Liu Jian's face stiffened when he heard Zhu Houzhao's question.
He glanced at Xiao Jing and then looked back at Zhu Houzhao. After hesitating for a long time, he slowly said,"
"Your Highness, the East Chamber has sent an urgent message saying that you have sent people to the four prefectures to provide relief.
The Emperor probably thought that the East Chamber was talking nonsense, so he lectured Eunuch Xiao like this.”
Zhu Houzhao raised his eyebrows and asked,"
"When Grand Secretary Liu said that the four prefectures were in disaster relief, did he mean the earthquakes in Hangzhou, Jia, Shao, and Ning prefectures?”
Liu Jian was surprised. He didn't expect that the news would spread so quickly and that the Crown Prince would know about it.
Liu Jian looked at Zhu Houzhao in front of him and nodded with a heavy expression.
"That's right."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned and blurted out,"
"BenGong was the one who arranged the porridge! Why are you spouting nonsense from the East Chamber?"
Zhu Houzhao said.
The hall instantly fell silent.
Even Emperor Hongzhi who was kicking Xiao Jing at the side.
After hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, he stopped what he was doing.
Thinking that Zhu Houzhao was fooling around, he turned to look at Zhu Houzhao with displeasure.
Below the hall.
The expressions of the three Pavilion Elders and the six Ministers were even more exaggerated.
They widened their eyes, as if they didn't believe it.
Especially those few ministers.
They didn't dare to refute the Crown Prince, but all their words were shown on their faces.
Zhu Houzhao looked at Emperor Hongzhi, then turned his gaze to the few officials beside him.
Seeing their expressions, Zhu Houzhao could not help but raise his eyebrows.
He did not want to argue too much about these details, so he directly said to the few officials.
"What's wrong? This kind of thing, with a little investigation, we will know the truth. Bengong doesn't need to lie about this kind of thing, right?”
Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words.
The hall suddenly became so noisy that one could smell a pin drop.
The courtiers looked at each other. When they heard the Crown Prince's words, their faces were filled with conflict.
Just as the Crown Prince had said, the truth of this matter could be verified with a little investigation.
However, the officials still couldn't accept the truth.
Emperor Hongzhi, who was in the main hall, looked at Zhu Houzhao with a frown. He was still unable to accept it and said directly,
"Pin 'er, stop fooling around."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned when he heard this. He turned to Emperor Hongzhi and asked,"
"Imperial Father, do you think that your son is fooling around?"
Emperor Hongzhi saw Zhu Houzhao's expression.
The words that were about to come out of his mouth instantly stopped.
He looked at Zhu Houzhao, who had a serious expression on his face.
Emperor Hongzhi, who originally thought that Zhu Houzhao was just fooling around, actually started to hesitate.
Could it be that the Crown Prince had really made arrangements in advance?
But how did he do it?
Perhaps only an immortal could predict an earthquake?
He had to predict the future and make arrangements in advance.
What kind of thunderous method was this?
Moreover, if the Crown Prince really knew about it in advance, why didn't he mention it before?
As long as there was a slight warning of such a natural disaster, the damage it caused would be greatly reduced.
Emperor Hongzhi, who was puzzled, looked at Zhu Houzhao in front of him and was about to ask the reason.
But before he could say anything.
A young eunuch outside the hall suddenly ran in quickly.
After entering the main hall, he knelt on the ground and reported.
"Reporting to the emperor, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Mou Bin, is here to see you.”
The sudden report broke the silence in the hall.
Although Emperor Hongzhi really wanted to ask the Crown Prince the reason for this.
However, the commander of the Brocade Guards, Mou Bin, had suddenly come to see him. Presumably, he had something important to report, especially at the time of the earthquake.
Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath and turned his gaze.
"Announce!"
A few breaths later, the commander of the Brocade Guard, Mou Bin, rushed into the hall.
After kneeling down and bowing, he opened his mouth and shouted.
"Your Majesty, I have received an urgent report.
An earthquake occurred in Hangzhou, Jia, Shao and Ning in Zhejiang Province.
The Embroidered Uniform Guards sent the situation of the disaster area they had discovered to the capital.
After this lowly subject received it, he did not dare to delay and directly entered the palace to meet the Emperor.”
When the three Pavilion Elders and the Six Ministers heard Mou Bin's words, they all looked at him.
The few people who were concerned about the situation in the disaster area looked at Mou Bin with burning eyes, waiting for the latest situation in the disaster area.
When Emperor Hongzhi heard Mou Bin's words, he looked anxious and urged,"
"Hurry up and tell me!"
Mou Bin's expression turned cold as he cupped his hands and reported.
"Your Majesty.
The earthquake in the four prefectures of Zhejiang caused more than half of the houses in the city to collapse.
Fortunately, the earthquake happened during the day.
At this time, most of the people were working in the fields or outside the house.
Even though there were people in the house, they had already run out when the earthquake started.
Therefore, the casualties were not too serious.
However, because the houses had collapsed, the money and food were all buried in the houses.
The commoners had no food to eat, and the granaries of the four prefectures were all empty because of the imperial court's previous deployment.
At present, the officials of the four prefectures were gathering food in the city, but the effect was minimal.
Fortunately, there was the joint department store opened by His Highness the Crown Prince in the various manors.
After the earthquake, the first thing they did was to cook porridge and give it to the victims to stabilize the people.
This way, the starving people of the four prefectures could fill their stomachs.”
The Embroidered Uniform Guards Commander Mou Bin quickly reported.
The officials in the hall listened attentively.
The information that Mou Bin had given them was indeed much more detailed than what they had received before.
The time of the earthquake.
Disaster situations, etc.
But when they heard Mou Bin's last words, they were stunned.
Mou Bin once again brought up the matter of the Crown Prince sending people to the disaster area to distribute porridge.
One for private, two for public.
The East Chamber and the Brocade Guard belonged to two different organizations, but at this moment, the two of them insisted on the same thing.
However, in front of the report in front of them, everyone's doubts and guesses disappeared.
Everyone looked at the Crown Prince in shock.
He looked at the indifferent Crown Prince.
Everyone's hearts were in turmoil.
Emperor Hongzhi, who was in the main hall, had the same expression.
After swallowing a mouthful of saliva with difficulty, he muttered,
"Pin 'er, you…how did you do it?”
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