After studying for a long time, suddenly, the ground of the warm chalet seemed to tremble.

Zhu Houzhao was startled. Ye Chunqiu hurriedly grabbed Zhu Houzhao and hid under the table.

At this time, the entire warm chalet seemed to be shaking. Zhu Houzhao was stunned and couldn't help but say, "Is this... a collapse?"

Ye Chunqiu was also a little nervous at first, and after the trembling suddenly stopped, he calmed down.

Zhu Houzhao was about to get up from under the table, but Ye Chunqiu grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty, wait for it. If the ground collapses, maybe this is just a sign."

It means that there may be some more next.

Zhu Houzhao was confused, and she was so stupid that she collapsed on the spot.

Ye Chunqiu said, "It doesn't look like the collapse of the capital, but the source of the earthquake should be not far from the capital. Perhaps it may be Tianjin Wei, at most Shandong Provincial Administration and Xuanfu..."

After a while, a group of eunuchs flocked in and said one by one: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Zhu Houzhao and Ye Chunqiu came out from under the table. Zhu Houzhao's face was tragic. Seeing the panic of these eunuchs, he hurriedly said, "The Empress Dowager and the Prince are fine."

"It's nothing, but a eunuch fell into the Jinshui River and died." The leader was Liu Jin. After the land collapsed, the palace was in a mess. His first reaction was to run to the warm pavilion. When he saw Ye Chunqiu accompanying him, he felt sour.

Zhu Houzhao breathed a long sigh of relief, but she still hadn't recovered from the shock just now.

I looked at Ye Chunqiu on the side, but saw Ye Chunqiu still calm.

For Ye Chunqiu, this collapse was just a movement of the earth's crust. Like wind, rain, thunder and lightning, it is a normal phenomenon. However, for the people of this era, it is equivalent to God's anger and it is completely linked to myths.

The theory of ghosts and gods is based on the unknown, especially for such a collapse that many people may never have experienced in their lifetime. When they see the earth shaking, they are panic and helpless, and are afraid that even the calmness will become at a loss at this moment.

Zhu Houzhao was originally a person who was not afraid of heaven and earth, but now she was so scared that her face turned blue. However, seeing Ye Chunqiu's calm and calm expression, she was amazed. Could this Ye Aiqing really be scared of nothing?

Not long after, another eunuch came and said, "Your Majesty, all the scholars in the cabinet are looking for a visit."

When such a major event happened, the cabinet's first reaction was to come and meet. This was obviously an emergency measure of the court. It is not clear where the collapse is now. The monarch and minister must first get together to discuss it.

Zhu Houzhao said seriously: "Please come."

Ye Chunqiu wanted to avoid it, but Zhu Houzhao stopped him and said, "It's better to stay Ye Aiqing, listen."

Liu Jian and others had already come with a serious expression. After the king and his ministers met, Zhu Houzhao ordered people to sit down. Before everyone could sit down, Liu Jian said, "Your Majesty, the seismic meter of the Imperial Heaven Supervision has been corrected. The location of the earth collapse is in the northwest, roughly... It should be in Xuanfu. My ministers and others have ordered people to go to Xuanfu to investigate quickly. The officials of various departments have also canceled all the rest to respond. The guards in the capital have also been waiting for an accident."

Xuanfu…

Xuanfu is an important city that protects the capital. What you can understand now is just the location of the collapse of the land. However, Liu Jian's reaction was very fast. On the one hand, he had to understand where the Xuanfu was injured, and on the other hand, he wanted all officials to respond at any time. Of course, the most important thing was to strengthen the defense of the capital. Once such changes in the sky, it was the most likely to cause rumors. If someone instigated him, it would be very likely to cause a disaster.

Zhu Houzhao was still scared and said deeply: "Okay, okay, what else is there?"

Liu Jian looked at each other and said, "Your Majesty, once the disaster is determined, the court must appoint an imperial envoy to allocate money and grain to go to disaster relief. Not only should the damaged houses be counted, but also the victims of the casualties and resettlement of the victims. Disasters of land collapse, unlike other drought and locust plagues, are the most likely to cause chaos, so the court's response measures must be taken very quickly. If a little negligence is a bit of a human disaster."

Liu Jian's face seemed very solemn. Earth collapse has a deeper meaning compared to other disasters. Earth collapse often has a mainstream view that Earth collapse is caused by the imbalance of yin and yang, and has a lot to do with the rise and fall of the dynasty and the actions of the emperor. It is God's warning to man.

Especially in many historical records, records of the collapse of the dynasty when the dynasty perished. For example, during the reign of King You of Zhou, the collapse of the land occurred in Qishan. Almost all the Taishigong believed that this was "the Zhou Dynasty was about to die, and the weather was not lost. If it was the order, the people would be in chaos."

Since then, such a theory has been prevalent, believing that the collapse of the land is related to the court officials' involvement of power, father and son are incompetent, and wife and concubines compete for favor. So almost every time the collapse of the land is over, many ambitious people who were originally dormant will often cause chaos under the banner of the world's demise, so people's hearts are shaken and the order is lost.

It would be fine if the disaster of the earth collapse could be resolved as soon as possible. Once it was delayed, the man-made disaster would be out. When someone shouted, the Xuanfu was not far from the capital, and the consequences could be imagined.

Although Zhu Houzhao was usually confused, he knew that this matter was not simple. He said, "Yes, Master Liu is right. When the disaster situation is determined, he should immediately appoint an imperial envoy and should ease the disaster situation as soon as possible.

Xie Qian remained silent. His mood was particularly bad at this moment. After pondering for a while, he finally said: "Your Majesty, if the heaven changes, there will be human disasters, let alone the earth collapse. Now the earth collapses, and monks and lay people are talking about it. Those who are the emperor should be guilty of their own and safeguard the people."

This is almost an old routine of the earth collapse. The earth collapse is a warning to the emperor. In other words, the first reaction of the disaster is that the emperor has committed a crime. Thinking of Zhu Houzhao's usual lack of caution, he quickly issued an edict to punish himself, which is also a way to make up for the loss of the sheep.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but speechless. After thinking about it, he was a little unresolved.

Liu Jian also said: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Xie said is very true, and it is natural to issue an edict to blame himself. In all dynasties, the emperor's faults have been reviewed, which is not a bad thing."

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to sigh: "Since that's the case, you can make your own decisions."

Since he was not sure about it, he simply became a hand-off manager and let Liu Jian and others arrange it. Anyway, the imperial edict was not written by himself, but the Hanlin people would write it themselves, and it was pure for him to see it.

After the general situation was agreed, several cabinet masters said goodbye, and Ye Chunqiu also planned to leave, but Zhu Houzhao grabbed him: "Ye Aiqing, don't rush to leave first. If the Xuanfu is really affected by the disaster, I'm afraid that the horse will arrive soon." He couldn't help but say: "Zhu Zaiyao just came from and collapsed on the spot... It's really strange..."
Chapter completed!