Of course, in order to ensure that the food would fall into the hands of the people affected by the disaster, Chuhe also sent guards to supervise, and he would also conduct inspections from time to time.
Subsequently, Chuhe, as the prince and imperial envoy, summoned various counties and ordered the opening of granaries to release grain.
Most counties chose to comply and began to open warehouses to release grain and sell grain at a fair price according to Chuhe's instructions.
However, there were three other county guards who were accomplices of the governor Zhang Changsong. They chose to resist the order on the grounds that Chuhe had detained the governor privately.
Therefore, Chu He went there in person, and also used mind invasion skills to control them, obtained evidence of their crimes from their soul consciousness, and then used the power of the mind to control them to automatically confess their crimes.
Let them understand what it means that official skills are inferior to supernatural powers!
Without the obstruction of these three county guards, the grain distribution was carried out smoothly, and the price of grain in Chengzhou quickly dropped to close to the price during the Taiping years.
The disaster situation throughout Chengzhou has been alleviated, and at least no one will starve to death every day.
Moreover, because Zhenren Ziyan's corpse king clone died, no one could absorb the yin energy anymore, and the drought began to ease.
The fourth prince Wei Xiao, who was in charge of disaster relief, naturally gained a lot of prestige and began to be known as a wise king.
This is also the flattery and flattery of Chu He by those officials who were caught by Chu He.
However, he was not fooled by these boasts. He knew that the drought had not really resolved yet because there had been no rainfall yet.
Chu He suddenly remembered that he had once been a water god and had mastered the Shinto magic of making clouds and rain.
Although he no longer has the power of Shinto, his understanding of this magic is still there, and he still has the talent to ride on clouds and the ability to control clouds, so he can give it a try.
In the evening, the setting sun is like blood.
Over a cracked field, Chuhe stepped into the void, using the power of his soul to pull the clouds together.
Then, he activated the True Talisman of Heavenly Thunder, and a silver sky thunder blasted into the clouds. Thunder exploded, and silver lightning flashed across the sky. The catalyzed clouds began to condense, and the tiny invisible cloud droplets turned into substantial raindrops.
The rain starts to fall!
Although Chuhe no longer has the title of water god, his Taoist magic power has reached the golden elixir stage, so rainfall is not difficult.
When the nearby villagers saw this scene, they all knelt down towards the Chu River and said with grateful expressions: "Thank you, Master Immortal, for the rain!"
Chu He said: "Everyone, get up. You'd better prepare some equipment to catch some rainwater!"
After he finished speaking, he continued to use the spell of causing clouds and rain. The strong wind surged, but the nearby clouds gathered together. Then he activated the power of thunder, thunder rumbled, lightning pierced the sky, and the rain became even stronger.
However, the Chu River's power is limited, and the rainfall only covers a radius of ten miles.
However, his Secret Book of Chaos can swallow up all the spiritual ideas such as Yin Yang and Five Elements, and his recovery power is extremely fast. The mana consumed by rainfall is basically the same as his recovery speed.
An hour later, the nearby villagers used wooden barrels and washbasins to catch the rainwater, and the Chu River began to rain in other places that were particularly dry and short of water.
As the spell becomes more and more proficient, the range and intensity of rainfall in the Chu River become more and more precise.
After three days and three nights, almost all counties had a wave of rain.
Although the drought cannot be completely resolved, at least there will be no water shortage.
At this time, Chuhe also felt exhausted. After resting for a long time, he began to mobilize state and county soldiers to encircle and suppress the bandits.
Due to the severe drought and the secret planning of the Ziyang Sect, Chengzhou has hundreds of small and large cottages and hundreds of thousands of bandits.
But with the power of Chu He's military soul, even ordinary civilians can kill fierce bandits. Naturally, they are invincible and invincible. In just half a month, these mountain strongholds were eradicated one by one and a large number of bandits were captured.
For those bandits who were forced to live in the grass and had nothing to do with killing, Chuhe chose to treat them leniently, undergo labor reform, and work in the fields. They were graded according to the seriousness of the crime. They would not be paid for three to five years, and they would just eat.
