Chapter 226: Disaster from Heaven
There are many unexpected things in the world, and no matter how unexpected this thing is, as long as it can appear in front of people, there must be a reason. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
It's just that although everything has a reason, not everything can be guessed without scruples. Therefore, what Xiao Chusu said that day, although Chu Rui and Xiang Zhu were shocked in their hearts, they also felt that this matter was quite possible. But because they knew that this matter was very important, although they also took this matter into their hearts, these two people kept their mouths shut, and they had never heard of it, let alone go outside to tell others about it.
For the Prince's Mansion, for the Jiang family, and for the Zhao family's business, they are already tight. Now because of Chen Liuxiang's contact with the police, she has a lot of hearts about these three Xiao Chuxuan, and secretly began to work on things that only she knows.
The world is unpredictable, no one knows what will come in the future, and some things are still prepared for a rainy day in order to settle down first.
Although this thing is a little true, it is not a thing that can be guessed by outsiders. Therefore, the three of them knew that they all rotted this thing in their hearts, and what they should do on their faces was still what they were doing.
The days are like this, day after day, and they go on as usual.
In life, if you have something in your heart, you should continue to live this life. It's just that although people want to live a peaceful and stable life, this day is not the same as what you want. There are many changes in the world, and some of these changes are due to human life, and some are due to natural disasters.
The country is rich, the wind is changing every year, and the people's lives are naturally living in peace, but there is always a special time to live in peace.
Two or three years.
That's it.
I thought that it was winter, and the snow was Zhaorui, this Ruixue Zhaorui year, and the next year should be a good season for a bumper harvest. Who knows that this saying sometimes goes wrong, the snow of the past two or three years is not a good season for the people of Wuzhou, but a long period of rain does not fall.
Since the spring three years ago, God seems to have deducted all the rain in the past two or three years, and since the snow has melted that year, there has not been a rain in Wuzhou. Rain is the foundation of people's livelihood, if there is no rain, how can the crops in this field be born, let alone the crops in the field, even if it is the daily life of the people, it is not allowed to live.
For three years in a row, God did not rain a drop of rain, and the sun that hung on the sky every year not only killed the crops in the fields, but also dried up all the water of the river.
Natural disasters have fallen, and the people are struggling to make a living, if it is a year, at least the people have food in their hands, and in general, they will not starve to death. Although Wuzhou is an auspicious land, the soil is fertile, and the wind and rain are smooth every year, but this state and county, which are full of wind and rain, will inevitably encounter one or two natural disasters. Therefore, although this natural disaster has caused the people to complain, they are indeed quite calm, after all, there is still food in their hands, and Rao has no harvest this year, but it will not make the family starve to death.
Then things are often unexpected by others, I thought that this natural disaster was only a year, and the people of Wuzhou should return to the original style in the next year, but they never imagined that the second year ushered in not the wind and rain, but another year of drought. And this drought and no rain is not just one year, the following year, it will be the same.
For three consecutive years, the rain did not fall, and the people had saved a lot of grain before, and now they have eaten it.
With no rice and grain on hand, and even the most basic livelihood cannot be guaranteed, the people of Wuzhou have long been in dire straits, and all the people are complaining.
Wuzhou is a state and county in Jeguo, and when the people of the state and county encounter such natural disasters, the imperial court should relieve the worries of the people. Therefore, the drought in Wuzhou broke out, and Wuzhou Prefecture and County also made it clear that the court had played a tribute to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court could allocate silver and grain as soon as possible to save the people of Wuzhou from fire and water.
And the three-year drought in Wuzhou has also spread to the court, which shocked the emperor on the throne.
Due to the natural disasters that have not been followed for three years, the court is full of shocks, and the court is already in chaos for how to solve this matter.
There is a drought in the sky, and the name is not good, and the stakes are very high. If it is human resources or financial resources, disaster relief is not a simple matter, so this matter has been played to the court from above, and now the saint has ordered the courtiers to play, how to solve this matter.
Being an official is for the sake of the people's livelihood, and it is the duty of the court official to share worries and solve problems for the emperor. Therefore, this matter was put on the agenda of the court, and the officials in the hall had already expressed their opinions and put forward many ways in succession.
Although there are many methods, each family also has its own rhetoric, and this is just half a day later, and the courtiers in this hall are already arguing. The noise is noisy, don't say a feasible way, that is, after listening to it for a long time, this ear root is also annoying.
Immediately, the emperor on the throne couldn't stand it, and looked at the officials who were arguing in one place with an irritable heart. Today, the saint shouted loudly, and asked everyone to accept their sins, and then he said angrily.
"I ordered you to think of a way to solve this matter, not to ask you to quarrel and quarrel here, but for a long time there is no accurate method, and it is not even useful. And ye said, What use do I want of you courtiers? ”
The first thing for a minister is to be able to share the emperor's worries and solve problems, but His Royal Highness, who has been an official for many years and has a high and powerful position, can't find a useful one at the critical moment. In addition to being able to speak well, that mouth is useless in one place, but it makes the current saint angry.
