Zhang Kang glanced at Liu Mao a little helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "My lord, we have already got the list of these people who came out of the capital this time, right?" If there were really people who knew each other, they wouldn't have fallen into the current situation of being black-eyed. ”

"Then you're not going to pull the relationship?" Liu Mao said angrily.

Zhang Kang also knew that his family was in a bad mood, so he didn't continue to argue with him. Now this is the case, everyone is panicked, and no one dares to slack off in the slightest.

The people in Texas were panicking, but Zhu Youxiao didn't care much.

The reason why he got off the boat from Texas was mainly to see the situation, and by the way, to relieve the boredom caused by the boat. If I had to say that there was any purpose, it really didn't.

Glancing at the Texas officials not far away, Zhu Youxiao said to Xu Guangqi: "Let the people over there go back, I just walked around, and I didn't want to disturb the place." Let them go back to their work, and if necessary, I will summon them. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Guangqi hurriedly agreed, and then sent someone to tell the Texas prefect. Naturally, he would not go over to pass the word in person.

At Zhu Youxiao's side, Huang Kezhang said: "Your Majesty, is it a message to the governor of Shandong?" ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Huang Kezhang, Huang Kezhang only said that he would send an edict to the governor of Shandong, but he did not say what to tell the governor of Shandong to do, obviously there was an ambush here.

If he sent the governor of Shandong to come and take over, Huang Kezhang said that he would not let him come, wouldn't it be against his own mind? The reverse is also true, that's why Huang Kezhang said this, this is the art of speaking.

Obviously, these ministers around me are now starting to talk like this.

Although Zhu Youxiao felt a little strange and even a little lost, he also understood that this kind of thing could not be avoided, and he had no way to solve this kind of problem.

This happens more often than not when you become more and more aggressive. The so-called papier-mâché three pavilion old, clay sculpture six books, basically so.

When the emperor is strong enough, the courtiers need to weigh and weigh when they speak, and vice versa.

"Tell them that no one is allowed to come." Zhu Youxiao looked at Huang Kezhang and said, "I want to see their political achievements, see how they are on my side of the government, and I don't want them to follow." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The minister immediately arranged for someone to deliver the decree. Huang Kezhang hurriedly agreed.

Zhang Kang and Liu Mao soon received the holy decree, and their faces were full of bitterness.

Originally, the two of them wanted to find out the news, but now it seems that there is no hope, so they can only leave gloomily.

However, the two of them also raised their hearts, and prepared to go back and clean up properly, and they must not make His Majesty dissatisfied with the two of them, otherwise I am afraid it will be bad.

Zhu Youxiao didn't go to see the two of them, and directly ordered: "Prepare to enter the city." ”

With so many people, it is naturally impossible for all of them to enter the city, so only a few people can be selected, and a dozen people are enough.

As for the guards, that was something Qi Jin had to arrange.

Xu Guangqi called Qi Jin to his side and asked directly, "Have you arranged the manpower?" ”

"Back to Xu Ge Lao, five hundred people arranged to enter the city yesterday, they have already found a place, as long as Your Majesty enters the city, there will be all our people around." Qi Jin hurriedly said.

Xu Guangqi nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then you can choose a dozen more people to guard by your side." ”

"Elder Xu Ge, don't worry, you're ready." Qi Jin said.

After getting Qi Jin's answer, Xu Guangqi walked back with satisfaction and informed the situation and the several ministers present.

The group walked towards Texas City.

Dezhou is not a big city, but because of the existence of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, there are prosperous businesses and many people here, and there is also a prosperous scene.

Although Zhu Youxiao and his entourage were quite numerous, they did not attract too much attention.

There are a lot of merchants here, and although the team of dozens of people is not small, it is not scarce.

It's just that wherever this group of people goes, there are people secretly staring at them. The guards had already been ordered to come down, so what Zhu Youxiao wanted to see was basically unrealistic.

When Zhu Youxiao walked to the city gate, the people lined up in an orderly manner, and the soldiers who collected and collected taxes were civilized, polite, and smiling.

Zhu Youxiao just glanced at it, then shook his head.

It's too fake.

Not to mention that in the era of the Ming Dynasty, even in later generations, the difficulty of entering the door, the ugly face, and the difficulty of doing things have not been fundamentally solved, but a common phenomenon.

