The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Seeing this guy leave, Emperor Hongzhi put down his pen and said reluctantly: "Go ahead, I'm listening."

This time he entered the palace mainly to report to His Majesty about the typhoid fever of the refugees in Liangxiang.

Yan Chengjin stood in place and bowed slightly: "The prince contracted typhoid fever in Liangxiang, which was actually caused by the refugees in Liangxiang. Please allow the refugees with typhoid fever to go to Huimin Pharmacy to get medicine."

It is against the ancestral system to turn Huimin Pharmacy into a private enterprise.

You have to eat it bite by bite.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Mou Bin, his face full of confusion: "Is the typhoid fever spreading in Liangxiang?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are indeed people suffering from typhoid fever. As for the recent days, I don't know..."

After the prince returned to Beijing, the Jinyiwei never stared at the straw hut area again.

Mou Bin was confused by the question and didn't know how to answer.

The dilapidated and desolate shantytown was still vivid in his mind. Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said, "Let them get the medicine."

Yan Chengjin looked at Emperor Hongzhi tentatively, perceiving his micro-expression: "Your Majesty, do you need silver?"

"To get the medicine, of course you need silver."

"But the refugees don't have silver..."

This?

So you want to give it away for free? Emperor Hongzhi's face froze and became unnatural: "How many refugees are there in Liangxiang?"

"There are 40,000 refugees in Liangxiang, but only 5,000 of them have caught the cold."

The royal family is given priority, and the people are benefited.

This is the purpose of Huimin Pharmacy.

Huimin Pharmacy is open all over the world, and you can see them in prefectures, states and counties.

But with the change of dynasties, it is not as dedicated as during the Hongwu period, and has become a shop for buying and selling medicinal materials, and the people cannot get the benefits.

It is better to hand it over to the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce if it is left in the hands of the court and cannot play a role.

The silver earned can be paid to the court for taxes, and the prescriptions can be used to treat the people of the Ming Dynasty.

…

Shuntian Prefecture, Huimin Pharmacy.

Yu Hai instructed the medical officer: "If Wang Bushui comes to buy herbs again, sell them to him at three times the price."

A few days ago, Wang Bushui came to Huimin Pharmacy to inquire about the news and buy herbs.

The pharmacy raised the purchase price of herbs by two times, saying that it was winter and it was impossible to buy herbs.

Pah!

Wang Bushui left cursing.

At this time, the clerk of the Imperial Hospital came to issue an order: "Master, the court has issued an imperial decree to allow refugees to get medicine from the pharmacy without money."

"I know."

Yu Hai didn't care. The refugees in the capital had already gone to Liangxiang, and there was no trace of them.

What he didn't know was that at this time, Wang Bushui was leading a huge army of refugees through the west side gate.

The refugees entered Beijing!

Just like going to the village to drink wedding wine together, more than 5,000 refugees lined up at the door of Huimin Pharmacy.

"Everyone, listen to my instructions and line up in order. Those who have taken the herbs should go to the end of the line and take them again." Wang Bushui said cheerfully, "Your Majesty's order is a good policy!"

Yu Hai stood in front of the pharmacy, furious: "Why...why are there so many refugees?!"

The refugees held prescriptions in their hands, but they didn't see the doctor at all, they just took the herbs.

Did Zhang Xian send people to empty the medicine store? !

If you don't give it, it's disobeying the order, and if you give it, you will go bankrupt.

Yu Hai stared at Wang Bushui fiercely: "Wait, I will go to the palace and report to the hospital envoy!"

Huimin Pharmacy is under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Hospital.

The higher-ups may not know that Liangxiang allowed so many refugees to enter Beijing.

Huimin Pharmacy does have a raw material store, and it should be closed tomorrow after today.

...

The cabinet, the quiet courtyard.

Xie Qian saw the memorial sent back by the prefect of Jinan: "Brother Binzhi, the ground collapsed!"

Li Dongyang and Liu Jian came over and stared at the memorial in his hand.

Jinan, Yanzhou, and Dongchang in Shandong all collapsed, the earth cracked, and Mount Tai trembled.

Just from a few lines of words, one can feel how devastating it is and how miserable the world is.

