The news that the imperial court sent the third prince Mu Anzhi as the imperial envoy was quickly reported to Luoyang City and the Henan Governor's Mansion through Di. Governor Fan vacated the governor's mansion in advance for the imperial envoy and his party to stay.
A few days later, another fast horse arrived from the dust.
"By the order of His Highness, Your Excellency, please read this handwritten letter." The scout presented the lacquer box in his arms.
Governor Fan asked first, "How are you, Your Highness?"
The scout replied, "It's fine."
Governor Fan ordered his subordinates to ask the scouts to go down and have a rest. After checking the lacquer seal, he opened the handwritten letter. There was only one sentence in it: A large amount of grain and grass will be arriving soon. Please calm down the grain price first and appease the people.
Governor Fan once again summoned Luoyang officials and showed Mu Anzhi's handwriting to everyone. Everyone looked happy and said, "As soon as the food arrives, the crisis in Luoyang will be resolved."
There was also a hint of joy on Governor Fan's haggard face, "Send this news to all the grain dealers in the city and ask them to keep the grain prices down. If they understand, they'd better get the grain prices down as soon as possible. Otherwise, they'll have to wait until His Highness escorts the grain and grass to the next level."
When the time comes, the food in their hands is worth nothing."
Magistrate Jiao sighed, "If they have grain in their hands, why are they covering up the price of grain in the city now? I just summoned several big grain merchants in the city this morning, and they really can't afford a grain of rice."
"What did Chairman Chen of the Grain Merchant Chamber of Commerce say?" Governor Fan asked.
"Chen Hui-shou asked his subordinates to go to his granary. The granaries are all empty." Magistrate Jiao sighed again.
Governor Fan was noncommittal, "You might as well tell them that His Highness the Third Highness is in charge of the Punishment Department in the Imperial Capital and is famous for being strict and solemn. This His Highness has been on duty for three years and has tried the case of Nan'an Hou Shizi and the former Xuan Jiawei General. Let them decide on their own."
Let’s do it.”
"grown ups?"
Governor Fan looked at the rare clear sky outside, "Being able to make money in peace is a blessing. Isn't it?"
When Mu An entered Henan, he saw a large number of victims. He was not in a hurry to go to Henan. The army entered Yecheng first. The prefect of Yecheng left the city thirty miles to meet the imperial team. Mu An's carriage did not stop and entered directly.
Yecheng Mansion.
Magistrate Xu rode a horse and followed Mu Anzhi's car, feeling as heavy and uneasy as the leaden sky.
After staying outside the city, Mu An ordered the car to stop.
There are five cauldrons standing outside the city gate, and victims leaning on sticks are queuing up to receive food. It is already the beginning of spring, and there is not a trace of green on the ground. Everything that is green and can be eaten has been eaten. The victims and Ye
The city bricks are as gray as the city walls, and they are dusty.
Mu Anzhi was young and walked quickly, and it was difficult for Magistrate Xu to follow him. The victims saw the convoy of carriages and horses cleaning up from a distance, and they guessed that a noble person was coming. At this time, they saw many well-dressed gentlemen surrounding a man with red background and gold sleeves.
The young princes in luxurious clothes came over, and they all knelt down with their support.
Mu Anzhi waved his hand, and Xiao Yi called out, "Get up - His Highness has ordered, no need to be polite."
Mu Anzhi went straight to the big pot for cooking porridge, opened the lid of the pot, and asked for porridge, but the porridge was not accepted. There was a shallow layer of rice grains spread on the bottom of the pot, which was the same for all five large pots.
"Is there no food in the city?" Mu Anzhi asked.
Magistrate Xu sighed, "There are still more than three thousand kilograms of grain in the government, and I really don't dare to use more."
"Where's the Chamber of Commerce in the city? Where's Changpingcang?"
"Last winter, there were constant heavy snowfalls, and the poor people in the city died of cold and hunger, so the officials took food from Changpingcang to help the people. This spring, there were five heavy snowfalls in succession. The weather has warmed up, and the rain has continued, and the city walls have been damaged.
The rain and snow caused the city to collapse for a period of time. The food in Changpingcang had long been depleted. The imperial court sent relief to Yecheng, and there were 500,000 jins of brown rice and 500,000 jins of coarse grains. Your Highness, there are more than 300,000 people in Yecheng.
"Xu Zhifu said with tears streaming down his face.
"Why are you crying? I'm here to help you with disaster relief." Mu Anzhi stretched out his hand and pointed forward, "Don't block me."
