Valley Emperor

Li Xuan has been in this era for some years. This year has changed from the first two years of Anjian to fifteen years of Xuanping. Counting his fingers, it has been a full sixteen years.

For so many years, in general, there have been many man-made disasters in China, and not many natural disasters.

In the past two years, the Huaihe River Basin and the middle reaches of the Yellow River also experienced widespread rainfall. However, the huge amount of water conservancy construction funds invested by the Datang Empire was not for nothing, and played a considerable role. Therefore, although there will inevitably be some small-scale floods, but It didn't cause a catastrophe.

But now, Li Xuan frowned as he looked at the gloomy sky and the raindrops falling outside the house.

This rain has been falling for two consecutive days, which is not a good sign. Although it is said that this rain is not always pouring rain, but it has been non-stop!

This year's rainy season is a bit early and a bit fierce!

Taking his eyes back from the window, Li Xuan returned to his desk and picked up the weather report sent by the Royal Institute of Technology, alongside the weather report of the Royal Academy of Sciences.

However, Li Xuan directly put down the report of the Academy of Sciences, because he didn't need to read it to know that it was not rich in gold, or he simply copied the report of the Astronomy Department of the Royal Institute of Technology.

Originally, Li Xuan wanted to establish the Royal Academy of Sciences as an official top-level research institution, but later he shifted his focus to the Royal Institute of Technology. Although the Royal Academy of Sciences had such a big sign, it gradually became mediocre. .

Up to now, it has basically become a decoration. Although reports are occasionally submitted, in fact, many of them are directly copied from the Royal Institute of Technology and have no practical value.

Today's Royal Institute of Technology is the top, or even the only comprehensive scientific research institution in the Datang Empire.

There are more than ten departments, which basically cover all disciplines, and the teachers and students in it are all true geniuses selected from thousands of miles across the country.

The weather report sent by the Royal Institute of Technology predicted that in the next month, it will still rain in all parts of Zhili, and the rainfall will not be small.

What's more terrible is that it is not only raining in areas such as Jiangnan and southern Anhui, but also the rainfall belt will gradually move northward, and then enter the northern Anhui, Jiangbei, and even Henan and Shandong.

For this reason, the researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology judged that in the next month, due to the heavy rains in Shandong, North Anhui, Jiangbei and other areas in Henan, and the rainfall will far exceed the rainfall two years ago, so extremely It may cause the Yellow River to burst its banks and cause large-scale floods.

Immediately after they came to the conclusion of the research, they rushed to the palace.

When Li Xuan saw this report, he naturally attached great importance to it. If this report is correct, then although it is only a beginning, the situation is probably more serious than two years ago, much more serious!

A little carelessness can lead to large-scale floods.

And this situation is not allowed by Li Xuan!

Now that the empire is in a stage of rapid development, it cannot be interrupted by a flood!

It was going to rain, but Li Xuan couldn't stop him.

But to prevent floods and reduce losses as much as possible, Li Xuan can do it.

Looking at the weather report in his hand again, Li Xuan immediately took the weather report and pushed open the door of the office, and then said to the secretaries outside: "The order is given, let the ministers of the various ministries, the Privy Council, and the ministers of the General Command enter the office. Palace meeting!"

The secretaries outside suddenly saw Li Xuan come out, and then heard Li Xuan say that a meeting was going to be held. All of them were thinking in their hearts what happened?

But no matter what they were thinking about, at this moment, they all moved. With a simple arrangement, more than a dozen secretaries trotted out to find those ministers.

Some people went to look for the minister on duty in the imperial study, some went to the cabinet and other yamen to find ministers of various ministries, and some went to the generals of the army and navy.

Although Li Xuan did not say the words urgent or immediate, everyone was not stupid. The Son of Heaven did not say a specific time, which meant that the Son of Heaven would hold a meeting immediately.

At the same time, the ministers of the cabinet and the ministers of the military will participate in the meeting, which means that this will be a military and political meeting, and it will also be an emergency military and political meeting.

This kind of thing rarely occurs in the Tang Empire.

Not even last year when we fought the Tatars.

What the **** is going on?

These secretaries are not very clear, and the many ministers who suddenly received the summoning order are even more confused. They think carefully, and nothing major has happened recently.

Since the battle in the north at the end of last year, the Tatars are now very honest, and there is no sign of large-scale mobilization of troops to launch an attack, and the Tang Empire also spent a lot of military expenses because of the war last year. It will also be that there is not much spare energy to launch a large-scale offensive campaign.

Therefore, on the north side, although small and medium-scale battles have occurred from time to time this year, large-scale battles are estimated to be impossible to fight.

