Datang: At the beginning, Li Er eavesdropped on his heart

Chapter 316

In Yizhou, Li Yin and his party came in a mighty way, and everywhere they went, they were hungry and floating all over the place, which made everyone tremble with fear.

Even a veteran like Cheng Yaojin, who has experienced iron and blood on the battlefield, couldn't face it calmly, bluntly saying that this is hell on earth.

"I didn't expect that the disaster situation in Yizhou has deteriorated to such a level."

Li Yin took a deep breath, seeing an old farmer die with his own eyes, and the old woman cried bitterly.

"Father, you just left like this, what will we do if you leave our mother and daughter behind!" The old woman was surrounded by her son who had reached the age to marry a wife and have children.

Seeing Li Yin getting closer and closer, Dangji's eyes became wary.

"Damn it, you guys are out of food at home, and you still come to grab it!"

The man stared straight at the robes on the soldiers, his eyes turned red, and he picked up the wooden rake directly to fight Li Yin and his party.

"You young man, why are you so unreasonable!" Cheng Yaojin pushed the man away.

Wei Zheng stepped forward anxiously to calm him down and inquired about it.

But what the man said next shocked everyone present, and everyone's minds became heavy.

"It's the people from your government. What you say about collecting food and disaster relief is obviously being used by you to fill your own pockets!"

"I don't even keep the seed food, what will our family eat after taking all the food away!"

The man was very angry, and bluntly said that his father starved to death because he had no food.

what!
Li Yin's eyes widened, and he was dumbfounded. Wei Zheng and Cheng Yaojin also looked at each other in disbelief.

What followed was monstrous rage.

"For disaster relief, the way to rescue is to starve to death! These moths of the imperial court are making a lot of money for the country!"

"This king must kill you all!"

Li Yin clenched his fists, and only at this moment did he truly realize that the local disaster situation has reached the point of urgency.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters mean that there will be no living beings in Yizhou, and they will rise up.

Li Yin immediately asked the guards around him to distribute the last bit of dry food, and the man looked surprised.

But people like them who have been honest all their lives are not willing to resist after seeing the hope of life, so they kneel down to Li Yin.

"Engong, I thank you on behalf of my mother!"

After the man finished speaking, he took the dry food and gave it to his old mother who had already cried.

Just when Li Yin was sad because of this, local officials from Yizhou also came after hearing the news.

"Your Highness...Your Highness, I have longed for you so much, but I have come to you!"

The official cried out in pain, and was about to kneel down to salute Li Yin, but Li Yin grabbed his collar directly.

"This is the situation you worked so hard to maintain for the court?"

"Hunger to death! A good man starves to death like this!"

Li Yin's eyes were burning with anger, which made the official tremble with fear, and hurriedly kowtowed to Li Yin to apologize.

"Your Highness, I have been wronged. The situation in Yizhou is no longer under my control. He is not the only one who died of starvation!"

what!
At this moment, even Wei Zheng was deeply shocked, staring straight into the official's eyes and questioning him.

"Where did all the grain in Yizhou go? There hasn't been a grain in the Taiping granary for so many years!"

When the official heard this, he wanted to cry, but felt extremely wronged.

"Your Highness, my lords, it's not that the officials don't want to treat these people, it's that there are no grains left in the official warehouse!"

"Now the lower officials have no choice but to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and requisition the food from people's homes in places where the disaster is not too serious to help other places."

Oh?
Hearing this, Li Yin couldn't help laughing, but he thought that the old farmer starved to death just because the government forced the last ration of food.

Immediately he became furious.

"A bunch of scum, I want to hear where the food you collected went!"

Li Yin's stern voice made the officials panic, and he stammered for a long time but couldn't tell the reason.

Li Min sneered.

"Don't think that this king doesn't know anything, the food is filled by corrupt officials like you!"

After Li Yin finished speaking, the official's body suddenly lost all strength, and he collapsed on the ground, trembling.

Seeing the official's appearance like this, Li Yin felt very disgusted in his heart, but he also deeply knew that the current situation was serious, and it was useless to pursue responsibility.

He called Wei Zheng and Cheng Yaojin aside, wanting to discuss carefully.

"Your Highness, for the current plan, we must first let the people have something to eat, and starvation must never happen again!"

Cheng Yaojin didn't understand any major principles, he only knew that the world of starving people could not afford the words of peace and prosperity.

But it made Wei Zheng laugh again and again after the words fell.

"Cheng Fatty, you really can't speak your head." Wei Zheng sighed heavily, but he didn't want to quarrel with Cheng Yaojin.

Then Cheng Yaojin continued to talk.

"Everyone understands the truth, but the current situation in Yizhou can no longer be reversed by our empty talk. Where and how this food comes from has to be carefully discussed."

Wei Zheng saw it clearly, and pointed out the crux of the problem in one sentence, which made Li Yin's heart sink.

Seeing that Li Yin frowned tightly, he had already thought of 1 ways in his heart, but he couldn't implement them concretely.

"From other places, the ones that are close are far away. As long as the food is delivered, it is worthwhile to save one person from starving to death."

Li Yin suddenly raised his head and his eyes sparkled.

An unsolvable solution was approved by both Wei Zheng and Cheng Yaojin.

"There is no other way."

"Then do as His Highness said, I think of a place suitable for transporting grain."

With a chuckle, Wei Zheng and Li Yin met each other's eyes, and the two of them knew each other.

"If my king guessed correctly, the place Wei Daren is going to talk about should be Suizhou."

The corners of Li Yin's mouth curled up, and after seeing Wei Zheng nodding, he made up his mind.

Cheng Yaojin, who only realized it later, was very impressed.

"You have to think fast, I didn't even think of Suizhou."

Cheng Yaojin laughed loudly, and immediately saw the hope of solving the problem.

"The terrain of Suizhou is flat, the weather is beautiful, the grain production is very rich, and there is a road leading directly to Yizhou. If it is transported by army and horses, it will not take long to transport the grain to Yizhou."

Wei Zheng briefly introduced the situation, and let Li Yingao take a look.

"Since the two lords agree, I will give an explanation to the court. But things don't wait for others. I think the matter of mobilizing food should be sooner rather than later!"

Li Yin didn't wait for the approval from Chang'an City, so he planned to send someone to Suizhou without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)