The Three Kingdoms

"Please come in!"

Sun Quan knew that the two of them entered the palace at this time for nothing more than to fight floods and rescue disasters.

"Chen Kuailiang (Lu Su) sees Your Majesty!"

Not long after, Cao Yang walked in with Kuai Liang and Lu Su, and they saluted Sun Quan respectfully.

"Aren't you all in disaster relief? How come you have time to see me in the palace?" Sun Quan turned his head, looked at the gloomy faces of the two with amber-like eyes, and asked in his heart, "The faces are so ugly, what happened?" What happened, has the disaster expanded?"

Floods occur every year in Jiangdong. At this time of year, the cabinet will form a flood relief team. This year, the team is led by the cabinet's second assistant Kuai Liang, and Lu Su, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is in charge of specific matters.

In the past few days, the two of them were so busy with Jiangdong's disaster relief work that they didn't occupy much space. At this time, something must have happened when they entered the palace to meet with themselves.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, three hours ago, news came back from Jingzhou that the Chibi dam built in the Yangtze River valley in Jingzhou collapsed, and the Yangtze River flooded out and poured down. At least twelve cities downstream were submerged and affected. There are more than 180 million people, and the real casualties have not been counted yet, but the situation is not optimistic..."

boom!

Before Lu Su could finish speaking, Sun Quan slammed his fist on the stone pillar in the corridor next to him, and his handsome face showed a gloomy look: "As far as I know, the Red Cliff Dam was built in less than two days. Come on, tell me now, this dam has collapsed?"

Kuai Liang and Lu Su were silent, not daring to speak.

This dam was a relatively successful project of the Ministry of Industry the year before last, and it was the largest water conservancy project in the Jingzhou area, but it collapsed in less than two years.

If there is no ghost in it, let alone Sun Quan, they don't believe it.

Tofu dregs projects not only exist in modern times, but also in ancient times.

"Cao Yang!" Sun Quan shouted angrily.

"Your Majesty!" Cao Yang came quickly.

"Send Zhang Hong and Liu Ye to have an audience immediately!"

"promise!"

Cao Yang held up the Buddha dust and took quick steps to convey Sun Quan's order.

"You two come in with me!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Sun Quan was not in the mood to see the beautiful rain scene in the sky. He led Kuai Liang and Lu Su into the imperial study room on the side of the palace corridor in a big stride.

"His Majesty!"

"His Majesty!"

Xu Shu and Guo Jia in the imperial study room were processing military and political memorials with several staff documents from the imperial study room. When they saw Sun Quan coming in, they hurriedly saluted.

"You are busy with your work!"

"Yes!"

Hearing Sun Quan's gloomy tone, Xu Shu and Guo Jia felt a little chill in their hearts, and hurriedly lowered their heads to do their own work, without looking at Kuai Liang and Lu Su.

As the left and right staff officers who accompanied Sun Quan for many years, the two of them knew Sun Quan's temper well. At this time, Sun Quan must not be provoked. Whoever dares to provoke him will die.

"Zi Rou, what's the cabinet's reaction to this matter!" Sun Quan, as the king of a country, was furious, but he had already cultivated a hard heart, quickly calmed down, looked at Kuai Liang and asked.

"After the cabinet received the news, it immediately convened a meeting. Zhang Zhao's chief minister had already ordered that the cabinet not care about other matters, nor the reason for this project. What we have to do is to do our best to rescue the disaster. If we can save one, it is one!"

"Your decision is correct!"

Sun Quan heard the words, thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and then turned his head to look at Lu Su: "Zijing, how much money can the Ministry of Household squeeze out?"

"One million silver dollars!" Lu Su said.

"So few?" Sun Quan frowned slightly upon hearing this.

The economy of the Great Wu Dynasty was rising steadily, so prices were also soaring. One million silver dollars was a huge sum of money three years ago, but now, it may be difficult to afford such a big disaster reconstruction.

"Your Majesty, it's not that our household department is stingy, it's that we have consumed too much in the past two years. After years of fighting, the taxes controlled by the household department are simply beyond our means. If it weren't for the support of the Ministry of Commerce and the Great Wu Bank, the treasury would have been empty. , The northern Xinjiang campaign has ceased, and the military aircraft department will submit a casualty report in September, and the pension will be paid at the end of the year, which is also a lot of money!" Lu Su said with a wry smile.

The Ministry of Households is not a good family. It’s not that the Great Wu court has no money. Tax revenue, national debt revenue, and commercial income are all stable. They have already surpassed the tax revenue of the Han Dynasty, but the stalls of the Great Wu court are too large. up.

The national treasury is in deficit almost every year.

"Less less is less! One money is divided into two to use. Jingzhou businessmen have developed well in recent years. Xiangyang Chamber of Commerce and Changsha Chamber of Commerce are both registered in the Ministry of Commerce. Find a way to get alms."

Sun Quan sighed, the life of the head of the family is not easy, such a large family business needs money everywhere, but how can he generate money?

"Yes!"

Lu Su nodded. The businessmen in the Jingzhou area are developing very rapidly. They have already wrestled with the Jiangdong businessmen, and they should be able to make some money.

"This time to suppress disasters, Zirou, you go there yourself. You are originally from Jingzhou, and you have a high reputation in Jingzhou. When necessary, you can woo those old men in Jingzhou to come out for a walk. Don't be polite to them. They Although they don't serve the imperial court, they still have a heart of compassion, and they can suppress people's hearts!" Sun Quan instructed.

"Sir, obey!"

Kuai Liang nodded, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

The old immortals that Sun Quan talked about were naturally Pang Degong, Sima Wei, and Huang Chengyan, the great Confucian scholars in Jingzhou.

These old guys and Sun Quan are at odds with each other. They have always had great opinions on Sun Quan. It should be that Sun Quan killed too much when he entered Jingzhou. Sun Quan also wanted to squeeze their surplus labor several times. He condescended to ask them to come out of the mountain to enter the court, but they just didn't agree and stayed in Lumen Mountain all the time.

But Sun Quan could not intimidate them yet.

Their disciples spread all over the court.

Not to mention the talents who passed the imperial examination in Lumenshan Academy in recent years, they are the two great talents of Lumenshan, the three heroes, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Shi Tao, Meng Jian, Cui Jun, and now they are both military and political in the court. pillar.

Sun Quan really couldn't help these old guys.

However, although they did not enter the court as officials, but in the name of the three major wine offerings in Lumen Mountain, their disciples are all over the world, and their prestige is higher than some governors in Jingzhou. If they come forward, at least they can stabilize people's hearts.

"Your Majesty, come Zhang Yushi and Liu Shangshu!"

At this time, Zhang Hong and Liu Ye came in a hurry, and seeing their gloomy faces, Sun Quan knew that they might have received the matter of the Chibi Dam.

They do already know.

This matter has already reached the sky, how could they not know.

"sit!"

Sun Quan looked at the two of them, and his face became gloomy.

"Chen, don't dare!"