Chang'an, in the palace.

Xiao Wenxuan immediately summoned Fiji after reading the memo from Qingzhou.

In the imperial study room, the two officials remained silent for a long time.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have also received some news about Jizhou. As King Qi said, the area of ​​Jizhou in Binzhou did suffer a drought last year, but the rain still hasn’t fallen. Now the homes of the people of Emperor Yong’s fief have no surplus food. Unspeakable."

"It's Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou again. If it weren't for the great upheaval in these three places decades ago, the imperial court wouldn't have been badly hurt by the rebellion. Now this natural disaster is coming again, what should be done?" Xiao Wenxuan's eyes It is deeply worried.

He still remembers that at that time he was the second prince of the Great Yu Kingdom and was ordered to conquer the rebellion in the three places.

In order to quell the rebellion, the Forbidden Army fought **** battles. There were countless battles during the period. It took three years to behead Zhang Dong, the leader of the rebellion, but for this reason, the Forbidden Army also lost six out of ten and suffered heavy losses.

However, it was precisely because of this rebellion that he mastered the military power and won the battle for the throne in one fell swoop.

Fiji watched Xiao Wenxuan, "Now there is no other way but to allocate food for disaster relief, but there is not much food available for the court. Your Majesty has issued a decree to raise food for the kings, especially the Kings of Chu, Wei and Shu. , King Yan, King Runan and other vassal kings of the rich and commonplace."

"This can only be done, but I am afraid that the hope is slim." Xiao Wenxuan sighed, these vassals are very responsible if they don't turn back, how can they raise food for disaster relief.

He knew very well that in times of crisis, these vassals would only protect themselves.

With a sigh, Xiao Wenxuan said to Fiji: "You immediately draw up a decree and send it to the vassal kings. In addition, King Qi has sent a method to restrain locusts. Although this method is a bit strange, it is now a method."

Fiji nodded. King Qi's method is to eat locusts. This is indeed a weird idea, but it is better for the victims than to starve to death.

Slowly exited the Imperial Study Room, Fiji went out of the palace and went straight home.

King Qi's fiefdom had only improved in the past two years, and he had encountered such disasters unexpectedly. The real man was not as good as he wanted, and now he was worried about Xiao Ming's fate.

I hope he can survive this time.

Thinking of this, he suddenly sighed.

"Daddy, why sigh?" At this moment a soft voice sounded, but Fei Yueer and Xiaohuan came over.

Fiji has always kept things secret from Fei Yueer. He said: "The emperor just summoned me and said that the generation of Bingzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou has the signs of drought and locust plagues. I am afraid that there will be civil chaos in these three places."

"Qingzhou?" Fei Yue'er was shocked, covering her mouth, "It's just that Qingzhou was still in good weather last year?"

"Of these three places, Qingzhou has been the least affected, but Jizhou has been in chaos, and Qingzhou will not be better. The troubled people can always plunder the rich and prosperous places." Fiji's mouth was worried.

Xiaohuan exclaimed, "Ah, wouldn't it be dangerous for the young lady to marry into Qingzhou at this time."

"Xiaohuan can't talk nonsense. Since the marriage contract has been made, King Qi and I are one body, and we should be in the same adversity. That is just to enjoy the blessings and not lose money." Fei Yue'er frowned.

Fiji glanced at Fei Yue with satisfaction. This was Fei's daughter.

"Qi's barbarians are not afraid, so how can they be afraid of some troubled people? What the emperor is worried about is that the barbarians will take advantage of the opportunity to re-emerge. These kings of Yong and Liang are not kings of Qi."

Fei Yue'er nodded slowly, this king Yong had a violent character, brave and insidious, and always refused to listen to other people's advice. This matter was troublesome.

Those who don’t seem to want to talk about it anymore, Fiji said: "Yue'er, I see you look ruddy these days, and your body seems to have recovered and is no different from ordinary people. In that case, you and Xiaohuan can also go out and take a walk. ."

"Thank you, father." Fei Yueer said excitedly.

Then Fiji and Fei Yue'er talked about King Qi's method of controlling locusts, which made Fei Yue's sorrow again and became more and more curious about Xiao Ming's strange ideas.

...

In Qingzhou, Xiao Ming stepped up the fight against drought in the fief after learning of the civil unrest in Jizhou, until a sudden light rain in early May made Xiao Ming relieved.

At the same time, Pang Yukun and the many people of the fief were also relieved.

At least this shows that severe drought does not seem to occur on the land of the six states.

"Although it is raining, the disaster and welding prevention must not be taken lightly. The construction of the reservoirs in the field and the excavation of ditches must be accelerated to save the losses as much as possible."

In the governor’s mansion, Xiao Ming gave orders to officials from the six states.

In order to avoid excessive losses, he personally supervised this drought and disaster prevention. These days, Li Kaiyuan sells a large number of chickens and ducks to the people for breeding.

At the same time, Pang Yukun also went to the people to organize production teams in various states and counties to fight drought. In the newspaper, Xiao Ming also issued an order for the whole people to fight drought.

It is now raining lightly, indicating that the disaster in Qingzhou will not be serious. Although the grain production will be reduced this season, the people should not ask about it.

And the food he reserves is enough for the army.

However, the fire at the gate of the city affected Chi Yu, and he kept keeping the secret guards concerned about the situation in Yongzhou.

Now the court has allocated food for disaster relief in response to the situation in Yongzhou, and at the same time solicited food from other vassals, but according to his understanding, as he expected, just like his own battle of Cangzhou at that time collecting food and grass, the court's purpose did not achieve much. effect.

The princes only gave 30,000 shi for one, and 50,000 shi for the other to send the court.

They couldn't wait to see the jokes of the court at this time, but this was not what Xiao Ming hated the most.

Because according to the news from the Secret Guard ~lightnovelpub.net~ only 10% of the relief food was in the hands of the people, and 90% of the food was deprived by Chang'an and Jizhou officials, and even Li Kaiyuan bought Jizhou relief on the market. grain.

"Officials in the country of Da Yu have been corrupted to this point, and the overturning can only take a moment."

Pang Yukun sighed after learning that the food purchased by Li Kaiyuan had appeared in the food, leaving Xiao Ming with a desolate back.

In the next few days, Pang Yukun dealt with government affairs like crazy, and he was often seen in the fields.

This incident shocked Xiao Ming equally. He didn't expect that officials' exploitation of disaster relief food in textbooks would be happening now. He also understood why the people would turn back in the event of a major disaster.

With a bitter sigh, Xiao Ming could only pin all his hopes on his fief. This decadent dynasty, like an old man in the dying wind, began to permeate the breath of death.

After the last exchange of interests with the Cao family, the Cao family fulfilled their promise, and Yue Yun returned to Dengzhou with three Galen ships.

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