When Xia Shouzhong saw the two of them arguing, he became very angry. These people were becoming more and more unruly, and they were so unruly that they dared to argue outside Dongnuan Pavilion and exposed themselves in front of the emperor.
Ugly, am I so far behind Dai Quan? When Dai Quan came to power, these killers were not so bold.
"You two who have killed a thousand swordsmen dare to argue in front of the Emperor's Dongnuan Pavilion, and your lives will be taken away from you," Xia Shouzhong said angrily.
Only then did the two men realize that Xia Shouzhong had left Dongnuang Pavilion, and they were both frightened. Their quarrel seemed to have alarmed the emperor. Otherwise, Xia Shouzhong would not have come out.
The little eunuch hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I want to pay my respects to my ancestors. I really have no choice. The old man guarding the door said that five military ministers wanted to see the emperor, but he didn't tell me the whole story. How could I go in?"
Report to him."
Who is Xia Shouzhong? How could he be deceived by this kid? He just raised his foot and kicked the little eunuch aside. Then he said to the eunuchs standing next to him: "Give me this little bastard."
When he goes to the Criminal Punishment Department, give me thirty slaps first. If he's not dead, then let him come back as an errand."
Xia Shouzhong actually disliked this little eunuch for a long time. This little brat still had some cleverness. During this time, he had tried every means to please the emperor, and the emperor became more and more inseparable from him. If this continues
, I didn’t know when I kicked him away, and this time I hit the muzzle of the gun, and it would be weird if I didn’t get rid of him.
As soon as Xia Shouzhong gave the order, several eunuchs came over and dragged the little eunuch out. The little eunuch knew that a beating was inevitable. Although his face was pale, he did not dare to make a sound for fear of being alarmed.
If you defeat the emperor, I'm afraid it won't be possible to settle the matter with just a beating.
And when he left, he saw that Xia Shouzhong's eyes were full of hatred, and it seemed that he hated Xia Shouzhong.
The old eunuch was trembling all over when he saw the little eunuch being pulled away. He couldn't bear it anymore. If the 30-meter blow was sustained, his life would be lost immediately.
Xia Shouzhong glanced at him and asked, "What's going on? Tell me carefully."
"General Manager, five military ministers just jogged to the front of Yangxin Hall and asked me to report inside that they want to see the emperor immediately. I see that they are very anxious. I am afraid something big has happened."
After Xia Shouzhong heard this, he didn't waste any time, turned around and entered Dongnuan Pavilion again.
At this time, the emperor heard that there was no sound outside, so he once again focused on the memorial. But before he could read a few lines, he heard footsteps approaching from far away.
The emperor immediately looked up and realized that the eunuchs in the palace had to follow rules even when walking.
As soon as the emperor raised his head, he saw Xia Shouzhong hurried in from outside. At this time, Xia Shouzhong had no rules at his feet. Seeing him hurriedly came to the emperor, he only gave the emperor a simple greeting and said: "Long live my Lord!
The five military ministers outside asked to see each other, and the eunuch watching the gate said that the five of them came in a hurry, almost jogging to reach the Yangxin Hall."
After hearing this, the emperor immediately stood up and said to Xia Shouzhong: "Then why are you still standing there? Hurry and get the five of them in."
After Xia Shouzhong heard this, he turned around and ran out again. This time he didn't even stop after leaving Dongnuang Pavilion, and ran directly to the gate of Yangxin Hall.
As soon as Xia Shouzhong arrived at the gate of Yangxin Hall, he saw that a military minister was waiting there.
"Five lords, the emperor ordered me to come and deliver a message, asking the five lords to come in and see the driver as soon as possible." Xia Shouzhong had already called out to the five of them before he could reach them.
After Jia Ke and the other five people heard this, they immediately entered the gate of Yangxin Hall, and then turned to the side and turned to Dongnuan Pavilion. They came to this place often and were already familiar with it.
Jia Ke and others arrived outside Dongnuan Pavilion, and Xia Shouzhong went in to report. They were waiting outside for the emperor's visit.
After a while, Xia Shouzhong came out again and said to Jia Ke and others: "Long live the Lord, please let the five adults in."
Jia Ke and others were not polite and entered Dongnuan Pavilion together. The emperor was now sitting on the throne in Dongnuan Pavilion.
Jia Ke and others knelt together to greet the emperor according to etiquette.
"All my dear friends, please get up and tell me if you have anything to do." The emperor was actually impatient and didn't care about the details.
The five of them looked at each other, and then Jia Ke took a step forward, took out the urgent report of eight hundred miles from his arms, raised his hands above his head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, Anhui sent an urgent report of eight hundred miles.
. Heavy rains have fallen continuously on both sides of the Huaihe River. Now the river embankments have burst, and millions of people on both sides have been affected."
After hearing this, the emperor immediately stood up, walked to Jia Ke in a few steps, took the report from his hand, and stood there to read it.
At first, he could remain calm. Later, he felt his legs were a little weak. Xia Shouzhong, who was next to him, quickly helped him and helped him back to the throne.
The emperor sat on the throne and read the memorial completely, with a look of anger on his face. The matter was very clear, this must be due to cutting corners on the river embankment.
There is no reason. This year, Hedao Yamen is only short of more than one million taels of silver, and the embankments on both sides of the Huaihe River cannot hold on. Are the millions of taels of silver invested every year in the past all wasted?
