you suffer a lot in the battle in Mobei?"

"I'm worried about the queen mother. The son-in-law just did what he could, and didn't really fight the Rouran people! In terms of suffering, those soldiers are much more miserable than me!"

Hua Mulan smiled like a flower, "Ping'er has really grown up and knows how to think about other people. You were never like this before! It seems that what your father said is still reasonable, you should be let out more Practice and practice!"

At this time, several other children came over bouncingly, bowing down one after another: "Greetings, father, queen, and third brother!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Pingshen! When your father is away, you didn't miss your homework, right?"

"Father, Master Wu is very strict with us, we must not dare to be lazy!"

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and the expression on his face obviously eased a lot, "That's good, Father will test your homework later!"

All the children stuck out their tongues one by one, pretending to be very scared.

Zhao Ping saluted immediately and said: "Father, Queen Mother, and son-in-law are here to pay their respects. Seeing that the mother-in-law and younger brothers and sisters are all well, son-in-law is relieved, and son-in-law still has some business to deal with, so he will go away. I'll come back sometime to pay my respects to my father and mother!"

Hua Mulan also knew that Zhao Ping had a lot of work to do, so she asked her to pay more attention to her health and not to make him tired.

After Zhao Ping left, Zhao Junsheng also sent the other children away, allowing them to move freely, and the children dispersed separately.

When the two returned to the inner palace, Hua Mulan removed Zhao Junsheng's armor and ordered someone to wash him with bath water.

After washing up, Zhao Junsheng knelt down in front of the short table and drank tea. Hua Mulan brought two plates of pastries and put them down and said, "Let's fill up your belly first, it's not time for dinner yet!"

Zhao Junsheng took a piece of pastry and ate it in his mouth, "Where is the breach?"

Hua Mulan sat down opposite Zhao Junsheng, poured him tea, and said, "In Hanoi County!"

Zhao Junsheng frowned and said, "I remember that the embankment in Hanoi County is very strong. The imperial court allocates money every year to increase or reinforce it. How could it burst?"

Hua Mulan handed over the tea and said, "The local officials said that it rained heavily for more than half a month. It was July, when the water level of the river was at its highest. Under the heavy rain, the soil on the embankment was soaked, and a large number of people appeared. It was too late when the pipeline was discovered and the army and civilians were organized to rescue. The embankments on both banks collapsed almost at the same time, and thousands of people on duty on the embankment were washed away without a trace by the raging river..."

Hua Mulan gave a general account of what she knew about the breach of the embankment and the flood disaster.

Zhao Junsheng instinctively felt something wrong after hearing this. The possibility of embankment breaches in Hanoi and Xingyang River sections was not the greatest. Moreover, the imperial court allocated huge sums of money every year to repair the embankments in several dangerous areas of the Yellow River. Why did Hanoi and Xingyang The embankment of the Xingyang section, but not other embankment sections?

Although Zhao Junsheng suspected that there was something wrong, he didn't ask. Hua Mulan had been staying in Chang'an and the palace, and she didn't know much about it. What she knew was what the ministers told her, and what she knew was It’s not true, let’s say something.

Zhao Junsheng suppressed the doubts in his heart and asked, "How is the situation of disaster relief and relief now?"

Zhao Junsheng had never seen such a sad look on Hua Mulan's face. He only heard Hua Mulan say, "The area and the number of people affected by the disaster are too many. Countless families have been broken, and countless good fields have been washed away; what is even more terrifying is the flood disaster." The subsequent waterlogging and the outbreak of the plague! In fact, only about [-] people were washed away and drowned by the flood when the embankment burst, and more than [-] people died later because of the outbreak of the plague and were infected!

Because after the flood, countless fertile fields were destroyed and countless livestock were drowned, causing millions of people to suffer huge losses and become homeless.Originally, because of this Northern Expedition, it cost a lot of money, but when this disaster happened again, the national treasury was already emptied, and I still don't know how to live this year! "

Zhao Junsheng never expected that after the flood, there would be floods and plagues. This is a complete set of serial killings.What is waterlogging?Internal waterlogging means that after a flood, the accumulated water cannot be drained out, causing all the crops that could have been saved by draining the water to drown and fail to harvest!

The area directly affected by the flood is certainly not very large, but the area through which the flood flows is large. As long as the crops are flooded for too long and are not drained in time, they will definitely die.

If it is said that the occurrence of floods can still be blamed on God, then the outbreak of waterlogging and plague is completely serious dereliction of duty by local officials!

Zhao Junsheng was in a bad mood, and he barely ate some dinner.

After dinner, Zhao Junsheng got up and walked outside.

Hua Mulan asked, "Where are you going?"

"I ate too quickly, and I felt a little uncomfortable in my stomach. I'll go for a walk outside to digest my food!"

"Wait for me, I'll go for a walk with you!"

Zhao Junsheng wanted to go for a walk alone and ask someone about the breach of the Yellow River, but Hua Mulan wanted to follow, so he had to wait for her to accompany him.

The two walked for a while in the corridor of the inner palace, and Zhao Junsheng ordered Kang Yide who was following him: "Send someone to call Wang Tanzhi who is waiting for the lawsuit!"

"promise!"

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan talked for a while, Wang Tanzhi hadn't come yet, Hua Mulan dozed off and yawned again and again, Zhao Junsheng said: "You are tired, go to sleep first, I will come later!"

"Okay then, hurry up, it's not too late!" Hua Mulan got up and went back to the bedroom.

Zhao Junsheng waited for a while, Wang Tanzhi walked over quickly, saluted and said: "I pay homage to Your Majesty, what orders does Your Majesty have for summoning me late at night?"

Zhao Junsheng waved to the eunuchs next to him, making them retreat to a distance.

"How much do you know about the Yellow River bursting its embankment?"