Until the end of September, there was still no rain falling in Luoyang.

The drought has not been alleviated, but has intensified further.

In some high-lying places, drinking water has become difficult for humans and animals.

The scene of nationwide mobilization to fight the disaster that Yunchu expected still did not appear, but the government has begun to get busy.

Grains stored in big cities such as Chang'an, Luoyang, Chengdu, Jinyang, Yangzhou, etc. began to be transported to the lower level state capitals. Similarly, the grains in the state capital's granaries also began to be transported to the lower counties.

In the end, food can only stay at the county level.

Therefore, after receiving assurances from all county magistrates that the grain reserves were sufficient, Li Zhi issued a tyrannical order that anyone whose territory suffered from widespread famine would die.

The two censors were dispatched in empty groups, the Baiqi Si were dispatched in empty groups, and the officials from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Households, and the Shaofu Supervisor were also dispatched in empty groups to reach the county level.

The reserves of the big cities were given to the state capitals, and the reserves of the state capitals were given to the counties. Therefore, there was no need for discipline inspection between the big cities and the state capitals. The focus was on the counties. Therefore, the emperor gave Datang 4,824 counties this time.

The county magistrate has great power - the right to act expediently during disasters.

In other words, during a famine, the county magistrate can have full control over the people, objects, soldiers and horses in the county. As long as it is related to disaster relief and beneficial, the county magistrate can ignore etiquette, rules, and systems, and use his discretion as appropriate.

act.

This is the maximum extent that Emperor Li Zhi can decentralize power.

After giving people, money, food, and power, if you still can't complete the errands, you will die, or your whole family, or the entire clan will be killed, which will be an issue that needs to be considered on the table of all Datang County magistrates.

There is no fourth option.

Although Li Zhi's order is very tyrannical, the rewards are also very generous. Counties that have reached the first level in relieving the victims will receive the honor of being rewarded by the emperor and the emperor.

Counties whose performance in providing relief to disaster victims reaches Level 2 will be the best choice through the Ministry of Civil Affairs assessment.

Counties whose performance in providing relief to disaster victims reaches Level 3 will be selected in the official assessment.

With the above three kinds of performance, getting promoted to an official position is already a matter of control.

Counties that fail to achieve the above three-level performance will have a worrying end, and their performance will not be average!

After Yunchu read the regulations, he felt that Li Hong was preparing positions in advance for the officials in his pocket.

In this process, there will inevitably be many vomiting results of power replacement, but overall, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Similarly, the emperor's decree did not mention the importance of the people in fighting disasters, which is why Yunchu believed that the emperor did not mobilize the whole country.

They are still the same as before, thinking that whether the sheep are good or not has nothing to do with the sheep, but only with the shepherd.

In September, cicadas are still calling, which is not a good sign.

According to folklore, cicadas cry in September and the army does not stop, which is a harbinger of military disaster.

Yunchu stood in front of the map and was puzzled. He couldn't find any place in the country where troops were needed.

Subsequently, Emperor Li Zhi's second decree was issued - the border army must raise its own provisions for three years!

After seeing this decree, Yun Chu suddenly realized that this was the source of the military disaster!

There are currently 490,000 troops guarding the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor believes that the strong frontier soldiers should not compete with the people for food in times of disaster. So, what do they eat?

Taking the most sophisticated weapons and equipment in the world, which are not used for farming, to rob one's own people? This is not possible. Once this is done, the army of the Sixteenth Guards, which is better equipped, will soon come over and chop them all into pieces.

so……

The Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty had not allowed the Tang Dynasty's border troops to cause provocations and border frictions for six years. Now, there is no such thing. Although there is not a word in the emperor's decree that they are allowed to step out of the country, every frontier army general has never

Every word they read in the edict encouraged them to go abroad and do things like threshing grass and grain.

The frontier generals were driven crazy by the central government. Kunlun slaves, Bodhisattvas, Silla maids, and Japanese slaves were so valuable that they could only swallow their saliva and watch others get rich.

No need now.

There are many strong Kunlun slaves in the southwest forest, so send people to catch them and find food.

There are many Bodhisattvas in the west, and you can get a lot of them back by destroying a few unknown small countries.

When the Silla people in the east destroyed the country, they fled with a large number of the best Silla maids. When the time comes, they will be hunted down. Not only the Silla maids, but also the fleeing Silla nobles have money in their hands.

The silver from the Japanese country was transported back ship by ship, and the Japanese slaves brought back strings of strings and turned them into food...

Therefore, after Li Zhi's decree reached the hands of the border army, the generals of the border army immediately became people who were worried about the country and the people. They each promised the emperor that they would feed their subordinates and not give them food.

To add to the burden on the court, some people suggested that His Majesty the Emperor could extend this period to five years.

Yun Chu was very worried after hearing the news. He was not worried that the frontier troops would starve to death. He was worried that the 490,000 troops would get used to looting and turn into bandits who were not under the control of the court. In the end, they would jump out of Anlu Mountain.

, people like Shi Siming came out.

Yun Chu carefully conveyed his opinions to the emperor through his son Yun Jin.