The saint was angry, and the officials and ministers deserved to die, and at the moment they shouted in unison, "My king forgives the sins", and no one dared to speak again.
Don't let them quarrel endlessly when they are upset, and when they are asked to come up with some useful methods, they are all silent, like dumb, how to prevent the Holy Lord from burning his anger again. Immediately, his face was already a little moved, and his angry eyes swept away His Highness's ministers, and the saint said.
"When I asked you to speak, they kept silent one by one, and they did not let you speak, but they made a lot of noise. You people can rebel against my heart. Wuzhou has been suffering from natural disasters and droughts for three consecutive years, and you have been waiting for this natural disaster for three consecutive years, and the people have no harvest, and the people are not able to make a living. The people are the foundation of the country, food is the root of the people's livelihood, these words you all know how to hang on your lips, but when this thing is implemented, which one still remembers it with his mouth? If it weren't for the natural disasters that have been going on for three years in a row, if it weren't for the fact that the lives of the common people were too hard to get by, would you still plan to hide it from me and not truthfully report the drought in Wuzhou? ”
The reason why the court officials were set up was to do state affairs with the emperor, but for example, today's drought was concealed for three consecutive years, and now the saint knows how not to make the saint angry.
The holy dragon was furious, and the officials should be panicked, and the ministers bowed their eyes at the moment, and said in unison: "The ministers know their guilt, and ask Your Majesty to surrender their crimes." ”
"Knowing the guilt and knowing the guilt, the matter has come to this point, what is the use of you coming to confess the guilt again, is it possible that I ordered someone to pull you all down and cut off your heads, so that the sky can immediately rain down, the fields can immediately grow grain, and the people of Wuzhou can immediately alleviate the famine?"
Conviction of sin.
The most useless thing in this world is the word "knowing sin", if you know your sin, you can atone for your sin, and there are no such tragic things in this world. What the emperor wants now is how to solve the famine in Wuzhou, and the most useless thing in this solution is the word "confession", so the ministers said this, and the emperor was already angry and lingering.
The anger in his heart was obviously burning a lot, but now the emperor didn't have the heart to punish these courtiers, so he was so angry that he reprimanded a few more words, and then the emperor looked at the household department and said: "At present, the disaster situation in Wuzhou is urgent, and there is a solution to the problem in the household department." ”
The emperor's name, the household department naturally did not dare to persevere, and immediately stepped forward, and the household department Shangshu replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Wuzhou is now a three-year natural disaster, and the people have no harvest, and there is famine everywhere." The minister felt that the first priority was to solve the problem of rice and grain, and if this was done, the emotions of the victims would naturally be appeased, and the chaos could be avoided. ”
People, the most important thing is food and clothing, as long as the food and clothing are all worry-free, there will naturally be no explosions. The meaning of the book is to solve the problem of rice and grain first, and only when the famine of the victims is solved can the restless buds be broken in the bud.
To solve the disaster, first cut off the root of the disaster, and the words of the head of the household department are the key to this matter. At that moment, the emperor nodded and said: "Every year is a natural disaster, the victims must be miserable, and now this Wuzhou is afraid that because of this natural disaster, there are a lot of thieves. This famine must be suppressed as soon as possible, otherwise it will not be easy to do until it sprouts. The head of the household department, this matter of money, silver, rice and grain, I will hand it over to your household department to do, remember to appease the people, and never let people take this opportunity to stir things up. ”
Although the current emperor is also old, he is still a clear-eyed lord, and he understands what the matter of Wuzhou is. Immediately issued an order from the emperor to ask the household department to quickly handle the matter of money, rice and grain, and to suppress the disaster as quickly as possible, and never allow the disaster to take the opportunity to spread.
Money, rice and grain, for Wuzhou at the moment, the most important thing is these, of course the emperor knows it in his heart. However, the emperor who was clear about this matter also had another thing in the Ming and Qing dynasties, so the household department had just given a holy order, and the emperor had already moved his eyes, looked at the military department on the side, and then said.
"After three consecutive years of natural disasters, Wuzhou has been a place of chaos under the famine, and this place of disaster is the most conducive to breeding rebellion. At the same time of disaster relief, I don't want anyone to take advantage of this matter to make any inappropriate trouble, if someone takes advantage of the disaster to start an incident, I will take you for blame afterwards. ”
As long as there are natural disasters, there will be people who will complain, and as long as there are people who complain, there will be people who will take the opportunity to make trouble. If the power of the dynasty wants to be consolidated, the most important thing is that the people's hearts must be stable, and no one will take advantage of the situation to make trouble. Therefore, in addition to disaster relief, it is also a great matter to suppress chaos in this natural disaster.
His Majesty has already personally ordered the emperor, and who of the courtiers still dares to say anything about it, the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs naturally immediately received the order and accepted the responsibility of this disaster relief.
