The time is about to enter December, the coldest time of the year is coming, and Hubei has already snowed heavily. The snow was white, the wind was biting, and the whole land was covered in silver.

At this time, more than ten days have passed since the defeat of Zuo Liangyu, and most of Hubei has been ruined because of the ravages of Zuo Liangyu's army, but with Zhu Cihong, the emperor himself, after this period of governance, the re-established yamen, public security in various places has been restored, and the next thing is to help the victims survive this winter, so as to re-establish their homes in the coming year.

According to statistics, together with the two big cities of Hubei in Wuchang and Jiujiang, there are a total of 37 county towns that have been ravaged by Zuo Liangyu, among which Wuchang and the surrounding 18 counties are the most miserable, not only the food and property have been robbed, even the strong men have also suffered heavy losses, and the rest are mostly located in the Jiujiang area, as well as a large area leading to Anqing. Together, there are about 2.6 million refugees.

And to help these refugees survive this winter, and when the next year is the first time to plow and harvest, it will take half a year, taking no one half a catty of grain a day as an example, about two million stone of grain is needed, although when Zuo Liangyu's army was defeated, more than 300,000 stone of grain was collected, but the difference is very far, there is still a gap of more than 1.6 million stone.

The transfer of such a large amount of grain almost requires the strength of the whole country, and during this period, there is no such thing as a big war.

This task is very arduous, Zhu Cihong is a little powerless, but no matter what, he can't ignore it, these are the people of the Ming Dynasty, that is, his people.

"Your Majesty, the second batch of grain from Nanjing has also arrived." After Zhu Cihong inspected Wuchang, he was on the way back to the post house.

Zhu Cihong nodded.

"Whew"

The cold wind is howling, and I am afraid that another heavy snow is about to fall.

"Your Majesty, it's about to snow, go back to the house!" Zhou Cao looked at the sky and said to Zhu Cihong.

The heavy snow soon fell, Zhu Cihong returned to the house, and as soon as he walked in, he saw an apricot-yellow figure walking towards him with a black coat.

"Yellow Warbler!" Zhu Cihong smiled faintly at her, his eyes gentle.

This pale yellow figure is the Huang Ying that the queen forced to serve him, for Huang Ying, Zhu Cihong doesn't know what he thinks, but he is not disgusted.

"Your Majesty, quickly put this big coat on!" Huang Ying patted off the snowflakes on Zhu Cihong's body, and put a thick coat on him, her movements were gentle, and her eyes were full of tenderness, but she covered it up well, and kept her head slightly down, Zhu Cihong didn't see it.

"Zhou Cao, it's windy outside, you close the door quickly, otherwise the emperor will freeze." Huang Ying shouted at Zhou Cao behind Zhu Cihong.

Zhou Cao reacted, immediately closed the door, and apologized to Zhu Cihong.

"I'm not so delicate, okay, you go and find He Tengjiao for me, I have something to explain to him." Zhu Cihong commanded.

He Tengjiao, Zhu Cihong after more than ten days of understanding, found that he loves the people very much, and also has some real talents, if it is not suppressed by Zuo Liangyu over the years, I believe that Hubei will be very good under his governance, and now Zuo Liangyu has finally been destroyed, and with the support of Zhu Cihong, the emperor, He Tengjiao can be regarded as a veritable governor of Hubei, and many affairs Zhu Cihong has asked him to do.

After a while, He Tengjiao came.

"The old minister He Tengjiao sees the emperor!"

"Excuse me!"

"He Aiqing, many people have gathered in the porridge shed to wait for the daily soup soup and are reluctant to leave, and now it is snowing heavily, the weather is cold and freezing, I am afraid that many people will not survive the cold night and will be frozen to death, what do you think should be done?" Zhu Cihong asked.

When inspecting Wuchang, Zhu Cihong found this, because in winter, the heavy snow sealed the land, there was almost no food outside, and many people did not know whether it was because the house was destroyed, or because the family was too far away from the porridge shed, gathered around the porridge shed and was reluctant to leave, perhaps there were two reasons, if it was not snowing heavily, although it was cold at night, but getting some firewood to warm up could still barely get through, but now it is snowing heavily, I am afraid it will be difficult.

"The emperor is a saint, and he loves the people like a son, which is my great luck!" He Tengjiao was pleased, and first praised a sentence before continuing: "The old minister also has thoughts about this point and has come up with a solution, but I don't know if it is feasible, please refer to the emperor!" ”

"You say!" Zhu Cihong said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has asked, and most of the people gathered in the porridge shed are because their homes have been destroyed, or because the village is far away from the town and county. For those villages that are far away from towns and counties and it is difficult to go back and forth, Lao Chen believes that the remaining population of each village should be counted, and the food should be distributed every half a month or ten days, so that the people in these villages can return to their own villages. He Tengjiao said.

"I'm afraid it's too late to build a simple shelter, is there no better way?" Zhu Cihong frowned and said.

"Back to the emperor, there is no way to do it." He Tengjiao sighed, his face was sad, if not, what else could he do, I am afraid that many people will be frozen to death this winter!

Zhu Cihong thought about it, suddenly thought of something, and said with a smile: "He Aiqing, what do you think if I allocate all the military tents to distribute to the homeless people?" ”

Zhu Cihong had already brought a lot of them with him when he was on the expedition, at least enough for tens of thousands of people to shelter from the snow and wind, and with the capture of Zuo Liangyu, it would not be a problem to settle four or five hundred thousand people.

"Your Majesty! This move is very good, and the old minister treats the people to thank the emperor for his grace! He Tengjiao was overjoyed.

Zhu Cihong immediately passed down the decree to allocate all military tents.

He Tengjiao went out to handle this matter with a happy face, and he must send the tent down and set it up before dark.

Looking at the back of He Tengjiao hurriedly going out to do it, Zhu Cihong nodded secretly, He Tengjiao is really concerned about the people, he is a reusable person, if there is an opportunity in the future, Zhu Cihong plans to arrange for him to enter the cabinet.

"Girl, the ginger soup you asked for is ready." In the back hall, a maidservant presented a bowl of boiled ginger soup to Huang Ying.

"Give it to me, you go down first!" Huang Ying took it with a smile, and after a while, she came to the front hall, just as Zhu Cihong and He Tengjiao finished discussing things.

Zhu Cihong sent He Tengjiao out with a smile, smiling kindly, warm, Huang Ying stood around the corner, she looked a little stupid for a while, and her eyes involuntarily overflowed with tenderness, and she would only be like this in this kind of situation where no one noticed.

After the New Year, Zhu Cihong will be sixteen years old, although the age is not very old, but because of psychological reasons, Zhu Cihong is full of masculine mature temperament, but he has a still immature but extremely handsome face, plus he is the supreme emperor, all of which arouse the girl's spring heart.

Although the first generation of the old Zhu family does not look very good, after more than 200 years of genetic modification, as long as the offspring born does not get fat, how bad can it be, Zhu Cihong is still very satisfied with his handsomeness.

"Huang Ying, what are you doing?"

"Huh?"

Suddenly, a voice came, which startled Huang Ying, her white jade hand shook slightly, and she almost spilled the ginger soup, and when she looked up to meet Zhu Cihong's gaze, her face turned red at once, and she was discovered by the emperor! What to do!

Huang Ying's little heart was pounding, and she didn't know what to do for a while.

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