The blue-black mountain was getting closer, the red dust of the cavalry roared by, and the white cloak on Suzen's body rose with the autumn wind, and he raised his head and poured a sip of wine. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zhou Fan, the guard beside him, immediately took the wine bag, "Shizi, that is Xuanzhou City." ”

Suzen looked up and saw that there were still officers and soldiers at the gate of the city, and they were in a stalemate with the people, who were dressed in tatters, some were standing, and some were only lying on the ground. Looking at the majestic city wall again, Su Cen's brows furrowed, where is the sense of history and solemnity of the thousand-year-old city?

In the face of life and people's livelihood, no one has time to remember the past; the city is dead, but the people are alive.

As early as the day before Su Cen came to Xuanzhou, the content of the holy decree had been transmitted to the Xuanzhou Mu's mansion, and it was none other than His Royal Highness Ning Lizhen, the crown prince, who was degraded at the moment.

When Ning Lizhen learned the content of the holy decree, he could only smile bitterly with relief, his father not only sent Su Cen to come to the disaster relief, but also reprimanded him in the holy decree, which meant that Su Cen was fully responsible for this disaster relief. On status, age・・・・・・ Ning Lizhen sighed softly, thinking so much about what to do, as long as this disaster can be controlled, what does it matter who is in charge?

What's more, Su Cen is different from those young second ancestors, and also different from those old men who are rigid and stiff in doing things, he inherits the Su family's consistent pragmatic tradition, and also knows more about Xuancheng. Ning Lizhen knocked a few words on the people around her who were indignant about her, and sat silently in the car and waited for Qin Cha. With the respect of Ning Lizhen's crown prince, there is naturally no need to greet him in person, but since Su Cen is a Qincha and carries a holy decree, and his father's holy decree respects him so much, it is reasonable for Ning Lizhen to welcome him personally.

Although Su Cen had heard Su Cen say that Ning Lizhen was humble in handling things, when he saw the light yellow car in front of the city gate, he was still shocked by this battle. Su Cen hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and at the same time, Ning Lizhen also got the news and got off the carriage.

Su Cen didn't have time to untie the cloak on his body, and immediately bowed down and saluted, "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness's daughter's body, how dare Su Cen bother His Highness to wait for a long time?"

Ning Lizhen didn't care, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "You have traveled so hard, this journey has been hard." By the way, now I'm going to change my name to the son, and I haven't had time to say congratulations. ”

Su Cen said lightly: "Within my duties, I dare not say that I am hard." In just nine words, Su Cen lightly skipped the matter of Jin Feng Shizi.

Ning Lizhen saw that Su Cen brought so few people, and wondered: "Didn't my father send you three thousand armor soldiers, how can you ・・・・・・?"

Su Cen's disdainful eyes were undisguised, "Does Your Highness know who is in charge of Yu Linwei today?"

Ning Lizhen furrowed her eyebrows, very surprised: "The second brother is the most proficient in military training, since Yu Linwei is in charge of him・・・・・・"

Su Cen shook his head, "His Royal Highness King Yu gave Yu Linwei to His Royal Highness King Qinghe to practice, His Royal Highness King Qinghe almost bought and sold Yu Linwei's quota, and the noble children of Jinling sent their children to Yu Linwei for gilding, where can you expect these gentlemen? I didn't even half the distance for more than half a month, and I didn't consume food in vain?"

Ning Lizhen has been in Xuanzhou for three months, and every day in order to deal with disaster relief, where can he still have the spare strength to take care of that Yu Linwei? After listening to Su Cen's words, he also shook his head slightly, fortunately, Yu Linwei is to protect Jinling, and the combat effectiveness does not matter, so I will persuade the second brother when I have the opportunity to return to Beijing.

Ning Lizhen looked at the horse team behind Su Cen, and sure enough, the personnel were streamlined and the clothes were simple. The journey of thousands of miles actually came on horseback all the way, if he didn't know Su Cen's origin, Ning Lizhen would probably think that this was a child of a poor family who could withstand this hardship. Ning Lizhen remembered that Su Cen was still a chincha, and quipped: "Since this is the case, then ask Lord Qincha to announce the decree!"

Su Cen was stunned for a moment, His Majesty's will was very straightforward, and he refuted the prince's inaction, after all, he was the prince of a country, so why should he be so humiliated? Su Cen looked at Ning Lizhen in front of him, and really felt that Ah Chi was as careful as a hair, so he said: "It's noisy here, why don't you go to the post house, burn incense and cloth and then announce the decree, so as to show the Holy Longen?"

