After the death of Zhou Yunyi and the first snow of the year, the leaders of different imperial departments were having a debate which was about the financial expenditure of the empire on the imperial court.
Emperor Jiajing ordered to change some of the farmland in Zhejiang into mulberry fields. It caused the resistance of people. For keeping the situation from getting worse, Hu Zongxian wrote a request to borrow grain from other provinces.
The Yans damaged the dams in Zhejiang during the hard rain. They planned to flood the farmlands in the area and then buy them in cheap prices. As the person who was in charge of Zhejiang, Hu must handle the situation.