I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Cao Bianjiao thought for a while and said, "Back to the general town, Dadian Fort and Changdian Fort have fallen, and the road from Jiannu to North Korea has been opened."

"Since Jiannu has the upper hand in force, Jiannu may not come to attack again, and it is very likely that they will move south!"

Cao Wenzhao's expression changed, and he said:

"You mean, Jiannu might defend the two castles and attack North Korea instead?"

The general's face was shocked, "North Korea's soldiers and horses are weak, and there is absolutely no possibility of resisting the establishment of slaves!"

"So, North Korea is in danger!"

Cao Wenzhao nodded. He also knew this. He looked at Cao Bianjiao and said, "Your idea is very good. If Jiannu goes south, our army will fall into a passive position again."

"But at the moment, our military strength is not as strong as that of Jiannu, and we still have to focus on defending the city."

"He Shixian was trapped by Jiannu back then and was besieged outside the city, causing Shenyang to fall. We can't make this mistake again."

"Even if we build slaves and move troops, we still have to focus on the mainland of Ming Dynasty, and North Korea can give up!" Having said that, he raised his head and ordered:

"Order the other four castles, no matter what news comes, anyone who leaves the city without the town's military order will be beheaded!"

Everyone immediately stopped talking, and clasped their fists together and said:

"Follow the town's military orders!"

……

Qianqing Palace, Xinuang Pavilion.

"Snapped!"

Zhu Youxiao threw the impeachment papers of the sixth-division Langyan officials on the imperial case, "Reject it, and anyone who dares to impeach will be retained!"

Wang Chaofu stood aside and said respectfully: "Master, calm down, civil servants have always been like this, and it has always been like this throughout the dynasties."

"It's always like this? Then I will tell them that from this apocalypse, it can no longer be like this!"

Zhu Youxiao made up his mind this time, to continue to confront the civil servants, and immediately said:

"They turned a blind eye to those who were really corrupt and broke the law, and they turned a blind eye to those who made meritorious deeds, and they scrambled to impeach them!"

"Not only do I want to pardon Li Xijue's crime of killing Shangguan without authorization, but I also want to promote him to the rank!"

"It is my will to merge Li Xijue and his subordinates into the Liaodong Army, subject to Xiong Tingbi's restraint, and give credit to the defenders of Xindianbao according to the previous example!"

Wang Chaofu nodded and said with a smile:

"The servants know about it, so they will send someone to inform the supervisor of ceremonies, but those officials who speak the truth should be dealt with."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, took a breath of relief, and asked:

"What's going on at Wang Gong's factory? Didn't I ask Xue Lian to move the entire Wang Gong's factory to the suburbs before May?"

Wang Chaofu said: "Return to Your Majesty, Marquis Yangwu has already used a lot of manpower, and in about half a month, they will all be able to move away."

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao was a little relieved, but when he thought of the weird apocalypse explosion, he was still a little worried, and ordered:

"You sent more people to Wang Gong's factory to watch Xue Lian move Wang Gong's factory away. This matter must not be careless."

Chao Fu didn't understand why the emperor suddenly wanted to move out of the 200-year-old Wang Gong factory in the capital, but he didn't ask much.

In his opinion, the emperor must have long-term plans.

"Your maidservant knows that the steward sign of Qianqing Palace has been doing things very cleverly recently. From my maidservant's point of view, it should be good to send him to Wang Gong's factory to sit in court?"

"Ah, it's that Wang Cheng'en..." Zhu Youxiao thought of this person, who had hanged himself with Emperor Chongzhen in Meishan in history, so his loyalty naturally had nothing to say, so he said:

"Okay, let him go. By the way, this Wang Chengen has been running in the inner court for some years, right?"

Wang Chaofu nodded and didn't say much.

At this time, to say one more thing seems to be deliberately recommending Wang Chengen, which is really superfluous.

Thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao said again: "In this case, when Wang Gong's factory is moved, let him take charge of the Yumajian Yamen."

"Nanhaizi's clean army will also be handed over to Wang Chengen."

"That's it. I didn't sleep much last night. I'm a little tired. Let's drive, Kunning Palace." Zhu Youxiao said, got up and left.

Wang Chaofu also hurriedly raised his voice and shouted: "The emperor sends you—!"

As soon as the words fell, Zhu Youxiao bumped into a little eunuch head-on. The little eunuch realized that he had offended the emperor, and quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness, Your Majesty's forgiveness!"