Ning Lizhen is so transparent, although he doesn't feel that it is necessary, but since Su Cen has good intentions, there is no reason to refuse: "That's fine." ”

After the announcement was completed, Su Cen was still worried that Ning Lizhen would have some emotions, but he didn't expect that Ning Lizhen would mention to himself every sentence: "Since you are the Qincha ordered by your father, you will take out the posture of the Qincha, as long as you are in need, the lone Donggong guards can also be dispatched by you." ”

Su Cen was so simple that he only had a hasty lunch, and then began to study the disaster situation in Xuanzhou and Jinzhou City. In the post house at night, Ning Lizhen sat on the east side of several cases, and Su Cen sat on the west side of several cases, and the two looked at the drawings in front of them without saying a word. There were still parents and officials of Xuanzhou City and a group of local bureaucrats standing in the room, Ning Lizhen and Su Cen sat down to discuss, and the bureaucrats around them sat down tremblingly. Unlike His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was a corporal of Lixian, this Lord Qincha didn't even have a good face when he came, and he didn't mean to sit down, and everyone had been standing for more than two hours.

In front of Ning Lizhen and Su Cen is a topographical map of the area, on which there are not only roads, but also migration routes of displaced people. Ning Lizhen used his hand to tell Su Cen about the hardships and dangers along the route, and Su Cen's face became heavier and heavier as he listened, "The famine is not the only one this year, but the famine in Xuanzhou this time is not small, and the root cause is a man-made disaster, not a natural disaster." ”

When he heard this, Ning Lizhen and Su Cen glanced at each other, Su Cen's gaze swept over the ministers who were standing, and the cold light flashed, and some people in the middle already felt that their legs were weak.

Ning Lizhen had a rare coldness on his face, which was very different from his usual smile, Ning Lizhen said: "At first, it was due to the flooding in Xuanzhou this year, and the flood washed over in May, and the wheat fields that were about to ripen in the fields were flooded instantly, and the thousands of miles of wheat fields became puddles. ”

"When it first rained, there were rumors that there would be a flood this year that would not occur in a century, and since the government had asked people to pray for rain, why didn't they harvest it in advance? Although the wheat was harvested in June, if it was barely harvested in May, there would not be even any surplus food at home. After Su Cen finished speaking, he looked at Ning Lizhen.

Ning Lizhen looked at the map without saying a word, and then Su Cen's eyes fell on several adults, and finally stopped at the old man in his fifties on the far right.

The old man felt Su Cen's eyes looking at him, and quietly looked up but saw that the eyes of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Prince of the World fell on him, his face was a little pale, and he said nervously: "The Prince Rong Bing, Ao, Ao No, it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Rong Bing." One is that Xuanzhou has never experienced flooding, and although there were several heavy rains in May, the situation is not clear・・・・・・;

The chill on Su Zen's face was very obvious, "Qu Tingshi is also a person who has been an official for half his life, don't you even know how to take precautions? Su Cen reprimanded one by one, although he was young, he was sitting upright in the seat at the moment, and the old man only stood trembling to the side, sweating profusely with fright, and his legs and feet were weak.

Every time Su Cen said a word, his face was white, and at this moment his face was as white as paper, this old man was Qu Heng, the assassin of Xuanzhou. Back then, he also took the opportunity to catch up with Jinling's informant, and he spent money to become an official, thinking that he would rest when he passed the seat to his nephew, but where did he think that he would encounter such a thing. When the matter was reported to Jinling and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came down to check, Qu Heng had a bad premonition. Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince put it down gently, but a young son came, and it turned out to be very difficult.

Su Cen stood up, he was very tall, a head above Qu Heng, and Qu Heng himself was still hunched, so Su Cen condescendingly mentioned: "Go on." ”

Qu Heng's eyes were closed, his heart was horizontal, anyway, the sky fell and there were people above to clean up, so he mustered up courage: "The second militia recruitment is the advocacy of His Royal Highness King Yu, Xuanzhou is only seven hundred miles away from Yuzhou, and His Royal Highness King Yu implements the militia system in the area of Yuzhou, which makes the bandits frightened. Xuanzhou intended to follow suit, and May was the day of the prescribed militia exercises, so there was no civilian power to harvest. ”

In the early years of Yuzhou, the folk customs were very poor, especially the thieves and horse thieves everywhere, so the king of Yu reorganized the troops of Yuzhou and found that the troops were insufficient, and when they could not resist the enemy, they recruited the people of Yuzhou around them into the militia. Wartime to resist the enemy, weekday training, unified harvesting when the farm is busy, the results are wonderful, the descendants of the Yuwang Mansion are not from the government soldiers, but from here, but it is a beautiful talk.

Su Cen listened to Qu Heng's explanation, but instead of understanding, he sneered and said, "Dong Shi is good and generous!"

Although Qu Heng is afraid of Su Cen's identity and status, in the end, he is a parent official, and he is humiliated by a hairy boy like this, and I don't know how many people are watching jokes behind his back. Now that you have moved out of King Yu, you might as well lean your back against the big tree to enjoy the shade, and immediately set Su Cen: "Doesn't the prince have some opinions on the way of military training for His Royal Highness King Yu?

