In Wenhua Hall, the discussion continued. The new assistant minister Min Hongxue thought for a long time and finally bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, I think it's better to allocate silver and then buy grain from Bashu to relieve the difficulties of the people in Qin. This is one of the things!"

Hu Guang nodded when he heard this. On the edge of Shaanxi, it is probably the most in Sichuan, in terms of the degree of wealth and the amount of stock. Although he experienced the turmoil, it has been pacified.

Nowadays, Sichuan's stocks are more than Gansu. Shanxi has not much stock because Shanxi merchants smuggled grain to Jianlu, so there will be no food reserves. The sealed grain must also be used for disaster relief in the capital. As for Henan, droughts have begun to appear, they still have to be used for themselves. Otherwise, the Central Plains will be chaotic due to shortage of food, which will be much more serious than the chaos in Shaanxi.

He thought to himself, and listened to his meaning, so he hurriedly asked, "Min Qing will report it all!"

"Secondly, I think it is inappropriate to repatriate my original home. If the local government has the power to appease the victims, the victims will not become thieves. It is better to gather to fight against the disaster, build roads, bridges, and build water conservancy!"

After Min Hongxue finished speaking, Wen Tiren nodded immediately and followed the remark: "This is a great word, I will discuss it!"

He knew this fellow villager very well, and after thinking about it for a moment, he agreed without hesitation.

Hu Guang also nodded repeatedly. If he gave money and grain and repatriation to his hometown as Yang He said in the memorial, he would save trouble. How effective would it be? Can all the money and grain given to the victims? Can the victims last until the next time they harvest? As long as there is nothing they have done, it is easy to become thieves like the original history.

He is worthy of being a local capable official. All the strategies he has made are effective and there is no general discussion. This made Hu Guang very satisfied. Regarding the matter of Wen Tiren’s report two days ago that he said that the Hanlin people should select local officials’ experience, Hu Guang was ready to turn around. Otherwise, most of the Hanlin people were from school and had no local experience, so it would be easy to become a paper talk.

He was thinking this way, and just as he was about to speak up, a sudden emergency report from the governor of Sichuan came. Hu Guang felt a little anxious when he heard this. No need to see that there was definitely nothing good.

Sure enough, Hu Guang couldn't help but smile bitterly after reading it. God is just to increase the difficulty of reviving the Ming Dynasty!

He asked the eunuch to pass the urgent report to the ministers below, and recalled the content of the urgent report in his mind.

"On the fourth day of the second year of Chongzhen, Chengdu earthquake, roared like thunder, and trembled twelve times in a row. Houses moved and houses shook, chickens cried and barked, rivers rose and waters sank, the mountains collapsed, the city collapsed, and several soldiers in Suchenglou camps were killed. Songpanwei shook twelve times a day, and the sound was like thunder. Xiaohe camp was shaken on the same day, and the mountain collapsed, and the city collapsed by 120 feet, crushing several soldiers and civilians. On the same day, Chongqing Prefecture, Bishan, Guang'anzhou, Cangxi, Gongxian, Weiyuan and others were all shocked..."

Earthquakes are actually not rare for Sichuan. Even in later generations, they are often heard of them. But this earthquake is a bit big. I guess there are so many walls that have collapsed, so it should look like a level 6 or 7!

As for the number of people reported, there were few people in ancient times, and it was difficult for local governments to count the number of people buried, and they would habitually report to the few, so they would only say "counting people" and "counting names" and "counting names" to vague words.

After the ministers below saw it, Hu Guang said with a serious expression: "The war disaster in Bashu is just like a war, and now the earth dragon roars again, I am afraid it will be difficult to have surplus food."

All the ministers were speechless about this situation. There was no way, so they could only pick up some food from all over the place. At this time, Hu Guang deeply felt the shortage of food, so he asked the chief minister: "Is there any news coming from the vassal states of the South China Sea?"

"Your Majesty, the journey of Nanyang is long and there is no news in a short time." Wen Tiren said after hearing this, "and it also needs to discuss the amount of food tribute with the vassal states. It will take time for both countries to satisfy them!"

As he said that, he was still anxious! Hu Guang nodded after hearing this. However, Min Hongxue was surprised and hurriedly asked about the situation. Wen Tiren told him about the food taken from Nanyang.

After hearing this, Min Hongxue looked grim and immediately bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, I was the governor of the southwest, and other countries in the South China Sea are unknown, but I have some understanding of Dongwu. I think it is difficult to do the tribute of grain!"

Dongwu is the Burma of later generations. Hu Guang knew this when he discussed Nanyang tribute grain before. At this time, he could not help but frown when he heard Min Hongxue's words.

The Ming Dynasty must have been short of food for more than ten years. It is best to be able to import food from outside. He immediately asked Min Hongxue what was going on?

"Your Majesty, our king is unruly, and he has been fighting for years and has made plans everywhere. Even the chieftain Mubang, who belongs to the Ming Dynasty, has been annexed by him..."

When Hu Guang heard this, he felt that Mubang was very familiar with him at one time, and then suddenly remembered that it seemed that Badending, who was in the elementary group in the chat group, called himself a remnant of Mubang.

"... From this point of view, it is very difficult to ask Dongwu to pay tribute to food!" After Min Hongxue finished speaking, his face suddenly hesitated, as if he wanted to speak again, but he still didn't say it out in the end.

After hearing this, Hu Guang couldn't help but say, "It seems that the countries in the South China Sea have been majestic for a long time, and they dare to annex the Ming Dynasty. They are so bold..."

After hearing this, Wen Tiren's face changed. Could it be that the emperor wanted to use troops to Dongwu? How could the current situation start another war?

He thought so and was about to advise, but he heard the emperor's tone and said, "...I will have the strength to do in the Ming Dynasty tomorrow, and I will definitely make them pay the price!"

When Wen Tiren heard this, fortunately the emperor was young but not impulsive, so he didn't have to worry about it.

Min Hongxue was different from him. He heard his eyes wide open and his eyes were bright, as if he wanted to see the emperor's inner thoughts again.

But Hu Guang did not mention Dongwu again, but instead discussed Yang He's memorial. He had heard of Hong Chengchou, whom Yang He recommended him in later generations. At this time, he did not expect to get unanimous approval from the court officials, so he agreed to Hong Chengchou take over as the governor of Yansui.

The meeting lasted almost half a day. Hu Guang was about to rest after the meeting, but he heard the eunuch telling the young master and the crown prince's grandson of the Ministry of War, Sun Chengzong, the governor of Ji Liao, came to Beijing to meet with him.

Originally, Sun Chengzong was supposed to bring the royal army to Beijing at the end of last year, but because of Yongping's comfort, he had to delay it until now.

For the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chengzong was very hardworking and made great contributions. Therefore, after hearing the reward, he quickly issued an order to meet him. Hu Guang even walked to the gate of Wenhua Palace and went to greet Sun Chengzong himself.

This treatment was the first person in the Chongzhen Dynasty, which made Sun Chengzong so grateful that he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of his original intention of rushing to come this time.

However, when he remembered this state affairs, he was helpless, so he held back what he thought. After greeting him, he realized the main purpose of coming to the capital to meet the saint.

Today I am going to visit relatives, and the next chapter should be evening.
Chapter completed!