When did the Ming Dynasty have such a good sense of service?

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But Zhu Youxiao also understands it in his heart. If you come like this, the people below will have to show yourself something.

This kind of thing is more common in later generations, which is why many people at the bottom question the people at the top.

Such an obvious thing, why don't the upper class people know?

The answer is simple, the upper class they don't see at all.

For example, if you don't come through time, but you are really the emperor who grew up in the palace of the deep palace, what will you think when you see this scene?

I will definitely feel that it is so prosperous, and it is indeed a prosperous age. If you say something nice and praise the people around you, then you won't be able to see it clearly.

The group walked into Texas City.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "It's hard for our monarchs and ministers to come out, let's take a good look." ”

With that, he stepped forward first.

In a teahouse not far from the city gate, Liu Mao and Zhang Kang, who had changed into casual clothes, stood at the window on the second floor, cautiously looking at Zhu Youxiao.

Liu Mao turned his head to Zhang Kang and said, "You have all ordered it to go down, right?" Nothing bad, right? ”

"Don't worry, my lord, I've already explained it." Zhang Kang hurriedly said: "This is a matter related to everyone's heads, and no one dares to slack off." ”

"Are the victims settled?" Liu Mao looked at Zhang Kang and asked with a dark face: "I'm not worried about anything else, but I'm worried about those refugees." If His Majesty sees this, we won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Kang said helplessly: "Don't worry, it's all arranged." ”

"But we can't blame us for this, we don't have the disaster relief money and food from the imperial court, so what does the refugees who came over have anything to do with us? The adults also organized the wealthy households in the city to donate money and materials, and there is no less relief these days, but there are too many people in this disaster, our Texas Mansion is so big, and the court has not allocated money and food, so we can't manage so much. ”

"It's easy to say." Liu Mao said angrily: "Who are you talking to?" ”

"We haven't been affected here, and the victims have come to us, so we have to take care of it. If Your Majesty sees this, do you think Your Majesty will listen to your explanation? Besides, why did the victims run, and it wasn't that the relief was unfavorable? ”

"The imperial court allocated relief food, and gave a lot of money, but where did those things go? Don't you count in your heart? Why bother saying such things? ”

"If the lid is lifted from us, how can we still mix in Shandong officialdom? When the time comes, will the governor's yamen be able to spare us? ”

"Sending Your Majesty away without doing anything safely is our greatest luck. As for the rest, which is our turn? ”

"People say that the officials in the capital are not easy to do, but the officials in Shandong are easy to do."

Listening to the complaints of his own family, Liu Maoyou sighed helplessly.

People say that Beijing officials are not easy to do, and local officials are fat and short, but on the ground of Shandong, it is not their own people who are in charge.

Who does Tian belong to in Shandong? Who owns the land in Shandong? In whose hands is Shandong's grain? Officials in Shandong are well aware.

But how about you know? What do you dare to say? What do you dare to do? You don't even dare to ask.

Some people hoard strange things, some people are shoddy, some people can speculate on food prices, what do you dare to do? You don't even dare ask.

"My lord, don't worry, it's no problem, it's already arranged." Zhang Kang can only comfort the adults of his family like this.

Zhu Youxiao's group of people wandered around the city, buying a little thing from time to time, and everyone accompanied Zhu Youxiao to go around.

They have a lot of opportunities to go out on weekdays, so they are naturally not interested in these things. What's more, when I accompanied the emperor shopping, I was worried in my heart, and I was in no mood to enjoy it.

However, Zhu Youxiao doesn't care about this.

Just as they walked, everyone noticed that something seemed to be wrong, because there was a person who came out of nowhere and merged into the team.

Xu Guang turned his gaze and asked Qi Jin, it stands to reason that no one should be able to approach this team. After all, Qi Jin had already arranged a guard, if anyone could come here, then what else would this kind of guard guard?

Qi Jin glanced at the person who came, and said to Xu Guangqi hesitantly: "Elder Xu Ge, that's someone from the Internal Affairs Office. ”

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi frowned and sighed helplessly in his heart.

Sure enough, His Majesty didn't get off the boat for no reason, nor did he really want to come to Texas for a walk, this is something to do.

