Homecoming Ballad (GL)

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Qin Yan caressed his beard, sighed, and said with a deep heart: "The recent autumn harvest, the auspicious snow at the beginning of the year heralds a good year, and the spring and summer are almost harmless. It should have been a good year for Rang Rang's family. How did you know that last month has been one after another? Five days of heavy rain broke river embankments, flooded farmland, and destroyed grain warehouses in Huzhou, leaving millions of people homeless."

"Then what's the matter with Xunzhou?"

Tang Ci's tone was flat, without the worry and anxiety that Qin Yan thought, he couldn't help but trembled slightly, his brows furrowed, and after a long time, he calmed down, and said angrily: "Huzhou chief envoy Shen Xuzhou is afraid that this matter will spread to the capital, the official hat No guarantee, he and Yuan Junye, the chief minister of Xunzhou, have been close friends for many years, so the two colluded together, changed the river course privately, in an attempt to divert the flood to the Xunzhou river, in order to make major incidents into small ones. Report a small disaster to the imperial court, and when the money for the disaster relief is allocated, you can take the opportunity to greed for ink!" He said that he was angry, paced around a few times, pointed to the top of his head, and said angrily, "God, it really doesn't last long!" Eyes? The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the waterlogging has not been alleviated, but it has caused several wealthy counties in Xunzhou to suffer. For a whole month! For a whole month, no one cares about the affected people in the two prefectures of Huxun, and no one provides relief. , there are hungry people on the road, dead bodies floating in the river, and even trying to escape and beg for food and become refugees, and what's more, they cannibalize others!"

After years of not seeing Qin Yan in such a shape, Tang Ci was slightly stunned. After collecting his thoughts, he asked again: "The inspectors of the two prefectures and the commander of the capital, Simo Fei, are in collusion with him? Otherwise, how could such a big accident be hidden until today?"

Qin Yan snorted coldly: "Five years ago, the embankment of the two prefectures in Huxun was renovated and repaired. The imperial court allocated funds to order the Ministry of Industry to cooperate with the three divisions of the two prefectures. Naturally, the procuratorate and the commander of the capital dispatched their own manpower. Several million taels Baiyin can't survive for five years, and it is unknown how much stolen money is hidden in the treasury of the Third Division for corruption. Furthermore, Shen Xuzhou and Yunzhou Inspectorate are both disciples of Han Ru, Marquis of Wu'an, so it is not surprising that there is a nest of snakes and rats. "

"A disciple of Han Ru?" Tang Ci sneered, "No wonder."

After a thorough discussion, he watched Tang Ci leave, and his wife Liu came in to serve tea. Seeing Qin Yan leaning against the door motionless, frowning even more than before, he hurriedly said a few words of concern.

The cold wind swept across the autumn night, Qin Yan looked in the direction of the majestic imperial city, couldn't help trembling all over, with complicated emotions in his cloudy eyes, shook his head and said with emotion: "I'm afraid that she is bent on revenge, and she has long forgotten that she is also a descendant of the royal family surnamed Tang in Dajin, Kyushu All the common people in the world are left behind by her."

Chapter 34

The bucket turns and turns horizontally.

The emperor was awakened by a nightmare again in a cold sweat. In the dream, his elder brother, who was born with the same mother, sang the seven-step poem loudly. The ancient Emperor Dezong asked him sternly why he fought with brothers and sisters; in that dream, there were princes and grandchildren who had drank poisonous wine 12 years ago and bleed from all seven orifices; Yici, who made a vow not to see each other until death.

Desperately, he took the handkerchief handed over by the maid, and wiped his sweaty cheeks slightly. After a long time, he sighed softly.

However, Zhang Bao, the vice steward of the Imperial Palace, was on duty last night. He was far different from the old man Li Shunde passed down by Emperor Xiaozong. He can also speak eloquently, and can play some folk tricks, especially Qizhou's characteristic tricks, to make the emperor happy.

Zhang Bao heard the movement in the inner room outside the hall, knew that the emperor must have woken up, hurriedly walked in, took out the two memorials that had been left in his arms overnight, and knelt down to present to the emperor who was being washed and changed by the maidservant.

Before the early morning court, there was a memorial handed over overnight, and Emperor Chunyou twitched his eyebrows, and took it for reading.

