Although Zheng Haoran is wearing a military uniform, he smiles kindly and is giving porridge to the victims. The porridge is not so thin that only rice grains can be seen, so the victims are not very afraid of him.
The old man fell behind in speaking, and a middle-aged man behind the old man also said: "Master Jun, most of us are from Songxiang Town. The earthquake affected a wide area, and Pingbei County was also affected. We were originally
We fled to Pingbei County, where many houses collapsed and the city was bustling with noise. The government had no time to take care of us, so we had no choice but to go to Pingcheng."
The county town doesn't care about them, so they can only go to the provincial capital.
When we first arrived and saw the city gates closed outside Ping City, everyone was almost in despair.
Fortunately, the imperial court did not really give up on these poor people, and Pingcheng still opened its gates to give them a way to survive.
After an earthquake, the county did not care, and the city gates of Pingcheng were closed, but Pingcheng opened its gates again to provide porridge. During this ups and downs, every victim held a bowl with tears in their eyes.
Zheng Haoran's expression changed drastically, he turned around and ran towards the city.
Damn it, there was a riot by the victims in Pingcheng, but why is there another earthquake in Pingbei County?
Inside the government office, study room.
"Princess, Princess is not well."
Qi Baoer flipped through the account book without raising his head, "How am I doing?"
Zheng Haoran: "No, no, Princess, do you know where the victims outside the city came from? They all came from Pingbei County. There was a big earthquake in Pingbei County six days ago, and several towns were affected.
, the most serious one was in Songxiang Town, where the entire town was torn apart and there were heavy casualties."
Qi Baoer jumped up from his chair, "What did you say?"
"A major earthquake occurred in Pingbei County."
Qi Baoer suddenly threw himself on the table and started rummaging around.
Zheng Haoran was stunned, "Princess, what are you...?"
Was it that the news of the earthquake was not shocking enough, or was there something wrong with his way of expression? Why did the princess react like this?
"Help me look for it quickly. The earthquake in Pingbei County will definitely ask Pingcheng for help. There was an earthquake in Pingbei County six days ago. Pingcheng was broken into by mobs five days ago. One day is enough for Pingbei County to quickly
Horse arrives at Pingcheng.
Mucheng did not receive the memorial about the earthquake from Pingcheng, so the memorial must still be here."
Zheng Haoran: Yes.
Busy also rushed to the table and rummaged along.
After a while, Qi Baoer found a memorial from Pingbei County to the imperial court for help from Pingcheng.
After reading it, Qi Baoer pursed her lips and handed the memorial to Zheng Haoran. Zheng Haoran took it and fell silent.
The cover of the memorial has been stamped with Pingcheng's expedited seal.
What does this mean?
This shows that Magistrate Sha originally planned to rush this memorial to Mucheng, but because of a violent attack on the city, the memorial could not be sent.
etc,
"Princess, it seems that this memorial was buried under other documents just now, right?"
He saw that the princess had flattened a pile of documents on the table and found the memorial from underneath.
Qi Baoer tapped the table with his fingertips with a heavy expression, "Zhifu Sha has stamped the expedited seal. It is unlikely that Zhifu Sha hid this memorial. Moreover, if he really did not want this memorial to be discovered, he would not
Wouldn't it be easier to just suppress it underneath and destroy it?"
Zheng Haoran: "Princess, could it be that Magistrate Sha just temporarily withheld the memorial?"
"This is even more impossible. When something as big as an earthquake occurs in a local area, it is not only meaningless for an official to withhold a memorial, but also does no good at all. Unless someone wants to use the earthquake to do something and cannot let the court know, otherwise this
The sooner the court is informed of all these matters, the better, and the responsibility cannot be shouldered by a prefect."
People at this time were superstitious. In the eyes of the people, earthquakes were not just a natural disaster, but a natural punishment.
Just imagine, there are floods and heavy rains in the south, and now there is a natural earthquake. What will the people think?
Is it very possible that all this will be blamed on the emperor, for example, if the emperor is unkind, then God will punish him?
It's not that this kind of thing has never happened before. The Jun family was able to successfully seize the country from the imperial court because of the unkindness of the previous emperor and the constant natural and man-made disasters, which made the people's livelihood miserable.
Therefore, at least in the Qilin Kingdom, officials from various places would not dare to conceal such things as natural disasters and earthquakes.
"That means, someone has made a memorial?"
After saying this, Zheng Haoran was confused, "But what's the point of doing this?"
If you want to hide it, hide it deeper. What does this mean?
Qi Baoer shook his head, how could she know?
But that's not important right now.
"Immediately send a scout with my token to Pingbei County to find out the actual situation of the earthquake, and inform the Pingbei County magistrate. First, appease the people, and do your best to treat and settle the victims. As for the relief money and food, we will be here soon.
I'll transfer it to him.
Then send people to several other counties such as Pingnan and Pingxi to check whether they are affected and whether the impact is significant.
For places not affected by the earthquake, let them first ensure local safety and draw out all the government officials and local credible force, such as bodyguards and bodyguards, to rush to Pingcheng as quickly as possible.
"
Zheng Haoran understood what Qi Baoer meant as soon as he heard it, but he was worried: "Princess, when the scout goes to inform, do you want to tell the truth about Pingcheng?"
If the city is destroyed, will it make the officials below have any thoughts that they shouldn't have?
Qi Bao'er heard what he meant, but this was not the time to worry about this. He had to stabilize Pingcheng first. As for anyone who was thinking about this, Magistrate Sha was still alive.
"Tell me, I can't hide this."
"……yes."
After Zheng Haoran took the order and left, Cheng Si hurried in again.
"Princess Princess, the results of the interrogation have come out."
"explain."
"Yes, the bandits have confessed. They were originally members of the White Ghost Sect. Later, the White Ghost Sect kicked them out of the White Ghost Sect for unknown reasons. Those people were originally bandits. After being driven out, they returned to their original place and continued to do what they did.
Bandits arose.
This time when they attacked Pingcheng, someone sent them a message saying that the disaster relief money and grain from the imperial court had arrived in Pingcheng, and the amount was considerable."
Qilin Kingdom's disaster relief, the word "disaster relief" only represents a general term. The money and grain received are not only for temporary disaster relief; there are also follow-up funds for post-disaster reconstruction and the settlement of the people.
Of course, the court has clear regulations on where the money should be spent.
Therefore, the amount of disaster relief funds each time is extremely large.
Like this time, they had a total of 20 million taels of silver, of which 5 million taels were cash and the other 15 million taels were banknotes. As for food, in addition to being used for alms and providing relief food to the victims,
There are also various kinds of grains in it.
It is not impossible for the bandits to have evil intentions after hearing that the disaster relief money and food grains had arrived in Pingcheng.
But, who is this person who sent the message to the bandits?
"Princess, there is something wrong with the White Ghost Sect. How could they drive out those bandits?"
The White Ghost Sect is originally an insurrectionary army formed by disaster victims and bandits. Naturally, the larger the number, the greater the number. How come the victims did not drive away but instead chased away the bandits who were far more powerful than the victims?