The Yecheng officials gathered in front of Mu Anzhi's sight immediately dispersed and stood in two rows, leaving a straight passage leading directly to the victims who were standing aside waiting to receive their porridge. Mu Anzhi looked around and asked, "The copper who opened the way."
Gong."
Immediately, a clerk brought a gong. Mu Anzhi carried it and banged it three times, almost deafening the ears of the people around him. Mu Anzhi walked up to the victims and ordered, "Bring the rice here!"
Three or five carts of rice were pushed forward, and Mu Anzhi struck the gong and said, "Open them all."
When the rice bag was opened, it was full of yellow brown rice. The people in front made a lot of noises. Those who couldn't see behind stood on tiptoes and stretched their necks to reach forward. Those who couldn't see it poked the people in front in the waist.
We asked what happened, and when we heard that rice had arrived, everyone's voices were filled with joy.
Mu Anzhi knocked again, and everyone immediately became quiet, "Bring over a chair."
Mu Anzhi stood on an old elm chair with a shiny surface where the small officials sat, and said to the crowd of hungry people in front of him, "I came here to deliver food to you all on your Majesty's order! From now on!
From today on, you all don’t have to go hungry!”
There was a burst of cheers from below. Mu Anzhi banged the gong again and the cheers stopped. He raised a finger and said, "According to the village, township and county, whoever is in charge, come out!"
A beggar must have a head. There will be no one to take care of such disaster victims. Magistrate Xu replied from the side, "Your Highness, Li Tongzhi is in charge of the affairs of the victims outside the city."
Mu An said, "I didn't ask you."
Magistrate Xu immediately did not dare to say anything.
In the group of victims, there are elders, elders, local elders, and some who have served as government officials in the county and are now fleeing the famine. They are still popular among the victims for a long time. There are about ten people who came out. They can't tell their age and appearance.
If it lasts too long, even the appearance will be disgraceful.
Mu Anzhi waved his hand and said, "Write down your name, age, and clan members from your hometown."
Then he said to everyone, "Come here and look at the rice."
The golden brown rice was poured into the steaming hot water like gold sand. Only 20% of the water was poured into it. Mu An said, "You have been hungry for too long. You dare not eat dry food at once. It is not for fun to burst. This porridge
Boil it thickly, eat it for three days, and then eat dry rice!" He said to the dozen or so people, "Look at the rice in these pots. In the first three days, this rice was used for each pot of porridge. On the fourth day, it will be added.
The chopsticks don’t fall over. How much do you usually eat at each meal?”
Someone who was bolder replied, "Two bowls for adult men, one bowl for women, and half for children."
"The men and women will stay the same, and the children will also have a bowl. Let's do this for now." Mu An said, "Tomorrow I will send an envoy to inspect. The porridge is thin. Just say, no one needs to be afraid at this time. I will bring all the food.
If you don’t tell me, it’s your own fault that your wife and children will starve to death!”
At that time, some people cried and kowtowed to Mu Anzhi murmuring.
Mu Anzhi didn't like to see this, so Zhuo Yushi raised his voice and said, "This is all His Majesty's kindness!"
I don't know who, but immediately came to support Zhuo Yushi's smelly feet, shouting, "Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!" Then, outside Yecheng Mansion, there was a shout of "long live!"
Mu An secretly scolded Zhuo Yushi, wondering that Zhuo had climbed to the position of Zuodu Yushi at such a young age. He was indeed a master of flattery!
Li Yuhua watched from a distance in the car as his third brother stood on a chair, banging his bracelets and shouting at the top of his lungs. He felt that although he was a little rustic, he was very proud.
Everyone is so hungry, and no rhetoric will work now. We have to actually take out the food like the third brother, so that everyone can be full.
The imperial team entered the city under the grateful eyes of countless victims. Counting the long and endless grain carriages behind them, the victims of Yecheng Prefecture truly believed that there was really food!
When Mu Anzhi entered the city, the prefect of Yecheng had vacated the prefect's Yamen for Mu An and his entourage to live. Mu Anzhi was not polite and said to Prefect Xu, "There will be a meeting in half an hour. The officials in Yecheng who are not on duty, big and small, will be well-known in the local area."
Squires, merchants of all sizes from the Yecheng Chamber of Commerce, especially grain merchants, all are here. You go and make arrangements."
When Magistrate Xu went down to make arrangements, Mu Anzhi said to Zhuo Yushi, General Qin and others, "Each of you will send a personal bodyguard in charge of internal affairs to follow Sister Yan. She is in charge of the distribution of houses."
