Kick out the general as soon as you are reborn

The next day

A ragged official named Wang Kang knelt on the ground and hit his forehead on the ground.

Emperor Hongda's eyes were complicated. "Stand up and answer. Why are you here in such a mess?"

Wang Kang stood up trembling, "Your Majesty, I am the chief clerk of Jinyang. A snowstorm hit Jinyang County, causing a large number of houses to collapse and numerous casualties. The county magistrate asked me to come and ask for help."

Emperor Hongda slapped his chair and said, "Why don't you submit a memorial? If you come here on your own, how much time will be wasted? How many people will die?"

Wang Kang kowtowed quickly, his forehead touching the ground. "Your Majesty, the county magistrate submitted several petitions but received no response. He waited for no relief, so he asked me to come to the capital for help. I encountered several robberies on the way, but I was able to save my life only when I met Duke Liu who was out."

When Duke Liu heard himself being mentioned, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I went out to check on my farm and met Wang Kang on the road outside the city, so I brought him back."

Emperor Hongda looked at Duke Liu and saw a slight curve on his lips. Why did this old sly guy come out today? "Tell me about the situation."

Duke Liu frowned, "Yesterday, several men in black were chasing him. When my guards arrived, the men in black ran away. After I settled him in the mansion, he told me the situation, and I brought him back." Nannan said that it would take another half a month to get news, so it seems that he was killed.

Wang Kang listened to the conversation next to him, and tremblingly took out a piece of paper from his arms. It was covered with bloody handprints.

Li Chuanyu, the eunuch chief and a close confidant of Emperor Hongda, took the memorial and checked it several times before presenting it to His Majesty.

Emperor Hongda took it and looked at the clear record of the snow disaster in Jinyang County and several surrounding counties. It was covered with bloody handprints of the people, which made Emperor Hongda believe it. "Who among you is willing to go to Jinyang to provide disaster relief?

The civil and military officials below lowered their heads, and no one came out to petition. Emperor Hongda had a complicated look in his eyes, this disaster relief was a mess, and no one wanted to get involved.

When Wang Kang saw this, he kowtowed hard, his forehead turning red.

Duke Liu then said, "I am willing to go to Jinyang to provide disaster relief."

Wang Kang then stopped kowtowing, raised his bloody head, and said silently, "Thank you, Duke Liu."

Emperor Hongda looked at Duke Liu in surprise and said, "Okay, Duke Liu, go there with 1000 imperial guards and go to the Ministry of Revenue to get 20 taels of silver and 10 dan of grain to provide disaster relief. I will reward you well when you come back."

Duke Liu frowned. This is far from enough! It seems that he will have to put in hundreds of thousands of silver. "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely fulfill your mission."

As soon as the other ministers heard this, they knew that there was not enough relief food and silver, and they all felt sorry for Duke Liu, fearing that this trip would be disastrous.

Duke Liu stood back in his seat. When he was leaving the court, the chief eunuch, Li Chuanyu, stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, please go to the imperial study."

Duke Liu nodded, then came to the door of the imperial study, where he stood and waited for the eunuch chief Li Chuanyu to pass on the message before he entered the imperial study.

Emperor Hongda, sitting at the head, said, "If you have something to say, just tell me. Why did you take on this mess of disaster relief? Don't you just hide away when you encounter problems?"

Duke Liu knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I just feel sorry for the people of Jinyang." Big beads of sweat dripped down his forehead.

Emperor Hongda waved his hand and asked the eunuch chief Li Chuanyu to leave, then said, "Stand up, why are you so awkward? I don't know you. You are not panicked even when fire falls on your feet. What do you want from me? I don't know what kind of person you are, otherwise how could you have been a duke forever?

Duke Liu stood up and said with a playful smile, "I can't hide it from Your Majesty. I really have something to ask of you."

Emperor Hongda looked at him, thought of the past, and said with a smile, "It's still the same moral character. Committing crimes, favoritism, fraud, murder and arson are all unacceptable."

Duke Liu shook his head repeatedly, "How could I have the guts to do that! I, I just feel sorry for Nannan and want her to get a divorce."

Emperor Hongda looked puzzled, "Why do you feel so bad? Her husband, General Gu, just came back, isn't he half dead and hasn't woken up yet? How could she be wronged?" This shouldn't be the case! Even if Gu Beichen wanted to let her feel wronged, he didn't have the time!

Duke Liu looked at the emperor whom he had followed all his life, and after careful consideration, he spoke, "Nannan dreamed that Gu Beichen married his childhood sweetheart cousin as his second wife, and two years later, when she was giving birth, he watched her being killed by the midwife, and even the child did not survive."

Emperor Hongda was puzzled. "You believed a dream and want them to divorce?"

"Nannan is not the kind of person who makes trouble for no reason. When she saw me, she cried heartbrokenly. I don't think it's just a dream."

Emperor Hongda nodded and said, "You have been preparing for the snowstorm in the south, right? You knew about it a long time ago!?"

"Your Majesty is wise. I saw that the snowstorm in the city continued and I was afraid of disasters, so I bought food, old grain, and cotton clothes, fearing that someone would hoard rare goods."

Emperor Hongda's eyes were slightly warm. He was still the same as before, willing to say anything, but very lazy. "General Gu has just returned after making merit. I cannot issue this imperial decree. Alas, I am very pleased that you are willing to go to the disaster relief for the sake of our daughter. Now that you are back, don't make a big fuss. It's up to you." He just wanted a divorce, which was such a fuss. Others thought he was hoarding grain to rebel. There were several impeachment memorials, but he still suppressed them himself. It would be strange for a lazy person like him to want to rebel.

The joy on Duke Liu's face was beyond words. "Thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty, with your words, I know what to do."

Emperor Hongda laughed and said, "Why are you so timid? How could I not agree for your daughter's sake? When she was sick as a child, I held her in my arms several times." When she grew up, this lazy guy didn't bring his daughter into the palace. He was afraid of letting his daughter enter the palace. How could he not know that?

Duke Liu said flatteringly, "She really likes you, Your Majesty. She calls you daddy when she goes back home. That's why I dare not bring her into the palace."

Emperor Hongda smiled and said, "I don't know you yet. You are jealous. You are so petty. Go ahead. When you come back from the disaster relief, I will reward you well."

Duke Liu smiled and said, "I will take my leave."

The eunuch chief, Li Chuanyu, was outside the palace. Hearing the laughter of His Majesty inside, he couldn't help laughing. Duke Liu is really amazing! He just doesn't come here often.

The eunuch chief Li Chuanyu asked his godson to escort Duke Liu out of the palace, while he returned to serve His Majesty.

The young eunuch accompanied Duke Liu out of the palace and only went back after watching him leave with 1000 imperial guards.

Inside the Imperial Study

The smile on Emperor Hongda's face never faded. "Chuanyu, what kind of person do you think Duke Liu is?"

Li Chuanyu bowed his head and offered tea. "I don't know who Duke Liu is."

Emperor Hongda looked at Li Chuanyu and said calmly, "He! He just has no ambition. That's why I can smile happily in front of him and don't have to be too defensive against him." If he was ambitious and scheming, he would not dare to use him so carelessly. It's lonely at the top.

"He! He is still the same as before, but my mentality has become a mess. I'll check the situations of several princesses who were married off to foreign countries." Old Liu dared to come to me for help just for his daughter's dream. He had to take care of his own daughter, so that she wouldn't be bullied.