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Chapter 40
The officials in charge are one civil and one military, and the military is a thousand households from the Wucheng Bingma Division. If there are civil officials, they have little say.

The civil servant is the general judge of Shuntian Mansion. He looks about 50 or [-] years old, and he reported with fear on his face: "Reporting to Your Majesty, some unruly people ignored the court's martial law order and tried to rush out to beg along the street, so there was a conflict!"

When Hu Guang heard this, he was a little taken aback. If this is true, the Wucheng Bingma Division is performing his duties and is not at fault.But the dead people he saw in front of him, as well as those who were about to die, flashed through his mind immediately.

He looked up, then stared at the judge again and asked, "Is there help?"

"Return to Your Majesty, one porridge a day, five hundred catties of charcoal fire."

When Hu Guang heard this, he couldn't help being furious and said, "There are so many people in such a cold weather, just such a small amount of relief? What do Shuntian Mansion and the Ministry of Households do for food?"

With helplessness on the face of the judge, he kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court mobilizes all the supplies for King Qin's army, and there is really no more to come out!"

The soldiers nearby were all silent while listening to the conversation.And those refugees who rushed to the front line and clashed with the soldiers before lowered their heads, as if there was a trace of helplessness on their faces.They knew very well in their hearts that these refugees themselves were insignificant compared to the supply of King Qin's army.Hehe, so what if the emperor is here, maybe he just turned around and left after saying something decent.

Hu Guang frowned upon hearing this, he is not unreasonable.Thinking of Jianlu's invasion of Gyeonggi in October, the capital began to be under martial law. It has been more than two months. With so many people, it is true that a lot of supplies have been consumed.

Relatively speaking, the imperial court naturally gave priority to the military, so it is reasonable to reduce the relief to refugees to the minimum.The original Emperor Chongzhen might not have known about the refugees in the capital, and the military supplies and logistics of King Qin's army were already a headache to death.In the final analysis, it is still a word, the court has no food.

Fortunately, I traveled over here, and ordered to transfer King Qin's army away, reducing the pressure on the capital's supply.Thinking of this, Hu Guang turned his head and told Gao Shiyue: "I asked wealthy households in the capital to donate money and food before, and this part is considered an extra. Go and get the roster. I want to know how much food has been donated."

"Of order, Your Majesty." Gao Shiyue agreed, and immediately ordered a fast horse beside him to gallop out.

Hu Guang turned his head and looked at the square. The cold wind was howling, and most people were shivering from the cold, so he turned his head and said: "Allow military tents from the Beijing camp to shelter them from the wind and cold, and ensure that no one is frozen outside. "

Jingying is the admiral Li Fengxiang, the eunuch Li Fengxiang, the supervisor of ceremonies, and is currently assisting the defense of Mangui City at the head of the city.But with the emperor's oral order, this is enough, and immediately another servant galloped out.

The recent refugees were very pleasantly surprised when they heard Hu Guang issued two orders.They didn't expect that the emperor would start to solve the problem for them without hesitation. Now it's over, they should be able to survive!

They had a sense of survival from a desperate situation. Under the excitement, someone immediately took the lead in shouting: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The refugees at the back didn't know what happened, and their fear of imperial power made them shout together, but the momentum was obviously not as strong as those at the front.

After they finished shouting, they heard the news from the front.Immediately, the refugees behind were both surprised and happy. Before the change, they shouted loudly and joyfully again, kowtowed while shouting, and some even shed tears of joy.

"Ding ding ding" the system prompt sounded, but Hu Guang was not in the mood to see how much the achievement value was.At this moment, he deeply realized that in this feudal dynasty, how many people can see hope and save their lives with a word from the superior.

Among the refugees in front of me, I don’t know how many have lost their loved ones, and they themselves don’t know if they can live until tomorrow.And these were caused by the incompetence of the imperial court, who were ravaged by Jianlu to the land of Gyeonggi.

Thinking of the original history, this kind of situation will happen repeatedly, and it will affect the whole country. The people on the land of China will be devastated, the bones of the dead will be exposed in the wild, and there will be no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.Living people leave behind one hundred and one, and the thought of it breaks people's hearts.

At this moment, Hu Guang suddenly felt that being the emperor was not so exciting, but a heavy responsibility instead.Military disasters, man-made disasters, severe droughts in the north, typhoons and floods in the south, these are all problems that I, as the emperor, must work hard to solve.On the road of ZTE Daming, there is a long way to go!
Thinking of this, Hu Guang suddenly turned around and ordered: "Decree to order the cabinet, the six ministries and nine ministers, and the royal family of nobles to come here to meet you!"

Gao Shiyue was taken aback for a moment, but seeing the emperor's cold face, she didn't dare to persuade her, so she agreed and immediately dispatched people.

There were more than 4000 refugees in the square. At Hu Guang's order, they all started to move, letting the old and the weak approach the fire to keep warm, and boil hot water to drive away the cold.The dead refugees gathered together and lined up on the road in front of Hu Guang one by one.

Hu Guang still sat on the horse, watching all this silently, watching the refugees who were still confronting the soldiers just now doing things obediently.In fact, as long as there is a way to survive, who would want to make trouble.

It didn't take long before the officials arrived, and the list of donations was taken by Kuai Ma.Hu Guang took it and unfolded it to see that there are so many wealthy households in the capital, and it has been more than a day, but there are only more than 50 names.

Among them, he saw Ruhua's name. Near this name, there were also names such as Ruyue, Qiuxiang, etc., and he knew at a glance that his identity was similar to Ruhua's. Such names accounted for nearly half.The total amount of money and food registered on the roster is probably only enough for these refugees to survive for two days.

Hu Guang slowly closed the roster, looked up at the sky, took a deep breath and said nothing.

On the street, the flow of people gradually increased. Few people rode horses, and most of them sat in sedan chairs, converging towards the refugee area.

It was just that when they saw the emperor sitting on the horse with his back to this side from a distance, they got off the horse one by one, got off the sedan chair, and walked over.

Looking at his colleagues around him, a scarlet-robed official complained, "What are you doing for food? Why did you let the emperor leave the palace?"

"It's all right now, the emperor saw something that shouldn't be seen with his own eyes, just wait for Longyan to be furious!" Another person also murmured.

These civil officials knew in their hearts that no matter how miserable the memorial said, it was after all a written thing, far less shocking than what they saw with their own eyes.The reason why throughout the dynasties, the courtiers tried their best to keep the emperor in the palace under the pretext of disturbing the people, danger, etc., the main purpose was that the emperor did not want the emperor to see everything outside with his own eyes.

When these courtiers approached and knelt down to salute, Hu Guang didn't let them get up. It wasn't until Gao Shiyue told them that they were all here that he coldly glanced at the senior officials of Ming Dynasty who were kneeling all over the ground, and took the roster in his hand. Throwing it down: "Let's take a look!"

(End of this chapter)