This little eunuch Wang Chaofu knew, and he was a very alert little eunuch. Wang Chaofu glared at him and said:

"How to do things, the inner court is in a panic, what's the proper way?"

Zhu Youxiao didn't care much, he waved his hands and said, "It's okay, what's the matter with you like this?"

Only then did Xiao Xie remember the business, and hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, there is an earthquake in Shanxi!"

"What, another earthquake?" Zhu Youxiao frowned and asked, "Tell me in detail, what kind of disaster is it?"

The little eunuch bowed to hold a book of memorials, and Zhu Youxiao picked it up. He frowned and looked at it for a while, then heaved a long sigh, then turned around and sat down on the throne, saying:

"Call the cabinet to Xinuan Pavilion to discuss disaster relief, and also call Zhang Weixian and Wang Qia. This matter may require the use of troops."

Wang Chaofu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Seeing that the emperor was about to rest, he didn't expect it, and this kind of thing happened suddenly.

From the looks of it, it wasn't an ordinary earthquake.

Chapter 735 Disaster Department

The earthquake in Shanxi this time was very serious. In the words of later generations, the magnitude of the earthquake must be at least magnitude [-] or above to cause such losses.

According to the memorandum, the whole city of Lingqiu collapsed, killing more than [-] civilians, and countless merchants and officers stationed there.

Even the dry wells in the city are filled with black blood.

This earthquake first occurred on the fifth day of March in the sixth year of Tianqi. Many places in Shanxi Lingqiu and Hunyuan Prefecture experienced sudden earthquakes, and they have been shaking continuously for more than a month.

The whole of Shanxi was shaken dozens of times, including Lingqiu, the whole city collapsed in many places, and the government stopped.

Excluding Lingqiu, the same is true for Hunyuan Prefecture. It is said that there are not a single residence of officials and civilians left, and more than [-] civilians were crushed to death.

The military barracks stationed in Hunyuan Prefecture were directly turned into ruins, many guards were completely destroyed, not counting the merchants and pedestrians from all over the place, if all of them were counted, there would be nearly [-] people.

The county magistrate of Lingqiu, the magistrate of Hunyuan Prefecture, and even senior officials such as Shanxi censor and chief envoy died in the earthquake.

It is precisely because the earthquake destroyed the government offices in many places at the beginning, and even the supervisory department was not spared. In addition, the disaster was so serious that many local officials did not report it.

This caused the news to reach the capital one month after the earthquake.

Jueshan Temple is located [-] miles southeast of Lingqiu County. It was founded in the seventh year of Taihe and the sixth year of Yuanda'an in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

If it's only in Shanxi Province, it's okay to say that the main reason is that even the border Datong Mansion belongs to Juzhen this time.

The time of the earthquake in Datong Prefecture was about half a month after the first earthquake in Lingqiu.

At that time, Datong Mansion started from the northwest to the southeast, and the sound was like thunder, shaking down 28 towers and walls, and [-] border gates and passes.

Weizhou, Guangchang, and Longping were shaken like thunder for days, the city walls were crumbled, countless residences of officials and people were shaken, people were crushed to death, the ground cracked and water gushed.

Even Shanxi General Zhang Wanbang suffered a sudden earthquake when he was discussing with the generals at the commander-in-chief's mansion in Datong City, and was almost hit by a beam.

In the end, although Zhang Wanbang escaped from Fucheng, the elite soldiers and the Datong Army suffered a lot of damage, and he himself was seriously injured.

Those who were crushed to death in the city that day also included 18 people, including Zhang Bi, the garrison chief of Luanling Pass, Linshan, the garrison of Baizong in Weipingbao, and Wu Dayong, the chief garrison of Pianlingkou.

Among them, Gong Yong, the commander of Anton Zhongtunwei, has the highest official position, which is equivalent to the third highest military position in Datong Mansion.

Since the dawn of the apocalypse, even Lin Dan Khan's large-scale southward invasion has not caused such casualties to the heavily guarded Datong Mansion.

Fortunately, the situation in northern Xinjiang has been settled now, so they can deal with it calmly.

Otherwise, if this opportunity is seized by the various tribes of the Western Captives, Datong Mansion may not be able to stop it.

All the elders in the cabinet, Wang Qia, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Zhang Weixian, the British Duke, all looked unhappy after reading this memorial.

Wen Tiren, a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts, said: "Your Majesty, the earthquake may not be limited to Shanxi."

"Recently, there have been rumors that the Changping Prefecture of the capital city has felt a slight earthquake, and it seems that it has spread to the Jifu area."