Li Zhi, who was feeding the giant bear bamboo, replied lightly to Yun Jin: "They don't dare!"

Yun Jin held her nose while cleaning up the large pile of youth groups that the giant bear had just pulled, and said: "My father believes that the army is a disciplined force and cannot let go."

Li Zhidao: "The army is a place where flesh and blood gather. What is the use of an army that only has discipline but no flesh and blood?"

Yun Jin put the last piece of green dough into the dustpan and said, "What should we do if the unconstrained and full-blooded army is in chaos?"

Li Zhi smiled and said: "I am the reason why they are invincible, and I am also the reason why they dare to leave the territory of the Tang Dynasty to look for food outside.

Tell them that they not only have to support themselves, but also me, and my palace has a lot of expenses for a year."

Hearing what the emperor said, Yun Jin did not continue to ask, but started to bathe the giant bear with Ruichun who brought water and soap.

That’s right, it was never the eunuchs who took care of the giant bear’s bath, it was the palace concubine—it was the emperor himself!

It was only because of his poor health in the past two years that he allowed his secretary and Ruichun to help him.

Even so, when the giant bear took a bath, the emperor still had to stay aside to comfort the giant bear that refused to take a bath obediently.

A 500-pound giant bear sits in a huge bathtub like a mountain. Sometimes when it feels uncomfortable taking a bath, it will stretch out its paws and pull at the person who is bathing it. Even Yunjin and Ruichun are both strong.

However, in front of the extremely powerful giant bear, it is still not enough. The giant bear can roughly push the two of them away with a single pull.

Yun Jin quickly discovered this. When the giant bear's claws swung over again, Yun Jin quickly moved out of the way. After all, the giant bear's body was very big and not that flexible.

Yun Jin remembered that Aye once said that this giant bear had a good temper, was very polite when meeting people, and sometimes seemed very humble. Since he became the emperor's secretary, this giant bear

He is not at all as easy to serve as Aye said, and he can even be called naughty.

As soon as the claws failed to push Yun Jin, the giant bear started to act mischievous. Its two claws took turns to find trouble for Yun Jin, and whenever Yun Jin turned to any direction, the giant bear would move its fat body to that direction.

After finally soaping up the giant bear's body and rinsing it with water, a beautiful and mighty bear with clear black and white was revealed in front of Yun Jin.

But the two round eyes between the two dark circles looked extremely unkind to Yun Jin.

Fortunately, Li Zhi saw that the giant bear had been cleaned, so he asked it to lie down on the mat over there and wait for the water stains on its body to dry.

Then, Yun Jin saw the giant bear standing there blankly, and the fat all over its body began to tighten. Then the fur all over its body seemed to be separated from the fat, and began to slide violently. Then, water droplets all over the sky began to move.

Yunjin and Ruichun were soaked from the fight.

Seeing the emperor take the giant bear to bask in the sun, Yun Jin said to Ruichun: "You are the Grand Governor of Baiqisi."

Ruichun wiped the water from her face and said, "You are still the emperor's son-in-law."

Yun Jin said: "Can't we just let others come?"

Ruichun shook his head and said: "Don't give others the chance to serve this bear, otherwise, there will be many sycophants in the Tang Dynasty who will become nobles because they serve this bear well.

Over the years, it has become a common practice in the palace.

Oh, you are the first secretary who can serve a giant bear. The previous secretaries never had this chance until they died.

However, it’s good that you’re here, His Majesty hasn’t killed his secretary for a month and a half.”

Yun Jin took a deep breath and said, "Where is the former secretary?"

Ruichun sighed and said, "The longest one lasted less than three months."

"Why?"

"Why?" Seeing the emperor walking away, Ruichun couldn't help but raise her voice and said: "There are three kings in the Tang Dynasty! When the queen asks, the secretary will not answer or not? When the prince asks, the secretary will not answer or answer?"

Others who wanted to know the secrets of the emperor would only hook up with the secretary secretly without being seen by others. But these two were better off. They never hooked up with the secretary and asked directly every time.

After asking these two questions, they still did not cover up for the secretary. If they felt that the emperor's secret affairs were related to them, they would directly ask His Majesty. The reason and purpose of doing so were very open and honest!

Therefore, if the secretary does not answer the question, it is impossible for him to survive the next day.

It's great for you to be His Majesty's secretary. Even if the secretary is a fifth-rank official, or even second only to the Secretary Prime Minister in the Secretarial Prison, do you think anyone in the Secretary's Prison has ever said anything against you being His Majesty's secretary?

The secretary who spends the whole day burning incense and praying to Buddha to pray for you to live a long and healthy life is full of people in the prison."

Yun Jin thought for a while and said: "Don't tell me, I am really the best candidate for your Majesty's secretary. However, you still have to hurry up and choose a new secretary, because I will return to Chang'an to get married with Princess Anding soon."

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Ruichun smiled bitterly and said, "The secretary's life is not easy again."

Yun Jin smiled and said: "Hurry up and find another son-in-law for Your Majesty to be your secretary."

Ruichun said: "Only Princess Taiping's consort may be able to survive in your majesty's hands."

Yun Jin smiled and said: "Then hurry up."
To be continued...