In the shadow of the city tower, there were several women standing. In fact, they had been here a long time ago. Before the emperor's car arrived, they had already gone to the city entrance and stood there looking at the refugee relief camp outside the city. So, just now,
They saw everything that happened.
At this moment, the beautiful woman in the middle, wearing a white fox fur and a red cloak, was looking thoughtfully at the back of Zhang Yanling who was slowly walking away on the imperial road in the city, with an intriguing expression and thoughtful eyes.
"I'm so touched. I didn't expect that this Lord Zhang really did a great thing. The people are really grateful to him. Even after he left, there are still so many people kneeling on the ground and kowtow."
A maid next to me said softly.
"Yes, this Mr. Zhang is really capable. Look at the camp. You can't see the victims' camp on the other side. How many people are eating, drinking and eating, but he actually takes good care of him. He seems to be a really good person." Another maidservant
echoed.
"Hehe, the Duke has chosen the right person this time. The future husband of our princess is really capable. Isn't this going to make him famous all over the world and be praised by everyone? In the eyes of these people, Lord Zhang
He is a great hero who saved people in distress. If they knew that this great hero who saved them was our princess’s future husband, I’m afraid even we and the others would be grateful and kowtow.”
"Hey? Shiqing, what you said is true. Otherwise, let's go down and tell the people, and have a taste of being respected. Hehe."
The two maids were chatting enthusiastically, and the fox-furred woman said coldly: "Poetry, painting, what are you two talking about? Why don't you ask them to drive the car over? We have to go home."
The maid Shiqing smiled and said: "Why does the princess still seem unhappy? If I, Shiqing, had such a capable husband who is admired by thousands of people, I would probably be happy even in my dreams."
The fox-furred woman frowned and scolded: "Are you still talking too much? If you keep talking too much, I will punish you not to speak for three days."
The two maidservants quickly shut up and accompanied the princess down the city wall, one after the other, and got into the car.
…
The disaster caused by the heavy snow gradually eased as the weather improved. After several consecutive days of fine weather, the snow has melted a lot. In addition, the imperial court dispatched troops to clear and dredge the streets and official roads inside and outside the city, and various state governments also organized efforts to clear the streets.
As for transportation, on the eighth day after the snowstorm, the land roads were finally cleared.
When the first batch of overland grain was transported into the capital after the snow disaster, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Once the roads were opened, there was no longer a risk of shortage of materials and food. Next, a large amount of materials must be transported to the capital to make up for the previous consumption.
Consumption in large quantities.
In fact, the price of food in the capital has dropped a lot. The cabinet made a decision a few days ago to open warehouses to stabilize food prices and solve the problem of food panic in the city. Although the risk of doing so is not small, if it makes the people in the city unstable again, something will happen.
If a grain shortage crisis creates chaos, the outer court will be under greater pressure. Therefore, after a comprehensive assessment, the cabinet decisively decided to release grain to stabilize prices and stabilize people's hearts.
After the traffic on the road eased, we took stock of the grain stored in the capital's granaries and found that there was actually less than a month's worth of consumption left.
Of course, these things are confidential and the common people know nothing about them. Their lives have returned to normal a few days ago.
The relief work was well arranged after Han Wen accepted it. Han Wen was still very capable, and with the strong support of the six cabinet ministries, the living conditions and food in various resettlement camps were quickly upgraded, and the collapsed buildings in the city were rebuilt.
It also started quickly. On the third day of the twelfth lunar month, the two resettlement camps for the victims in the city were announced to be dismantled, because the people could already go home. The camp outside the south city was dismantled on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, after all the people had eaten a meal of Laba porridge.
Because the snow melts and the roads are open, people outside the city can also embark on their journey home.
By the middle of the twelfth lunar month, everything has basically returned to normal. Except for those whose families were killed or injured due to the disaster, or those who saw a large amount of garbage accumulated in the camp, few people remember the frightening snow disaster not long ago.
As well as the crises they have faced. People never want to remember those difficult moments. They always look forward to tomorrow and easily forget the suffering. Especially now, as the New Year is approaching, the city is already filled with the New Year atmosphere, and every household has already
They are busy preparing for the new year, and they are even more looking forward to the new year.
However, compared to ordinary people, the aftermath and shock caused by this snow disaster are far from eliminated.
Especially for the civil servants in the outer court, the relief work disgraced them and also sounded the alarm.
For a long time, the rapid rise of the civil servants in the outer court has made the civil servants a little elated. Emperor Hongzhi's courtesy to the outer court has made them feel that they have the ability to influence the emperor's thoughts, and even change the power structure of the court and control the nobles.
The military power stretched out their hands. However, what happened this time was like a ladle of cold water poured down, making their heated minds calm down a lot.
The loss of a Zhongzhong is actually nothing. There are many people in the civil service group, and Zhong Zhong is not a very important figure among them. But the punishment for Zhong Zhong is to slap the civil servant group in the outer court on the face. This loss of momentum and face is
It's so huge that it's intolerable.
Privately, the civil servants believed that this time it was obvious that they had been plotted by their relatives. In particular, the Jianchang Marquis took advantage of the snowstorm and took advantage of the court's loopholes, which caused this situation. The court's relief was indeed somewhat slow.
, but in fact, when a major disaster comes, it is normal for some people to be killed or injured, and the emperor will not be held accountable. It is precisely because Zhang Yanling had a hand in it, and there is no harm without comparison, which highlights how incompetent and slow the outer court relief is.
, the emperor decided to punish Zhong Zhong. Everyone was slapped hard.
The three bachelors in the cabinet are all extremely smart people, and they are keenly aware of the changes in things. What kind of foresight does the honorable family have to provide collective relief? Those nobles have always been people who are rich and unkind, and the relief is from the imperial court.
How can they be willing to spend their own money to help the victims? What Zhang Yanling said about the three major government agencies and the nobles working together to provide relief is bullshit.
The problem lies with this Zhang Yanling. His behavior is obviously to put the Xungui Group and the outer court against each other, and to use this matter to form a antagonism, so that the Xungui Group, which originally hoped to divide and provoke the internal disintegration,
The plan became more difficult to implement. In other words, this Zhang Yanling actually destroyed the plan formulated by the outer court. And this time was definitely not regarded as an accident like the last time Zhang Yanling suddenly spared Zhu Lin.
This was an intentional act, not an accident.
One cold night in the twelfth lunar month, three cabinet bachelors had a long talk under the candlelight of the cabinet office and reached a consensus on the matter.
The Zhang family must be brought down, and the Zhang brothers, especially Zhang Yanling, must be eliminated.
The Zhang brothers, whom they had always looked down upon, once again became a thorn in their side and a thorn in their flesh.
But what makes them feel helpless is that unless the Zhang brothers commit treason or some other heinous crime, they will not be able to bring them down.
The emperor only favored the queen, the queen protected her natal family, and the emperor protected the Zhang brothers because of the queen. All this seemed to have become an endless cycle. The Zhang brothers were like stones in a latrine, smelly and hard, unable to be moved away.
Unable to move, stinking disgusting person.
And now Zhang Yanling has gained a lot of reputation and made meritorious service through fame and reputation. Zhang Yanling will become the son-in-law of Ding Guogong Xu Guangzuo. This smelly stone will soon jump out of the latrine and jump directly to their dining table. They
They were so sick that they could not sleep or eat. It was urgent to solve this problem.
"The emperor only favors the queen. This is the crux. The Zhang brothers rely on this. If this problem is not solved, the emperor will always protect them. And we will have nothing to do with them." Liu Jian pointedly pointed out.
Got to the crux of the matter.
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