Xu Xiang stepped into the hall with a long time. The official robe on his body had turned gray and could hardly tell the original color. Sweat flowed down his face, and ravines rushed out, looking whistling in the flowers.

"The Third Highness sent someone to summon him urgently, but I don't know what's important?" Xu Xiang asked without hesitation at Zhu Youzhen.

Looking at Xu Xiang's appearance, Zhu Youzhen was quite moved. He immediately ordered the female envoy to take clean water and prepare a towel. He actually twisted the towel and handed it to Xu Xiang. "Thank you for your hard work, wipe your face first."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Xu Xiang took the towel with both hands, wiped a few handfuls on his face, threw the towel into the basin, and smiled at the crowd of people in the house and said, "Everyone, your body is sore, everyone smells it, don't dislike it! After the discussion here, Xu will go back and clean up and take care of it."

"Who will dislike it?" Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "This is what he does. Xu Changshi, please sit down."

"The Third Highness has entrusted me with an important task, so I should not take the position of the body." Xu Xiang sat down and said, "Your Highness, the drought is worse than we imagined. Many small rivers have been cut off and the wells have dried up. This season, this is very fatal. This year's production cuts are certain."

"How big is the impact?" Zhu Youzhen asked.

"See if our next measures can be implemented." Xu Xiang said seriously: "This time I went down and walked around and saw different villages and towns fighting each other many times to grab water. The scene was like a war. Along the way, I was coordinating these things more. Wuning's water conservancy facilities are too abandoned, and it is impossible to recover in a short period of time. This requires great people and material resources."

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "At present, I'm afraid we can't draw more manpower and financial resources to manage this matter."

"The Xiaguan also thought of this, so when he went down this time, he still asked them to save himself." Xu Xiang said: "First, in places with rivers, the wealthy and wealthy families were required to do their best to do more water trucks and other things. Second, each village should organize manpower and try to dig deep wells."

"You won't force those rich families to do it with a knife again, right?" Zhu Youzhen asked with a smile.

"Of course not. This time, the officials were moved with emotion and reason." Xu Xiang laughed and said, "If there is a large-scale unemployment, their lives will be difficult at that time. Your Highness, I will apologize to you."

"What is the crime for Changshi Xu to do with such hard work?" Zhu Youzhen said strangely.

"I sold a lot of officials under the banner of Your Highness!" Xu Xiang said: "But they are not real positions, they are just some names of officials. They promised that they will definitely make up for their actual vacancies in the future."

"Sell official?"

"Yes, sell official positions and raise money!" Xu Xiang said: "As long as it is a well that produces water, I will give them fifty stagnant of each well. I think the third prince can't get the money now, so I made this idea and used all the money I earned from selling official positions on it."

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while before saying, "At an extraordinary time, you can do extraordinary things. Forget it, I have accepted this matter. You want me to go back and reissue the documents!"

"Yes, those people are very cunning. If you don't see formal documents, you won't pay! Now the well has been excavated on a large scale, and I'm waiting for the rice to be put into the pot!" Xu Xiang looked at Zhu Youzhen with a gaze.

"You are the Chief Secretary of Wuning. You can do this yourself! Nothing is the case!" Zhu Youzhen waved.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Xu Xiang was overjoyed: "I wonder if your Highness summons me back. Is there anything wrong with you?"

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the people in the room and said, "Everyone, Chang'an Jingxiang's letter is of great importance, so I'll call you all and discuss it together, so I can decide how we will go next."

Everyone in the room immediately sat upright.

"It's not only that we have suffered from drought here, but the situation in Guanzhong is even worse. More importantly, there are not only natural disasters in Guanzhong, but also **." Zhu Youzhen shook his head: "Most of the money that was allocated to build water conservancy last year fell into the pockets of corrupt officials. Jingxiang said in his letter that from the current situation, I'm afraid that most places in Guanzhong will be out of stock this year."

At this point, Cao Bin, Liu Xinda and others shuddered. The impact of this incident was not just about the food collection. Without food, a large number of refugees would appear. Once the court handled it improperly, it would immediately cause a disaster. More than 20 years ago, the Tang Dynasty responded improperly in the face of a disaster, which triggered a great riot across the country. The situation in the Tang Dynasty at that time was much better than that in Daliang now, at least, it was not as strong as it is now. Once such a scene really happened, I am afraid that Li Ze from the north would immediately raise his troops to go south.

