The second year of Xinghua was a year full of malicious intentions for Li Ze. At least this was the beginning of this year.

As predicted before the New Year, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and other places suffered the biggest drought in the past decade, while on the other side, Henan, Shandong and other places, they encountered heavy flooding.

Although there were some preparations at the end of last year, the sudden outbreak of the war still caused great setbacks in all preparations of the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the court's energy had to turn to deal with this war. By the time the war was over, the golden time for preparation had been missed.

The drought came as scheduled.

It has not rained since the Chinese New Year, and the thin layer of snow in last winter really responded to the saying that the saying was a drop in the bucket. These places originally needed to bear the logistics of the battle against Tubo that the court had prepared to launch. The disaster situation was far beyond the original imagination and the preparations were not in place. The current situation is terrible.

The war had to pause temporarily.

Queen Liu Ruyan went to Gansu to stay in Hetao. On the one hand, she helped to deal with the drought, comfort the victims, and helped coordinate various places to fight against disasters and seek droughts. On the other hand, it was also because Liu Ruyan was familiar with the army and could play a role in making a decision and making a final decision in case of problems, so as not to delay timely communications and delay things.

Because the Tang Dynasty was temporarily unable to launch a war against Tubo, it did not mean that Tubo would stay still and wait until the Tang people came back. For them, this was undoubtedly a good opportunity. If you don’t take action at this time, when will you wait?

Information from all aspects shows that Chinan, Delhi, Tubo, has organized a coalition of up to 100,000 people to launch a large-scale offensive against the Tang army in Qinghai, vowing to drive the Tang army out of Qinghai.

Before that, what they had to remove was the two nails in Yushu and Changdu. They were the two serf resistance armies formed there by the Tang Dynasty. Compared with the Tang army in Qinghai, these two serf uprising armies were undoubtedly much weaker.

Li Cunzhong's left military guard had entered a state of war. However, under the pressure of logistics, the entire left military guard had only 20,000 troops, and now it had only 20,000 people entering Qinghai, and were distributed on various strategic points. The 20,000 cavalry mobilized by the Western Regions Protectorate had just set out on the road.

Before the logistics problems cannot be solved, the 20,000 troops in Qinghai will independently respond to the Tubo attack. It is easy to imagine how difficult it is. Li Ze has ordered Li Cunzhong to choose a strategic retreat if there is a problem.

Li Ze was nothing to lose the land and survived people. It would be easy for the Tang Dynasty to recover and take these places back.

As for the two serf uprising troops in Chamdo and Yushu, Li Ze no longer cared about them for a while. It would be better to be able to live, but if you can't live, you can find a way to support one more.

For Li Ze, the domestic situation is naturally the most important now.

When the northwest was in a state of chaos, floods in Henan, Shandong and other places hit him with another blow.

Under the governance of Zhang Xun, Shandong and other places started early, with all water conservancy facilities basically complete, and the large and small reservoirs built have played a certain role in blocking and storing floods. Although the flood disaster is fierce, it is still within a controllable range. In addition, Shandong's economy is no longer the same as the former Wuxia Amon, and he can basically solve the matter by himself without having to bother the central court.

But Henan, it won’t work.

The short-term recovery of Henan, whether it is transportation roads or water conservancy facilities, are far behind other places in the north. It is not that local officials do not work hard, but that in such a short time, they will divide the land to households and re-enter the population, and then complete the work, and are already busy. Although large-scale basic projects such as road traffic and water conservancy facilities are also being done, it is naturally impossible to form a scale in a short period of time.

Under the flood, the whole of Henan was wailing.

Henan, as the core of the Central Plains, is now self-evident to the Tang Dynasty, which made Li Ze extremely annoyed. For a moment, he was so angry that he had a few big cannons on his mouth. After applying the plaster made by Yan Jiu, it looked extremely ridiculous.

Of course, Xu Xiang couldn't laugh.

Because he was more anxious than Li Ze to get angry, he also applied this medicine to half of his cheeks.

The king and his subjects face each other. If you don’t say I’m irritated, I won’t say you’re scared.

"Pei Ju is exhausted and ill." Xu Xiang put a thick stack of materials on Li Ze's desk: "The general statistics have already come up, but it will take some time to achieve accurate statistics. Now we roughly know that a total of 17 counties in Henan have suffered floods, with more than 500,000 people suffering from disasters. Among them, the Yellow River in Kaifeng broke, which caused Kaifeng to be the most severely damaged and the number of casualties was the largest."

"More than 500,000 people were affected?" Li Ze took a breath.