In addition to the north, the other directions are also stable, and it is basically unlikely that there will be signs of large-scale invasion by foreign enemies. Even if the Portuguese and the empire fall out, it will not be enough to convene an emergency military and political meeting immediately.

If there is no foreign enemy, then there will be civil strife. Many ministers are guessing. Could it be that there is some major case? And it is very likely that it involves a rebellion, otherwise, with the size of the Tang Empire today, ordinary trivial matters will not be so fussy at all.

Many ministers have their own guesses, but there are really few people who can guess that Li Xuan summoned them just because it rained for two days!

Because they didn't know, the researchers at the Royal Institute of Technology had already judged that this heavy rain is likely to last for more than a month, and it will spread to the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Many ministers entered the palace quickly in carriages one after another, because the yamen of the various ministries were not far from the palace, except for some ministers who were on business trips, most of them soon arrived at the other courtyard of the palace.

After entering the palace, everyone was brought to the conference room by the secretariat, and the minister who had just entered the conference room was immediately sent a report, which was the climate report urgently submitted by the Royal Institute of Technology.

When everyone saw the report saying that the entire middle of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin might experience heavy rain for a month, the expressions of many people changed instantly.

Anyone who can enter this conference room, regardless of whether they are military generals or cabinet ministers, is not an idiot. They are all killed from the competition of thousands of troops and finally become the imperial dignitaries.

Just looking at this report, they can immediately associate the seriousness of the matter!

"If this is true for the next month, the water level of the Yellow River will inevitably rise on a large scale. By then, I am afraid that the dams in many river sections will not be able to hold up!"

"Isn't that right, once a large-scale flood is caused, the damage to the empire will be far more serious than the invasion of the Tartars from the north!"

"What are the Tartars? With my Tang army here, don't expect the Tartars to cross the Great Wall!"

"We must immediately and strictly order all places to strengthen river defenses. Along the Yellow River and Huai River, tens of millions of people are affected, and there is no room for mistakes."

The ministers who watched the report talked a lot, and their tone was full of worry.

Because everyone knows the seriousness of the matter.

If this rain really lasted for a month, I am afraid that the entire middle reaches of the Yellow River and the Huaihe River Basin will be affected, and there are a large number of people in this area.

In addition, there are many industries and commerce in this area. Although the total amount is not large, the potential is huge. For example, cities in the Yellow River and Huai River basins such as Huai’an, Yangzhou, Xuzhou, Kaifeng, etc., because of the benefits of the canal and the river transportation of the Yellow River, have become the The Empire is a key area for developing industry in the Central Plains.

If this is destroyed by the flood, it also means that the industrial construction of the Empire in the Central Plains and the northern regions in the past few years will be completely destroyed.

Of course, even if the industries in the above-mentioned areas were destroyed by the Ministry, it would not actually be considered a serious injury, because the industry and commerce of the empire are currently mainly concentrated in the Yangtze and Pearl River basins.

The economic powerhouse of the Datang Empire is Zhili, one prefecture and four roads, and then Jiangxi, Hubei, and Hunan can also be added as three provinces, but the latter three are mainly agricultural, especially the two provinces of Huguang. , has been developed by the empire as a new granary.

The above-mentioned areas not only temporarily housed a large amount of food production in the empire, but also accounted for more than 80% of the industrial output of the empire. Several large cities along the Yangtze River were all of the most important industrial areas in the empire.

Wuchang Industrial Zone is a new type of large-scale industrial zone constructed by the Empire in the last five or six years, and Dangtu Industrial Zone is the most important heavy industrial base of the Empire~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Needless to say, Shanghai is the largest industry in the Empire City, and Jiujiang, Anqing, Zhenjiang, Jinling and other places, and even Yangzhou are also important industrial and commercial cities of the empire.

If the Yangtze River swells and floods both sides of the river, it will cause immeasurable losses to the empire.

It is precisely because the Yangtze River Basin is so important that in recent years, more than half of the water conservancy construction funds invested by the Empire have been used to manage the Yangtze River Basin.

Of course, the problems in the Yellow River and Huaihe River basins are even bigger, so about 40% of the funds are temporarily used, and the remaining layer of funds is spent on the Pearl River basin and other rivers.

A lot of money has been invested in water conservancy, which is why the empire has not suffered any large-scale floods in the past few years.

But this time, the rain is a bit heavy, and the Yellow River may not be able to hold it!

When everyone was discussing, with the sound of "His Majesty is coming", the Holy Son of Heaven Li Xuan also walked into the conference room, and the first sentence of his speech was: "You all read the report and talk about how to deal with it!" Emperor Shangou