In the capital.
Yongding Gate.
The city gate guards here were standing at the city gate in boredom, casually checking the pedestrians passing by.
At this moment, a horse suddenly galloped toward the south of the city gate.
When the city gate guards saw this scene, they immediately became spirited.
However, before the guards could do anything.
The man on the horse shouted,
"800 li is urgent, dodge! Dodge!"
Hearing this, the guards immediately stopped what they were doing.
He turned around and began to help chase away the commoners at the city gate.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! 800 miles, hurry!"
He followed closely behind!
The courier didn't slow down at all as he sped through the door.
The group of guards at the city gate looked at the post soldier riding on the dust.
He immediately revealed a curious expression.
Did something big happen again?
He had actually encountered the '800 Li Expedition' twice today.
Just as the guards were making wild guesses.
A horse galloped over from afar.
Looking at the galloping horses and hearing the shouts coming from the city gate, the guards at the city gate immediately changed their expressions and were terrified!
"800 li is urgent, dodge! Dodge!"
"800 li is urgent, dodge! Dodge!"
"800 li is urgent, dodge! Dodge!"
……
Palace of Heavenly Purity.
In the main hall.
Zhu Houzhao heard Emperor Hongzhi's muttering and was about to tell him about his previous arrangements.
Who would have thought that just as he spoke, he would hear hurried footsteps coming from outside the hall.
Zhu Houzhao looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young eunuch running into the hall with a panicked expression. After kneeling down, he reported,"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, an earthquake has occurred in South Zhili!”
The officials in the hall.
When he heard this news, his face was instantly filled with horror, and his attention was diverted from Zhu Houzhao's porridge distribution.
One had to know that the four prefectures of Hang, Jia, Shao, and Ning had suffered earthquakes, and the imperial court had yet to provide relief.
In the blink of an eye, another earthquake occurred in South Zhili.
The palace was filled with ministers and ministers.
After hearing the news, the worry on his face became more and more obvious.
Emperor Hongzhi frowned and stared at the little eunuch with wide eyes.
Just as he was about to ask about the situation, the sound of running came from outside the hall.
Emperor Hongzhi looked up in panic.
Another eunuch ran into the hall.
He knelt down and reported in a hurried tone,
"Your Majesty, the Suzhou magistrate has sent a report that an earthquake occurred in Changzhou yesterday!”
Hiss!
The officials and ministers in the hall all gasped.
His originally solemn expression also began to become a little frightened.
However, in the blink of an eye, the footsteps outside the hall began to become louder and louder.
One after another, reports began to resound in the hall.
"Your Majesty, the magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture has sent a report that an earthquake has occurred in Song Jiang!”
"Your Majesty, the Changzhou Prefecture Magistrate has sent a report that an earthquake has occurred in Wujin!”
"Your Majesty, the Zhenjiang Prefecture Magistrate has sent a report that an earthquake has occurred in Dan Yang!”
"Your Majesty, the Huai An Prefecture Magistrate has sent a report that an earthquake has occurred in Huai An!”
"Your Majesty, the prefect of Yangzhou has sent a report that an earthquake has occurred in Taizhou!”
"Your Majesty, the Ningguo Prefecture's magistrate has sent a report that an earthquake has occurred in Xuancheng!”
The eight eunuchs who had come to deliver the news knelt in a row and reported in order.
His Highness 'courtiers were shocked.
At the beginning, everyone was still pretending to be calm. Later on, they could only rely on each other to barely stand up.
Just a few minutes ago, the ministers wanted to transfer grain from Huai 'an granary to relieve the four prefectures of Hangzhou, Jia, Shao, and Ning.
But who would have thought that before the imperial edict was issued, there would be news of the Huai 'an earthquake.
If there was only one place, then it would be fine. At most, they could just transfer grain from other granaries.
But this was the Eight Prefectures!
The Eight Prefectures were struck by an earthquake on the same day!
What was this?
Heavenly Punishment?
Was this God punishing Big Ming?
Emperor Hongzhi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, had a sorrowful expression on his face. His hands that were holding the armrest could not help but tremble.
Monarch's Power was bestowed by God, and Heaven and Man could sense each other.
The heavens had decided to punish him.
It was self-evident who he was targeting.
But Emperor Hongzhi couldn't understand. He had always been diligent and conscientious.
Why did the heavens send down such a punishment?
Was it because he really wasn't cut out to be an emperor?
Just as Emperor Hongzhi's face was filled with grief and his thoughts were running wild.
Liu Jian stood at the entrance of the hall.
While he was at a loss, he suddenly saw the crown prince standing in the middle of the hall.
A glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in his confused eyes.
Then, Liu Jian struggled free from the officials who were supporting him and staggered towards Zhu Houzhao.
Even though he still didn't know why the Crown Prince had arranged for the Hang, Jia, Shao, and Ning residences to give out porridge so quickly.
However, in his despair, Liu Jian placed his last hope on Zhu Houzhao.
Liu Jian, who was standing in front of Zhu Houzhao, knelt on the ground, raised his head and asked,"
"Your Highness, have you made arrangements for the few prefectures that were struck by the earthquake just now like the previous four prefectures?”
In the quiet hall.
Liu Jian's voice broke the silence.
However, Liu Jian's words just now seemed to have lit up a light for the confused crowd.
All the officials who remembered the relief work of the four prefectures turned to look at Zhu Houzhao with anticipation.
Even Emperor Hongzhi on the dragon throne was no exception.
Everyone's gaze fell on Zhu Houzhao.
He was perturbed.
There was anticipation.
Zhu Houzhao heard Liu Jian's question and frowned.
He vaguely remembered that the few prefectures mentioned in the report seemed to have a joint department store.
Thinking of this, he looked at Liu Jian who was kneeling in front of him and glanced at his rapidly increasing reputation points. After nodding, he replied softly,
"Yes, I've made arrangements in advance!"
It was a light sentence.
It was as if all the strength in Liu Jian's body had been sucked out in an instant.
Liu Jian's originally nervous mood relaxed, and he collapsed to the ground.
The courtiers behind him, without exception, were either shocked or relaxed. In any case, the entire court instantly fell.
Emperor Hongzhi, who was sitting on the dragon throne, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air. He was even more confused about the reason. He looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked anxiously,
"Pin 'er, quickly tell Imperial Father, how did you do it?”
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