While the Ministry of Industry was ordered to cooperate with the Ministry of Industry and revive water conservancy, the other three departments also helped the departments to suppress the disaster.
Today's emperor is old and old, and sometimes he is a little tired, and he no longer wants to be in person in everything. But even so, if something really happens, the Holy One today will be decided.
After a sharp statement, the matter has been allocated, and each department has its own duties.
After the six departments received their orders, the emperor directly ordered the six departments of Shangshu to retreat, and then looked at the prime minister and asked: "Prime Minister Wang, this matter in Wuzhou, does Prime Minister Wang have something else to mention?" ”
Prime Minister Wang Cheng is a trusted court official in today's sainthood, although he is also old, but he has a pivotal position in the court. Therefore, when it comes to major events in the court, the emperor will generally seek his advice.
The matter of Wuzhou is very important, so after the emperor issued an order, he also consulted Prime Minister Wang Cheng as in the past, asking him if he still had any advice.
After the emperor's decree was asked, this is the meaning of trust, so the emperor's words have just fallen, Prime Minister Wang Cheng has stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, the matter is settled, the head of the household is Qian Mi for disaster relief, the military department is in danger of chaos, and the Ministry of Industry is prosperous and water is prosperous." The three main associations, the three are combined, and the things in Wuzhou have to be controlled. Your Majesty thinks about everything, loves the people of the world deeply, everything is at the root, and there is no side to advise. Just ......"
The emperor is here, everything has been implemented, and he has thought about anything that may have happened, and he has corresponding strategies. Under the three ministries, the natural disasters in Wuzhou can be controlled. Although there is nothing wrong with this matter, the last sentence of Prime Minister Wang Cheng's words "just" obviously carries something.
Immediately, the emperor also narrowed his eyes and said, "Prime Minister Wang has something to advise?" ”
"Your Majesty, the six ministries work together, although everything is detailed, but according to the old minister's humble opinion, the six ministries are still missing one thing."
"What?"
"The one who takes the lead." After bowing, Prime Minister Wang Cheng said: "Although the six departments perform their own duties and have their own responsibilities, the six departments have their own styles after all, so they will inevitably go wrong." The six scholars are of equal quality, and their talents are all selected by all of them, although the affairs of Wuzhou are handed over to the six scholars, Your Majesty does not need to worry much. But things are ultimately contradictory, and if there is no leader, I am afraid that it will be difficult to reconcile six people. ”
Prime Minister Wang Cheng's words are digging at the root.
The six scholars are of equal character and have different powers, if they have different opinions, how can they be dealt with?
This matter is indeed important, so Prime Minister Wang's words have just fallen, and the emperor's eyebrows are also frowned. After a long time, thinking about it for a while, the emperor said.
"This matter is indeed difficult, since it is worrying, then according to what Prime Minister Wang said, how should this matter be explained?"
"Your Majesty, if you follow what the old minister said, Your Majesty can send another person to be the head of the six departments, and deal with this matter to avoid rebellion, add trivialities, and slow down the disaster relief step."
Since the six people have different powers and have the same official qualities, when there is a contradiction in their intentions, none of the six people can control anyone. Then simply set up a head, the first will to decide, such as the emperor's personal decision, who dares to disobey.
Prime Minister Wang's method is wonderful, but this wonderful method, what Prime Minister Wang Chengcheng is thinking about in his heart, the emperor also knows it in his heart.
At that moment, the eyes appeared, and the darkness was straight through the coldness. The meaning was clear and cold, and soon the current saint was suppressed, and after another piece of silence, the emperor asked.
"That being the case, then according to Prime Minister Wang, whoever is the head of these six departments is good."
"Your Majesty, the six ministries are all loyal ministers of the court, and their official qualities are very high, and they are all capable. If you want to appoint the leader, I am afraid that you can't just appoint someone to accept this difficult responsibility. If it is not possible to be able to do it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the six parts. ”
"Prime Minister Wang Cheng's words are reasonable, but they must not only have a high official position, but also have real ability. At this time, I can't find anyone who can be used, otherwise, I will work hard for the prime minister, how about it? ”
"The old minister is old, how can he be entrusted with a heavy task by His Majesty?"
"Prime Minister Wang Cheng is too modest, but Prime Minister Wang Cheng is indeed at the time of recuperation, if Prime Minister Wang Cheng is worried about these things again, I will not give up. Since Prime Minister Wang Cheng is unwilling to work hard, then Prime Minister Wang Cheng feels that who can ask me to entrust me with a heavy responsibility. ”
Who does Prime Minister Wang want to take advantage of this matter, the emperor is already in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but he does not pick it clearly, but takes advantage of the situation to inquire. As soon as the words of inquiry fell, Prime Minister Wang Cheng also bowed deeply, and then said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's trust, I consulted the old minister, and according to the old minister's humble opinion, if you want to be able to suppress the six adults." There must be only the prince left, and there is no other choice. ”