In the imperial palace, in the royal study.

Pei Yue recounted everything Qi Min saw and heard in Qinzhou. He did not express his thoughts as he did in front of Gu Liang yesterday, but simply stated a fact sincerely.

Currently, Mo Haoli, the left governor of the East Palace, is recuperating at home. Considering the age of this veteran of the Four Dynasties, many courtiers have already acquiesced that Luo Ting is the head of the East Palace, and Han Gongduan will also take over the position of the right governor after a period of time.

These two civil servants performed very conscientiously in the case of the Fourth Prince's rebellion. Even though they did not have a single soldier in their hands, they never lost their integrity in governing the East Palace.

After the two listened to Pei Yue's statement, Han Gongduan was the first to speak: "Pei Hou has the people at heart, which is really a blessing for the country. The Dongfu has received reports from various places about the drought in Qinzhou, Yuzhou and the south of Dengzhou.

Disposal is in progress. The Changping warehouses in the three places will be opened within ten days. On the one hand, we can provide relief to the victims, and on the other hand, we can suppress those merchants who take the opportunity to hoard food."

The four expressions of officials are judges of words and writings. Han Gongduan is the best among people in every aspect. Listening to his unhurried explanation at this moment, his temperament is naturally excellent. However, Pei Yue couldn't help but turn over.

Roll your eyes.

Han Gongduan didn't seem to see it and continued: "In addition, the Dongfu decided to transport grain from the Changping warehouses in Lizhou, Sizhou and Qizhou to prevent large-scale refugees in these three places. Yongzhou and

The three places are all connected and are the most important grain-producing place in Daliang, so they can be used as a central backup place."

Pei Yue frowned and said: "Han Shengzhi, I am not trying to interfere in the decision-making of the Dongfu. It's just that the points you mentioned are all from a macro perspective, and I have not considered the implementation issues below at all."

Han Gongduan was suddenly questioned by a junior, his face still gentle, and he asked slightly puzzled: "What's wrong with the execution?"

Pei Yue said seriously: "According to what my personal followers said, this drought has far exceeded the capacity of the local people. Especially in most areas of Qinzhou, there is almost no summer grain harvest. How much grain is stored in Changping warehouses in various places?

Does the government have an exact number? Has anyone been sent to verify it immediately?"

Han Gongduan responded calmly: "The Dongfu has ordered the Ministry of Household Affairs to send officials from the Thirteen Cleaning Officials Division of the Ministry of Revenue to the prefectures. They left Beijing seven days ago to go to the prefectures to supervise the local government's management of Changping Granary and the distribution of grain. In order to prevent local

The government was perfunctory, so I and the governor of Luo County reported to your majesty that each officer was accompanied by fifty imperial guards."

Pei Yue was stunned for a moment and looked at Han Gongduan with a gentle expression.

Emperor Kaiping, who had been silent all this time, chuckled.

Pei Yue suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Emperor Kaiping looked at him proudly and mocked: "Don't you think that our Han Qing has been staying in the Hanlin Academy and knows nothing about government affairs, so he can be fooled by those below? You brat has a higher heart than Gu.

I’m afraid no one except Liang will take it seriously, and now there will be times when you are in trouble!"

As he spoke, he laughed again.

Pei Yue couldn't help but curse, you want to see me lose weight all day long, right?

Luo Ting said calmly: "Your Majesty, Duke Pei is loyal to the country. This character can be regarded as an example for others."

Emperor Kaiping snorted and said, "If I hadn't known this, do you think I would have allowed him to do whatever he wanted?"

Pei Yue said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, when has it ever been wrong for me to do something wrong?"

Emperor Kaiping didn't say it clearly, thinking that you dared to accept my money, but you gave away shares to those people for free. Isn't this called nonsense? Even if others want to give money to the palace, I may not look at it.

Pei Yue was vaguely aware of the truth and knew that things in Qinyuan could not be kept hidden forever, so he pretended to be dumbfounded and refused to take the initiative to hand over the clues in front of Emperor Kaiping.

The atmosphere in the imperial study seemed to have become peaceful and leisurely. Gu Liang suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I don't know how to handle government affairs, but I believe in Pei Yue's vision and premonition. The drought in the three states this time cannot be underestimated, and the situation in Qinzhou

It’s very complicated. Just relying on one person in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, even with dozens of forbidden troops, I’m afraid it won’t be able to suppress the local wealthy families.”