The emperor barely suppressed his anger and said, "This is both a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. If it weren't for the corruption of those in the river, it would not have caused today's catastrophe. What should you guys do?"
Tian Ye, the censor of Zuodu, stood up first and said: "Long live, we can't care about anything else now. Let's do disaster relief first. Otherwise, once the millions of victims are incited, it will end up causing a catastrophe.
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Liu Yu completely agreed with him, and at this time he also stood up and said: "Long live my lord, Tian Ye's words are really good advice. If you are old enough to seek for a country, you should first allocate grain and grass from the treasuries of various places to quickly provide disaster relief."
Jia Ke was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but said: "I'm afraid there isn't that much food and grass in various places. There are really some problems with the administration over the years. I'm afraid it would be good if there is half the food in the warehouses in various places now."
After hearing what Jia Ke said, the emperor said angrily: "How long have we been attacking each other? It's more important to discuss disaster relief now."
The emperor thought that Jia Ke was attacking Liu Yu's relaxation of officialdom, which led to today's disaster.
Jia Ke did not shrink back from the emperor's anger. Instead, he said loudly: "I am telling the truth. Over the years, there has been a lot of corruption and abuse of power in various places, especially the grain storage road. It has reached the point of unscrupulousness. I'm afraid how much food is there in the grain storage road now?"
Only they themselves know. Didn’t they already understand it last time when they were raising food for Shaanxi?”
After listening to Jia Ke's words, the emperor was also excited. He knew about the grain storage road. It was a good thing done by his younger brother, King Zhongshun, but he had already ordered King Zhongshun to transport five million to the grain storage road.
The grain load seems to last for a while.
The emperor began to rejoice now. Fortunately, he was cruel at that time. Otherwise, the world would really be in chaos now.
"You don't have to worry that there is still some food in the grain storage road. Let's use part of it for disaster relief first. If it's not enough, we will think of other ways." The emperor felt confident and ordered Jia Ke and others.
Jia Ke thought for a while and said: "I have just discussed it at the military plane. Since there is still food in the grain storage road, I would like to ask the emperor to allocate three million dan to relieve the victims of the Huaihe River."
Originally, Jia Ke wanted the emperor to give out 4 million dans of grain first, but seeing that the emperor was so desperate, he could only give 3 million dans first and wait for the situation.
The emperor immediately became unhappy when he heard this, "Why do we need so much? I think one million dans of grain will be enough for the time being. At that time, porridge shacks will be opened everywhere so that the victims can eat some porridge so that they will not starve to death."
That’s fine.”
Tian Ye, the censor of Zuodu, frowned at this time. He didn't want to speak out at first, but after thinking about the millions of victims, he took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, one million loads of grain is probably not enough. Your Majesty is not included.
Due to the losses on the road, I'm afraid not even half of the food will be left in the disaster area."
Tian Ye paused and then said: "There are currently millions of people affected by the disaster in the Anhui and Huaihe areas, but as time goes by, I am afraid that more people will be sent. This food is just a drop in the bucket."
Sun Yan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, had been silent all this time, but now he knew what to say, "Long live my lord, just transporting this food may not be enough. I also need to prepare some food for his use, so I ask the emperor to open the inner treasury."
, to raise food and grass in the south of the Yangtze River to prepare for emergencies."
When the emperor heard this, he immediately became furious. He originally said that he was mobilizing grain, which made him feel a little distressed. After all, it was 5 million dans of grain, and 3 million dans would have to be sent out at once. But this was still bearable. After all, it was disaster relief, and it was also to stabilize his rule.
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But now I heard that he was asked to open the internal treasury, which is a bit unbearable. After all, this is his private money, and he also has a large family to support, and the palace maids and eunuchs also need to pay monthly money. Each of his
The monthly expenses are also quite large. If we open an internal treasury, I am afraid that we will have to tighten our belts after this year.
"There is not much money left in the palace, and this year's expenses have been reduced a lot. It is really impossible to come up with money. You guys should think of other ways, and don't always worry about my private money."
Liu Yu had already agreed to everyone's approach when he was at the military aircraft office. Now seeing the emperor's inability to do anything, he blushed very much. He had always claimed that the emperor was a virtuous king who was diligent and loved the people.
"Long live my Lord, the Ministry of Household Affairs really has no silver. And this time, not only the Lianghuai and Huaihe regions need political achievements, but there will be news from Shaanxi in a few months. If we don't prepare in advance now, it will be delayed by then.
If we fail to provide disaster relief, it will become a catastrophic disaster. I ask the emperor to think twice before doing so."
Tian Ye was also upset by the emperor's attitude just now, "Long live Qi Zhen, even if the current grain and grass are sent to the south, it may not be enough. You must know that when we left the capital, it was said to be 3 million, and it would be good to use 2.5 million.
I will be thankful to God when half of it is left in the disaster area."
Tian Ye, the censor of Zuodu, said it very euphemistically, but the general meaning was understood by everyone. The current imperial court is full of serious corruption. The grains are being exploited from the capital all the way to the disaster areas, and officials from various places are exploited and the personnel who transport the grains and grass are corrupted. I'm afraid.
Thank God half of it has reached the hands of the victims.
As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Liu Yu has been helping the emperor to make suggestions for a period of time, and his control over the Ministry of Personnel has indeed been somewhat loose. This has resulted in the current official administration being worse than when the Supreme Emperor was in office.