Magistrate Xu has been an official for more than thirty years, and he only managed to reach the post of magistrate by being cautious. When he saw the momentum of His Highness, he did not dare to delay, and gathered everyone in half an hour.
In fact, all the officials in the city were there, mainly because it took some time to summon the merchants. The merchants had a low status and were not allowed to give ordinary orders. They dared to see the imperial envoys, let alone His Royal Highness.
Mu Anzhi sits in the middle and the top position. Zhuo Yushi is also one of the official imperial envoys. He is on the right and lower seat of Mu An. Below him is Du Changshi. Qin Ting is on the lower left seat. After him, Huan Li and Zhang An sit. Xu Zhifu leads
A group of officials sat next to Du Changshi, while the squire took the first seat under Huan Li. The merchants stood in a neat row, and there was no room for them to sit.
Mu Anzhi asked, "Prefect Xu just said that the government still has more than 3,000 kilograms of grain in stock, is that right?"
"Yes." Magistrate Xu responded as he stood up.
Mu Anzhi pointed at Huan Li and said, "Write it down."
Mu Anzhi continued to ask how many people were affected by the disaster, how many counties were under his control, and what the situation was like in each county. Magistrate Xu could tell, and it seemed that he was not too incompetent.
Xiao Yi presented a cup of fragrant tea. Mu Anzhi took a sip of tea and asked the squire, "How is your livelihood now?"
They all complained to Mu Anzhi, who asked, "Does the family have enough food?"
Basically, they only cost a few hundred kilograms. The only one, a skinny old man, said, "I exchanged the fine grains at home for coarse grains, and now I still have five thousand kilograms. If your highness is a relief envoy, just take it."
Mu Anzhi asked the old man his name, and heard that his surname was Ye, and said, "Is he a local old man? I remember that there was a Dr. Ye in the Imperial College. I wonder if he is from your tribe."
"Exactly. That's the little human brother."
Mu Anzhi nodded. At that time, other squires secretly thought to Ye Laojing that five thousand kilograms of coarse grains were nothing. Now that he had donated them, not only would he be known to His Highness, but his clan brothers who were officials would also be exposed.
Face, I immediately regretted it. However, I had already cried about poverty just now, and it was really hard to show off my wealth again. So, even if I regretted it, I had to hold it in.
Mu Anzhi looked at the merchants standing in a row, "Which one is the head of the Grain Merchant Association?"
A rather elegant, round-faced middle-aged man in silk clothes stepped forward and replied, "Your Highness, Yecheng is a small place and there is no head of the grain merchants' chamber of commerce. Feng Ming, the young man, is the head of the local chamber of commerce."
"Who are the grain merchants?"
Five merchants of different heights and sizes came out to salute. Mu Anzhi asked, "How much grain do you have in your hands?"
The grain merchants said one after another, "If you guys had grain in your hands, you would have given it to the Yamen to help the people. To be honest, Your Highness, there is no surplus grain at home now."
Mu Anzhi glanced at the merchants and asked, "Where are the medicine merchants?"
Naturally, there is no medicine in the hands of drug dealers.
Mu Anzhi asked, "I won't ask you alone. If any of you have food, please come forward and tell me. If you don't, don't tell me."
No one spoke.
Mu Anzhi nodded, "Okay, I know everything about you." He asked Huan Li, "Have you recorded everything?"
"It's enough." Huan Li replied.
Mu Anzhi said to everyone, "Let's all take fingerprints."
Everyone looked shocked, Mu Anzhi's eyes were calm and filled with deep pressure, he said, "Your Highness is not unreasonable, you also have a family to support, and I will not recruit less than a thousand kilograms of grain. Your Highness is here
In charge of the Punishment Department of the Imperial Capital, you must speak responsibly in front of me. If I find out that you are hiding a large amount of food and medicinal materials, today's fingerprints will be tomorrow's evidence of guilt! Press it."
Pressing the thumb on the cinnabar box, a coolness invaded the skin of the buttocks. Everyone from the squires to the merchants in Yecheng felt a chill in their hearts.
After confirming the confession record, Mu Anzhi said to Magistrate Xu, "I will hand over to General Qin. From now on, all city defense and inspection matters in Yecheng will be taken over by Longhu Camp! All medicine shops and grain stores will be closed! Do not do anything without orders.
Open! Except for merchants designated by His Highness, no business is allowed!"
At that time, some people from the Chamber of Commerce looked worried, and Mu Anzhi swept his eyes with a faint majesty, "You have no food and no medicine, so it won't affect anything!"
Then he said to Magistrate Xu, "Give me the list of people who have been replaced by city defense patrols. I have other uses."
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