Feng Ping became a staff member of the Prince's Mansion, and this news made Shi Anhou feel that he had been slapped in the face, and the rest of the family did not pay attention. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Now, what everyone pays the most attention to is the rumors in the capital.

Rumors are rampant.

From the original prince Naizhen dragon to get off the flail, later, it was rumored that some people said that they saw three dragons flying above the East Palace, and a white dragon fell.

Thinking of the fact that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has always been rumored to be a sick prince by the people, some people think that this is a warning from heaven, implying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely die soon.

The rumors became more and more outrageous, and the government had to send someone to refute the rumors, proposing that the prince stopped raining and sunrise that day, which was a good omen for God to bless Dachu.

On the sixth day of the first month of February, an urgent report came from Jinzhou that a flash flood broke out in the middle reaches of the Nanjiang River, washing away the fertile fields on both sides of the river.

This urgent report was sent to the household department of the capital on the evening of the sixth day of the new year.

Tonight, it happened to be Zhao Yiquan on duty, he thought for a moment, copied a copy, and asked people to send it to the Second Prince's Mansion.

Subsequently, let people go to Shangshu Mansion and inform Wei Gongting, the head of the household department, of the matter.

After Wei Gongting sat on the position of the head of the household, he felt that most of his hair was white.

It is said that today is peaceful, the country is rich and the people are strong. Only he, the head of the household, knows that the treasury is mostly empty all the year round, and it costs money and grain to fight in the south and money and grain to fight in the north, but what about taxes? Emperor Yuan wanted to recuperate, so he could only pay a small amount of money, making the treasury poorer and poorer.

The government treasury in various places is also dissatisfied, and the deficit is severe.

He had a headache when he heard about the natural disaster.

Speaking of which, he was lucky, and he had been a household secretary for nearly ten years, but he had never encountered a catastrophe. Unexpectedly, this year, good luck came to an end, and a flash flood broke out.

On both sides of the Nanjiang River, it is the granary of Dachu. Now is the beginning of spring to prepare for spring planting, and the flood has washed away, and the harvest of the year is gone. How many days can the people be hungry and hungry for a year? This is something that will cause civil unrest.

At this time, the palace gate had already been dropped, and he rushed to the yamen of the household department and read the urgent report for a long time.

"What do you think about this?" Wei Gongting looked at his two deputies and asked.

The two squires both knew that this meant that after Emperor Yuan knew, he would definitely want to provide disaster relief, and when the time comes, how should he provide disaster relief?

"My lord, my subordinates think that they can let Jinzhou open the treasury for disaster relief first." Min Shilang of the household department was just transferred from the outside the year before last.

"Last year, when Jinzhou handed over the grain deposit, it was still in arrears of four million taels of silver, and the grain depot didn't know if it was still there." Zhao Yiquan is in charge of the collection of silver from the local government treasury, and he knows this very well.

"What then? This flash flood flooded tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, not counting the surrounding small disasters. ”

"A few days ago, I heard from the Ministry of Industry that the embankments on both sides of the Nanjiang River have not been repaired for many years, and if the embankments burst again, then the two banks of the Nanjiang River will be destroyed." What Min Shilang said, Wei Gongting and Zhao Yiquan also knew. The household department has no money and food, and the Ministry of Industry naturally can't build the embankment if it wants to.

"In this way, the two of you will draw up a charter first, and say that money and grain will be transferred from the treasury of Yizhou and Jinzhou for disaster relief." Wei Gongting finally clapped his head and said, "Tomorrow morning, when the court comes, report this matter again." ”

"Lord Shangshu, this matter, look, do you want to tell the Fourth Highness?" The fourth prince, Chu Zhaoyu, is now leading the envoy of the household department.

"Well, Min Shilang reminded me. In this way, you personally go to the Four Princes' Mansion and inform the Four Highnesses of this matter. Wei Gongting naturally agreed, "If the Fourth Highness wants to enter the palace overnight to report to the Holy Lord, you will accompany the Fourth Highness into the palace." ”

"Yes! The subordinates will go. Min Shilang hurriedly picked up the urgent report and went up to the Four Princes' Mansion.

Wei Gongting looked at him anxiously, smiled contemptuously, and turned his head to see Zhao Yiquan standing in front of him with a pensive face, thinking about the affairs of the imperial court, and couldn't laugh anymore.

No one should laugh at anyone, these days, who doesn't want to enjoy the shade with a big tree? Since he became an official, he has always emphasized public spirit and loyalty to the saint. Sometimes, however, things don't go your way.

He stood up, patted Zhao Yiquan on the shoulder, and went home.

That night, there was a transcription of an urgent report on the desks of several people.

Chu Zhaohui got a copy of the transcript and was discussing with his staff, when Zhao Yiquan personally went to the Second Prince's Mansion.

Chu Zhaohui looked at this content and couldn't help laughing, "Zhao Shilang, you came just in time, how does Wei Gongting plan to deal with this matter?" ”

"Wei Shangshu can't help it, if you want disaster relief, you need money and food, but now what is less is money and grain, and the court can save everything you can."

"There is no big war in the north anyway, so it can be disarmed. Chu Zhaoheng, this is God who wants you to be unlucky. ”

Zhao Yiquan nodded, "Second Highness, there is such a coincidental thing, it is really going to make the prince fall into a quagmire." It's just, in this matter, why don't you take a look at the movements of the third prince first? ”

"Don't worry, I don't know him yet, and he won't let go of this opportunity to make the prince unlucky." Chu Zhaohui sneered.

"Second Highness, subordinates, you should personally go and tell the Third Highness the news." A staff member felt that at this time, it was better to join forces with the three princes first and bring down the crown prince.

"Let me go to him? Hmph, no need, he does his, and the master does the master's business. Chu Zhaohui thought of the Lin family's affairs, and he still couldn't do it, so he categorically vetoed this proposal.

"Second Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the one to deal with at the moment."

"Master knows, with the previous rumors, if there is this natural disaster, are you still afraid that Chu Zhaoheng will not be unlucky?" Chu Zhaohui felt that even if he didn't join forces with Chu Zhaoye, it would be enough to bring down Chu Zhaoheng.

The staff member saw that Chu Zhaohui's intention had been decided, and he didn't say anything more.

Zhao Yiquan only felt a little disheartened when he saw Chu Zhaohui like this, "Second Highness, when the minister has been out for a long time, he has to rush back to the yamen first." ”

"Okay, after you go back, let Wei Gongting report this matter to my father as soon as possible." Chu Zhaohui didn't keep him either, and Wei Gongting's attitude has always been vague, this time, let's see if he can still hold it.

Zhao Yiquan received the order and left the Second Prince's Mansion with a heavy heart.

Because his wife is Liu Guifei's own sister, he can only be the second prince.

He got into the official sedan chair and pondered the current situation.

Suddenly, when we reached the cross street, the sedan chair stopped.

"What?" He asked in the sedan chair.

A guard stepped forward to stop him, "Zhao Shilang, my Royal Highness invites Zhao Shilang to come over to the mansion for a while." ”

Zhao Yiquan heard that it was Chu Zhaoye's person, so he didn't dare to slack off, and lifted the official sedan chair to look, but it was Chu Zhaoye standing under a street lamp, nodding at him with a smile.

At this time, on the long street, there were few pedestrians, and around his official sedan chair, there were five or six guards of the Three Princes' Mansion, he looked at Chu Zhaoye's posture, and his heart was uneasy, but he had to go, "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

As he spoke, he got back on the official sedan chair, Chu Zhaoye also got into his sedan chair, and the group turned around the corner and walked towards the Three Princes' Mansion. (To be continued.) )