"So Jingxiu asked us to accelerate our southward movement, at least before this autumn harvest, we should take down Eyue and other places. In this way, we can use the food in Huainan and Eyue to make up for the shortcomings in Guanzhong and try our best to maintain the stability of Chang'an and Luoyang." Zhu Youzhen said.

"I've been a little nervous for several months." Cao Bin frowned and felt a little embarrassed.

Tian Guofeng, who was sitting in the last place, said disapprovingly: "What's the matter so nervous? Just raise troops. Third Your Highness, Tian Guofeng is willing to be the pioneer."

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "I know the courage to fight, but this time, we cannot lose at all. Even time cannot be delayed, otherwise it will affect the overall situation. I thought carefully. This time, we must do our best to get all the elite. I am going to launch three armies to attack Eyue. The first route was Tian Guofeng's headquarters to command 10,000 troops to attack Suizhou, occupy Yingcheng, and then head to Ezhou. The second route was Liu Xinda and Liu led 10,000 troops to occupy Macheng, attack Huangzhou, and then advance to Ezhou. The third route was Gong Yunda, Huainan, led a group of troops to pass through Huangmei, occupy Daye, and then surrounded Ezhou with the two upper routes. After taking Ezhou, the three troops gathered together and forced Yueyang to control the Dongting Lake Basin."

Standing up and walking to a huge map hanging on the lobby wall, Zhu Youzhen said, "In this way, we can look at Jingnan, Hunan, and Jiangxi. Do you have any objections?"

"The Third Highness has no problem with this plan, but can the third party, Gong Yunda, send troops on time? Now Yangzhou has been turned into a pot of raw rice, so I might as well lead a group of people to help him take Yangzhou!" Cao Bin said.

Zhu Youzhen shook his head: "Once we take action, I am afraid that the Tang army in Pinglu will attack Gunhai. General Cao, you must prepare to enter Gunhai at any time. This is a great opportunity for us to intervene in Gunhai. Moreover, we cannot tolerate the Tang army taking Gunhai, because it will also pose a great threat to us. We must let Gunhai survive this period first. As for Yangzhou, Gong Yunda is unwilling to let us intervene. He is afraid that after we intervene, Yangzhou

It no longer belongs to him. Let him deal with this matter by himself, but he will definitely do it if he split a group of people into Eyue, otherwise he will give us a reason to intervene in Yangzhou. He is very clear about this matter. Although Yangzhou is important, he is alone after all. Even with the support of the Tang people, he will not make any big troubles in a while. After we take Eyue, if Gong Yunda has not quelled the Yangzhou riots, we will take action again."

"I understand, Your Highness!" Cao Bin said.

"Our two armies will send troops today. I will live in Wuning first to allocate logistics supplies for you. After several armies gather in Ezhou, I will come in person." Zhu Youzhen smiled and looked at Xu and thought: "Shi Xu, do you know why I am in a hurry to call you back?"

"I understand." Xu Xiang said: "The official should assist His Highness in providing logistics supply to the army."

"This is the first thing Jingxiang said in his letter." Zhu Youzhen continued: "There is another second thing, that is, my elder brother will return to Chang'an from Shandong East Road to serve as the commander of the imperial guards. Dai Chao will take over the army of Shandong East Road, and they will also march towards Jingnan."

"What?" Cao Bin's face changed drastically: "Can his Majesty make up his mind?"

"That's not necessarily!" Zhu Youzhen said: "If my father really wants to make the eldest brother the prince, he will not have transferred Dai Chao out. Jingxiang said that my father's move is like holding a whip and constantly whipping me! If I slackened, he might even force me."

"Your Highness, Chang'an has 50,000 imperial guards, which is our most elite army." Cao Bin said: "And your Majesty's move will probably lead many people to misunderstand, especially Xuanwu..."

"Don't worry, where is Uncle Xuanwu? Jingxiang sent someone here in person." Zhu Youzhen said.

Tian Guofeng, who was on the side, was a little impatient and stood up and said, "Third Prince, how can there be so many twists and turns? He told me, let's do our own things well. After taking E Yue, we will go to fight Hunan and Jiangnan, and then fight them, and then raise ourselves to a strong army. In this way, we will not be afraid of anyone. If the emperor dares to make Zhu Youyu the crown prince, we will fight him and drive him down."

"rude!"

"Damn it!"

A shout suddenly sounded in the house.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen's face was also very bad, Tian Guofeng immediately clamped her tail and sat down, but she was still not convinced and whispered: "That's right, otherwise the Third Prince would be independent and would not play with them anymore. As long as he had territory and army, what would he be afraid of!"
Chapter completed!