"Brother Bin, it has been five days since this memorial was sent from Jinan to the capital, right?"

Li Dongyang looked at the memorial and gradually became worried.

In the duty room of the Censorate,

Wu Kuan received a memorial from the Shandong Supervisory Censor, which was about the collapse of the earth.

He was not surprised.

Shandong often has landslides. In the 17th year of Chenghua, there was a violent landslide.

Thanks to this, His Majesty was able to inherit the position of the crown prince.

But he still needed to report to His Majesty. He came to the West Warm Pavilion, but found that the three elders of the cabinet had arrived first.

"The three ministers came to see the emperor, also because of the Shandong landslide?"

"That's right, see Your Majesty first!"

The door of the West Warm Pavilion opened, and the four walked into the hall together, and the cold wind rushed in.

After the memorial was presented, Emperor Hongzhi looked even uglier: "It's winter now, and the people still need to work hard to resist hunger and cold, and they have encountered such a disaster."

I can't help but look forward to the arrival of a prosperous era, so that the people can have clothes to wear and food to eat.

But how can a prosperous era be so easy?

Seeing that His Majesty showed a self-blame, Liu Jian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you should think of a countermeasure first."

After the landslide, the houses collapsed and the livestock were crushed to death.

If not properly handled, the people who originally lived and worked in peace and contentment will also become refugees.

"Pass on my decree, the three places will be exempted from taxes for one year, and 50,000 shi of relief grain will be sent to Jinan."

It's winter now, and 50,000 shi of grain should be enough for the three places.

...

Chengxian Street, Zhao Mansion.

Xu Yuan was waiting for the court's decree. He stayed in the house of Zhao Yong, a classmate.

"Unexpectedly, as expected, it's just a one-year tax reduction and 50,000 shi of grain. But the three places in Jinan need the medicinal materials of Huimin Medical Clinic. Brother Jingxian, do you have any ideas?"

The city walls and government offices in Jinan collapsed and needed money to repair them.

After a disaster, there will be a big epidemic, and a large amount of medicinal materials will be needed for treatment. Just transporting grain back will have little effect.

Zhao Yong thought for a while and said, "Do you know Yan Chengjin? This man advised a few days ago and asked Huimin Pharmacy for a large amount of medicinal materials. You can follow his example and meet the emperor."

How can he meet the emperor whenever he wants?

Not to mention meeting the emperor, local officials cannot even enter the Meridian Gate without a badge when entering the capital.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan felt cold as autumn frost: "I have to find a way to enter the palace first."

Zhao Yong pondered and said, "Your Majesty can provide relief grain, which is a great grace. If you want to see Your Majesty, there is a way, but Brother Wen Guang wants to pay silver and medicinal materials..."

Xu Yuan raised his head and his eyes became bright.

"It's enough to see His Majesty!"

Zhao Yong said, "Every day at 1:00 a.m., His Majesty will do morning exercises in the courtyard of the Meridian Gate. If you squat in front of him, you don't have to enter the palace to see him."

The next day, early in the morning.

Xu Yuan came to the front of the Meridian Gate. In the biting cold wind, he really saw a yellow figure trotting towards him, followed by eunuchs and palace maids.

"Your Majesty, I, Xu Yuan, plead for the people of the three places in Jinan!"

Looking around, he saw no one around. Emperor Hongzhi turned back uncertainly: "Is there anyone asking to see me?"

"I didn't hear it. I think it was the wind." Xiao Jingqiang perked up and looked around.

In the wide courtyard, except for the snow that was swept up and piled up, there was not even a shadow of a person, so how could there be an official.

Outside the Meridian Gate, Xu Yuan knelt in the snow, and the whistling wind blew away his voice. Your Majesty didn't hear it?

He wanted to shout again, but was driven away by the guards.

Just as he was about to ask for leniency, he heard a cautious voice behind him: "Where are you from, and why do you want to see the emperor?"

"This lord, can you come into the Meridian Gate to help me see if the emperor has run far away?"

Xu Yuan looked at the patch on Yan Chengjin's body and bowed anxiously.

"Your Majesty should have run to Jinshui Bridge."

He planned the route and even measured the steps of His Majesty carefully. Yan Chengjin knew that he entered the palace on time.