After his subordinates reported the report, he personally went to the east and west camps for the victims. There were no errors or omissions in the reports. The victims were indeed eating white rice. Not only that, the imperial court also sent people to distribute clothes so that these victims would not be affected.
As for having no clothes to wear.
Within Chang'an, the entire Ministry of Civil Affairs can be seen.
"Your Majesty's benevolent government, God bless our Han people." A grain merchant truly admired the imperial court's disaster relief strategy.
The grain merchant surnamed Li also praised: "Your Majesty has such a benevolent heart. A few days ago, we even suspected that the imperial court wanted to kill us. It is really inappropriate."
Seeing that everyone was praising the court, Zhang Daozi coughed a few times, and everyone looked at him again.
He smiled and said: "What do you think of the imperial court's policy?"
The grain merchant surnamed Li said: "Of course we are so impressed that we are so scattered. Not to mention whether the court's money can sustain it, I'm afraid the grain won't last long, right?"
Zhang Daozi bowed to the grain merchant surnamed Li, indicating that he agreed with his statement: "You are right. According to my guess, the court's rescue of the victims is definitely not a long-term strategy, and there are Xiaoxiao Xiaoxiao like Jiang Shengwei.
He will definitely take advantage of the time when the imperial court is busy with disaster relief to stir up trouble, take the opportunity to weaken the national power of the Han Dynasty, and even try to overthrow the entire Han Dynasty. Wei Shuyu, the Lingnan Road grain merchant who came last time, seems to me to have evil intentions."
Wei Shuyu's words when he finally met him left an impression of his wolfish ambition in the grain merchant's mind.
"So what does Mr. Zhang mean?"
Zhang Daozi said: "Such a great man, such a majesty, deserves everyone's help and protection. I plan to spend all my wealth to share the worries of the court. I wonder what your plans are?"
"Spend all your wealth?"
These grain merchants were a little hesitant. You must know that all this wealth is the wealth they have accumulated over the years. If they spend all of it to help the court, they will not be able to survive in the future?
At this time, Zhang Daozi spoke with loyalty: "When one party is in trouble, all parties support it, not to mention that Your Majesty has already taken the lead in setting an example. Even Your Majesty is risking the national treasury to be depleted to help the people unconditionally. We, the common people who can contribute our meager efforts, can't help the people."
How can you stay out of it?"
When it came to this point, these grain merchants no longer hesitated.
"Okay, then we will follow Dong Zhang's family, and you can tell us how to do it."
Zhang Daozi smiled slightly: "Simple, continue collecting food for the court!"
After returning home.
Zhang Daozi silently dug out all the money that the previous generation had accumulated to prevent the Zhang family from encountering major troubles. A dozen boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were placed in front of him, but he did not feel any regret.
The grain merchant surnamed Li, whose real name was Li Mingsheng, after returning home, he also moved out all the money he had accumulated over the years from the place where he had hidden his money.
After hearing that Li Mingsheng wanted to ruin the family, his wife came here after hearing the news.
"You are a shameless bastard. You usually spend money here and there. Why, this time you want to lose everything all at once?"
This tone of voice is obviously the style of a tigress.
According to past practice, whenever she gets angry, Li Mingsheng will honestly beg her for mercy, but this time it is different.
Li Mingsheng did not flinch or show weakness, but looked at his wife firmly.
"Madam, the court is facing difficulties and the victims need medical treatment. Zhang Daozi is right. Since we still have some ability, we cannot sit idly by and ignore it. I am going to help them."
"Help them?" the lady roared: "You have spent all your money, who will help us? Are you stupid? I tell you, if you are stupid again, I will kill you."
Li Mingsheng chuckled, stepped forward and took his wife's hand: "Madam, I have let you go for so many years, and I will admit my mistakes as soon as possible if anything happens, but today, please let me be willful.
"
The lady's face suddenly froze, and she stood there in a daze for a long time, unable to speak.
Doesn't she know that he has been letting her go?
Seeing his resolute attitude, the wife finally relented: "If you want to do it, then do it, but I have promised you in advance that if the Li family is ruined and unable to survive, I will not follow you here to eat and wait to die."
Li Mingsheng was overjoyed and returned to his previous state.
"Thank you madam, the way madam was angry just now scared me to death."
While many grain merchants were preparing for action, Wei Shuyu also came down to Lingnan Road with the agreement with the masked man. At the same time as him, some officials secretly allocated by the Ministry of State and the officers and soldiers of the Lingnan Road government came down.
The supervisor of Lingnan Road is Chen Yongdao, an authentic Jiangnan Taoist scholar. He was an enke in high school during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. He served as a local soldier, did not drive, and worked as a minister in Beijing. Later, he was sent to Lingnan Road to become the supervisor. Li Tai ruled the country
During this period, he wrote a letter expressing his dissatisfaction with Li Tai. After entering the Han Dynasty, he also criticized Qin Huaidao's country-governing strategy, but he had no intention of rebellion.
This was already investigated by Wei Shuyu when he entered Lingnan Road last time, otherwise he would not have been able to do nothing on Lingnan Road.
This time, Wei Shuyu did not have any taboos and walked into the Supervisory Office openly.
The master of the Tianji Pavilion, the masked man, sent people to watch him secretly, but he was not afraid at all. He just wanted to show these people that he could enter and leave the Supervisory Mansion freely.
In the supervisory office.
Chen Yongdao received a letter from Chang'an asking him to send manpower to prevent floods in Chang'an. He was planning to count the manpower and send men to Jiangnan West Road when he heard someone reporting from below.
"Sir Chen, Wei Shuyu of the Wei family in Lingnan Province came to see him. He said that the Wei family felt that floods in the Yangtze River were coming, so they came to donate 10,000 dans of grain and some supplies."
Chen Yongdao was overjoyed: "Please come soon."
Later, I saw a handsome young man with a folding fan in his hand stepping in from outside. This man had a golden crown and jade robe, a green silk and jade belt, and an extremely precious blue field jade pinned to his waist. At first glance, he was a wealthy man.
Home.
Chen Yongdao stepped forward to greet him with a smile: "It turns out he is the son of the Wei family. The Wei family is a big grain merchant in Lingnan Province. I have heard about it for a long time. I couldn't believe that the young master is so young and promising, which makes me jealous."
Wei Shuyu said, "Mr. Chen is joking. Xiaosheng is just relying on his family's wealth and has no real ability. However, Xiaosheng has something in his hand, but he still wants to see it."
"Oh?" Chen Yongdao didn't take it seriously: "Why does something need to be so mysterious? It doesn't matter, the hall is full of people from my position, and they can talk about anything."
Wei Shuyu laughed: "Really?"
After laughing, he deliberately revealed the gold medal given to him by Qin Huaidao in his sleeve. After seeing the gold medal in his sleeve, Chen Yongdao's expression changed drastically and he shouted coldly: "Everyone, please leave. Don't come near this place. Anyone who comes close will be killed immediately."
"No." All the guards in the hall withdrew, and Chen Yongdao looked at the young man.