However, Xu Guangqi also understands that there is no way to do this kind of thing. If you really let Your Majesty don't care about anything and don't look at anything, then you can't do it yourself.

After all, the purpose of His Majesty's trip this time was not pure, but Xu Guangqi didn't expect His Majesty to meet with people from the Inner Government.

Zhu Youxiao glanced at the visitor and asked, "You are the person in charge of Shandong of the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Wu Jiye, Director of the Shandong Administration Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, see Your Majesty." Wu Jiye hurriedly said.

Zhu Youxiao fought Wu Jiye up and down.

This is a middle-aged man in his forties, with a thin body and a mustache, and it can be seen that he is a very shrewd character.

"How's it going in Texas?" Zhu Youxiao looked at him and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the situation in Texas is okay." Wu Jiye hurriedly said: "Although there are some victims in Texas, the number is not very large. ”

Liu Mao, the governor of Dezhou, also arranged for the town, organized the wealthy households in the city to donate money and grain, and also set up porridge sheds, and also arranged for Langzhong to treat the victims. Although a few people died, they did not starve to death, most of them were seriously ill along the way, and they couldn't be saved when they arrived here. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "In this way, he did a good job." But after I entered the city, I didn't see a single victim, so didn't the victims enter the city to beg? ”

"Victims are not allowed to enter the city." Wu Jiye thought for a while and said: "After the disaster victims arrive here, they will be arranged outside the city, and they are not allowed to enter the city to disturb the people in the city. ”

"When I learned that His Majesty was coming, the Yamen of the Texas Governor had already driven all the victims to the north. The prefect Liu Mao was quite down-to-earth, and he did not directly let people drive the victims away, but just moved all the porridge shacks to the north of the city, so that all the victims went to the north of the city. ”

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded.

If according to Wu Jiye's statement, then Liu Mao, the prefect of Texas, is still a qualified official. As for driving away the people, it is estimated that there is also a hidden secret.

Sighing softly, Zhu Youxiao said, "I still don't want me to know." ”

I can't answer this, everything in this world has always been deceived and not hidden, let alone the emperor?

This is really the power of life and death, and if you are not careful, you will be beheaded all over the house. No one dares to take it lightly.

"What about the rest of Shandong?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Wu Jiye and continued to ask.

"Not so good." Wu Jiye thought about it and said: "The situation around Jining is the most serious, the people in Juye and other places are displaced, life is difficult, and a large number of affected people are pouring out of their homes and begging for food. ”

"Isn't there enough relief food for the imperial court?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Wu Jiye and asked slowly.

You know, earthquakes are not like droughts and floods, which can easily lead to people without food to eat. Natural disasters like earthquakes are more likely to cause harm, such as houses collapsing, rivers backing up, and more casualties.

Although the land will also be damaged, it will not be lost, and to put it bluntly, there will still be food.

Under such circumstances, once the relief food of the imperial court arrived, it was relatively easy to handle. As long as the people's hearts are appeased and the post-disaster self-help and reconstruction are organized in a down-to-earth manner, the impact will be very small.

There are more dead people, and in this era, there are not many disaster relief methods, and I am afraid that there are many dead people. Zhu Youxiao is powerless to change this, and the productivity is there.

However, most of the people now live in mud houses, and as long as they are not directly buried, they can basically be saved.

Now hearing Wu Jiye say this, it is obvious that things are not the same as he thinks.

In fact, the reason why Zhu Youxiao came out this time is very simple, because of the earthquake in Shandong.

You must know that this time the earthquake did not subside so quickly, and then directly triggered Xu Hongru's rebellion.

Since the 29th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, he joined forces with Wang Sen and Wang Haoxian, father and son, and used the "Wenxiang Sect" (a branch of the White Lotus Sect) to organize peasants, and secretly operated for more than 20 years, but there was no chance to rebel.

Why did Xu Hongru choose this time?

It was because of this earthquake. At the same time, the place where he rebelled coincided with the place of this earthquake, and the people who were affected by the disaster could not survive, so they just followed them to rebel.

What Zhu Youxiao is afraid of is not that they will rebel, and he will not be able to make a fuss. Zhu Youxiao took a fancy to what was behind their rebellion.

Zhu Youxiao wants to move the hearts of the people in this world,

What is to be subverted is the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

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