As for those villains who kill wantonly, they must be killed resolutely.
And hundreds of thousands of state and county soldiers were trained by Chuhe and turned into an elite division.
In less than a month, the entire Chengzhou returned to peace and tranquility, almost indistinguishable from the Chengzhou before the drought broke out. This made the belatedly arrived Minister of Civil Affairs Hu Jianhua and his party stunned.
And Chuhe also received praise from a large number of officials for pacifying Chengzhou, and the people praised him as a virtuous king.
When this incident reached the capital, Chuhe received a lot of praise and his reputation soared. He gradually began to catch up with the crown prince and the second prince. Some neutral factions began to agree that the fourth prince Wei Xiao was the best heir to the throne.
After all, Chu He also has General Yang Zhan and the Xie family, one of the four great cultivation families, behind him.
Although officials from the two factions, Prince Wei Yuan and Second Prince Wei Wuque, made slanderous remarks, Chu He's achievements cannot be erased.
Emperor Wei was also very pleased with Long Yan and ordered Chu He to return to the capital to receive the reward.
At this time, outside the border of Chengzhou, there was the camp of the Western Chu border army.
A middle-aged man wearing a bearskin coat and a rough face was sitting on a big tiger-skin chair. He was Liu Rui, the right marshal of the Western Chu Kingdom.
Although Liu Rui took the surname of the Central Plains, he is actually a foreign tribe from the West.
The Western Chu Kingdom was also founded by a foreign race. Its founding monarch claimed to be of the Chu Dynasty’s bloodline. Therefore, the royal family changed their surname to Chu, promoted cultural integration, and used Chinese characters and names. Many high-ranking officials also had Chinese names.
There are famous armored generals sitting on the left and right rows under Liu Rui's tent. Each of them is a strong and sturdy man with strong Zhenqi and profound martial arts training. The first two generals are even more powerful masters!
The Western Chu Kingdom is located in a bitter cold land with a harsh environment and everyone is martial. Although its population is far less than that of the Wei Dynasty, it has many elite soldiers and strong generals.
A general said: "Marshal, now that stability has returned to Chengzhou, do we still need to send troops?"
Liu Ruidao: "Today, Chengzhou seems to have restored stability, but in fact, the food supply is only temporarily sufficient. Once the fourth prince Wei Xiao leaves, the greed of these Chengzhou officials will definitely flare up again, and Chengzhou will definitely be in chaos again. Then there will be chaos.
This is the time for us to send troops!"
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Early the next morning, Chengzhou, governor's office.
A middle-aged man in purple robe cupped his fists and saluted Chu He who was sitting on the throne: "The new governor Wu Sixian comes to see His Highness Prince Jing!"
Chu He smiled calmly: "Master Wu, do you have the appointment document and seal?"
Wu Sixian handed the appointment document and seal to Chu He, then took out an imperial edict and a gold medal, and said: "Your Highness Prince Jing, this is the imperial edict and gold medal that His Majesty summons you to return to Beijing."
Chu He received the imperial edict and the gold medal. As expected, they contained dragon energy and were not forgeries.
hehe!
He couldn't wait to summon me back to the capital, which seemed to have aroused Emperor Wei's fear after all.
Obviously, Emperor Wei, who was in his prime, never thought of abdicating the throne, so any prince who was too powerful would be suppressed.
Previously, the crown prince Wei Yuan was powerful, so Emperor Wei supported the second prince Wei Wuque to compete.
But Wei Wuque was obviously inferior to Wei Yuan because Wei Yuan also had the Ziyang Sect behind him.
Therefore, Emperor Wei supported him as the fourth prince, and even suspiciously gave Xie Fangling a marriage to him, so that he could gain the support of the Xie family and become another prince who could seize the throne.
The three princes seized the throne and stood as a tripartite, making the court stable.
However, his current performance is obviously too strong. Not only does he have the strength of the Golden Core Stage, but he also has the means to govern a party, and has gained the reputation of a wise king.
Moreover, he once went north to join the army, defeated the Northern Liang army, and killed two great generals of the Northern Liang Kingdom, which was a great military achievement.