Zhang Weixian nodded and said:

"I know the general idea of ​​this matter. Everyone in Changping Mansion is in danger now, and many people are scrambling to come to the capital."

"Folk rumors are spreading all over the place. Your Majesty should make a decision early. If there is another major earthquake in the capital, the loss will be immeasurable."

Zhu Youxiao nodded, and the exhaustion in his expression was swept away.

Now I can't take care of going back to rest. It seems that the sixth year of the apocalypse is really not easy.

From the strange events at the beginning of the year, to the current series of earthquakes in Shanxi, why are there so many natural disasters in the late Ming Dynasty?

Tired, Zhu Youxiao is really tired now.

Because he knows that this has not yet reached the reign of Chongzhen. During the 17 years of Chongzhen, there were many kinds of earthquakes and natural disasters.

Not being an emperor is still a third-person perspective. Now that I am No.1, I just realized that it is not easy for the Ming Dynasty to survive for so long under such circumstances.

This is not something that can be settled by money alone. Even if you have money and soldiers, in this era of low productivity, you cannot withstand this kind of natural disaster.

Among other things, with the current national strength of Houjin, such an earthquake only needs to be done once, and within 50 years, they don't even have to think about taking control of the Central Plains.

There was a major earthquake in five provinces in the second year of the apocalypse, and Daming has not fully recovered from it yet, and another one with a larger scale came again.

The most important thing is that this earthquake is still intensifying, spreading from Shanxi to the entire north!

Difficult, too difficult...

There will be rumors of the so-called "heaven will destroy the light" in later generations, and it is not surprising that the white lotus sect's demonic words will confuse the public and continue to be banned repeatedly.

What ordinary people can have is just a hut and a few acres of land.

An earthquake, even the strong city defense turrets can collapse, even the government offices can't resist, let alone their huts.

Refugees are everywhere, and in places that have been hit by the earthquake, families are ruined, government offices are shut down, and the court's relief is far away.

There have been no earthquakes yet, but I heard that many places have felt tremors recently, and people are even more panicked!

Coupled with the rumors spread by the White Lotus Sect among the people, the rumors of the so-called "lifeless old mother descending to the world to save the world, and the sky will be destroyed" began to appear again.

It was a good situation, but it was ruined all of a sudden!

Zhu Youxiao cheered up, rubbed his temples, tried to refresh himself, and asked wearily:

"The matter is already like this. You are all ministers of the humerus, so let's talk about what should be done."

Wei Guangwei, chief assistant of the cabinet, said: "The disaster relief should be done immediately!"

"The earthquake started from Lingqiu, and the imperial court began to provide disaster relief from Lingqiu. They searched for the people buried under the ruins, and saved every one!"

Hu Shiguang, a scholar of Dongge University, has become extremely honest since he came back from going to Shanxi that time. He was forcibly tied to a boat by the emperor, so he naturally had to do things according to his duties.

For this disaster relief, he didn't think about fishing in troubled waters, so he said bluntly:

"Your Majesty, I agree with Shoufu's words. The earthquake is likely to become more serious, and the victims are everywhere. If the imperial court does not provide relief in time, there may be another civil uprising in Shanxi."

"Yeah, civil uprising, civil uprising..." Zhu Youxiao muttered, saying:

"You elders are right. I have exactly this intention. The imperial court has established a Disaster Department, which is subordinate to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and is in charge of disaster prevention and relief in various places."

"Ambassador of the Disaster Department, do you have any candidates?"

Everyone looked at each other for a few times but didn't speak. Zhu Youxiao looked at Wen Tiren and said, "Wen Aiqing is new to the cabinet. Is there anyone for me?"

Wen Tiren guessed what the emperor meant, and immediately bowed and said:

"Returning to Your Majesty, when I was in Shandong, I met a righteous man named Yang Sichang who used to be an official in Nanjing's payment department. This man is loyal and available, and he is very popular among the people."

"Yang Sichang..." Zhu Youxiao pretended to hear this name for the first time, but in fact, he already knew this person.

Yang Sichang, who later put forward the strategy of "opening the net on ten sides", took the blame for Emperor Chongzhen, and was the last minister of the Ministry of War in the Ming Dynasty who was willing to act.

Although his reputation in the literary population is not very good, at least Zhu Youxiao feels that in the current situation, he can be used.

After thinking about it, he nodded and said:

"Since this is the case, call Yang Sichang to Beijing to listen to him."