"Yes, more than 500,000 people have already lost their homes, and now even eating has become a big problem." Xu Xiang said: "The Henan Province and the central government have launched the most urgent plans. Where is the large amount of grain being transported now? The first batch of grain transferred from Wuyi has arrived. Although Zhang Xun from Shandong has also had a difficult time, he still raised a batch of grain and sent it to Kaifeng and other places as soon as possible. Now this time should have been around."

"Zhang Xun has a great view of the overall situation!" Li Ze stood up, walked a few steps, and looked at You Yong on the side: "Eight hundred miles of orders were issued to Tian Ping's Right Jinwu Guard stationed in Henan that the entire Right Jinwu Guard should participate in the disaster relief in Henan. First, it is to maintain order, and to visit bad people and take this opportunity to cause trouble and form a new bandit chaos. Second, the army should participate in the local reconstruction. Third, the food, clothing, military tent and other materials stored in the military camp must be taken out to deal with the crisis."

"Yes!" You Yong took notes to write down Li Ze's orders, turned around and walked towards the place where the Military Commission was located in the east of Tai Chi Palace, preparing to implement Li Ze's orders immediately.

"Tell Pei Ju that a large number of refugees must be avoided. The affected people in each county must try their best to resettle on-site. If this can be done, the more than 500,000 people will be at eighteen points respectively. If a large number of refugees are formed and these people flock to big cities, it will be even more troublesome and will bring more troubles to post-disaster reconstruction."

Xu Xiang nodded and said, "Pei Ju has already thought of this. He has ordered the establishment of levels on the main roads of each county. Although his movements are very tough, I have to say that at this time, there is no other better way."

"What is important is that disaster relief supplies, food, etc. can be in place as soon as possible." Li Ze said: "A tough method can be maintained for a while, but it cannot last long. Once the victims cannot seek survival, it will lead to a major change."

Xu Xiang nodded silently: "Your Majesty, I am going to go to Henan in person."

"You are in charge of Chang'an!" Li Ze flatly rejected: "Wu Jin, if you go to Henan, under such a disaster, all kinds of ghosts and monsters may jump out. Whatever corruption, hoarding, speculation will definitely come out and make money. If you go to Henan to take charge, whenever you find such a thing, no matter who or what position you are involved, you will give me a thunder blow. Let the people see the court's determination to rescue disasters and the decisiveness of fighting these big rats!"

"As for your order, I will set off tonight." Wu Jin bowed and answered loudly.

"Yang Kai, you go to Henan too. All the local Yixing members need to start. Now, it is time for them to show their skills to appease the people, rescue disasters and rebuild, and maintain order. The Yixing members must be at the forefront."

"As for your order, your Majesty!"

"Xu Xiang, you are in Chang'an and mobilize resources from all parties to ensure that food, money, materials, etc. are quickly concentrated in Henan, and at the fastest speed, the lives of the affected people can be guaranteed." Li Ze's face was serious: "The first thing is to ensure that you can eat. As long as you can still eat, other things will be easy to solve."

After giving the order, all the officials left Beijing and headed towards Henan. However, Li Ze from Xingqing Palace had no other choice but to wait.

The next news will be heard, at least ten days or even more. It is difficult to get a glimpse of the whole story from the memorial. But such a major disaster can be imagined what kind of chaos is in the local area now. Not to mention now, even in the world where he lived in his previous life, even if the materials were abundant to a very high level, encountering such a situation is still a huge social problem.

The problem now is that it is not that there is no material to deal with the food problem of hundreds of thousands of people. Changping warehouses distributed in various places in the Tang Dynasty had already reserved three years of emergency food. This year, in order to raise money, a year of grain and grass were released for wine making, etc., but the rest was enough to deal with this disaster, but transportation became a pain in my heart.

It is not easy to transport these materials to the affected areas. In the northwest, a severe drought caused a big problem in spring plowing this year. In Henan and Shandong this time, spring plowing will definitely not be able to catch up. The second year of Xinghua is destined to be an unforgettable year.

Xia He brought a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Li Ze: "It's a good idea to clear the heart, drink it while it's hot!"

Li Ze nodded, and while watching the memorial, he picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all.

Xia He picked up a piece of candy cube, fed it into Li Ze's mouth, and said, "I want to go to Henan too."

Li Ze looked up in shock: "What are you doing in Henan? I heard that Pei Ju is so busy that she is sick. Where can I get free to come to receive you?"

"I'm going to do things, not to cause trouble for others." Xia He pouted and said.

"Doing things? Where do you need food, clothing, and tents now. Are you working on the issuance and promotion of banknotes? Where can you do what you have gone?"
Chapter completed!