One is that Xu Tai, the censor of Huzhou, impeached Shen Xuzhou, the chief minister of Huzhou, and Yuan Jun, the chief minister of Xunzhou, for concealing the waterlogging disaster and not reporting it, and for changing the river course, resulting in the displacement of millions of people in the two states without food. It was the pleading letter of Han Ru, the Minister of the Household Department of Marquis Wu'an, saying that Shen Xuzhou's heinous crime was inseparable from his teacher, who taught by example and precept, and asked for a heavy punishment.

The two prefectures of Huxun have criss-cross waterways, clusters of lakes, and fertile soil. It has always been a rich land of fish and rice.People all over the world count on the farmlands and fruit forests in these two prefectures to get enough food. Now that the floods have breached the river embankments and flooded the farmlands, the year's harvest has been wiped out. The common people who rely on the lake to find rice grains, fruits and vegetables to feed their stomachs will also end up in a state of crying.

It’s clear... It’s clear that Huzhou’s embankment was repaired and stabilized five years ago after the Ministry of Households issued a decree and approved it. It only rained for five days, how could it be so vulnerable?!

Emperor Chunyou's complexion changed drastically, he calmed himself down, glanced at Zhang Bao who was also trembling after observing his words and expressions: "When did you hand in the brochure last night?"

Zhang Bao bowed his head and lowered his eyes, his eyeballs rolled around, and said in a whisper: "The moment before the key is released at the palace gate, first Mr. Qin from the Ministry of Officials handed over a sign to see you, and then Mr. Han from the Ministry of Households handed over a sign to see you..." Looking at the emperor's expression, he swallowed his saliva and said, "Last night, His Majesty rested well for the first time in a thousand years. The slaves were afraid of disturbing His Majesty's slumber. Seeing that it was getting late, they left a note and asked the two adults to go back to rest first." ."

"Have a good rest?" The emperor sneered inexplicably, "That's great! It's said that the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Huzhou Xunzhou and the capital can go back and forth in half a month if they go fast, which can be regarded as under the nose. But even so——Shen Xuzhou and Yuan Jun dared to deceive me because of the black gauze hat on their heads, and the commanders and inspectors of the two states dared to follow it, and even you dared to deceive me! Keep your head down and don't scramble to whitewash the peace, how can I not rest well in such a prosperous age?!"

Zhang Bao's face was as white as paper, and he clapped his hands and kowtowed in a hurry, hitting the gold bricks one after another: "Damn it, servant girl!"

Emperor Chunyou ignored it, waited for the leather belt around his waist to be fastened, straightened his complexion and strode towards Fengtian Hall.

The emperor was angry, and the blood flowed.

Emperor Chunyou sat on the dragon chair, pointed to a bowl of porridge on the imperial case, and said calmly: "This is from Huzhou rice." so?"

Civil servants and military generals all knelt down on the ground with wat boards in their hands, silent like cicadas.

This sitting and kneeling lasted until noon, during which there was nothing to say, only for introspection.

After dismissing the court, Emperor Chunyou ordered the ministers of Jiuqing to discuss how to provide disaster relief, appease the hearts of the people, and punish corrupt officials in the Hall of Wuying.

Because of the great relationship, even if the ministers who have always been at odds with each other come and express their opinions, the same is true for the two powerful ministers, Qin Yan and Han Ru.

Minister of the Ministry of War Shen asked the exiles to move around to flee famine and seek food. He felt resentful, fearing that there would be chaos.

Han Ru, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, also remonstrates that stopping the boiling of soup is not a long-term strategy.

Qin Yan, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, not only advised thousands of people affected by the disaster in the two prefectures of Huxun, their families were destroyed and displaced, the imperial court should reduce and exempt taxes and send important officials to conduct on-the-spot surveys and provide relief on the spot in order to comfort the people.

The emperor nodded when he heard the words, stroked his beard and asked again: "Who do you think can take on this important task?"

After all, the whole hall was silent.

This is a hard job. The money, rice and grain have been allocated and transported all the way to the layers of exploitation. No one can guarantee how much will be left. The flood is so severe that the disaster cannot be alleviated and the people's hearts cannot be appeased. The people in Huxun and Zhouzhou may be full There is nowhere to vent grievances. It was not an example of officials who were not ordered to provide disaster relief tragically died in riots.

This is also a fat job that is not thankful. If it is done well, it will be promoted and rewarded. However, the on-site disaster survey shoulders the burden of reporting the disaster situation truthfully. In one body, Shen Xuzhou is not only Han Ru's disciple, but also Han Ru's face. If he ignores Han Ru's face this time, even if he gets promoted in the future, he will be in a difficult position.