Qin Huaidao told everyone one by one the precautions on behalf of the Ministry of State Affairs, these people can be selected, which means that it is not easy to be with them, with his explanation, most people understand their rights and responsibilities, and the remaining few do not understand, Liu Yong will be responsible for re-education.

After the oral teaching, Qin Huaidao was still not at ease, representing that the Ministry of State Affairs was the core part of the entire state affairs reform, and if they had no way to play a role, it was very likely that this policy would not be able to be implemented.

Therefore, after returning to the Ganlu Palace, he re-wrote a handbook called "Deliberations on behalf of the Ministry of State Affairs", and after writing it, it was printed by Chang'an Daily and distributed to all delegates in turn.

After solving this problem, he was about to rest, but was disturbed by Luo Wu.

Seeing Luo Wu's face in a hurry, he forced his tired body and asked, "Seeing that you are so flustered, what's the matter, is something big happening?" ”

Luo Wu arched his hand and replied: "Your Majesty, Wang Xuance is back." ”

"Wang Xuance?" Qin Huaidao raised his eyebrows, thinking that Wang Xuance should implement the paper money policy all over the country at this time, how could he have time to go back to Chang'an? Afraid that something would happen, thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "Quickly summon into the Manna Temple." ”

"No."

In less than a moment, he saw Wang Xuance hurriedly enter the palace.

Without waiting for Qin Huaidao to give him a seat, the Han currency secretary took the initiative to speak: "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with the Yellow River, Henan Prefecture River Engineer Feng Jizhang reported that the flow rate of the Yellow River has increased several times in recent days, and the sediment has increased, I am afraid that there will be heavy rain in the upper reaches, and there is a possibility of flooding." ”

"Flood?"

When Qin Huaidao heard these two words, he immediately became energetic.

He has been busy with the military and people's livelihood affairs all year round, but he has ignored a problem, that is, since ancient times, the Yellow River has been flooded by tigers.

On the river in the Henan Fu section, Feng Jizhang once personally told him that the number of people who died in the floods of the Yellow River during the Zhenguan period was no less than those who died in battles, and from this point we can see the terrible things about the floods of the Yellow River.

What's even more terrifying is that the current Yellow River has very few means of governance, only relying on the daily construction of dikes to raise the water level of the river to prevent trouble, but in this way, the more downstream the pressure will be, until the moment of the dam failure, the flood is monstrous, which is the end of the people below the river.

"Damn, I forgot about that." Qin Huaidao was annoyed about this matter, and a letter from Lanzhou Mansion came.

After Qin Huaidao got it, his expression became more and more solemn.

The news in the letter was not encouraging.

Seeing this, Wang Xuance asked Qin Huaidao: "Your Majesty, I don't know if the news of Lanzhou Mansion Yin is related to the flood?" ”

Qin Huaidao nodded a little solemnly: "Lanzhou Mansion Yin Chen Wang wrote a book, saying that Lanzhou should not drive in the Yellow River to pick up a kappa, good at water, can sense the speed of the river and the amount of sand with both hands, he suggested that the people downstream should be evacuated in advance, otherwise there may be a big disaster." ”

"This?" Wang Xuance's worries came true, he said: "Many days ago, I was in Henan Province, a person from Longyou Dao came to exchange banknotes, and he once mentioned that it has been rainy in the north recently, and if you send people to evacuate downstream now, I don't know if it will be too late." ”

Qin Huaidao sighed: "This Lanzhou Mansion Yin is also a strange person, when the book came up, he had already sent people to evacuate downstream in advance, saying that if there was a real flood, please forgive him from the crime of trespassing, if there was no flood, he should come to Chang'an to receive the crime." ”

Wang Xuance nodded in admiration: "It's also decisive." ”

After all, it was a big matter of the Yellow River flooding, and Qin Huaidao didn't dare to be careless, so he ordered Wang Xuance: "Wang Xuance listens to the order, you immediately send an order to the Ministry of Industry to prepare a strategy to deal with the flooding of the Yellow River, and then take someone to personally go to the lower reaches of the Yellow River to prepare 10 million taels of banknotes for the people to relocate." ”

The biggest advantage of exchanging silver for paper money is that there is no need to use cash, if there is only paper money, there is a lot of room for operation for the imperial court.

If he doesn't have enough money, he can print out the banknotes and spend them first, and then offset them when the money is available.

As for the matter of unlimited money printing, even if Qin Huaidao no longer understands finance, he also knows that unlimited printing is not advisable, in addition to the flood of currency, the credibility of the imperial court is also greatly reduced, in ancient times, where information is extremely unsmooth, the credibility is gone, and it is difficult to establish.

Of course, it is necessary to take some measures before the catastrophe.

After receiving the order of His Majesty, Wang Xuance bowed to Qin Huai and said, "The minister has an order." ”

It just so happens that the banknotes brought out before are not finished, and there is no need to reprint them, but only need to take people to drive the horse-drawn carts to transport these banknotes to various government offices downstream for orders and distribution.

Wang Xuance, who received the order, quickly left the palace.

In the lower reaches of the Yellow River, there is a small village.

The people in the village work at sunrise and rest at sunset, today, there is an old man and a young man walking towards the field, the rice in summer is a good time to grow, he brought his granddaughter to hoe the grass, the yield of rice is not much, if the weeds are allowed to grow, the yield will be pitiful, and they are not enough to eat.

The little brute with a hoe on his back jumped and walked towards the field while humming a song.

"Grandpa, did you say we'd catch the hare today?"

Grandpa Xiaoman'er: "What do you say, grandpa hasn't caught a hare since he was so big, you little girl still want to catch a hare?" Is Grandpa saying that you are naïve, or innocent? ”

The little girl jumped lightly on the mound, carrying the hoe and clenching her fists vigorously: "Grandpa didn't catch it, it means that grandpa doesn't want to catch it, if the little man wants to catch it, he will definitely be able to catch it." ”

"Besides, if the hare can't think of it and crashes headlong into the big tree at the edge of the field, the little man can pick up the ready-made."

Hearing this, Grandpa couldn't help but smile kindly.

"Little man, there is no cheap thing in the world to pick up for nothing, if you think about guarding the big tree and picking up rabbits for nothing all day long, then your life will be wasted, you know?"

"Got it."

Xiao Man'er jumped and continued to move forward, the two soon arrived at the edge of the farmland, the water from the Yellow River today is particularly yellow, and the sediment is much more than in the past, Grandpa frowned and blocked the mouth of the ridge without thinking too much, and took Xiao Man'er to pull weeds in the field.

Not far away, the Yellow River dam is constantly being hit by the flowing water, and the soil on the dam is frantically washed away, becoming thinner and thinner, and the dam is at risk of bursting at any time.

Chang'an.

Qin Huaidao knew that once the Yellow River had a catastrophe that had not been encountered in a century, it would not only be a catastrophe for the people, but also a severe disaster for the entire Han Dynasty.

Therefore, he had to be prepared with multiple hands.

He informed the secretary of the draft decree and ordered all the armies of the states and highways to prepare for first-class combat readiness and be ready to be thrown into the Yellow River for disaster relief at any time, and then ordered the Ministry of Civil Affairs led by Fang Xuanling to prepare food and materials in the shortest possible time to deal with it.