Su Cen listened to it ridiculously, and really sneered: "You don't need to bring out His Royal Highness King Yu to cover up, His Royal Highness King Yu's jurisdiction is in Yuzhou, don't let His Royal Highness King Yu take the blame for your affairs in Xuanzhou, or do you have the explicit instructions of His Royal Highness King Yu? King Yu's militia system will not miss the crops in farming, but you want to do what he likes, but you don't learn from his form, and you miss such a major event as farming." ”

That Qu Heng was so frightened that he knelt down with his legs, Su Cen was so shrewd and stern, and the gentle and kind His Royal Highness the Prince was easy to talk to, so Qu Heng crawled to reach the prince's trouser legs: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not like this, it's not that the lower officials can talk to His Royal Highness King Yu, the hearts of the people in Xuanzhou are all towards the prince・・・・・・"

Before Qu Heng could say this, he was kicked over by Su Cen, "Shut up! Do you know what you're talking about! Hold Qu Heng in the government for dereliction of duty, take him to custody, and take him down." "Although the struggle between the crown prince and the king of Yu is well known, such words should not come out of the mouth of a local magistrate, the so-called wall has ears.

Everyone watched Su Cen act resolutely, today is just the first day he came, and he had prepared a sumptuous reception banquet, but he didn't expect that the dinner party had not yet started, and the new official had taken office with three fires, and the first fire burned to Xuanzhou's number one assassin Shi Quheng. Everyone trembled, didn't dare to speak, just laughed carefully, Su Cen asked anything, and didn't dare to be presumptuous.

Su Cen's anger seemed to have temporarily improved with Qu Heng's detention, and then although everyone was still nervous, it was over in the end, and when Su Cen asked them to retreat, everyone wiped their sweat, as if they had picked up a life.

When everyone retreated, Su Cen was about to kneel down on one knee, but Ning Lizhen hurriedly grabbed him, "What does this mean?"

Su Cen didn't deliberately break free, and got up with Ning Lizhen's arm strength, but still bent over: "Su Cen is acting on behalf of you, please forgive Your Highness." ”

Ning Lizhen added a cup of tea, "What's the crime, although your move is bold, it can be regarded as effective, at least they don't dare to fool around at will anymore." I'm afraid it's the kindness of an orphan woman this time. This trick is really clever. ”

Su Cen did not refute, in fact, Su Cen disagreed with Ning Lizhen's forbearance very much, Ning Lizhen's understanding was not correct, Su Cen whispered: "Your Highness misunderstood, Su Cen is not killing chickens and monkeys, when the matter is over, these people will be dismissed one by one and investigated." ”

Ning Lizhen was surprised: "There are not one thousand but eight hundred for corruption and dereliction of duty, you and they have done it, what difference does it make if you replace a new batch?"

Suzen's firmness is unquestionable: "Then change it in batches until it is clean." Since they have the courage to do it, the laws of the imperial court will have to pay the price, otherwise what is the royal law? Who will protect the interests of the people? If the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in the anthill, I am afraid that this is only the beginning of the ・・・・・・."

"The food money allocated above will not last long, but I am afraid that it will bottom out in a few days. Ning Lizhen had a sad face.

"Don't be afraid of this, we can borrow it. ”

"Borrow, who can I borrow from the current food shortage?"

"Grain merchants, squires, whoever has it, look for whomever they have, dare to make a fortune at this time, it's time to shear sheep. They are not aggrieved, where they entered, they just spit it out. ”

"How can it be so easy? Lonely set up a banquet before and said three times, and when he returned, he cried poorly, or he just expressed it slightly. ”

"If you want food or life, let them choose one at will, Your Highness will lend me the guards of the East Palace to go to the banquet together." ”

Ning Lizhen didn't agree, in his opinion, businessmen were talking business, and it was the court's business to help the people. But since this has no effect, try it according to Suzen's method, maybe it will work?

Ning Lizhen didn't want to make a good banquet bloodstained, but if he openly had a dislike for Su Cen, there was no way to talk about disaster relief, Ning Lizhen was thinking about it, and suddenly heard Su Cen say: "Wei Chen heard that His Royal Highness is investigating the matter of buying babies at a high price in the city, and this matter was done by Su Cen, just to prevent Yi Zi in the city from eating." ”

Ning Lizhen was about to sigh with relief, but heard Su Cen say: "I'm afraid that the officials of Xuanzhou are already from the Yuwang Mansion, and His Royal Highness shouldn't be merciful." ”

Ning Lizhen closed his eyes and was silent, he didn't know that the second brother's hand had been stretched out so long. Second brother, why did you force me to do this?