Luo Ting said calmly: "The words of Marquis Guangping are reasonable, so I would like to ask your Majesty's permission to send a senior official south to Qinzhou to take charge of disaster relief matters. As for Yuzhou and Dengzhou, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works will

The right ministers each led a team of men and rushed there, which was enough to scare the local officials. The drought is unavoidable, and the court can only help the affected people as much as possible, and at the same time eliminate the scum among the officials."

He paused for a moment, then saluted Emperor Kaiping and said: "Your Majesty, anyone who engages in corruption or other illegal acts during the disaster relief process, regardless of their official position or background, should be removed from office. After their guilt is found out, they will be punished according to the laws of the imperial court."

punish!"

Emperor Kaiping was silent for a moment and then nodded and said: "That's right."

He thought for a while and asked: "Who should be sent to Qinzhou?"

Luo Ting suddenly showed hesitation. At this moment, he heard Han Gongduan say: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to be the Minister of Qinzhou Disaster Relief."

Pei Yue was slightly startled.

In fact, Emperor Kaiping was right. He did not respect Han Gongduan as much as he did Luo Ting, because this man had been working in the Imperial Academy, from being an editor in the Imperial Academy to becoming a bachelor in the Imperial Academy, and he had been raising his reputation for more than 20 years.

Perhaps due to the influence of some stereotypes, it is difficult for Pei Yue to easily identify with such people, because government requires practical experience, and many people are good at talking but ignore common affairs. In the end, they only harm the people.

But the reason why Han Gongduan was valued by Emperor Kaiping was obviously not only because of the thousand-year-old Han family in Luling, nor even his profound knowledge. The most important thing was that this man had a very responsible temperament.

Emperor Kaiping did not agree immediately.

He frowned slightly and asked, "Pei Yue, is the drought in the south really that serious?"

Pei Yue recalled Qi Min's story and responded calmly under the gaze of everyone: "Your Majesty, the reality is probably more serious. This severe drought started at the end of April, which is a critical season for farmers to farm. The water conservancy in Qinzhou and other places

The facilities are not sufficient to deal with such a rare disaster. In other words, the government's preparations are definitely insufficient. Dongfu's various measures are considered timely, but... people will still die, and many people will starve to death."

There was a sudden silence in the imperial study room.

Except for Pei Yue, they are all well-educated people. Even Gu Liang is very knowledgeable and has naturally read many history books.

Of course they remember that there is such a sentence in some corners of the history books.

"This is the year when there is a great famine and people eat each other."

There are only seven words and dozens of strokes, but behind them are the disappearance of countless living lives.

Emperor Kaiping looked at Pei Yue with a deep look and said: "Han Qing, I order you to be the imperial envoy for disaster relief in the southern region, responsible for all disaster relief matters. At the same time, I will give you the Emperor's Sword. If officials below the third rank violate the law, as long as the evidence is solid, you can

Cut first and then play."

Han Gong paid homage with a great salute and said loudly: "I accept the decree and will certainly live up to His Majesty's high expectations."

Pei Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Although he told Gu Liang that he had a way to deal with those grain merchants, and if that didn't work, he would just raise the butcher's knife and kill them all the way, but that was ultimately the last resort. For the imperial court, of course, unless it was a last resort,

They will not carry out mass killings within the borders of the country. Now with the support of Emperor Kaiping, I believe that Dongfu can handle it properly.

He didn't feel that he had the world in his heart, but since he came to this world, he couldn't just watch countless people exchange their sons for food.

Just when he was about to retire, Emperor Kaiping suddenly said: "Pei Yue, the Southern Zhou Dynasty sent an envoy to the north. It is now close to Yongzhou. I have ordered Liu Xian to welcome the envoy and the Minister of Rites to serve as the deputy envoy. You also go to Liu Xian."

Let’s start with it.”

Pei Yue was stunned. What was going on?

The key is, is there any big shot in the Southern Zhou envoy who actually needs the eldest prince to come forward in person, accompanied by him, the head coach of the Beijing camp?
Chapter completed!